Middle school days are both fun and busy. Students spend their days in class,    1    to the interesting or sometimes boring words of their teachers. At break (休息) , they run, play and shout happily . But 2  should students spend their free time after school?

    In western countries,    3   is normal for students to have a part-time  4  after school or at weekends. Students can make their   5    money and learn more about the real world. They enjoy the independence (独立) and money, and their parents enjoy the quiet house. However, it seems that, in China, parents   6   so much about their children’s studies that they would like to see their children spending most of their time   7 for all those exams. It is natural for Chinese parents to feel that  8  , but I think everything should be kept in balance. Sometimes, western school children  9  long hours after school to make money, so they  10  too tired to listen in class or do their homework. But Chinese students spend so much time on their studies that all else becomes less important.

1.A. adding     B. getting         C. replying     D. listening

2.A. what       B. how             C. when         D. which

3.A. this       B. that                C. it               D. such

4.A. work       B. job             C. program      D. plan

5.A. rich       B. any             C. own          D. some

6.A. laugh      B. worry           C. cause            D. concentrate

7.A. chatting     B. studying     C. succeeding     D. obeying

8.A. race       B. point               C. way          D. license

9.A. study      B. solve           C. regard       D. work

10.A. face      B. matter          C. achieve      D. become

but in Spain they drive on the right. Jack forgot about 2. while he was walking on a busy street, a bicycle knocked him down.

Jack lay on the ground for a few minutes and then he sat up and said, “Where am I? ”

Just then an old man selling maps went past him. When he heard Jack's words he said to him at once, “Maps of the city, sir? ”

Judge whether the statement is true（是）or false（否）.

1. Jack had never spent his holiday in a foreign country before he went to Spain.   (　)

2. Jack had many friends in Spain.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    (　)

3. Jack wanted to visit Spain because his friends invited him to go there.　　　　  (　)

4. Jack's first stop was Madrid and he stayed there for more than one month.　　   (　)

5. The traffic rules in England are different from those in Spain.　　　　　　　　 (　)

6. It was Jack's fault when he was knocked down.　　　　　　　　    　　    (　)

7. A man riding a bicycle knocked into Jack when he was walking in a busy street.  (　)

8. Jack was badly hurt and lay on the ground for a long time.　　　　　　　　    (　)

9. Jack didn't mean to buy a map of Madrid when he said “Where am I”.        (　)

10. The old man wanted to sell a map of Madrid to Jack.　　　　　　　　　　   (　)

Everybody has one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is what happened to Harry. One morning, he got up very  31  because his clock stopped. He 32  to shave （刮脸） quickly and cut himself. When he got dressed, he got  blood （血） all over his 33 , so he had to find another one. The only other shirt that was clean 34  ironing （熨） .While he was ironing it, there was a knock at the door. It was the man to collect money for water. After he paid the water 35 and showed the man out, he found the iron had burnt a hole in his shirt. So he had to wear the one with the blood on it after all. By this time it was very late, so he  36 he couldn’t go to work by bus. He  37  for a taxi to take him to work, the taxi arrived and Harry 38  in. In another part of the town, a man had killed a woman  39  a knife and was seen to run away in a taxi. When  Harry’s taxi stopped outside his office, a policeman 40  to be standing there. He saw the blood on Harry’s shirt, and took him to the police station. He was  41  till 3 p.m.  42 the police found out that he was not the man they wanted. When he finally arrived  43 the office at about 4 p.m., his boss  44  a look at him and told him to find  45 job.