During the week days,  they are luckily busy office people; but on weekends, they are just a brood of(一窝)stay-home animals. A recent survey shows that office workers in China prefer quiet and easy ways to spend their weekends.
In the survey, conducted by job seeking and offering website Zhaopin.com, 32.8 percent of the 6,000 respondents choose to stay home at weekends and have a good rest, the Beijing Morning Post reported.
Twenty percent use their days-off to do housework. And only 19.3 percent are willing to have fun during the break time from work. Their first choice of fun is shopping.
Other choices, though practiced by few, include meeting friends, accompanying the children, trips to the suburbs, and lessons for more skills.
When they. go shopping, 54.5 percent of the white-collars actually shop in supermarkets, while 27.9. percent attend other stores, especially when discounts are offered.
These activities don't seem to cost much, as 60 percent spend average less than 200 yuan (US$26) during weekends, and 30 percent no more than 500 yuan.
When asked whom they would spend the weekends with, about 40 percent mention their partners, and 30 percent prefer a weekend all by themselves. Less than 20 percent hang out with friends.
Only 5.8 percent would kill the time with their colleagues. This is because we tend to avoid too many personal contacts with our co-workers when we don't have to work with them, according to some experts.
【小题1】 How many of the office workers who are the respondents do the housework at weekends?

A.1,968.B.1,158.C.1,200.D.1,674.
【小题2】Why will less than ten percent of office workers kill the time with their colleagues at weekends?
A.Because they can't spare time to play with them.
B.Because they tend to avoid too many personal contacts with hem when they don't have to.
C.Because. they have many things to deal with at weekends.
D.Because some experts suggest they should not keep in touch with their colleagues.
【小题3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the survey?
A.There is the same percentage about people preferring a weekend all by themselves and people spending no more than 500 yuan during weekends.
B.Most office workers can’t afford things in supermarkets, so they prefer to attend other stores, especially when discounts are offered.
C.More than one fifth of office workers like to hang out with friends.
D.All the office workers prefer to relax themselves and no one is willing to learn more skills.
【小题4】 What is the best title of the passage?
A.How to spend the weekends
B.Several ways of spending their weekends for office people
C.How to go shopping on the weekends for office people
D.Office people prefer easy weekends

Joy in the journey

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.

    Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to      . “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the      !” one of the brothers volunteered      .

    The older boys began to      , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was      . After a long silence, one of the         picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He       the lid and showed the wonderful       to the scoffing(嘲笑的)visitors. Then he said quietly and      , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found       the way!”

    Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is       a goal is for — to cause us to move in the       we have chosen, in other words, to keep us      ! But not every goal will be fully      . Not every job will end      . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be      . But when you fall       of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things       my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging       life is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly      .

1.A. rest             B. work        C. watch          D. laugh

2.A. house           B. earth        C. wall          D. road

3.A. calmly          B. patiently      C. excitedly              D. impatiently

4.A. laugh           B. think        C. stare                   D. smile

5.A. important       B. difficult       C. impossible        D. interesting

6.A. passers-by       B. watchers    C. visitors                D. diggers

7.A. moved           B. removed  C. broke          D. pushed

8.A. contents         B. scenes     C. pictures                D. jars

9.A. properly         B. confidently          C. carefully        D. happily

10.A. in               B. along               C. to                 D. out

11.A. what            B. how                    C. where              D. which

12.A. way             B. direction    C. life                D. sight

13.A. thinking         B. moving        C. digging           D. living

14.A. made            B. prepared            C. kicked                D. achieved

15.A. hopelessly        B. pleasantly            C. surprisingly      D. successfully

16.A. come true        B. realized              C. made              D. treasured

17.A. short             B. lost          C. out                D. behind

18.A. breaking into     B. turning to            C. coming into       D. holding to

19.A. when            B. where         C. which                D. that

20.A. matters          B. happens      C. appears           D. exists

 

 On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a      beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us.Regardless of his      , he greeted us in a friendly way.

Once inside, my daughters whispered, "Mom, he     . " After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look      the dirt. We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many      him. Seeing this rudeness truly upset me. The day I became a mother, I had determined to set a good      to my children. Yet sometimes when things didn't go right, being a good example was      . When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the car-sick pills in the truck.With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I    myself from the meal and went to get them.

    Just then, the "doorman" was opening the door for a couple. They rushed past him without even acknowledging his      . Letting them in first, I said a loud "thank you" to him as I      .When I returned, we talked a bit. He said he was not allowed inside      he purchased food . I went back and told my family his     .Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich.

The kids looked      as we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the "doorman" , they smiled. When it was time to      our trip, I found the "doorman" enjoying his meal. Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily. He then     out his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted. I suddenly     the tears in his eyes—tears of gratitude (感激) .What happened next drew great astonishment: I gave the " doorman" a    _ . He pulled away, with tears      down his face.

Back in truck, I fell into deep thought.While we can't choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude.I said thanks to a man who had      held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that      to teach my children by example.

1.A.messy B.clean C.pretty D.bright

2.A.service B.state C.appearance D.attitude

3.A.smokes B.smells C.sighs D.smiles

4.A.around B.over C.beyond D.into

5.A.ignored B.hated C.missed D.refused

6.A.target B.rule C.record D.example

7.A.stressful B.accessible C.awkward D.tough

8.A.excused B.refreshed C.prevented D.forgave

9.A.company B.presence C.challenge D.attack

10.A.quitted B.marched C.exited D.approached

11.A.before B.unless C.though D.since

12.A.story B.deed C.desire D.demand

13.A.concerned B.puzzled C.excited D.bored

14.A.make B.start C.continue D.take

15.A.waved B.washed C.raised D.reached

16.A.watched B.inspected C.witnessed D.noticed

17.A.hug B.nod C.lift D.strike

18.A.slipping B.rushing C.rolling D.breaking

19.A.firmly B.simply C.constantly D.politely

20.A.journey B. wisdom C. community D.opportunity

 

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