9年级英语试卷(2013)(6)

So why don’t they use up their vacation days? Some say they would rather get money back for their unused days；some busy workers say they just can’t leave their work.American have fewer vacation days than workers in any other country surveyed.

The French take their vacation seriously.French workers get an average of 39 vacation days，and 40% plan to take at least one three-to-four-week vacation.

Workers in Sweden receive an average of 25 vacation days a year，but they can’t find time to use them all.More workers there return vacation days than any other country surveyed.

British workers have the longest working week in Europe（欧洲），with 23 vacation days—

the shortest vacation.So they feel overworked.75% say their weekends of vacations are too short and 40% would sacrifice a day’s pay（工资）for one more vacation day.

（ ）50.How many vacation days do Americans have on average each year in fact?

A.9. B.12. C.15. D.23.

（ ）51.Which country has the most workers working during the vacation days?

A.America. B.France. C.Sweden. D.Great British. （ ）52.What does the word “sacrifice” mean in the last sentence?

e up. B.Put up. C.Take up. D.Give up.

（ ）53.Which of the following is true?

A.Some American workers are too busy to leave their work.

B.French workers can take one three-to- four-week days.

C.Swedish workers can enjoy all of their vacation days.

D.British workers have the shortest vacation days of all the countries surveyed.

(D)

What might the future be like? Here are some predictions：things to come，things to go.

The Spring Festival，the most important Chinese holiday when everyone returns home，has caused headaches for millions of Chinese.More than 2 billion people travel at the same time，making getting travel tickets and the journey difficult.But in 28 years，Spring Festival travel may not be a problem at all.China plans to build more than 120，000 kilometers of railway and a fast transportation network that will serve 90% of the population by 2020.And because most of China will be cities，people will not have to go to other places to find a job，so it will no longer be a problem.

Newspaper will come to an end in 2043.In the future，digital（数字的）newspapers will be sent to personal web tools through Internet.Readers can discuss topics with journalists and editors. Information will move faster.

Oil is running out faster than expected.But scientists have found something else for oil as fuel（燃料）.Coal，natural gas，solar power，nuclear power and even water can take the place of oil as sources of energy（能源）.

Schools will go electronic（电子化）.Computers will be important and popular among the students.Everything will be in the computer and students will not need to bring books to school.They will find information on the Internet.A computer will be the students’ library，schoolbag and connection to the outside world.There will be robot teachers，and they will check homework on computers and communicate with the students’ parents through e-mails.And school buses will be like spaceships，comfortable and safe.

（ ）54.More than 2 billion people have a hard time returning home during .

A.Christmas Day B.National Day