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In many countries around the world May l is a holiday. Labour Day, or Workers' Day, is an international holiday that honours working men and women, and the jobs they do.
During the late 1880s, in many parts of the world, people worked for fourteen to sixteen hours a day in factories, and earned very little money. In the United States and Canada, working people got together to try to make their workplaces better. These groups of people formed unions (团体). The union leaders asked company directors for shorter work days and higher salaries (工资) , but many of them refused to accept their ideas.
On May 1, 1886, men and women in the United States and Canada stopped work and marched through cities and towns to try and force bosses to let them work an eight - hour day. In the city of Chicago, several people died in fights with the police. Over the next few years, people in cities around the world stopped working every May l to honour workers everywhere. By the early twentieth century, the first of May was a national holiday in many countries.
In the United States and Canada, May l is not a holiday. North Americans celebrate Labour Day on the first Monday in September. Today in the Unites States, Labour Day is mostly about having fun. People enjoy a long weekend, and often celebrate by having barbecues or picnics with friends or family. In many parts of the Unites States, Labour Day is also the last day of summer vacation, and the students return to school the next day.
54. People celebrate Labour Day to honour _______.
A. union leaders B. working people
C. people who died in fights D. workers and their jobs
55. In Paragraph 2, the underlined word "them" refers to (所指) 
" _______"
A. workers B. union leaders C. company directors D. policemen
56. Workers in USA and Canada stopped work for _______on May l, 1886.
A. shorter work days B. higher salaries
C. better workplaces D. an eight - hour working day
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Maria was born in Peru（秘鲁）.She grew up in a small village. She 46 when she was six years old. She went to elementary school，but she 47 to high school. Her family was very 48 ，and she had to go to work when she was thirteen years old. She 49 in a shoe factory.
When Maria was seventeen years old，her family 50 to the United States. First they lived in Los Angeles，and then they moved to San Francisco. When Maria 51 in the United States，she was not very happy.
She missed her friends in Peru，and she didn’t 52 a word of English. She began to study English at night， 53 worked in a factory during the day.
Maria studied very hard，and now she speaks English well. She’s still 54 at night，but now she’s studying typing. She wants 55 a secretary. Maria still misses her friends. But she’s very happy now，and she hopes she will have a good future（将来）in the new country.
1. A．went to school B．go to school C．goes to school D．begins school
2. A．went B．didn’t go C．began D．wasn’t
3. A．rich B．poor C．happy D．glad
4. A．works B．is working C．is going to work D．worked
5. A．moved B．go C．stayed D．lived
6. A．reached B．arrived C．got D．moved
7. A．tell B．talk C．know D．say
8. A．when B．so C．or D．and
9. A．studying B．studied C．study D．studies
10. A．to do B．do C．to be D．be
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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Norman Bethune is one of China’s most famous heroes, but he wasn’t Chinese—he was Canadian. He gave his life to helping the Chinese people.
Norman Bethune 46 born in 1890. He became a 47 in 1916, and he went to the front to look after injured soldiers in the First World War. He saw many soldiers die in the war. Later he invented new treatments to 48 soldiers, and medical tools to use outside hospital.
In 1938 he came to treat the Chinese soldiers in the mountains north of Yan’an. There were 49 doctors, so he had to work very hard. He opened hospitals to give treatment to local people and soldiers, and to train doctors and nurses. He also wrote books so that doctors could learn about new treatments.
Dr Bethune worked very hard without stopping to 50 . Once, he preformed operations 51 69 hours without stopping, and saved 112people. He 52 working in spite of cutting his hand during an operation. In the end, he died because he did not take care of his 53 .
Dr Bethune’s work with the Chinese soldiers made 54 a hero in China. There are books and films about him, and he is 55 remembered in both Canada and China.
46. A. is B. was C. has been D. be
47. A. doctor B. nurse C. teacher D. worker
48. A. understand B. believe C. help D. count
49. A. little B. few C. much D. many
50. A. rest B. act C. agree D. think
51. A. from B. since C. with D. for
52. A. allowed B. continued C. forgot D. stopped
53. A. face B. leg C. foot D. hand
54. A. his B. he C. him D. one
55. A. still B. never C. hardly D. Regularly
查看习题详情和答案>>John and Bobby joined the same company together just after they completed their university studies the same year. Both of them worked very hard. Several years later, however, the boss promoted(提拔) Bobby to manager but John was still a worker. John could not take it, and gave his resignation（辞职书） to the boss. He complained that the boss did not think much of those who were hard -working, but promoted only those who flattered him.
The boss knew that John had worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said, “Thank you for what you said, but I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave”
John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked how much they cost every kilogram. John shook his head and went back to the seller to ask and returned to tell the boss $1.2 every kilogram.
The boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelons in the market. Bobby went and returned, saying, “Boss, only one person is selling watermelons. $1.2 every kilogram, and $10 for 10 kilograms. The seller has 340 melons. On the table there are 58 melons, and each weighs about 2 kilograms. They were brought from the South two days ago. They are of good quality.”
Hearing what Bobby said, John realized the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided to stay and learn from Bobby.
53. How did John feel when Bobby was promoted to manager?
A. Angry. B. Nervous. C. Unlucky. D. Helpless.
54. The boss gave John a task because______________.
A. he wanted John to do more for his company
B. he wanted John to learn more about himself
C. he wanted to punish John for what he said
D. he wanted to prove what John said was right
55. We can infer from the passage that_____________.
A. Bobby was unselfish B. John was lazy
C. the seller was dishonest D. the boss was wise
56. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The boss should treat all his workers in a fair way.
B. The boss should not promote one who flatters him.
C. One should not only work hard but also use his head.
D. One should try to get every detail of watermelons.
查看习题详情和答案>>We take most of our photos when we travel, but teens from Massachusetts, US, took photos of every corner of their own communities. And they found things they didn’t know before.
Gang graffiti（青少年团伙涂鸦）on public walls, a mother hugging her son, and abandoned（废弃的）buildings—these are photos teenagers took in Smerville, a city in Massachusetts.
It’s part of program to ask teenagers to care about the safety of their communities. They took photos and found problems.
“I found I was a photographer and I wanted to show people what I saw.” said Faith Blass, 15. Blass found some leaves with holes burned by cigarettes on a street, which expresses a possible smoking problem among teenagers.
“Even though I’ve lived in Somerville my whole life, from this program I got to see a new side of the town,” said Judcine Felix, 16. “I saw it more carefully and saw things I hadn’t seen before.
Felix took pictures of broken benches and a broken light bulb in the area where she used to live. She said she was shocked to see how bad the condition of the area is, compared with where she lives now.
More than 400 photos are on display in a city hall. One police officer said the photos were wonderful and caught people’s attention.
“This project taught us to read between the lines. Everything is not simply what it seems. Blass said. She said that the project is more than just adults getting children to do things instead it gave them a voice and taught them responsibility.
53. What did the teenagers from Massachusetts really do?
A. They draw pictures on public walls.
B. They helped clear the abandoned buildings.
C. They worked for their communities as volunteers.
D. They took photos of their communities and found problems.
54. When Blass found some leaves were burned with holes, she suggested that ____.
A. the area might not safe because there have been a fire.
B. it was done by some teenagers and they might smoke.
C. no other photographer had ever found this problem.
D. the cleaners on this street didn’t work hard.
55. From the story, we know that Felix _____________.
A. took pictures of the communities where she lives now.
B. doesn’t like the area where she lives now.
C. once moved from one community to another.
D. couldn’t believe the bad condition of her living area is.
56. What does the phrase “read between the lines” mean?
A. To learn how to read and memorize the lines.
B. To watch the blanks carefully between the lines.
C. To try to understand one’s real feelings from what they say or write.
D. To learn what responsDoes working out a math problem give you a headache?
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