3、Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be, Places of business that used to keep daytime “business hours” are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant （不相关的）.A half century ago in the United states, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time and summer time, Today the boundaries still exist, but they seem not clear.

The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does, It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer, in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal limits, or whether it should become more “flexible” is often debated, How should we, as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the boundaries of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other?

    These are not easy questions even to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we rarely recognize the “law of time” even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to attend school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of years – but unless we meet the truant officer（学监）,we may well think that we should go to school due to social custom and parents’ demand rather than to the law, As adults we are familiar with “extra pay for overtime working.” but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes（构成） “overtime” is a matter of legal definition. When we turn the clock forward to start daylight – saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves;” Here is the law in action”? As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great influence on how organize and use time: compulsory education law, overtime law, and daylight – saving law- as well as law about Sunday closing, holidays, being late to work, time zones, and so on. Once we begin to look for it ,we will have no trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess.

1．By saying “Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be,” the writer means that ________.

A．work time is equal to rest time

B．many people have a day off on Monday,

C．it is hard for people to decide when to rest

D．the line between work time and rest time is unclear

2．The author raises the questions in Paragraph 2 to introduce the fact that people____.

A．fail to make full use of their time

B．enjoy working overtime for extra pay

C．are unaware of the law of time

D．welcome flexible working hours

3．According to the passage, most children tend to believe that they go to school because they_____.

A．need to acquire knowledge

B．have to obey their parents

C．need to find companions

D．have to observe the law

4．What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Our life is governed by the law of time

B．How to organize time is not worth debating.

C．New ways of using time change our society.

D．Our time schedule is decided by social customs

1、假设你是华华，与英国网友汤姆约定用对方的母语通信，以提高各自的外语水平。最近你收到汤姆的电子邮件（附后），发现有一个成语使用不当。请根据下列要点，用英文回一封电子邮件。

要点：

1．不应使用“无所不为”，应使用“无所事事”；

2．说明这两个成语的用法；

3．给与鼓励。

注意：

1．词数为100左右；

    2．参考释义：无所不为- do all kinds of bad things

                 无所事事- have nothing to do;

3．除以上两个成语外，邮件中不得使用其他汉字或拼音；

4．电子邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好（不计入你所写词数），但不得抄入答题卡。

附（汤姆的邮件）：

华华，你好！

近几天在忙什么事？有什么有意思的事吗？我们的学校放假了，所以这几天在家无所不为，饱食终日，只好上网发伊妹儿。没意思。我决定找份工作，做个自食其力的人。祝好！

（以下内容不得抄入答题卡）

Hi Tom,

Nice to read your e-mail today. I notice you’ve begun to use Chinese idioms and used most of them correctly.

…

Hope you’ll find a job soon.

Huahua

21、We are invited to a party           next Friday.

A. to be held             B. held             C. being held            D. holding

20、I felt so bad all day yesterday that I decided this morning I couldn’t face          day like this.

A. other                 B. another                C. the other             D. others

19、Whenever I met her,          was fairly often, she greeted me with a sweet smile.

A. who                  B. which               C. when                       D. that

18、The number of foreign students attending Chinese universities          rising steadily since1993.

A. is               B. are              C. has been               D. have been

17、—Do you have enough to          all your daily expenses?

—Oh, yes, enough and to spare.

A. cover                B. spend                C. fill               D. offer