Instead of pushing away the boy, the director got interested in Larry's words and stopped.\
Which companies?\
\the electric company, to tell you only a few.\
The director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the young man.\
Larry got a small part in the director's next film.He was on his way! 第41题 Which of the following was Larry interested in? ( ) A. Working as a waite B. Becoming a film sta C. Parking cars for film star D. Never going hom 解析：参见文章第一句。
第42题 Why did Larry find a job parking cars? ( ) A. Because he liked the job
B. Because the parking lot was near Hollywoo C. To make a living and wait for the opportunit
D. To see a lot of film stars and work for the 解析： 参见第二段。
第43题 After reading the story what can we infer about the film director? ( ) A. He wanted to laugh at Larr B. He recognized Larry at first sigh C. He was kind and gave Larry a tr D. He thought Larry would become a sta 解析： 通过两个人的对话可以看出。
第44题 \ ( ). A. he gave up and returned home B. he began to work towards success C. he took a journey to Hollywood
D. he had difficulties in playing the small part
“If there is one thing I’m sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers.It is not that newspapers are a necessity.Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio.Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday.But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.
The nature of what is news may change.What basically makes news is what affects our lives — the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same.I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though.It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic(基因) engineering.In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do — as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.
It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted(传送) electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home.In fact, I’m pretty sure that how it will happen in the future.You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read — sports and international news, et
C.
I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media(媒体).They actually feed off each other.Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happene
D.What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air.And as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen.
第45题 What is the best title for the passage? ( )
A. The Best Way to Get NewsB. The Changes of Media C. Make Your Own NewspaperD. The Future of Newspaper 第46题 In the writer’s opinion, in the future, _______. A. more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news B. newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer C. newspapers will cover more scientific research D. more and more people will watch TV
第47题 What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself? A. Sports and international newB. A menu of important new C. The most important newD. What you are interested i 第48题 From the passage, we can infer _______.
A. newspapers will win the competition among the different media B. newspapers will stay with us together with other media C. television will take the place of newspaper D. the writer believe some media will die out
第49题 The phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph means _______. A. depend onB. compete withC. fight withD. kill off
Passage Nine
We first think of the traditional or nuclear family.This is a two-generation family, the father and the mother and their own children.Most couples wanted to have four children, two boys, two girls.
Some nuclear families, however, may add one or more grandparents to come to live with them, that is three generations.This kind of family with grandparents, parents, and grandchildren is called an extended family.This family type was not very common during the later half of the twentieth century, but it's becoming more common now as an elderly grandparent moves in to live with a son or daughter.This is more possible now that American homes have become
larger.What is interesting, however, is that after the grandchildren move out of the home and start their own families, this extended family shrinks back to a nuclear family, with just two generations again living together, a grandparent and parents, with the grandchildren coming only for occasional visits.
Now, the fatherless or motherless family is one kind of what we call a
single-parent family.In the fatherless family it's just the mother and her children.As I said, this can be the result of the husband's death, of an unmarried mother, of a separation or divorce.There are also a growing number of motherless families--where the father raises the children, for any of the same reasons.A motherless family may also be fatherless, but still a family with one adult.This is becoming more common in the big cities where a grandmother will raise her daughter's children while the daughter goes elsewhere to work.