M: Of the three boys, who is the tallest one
F: Mike is much taller than Bob and Tom.
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family of five, I can’t understand why her answer to the question, "What do you
do" is always, "Oh, I’m just a housewife." JUST a housewife Anyone who spends
most of her time in meal preparation and cleanup, washing and drying clothes,
keeping the house clean, leading a scout troop, playing taxi driver to us kids
when it’s time for school, music lessons or the dentist, doing volunteer work
for her favorite charity, and making sure that all our family needs are met is
not JUST a housewife. She’s the real Wonder Woman. Why is it that so many mothers like mine think of themselves as second-class or something similar Where has this notion come from Have we males made them feel this way Has our society made "going to work" outside the home seem more important than what a housewife must face ea A. They take school bus. B. They take a taxi. C. Their mother drives for them. D. Scout troop sends them to school. [填空题]Tom was the only one of the young boys who (know) ______ four languages.
[填空题]He was the only one of the boys who (be) （ ） blamed.
[单项选择]Passage Three
The men who planned and constructed the first American railroads were men of great vision. They predicted that their “iron horses” would open vast expanses of land to farming and industry. They knew that towns would spring up along the new railroads. Yet few of these pioneers could have guessed that American railroads would establish the system of time used throughout most of the world today.
Until the 1880s, all time in the United States was sun time. Farmers set their clocks to noon when the sun appeared to be overhead. In towns, people set their clocks by a courthouse clock or factory whistles. One town’s time was often different from the time in a neighboring town.
As the new railroads expanded, large numbers of people began to travel. But the railroads were unable to print accurate timetables when most towns along their tracks have their clocks set differently. There was need for a change, and the railroads led in planning it.
In 1883, rai
A. Farmers set their clocks according to the factory whistles B. The correct time was not too important before the 1800s C. Only people who traveled on trains ever knew time D. A standard system was set up by the pioneers [填空题]He was the only one of the boys who (be)（）blamed.
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