Most adults once studied at school, had classes and did their homework every day．The same   1   is going on at school now．  2   it seems that doing weekend homework is one 3   for the modern students．

All the students should agree that weekend homework should be abolished （取消）．It is    4   for them to study at school five days a week． They have a lot of interests．With homework to do on Saturday and Sunday, how can they find   5   to help their parents do the housework, go and see a football or basketball game or a good film, join in family recreation （娛樂）, or just have   6   at home? Because of these activities, the homework can't be finished   7   Sunday evening． So their weekend homework is usually done in such a hurry that on Monday teachers are    8   because many of the students know little about the   9  ．If there were no weekend homework to do, they would be   10   to go to school on Monday after two days' good rest and learn what the teachers teach better．

1． A． thing                     B． school                   C． class                    D． homework

2． A． Also                     B． But                       C． Still                      D． Though

3． A． question             B． reason                 C． problem                D． decision

4． A． not enough            B． enough                  C． no good                D． no use

5． A． friends                  B． time                      C． places                   D． money

6． A． a rest                    B． an exam                C． a lesson                D． a picnic

7． A． though                B． since                    C． after                     D． until

8． A． pleased                 B． sorry                    C． unhappy                D． satisfied

9． A． lessons                 B． games                   C． interests                D． activities

10． A． tired                    B． creative                 C． worried                 D． happy

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Seven cats are good friends. They live in the same town. They always go   1  together on Saturdays. Every time one of them finds a place to go.
Today, a   2  called Mimi should find a place, but she doesn’t give   3 calls to her friends. The other cats are angry (生氣). They all go to Mimi’s house and ask her, “You give us no call.  4 ?”
Mimi hears (聽到) this and begins to cry. She  5  , “I will move to a new house with my father. It is in another town. I can’t go shopping with you    6 .”
Her friends hear that and talk for a long time. Then they have an idea. “Don’t   7 . We will go to that town and do the shopping    8   your new house.”
Mimi is very happy. She jumps high.
Two days later, Mimi comes to her friends and says, “I don’t need to move. My father    9  a new job here in this town.”
Her friends are happy again. They still go shopping together on    10  .

Roger Scott worked as a salesman in a department store. Like a lot of other young people, he didn’t like his    1    very much. One day he was    2   in the canteen (食堂)of the store with his girlfriend, Annie Davis. She worked there, too. “I’m going to find another job as soon as I    3  “. He said, “The pay isn’t very good and the work isn’t interesting, either. The worst thing with it is that I have to take orders from people like Mr. Smith! Mr. Smith was the manager of the store. Everybody was    4   afraid of him. He often walked around the store and always got very angry if he saw somebody who was not working. Sometimes there was really no work to do    5   people still tried to look busy.
While Roger was talking, Annie looked up and saw Mr. Smith    6  into the canteen. Roger was sitting near the door and Mr. Smith was just behind him. He could hear what Roger was telling. Annie didn’t know what to do. “I    7  Mr. Smith is even a very good manager.” Roger continued loudly. “   8  a man is a good manager, the people would   9  to work for him. I’m sure everyone here hates it! At least I am.” Annie saw Mr. Smith come closer. There was a very angry    10   on his face.

On the evening of last Sunday while I was reviewing my lessons in my room, it suddenly began to rain.   1   as usual, I stopped to listen to the rhythm（韻律）of the rain. For many years, whenever it rains, I couldn’t  2  listening to it and thinking of the garden in which I spent my childhood in my hometown.
When I was a little girl, my family lived in a big house with a big garden in the countryside. The garden was full of flowers and   3 , with some bamboo in front of the wall. Whenever it rained, I    4   to sit in the front of the house, listening to the rhythm of the rain and watching the    5  raindrops.
When small drops of rain fall from the heaven in a row, they    6  a curtain made up of pearls（珍珠）; when the raindrops   7   the ground, a lot of small sprays（水花）will splash（濺出）and then disappear slowly.
I have been   8   interested in watching such a scene. Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I feel calm and peaceful in my heart. This feeling of peace makes me think a lot about life. We are the  9   of the earth, and one day we will embrace（擁抱）our earth and stay with her forever. Life is short and we should treasure it.
Listening to the rhythm of the rain, I learn to understand the     10   of life.

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