1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A．Old-fashioned televisions.

B．The man’s childhood.

C．Difficult times of the past.

2. When did the TV programs start when the man was a child?

A．In the evening.

B．In the afternoon.

C．In the morning.

3. What did the man do on holiday when he was a boy?

A．He stayed at home.

B．He went to the seaside.

C．He took the train to England.

4. What does the woman think of the old days?

A．Hard.

B．Funny.

C．Boring.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What does the woman mean?

A．They have financial troubles.

B．It’s a good idea to watch a film.

C．The man should turn up the heat.

2. How much is the telephone bill?

A．$90.

B．$80.

C．$70.

3. What is the woman likely to do?

A．Tour New York.

B．Charge the man.

C．Make a phone call.

3 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

I live in a small but lovely neighborhood. Our house is neither large nor luxurious, but it has a fairly big garden. My father loves his garden. He planted some seeds in it and took good care of the plants, watering them, applying fertilizer, weeding and getting rid of bugs. He was never tired of doing all that stuff. But at that time, I didn’t understand why working in the dirt excited him so much.

Unfortunately, in the summer vacation before senior high school, my father was seriously injured in an accident. He had to stay in bed for a while. My mother had several business trips, so she couldn’t take care of the garden. I didn’t want my father to worry. I said that I would take care of his garden until he recovered. I assumed that the little plants would continue to grow as long as they had water, and luckily it rained fairly often, so I didn’t think much about the garden.

One Saturday morning, my father said to me, “Christine, the vegetables should be about ready to be picked. Let’s have a salad today!” I went out to the garden and was upset to see that many of the lettuce (生菜) leaves and carrots had been half eaten by bugs. There were hundreds of bugs all over them!

I panicked for a moment but then I quietly went to the nearest supermarket to buy some vegetables. When I was making the salad, my mother came home and saw the bag from the supermarket in the kitchen. I was embarrassed and admitted, “Dad would like a salad, but the garden is a disaster. I don’t want to disappoint him, so I went to the store and bought some vegetables.” My mother smiled, saying, “Honey, you know what is the right thing to do.”

Paragraph 1

My father seemed very pleased when I took the salad to him.

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Paragraph 2

Feeling guilty, I decided to do the right thing.

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4 . Let’s face it: Nobody really likes doing chores (家务) around the house. But at a certain age, our kids are old enough to start lending a hand with the housework.     1     But what exactly are the benefits that young children and teenagers get from doing chores?

Chores help teach life skills. They’re young now, but they won’t be kids forever! Washing clothes, cooking and cleaning the room are just some of the skills kids will need once they finally move out.     2     So it is really important to make kids learn them at home.

Chores teach kids how to follow directions. Whether you are giving instructions to a small child or a teenager, describing what you are expecting them to do and then doing it will teach them how to follow directions.    3     Remember, only age-proper instructions can help them learn this important skill.

Chores teach responsibility and respect. Having your children clean up their own messes will give them a sense of responsibility. Task them with assisting in making the family’s meals.     4    These will help them understand all that their parents do to keep the home running smoothly and be more respectful of it.

    5    Everyone in our home has their own jobs to do in order to allow our house to function. It not only lessens our own stress level and to-do list, but it teaches our kids that we all must work together as a team. They may complain, but they’ve come to understand that the chores they are tasked with each day or week are all a bigger part of keeping the family functioning.

A．Chores encourage teamwork.

B．They can benefit from doing this.

C．Or let them sort their own clothes.

D．Speak to them at a level they'll understand.

E．These are also things that schools do not fully teach.

F．Encouraging kids to do chores will build their confidence.

G．Chores help improve planning and time management skills.

5 . We try to give our children so much but sometimes forget to give them the greatest gift, the ability to feel grateful. Without that, we can never give them enough. Gratitude can be expressed for anything—the sight of beautiful clouds, our warm home, or a nice meal.

Many of our parents tried to make us feel grateful by pointing out the hungry children in some faraway land. This often resulted in us offering to send those children the unpleasant clothes or ugly tennis shoes. Just have a look around us, we know how this happened. All around are material things that they (and we) are led to believe we must have- -that we have a right to have.

The most important is simply being an example of being grateful for the things in our own lives. In my work as a school psychologist, a mother with a 9-year-old came to see me for help. We worked out a way to teach him to feel gratitude- but not to say how fortunate he was. She started by talking about what had gone on in her day that she was grateful for: a friend who praised her work or the quiet evening without too much washing. Then she asked him if anything good happened in his day. He got the idea, shared a few things, and it soon became a habit.

So along with all the things on the wish lists, we can add another one: gratitude. It might even help to start by letting our kids know that, regardless of their appearance, their scores, or their abilities, they are source of gratitude in our lives.

1. According to the author, gratitude________.

A．may come from everyday life	B．should come first on the wish lists
C．is more important than children's scores	D．must be taught by teachers in school

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．The situation of children in poor areas.	B．The skill of choosing and sending gifts.
C．The difference between right and wrong.	D．The reason for children's feeling ungrateful.

3. The story of the 9-year-old boy is mainly to show that parents should________.

A．teach their children to forget bad things in life	B．set an example to children to feel grateful
C．tell their children how lucky they are	D．praise their children quite often

4. In which part of a website can we probably find the text?

A．News.

B．Jobs.

C．Family.

D．Arts.