【正文】 but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always. The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs. March. “Your husband is very ill,” it said, “e at once. ” The girls tried to be brave when their mother left for the front. They waited and prayed. Little Beth got scarlet fever (猩紅熱 ) when she was taking care of a sick neighbor. She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marmee was back. Then Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together. Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood. Meg became Mrs. Brooke, and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily. Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts. Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society. But Beth had never fully regained her health, arid her family watched her with love and anxiety. Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Marches’. Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there. But at home the bitterest blew was yet to fall. Beth had known for some time that she couldn39。每段對(duì)話后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的 A、 B、 C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對(duì)話前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題 5 秒鐘；聽完后，各小題將給出 5 秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。t live much longer to be with her family, and in the springtime she died. News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie, the grandson of a wealthy neighbor, had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever mom successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer, and soon afterwards founded a school for boys. And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children, enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to. 56. The members of the March family were Father March, Mrs. March and their ________. A. four daughters B. five daughters C. son and four daughters D. son and five daughters 57. Who was the most successful in career (事業(yè) ) among the March girls? A. Jo. B. Beth. C. Amy. D. Meg. 58. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. The March Family. B. The March Parents. C. The March Girls. D. The March Relatives. 59. It can be inferred from the passage that the March family had ______. A. both happiness and sadness B. wealthy neighbors C. more girls than boys D. a lot of rich relatives B The first reality TV show in the world was called Expedition Robinson and it was shown in Sweden in 1997. Half the population of the country watched the final event and a new kind of TV program was born. Two years later in Holland, the first series of Big Brother was filmed. Again, it was a great success and the final program was watched by 15 million people. Now more than 20 countries around the world have Big Brother or Expedition Robinson on their TV screens. The ordinary people who take part in the programs are known by millions of people in their own countries and reality TV has bee big, big business. For the TV producers, reality TV is a dream e true because many of the programs cost nothing to make. At some point, the television viewers (觀眾 ) are asked to telephone the program to vote or to apply to take part in the show. It is the cost of these telephone calls that pays for the shows. One of the most popular shows is Pop Idol. In the show, a group of attractive young people are made into pop stars. TV viewers vote for their favorite person on the show. The winner makes a record and millions of copies of the record are sold. His or her pictures are published on the covers of magazines or on the front pages of newspapers, and then, they are quickly fotten. But not everyone is happy about reality TV. In Portugal t