Reading comprehension.
                                                            Soap Update: Family Businesses
        In the popular radio drama Family Business, things aren't looking good for the Black family. They own
The Full Moon restaurant, but a new restaurant called The Angel is taking all their customers. The Full Moon
also has serious money problems and relationships between the family members are getting worse every week.
For new listeners here's our guide to the main characters in radio's most popular drama.

       Lydia Blake and her husband Clive own The Full Moon restaurant. Lydia is bright and extremely stubborn,
and she's very worried about the restaurant. She wants to borrow some money from the bank-if she can't,
The Full Moon might have to close.

      Clive Black is the chef (廚師) at the Full Moon-but being married to Lydia isn't easy. He thinks she's
impatient and inconsiderate and would like to ask her for a divorce (離婚). But if he does, what will happen
to the restaurant he loves?

      Darren is the oldest of Lydia and Clive's three children (their other son, Nick, left the programme a year
ago. Darren works as a waiter in his parents' restaurant when he's not stealing cars or staying out all night.
The most dishonest and unreliable(不可靠的) member of the family, he's the one we love to hate.

      Kathy is Darren's lovely wife and mother of three-month-old Elizabeth. Kathy is quiet, easy-going and
unselfish, but does she have a secret past?

      Eve King is the owner of The Angel restaurant, which opened in the same street as The Full Moon last
month. Eve is attractive, ambitious and single.
Answer the questions according to the passage you read
1．Is The Full Moon restaurant successful? Why?
                                                                                            
2．Do Lydia and Clive has a good relationship?
                                                                                            
3．When did Nick leave the programme? 
                                                                                            
4．Who are Elizabeth's parents?
                                                                                             
5．Where is the Angel restaurant? 
                                                                                             
1．No, it has serious money problems and relationships between the family members are getting worse.
2．No, they don't
3．A year ago.
4．Darren and Kathy.
5．In the same street as The Full Moon restaurant.
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If you would like to contact ( 聯(lián)系 ) me, please see the above address or e-mail me at shazadinol @ hotmail.co.uk. Thank you for taking your time in reading this letter.
Yours sincerely
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【小題1】 The writer of this letter is ______.

A．a(chǎn) studentB．a(chǎn) teacher
C．a(chǎn)n officerD．a(chǎn) driver
【小題2】 ______ is one of the reasons why the forests are disappearing.
A．RainB．Tourism pollution
C．PlantingD．Breathing
【小題3】 The writer advises Mr. Heppell to _____.
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B．use paper which is made from tress
C．stop shops selling paper made from trees
D．plant more and more trees in the future
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C．By visiting herD．By e-mailing her
【小題5】 What’s the purpose (目的) of this letter ?
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B．To make friends with Mr. Heppell
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【小題2】Remedial classes in Paragraph 6 mean classes____.
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B．for slower learners weak in the subject
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D．for learners to reach a higher standard
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A．Because the number of high school students is growing fast.

B．Because high school students fail to reach the standards.

C．Because the graduation tests are easier than it should be.

D．Because difficult courses are not required in high schools.

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B．for slower learners weak in the subject

C．for learners to be taught one by one

D．for learners to reach a higher standard

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C．Math and reading skills help little for workers to solve daily problems.

D．Parents ask high schools to offer college-prep curriculum in Texas.

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Yours sincerely

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A．a(chǎn) student                             B．a(chǎn) teacher

C．a(chǎn)n officer                             D．a(chǎn) driver

2. ______ is one of the reasons why the forests are disappearing.

A．Rain                                 B．Tourism pollution

C．Planting                               D．Breathing

3. The writer advises Mr. Heppell to _____.

A．stop shops from using paper any more

B．use paper which is made from tress

C．stop shops selling paper made from trees

D．plant more and more trees in the future

4. How can Mr. Heppell contact the writer ?

A．By calling her                          B．By interviewing her

C．By visiting her                          D．By e-mailing her

5. What’s the purpose (目的) of this letter ?

A．To know more about Mr. Heppell

B．To make friends with Mr. Heppell

C．To ask Mr. Heppell to teach in the school

D．To ask Mr. Heppell to help protect forests

 

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A．South Korea.

B．Hong Kong.

C．Finland.

D．Japan.

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B．Finnish students were the first of all the tests.

C．Finnish students did well in the problem sol­ving.

D．Japanese students were top in science.

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A．the test can make the students lose their in­terest in learning

B．the test is designed to find out good ways to use the Internet

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