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Because the family is very poor, the children have _____clothes.
a、a few
b、few
c、a little
d、 little
B
Because the family is very poor, the children have _____clothes.
a、a few
b、few
c、a little
d、 little
B
A.Due to
B. Because of
C. Owing to
D. Thanks to
A Good Lesson
After living in Europe for seven years, my parents decided that my family would move to the United States. We all looked forward to this. What would people think of us? For me, I hoped to be the hero of the class.
I was not disappointed. All my classmates admired my experience, and I quickly became well known as “the French guy.”I was very popular for a time. However, I was not interested in many things my classmates did,and it was hard for me to connect with them. I enjoyed listening to classical music, never watched TV, and almost never watched movies.
I did not have a common background with my friends because I grew up in Europe. I had few friends,and fewer good friends. When I look back now, I realize I was a bit of an idiot to many people around me. I kept talking proudly about my experience. And I thought myself better than those around me because I lived in Europe but they didn’t.
I had decided I wanted better friends when my parents said that we were going to move again! I saw this as a perfect chance to get better friends,where people did not know of my unkind past.
When we moved to California, I did not show off as I had done for five years. I did not tell everyone that I lived in Europe. I still listened to classical music, but I just kept my music to myself. Sure enough, I found that people like someone who is not typical but does not boast about it.
Nothing can replace good friends,and if I had to control my tender and pride, it was well worth it.
11. When I first moved to the US,I was very popular because of my____ .
A.good appearance
B.outstanding talents
C.French accent
D.overseas experiences
1 had few good friends partly because I ____ .A.looked down upon my classmates
B.liked listening to classical music
C.never went to the movies
D.Came from a very rich family
The phrase “an idiot”(Line 3, Para.3) most probably means____ .B.an actor
C.a cheater
D.a fool
E.a loser
When we moved to California,,I stopped ____ .A.boasting about my experience
B.talking about people around me
C.enjoying the classical music alone
D.making friends with my classmates
The writer would probably agree that ____.A.good friends like the same kind of music
B.friends are more important than anything else
C.similar background is the key to friendship
D.a good friend never loses his/her temper
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The cohesiveness(内聚力)of a family seems to rely on members sharing certain routine practices and events. For a growing share of the American labor force, however, working shifts beyond the normal daylight hours—what we here call "shift work"—makes the lives of families difficult.
Existing research shows that both male and female shift workers express high levels of stress and a sense of conflict between the demands of work and family life. But shift work couples still maintain a traditional attitude to the meaning of marriage and the individual roles of husband and wife. They expressed a willingness to do "whatever it takes" to approximate their view of a proper marriage, including sacrificing sleep and doing conventional things at unconventional hours. For the majority of couples interviewed, even when wives worked outside their homes, a proper marriage is characterized by a very clear division of roles: husbands are "providers" whose major responsibility is to support the family; wives are "homemakers" who clean, cook, and care for husbands and children.
The women's definitions of a "good husband" are typified by the following wife's response:
I expect him to be a good provider, and be there when I need him, loyal about the same things as he would expect out of me, expect that I expect him to dominate over me. But in a manner of speaking, when it's time to be a man I expect him to stand up instead of sitting back expecting me to do everything.
To husbands, a good wife is someone who is:
Understanding of what I feel go through at work. I need that respect at work, I hope I get it at work, I want my wife to realize what I expect at work. I don't want her to give me a lot of shit when I come home from work because I don't know if this makes much sense.
These views seemed critical to maintain the families of the shift workers.
Despite______,shift work couples still hoped to maintain a stable life.
A.traditional beliefs about marriage
B.lack of control over time
C.a very clear division of roles
D.the demands of work
Polly: Franco, who do you take after in your family?
Franco: Definite1y my mother.We’re both quite moody and impatient.We used to argue a lot when I was growing up, because she’s quick-tempered.Also, we’re both tall and thin.
Polly: Do you 1ook like her as well?
Franco: No, I 1ook like my dad, but he's very ca1m.I am more romantic.What about you?
Polly: People say I 1ook 1ike my mum.We've got the same nose, unfortunately.But I' m not 1ike
her in other ways.She's shy whereas I'm much more sociab1e.I 1ove being with my
friends and meeting new peop1e, but she hates it.I' m more 1ike my dad, I think.What
about you, Mary?
Mary: I' m a natural optimist, just like my dad.He is never pessimistic.I always think that everything wi1l work out well in the end and so does he.I’ve got the same sense of humour as my mum.We both laugh at stupid things.I suppose I look a bit like my grandmother.We've got the same smile, and we both have very dark hair.
1、Franco’s () is tall and thin.
A.mum
B.dad
C.daughter
2、Franco’s dad is().
A.quick-tempered
B.romantic
C.calm
3、Polly’s mum is() and() meeting new people.
A.sociable; loves
B.shy; hates
C.shy; loves
4、Mary is a (n) (), just like her dad.
A.optimist
B.pessimist
C.artist
5、Mary has the same() like her grandmother.
A.eyes
B.nose
C.smile
It was strange to feel my past life almost __6__ away as I entered this brand-new phase of my life. I didn’t know how to __7__ myself during my first couple of months at Penn because everything that defined me was back in California. I felt __8__ from my college friends because they only knew the college me. How could they really know me without knowing what Mission Boulevard looked like late at night with the Niles hills in the background? How could they know me without knowing the friends who I had __9__ to Japan with or the friends I had gone to school with since kindergarten? How could they know me if they hadn’t met my family? How could they know me, or I them, if we didn’t know one another’s __10__ experiences?
A. drop B. journeyed C. unique D. define
E. complex F. realizing G. disconnected H. self-defining
I. drifted J. lying K. transition L. adjusted
M. fast-moving N. transported O. lack
A.Because there was a clear line between private and public sphere
B.Because marriage is the holy matrimony decreed by God
C.Because family is a territory governed by the man
D.Because domestic sphere is sacred
A.Because she is very rich
B.Because she is arranged to marry Cal
C.Because she is from loyal family
D.Because of the “women and children first” policy
The author decided to live a car-free life______.
A.after his car was damaged beyond repair
B.after he was hurt in a terrible car accident
C.because public transport was easily accessible
D.because the traffic jam was too much for him
The family didn't have a pet because ______.
A.they didn't like pets
B.they didn't like each other's favorite animal
C.they took their neighbors' pet as their own
D.it cost a lot to have a pet
This speech is particularly lovely () the wisdom she shares about life, marriage and family comes from her heart.
A. due to
B. because of
C. because