Different people like doing different things；...

Different people like doing different things；different people have different hobbies. My brother is fond of collecting stamps. He has a very good collection and he is proud of it. His stamps can tell you about different people and different countries. My brother often says that his hobby is popular with people of all ages.

Collecting stamps is easy and interesting. It is great fun. You begin to learn many interesting facts about history and famous people when you start to collect stamps. At first people collect every kind of stamp. But soon they begin to make special collections. Sometimes they specialize in stamps of one subject only，for example，birds，animals，flowers or sports. Birds or sports，are your theme(主题)．This kind of collecting is called thematic. My brother's collection is thematic. His theme is fish. My best friend，Alice，is a collector too. She is fond of collecting badges(徽章)．Her collection is also thematic. Her theme is sports. She keeps her badges on the wall. When you come into her room you can see them all there.

My grandfather collected coins when he was a boy. Some people collect dolls. My uncle does. When he travels he always brings home dolls from different countries. Some people collect pictures，cups，toys，toy soldiers，books，pencils and many other things.

But collecting things is not the only hobby people have. Some people are fond of travelling or gardening. Very many boys and girls are fond of sport and that is their hobby. My aunt's hobby is taking pictures and my mother is fond of music. If you have one，what is your hobby?

1.The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to__________.

A．Stamps　　　　　　 B．badges　　　　 C．birds　　 D．flowers

2.From the last paragraph，we can infer that________.

A．the writer's hobbies are travelling and gardening

B．collecting is a favorite hobby of many people

C．different people have different hobbies

D．boys have different hobbies from those of girls

3.Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Interesting hobbies　　 B．Wearing badges

C．Collecting stamps 　　　 D．Enjoying music

4.The author develops the third and the fourth paragraphs mainly by________.

A．cause and effect　　　　 B．order in space

C．order in time 　　　　　 D．examples

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The world is an interesting place. Different people like different things. Some people like loud music. Other people don’t. 1.

Many people like sports, but they don’t all like the same sports. In some countries, cricket is a very popular sport. In other countries, it is not popular at all. No one plays it or watches it on TV. However, most people like soccer. The World Cup is very popular. 2.

Different people like different foods. Some people do not like meat. 3.Some people don’t like potatoes or bread. They prefer rice.

4.Most people have their favorite colors. Some people like bright colors. Others prefer pale colors.

Many people like travelling. Different people like different places. Some people like to go to the country. They like the fresh air. Some people like to go to the cities, because they like shopping. 5.

A. They like soft music.

B. Not everyone likes the same color.

C. Millions of people watch the games on the TV.

D. Different people like different kinds of pets.

E. They eat fruit and vegetables most of the time.

F. So they don’t raise pigs in their countries.

G. Some other people enjoy beautiful places like the mountains or beaches.

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Americans do many different things during their vacations. Some people stay at home and enjoy time with their families. They may go to a local swimming pool, zoo or museum. Other people travel to enjoy large national parks, the mountains, the ocean, or large amusement parks. Many people visit interesting American cities or historic areas. Some people visit family members in other states. Still other Americans visit foreign countries.

Recently there is a new use for vacation time — learning about a new kind of job. This program is called Vocation Vacations. People pay between six hundred and five thousand dollars to work at a job for a few days or a week.

Brian Kurth of Portland, Oregon, started Vocation Vacations. He says it serves a valuable purpose. It gives people a chance to try out a job they always wanted without leaving their present job.

People use Vocation Vacations to try many kinds of jobs around the United States. These are jobs that anyone can learn to do. For example, they can learn how to make beer, wine, cheese or cakes. They can help train dogs or horses. They can learn how to be a hunting and fishing guide or a gardener. They can work with a sports announcer, television producer, wedding planner or photographer. Or they can learn how to operate a very small hotel, called a “bed and breakfast”.

Vocation Vacations recently added several new jobs. They include comedians, dog-sled (雪橇) drivers and hair stylists. The company says the most popular job so far is winemaking.

The Vocation Vacations Website recently asked visitors what prevents them from working at their dream job. More than two thousand people answered. Forty-two percent said the main block is money. Lack of the right education or experience was the answer given by twenty-five percent. Other answers included fear of failure and lack of family support.

1.From the first paragraph we can learn that on holiday 　　 .

A. Americans often try out new jobs

B. Americans prefer to travel

C. what Americans usually do

D. how Americans enjoy themselves at home

2.What is “Vocation Vacations” according to the passage?

A. The best way of enjoying time with one’s family.

B. A program of learning a new job on holiday.

C. A chance to learn how to operate a hotel.

D. The most popular jobs around the US.

3.It seems that most of the jobs in Vocation Vacations are 　　 .

A. difficult B. boring

C. expensive D. enjoyable

4. When people take the jobs in vocation vacations, 　　 .

A. they can choose many kinds of them

B. they can get some money for their work

C. they must have much experience

D. they must have a lot of money

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Autumn means different things to different people. “It all depends on your personality，” said British naturalist Richard Mabey. “Personality shapes your view of the season，” he said. “You may see it as a fading-away，a packing-up (结束)，or as a time of packing in another sense—the exciting gathering of resources before a long journey.”

If this is true，perhaps it tells us a little about，for instance，Thomas Hood，the 19th Century English poet. About November，he wrote：

No warmth，no cheerfulness，no healthful ease

No shade，no shine，no butterflies，no bees

November!

On the other hand，another English poet John Keats，already sensing he was seriously ill，was inspired by a late September day to pen one of the most famous poems in the English language—To Autumn. He wrote to a friend afterwards that there was something comforting and healing about it.

According to Richard Mabey，Keats has the biological evidence on his side. Autumn is not a time of slowing down，but a time of new beginnings and great movements of creatures. For example，just at the moment that Keats's “gathering swallows” (in To Autumn)are departing for Africa，millions of creatures are fleeing from the frozen north like Iceland，Greenland and Russia to winter along the east and south coasts of Britain. According to scientists，before falling，the leaves transfer their chlorophyll(叶绿素) and carbohydrates into the woody parts of the tree for safe keeping over winter. What remains is the natural antioxidants (防老剂) in the leaves: the yellow and orange carotenoids (类胡萝卜素)，and another protective chemical specially produced for autumn，the bright-red anthocyanin (花青素)．High colour is not a signal of deterioration (退化) and decline，but of detox (排毒的) ability and good health.

A century after Keats，the American poet Loren Eiseley wrote in his journal: “Suppose we saw ourselves burning-like maples in a golden autumn. And that we could break up like autumn leaves...dropping their substance like chlorophyll. Wouldn't our attitude towards death be different？”

1.From Thomas Hood's poem，we may infer that ________.

A．he suffered a lot from cold November

B．he missed the shining summer days very much

C．he had a negative attitude towards autumn

D．he enjoyed butterflies and bees very much

2.In autumn，leaves turn yellow before falling because ________.

A．they can't bear the freezing

B．they can't get enough water from the wood part

C．chlorophyll and carbohydrates have been lost through leaves

D．chlorophyll and carbohydrates have come back to the wood part

3.From the passage we can learn that ________.

A．autumn has different faces in different people's eyes

B．John Keats was a good biologist as well as a poet

C．all creatures move from the cold north to Britain for winter

D．the three poets were only known for their poems about autumn

4.Which word can best describe Loren Eiseley's attitude towards autumn?

A．Fearful.        B．Optimistic.        C．Doubtful.        D．Realistic.

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People eat different things in different parts of the world.

In south China we eat rice every day. Sometimes we eat it two or three times a day, for breakfast, lunch and supper. We usually eat it with fish, meat and vegetable.

The Japanese eat rice, too. They also eat a lot of fish. They sometimes eat raw（生的）fish. In Africa, maize（玉米）is the most important food. People there make maize into flour（面粉）.From this flour they make different kinds of bread and cakes.

In western（西方的）countries such as Britain, Australia and the U.S.A, the most important food is bread or potatoes. People there usually make their bread from wheat flour. They cook the potatoes in different ways. In England the most popular food is fish and chips. Sometimes people cook this food at home, but usually they buy it at the shop. They eat this food at home, in their work place, in the park or on the road. People call it "take-away" food.

1.This passage is about ______.

A. food　　 B. drink

C. clothes　　 D. ways of life

2.Who sometimes eat fish when it isn't cooked?

A. People in China　　 B. People in Japan

C. People in Africa　　 D. People in Britain

3.The most important food for African people is ______.

A. rice　　 B. fish

C. Maize　　 D. vegetable

4.Which of the following countries is called " a western country"?

A. One of the countries in Africa　　 B. Japan

C. China　　 D. Australia

5.People eat "take-away" food ______.

A. at home　　 B. on their way to school

C. in their offices　　 D. A、B and C

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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Happiness means different things to different people. For Mary, who has 1.　 severe sleeping problem, happiness is as simple as having a good night’s sleep.

Bed was once a place 2. Mary went to rest after a long, hard day. _3. , she has not had a full night’s sleep in almost six months. Her doctor said that 　 4.　 (count) sheep might help her fall asleep. She tried this, but soon got tired of it after it failed to work. She finds the nights without sleep almost 　 5. (bear) . She is always sleepy and lacks energy during the day.

Mary is not alone. Studies show that more than one in three people worldwide struggle with getting enough sleep. It often takes on different 6.(form) : some people can get to sleep, but wake up much too early; some get a full night’s sleep, but are 7.　 (disappoint)　 to find that they still feel tired when they wake up; others, like Mary, find 　 8. difficult to fall asleep in the first place.

Specialists say that people should not worry too much about this problem. In most cases, a lack of sleep　 9.　 (cause) by anxiety and pressure. It is important to keep yourself 10.　 good spirits and to be positive.　

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People can be addicted to different things, e.g. alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive, i.e they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders; they feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrational-impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasures that they get from the things they buy.

There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they don’t need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets, but they are really playing an exciting game: when they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.

It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies and advertisers use psychology to increase business: they consider people’s need for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.

Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy” to help individuals solve their personal problems. In the same was, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.

1.According to psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money ________.

A. and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys

B. in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in life

C. just to meet his or her strong psychological need

D. entirely with an irrational eagerness

2.The passage is mainly concerned with ________.

A. the psychology of money - spending habits

B. the purchasing habits of compulsive spenders

C. a special psychology of bargain hunting

D. the use of the psychology of spending habits in business

3.Which of the following statements is true?

A. All people spend money for exactly the same reason they need to buy things.

B. Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of money to increase sales.

C. Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do.

D. Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.

4.From the passage we may safely concluded that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargain hunters ________.

A. are really unreasonable

B. need special treatment

C. are really beyond treatment

D. can never get any help to solve their problems with money

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八：短文改错（满分15分）。

Different people have different ideas about music.                              1.

For me, I like rock music because it’s so exiting. But                         2.

my favorite rock band, the “Foxy Ladies”, are one of                         3.

the most famous rock music band in the world. I also like            4.

pop music. My classmate Li Hua love dance music,                          5.

because she enjoys in dancing. My best friend, Jane,                        6.

likes Jazz music and she thinks Jazz is real cool.                          7.

My brother also likes rock very much, thinking them amazing.     8.

But my mother thinks rock is bored. “I like some relaxing            9.

music,” she says. That’s she likes country music, I think.             10.

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Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.

　Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and fun in work. Some teenagers work in the forests or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

　There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or drawing. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to pass his free time.

　When people live together, they should have rules. In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”

　One of the teenagers has said something about it, “You have to stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”

1. In one special program in New York State, young and older people_______.

A. don’t work well together     B. teach each other new ways of building houses

C. are friendly to each other　D. spend eight weeks together, working as farmers

2.All the members work some time every day mainly to________.

A. lead a busy life                    B. find useful things and pleasure in work

C. get used to the life on the farms   D. learn new skills of farming

3.Living together, ________.

A. the teenagers don’t have to obey the rules

B. the members have to obey the regulations the adults make

C. the members have no free time but on weekends

D. the members should not break the regulations they make together

4.The best title for the passage is________.

A. The Rules of Living Together    B. Teenagers and Adults Together

C. Life in New York State              D. Free Hours in the Special Work Group　

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Young people and older people do not always agree with each other. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults (成年人) and teenagers live together in a friendly way.

Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and to build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo-taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing. Each teenager chooses his own way to spend his free time.

When people live together, rules are necessary. In this program, the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”

One of the teenagers has something to say about the experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn how to think about the group.”

1. In one special program in New York, young and older people ______.

2.Living together, ________.

3.The last paragraph shows that the teenager thinks his experience in the program is _______.

4.The best title for the passage is _______.

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