What is the main idea of the article？ ___________________ your family.

What is the most important thing you have to consider 'in starting a home-based business?

A．Your employees don't want to interfere with your family issues.

B．Your employees work hard and cooperate with you.

C．You should present the best professional atmosphere possible.

D．You should provide the proper office facilities.

Some people say television has altered family life dramatically. Write an article for your school magazine, putting forward your views. You should write about 160 words on the Answer Sheet.

A．Loneliness is a risk factor.

B．The more time you spend with your family, the better.

C．People should not have cold relationships with others.

D．Reaching out to others is helpful to our bodies.

The more time you spend on the Intemet, the less time you are with your family and friends

The more time you spend on the Internet．the less time you are with your family and friends．

A.Right．

B.Wrong．

C.Doesn’t Say．

听力原文：M：Did you get a letter from your family，Jane?

W：Not today．I wrote to them yesterday，so I was not really expecting to hear from them till next week.

Q：What do we learn from this conversation?

(4)

A．Jane got a 1etter from her home today．

B．Jane is expecting a letter from her family．

C．Jane wrote a 1etter to her family today．

D．Jane wrote a letter to her family yesterday．

Family

1. How many are there in your family?

Give your friends or family members a phone call and tell them your return time, or you will lose the chance of being found in case you get lost in the woods.

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

听力原文：W: I heard that your family arrived yesterday, didn't they?

M: Yes, they did.

W: That's good! Dr. Morrison, your family is now in China with you. You won't miss them, then. To talk about the family, I want to ask you some questions about American families. Er. . . Do you most Americans live in "small families" or "big families"?

M: In the United States, most people normally choose to live in "small families", but we call them "nuclear families".

W: What is the average size of a nuclear family?

M: Well, it depends on the number of children, because the nuclear family consists of a husband, a wife and children. However, if there are no children, then the husband and wife are the nuclear family. Of course, there may be only one parent due to a death, separation or divorce. In this ease, the nuclear family is the single parent and children.

W: Are there any big families in the United States?

M: Oh, you mean the extended family. No, not many. Most Americans, both the elderly and the young couples prefer to live in their own homes.

W: Since most Americans live in nuclear families rather than in extended families, the majority of the elderly do not see their children and their relatives, do they?

M: Wall, people often make such assumptions, but that is not the case according to recent sociological research.

W: Oh, what's that?

M: The recent research shows that more elderly people in the United States live within ten minutes of their children by car than in Denmark, and over 78 percent of the elderly have seen their children within a week.

W: Now I've got a general idea about American family structure. Thank you.

M: You're welcome.

Most Americans prefer to live in

A．big families

B．small families

C．nuclear families

D．middle size families