One other new kind of family is becoming increasingly more common.A single parent with one or more children will marry again.Perhaps the other parent is also a single parent.Together they will start what is called a blended family, which blends together or combines the children from two other families.
第50题 Who usually looks after the children in a both motherless and fatherless family in America?( )
A. The children's aunB. The children's nursery or schoo C. The children's grandmotheD. The children's neighbou
解析：第二自然段后半部分写到：“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.”
第51题 How is a blended family formed?( )
A. A blended family is formed by two single-parent familie
B. A blended family is formed by a nuclear family and a grandparen C. A blended family is formed by a nuclear family and grandparent D. A blended family is formed by two fatherless familie 解析： 由第四自然段可知。
第52题 What is true to the fact in America?( )
A. There are more and more members in a famil B. There are less and less members in a famil
C. There is an increasing number of grandparents who refuse to look after their grandchildre
D. There is an increasing number of grandparents who live separately from their childre
解析： 由第二自然段中句子“This is more possible now that American homes have become Larger ”。
第53题 Which of the following is the best title of this passage?( ) A. FamilB. American Familie
C. Family TypeD. Four Family Types in Americ
解析： 全文讲了四种不同类型的家庭：两代人的家庭、三代人的家庭、单亲家庭和再婚家庭。
Californian Michael Schwabe said goodbye to the gas pump two years ago.He leased an electric car.Schwabe says he gets more out of driving an electric car than just a charge.
\we get electric vehicles out on the road.\
On California roads there are about two thousand electric cars.By 2003, ten percent of all new cars may be required to have zero emissions.This is a mandate automakers say it is way ahead of its time.
Gloria Bergquist of the Alliance of Auto Manufacturers says, \(for zero emissions) isn't here yet; it still needs advancement in driving range to make it more appealing to a wider consumer audience.\
Auto makers blame it on the batteries.Power runs out on most cars after about 70 miles.However, some cars can now go more than 100 miles on a
charge.Batteries are expensive.Carmakers say there is nothing they can do about it.
Tim Carmichael of the Clean Air Coalition says, \a vehicle unless required to do so, so it's very important for the state to stay committed to this program requiting automakers to build small amounts in beginning years and then the market will take off.\
第54题 When did Michael Schwabe say goodbye to the gas pump?( ) A. Two days agoB. Two months ago C. Two years agoD. Ten years ago
Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way.Our expression today is “to face the music”.
When someone says, “well, I guess I’ll have to face the music,” it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert.It is something far less pleasant, like being
called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’t do this or that.Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children.We can all remember father’s angry voice, “I want to talk to you.” and only because we did not obey him.What an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase “to face the music” is familiar to every American, young and old,It is at least 100 years old
.And where did this expression come from? The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Looper.He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage.When they got their cue to go on, they often said, “Well, it’s time to face the music.” And that was exactly what they did — facing the orchestra which was just below them.And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines.But he had to go out.If he did not, there would be no play.So the expression “to face the music” come to mean “having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice.”
Other explanations about the expression go back to the army.When the men faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked
.Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass the inspection? Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the inspection.What else could they do?
Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done.As, for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored
.The band does not play.Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat.The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.
第55题 How many ways does the phrase “to face the music” comes from?( A. 1B. 2C. 3D. 4
第56题 What’s the meaning of “to face the music?”( )
A. To face something far less pleasanB. To face the stag C. To face the back of one’s horsD. To face one’s leade
第57题 Which of the following is a situation of facing the music?( )
A. When we are playing basketbalB. When we are making a speec C. When we are having a partD. When we are talking with somebod 第58题 The underlined word “hostile” means _______.
A. UnfriendlyB. dislikeC. unkindD. unnecessary
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