Most people have jobs. They go to work nearly every day. Some people are lucky, because they have very interesting jobs. Some people must take a long time to learn how to do their jobs. For example, to be a doctor, one should study for at least five years.
Some young people have very interesting and high-paying jobs. Many young athletes are very successful. Football and tennis players are usually under 35 years old, for older people can’t play these sports very well. They can’t move fast enough. Golf, however, is a good sport for older people. Many golf players are quite old, but they can still play golf very well.
Most people work until they are about 60 years old. Then they retire and have a lot of free time. Some people never retire. These people usually have interesting jobs. Writers, artists, scientists and actors usually work till they are very old.
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【小题1】One should study for at least _________ years to be a doctor.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

【小题2】Which sport can old people play?

A．Football.

B．Tennis.

C．Basketball.

D．Golf.

【小题3】What does the underlined word “retire” mean in Chinese?

A．锻炼

B．学习

C．退休

D．养老

【小题4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Some people have interesting jobs, but some don’t.

B．People usually stop working when they are about 60 years old.

C．Football and tennis players can work as long as they like.

D．According to the passage, writers, artists and doctors have interesting jobs.

【小题5】What is the passage mainly about?

A．Good jobs.	B．Interesting jobs.
C．Different jobs.	D．High-paying jobs.

    The Beijing Olympic Games are getting closer and closer．Are you looking forward to the excitement ahead? To cheering on stars like Yao Ming and Liu Xiang?

   On April 15,more than 7 million tickets went on sale．If you call use the Internet，go to www.tickets.beijing2008.cn．Or you can go to the Bank of China to book a ticket．But there’s no hurry．Any time before June 30，you can book a ticket to the opening and closing ceremonies (开幕式和闭幕式)．You can also order tickets to 28 sports events including basketball，football and swimming．

    Whether(是否)you book tickets early or on the last day，you have all equal(相同的)chance of getting one．If too many people want to see the same event，a computer will decide who are the lucky ones．You may worry that your pocket money will not be enough for a ticket．But the fact is tickets to the games are cheap．What’s more，students can get even cheaper tickets—for 10 yuan or less．

    Tickets for your parents aren’t expensive．either．More than half are 100 yuan or less．The most expensive tickets cost 5，000 yuan．They are for the opening ceremony．It will be held on August 8th，2008．

1．When will the Beijing Olympic Games start．?

    A．On August 8th．2008         B．On April 15th，2008

    C．On June 30th．2008              D．We don’t know

2．Which of the following is NOT true?

    A．Yao Ming and Liu Xiang are world-famous Chinese athletes(运动员)．

    B．You can buy the tickets either in Bank of China or on the Internet．

    C．The earlier you book the tickets，the more chances, you have of getting them

    D．You can buy tickets any time before June 30．

3．What are the most expensive tickets?

    A．The tickets for the basketball games

    B．The tickets for the opening ceremony

    C．The tickets for the 28 sports events

    D．The tickets for the closing ceremony

4．What’s the meaning of the word“book”?

    A．Order           B．Win       C．Earn        D．Sell

5．If there are not enough tickets to the same event and you are lucky to get one，whom will you thank?

    A．The tickets company           B．The computer

    C．The Olympic Committee(奥委会)  D．The government

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　　Dear friend,

　　I am a (1) American boy. My n (2) is Jim Green. I'm fifteen. I have two s (3) . One is Mary, the other is Kate. My sisters and I are at school. We go to school f (4) Monday to Friday. We don't go to school o (5) Saturday o (6) Sunday.

　　My parents are both t (7) . They teach Chinese. They say China is g (8) .

　　I like reading and I like football. My sisters like basketball. W (9) do you like? We often w (10) TV on Saturday evening. Do you often watch TV? Let us be friends.

　　Please write soon.

1．________　2．________　3．________　4．________　5．________

6．________　7．________　8．________　9．________　10．________

Good morning，boys and girls．Today I'll talk about going online．

We know that there are too many net bars around us．The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable．Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and can get more information from the Internet．We can learn English．We can read some good newspapers and magazines．It can make us clever in playing computer games．We can send e-mails to our friends quickly．We can chat freely online with our friends．It can help us to get in touch with people from all over the world．

But every coin has two sides．Net bars also bring us a lot of trouble．For example，some students spend too much time in playing compute games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night．Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online．They write too many letters to each other．It takes them too much time to chat online，so they do worse and worse in their lessons and they don't study well any more．I think we mustn't get online when it is time for us to study．We can do it in summer or winter holidays or at the weekend．

At the same time，if we have lots of free time，we can do some out-of-class activities at school．We usually have activities from 4：50 to 5：50 in the afternoon．We can play basketball or football on Monday or Thursday afternoon．We can join some interests groups in school，such as drawing or reading on Tuesday afternoon，or singing and dancing on Wednesday afternoon．we can go to the English Corner on Friday afternoon．We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities．

1．Many of us like going online because it can help us                    ．

A．learn English and send e-mails            B．get more information

C．play computer games                          D．all of the above

2．According to the speaker，in our spare time we should                     ．

A．go online for longer time

B．stay in the classroom doing more exercises

C．go to the English Corner every afternoon

D．do more out-of-class activities at school

3．If you are free on Tuesday afternoon，what out-of-class activities can you have at school?

A．Playing basketball or football．                 B．Singing and dancing．

C．Drawing or reading．                                 D．Going to the English Corner．