北京市中考完型閱讀

（2009,海淀一模）Everyyearonmybirthday,fromthetimeIturnedtwelve,awhilegardenia

wasdeliveredtomyhouse.Nocardcamewithit.Callstotheflowershopwerenot_35_atall.

AfterawhileIstoppedtryingto_36___thesender'snameandjustdelightedinthebeautiful

whiteflowerinsoftpinkpaper.

However,Inever_37_imaginingwhothegivermightbe.Someofmyhappiest_38—

werespentdaydreamingaboutthesender.Mymotherencouragedtheseimaginings.She'sasked

myiftherewassomeoneforwhomIhadshownspecial_39_.Perhapsitwastheoldman

acrossthestreetwhosemaulI'ddeliveredduringthewinter.Asagirl,though,Ihadmorefun

imaginingthatitmightbea_40—Ihadruninto.

Onemonthbeforemygraduation,myfatherdied.IfeltsosadthatIbecamecompletely

_41_inmyupcominggraduationdance,andIdidn't___42___ifIhadanewdressornot.But

mymother,despiteherownsadness,wouldnutletme___43___anyofthosethings.Shewanted

herchildrennotonlytobelovablebuttofeel_44—.Intruth,mymotherwantedherchildrento

see_45_muchlikethegardenia-lovely,strongandperfectwithperhapsabitofmystery.

MymotherdiedtendaysafterIwasmarried.Iwastwenty-twoyearsold.Thatwastheyearthe

gardeniastopped_46—.

35.A.hopeB.seeC.thinkD.understand

36.A.raiseB.showC.passD.hold

37.A.doorB.windowC.eyesD.mouth

38.A.heB.sheC.ID.they

39.A.happierB.luckierC.brighterD.kinder

40.A.rightB.wrongC.sameD.different

41.A.darkerB.clevererC.nearerD.older

42.A.needB.loveC.kindD.favorite

43.A.neverB.oftenC.sometimesD.usually

44.A.putdownB.askforC.lookatD.sellout

45.A.howB.whenC.whereD.why

46.A.silentB.hungryC.healthyD.pleasant

CADBCCADABDB

GilbertjoinedtheScienceClublastsummer.Onedayhewashandedapieceofpaper,

ablockofwoodandfourwheels;hewastoldtogohomeand1themallto"dad”.

However,GilbertJsmomknewthathisdadwasn,tgoodatmakingthingsanddecided

thatshewouldreadthe2andletGilbertdothework.Afewdayslatertheblock

ofwoodwasturningintoacarthatGilbert3named“BlueLightning”.Thenhe

andhismotherwenttoacarracetogether.Butwhenthey4there,Gilbertfound

thathiscarwastheonlyonethathadnotbeenmadebyaufather-sonpartnership

（合作）.

Theracebegan.Onebyonethecarswereknockedoutuntilit5tothefinal

betweeenGilbertandJimmy.Justbeforetherace,Gilbertasked6theycouldstop

foraminutesothathecouldmakeawish.Afteralongminute,Gilbertsaidthat

hewas7.

Peoplecheeredastheracebegan.Jimmystoodwithhisfatherandwatchedtheir

carracingdowntheroadwhileGilbertwassurprisedatthegreat8ofhiscar

asitrushedoverthefinishing1inelessthanasecond9Jimmy's.Gilbertjumped

upanddownwith10.

Soontheclubmanagercameoverandaskedhim,“So,Gilbert,yourwishwasto11,

right?”"Ohno,sir,"hereplied."IjustwishedthatIwouldn'tcryifIlost.”

Childrensometimes12adultswithunexpectedideas.WhenGilbertfirstsawthe

othercars,hedidn'tcryout,“Notfair!Otherchildrenhadtheirfathers?help!

Gilbertdidn,twishforvictoryintherace;insteadhewishedforcourage.

1.A.sendB.returnC.lendD.give

2.A.instructionsB.passageC.messageD.explanations

3.A.easilyB.carefullyC.proudlyD.kindly

4.A.livedB.gotC.metD.passed

5.A.ranB.movedC.cameD.rushed

6.A.whetherB.whyC.whenD.where

7.A.sureB.readyC.tiredD.sorry

8.A.effortB.energyC.speedD.value

9.A.pastB.overC.afterD.before

10.A.excitementB.enjoymentC.agreementI）,achievement

11.A.changeB.breakC.leaveD.win

12.A.satisfyB.surpriseC.pleaseD.encourage

1.D2.A3.C4.B5,C

6.A7,B8.C9.D10.A

11.D12.B

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A

Whatdoesthesign（標(biāo)識）say?

1.WhattimedoestheuniversityparkopeninMarch?

A.At6:00am.B.At6:30am.C.At8:00am.D.At8:30am.

2.Whichsigntellsyounottosmoke?

A.Sign2.B.Sign4.C.Sign6.D.Sign8.

3.WherecanyouseeSign9?

A.Ontheplayground.B.Attheschoollibrary.

C.Neartheswimmingpool.D.Inthecomputerroom.

B

Doyouwantto1iveahappier,lessstressful（有壓力的）life?Trylaughingforno

reasonatall.That*showthousandsofpeoplestarttheirdayatLaughterClubs

aroundtheworld一andmanydoctorsnowthinkthathavingagoodlaughmightbe

oneofthebestwaystostayhealthy.

ThefirstLaughterClubwasstartedinMumbai,India,in1995byDr.MadanKataria.

uYoungchildrenlaughabout300timesaday.Adultslaughbetween7and15times

aday,“saysDr.Kataria.EveryoneJsnaturallygoodatlaughing—it'sthe

universallanguage.Wewantpeopletofeelhappywiththeirlives."Therearenow

morethan500LaughterClubsinIndiaandover1,300worldwide.

Manydoctorsarealsointerestedintheeffects（效果）oflaughteronourhealth.

Accordingtoa5-yearstudyattheUCLASchoolofMedicineinCalifornia,with

laughingthereislessstressinthebody.Laughterimprovesourhealthagainst

illnessbyabout40%.

So,whathappensataLaughterClub?IwentalongtomynearestclubinSouth

Londontofindout.Iwasquitenervousatthebeginningoftheclass,tobehonest

—Iwasn,tinterestedinlaughingwithagroupofstrangers,and1wasworried

aboutlookingstupid.Ourlaughterteachertoldustoclapourhandsandsay”ho

hoho,hahaha,“whilelookingateachother.However,ourbodiescan,ttellthe

differencebetweenfakelaughterandreallaughter,sotheystillproducethesame

healthyeffects.

Surprisingly,itworks!Aftertenminuteseverybodyintheroomwaslaughingfor

real—andsomepeoplejustcouldn'tstop!AttheendoftheclassIwassurprised

byhowrelaxedandcomfortableIfelt.Soifyou'reunderstress,thenstartlaughing.

Youmightbeverypleasedwiththeresults!

4.InwhichcountrywasthefirstLaughterClubstarted?

A.Britain.B.America.C.Australia.D.India.

5.Howdidthewriterfeelatthebeginningoftheclass?

A.Surprised.B.Pleased.C.Nervous.D.Stressful.

6.Whendidthepeopleintheclubbegintolaughforreal?

A.Afterafewminutes.B.Afterafewhours.C.Afterafewseconds.1).

Afterafewdays.

7.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.Fakelaughterandreallaughterarebothgoodforhealth.

B.40%ofthepeopleinLaughterClubsaregoodfriends.

C.Adultslaughmoreoftenthanchildreninaday.D.Laughingisthebest

waytopreventillness.

C

EachyearBenisgladwhenschoolisclosedonMartinLutherKingJr.Day.Ben

knowsthatthisdayhonorsanimportantman,butBendoesnotfeelconnectedtohim.

However,thesmall-worldtheory(理論)connectsBentoDr.King.Ben'smom(0)has

aclosefriend,Amy(1).Amy'suncle,Mark(2),oncemetandspoketoJohnCarter

(3),thesonofPresidentJimmyCarter(4).JimmyCarterknewDr.King(5).Ina

way,Benisonly“fivepeopleawaywfromMartinLutherKingJr.

Thesmall-worldtheorysaysthateveryoneintheworldisconnectedthrougha

shortchain(鏈條)ofpeopletheyknow.Anothernameofthischainisdegreesof

separation.Eachdegreeisastepthatseparatesapersonfromsomeoneheorshe

doesnotknow.Therearezerodegreesofseparationbetweenapersonandthepeople

heorsheknowsdirectly.ThismeansthattherearezerodegreesbetweenBenand

hismom.Thereisonedegreeofseparationwhenjustonepersonseparatessomeone

fromapersonheorshedoesnotknow.Benknowshismom,buthehasn,tmether

closefriendAmy.Therefore,BenisonedegreeawayfromAmy.Asthechaincontinues,

Amy'suncle,Mark,istwodegrees.JohnCarteristhreedegrees,andhisfather

isfourdegrees.Dr.KingisfivedegreesawayfromBen.Thetheorysaysthatthere

arenomorethansixdegreesofseparationbetweenanytwopeopleintheworld.

Thesmall-worldtheoryhasalottodowithmath.Thetheoryassumes(假定)that

eachpersonknows100people.Eachoneofthose100peopleknows50differentpeople.

Eachofthose50peopleknowsanother50people,andsoon.Whensomeonecontinues

thecalculationtosixdegrees,itislikethis:100X50X50X50X50X50

二31.25X109.Thisnumberisgreaterthan31billion(abillion=athousandmillion).

Thereareover6billionpeopleintheworld.Thesenumbersshowitispossiblethat

sixdegreesofseparationcouldincludeeveryoneintheworld.

Doesthesmall-worldtheorywork?Noonehaseverprovedit.Maybethetheory

justinvitespeopletothinkalittlemoreabouttheirplacesintheworld.

8.Benistwodegreesawayfrom.

A.JimmyCarterB.JohnCarterC.AmyD.Mark

9.Whatisthemeaningof“degreesofseparation“inParagraph2?

A.Thechaintoconnectpeople.B.Therelationsbetweenpeople.

C.Thestepsofknowingstrangers.D.Theseparationbetweenstrangers.

10.Whatisthesmall-worldtheorymainlyabout?

A.HowfarBenisawayfromDr.King.B.Howmanypeopleonecangetto

know.

C.Howpeopleareconnectedintheworld.D.Howthedegreesofseparationare

setup.

11.Wecanlearnfromthearticlethat.

A.thesmall-worldtheoryworks

B.moreresearchisneededtoprovethetheory

C.sixdegreesareneededtoknowthestrangers

D.thewriter'spurposeistohelppeoplefindouttheirplaces

1.D2.B3.C4.D5.C

6.A7.A8.D9.A10.C

11.B

四、完形填空（共12分，每小題1分）

通讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中，選擇

能填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

Christmasisforgivingandsharing,forgettingtogetherwithfamilyandfriends.Butmostly

it'sforlove.Ihadnotbelievedthisuntilastudent,whowascalledMark,gavemeawonderful

giftoneChristmas.

Markwasan11-year-oldorphan（MJL）wholivedwithhisaunt,amiddleagedwoman

greatlyannoyed（使煩惱）withtheburden（負(fù)擔(dān)）of35forherdeadsister'sson.

Ihadnot36Markespeciallyuntilhebeganstayingafterclasseachdaytohelpmetidy

uptheroom.Wedidthisquietly,notspeakingmuch,butenjoyingthetimeoftheday.When

wedidtalk,Markspokemostlyofhis37,whohadalwaysspentmuchtimewithhimbefore

shepassedaway.38Christmascamenear,however;Markfailedtostayafterschooleach

day.I39himoneafternoonandaskedwhyhenolongerhelpedmeintheroom."\was

makingyoua40hesaidconfidently（有信心地）inalowvoice."It'sforChristmas.wWith

that,helefttheroominahurry.Hedidn'tstayafterschoolanymoreafterthat.Finally41

thelastschooldaybeforeChristmas.Markwalkedslowlyintotheroomlatethatafternoon."I

haveapresent/hesaid."\hopeyoulikeit."Heheldouthishand,andinitwasatinywooden

box."It'sbeautiful,Mark.What'sinit?"Iasked,openingthetoptolook42.“Oh,you

can'tseeit,“hereplied,zzandyoucan'ttouchit,ortasteitorfeelit,butmotheralwayssaidit

makesyoufeelgoodallthetime,warmoncoldnights,andsafewhenyou're43.”

Ilookedintothe44box."Whatisit,Mark/Iasked,z/thatwillmakemefeelsogood?

It's45hesaidsoftly,“andmotheralwayssaidit'sbestwhenyougiveitaway.HAndhe

turnedandquietlylefttheroom.

Sonow1_46_thesmallboxonthepianoinmylivingroom.Yes,Christmasisforjoy,

songsandnicegifts,butmostly,forlove.

35.A.askingB.waitingC.caringD.looking

36.A.seenB.knownC.foundD.noticed

37.A.motherB.teacherC.auntD.friend

38.A.IfB.AsC.BecauseD.Though

39.A.caughtB.calledC.tookD.stopped

40.A.secretB.wishC.surpriseD.wonder

41.A.wentB.returnedC.cameD.passed

42.A.upB.insideC.downD.round

43.A.aloneB.tiredC.sadD.ill

44.A.tinyB.emptyC.strangeD.beautiful

45.A.loveB.timeC.lifeD.hope

46.A.leaveB.placeC.putD.keep

35.C36.D37.A

38.B39.D40.C41.C42.B43.A44.B45.A46.D

閱讀理解（共24分）

五、閱讀理解（共24分，每小題2分）

閱讀下面A、B、C三篇短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個

選項(xiàng)中，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。

Thenumberofwomenover65whoarestillworkinghasincreasedbymorethanathirdin

thepasttenyears.Dothesewomenreallylikeworking?Womenlivelongerthanmen,sothey

havetosavemoremoneyfortheirretired（退休的）lives.Womenearn（掙）less,sotheysave

less.Andtheyworkfewyearsbecausetheyhavetolookafterchildrenorelderlyparents.

Howcanwehelpwomenfindawaytoretirewhentheywantto?Herearesomethoughts:

（1）Rightnowonly47%ofworkingwomentakepartinacompanyretirementplan.

Americanbusinesscandomuchmoretohelpthatnumbergrow.

（2）Knowledgeispower（力量）.53%ofwomenwhohavearetirementplansaidthey

wouldincreasetheirincome（收入）iftheyhadachancetoreceivefinancial（財(cái)經(jīng)的）

education.

（3）Nonworkingwomencaninvest（投資）upto$5,000everyyeartoincreasetheir

income.

Theseideascanhelpwomenworklonger;notbecausetheyhavetobutbecausetheywant

to.Youcanlearnmoreaboutthistopicandjoininthediscussionatwww.wsj.retirement,

com.

47.Manywomenover65keepworkingbecause.

A.theylikeworkingB.theyhavetosavemoney

C.theycanworklongD.theyhavenothingtodo.

48.Howmanyworkingwomenhavetakenpartinacompanyretirementplan?

A.Aboutonethird.B.About5,000.

C.About47%.D.About53%.

49.Whichofthefollowingcanhelpworkingwomentakepartinthecompanyretirementplan?

A.Americanbusiness.B.Americangovernment.

C.Financialeducation.D.Nonworkingwomen.

50.Wheredoesthediscussiontakeplace?

A.Inanewspaper.B.OnaTVprogram.

C.Inamagazine.D.OntheInternet.

B

OnacloudyafternoonlastSeptember;RubiowatchedTexasNationalGuardsoldiershelp

passengersoffplanesatasmallairportnearCollegeStation.Allofthemwererunningaway

fromHurricane（颶風(fēng)）Ike.Theyhadsomethingelseincommonaswell.Eachpassengerwore

abrightyellowwristband（腕標(biāo)）,RFID,developedbyRubio'scompany.Thewristbandhada

computerchip（芯片）,whichallowedthestate'semergencyresponsecenter（急救中心）to

followthepersonwhoworeit.

“Thewristbandreallymadeadifference/saysRubio,addingthatthousandsoffamilieswho

calledthestate'semergencyresponsecenterduringthehurricanewereabletofindlovedones.

ThewristbandsalsomadealotofmoneyforRubio'scompany.

ThatsagoalRubiocouldnothaveimaginedevenafewyearsago,asa36-year-old

stay-at-homemumwiththreekidsundertenandahusbandwhotraveledforworkfivedaysa

week."AllIwantedwastohavemyfamilybacktogether/shesays.

Rubioconsidereddoingsomethingdifferentafterthebirthofherthirdchildandreturnedto

work.AfriendsuggestedthetechnologyofRFID.Itwasn'tnewbutwasmainlyusedtofind

packages.

RubiobeganimaginingwideruseofRFID,andin2005thewristbandappearedatabusiness

conferenceanddidagoodjob.InthewakeofHurricaneKatrina,thecompanyfurtherusedthe

technology,andlaterduringIkeabout27,000peopleweresuccessfullysaved.

'Tmamumwiththreekidsorawomaninatechnologyfield.I'vesucceededandgot

confidence（信心）."Rubioalsoachievedsomethingelse.Shefinallyhasthefamilylifeshe

alwayswanted.

51.PeopleworewristbandsduringHurricaneIkeinorderto.

A.protectthemfrombeinghurtB.beallowedtogetontheplanes

C.leadtheirwaytoasafeplaceD.befoundeasilybyotherpeople

52.Rubiodecidedtoreturntoworkbecause.

A.shewantedtomakemoneyB.shelikedthenewtechnology

C.sheneededachangeinlifeD.shewasusedtohardwork

53.Howdidthewristbandworkaccordingtothepassage?

A.Verywell.B.Allright.C.Notwell.D.Verybadly.

54.WhatdoesRubiothinkisthemostimportant?

A.Usualbusiness.B.Familylife.

C.Greatsuccess.D.Socialposition..

C

Whenpunctuation（標(biāo)點(diǎn)）began,itwasmainlytohelppeoplereadoutloud.Untilafew

hundredyearsago,notmanypeopleweretaughttoread,sotherewasalotmorereadingout

loudbythefewpeoplewhocould.

Tohelpthosereadingoutloudintheolddays,sign（符號）knownas“points“wereadded

topagesofwriting.PunctuationcomesfromtheLatinwordpunctus,meaning"point”.These

pointstoldreaderswhentopause（暫停）ortakeabreath,andwhattoemphasize（力口重）.

InEuropefromtheearlycenturiesAD,thesepointswerewidelyusedalthoughnot

everybodyusedthesamepointsforthesamething.Whenprintingwasinvented,printershadto

bemademoreclearlyaboutwhattoputwhere,sothateveryonewasdoingthesamething.

Sincethatpoint,allsortsofpunctuationruleshavebeendiscoveredandinvented.

Speechmarks"???"

Speechmarksorquotationmarksareusedtoshowthatsomeoneisspeaking.Thesortwe

haveinEnglishtodaybegantobewidelyusedduringthe18thcentury.Beforethatreaders

simplyunderstoodfromthewayasentencewaswrittenthatsomeonewasspeakingalthough

sometimesspokenwordswereunderlined.

Comma,colon:period（fullstop）.

AllthreeofthesesortsofpunctuationmarksweregiventheirGreeknamesbyAristophanes,

alibrarianwholivedinByzantiuminthe2ndcenturyBC.Theyweremarksonthepage,eachwith

amessagetothereader.Commameantashortpause.Colonmeantamedium（中等的）sized

pause.Periodmeantalongpause.

Exclamationmark!

Intheearlydaysofpunctuation,ifyousawthissign,youweresupposedtopause.Some

peoplethinktheexclamationmarkbeganaswhattheGreekwordIOlookedlikeifitwasturned

90degrees.Thiswordmeans"Oh,gosh!”Withthe/onthetopandtheOunderit,thesignas

weknowittodaywasdeveloped.

Questionmark?

Inthemiddleage,asquiggle（圓?。゛boveafullstopwassometimesusedtoshowthe

sentencewasaquestionandthataperson'svoiceshouldgoupattheend.Bythe17thcentury

ithadturnedintowhatwecallaquestionmark.TheshapemayhavecomefromtheletterQ

shortforthatLatinquaestio,meaning“question".

Writersmakechoicesaboutpunctuationbecausetheythinkdifferentlyaboutsentencesand

words.It'spartofthepersonalityoftheirwriting.Somewritershatepunctuation,butothers

lovepunctuation.Sowhetheryouloveorhatepunctuation,thebestadvicemaybetojustenjoy

it,playwithit,thinkaboutitanduseit.Itbelongs（屬于）tothelanguageanditbelongstoyou.

55.Whendidpunctuationbegintobewidelyused,accordingtothepassage?

A.Inthe17thcentury.B.Inthe2ndcenturyBC.

C.Inthe18thcentury.D.IntheearlycenturiesAD.

56.Allpunctuationruleswerediscoveredandinventedinorderto.

A.helppeoplereadoutloudB.meettheneedofprinting

C.guidethewayofwritingD.mentionthespokenwords

57.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Alongpausecomesafterquestionmark.

B.Speechmarkswerenamedbyalibrarian.

C.QuestionmarkcomesfromaLatinword.

D.Theshapeofawordmakesexclamationmark.

58.What'stheproblemaboutpunctuationtoday?

A.Peoplehavecompletelydifferentideasaboutit.

B.Notmanypeoplearetaughttouseitcorrectly.

C.Ithasdifferentmeaningstodifferentpeople.

D.Sometimesspokenwordsmustbeunderlined.

47.B48.C49.A

50.D51.D52.C53.A54.B55.D56.B57.D58.A

完形填空。（共12分，每小題1分）

閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個

選項(xiàng)中，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。

Mymotherwastheonewhoalwaysbeatme.Ialwayscriedloudlytoletthe

neighbors_35_shewaskillingme.Forexample,ifsheactedasthoughshewas

aboutto_36_herhandtome,Iwouldopenmy_37_andlettheworldknow

aboutit.Ifanybodywaspassingbyoutontheroad,_38_wouldeitherchangeher

mindorjustgivemeafewlighttouches.

Thinkingaboutitnow,Ifeelcertainthatjustasmyfathersupportedmefor

being_39_thantheotherchildren,mymothergavememoreshoutforthe

_40_reason.Shewasverybrightherself,butshelikedtheoneswhowere

_41_.Jimmy,myeldestbrother;Iknew,wasespeciallyher_42_.Iremember

thathewouldtellmetogetoutofthehouse.zzLetthesunshineonyousoyoucan

getsomecolor/Hewentoutofhisway_43_toletmehaveasenseof

color-advantage.

Ilearnedearlythatcryingoutindisagreementcouldfinishthings.Myolder

brothersandsisterwouldsometimescomeinfromschooland_44_abiscuitwith

butterorsomething.Mymotherimpatiently,wouldtellthemno.ButIwouldcryout

andmakeabignoiseuntilIgotwhatIwanted.Irememberwellhowmymother

askedme_45_Icouldn'tbeaniceboylikeWilfred.ButIwouldthinktomyself

thatWilfred,forbeingsoniceandquiet,oftenstayed_46_.Soearlyinlife,Ihad

learnedthatifyouwantsomething,youhadbettermakesomenoises.

35.A.hopeB.seeC.thinkD.understand

36.A.raiseB.showC.passD.hold

37.A.doorB.windowC.eyesD.mouth

38.A.heB.sheC.1D.they

39.A.happierB.luckierC.brighterD.kinder

40.A.rightB.wrongC.sameD.different

41.A.darkerB.clevererC.nearerD.older

42.A.needB.loveC.kindD.favorite

43.A.neverB.oftenC.sometimesD.usually

44.A.putdownB.askforC.lookatD.sellout

45.A.howB.whenC.whereD.why

46.A.silentB.hungryC.healthyD.pleasant

35.C36.A37.D38.B39.C40.C41.A42.D43.A44.B45.

D46.B

閱讀理解。（每小題2分）

閱讀下面的三篇短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四

個選項(xiàng)中，選擇最佳選項(xiàng)。

A

Name:JamesBrown

Subjects:BusinessEnglish,ReadingandWriting

Experience

2005—NowBellCollegeTeachingCentreofEnglish

TeachingESPclassesincludingworkwiththePoliceForce.

2001—2005BusinessCollegeofCityUniversity

MainlyinExaminationCoursesandBusinessEnglish,including

businesswriting.

1997-2001EnglishCollegeofCityUniversity

TeachingspecialEnglishtostudentsfromothercountries.

1993-1997Gama-BellSchoolofEnglish

TeachingBusinessEnglishclasseswithlocalBritishAirways

representatives.

1990-1993AshtreePrimarySchoolandSummerSchool

Classteacher(8-9yearsolds)

47.JamesBrownisa.

A.teacherB.studentC.workerD.policeman

48JamesBrownwasinin2002.

A.Gama-BellSchoolofEnglishB.BellCollegeTeachingCentre

C.BusinessCollegeofCityUniversityD.EnglishCollegeofCityUniversity

49.JamesBrownwasinAshtreePrimarySchoolforyears.

A.1-3B.3-4C.5-7D.8-9

50.ThispassageisaboutMr.Brown's.

A.hobbyB.lifeC.familyD.experience

B

Inafewyears,mostpeoplewillknowthatahealthy,happy,lovingfamilyisajoy

anditisanecessarypartforbuildingastrongsociety.Buttherearestillsomepeople

whodon'tbelievefamilylifecanbeanenjoyableexperience.

Somepeoplealreadyacceptedtheideaofthe“megeneration“sotheyfailto

understandthatthereisatimeinlifewhentheyhavetogiveuptheirtimeto

somethingmorevaluable.

Atatimewhenadultsneedtothinkabouttheneedsoftheirfamily,theywillbe

doingotherimportantthings.Somepeoplewillspendtoomuchtimeworkingfora

morepowerfulcarorabiggerhousesothattheycanproudlysaythattheyhave

them.Somewillbedoingdangerousthingssothattheymaytelltheirstoriesto

theirfriends,andotherswillrecitethingslike"ImustbecomethebestIcanbe"or"I

don'twanttobeatthebottom/Theneedsoftheirfamilywillbeforgottenandthey

neverseemtohavetimeforthefamily.

Manypeoplehavenotexperiencedastronghelpfulperfectfamilylife,sothey

haveneverdiscovereditsworth.Manypeoplehavealwaysexperiencedfamilylifeas

afight,s