Americans think much about time. From children they learn to value (珍视) time. As children 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. If someone has time and works hard , he can make a lot of money.
B. It takes quite a lot of time to make money.
C. Working hard can bring people health.
D. It is not easy to make money.
2. Americans think it wrong ________.
A. to work late
B. to get up early
C. to be on time to do everything
D. to be late for school
3. The passage says that a dying person ________.
A. is having a good time
B. thinks time goes easily
C. is living on a borrowed time
D. is saving time
4. From this passage we can be sure that _______.
A. Americans live in a quick rhythm(节奏)
B. Americans live a hard life
C. Americans are good at saving time
D. Americans always like time
5. Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. Time is money
B. Americans’ ideas about time
C. Never waste any time
D. Learn to be on time
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Beverly Hills High School is the only major public high school in Beverly Hills, California. It’s a famous school for stars. In this school, most students come from rich families and some of them have ________ parents. People from Hollywood ________ go to Beverly Hills High School to ________ future actors or actresses. There are lots of good things about going to this school. There ________ a television studio(演播室) , a radio station and two theatres in this school. The students make TV programmes and films in their drama(戏剧) classes. The biggest ________ of the school year is the school dance.
In California, children can learn to ________ three months before their sixteenth birthday. Lots of students in Beverly Hills High School have their own cars . But if they come to school ________ cars, they have to ________ a lot of money to park(停) their cars in the school parking area.
Most children ________ going to Beverly Hills High School because it is fun and there is much to do. But some children do not like the school ________ their parents don’t have enough money to buy them a fast car or expensive clothes.
1.A. famous B. common C. brave D. humorous
2.A. never B. seldom C. hardly D. sometimes
3.A. look at B. look for C. look after D. look into
4.A. is B. are C. have D. has
5.A. lesson B. hobby C. activity D. dream
6.A. dive B. drive C. draw D. skate
7.A. by B. on C. in D. at
8.A. pay B. make C. take D. spend
9.A. want B. decide C. enjoy D. mind
10.A. if B. unless C. until D. so
-- I plan to take a boat trip to Hawaii next month. --- That’s great! ________.
A. I’m sorry to hear that B. Congratulations
C. Enjoy yourself D. I’d like to
Tom is taller than ______ in his class. He sits in the back row.
A. any student B. any other student
C. every student D. the other student
The boy is ____ my sister, so he sits in front of her.
A. as tall as B. taller than
C. not as tall as D. the tallest
When he ____ a light in his bedroom, the whole house had a power cut.
A. put out B. put away
C. put on D. put in
