(   )6. A. worrying    B. be worried    C. worry about D. worry
 (   )7. A. in           B. for          C. as             D. like
 (   )8. A. neither      B. either       C. both          D. also
 (   )9. A. hold        B. take         C. bring          D. carry
 (   )10.A. arrive home                B. arrive to home
           C. get to home                D. reach at home
八、阅读理解 （15 ）
(A)
Most people want to work, but it has become more difficult in today’s world to find work for everybody. The economies (经济) of the world need to grow by 4% each year just to keep the old number of jobs for people. Often this is not possible, and so more people are without work. Some people have no jobs now because new machines can do the work of many people in a shorter time. Also, machines do not ask for more money and longer holidays. In all of the countries of the world machines are taking work from people, not only in factories but also on the farms. One machine can often do the work of forty people. About 75,000 people are moving to the cities a day to look for jobs, but only 70% of them can find jobs.
(   ) 1.It was _______ for people to find work before than today.
A. more difficult  B. easier C. not possible       D. difficult
(   ) 2.If the economies of the world grow by 4% each year, _______.
A. people will have no jobs   
B. 4% of the people will have jobs, too
C. people can have the same number of jobs as before
D. 96% of the people will have jobs
(   ) 3. One machine can do as much work as _______.
A. 40 people   B. 75,000 people 
C. 75% of the people  D. 4% of the people in the world
(   ) 4. How many people outside cities go into cities to look for jobs each day?
A. More than 75,000  B. 70% of the people
C. About 75,000  D. About 4% of the people in the world
(   ) 5. Which of the following statements is wrong?
A. Most people want to have jobs.  
B. Machines need more money and longer holidays.
C. Now more people are without work.
D. Machines are taking work instead of people not only in factories but also on the farm.
(B)
In the morning Mr Smith comes into the garden at the back of his house．He sees so much snow in the garden．Mr Smith wants to take his car out，so he asks a man to clean the road from his garage(车库)to the gate．He says to the man，"Don’t throw any snow on that side．It will damage(损坏)the flowers in my garden，and don’t throw any on the other side for it will damage the wall．And don’t throw any into the street，or the policeman will come. Then he goes out．liuxuepaper.com