Can you remember a world before the Internet? If your answer is “No”, then you are probably a millennial. Millennials are the new generation of young Americans. They were born between 1982 and 1992. There are 33 million of them, and they are just starting to enter the workforce(劳动力). Many experts believe that millennials are different from young Americans of past generations. They also believe that millennials will change the workforce in important ways.
How are millennials different? They are the first generation born in the computer age. The Internet has always been a part of their lives. They spend about 16 hours a week on the Internet, and this doesn’t include e-mail. And they spend 72 hours a week using other electronic media, including mobile phones and video games. They are “ nation speakers” of the language of the computer age. People who were born earlier will never be native speakers of that language. Why not? They did not grow up “ speaking” it.
How will millennials change the workforce? To answer that question, it is important to understand how millennials use the Internet. They use the Internet to communicate. They visit websites such as Face Book and My Space every day. They share ideas, music, information, games and friendships with people all over the world. When they start working, they will want to share their work and ideas with others.
It is also important to understand the way millennials grew up. Their parents and teachers gave them a lot of attention. They taught them that their opinions were valuable(有价值的). As a result, many millennials are very confident. At work, they will expect their co-workers and bosses to listen to their opinions.
Millennials also grew up with a lot of structures in their lives. Many of them went to school from the age of two or three and played on sports teams. At work, they will expect the rules to be clear. They will also expect a strong but fair boss, like a coach on a sports team.. They will follow the person in charge(主管) if he or she is fair. But they will not follow an unfair boss. They will also expect their work to be fun and creative, similar to their experience on a sports team.
These are a few of the changes that experts believe millennials will bring to the American workforce. But the world is changing very fast. There will probably be more changes that are difficult to imagine today.
Choose the best answer according to the passage.According to the first paragraph of the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Millennials belong to a new generation. |
| B．Millennials were born about ten years ago. |
| C．Millennials are entering the workforce. |
| D．Millennials know little about the world before the Internet. |
Which is the main reason that makes the experts believe millennials are different from young Americans of past generations?
| A．Millennials can speak a better native language. |
| B．Millennials grow up with computers and Internet. |
| C．Millennials use mobile phones and e-mails often. |
| D．Millennials spend long hours playing video games. |
Why do the millennials expect to share their work and ideas with others?
A.Because they know how to use the Internet to make new friends.
B.Because they understand how to communicate with new friends.
V.Because they grow up sharing ideas, music, information, games and friendships with others by the Internet.
D.Because the Internet can provide all the information they need.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Millennials grow up with more attention from their parents and teachers. |
| B．Many millennials are showing more confident than others at work. |
| C．Many millennials give more valuable opinions to their co-workers and bosses. |
| D．Many of the millennials have had fun and creative experiences when they are on sports teams. |
From the passage we know that_________.
| A．the number of the millennials had come to 33 million by the end of 1982. |
| B．Most of the millennials learn native computer language in schools. |
| C．Millennials require their bosses to be healthier and the rules clearer at work. |
| D．More changes will probably be brought to the American workforce by millennials. |
If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them. If you don’t, you may get lost. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends, but let them find you instead（相反）. You can help them find you by（通过）staying in one place. There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. You can shout or whistle（吹口哨）three times. Stop for a while. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal（信号）given three times is a help.
Keep up shouting or whistling. Always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making a noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They will give you two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house with branches（树枝）. Make yourself a bed with leaves and grass.
When you need some water, you have to leave your little branch house to look for it. Don’t just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop（扔下）them as you walk in order to（为了，以便于）go back again easily. When you are lost, the most important thing to do is stay in one place. If you get lost in the forest, you should .
| A．try to find your friends |
| B．stay in one place and make signals |
| C．walk around the forest |
| D．shout as loudly as possible |
Which signal is a call for help?
| A．Shouting here and there. |
| B．Crying and shouting twice. |
| C．Shouting or whistling three times together. |
| D．Whistling everywhere in the forest. |
When you hear two shouts or two whistles, you know that .
| A．someone is afraid of an animal. |
| B．people will come to help you. |
| C．someone needs help. |
| D．something terrible will happen. |
Which of the following statement is RIGHT?
| A．If you get lost in the forest, you should try your best to find your friends. |
| B．When you hear whistles for twice, that means someone needs help. |
| C．If you leave branches to look for water, you can find your way back easily. |
| D．When you are lost, the important thing to do is to cry. |
What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence（画线句子）？
| A．leave branches to find your way back. |
| B．Pick off branches to build another house. |
| C．Use branches to make a bed. |
| D．Drop branches to look for water. |
It was May 5. It was Mary’s birthday. She came home, and saw a card on the table. It said, “There’s a present for you, Mary. Go and look for it in your room.” Mary ran to her room. Her parents were watching her. They were smiling. On her bed she saw a new red box. She thought, “What’s in the box?” She opened it. There was nothing but a card in it. Mary took it out and read.
“Dear Mary, I’m your present. My first letter is in the word ‘book’, but not in ‘look’. My second letter is in ‘ink’, but not in ‘thank’. You can find my third letter in both ‘ink’ and ‘book’. And my last letter is in ‘she’, but not in ‘ship’. What am I?”
Mary thought hard. B-I-K-E! She smiled and said, “Aha, I know, Mom. But where is it?” Her mother said, “Look at the back of the card.” Mary turned it over and read, “Come and look for me in the garden.”
Mary hurried to the garden. There under a big tree she found her present—a nice new bike!
“Happy birthday, Mary!” her parents said.
“Thank you, Mom and Dad.”Mary’s birthday was on .
| A．March the fifteenth |
| B．May the fifth |
| C．March the fifth |
| D．May the fifteenth |
Mary’s birthday present was .
| A．a beautiful card |
| B．a beautiful box |
| C．a beautiful bike |
| D．a comfortable bed |
The first card was on the table. The second card was .
| A．on the bed | B．on the desk |
| C．in the box | D．in a book |
Mary’s present was .
| A．on the back of the card | B．on her bed |
| C．in her room | D．in the garden |
Mary’s parents were .
| A．very kind and funny |
| B．very poor |
| C．very rich |
| D．very young |
English people have porridge for breakfast, too. But their porridge is made of oats（燕麦）, not rice. Many English people put sugar in their porridge, but the Scottish always put salt in it.
English people always drink tea out of cups, not out of glasses. They usually drink tea with sugar and milk. When you go to an English family for tea, the host（男主人）or hostess（女主人）always asks you, “How many lumps（块）of sugar do you want in your tea?”
In ordinary（平常的） English families, the main meal is in the evening, because most of the families are away during the day. But on Sunday when everyone is at home, they make the midday（正午）meal, and in the evening they have a much lighter supper.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。English people like eating porridge and only put sugar in their porridge..
All English people always drink tea with coffee and sugar.
Lunch is the main meal for English people.
Most English families aren’t at home during the daytime.
English people have the main meal in the evening on Sunday.
Dear Maria．
I'm in Beijing now. It's a big and very funny city. You can eat many kinds of food here. A lot of boys and girls like to eat them . We can have Beijing duck and like it very much. We also have hamburgers and French fries, too.
Many people like to see Beijing Opera. I think it's very interesting and I often go to see it with
and girls know them well.I have many DVDs of action movies.I often watch them on TV at home. Do you often go to see the movies on weekends? Do you know Jackie Chen and Jet Li? Do you like action naovies?
Please write back soon.
Yours
Sally依据短文内容完成句子。This letter is _Sally _____Maria.
依据短文内容完成句子。We can know from the passage, the foreign friends like Beijing____and Beijing____.
回答问题：
What does Maria and her parents often do on weekends?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _把短文中画底线的句子译成汉语。
_ _ _ _ _ _ _根据短文内容回答问题。
What does Maria think of Beijing?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mr. White lives on the 20th floor in a tall building in Beijing. His office is about ten kilometers from home. His wife and his children are now in America for holidays.
Today Mr. White leaves his home at eight in the moming. He takes the lift down to the first floor, gets out of the lift and walks to his car. Oh, dear! His car is broken. He waits for a taxi but there's not any empty one. So he has to go by bus.
Mr. White gets to his office at nine twenty. He is very late. Today he has a lot of work to do. He does it quickly and he has only one hamburger and a cup oforange juice for his lunch. Mr. White leaves his office at half past six. When he gets to his building, he quickly gets into the lift. Oh, dear! The lift doesn't work! He has to walk up to the 20th floor. But when he gets there, he finds he forgets to take the key with him.
What can he do now? Poor Mr. White! Mr. White goes to work by bus because _
| A．he doesn't have a car |
| B．he doesn't like to take a taxi |
| C．there's something wrong with his car |
| D．his key is in the office |
Today Mr. White _ .
| A．must be very tired | B．doesn't work hard in the office |
| C．isn't late for work | D．eats lunch outside the office |
The word " poor" in the last paragraph means _" in Chinese.
| A．穷苦的 | B．可怜的 | C．愤怒的 | D．忙碌 |
From the passage we can see Mr. White _.
| A．is not healthy | B．is now in China |
| C．can't drive a car | D．likes Chinese food |
Which is wrong?
| A．Mr. White's home is far from his work place. |
| B．Mr. White works very hard. |
| C．Mr. White works in China. |
| D．The lift is broken early in the morning. |
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