单词及短语填空

1.---Have you p_____________ your father to give up smoking?

--- No, I tried to, but he just wouldn’t listen to me.

2.The jewel, which is made of amber, is very v_______________.

3.The q____________ of people’s life has improved greatly these years.

4.The building caught fire last night. Many people were t________ at the top of the building.

5.----Which one do you prefer, coffee or tea?---- A_____________, I’d like a glass of water.

6.Many t_______ are crazy about computer games, which is a big headache to their parents.

7.Mr Wang has lived in Germany for many years. He can speak German very f___________.

8. Online friends are not r____________. They may cheat you.

10.The exercises are easy. There is ________ ________ _______ we have no difficulty working them out.

11.Taiwan, which _________ _________ China, lies to the southeast of Chinese mainland.

12.Nelson Mandela has_______ all his life _______ fighting for equal rights of black people.

13.We haven’t seen each other for ages! How are you _______ _______ ______ your study?

14.After the earthquake, the whole city of Tangshan lay ???________ _________.

单词及短语填空 （单词0.5分，短语1分，共9分。形式错误不给分。）

1.---Have you p_____________ your father to give up smoking?

--- No, I tried to, but he just wouldn’t listen to me.

2.The jewel, which is made of amber, is very v_______________.

3.The q____________ of people’s life has improved greatly these years.

4.The building caught fire last night. Many people were t________ at the top of the building.

5.----Which one do you prefer, coffee or tea?---- A_____________, I’d like a glass of water.

6.Many t_______ are crazy about computer games, which is a big headache to their parents.

7.Mr Wang has lived in Germany for many years. He can speak German very f___________.

8.Online friends are not r____________. They may cheat you.

10.The exercises are easy. There is ________ ________ _______ we have no difficulty working them out.

11.Taiwan, which _________ _________ China, lies to the southeast of Chinese mainland.

12.Nelson Mandela has_______ all his life _______ fighting for equal rights of black people.

13.We haven’t seen each other for ages! How are you _______ _______ ______ your study?

14.After the earthquake, the whole city of Tangshan lay ???________ _________.

What makes Americans spend nearly half their food dollars on meals away from home? The answers lie in the way Americans live today. During the first few decades of the twentieth century, canned and other convenience foods freed the family cook from full-time duty at the kitchen range. Then, in the 1940s, work in the wartime defense plants took more women out of the home than ever before, setting the pattern of the working wife and mother. Today about half of the country’s married women are employed outside the home. But, unless family members pitch in with food preparation, women are not fully liberated from that housework. Instead, many have become, in a sense, prisoners of the completely cooked convenience meals. It’s easier to pick up a bucket of fried chicken on the way home from work or take the family out for pizzas or burgers than to start opening cans or heating up frozen dinners after a long , hard day. Also, the rising divorce rate means that there are more single working parents with children to feed. And many young adults and elderly people, as well as unmarried and divorced mature people, live alone rather than as part of a family unit and don’t want to bother cooking for one.

Fast food is appealing because it is fast, it doesn’t require any dressing up, it offers a “fun” break in the daily outline, and the outlay of money seems small. It can be eaten in the car--- sometimes picked up at a drive-in window without even getting out---or on the run. Even if it is brought home to eat, there will never be any dirty dishes to wash because of the handy disposable (一次性的) wrappings. Children, especially, love fast food because it’s finger food, no struggling with knives and forks, no annoying instructions from adults about table manner.

1.Americans enjoy fast food mainly because __________.

   A. it can be eaten in the car

   B. it is much more tasty than home-made food

   C. one only uses his fingers while eating it

   D. it is time-saving and convenient

2.It can be inferred that children __________.

   A. want to have more freedom at table

   B. never wash dishes after each meal

   C. are good at using forks and knives while eating

   D. take eating time as a fun break

3. Many Americans are eating out and not cooking at home partially because __________.

   A. they want to make a change after eating the same food for years at home

   B. the food made outside home tastes better than food cooked at home

   C. many of them live alone and don’t like taking trouble to cook

   D. American women refuse to cook at home due to women’s liberation movement

4.According to the text, a drive-in window is a __________.

   A. car window from which you can see the driver

   B. window in the restaurant from which you get your takeout in the car

   C. place where you check the mechanic condition of your car

   D. place where you return the used plates after eating

 

While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states—at least in getting people off welfare．It's estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls since 1994．

In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens Country have been cut in half．But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour．T'he result: The Athens County poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent—twice the national average,

    For advocates（代言人） for the poor, that's an indication much more needs to be done．

    "More people are getting jobs, but it's not making their lives any better," says Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington．

A center analysis of US Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down．

But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory．

"Welfare was a poison．It was a toxin（毒素） that was poisoning the family," says Robert Rector, a welfare-reform policy analyst．"The reform in changing the moral climate in low-income communities．It's beginning to rebuild the work ethic, which is much more important．"

Mr．Rector and others argued that once "the habit of dependency is cracked," then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards．

1.Why don't people enjoy their better lives when they get jobs?

    A．Because they are used to relying on welfare to make livings．

    B．Because the cost of living is higher than before．

    C．Because many families are below average income．

    D．Because their wages are very low．

2.From the passage we know that the reconstruction of___ is the core of the reform．

    A．government aids

    B．work ethic

    C．welfare funds

    D．moral awareness

3.From the example of the Athens County, we know great efforts should be done for the poor to ___.

    A．improve their living standards

    B．to help them be employed

    C．to get them off welfare

    D．to increase their wage

4.From the passage, it can be inferred that the author ___．

    A．is completely certain about the success of welfare reform

    B．thinks that welfare reform has done little good for the poor

    C．insists welfare reform has increased the government's burden

    D．considers welfare reform fundamentally successful

 

A survey by an international temporary service agency found that U. S. managers believe that people with a sense of humour do better at their jobs, compared with those who have little or no sense of humour. In fact, about 96 percent of those surveyed said people with a sense of humour do better.

The survey went on to point out that the results suggest that a sense of humour may help light-hearted employees keep their jobs during tough times. And, what's more, it may push them up the corporate ladder past their humourless colleagues. Why? It seems that those with a sense of humour are better communicators and better team players.

Studies have shown that happy workers are more productive. In fact, a researcher at California State University found that humour could help the employees to release tension.

Research done by psychologist Dr. Ashton Trice at Mary Baldwin College in Virginia showed that humour helps us think. When people feel stuck on important projects, they tend to feel angry or depressed.  According to Dr. Trice's research, taking time out to laugh can help us to get rid of negative feelings and allow us to return to a task or move on to another project unaffected by past defeat.

If humour is really this important, then why don't we use it more often on the job? Most likely, the main reason is that many people are unaware of the positive effects of humour in the workplace. However, it is important to realize that some humour is not suitable for the workplace, and that it is often used at wrong times.

1. Most people think a sense of humour can ________.

A．help you to do your work better

B．make you have a rich life

C．make you pleased with your work

D．help you to make more friends

2.Many people don't use humour more in the workplace because __________.

A．they like keeping silent when working

B．they don't know the positive effects of humour

C．they think they should obey the rules

D．they don't like joking or laughing

3. A person without a sense of humour is easier __________.

A．to feel surprised

B．to get along with

C．to be worried

D．to be successful

4.What is probably the best title for the article?

A．People with a Sense of Humour.

B．Humour Is Important in the Workplace.

C．Humour and Humourless.

D．Everyone Likes Humour.