This is the age of being busy. Many of us live in busy places and have busy lives. Even the roads are busy as we try to get from here to there. Adults are busy going to jobs and taking care of their families. Kids are busy, too, going to school and doing a lot of homework after school and on weekends.
Busy isn’t bad, necessarily. If you are not busy enough you might be bored. But if you are too busy, you might break down. For example, if you have a soccer game that runs late on a school night and you haven’t eaten dinner or done your homework, that’s a not-so-fun kind of busy. We wanted to know what kids thought, so we did a kidsPoll about being busy with 882girls and boys aged 9 to 13.
Almost all of them said they felt stressed because they were too busy. About half said they felt this way once in a while or some of the time. But 17% said they felt this way most of the time and 24% said they felt this all the time! Oh dear, that’s no fun.
Only 4% of kids said they wanted less free time and 18% said they already had just the right amount. But, no big surprise, 61% of kids wish they had a lot more free time. If they had more time, most would spend it hanging out or playing with friends.
Often, adults plan large parts of a kid ’s day, especially during the school year. kids can’t tell their parents they’ll be skipping school(逃学) today to get more free time! But they can tell their parents they’d like to play a game or read a book during their free time instead of watching TV.
1.The purpose of the first paragraph is to _____.
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A．Introduce the topic |
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B．Support the main idea |
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C．Raise the topic sentence |
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D．Attract the readers’ attention |
2.By giving the example of a late soccer game, the writer intends to tell us______.
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A．Being too busy is bad for the kids |
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B．It is no fun to be busy for the kids |
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C．Homework should go before gam. |
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D．Being busy may cause the kids to feel bored |
3.According to the passage, the KidsPoll is done to carry out research on _____.
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A．How kids arrange their free time |
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B．What kids think of being busy |
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C．How many kids felt stressed |
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D．What kids do with their study |
4.From the passage, we can infer that the writer agrees kids can_____.
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A．Spend their free time hanging or playing out |
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B．Get a lot more free time from their parents |
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C．Have a right amount of free time with permission |
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D．Get more free time from school work sometimes |
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1.You do not have to pay money on Mondays if you go to ——.
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A．Blue Sky Restaurant |
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B．New York Museum |
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C．Tongcheng Shopping Center |
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D．Huatian Hotel |
2.If you are free on early Sunday mornings, you can go to ____.
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A．Furong Road |
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B．8090 White Road |
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C．Coffee Shop on 5200 No.7 Road |
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D．Vanier park, 1200 Chestnut St. New York |
3.Which place is still open after 10:00pm on Thursday?
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A．Blue Sky Restaurant |
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B．New York Museum |
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C．Tongcheng Shopping Center |
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D．Huatian Hotel |
4.If you want to go out for lunch on Sunday, you can dial the number____.
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A．4444872 |
B．7868432 |
C．2751352 |
D．5674398 |
Some years ago on a hot summer day in south Florida a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming lake behind his house.
In a hurry to dive into the cool water, he ran out the back door, leaving behind his shoes, socks, and shirt as he went. He flew into the water, not realizing that as he swan toward the middle of the lake, an alligator(鳄鱼) was swimming toward the shore.
His mother in the house was looking out the window and saw the two as they got closer and closer. In extreme fear, she ran toward the water, yelling(大叫) to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the alligator reached him.
From the dock(码头)，the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the alligator snatched(夺取) his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-water(拔河). The alligator was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate(有感情的). A farmer happened to drive by, took aim and shot the alligator.
After weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. The newspaper reporter asked if he would show him his scars(伤疤). The boy lifted his legs, then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “but look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mum wouldn’t let go. ”
Some scars have caused us deep regret, but some scars are because of love.
1.From the second paragraph we can infer that_____.
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A．A child shouldn’t swim in the water by himself. |
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B．We’d better grasp some skills to protect ourselves |
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C．We should make enough preparations before swimming |
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D．We are enjoying ourselves but don’t know the enemy is coming. |
2.The incredible tug-of-water is between _______.
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A．The boy and the alligator |
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B．the boy and the mother |
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C．The alligator and the mother |
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D．the alligator and the farmer. |
3.Which of the following statements is true?
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A．The alligator was killed by a hunter. |
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B．There’re scars both on the boy’s arms and legs. |
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C．The mother was calm when seeing the alligator. |
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D．The mother won the “match” because of her strength. |
4.Why was the boy proud when he showed the scars on his arms？
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A．He survived luckily. |
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B．He was a child of God. |
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C．He was injured slightly. |
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D．He was proud of the scars of love. |
—— Hi, Tracy. Would you like to go to the cinema tonight?
—— ________, James, but I have to work.
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A．No way |
B．My pleasure |
C．That’s right |
D．Thanks |
Having come to study in England, Wang Li had difficulty ______ the new environment.
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A．referring to |
B．devoting to |
C．adapting to |
D．turning to |
The skirt is too big for me. I wish I _______ it last Sunday.
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A．wouldn’t buy |
B．hasn’t bought |
C．didn’t buy |
D．hadn’t |
