My grandfather took me to the fish pond on the farm when I was seven. He told me to throw a1into the water. And he told me to watch the2created by the stone. Then he asked me to3 of myself as that stone.
“You may4 lots of splashes (飞溅 ) in your life,5the waves that come from those splashes will 6the peace of all your fellow7,”he said.
“Remember that you are 8for what you put in your circle and that the circle will also9many other circles. You will need to live in the 10that allows the good that comes from your circle to 11the peace of that goodness to12. The splash that comes from anger or jealousy will send those13to other circles. You are responsible for14.”
That was the first time I 15each person creates the inner peace or discord (冲突) that 16out into the world. We cannot create world peace if we are 17with inner conflicts, hatred, 18, or anger. We radiate (流露) the feelings and thoughts that we hold 19,whether we speak them out or not. Whatever is splashing around inside of us is spilling out into the world, creating beauty or discord with all other circles of life.
We are 20to everything and everyone else around in the universe.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      stick
    2. B.
      brick
    3. C.
      stone
    4. D.
      ball
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      holes
    2. B.
      circles
    3. C.
      drops
    4. D.
      waters
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      think
    2. B.
      accuse
    3. C.
      regard
    4. D.
      warn
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      produce
    2. B.
      damage
    3. C.
      prevent
    4. D.
      create
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      but
    2. B.
      because
    3. C.
      while
    4. D.
      for
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      cut
    2. B.
      disturb
    3. C.
      bring
    4. D.
      block
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      students
    2. B.
      friends
    3. C.
      creatures
    4. D.
      workers
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      proud
    2. B.
      helpful
    3. C.
      respectful
    4. D.
      responsible
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      hear
    2. B.
      leave
    3. C.
      strike
    4. D.
      touch
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      family
    2. B.
      situation
    3. C.
      way
    4. D.
      hurry
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      send
    2. B.
      provide
    3. C.
      destroy
    4. D.
      keep
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      them
    2. B.
      nobody
    3. C.
      someone
    4. D.
      others
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      tastes
    2. B.
      smells
    3. C.
      feelings
    4. D.
      views
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      all
    2. B.
      both
    3. C.
      neither
    4. D.
      any
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      realized
    2. B.
      recognized
    3. C.
      admitted
    4. D.
      promised
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      flows
    2. B.
      takes
    3. C.
      picks
    4. D.
      brings
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      prepared
    2. B.
      filled
    3. C.
      presented
    4. D.
      supplied
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      honesty
    2. B.
      truth
    3. C.
      doubt
    4. D.
      modesty
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      forward
    2. B.
      outside
    3. C.
      inside
    4. D.
      upward
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      referred
    2. B.
      intended
    3. C.
      devoted
    4. D.
      connected

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was 1 and when I was 14 years old, he predicted, “You are never to be 2 but a failure.”
After 5 years of poor jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the best thing 3 could have happened to me. I 4 I should do something positive with my life because I wanted to prove 5 her that what people said about me had gone 6, especially her mother, who once said to me, “Let’s 7 it. You’ve failed every thing you’ve ever done.” So I tried hard with my 8 and went to 9. My first novel 10 while I was still a college student.
After college, I taught during the day in high schools and attended 11 classes at London University, where I 12 a degree in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 13 that job to write full time when I was 14 a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself---here was a working-class boy who’d 15 school early, now teaching at the university.
My writing career 16 when I discovered my own writing 17. Now I’m rich and famous, have been on TV, and met lots of film stars. 18 what does it mean? I just wish that all those people who have 19 me down had just said, “I believe in you and you will be 20.”

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      naughty
    2. B.
      lazy
    3. C.
      useless
    4. D.
      raggy
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      nothing
    2. B.
      something
    3. C.
      everything
    4. D.
      anything
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      when
    2. B.
      that
    3. C.
      which
    4. D.
      as
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      thought
    2. B.
      promised
    3. C.
      decided
    4. D.
      expected
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      to
    2. B.
      for
    3. C.
      with
    4. D.
      at
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      ridiculous
    2. B.
      acceptable
    3. C.
      believable
    4. D.
      wrong
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      see
    2. B.
      face
    3. C.
      treat
    4. D.
      react
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      writing
    2. B.
      experiment
    3. C.
      practice
    4. D.
      composition
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      school
    2. B.
      college
    3. C.
      club
    4. D.
      company
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      went across
    2. B.
      put aside
    3. C.
      came out
    4. D.
      set off
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      lecture
    2. B.
      writing
    3. C.
      teaching
    4. D.
      evening
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      received
    2. B.
      accepted
    3. C.
      gave
    4. D.
      offered
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      giving up
    2. B.
      paying for
    3. C.
      signing up
    4. D.
      ridding of
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      paid
    2. B.
      made
    3. C.
      offered
    4. D.
      tried
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      finished
    2. B.
      gone
    3. C.
      delayed
    4. D.
      left
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      made off
    2. B.
      took off
    3. C.
      gave off
    4. D.
      moved off
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      style
    2. B.
      habit
    3. C.
      idea
    4. D.
      skill
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      Therefore
    2. B.
      But
    3. C.
      Though
    4. D.
      For
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      written
    2. B.
      turned
    3. C.
      torn
    4. D.
      put
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      cheerful
    2. B.
      enjoyable
    3. C.
      successful
    4. D.
      forgettable

When I walked into the house after school, the first thing I noticed was a box with items I recognized from my dad’s office.
“What are you doing at home?” I asked casually.
“Andrew, I was1 today,” he answered quietly.
I was sure he was joking. “No, you weren’t. Why are you2 at home?”
Then I noticed his3 and realized he was telling me the truth. My father has always been a hard worker and prided himself on his career.4 our family has been his joy, and I guess I have5 his work for granted.
My father’s unemployment6many changes in our lives. For starters, he was at home all the time, which meant my bed had to be7, my room cleaned up, and my8done right after school. I would come home every day to find him at the computer9jobs. I began to notice how10 he seemed, and how losing his job affected his self-esteem, though he tried to be11 . For the first time, I12my dad as vulnerable (易受伤的). He asked my brother and me to13 less. I gave up my pocket money,14 it wasn’t much. I felt I was doing the right. I also found a part-time job.
After several difficult months of searching, my dad15 to go in a totally different direction. He16 that he never wanted to be laid off again, so he was going to start his own business. Day by day, I watched him17 it, and I admired how much time and18he expended. I19knew he was a hard worker, but watching him in action really affected me.
Although this was one of the20 experiences for our family, it taught me a lot about dealing with adversity (逆境), and will be my foundations for success.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      taken off
    2. B.
      put off
    3. C.
      laid off
    4. D.
      called off
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      eventually
    2. B.
      really
    3. C.
      frequently
    4. D.
      especially
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      happiness
    2. B.
      kindness
    3. C.
      loneliness
    4. D.
      seriousness
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      Supporting
    2. B.
      Abusing
    3. C.
      Offering
    4. D.
      Shooting
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      regarded
    2. B.
      taken
    3. C.
      viewed
    4. D.
      looked
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      came out
    2. B.
      brought about
    3. C.
      gave off
    4. D.
      let out
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      made
    2. B.
      sold
    3. C.
      banned
    4. D.
      applied
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      job
    2. B.
      homework
    3. C.
      fun
    4. D.
      time
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      falling into
    2. B.
      putting up
    3. C.
      keeping on
    4. D.
      searching for
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      down
    2. B.
      flexible
    3. C.
      concrete
    4. D.
      honest
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      disappointed
    2. B.
      optimistic
    3. C.
      anxious
    4. D.
      appropriate
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      considered
    2. B.
      remembered
    3. C.
      rejected
    4. D.
      predicted
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      earn
    2. B.
      enjoy
    3. C.
      spend
    4. D.
      find
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      even so
    2. B.
      if only
    3. C.
      even though
    4. D.
      as if
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      hoped
    2. B.
      decided
    3. C.
      dreamed
    4. D.
      expected
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      advised
    2. B.
      informed
    3. C.
      explained
    4. D.
      insisted
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      form
    2. B.
      open
    3. C.
      set
    4. D.
      build
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      strength
    2. B.
      power
    3. C.
      force
    4. D.
      energy
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      never
    2. B.
      seldom
    3. C.
      always
    4. D.
      hardly
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      worst
    2. B.
      best
    3. C.
      most
    4. D.
      least

I was tired and hungry after a long day of work.
When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son1up at me and said,“I love you.”I didn't know what to say. For several2all I could do was to3there and looked down at him.My first thought was that he must need4 with his homework or he was trying to 5me for some news.
Finally I asked,“What was that all about?”
“Nothing,”he said.“My teacher said we should6our parents that we love them and see what they say.It is7.”
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this “experiment”and how the other parents had8
“Most of the fathers had the9reacting(反应)as you did ,”the teacher said.“When I first10we try this , I asked the children what they thought their parents would say . Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble.“The11is,”the teacher explained, “feeling loved is an important part of12.It is something all people 13.What I'm trying to tell the children is that it's too 14we don't all express those feelings.A boy should be15to tell his dad he loves him.”
The teacher, a middle-aged man , understands how 16it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say.
When my son came to me that evening ,I held on to(抱着)him for17second.And just before he18away, I said in my deepest, most manly(男子气慨)voice,“Hey, I love you ,too.”
I don't know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good(感觉很好)，Maybe next time one of my children said“I love you”，it wouldn't take me a whole19to think of the right20.

  1. 1.
    1. A.
      watched
    2. B.
      observed
    3. C.
      looked
    4. D.
      noticed
  2. 2.
    1. A.
      weeks
    2. B.
      days
    3. C.
      hours
    4. D.
      seconds
  3. 3.
    1. A.
      stand
    2. B.
      sit
    3. C.
      see
    4. D.
      play
  4. 4.
    1. A.
      rest
    2. B.
      time
    3. C.
      help
    4. D.
      paper
  5. 5.
    1. A.
      report
    2. B.
      prepare
    3. C.
      answer
    4. D.
      excuse
  6. 6.
    1. A.
      help
    2. B.
      tell
    3. C.
      ask
    4. D.
      make
  7. 7.
    1. A.
      a matter
    2. B.
      an experiment
    3. C.
      a word
    4. D.
      a sentence
  8. 8.
    1. A.
      said
    2. B.
      reacted(反应)
    3. C.
      done
    4. D.
      explained
  9. 9.
    1. A.
      same
    2. B.
      different
    3. C.
      usual
    4. D.
      common
  10. 10.
    1. A.
      suggested
    2. B.
      agreed
    3. C.
      allowed
    4. D.
      planned
  11. 11.
    1. A.
      point
    2. B.
      idea
    3. C.
      way
    4. D.
      cause
  12. 12.
    1. A.
      boy
    2. B.
      health
    3. C.
      life
    4. D.
      study
  13. 13.
    1. A.
      have
    2. B.
      know
    3. C.
      take
    4. D.
      require
  14. 14.
    1. A.
      bad
    2. B.
      good
    3. C.
      late
    4. D.
      early
  15. 15.
    1. A.
      fit
    2. B.
      ready
    3. C.
      worth
    4. D.
      able
  16. 16.
    1. A.
      easy
    2. B.
      much
    3. C.
      often
    4. D.
      difficult
  17. 17.
    1. A.
      a more
    2. B.
      a full
    3. C.
      an exact
    4. D.
      an extra
  18. 18.
    1. A.
      pulled
    2. B.
      ran
    3. C.
      walked
    4. D.
      escaped
  19. 19.
    1. A.
      day
    2. B.
      week
    3. C.
      afternoon
    4. D.
      morning
  20. 20.
    1. A.
      answer
    2. B.
      key
    3. C.
      reason
    4. D.
      experiment

If you go to Brisbane, Australia, you can easily get a small book called Discover Brisbane free. The book tells you almost everything in Brisbane: the restaurants, the shops, the cinemas, the streets, the buses, the trains, the banks, etc. Here is something about banks on page 49:
ANZ Banking Group
Cnr. Greek && Queen Sts ……………… 228 3228
Bank of New Zealand
410 Queen Street ………………………  221 0411
Bank of Queensland
229 Elizabeth Street ……………………  229 3122
Commonwealth Banking Group
240 Queen Street ………………………  237 3111
National Australia Bank Ltd
225 Adelaide Street ……………………  221 6422
Westpac Banking Corp
260 Queen Street ………………………  227 2666
Banking hours are Mon.-Thu. 9:30 am to 4 pm. Fri. 9:30 am to 5 pm. All banks close Sat. Sun. && Public Holidays.
Australia has a decimal currency(十进币制) with 100 cents to the dollar.
Notes available are: $100, $50, $20, $10, $5
Gold coins are: $2 && $1
Silver coins are: 50, 20, 10&&5 cent
Copper coins are: 2 && 1 cent

  1. 1.

    You can find ANZ Banking Group on ______.

    1. A.
      Queen Street
    2. B.
      Elizabeth Street
    3. C.
      the corner of Greek Street and Queen Street
    4. D.
      the corner of Queen Street and Elizabeth Street
  2. 2.

    ______ seems to be the most important street in  Brisbane.

    1. A.
      Greek Street
    2. B.
      Elizabeth Street
    3. C.
      Queen Street
    4. D.
      Adelaide Street
  3. 3.

    On Saturdays, you can go to ______ to put your money in or take your money out.

    1. A.
      ANZ Banking Group
    2. B.
      Bank of Queensland
    3. C.
      National Australia Bank Ltd
    4. D.
      no bank
  4. 4.

    In Australia, the banks have their longest service hours on ______.

    1. A.
      public holidays
    2. B.
      Sundays
    3. C.
      Saturdays
    4. D.
      Fridays

Keving Rogers used to be my boss.At that time he always told us to sell more.As soon as I could,I left his shop and got a new job in another place.The last time I saw Rogers was more than ten years ago.At least that’s what I thought.But now I am not so sure.
I was on my way to my office in the centre of town.There is a small park nearby,which I sometimes walk through after lunch.The park was almost empty except for a shabby-looking man on one of those benches（凳子）.The man looked about fifty years old and was wearing an old gray coat.It was cold and windy,and he was trembling(哆嗦).
“It’s a long time since I had a meal.Can you help me?”he said.There was something about his voice that sounded familiar.I gave him a few pennies.As he went past me I looked at his face closely.I wondered where I had seen him before.Then it suddenly came to me.Could it possibly be…? No!Impossible,I thought.I watched him walking away.He was the same height as Rogers but looked a lot thinner than I remembered.
Yesterday I ran into someone who had worked for Rogers at the same time as I did,and had stayed on longer.I started telling him about the man I had seen in the park.”For a moment I thought it was our old boss.But it couldn’t have been.Rogers must be the head of a company now.”I said.
My ex-workmate shook his head,”I thought you knew.” “Knew?Knew what?What are you talking about?”
“Rogers was sent to prison six years ago.He’s probably been out by now.For all I know he is sleeping on park benches and begging money from passers-by.”

  1. 1.

    Where did the writer last meet Rogers?

    1. A.
      In a restaurant.
    2. B.
      In a small park.
    3. C.
      In the centre of town.
    4. D.
      In his office.
  2. 2.

    Which of the following happened first?

    1. A.
      Rogers was sent to prison.
    2. B.
      The writer saw Rogers ten years ago.
    3. C.
      The writer got a job in another place.
    4. D.
      The ex-workmate left Rogers’ company.
  3. 3.

    The sotry doesn’t mention anything about______.

    1. A.
      what happened to Rogers six years ago
    2. B.
      what Rogers looked like
    3. C.
      why Rogers was sent to prison
    4. D.
      how Rogers was living on
  4. 4.

    The reason why the man was trembling was that______.

    1. A.
      he was ill
    2. B.
      he was very excited
    3. C.
      he became very poor
    4. D.
      he felt cold and hungry

PERFORMANCES
Keep in the air:The Chaoyang Theater is one of Beijing Theaters to present acrobatic programs all year round.
Top acrobatic artists invited from all over the country perform for Chinese and foreign tourists.The program features trick cycling,leaping through hoops and Chinese magic tricks.Some of the artists have won prizes in international competitions.
Time:7:15p.m.Daily
Place:36,Dongsanhuan Belu.Chaoyang District
Tel:6507---2421   6507---1818
Use your head:Green head is a new drama given by a group of young Chinese actors.It’s a reworking of American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne’s famous novel The Scarlet Letter .It describes the heroine’s great courage in finding the true love against a backdrop of disapproval.
Time:7:15p.m. until March 5th,except Mondays
Place:China Children’s Theater
Tel:6603---7255   6603---7265
Mix and match:Story of Puppets tells a fairy.Zixia,who looks for true love in the human world.After watching a puppet play Peony Pavdion ,she thinks it must be true love in reality,so she uses magic to turn the puppet characters into the humans,wanting to fall in love with the puppet hero.But things don’t go as she planned.
Li Liuyi,the director of the play has made several successful attempts to join different traditional operas together in one play.This time he combines Peking Opera,Kunqu Opera,Pingju Opera and an orchestral accompaniment,using the structure of modern drama.
Time:7:30 p.m until March 10th,except Mondays
Place:Small Playhouse of Beijing People’s Art Theater
Peking Opera:The Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances at the Chang’an Grand Theater.
Each performance consists of two classical plays. One is Wenxi(a play focus on singing and dancing);the other is Wuxi(a play full of acrobatic dancing).
The first night will be The crossroad and Presenting a pearl of the Rainbow Bridge.And the second night will see the performance of The Godess of Heaven Scatters Flowers and Havoc in Heaven.
Time:7:30p.m. February 27th ,28th
Place:Chang’an Grand Theater
Tel:86531043

  1. 1.

    From the ads we can learn that______.

    1. A.
      Story of Puppets is played held in China Children’s Theater
    2. B.
      all the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricks
    3. C.
      on March 5th there will be two plays for us to choose
    4. D.
      the artists in the Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country
  2. 2.

    If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15th,he can call______to book a ticket.

    1. A.
      8653—1043
    2. B.
      6525—0123
    3. C.
      6603—7255
    4. D.
      6507—1818
  3. 3.

    Which of the following statements is true according to the ads?

    1. A.
      The director of the Story of Puppets combines different operas in it.
    2. B.
      Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists.
    3. C.
      Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country.
    4. D.
      The Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same plays.

I am Sergey Brin! I was born in Moscow. In 1979,when I was 5, my family immigrated to California, USA . I remember that on my 9th birthday, I got my first computer “Commodore 64”.
Later I graduated with honors in the University of Maryland in Mathematics and IT. The main field of my science research was the technologies used to collect data from unsystematic sources as well as large quantities of texts and science data. I was the author of dozens of articles in leading American academic magazines.
The greatest event in my life happened when in 1998 I was preparing for the defense(论文答辩) of my Doctor’s degree in the Stanford University. There the fate made me meet Larry Page—a young computer genius. Larry belonged to the intellectual society. I and Larry quickly became friends when we were working together.
We were searching day and night on the Internet. We were finding a lot of information but with the feeling we still couldn’t find enough of what we were looking for . Naturally the idea for a search engine that would allow specific information to be found in the endless pool of data was born like it came to us. It wasn’t our plans but we gave up the education at the university. You know the next part ,maybe—we managed to turn an ordinary garage in Peplo Park, California , the USA into our first office, in which Google was born. With excitement we typed the name of the thing which we created with love on September 14th,1998—www.Google.com. Now after those years we bought this garage. As a symbol it will always remind us that everything is possible.

  1. 1.

    Which of the following would be the best title for this passage?

    1. A.
      The Birth of Google
    2. B.
      The Founder of Google
    3. C.
      The Importance of Cooperation
    4. D.
      The Great Contribution to the Internet
  2. 2.

    From the passage we know that Larry Page________.

    1. A.
      was born from a rich merchant family
    2. B.
      was once a student in the Stanford University
    3. C.
      published some academic articles when young
    4. D.
      was Brin’s important partner in starting Google
  3. 3.

    Why did they found Google ?

    1. A.
      Because they loved working with the Internet so much.
    2. B.
      Because they wanted to make a lot of money through the Internet
    3. C.
      Because they hoped to make it easy to find specific information online
    4. D.
      Because they believed everything is possible.
  4. 4.

    Which is the right order of what happened ?
    a. My family moved from Russia to the USA
    b. I met Larry Page
    c. I was given a computer as a present on my 9th birthday.
    d. google was born in an ordinary garage in California.
    e. I graduated from the university in Mathematics and IT.

    1. A.
      a-c-e-b-d
    2. B.
      c-a-b-e-d
    3. C.
      a-c-b-d-e
    4. D.
      c-b-a-e-d

Gossip moves so quickly that few people have time to cover their ears, even if they want to.
“I hate it when others gossip about me,” said Mandy Miraglia, 16, a high school student from California, “but to be honest, gossip about my friends makes me feel I am trusted and belong to the group.” Miraglia is not the only person feeling like that.
Gossip has long been looked down on as little more than nonsense and bad manners. But recent research has shown that gossip has many positive effects on your social life.
“There has been a trend among people to dislike gossip,” said David Sloan Wilson, Professor from the State University of New York in Binghamton, US, “but gossip appears to be a very important form of behavior in a group of friends, defining their group membership.”
For 18 months, Kevin Kniffin, from the University of Wisconsin, US, researched the behavior of 50 people. He found that gossip levels peaked when a sports team included a slacker, someone who regularly missed practices or showed up late. Other members of the team would soon start to joke about the slacker’s shortcomings behind his back, because they thought they were bad for the whole team.
Gossip about the mistakes of senior members helps newcomers rebuild their confidence after a failure.
It also helps relieve social and professional anxiety. Long-term studies show that people around the world devote from a fifth to two-thirds or more of their daily conversation to gossip, and men appear to be just as eager for gossip as women.
It is hard to judge gossip, but it is more powerful than you think.

  1. 1.

    The author would probably agree that______________.

    1. A.
      gossip is bad manners
    2. B.
      gossip has many good effects
    3. C.
      gossip is somewhat like nonsense
    4. D.
      gossip is more powerful than advice
  2. 2.

    What does the underlined word “slacker” mean according to the context?

    1. A.
      Someone who values the team benefit much.
    2. B.
      Someone who does not do what they should well.
    3. C.
      Someone who is active in sports.
    4. D.
      Someone who shows no much interest in sports.
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Gossip is a useful way of building group membership.
    2. B.
      Gossip can possibly make someone confident.
    3. C.
      Generally, women are fonder of gossip than men.
    4. D.
      Actually, everyone gossips to some degree in their daily conversation.

British men are couch potatoes. They spend nearly half their free?time watching TV. They watch more TV than women, do less housework, less charity work and less childcare—but spend more time shopping, a poll(民意测验) suggests. Analysts(分析家) from Eurostat, the EU's statistical office, interviewed working men and women in 10 countries.?
Britain, where men devoted 49% of their free?time to the box, came a narrow second to the Hungarians with 51%.German and Norwegian men watched the least TV—just over one third of their spare time.?
The analysts took the average of the figures for the whole year including holidays and weekends. They broke down the “average day” into five categories(类)—free-time, sleep, meals and personal care, travel, domestic chores(家务事) and work or study. It shows that British men have four hours and 41 minutes free time each day—20 minutes more than women. But women spend nearly double the amount of time on domestic chores than men. Almost three-and-a-half hours of a woman's day is taken up with domestic work, compared to less than two hours for men.?
Food preparation makes up the bulk(量) of the chores, with leaning and shopping the next most time-consuming. They further broke down the free-time and domestic categories to show that men spend 137 minutes each day in front of the TV, compared to women's 114 minutes.
Women spend slightly more time socializing resting and reading than men, but slightly less time on hobbies, sport and exercise. Universally unpopular with both sexes is culture—accounting for just 2% of both men and women's leisure time.?

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, couch potatoes refer to _______.?

    1. A.
      a kind of potatoes produced in Britain?
    2. B.
      people spending much time sitting and watching television?
    3. C.
      a kind of food offered by the English people?
    4. D.
      people who like doing housework instead of watching TV?
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, which of the following may NOT be included in the ten countries??

    1. A.
      Germany.
    2. B.
      Norway.
    3. C.
      Hungary.
    4. D.
      Russia.?
  3. 3.

    What both men and women don't like in their spare time is _______.?

    1. A.
      taking part in cultural activities
    2. B.
      shopping?
    3. C.
      enjoying their hobbies
    4. D.
      doing domestic chores?
  4. 4.

    What would be the best title for the passage??

    1. A.
      Domestic Chores—Only Women's Right?
    2. B.
      British Men—Couch Potatoes?
    3. C.
      What the Research Means?
    4. D.
      Men and Women in Different Situations
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