题目：
Most people in Britain live in small family groups. More than a quarter of houses in Britain have only got one person in them. Some of these are old people but some are people of twenty to thirty who choose to live alone. 35% of houses have two people in them, and another 17% have three people. 15% have four people in them, and the other homes have five or more.
The families in Britain are small. It is unusual for parents to have more than two children. When children are about eighteen or nineteen, they leave their parents’ home, and they often go to a different city. Sometimes they only visit their parents two or three times a year.
小题1: How many houses in Britain have 3 people living in them?
A．8% of houses.
B． 15% of houses.
C．17% of houses.
D．35% of houses.小题2: At what age do children in Britain usually leave their parents’ home?
A． About 18 or 19.
B． About 20 or 21.
C． About 25 or 26.
D． About 30 or 31.小题3: What do you think the passage is?
A． An instruction.
B． A report.
C． A play.
D． A joke.小题4: What does the passage mainly tell us?
A． Young people in Britain.
B． Old people in Britain.
C． Families in Britain.
D． The population in Britain.小题5: According to the passage, which of the diagrams is right?
答案：
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:A
【主旨大意】介绍了英国家庭人数少及其所占百分比和英国孩子成人后离开父母，而每年则只看望父母2、3次而已。
小题1:C 细节理解题。根据第一段中的another 17% have three people. 可判断选C。
小题1:A细节理解题。根据第二段的第三句话“When children are about eighteen or nineteen, they leave their parents’ home, and they often go to a different city. ”可判断选A。
小题1:B主旨大意题。根据本篇文章的内容可推断本文章是一篇报告，故选B。
小题1:C主旨大意题。根据第一段第一句话以及整合本文章大意可知道本篇文章主要讲述的英国的家庭，故选C。
小题1:A 主旨大意题。根据第一段对英国家庭人数的百分比的介绍可推断出图表A,，故选A。该小题将文字阅读与数学坐标进行有效结合，很好地体现了不同学科间知识的相互渗透，符合当今素质教育的发展和要求，是非常值得借鉴的，也是未来命题的趋势之一。
