Eric,14 ,ParisMy deskmate,Lana,often asks me questions in class,so I can't hear what the teacher is saying.The other students are quite angry with us.

May,13 ,BeijingI am going to take the mid﹣term exam next month.Will I do well in it?Will my parents be angry if I don't?I am really worried.I can't eat well and I am not sleeping very well.

Mary,14 ,WashingtonAlice,my good friend,will have her 15th birthday party next week.She has invited me to it,but I don't have money to buy her a gift.What should I do?

Betty,12 ,ChicagoJohn often borrows books from me,but sometimes he loses them or makes them dirty.I don't want to lend him any books any more.How should I say this to him?

Eric,14 ,ParisMy deskmate,Lana,often asks me questions in class,so I can't hear what the teacher is saying.The other students are quite angry with us.

May,13 ,BeijingI am going to take the mid﹣term exam next month.Will I do well in it?Will my parents be angry if I don't?I am really worried.I can't eat well and I am not sleeping very well.

Mary,14 ,WashingtonAlice,my good friend,will have her 15th birthday party next week.She has invited me to it,but I don't have money to buy her a gift.What should I do?

Betty,12 ,ChicagoJohn often borrows books from me,but sometimes he loses them or makes them dirty.I don't want to lend him any books any more.How should I say this to him?

1.What should Eric do?

A. Try to have a talk with her parents.

B. Make a gift for Lana.

C. Do more exercise with Lana.

D. Tell her to ask question after class.

2. is under too much pressure and should learn to relax.

A. Eric

B. Mary

C. May

D. Betty

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Eric and Mary are in the same age.

B. Betty lives in England.

C. Lana is very popular.

D. Betty is angry with John because he never returns her books.

4.What's the best title for the text?

A. Can I help you?

B. What should I do?

C. How to make friends?

D. Why not tell him?

Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don’t have enough time to relax or stay with their family.

Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,259 hours a year. That means a Japanese worker works 513 more hours a year than a French worker.

Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don’t pay over time. Their workers don’t get more pay for more work. These people think it’s their duty to wore more hours. Some are afraid of losing their job if they don’t work more hours. Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get from four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull (迟钝的) boy.” “If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.”

1.A Japanese worker works ______ more hours a year than a French one.

A. 513 B. 1,646 C. 2,159

2.The word “extra” in Paragraph 3 means “_________”.

A. 正常的 B. 额外的 C. 有用的

3.People in ______ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.

A. France B. Germany C. The United States

4.Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?

A. No companies offer vacations to their workers.

B. Many people say they have enough time to relax.

C. Not all companies pay their workers for more work.

5.What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A. Many workers have to work long hours.

B. Many people have vacations long enough.

C. Work hours are the same around the world.

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