Now some women are spending a weekend at Mother's Camp .There ,husbands and children are not allowed (允许). Why would a woman want to take a vocation without her family? Some women say they need time to be alone.
At Mother's Camp, a woman has room of herself. She can sleep, read, or watch TV, and no one will disturb (打扰)her. No children will ask, "Mom ,what's for dinner?" No husband will say, "Oh, dear. I can't find any clean socks." In fact almost 50% of women in the United States work outside the home. Many of them work full time and then come back to a second job --- taking care of their homes and families. These working women say one of their biggest problems is housework.
In the United Stated, working wives do about 75% of the housework Many of their husbands say they want to help. But then they burn the rice or they can't find pans. They ask so many questions that their wives decide it is easier to do the job themselves.
Some women go to Mother's Camp just to get a break from housework. For two days they don't cook, they don't clean, they don't look after their children and husbands. What do they do? They enjoy warm, sunny weather ,walking ,swimming or boating in a clear blue lake and sing songs around the campfire. They relax away from home. They have a really wonderful vacation at Mother's Camp.
What can't the women do at Mother's Camp?
| A．Watch TV. | B．Read newspapers. |
| C．Swim in the lake | D．Bring their husbands and children. |
Why would some mothers like to be alone?
| A．Because they don't like their husbands or children. |
| B．Because they have to work full-time. |
| C．Because they are too busy to relax themselves. |
| D．Because they want a new life. |
What do most working women have to do after they get home?
| A．Look after their children and families. |
| B．Read novels. |
| C．Play computer games |
| D．See a film |
What's the best title for the passage?
| A．Busy Working Mothers |
| B．Welcome to Mother's Camp. |
| C．Mother Relax away from Home |
| D．Mothers in the US. |
阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。
We have a new classmate in our class. She is thirteen years old. (3) She is a shy girl with short and brown hair. She is not tall or short. (4)But she is a little bit heavy. Her face is round, like an apple. She has two big black eyes and a small nose. Her mouth is big, but her ears are small. She likes red. But today she is wearing a yellow sweater, blue jeans and brown shoes. She dislikes getting up early, so she is usually late for school. She doesn’t like to talk to others. She likes little animals. She has a little black dog. She and the dog are good friends.
(一)根据短文内容及首字母提示，完成下列对话。—How tall is the girl?
—She is of medium h________. —What color is the girl’s hair?
—It is b________.
(二)把句子(3)、(4)翻译成汉语。________________________________________________________________
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(三)根据上下文猜测词义。The Chinese meaning of the black word “round” is ________.
| A．长的 | B．方的 | C．瓜子形的 | D．圆的 |
根据地图和短文内容回答问题。
Look at the map of our neighborhood. The bank is next to my house. The school is next to the bank. There are a lot of teachers and they help me learn about many subjects. They are very friendly to me. If I want to read books or surf the Internet(网上冲浪), I can go to the library. It’s on No. 3 Street. 
When I get sick(生病), the doctors(医生) can give me a hand. Where is the hospital(医院)? Can you find it? It’s on No. 2 Street.
There is also a big supermarket in our neighborhood. I can buy a lot of things from there. It’s across from the bank and my house. But the post office is far from my home. If I want to post a letter, I have to go along First Avenue and turn right at the turning. Go along No. 1 Street and turn right again, and the post office is on my left.
It’s a good place to have fun． Welcome to my neighborhood．Where is the bank?
____________________________________________________________________Is there a park next to the house?
____________________________________________________________________How do you get to the post office from the house?
____________________________________________________________________Where is the hospital?
____________________________________________________________________What can you do in the library?
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| PEN PAL WANTED I’m Li Jiacheng. My English name is Jim. I’m a 14-year-old boy. I live in the city of Chengdu in China. I speak Chinese and I can speak a little Japanese. I have a small family, my father, my mother and I. I’m lonely(孤单的). I enjoy playing basketball and I like Japanese very much, (A) but I can’t speak it well. So (B)I want a pen pal to help me with my Japanese. Please write to me if(假如) you want. |
根据这封信完成下面这张身份卡片。(4分)
 Chinese Name: __________ English Name: __________ Age: __________ Country: __________ Language: __________ Family: father and mother Address: __________ Favorite Sport: __________ Favorite Subject: __________ |
把划线句子A改为同义句。(2分)
. . . but my spoken(口头的)English __________ __________ . 把划线句子B翻译成汉语。(4分)
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Singles Day (光棍节)falls on every November 11th, and as the name suggests, this holiday is one specially for people who are still living the single life. It’s surprising that China is the only country in the world that has set up a special day for singles to celebrate(庆祝) their lives. To find out more about this celebration, read on.
An old story goes that once there were four single men, leading very boring lives. None of them were married, or had lovers, or did anything exciting. They just sat around all day and played Mahjong（麻将）.
One day they played Mahjong from 11 in the morning until 11 at night. During the game, no matter who won, the winning card was always the 'Sitiao' card. And that day happened to be November 11th. In order to remember the day, they called it Singles Day.
For breakfast on Singles Day, singles often eat four youtiao, which means the four "ones" in "11.11". Many singles also choose to say goodbye to their single lives on this day. So they take part in 'blind date' parties , trying to find someone they love and many people choose to marry on this day. Besides the meaning 'single', the four 'ones' of the date can also mean 'only one' as in 'the only one for me.' Some people will use this date and this meaning to tell their special someone that they are the only 'one' in their heart. __________ first called November 11th Singles Day.
| A．The Chinese government |
| B．People who have been married |
| C．Four people playing Marjong |
| D．People who don’t want to get married |
The Chinese meaning of the word “'blind date' parties” in this passage is “________”.
| A．盲人聚会 | B．相亲会 | C．化妆舞会 | D．盲人党派 |
Singles often have ________ for breakfast on Singles Day.
| A．some bread | B．noodles | C．4 youtiao | D．nothing |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Singles Day is on November 11th. |
| B．Singles Day is celebrated by no countries but China. |
| C．Singles Day is for people who don’t have lovers. |
| D．To celebrate Singles Day, people play Marjong from 11 in the morning |
until 11 at night.
When does music in public places become noise pollution?
You may like at least some kind of music. But the problem is that, in lots of places, you’re made to hear somebody else’s choice in music. Say you’ve just landed at an airport. At the airport, the “background” （背景）music may be played loudly.
When you are on the way to your hotel, there may be another kind of music played by the taxi driver. Then you finally reach your hotel. But when you are taking the elevator(电梯)，there is elevator music.
You go out to dinner and end up in a place where the owner of the restaurant thinks music will help make you eat more and spend more. Then a person playing the violin comes around. This is called the “music wallpaper”. It is to make you buy more and eat a lot. Even the government thinks this is “noise pollution,” especially when the music is too loud.
Noise pollution may be bad for our hearing. It’s also bad for some of our daily activities, such as sleeping, conversations and so on.
The fact that you can’t see, taste or smell it may help explain why it has not received as much attention as other kinds of pollution, such as air pollution or water pollution. The air around us is always filled with sounds, but most of us would not think we are surrounded(包围) by noise. This can be bad for our health. So many people like soft and quiet music in their house. In the restaurant, the music is to make you _____________.
| A．have a nice meal |
| B．eat more food and spend more money |
| C．enjoy some wonderful music |
| D．have a great time in the restaurant |
This passage doesn’t talk about ___________.
| A．food pollution | B．water pollution |
| C．air pollution | D．noise pollution |
Music in public places becomes noise pollution because __________.
| A．it’s played at the airport |
| B．it’s played by the taxi driver |
| C．it’s played when you are taking the elevator |
| D．you are made to hear someone else’s choice in music |
From the passage we know that ___________.
| A．music that is too loud is bad for our health |
| B．people pay as much attention to noise pollution as they do to air pollution |
| C．people like loud music in their house |
| D．most people think that there’s lots of noise around us |