Many people go to church(教堂) on Sunday, but others don’t. Many people sleep late on Sunday morning, but others don’t. Some people work on Sunday, but most don’t. However, almost everyone reads the Sunday paper.
Often the paper is waiting outside the door when the family gets up. The newspaper boy has put it there. The paper has many advertisements(广告) and many different parts.
The parents in the family like the front page and the world news part. Many men also read the sports pages and the financial(财经的)pages.
Most men don’t read the women’s pages, but the mother of the family usually does. The women’s pages have the news about parties and some good ideas about food, health and clothes.
Most Sunday papers have interesting stories. Children enjoy them. Old people read the death notices. They tell about people who have died during the week.
There is something for everyone in the Sunday paper.
【小题1】This passage tells us ________.

A．what people usually do on Sundays

B．when people get up on Sundays

C．something about Sunday papers

D．people can know from the paper who died during the week

【小题2】The Sunday papers are sent to people _________.

A．after they get up	B．before they get up
C．as soon as they get up	D．if they get up

【小题3】Most people don’t _________.

A．go to church on Sunday	B．get up late on Sunday
C．read the Sunday paper	D．go to work on Sunday

【小题4】The parents in the family like ______.

A．the world news part	B．sports pages
C．women’s pages	D．the death notices

【小题5】_______ has something to read in the Sunday pages.

A．No one

B．Someone

C．Everyone

D．Only a man

People like to say：“The hand that rocks(摇动)the cradle(摇篮)rules the world．”Or theysay：“Behind every successful man，there is a woman．”
Now some women still like making their husbands and sons successful．But some women want more for themselves．They want to be successful as men．
Today the best jobs are still given to men．Even when women do the same work，they are often paid less than men．Some women want these things changed．They want to stand beside the men，with the same chances for success．
Now many American women are earning money outside their homes．More than half of the women at the age of eighteen to sixty-five have good jobs．In general，working women have more education than those who stay at home．
Among women with jobs，eight out of ten drive a car to work，and most of them often spend their holidays away from home．They like traveling by air．Women’s work has made several changes in women’s lives and in men’s lives，too．
But things are quite different from those in the Middle East countries．
In the Middle East countries，women have to stay at home．They look after their families and do all the housework．They can’t find work outside．When they go out in public．they cover their faces with something and walk behind their husbands．
For the past few years the women’s life has been changing in those countries．Many women want to play an active role in the society．Though working gives them few chances of getting married，many men still want to marry them in the old ways．
【小题1】More and more women want to get jobs because        ．

A．they don’t want to stand behind their husbands in the street

B．they think they are more important than men

C．they think they are as important as men

D．housework troubles them too much

【小题2】Some women are still badly paid       ．

A．because women want more money

B．because of the old ways of thinking

C．because women can’t do as well as men do

D．but we don’t know why

【小题3】If women have got higher education       ．

A．they can get better jobs more easily	B．they don’t have to do any housework
C．they can travel by plane	D．they can be paid better than men

【小题4】Working gives women      ．

A．the chance to receive more education than men

B．chances to play an important role in the society

C．more pay than men

D．fewer chances of getting married

【小题5】From this passage we know       ．

A．women have the same rights as men today

B．women don’t want to work outside their homes

C．more and more women want to play an active role in their countries

D．in the Middle East countries all the women stay at home

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1. Today, we saw the parades, all the_______(perform)wore______

(colour) clothes.

2. It was really_____________(cheer) to see the performance.

3. I saw many men smoking in public places today. I think it’s_____________ (polite). It’s ____________(harm) to not only the smokers but also others.

4. I was so_____________(care) that I lost my map on the way.

5. There was a long line of___________ (visit). The line seemed to be___________(end). We had to wait for a long time.

 

Most people will rest and relax when they are old. They do not work. And most people are certainly not famous. But Grandma Moses is different. She starts a new job at the age of 76.

    This is her story. She was born in a poor farmer's family in 1860. Her parents named her Anna Mary Robertson. She married Thomas Moses in 1887. He was a farm worker.

    Now it is 1930. Anna Mary Moses is 70, and is a grandmother. She begins to paint pictures. She does paintings of country life. One day, her daughter takes her paintings to a store in town. Her paintings are put in the window. A man from New York sees the paintings in the window and

buys them. And he wants more!                                                                       

    The man likes Grandma Moses' paintings. He wants to help her. So he takes her paintings to galleries(美术馆) in New York City. Otto Kallir has a famous gallery there. He likes the paintings by Grandma Moses. Now it is 1940 and Grandma Moses' paintings are in Kallir's gallery. She is 80 years old.

    Grandma Moses suddenly becomes famous. Everyone wants her paintings. So she paints more and more. She wins many prizes for her paintings. She becomes famous in the United States and Europe.

    When she is 100 years old, the State of New York makes her birthday “Grandma Moses' Day". After her 100^th birthday, she paints 6 more paintings. She dies at age 101 and a lot of people think she is amazing.

1.How is Grandma Moses different from most other old people?

     A. She has more grandchildren.          B. She has her own art gallery.

     C. She lives an easy life.              D. She starts a new job.

2. Grandma Moses' paintings are first bought by _______.

     A. a man from New York               B. her daughter

     C. Otto Kallir's gallery             D. the owner of a store in town

3.The writer of the passage thinks that _______.

    A. Grandma Moses is too old to paint at age 100

    B. people like her paintings but do not like her

    C. it is never too late to start a new job

    D. many people prefer paintings by old ladies

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

    A. Grandma Moses and New York State    B. Grandma Moses and Painting

    C. Grandma Moses' family               D. Grandma Moses' Day

 

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Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Products (产品) arc not produced in a "green" way and people haven't realized the importance of buying and using environmentally-friendly products. These lead to the pollution problem. One result is that millions of tons of waste like glass, paper and plastics is produced (生产). The waste problem is difficult to deal with.

However, today, more and more people are choosing “green” and expecting that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. Before they buy a product, they ask questions like these: “Will this soap be bad for the environment” “Can this metal container be reused or can it only be used once?”

Over 20,000 people took part in a web survey (调查) on buying environmentally-friendly products. Among them, 8129 people say that they now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it. That is to say, companies must change the way they make and sell their products to make sure that the products are “green”.

A few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products carry labels to show that they are green. Some companies have made the clean and safe products their main selling point in advertisements.

The growing need for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink how they do business. The public will no longer accept the old idea of “buy it, use it, throw it away, and forget it”. As a result, the companies have to take action.

1.Is it easy to deal with the waste problem?

2.What do more and more people consider before they buy products?

3.In the survey, how many people prefer green products in the supermarket now?

4.Is it possible or impossible to get green products in the supermarket now?

5.Why do the companies have to rethink how to do business and take action?