A young man was walking through a supermarket to pick up a few things when he noticed an old lady following him round. Thinking nothing of it, he continued.
Finally, he went to the check-out line, but the old lady got in front of him. "Excuse me," she said, "I’m sorry if my staring at(盯着看) you has made you feel uncomfortable,it’s just because you look like my son, whom I haven’t seen for a long time"
"What a pity," replied the young man, "is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yes," she said, "as I’m leaving, can you say ’Good bye, mother’? It would make me feel so much better."
"Sure," answered the young man. So, when the old woman was leaving, he called out, "Goodbye, mother !"
As he stepped up to the check-out counter(收银台), he saw that his total was $127. 50. "How can that be?" he asked, "I only buy a few things!"
The clerk replied, "Your mother said that you would pay for her. "
【小题1】The young man was __ that day.
A. doing some shopping     B. having a walk         C. visiting his mother
【小题2】The old lady stood__ the young man on the check-out line.
A.beside         B.behind           C.before
【小题3】__ wasn’t an honest person in this story?
A. The clerk          B. The old lady          C. The young man
【小题4】 At last, what the young man had to pay was __ what he expected.
A. more than          B. less than                 C. as much as
【小题5】 We know from the story that the old lady__
A. liked shopping       B. had a son             C. paid nothing

Laura Brent is a manager in an important company. She has three children—the eldest is 10, and youngest is three. “My job was only possible because my husband David was prepared to take my place and become a house husband,” she says.

More and more couples are finding this arrangement suits them better in today’s world, where women are rising to the top of their careers faster and more easily than they did in the past. Many men, on the other hand, like the idea of staying at home and looking after the children. “My children see a lot more of me than I saw of my father when I was young, and I think it’s better for them, especially for the boys,” says David. “It works just as well for Laura.”

 “Now I can come home from a hard day at work, and immediately relax with the children, instead of having to do the housework and the cooking,” she says.

Is there anything David misses about going out to work?

 “Not really. I suppose the worst thing about looking after children and doing the housework is not having a lunch break! It’s a lot harder than most men think.”

1.How many people are there in Laura’s family?

    A．2．    B．3．    C．4． D. 5

2.Who does most of the housework in the family?

    A．Laura．    B．David．

    C．The children．D．David’s parents．

3.What does Laura usually do after coming back from work?

    A．Cook for the family．

    B．Take children from school．

    C．Take a good rest with the children．

    D．Wash dishes and sweep the floor．

4.What does David think of his job at home?

    A．Hard．    B．Easy．    C．Boring． D. Fun

5.One of the reasons why men choose to stay at home is that______.

  A．children hate to stay with their mothers

  B．men are better at looking after the children

  C．women do better at work than they did before

  D．children want their fathers to help them with the homework

阅读下面对话，从方框中7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。 

A. The bus ride takes about 6 hours

B. What about the hotels?

C. Good idea.

D. We have two tours each week. 

E. What are you going to do?

F. Two days.

G. That sounds good.

A: Is there anything I can do for you, sir?

B: I read in your travel guide (旅游指南) about the tour to Xi’an.

A: Yes.     1     , leaving on Monday and Thursday mornings.

B: How long is the tour？

A:    2    And it costs 360 yuan.

B: Can you give me more information on the tour?

A: Sure. The bus leaves at nine, in front of our office.     3   , with two stops to see some places of interest.

B:   4 

A: You’ll be staying at California Hotel. It’s a three-star hotel. And the meals are free.

B:    5   . We will talk about it and tell you whether we will go or not.

A: All right.