From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and  31 themselves. Some watch television or go to the cinema, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own   32  .

There are many different ways to spend our free time.

Almost everyone has some kind of   33  : it may be something from collecting stamps to ____34___ model planes. Some hobbies are very   35 , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth(值得…的)  36 of money, others are valuable(有价值的) only to their owners.

I know a man who has a coin collection worth several   37  dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕见的)fifty-cent piece which   38  him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder(怀疑) if they are worth any money. However,  39  my brother they are quite valuable.

 40  makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping-watching TV and buying things by

phone. Now teleshopping is   1 in Europe. In a number of European countries, people   2 rurn on their TVs and shop for clothes,jewelry,food,and many other things.

Teleshopping is becoming   3 in Europe. The biggest Swedish company sells different kinds of things on TV in European countries,and in one year it can    4  about $100 million. In France there are two teleshopping  5 ,and the French spend about $20 million a year buying things 6 these channels. In Germany,teleshopping was only one channel for an hour every day last year. Now the government 7 opening other channels for teleshopping,including the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German

businessmen hope this new teleshopping will help them sell  8  things.

Some people like teleshopping  9  they can do some shopping without leaving their

homes,espccially in the 10 with heavy traffic.  11at the same time,other Europeans do not like this new way of shopping.They call teleshopping “Junk  12”.They usually  13  the quality of the things sold on TV.

The 14 for high quality makes the European teleshopping companies have to be different from the American companies.   15 will have to be more careful about the quality of the things they sell if they want to make money.

1.A.changing                 B.producing    C.creating          D.starting

2.A.can                   B.muat            C.need                    D.should

3.A.easy              B.popular            C.pleasant         D.fair 

4.A.save                 B.earn                 C.spend               D.lose 

5.A.channels              B.companies        C.business         D.stations

6.A.through               B.on            C.in               D.with 

7.A.suggest               B.agree               C.allow                 D.accept

8.A.least                     B.most             C.less        D.more 

9.A.when                     B.until           C.because      D.unless  

10.A.streets                     B.cities          C.roads      D.villages

11.A.So                     B.But          C.Therefore       D.Or  

12.A.on the air              B.in the air     C.by air        D.off the air 

13.A.look at                  B.laugh at    C.worry about    D.talk about

14.A.need                 B.decision       C.interest         D.rule 

15.A.You              B.We           C.They            D.I  

With a hat by his feet，a blind boy sat on the steps of a building．He held up a sign which said，"I'm blind，please help．"

Only a few people put   1  in the hat．A man was walking by．He   2   some coins into the hat．He then turned the sign  3  ，wrote some words，put the sign back and left．

Soon the hat began to fill up．A lot more people   4  to give money to the blind boy．That afternoon the man came to see   5   things were．The boy recognized his footsteps（脚步声） and asked，"Were you the one who   6  my sign this morning? What did you write?"

The man said，"I only wrote the truth．I said what you said but in a   7  way．" What he had written was，"Today is a beautiful day，  8 I cannot see it．"

Both the   9  told people that the boy was blind．But the first sign simply  10  people to help by throwing some money into the   11  ．The second one，however，told people that they were able to enjoy the  12  of the day，but the boy couldn't   13  he was blind．

There are at least two lessons we can learn   14  this story．First，be thankful for what you have．Someone else has less．Help them if you can．  15  ，be creative．Think differently．There is always a better way!

1．A．eggs                B．coins              C．toys              D．pencils

2．A．got                  B．lost                C．took              D．dropped

3．A．on                   B．off                C．back              D．around

4．A．asked                B．began              C．hoped             D．continued

5．A．how                 B．what              C．whose           D．which

6．A．put                  B．found             C．changed           D．cleaned

7．A．usual                B．simple             C．different           D．dangerous

8．A．as                  B．so                C．for              D．but

9．A．signs                B．men               C．boys              D．lessons

10．A．told                B．took              C．helped             D．ordered

11．A．bag                B．hat                C．pocket            D．basket

12．A．food               B．songs             C．beauty           D．pictures

13．A．because            B．unless             C．before           D．though

14．A．about              B．with              C．from            D．except

15．A．First               B．Second            C．Third             D．Fourth

Worries about school bus safety have drawn much attention. Now schools in some poor areas are looking   41   some other ways to go to school.

In the countryside, students are living in different places. And there isn’t enough   time for school buses to go around and pick up   42   student. So the most useful way is to let students living in the   43   village take a special school bus which is for them only. And the cost is   44  by their parents and the school.

Each bus is asked to carry only five students on the same route(路线) every day. Traffic police are also making daily checks to make sure drivers don’t carry__45   than 5 students. For a bus like this, the drivers can   46   make any money. So schools pay 300 yuan to drivers every month. The rest comes from the parents’ pockets（口袋）.

 The roads to the students’ homes are rough(崎岖的) and sometimes even dangerous,   47   falling rocks and narrow（狭窄的） bridges. After spending at least an hour on the road, the students finally make it home.   48  the money for taking a bus has increased and it’s not easy for parents to make money, they are glad to know that their children will   49   home safely each day. And they feel happy to see their child enjoy their time at school. But one girl says she’s seen the big yellow school   50   on TV, and wonders when she’ll ride one of her own.

1.A. at                 B. up               C. for          D. through

2.A. all             B. every             C. both        D. either

3.A. near           B. far              C. same         D. poor

4.A. bought         B. spent            C. paid         D. took

5.A. few           B. fewer            C. many         D. more

6.A. always            B. often             C. sometimes    D. hardly

7.A. and            B. but              C. with         D. without

8.A. Because        B. Although         C. If           D. When

9.A. get B. arrive at           C. arrive in        D. reach to

10.A. desks             B. bags             C. buses        D. bikes