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 chances for you to make money at home, just by using your computer and the Internet.
③Start Today! Educate yourself, look closely into all the chances and decide 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!
⑤Make Money Every Moment 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?
1.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?
A. Sports. B. News.
C. Culture. D. Business.
2.What does the underlined word “attained” in Point ②mean?
A. Broken. B. Realized.
C. Lost. D. Destroyed.
3.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.
We surveyed 300 young people on what they like to do at weekends. One hundred people are from the age of 11–18, one hundred 19–26 and one hundred 27–35. The following chart shows their answers:
Favourite things to do (by ages)
1.How many people enjoy playing computer games in the 11-18 group?
A. 20. B. 50. C. 60. D. 75.
2.From the chart(图表) above, we can see the older people are, the more they like ________
A. taking a walk
B. watching TV
C. going to the movies
D. playing computer games
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the chart?
A. All the people like taking a walk most
B. The people of 11–18 like taking a walk least
C. The most people like going to the movies in the 19–26 group
D. The people of 27–35 like playing computer games most
完形填空:(本大题共10小题,每小题1分,共10分)
There are over 10 ______ in CCTV and each one has several new programmes all ____ long. Some programmes are only 5 minutes but some are one hour long. People who ______ the news are called news presenters and since they ______on the television every day, they are very famous.
This is a picture of a popular news presenter in China called Zhang Hongmin, in the news ______. He presents a programme called “News Broadcast” at 7:00 p.m.
____ popular news presenter is Li Ruiying. She also presents in “News Broadcast”. She has a more modern style in reading news and as you see, she is very beautiful and ______.
Television news presenters _____ have work experiences as journalists because they have to ____ most of the news they read. Sometimes an important new event happens as soon as the programme has started so the presenter has to be able to read something __ preparation. They must always keep calm even when the changes happen during the programme. Usually the news report lasts 30 minutes and will be followed by a weather report.
1.A.offices B.channels C.presenters D.programmes
2.A.day B.week C.month D.year
3.A.watch B.see C.write D.read
4.A.appear B.sit C.disappear D.work
5.A.MTV B.CD C.studio D.station
6.A.The other B.Other C.Another D.One
7.A.elegant B.impatient C.stubborn D.stressed
8.A.have to B.need to C.might D.can
9.A.read B.watch C.write D.see
10.A.with B.without C.within D.before
—The food here is very nice. Thank you for inviting me.
— _____ I’m glad you enjoyed it.
A. Don’t mention it. B. Don’t thank me
C. Don’t worry D. Don’t you think so
He made up his mind to devote his life _____ pollution ______ happily.
A. to prevent; from living
B. to preventing; to live
C. to preventing; from living
D. to prevent; to live
The players are passing the football from one to _____ in the football field.
A. the other B. others
C. other D. another