We often think about why money disappeared so quickly. That may be because we didn’t have a good budget. A budget is a plan to control where your money goes. A good budget can help you use money wisely. For example, it can help you save money for the things that you want but can’t pay for now. Have a look at the budget of Simon’s family this month and you will get a clear idea about what a budget is. The income(收入) of Simon’s family a month is RMB6,000.

Entertainment( sports, films and music, etc.)	4%
Clothing ( shoes, seasonal wear, etc.)	10%
Transportation (bus, underground and train fares.)	12%
Saving	10%
“Just in case (急用) fund”	2%
Housing ( rent, cost of electricity, water, heating, gas )	30%
Food (meal, fruit and snacks, drinks )	20%
Medical care (hospital bills and medicine)	12%

【小题1】Sometimes money disappeared so quickly maybe because________.

A．we lost it

B．we didn’t have a good budget

C．we put it in the bank

D．we gave it away to others

【小题2】The underlined word “budget ”probably means _______ in Chinese.

A．预算

B．缘故

C．过程

D．结果

【小题3】Every month Simon’s family can get _________.

A．RMB3,000

B．RMB 4,000

C．RMB 6,000

D．RMB 9,000

【小题4】Simon’s family will pay _________for food this month.

A．RMB 600

B．RMB 800

C．RMB 1,000

D．RMB 1,200

【小题5】Simon’s family will spend the most money on _______ this month.

A．clothing

B．medical care

C．housing

D．transportation

任务型阅读 请根据材料内容，完成各题。（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

Want to be a volunteer?

Here is some information about volunteers.

A volunteer is someone who is willing to do something without being paid. The year 2001 was the International Year of the Volunteer. 2005 was the UK Year of the Volunteer.

Some volunteers work for clinical trials(临床试验) or other scientific research. (1)Some are even willing to donate their bodies to medical research after their death.

An online volunteer is a person who spends time and effort with an organization through an online connection. A great number of people round the world are online volunteers. Online volunteers can provide help in many fields. The practice of offering online help goes by other names.

There are many chances for people to donate their services using the Internet. Online volunteers can do a variety of tasks. Anyone can (2)__________ his spare time online (3)_________ some help for people in need as an online volunteer. Are you ready to be an online volunteer?

根据短文内容完成下列各题。

1.What is a volunteer?

______________________________________________________

2.将(1)句译成汉语。

______________________________________________________

3.在(2)处，(3)处填上适当的词。

(2)____________________ (3)____________________

4.写出该句的同意句。Help can be provided by online volunteers in many fields.

______________________________________________________

5.找出本文的中心句。

_____________________________________________________

 

For most people, the word "fashion (时尚)" means "clothes". But people may ask the question, "What clothes are in fashion?" And they use the word "fashionable" in the same way:
"She was wearing a fashionable coat. His shirt was really a fashionable colour. "
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs ... and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will see that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.
Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.
【小题1】Most people think that "fashion" means __________.

A．subjects

B．holidays

C．books

D．clothes

【小题2】By          we can see that fashions change as time goes.

A．finding a job

B．looking at pictures

C．eating in a restaurant

D．wearing a fashionable coat

【小题3】In the 5th paragraph the writer mentions            kinds of ways to send information.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

【小题4】"There is money in fashion" means

A．people like fashion and money

B．fashionable things are expensive

C．one can make money through fashion

D．a fashionable man makes much money

【小题5】The passage is mainly about              .

A．the changes of fashions

B．the kinds of colours

C．the money in fashion

D．the differences between houses

Have you ever wondered what goes through your mind when you choose where to sit in a new classroom? Or in a waiting room full of strangers? Or on a bus? Researchers have found out some interesting facts.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, we prefer to sit closer to people like ourselves. Girls sit by girls and boys sit by boys. Adults sit together and young people choose another young person to sit near. But it goes further than this. We even choose to sit near someone who looks like us. People with glasses are more likely to sit near other people with glasses. People with long hair sit closer to other people with long hair.
We seem to believe that people with similar habits or hobbies will share similar attitude and we are more likely to be accepted by people like ourselves or even, we think we may be safer with people who look like us. Sometimes that’s true but it's a pity if we always stick to the same people, the same group. The danger in always staying in our comfort zone (舒适区)is that we just recycle the same opinions, the same tastes and the same ideas. We lose the chance to learn something new, find out about interesting things, hear funny stories and discover difference.?
When we always stick to the same people, how can we ever break down the barriers which prevent us from getting to know people with different ideas? And how can we avoid the ignorance (无知),which too often leads to prejudice (偏见) and even fear? If instead you want to live in a society that opens to changes and new things and different opinions, be the cat among the pigeons.
Move out of your comfort zone. Go and sit next to someone different. And don't just sit there in silence. Say hello. Ask a question. Start a conversation. That’s how we make friends. That’s how we learn about people. That’s how we open our minds to new ideas. That's how we live an exciting life.
【小题1】From the passage, we know that people prefer sitting by someone who

A．is like themselves

B．has a sense of humor?

C．is open-minded

D．lives an exciting life

【小题2】People like staying in their comfort zone because they may

A． remain comfortable and special

B． be accepted easily and feel safe

C． find out more interesting things

D．discover differences among themselves

【小题3】What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To tell us just to be ourselves in social life.

B．To introduce ways to learn about the world.

C．To explain how people communicate with others.

D．To encourage us to meet people of different kinds.

Different colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In a new programme “Colour me Healthy”, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are. 
“Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?” says Verity. “Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. It’s never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products(产品)as being a bit unpleasant. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design（设计）new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.”
During the programme, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each part. She meets people who work in the colour industry, from people who design food packages, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to prove their ideas, such as the American “Colour Doctor” who believes that serious diseases can be treated successfully by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results. 
Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the programme, it’s up to you to make your own decisions about how much you should believe.
【小题1】What’s Verity’s opinion about colours?

A．Colours help people choose products.

B．Different people prefer different colours.

C．Colours have influences on people in many ways.

D．People working in colour industry know little about colours.

【小题2】What can you infer from Paragraph 2?

A．Colours influence people’s feelings and opinions.

B．People get ideas for new products from colours.

C．New products are popular because of colours.

D．Most companies prefer bright colours.

【小题3】The underlined part “goes out of her way” probably means ______.

A．feels very pleased

B．makes a special effort

C．goes on in her own way

D．carries on very slowly

【小题4】 What’s the passage mainly about?

A．How people use colours.

B．How colours influence people.

C．What happens in a programme.

D．What makes a programme believable.