It may be possible to enjoy a higher standard (标准) of living if you have a small family. There are clear advantages to having a small family. H____86____, there can also be serious disadvantages if it is a small family. The parents have big responsibilities (责任) of raising children by themselves if they have no help from other family m____87____. Today, it is quite common for both parents to work full time in order to pay for the basic cost of living of family. When the parents come home, they are often very t____88____ from a hard day at work. Still, they have to take care of the children, cook, clean, wash clothes, shop, etc.

When there is only one parent, of course the responsibilities of looking after the children are much h____89____ for him or her. They have to work out all the things by themselves. They just hope that everything goes right every day. More and more, people in small families have been trying to create their own extended families (大家庭) to meet their needs. They often try to develop a net-work of friends and neighbors to be part of their self-created extended family. For example, small families may celebrate holidays t____90____ and, if there are children, they may share responsibilities of child raising. Your child might go to a neighbor’s h____91____ or apartment after school on certain days, and then you would do something in e____92____ to help your neighbor out. Many of these arrangements are very successful and helpful for those families.

 阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。

A．What did you do last weekend?

B．Would you like to go with us this Sunday?

C．Have a good time with your friend!

D．What do you usually do on weekends?

E．It doesn’t matter.

F．What is your favorite film?

G．How often do you go to the movies?

A：Tomorrow is Sunday. _____1.____

B：Go to the movies. What about you?

A：Me too.   2.

B：Once a week.

A：  3.

B：It’s hard to say. But I like American movies.

A：Who do you usually go with?

B：My friend Sally.  4.

A：I’d love to, but I have no time.  5.

B：Thank you.

根据对话内容从对话后方框内的七个选项中选择五个适当的选项补全对话，并将其字母代号填入答题卡中相应题号的横线上。（本大题共5小题, 每小题1分，共5分）

A:  Hello, Zhang Li! Nice to meet you.

B:  Me, too! How are you?

A:  Fine, thanks.      1    ? I haven’t seen you for a long time.

B:  Oh, I went to Sydney with my parents. Sydney is the biggest city in Australia.

A:  Really?      2    ?

B:  No, I haven’t. It’s the first time for me to go there. 

A:  That’s great.      3    ? Is it too hot?

B:  No, Sydney is cool. Because it’s winter now.

A:       4    ?

B:  First by plane, then we went to Sydney by car.

A:       5    ?

B: Yes, we had a good time. By the way, I took many photos. Would you like to see them?

A:  That’s wonderful! Let’s go!

American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”
The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.
There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.
It was once predicted that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.
AmE—— American English   BrE——British English
【小题1】The Americans hardly say “_____”