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 workextrahours 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 (迟钝的) boy." If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.

1.A Japanese worker works __ more hours a year than a French one.

A. 513 B. 1,646 C. 2,159 D. 3,805

2.The word "extra" in Paragraph 3 means .

A. 正常的 B. 额外的 C. 有用的 D. 少量的

3.People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.

A. France B. Germany

C. the United States D. Great Britain

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

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.

5.What can we infer from the passage?

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.

VI. Vocabulary （共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）

1.Whenever I mention ________(play) football, he says he’s too busy.

2.This is a ________(value) painting.You must take good care of it.

3.It’s easy for people ______ (choose) different kinds of things in New-mart Supermarket .

4.The doctor told me that I should take the medicine _________a day after meals. (two)

5.She’s ________(break) her leg so she can't go to school.

6.How ______________(care) you are! You’ve made so many mistakes again!

7.Not only Lily but also Sam _______(see) the film before.

8.________(day) practice is a way of learning the foreign language.

9.Are you ________(satisfy) with what he has done?

10.This piece of music sounds ________ (love)

Fill in each blank with a proper word with the help of the first letter.

You’re standing with your classmates．Everyone is talking e1. you．Perhaps you’re afraid they will laugh at you when you say. Maybe you just aren’t brave e2. to speak．Shyness is like a snake that crawls（爬进）into our mouth and p3. us from speaking．But we shouldn’t let it stay there．

I am 29 years old．Even today, that snake s4. sometimes visits me. When I was in high school, I was so shy that I wouldn’t talk to anyone except my parents and best friends. If a stranger asked me the w5. to a local shop, it was as if I’d forgotten how to talk．One summer, I got a job in a restaurant and that helped a lot. It meant I had to talk to customers（顾客）. I had to tell them how m6. their meal cost. I had to ask them if they want to drink Coke or Sprite．This job taught me h7. to speak with people．

You may be t8.young to find a part-time job. But you can look for other chances to speak with people．You can offer to help an old woman c9. her heavy bag. Or you can go to get a newspaper for your family．

If you do these things for a while, the ‘shyness’ snake will soon begin to l10. It’ll look for another mouth to crawl into．

(B) 阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题.(必须使用完整语句作答)

Henry Jackson is a reporter of a national newspaper. I talked to him recently and have found something interesting about him. Henry went to our school and is now a reporter for a

national newspaper. He decided to be a reporter when he was14. He started writing articles for

the school newspaper at the age of 15. He became the editor of the paper when he was 17. He

went to university and wrote for the university newspaper. Then he got a job with a small

newspaper. After about two years，he started working for a national newspaper. He has worked for them for four years now.

Henry liked our school.He thinks that successful people know what they want to do when they are quite young．

1.What does Henry Jackson do? _______________________________________

2.How old was Henry Jackson when he decided to be a reporter?

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3.How long did Henry Jackson work for the small newspaper?

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4.When did Henry Jackson start writing articles?

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5.Did he go to the university?

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VIII. 请根据下面的提示，以“My Hobby”为题，用英语写一篇意思连贯、语句通顺的短文。（10分）词数：80左右。

要点提示：①What is your hobby? ②When did you start this hobby?

③Why do you have such a hobby?

④What have you learnt from your hobby?

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用介词in, with ,by 填空。(1*10=10分)

1.Judy keeps on writing diaries ______ English every day.

2.We can see ______ our eyes.

3.Some students like learning English _______ watching movies.

4.You must finish your homework _____ yourself.

5.You can improve your speaking skills _____ that way.

6.His house is ______ the lake.

7.It’s not a good idea to read the sentence word _____ word.

8.The young girl fell _____ love _______ the boy next door.

9.You can look up the words ______ a dictionary.

10.Don’t draw the wall ______ black.

If you practice ____ English every morning, you will improve it quickly.

A. to read B. reading C. read D. be reading

--- It's very kind ____  you ____ help me complete the difficult job.

--- You're welcome.

A. to; for B. for; of C. of , to D. of; to

The more you are ____ in English, the better you'll learn it.

A. interest B. interesting C. interests D. interested