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阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项(A，B，C和D)中，选出最佳选项．

　　Only a hundred years ago, people seldom traveled far out of their birth place. Books were very expensive and there were few national newspapers and no radio or television. In fact, most people spent their time talking and listening. Only a very small quantity of reading and writing went on and many people were unable to read or write. For this reason, native dialects(方言)grew up and people spoke the way their parents and grandparents spoke. A woman from Cornwall who traveled just as far as London would find herself in a place where people spoke what was almost a different language.

　　Sometimes it is hard to take in just how much things have changed. You are used to owning books and having them around, to reading magazines and newspapers and to a choice of national television and radio programs. You, and everyone around you, are used to traveling not just in the British Islands but all over the world. Modern science has changed our life and distances have been made shorter. It might have taken that Cornwall woman three days to travel to London. Now it takes less than two hours by air, less than four hours by train and less than six hours by road.

　　The result of this is that the language we use is becoming more national and the dialects are dying out. Writing, printing and broadcasting have speeded up this change as one dialect has come to be used by more and more people. This is the dialect called standard (标准的) English which was first used outside London in the south and east Midlands.

1．From the information given in the passage we know that a century ago ________.

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A．people wouldn't like to leave their birth place

B．there were neither books nor newspapers

C．not many people could read and write

D．people learned to read and write from their parents and grandparents

2．If a woman who lived in Comwall a hundred years ago went to London, she would find ________.

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A．London was far from her birth place

B．London was a strange city

C．London people used a very difficult language

D．she could hardly understand what London people spoke

3．Things have changed so much that people are not used to ________ any more.

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A．watching TV and listening to the radio

B．reading books and magazines

C．traveling just within the British Islands

D．traveling the world over

When your kids were six or seven, you sent them to school. Did you ever wonder what goes through a teacher's  1   as he or she tries to teach your kids? Did you ever wonder what the teacher  2    from you, the parents?

Parents can be   3  or suspicious. They can be of great help to the teacher  4   be in need of help themselves. Some teachers think parents are too  5   on their children. Here is  6  one teacher puts it.

"I usually have the  7  of parents coming in and  8   me how much they care about the kids' education and how they really  9  their kids. They tell me they stand and   10   them closely when they do their homework. Sometimes they  11   offer help with the kids' lessons as if they were teachers. They check their school work, and are too sensitive to  12  . They blame the kids on everything having to do  13  school. When a parent asks me how his or her kid is getting on in my class, my answer usually is "Well, you know, he is  14  a good kid. He is fine in my class. Maybe you don' t have to be so  15  with your kids."

Teachers want parents to know that they are professionals at  16  with children. They have  17  many children and even parents. Because of this, teachers can be  18  at educating children. Teachers are  19  that parents want their children to do well, but they know more about what children should be able to do at different ages and  20 .

1．A．heart                  B．mind                C．soul                 D．spirit

2．A．reflects              B．results              C．benefits            D．expects

3．A．effective            B．attentive           C．supportive        D．positive

4．A．but                    B．or                    C．thus                 D．as

5．A．hard                  B．keen                 C．dependent         D．crazy

6．A．where                B．how                 C．when               D．why

7．A．problems            B．contracts          C．accidents          D．agreements

8．A．advising             B．examining         C．telling               D．instructing

9．A．help with            B．deal with          C．make up           D．give up

10．A．connect            B．guide                C．watch              D．inspire

11．A．even                 B．already             C．still                  D．merely

12．A．marks              B．efforts              C．pains                D．words

13．A．at                    B．beyond             C．in                    D．with

14．A．nearly              B．really                C．seldom             D．hardly

15．A．satisfied           B．careful             C．strict                D．cautious

16．A．working           B．playing             C．staying             D．joking

17．A．fed                  B．observed          C．attended           D．greeted

18．A．pleased             B．worried            C．disappointed    D．experienced

19．A．content            B．doubtful           C．aware              D．suspicious

20．A．stages              B．classes             C．schools            D．projects