6．Why did she have to support her family by herself？Because her husband had____．

A．put an end to their marriage by law

B．gone abroad

C．fallen in love With another woman

D． been devoted to his work

5．To be on Welfare means to____．

A． be well off　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．be wealthy

C．depend on government assistance　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．live alone

4．According to the map，which of the following is correct？

A．(1)Sri Lanka　　 (2)Madagascar　 (3)the Seychelles

B．(1)Sri Lanka　 (2)the Seychelles (3)Madagascar

C．(1)Madagascar　　　　　　　　　　　　 (2)Sri Lanka　　　　　　　　　　 (3)the Seychelles

D．(1)Madagascar　　　　　　　　　　　　 (2)the Seychelles　　　　　　 (3)Sri Lanka

B

Mrs．Durham made so little money that it was impossible to support her two daughters with her small income．At first she depended on government assistance (援助)， but she soon realized that the only way she could take care of herself and her children was to get a good-paying job．

But how could she do that？Mrs．Durham had stopped high school in order to get married， so she did not have enough education for a high-Paying job．Now that she had to support her family by herself，she needed a job that paid more than the lowest wage and she needed it right away．

Fortunately，she heard about a program in the United States called W．O．W．， which stands for Wider Opportunities for Women，and attended a truck-driving course．Before taking the course Mrs．Durham had only driven her husband's truck a few times；never did she imagine that one day she would be driving a truck for a living．After three months Sandy Durham completed the course and soon passed the test for her license(执照)．Now she earns＄19．01 an hour， which is almost four times what she used to make．As a singly parent，Sandy Durham needs the money to buy clothes for her two daughters， make repairs on her home， and buy food for the family．If she were still cooking hamburgers in a fast-food restaurant，she could not afford to take care of her family on her own and would still be on welfare．

3．Which of the following statements is not true？

A．The Indian Ocean supplies about twenty percent of water to the world

B．The Indian Ocean is surrounded by four continents．

C．Sri Lanka lies beyond the Indian Ocean．

D．People in Southeast Asia probably live on rice．

2．People in the countries in Southeast Asia____．

A．are very rich

B．are very poor

C．benefit(得到利益)a lot from the Indian Ocean

D．suffered a lot from the weather

1．We may conclude that____．

A． India is larger than Australia

B．Madagascar is larger than Sri Lanka

C．the Indian Ocean is larger than the Atlantic Ocean

D．Madagascar and Sri Lanka are two of the most important islands near Africa

20．The passage mainly suggests that 　　　.

　　　 A．now men pay more attention to their clothes than women do

　　　 B．women always like beautiful dresses

　　　 C．people have paid more and more attention to the importance of dress

　　　 D．American culture is changing greatly

19．Blue-collar workers pay great attention to their clothes because 　　　.

　　　 A．they extremely concern about the impression their clothes make on their superiors

　　　 B．they know very clearly that people will judge them on the basis of their clothing

　　　 C．they want to impress and influence others

　　　 D．they don’t want to be laughed at

18．Traditionally ,people usually thought that 　　　.

　　　 A．men cared very much for clothes

　　　 B．women concerned greatly about what they wore while men didn’t

　　　 C．both men and women paid great attention to their clothes

　　　 D．neither men nor women showed interest in clothes

17．The passage tells us that 　　　.

　　　 A．our value and lifestyles are in no field of human activity

　　　 B．the clothes that we choose to wear have something to do with our values and lifestyles

　　　 C．our values and lifestyles are from the sign language

　　　 D．the clothes we choose to wear depend on a set of information and immediate impression