单选题Mr. Zhang decided to take this holiday because _____.A he was too tired to go on workingB he was very busy all the timeC he was paid a lot of moneyD he liked swimming and fishing

B

Jim was a waiter． He liked to grow flowers in his garden when he was free． One Sunday morning after breakfast he put on his old clothes and began digging(挖) in his garden at 8． He dug and dug． Half an hour later he suddenly found a coin near his foot． He was very glad． He put it in his right pocket． A few minutes later，he found anotherone． He picked it up and p．．．hit in the same pocket．The same thing happened for the third，the fourth and the fifth time…: He was very happy and told his wife about it． She was very happy，too． She said，"A thief took away a lot of coins from a shop a few days ago． The police caught him but they didn't find any coins． Then Jim went on digging some coins，but just when he began to dig，he felt something cold in his trousers．．． It ran down one of his legs． He put his hand down quickly and the coin came into his hand． Now he knew there was a hole in his right pocket．

( )26． There were some _________ in Jim's garden．

A．flowers

B．coins

C．people

D．trees

Henry is a little fatter than he wants to be． He ( 1 ) to lose some weight． So he is on diet． He tries not to eat to0 ( 2 ) and he eats very little sugar because it will make him ( 3 ) ． He also does exercise every ( 4 ) ．' He swims very often，( 5 ) he runs about two kilometers a day．Now he is ( 6 ) than before． Henry's sister，Susan，is healthier than Henry． ( 7 ) is also younger and thinner than he is． She does ( 8 ) every day，too． She doesn’t ( 9 ) much meat． But she eats a lot of fruit and vegetables because she thinks ( 10 ) are better for her health．

( )1．

A．wants

B．thinks

C．asks

D．likes

A

Many people have to work on the weekend. Some people do not mind. Other people think it is terrible.

One man thinks that working on the weekend can be dangerous. He is Graham Coates. Mr. Coates worked in an office in Brighton, England.

On Saturday, May 24, 1986, he went to the office to do some work. When he got in the elevator to go home, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator. He was trapped（困住了）! He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday!

There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait until one his coworkers came to work and found him. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates ended up sleeping for most of the time.

Early on Tuesday morning, the vice president of the company came into work and found the elevator was not working. When the elevator was opened, Mr. Coates came out cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the elevator for sixty-two hours!

Now Mr. Coates says, “I only uses elevators if they have telephones in them.”

36. Mr. Coates could not get out of the elevator because ______.

A. it was broken B. it was a weekend

C. it was a holiday D. it stopped on a wrong floor

Peter liked music very much when he was at school, but when he went to the university,he decided to study medicine instead. After he passed the examinations and became a doctor, he had to work in a hospital for some time. There he discovered that a lot of patients were happier and less worried about their illnesses if they could hear pleasant music. When Peter became a surgeon and began to work for himself, he decided to keep his patients happy by having a tape recorder in his waiting room, playing beautiful music for them. But soon after the tape recorder was put in the waiting room, Peter’s nurse heard a woman who was sitting in the crowded waiting room one morning complain, "Here we’re all waiting to see the doctor, and he’s just playing the piano in his office instead of doing his work!"

31. Peter liked music when he was at school.

A. T B. F

32. Peter had to pass some examinations after he became a doctor.

A. T B. F

33. Peter decided to play music for his patients because he couldn’t leave music.

A. T B. F

34. Peter put a recorder in his waiting room.

A. T B. F

35. The woman complained because she thought Peter wasn’t working.

A. T B. F

A.above all

B.after all

C.for all

D.in all

27． Mr Jackson is rich， but he___________ ．

A． isn’t in good health

B． is busy all the time

C． wants to go to university

D． never goes to a doctor

from school because he is busy study what he has

My grandfather was a completely different person before he had a stroke. He worked as a chief accountant, and he worked really long hours. People used to say that he was a workaholic. When he came home, he was always tired and this used to make him irritable. He didn't use to be sociable at all. He used to spend a lot of time alone working in the garden. I used to be frightened of him as a child. He used to shout at us all the time. Then, suddenly he became ill, and then the doctors told him he had to give up work. He changed almost overnight. His attitude to lots of things changed. He relaxed and spent time with his grandchildren. When he died, I think he was a really happy, relaxed man.

(1). My grandfather used to ().

A、drink a lot

B、work very hard

C、be the manager

(2). He was () when he came home.

A、 very pleasant

B、excited

C、easy to get angry

(3). When I was a child, I ().

A、 liked him very much

B、I hated him

C、was afraid of him

(4). Doctors asked him to ()after he had a stroke.

A、 stop working

B、change his attitude

C、work less

(5). When he died, he ().

A、 was feeling worried

B、was irritable

C、was a happy man

He decided to go for a sailing holiday ____________ the fact that he was usually seasick.

A、in spite of

B、because of

C、in case of

D、as a result of

Jack didn’t go with Harry because______．

A．he woke up too late

B．he didn’t like to see the result

C．he was too tired

D．he had some homework