Building a house is an operation which costs quite a lot of moneySuppose you plan to  1  a houseyour first step is to find a suitable piece of  2  You will probably try to find a sunny placein a  3  situationnear stores and bus stopsnot too far from your friends and the place where you work

Next you will find an  4  builderAnd together with the builder you will make a  The builder will draw ivThe builder will also  6  the cost of your houseHe will estimate(估计)the cost of the woodthe glassand everything else that he must use in building the houseLater onwhen he starts to buildthis estimate must  7  because the prices may  and many other things may happen between the time when he makes the estimate and the time when he builds the house

__ the builder gives you his estimateyou may wish to change your planYou may find that some of the things you wanted at first cost too muchor that you can   10  a little more and add something to your original plan

1Abuy                 Bdecorate          Cbuild            Dfind

2Afloor                 Bplace            Cland               Dplayground

3Amysterious          Bsurprised           Cpleased            Dpleasant

4Aexcited               Bexperienced          Cinteresting          Dextra

5Amap                 Bplan               Cdecision           Ddiscussion

6Afind out             Bcarry on            Cwork out          Dwork on

7Abe corrected          Bbe copied           Cbe read            Dbe written

8Aswap                Bchange             Cexist              Dinfluence

9AWhen                BWhile              CUntil              DSince

10Acost               Bspend              Ctake               Dpay for

Modern Chinese use the solar calendar(阳历)as English people doBut at the same timethey use their own lunar calendar(阴历).Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animalsthe ratthe oxthe tigerthe harethe dragonthe snakethe horsethe goatthe monkeythe chickenthe dog and the pigThis list lasts for twelve years and then starts again

Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moonAnd the full moon comes on the 15th day of the monthThe new year always starts between January 21 and February 20On the last day of lunar yearthere is a big family dinnerAll members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this mealthey have to travel many miles to get home of their parentsEverybody is very happyAfter the dinnerthe children keep awake to welcome the New Year

The New Year celebrations last for 15 daysfrom the new moon to the full moonOn the first daychildren and unmarried people go to visit their elders

1If next year is the year of the monkeywhat was the name of last year?

AIt was the year of the horse                BIt was the year of the hare

CIt was the year of the rat                   DIt was the year of the ox

2Suppose that next Chinese New Year's Day is on 15th Februarywhen will people have their big family dinner?

AOn February 15                        BOn February 16

COn February 14                        DOn February 13

3The family usually have their big family dinner at the home of_______

Athe married son                          Bthe married daughter

Cthe unmarried son                        Dthe parents

4People celebrate the New Year_____

Afor 15 days

Bfrom the new moon to the full moon in the first month of the lunar year

Cfrom January 21 to February 20

Dboth A and B

5From this passage we know that each Chinese month is measured by_____

Athe sun's revolution (旋转)

Bthe moon's revolution

Cthe earth's revolution

Dboth the earth's and the moon's revolution

How often does one hear children wishing they were grown ups, and the old wishing they were young again? Each are has its pleasure and its painsand the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without washing any time in useless regrets (悔恨).

Childhood is a time when there are few duties to make life hardIf a child has good parentshe is fedlooked afterand loved whatever he may doIt’s impossible for him to be given so much again in his life without having to do anything in returnAlsolife is always giving new things to the childA child finds pleasure in playing in the rain, or in the snowHis first visit to the seaside makes him wildBut a child has his pains  he is not free to do things as he wishesHe is always being told not to do thisnot to do thator being punished (惩罚) for what he has done wrongSo his life is not quite happy

When the young man starts to make his own living he becomesfree from the discipline (约束) of schools and parentsBut at the same time he is made to accept dutiesHe can no longer expect others to pay for his foodhis clothes and his roombut has to work if he wants to live comfortablyIf he spends most of his time pitying about in the way that he used to as a childhe will go hungryAnd if he breaks the law of the society as he used to break the laws of his parentshe may go m prison (监狱).Ifhoweverhe works hardkeeps out of troubleand in good healthhe can have the great happiness of seeing himself do better in his job and building up his own place in the societyOld age has always been thought of as the worst age to be inbut it is not necessary for the old to be unhappyOld age should come with wisdom and the ability to help othersThey can have the joy of seeing their children doing better in life; they can watch their grandchildren growing up around them andperhapsbest of allthey canif their life has been a useful onefeel the happiness of having come through the fight of life safely and of having reached a time when they can lie back and restleaving others to go on with the fight

1According to the passageto a child______

Ahe is free of dutiesbut he is short of freedom

Beverything may give him pleasurebut he can't do anything as he wishes to

Clife is always new to himbut he can't do anything

Dhe is always loved and has no worriesbut he can't be happy

2The writer mainly tells us that______

Aeveryone lives a happy life                          B. each age has its pleasure and its pains

Cchildren are the happiest                     Dtime is everything

3A young man who starts to make his own living_______

Acan spend his time playing about in the way he used to as a child

Bcan wait for others to feed him

Cis free to break the law of society

Dis happy to see himself getting on well with his job

4In the writer's opinionthe old _______

Aare useless people                        Bhave to help others

Chave their own pleasure                    Dare the best group

5Which period of one's life is the best according to the writer?

AChildhood                             BYouth

COld age                               DHe doesn't tell us

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