Americans use many expressions with the word dog. People in the United States love their dogs and treat them well.
Some people say we live in a dog-eat-dog world. That means many people are competing for the same things, like good jobs. They say if a person wants to be successful he has to work like a dog. This means they have to work very, very hard. Such hard work can make people dog-tired. And, the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.
Still, people say every dog has its day. This means that every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful, people often have to learn new skills. Yet, some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks(手艺). They believe that older people do not like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.
Dog expressions are also used to describe the weather. The dog days of summer are the hottest days of the year. A rain in summer may cool the weather. But we do not want it to rain too hard. We do not want it to rain cats and dogs.
【小题1】If a person without lots of money wants to buy a car, he or she has to ______.

A．treat the dog well	B．live with lots of dogs
C．work like a dog	D．become sick as a dog

【小题2】The saying you can never teach an old dog new tricks tells us older people ______.

A．have more ways to do things	B．do things more slowly
C．dislike to learn new things	D．know wonderful tricks

【小题3】Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

A．Many dogs are loved and treated well by people in America.

B．“Every dog has its day” means dogs are the most successful animal.

C．“It rains cats and dogs” has the same meaning as “It rains heavily”.

D．There are many expressions with the word dog in English.

 

I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing. I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and I am too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron. I was about 15 and I had to get a job taking care of a woman to make a living. She had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed.

The woman sat in an electric wheelchair all day. She could only move her head and arms. She would tell me how to do things. She would teach me in great detail on the correct ways to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold(折叠) everything, including socks. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated(沮丧) and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to do it herself. But she never shouted or scolded. She only insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.

Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt and the right way to do the trousers. Now when I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.

1.The writer used to take care of the lady because ________.

    A. she wanted to learn to do housework

    B. she was a friend of the lady’s

    C. she had to earn some money

    D. she couldn’t find a room to live in

2.The underlined word ‘paralyzed’ in the first paragraph may mean ‘______’.

A. destroyed        B. deaf         C. seriously ill        D. unable to walk

3.The little girl was ______ when the lady taught her how to do housework.

    A. encouraged to learn              B. unwilling to learn

    C. delighted to learn               D. recommended to learn

4.Now the writer ______.

    A. is still afraid of the lady          B. hates the strict lady

    C. admires the disabled lady            D. is very grateful to the lady

 

【小题1】Julie is an active girl. She likes singing very much and she wants to be a singer.
【小题2】Barry likes going to the movies with his parents on weekends. The Pacific Cineplex（太平洋电影院线）is showing Pirates of the Caribbean IV（《加勒比海盗4》）.
【小题3】Joe lives in China and he would like to visit other countries next month.
【小题4】Annie can’t swim at all. She wants to learn to swim to stay healthy.
【小题5】Emma has many books and she usually reads books after class.

同学们即将升入高中学习，请你根据以下五位同学的兴趣爱好，帮助他们选定各自感兴趣的高中选修课程，并将课程序号（A--E）分别填入相应的空格。
Subject:
A. Peking Opera   B. American history  C. Cartoon making  D. Cooking  E. Photography

Names	Hobbies	Choice
Bill	He’d like to go to the USA one day. He wants to know more about this country.	【小题1】
Lisa	She enjoys delicious food. She often helps her mother with meals. She wants to learn how to make dishes.	【小题2】
Henry	His hobby is to take photos. He hopes to do it better.	【小题3】
Chris	Mei Lanfang is his favorite star. He likes Chinese traditional music.	【小题4】
Maria	She is good at drawing and she wants to learn how to make films like Mickey Mouse.	【小题5】

 

请仔细阅读下面小题中的个人说明，从A 到F的六个选项中，选出符合个人要求的最佳选项，其中一项为多余选项。

1.Jeff likes sports and travel. He would like something that can help him

spend boring time on his journey.

2. Mrs. Green doesn’t like to exercise, but she likes cooking and reading

books about foreign places. 

3.Mr. Dean wants to improve his garden during summer. So he would like something that could help him to do that.

4. Lisa , a  22-year-old girl, worries about her weight. She is wondering how to lose weight.

5.Sophia likes to look smart. When she is free, she enjoys listening to the music. Now she plans to learn something about music.

 

A. Learn how to play the guitar. This popular video helps the beginner to become

a guitar player in just 200 hours.

B. Road trips. A program loved by young people, especially those fat girls. Join in it and make yourself become thin.

C. The new pocket MP4. This kind of MP4 fits right into your pocket. It lets you listen to your favorite artist, even when you are on a journey.

D. Singapore. The story of a city. This book is about the history. the culture and the favorite dishes of this small country.

E. Spanish in 10 Minutes a Day. A fun, 132-page complete language learning work book. Includes 150 sticky labels: flash cards, a crossword puzzle and more. It is one of the best-selling language series in print.

F. Special scissors(剪刀). This kind of tools will make it easy to deal with flowers and trees. Anyone can learn to use it quickly.