【题目】Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries.Most American families have one or two parents and one or two children each.

Children in the US will leave their parents’ home when they grow up.They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs.They often write to their parents or telephone them.And they often go to visit their parents on holiday.

Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs.Americans think it is important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves.

Parents ask children to do some work around their house.And in many families, parents pay their children for doing some housework so that hey learn how to make money for their own use.

1The size of most American families is ____ that of other countries’.

A. larger than

B. smaller than

C. as big as

D. as small as

2When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to __.

A. get married

B. be free

C. find good jobs

D. study

3They visit their parents ______ .

A. on weekdays

B. on weekends

C. at any time

D. on holiday

4Which of the following is NOT true ?

A. Children have the freedom to choose their own job.

B. Parents don’t ask their children to do the housework.

C. When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home.

D. Parents think it is important for children to make their own decision.

5Some parents pay their children for doing housework because _____ .

A. they want their children to learn how to make money for themselves

B. their children asked them to do so

C. they are rich

D. the law requires(要求)them to do so

【题目】Mr Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his hometown.

He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He likes to talk about them. He often talks about his favorite birds , the robins (一种小鸟---鸫).“When I was a boy, these houses were not here. There were wide fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the north from the south. They spent the winter in the south. Some would build their nests(巢) in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut down trees, and built more houses. The robins stopped coming. They couldn’t build their nests near our houses because there were no trees.”

“ Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They don’t come any more.”

1Mr Ellis often talks about__________.

A. his old house B. the old days C. his life now D. his family

2The robins spent the winter in__________.

A. the south B. the west C. the north D. the east

3__________ built the nests in the trees.

A. Mr Ellis B. Some people C. The robins D. Some dogs

4The robins hasn’t come to the hometown because

A. people has built more houses. B. There are too many trees.

C. it is colder in the north now. D. There are no places for the robins.

5From the passage we can know that___________.

A. Mr Ellis likes his new life now.

B. there were many houses there in the old days.

C. the robins can make houses without trees.

D. Mr Ellis is not happy with the changes there.

【题目】Experts(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at nightbut most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hardbut not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指) with his eyes still closedbegging(请求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “ early birds” in Chinahe has to get up before six every morning.

A report shows that without a good night’s sleepstudents seem to be weaker (虚弱) than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.

Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study latethey are able to work well in class.

1The 10-year-old boy begged for more minute to sleep because__________.

A. he didn’t have enough sleep

B. it wasn’t time for him to get up

C. he didn’t want to go to school

D. he wanted his mother to wake him up

2In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleepthey may________.

A. become too weak to sleep B. not work well in class

C. go to bed early D. be weak in English

3In this passage “early birds” means “persons who ______________”

A. get up early B. get up late

C. sleep less D. don’t want to sleep

4“Stay up late” here means “_____________”

A. study late B. watch TV late C. not go to bed until late D. stay outside

5According to the passagewhich of the following is right?_________

A. If you want to study betteryou must work hard at night.

B. Sleeping less means working hard.

C. Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.

D. Students don’t have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do.

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