[单项选择]A. The author supports the Spanish government.
B. The author thinks those stray dogs will threaten the English tourists.
C. The author wants to kill those dogs.
D. The author agrees with those English tourists who complained about the Spanish government.

[填空题]The author supports his belief in the "consequences" of parental pressure by ______.

[填空题]author

[填空题]In Spanish (Puerto Rico is a Spanish-speaking island), "nova" means "start", but when spoken, "nova" means "it doesn’t go." Very naturally, few people would ______.

[单项选择]Youth Emancipation in Spain
The Spanish Government is so worried about the number of young adults still living with their parents that it has decided to help them leave the nest.
Around 55 percent of people aged 18434 in Spain still sleep in their parents’ home,says the latest re- port from the country’s state-run Institute of Youth.
To coax(劝诱) young people from their homes,the Institute started a "Youth Emancipation(解放)" programme this month. The programme offers guidance in finding rooms and jobs.
Economists blame young people’s family dependence on the precarious(不稳定的)labour market and increasing housing prices. Housing prices have risen 17 percent a year since 2000.
Cultural reasons also contribute to the problem, say sociologists(社会学家). Family ties in south Europe --Italy, Portugal and Greece -- are stronger than those in middle and north Europe, said Spanish soiologist Almudena Moreno Minguez in her report "The Late Emancipation of Spanish Youth.
A. live in an independent way.
B. fight for freedom.
C. fight against social injustice.
D. get rid of family responsibilities.

[单项选择]

Pretty Good
When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren’t buying a pretty face. "I am (51) ," admits the Brazilian superstar (超级明星). "But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I (52) have is charm."
Indeed he has. His buck teeth (龅牙), flowing hair, big smile, and of course his (53) skills are always eye-catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker (中锋) scored two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona’s sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian’s 10-goal contribution, (54) looked like a poor season could now end a success.
Ronaldinho - full name Ronaldo De Assis Moreira - is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before (55) them off on the world stage.
Great things were (56) when Gremio signed him as a seven-year-old
A. kicked
B. served
C. acted
D. played