阅读1--5题的人物信息，然后从A、B、C、D和E中，选出符合他们要求的最佳选项。

1．Jeff likes sports and travel. He would like something that can help him spend boring time on his journey(旅途). 
2. Mrs. Green doesn’t like to exercise, but she likes cooking and reading books about foreign places.  
3. Mr. Dean wants to improve(提高) his garden(花园) during summer. So he would like something that could help him to do that. 
4. Lisa , a 22-year-old girl, worries about her weight(体重). She is wondering how to lose weight(减肥). 
5. Sophia likes to look smart. When she is free, she enjoys listening to the music. Now she plans to learn something about music.

A. Learn how to play the guitar. This popular video helps the beginner to become
a guitar player in just 200 hours.
B. Road trips. A program loved by young people, especially those fat girls. Join in it and make yourself become thin.
C. The new pocket MP4. This kind of MP4 fits right into your pocket. It lets you listen to your favorite artist, even when you are on a journey.
D. Singapore. The story of a city. This book is about the history. the culture and the favorite dishes of this small country.
E. Spanish in 10 Minutes a Day. A fun, 132-page complete language learning work book. Includes 150 sticky labels: flash cards, a crossword puzzle and more. It is one of the best-selling language series in print. 
F. Special scissors(剪刀). This kind of tools(工具) will make it easy to deal with(处理) flowers and trees. Anyone can learn to use it quickly.

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(意味着) 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(公司) don't pay overtime(加班工资). Their workers don't get more money for more work. Some people think it's their duty(职责) 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(少于) 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(提供) vacations to their workers.

      B. Many people say they have enough time to relax.

      C. Not all workers can get more money for more work.

      D. More than half of workers use all their vacation days.

5. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

      A. Workers in the United States get the longest paid vacation.

      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.

阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。

It was Jimmy's birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of nice birthday presents from his family, and one of them was a beautiful big drum(鼓).
  "Who gave him that thing?" Jimmy's father said when he saw it. "His grandfather did," answered Jimmy's mother. "Oh," said his father. Of course , Jimmy liked his drum very much. He made a terrible noise(噪音) with it, but his father did not mind(介意). His father was working during the day, and Jimmy was in bed when he got home in the evening, so he did not hear the noise.
   But one of the neighbors(邻居) did not like the noise at all , so a few days later, she took a sharp(锋利的) knife and went to Jimmy's house while Jimmy was hitting(击打) his drum. She said to him, "Hello, Jimmy. Do you know, there's something very nice inside your drum. Here's a knife. Open the drum and let's find it. "
1. Jimmy got quite a lot of nice presents from his ________ .

A. classmates           B. friends       C. teachers         D. family
2.Who gave Jimmy the drum? ________ .
   A. His father           B. His mother    C. His neighbor      D. His grandfather
3.Why did Jimmy's father not stop him making a noise with the drum? Because________.
  A. He liked Jimmy very much              B. he didn't mind it.
  C. Jimmy was in bed                     D. Jimmy only played in the evening
4. One of the neighbors ________ .
  A. liked Jimmy very much.
  B. enjoyed listening to the sound of the drum.
  C. wanted to show Jimmy a sharp knife.
  D. didn't like the noise at all.
5.What did Jimmy's neighbor really want him to do? To ______.
  A. stop him making noises
  B. make a noise on his drum with a knife
  C. show him how to hit the drum
  D. find something nice in his drum

完形填空

Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone(独自地). Would life be as easy as when your parents are __1__? Would it be a perfect(完美的) holiday for you?

Zheng Chenyu says that she would ___2__ “Where can I find food? How can I cook it?” The 14-year-old girl says that she knows __3__ about cooking.

“I can have tomato and egg soup(汤), but that’s all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We don’t know what to do, or how to __4__ ourselves,” said Zheng. “And I may(可能) forget something important. I may probably ___5___ television and then burn(煮干) the soup.”

___6__ Zheng believes that basic life skills(生活技能), such as cooking and washing clothes, are especially important, she doesn’t think teenagers get enough practice.

“As soon as I leave home, I’ll learn to cook. But now parents do almost ___7___ for us. We’re very lazy,” she said.

Most teenagers only have time for their __8___. They don’t learn any life skills until they go to college(大学).

However, Sima Yige doesn’t think so.

“I think I’d be all right. I wouldn’t just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook some ___9___ dishes because my mum showed me,” the 13-year-old boy said. In his opinion, many teenagers depend(依靠) too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like “___10___ up your room or even dressing yourself properly”.

For most teenagers it wouldn’t be a holiday at all.  

1.  A. at                      B. out             C. in              D. around

2.  A. think             B. feel             C. worry           D. say

3.  A. little              B. a little            C. few             D. a few

4.  A. look after         B. look at           C. look for         D. look out

5.  A. see                 B. watch          C. look            D. listen 

6.  A. Although          B. However       C. Because         D. So

7.  A. none            B. something      C. nothing          D. everything

8.  A. housework        B. school          C. homework       D. life

9.  A. nice             B. important       C. difficult          D. easy

10.  A. tidying        B. to tidy          C. tidy             D. tidied

---How is it going?

   ---_______. I can’t find my English book.

A. Great            B. Not bad               C. Terrible              D. Pretty good

 It is hot outside. You can________ your coat.

A. take off               B. put off              C. put on                D. take on

---________?

---He is quiet and doesn’t like talking much.

A. What would he like? B. What does he look like?

C. What’s he like? D. What does he like?

Ms. Smith teach ______ English _______.

A. us; well          B. our; well           C. us; good           D. our; good

Can you tell me how _______ the train station?

A. get to                  B. arrive            C. to get to           D. to get

 The West Lake is great. People ________ it every year.

A. are visiting           B. to visit                  C. visits           D. visit