A few days _26_ ， she sent a boy to the workman to ask him if his name was Hans Bussman. Needless to say， the man‘s name was Hans Bussman. And he really was Franz‘s _27_ brother. When the brothers were _28_ ， Hans explained _29_ it was that he was still _30_ .

After having been wounded towards the end of the war， he had been sent to hospital and was _31_ his unit. The hospital had been bombed and Hans had made his way back into Western Germany on foot. _32_ ， his unit was lost and all _33_ of him had been destroyed. Hans _34_ to his family house， but the house had been bombed. Guessing that his family had been killed during an air-raid（空袭）。 Hans settled down in a village fifty miles away where he had remained _35_ .

21. A. hour B. way C. tour D. time

22. A. from B. to C. near D. like

23. A. of B. at C. in D. through

24. A. action B. field C. area D. motion

25. A. might B. must C. may D. should

26. A. forward B. later C. lastly D. more

27. A. missed B. long-losing C. long-lost D. losing

28. A. united B. reunited C. gathered D. mated

29. A. which B. what C. where D. how

30. A. alived B. lived C. alive D. live

31. A. settled down B. picked up C. chosen from D. separated from

32. A. Generally B. Hopefully C. Whereas D. Meanwhile

33. A. records B. rewards C. methods D. facts

34. A. returned B. turned C. tried D. completed

35. A. for long B. for ever C. ever since D. soon after

四、阅读理解（共15小题；每题3分，共45分。）

阅读下面短文，然后根据短文的内容从每小题的四个选择项中选出最佳的一项。

A

Women nowadays are stronger and smarter than they were 50 years ago， and they can expect to live longer. Japanese women， for example， can expect to live 82 years， which is the longest in the world. Just 50 years ago， Japanese women could expect to live only 54 years.

Many women are working today. In Japan， 75% of women are working now， compared to 37% 50 years ago. The reason why so many women are working is that they‘re getting more education these days. The rate of Japanese women going to junior college and universities is higher than the rate for men. In 1947， the average Japanese woman got married at the age of 23. Today， the average age is 26. At the same time， divorce has increased by 50%.

As for having babies， today the birth rate is only 1.5 babies for each woman. Fifty years ago， the birth rate was much higher， 4.5 babies.

In a recent survey， Japanese women were asked whether they would choose to be a man or a woman in the future life. 65% said they would prefer to be born again as a woman. In 1960， only 27% said they would want to be a woman again in the future. This suggests that nowadays more Japanese women are happier with their lives.

36. The rate of women who are working now has increased by ______ percent compared with 50 years ago.

A. 37

B. 38

C. 50

D. 75

37. More and more women are working in Japan because _______ .

A. they have to raise their family

B. they don‘t have anything else to do

C. they have more education than beforejoozone.com