Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.
Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.
1.From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to ____________.
A. have dinner with their friends B. go shopping
C. watch a football game D. enjoy themselves
2.Which of the following is true?
A. About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years.
B. Children have to finish middle school in one place.
C. People go to the nearest college.
D. When people begin to work, they don’t move any more.
3.Job-hopping means “_______________”.
A. looking for a job B. having a job
C. changing jobs often D. losing a job
4.In the USA job-hopping _______________.
A. is very popular
B. helps young people go to college
C. helps workers in traveling
D. helps students begin to work
5.The writer thinks job-hopping _______________.
A. does good only to the workers
B. does good only to the boss
C. must be stopped
D. is helpful
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Water is the ______ of all the things we eat and drink. Not many people understand this but ______ true. The human body can go without ______for a long time. We’ve got many examples for this. Yet two _____three days without water can usually make people ______. Man can’t live ______ water. A lot of people don’t understand how ______ water the human body needs to work well, and many people, especially young people, do not drink enough, ______in very hot weather. Our body has mostly water, about 65% to 75%. That is to say, most of our body ______ water. When we do sports, some of the water will get away from our body. _____ we don’t drink some water, we won’t have enough water. And if we don’t have enough water, we’ll feel tired and many of us will get ill. So you know how important water is to us.
1.A. important B. most important C. more important D. importance
2.A. it’s B. its C. it D. is
3.A. food B. water C. drink D. meat
4.A. so B. and C. but D. or
5.A. to die B. die C. dying D. died
6.A. have B. with C. without D. in
7.A. many B. much C. little D. few
8.A. even B. ever C. almost D. hardly
9.A. is B. are C. have D. has
10.A. If B. For C. Since D. because
Betty swims ______ than I, But I doesn’t swim ______ Jim.
A. badly, as good as B. bader, as well as
C. worse, so better as D. worse, as well as
---- May I ___________your storybook ?
---Sure. But please don’t _______ it ________ others.
A. borrow, lend, to B. lend, borrow, to
C. lend, borrow, from D. borrow, lend, from
Millie has______ work to do than Jim. So she has______ free time than he.
A. less; more B. fewer; more
C. least; most D. fewest; most
---What ____ your new friend ____?
--- He is very funny. He likes telling funny jokes.
A. does, look B. does, like
C. is like D. is, look like
