A.Americansthinkmuchabouttime.Fromchildhoodtheylearntovalue(珍视)time.Aschildrentheyaretoughttobeontimetogotoschool,toworkandtodoeverything.Whentheyarehavingagoodtime,theysaythattimegoeseasily.Whenapersonisdying,theysayheislivingonaborrowedtime.Timeismoney.Timeisknowledge.TimeiseverythinginAmerica.AworkingAmericanhastoworkhardforeighthoursadayorfortyhoursaweek.Thisistheworkingtime.Inhisfreetime,healsoworkshardformoremoney.EvenonSaturdayandSundayhealsoworkshardasusual.Inthestreetyoucanhardlyseeamanwalkingslowly.Theywalkveryfast.Infact,theyarerunning.Theylovetimecanbringthemmoneyandlotsofthings.Butsometimestheyalsohatetime,becausetheyfeeltheyhavebecomeservants(仆人)oftheclock.1.WhatdotheAmericansmeanby“Timeismoney”?A.Ifsomeonehastimeandworkshard,hecanmakealotofmoney.B.Ittakesquitealotoftimetomakemoney.C.Workinghardcanbringpeoplehealth.D.Itisnoteasytomakemoney.2.Americansthinkitwrong________.A.toworklateB.togetupearlyC.tobeontimetodoeverythingD.tobelateforschool3.Thepassagesaysthatadyingperson__________.A.ishavingagoodtimeB.thinkstimegoeseasilyC.islivingonaborrowedtimeD.issavingtime4.Fromthepassagewecanbesurethat____________.A.Americansliveinaquickrhythm(节奏)B.AmericansliveahardlifeC.AmericansaregoodatsavingtimeD.Americansalwayswalkfast5.Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitle(题目)forthispassage?A.TimeIsMoneyB.Americans’IdeasaboutTimeC.NeverWasteAnyTimeD.LearntoBeonTimeBHowIstudyEnglhis?IoftenhearsomestudentssayEnglishisdifficult,anditgivesthemheadache.Sotheycan’tlearnitwell.ButEnglishiseasyforme.I’mverygladtotellyousomethingabouthowIstudyEnglish.First,IthinkaninterestinEnglishisveryimportant.WhenIwasinGradeOne,wehadanewsubject----English.Itwasfreshforme.Iwasinterestedinit,soIworkedhardatit.SoonwehadanEnglishexamandgotaverygoodmark.HowhappyIwas!AfterthatIlearnedEnglishharderandharder.OurEnglishteacheroftenteachesusEnglishsongs,thesongssoundnice.IoftenthinkhowinterestingEnglishis.Second,IthinkEnglishisaforeignlanguage.Ishouldlearnitwellinthefollowingways:Listentotheteachercarefully,speakbravely,readaloudandhaveagoodvocabulary(词汇).Thenpracticeagainandagain,neverbetired.AndIalsohaveagoodhabit;AskingwheneverIhaveaquestion,ImustmakeitclearbyaskingourEnglishteacher.HowhappyIamwhenIunderstand.Besidesthis,IoftenreadEnglishstories,jokes,andeasynovels.FromtheseIknowEnglishisnotonlyinteresting,butalsouseful.Theyhelpmeunderstandalotofthings.SotodomoriereadingisanimportantwaytolearnEnglishwell.AndIalsodosomeexercisesfromourclassmagazines,andIoftenwriteEnglishdiaries.Englishhasbecomeaclosefriendofmine.NowIhavelearnedEnglishformorethantwoyears.Ialwayskeepthefirstpositioninourschool.Fromthesewords,IhopeeveystudentcanlearnEnglishwell.1.Whydosomestudentsoften“haveaheadache”?A.Becausetheyareeasytocatchacold.B.Becauseit’softenverycold.C.BecausetheythinkEnglishiseasy.D.Becausetheydon’tthinkEnglishiseasy2.Thewritertellsusthatweshouldbe__________inEnglishifwewanttolearnitwell.A.interestB.interestedC.interestingD.strict3.Thesentence“Igotaverygoodmark”means“___________”.A.IgotagoodwayB.Ihadagoodidea.C.IdidbadlyintheexamD.Ididwellintheexam.4.ThewriterthinksEnglishisinterestingbecause_______________.A.EnglishisfullofstoriesB.EnglishisfullofjokesC.histeacheroftenteachesthemniceEnglishsongsD.ofnothing5.Whichofthefollowingisnotthewaythewriterstudiesby?A.Speakingbravely.B.Writingtoforeignfrie...
