—How far is it from the supermarket to your home?
—It’s about .
A. 20-minute drive B. 20-minutes’ drive C. 20 minute’s drive D. 20 minutes’ drive
Americans think much about time. Form childhood they learn to value (珍视)
time. They are taught to be on time to go to school, to work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time goes easily. When a person is dying, they say he is living on a borrowed time.
Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working American has to work hard for eight hours a day or forty hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even on Saturday and Sunday he also works hard as usual. In the street you can hardly see a man walking slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running.
They love time because time can bring them money and lots of things. But sometimes they also hate time, because they feel they have become servants (仆人)of the clock.
1. What do the Americans mean by "Time is money"?
A. It is not easy to make money.
B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.
C. Working hard can bring people health.
D. ff someone has time and works hard, he can make much money.
2. Americans think it wrong _____________.
A. to work late B. to get up early
C. to be late for school
D. to be on time to do everything
3. This passage says that a dying person___________.
A. is having a good time
B. is living on a borrowed time
C. thinks time goes easily
D. is saving time
4. From this passage we can be sure that
A. Americans live a hard life
B. Americans always walk fast
C. Americans live in a quick rhythm (节奏)
D. Americans are good at saving time
5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. Americans' ideas about time
B. Never waste time
C. Time is money
D. Learn to be on time
Charles Dickens, one of the greatest English writers, was born in 1812 in a small town of England. When he was nine years old, the family moved to London. There were several younger children in the family. Their life was hard. So Dickens could not go to school. When Charles went to school, he was already twelve years old. But he didn't finish school Two years later he began to work. The future Writer often went to the library to read books. He read a lot. Then Dickens wrote a lot of novels and stories all his life. Dickens died over a hundred years ago, but people are still reading his books with great interest.
判断正误：（Y 或N）
1. Charles Dickens was a great British writer.
2. Dickens began to go to school when he was very young.
3. At the age of fourteen Charles began to work.
4. The future writer bought lots of books to read.
5. Today, people still like the books written
Have you ever planted trees before? Every year, millions of people, both 1 , plant many trees. But this may not be the best way to make your home a 2 place.
Last week we visited a park in Hebei. We were 3 to find most of the trees had been burned. The workers told us that the trees 4 soon after they were planted because they weren't watered well enough. 5 workers burned them and cleaned the place for 6 trees to be planted this year. 7 a card found in one of the dead trees, a student wrote, "I hope this tree will grow up with me to 8 the backbone(栋梁) of our country.”The workers said that the survival of the trees was really more 9 than the number of the trees that were planted.
Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate(贡献) some money and let professionals (专业人员) plant and 10 the trees.
1. A. boys and girls
B. the old and the young
C. mother and father
D. students and teachers
2. A. larger B. warmer C. greener D. smaller
3. A. surprised B. pleased C. happy D. interesting
4. A. planted B. grew C. bought D. died
5. A. When B. So C. Because D. Though
6. A. new B. old C. dead D. few
7. A. From B. Over C. Above D. On
8. A. hold B. need C. be D. plant
9. A. interesting B. beautiful
C. impossible D. important
10. A. takeaway B. take down
C. take care of D. take out
____________ our football team failed in the match, we did our best.
A. Though B. But C. Because D. As
____________ they are brothers, they look like each other.
A. Because B. Though C. When D. So
