My home is about ________ from my school.

A.minutes

B.minute's

C.minutes’

D.minutes's

A. I don’t think so.

B. Never min

C. Take it easy.

D. I’d like to, but I have to drive my mother home tonight.

- She called to remind you that you have tickets for the tennis tournament , so you should try to get home before six. ()

A. Yes! I completely forgot about the flight! When is the plane leaving？

B. Could you call the hairstylist and change the appointment to tomorrow？

C. Oh. no! I made an appointment to get my hair cut then.

A．“I will walk barefooted as long as I am in the hous

E．”

B．“I always buy my shoes as soon as the stores open．”

C．“I will check my feet for cuts and bruises every night．”

D．“If I get a blister, I just put alcohol on it and bandage it．”

E．“ I don’t care if my feet hurt． ”

--- How about going to the cinema tonight, Jane？ --- __________.

A.I don’t think so

B.I’m sorry. I have to drive my mother home tonight

C.Never mind

D.Take it easy

ng for acouple of months recently that it__ 26 _on me why I had not yet left the family home.

lt wasn 't that I relied on them for _ 27__reasons，or to keep my life in order, or to ease the chaosof the home. These days，1 rely on them for their company.

Ⅰ missed coming home and talking about my day at work，and I missed being able to read their facesand sense how their day was. I missed having unique_ 28_into tiny details that make a life.

While the conversation about young adults staying longer at home is_ 29_by talk of laziness, ofdependence，of an inability for young people to pull themselves together，_ 30 do we talk of theway，in my case at least，my relationship with my parents has_ 31 strengthened the longer we havelived together.

Over the years the power dynamic has changed and is no longer defined by one being the giver andanother，the taker. So，what does this say for our relationships within the family home？

According to psychologist Sabina Read，there are“some very positive possible_ 32_when adultchildren share the family home"， noting the"parent-child relationship may indeed strengthen and mature”in the process.

But，she notes， a strong_ 33_doesn 't simply come with time."The many changing factors of therelationship need to be acknowledged，rather than hoping that the mere passage of time will _ 34connect parents to their adult children. It's important to acknowledge that the relationship parametershave changed to avoid falling back into __35_from the teen years.”

A) bond F) legislative K) patterns

B) contemplated G) leverage L) rarely

C) dawned H )logistical M) saturated

D) hierarchy I)magically N) stereotypes

E) insight J)outcomes O) undoubtedly

Even though we had a hard life, she still maintained the attitude that everything was fine. I remember her coming home tired from her job at the restaurant and saying that we were lucky. We didn't have a lot of clothes or toys, but my mother always made sure we had enough to eat.

Her love and devotion for my brother and me made our lack of material possessions seem insignificant. Even today, if I were given a choice between having love at home and wealth, I would want it just the way I had it. I grew up poor in material things but rich in love.

Since my father was never around long enough to teach me physical things or to play games with me, I didn't succeed in any competitive sport. My mother did her best as a substitute, throwing a ball with me in the lot(空地) behind our house, but it wasn't the same. She was too protective of me, and I didn't have enough confidence in my own abilities to really try anything physically demanding.

The story suggests that the author is______his mother.

A．proud of

B．worried about

C．pitiful for

D．concerned about

听力原文： In the local newspaper of my community recently there was a story about a man named Mike Smith. He lived in a small town about 40 miles from my home. He had served 5 years in a New York prison for robbing a restaurant. When he returned to his family, Mr. Smith couldn't find a job. Everyone knew he had been in prison and no one trusted him. Finally in desperation, he calmly walked in- to a local barber shop where he was well-known, pulled out a gun and took all the money the barber had. Up to this point it had been a fairly routine crime. But then something unusual happened. Mr. Smith didn't try to get away. He got into his car, drove slowly out of his town and waited for the police. When they called him, he made only one request. He turned to arresting policemen and said, "Would you please ask the court to put my family on welfare as soon as possible？"

(33)

A．His criminal record.

B．The high unemployment rate in New York.

C．The long distance between his home town and New York.

D．His unpopular character.