20.Which of the following diagrams correctly shows the rise of single parent families in the US from

1990 to 2000?

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19.Which of the following is TRUE about the increase of single parent families according to the passage?

A. It will somewhat limit the growing population of younger generation.

B. Governments should take actions about the social problems brought about by it.

C. Single parent families are not looked down upon in any country mentioned here.

D. Generally speaking, the single parents needn’t worry since they are highly paid.

18.What is the cause of the rise of single parent families across the globe?

A. The nearby family members have a favourable opinion.

B. A lone parent is well off enough to support his /her children.

C. A lot of problems have arisen in two-parent families.

D. We cannot get enough proving information from the text.

17.Not considering the exact number of the single-parent families, which country saw the fastest rise rate in 1999, compared with 1990?

A.UK.　　　　　 B. Australia.　　　　　 C. America.　　　　　 D. Belgium.

16.Why was Hung able to win the hearts of America?

A. His success was based on his own hard work. B. He attracted people’s attention in the contest.

C. He was good-looking though he didn’t sing well.

D. His character was completely different from other idols’.

E

Across the globe, single parent homes are on the rise. In the US, the 2000 census (人口普查) showed 24.8 million, or nearly 24 percent of the nation’s 105.5 million households, were traditional two-parent homes. By comparison, 9.8 million households, or 9 percent of all US households were headed by an adult raising a child alone. The 1990 census showed 26 percent of homes were led by a married mother and father, and 8 percent of homes were led by a single parent.

Similar increases occurred in other countries. In the UK, lone-parent homes increased from 3.3 percent in 1990 to 5.5 percent in 1999. Single parent households in Australia rose from 5.8 percent in 1990 to 7.6 percent in 1999. Belgium saw the increase from 1.8 percent to 2.7 percent during the same period of time. These countries tend to have greater acceptance of the single parent because there are fewer nearby family members to disapprove, Riche, a Census Bureau director, said.

Just as in the US, those changes raised new questions about how involved government should be in helping single parent families. Some research suggests children raised in two-parent families are better off than those who depend on one.

“The position of one-parent families in any country is very much a gender (性别) issue-women’s opportunities, especially working-class women on low income,” said Sue Cohen, coordinator (协调员) of the Single Action Parents Network in England.

15.Which of the following shows the correct order of what happened to Hung?

a. The entertainment firms made an agreement with Hung.

b. The judges cut Hung off in mid-act in the singing contest.

c. Hung became popular among Americans.

d. Hung gave a terrible performance though he tried his best.

e. Three websites put Hung’s funny performance on the Internet.

A. d, b, e, c, a　　　 B. a, c, d, b, e　　　　 C. a, d, b, c, e　　　　　 D. d, b, a, e, c

14.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 7 refer to?

A. William Hung.　　 B. Hung’s bad act.　 C. Hung’s website.　　 D. The public’s opinion.

13.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Sometimes an idol behaves quite foolishly.　 B. Hung’s performance attracted the public eye.

C. How an unsuccessful person became famous.　 D. Success sometimes does not require hard work.

12.Self Cleaning Iron can help change your lifestyle because ______.

A. you can run your house better　　　　 B. you don’t have to run after the kids

C. you can use it while you are working　　 D. we want you to be a better house-maker

D

In the age of reality television, success isn’t the only way to the public eye. Failure can also create fame, just like William Hung, 21, a native of Hong Kong.

Hung recently has made an agreement with US-based entertainment firms Koch Records and Fuse Music Network. They will publish a full-length record, titled “The True Idol” on April 6.

The idol is a civil engineering student at the University of California at Berkeley. He did a version of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs” on the television show “American Idol 3”, on January 27. The Fox TV singing contest searches for pop stars among ordinary people. In the case of Hung, however, his act was so bad that the judges cut him off in mid-act.

Hung’s response? “I already gave my best, so I have no regrets at all.” That’s good, because any common person would have found plenty to regret: The off-key singing. The blue Hawaiian shirt worn with pants pulled up too high. The terrible dancing. The hips jerking (摇摆) to a beat that did not belong to the song, maybe not even to this planet. It was, by all accounts, bad.

But, it was this very bad act that sold well.

Marc Juris, president of Fuse, explained it this way: “Every one of us is happily guilty of singing our favorite song at the top of our lungs with complete freedom, completely off-key and completely unworried. That’s what William did and immediately won the hearts of America.”

Whatever it is, for the moment it’s big. Three websites devoted to Hung have gone up on the Internet in the past few weeks. Versions of his performance have been remixed with hip hop and techno-music and have made it to the top 10 request list at a Chicago radio station.

So, what does Hung think of this?

“There were all these people saying things about me. A lot were saying I was very courageous and that I was great on the show, but some didn’t have much respect for me and some were kind of mean.”

Now he says he’s not so sure whether to distance himself from the glamour (魅力) or to accept it. Returning to normal hasn’t been easy.

11.According to the passage, what is most likely to attract the customers?

A. It is made by General Electric.　　　　 B. The iron will not produce mineral deposits.

C. There will be fewer brown spots on pressed clothes.

D. Their clothes will be cleaned at the same time.