英语阅读理解及改错练习

At the beginning of the twentieth century many people thought that the American family was falling apart A century later we know that this was not the case However although the family is still alive in the United States its size and shape were very different 100 years ago In the late 1800s and early 1900s there were mainly two types of families in the United States the extended and the nuclear The extended family usually includes grandparents parents and children living under the same roof The nuclear family consists of only parents and children Today there are many different kinds of families Some people live in traditional families that is a stay home mother a working father and their own biological children Others live in two paycheck families single parent families adoptive or foster families and so on What caused the structure of the family to change In the 1930s and 1940s many families faced serious financial problems during the Great Depression and women were choosing to go to college and take jobs outside the home As a result the birthrate began to fall and the divorce rate began to rise During World War II 1939 1945 5 million women were left alone to take care of their homes and their children Because many men were at war thousands of their wives had to go to work outside their home During the next ten years the situation changed There were fewer divorces and people married at a younger age and had more children than the previous generation It was unusual for a mother to work outside the home during the years when her children were growing up The traditional family seemed to be returning In the years between 1960s and 1990s there were many important changes in the structure of the family The divorce rate doubled and the birthrate fell by half The number of single parent families doubled and the number of couples living together without being married doubled again If we can judge from history however this will probably change again in the twenty first century 1 According to the author the American family A is falling apart B is disappearing gradually C is changing greatly D is dying bit by bit 2 Tom s father works for IBM and his mother works for another big company Tom has A a blended family B a two paycheck family C an adoptive family D a traditional family 3 Today the main type of American family is A the traditional family B the nuclear family C the single parent family D the extended family 4 The title of the article is most likely to be A Two Types of American Family B The American Family is Falling Apart C The Structure of the American Family D The Changing Family All the World Asks On my first day in a college Classroom I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years There I sat old enough to be a father to most of the students in the room yet insecure enough to be their baby brother We were crowded elbow 肘 to elbow listening to a professor who looked even younger than the students I felt awkward and out of place as the professor carefully explained what she expected us to learn As I listened I couldn t help but think of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her freshman year in college just like me I recalled 回忆 how hard I had tried to instill 逐步培 养 self confidence in her and my other children So why did I suddenly feel like a scared child myself When I walked out of that classroom I had serious doubts about my ability to make it through college Not until late that night did my thinking change It was a long distance telephone call from my daughter my fellow college freshman that did the trick She spoke on the phone about the doubts worries and anxieties she was experiencing She was certain that she d never succeed at college How familiar her worries sounded In my most self assured parental voice I said Doing your best is all the world asks The next day in class those words still echoed in my head When the professor posed 提出 a question for the class nobody including me dared answer When I looked around at the fear and uncertainty on the young faces in that room I knew exactly what I had to do my best That s all the world asks So I raised my hand and the professor called on me I spoke 1 The main purpose of the writer in writing the story is to A tell us how he overcame his self doubt and anxiety as a college freshman B recall the poor conditions of the college when he was a student C describe his feeling of being frightened in class when asked a question D talk about the time when a class had students of very different ages 2 What have you learned about the writer as a student A He was a college freshman who came from the remote country B He went to the same college where his daughter goes C He was an average student who continued to study after bringing up his family D He was a student and at the same time a parent taking care of his children 3 When the writer says that did the trick he means A the telephone call worked to help him change his thinking B his daughter played a trick on him by pretending to leave college C the telephone call reminded him of his previous school experience D his daughter s difficulties made him realize his parental responsibilities 4 The underlined word echoed means A understood B repeated C imagined D warned BALTMORE When 15 year old Michael Thomas left home for school last May he couldn t have been prouder On his feet thanks to his mother s hard work wore a pair of new Air Jordans 100 worth of leather rubber and status that to today s youth are the Mercedes Benz of athletic 运动员的 footwear The next day it was James David Martin 17 who was walking down the street in Thomas s new sneakers while Thomas s lay dead in a field not far form his school Martin was arrested 逮 捕 for murder For the Baltimore school system Thomas death was the last straw He was the third youngster to have been killed over his clothes in five years Dozens of others had been robbed of name brand sneakers designer jogging suits leather jackets and jewelry This fall the school board announced a dress code preventing leather skirts and jackets jogging suits gold chains and other expensive items Clothes said board president Joseph Smith had just gotten out of hand Across the nation parents school officials psychologists and even some children agree They say that today s youngsters throughout the nation have become clothes fixated 专注的 They worry about them compete over them neglect 忽视 school for them and sometimes even rob and kill for them In many cases students are so concerned about what they and their classmates are wearing they forget what they come to school for educators said In response many public school mainly in Eastern cities have adopted school uniforms to cut down on competition Educators say in the current fashion climate dressing students alike allows them more freedom to be individuals 1 Why was Michael so proud of himself A His hard working mother earned a lot of money B He wore expensive clothes worth 100 C He was in a pair of name brand shoes D He was good at playing basketball 2 Martin was arrested for A killing Thomas B robbing several students C stealing expensive things D murdering three people for their clothes 3 When the board president said Clothes had just gotten out of hand he meant clothes were gotten A by force B too easily C out of control D through hard work 4 According to the text adopting school uniforms