Laura Brent is a manager in an important company. She has three children—the eldest is 10, and youngest is three. “My job was only possible because my husband David was prepared to take my place and become a house husband,” she says.

More and more couples are finding this arrangement suits them better in today’s world, where women are rising to the top of their careers faster and more easily than they did in the past. Many men, on the other hand, like the idea of staying at home and looking after the children. “My children see a lot more of me than I saw of my father when I was young, and I think it’s better for them, especially for the boys,” says David. “It works just as well for Laura.”

 “Now I can come home from a hard day at work, and immediately relax with the children, instead of having to do the housework and the cooking,” she says.

Is there anything David misses about going out to work?

 “Not really. I suppose the worst thing about looking after children and doing the housework is not having a lunch break! It’s a lot harder than most men think.”

1.How many people are there in Laura’s family?

    A．2．    B．3．    C．4． D. 5

2.Who does most of the housework in the family?

    A．Laura．    B．David．

    C．The children．D．David’s parents．

3.What does Laura usually do after coming back from work?

    A．Cook for the family．

    B．Take children from school．

    C．Take a good rest with the children．

    D．Wash dishes and sweep the floor．

4.What does David think of his job at home?

    A．Hard．    B．Easy．    C．Boring． D. Fun

5.One of the reasons why men choose to stay at home is that______.

  A．children hate to stay with their mothers

  B．men are better at looking after the children

  C．women do better at work than they did before

  D．children want their fathers to help them with the homework

1.When does the train X504 leave Washington?

A. 9:00.   B. 9=30.   C. 10:00.   D. 10=30.

2.If you have to get to New York before 12=00, you'd better take ______.

A. X500   B. X501   C. X502    D. X503

3.Which of the following trains does not stop at BWI Airport?

A. X502.   B. X503.   C. X504.   D. X505.

4. If you want to go on weekends, you can NOT choose ______.

A. X501   B. X502   C. X503    D. X504

5.Which of the following is true according to the timetable?

A. You can have meals on most of the trains.

B. Most of the trains do not stop at Neward Int'l Airport.

C. You can't buy a ticket at the stations without reservation.

D. Nobody can get from Princeton Junction to Metropark on January 30.

The most enjoyable way to discover Liverpool is by boat．The first thing to do is to take a ferry across the River Mersey. It’s the best way to find out about this city’s long and interesting history. The Liverpool Ferry，which is the oldest ferry service in Europe，started more than 800 years ago．

In the l8th century Liverpool became an important city for international business across the Atlantic Ocean．Ships sailed from Liverpool to the United States and Africa．The place to learn more about Liverpool’s importance is the Maritime Museum．

Liverpool was important because of its industry and trade in the 18th century．In the 20th century it became famous for music．The boys in the rock group，the Beatles，all came from Liverpool．The city is very proud of them．It named its airport John Lennon International Airport。after one of the Beatles．Tourists can take a bus tour to visit some of the places the Beatles mention in their songs, 1ike Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields．They can also visit the Cavern Club—the group first played there in 1961．The Beatles Story is a museum and gallery．Here you can find out more about these world—famous musicians．

But there’s more to see and do in Liverpoo1．At the Walker Art Gallery you can see the best art in the North of England．If you like modern art，the place to visit is the Tate Gallery．But above all，it’s the friendly and welcoming people of Liverpool who make this a city you should visit when you come to Great Britain．

1.This passage is mainly for    ．

  A．people who live in Liverpool               B. students who want to study in UK

  C．foreigners who want to visit Great Britain     D. people who are interested in history

2.The word ferry in the first paragraph is most likely to be a kink of ________.

    A．bus    B．boat   C. train        D. bicycle

3.Liverpool first became famous for________.

A. its important in international business. B. a group of pop singers

C. a beautiful river called River Mersey    D. a big museum in the town

4.For people who are interested in music，the place they want to visit most would be______

  A．the Maritime Museum    B．the Tate Gallery

  C．the Beatles Story      D．the Walker Art Gallery

5.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

  A．A good place to visit in UK        B．The history of Liverpool

  C．The most famous and of the world   D．The most friendly people in UK

To most of us, school means classes, teachers, schedules, grades and tests. But for the children at Sudbury Valley School in Massachusetts, school is very different.

Firstly, there are no lessons. All the children, aged between 4 and 19, do whatever they want. There are no teachers, only “staff members”. The idea behind this is that you do not need to make children learn, because children want to learn anyway. “You do not need to say to a three-year-old, ‘Go explore your environment.’ You can’t stop them!”says Daniel Greenberg, a founder of the school. “But if you make children do what you want all day… they will lose all taste of learning.” At Sudbury Valley School, you will find children talking, reading, painting, cooking, working on computers, studying French, playing the piano, climbing trees, or just running around. Two boys spent three years just fishing!

The other way that Sudbury Valley School is different is that the children can decide the rules. Every week, there is a school meeting where both children and staff have one vote (投票)each—even the four-year-olds. They decide the school rules, how to spend the school money, and even which staff they want and do not want anymore.

When the school first opened in 1968, people said it would never work. But today, the school has 200 students, and 80% of its students go on to college. Even the two boys who went fishing all the time have successful careers today. One of them is a musician and the other is a computer scientist.

1.What's special about the school?

A. There is nobody but students there.

B. All the students are of the same age.

C. There are no classes for the students.

D. There are no rules in the school.

2.What do the students do in the school?

A. They learn everything there from the staff members.

B. They grow up there without learning anything.

C. They spend all the time with their parents.

D. They do whatever they are interested in.

3.The school seems to believe that children________.

A. learn best when they are doing what they want

B. are too young to learn anything by themselves

C. can look after themselves without any help

D. can't go to college without any hard work

4.The last paragraph wants to tell us that_          .

A. the writer doesn't like the idea of the school

B. the school is quite successful in its work

C. most of the parents don't believe in the school

D. younger students learn better there than older ones

5.The underlined word career in the last paragraph most probably means_.

A. family   B. money    C. lifestyle    d. job

Girl; Do you want to go to a movie, Edward?

Boy; 1.

Girl; What kind of movies do you like?

Boy: Well, I like comedies because they're funny. And I think thrillers are great.

Girl; 2.

Boy; No, documentaries are boring. 3.

Girl; I don't like documentaries, either. And I don't like thrillers—they're scary.

Boy_： 4.

Girl; Well, I like action movies.

Boy; 5.

Girl; Uh-huh. They're exciting. And I like Beijing Opera, too. It's very interesting. My father and I like it a lot.

阅读下面短文，然后根据短文内容补全答题卡上对应表格中所缺失的信息，每空不超过2个词或数字。

True or false? Only old women knit.

Not anymore！Knitting has now become a fashionable hobby with women in their 20s and 30s. Young women can be seen knitting in coffee shops, hairdressers, bookstores, and bus stops, and Hollywood stars like Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Madonna, and Gwyneth Paltrow all knit. They are knitting scarves, hats, socks, and sweaters—even bikinis and wedding dresses!

Knitting is being called the "new yoga". It is very relaxing and is the perfect hobby for our busy, stressful, 21st-century lives. It slows down your heart and lowers your blood pressure. Lissy Blomster, a 25-year-old buyer from New York, says "I come home from work mad and stressed almost every day. But after 30 to 45 minutes of knitting, I'm totally relaxed. " Jenny Carter, a 32-year-old advertising executive from Seattle, always knits through her lunch break. "It helps me clear my head and start fresh," she says.

Even some men are taking up knitting. Dave White, a 33-year-old IT manager from San Francisco, started knitting six months ago, after a woman friend introduced him to it. " I like knitting because I can go into my own little world and forget about my problems," he says. But he has not told any of his men friends that he knits, and he never knits in public. Brian Duffey, however, a 26-year-old student from Chicago, said, "I knit anywhere, everywhere. I have never had a negative comment… in fact, I find it attracts women. "

阅读下面短文，根据文中意思，从方框中选词恰当的词，并在答题卡上对应题号后面的横线上写出各单词的完整、正确的形式，使短文文理通顺，意义完整。

Most of us have probably heard of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and many1.famous Disney characters. Perhaps we have even seen them in 2. But have you ever been to Disneyland? In fact, there are now several different Disneyland amusement parks 3.  the world.

Disneyland is an amusement park, but we can 4.call it a theme park. It has all the normal attractions that you can find at an amusement park, but 5. also has a theme. The theme, of course, is Disney movies and Disney characters. For6. , you can find a roller coaster in 7.amusement parks, but in Disneyland, the theme of the roller coaster is Disney characters. This 8. that you can find Disney characters all over the roller coaster. You can also watch Disney movies, 9.in Disney restaurants, 10. buy Disney gifts. And you can see Disney-characters walking around Disneyland all the time!

有两名国际交流生想加人你们学校的英语俱乐部。请你根据下面的日程表，用英语给他们介绍俱乐部每周的活动安排。

☆☆学校英语俱乐部活动日程表

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，但文中不能出现学校的真名；

 3.开头已给出，不计人总词数。

"Cindy, do you have ________e-mail address? I want to send you some photos. "

"Yes, I do. It's cindy]26@ sohu. com. "

A. a                     B. an           C. the

It is our duty _________our hometown clean and beautiful. We must do something for it.

A. to keep           B. keeps                C. keeping