Unit 1第四课时Ⅰ.阅读表达阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。
The Fun They Had in SchoolOn the page headed May 17,2517，Margie wrote in her diary，“Today Tommy found a real book！”It was a very old book covered with dust.Margie's grandfather once said that long ago all stories were printed on paper.“What is it about？” asked Margie.“School”．“School? What's there to write about school? I hate school.”Margie hated school now more than ever.The electric teacher had been giving her drill after drill in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had finally sent for someone to fix the teacher.The man came with a whole box of tools.He turned off the electricity，and started to repair the teacher.There was a motor that showed questions，and a hole where Margie had to put compositions and test papers.The electric teacher marked the paper quickly.Margie asked Tommy，“Why would anyone write about school？”“Because it's the school they had hundreds of years ago”Margie read the book for a while，then said，“Anyway，they had a teacher？”“Yes，but it was a man”．“A man? How could a man be a teacher？”“Well，he just told the kids things and gave them homework”．“A man isn't smart enough.”“Sure he is.My father knows as much as my teacher”．“But I wouldn't want a stranger in my house to teach me.”Margie argued.Tommy laughed.“The teacher didn't live in the house.They had a special building and all the kids went there”．“And all the kids learnt the same thing？”“Sure，if they were the same age”．They weren't even half-finished when Margie's mother called.“Margie! School！”Margie went into the school next to her bedroom，and the electric teacher was waiting for her then.It was the same way every day except Saturday and Sunday.The monitor lit up，and it said，“Please put yesterday's homework in the proper hole”．Margie sighed and threw a dirty sock at the machine.She was thinking about the old days.All the kids from the whole neighborhood came to the school，laughing and shouting in the yard.They could even help one another with the homework.And the teachers were people!How happy they were in the old days，Margie thought.1．When did the story in the passage take place？(no more than seven words)________________________________________________________________________2．Why did Margie hate school?________________________________________________________________________3．How did Margie feel when she heard that teachers of hundreds of years ago were people instead of machines?________________________________________________________________________4．How did kids in Margie's time receive education?________________________________________________________________________5．What does the underlined word“They”refer to in the title?________________________________________________________________________答案：1.In 2517./On May 17,2517.2．Because it was boring.3．She felt surprised.4．They had electric teachers at home.5．The students in the past/the old days.Ⅱ.六选五根据短文内容，从下面的选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。
选项中有一项为多余项。
A．Slow Down Your LifeB．Escape Now and ThenC．Separate Your ActionsD．Allow Yourself to Be WeakE．Relieve Pressure by Firmly Saying “No”F．Stop Expecting Everything to Be PerfectHow to Simplify Your LifeLess is more.This is why we say：reduce things by half instead of doubling them，get rid of junk instead of piling it up，relax instead of stressing，slow down instead of speeding up.Apply these principles in your everyday life in a conscious way.You will then find yourself well along on yourjourney to simplification.1．________When you concentrate on one task，you find you have energy that you didn't even know you had.Just imagine：you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards.If you keep grabbing one and then the other，it will take forever，because one of them will keep slipping out from under your arm and running off.But if you tie one pig in a place，pick up the other，gather all your strength and make a dash for the finish line，pause for a moment，run back and get the other one，and with great determination，carry the second pig to the finish line，then you can be sure of success.2．________The pressure at work is on the increase in all occupations.In the modern nuclear family，the expectations that formerly would have been shared among all the relatives are now concentrated on the individual partner.If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day are not enough for all the things you need to do，then it's not because the day has too few hours，but because you have too many activities.A simple fact that overloaded people often tends to forget.The solution is equally simple：refuse to accept so many work assignments in your private life or your working life.3．________“I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement in the world of work.People who can handle stress are given more and more to cope with—until one day they break.Pay careful attention to the signs that tell you that you are under more stress than you can cope with.These signals can come from various areas of life.You become ill，or your work efficiency decreases.If you have any of these symptoms，change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress.Say quite openly.“I can't manage that.”4．________“If only I were slimmer，more beautiful，richer，more clever，then I would be happier.”This is a dream that makes a lot of people ill，depressed，and unhappy.Life has its flaws，defects，corners，and edges.Only those who accept this reality can lead a really full life.Of course there are activities in which errors are dangerous：driving a car，crossing the road.But life doesn't consist entirely of these things.In among them there is a lot of room for small and large mistakes.5．________Successful people all have their own places where they can withdraw in order to work.Find out which places improve your creativity.For me it's the train.When I know that I'm going to be traveling for four hours without phone calls and people knocking on my door，I find my mind is free and I can read or write complex articles.There can be problems working on the train, of course: if the personsitting opposite you keeps talking away, or if train trips make you tired(some people fall asleep after a few miles)．答案：1．C如果同时抓着两只猪向前走，可能非常困难，但是如果先把一只猪拴在一个地方，然后抓着另一只跑到终点，然后再抓另一只，可能就简单了，故选C项，即“把你的活动分开做”。