How many men do housework? Recently a European Commission tried to find out people’s ideas and reactions to the women’s movement. As part of their survey, they asked many men and women the question, “Who does the housework?” The men answered very differently from the women!

The housework they asked people about were: preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things. 37% of Danish men helped in the house. But only 15% of Italian men said they did the housework, many of them said they never helped at all!

But there was an interesting point of view from the wives. According to British wives, only 38% of their husbands helped in the house. And Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission found that Danish men were the most trustful husbands; their answers were the same as their wives’ answers.

Do the men you know help in the house? Do you think the survey gives a true picture in your experience? Write and tell us what you think.

1.The survey was carried out in ______.

A. Britain B. Europe C. Denmark D. Italy

2.The subject for the survey is ______.

A. how many boys do the housework

B. who are more diligent, wives or husbands

C. how many women do the housework

D. who does the housework at home

3.From the passage we can see that ______.

A. there were more husbands who did the housework than wives

B. husbands did half of the housework all the time

C. there were more wives who did the housework than husbands.

D. wives did all the housework at home

4.More ______ husbands help in the house than ______ husbands.

A. British; Danish B. Italian; Danish

C. Danish; British D. Italian; British

Do you often lose things? Don’t worry. Now a new tool that can be connected to any object you might lose may be the way to solve your problem. The Tile, a small square linked up to your iphone or ipad by means of Bluetooth, lets you see how close you are to your missing item, within a 50-to-150-foot range. If the item goes out of your phone’s 150-foot range, it can still be found on other smart phones with the same app.

When you drive the app on your phone, it shows you, with green bars that increase or decrease, how close or far away you are from the Tile. You can also program it to make a sound when you get close to the Tile. And you can link up your phone with up to ten Tiles. And if your lost object—a dog, for example, or a stolen bike—go out of your own phone’s 150-foot Bluetooth range, you can set it as a “lost item”. If any of the phones with the Tile app comes within range of your lost item, a message will be sent to your phone, telling you its position. The Tile app also has the function to remember where it last saw your Tile, so that you can easily find where you left it.

Since the Tiles use Bluetooth rather than GPS, they are never out of battery or needn’t to be charged, and they work for one year before needing to be replaced. And the app works with all generations of iPhones and iPads.

For further information, please visit www. tile666.com.

1.What can the Tile app help you ?

A. To use your phone more wisely

B. To find your missing items

C. To save your phone’s power

D. To find other phone users

2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The Tile needs to be charged after a year of use.

B. One smart phone can only be linked up with one Tile.

C. A missing item can’t be found if it goes out of your phone’s Bluetooth range.

D. The Tile cannot be linked up with a phone without Bluetooth.

3.What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

A. What the Tile app is.

B. The advantages of the Tile app.

C. How the Tile app works.

D. Why the Tile app was created.

4.Where does the passage probably come from?

A. A health report. B. An advertisement.

C. A personal diary D. Science fiction.

Captain Goodfellow

Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games, and exciting dances? Captain Goodfellow will be ready to teach all these things to children of all ages at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00, FREE.

Walking Tour of the Town

Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about local history. Meet at the front entrance of the City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortable shoes!

Film at the Museum

Two European films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See Broken Window at 1:30. The Workers will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898.

International Picnic

Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to the Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm.

Do You Want to Hear “The Zoo”

“The Zoo”, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert tomorrow night at 8 at Rose Hall, City College.

1.You can send your children to Captain Goodfellow to learn dances _________.

A. on Sunday afternoon B. at 9:30 every day

C. at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday D. at noon before 5:00 p.m.

2.If you are going on the Walking Tour, don’t forget ______________.

A. your worries

B. your beautiful walk

C. your learning about local history

D. your comfortable shoes

3.You can see movies at ________________.

A. the City College B. the Museum Theatre

C. the City Theatre D. the Central Park

4.You can probably eat Chinese, Italian, and Arab food _____________.

A. at the front entrance of the City Hall

B. at the ball game

C. at 8:00 p.m.

D. at the Central Park on Saturday

My friend Jim was a well-known radio host, who worked at a radio station all his life. All his colleagues knew him about one characteristic: If he’s on-air, he is always wearing a suit and a tie. They laughed at him, saying, “No one ever sees you. Why do you dress like that?” But he always turned that into a joke.

One day Jim was invited to appear on the TV. There was a show for the oldest radio employees. For the first time his fans, who only knew Jim by his voice, would see him. Before the recording of the show, the director came to Jim and asked, “Usually you arrive on time, but today you are 10 minutes late. It’s not terrible, but I still want to know why.”

“You see,” Jim answered, “at the last moment when I was already dressed up, I noticed that I didn't have new socks. For the first time I was invited to the television, and I thought that simply wearing clean socks was not enough. So I needed to go to the store for new socks.”

The director was surprised. He asked, “Why do you need new socks? You could have come without the socks because we will be filming you only over the waist.”

“ You see, to be perfect, I need to feel myself perfect in everything, starting with the shirt and finishing with the pen in my pocket,” Jim said. “And if my socks have holes in them or my shoes are dirty, I’m not spotless anymore. And it may make me less confident.”

1.From Para. 1 we can learn that when Jim is on-air, he______.

A. likes telling jokes

B. behaves strangely

C. always wears the same clothes

D. is careful about his dress

2.Jim was late for the TV show because______.

A. he went to buy new socks

B. he didn’t like to be filmed

C. he had to clean his clothes

D. he was too nervous

3.For Jim, being perfect in everything ______.

A. brings him success

B. makes him popular

C. gives him confidence

D. is difficult but necessary

七选五

Although many Chinese students say their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. 1._________ However, their spoken English does not have to remain poor. I would suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English.

First, 2. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary if your attitude is positive. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know.

Second, 3._.Sometimes they make mistakes when they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY. You want to get your message across, to talk to someone in English, as quickly and as well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesn't matter because the person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowance for any mistakes he hears.

Third, 4._ .You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing is necessary for you to start speaking.

Fourth，5._ .Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spoken English, they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their spoken English always remains poor. If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go.

完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In the 4th century, there was a man called Saint Nicholas in Myra. He was very rich and _________ to help others. He also cared for the_________very much. He often_________ many kinds of gifts, money and other _________things to the houses of the poor. He did this at night _________ so that no one knew, because he wanted no_________ . He just wanted to help others. At that time, there were three poor_________ in his town. Both of their parents died. They could hardly _________ enough money to make a living. Nicholas felt sorry for them and _________to do something to _________them. On Christmas Eve, when everyone was _________, Nicholas walked through the streets to the house where the three sisters lived. Quietly, he _________ onto the roof and dropped three bags of _________ into the chimney. It so happened that the three sisters had _________ their stockings before they went to bed. The stockings had been _________ by the fire to dry. When Nicholas dropped the gold, each bag fell into a stocking. The three sisters were surprised and _________ to find the three bags of gold in their stockings the next morning. Now they didn’t have to worry about their _________ as they could use the gold to get food. Soon, the story began to get around. Other_________ began to hang up stockings on Christmas Eve _________finding bags of gold when they woke up the next morning.

Over the years, Saint Nicholas became associated (有联系的) with Christmas. The_________ of hanging stockings up by the chimney on Christmas Eve is known all over the world. And Santa Claus, famous for the red cape (斗篷) and the white beard, became the most popular guest to children on Christmas.

1.A. hated B. refused C. failed D. liked

2.A. old B. sick C. poor D. young

3.A. lent B. brought C. posted D. moved

4.A. expensive B. simple C. beautiful D. useful

5.A. slowly B. secretly C. freely D. fairly

6.A. praise B. money C. surprise D. pay

7.A. sisters B. brothers C. workers D. farmers

8.A. beg B. find C. make D. borrow

9.A. needed B. agreed C. decided D. promised

10.A. save B. help C. raise D. teach

11.A. quiet B. busy C. happy D. asleep

12.A. landed B. climbed C. jumped D. fell

13.A. gold B. food C. toys D. clothes

14.A. changed B. bought C. repaired D. washed

15.A. shown B. thrown C. hung D. stored

16.A. puzzled B. excited C. worried D. sad

17.A. meals B. study C. house D. stockings

18.A. students B. men C. women D. children

19.A. in the hope of B. in need of C. in case of D. in return for

20.A. rule B. habit C. custom D. Manner

语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式，然后写在答题卡上。

Festivals and celebrations 1. (hold) to honor famous people and events. In China, there are many festivals, among2. the most important one is the Spring Festival.

The Spring Festival in China is 3. (traditional) celebrated on January 1st in Lunar New Year.

4. New Year’s Eve, the whole family gather together 5. (eat) a family reunion dinner and watch TV, 6. (enjoy) wonderful 7. (perform). Children love dressing 8. in fine new clothes and sometimes have lucky money in red paper. At times, people set off fireworks and they can watch dragon dances.

They also spend much time 9.(visit) their relatives and friends. When people meet, they say to each other“Happy New Year.” You can see 10. happy they are!

单词拼写

1.The _________(起源) of this custom sounds very funny.

2.Henry Adams was ______ (漫步) down the pavement in London when a servant invited him to a big house.

3.Natural resources on the earth are very (有限), so we should make good use of them and protect them.

4.We had a heated discussion in a relaxed ___________ (气氛) yesterday.

5.To their surprise, the medicine produced ____________(猛烈的) reaction.

6.The international society is actively taking __________(措施) to offer assistance to the people in Nepal.

7.Roast duck in his restaurant is quite popular with __________(顾客), for it is very delicious.

8.Only after we answered the guard’s questions were we ___________(容许)to enter the building.

9.I was caught in the traffic jam after work,so I missed the first two ___________(场) of the play.

10.We didn’t win the game this time and we all think it was Bill’s ____________(过错).

短文改错

下面每个句子中都有一处错误，请标出地方并改正。

Hi Eva,

Sorry that I haven’t been in the touch with you for a while. But I catch a cold last week, and I’ve been in bed for four day. I’m feeling better today. Lucky my classes won’t start till next week.

I have good news for you. I’m going to a conference in you town in May, from 16th to 20th. Could you recommend a hotel where is in the center of town? It needn’t be too expensive because the tight budget. I’ll have a freely half-day for sightseeing. Do you think you can showed me around?

Looking forward to hear from you soon.

Chris

英语写作

假如你叫李华，是一位成绩优秀的学生，你班班主任在安排座位时，让成绩好的学生和成绩差的学生作同桌，这在你们班成绩优秀的学生中引起了反响，大家就此进行了讨论。请以书信形式向报社编辑写封信，陈述学生讨论结果以及个人观点。

注意：1．词数：100左右，短文的开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

2．短文需包括表中所有要点，内容可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。

3．参考词汇：成绩差的学生：a slower student