This Thursday, across the US, kids are skipping school(缺课)and going to work with their parents. They’ll be making copies, sending faxes(传真)and sweeping floors. This is because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the US. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.
I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Not only did I have the chance to miss school, but I also got
to sit in my dad’s taxi all day long and we would go to a 
restaurant for lunch.
But after only 20 minutes of driving around the city. I was very bored. I couldn’t read my book in the car as I would get carsick(晕车)and my dad didn’t like to turn on the radio. I got hot and uncomfortable. people wouldn’t get into his taxi because they thought he already had a passenger: me—so nothing happened. It seemed years before we went out for lunch. I actually started to miss school.
While the point of the day is to give kids a chance to experience real-life jobs and give them an idea of the possibilities(可能性) for their futures, I got something completely different from the day. I learned to appreciate(重视) school. Where else do you get to play with your friends, do science experiments, read great books and write stories all in one day?
Just as you’ll have to learn to love your job later in life, learn to love school now. If you don’t already, try spending the day at work with your dad.When is the “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day”all over the US?
| A．On February 28. | B．On March 28. | C．On April 28 | D．On May 28. |
That day the writer was happy at first for the following reasons except _____.
| A．she didn’t have to go to school | B．she would work as a grown-up |
| C．she could sit in her father’s taxi all day. | D．she would go our for lunch with her father |
Why didn’t people get into the writer’s father’s taxi?
| A．Because her father didn’t like to turn on the radio. |
| B．Because they thought the writer was a passenger. |
| C．Because her father’s car was hot and uncomfortable. |
| D．Because her father didn’t stop to take any passengers. |
Which of the following is NOT the purpose of the “Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day”?
| A．To teach kids to appreciate school. |
| B．To give kids a chance to experience real-life jobs. |
| C．To give kids an idea of the possibilities for their futures. |
| D．To show kids what it means to be adults in the working world. |
What did the writer learn that day?
| A．It’s boring to drive a taxi. | B．Working with dad is fun. |
| C．It’s hard to make money. | D．School life is much better. |
After a study showed that one in every ten meals in the country may be cooked in with dirty oil, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) on Thursday issued an emergency notice （发布紧急通知）to restaurants nationwide, warning them against recycling oil.
The swill-oil is cooking oil refined from kitchen waste that has been recycled. Although it looks clean and clear, it’s actually so dangerous to people’s health that it may cause cancer.
According to a report, the swill-oil business is extremely profitable. Recycling one ton of kitchen waste will produce 130 kg of swill oil. With its price being half that of normal cooking oil, a profit（利润）of 1.5 to 2 billion yuan is produced in the whole swill-oil business in the country every year. The profit is almost 200%, so it’s easy to understand why the business is so hot.
He Dongping, a professor from Wuhan Polytechnic(WHPU) said, “To stop the use of dirty oil should start at its source, kitchen waste. And the first step is to find a good way of collecting kitchen waste.” “However, it might take about 10 years before China could solve the problem completely,” he added.
A. few B. nobody C. many
A. big money-maker
B. common situation
C. terrible thing
A. the biggest problem is that restaurants produce too much kitchen waste.
B. the way of dealing with kitchen waste isn’t good enough now.
C. we can stop the use of swill-oil in a short time if we take it serious.
A. restaurant service
B. food safety
C. eating habits
Several days ago, a Beijing-based IT company fired about 400 people overnight. No one had expected the job cuts, which broke with traditional ways of letting go of workers in China. Moreover, what was special about this case was that the day before the 400 were fired, they all received from their boss a gift—the book “Who Moved My Cheese?”
The book—a bestseller in the US—is being used by men and women to deal with changes in their lives and work. Some large organizations, including Coca-Cola, Kodak and General Motors, ask their employees to read it in order to encourage them to be active towards changes.
Cheese is something related to everyone’s livelihood-Our jobs, the industries we work in, relationships and love as well.
With China’s official entry into the WTO, the whole nation will face up to more changes and challenges. So what we should do once this“cheese”on which we are so dependent is moved?
“Whatever challenges and changes we meet, we should face up to them bravely,” Jiang Hengwei, a civil servant said after reading the book.
Professor Zhang Yang in Renmin University of China agrees. “We should change our way of thinking. The coming competitive foreign companies and products provide us with great chances to learn from them and improve our own products to meet international standards and be more competitive.”
“With hard work and wisdom, we will create a much larger and better piece of cheese.” Zhang smiled confidently.
| A．a bestseller in the US |
| B．what people think about China’s entry into the WTO |
| C．the change in people’s attitude towards changes and challenges |
| D．how a book influences the Chinese workers |
| A．be more competitive with foreign firms |
| B．find an excuse for their job cuts |
| C．let the workers make a living on their own |
| D．encourage the fired workers |
| A．something we depend on |
| B．a most important kind of food |
| C．change or challenge |
| D．way of life |
| A．they have different opinions on changes and challenges |
| B．people are not afraid of competition from foreign companies |
| C．the Chinese people are ready to face any changes and challenges |
| D．they are both greatly encouraged by the book |
Every James Bond movie starts with a different theme song. It’s usually performed by one of the top artists of the day. Here are three Bond theme songs from the films Diamonds are Forever(1971), A View to a Kill(1985), and Skyfall(2012).
Diamonds are Forever
Diamonds are Forever(from the movie of the same name) is one of the most famous James Bond theme songs. The song is sung by Shirley Bassey. She’s one of the most famous British singers of the 20th century. She’s probably best-known for singing the theme songs to three Bond films: Goldfinger(1964), Diamonds are Forever(1971) and Moonraker(1979). J
A View to a Kill
A View to a Kill is the theme song from 1985 Bond film of the same name. This song is sung by Duran Duran, one of the biggest pop groups of the 1980s. They were one of the first groups to appear regularly on MTV. The band is still together and its members are Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, John Taylor and Richard Taylor.
Skyfall
Skyfall is the theme song from the latest Bond film of the same name. This song is sung by Adele, a 24-year-old English singer-song writer. She’s been respected(尊重)very much by other musicians. Beyonce has said she wants to work with her and Madonna recently said, “Adele is wonderful. I love her!” She even impressed Bond himself. Daniel Craig, the actor who plays 007, said he cried when he first heard the song. He said it “perfectly matches” the film.
A. film B. actor C. singer
A. pop group B. rock singer C. songwriter
A. sung three Bond theme songs
B. joined the biggest pop group
C. been greatly respected and loved
A. Diamonds are Forever
B. A View to a Kill
C. Skyfall
A. James Bond movies
B. Bond theme songs
C.007 movie actors
When Webster was young，he was a teacher. But he quickly became tired of the books he used in class. They were all about the English people and places. Since he wanted books that would be interesting to the American children，he wrote three books with many American examples.
Webster worked hard to change the spelling of American English. He wanted words to be spelled in the same way they were pronounced，for example，he thought the word “laugh” should be spelled “laf”. And he tried many ways to ask people to help him do this.
One day he walked into a print shop and gave the boy there a piece of paper. “Young man，”he said，“when you print any book in the future，please don't spell the words like the English people do. For example，when you see these words：theatre，centre, colour，and labour，please always print them as theater，center，color and labor.” The boy studied it and answered，“I agree with you，but I must ask my boss first.”
With the money he made from his books，Webster could start his great work，which took him more than twenty years to finish the first American English dictionary. And today，Webster's dictionary is thought to be the most important American English dictionary in the whole world.
A．he was born in America
B．there were many mistakes in them
C．American children were not interested in them
A．meaning B．pronunciation C．use
A．Only one B．Two C．At least four
A．He was for it.
B．He was against it.
C．He had no idea about it.
There are many ways of putting out a fire. You may have seen people put out burning cigarettes by stepping on them. Stepping on cigarettes shuts off the air and puts out the fire.
Many fires are put out with water. Water cools the materials that are burning. It helps make the fire die out. Some of the water is changed into steam when it strikes the hot fire. The steam keeps air from the fire and helps put it out.
Some fires can not be put out with water. Suppose a tank full of gasoline(汽油)is on fire. Gasoline is lighter than water. If you poured water into the tank of gasoline, the water would sink to the bottom of the tank. The gasoline would float on top of the water on the fire and flow over the edge of the tank. Then the fire would spread. Gasoline fires should be put out with sand or with chemicals of some kind, such as that used in some fire extinguishers(灭火器).
A. the burning cigarettes are too hot to touch
B. it helps to stop smoking
C. it shuts off the air and makes the fire go out
A. Some of the water will turn into steam and keep air from the fire.
B. Most of the water will flow away.
C. The water will be absorbed by the fire.
A. with hot wate
B. with nothing but sand
C. with sand or chemicals
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