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Bill and his family have been living in the same old building for eight years. The landlor

d (房东)also lives there,and usually all the tenants(房客)get along fairly well with one another. Recently,however, there has been a change in their relations.

A nice, quiet old couple used to live there, too. The old lady would sometimes bring some small cakes she made to Biir s mother,who in return would give her some meat or help her with shopping.Unfortunately,the old lady died last month. As her husband couldn’ t live alone,his grandson moved in.

The grandson, a youth of about twenty, has become a problem to Bill’ s family because he is so noisy. Biir s family members were used to peace and quiet,but the youth likes to listen to his radio late at night. Sometimes his friends came for a visit,and they also made a lot of noise. Everyone in Bill’ s family has been bothered by the new comer and getting angry.

Bill’ s mother once politely asked the old man if he was able to sleep well at night, but it seemed that he didn’ t understand what she meant and so never spoke to his grandson about it. If he did,the grandson apparently didn’ t listen, since things have not changed any. Everyone in Bill’ s family agrees that something has to be done, but no one wants to hurt the old man’ s feelings or cause him any problems. What do you think should be done? Bill’ s family got angry with their neighbor because

A.the old lady died

B.a young man moved in

C.the grandson made a lot of noise

D.the young man could not live alone

In the sentence “Every one in Bill’s family has been bothered by the new comer”,“bother” means____.A.scare

B.cause trouble to

C.worry

D.make sorry

The grandson makes a lot of noise asA.he never cares whether the neighbors might want to live in peace and quiet

B.the walls of the building are thin

C.he likes to listen to his radio early iji the morning

D.friends come to visit him

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第1题

One day in 1965, when I was a library worker at school, a teacher came to me. She had
a student who finished his work before all the others and needed something more difficult for him to do. "Could you help me in the library?"she asked. I said, "Send him along."

Soon, a golden-haired boy appeared. "Do you have a job for me?" he asked. I told him about a system for sorting books. He picked up the idea immediately. Then I showed him some cards for some unreturned books that I thought had been returned but not recorded. Maybe some books were put on wrong places. He said, "Is it a kind of a detective(侦探) job?" I answered yes, and then began his work.

He had found three books with wrong cards by the time his teacher opened the door and said, "Time for rest!" he argued for finishing the finding job, but the teacher won.

The next morning, he arrived early, "I want to finish these books," he said. At the end of the day, when he asked to work with me more often, it was easy for me to say yes.

After a few weeks I found a note on my desk, inviting me to dinner at the boy's home. At the end of a pleasant evening, his mother declared that the family would be moving to another school. Her son's first concern, she said,was leaving the library. "Who will find the lost books?" he asked. When the time came, it was hard to say goodbye.Though at the beginning he had seemed an ordinary boy, his strong feeling of interest had made him different.

Do you know who he is? This boy became a great man of the Information Age: Bill Gates.

(1)、Why did the teacher go to the library to find a job for Bill Gates?

A:Because the teacher found the librarian quite busy.

B:Because Bill Gates wanted to find a job.

C:Because Bill Gates finished his study quickly and had more free time than the others.

D:Because the library needed a new worker.

(2)、What do you know from the passage?

A:Library work was very difficult for Bill Gates.

B:Bill Gates did his job without any difficulty.

C:The librarian was too busy to have a rest.

D:His mother hoped that Bill Gates would stay for his job.

(3)、The sentence "He picked up the idea immediately" means that ______.

A:he learned that system quickly

B:he collected that system quickly

C:he lifted up that system quickly

D:he improved that system quickly

(4)、What was Bill Gates expected to do in the library?

A:Finding the lost cards.

B:Learning the system.

C:Helping the worker with everything in the library.

D:Finding books with wrong cards.

(5)、How did Bill Gates feel when his family would move to another school area?

A:Sad.

B:Pleasant.

C:Worried.

D:Interested.

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第2题

This month Singapore passed a bill that would give legal teeth to the moral obligation to
support one s parents. Called the Maintenance of Parents Bill, it received the backing of the Singapore Government. That does not mean it hasn't generated discussion. Several members of the Parliament opposed the measure as un-Asian. Others who acknowledged the problem of the elderly poor believed it a disproportionate response. Still others believe it will subvert relations within the family~ cynics dubbed it the "Sue Your Son" law.

Those proponents say that the bill does not promote filial responsibility. It kicks in where filial responsibility fails. The law cannot legislate filial responsibility any more than it can legislate love. All the law can do is to provide a safety net where this morality proves insufficient. Singapore needs this bill not to replace morality, but to provide incentives to shore it up.

Like many other developed nations, Singapore faces the problems of an increasing proportion of people over 60 years of age. Demography is inexorable. In 1980, 7.2% of the population was in this bracket. By the end of the 20th century that figure grew to 11%. By 2030, the proportion is projected to be 26~. The problem is not old age per se. It is that the ratio of economically active people to economically inactive people will decline.

But no amount of government exhortation or paternalism will completely eliminate the problem of old people who have insufficient means to make ends meet. Some people will fall through the holes in any safety net.

Traditionally, a person's insurance against poverty in his old age was his family, life is not a revolutionary concept. Nor is it uniquely Asian. Care and support for one's parents is a universal value shared by all civilized societies.

The problem in Singapore is that the moral obligation to look after one's parents is unenforceable. A father can be compelled by law to maintain his children. A husband can be forced to support his wife. But, until now, a son or daughter had no legal obligation to support his or her parents.

In 1980, an Advisory Council was set up to look into the problems of the aged. Its report stated with a tinge of complacency that 95% of those who did not have their own income were receiving cash contributions from relations, But what about the 5% who aren't getting relatives' support? They have several options: (a) get a job and work until they die; (b) apply for public assistance (you have to be destitute to apply). or (c) starve quietly. None of these options is socially acceptable. And what if this 5% figure grows, as it is likely to do, as society ages?

The Maintenance of Parents Bill was put forth to encourage the traditional virtues that have so far kept Asian nations from some of the breakdowns encountered in other affluent societies. This legislation will allow a person to apply to the court for maintenance from any or all of his children. The court would have the discretion to refuse to make an order if it is unjust.

Those who deride the proposal for opening up the courts to family lawsuits miss the point. Only in extreme cases would any parent take his child to court. If it does indeed become law, the bill's effect would be far more subtle.

First, it will reaffirm the notion that it is each individual's--not society's--responsibility to look after his parents. Singapore is still conservative enough that most people will not object to this idea. It reinforces the traditional values and it doesn't hurt a society now and then to remind itself of its core values.

Second, and more important, it will make those who are inclined to shirk, their responsibilities think twice. Until now, if a person asked family eiders, clergymen or the Ministry of Community Development to help get financial support from his children, the most they could do was to mediate. But mediators h

A.received unanimous support in the Singapore Parliament

B.was believed to solve all the problems of the elderly poor

C.was intended to substitute for traditional values in Singapore

D.was passed to make the young more responsible to the old

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第3题

Some people do not like anything to be out of place; they are never late for work; they re
turn their books on time to the library; they remember people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Hill is such a man.

Mr. Hill works in a bank, and lives alone. The only family he has is in the next town: his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Jack. Mr. Hill does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Jack's seventeen birthdays.

Last week Mr. Hill had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast; he parked his car where he always parked it ,out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Just then, there was a knock at the door. He opened the door, to find a policeman standing on the door-step.

"What have I done wrong?" Mr. Hill asked himself. "Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?"

"Hello, Uncle," said the policeman, "My name is Jack."

Mr. Hill ______.

A.works in a bank by himself

B.lives in a bank and works by himself

C.lives by himself and works in a bank

D.lives in a bank by himself

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第4题

There is much chance()Bill will recover from his injury in time for the race.

A.as

B.that

C.what

D.which

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第5题

______ for several times, Bill made up his mind not to play computer games at night any mo
re.

A.To be scolded

B.To have been scolded

C.Being scolded

D.Having been scolded

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第6题

James' father __. A.divorced his wife B.liked to drink C.deserted his family D.B and C

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第7题

Since last century, his family () teachers.

A.are

B.are being

C.have been

D.were being

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第8题

How ____ he was ____ his family after a long absence!

A.happy, to see

B.happily, seen

C.happily, to see

D.happily, saw

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第9题

His doctor was clearly a family friend;his wife had only her husband's interests ______hea
rt.

A. within

B. at

C. by

D. with

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