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Keeping good records

Everything’s easier if you’re organized.

“Running a house is a lot like running a business,” says Stephanie Denton, an expert organize r in Cincinnati. Ohio. To get a successful control of organizing papers, bills, and other materials, Denton suggests the following tips:

Create a place in which you can always do your paperwork. This is perhaps the most important point of a successful system. If you can’t devote an entire desk to the task ,at least buy a file cart to store active paperwork and a two drawer file cabinet（橱柜）for family records. Store the rolling file cart wherever it is most convenient and comfortable to do your work, whether that is the kitchen, office, or family room.

When in doubt, throw it out. The first step to operating a workable filing system is to remove paper you don’t use, don’t need, or that you could easily access again elsewhere. Throw out old lists, and all of the mailings or offerings you’ll never have a chance to use or even read.

Set aside two days a month to pay bills. If a monthly due date doesn’t fit into your cycle, call up the bank or company that you owe money to and suggest a more convenient date. Keep two folders at front of your system for present bills (one to each bill-paying day) and file all incoming bills. Keep a list in the front of each folder of what needs to be paid in case the bill never arrives or gets misplaced.

Think of your filing system not as a rigid tool, but as a living, breathing system that can vary to fit your changing needs. A good filing system is both mentally and physically adaptable. Everyone’s needs are different, says Denton, but when designing a filing system, ask yourself: “Where would I look for this?” Create main headings for your filing system, such as Investments(投资), Taxes, Children, and so on, and file separate folders under the main headings. Never fill your files with too many things.

1．Which of the following tips does authors give?

A．Removing some papers unless you are in doubt.

B．Creating main headings for each paper.

C．Keeping all incoming bills in a folder.

D．Buying a file cart for storing all files.

2．In the passage, the author clearly wants to help people .

A．try to make file cabinets tidy and clean

B．carry out an effective filing system

C．know the tips of running their business

D．learn to deal with the materials successfully

3．The underlined word in the last paragraph means .

A．Fixed B．Active C．Special D．Useless

4．Among the following main headings, you will probably fine “Kindergarten records” under .

A．Investments. B．Taxes. C．Children. D．Folders.

1．C 2．B 3．A 4．C

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Many roads and places in Singapore are named in order that the pioneers will be remembered by future generations. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Place. This is in keeping with traditions in many countries ---- in both the West and the East.

Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to promote friendships between the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus ---- obviously named by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.

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A. the government is usually the first to name a place

B. a ceremony will be held when a place is named

C. people prefer the place names given by the government

D. many places tend to have more than one name

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A. Selector Airbase. B. Raffles Place.

C. Piccadilly Circus. D. Paya Lebar Crescent.

3.What does the underlined phrase “die hard” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. Change suddenly. B. Change greatly.

C. Disappear very slowly. D. Disappear quickly.

4.Bras Basah Road is named _______.

A. after a place B. after an activity

C. after a person D. by its shape

5.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The way Singaporeans name their places is unique.

B. Some places in Singapore are named for military（军事） purposes.

C. Young Singaporeans have forgotten the pioneers.

D. Some place names in Singapore are the same as in Britain.

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Things can also go wrong on the road. During rush hour one evening two cars collided and the drivers began to argue. The woman driver behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She got into a panic and stopped her car. This forced the driver following her to stop suddenly. This driver’s wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake, and as she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the window and landed on the road. A truck driver seeing a cake flying through the air slammed on the brakes. The truck was carrying empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the truck onto the road, causing a terrible traffic jam. It took the police an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the truck driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two dogs were enjoying themselves, for they were happily having what was left of the cake.

1.If you want to answer the phone without any trouble, you’d better ___________ .

A．pull out the telephone line when you are with your baby

B．put your baby on the bed and keep an eye on him / her

C．not hurry to answer the phone

D．make sure your baby is not near the table

2.Who is responsible for the accidents that happened on the road?

A．The two drivers who were arguing.

B．It wasn’t mentioned in the passage.

C．The woman driver.

D．The truck driver.

3.From this story we learn that ________.

A．there are many road accidents every day

B．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very strange

C．no one knows why this kind of accident happens

D．the accidents mentioned in the passage are very common

4.The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to ___________.

A．remind us not to answer the phone when we are busy

B．tell us driving is dangerous every day

C．remind us not to be nervous when we meet an accident

D．remind us not to carry a cake when we are sitting in a car

5.The main idea of this passage is that ________.

A．troubles always come in groups

B．accidents may happen anywhere at anytime

C．a telephone call may cause great trouble

D．anyone may have trouble on their way home

Many American schools have a student exchange program with foreign countries. Along with this program,there is usually another one called the“American Host Family”program.As its name suggests,the program gets American families involved in foreign students’ lives in America and offers homes for them.

Foreign students generally welcome such an opportunity to have a“family”here,but there are also those who prefer to stay“homeless”.

Many American families volunteer to host foreign students.However,if there is a shortage of host families,schools also get in touch with local people and introduced foreign students to them.

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A．Studying in the U.S.

B．The“Host Family Program”in the U.S.

C．The“Student Exchange Program”in the U.S.

D．Activities in American Schools

2.What’s the purpose of the“American Host Family program”?

A．To bring foreign students closer to American life.

B．To provide homes for foreign students.

C．To make greater progress in the study of foreign students.

D．To supply“sons”or “daughters”for American families.

3.What can we know about the program from the fourth and fifth paragraphs?

A．Its time,the number of students and families.

B．Its activities,the number of schools and students.

C．Its lengths of time,the number of students and activities.

D．The number of students,the lengths of time and important holidays.

4.We can know from the last paragraph that .

A．foreign students must prepare their home food for their host family

B．not all Chinese students are good cooks in the eyes of Americans

C．it is good manners to invite relatives or friends to taste foreign food

D．Americans are very interested in foreign food

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