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36、根据以下资料，回答36-55题。 　　As far back as he could remember, Larry had longed to go to Hollywood and become a film star．The young man's hopes for success were broken again and again, however．Hollywood just did not seem interested．When he first came to California Larry had decided never to give up and return home without success．Therefore, he kept on trying．Someday, he told himself, his big opportunity would come.
　　Larry found a job parking cars for one of Hollywood's big restaurants．His pay was basic, but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money, he managed to make a living.
One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot and getting out of his car．Larry had recently heard that the man was ready to make a new picture.
　　Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park it．Then he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director．"Excuse me, sir, but I think it's only fair to tell you that it's now or never if you want me in your next picture．A lot of big companies are after me."
　　Instead of pushing away the boy, the director got interested in Larry's words and stopped．"Yes?
　　Which companies?" he asked.
　　"Well," replied the boy, "there's the telephone company, the gas company, and the electric company, to tell you only a few."
　　The director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the young man．"Come and see me tomorrow."
　　Larry got a small part in the director's next film．He was on his way! Which of the following was Larry interested in?
A． Working as a waite
B． Becoming a film sta
C． Parking cars for film star
D． Never going hom

37、 Why did Larry find a job parking cars?
A． Because he liked the jo
B． Because the parking lot was near Hollywoo
C． To make a living and wait for the opportunit
D． To see a lot of film stars and work for the

38、 After reading the story what can we infer about the film director?
A． He wanted to laugh at Larr
B． He recognized Larry at first sigh
C． He was kind and gave Larry a tr
D． He thought Larry would become a sta

39、 "He was on his way" refers to the fact that __.
A． he gave up and returned home
B． he began to work towards success
C． he took a journey to Hollywood
D． he had difficulties in playing the small part

40、“If there is one thing I’m sure about, it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be reading newspapers．It is not that newspapers are a necessity．Even now some people get most of their news from television or radio．Many buy a paper only on Saturday or Sunday．But for most people reading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation．
The nature of what is news may change．What basically makes news is what affects our lives — the big political stories, the coverage of the wars, earthquakes and other disasters, will continue much the same．I think there will be more coverage of scientific research, though．It’s already happening in areas that may directly affect our lives, like genetic(基因) engineering．In the future, I think there will be more coverage of scientific explanations of why we feel as we do — as we develop a better understanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are．
It’s quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted(传送) electronically from Fleet Street and printed out in our own home．In fact, I’m pretty sure that how it will happen in the future．You will probably be able to choose from a menu, making up your own newspaper by picking out the things you want to read — sports and international news, et
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I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition between the different media(媒体)．They actually feed off each other．Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers, but that hasn’t happene
D．What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen or sound lost in the air．And as for the Internet, it’s never really pleasant to read something just on a screen． What is the best title for the passage?
A． The Best Way to Get News
B． The Changes of Media
C． Make Your Own Newspaper
D． The Future of Newspaper

41、In the writer’s opinion, in the future, _______．
A． more big political affairs, wars and disasters will make news
B． newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longer
C． newspapers will cover more scientific research
D． more and more people will watch TV

42、What will probably be on in the newspaper made by yourself?
A． Sports and international new
B． A menu of important new
C． The most important new
D． What you are interested i

43、From the passage, we can infer _______．
A． newspapers will win the competition among the different media
B． newspapers will stay with us together with other media
C． television will take the place of newspaper
D． the writer believe some media will die out

44、 The phrase “feed off” in the last paragraph means _______．
A． depend on
B． compete with
C． fight with
D． kill off

45、根据以下资料，回答45-64题。
　　We first think of the traditional or nuclear family．This is a two-generation family, the father and the mother and their own children．Most couples wanted to have four children, two boys, two girls.
　　Some nuclear families, however, may add one or more grandparents to come to live with them, that is three generations．This kind of family with grandparents, parents, and grandchildren is called an extended family．This family type was not very common during the later half of the twentieth century, but it's becoming more common now as an elderly grandparent moves in to live with a son or daughter．This is more possible now that American homes have become larger．What is interesting, however, is that after the grandchildren move out of the home and start their own families, this extended family shrinks back to a nuclear family, with just two generations again living together, a grandparent and parents, with the grandchildren coming only for occasional visits．
　　Now, the fatherless or motherless family is one kind of what we call a single-parent family．In the fatherless family it's just the mother and her children．As I said, this can be the result of the husband's death, of an unmarried mother, of a separation or divorce．There are also a growing number of motherless families--where the father raises the children, for any of the same reasons．A motherless family may also be fatherless, but still a family with one adult．This is becoming more common in the big cities where a grandmother will raise her daughter's children while the daughter goes elsewhere to work.
　　One other new kind of family is becoming increasingly more common．A single parent with one or more children will marry again．Perhaps the other parent is also a single parent．Together they will start what is called a blended family, which blends together or combines the children from two other families.
Who usually looks after the children in a both motherless and fatherless family in America?
A． The children's aun
B． The children's nursery or schoo
C． The children's grandmothe
D． The children's neighbou