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1、辽宁省实验中学分校2015-2016学年度高一上学期期中测试英语第一部分：听力(1-20略)第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂上，从21题开始涂卡。ATheBritisharen’thavingasmanychildrenastheyusedto.Onereasonisthatpeoplearehavingchildrenmucholderthanbefor
2、e,meaningtheyhavefeweryearsinwhichtheycanhavethem.Afteryearsatuniversity,theyneedafewyearsofworkexperiencebeforetheycangetthejobtheywant.Theymightthengetmarried,butit’sincrediblyexpensivetobuyahouseintheUK.TheaboveexplainswhyyoungBritishpeoplenowdon’t
3、moveoutoftheirparents’homeuntiltheyarearound30yearsoldonaverage,It’sonlyafterthisagethatmanyyoungpeoplestartthinkingabouthavingachild.However,itisquiteexpensivetobringupachildintheUK,bothparentsneedtoworkjusttopayfortheirchildduringtheday.Payingforthi
4、schildcareisalwaysexpensive.What’smore,financialcrisis（经济危机）andunemploymentaremakingthingsevenharderforfamilies.Withsomuchpressureonfamilies,isitanysurprisethatthedivorcerate（离婚率）issohigh?SowhatisBritaindoingtotryandsavetheBritishfamily?Thegovernmenti
5、stryingtomakeitcheapertohavechildren.Forexample,thereareincreasinggovernmentsubsidiesfornurseryschools,sothatparentsdonotneedtobuysomuchforchildcare.ThegovernmentisalsotryingtoreducethenumberofhoursBritishparentshavetoworktoearnenoughmoneytopaytheirbi
6、lls.Ifparentsdidn’thavetoworksomanyhours,they’dhavemoretimetospendwiththeirchildrenandwouldn’tneedtospendsomuchonchildcare,Onaverage,aBritonworks49hoursaweek,whichisthemostinEurope,Thestateisnowconsideringintroducinglawstoencouragecompaniestoimproveth
7、eiremployees’work–lifebalance,Let’shopethey’renottoolatetosavetheBritishfamily,Otherwise,theBritishwillalwaysbetootired,andwon’thaveenoughtimeandmoneytohavechildren.21.Theunderlinedword“subsidies”inParagraph5means__________.A.foodpaidbythegovernmentB.
8、schoolbuildingsforpoorstudentsC.freetransportationD.moneyfromthegovernmenttobenefitthepublic22.Itcanbeinferredfromthetextthat__________.A.withlongworkhours,itishardforBritishparentstobalancelifeandworkB.moreandmorepeopledivorcebecausetheyareha
