Children's lives have changed greatly over the last 50 years．But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?
It's difficult to look back on one's own childhood without some element of nostalgia（懷舊的）．I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them．Playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children, racing up and down on our bikes, or exploring the nearby woods．My parents scarcely appear in these memories, except as providers either of meals or of severe blame after some particularly risky adventure．
These days, in the UK at least, the nature of childhood has changed dramatically．Firstly, families are smaller, and there are far more only children．It is common for both parents to work outside the home and there is the feeling that there just isn't time to bring up a large family, or that no one could possibly afford to have more than one child．As a result, today's boys and girls spend much of their time alone．Another major change is that youngsters today tend to spend a huge amount of their free time at home, inside．More than anything this is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers, so they wouldn't dream of letting their children play outside by themselves．
Finally, the kind of toys children have and the way they play is totally different．Computer and video games have replaced the board games and more interesting activities of my childhood．The irony（令人啼笑皆非的事情） is that so many ways of playing games are called "interactive”．The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today．
Do these changes mean that children today have a less relaxing childhood than I had? I personally believe that they do, but perhaps every generation feels exactly the same．
小題1:What is the purpose of the direct question given in the first paragraph?
A．To show who the passage is written for
B．To gather people's opinions on childhood
C．To compare the childhood lives of two generations
D．To get people's attention and lead in the topic
小題2:Which is NOT a reason for the changes?
A．Families are smaller today
B．Toys can be played by children alone at home
C．It's too dangerous to play outside
D．Parents worried too much about their children
小題3:What has the writer focused on in the fourth paragraph?
A．Some games that young people play today aren't really good
B．Computer and video games have replaced the board games
C．Young people today shouldn't play electronic games
D．Board games are much more interesting than computer games
小題4:The writer's attitude towards the childhood changing is _____．
A．a(chǎn)pprovingB．objectiveC．unconcernedD．optimistic

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析：文章中作者陳述了現(xiàn)在孩子童年發(fā)生了變化和產(chǎn)生變化的原因，問題是現(xiàn)在的孩子是否更快樂？
小題1:推理題：文章第一段提出：But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?，后面就是圍繞這個問題展開論述：現(xiàn)在的孩子比我們快樂嗎？，所以提出問題是吸引讀者和引出話題的，選D
小題2:細節(jié)題：從第三段的句子：Firstly, families are smaller, 可知現(xiàn)在的家庭變小了，A是對的，As a result, today's boys and girls spend much of their time alone．可知現(xiàn)在孩子是單獨在家玩玩具，More than anything this is due to the fact that parents worry far more than they used to about real or imagined dangers,可知父母更加擔(dān)心孩子的安全，沒有提到C項。
小題3:推理題：從第四段的內(nèi)容：The fact that you can play electronic games on your own further increases the sense of loneliness felt by many young people today．可知現(xiàn)在孩子在家玩的游戲有的不是好的，選A
小題4:推理題：文章中作者陳述了現(xiàn)在孩子童年發(fā)生了變化的事實，所以對于現(xiàn)在的孩子童年的改變是客觀的，選B
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A．Most of the senior students are shocked to see how much they owed.
B．Students can only take out loans from credit cards.
C．Most of students’ loans come from credit cards.
D．Credit cards have a bad effect on college students.
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Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.
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A．Socrates and Confucius had much in common
B．Confucius had much influence on Socrates’ ideas.
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A．Because he is afraid his children don't know what paper is.
B．Because there's no complete law dealing with digital property.
C．Because his digital property is of great value and importance.
D．Because he is worried his children will be taken to court.
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A．Digital property is assessed in terms of nothing except money.
B．No laws in America have been made to deal with digital property.
C．The relatives may read the e－mail of the dead without permission.
D．Lawyers can make money through cases about digital property.
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A．users are offered accounts used by nobody else except users themselves
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C．the executor may enter the e－mail and read it by themselves at any time
D．the data downloaded by the dead will be copied and then deleted from net
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It may not feel like it, but 2012 has been the greatest year in the history of the world. Never has there been less hunger, less disease or more prosperity (繁榮). The West remains in the economic depression, but most developing countries are charging ahead, and people are being lifted out of poverty at the fastest rate ever recorded. The number of deaths caused by war and natural disasters is also mercifully low. We are living in a golden age.
Take global poverty as an example. In 1990, the UN announced Millennium Development Goals, the first of which was to halve the number of people in extreme poverty by 2015. It turned out this year that the target was met in 2008.
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Advances in medicine and technology mean that people across the world are living longer. The average life span in Africa reached 55 this year. Ten years ago, it was 50. The number of people dying from Aids has been in decline for the last eight years. Deaths from malaria have fallen by a fifth in half a decade.
War has historically been human’s biggest killer. But in most of the world today, a generation is growing up that knows little of it. The Peace Research Institute in Oslo says there have been fewer war deaths in the last decade than any time in the last century.
Fifty years ago, the world was breathing a sigh of relief after the Cuban missile crisis. Young couples would discuss whether it was responsible to have children when the future seemed so dark. But now, it’s worth remembering that, in spite of all our problems, the forces of peace, progress and prosperity are prevailing (占優(yōu)勢).
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A．People have to pay heavier taxes on fossil fuel.
B．There are more and more renewable resources now.
C．There is a sharp decline in the number of cars.
D．People are purchasing more energy-saving cars.
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A．People don’t suffer from malaria any more.
B．There were many more war deaths in the last century.
C．The young generation shows little interest in war.
D．The number of Aids-affected people is declining.
小題3: Which one does NOT help prove that 2012 was the best year ever?
A．Fewer natural disasters occurred.B．Global poverty relieved.
C．Cuban missile crisis ended.D．Technology and medicine advanced.
小題4: The author tries to inform people that _______.
A．2012 witnessed more advances in developed countries
B．2012 brought us less starvation and more prosperity
C．2012 saw economic growth as well as environmental destruction
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People go fishing for many reasons, for one they like the sport of it, reeling in (搜卷軸拉近魚鉤) the big catch after a long day of work or just having a few drinks on the water with some friends and letting all the stress just go. Whatever the reasons may be, it is absolutely therapeutic.
People in the south sometimes do a strange type of fishing where they reach their arm inside a hole in the bank and pull out cat fish the size of a boat. There is one form called jug fishing where you get a milk jug or water jug and tie a heavy fishing line with a big hook, put on a small brim（容器的口）and throw it in the water. The next morning you get up and see what’s on the hook. There is fly fishing which is with a lighter string and top water jigs（滾鉤）such as bugs that lay on the top of the water until the trout（鱒魚）comes and takes it. It takes longer to reel them in because the line is so light and the fish are heavy.
Ice fishing is a dangerous kind of fishing in the north. You cut a hole in the ice, drop in your bait（誘餌）and wait for a fish to bite. You have to be careful that the fish doesn’t pull your line into the side of the ice and snap it. That is one problem with ice fishing but the fish are usually bigger and worth the trouble.
Going out on the lake with a couple of friends or alone with a couple of drinks and a fishing pole can be the most stress releasing thing you can do sometimes. Just to feel the waves rocking the boat and a good conversation is all the therapy you will need sometimes. Catching a fish is always a great bonus（獎勵）.
小題1: The underlined word “therapeutic” may be replaced by ________.
A．beneficialB．caring C．curableD．healthy
小題2: What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A．Some characters about fishing
B．Some different fishing in the south
C．Three common fishing in America
D．People’s creative fishing in the north
小題3:How many ways of fishing have been introduced in the passage?
A．Two B．Three C．Four D．Five
小題4:What problem should people pay attention to when going ice fishing?
A．Dropping in the bait several times
B．Waiting for the fish more patiently
C．Cutting a big enough hole on the ice
D．Taking care of the lines of their poles
小題5: Fishing is becoming more and more popular mainly because _______.
A．it is a good way to harvest much fish from the rivers
B．it can help people have a good time with their friends
C．it can help people relax themselves to the fullest
D．it is a good way to exercise the strength of their arms

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