先阅读短文，然后根据要求答题。

 

President Obama has said that he gives each of his seven and ten-year-old daughters just a dollar a week for their chores, such as setting the table, washing dishes, and cleaning up their play /' ɛəriə / and bedrooms.

 

People have different opinions about paying little kids for doing

chores or just giving money to them. Some families think that everyone

in the family should do housework, and that kids shouldn’t be paid for

doing so. The supporters(支持者),however, believe that kids should get

paid, and that the money they get will help kids learn important skills of

how to use it.

But for those who /tʃu:z/ to give the money, it can be a headache  

deciding on how much they should give, especially in these difficult economic（经济的）times. A good idea is that you can keep /'rekɔ:dz/ of how much you spend on your child daily for two weeks and then decide how much you should give according to the average（平均的）daily amount. Kids can start receiving money around ages 4 or 5, when children start to understand how money works.

A)根据短文内容完成下列语音题：

1.Write out the word/' ɛəriə /：_________

2. Write out the word/tʃu:z/：_________

3.Write out the word/'rekɔ:dz/：_________

4.In the underlined sentence find one word whose last sound can have incomplete plosion（失去爆破）：______________

5.In the underlined sentence find two words that can be read together（连续）：

_____________  _____________

B) 根据短文内容填入一个适当的词

6.President Obama’s two daughters _________ paid for doing chores.

7. In the passage there are ________ different opinions about paying to kids for doing chores.

8. Some people think that children should do housework _________ being paid.

9.Some people think that it’s important for children to ________ how to use money.

10.It’s __________ for parents to decide on how much money they should give to their children.

 

短文填空先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。（本大题共5分，每格0.5分）

American people like to say “Thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many other countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.

You should say “Thank you” when someone p_________ (2) you the salt on the table, when someone walking before you k_________ (3) the door open for you, when someone s________ (4) you have done your work well, or you have b__________ (5) a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brother and sisters, husbands and wives.

“Excuse me” is another s___________ (7) sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that someone wants to walk p__________ (8) you. It is not polite to b__________ (9) others while they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you want to cough(咳嗽) or make any u____________ (10) noise before others.

 

Sales of laptop computers passed desktops in the U.S. for the first time ever this fall, according to market-research firm IDC. That's bad news for backs, necks and shoulders.

Laptops are bad for our body. When you work at a computer, the keyboard should be at elbow height and the monitor should be roughly at eye level, so you can sit well in a chair. But most users simply set their laptops on a desk or table. The keyboard is too high, which makes your arms reach up, your shoulders feel tired and your wrists bend down. The monitor is too low, which pulls your head and neck forward and down and your back may feel hurt.

That's OK if you use your laptop for a short time. But if you use one for hours without stopping – as do millions of college students, business travelers, telecommuters, video-gamers and growing numbers of office workers – your body may feel hurt. Ergonomics experts have warned about laptop problems for years. But people still like laptops better than the desktops. And they use laptops anywhere – in bed, on the floor – in all kinds of positions.

“How can a mouse or a keyboard hurt you?” says Thomas Caffrey, the founder of Myofactors LLC, “Wrong positions can be bad for your body. As time goes by, a wrong position can lead to pain in the neck, shoulders, back and arms, as well as headaches.”

1.When you work at a computer, the keyboard should be ________.

A．at elbow height	B．at eye height
C．on a desk	D．on a table

2.The writer asks us not to use the laptop ________.

A．for a short time	B．to play video games
C．for hours without stopping	D．to buy things on the Internet

3.From the passage, we know that laptop computers ________.

A．are not so popular as the desktops

B．are more popular than the desktops

C．are not bad for our body

D．have no mouse now

4.Using a laptop in a wrong position may make ________.

A．people’s sight lower	B．people have cancer
C．people’s arm longer	D．people feel pain in the body

5.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．When you use a laptop, you should put your monitor at eye height.

B．Laptop computers sold more than desktops this autumn.

C．To keep healthy, you should use laptop computers.

D．Business travelers often use the laptop computers for a long time.

 

 

1.There are two people w          ________ for the bus.

2.How do you get a         _______with your classmates?

3.Look! It’s raining outside, you’d better take an u_________.

4. Who m___________ dinner for your family? My mother does.

5. Could I b_______________ your new bike?   Sure.

6. You should a______________ some water to the soup.

7.Paul is never q______________, he can’t stop talking.

8.First I have to p______________ my English.

9.Miss White is looking t         _____books in the library.

10.There are two basketball m__________ of Yao Ming.

 

Top help you decide what might make a good pet ,we’ve put together a pet checklist .We’ve named some of the animals that are often kept as pets .We’ve shown some good points and bad points about each .And we hope it may help you make the best choice（选择）

Pick-a-Pet Checklist（清单）
Pets	Good Points	Bad points
Rabbit	Easy to keep Enjoy being petted Good to hold	Hard to house train Drop lots of hair Easily upset by high temperature
Raccoon	Can be very interesting Can be friendly when young	Against the law to keep in many states in the U.S. Can get unkind when older
Cat	Easy to feed & care for Can live indoors or out Fun to hold Very friendly	May scratch furniture Little pans can be messy May kill birds May make you sneeze
Dog	Come in many sizes Can live indoors or out Fun to love & play with Very friendly Can give safety	Can be smelly ,messy ,noisy Need to be licensed& trained May make you sneeze May bite(咬)if angry Need lots of attention

【小题1】You are ______ to keep a raccoon as a pet in many places of America.
A. suggested  B. encouraged  C. not allowed
【小题2】It would be easier for you to keep a ______ as a pet if you’re often too busy to take care of it .
A. rabbit or raccoon  B. rabbit or cat  C. raccoon or dog
【小题3】If you feed birds at home , you should be very careful to choose a ______ as your another pet.
A .rabbit  B. raccoon  C. cat
【小题4】The dog may ______ you if you make it angry .
A. hurt  B. fix  C. train
【小题5】The writer tries to help us______ with the checklist .
A. learn how to look after our pets
B. find which animal is our best choice as a pet
C. Know what kind of animals can be kept as a pet