46.We are told that in a family in about 1900　　　　　 .

A.few children died before they were five

B.seven or eight children lived to be more than five

C.the youngest child would be fifteen

D.four or five children died when they were five

45. Why did the stranger follow the writer?

　 A. He was interested in elderly people.

　 B. He often does such things.

　 C. He was writing a book about old people.

　 D. He needed materials for his article.

B

During the twentieth-century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A women marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children,of whom four or five lived till they were five years old.By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years,during which chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children.Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.

This important change in women’s life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a full-time job.However,when they married,they usually left work at once and never returned to it.Today the school-leaving age is sixteen,many girls stay at school after that age,and though women marry younger,more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born.Very many more afterwards return to full or part-rime work.Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage,with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life.

44. How did the writer have the stranger admit he was following him?

　 A. He threatened to take him to the police.

　 B. He called the police.

　 C. He said he would call the police.

　 D. He talked to the police.

43. What did the stranger do when the writer jumped into a taxi?

　 A. He got into another taxi.

　 B. He tried to stop the taxi.

　 C. He almost gave up following him.

　 D. He made his way along Orchard Road.

42. Why did the writer get into a taxi?

　 A. To test the young man.　　 B. To lose the young man.

　 C. To call the police.　　　　 D. To get home earlier.

41. What is strange about the man who followed the writer?

　 A. He seemed to be wearing too much.

　 B. He was out on such a hot day.

　 C. He walked quickly behind.

　 D. He was a tall young man.

29. A.slowly　　 B.carefully　　 C.easily　　 D.happily

28.A.water　　　 B.river　　　　 C.sea　　　 D.boat

27.A.welcome　　 B.act　　　　　 C.work　　　 D.do