阅读短文，完成1-5小题。

   It is duty of every man to work．The life of a lazy man is of no use to himself and to others.  The man who is too lazy to work is the man who’s generally most ready to beg or steal. Every day，when he is young，he should learn Some useful work．

   But it is not enough that a child should learn some kind of work．He should put his heart and soul(心灵)completely into his work and not waste his free time “Work while you work and play while you play” is a good rule for young people as for the old．

  There is no better help to diligence(勤奋)than the habit of habit rising and this Just like all other good habits is most easily formed in youth．There is an English saying“Lost time never returns．”This means that everybody must be diligent and make good use of his time. One must study hard when one is young so that one may make great progress，succeed in life and become useful．So we can say that diligence is the mother of success．

1．What should you do if you want to live in the world?

2．What is the good rule for both young people and the old according to the passage(短文)

3．What is the most helpful habit to a diligent man?

4．What does the English saying“Lost time never returns．”mean to us students?

5．What is the main idea(中心思想)of this passage?

Alex Rawlings, from Oxford University, Has been named the UK’s most multilingual(说多种语言的)person.  The 21-year-old British student can speak 11 language and is learning a 12th, He knows English, Greek, German, French, Dutch, Afrikaans, Spanish,Catalan,ltalian, Russian and Hebrew.Rawlings’ mother, who is half Greek, spoke to him in English, Greek and some French when he was growing up.  Rawlings is studying German and Russian at university now.  He taught himself other languages like Dutch because he wanted to talk to people on his travels or simply because he thought the language was interesting or beautiful.“When I was a kid, I always wanted to speak different languages,” Rawlings said.  “My parents often took me to my mom’s family in Greece.  My dad worked in Japan for four years.  I was always frustrated that I  couldn’t talk to other kids in those countries because of the language. ”
Thanks to his talent for languages, Rawliings has made many friends.  He also thinks that picking up new languages getseasier over time.Rawlings plans to perfect his Russian while studying in the small Russian city of Yaroslavi and the next language he plans to learn is Arabic.“No matter how many languages I Iearn, my favorite language is always Greek because I have spoken it since childhood,” he said

1. 1.

   Where does Alex Rawlings come from?

   1. A.
      The UK
   2. B.
      The USA
   3. C.
      Germany
   4. D.
      Italy
2. 2.

   Alex Rwlings’ mother spoke to him in the following languages EXCEPT       when he was young.

   1. A.
      Greek
   2. B.
      Dutch
   3. C.
      French
   4. D.
      English
3. 3.

   How is Alex Rawlings going to improve his Russian?

   1. A.
      By getting a Russian tutor
   2. B.
      By reading Russian books
   3. C.
      By watching Russian movies
   4. D.
      By studying in a Russian city
4. 4.

   Alex Rawlings likes Greek best because ______.

   1. A.
      his parents speak it
   2. B.
      he thinks it’s interesting
   3. C.
      he thinks it’s easy to learn
   4. D.
      he has spoken it since childhood
5. 5.

   Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

   1. A.
      Alex Rawlings’ father’s family is in Japan
   2. B.
      Chinese is the next language Alex Rawlings plans to learn
   3. C.
      Alex Rawlings showed great interest in learning languages from a young age
   4. D.
      Learning new languages becomes more and more difficult for Alex Rawlings