My father is a farmer. he lives__1_my mother in a house in a village. It is__2_the town of Ashland.

My father grows rice and__3_.he works very hard. He gets up very__4_every morning. He_5__home at half past six and walks to the field. His work starts at seven o’clock.

He comes__6_home for lunch. He has a short_7__after lunch. Then he goes back to work again. He often__8_his work at a quarter to six. He goes back home at a quarter past six. He usually goes to bed_9__ ten o’clock.. He goes to bed earlier_10__my mother.

    The idea of daylight saving time started with an American named Benjamin Franklin (1706~1790)．He explained how a lot of the money spent on candles used for light (this was before electricity) could be saved if everyone woke up earlier and went to bed earlier.

   Even though Franklin’s idea had a clear meaning，  1  ．Who would?

   It was not until 1907 that an Englishman named William Willet came up with a way to "make" the sun set later．His idea was to turn clocks forward by 20 minutes on each of the four Sundays in April，for a total of 80 minutes．

   William’s idea was laughed at，at first．But when World War I started in 1914，   2  ．

     3 ．The more time you spend outside playing，the less time you are spending in front of the computer or the TV．These things also use energy．

    Also． 4  ．For example，China used it in 1986，but stopped it in1991．That was because the temperatures are quite different from North to South and time from East to West．

    If the people from northwest part of China use daylight saving time，sometimes they have to get up to work when it is not very bright outside．    5  ．

Still, most parts of the world do have daylight saving time，and most people look forward to the extra hour of evening light.

　　The 24th Summer Olympics were held in 1988 in Los Angeles（洛杉矶）. The competitors from the People's Republic of China __(7)__ the games for the first time. The Chinese competitors __(8)__ many medals since then. __(9)__ most of the medals were won by women. We hope men will __(10)__ their best to win more medals.

The old Olympic Games began around the year 776 BC in Greece．Many of the sports  1 the same as they are now．But then women were not  2  to take part in the games．  

The first Olympic Games in modem times happened in 1896．They were  3  in Greece，where the games were born．Both the Summer and Winter Olympics are held every four year．The Winter Olympics are usually held two years  4  the Summer Olympics．

The 24th Summer Olympics were held in 1988 in Los Angeles（洛杉矶）．The competitors from the People’s Republic of China  5  the games for the first time．The Chinese competitors 6  many medals since then．But most of the medals were won by women．We hope men will 7 their best to win more medals．

（    ）1．A．looked            B．had                      C．did                        D．were

（    ）2．A．allowed          B．hoped                  C．prepared                D．agreed

（    ）3．A．held               B．began                  C．begin                     D．hold

（    ）4．A．in front of         B．later                     C．before                    D．earlier

（    ）5．A．took part in       B．went to                C．played with            D．joined

（    ）6．A．have won         B．are winning            C．had won                 D．won

（    ）7．A．work              B．train                    C．compete                 D．do

阅读理解

　　Wang Fei can speak English quite well because she works very hard at it. One day, her teacher, Mr Wu asked her to come to his office and said, “There will be a story-telling contest(竞赛) next week, Wang Fei. Would you like to take part in it?”

　　Wang Fei wanted to go, so she asked what she had to do. Mr Wu told her that she had to tell an English story in front of the whole school. Mr Wu said：“If you try your best, I'm sure you'll win.”

　　Wang Fei decided to have a try.

　　On Sunday night, she stayed up late to get ready for her story for the contest. It was an interesting story, she didn't go to bed until midnight. On Monday morning, she overslept(睡过头). When she woke up, it was already seven o'clock. She did some washing quickly. Then she had a light breakfast. After that she ran all the way to her school.

　　It was a warm morning, so Wang Fei felt very hot when she reached school. Mr Wu was waiting outside the school hall, he looked very worried.

　　“Why are you so late, Wang Fei?” he asked.

　　“Sorry, Mr Wu, I woke up late.” Wang Fei said.

　　“The contest will start in a minute. Remember, speak slowly and clearly.” Mr Wu said.

　　Wang Fei remembered his words. She told her story very well. In the end, she came out first.

　　“You have done very well. Congratulations!” said the teacher. “All is well that ends well. But remember, don't oversleep again!”

1．Wang Fei works hard at ________.

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2．Wang Fei will be in ________ next week.

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3．On Sunday night, Wang Fei went to bed ________.

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4．At last, Wang Fei ________.

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5．Choose the best title for the passage.

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A．Who was first

B．All's well that ends well

C．Wang Fei learns English best

D．An English contest