[单项选择]In many homes, divorce is caused by the "battle between the sexes". To understand the problem, one must remember that modern American woman is freed. During childhood and youth, the American girl is given freedom and education which is equal to a boy’s. After completing school, she is able to get a job and support herself. She doesn’t have to marry for financial security. She considers herself an independent, self-sufficient person. She wants a husband whom she can respect. She wants a democratic household in which she has a voice in making decisions. When a husband and wife are able to share decision-making, their marriage is probably closer, stronger, and more satisfying. Otherwise, the couple is likely to wind up in the divorce court.
When a couple gets divorced, the court usually requires the man to pay his former wife a monthly sum of money. If the couple has children, they usually remain with the mother, and the father is expected to pay for their support.
Although
A. Both the man and woman are financially secure.
B. Husband and wife share housework.
C. Both the man and woman are well-educated.
D. Decisions are made by the man and woman together.

[单项选择]In many homes, divorce is caused by the "battle between the sexes". To understand the problem, one must remember that modern American woman is freed. During childhood and youth, the American girl is given freedom and education which is equal to a boy’s. After completing school, she is able to get a job and support herself. She doesn’t have to marry for financial security. She considers herself an independent, self-sufficient person. She wants a husband whom she can respect. She wants a democratic household in which she has a voice in making decisions. When a husband and wife are able to share decision-making, their marriage is probably closer, stronger, and more satisfying. Otherwise, the couple is likely to wind up in the divorce court.
When a couple gets divorced, the court usually requires the man to pay his former wife a monthly sum of money. If the couple has children, they usually remain with the mother, and the father is expected to pay for their support.
Although
A. Financial trouble in the family.
B. Different attitudes between husband and wife towards children’s education.
C. Women’s liberation movement.
D. Lack of democratic atmosphere in the household often leads to divorce.

[简答题]Reading is a battle for many children, with one in 10 performing at a level six years below what is considered to be normal for their age (9 years old).

[单项选择]Air pollution is caused by many things. Great clouds of smoke come from factories. Cars send smoke and fumes into the air. Burning waste fills the air with bits of dirt. Even burning leaves add smoke to the air. Sometimes, planes cannot find their landing spots through smoke. Smoke of all kinds is bad to breathe and can do great harm to the body.
Still, we cannot live without air. We must find a way to clean the air we have.
In time, we may have factories that are run by atomic energy. Our cars may run on smoke-free electric power. Scientists are also working on new ways to help the oil burned by cars from making fumes. Waste may be burned in the sand on ocean floors.
These changes might keep our air clean in the years to come. But until then, many scientists are looking for ways to make air cleaner now.
On the whole, this passage is about ______.
A. dirty air
B. electric power
C. atomic energy
D. burning waste

[填空题]high levels for home sales, have caused many to ask question earlier beliefs that the dynamic

[填空题]Kerosene causes many fires in homes in developing countries.

[单项选择]How many people have fled their homes in Mogadishu（）
A. About 20,000.
B. About 200,000.
C. About 2,000,000.
D. About 20,000,000.

[单项选择]In many English homes, people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.
People have breakfast at anytime from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge, eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast.
Lunch comes at one o’clock. Tea time is from four to five in the afternoon, and dinner is about half past seven. First, they have soup, and then they have meat or fish or vegetables. After that, they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like this. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, tea, and dinner and all these meals are very simple.

Most English people eat ______ meals a day.
A. two
B. three
C. four