―I don‘t really think I‘m a hero,‖ said Duret. ―Anyone would do the same ting.‖
50.why was Duret in NewYork? 【C】
A. To meet his girlfriend B. To work as an engineer
C. To spend his holiday D. To visit the Andersons.
51. What did duret do shortly after the ambulance came? (D)
A. He was interviewed by a newspaper
B. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes
C. He went to the hospital in the ambulance
D. He disappeared from the spot quickly
52. Who divide after duret into the river to save the little girl? (A)
A. David Anderson B. a passer-by C. his girlfriend D. a taxi driver.
53. When was duet most probably found to be the very hero? (B)
A. the day when he was leaving for home.
B. a couple of days after the girl was rescued
C. the first day when he was in New York
D. the same day when he was interviewed.
The 1900 house
The bowler family was one of more than 400 families who applied to 1900 house, a reality TV
shout which took a typical family back a hundred years to se how people lived in the days before the
internet, computer games and even electricity.
The bowler family spent three months in a London home without a telephone, computers, TV, or
fast food. The bowlers wore clothes from 1900, are only food available in English at that time, and
cooked their meals on a single stove. Paul bowler still went to work every day in a then uniform. The
children changed their clothes on the way to and from school and their classmates didn‘t know about
then unusural home life. Joyce stayed at home, cooking and cleaning like a typical housewife of the
time, though everything took three times as long.
So does Joyce think that people‘s lives were better in the old days?
―I think people in the old days had just ad many troubles and worries,‖ Joyce said.
And I don‘t think their life was better or worse, there were lots of things back then that
I‘m happy I don‘t have to deal with nowadays, but on the other hand life was simpler.‖ ―We had a lot