Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight lo earn money for their parents．If you had lived 100 years ago，you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴桿)(a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now．
16 On average women lived longer than men 1 00 years ago．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
17 People now enjoy longer lives for unknown reasons．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
18 A hundred years ago many kids died at all early age．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
19 Poor diets can lead to such diseases as rickets and scurvy．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
20 People in the past preferred standing up to lying down when sleeping
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
21 An Englishman invented the fridge in the 1920s．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
22 Life was not easy for many children living 1 00 years ago．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
第3部分：概括大意與完成句子 (第23~30題，每題1分，共8分) ．
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項測試任務：(1)第23~26題要求從所給的6個選
項中為第1～4段每段選擇1個正確的小標題；(2)第27~-30題要求從所給的6個選項中
選擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
English and English Community
1 There is no doubt that English is a useful language．The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese．
2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities．The people who make up the community share a common language．Often they live side by side, as they do in a neighborhood (街坊)，a village，or a city．More often they form a whole country．National boundaries，however，are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community．A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live．
16 On average women lived longer than men 1 00 years ago．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
17 People now enjoy longer lives for unknown reasons．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
18 A hundred years ago many kids died at all early age．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
19 Poor diets can lead to such diseases as rickets and scurvy．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
20 People in the past preferred standing up to lying down when sleeping
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
21 An Englishman invented the fridge in the 1920s．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
22 Life was not easy for many children living 1 00 years ago．
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
第3部分：概括大意與完成句子 (第23~30題，每題1分，共8分) ．
閱讀下面這篇短文，短文后有2項測試任務：(1)第23~26題要求從所給的6個選
項中為第1～4段每段選擇1個正確的小標題；(2)第27~-30題要求從所給的6個選項中
選擇4個正確選項，分別完成每個句子。請將答案涂在答題卡相應的位置上。
English and English Community
1 There is no doubt that English is a useful language．The people who speak English today make up the largest speech community in the world with the exception of speakers of Chinese．
2 A speech community is similar to other kinds of communities．The people who make up the community share a common language．Often they live side by side, as they do in a neighborhood (街坊)，a village，or a city．More often they form a whole country．National boundaries，however，are not always the same as the boundaries of a speech community．A speech community is any group of people who speak the same language no matter where they happen to live．