I used to quarrel a lot with my parents, but now we _________ fine.

A. look out          B. stay up                    C. carry on           D. get along

Although this ________ sound like a simple task, great care is needed.

A. must B. may              C. shall               D. should

The manager believes prices will not rise by more than __________ four percent.

A. any other   B. the other        C. another             D. other

In some places women are expected to earn money ___ men work at home and raise their children.

A. but             B. while                      C. because            D. though

－Can you show me Mr. Jaffer’s office, please?

－__________.But I don’t know if he is in at the moment.

A. Thanks     B. Go on                      C. Sure                D. You are welcome

We had an anxious couple of weeks ________ for the results of the experiment.

A. wait            B. to be waiting     C. waited             D. waiting

A cough is usually nothing to worry about unless it lasts for ten days ________.

A. or more         B. instead           C. at most           D. only

One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been __1__ me to play chess(棋)with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly __2__ .It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could __3__ my moves, because she __4__ to go to bed, she had to get up at six in the morning. I __5__ she had strict sleeping habits,__6__ I thought she ought to be able to __7__ some of this strictness. I said to her. “__8__, you can stay up late for once. We’re having__9__.” We played on for another fifteen minutes, furring which time she looked __10__. Finally she said,“Please, Daddy, do it quickly.”“No,”I replied.“If you’re going to play it __11__, you’re going to play it slowly.”And so we __12__ for another ten minutes, until __13__ my daughter burst into tears, and __14__ that she was beaten.

Clearly I had made __15__.I had started the evening wanting to have a __16__ time with my daughter but had __17__ my desire to win to become more __18__ than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win __19__ me well. As a parent, I __20__ that it got in my way. So I had to change.

1. A. guiding                   B. asking                C. training                D. advising

2. A. followed                  B. expected              C. replied                 D. accepted

3. A. change                    B. repeat                  C. hurry                  D. pass

4. A. agreed                     B. needed                 C. begged                 D. hated

5. A. knew                      B. leaned                 C. guessed               D. heard

6. A. so                           B. for                    C. but                            D. or

7. A. put up                    B. take up             C. pick up                D. give up

8. A. As usual                 B. Go ahead           C. By the way            D. Come on

9. A. patience                   B. luck                C. fun                      D. success

10. A. excited                  B. proud             C. anxious                  D. angry

11. A. well                      B. proud             C. fairly                     D. regularly

12. A. discussed               B. continued           C. counted                 D. argued

13. A. nervously               B. immediately         C. strangely            D. suddenly

14. A. promised                B. admitted            C. wondered            D. discovered

15. A. a mistake               B. a decision           C. an attempt           D. an effort

16. A. free                    B. different            C. full                 D. happy

17. A. managed                B. recognized          C. allowed             D. reduced

18. A. important             B. attractive            C. practical             D. interesting

19. A. offered                  B. served              C. controlled            D. taught

20. A. realized                     B. apologized       C. imagined            D. explained

The meaning of the word “volunteer” may be a little different in different countries, but it usually means “one who offers his or her services.”There are many different ways in which people can volunteer, such as taking care of sick people, working in homes for homeless children, and picking up garbage(垃圾)from beaches and parks. Volunteers may work within their own countries or in other countries. They are often people with a strong wish to help those who are less fortunate than themselves. Volunteers don’t expect any kind of pay.

At the root of volunteering is the idea that one person may have the ability to offer services that can help other people. Tracy, a good friend of mine, however, recently came back from India with a new idea of what being a volunteer means. She worked for two and a half weeks in one of Mother Teresa’s homes in Calcutta. The following is her story.

“I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school. We watched a video(錄像)about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless love for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I too wanted to try her kind of work.. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks.”

“I was asked to work in a home for sick people .I helped wash clothes and sheets ,and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too weak to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it was better to share with them than to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture(文化)that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.”

1. According to the text, a volunteer refers to a person who ____________.

   A. is willing to help those in need without pay

   B. can afford to travel to different places

   C. has a strong wish to be successful

   D. has made a big fortune in life

2. Tracy started her work as a volunteer _____________.

   A. after she met Mother Teresa

   B. after she finished high school

   C. when she was touring Calcutta

   D. when she was working in a hospital

3. Why did Tracy choose to be a volunteer?

   A. She liked to work with Mother Teresa.

   B. She had already had some experience.

   C. She was asked by Mother Teresa to do so.

   D. She wanted to follow Mother Teresa’s example.

4. What is Tracy’s “new idea” (Paragraph2) of being a volunteer?

   A. Going abroad to help the sick.

   B. Working in Mother Teresa’s home.

   C. Doing simple things to help the poor.

   D. Improving oneself through helping others.

As nanny(保姆), cook, cleaner, shopper, driver, and gardener, she has one of the most demanding jobs in Britain today. And paying someone else to do the shores(家務(wù)活)which take the average housewife 71 hours a week would cost $349.

At overε18,000 a year that’s more than the earnings of 70 percent of the population, including train drivers, firemen, prison officers, and social worker. Looking after a baby less than a year old takes a housewife into an even higher pay league. According to a study, she earns ε457 a week-at nearlyε24,000 a year, the same as teachers ,engineers, and chemists.

Researchers put a price on each chore, and then tried to find out how long the average person takes doing them. They found housewives spend an average 70.7 hours a week on housework-with looking after the children(17.9 hours)and cooking and cleaning (12.3 hours each) the most Time-consuming(費(fèi)時).

A wife with a part-time job still works an average of 59 hours a week at home. Those in full-time employment put in longer hours at home than in the workplace. The good news is that these hours drop sharply as children get older. While the average mother with a child under one puts in 90 hours weekly, the figure drops to 80 hours form one to four and to 66 hours form five to ten.

Mother-of-four Karen Williams form London said, “Paying the housewives may not be practical, but the government should recognize the value of housework, perhaps through the tax. Running a house takes a lot of now and most husbands don’t understand this. For example, my husband only puts a shelf up now and again. He never cleans the kitchen—that’s the real test.”

1. Who earns most according to the text?

   A. A social worker.         B. A fireman.         C. A gardener.       D. A teacher.

2. We learn form the test that looking after children    .

   A. takes more time than doing any other housework

   B. means more duties than being a teacher

   C. requires the mother to be well-educated

   D. prevents the mother form working outside

3. According to the text, a housewife with a baby less than one year old may work      .

   A. 66 hours a week         B. 71 hours a week       C. 80 hours a week       D. 90 hours a week

4. By mentioning her husband, Karen Williams wants to show that        .

   A. housework is no easy job

   B. her husband has no time to clean the kitchen

   C. a housewife needs to be paid for cleaning

   D. the kitchen is hard to clean