Many people say that they are working too many hours. They don’t have enough time to relax or to stay with their family.

Work hours are different from one country to another. In France, people spend about 1,646 hours a year at work. In Japan, however, people work about 2,159 hours a year.

Why do people work so many hours? Some people work extra hours because they want to make more money. However, many companies don’t pay overtime. Their workers don’t get more pay for more work. Some people think it’s their duty to work more hours. Some are afraid of losing their jobs if they don’t work more hours.

Many people say that their vacations are too short. In France, people get five weeks of paid vacation a year. In Germany, they get four to six weeks, and in the United States, two weeks. One study shows fewer than half of workers used all their vacation days. In Great Britain, there is a saying, “ All work and no play makes Jack a dull (迟钝的) boy.” If that is true, there must be a lot of dull people in the world.

1. A Japanese worker works ________ more hours a year than a French one.

A. 513 B. 1,646

C. 2,519 D. 3.805

2.The word “extra” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A. 正常的 B. 额外的

C. 有用的 D. 少量的

3.People in ________ get only two weeks of paid vacation a year.

A. France B. Germany

C. the United states D. Great Britain

4.Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. No companies offer vacations to their workers.

B. Many people say they have enough time to relax.

C. Not all companies pay their workers for more work.

D. More than half of workers use all their vacation days.

5.What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A. Many workers have to work long hours.

B. Many people have vacations long enough.

C. Work hours are the same around the world.

D. There are a lot of dull people in the world.

1.Jack is going to study in a famous university. These days, his father is looking for a mobile phone for him so as to keep in touch with each other closely.

2.Tom, is a middle school student. He likes sports very much and plays football every afternoon.

But his shoes are too small for him, so after class this afternoon he has to buy a pair of shoes.

3.Mary is going to have her 15th birthday party. Her family are making preparations for it. Her brother’s job is to buy some drink.

4.Joan doesn’t want to forget the past, especially the happy moments.

5.Alice is afraid of opening her mouth, because a bad smell will come out. So she needs something which can remove the smell no matter how much it is.

One day, when Bill was 1. home from school, he heard a noise coming from the bushes. He went over to see 2. it was. Behind a bush, he found a black dog. Bill went back home as soon as he could with the dog and 3. it to his parents. Bill’s Dad found that the dog had a broken dog, 4. they brought the dog to a doctor for 5. by car. On the way, Bill’s parents decided that Bill could keep the dog if they couldn’t find the owner.

When they arrived, the doctor checked the dog. He told Bill that it was going to have babies! The next day, Bill 6. up signs like “FOUND DOG BLACK” around his neighborhood. He 7. wrote his family’s phone number on the signs.

Two days 8. , Bill got a call 9. the owner of the dog. The owner thanked Bill. When he came to pick up his dog, he said Bill could have 10. of the babies. Bill was very happy! Finally Bill got a baby dog from the owner. He named him Rosco and liked it very much.

1.I feel so b________ because the book is too boring.

2.If you want to keep thin, you should eat l________ meat but more fruit.

3.We do eye e________ every day, it is good for our eyes.

4.Do you know the r________ of the football match?

5.Today is quite f________ for my mother, she has so many things to do.

6.Now most people use the I________ to learn more about the world.

7.My father w________ TV every day. Animal World is his favorite program.

8.On weekends, I often help my mother with h________.

9.After the earthquake, a lot of new b________ are going up everywhere.

10.Long time no see. It is w________ to see you.

假如你是林阳，请你用英语写一封70词左右的信给你在美国的笔友Tom，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。内容需要包含下列要点：

(1) What do you do on weekends?

(2) What did you do last weekend?

(3) What are your good and bad habits?

(4) What do you think is the best way to keep healthy?

注：可根据上述4个要点适度展开想象。

Dear Tom,

Thanks for your last letter? Now let me tell you something about myself.

See you!

Lin Yang

The underlined part in the word “heard” is pronounced as ________.

A. / i? / B. / ?: / C. / ?/ D. / ?u /

My sister thinks Man from the Stars is such a fantastic TV series that she wants to see it ________ second time.

A. a B. the C. / D. An

--- Have you ever practice ________ to foreigners?

--- Oh, yes. It improves my ________ skills.

A. speak; speak B. speaking; speak

C. speak; speaking D. speaking; speaking

The English teacher added that having conversations ________ friends was not ________ at all.

A. in; help B. with; helpful

C. on; helpless D. at; helping

The writer found ________ difficult ________ English.

A. it’s ; learn B. it; learning

C. it’s; learned D. it; to learn