1、CONTENTSPassage 1 Town and Country life in England Passage 2 A Change in Womens Life Passage 3 A Popular Pastime of the English PeoplePassage 4 British and American Police Officers Passage 5 living SpacePassage 6 The United NationsPassage 7 Plastic Passage 8 Display of Goods Passage 9 Albert Einstei
2、n Passage 10 Private CarsPassage 11 A Henpecked Husband and His Wife Passage 12 A Young Mans Promise Passage 13 A Kind NeighborPassage 14 That Isnt Our Fault Passage 15 A Guides AnswerPassage 16 A Qualified PilotPassage 17 Living Tilings ReactPdssage 18 Flowering PlantsPassage 19 Finding the Directi
3、on and Location Passage 20 WavesPassage 21 SoilsPassage22 Crisis Passage 23 Americas Worst Surprise Passage 24 Great Depression in the U.S. Passage 25 A Place of Our Own Passage 26 Travel for Work Passage 27 IntelligencePassage 28 A Free Dress Every Week Passage 29 TimePassage 30 CartoonistsPassage
4、31 Water PoUutionPassage 32 Making a ComplaintPassage 33 Where Do the British LivePassage 34 Will Computers Replace Human BeingsPassage 35 SoccerPassage 36 ArtistsPassage 37 Professional Sports in the U.S.Passage38 Howto BooksPassage 39 DontGive Up Passage 40 How High Can You JumpPassage 41 Apology
5、Helps Passage 42 SleepPassage 43 Our ConcernPassage 44 Gardening in AmericaPassage 45 The Influence of LifePassage 46 AutomobilesPassage 47 House and HomePassage 48 Population GrowthPassage49 Natural ResourcesPassage50 Reading听写原文Listen to the following passages. Each passage will be read to you fou
6、r times. During the first reading, which will be read at normal speed ，listen and try to understand the meaning. For the second and third readings, the passage will be read sentence by sentence, or phrase by phrase, with intervals of 12 seconds. The last reading will be read at normal speed again an
7、d during this time you should check your work. You will then be given 2 minutes to check through your work once more.1. Town and Country Life in EnglandThere is a big difference between town life and country life in England. In the country, everybody knows everybody else. They know what time you get
8、 up, what time you go to bed and what you have for dinner. If you want help, you will always get it and you will be glad to help others.In a large town like London, however, it can sometimes happen that you have never seen your next door neighbor and you do not know his name or anything about him. P
9、eople in London are often very lonely. This is because people go to different places in the evenings and at weekends. If you walk through the streets in the centre of London on Sunday, it is like a town without people. One is sorry for old people living on their own .They could die in their homes an
10、d would not be discovered for weeks or even months. (154 words)Useful Words and Expressions:next door n. n隔壁the neighbors next他 door隔壁邻居lonely adj 孤独的，寂寞的，偏僻的，人迹罕至的lonely life孤单的生活a lonely old man一位孤独的老人a lonely sand一个孤岛the loneliest night最孤独的夜晚on (ones) own独自；独立地；通过自己的努力She lives on her own她一个人过。Sh
11、e go the job on her own她自己找到了这份工作。He Is now out of colleg6 and on his own他现在离开了大学并且自己生活。Passage 2 A Change in Womens LifeThe important change in womens life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on womens economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left school at the first o
12、pportunity, and most of them 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 tend to 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-time or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband acceptin
