SHE SAID “DID YOU SEE AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY”A. SHE ASKED ME IF SHE...

40. She said “Did you see an accident yesterday”

A. She asked me if she saw an accident the day before B. She told that she has seen an accident the day before

C. She asked me if I had seen an accident the day before D. She asked me if I had seen an accident yesterday

IV. Reading comprehension:

A. Read the passage below. Then choose one best answer A , B , C , or D to each question.

The family

The family in the Western world has changed greatly during the last two centuries. Social scientists say that

this change in the family is one of the important changes from a traditional society to a modern society.

Before the19

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century, families usually arranged marriages for their children Young people did not decide

who they wanted to marry. After they got married, they usually had a lot of children.

By the 19

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century, most young people could choose the person they wanted to marry. A marriage joined two

people and not two families. Two people could get married because they loved each other, not just because their

families wanted them to marry.

At the same time, parents began to realise that they had to take very good care of their children. They had to

take care of their health and try to give them an education. Before this, most people did not go to school. Later,

people realised that education was necessary for a good life.

Many parents decided that they should have fewer children so that they could give each one a good life. More

father worked outside the home for money. Mothers stayed at home and had greater control of the children and the

home than the fathers had.

Family life is changing even faster in the United States today. Each year there is almost one divorce for every

two marriages. Many children grow up in a home with a mother but no father, and the mothers generally have to

work outside the home to take care of the family.

Some social scientists think that soon there will be no family life in the United States as we know it today. They do

not know how people will live. Others think that society needs families, and we will always have them.