23、根据汉语意思补全下列英语句子。

1．我们将多进行锻炼以保持身体健康。

We're going to exercise more to                    ．

2．我认为最舒服的座位在前面。

I think the                       seats are in the from．

3．谢谢你照顾我的宠物鸟。

Thanks for                     of my pet bird．

4．说起看电视，我最喜欢看肥皂剧。

                       watching TV, I like soap operas best．

5．我曾考虑去巴黎，但最后定在了纽约。

I thought about going to Paris for vacation, but                       New York．

22、Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? How about the teenagers in big cities? Here is a survey．We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions．Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou．The others are from small villages．We made a diagram of the result of our survey．Let's have a look at it．

We found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities．Maybe it is because they live a harder life．Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do．Doing chores teaches teenagers to look after themselves．

根据短文选择最佳答案。

1．They surveyed         teenagers frown small villages．

A．1,000                     B．2,000                    C．4,000                    D．3,000

2．There are 1,000 teenagers from the cities who             ．

A．take out the trash   B．do the dishes      C．make the bed             D．fold the clothes

3．Fewer than           teenagers in big cities sweep the floor and make the bed．

A．500                    B．1,000                   C．1,500                   D．2,000

4．The number of teenagers           in big cites is bigger than that in small villages．

A．making the bed                                      B．taking out the trash

C．folding the clothes                                  D．doing the dishes

5．Why did they make the survey?

A．Because they don't want teenagers in China to do chores at home．

B．Because they thought it'll help teenagers to look after themselves to do chores at home．

C．Because they wanted to know if teenagers in China do chores at home．

D．Because they thought it's not necessary for teenagers to look after themselves．

21、One day,  John read an advertisement in a newspaper．It said, "Wanted．The best salesman in the world．" John thought he was a great salesman and went to ask for the job．" "I' m the best salesman in the world," he said to the manager．"Give me the job．"

"You must prove you're the best," the manager said．

"OK I will," John said．

"Good．" The manager took several boxes of sweets out of his desk．"Last week I bought a thousand boxes of sweets．If yon can sell them all before the end of the week, yon can have the job, " said the manager．

"That's easy, "John said．He took the boxes of sweets and left the office．

Every day and all day he went from shop to shop, trying to sell the sweets．But he couldn't sell one．The sweets were too bad for him to sell．At the end of the week he went back to the manager．"I'm sorry, sir," he said, "I was wrong about myself．I'm not the best salesman in the world, but I know who is．"

"Oh" said the manager．"Who?"

"The person who sold you a thousand boxes of the sweets．"

1．The manager told John             ．

A．he could start work at once

B．he was the best salesman in the world

C．he wasn't a good salesman

D．he must show he was the best salesman in the world

2．John could get the job if                  ．

A．he sold a thousand boxes of sweets

B．he gave a way a thousand boxes of sweets

C．he sent the manager a thousand boxes of sweets

D．he bought a thousand boxes of sweets  from the manager

3．Choose the right order (顺序) of the story．

(1) John went to ask for the job．

(2) John told the manager who the best salesman really was．

(3) John read an advertisement in a newspaper．

(4) John went to sell the sweets．

A．(1) (2) (3) (4)                                         B．(4) (3) (2) (1)

C．(3) (1) (4) (2)                                          D．(3) (4) (1) (2)

4．From this story we can know that              ．

A．John didn't get the job                          B．John was a good seller

C．the manager was a good seller             D．the advertisement was a good one

5．John couldn't sell the sweets because                     ．

A．he was not a good salesman                B．the sweets were too bad

C．he wanted to send them to his friends        D．nobody liked sweets

20、The Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival, which is the biggest festival in China．

It usually comes in January or February．Where there are Chinese,  there is the Spring Festival．Each Chinese year has a name．We may call it the Year of the Tiger, the Year of the Pig or the Year of the Snake．And the year of 2007 is called the Year of the Pig．The year after it is the Mouse Year．

People always spend a month before the festival in preparing for it．People are busy shopping and cleaning their houses．On the eve there is a big family dinner．All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year, watching the CCTV programs or playing cards．On the first day of the Chinese New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their relatives(亲戚) and friends, saying "Happy New Year", "Good luck" and some other greetings to each other．It often lasts to the Lantern Festival, which is also an important Chinese festival and people usually have sweet dumplings (yuanxiao)．People always have a very good time, especially children．Children can usually get some money for the new year from their parents and the elder relatives．

1．We call the Chinese New Year               ．

A．the biggest festival                             B．the Lantern Festival

C．the Spring Festival                                 D．the Year of the Pig

2．The year of 2008 is the Year of the              ．

A．Mouse                B．Pig                 C．Sheep              D．Tiger

3．"All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year．" Here "stay up" means        ．

A．to go to sleep          B．not to go to bed    C．to stand up       D．to have a good rest

4．What do we know from paragraph (段落) 2?

A．The Spring Festival is celebrated only by Chinese people in China．

B．The Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival, even when they are in foreign countries．

C．People celebrate the Spring Festival all over the world．

D．People who can speak Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival in the world．

5．What do people say when they meet on the Chinese New Year's Day?

A．They say "Merry Christmas" and "Happy New Year"．

B．They say "Good luck" and "Good night" to each other．

C．They say "Have a nice day" and "Good luck" only to their friends and relatives．

D．They say many greetings, such as "Good luck" to each other．

18、--         bread does he have?

--He has two slices of bread．

A．How many            B．How much            C．How often      D．How far