During the week days,  they are luckily busy office people; but on weekends, they are just a brood of（一窩）stay-home animals. A recent survey shows that office workers in China prefer quiet and easy ways to spend their weekends.
In the survey, conducted by job seeking and offering website Zhaopin.com, 32.8 percent of the 6,000 respondents choose to stay home at weekends and have a good rest, the Beijing Morning Post reported.
Twenty percent use their days-off to do housework. And only 19.3 percent are willing to have fun during the break time from work. Their first choice of fun is shopping.
Other choices, though practiced by few, include meeting friends, accompanying the children, trips to the suburbs, and lessons for more skills.
When they. go shopping, 54.5 percent of the white-collars actually shop in supermarkets, while 27.9. percent attend other stores, especially when discounts are offered.
These activities don't seem to cost much, as 60 percent spend average less than 200 yuan (US$26) during weekends, and 30 percent no more than 500 yuan.
When asked whom they would spend the weekends with, about 40 percent mention their partners, and 30 percent prefer a weekend all by themselves. Less than 20 percent hang out with friends.
Only 5.8 percent would kill the time with their colleagues. This is because we tend to avoid too many personal contacts with our co-workers when we don't have to work with them, according to some experts.
小題1: How many of the office workers who are the respondents do the housework at weekends?

A．1,968.

B．1,158.

C．1,200.

D．1,674.

小題2:Why will less than ten percent of office workers kill the time with their colleagues at weekends?

A．Because they can't spare time to play with them.

B．Because they tend to avoid too many personal contacts with hem when they don't have to.

C．Because. they have many things to deal with at weekends.

D．Because some experts suggest they should not keep in touch with their colleagues.

小題3:Which of the following is TRUE according to the survey?

A．There is the same percentage about people preferring a weekend all by themselves and people spending no more than 500 yuan during weekends.

B．Most office workers can’t afford things in supermarkets, so they prefer to attend other stores, especially when discounts are offered.

C．More than one fifth of office workers like to hang out with friends.

D．All the office workers prefer to relax themselves and no one is willing to learn more skills.

小題4: What is the best title of the passage?

A．How to spend the weekends

B．Several ways of spending their weekends for office people

C．How to go shopping on the weekends for office people

D．Office people prefer easy weekends

Why do 33% of the households in the USA have cats? And how do you explain why there are 16 million more pet cats than dogs? Yes, kittens are adorable （討人喜歡的）．Yes, they can grow up to be good mousers and are very entertaining to watch．And yes, cats are independent and don't require as much care as dogs．But research shows cats can also be caretakers for us and our families, improve our health and teach us and our children to be kinder, gentler souls．
Theodora Wesselman is 94 and has lived the past two years with her elderly cat, Cleo, at TigerPlace, a retirement community in Columbia, Mo．Their enduring friendship is a classic example of how humans and animals can become family and look out for each other．
Wesselman visits other residents, and her children stop by, but Cleo is her best friend, she says．They've been together nearly 21 years．
"She sleeps on her own pillow right beside mine," Wesselman says．"In the morning, she pecks on my cheek to wake me up．It's really sweet．I pet her, tell her I love her and take her to the kitchen to prepare her food．"
Research shows that being able to care for a pet improves our morale （士氣;精神狀態(tài)）, helps validate us and encourages us to take care of ourselves, says Rebecca Johnson, director of the University of Missouri's Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction．The body of research is leading more retirement communities and universities to roll out the welcome mat for pets．
小題1:According to the context, where do you think the sentence “They start and end the day together” should appear in the passage?

A．Between para．1 and para．2	B．Between para．2 and para．3
C．Between para．3 and para．4	D．Between para．4 and para．5

小題2:Which of the following words best describe the author’s attitude towards keeping pet cats?

A．Favorable

B．Critical

C．Reserved

D．Doubtful

小題3:Why does the author take 94-year-old Theodora Wesselman as an example in the passage?

A．To show that the elderly like Theodora Wesselman in the USA have pet cats．

B．To suggest to what degree humans and pet cats can be caretakers for each other．

C．Because Theodora Wesselman has been living with a pet cat for the past two years．

D．Because Theodora Wesselman pets her cat Cleo and tells her she loves her．

小題4:What does “to roll out the welcome mat for pets” in the last paragraph imply?

A．To give a special welcome to pets．

B．To make the welcome mat flat on the ground for pets．

C．To open out the welcome mat for pets to sleep．

D．To wrap the welcome mat to make room for pets．

EBay will launch an online group gift-buying service today designed to make it easier for several people to chip in, buy and pay for gifts using their social-network and e-mail contacts．
EBay North America Vice President Christopher Payne says it is going to be a major step forward in social commerce, which is the still-small practice of selling products through social networks．Online retail experts aren't as certain, but eBay says the new tool makes it easier for friends and relatives to chip in （湊錢） for gifts because it eliminates the headache of collecting contributions．It can also be used for family members to pitch in to buy, say, an expensive child seat for a mother．
Anything on eBay that's available immediately, rather than up for bid, can be purchased this way starting today at groupgifts．eBay．com．If members of an extended family wanted to buy a gift for one member, one person would choose a gift — or have one recommended by eBay — and invite family members to chip in using Facebook or e-mail．Those who wanted to join in would choose an amount to contribute （or agree to pay a requested amount） and pay using either PayPal or a credit card．They could also add a personal note．
If enough people don't chip in, the organizer can ask people to contribute more or choose a less expensive gift．
"I see myself using this most in cases when I typically might not buy someone what they want because of price," says Nitzan Shaer of Boston, who was part of an online test of the site．
EBay, with its 200 million products, millions of sellers and mobile commerce proficiency, is a logical place to pull together the products, groups of buyers and payment tools, Payne says．
At least 12 sites, such as FrumUs．com and eDivvy．com, facilitate （便于,利于） group purchases but don't sell products．Although a handful of retailers, including Victoria's Secret and 1-800-Flowers, sell products through Facebook, Payne says he expects social commerce will take off as rapidly as shopping using mobile devices．EBay did more than $600 million in sales on mobile devices last year and expects mobile sales to increase to $1．5 billion this year．
Although one in five consumers surveyed said they'd used Facebook for shopping in the past year, 88% said they would not be buying holiday gifts through a social network, mobile phone or smartphone．Of these, 26% were reluctant because of security or privacy concerns, and 20% were unclear about the benefits of using phones or Facebook to shop．
小題1:What procedure should be followed if your extended family intends to buy your grandpa an 80^th birthday gift?
①Asking family members to contribute more money if enough members don’t chip in
②Choosing a gift at groupgifts．eBay．com
③Paying using PayPal or a credit card
④Contributing or agreeing to pay a requested amount of money via Facebook or e-mail

A．②-①-③-④	B．①-③-②-④
C．②-④-①-③	D．②-③-④-①

小題2:Where can we most probably read this text?

A．In a research paper	B．In a travel magazine
C．In a microblog	D．On a website

小題3:What does “it” mean in the 2^nd paragraph?

A．The online group gift-buying service

B．People’s social-network and e-mail contacts

C．A major step forward in social commerce

D．The still-small practice of selling products through social networks

小題4:It can be inferred from the text that ______．

A．through eBay’s new tool, 200 million products on eBay are available to online shoppers

B．social commerce can eliminate the headache of collecting contributions

C．eBay’s new tool will gain mass adoption by online shoppers

D．with the help of eBay’s new tool, FrumUs．com and eDivvy．com will also sell products

Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, people never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making instruments. In his free time he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. People called him a dreamer.
One day Merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think. He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin had an idea. He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.
Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be very surprised.
On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyone was really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with all eyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise. But nobody forgot Merlin’s wonderful entrance after that.
小題1:The story tells us that people began to enjoy roller-skating _______.          

A．before the year 1750	B．before the invitation
C．because of Joseph Merlin	D．because it was dangerous

小題2:People called Merlin a dreamer because ___________.        

A．he slept and dreamed a lot	B．he was full of different ideas
C．he was a talented violinist	D．he always made people’s dreams come true

小題3:___________ made Merlin think of skating on wheels.

A．Merlin’s work

B．Merlin’s violin

C．A huge mirror

D．An important party

小題4:What was Merlin’s problem after he rolled into the room?

A．He couldn’t stop his roller-skating.	B．He couldn’t attract a lot of attention.
C．Everyone was surprised at him.	D．He couldn’t play the violin while rolling.

小題5:The text is mainly about_________.

A．a(chǎn) strange man

B．a(chǎn)n unusual party

C．how roller skating began

D．how people enjoyed themselves in the 18th century

No one would be willing to pay one-third of the price for the packaging or wrapping of what he or she purchases. But over-packaging has become a disease that leads to an __50__ waste of resources and __51__ environmental pollution.
The wasted packaging materials are __52__ to be worth about 280 billion yuan annually. And such packages and wrappings thrown away by customers __53__ up half of the volume of solid waste in cities. __54__, it is high time that regulations were __55__ to stop enterprises from spending too much on unnecessary packaging and wrapping.
To produce paper packaging or wrapping, many more trees have to be cut down. Over-packaging also limits the interest of consumers when they have to spend quite a high percentage on something that they will have to throw into the dustbin. The simple truth is that the more a producer spends on packaging, the __56__ the products it sells will be.
Product packaging and wrapping used to be very simple 30 years ago. "Shabby" was the word many had used to __57__ the way Chinese products were packaged. And shabby packaging was blamed for making Chinese products __58__ in the international market.
It is __59__ to pay enough attention to packaging or wrapping products in such a manner that they can be __60__ to customers' eyes. But that does not definitely justify that packaging should even outshine what is inside.
In the Chinese proverb, “maidu huanzhu,” the buyer returns the pearl and just keeps the case because the __61__ is too fancy and luxurious. It not only laughs at the poor __62__ of the buyer, but also criticizes the unnecessary __63__ the seller has made in making the case. Another message from the proverb is that over-packaging helps cultivate an __64__ consuming attitude - to buy fancy-looking stuff but not what they really need.

小題1:	A．enormous B．a(chǎn)vailable C．invisible D．illegal

小題2:	A．results from B．contributes to C．depends on D．calls for

小題3:	A．predicted B．required C．a(chǎn)cknowledged D．estimated

小題4:	A．look B．hold C．make D．a(chǎn)dd

小題5:	A．However B．Therefore C．Otherwise D．Furthermore

小題6:	A．observed B．broken C．a(chǎn)dopted D．forbidden

小題7:	A．better B．more expensive C．cheaper D．more useful

小題8:	A．recommend B．praise C．consider D．criticize

小題9:	A．popular B．impressive C．unattractive D．qualified

小題10:

A．ridiculous B．incredible C．unnecessary D．reasonable

小題11:

A．a(chǎn)ccustomed B．a(chǎn)ppealing C．similar D．grateful

小題12:

A．former B．next C．other D．latter

小題13:

A．judgment B．eyesight C．a(chǎn)ppetite D．health

小題14:

A．contributions B．efforts C．progress D．use

小題15:

A．unfamiliar B．unhealthy C．unnatural D．unavoidable

Moral science is taught as a subject in most schools but with little effect. Perhaps part of the problem lies in the fact that morality is not a science, strictly speaking. It is too much of a social phenomenon, and also has too much of the personal and subjective things mixed within. Besides, morality itself changes with generations, so it is impossible to be printed in a normal textbook.
I remember sitting through forty minutes of moral lessons, which told stories about little children who never told lies and were rewarded for their goodness. It had little effect and left no impression on me, though.
If moral science has to be taught as a subject in schools, it needs a participatory approach. When you tell a child about moral, you also have to deal with social norms( 社會規(guī)范) and cultural differences. You have to explain that morality can be subjective, and be able to co-exist in society. You will probably have to refer to the morals at the present time.
The best way to tell a child how to live is to show him what is valued. If a child likes his friend, you have to make the child think about why. Once the child notices and recognizes goodness in others, he or she is likely to develop it as well.
In fact, children learn most of their morals by watching people around them. They absorb behaviour patterns from teachers and older students. They watch to see what is rewarded and who is punished. They learn on the sports field and through social work. Moral science lessons should simply consist of letting them live and interact, and watch you support correct values and reward good behaviour.
小題1:Which is NOT the reason that moral science is taught in schools with little effect?

A．Morality doesn’t belong to a science

B．Morality is more like a social phenomenon.

C．Different generations have different moral ideas.

D．Morality can’t be written down in textbooks.

小題2: The author describes his own experience of learning moral lessons in order to                .

A．explain that telling lies is not moral for little children

B．a(chǎn)dvise that people should be rewarded for their goodness

C．prove that moral lessons in schools have little effect

D．show that he has no impression of moral science

小題3:When you tell a child about morals, you should               .

A．teach him to share personal moral ideas with others

B．tell him about social norms and cultural differences

C．explain that nobody can influence his moral ideas

D．say that the morals at the present time will be changed

小題4:What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The best way of teaching children about morals.

B．The value of teachers setting a good example.

C．The influence of people’s behavior on morals.

D．The importance of rewarding good behavior.

Nowadays, a hospital always manages to keep its beds full. This is good on the one hand, and it’s bad on   36  hand.
One day, I went to see a sick friend at the hospital. I first went to the   37  desk, where I could get a permit to visit the patient.
  38  I could ask which room my friend was in, the lady set down my name, age, filled out a form and   39  a bell. I was just about to tell her what I was coming for when two men arrived with a wheelchair,   40  me in it and pushed me down the hall.
“I’m not   41 ,” I shouted. “I’m just looking for a friend.”
“When he comes,” one man said, “we’ll   42  him up to your room.”
In a minute I   43  myself in a small room. In no time they undressed me and covered some other things   44  me. One man said “If you need anything, press the button.”
“I want to get my   45  back.” I begged.
“Oh, you can   46  us,” a voice said, “Even if the   47  happens, we will see that your wife will get everything.” They left and locked the door   48  them.
I was trying to think of how to escape by the door when Dr. Ward came in with several of his   49 .
“Thank God you finally came,” I said.
“It hurts that badly?” he asked.
“No, on the contrary, I am not ill   50 .”
Dr. Ward looked   51 . “If you don’t feel any pain, that means it’s much more   52  than we expected.” Then he turned to his students, “This is the most difficult kind of patient to deal with because he refuses to   53  that he is ill. __54__ he won’t tell us where it hurts, he will never be well again until we find the hurt out for   55  by doing exploratory surgery (手術(shù)探查) .”

小題1:	A．a(chǎn)nother B．other C．the other D．others

小題2:	A．meeting B．office C．information D．medicine

1,3,5

小題3:	A．Before B．Until C．While D．When

小題4:	A．beat B．rang C．struck D．took

小題5:	A．pushed B．placed C．pulled D．invited

小題6:	A．well B．sick C．good D．healthy

小題7:	A．command B．carry C．send D．order

小題8:	A．found B．realized C．felt D．understood

小題9:	A．on B．from C．up D．to

小題10:

A．money B．friend C．clothes D．form

小題11:

A．upset B．expect C．wonder D．believe

小題12:

A．best B．hardest C．worst D．easiest

小題13:

A．behind B．before C．beside D．by

小題14:

A．friends B．students C．relatives D．teachers

小題15:

A．a(chǎn)t al B．in all C．a(chǎn)fter all D．a(chǎn)bove all

小題16:

A．excited B．worried C．satisfied D．surprised

小題17:

A．interesting B．comfortable C．serious D．pleasant

小題18:

A．a(chǎn)dd B．settle C．concern D．recognize

小題19:

A．Before B．Since C．When D．As soon as

小題20:

A．himself B．themselves C．yourselves D．ourselves

Child labor — the employment of children in industry, often against their will — has been a problem for many years. Over a hundred years ago, Charles Dickens shocked many of his readers when he described the conditions under which young children worked in British factories. The conditions Dickens described continue almost unchanged today in many parts of the world. The only difference is that today employment of children is confined（limited）to small industries and family businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and particularly farms, rather than to large factories.
Girls suffer more from child labor practices than boys. Many of them are forced to start work when they are only ten years old. Although the work they are given to do is often light, it is often harmful to the health. Recently, children as young as six years were found to be working in Asian factories, and the children were working from eight to fourteen hours a day in overcrowded and unhealthy working conditions. Sometimes a whole family group is employed, with the payment going to a parent or older relative. The children not only receive nothing or very little for their long hours of work, but also they are prevented from attending school. Therefore, when they become older they are unable to do any other kind of work.
The solution to the problem of child labor is clearly better laws to protect young children, greater supervision（監(jiān)督）of industry and heavier fines for those who break the laws. Only in this way can young boys and girls be allowed to enjoy the most valuable time of their lives—childhood.
小題1:Which’s the main idea of the first paragraph?

A．Children are often willing to work in large factories.

B．Most children are working in British factories.

C．The poor working conditions of child labor in Dickens’ novel.

D．The working conditions for children are similar to those a hundred years ago.

小題2:Girls’ work is ____.

A．not harmful to the health though it is heavy

B．not harmful to the health because it is light

C．harmful to the health though it is light.

D．harmful to the health because it is heavy

小題3:Young children go to work ____.

A．because they are forced to	B．in order to be skillful in a certain kind of work
C．in order to be paid well	D．in order to earn money for education

小題4:To solve the problem of child labor, the writer suggests the following BUT ____.

A．looking over factories more closely

B．raising their payment and improving the system of education

C．improving laws of protecting children’s interests

D．punishing lawbreakers with severer fines

For most students, school is over and summer fun is here. Even kids who are going to summer school don't need to be cooped up indoors during these bright sunny days. Why? Thanks to technology, many kids now have the option of attending "virtual" summer schools online.
These "virtual" classes are not new. Many colleges and universities offer online courses where the students never meet; they correspond with their teachers and classmates on the web. Even some traditional schools add to daily classes with internet-based assignments and feedback.
There are a lot of benefits to online schooling, and that's why public schools have started participating in this non-traditional type of education. Instead of students riding the bus, going to class, eating lunch at school, and going home in the early afternoon, they can now log on（登錄）at any time of day or night and learn. This flexible online option requires just as much work and participation as normal summer school. However, the timing is different.
Online summer school is not for all students, just like it isn’t for all adults. The student needs to be an excellent reader in order to obtain as much information as possible from the lectures. In addition, students must understand computers and be self motivated（激發(fā)）in order to complete the class successfully.
If the students meet these requirements, then online summer school has many advantages. Written lectures can be read and reread until the student understands them. The students can email each other and the teacher if they need help. Students who participate in online summer school often earn higher grades because the teachers can answer more questions without slowing down the entire class progress. And because of this new technology, summer school students can still go to the beach, travel around the world, and take family vacations!
小題1:Online schooling has the following advantages and benefits EXCEPT ____. 

A．Students needn’t have as much work or participation as in traditional schools.

B．Students don’t have to go to school in crowded buses.

C．Students can have more time to understand the lessons.

D．Teachers and students have more time to arrange their own things flexibly.

小題2:What does the underlined word “option” probably mean? 

A．chance of expressing opinion	B．chance of expressing wishes
C．right of demanding	D．right of choosing

小題3:Online summer school is not suitable for ____.  

A．a(chǎn)dults or children who are too old

B．students who are poor in reading

C．those who don’t master good computer technology

D．students who can’t finish homework on their own

小題4:Which of the following people is most supposed to choose online schooling?  

A．A child in the kindergarten.	B．A primary school student.
C．A government office clerk.	D．A child whose parents are working.

Many businesses today use conferences as a means of discussing new plans for company. As people are paying more attention to the environment and green problems, more businesses are looking for ways to reduce their negative effect on the environment. Many businesses do this by using web conferencing.
Web conferencing is a technology that allows people to communicate more effectively over the Internet. It is an easy way of hosting and attending conferences without having to leave the office. Each of the people involved in a web conference will be posted an invitation to the conference with the time and date of the web conference on it. When the conference is ready to begin, all participants (參與者) must sit at their computer and they will be connected over the Internet.
Obviously, in doing this no fuel is used in traveling to and from a conference, and less work time is taken up in attending a conference.
Any material to be used during the web conference is simply e-mailed to all the participants before the conference. This not only saves paper but also greatly reduces mailing cost for the business.
As a conference hall or business center isn’t being used, it means that the only power that is used is the power used by the participants’ personal computers. Similarly conference organizers don’t have to arrange for food or overnight accommodation (住宿) for participants. All this means that less energy is used.
Many companies actively do many things to reduce their negative impact (影響) on the environment. So web conferencing is much cheaper and greener and more people are willing to host and attend a web conference.
小題1:What is the passage mainly about?

A．Ways of protecting the environment.

B．Green benefits of web conference.

C．Ways of hosting a web conference.

D．Impacts of web conferencing on costs.

小題2:According to paragraph 1, many companies use web conferencing because they________.

A．a(chǎn)re interested in using any new technology

B．believe that web conferencing is more convenient

C．want to do something to protect the environment

D．haven’t enough money to hold a traditional conference

小題3:Web conferencing has all of the following advantages EXCEPT _________.

A．saving time	B．promoting understanding
C．saving energy	D．saving paper

小題4:The participants of a web conference_________.

A．will be e-mailed an invitation before the conference

B．a(chǎn)re required to sit in the office together

C．will receive many paper materials

D．must have access to the Internet