A．watches became less important bemuse factories had clocks.
B．Watches were of higher quality than ever before.
C．More clocks were manufactured than watches.
D．The availability of watches increased.

Mrs Sharp, a large, red-faced woman in her late sixties, has lived in Greenleas, a 'new town' in the countryside outside London, since 1958. Before that she lived in Bethnal Green, an area of inner London. She was moved to Greenleas by the local authorities when her old house was demolished (拆除).She came from a large family with six girls and two boys, and she grew up among brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, grandparents and cousins. When she married her boyfriend from school at eighteen, they went on living with her parents, and her first child was brought up more by her mother than by herself, because she always worked.As the family grew, they moved out of their parents' house to a flat. It was in the next street, and their life was still that of the extended family. 'All my family used to live around Denby Street,' said Mrs Sharp, 'and we were always in and out of each other's houses.' When she went to the shops, she used to call in on her mother to see if she wanted anything. Every day she would visit one sister or another and see a nephew or niece at the corner shop or in the market.'You always knew 90% of the people you saw in the street every day, either they were related to you or you were at school with them,' she said.When her babies were born (she had two sons and a daughter), she said, 'All my sisters and neighbours would help - they used to come and make a cup of tea, or help in some other way.' And every Saturday night there was a family party. It was at Mrs Sharp's mother's house. 'Of course we all know each other very well. You have to learn to get on with each other. I had one neighbour who was always poking(管闲事) her nose into our business. She was forever asking questions and gossiping (拨弄是非). But you had to put up with everyone, whatever they were like.'1)、Mrs. Sharp had to move to Greenleas because she had to work there.A.TB.F2)、When she got married, she lived together with her parents all the time.A.TB.F3)、She knew so many people because they were either her relatives or schoolmates.A.TB.F4)、The sentence 'I had one neighbour who was always poking her nose into our business.' in the last Para. means I had one neighbour who always showed her interests in our private affairs.A.TB.F5)、This passage mainly deals with what the extended family is like.A.TB.F 点击查看答案

听力原文：W: Well, Charles, I must say that your shop is pretty remarkable. Do people send the fax messages abroad, or is it just to this country?M: It's surprising because when I started, I thought I'd be sending things to London and maybe Birmingham but, in fact, a high percentage of it is sent abroad, because it's immediate and speedy.W: And how much would it cost, for example, if I wanted to send a fax to the United States?M: Well, a fax to the United States would cost you five pounds for a page. And when you think that in England by the Royal Mail, it would cost you twelve pounds to send a page by special delivery, it's actually a good value.W: Ok. What about your hours? How long do you have to spend actually in the shop?M: Well, the shop is open from eight in the morning until six at night, six days a week, and then a sort of fairly flexible morning on a Sunday. Urn, and of those hours, I'm in it quite a lot.W: And did you enjoy it?M: Yes, overall I enjoy it. Running a business by yourself is hard work and you never quite like every aspect all the time. 95 % of the customers I love. Uh, 2% I really, you know, I'm not too bothered about. And 3 % I positively hate.W: What, what's the problem with those?M: Urn, it's hard to categorize really. I find people who are just to- tally rude, urn, unnecessary, and I don't really need their business and I suppose they form. the volume of the people that I don't like but it's a very small percentage.(27)A．A foreign country.B．London.C．Birmingham.D．A different time zone.

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