阅读下列短文，从A、B、C 三个选项中选出一个正确答案。In the past, American families tended to be quite large. Parents raising five or more children were common. Over the years, the size of the family is becoming smaller. One reason for this is an increase in the cost of living.Generally children attend schools for more years than they used to, making them financially dependent on their families longer. Moreover, children nowadays are better dressed and have more money to spend on entertainment. The parents are usually responsible for all the expenses. And families are less close than they used to be. More and more American mothers work away from home. The break-up of the family appears when the parents divorce. A lot of children in the U. S. live part of their young lives with only one parent. Children grow up feeling unsettled as they are moved between their parents. Single parents often marry other single parents. In this type of family, unrelated children are forced to develop brother or sister relationship.The situations of many American families today are not good. However, recent signs show that things are getting better. The divorce rate is declining （降低）. Perhaps Americans have learned how important families are.1.To parents who take the responsibility for children’s expenses, the cost of living increases because（）.A、children attend school for more yearsB、children are better dressed and spend more money on entertainmentC、both A and B2.Children whose parents divorced always feel unsettled because（）.A、they are moved between their parentsB、they are forced to develop brother or sister relationshipC、they have little money to spend3.According to the author, the situations of American families in the future may（）.A、get betterB、remain the sameC、become worse4.The title of the article might be（）.​A、American ChildrenB、American FamiliesC、American Parents

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Beethoven (贝多芬) was never afraid to show his feelings. Once when he was playing at a rich man's house, one of the listeners, a man of good family, was talking to a girl. He liked girls more than music, and he didn't stop talking when Beethoven started to play. The voice was not a quiet one, and Beethoven could hear well in those, days. The music stopped in the middle and Beethoven stood up. "I don't play for animals of this kind!" he cried. "No! Not for animals!" Then he walked out.

Beethoven was a ______.

A．painter

B．musician

C．chemist

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Excuse me, Mrs. Jones. Would you mind doing me a favor？ I was just going out shopping. But as soon as I shut my front door, I realized that I had left my key in the house. So when I got back, I'll not be able to get in. It was very silly of me. I needn’t have come out at all, because all the vegetables and fruits had been bought by my husband. I only wanted some salt. May I come and climb over the fence into my back garden？ That’s very kind of you. I wish I didn’t give so much trouble.

Mrs. Jones was the speaker's ______.

A．boss

B．friend

C．next door neighbor

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Do you know what the White House is？ Perhaps some of you do, while others don't.

The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U. S. A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white？ The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814, in order to hide the marks of the fire, the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the "White House" ever since.

White House is a house for ______ .

A．the American people

B．the soldiers of the U. S. A.

C．the president of the U. S. A.

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Last Sunday I saw the worst storm. It came suddenly and went on for more than three hours.

After lunch, I went into my room to have a rest. The air was hot, and everything was quiet. The strong wind started blowing into my room suddenly. Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window. As I ran out to catch them, big drops of rain began to fall.

When I came back into the house, it was raining harder and harder. I tried very hard to close the window. Then I heard a loud crashing sound from the back of the house. I ran out of my room to find out what it was -- a big tree fell down and broke the top of the back room.

The storm happened ______ .

A．in the morning

B．in the afternoon

C．while I was in the back room

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Students in many countries are learning English. Some of these students are children, others are teenagers (少年). Many are adults (成年人). Some learn at school, others by themselves. A few learn English by hearing the language over the radio, on TV or in films. One must work hard to learn another language.

Why do all these people want to learn English？ It is difficult to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language, maths and English. Some people learn it because it is useful for their work. Many people learn English for their higher studies, for entering college or university. Some of their books are in English. Other people learn English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.

People learn English ______ .

A．at school

B．over the radio

C．not all in the same way

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

It's 8:15 in the morning. They're having the first class.

“May I come in, Mr. Black？” a girl says at the door.

“Come in, please,” says Mr. Black. “You are five minutes late this morning, Lucy. It is the fourth time this week.” The girl often makes some excuses when she is late for class. Sometimes she says she doesn't feel well, or the bus is broken on the way, or her watch is slow...So her classmates are listening to her very carefully.

“I'm sorry, Mr. Black,” says Lucy. “I'm late because the traffic is busy and I have to wait for the lights to turn green.”

“But why don't you take an earlier bus？”

“I just take the earlier bus. But it's no use. The later bus often overtakes the earlier one!” answers Lucy.

The first class begins at______.

A．8:10

B．8:15

C．7:45

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

A poor boy became a rich and famous singer. He got married and had two sons and two daughters. One day he said to his wife, "Our children mustn't have a hard life as we had. We must help them more than our parents helped us." The wife agreed.

So the parents sent their children to fine schools. They enjoyed expensive sports (玩物). They were given everything in life except this: they were not taught how to work. Later the parents bought businesses (商行) for their children. The sons, at 21, became the owners of banks. The girls were given shops. But soon all these businesses failed, because the young owners knew nothing of business or of work.

The man said to his wife, "Where did we do wrong？"

The singer was ______ .

A．not rich

B．poor

C．rich and famous

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

One day Mr. and Mrs. Green went shopping by car. They stopped their car near a shop. They bought many things from the shop and the things were very heavy. They wanted to put the things in their car. But Mr. Green couldn't open the door of the car. "Let's ask a policeman for help," said Mr. Green. They asked a policeman to help them. The policeman was very friendly to help them open tile door of the car, but he couldn't open it, either. At that time a young man came and shouted," What are you doing with my car？" Mr. Green looked at the number of the car. "Oh, dear! See what we're doing!" Then said sorry to the young man.

The Greens drove their car ______ .

A．to ask the policeman for help

B．to buy something

C．to open the door of the car

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

Pat Hogan was traveling around the country in his car. One evening he was driving along a road and looking for a small hotel. When he saw an old man at the side of the road, he stopped his car and said to the old man, "I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it 9"

"Yes, " the old man answered. "I'll show you the way. "

He got into Pat's car, and they drove for about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old man said, "Stop here. "

Pat stopped and looked at the house. "But this isn't a hotel, " he said to the old man.

"No, " the old man answered, "this is my house. And now I'll show you the way m the Sun Hotel. Turn around and go back nine miles, then you'll see the Sun Hotel on the left. "

What is Pat looking for？

A．The Sun Hotel.

B．The Moon Hotel.

C．The Star Hotel.

第三节 短文理解2

阅读下列短文，从[A]、[B]、[C]三个选项中选择一个正确答案。

A few weeks ago, we decided to paint (油漆) the outside of our house. To save money, we decided to do it ourselves. On Saturday morning, we went to the shops and bought some paint and a number of brushes. We already had a ladder (梯子), so we were then ready to start. We began that afternoon with the back of the house. The next Saturday I went to a football match while my wife painted the front of the house. On Sunday we found that we could not open any of the front windows. We got them all open in the end but I broke three and they were very expensive to repair. Next time when we try to save money, I shall certainly pay someone to do the work.

Why did the writer and his wife decide to paint the house themselves？ Because ______ .

A．no one else could do the work.

B．they didn't want to spend much money.

C．they only need to buy some paint.