The second book ________ I want to read is Business．

A．which                    B．what                       C．that                       D．as

The girl ________ father is a teacher is called Mary．

A．who                B．whom              C．that               D．whose

My father bought me a MP4，but I don’t know ________ it．

A．when to use           B．what to use            C．where to use          D．how to use

Eight hours ________ really a very long time．

A．are                  B．is               C．has               D．were

People you don’t know shouldn’t ________．

A．speak to                  B．spoken to                C．be spoken              D．be spoken to

I don’t know if the rain ________ tomorrow．If it ________，I will go to see my parents．

A．will stop，stops                                         B．will stop，will stop

C．stops，stops                                             D．stops，will stop

My father is ________ English teacher in ________ university in Shanghai．

A．a；an                     B．an；an                    C．a；a                       D．an；a

Maybe most people like to travel during their holidays．Some people like to travel in tour groups（旅游團(tuán)）  1  they think it is safe and cheap．A tour guide（導(dǎo)游）takes care of the tourists and makes sure the group can see a lot of interesting  2  beautiful sights（風(fēng)景）．Other people like to travel   3  or with friends．They are free to see  4  they want to see．

People travel for many reasons（原因）．Some people travel to learn more languages．Some people travel for adventure（冒險(xiǎn)）．They want to do some different things，  5  Skiing，bungee jumping（蹦極），land mountain climbing．Other people like to shop when they travel．They look for new things or cheap ones．

There are  6  ways to travel．Some people take trains，  7  or buses，some fly，and  8  drive cars．Some people like to travel slowly and   9  a long time in each place．while others like to take quick tours and more places in a 10  time．

How do you like to spend your holidays?

1．A．and                          B．if                           C．because                 D．when

2．A．but                           B．and                         C．so                         D．or

3．A．lonely                       B．alone                      C．away                     D．nearly

4．A．when                       B．where                     C．what                      D．which

5．A．as well                     B．such as                   C．except for              D．as if

6．A．different                   B．terrible                    C．good                      D．expensive

7．A．ships                        B．planes                     C．spaceship               D．feet

8．A．the others                 B．the other                 C．other                     D．others

9．A．waste                       B．spend                     C．cost                       D．pay

10．A．long                       B．short                      C．good                      D．great

Different people have different ideas about time．People in the USA think that it is important to know the time．In cities in America，there are clocks in stations，factories and other buildings．Radio tells the correct time during the day．Most Americans also have watches with them wherever they go．They want to do certain things at certain time．They don’t like to be late．

But time is not so important to everybody in the world．When you visit a country in South America，you will find that people there don’t like to rush．If you had an appointment with somebody，he could probably be late，because he may not want to arrive on time．

In South America，even the radio program may not begin on time．The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time．People in South America think that clocks or watches are just machines．They think that you let a clock or a watch control your life if you do everything on time．

1．Time is very important to ________．

A．people in North America                              B．people in South America

C．the men on the radio                                   D．everybody in the world

2．The underlined word“control”probably mean ________  in Chinese．

A．改變                      B．控制                       C．創(chuàng)造                      D．?dāng)[脫

3．People in South America think ________．

A．they wouldn’t like to meet friends in public places

B．they don’t have to do certain things at certain time

C．it's wrong of a radio station to tell wrong time

D．it’s their habit to be a little earlier

4．What is the best title of the passage?

A．Is your life relaxing?

B．Must radio tell me exact time?

C．Different people have different ideas about time．

D．Differences between North and South America are everywhere．

Alfred Nobel，the great Swedish inventor and industrialist，was born in Stockholm on October 21，1833，but moved to Russia with his parents in 1842，where his father，Immanuel，made a strong position for himself in the engineering industry．Immanuel Nobel invented landmine and made a lot of money from the government during the Crimean War，but went bankrupt soon after．Then，the family returned to Sweden in 1859，where Alfred began his own study of explosives in his father’s lab．He had never been to school or university but had taught himself．and by the time he was twenty，he became a skillful chemist and excellent linguist，speaking Swedish，Russian，German，French and English．He built up over 80 companies in 20 different countries．He was always searching for a meaning to life．He spent much time and money working on how to end the wars，and the peace between nations，until his death in Italy in 1896．His famous last will，in which he left money to provide prizes for outstanding work in physics，chemistry，physiology，medicine，literature and peace，is a memorial to his interests and ideas．And so，the man is remembered and respected long after his death．

1．Where was Alfred Nobel born? He was born in ________．

A．Sweden                  B．Stockholm                     C．Russia                   D．Moscow

2．What did Immanuel Nobel invented during the Crimean War?

A．The engineering industry．                          B．A strong position．

C．Landmine．                                               D．Study of explosives．

3．Why did Alfred Nobel return to Sweden? Because his father ________．

A．went bankrupt               B．was put in prison     C．was ill                    D．died

4．What was Alfred Nobel always searching for? ________．

A．More time and more money                         B．A meaning to life

C．How to end the war                                   D．The peace between nations