Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don’t have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.
Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.
Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don’t pay overtime. Their workers don’t get more pay for more work. Some people think it’s their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don’t work more hours.
Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.
| A．513 | B．1,646 | C．2,159 | D．3,805 |
| A．税费 | B．加班费 | C．学费 | D．冷饮费 |
| A．France | B．Germany | C．the United States | D．Great Britain |
| A．No companies offer vacations to their workers. |
| B．Many people say they have enough time to relax. |
| C．Not all companies pay their workers for more work. |
| D．More than half of workers use all their vacation days. |
| A．Many workers have to work long hours. |
| B．Many people have vacations long enough. |
| C．Work hours are the same around the world. |
| D．There are a lot of dull people in the world. |
We are all busy talking about and using the Internet, but how many of us know about the history of the Internet?
Many people are surprised when they find that the Internet was set up(建立) in the 1960s. At that time, computers were large and expensive. Computer networks(网络) didn’t work well. If one computer in the network broke down, then the whole network stopped. So a new network system(系统) had to be set up. It should be good enough to be used by many different computers. If part of the network was not working, information could be sent through another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on working all the time.
At first, the Internet was only used by the government, but, in the early 1970s, universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to use it too. However, computers were still expensive and the Internet was difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers become cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also developed software(软件) that made “surfing(浏览)” the Internet more convenient (方便).
Today it is easy to get on-line and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students.
The Internet has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案The Internet has a history of ______ years.
A、about 40 B、less than 30 C、more than 45Scientists set up a new network system to ______.
A、make the computer cheaper
B、make the system work well
C、make the computer go wellThe Internet was widely used in the ______.
A、1960s B、1970s C、1990sThe underlined words “get on-line” in Chinese mean ______.
A、上机 B、上网 C、接线Which of the following is NOT true?
A、People had enough softwares to get on-line fifteen years ago
B、Computers are much cheaper than before.
C、Today the Internet is used everywhere.
We each have a memory(记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have got surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages as easily as one can , because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so easy to learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects , too. But your memory will become better and better when you do more and more exercises.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案Some people can easily learn many things by heart because .
A、they always sleep very well
B、they have very good memorie
C、they read a lot of booksEverybody learns his mother language .
A、at the age of six
B、when he is a small child
C、after he goes to schoolBefore a child can speak, he must .
A、read and write
B、make sentences
C、hear and remember the soundsIn school the students can’t learn a foreign language well because .
A、they have no good memories
B、they have no recorders
C、they are busy with other subjectsYour memory will become better and better .
A、if you have plenty of good food
B、if you do more and more exercises
C、if you do morning exercises every day
Mr. Gao lives in a town. When he was twenty-five, his son was born. He calls him Gao Ling. The little boy is clever. He and his wife love him very much. It’s September 1st today. A new school year begins. Gao Ling is happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He’s going to school with his new bag. “Let me take you to school, dear.” said Mrs. Gao. “Thank you, Mummy,” said the boy. “The school is not far from here. I can go there myself.”
At school a teacher met the little boy and asked, “What’s your name, my little friend?” “Gao Ling, sir.” answered the boy. “How old are you?” “Six, sir.” “What’s your father’s name?” “Gao Daling, sir.” “How old is he?” “He is six, too, sir.” “Oh,” the teacher said in surprise. “Is he as old as you?”
“Yes, sir,” said the boy. “He became a father only on the day when I was born.”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案Mr. Gao is _____now.
A、six B、twenty-five C、thirty oneMr. and Mrs. Gao love their son because_____.
A、the boy is clever
B、he likes to go to school
C、he can go to school himselfGao Ling didn’t let his mother take him to school because_____.
| A．she was too busy |
| B．his friends could took him |
| C．the policeman could help him |
| D．the school is near and he could take care of himself |
Gao Ling went to school_____.
A、by car B、on foot C、by trainGao Ling thought_____.
A、his father and he were born on the same day
B、his father was younger than him
C、Gao Daling became a father only for six years
阅读并选择最佳选项。（共5小题；每小题1分，计5分）
请阅读下面的短文，并从下列各题所给的A、B、C、D三个选项中，选择最佳选项。
U.S. billionaire Bill Gates went to watch a game of his friend, U.S. teen player Ariel Hsing, at the ExCel Centre while the girl was playing against Chinese Li Xiaoxia.
Gates wore an orange jacket and dark blue baseball cap. He sat in the front row of the spectators’ stand (观众看台) and applauded (鼓掌) for every point Hsing scored.
“I’m wishing her the best of luck, but the opposite player is really great,” Gates said.
Hsing was in her third match at London 2012. She had already beaten Mexico’s Yadira Silva and Luxembourg’s Ni Xia Lian.
Hsing is known in the U.S. as a close friend with billionaires Warren Buffett and Gates. She is close enough to call them “Uncle Warren” and “Uncle Bill”.
Buffett met Hsing when she was only 9. Two years later, he invited her to play against his friends. She has returned several times after that. Earlier this year after winning a position on the U.S. team, she took a few points off Buffett and Gates.
When asked whether he has won a point off Hsing, Gates said, “She beat me when she was nine. She has been nice to me.” Bill Gates went to the ExCel Centre to watch a game between Ariel Hsing and .
| A．Li Xiaoxia | B．Warren Buffett | C．Ni Xia Lian | D．Yadira Silva |
Bill Gates applauded when .
| A．others applauded | B．Hsing won a point |
| C．the Chinese player played well | D．Hsing won the game |
What did Bill Gates think of Li Xiaoxia?
| A．Exciting. | B．Just so-so. | C．Great. | D．Funny. |
Buffett invited Hsing to play against his friends when she was .
| A．seven | B．nine | C．ten | D．eleven |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．Bill Gates cheered for Li Xiaoxia in London |
| B．How Ariel Hsing made friends with Buffett and Gates |
| C．An excellent teen player — Ariel Hsing |
| D．An interesting visit in London |
Reading B
Mark was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him. He had tripped(绊倒) and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with some clothes, a baseball bat and a glove.
Mark knelt(跪) down and helped the boy pick up the things. Since they were going the same way, he offered to carry some things for the boy.
As they walked, Mark discovered the boy’s name was Bill. He loved video games, baseball and history, but he was having trouble with some of his subjects.
They arrived at Bill’s home first. Mark was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with some laughs and talk. Then Mark went home.
They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior school. Three days before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Three days before graduation, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill reminded Mark of the day years ago when they had first met. “Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things home that day?” asked Bill.
“You see, I took away all my things form school. I had stored away some of my mother’s sleeping pills. I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time talking and laughing, I realized that if I had died, I would have missed so many good times. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. _____________.”When Bill fell down on his way home, Mark __________.
| A．didn’t notice that | B．went away quickly |
| C．helped him pick up the things | D．carried all the things for him |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Mark was a warm-hearted boy. |
| B．Bill was good at all of his subjects. |
| C．Bill and Mark were in the same school. |
| D．Bill loved video games, baseball and history. |
At Bill’s home, they didn’t _________.
| A．drink some Coke | B．watch TV |
| C．have a pleasant talk | D．play video games |
Three days before graduation, Bill asked Mark to talk because he __________.
| A．wanted to tell him his story | B．wanted to kill himself again |
| C．hoped to have lunch together | D．hoped to go on holiday together |
What would Bill probably say at last?
| A．I should die. | B．You saved my life. |
| C．You did a good job. | D．You helped me a lot. |
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