Now lots of parents will buy everything that their children want to have. If they go on with the habit, their children won’t know the money 　　1　 from hard work.

Some parents like to 　　2　 birthday parties for their children. If they keep on doing this, their children　 3　 think it necessary for them to enjoy birthday parties every year. Year after year, maybe they will forget their 　　4　 birthdays and only remember their own. It is against traditional habits.

Many parents don’t let the children do housework. They think children have only one thing to do. They should study hard and do 　　5　 in their lessons. If parents go on 　　6　 this, the children will only learn to open their mouths to be fed and stretch out (伸出) their arms to be

　 7　 every day. When the children grow up, they will be able to do 　　8　 , and they won’t even find a job. Parents should teach the children　 9　 to do housework because it can help them start good habits of working by 　　10　

1.__________ 2___________　 3.____________　 4.___________ 5.____________

6.__________ 7___________　 8.____________　 9.___________ 10.____________

　 My grandfather is an eighty-year-old man. He changed, and he often says that life used to be better.

　 Families aren’t families the way they used to be．A lot of families have broke down．If husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they no longer stay together．And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children，but now everyone’s working．No one has time to look after children at home．

And the cars! No one walks any more：everyone drives．We used to walk five miles to school every day，even in winter．But now they don’t．And in schoo1．the children don’t have to think any more．In math class，for example，we used to add，subtract, multiply and divide in our heads．Kids don’t use their heads any more；instead，they use calculators(计算器)．

Most families have computers now．In the past we didn’t have computers．We didn’t even have lights．My mother used to spend all day cooking in the kitchen．But now nobody eats home．cooked food any more．

And people don’t talk to each other any more．They are too busy to talk，too busy to eat，too, busy to think……

Life used to be simple, but it isn’t any more．

(　 )6．My grandfather thinks the 1ife　　　 ．

　　 A．is better than it used to be　 B．is worse than it used to be

　　 C．is as good as it used to be　　 D．is as bad as it used to be

(　 )7．What does the underlined word “marriage” mean in Chinese?

　　 A．生活　　 B．工作　　 C．婚姻　　 D．家庭

(　 )8．What changes have happened to some families?

　 ①There are lights at home．

　 ②People like to eat home．cooked food．

　 ③Lots of families have computers．

　 ④Lots of couples live apart because of some prob1ems．

　　 A．①②④　　 B．②③④　　 C．①②③　　 D．①③④

(　 )9．Which is TRUE according to the passage?

　 A．People have too much time to talk with each other．

　 B．Life now is very simple．

　 C．Many families have broken down because of problems between husbands and wives．

　 D. Mothers stay at home and look after their children．

(　 )10.．Which is the best title for this passage?

　 A．How life used to be　　　　 B．The better life

　 C．The changes in our life　　　 D. Hard-working students

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　The students of Class Three 　1　　　 not have any lessons next week．They are going to 　2　　 　the farmers 　3　　 　their work．They are going to 　4　　 　pears．They think it is 　5　　 　better than having classes．Kate 　6　　 　going, too．They are going to meet 　7　　 　the school gate at 　8　　 　7:30．The farm is near．They are going there 　9　　 　bus．They are going to 　10　　 　hard．

完形填空：

　　 　One day two brothers went fishing. They had a dog with them. When they came near the river, they threw down their caps（帽子）　1 　a big stone and went to the river's bank（河岸）to look 　2 　fish. It 　3 　cold that day,　　 　4 　soon they began to want their caps. They 　5 　the dog to go back 　6 　them.

　　 　When the dog got there, he tried to take 　7 　caps together in his mouth at the same time. It was very difficult. Then the dog saw that one 　8 　the caps was smaller 　9 　the other . He put the smaller cap in the 　10 　one, got it down with his foot and then he could carry the two caps at the dame time.

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　One Way Street

　A Frenchman went on a trip to New York. He didn't know English. When he 　1　 New York, he 　2 　a bus to a hotel旅馆.

　It was Sunday. The Frenchman went out for a walk. As he went 　3 　the street, he suddenly thought of his way back. So he decided to write down the name of the street. On the wall near the corner of the street, he saw some English words. He copied them down in his notebook. “Now I know the name of this street,” he said to 　4 　. “It'll be easy for me to 　5 　the hotel.” He walked for a long time in the city. Then he felt tired and wanted to go back. He took the notebook out of his pocket and 　6 　the name of the street to a young man. The young man read the words, but he didn't know what the Frenchman wanted. The Frenchman decided to ask 　7 　. He stopped an old man. The old man read the words but he didn't know what the Frenchman wanted, 　8 　.

　Then the Frenchman saw a young woman. The young woman knew 　9 　French. When the Frenchman showed her the words in his notebook and asked where the street was, the young woman 　10 　,for in the Frenchman's notebook, there were only three words:“One way street” 单行道?－it was not a street name.