1、阅读理解More surprising,perhaps,than the current difficulties of traditional marriage is the fact that marriage itself is alive and increasing.As Skolnick notes,Americans are a marrying people:relative to Europeans,more of us marry at younger age.Moreover,after falling in the early 1970s,the rate of mar
2、riage in the United States is now increasing.Even the divorce rates need to be taken in this pro-marriage context:some 80 percent of divorced individuals remarry.Thus,marriage remains,by far,the preferred way of life for the vast majority of people in our society. What has changed more than marriage
3、 is the nuclear family.Twenty-five years ago,the typical American family consisted of a husband,a wife,and two or three children.Now,there are many marriages in which couples have decided not to have any children.And there are many marriages where at least some of the children are from the wifes pre
4、vious marriage,or the husbands,or both,sometimes these children spend all of their time with one parent from the former marriage;sometimes they are shared between two former spouses.Thus,one can find every type of family arrangement.There are marriages without children;marriages with children for on
5、ly the present marriage;marriages with“full-time”children from both the present and former marriages;marriages with“full-time”children from the present marriage and“part-time”children from former marriages.There are stepfathers,stepmothers,half-brothers,and half-sisters.It is not all that unusual fo
6、r a child to have four parents and eight grandparents!These are enormous changes from the traditional nuclear family.But even so,even in the midst of all this,there remains one constant:most Americans spend most of their adult lives married.1.By calling Americans marrying people the author means tha
7、t_.A.Americans are more traditional than EuropeansB.Americans expect more out of marriage than EuropeansC.there are more married couples in the USA than in Europe D.more of Americans as compared with Europeans,prefer marriage and they accept it at a younger age2.Which of the following can be present
8、ed as the picture of todays American families? A.A typical American family consists of only a husband and a wife. B.Many types of family arrangements have become socially acceptable. C.Americans prefer to have more kids than before. D.There are no nuclear families any more.3.The“nuclear family”refer
9、s to_.A.families formed up by men or women working for nuclear power stationsB.married couples who are closely matchedC.family consists of married couples who do not want to have any childD.family with small number of members4.“Part-time”children_A.spend some of their time with their half-brothers a
10、nd some of their time with their half-sistersB.spend all of their time with one parent from the previous marriageC.are shared between the two former spousesD.cannot stay with“full-time”children【参考答案】14、DBCC 阅读理解。Photographs are everywhere. They decorate (装饰) the walls of homes and are used in stores
11、 for sales of different goods. The news is filled with pictures of fires, floods, and special events. Photos record the beauties of nature. They can also bring things close that are far away. Through photos, people can see wild animals, cities in foreign lands, and even the stars in outer space. Pho
12、tos also tell stories.Reporting the news through photos is called photojournalism. At times photojournalists tell their stories through a single picture. At other times, they use a group of pictures to tell a story. Each picture is like a chapter in a book, which can do more than record the facts. I
13、t can also be a strong force for social change.Jacob Riis was among the first photojournalists. He took pictures of parts of New York City where the poor lived. Riis believed that poverty(贫穷)caused crime, and he used photos to help him prove his point. A few years later, the photos of small children
14、 working in factories by Lewis Hine shocked the public. Hines pictures helped bring about laws to protect such children.Hundreds of pictures may have to be taken in order to get one or two really good photos. It takes science to have the photo come out clearly and art to make a photo that has a good
15、 design and expresses feeling. Photojournalists make an actual record of what they see. A photo, however, can be both a work of art and an actual record. It can record an important event as a beautiful or exciting picture.As historical and artistic documents(文献) ,photos can become more important ove
16、r time. Today photojournalists still have their pictures appear in newspapers and magazines. They also publish(发表) them in books and on the Internet.1. The underlined word “They” in the first paragraph refers to .A. beauties B. photos C. goods D. events2. The photos of the small children by Hine sho
17、w us that photos .A. are also works of art B. are popular ways of reporting newsC. often shock the public D. can serve as a force for social change3. What can we learn from the passage?A. News with pictures is encouraging. B. Photos help people improve their life.C. News photos mean history in a sen
18、se. D. People prefer reading news with pictures.4. The text is mainly about .A. telling the story through pictures B. decorating the walls of homesC. publishing historical papers D. expressing feeling through pictures【参考答案】14、B D C A语法填空。阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Every day has the pote
19、ntial to be a good and, in some cases, a great day for you. Few of us get up in the morning1(think)that we want this to be a bad day. Yet in many cases the day turns that way because of a person or an event2we worry about. Think about those small events which can throw you off balance and affect you
20、r whole day3(negative). Who stole your day? Was4a boss, an unruly child, an erratic driver on the way to work, getting5“F”on a history paper, 6an impolite waiter at lunch that did? Every day numerous people or events can prevent us from having a good day, if we let them. The key is that we should ad
21、opt a positive attitude towards life. We cannot control7happens to us in many cases, but we can control how we react8these events. Lao-tzu, a Chinese philosopher, 9(say), “He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers10is mighty. ”【文章大意】每一天既可能会朝着好的方面发展, 也可能会朝着坏的方面发展, 关键是看我们对生活采取的态度。虽然我们不能控制会发生什么
22、事, 但我们可以控制我们对所发生的事情的态度。1. 【解析】thinking。考查现在分词。think和逻辑主语few of us之间是主动关系, 应用现在分词作伴随状语。2. 【解析】that。考查关系代词。that引导定语从句修饰先行词a person or an event, that在从句中作介词about的宾语, 先行词中既有人也有事物, 不可用which。3. 【解析】negatively。考查副词。修饰动词(affect), 应用副词。4. 【解析】it。考查代词。本句是强调句, 句中缺少it。5. 【解析】an。考查冠词。F表示的是学业成绩中的F级别, 是一个可数名词, 此处是
23、泛指“一个F级别”, 应用不定冠词; F是以元音音素开头的, 应用不定冠词an修饰。6. 【解析】or。考查并列连词。an impolite waiter和“F”on a history paper是并列关系, 表示的是一种可能性, 应用or, 意为“或者”。7. 【解析】what。考查宾语从句。control后跟的是一个宾语从句, 从句中缺少主语, 应用what引导。8. 【解析】to。考查介词。react to sth. 对某事做出反应, 是固定搭配。9. 【解析】said。考查时态。表述过去发生的事情, 应用一般过去时。10. 【解析】himself。考查代词。由He who conqu
24、ers others is strong可知, 此处指的是“征服自己的人才是强大的”。主语是he, 所以反身代词用himself。语法填空。阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。【全国新课标卷题型】If the population of the Earth keeps on_1_(increase) at its present rate，there will_2_(event) not be enough resources left to support life on the planet. By the middle of the 21st c
25、entury，if present trends continue，we_3_(use) up all the oil that drive our cars, for example. Even if scientists develop new ways of feeding the human race, the crowded conditions on Earth will make it_4_(necessity) for us to look for somewhere else. But_5_of the other planets in our solar system ar
26、e capable of supporting life at present. One possible solution to the problem，_6_， has recently been suggested by an American scientist, Professor Carl Sagan. Sagarn believes that_7_ the Earths resources are completely_8_(exhaust)，it will be possible to change the atmosphere of Venus and_9_create a new world almost as large as Earth itself. Something is difficult. Venus is much hotter than the Earth. _10_， there is only a tiny amount of water there.1_2._3._4._5._6_7._8._9._10._答案：1.increasing2.eventually3.will have used4.necessary5.none6.however7.before8.exhausted9.therefore10.Besides
