A. The Beatles had a successful start but an unhappy ending.
B. It’s not rare for a band to have several talented songwriters.
C. The band’s fans in the 1960s have lost interest in The Beatles today.
D. Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote many of the songs for the band.
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About 15 years ago， readers of The Independent， a daily national newspaper， were asked by its travel journalists what they missed when they were away from home， and what they looked forward to when they returned. Apart from “family”， “friends” and “favorite foods”， many people mentioned “the Sunday newspapers” and “the crossword puzzle”.
It’s certainly true that among their many hobbies， the English enjoy words， above all reading them and playing with them. Reading books is one of the most popular relaxation activities， with approximately 100，000 books a year published. Over 80 per cent of the population regularly read a daily newspaper， and there are more newspapers per person than any other country except Japan. The weekend newspapers generally contain hundreds of pages， and even the most popular hobbies — fishing， stamp collecting， train-spotting， bird-watching， walking， sports， pets， flower-arranging， knitting and pigeon-fancying — have at least one， if not several specialist magazines， devoted to them. In fact， many people probably spend more time reading about their hobbies than actually doing them.
It’s also undoubtedly true that word games， puzzles and competitions are hugely popular in newspapers， on the radio and even on television. One of the most popular television games in the 1980s and 1990s was “Call My Bluff” where two teams of players had to guess which of three meanings of an unfamiliar word was correct. In many cases newspapers have a word games section， such as a “Words within Words” competition where the aim is to make as many words as possible with the letters of a single word. Above all， crossword puzzles are the most familiar word game， with clues ranging from words which have the same meaning as other words， to the “Cryptic” where the meaning of the word is expressed in a very indirect way， and in a variety of linguistic(语言学的) and cultural references. Apparently， some people choose their newspaper not because of the quality of the news coverage but because of the crossword puzzle.
You may think that you would need an excellent command of the English language to enjoy playing with words as much as the English do. But many of the word games are very simple and good fun， and in fact， the only skill you must have is to speak and listen or read and write a little.
64. What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph Two refer to?
A. a magazine B. a person C. a page D. a hobby
65. How many types of word games are mentioned in the passage?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
66. The best title for the passage may be __________.
A. A love of words B.A description of hobbies
C. An account of word games D.An introduction of newspapers
67. What is the author’s purpose of writing the article?
A. To encourage readers to read newspapers.
B. To tell readers the functions of the newspaper.
C. To report the result of a survey by The Dependent.
D. To entertain readers with what is written in the article.
D
Five-year-old Joe Brown isn’t backward at coming forward about what he thinks of his big sisters， Rosie and Matilda.
“They’re horrible and ugly，” he said， with a grin（冷笑）. “Horrible and ugly.”
Then again， his sisters aren’t always over-fond of their young brother， either.
“When Joe was born， Matilda said she was going to kill him before he was three because she really envied him，” said the eldest， 13-year-old Rosie.“She used to get all the special attention and now she doesn’t any more.”
As for Matilda， 11， she too can be quite cruel.“Joe’s the one that’s most annoying，” she said.
It’s somehow certain to know that kids act the same no matter who their parents are —in this case actors Bryan Brown and Rachel Ward.
And the couple agreed to let their children have freedom when it came to them participating in a Telling-the-Truth ABC TV program about brothers and sisters. The TV program invites an American expert on the subject， Frank J. Sulloway， who tells how our personalities are often shaped by our order of birth， position in the family and relationships between brothers and sisters.
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