Here are some facts about homes in the United States and the people who live in them. In the early 1990s, about 50% of the Americans owned their homes and the rest rented (租) their homes. The rented homes were usually apartments (公寓).

74% of the people in the US make their homes in or around cities. 26% live in the country. Dogs live in about 40% of all homes in the US. About half that number have cats.

Families in the US are becoming smaller. On the average (平均), 2.64 people lived at home in early 1990s. In 1960, the average was 3.5.

Half of the teenagers in the US have their own bedrooms.

An American moves, on the average, twelve times in his or her life. In Japan a person moves about five times, and in England a person moves eight times.

1.Most Americans live ________, according to the passage.

     A. in or around the cities                            B. in cities

   C. around cities                                         D. in the country

2.How many American families own a cat?

     A. About 40%.                                         B. About 20%.

   C. About 74%.                                          D. About 26%.

3.On the average, there were ________ people in an American family in 1994.

     A. more than 3                                          B. only 3.5

   C. less than 2                                            D. about 2.64

4. ________ in the US have their own bedrooms.

     A. All of the people                                   B. Most of the children

   C. Half of the teenagers                             D. Only some of the teenagers

5.What can we learn from the passage?

      A. In the early 1990s, most of the Americans owned their homes.

      B. Families in the US are becoming bigger and bigger.

      C. A Japanese moves more often than an American.    

      D. An American moves more often than an Englishman.

Many people think that we will do more work if we spend more time.So students have to spend the whole day doing their schoolwork except during the   61  .We can often see that students are busy with their schoolwork   62  at school and at home.

Students today usually have many   63 .They love music and sports.They like   64  TV.A two-day weekend can get them away from too much schoolwork, and they can have a   65  time.But because of too much schoolwork, they have no time to enjoy   66 .Students really don’t like their weekend homework, so they usually don’t like doing their weekend homework   67  Sunday night.And because there is not   68  time for so much work, students usually finish it in a hurry.The poor weekend homework often makes teachers   69 .Too much schoolwork also   70  students lose interest in learning.

A horse runs faster after a rest.We should give students less homework and more free time.

1.                A．parties         B．meals          C．films D．classes

2.                A．a(chǎn)ll             B．either          C．neither   D．both

3.                A．sports          B．interests        C．exercises D．problems

4.                A．watching        B．watches        C．watch    D．to watching

5.                A．bad            B．good           C．glad D．sad

6.                A．ours           B．your           C．theirs    D．themselves

7.                A．on            B．a(chǎn)fter           C．until D．when

8.                A．enough         B．good           C．weak D．necessary

9.                A．happy          B．pleased         C．a(chǎn)ngry D．a(chǎn)ngrily

10.               A．does           B．makes          C．takes D．leaves

Mrs. Green is a nurse. She lives in England. Her husband(丈夫) Mr. Green is a Japanese  56  at a high school. They have   57  kids: one is a son   58  his name is John. They also have two   59 : Lucy and Lily. This year they have another(另一個(gè)) baby. Mr. and Mrs. Green love her very much. But they have their work, so a woman looks   60  the young baby. She is new here. 
A neighbour（鄰居）  61  the baby. She likes her very much.
“Look at the baby,” she says. “She looks very cute! I think she   62  Mr. Green. They
  63  have big eyes. But what’s her name?”
“  64 ,” the woman says. “She is only five months(月) old. You know, she can’t   65 . ”
【小題1】A. student                       B. teacher               C. doctor
【小題2】A. two                   B. three                 C. four
【小題3】A. and                     B. but                  C. so
【小題4】A. sons                          B. daughters            C. brothers
【小題5】A. at                            B. for                C. after 
【小題6】A. finds                    B. studies                C. sees
【小題7】A. looks like                       B. thinks about           C. comes from
【小題8】A. all                        B. both               C. some
【小題9】A. I don’t know      B. That’s all right          C. I think you are right
【小題10】A. tell                         B. speak               C. say 

You may feel interested in students in other countries. Do they have so much homework? What do they do in their free time? People did a survey in China, Japan, South Korea and the US last year. This is the result.

Who studies the hardest?

Chinese students spend the most time in studying. About half of Chinese students spend more than two hours on their homework every day.

Who sleeps most often in class?

Japanese students fall asleep（睡著）in class more often. About 45% of them sometimes doze off in class. It’s 32% in South Korea, 21% in the US and 5% in China.

Who is the most distracted（分心的）?

American students are the most active in class, but also the most distracted. 64.2% of them chat with friends in class. 46.9% of them eat something in class, and 38.9 % of them send e-mails or read other books in class.

What do they do after school?

In their free time, most Chinese students study or surf the Internet. Most American students hang out with their friends. Most Japanese students do exercise. Most South Korean students watch TV.

1.About ____ of Chinese students spend more than 2 hours doing their homework every day.

A．50%             B．45%              C．64.2%            D．38.9%

2. According to the survey, ____ students sleep in class most often.

A．Chinese           B．Japanese          C．American         D．South Korea

3. The underlined phrase “doze off” means ____ in Chinese.

A．聽音樂           B．玩游戲           C．看小說           D．打瞌睡

4. Most American students ____ in class.

A．chat with friends                        B．play games

C．eat something                          D．send e-mails

5. Which of the following sentence in the passage is TRUE?

A．All Chinese students do their homework every day.

B．Some American students send e-mails in class.

C．No Japanese students do exercise.

D．Most American students chat with friends in their free time.

Time flies! We become mature(成熟的) girls or boys, or at least we   56 __we are. At the same time, our parents are no longer young. They   57 __all to us but never look forward to getting anything back. When we are ill in bed, they stay   58 __ us day and night. When we’re hungry, cold or sad, they always offer    59 __.

But what have we done for our parents?   60 __we grow up, we have our own ideas and we believe we are   61 __enough to think and act by ourselves. So we usually dislike their care.  Sometimes we don't listen to them and sometimes even   62 __ them.

We must doing something now, letting them know that we    63 __them, too. We should try our best to understand our parents, and not to make them feel hopeless. In a word, it’s our duty to bring   64 __ to them because that is the sign that we are really mature.

Children are parents’ hopes and we are carrying both our dreams and    65 __.

The happiness of our parents is what we should try to achieve.

1.A. think          B. allow       C. ask                  D. explain    

2.A. get            B. give        C. show             D. take    

3.A. at             B. of           C. with                 D. to   

4.A. money     B. food         C. clothes              D. help    

5.A. If        B. Before      C. Because         D. Though    

6.A. careful     B. old         C. young                D. patient    

7.A. look after  B. argue with      C. cheer up             D. ask for  

8.A. laugh      B. hurt        C. hate                 D. love    

9.A. work        B. money      C. pleasure        D. trouble    

10.A. theirs        B. his         C. hers                 D. mine