Question

【題目】Do English people live a life similar to ours? Here is something information for you to find

out the answer to this question by yourself.

Many English people would like to live in houses, not flats because most houses have gardens. They like growing vegetables and flowers when they have free time.

Most office workers start work at about nine in the morning and finish it at about five in

the afternoon, with an hour’s break at noon. They don’t go home for lunch. They just have quick meals near their offices. They usually have big meals at the weekend. After work, many English people like outdoor sports. They think sports are good for their health.

Children go to school at about 9:00 a.m. and go back home at about 3:30 p.m. Most

children have lunch at school. All children go to school when they are four or five years old.

Most shops open at about 9:00 a.m. and close at about 6:00 p.m. Usually they don’t close for lunch.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】garden

【2】grow

【3】busy

【4】seven

【5】quick

【6】big

【7】healthy

【8】6.5

【9】age

【10】closed

【解析】本文介紹了英國人的生活方式。介紹了他們喜歡的住房，工作時(shí)間，運(yùn)動情況，孩子們上學(xué)的情況以及商店的營業(yè)時(shí)間。

【1】根據(jù)Many English people would like to live in houses, not flats because most houses have gardens. 可知許多英國人想要住在一個(gè)帶有花園的房子里，故此處為garden。

【2】根據(jù)They like growing vegetables and flowers when they have free time.可知他們可以在空閑的時(shí)間，在花園里種菜和花，故此處為grow。

【3】根據(jù)They like growing vegetables and flowers when they have free time.可知他們可以在空閑的時(shí)間，在花園里種菜和花，they are free time=they are not busy“他們空閑的時(shí)候，也就是他們不忙的時(shí)候”，故此處為busy。

【4】根據(jù)Most office workers start work at about nine in the morning and finish it at about five in

the afternoon, with an hour’s break at noon.可知大多數(shù)辦公室工作人員從早上九點(diǎn)開始工作，下午五天結(jié)束工作，中午休息一個(gè)小時(shí)，故他們一共一天工作七個(gè)小時(shí)，故為seven。

【5】根據(jù)They just have quick meals near their offices. 可知他們在辦公室附近快速地吃頓飯，故此處為quick。

【6】根據(jù)They usually have big meals at the weekend.可知他們經(jīng)常在周末吃大餐，故此處為big。

【7】根據(jù)They think sports are good for their health.可知他們認(rèn)為運(yùn)動能讓他們保持健康，故此處為healthy。

【8】根據(jù)Children go to school at about 9:00 a.m. and go back home at about 3:30 p.m. 可知學(xué)生從上學(xué)9點(diǎn)去上學(xué)，下午3點(diǎn)30分回家，在學(xué)生停留的時(shí)間是6小時(shí)30分，即6.5小時(shí)。故此處為6.5。

【9】根據(jù)All children go to school when they are four or five years old.可知所有的孩子在四歲或五歲去上學(xué)，at the age of在……歲，故此處為age

【10】根據(jù)Most shops open at about 9:00 a.m. and close at about 6:00 p.m.可知大多數(shù)商店在上午9點(diǎn)開門，在下午6點(diǎn)關(guān)門，故此處為closed。