Sunday is more like Monday tham it used to be,Places of busness that used to keep daytime“business hours”are now open late into the night．And on the Internet,the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant(不相关的)．A half century ago in the United states,most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work,school time and summer time,Today the bundaries still exist,but they seem not clear．
The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday;in most,it no longer does, It used to keep the schools open in all scasons except summer, in most,it still does．And whether the work week should strengthen its legal limits,or whether it should become more“flexible”is often debated,How should we, as a society,organize our time?Should we go even further in relaxing the boundaries of time until we live in a world in which evey minute is much like every other?
These are not easy questions even to ask,．Part of the difficulty is that we rarely recognize the“law of time”even when we meet it face to face．Ww know as children that we have to attend school a certain number of hours, a ceryain number of days,a certain number of years－but unless we meet the truant officer(学监),we may well think that we should go to school due to social custom and parcnts’demand rather than to the law．,As adults we are familiar with“extra pay for overtime working．”but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes(构成)“overtime”is a matter of legal definition．,When we turn the clock forward to start daylight－saving time,have we ever thought to ourselves;“Here is the law in action”?As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great infuence on how organize and use time：compulsory education law,overtime law,and daylight－saving law- as well as law about Sunday closing,holidays,being late to work, time zones,and so on．Once we begin to look for it, we will have no trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess．
(1)
By saying“Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be,”the writer means that ________．
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A．
work time is equal to rest time
B．
mant people have a day off on Monday,
C．
it is hard for people to decide when to rest
D．
the line between work time and rest time is unclcar
(2)
The author raises the questions in Paragraph 2 to intuoduce the fact that people ________．
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A．
fail to make full use of their time
B．
enjoy working overtime for extra pay
C．
are unaware of the law of time
D．
welcome flexible working hours
(3)
According to the passage,most children tend to believe that they go to school because they ________．
Peter King, 15, and Mary King, 13, went to see a doctor．Peter had a bad cold, so the doctor gave him some pills to take．Mary had a bad cough, so the doctor gave her some cough medicine．
There are the words on the bottle of the medicine：
Cough Medicine
Shake well before use．
Take three times daily after meals．
At one time：adults－2 teaspoonfuls
Children 8＝14 1 teaspoonful
Children 4－7 1/2 teaspoonful
Not suitable for children below the age of 4
Store in a cold place．
Use before Oct．2007．
(1)
Mary should take _________ in a day．
[ ]
A．
2 teaspoonfuls
B．
3 teaspoonfuls
C．
4 teaspoonfuls
D．
1 teaspoonful
(2)
The medicine should be kept in _________．
[ ]
A．
a refrigerator
B．
hot water
C．
any place
D．
the sun
(3)
Mary should _________ before she takes some．
[ ]
A．
shake the medicine well
B．
eat her meals
C．
do some exercises
D．
drink something
(4)
People aged _________ cannot take the cough medicine．
[ ]
A．
80
B．
l5
C．
20
D．
3
(5)
Mary or mother should _________ the medicine left after Oct．2007．
[ ]
A．
throw away
B．
take two times more
C．
stop to take
D．
take three times more
阅读理解
Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel．Green said,“Clearly I am the most important．I am the sign of life and hope．I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves．Without me, all animals would 1 ．”
Blue interrupted,“You only think about the 2 , but consider the sky and the sea． 3 the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea．Without my peace, you would all be 4 ．”
Yellow chuckled(笑道),“You are all so serious．I bring laughter, fun, and 5 into the world．”
Orange started next to blow her trumpet,“I am the color of health and strength．I may be 6 , but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life．When I fill the sky 7 , my beauty is so striking that no one gives another 8 to any of you．”
Red could stand it 9 and he shouted out,“I am the ruler of all of you．I am the color of danger and of bravery．I am willing to 10 truth．I am also the color of passion and of love．”
Then came Purple and Indigo(深蓝)…．
The colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own 11 ．Their quarreling became louder and louder．Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder．Rain started to pour down 12 ．The colors crouched(蜷缩)down 13 , drawing close to one another for comfort．
In the midst of the clamor(叫嚷), rain began to speak,“You foolish colors, fighting 14 yourselves, each trying to dominate 15 ．Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, 16 ?Join hands with 17 and come to me．”
Doing as they were told, the colors 18 and joined hands．They formed a colorful rainbow．From then on, whenever a good rain 19 the world, a rainbow appears in the sky．They remember to 20 one another．
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