(A)

There are twelve months in a year. The names of the twelve months are January, February, March, April, may, June, July, August, September, October, November, December. Each month has thirty days or thirty-one days. In a leap-year (闰年), February has twenty-nine days. A leap year comes once in four years. There are 365 days in a year. There are seven days in a week. They are Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday. The parts of the day are morning, afternoon, evening and night. April, June, September and November have thirty days. All the rest have thirty-one days, except February alone.

根据短文内容，指出能回答所提问题的最佳答案。

(   )⒈ Which month has twenty-nine days?

A. Every month.                        B. Every month except February.

C. February in each leap-year.             D. February in every year.

(   )⒉ Is Monday the first day of the week?

A. Yes, it is.        B. Yes, they are.      C. No, it isn’t.         D. No, they aren’t.

(   )⒊ What day comes after Thursday?

A. Wednesday.      B. Friday.           C. Saturday.          D. Tuesday.

(   )⒋ How many days are there in a year?

A. 7.              B. 365.             C. 12.               D. 29.

(   )⒌ How many days are there in a leap-year?

A. 364.            B. 365.             C. 366.              D. 367.

(B)

Jack works in a factory. The factory is far from his house. He gets up very early. He usually has breakfast at half six and takes the bus to the factory. He has lunch at the factory. And he has supper at home with his family. After supper he usually goes out for a walk. At seven he watches TV or listens to the radio. He is an old worker. He likes his work very much. He works very hard in the factory. He often says he works hard for the people. He is ready to (乐于) help the young men. He teaches them how to do their work better (更好). All the young workers like him.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正( R )与误 ( W )。

(   )⒍ Jack is a teacher in a family.

(   )⒎ Jack’s house isn’t far from the factory.

(   )⒏ He doesn’t have lunch at home with his family.

(   )⒐ He likes his work very much and works very hard in the factory.

(   )⒑ He often helps the young workers and teaches how to speak English.

It’s 3:00 a.m. Angela is ready to start the day at the family bakery. She has three children, and they all   1   at the bakery. Vincent and his wife, Angela, are the owners of his family’s bakery.

Vincent’s father owned the bakery, and   2   Vincent’s grandfather owed the bakery. Now, Vincent and his wife own and run the bakery.

   3   in the family works in the shop. The oldest daughter, Claire decorates many of the special cakes. Marie, is the   4   child. She works at the counter, and sometimes she makes cookies. Paul, the youngest, is 14, and he makes bread. Vincent says, “Paul has good hands for bread.” The whole family works in the bakery, but the children only work here before or after

  5   .

The bakery is open from 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. every day   6   Monday. The bakery sell cookies, cakes and bread. For special holidays,   7    Easter and Christmas, Vincent keeps the bakery open   8   6:00 p.m., and Angela always prepares fresh coffee for their customers.

Mr Martino is a regular customer. He visits the bakery every morning. He always buys the round loaf of bread with no butter. He says that it’s good. Mrs Salerno is   9   a regular customer. Every Friday she buys two loaves of Italian bread and a large box of cookies. Her

  10   daughter, Laura, always gets one free cookie. Mrs Salerno says that Vincent’s bakery is the best in the area.

1. A. play            B. study           C. help           D. eat

2. A. at least        B. later on        C. since then      D. before that

3. A. Everyone        B. Someone         C. No one         D. Only one

4. A. first           B. middle          C. only           D. last

5. A. school          B. breakfast       C. lunch          D. class

6. A. from            B. on              C. except         D. to

7. A. for example    B. such as          C. as well as     D. in addition  

8. A. after           B. before          C. at             D. until

9. A. just            B. still           C. also           D. even

10. A. six year old   B. six years old    C. six-old-years  D. six-year-old

完型填空

　　London-life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to permanent (不大可能改变的).

　　Their 1 school day and her job as a lawyer's assistant are busy enough. 2 Hagner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her 3 at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club. 4 , the exhausted (精疲力尽的) family doesn't get home until 7 p.m. There is just time for a quick 5 before homework.

　　In today's world, middle-class American and British parents treat their children 6 they were competitors 7 for some finishing line.

　　Parents take their children from activity to activity to make their future 8 . It seems that raising a genius (英才) has become a more 9 goal than raising a happy and well balanced child.

　　“ 10 across the country are reporting a growing number of children 11 from stomachaches and headaches 12 exhaustion and stress,” says child expert William Doherty of the University of Minnesota.

　　Teachers are 13 exhausted kids in the classroom. It's a very serious problem. Many children attend 14 clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also 15 an explosion of activities. They 16 sports, language, music and maths classes for children as 17 as four.

　　“There is a new parenting trend(趋势) under way which says you have to tap all your child's potential (潜能) at a young age, 18 you will let them down,” says Terry Apter, a Cambridge-based child and adolescent psychiatrist(青少年精神病专家).

　　“It isn't entirely 19 : there have always been pushy parents. But what was seen as strange behaviour before is now well 20 .”

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