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It’s so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very boring. So why not take the vacations(假期)off? A new survey(调查)found that 31﹪of U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days. Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.
So why don’t they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days; some busy workers say they just can’t leave their work. Americans have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed.
The French take their vacations seriously. French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40﹪ plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.
Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can’t find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.
British workers have the longest working week in Europe(欧洲),with 23 vacation days --the shortest vacation. So they feel overworked.75﹪ say their weekends or vacations are too short and 40﹪ would sacrifice a day’s pay(工资)for one more vacation day.
小题1:____________ U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days.
A.AllB.MostC.SomeD.Few
小题2:How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?
A.9B.12C.15D.23
小题3:Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?
A.America.B.France.C.Sweden.D.great Britain.
小题4:What does the word “sacrifice” mean in the last sentence?
A.Use up.B.Put up.C.Take up. D.Give up.
小题5:Which of the following is true?
A.Some American workers are too busy to leave their work.
B.French workers can take one Three-to-four week days.
C.Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days.
D.British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed.

答案

小题1:D
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:B
解析

试题分析:外面的风景是多么的美丽,面对无聊的办公室工作,为什么不去度假呢?因此对全世界各国的假期情况进行了一个调查。报告中指出了美国、法国、瑞典、英国等国家的假期情况,但是报告中也展示出了有的国家工人并不是将全部假期用完。
小题1:细节理解题。问题:有多少美国工人不全部用完他们的假期?分析原文:A new survey(调查)found that 31﹪of U.S workers don’t always take all of their vacation days.句意:一个调查发现:31%的美国工人并不是一直花费全部的假期,因此结合选项之意,选择第四项。故选D
小题2:细节理解题。问题:实际上美国一年平均有多少天的假期?分析原文:Americans have 12 vacation days on average(平均)each year, but they give back an average of 3 vacation days each year.句意:美国人每年假期平均有12天,但是他们每年平均返还3天的假期。分析问题:实际有多少天的假期,有12天,返还3天,12-3=9,因此实际为九天的假期。故选 A
小题3:细节理解题。问题:哪一个国家有多数工人在假期中工作?分析原文:Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year, but they can’t find time to use them all. More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.句意:工人在瑞典获得每年平均25天的假期, 但他们不能找到合适的方式来使用它们。所以更多的工人在假期工作。这种现象比其它调查过的国家都多。从最后的总结中体现了答案。故选C
小题4:细节理解题。问题:在最后一段中这个单词的意思?分析原文:their weekends or vacations are too short and 40﹪ would sacrifice a day’s pay(工资)for one more vacation day.句意:周末或假期太短,40﹪的人将放弃一天的工资为了能够多一个假期。也就是说他们会请假去休息。故选D
小题5:细节理解题。问题:下列的描述中正确的是哪一项?分析原文:French workers get an average of 39 vacation days, and 40﹪ plan to take at least one there-to-four-week vacation.句意:法国工人平均有39天的假期,40﹪的人计划一个至少3到4周的假期。故选B
核心考点
试题【It’s so beautiful outside that spending the day in the office would be very bori】;主要考察你对社会现象类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Good morning, class!
We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet is popular and it makes our lives colorful. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer and 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(聊天) freely online with our friends. It can help us get in touch with people from all over the world.
But some students spend too much time in playing computer game and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Teenagers even get to have boyfriends or 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. We should get online with adults(成人)--our teacher or parents.
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 have different kinds of activities. If you are interested in sports, you can play basketball or football. We can go to the English Corner. We can practice talking in English there. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet.
Thank you for listening to me. That’s all.
小题1:The short passage is about __________.
A.going online
B.how to communicate with others
C.how to spend our free time
D.different kinds of activities
小题2:The Internet can make our lives _________.
A.helpful and important
B.enjoyable and interesting
C.enjoyable but expensive
D.different kinds of activities
小题3:________ is not good.
A.Sending E-mails
B.Reading newspapers and magazines online
C.going online with adults
D.Spending all day in the net bars
小题4:Playing computer games________.
A.gives us lots of information
B.makes our studies worse
C.makes us more clever
D.is harmful to our health
小题5:Which of the following is NOT right?
A.There are too many net bars in the cities.
B.We can learn English from the Internet.
C.We mustn’t get online when we are studying at school.
D.We cannot do out-of-class activities from 4:50 to 5:50 p.m.

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Having Fun “Growing” and “Stealing”?

Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can “farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow”,  “sell” or even “steal” “vegetables”,”flowers”, and “fruits” on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more “seeds” , “pets”, and even “houses”.
Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.
Harold: I don’t quite understand why they are mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Allan: I enjoy putting some “bugs” in my friends’ gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.
Laura: You know, people in the city are longing for (渴望) the life in the countryside. It reduces my work pressure (压力) ; besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief ”.
Ivy: Well, it’s just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they can not focus on (专注于) their study.
小题1:According to the passage, people can’t       things in this game.
A. grow                  B. borrow                C. steal                         
小题2:Among the people Joyce interviewed,       likes the game while        dislikes the game.
A. Laura; Allan            B. Allan; Harold          C. Ivy; Allan                                                    
小题3:From Laura’s words, we can guess that she is most probably       .
A. a student               B. a thief   C. an office worker          
小题4:Which is NOT the reason why people like the game?
A. They can have fun with friends.
B. The game can relax people and give them a new experience.              
C. They are confident enough to face the real world.
小题5:Where can you find this passage?
A. In a newspaper.    
B. In an advertisement.                          
C. In a science book..
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED, 牛津英语词典) is thinking of adding the Chinese word tuhao (土豪) to its 2014 edition (版本).
The word has become popular in China during the past few months to describe newly rich people who spend money in extravagant(铺张的,浪费的)ways. Tuhao has caught on in Western countries, too, to describe similar people in their countries.
The adoption (采用) of the word by foreign countries is an example of China’s spreading influence in the world not just economically, but also socially and culturally. People are paying attention to what is happening in China and are picking up some Chinese words in the process, especially those words that express unique (独特的) Chinese ideas that cannot be easily translated (翻译) into English.
The OED is also thinking of adding hukou (户口) and dama (大妈) to the already 120 Chinese words in its dictionary. Hukou refers to (指的是) China’s system of residency permits (户籍系统) and dama refers to middle-aged Chinese women whose gold buying habits influence the global gold markets. The news that the OED was adding these words has met with some criticism (批评). Some people say the words embarrass (使人尴尬) China, but others insist that in a globalized (全球化的) society it’s natural for words to spread and be adopted elsewhere. In fact, a word like tuhao expresses the humor of China. It’s easy to pronounce (发音) and very accurate (精准的) at poking fun at (嘲弄) rich people who have more money than taste.
小题1:_____ may be adopted in the Oxford English Dictionary in 2014 according to the passage.
A.TuhaoB.HukouC.DamaD.All above
小题2:_____can be called “tuhao” according to the passage.
A.All newly rich people
B.People who own their money easily
C.People who love money very much
D.Newly rich people who spend money in an extravagant way
小题3:The underlined word “caught on” (in Paragraph 2) most probably  means________.
A.流行B.继续C.接受D.蔓延
小题4:The last paragraph mainly talks about __________________.
A.humor of Chinese style
B.criticism on the adoption of Chinese words into OED
C.support on the adoption of Chinese words into OED
D.different opinions on the adoption of Chinese words into OED

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Do you know Weibo? Do you write a Weibo? If you don’t, 小题1: Weibo means microblog. People may spend much time writing a microblog, but it takes a little time to write a microblog. Why? 小题2:
Microblog started in the USA. It came to China in 2009 and it has developed very fast. In 2011, the number of Chinese, micro-bloggers grew to 300 million.小题3:For many microblog user, it is a great way of learning the freshest news, talking with friends and sharing different kinds of information, including news, daily life, pictures, music and so on. Many stars and famous people also write microblogs and share good things with their fans.
It is easy and fast to send a message on a microblog. 小题4: For example, when the big earthquake and tsunami(海啸)hit Japan in March, 2011, messages like “Salt can protect people from radiation (辐射)” were hot on microblogs. 小题5: Later people realized it was just a rumor(谣言).
In a word, microblog plays a new role in the life of Chinese people.
A. It soon caused a crazy buying of salt.
B. Because every message on a microblog is less than 140 words.
C. Now more and more people are interested in writing microblogs.
D. However, this can also lead to problems and even cause great fear.
E. You are “out”!

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Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends.     . Some people think the worst thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from Washington, agrees. “Problems and worries are normal in life,” says Laura. “But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don’t talk to someone, we’ll certainly feel worse.”
Laura once lost her purse, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn’t have any money. She just kept thinking. “If I tell my parents, they’ll be angry!” But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really understanding. Her dad said he sometimes made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new purse and asked her to be more careful. “I will always remember to share my problems in the future!” Laura says.
Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura. “It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve them.” He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn’t need to be an expert (专家) like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more experience than them, and are always there to help them.
In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. So you’re halfway to solving a problem if you talk to someone about it!
小题1:Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph One?
A.What can they do about this?
B.Where do the problems come from?
C.When did they have these problems?
D.Why do they have so many problems?
小题2:In Paragraph 2, the writer used the story of Laura to ______.
A.answer a questionB.give an example
C.introduce his friendD.share his experience
小题3:According to the passage Robert Hunt might be ______.
A.Laura’s teacher
B.the writer of the passage
C.a person with a problem
D.an expert on students’ problems

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