Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. Places of business that used to keep daytime “business hours” are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant. A half century ago in the United states, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time and summer time. Today the dividing lines are still there, but they seem not clear.
The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does. It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer, in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal（法律的）limits, or whether it should become more changeable, is often debated（争论）. How should we, as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the dividing lines of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other?
These are not easy questions even to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we seldom recognize the “law of time” even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to go to  school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of years – but unless we meet the truant officer（学监）, we may well think that we should go to school because of social custom and parents’ requirement rather than to the law. As adults we know “extra pay for overtime working” very well, but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes（构成）“overtime” is a matter of legal thing. When we turn the clock forward to start daylight – saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves: “Here is the law in action”? As we shall see, there is a lot of law that has great influence on how organize and use time: compulsory education law, overtime law, and daylight-saving law – as well as law about Sunday closing, holidays, being late to work, time zones, and so on. Once we begin to look for it, we will have no trouble finding a law of time to examine and assess.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “irrelevant” probably mean?

A．Impossible.

B．Unacceptable.

C．Unimportant.

D．Disagreeable.

【小题2】The writer raises the questions in Paragraph 2 to introduce the fact that people _____.

A．are unknowing of the law of time

B．fail to make full use of their time

C．welcome changeable working hours

D．enjoy working overtime for more pay

【小题3】We can learn from the passage that most children go to school because they_____.

A．have to follow the law

B．need to find social customs

C．need to learn more knowledge

D．have to follow their parents’ requirement

【小题4】What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Our life is governed by the law of time.

B．How to use time is not worth debating.

C．New ways of using time change our society.

D．Our time table is decided by social customs.

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Once upon a time there was a monster. He was very ugly）（丑陋的）, and had no friends. No one wanted to talk to him. Even other monsters thought he was ugly.

He lived alone and was very unhappy because he was so lonely.

“I wish I had a friend.” he said to himself every day. “One friend would be enough. Someone to talk to.”

“Dear Editor.” he wrote. “ I am an ugly monster. How can I find a friend?”

“Dear Monster.” the Editor replied. “ Advertise（登广告）for a friend in this magazine.”

The monster wrote an advertisement（广告）.

“Monster wants a friend, male or female. I have two heads, four arms, six legs and three tails. I have one blue eye, one green eye and one brown eye. Smoke comes out of my noses. But I am really a kind monster and will be a good friend to someone. If you would like to meet me, please stand outside Blake’s Store at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 22nd. Write to me at Box 45. Everybody’s Magazine.”

A few days later he went to the magazine.

“Do you have any letters for Box 45?” he asked.

The Editor looked in Box45.

“Yes, there is one.” she said, and gave it to him.

The monster opened the letter, and read, “Dear Monster, I think a person’s character（品行）is more important than his appearance. I will wait outside Blake’s Store on Friday. Please carry a flower so that I will recognize you. Yours sincerely, Miss Alice Thwaite.”

1.Why was the monster unhappy?

A．He had no friends.	B．He was ugly.
C．He had two heads.	D．He had three tails.

2. What did the monster advertise for?

A．A magazine

B．A friend

C．An editor

D．A male monster

3. How did the monster describe himself in the advertisement?

A．Bad

B．Lonely

C．Kind

D．Different

4. What was wrong about Miss Thwaite’s letter?

A．She was interested in people’s appearances.	B．She wanted to meet the monster.
C．She needed a flower to recognize him by	D．It was the only reply

 

You either have it, or you don’t－a sense of direction. But why is it that some people could find their way across the Sahara without a map while others can lose themselves in the next street?

Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t use it, we lose it.

“Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around,” says Jim Martland, research director of the project. “However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills.”

Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions:

If you are using a map, turn it so that it relates to(与……有联系) the way you are facing.

If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree－something easy to recognize. Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.

Simplify(简化) the way for finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or wells in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as towerblocks or hills which can help to find out where you are.

Now you will never get lost again!

1.Children have the ability to find the way around when they are ______ years old.

A．5                B．6                C．7                D．8

2.Which of the following things cannot be used as landmarks?

A．Tower blocks.      B．Hills.             C．Wells.            D．Bikes.

3.What does the underlined word “emphasize” mean in the passage?

A．To give special importance to something.

B．To express thanks for somebody.

C．To understand or become aware of a fact.

D．To admire somebody.

4.Scientists believe that __________.

A．some babies are born with a sense of direction

B．people learn a sense of direction as they grow older

C．people never lose their sense of direction

D．everybody has a sense of direction from birth

5.What may be the best title of the passage?

A．A research on direction.

B．A sense of direction.

C．People’s ability of finding the way.

D．Scientists’ research on skills.

 

I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people.Luckily there’re small ways of helping them and you needn’t have a lot of__1__.One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__2__doing this one day，I got to__3__a young homeless man.He was often__4__the magazine at the train station.

He was a poor farmer from another country.After a while，I discovered that his__5__was close to mine.It__6__that we were born in the same month.

I met him last year__7__after his birthday，and after congratulating (祝贺) him，without__8__，I asked if he had had a good day.He__9__and said that he hadn’t really celebrated.I felt so__10__.

I just couldn’t bear the thought of (不敢想) this nice，young man being__11__on his 25th birthday with no presents，no cake，nothing！So I went home and looked in my yarn (纱线) basket.__12__for me，I had enough yarn__13__.I set to work and knitted (编织) a__14__for the young man.The yarn had become a little dirty__15__I didn’t knit very often.Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be__16__when he got it.

I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping.I had__17__to meet him so I had__18__the scarf and a piece of my own birthday__19__around with me.He was very happy with these gifts and so was I．The__20__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!

1．A.work 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．energy

C．money 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．experience

2．A.In 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．On

C．Besides 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．By

3．A.realize 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．ignore

C．know 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．recognize

4．A.selling 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．reading

C．covering 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．buying

5．A.birthday 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．house

C．height 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．hobby

6．A.said 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．found

C．guessed 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．meant

7．A.long 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．shortly

C．ever 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．even

8．A.stopping 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．helping

C．praising 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．thinking

9．A.looked up 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．turned up

C．looked down 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．got down

10．A.foolish 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．excited

C．clever 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．worried

11．A.calm 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．happy

C．alone 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．hungry

12．A.Suddenly 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Luckily

C．Badly 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．However

13．A.used 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．done

C．left 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．produced

14．A.scarf 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．cap

C．sock 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．glove

15．A.when 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．because

C．so 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．and

16．A.different 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．dry

C．wet　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．clean

17．A.liked 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．hoped

C．promised 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．agreed

18．A.made 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．thrown

C．received 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．carried

19．A.cake 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．present

C．song 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．party

20．A.light 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．pain

C．sight 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．tear

People have different ways of greeting each other. They might shake hands (握手), kiss or hug (拥抱). But do you ever wonder how dogs say hello?

If you are a dog lover, you already know the answer to this question. When you arrive home, your dog jumps up into your lap (大腿前部). It wags (摇摆) its tail, and sometimes gives you wet kisses.

Like humans, dogs have five senses (感觉): smell, touch, sight, hearing and taste. Humans use sight as the main sense for recognizing (认出) one another. But dogs have poor eyesight. They use smell to recognize others. A dog’s sense of smell is much better than a human’s. It is through its sense of smell that tells the differences between different people.

Dogs use smell to recognize other dogs, too. They tell the differences by the smell of pee (小便) and pooh (大便). When two dogs meet, they smell each other’s noses. Then they go side to side, and smell each other’s butts (屁股). By smelling its friend’s behind, a dog knows who it is with.

That is also why dogs smell everything they can on the road. By smelling grass, trees and signposts (路标), dogs know which other neighborhood dogs have been around.

1.People have different ways of greeting each other except ______.

A．hug              B．shaking hands      C．jump             D．kiss

2.How does a dog greet you?

A. Gives you wet kisses.                       B. Wags its tail.

C. Jumps up into your lap.                     D. A, B and C.

3.How do the dogs recognize each other?

A．They use eyes to recognize each other.       B．They use sound to recognize each other.

C．They use smell to recognize each other.      D．They use touch to recognize each other.

4.Which of the following isn’t mentioned in the passage?

A．How the dogs eat things.                  B．Dogs have five senses.

C．A dog knows who it is with by smelling.       D．Humans use sight to recognize each other.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A．Humans and dogs.                       B．My favorite animal.

C．How do dogs say hello?                   D．Cute dogs.