2Over 1,400 university students from 37 countries and regions came to China for the 2006’s World MUN meeting(世界大学生模拟联合国大会). The meeting was held in Peking University from March 27th to 31st, 2006. The idea of the World MUN began in 1991. A group of students at Harvard(哈佛)University wanted to make a new meeting to bring together the students who were interested

parents, but they just get everything done for me,” said Yang Ming, a sixteen-year-old student.

Experts say this won't change much unless the College Entrance Examination, which adds much pressure (压力) on high school students, is changed.

根据短文内容完成下列各题。

76. Is Wang often asked to do housework?

77. What do most of Guangzhou teenagers want to do, according to the report?

78. How many students never have any housework to do?

79. What do most parents think is the most important for children?

80. 用短语或简洁的句子回答：What does Yang Ming like to spend his time doing after school?

参考答案 61---65. ABDCB 66---70. BDCBD 71---75. BCADD

76.No, he/she isn't 77.They want to do housework./To do housework. 78. 6.2%(of the teenagers/students)

79.The most important is to study./To study. 80.In playing./In playing basketball…

In going to see a film./In watching TV…

In playing with other children.

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Jerry Balkwin, 30 years old, restaurant. He lived in a flat about one mile north of the restaurant. He walked to and from work. When it was raining, he took the bus.

Jerry loved gangster(匪徒) movies. When a new one came out, he would go to the theater and watch the new movie three or four times. Then, when it went to video, Jerry would buy the video at Barney s Video Store. Jerry had a home over 1,000 gangster videos. Old ones, new ones; color, black and white; English, Spanish, Japanese ---- he loved them all. He could tell you the name of the movie, the director, the stars, and the story.

Jerry finally decided that he would own a gun, just like the gangsters. So he saved his money for a couple of years. Then he went to the gun club to practice shooting. He was in the club for only 10 minutes when he accidentally dropped his gun. The gun went off, and the bullet(子弹) went into Jerry s right knee.

Jerry now walks with a walking stick, just like some gangsters.

46. What was Jerry Baldwin?

A. The boss of a restaurant. B. The manager of a cinema.

C. The owner of a video shop. D. The head of a shooting club.

47. Jerry Baldwin had a large collection of EXCEPT _____ones.

A. Spanish B. Japanese C. Russian D. English

48. How did Jerry Baldwin get a gun?

A. He bought it for himself. B. He borrowed it from the club.

C. He made it on his own. D. He got it to from the gangster.

49. Jerry Baldwin dropped his gun mainly because of his ______.

A. illness B. anger C. carelessness D. eyesight

50. From the passage, we learn that Jerry ______ in the end.

A. lost his interest in movies B. turned out to be a real gangster

C. had his own shooting club D. couldn t walk in a normal way

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How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?

The sun was probably the world s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos (爱斯基摩人) live. There, it s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun for day, if you don t have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it s day, and when it s dark, it s night. The sun can not only tell you whether it s day or night but also it s morning, noon, or afternoon. When the sun is almost directly overhead, it s noon. on the beach. And then it about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tide sand two low