①The Dream It is everyone’s dream to work at home or not work at all．You can plan your own hours and work when you want to．There is no more rush hour and no hours that people waste when they get to and from a job every day．
②The Fact The fact is that this dream can be attained．You can stay at home，work when you want to  and make money when you need to．There are plenty of opportunities for you to make money at home，just by using your computer and the Internet．
③Start Today! Educate yourself，look closely into all the opportunities and decide on what works best for you．It will not happen during one night，but you can make the decision today and start to make it happen today．
④How Could You Do It? Do you have a blog（博客）or a personal website like millions of other people?  Are you using it to make money? Most of these blog and website owners are not．But you can do that!
⑤          When you have your computer and the Internet working for you，your businesses will be working for you 24 hours a day，seven days a week．You will make money while you sleep，travel or do whatever you want to do all day long．
⑥Get Going! There are many ways you can make money with your computer．And you can begin your Stay-at -home businesses with just a little money．What are you waiting for?
【小题1】In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?

A．Sports

B．News

C．Culture

D．Business

【小题2】What does the underlined word“attained”in Point ② mean ?

A．Broken

B．Achieved

C．Lost

D．Destroyed

【小题3】What’s the best title for Point ⑤ ?

A．Sleep 24 Hours a Day

B．Make Money Every Moment

C．Play All Day Long

D．Travel Around the World

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage ?

A．People need a lot of money to start a stay – at – home business.

B．People can even use their blogs to make money.

C．People can plan their own time when they work at home.

D．People can make the best decision and start to make it happen today.

【小题5】How is the passage organized ?

A．By using famous people’s words.

B．By giving reasons only.

C．By showing a topic and giving solutions

D．By telling old stories

Do you have free time? Would you like to be with an old man? I need such(这样的) a man to look after(照顾) my father. He’s 78 years old, but he’s healthy. If you want to get the job, you need to work for four hours every day from Monday to Friday, 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. And on weekends, you need to work for only two hours, 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. Your pay(报酬) is 5 dollars an hour.

Here are the things you will do:

·Read books and newspapers(报纸) to him

·Talk with him if he wants to

·Walk outside(在外面) with him

·Buy things for him

Address: Bridge Street, Nanjing

Telephone: 2756-3358 (ask for Mr. Green)

Tom White needs a job. After he reads the advertisement(广告) , he calls Mr. Green and gets the job.

1.Tom will work for        hours in a week altogether(总共).

A．12               B．16               C．18               D．24

2.Tom can do other(其他的) things        .

A．every morning

B．every afternoon

C．on Saturday

D．on Monday

3.Tom will get        for working on Monday only.

A．＄15             B．＄20             C．＄25             D．＄30

4.From the passage we know Mr. Green’s father likes        .

A．reading and writing

B．walking and swimming

C．reading and walking

D．listening to music and eating fruit

5.Which one is TRUE?

A. The pay is more(更多的) on weekends.

B. If you want to get the job, you can call Mr. Green.

C. Mr. Green’s father is seventy years old.

D. Mr. Green’s father lives in the USA.

 

UFO  Reports
Date	Time	Places	Description(描述)
January 14,2007	00:24	Leeds	There were two bright lights (发光体).They were round and orange in color.
February 4,2007	20:00	Bridlington North Bay	A group of lights in the sky were moving to the west.They seemed to move slowly.
February 15,2007	01:00	Selby	A white light was moving slowly in the direction(方向) of Hull.It looked like it was floating(漂浮).
February 23,2007	19:45	Eastleigh	The light was bright green in color, and it looked like a rocket.It was high in the sky and was traveling fast.
December 24,2007	21:20	Whitstable	There were three bright, orange lights in the sky, and then a fourth orange light came out and followed the other three.

【小题1】 Someone saw a group of lights in the sky moving to the west at ____.

A．12:24 am on January 14

B．1:00 am on February 15

C．8:00 pm on February 4

D．9:20 pm on December 24

【小题2】There were more reports about UFOs in _____ than in other months.

A．January	B．February
C．December	D．January and December

【小题3】 What happened on February 23?

A．Three bright lights were seen in the sky.

B．The person saw something that looked like a rocket.

C．Something strange happened in Selby.

D．A white light was moving slowly.

【小题4】Where would you probably read the reports?

A．On the radio.

B．On a TV show.

C．On the Internet.

D．In a clothes store.

【小题5】We can learn from the passage that UFOs ________.

A．all have the same shape

B．always have the same color

C．all have the same speed(速度)

D．usually have bright lights

Do you have free time? Would you like to be with an old man? I need such(这样的) a man to look after(照顾) my father. He’s 78 years old, but he’s healthy. If you want to get the job, you need to work for four hours every day from Monday to Friday, 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. And on weekends, you need to work for only two hours, 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. Your pay(报酬) is 5 dollars an hour.
Here are the things you will do:
·Read books and newspapers(报纸) to him
·Talk with him if he wants to
·Walk outside(在外面) with him
·Buy things for him
Address: Bridge Street, Nanjing
Telephone: 2756-3358 (ask for Mr. Green)
Tom White needs a job. After he reads the advertisement(广告) , he calls Mr. Green and gets the job.
【小题1】Tom will work for        hours in a week altogether(总共).

A．12

B．16

C．18

D．24

【小题2】Tom can do other(其他的) things        .

A．every morning

B．every afternoon

C．on Saturday

D．on Monday

【小题3】Tom will get        for working on Monday only.

A．＄15

B．＄20

C．＄25

D．＄30

【小题4】From the passage we know Mr. Green’s father likes        .

A．reading and writing

B．walking and swimming

C．reading and walking

D．listening to music and eating fruit

【小题5】Which one is TRUE?
A. The pay is more(更多的) on weekends.
B. If you want to get the job, you can call Mr. Green.
C. Mr. Green’s father is seventy years old.
D. Mr. Green’s father lives in the USA.

If you have a bottle of water recycled(再利用) from urine(尿), would you drink it? Astronauts at the ISS may soon do so.

NASA(美国航空航天局) said it would use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS. The machine will recycle water for washing hands, shower water, water for brushing teeth and even urine to make drinking water. It will save millions of dollars each year.

At present, each ISS astronaut uses about 4.4 liters(升) of water every day. It costs about 24 million dollars a year to send water up to the ISS. A liter of water costs about $ 11,000.

The machine will be sent to the ISS later. NASA hopes it will recycle about 93% of all the water used on the station.

Will the water be clean? Different chemicals will be put in the wastewater. The water will be heated to 130℃ to kill bacteria(细菌). Scientists say that the recycled water is thousands of times better than the water from a city tap.

1.NASA will use a high-tech machine to recycle wastewater at the ISS to ______.

A．protect the ISS

B．make the astronauts work harder

C．provide better water and food for the astronauts

D．save the cost of sending water up to the ISS

2.At present it costs NASA about ______ dollars to transport water up to an astronaut at the ISS a day.

A．4.4 thousand                           B．11 thousand

C．48.4 thousand                          D．24 million

3.Scientists plan to get rid of bacteria in the wastewater by ______.

A．freezing                              B．heating

C．shaking                               D．precipitating(沉淀)

4.The passage mainly tells us something about ______.

A．water recycling at the ISS

B．the International Space Station

C．a high-tech machine

D．the cost of NASA

5.Which of the following sentences is TURE?

A．The recycled water is much better than that from a city tap.

B．The high-tech machine will recycle all the water used on the station.

C．The ISS astronauts use more water than us.

D．The high-tech machine can only recycle urine to make water.