阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项。

I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop _36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very   37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents   38 interfered(干涉) with how I spent it, even when I was spending it   39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the   40 , I would become more mature(成熟) and  41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

Like many   42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they  43  a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around   44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great   45 for me. In the end, my father won the   46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins   47 through the country who could   48 shelter and help if I need them.

Three years later, my younger brother decide to   49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not   50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n)   51 year working his way on trains and ships to   52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

These kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly   53 . Most parents start   54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have   55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.

阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项。

I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop _36  me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very   37  to earn my own pocket money and my parents   38  interfered(干涉) with how I spent it, even when I was spending it   39  . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the   40  , I would become more mature(成熟) and  41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.

Like many   42  parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they  43   a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around   44  . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great   45  for me. In the end, my father won the   46  on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins   47  through the country who could   48  shelter and help if I need them.

Three years later, my younger brother decide to   49  a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not   50  to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n)   51  year working his way on trains and ships to   52  passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.

These kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly   53  . Most parents start   54  their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have   55  the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.

A．taught    B．allowed    C．treated      D．hired

A．anxious  B．content     C．proud       D．hopeful

A．never     B．ever  C．always      D．even

A．quickly  B．foolishly   C．seriously   D．honesty

A．work     B．mistakes   C．others       D．books

A．strict      B．reasonable C．polite       D．responsible

A．American      B．Japanese   C．Chinese    D．British

A．helped   B．supported  C．shared      D．worried

A．Asia      B．Africa      C．Europe     D．Oceania

A．journey       B．experience       C．chance      D．possibility

A．argument     B．game C．discussion D．plan

A．send out      B．give out    C．carry out   D．spread out

A．promise       B．afford       C．provide     D．serve

A．leave    B．make C．take   D．prepare

A．angry   B．eager C．sorry D．sad

A．unusual       B．hard  C．strange     D．busy

A．accept  B．earn  C．find   D．search

A．welcome     B．fit     C．necessary  D．common

A．bringing      B．forcing     C．pushing    D．protecting

A．selected      B．admired    C．afforded   D．left

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　　In the year 1666 there was a terrible disease in London. Thousands of people died every week. The disease was 1 by fleas(跳蚤), which lived in clothes. When people started to feel 2 , they sneezed(打喷嚏). Then they had a high temperature－and in less than a week they died.

　　The village of Eyam is in the north of England. People there heard of the terrible 3 in London. They were very happy that London was 4 .

　　One day a man arrived from 5 . He brought with him lots of different things 6 . Among these things there was some cloth. On it were the 7 “Made in London”.

　　Two days later, a boy sneezed. He said he had a 8 . Nobody worried much, but soon he was 9 with a high temperature. The next day, the boy 10 died, and another two people 11 to sneeze.

　　At once the village people held a meeting to 12 what to do. An old man said,“If people run away from this village, they 13 carry the disease with them. Then the disease will be carried to other 14 . and thousands of people will die. We must 15 other people outside our village don’t 16 this terrible disease.”

　　The people of Eyam 17 the old man. In this way they 18 the population of the other villages from the terrible disease. 19 , 40% of the population of Eyam died from the disease, The disease itself 20 . The people who were still living were able to visit people outside the village again.

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阅读下面短文，撑握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项。
I had my first job at the age of thirteen, when a friend of my mother’s who owned a bookshop _36 me for six hours a week to help her in the shop. I was very   37 to earn my own pocket money and my parents   38 interfered(干涉) with how I spent it, even when I was spending it   39 . They believed that by earning money, spending it, and learning from the   40 , I would become more mature(成熟) and  41 about how to handle work, relationships with others, and money.
Like many   42 parents, my parents also let me and my brothers do things over which they  43  a great deal. When I was sixteen, for example, after I finished high school and before I entered university, I wanted to spend the summer months traveling around   44 . My mother was against the idea of my traveling alone at such a young age, but my father felt that it would be a great   45 for me. In the end, my father won the   46 on the condition that I limited my traveling to France, my mother’s home, where I had many uncles, aunts and cousins   47 through the country who could   48 shelter and help if I need them.
Three years later, my younger brother decide to   49 a year off after his first year in university and travel through the United States and the Caribbean. Again my mother was very worried and not   50 to see my brother leave school, but my father encouraged him and my brother had a(n)   51 year working his way on trains and ships to   52 passage to different ports and cities, and discovering many fascinating places and people.
These kinds of experiences are probably rare(稀少的) for children in many countries but in the US they are fairly   53 . Most parents start   54 their children at a young age to do small things by themselves. By the time they have finished high school, many American kids have already had part-time jobs, traveled around the US or other countries on their own, have   55 the university they plan to attend and maybe even decided on their future career, and so on.