ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE, WHAT QUALIFIED CALIFORNIA TO BE ADMITTED...

45. According to the passage, what qualified California to be admitted to the Union?

A. The status of statehood.

B. The great increase in population.

C. The political efforts of successful miners.

D. The prosperity of California communities.

VI. Read the passage below and choose A, B, C or D that best fits each space.

In a small village in North Yorkshire, there’s a big old farmhouse (46) three families live together.

Alice and George and their three children, Joe and Pam and their two children, and Sue and her baby daughter.

The adults divide up the work among them. George does the cooking, Joe and Sue do most of the housework.

Pam looks after the shopping and (47) the repairs, and Alice takes care of the garden.

Alice, George and Sue go out to work. Joe works at home (48) computer systems, and Pam, who is a

painter, looks after the baby during the day. Two of the children go to school in the village, but the three oldest

ones go by bus to the secondary school in the nearest town, ten miles (49) .

The three families get on very well, and enjoy their way of life. And they all say they would much (50)

go on living in their old farmhouse than move to a luxury flat in a big city.