(B)

   It's so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations off? A new survey found that 31% of the US workers don't always take all of their vacation days.

   Americans have 12 vacation days on average (平均) each year,but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.

   So why don't they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days. Some busy workers say they just can't leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed. .

The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days,and 40% plan to take at least one three-to-four-week vacation.

   Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year,but they can't find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.

    British workers have the longest working week in Europe,with 23 vacation days—the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked. 75% say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40% would sacrifice a day's pay for one more vacation day.

() 6. How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?

   A. 9.   B. 12.   C. 15.   D. 23.

() 7. Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?

   A. America. B. France. C. Sweden. D. Great Britain.

() 8. What does the word “sacrifice” mean in the last sentence?

   A. Use up. B. Put up. C. Take up. D. Give up.

() 9. Which of the following is TRUE?

   A. Some American workers are too busy to leave their work.

   B. French workers can take one three-to-four-week vacation.

   C. Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days.

   D. British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed

() 10. What's the best title of the passage?

   A. How to Spend Holidays   B. Holidays in Different Countries

   C. Vacations in America   D. Take Vacations Seriously

六、阅读理解题。

                      (A)

   When your dream is to become a football player,nothing should get in your way-even if you have no feet.

   Gabriel M uniz,an 11-year-old Brazil kid ,was born without feet. Although hus family thought he would have serious difficult living a noemal life ,he started walking before he was one year old. His mother woulde go after him,expecting him to keep falling ,but he did never fell. It took him a whlile to make the jump from walking to playing football.but he did make it . And,in fact,there's nothing he loved more than playing football. , In his school,the his gym. only the best player in his school team but also the captain of his gym.

   He knows that his disability means he'llnever be able to play for a professional football team.So Gabriel is hoping that football will one day become a Paralympics(残疾人奥运会的)sport .He proved to everyone there he could go head to head with any other boy .Watching him play is unbelieable .He was fastt and he got a big bag of tricks-he was very skilled and he did everything he could to copy his idol Messi so much that was invited to go to Spain to meet his idol Messi and show his talent in the Barcelona Football Club.His coach says he is proving the disability only exsits(存在)inside our heads and he is challenging the social norms.

(    ) 1. What's wrong with Gabriel Muniz?

   A. He was born without feet .

    B.He can't see and hear anything. 

    C.He often argues without his partners.

    D.He alway s gives trouble to his family 

(    )2.According to the passage we can know that Gabriel Muniz.

    A.thinks others look down upon him 

    B. is a professionnal football   

    C. prefers playing for a club    

    D.is a skillful football player

(    )3.In the passage the underlined word"norms" means " " .

   A. disadvantages     B. habits  

    C. rules           D.progress

() 4. Which of the following is not true according to the text?

   A. The boy's family was surprised he could walk well.

   B. The boy wants to play football in the Paralympics.

   C. The boy has too much difficulty living a normal life.

   D. The society has noticed the boy's hard work and talent

() 5. What is the best title of the passage?

   A. The Power of the Dream  

    B. The Most Popular Sports

   C. A Disabled Boy and His Idol  

    D. Practice Makes Perfect

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