【正文】 can39。s life story in the past B. Granny39。t enough breath left to be talkative, let alone naughty. It must have been a dull and lonely life too, for she stayed mainly at home during her childhood, while her brothers were sent to school from an early age. However, my childhood was much freer than Granny39。t as wellbehaviored as they used to be. She recounts in detail how she used to be told to respect her elders and betters（上司） . She was taught to speak when she was spoken to and when she went out on her own, she was reminded to say please and thank you. Children in her days, she continues, were expected to be seen and not heard, but these days you are lucky if you ever hear parents telling their children to mind her manners. If you give her the chance she then takes out of her writing desk the old photograph album which she keeps there, and which she never tires of displaying. Of course when you look at pictures of her parents you feel sure that, with a father as strict looking as that, you too would have been seen and not heard. Beside him sits his wife, with their children around her。 favorite places to practise in China are big squares. 64. We can infer from the passage that London Skate Event ________. A. is probably supported by the city government B. attracts a great many tourists from all over the world C. usually causes a lot of traffic problems D. draws people of all ages into the sport 65. The underlined phrase taking off in the passage means________ . A. rising from the ground B. being popular C. setting out D. getting exciting 66. Paris is regarded as one of the most suitable places for rollerskating because ________. A. a large number of roller players attend it B. the police protect the roller skaters C. the streets are safe, wide and smooth D. the event usually takes place on warm evenings 67. This article mainly talks about________ . A. places and streets for rollerskating B. rollerskating in big cities C. London Skate Event D. roller skaters in different countries D I39。s not easy, even desperate. We have many children left to place: 40 out of 75, said Straub, who works for a Parisbased foreignexchange programme called LEC. When exchange programmes started 50 years ago, family life was more acmodating（接納） . For one thing, more mothers stayed home. But now, increasing number of women work outside the home. Exchangestudent programmes have struggled in recent years to sign up host families for 30,000 teenagers who annually e from abroad to spend an academic（學(xué)術(shù)） year in the United States, as well as the thousands more who participate（參與） in the summer programmes. School systems in many parts of the US, unhappy about accepting nontaxpaying students, have also strictly limited the number of exchange students they accept. At the same time, the idea of hosting foreign students is being less exotic. In searching for host families, who usually receive no pay, exchange programmes are increasingly broadening their appeals （要求） to include everyone from young to retirees （退休者） . We are open to many different types of families, said Vickie Weiner, eastern regional director for ASSE, a 25yearold programme that sends about 30,000 teenagers on academicyear exchange programmes worldwide. For elderly people, exchange students keep us young they really do, said Jean Forster, who is hosting 16yearold Nina Porst from Denmark. 60. Vickie Weiner is the person who________ . A. works for a programme called LEC B. works for a programme called ASSE C. is 25 years old D. hosts foreign students 61. The underlined word exotic means ________. A. difficult B. wonderful C. exciting D. acmodating 62. From the passage we can learn that at the beginning of the exchange programmes, ________. A. all the families could host foreign students B. only young couples could host foreign students C. only those who were retired could host foreign students D. those who were not too old could host foreign students 63. Which of the following is the best title of this passage? A. US Struggle to Find Host Families B. Idea of Hosting Students Is Different C. Foreignexchange Program Is Going On D. Exchange Students Keeps Old People Young C You are standing under the most famous neon lights in the centre of London, waiting to cross the road. Suddenly the traffic stops. You hear the distant sounds of cheering, clapping and shouting. Then, like a multicolored train, 2, 000 people with wheels on their feet zoom past you. You have just witnessed the London Skate, a twice weekly rollerskate event that attracts people in their hundreds and thousands London. Skate is a pletely free tour of the streets of London the only condition is that you go along on rollerskates. It lasts between two and three hours and by the end of it you have skated between 10 and 1