24、Audrey is a Chinese-American student．She has found many value（價值觀） differences between Chinese and Americans．

    About money

    1）Americans would like to spend more than they have, so many of them are always in debt （欠債）．Chinese usually spend less than they have, so many of them always have money left in the bank．

2）American kids love to make money by themselves．Chinese kids always ask their parents for money．

3）American parents think it is not useful to send their children to an expensive university．Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities and that might make them very poor sometimes．

   About school

  1） Many American girls take part in sports, dancing and singing groups while Chinese girls take part in academic groups．

  2） Some American students think that "B" is a gift while Chinese students think that "B" is terrible．

   American parents and Chinese parents．

    American parents allow their daughters or sons to go out to have some part-time jobs in their free time or at the weekends．Chinese parents usually don't allow their children to do so in middle or high schools．

1．What would a Chinese middle school student probably NOT do at the weekends according to the passage?

A．Study at home．                                 B．Do part-time jobs．

      C．Take part in sports groups．              D．Do chores．

2．Some Chinese people have money left in the bank because_____．

 A．they usually spend less than they have 

    B．they spend more than they have

C．they don't like spending money at all

D．they make a lot of money

3．Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

    A．Chinese parents usually give their kids money．

B．American children love to make money by themselves,

C．The reason why Chinese parents would do anything to send their children to good universities．

D．Americans usually spend more money than they have．

4．The underlined word" academic" probably means ______ in Chinese．

A．學(xué)術(shù)的                B．娛樂的                C．運動的                D．休閑的

5．The best title for the passage would probably be _____．

A．Differences between Chinese and Americans

B．Chinese Students and American Students

C．Chinese Parents and American Parents

    D．Chinese Values and American Values

23、It keeps your insides from falling out．It helps you warm up when you are cold, and it can cool you off when you are hot．It lets you feel things by touch．

   What is this? Your skin, of course! What does your skin ask for in return for all the wonderful things it does? Just a little care! So let's learn how to take good care of our skin．

   Like the heart and stomach, your skin is an organ （器官）．In fact, it is the largest organ in your body．Unless there's a problem, you may not think about your skin very much．But skin has an important job to do．

   Your skin is protecting you．Your skin keeps you from getting sick．When you take care of your skin, you are helping your skin do its job．Taking care of your skin today will help you have no problems in the future．

Clean skin is happy skin! One simple way to take care of your skin is to keep it clean．Keeping your hands clean is very important．When washing your hands, use warm water．Wet your hands, and then use soap．You should wash your hands carefully everywhere．

     You'll also want to use warm water, but not too hot, when you take a bath．Use soap to clean your body．Don't forget under your arms and behind your ears! Your face needs attention, too．It's a good idea to wash your face once or twice a day with warm water．

1．We can infer（ 推斷出 ）from Paragraph 3 that __

A．people don't often care much about their skin

B．skin is an organ

C．there would be nothing wrong with your skin

D．skin is not important at all

2．Which of the following best describes your clean skin?

A．A kind of job to keep you from getting sick．

B．An important and largest organ．

C．Something like your heart and stomach．

D．Healthy and happy skin．

3．What's one of the simple ways to look after your skin?

A．Use warm water．                              B．Keep it clean．

C．Wash it twice a day．                          D．Use soap．

4．Why does the writer think we should try to take care of our skin today?

    A．To help us warm up when we are cold．

    B．In order to keep our insides from falling out．

C．In order to help us have no problems in the future．

D．To let us feel things by touch．

5．What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Taking care of your skin．

B．Your skin．

    C．An important organ．

D．Keeping yourself from getting ill

20、—How do you like _____London?

—It's ______great．I love it．

A．/;a                B．the;/                C．the; a              D．/;/

19、—Doctor, it seems that you like to work with animals．

—Yes, I think animals should _______ as our friends．

A．regard         B．be regarded          C．be regarding        D．a(chǎn)re regarded

18、The Children's Hospital is far from here．You'd better ______there by taxi．

A．come                B．go                   C．walk                 D．travel

17、Have you got any books on cooking? I'd like to borrow _____

A．it                 B．that                C．one               D．this

16、_____people went to the concert which was held in People’s Square _____the night of May Day．

A．Thousands of; in                        B．Thousand ; on

C．Many thousand; in                       D．Thousands of; on

15、His work is better than______.

A．a(chǎn)nyone         B．a(chǎn)nyone else         C．a(chǎn)nyone else's       D．a(chǎn)nyone's else