Did George care about Melinda？（)

After having gone ______ far, George did not want to turn back.

A．enough

B．much

C．such

D．that

A.ignorant

B.blessed

C.amazed

D.content

The first thing George did at the training school was ______.

A. to take an experienced pilot in a plane

B. to be taken up into the air in a plane by an officer

C. to fly a commercial plane

D. to talk about his ideas

Why did George laugh at Anne's question？

A．Because the students always wore evening dress.

B．Because it wasn't evening.

C．Because all the students wore evening dress in June.

D．Because he knew she had never seen formal dress worn in the morning before.

The original home of the President needed to be rebuilt______.

A．because John Adams' wife did not like it

B．because it was cold in winter even with 50 fireplaces

C．because it had burned down during the war

D．because George Washington was not willing to live in it

that

A．the Labor government conducted a review about how to cut down on costs.

B．the money pouring into the NHS did bring with it productivity and quality.

C．the problem of funds put into medical care should be thoroughly reexamined.

D．the health-care systems in Britain will become the envy of the rest of the world.

r hair in the kitchen. Or they kept a water pitcher (大水罐) and a wash basin in their rooms and took care of these things there.

The bathtub was a wash tub (澡盆) filled with water from the stove. If you were small enough you could sit down by drawing your knees to your chest, Otherwise, you washed yourself standing up. Often all the women and girls in the family bathed together. Then the men and boys did. In most families this was Saturday-night because Sundays they went to church.

A small number of families did have running water. But that depended on Whether there was a water system where they lived and on whether they could afford the plumbing (水管实施 ). Some people had bathtubs in their homes as early as 1895. But many others did not have their first bath in a bathtub until 1910 or later when they were fifteen or sixteen years old.

In the first paragraph, "took care of" means ______.

A．kept

B．looked after

C．used

D．kept and used

Passage Five

In the 1900's, American townspeople usually washed and brushed their teeth and combed their hair in the kitchen. Or they kept a water pitcher (大水罐) and a wash basin in their rooms and took care of these things there.

The bathtub was a wash tub (澡盆) filled with water from the stove. If you were small enough you could sit down by drawing your knees to your chest, Otherwise, you washed yourself standing up. Often all the women and girls in the family bathed together. Then the men and boys did. In most families this was Saturday-night because Sundays they went to church.

A small number of families did have running water. But that depended on Whether there was a water system where they lived and on whether they could afford the plumbing (水管实施 ). Some people had bathtubs in their homes as early as 1895. But many others did not have their first bath in a bathtub until 1910 or later when they were fifteen or sixteen years old.

51. In the first paragraph, "took care of" means ______.

A. kept

B. looked after

C. used

D. kept and used

What is the main idea of the passage？

A．Most old people live longer today after an illness than people did years ago.

B．Many old people are put into nursing homes by their families, who do not visit them regularly.

C．Most elderly people are taken care of by their families, who assume the responsibility for different reasons.

D．Most elderly people are satisfied with the better ways of caregiving that social workers have come up with.