Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother’s Camp(营地)．There，husbands and children are not allowed．Why would a woman want to take a vacation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone．

At Mother’s Camp a woman has room to herself．She can sleep，read or watch TV，and no one will bother her．No children will ask，“Morn，what’s for dinner?” No husband will say， “Oh，dear，I can’t find any clean socks．”In fact almost 50％of women in the United States work outside the home．Many of them work full-time and then come home to a second job-taking care of their homes and families．These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework．

In the United States．working wives do about 75％of the housework．Many of their husbands say they want to help．But then they burn the rice or they can’t find the pans．They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves．

Some women go to Mother’s Camp just to get a break from housework．For two days they don’t cook，they don’t clean，they don’t look after their children and husbands．What do they do? They enjoy warm，sunny weather，walking，swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire．They relax away from home．They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother’s Camp．

1．From this passage we can see ________ in the United States．

A．women want to work outside the home

B．working wives do most of the housework

C．husbands do as much housework as their wives

D．women do not like to stay at home with their families

2．At Mother’s Camp，women can’t ________．

A．watch TV                                                   B．read newspapers

C．swim in the lake                                     D．bring their husbands and children

3．Why would some mothers like to be alone? Because ________．

A．they don’t like their husbands and children

B．they have to work full-time

C．they are too busy to relax themselves

D．they want a new lire

4．________ is one of the biggest troubles for working wives in the United States．

A．Housework                                          B．Working outside the home

C．When to take a vacation                                 D．Looking after their children

5．What’s the best title(标题)for this passage?

A．Busy Working Mothers                                B．Welcome to Mother’s Camp

C．Mothers Relax Away from Home                    D．Mothers in the US

“Mother tells me that the most important is to study，and she almost never gives me any housework to do，though I really want some，”said Wang，a middle school student in Guangzhou，capital of South China’s Guangdong Province．

A report says that most of Guangzhou teenagers want to do more housework，but their parents usually do not think so．According to(根据)the report，37％of the teenagers do housework less than half an hour every day；39.4％of them from half an hour to one hour；11.5％one to two hours；5.6％over two hours；and 6.2％just have “no” housework to do．

“Most of my time after school should be spent on my homework，and I don’t have time to play．Even on weekends，my parents ask me to stay at home to study．I can’t go to see a film，watch TV or play with other children．My parents never say to me about anything to do with the housework．Sometimes I feel I have the duty to do something to help my parents，but they just get everything done for me，” said Yang Ming，a sixteen-year-old student．

Experts say this won’t change much unless the College Entrance Examination，which adds much pressure(压力) on high school students，is changed．

1．Is Wang often asked to do housework?

       __________________________________________________________________________．

2．What do most of Guangzhou teenagers want to do，according to the report?

       __________________________________________________________________________．

3．How many students never have any housework to do?

       __________________________________________________________________________．

4．What do most parents think is the most important for children?

       __________________________________________________________________________．

5．What does Yang Ming like to spend his time in doing after school?

       __________________________________________________________________________．

从方框内选出单词，用其适当形式填空。每空格限填一词，每词限用一次。

1．Yesterday he told me a __________ story．

2．I don t know why the books on the __________ shelf were missing．

3．Something must be done to build up a Great Green wall __________．

4．All of them were amazed at Tom’s quick __________．

5．They are working much harder than before to improve__________．

6．When autumn comes，some __________ begin to change colour．

1．__________    2．__________    3．__________    4．__________    5．__________    6．__________

在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，词首字母已给。

May 27 Sunday

I got up very(1)e__________ this morning．After a quick breakfast，I went to the zoo with my classmates．We went there on(2)f__________．There are many kinds of animals there．We liked monkeys best．We fed them with some bananas．We stayed there for about an hour．Then we went to a lake．We saw many people(3)f__________ kites in different colors near the lake，We had no kites，so we boating(4)i__________．The water in the lake is very clean．

It was nearly l2 o’clock．We began to drink apple juice and eat some sandwiches for lunch．After that，some of us went fishing，and some of us(5)c__________ the hill．We went back home at about four o'clock．What a happy day we had today．I enjoyed (6)m__________ a lot!

用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

To welcome the Olympics in 2008 in Beijing，many old people begin to learn English now．

Grandma Han Ye is 75 years old．She (1) __________(read)English sentences aloud every day．Now she(2) __________(1earn)about 30 phrases．

Han is too old to go to schoo1．Her teachers are some Junior 2 students from Zhongshan Middle School in Shanghai．They began helping the old people study English，one-to-one，in May．The old people(3) __________(hope)to use English during the Olympics in 2008．

Han has never learned English before，so she has to begin with ABC．And she often (4) __________(forget)what she had learnt．So her little teacher，Lingling，has to say a word five or six times and also tells her how(5) __________(use)it．Grandma works hard and now she (6) __________(talk)with her grandson at primary school in English．

Many old people take the English notes with them while they(7) __________(do)the housework．They read the notes again the again in order to make the sentences correctly．Next month，Han and some old people(8) __________(fly)to Beijing to spend their holidays and to practice their spoken English．Grandma’s spirit(精神)makes us work harder and harder for our country．

1．The man is talking with a lady．He gave us a talk last week．(改为同义句)

The man ______________________________last week is talking with a lady．

2．Jim can’t decide what he should do next．(改为同义句)

Jim cant decide ______________________________ next．

3．People grow rice in the south of China．(改为被动语态)

Rice ______________________________ in the south of China．

4．It took him two hours to play with computers last night．(改为同义句)

He ______________________________ with computers last night．

5．They are happy to see each other．(改为感叹句)

______________________________ they are to see each other!

从方框中选择最恰当的选项完成下列对话，并将答案填写在相应的横线上，方框中有两个选项是多余的。

L：Hello，Pan Wei．Is this your new car? How beautiful!

P：Hi，Lisa．Would you like to go for a ride with me?

L：Great!

P：Well，you don’t have to wear the seat belt．  1 

L：I’m sure you are．You know，not every driver is as good as you．

P：  2  No one will stop us right now．

L：Oh，no，no．we obey the traffic rules not for the police．  3 

P：I agree，but I feel uncomfortable with it．

L：That’s true，a little．  4  Otherwise you will go flying when your car is terribly hit．

P：  5  I am wearing it．Do you know who invented it? The man should be remembered．

L：Sorry，I don’t know，either．But Volvo，a famous Swedish car maker，was the first to use seat belt in l849．

1．_________   2．_________   3．_________   4．_________   5．_________

Sorry，I can’t hear you clearly．Will you please________ your E—mail address?

I’ll write it down．

A．review    B．recite    C．report    D．repeat

Who taught________ Japanese?

—Nobody．I learn it________．

A．your；myself  B．your；by myself    C．you；of my own   D．you；myself

—Must I finish my homework today?

—No，you_______ ．You________ finish it tomorrow．

A．mustn’t；can               B．needn’t；must

C．don’t have to；may              D．can’t have to；may