高三英语试卷1
1． 本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分．共150分．考试时间120分钟．
2． 答题前，考生务必将密封线内的项目填写清楚．
3． 请将第一卷选择题答案填涂答题卡上，第一卷获取信息题及第二卷用蓝黑钢笔或圆珠笔答题．
第一卷 (含听取信息题，共115分)
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第1段材料，回答第1至2题。
1. What is the man doing?
A. Asking for help. B. Making an apology. C. Expressing dissatisfaction.
2. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At an airport. B. At a hospital. C. At a school.
听第2段材料，回答第3至5题。
3. Why doesn’t the man want to see Mrs Cathy?
A. He thinks she is not kind
B. He is tired of waiting for people.
C. He thinks she is boring.
4. Whom does the man have to see at 10 a. m?
A. Mr White. B. Mr Potter. C. Mrs Cathy.
5. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Father and daughter. B. Husband and wife. C. Boss and secretary.
听第3段材料，回答第6至8题。
6. Where was the woman when the hurricane took place?
A. In her father’s friend’s house.
B. In the house with her husband.
C. On her way home.
7. When did the hurricane hit the area where the woman lived?
A. At 3:30 a.m. on August29.
B. At 5:00 a.m. on August 30.
C. At noon on August 30.
8. Why did they chive very slowly?
A. Too many cars were on the road.
B. Broken branches were everywhere.
C. There was a very strong wind.
听第4段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Who is the speaker?
A. A student. B. A player. C. A manager.
10. What time does the center open?
A. 9:00a.m. B. 9:00p.m. C. 5:00 p.m.
11. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. Different sports rules.
B. Different indoor sports.
C. Different sporting activities.
听第5段材料，回答第12至15题。
12. Why are people interested in vegetable gardening?
A. Because people can make money from it.
B. Because people can relax themselves.
C. Because people can sell vegetables.
13. In what season (s) can a well-kept garden provide fresh, vegetables?
A. In late autumn. B. From late spring to autumn.
C. From spring to late autumn.
14. What is needed to keep the garden well?
A. Great efforts. B. A lot of money. C. little time.
15. What can you learn from Professor Smith?
A. Tips on how people grow vegetables.
B. Reasons for doing vegetable gardening.
C. Kinds of vegetables people prefer.
第二节 听取信息（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5）
听下面一段独白，请根据题目要求, 从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入标号为16-20的空格中。听力材料朗读两遍。你有90秒钟的答题时间。
A summary of research into the ways Chinese students in Auckland spend their leisure time.
How many? On 8th November 2004, a survey was conducted among (16) ________ Chinese students.
In what way? Conducted by means of a (17) _________ given to the students to complete.
Ways (18) ___________ of the students went shopping
56% of the students spend time (19)________ or doing nothing at all
(20)________ of the students said they spend all their time on school and homework
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21．---I’d like to invite you to dinner this Sunday. Mr. White.
--- __________.
A. Oh, no. I have something important to do.
B. That’ll be too hard to say.
C. I’m very sorry, but I have other plans.
D. I’d rather eat at home.
22. He was arrested because he had something _____with the accident.
A. done B. doing C. to do D. do
23. Li Lei _________ his homework, for he went to the river to go swimming with his friends a few minutes ago.
A. should have finished B. must have finished
C. would have finished D. could have finished
24. The reason why she was upset was ________ her son didn’t pass the final exam.
A. that B. so C. why D. because
25. ___the days when we lived a miserable life.
A. Away B. Gone are C. Going are D. There is
26. ____the sun, the earth is rather_____
A. Compared with, small B. Comparing to, smaller
C. Comparing with, small D. Compared to, smaller
27. It was _______ nearly a month later that I received my brother’s reply.
A. since B. not until C. before D. after
28. In face of challenge for the moment, it’s the most important to ______ a good state of health.
A. keep away B. keep up C.keep on D. keep in
29. to this campaign for wiping out fever in Calcutta and save three lives for only $5, send your donation to: A.A.C., P.O.BOX 2716,GPO, New York, NY 10116.
A．Contributing B．Contributed C．To contribute D．For contributing
30. —Good evening, Mr. Pierce. I’m sorry to bother you. But it’s the fourth of December today.
—Oh, Mrs Baxter, rent! I’m sorry it’s late. I’ll write you check right now.
A．the; the B．a; a C．a; the D．the; a
31. The little man arrested by the police was _______ of robbing the woman of all her money.
A. charged B. accused C. informed D. sue
32. Reading E-books is a new way to spend time. So a lot of people like the idea of being able to read on crowded trains there isn’t even space to open a book.
A．where B．that C．which D．when
33. In Shenzhou VI, Chinese astronauts aren’t only spaceship drivers, _____ machine repairers and scientists.
A. but B. or C. and D. so
34. According to Bill Gates, the idea we can play video games and receive E-mails without sitting at a keyboard will come true. However, it is unclear this kind of computer will be on sale and it will cost.
A．which; that; what B．不填;whether; how much
C．that; when; what D．that; that; how much
35. Liu Xiang ____ our expectation and got another gold medal in the 110 m hurdles at the East Asian Games in Macao.
A. according to B. lived up to
C. fit in with D. depended on
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文中所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
“Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with. It is ___36_ to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to _37_ accepts other people as equals. A down-to-earth person is just the ___38__ of someone who acts important and proud.
Down-to-earth persons may be __39_ members of society, of course. But they do not let their importance “go to their __40__”. They do not __41__ themselves to be better persons than others of less importance, someone who is filled with his own importance and ___42_, often without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air”. There is no way a person with his nose in the __43_ can be down-to-earth. Americans use another expression that means almost the same 44 “down-to-earth”. The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”. Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person __45 a good understanding of reality. He has what is called “___46__ sense”. He may have _47_, but he does not allow them to __48_ his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of person is _49__ who has his “head-in-the-clouds”. A man with his heads in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the _50 world.
Sometimes _51_ a dreamer can be brought back to earth. __52_ words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.
Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very __53_ to have both feet on-the-ground.
_54_ we have both our feet on-the-ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act _55_ and openly toward others. Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
36. A. common B. sad C. pleasant D. surprising
37. A. but B. yet C. and D. while
38. A. kind B. like C. example D. opposite
39. A. important B. famous C. successful D. necessary
40. A. nose B. heads C. minds D. forehead
41. A. wish B. desire C. expect D. consider
42. A. proud B. pride C. famous D. fame
43. A. air B. sky C. tree D. cloud
44. A. like B. with C. as D. for
45. A.has B. who C. is D. with
46. A. usual B. ordinary C.common D. daily
47. A. dreams B. fortunes C. advantages D. luck
48. A. prevent B. protect C. block D. gain
49. A. one B. those C. that D. the one
50. A. reality B. real C. dreamful D. true
51. A. so B. such C. each D. that
52. A. Sharp B. No C. All D. Bad
53. A. able B. probable C. likely D. possible
54. A. When B. While C. As D. Since
55. A. kindly B. directly C. honestly D. friendly
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文从每题所给的四个选项（A，B，C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The heart operation taking place in the pale-green operating room at the Ohio State University Medical Center was unusual. The patient, a 62-year-old man, was made to sleep, tied with blue drapes（消毒帷帘）and lying face up on a narrow table. But no one was touching him.
Instead, the operation was being performed by a robot, whose three metal arms went through pencil-sized holes in the man’s chest. At the ends of the robot’s arms were tiny metal fingers, with turning wrists, which held a tiny instrument, a light and a camera. The robot’s arms and fingers were controlled by Dr. Randall K. Wolf, sitting at a computer in a corner of the operating room about 20 feet away.
This sort of operation, heart surgeons say, is the start of what may be the biggest change in their profession since heart bypass surgery（心脏搭桥手术） began nearly 30 years ago. “The reason we make cuts is that we have big hands,” said Dr. Wolf , the director of the surgery at Ohio State. The robot’s dainty fingers, no longer than a nail on the small finger, at the end of the long sticks could work better.
Eventually, surgeons believe, most heart surgery will be done by robots whose arms are put in through pencil-sized holes punched in patients’ chests. Instead of directly staring into a patient’s body, surgeons will view magnified images of the operation on computer screens. In theory, the doctor would not have to be in the same room, or even the same country, as the patient.
56. In this passage, the underlined word “dainty” means ___________.
A. quick B. weak C. fat D. small
57. The main idea of this passage is that heart surgery by robots ___________.
A. is quicker than surgery done by doctors
B. may replace surgery done by doctors was
C. is a new and risky procedure
D. developed at Ohio State University
51. According to the passage, the reason that most operations require large cuts is that ___________.
A. patients have large organs B. large cuts take less time
C. surgeons have large hands D. large cuts cost less money
59. Based on the information in this passage, all of the following conclusions are true EXCEPT___________.
A. All doctors at Ohio State develop new surgical techniques
B. Robot surgery is being developed at Ohio State
C. Robot surgery will be used on many patients in the near future
D. Many hospitals will eventually offer robot surgery to patients
B
Everybody in this world is different from one another. But do you know that understanding “differences” can help you better manage your money?
As we grow up, we gradually develop a set of our own values or beliefs.
These are influenced by society, our family, the education we receive and so on.
Once this value system is set up , it’s not easy to change later in life.
Financial experts say that every one also has their own beliefs of how to manage their finances. This is part of our value system and it has a great impact on the way we look after our money.
According to our different values, edperts put us in three categories. They are: the ant, the cricket and the smail.
The ant --- works first
Just like ants who work heart and soul in summer in order to store food for winter, these people don’t care about enjoying the moment. They work very hard and save money they earn so that they can enjoy life when they get old and retire. The ant loves to save but they could make more out of their money if they were willing to invest in some funds and stocks with low risk.
The cricket ---- funs first
The cricket wants to enjoy everything now and doesn’t think too much about the future. They even vorrow money when they really want something. Many young people now belong to this group. These people have few savings. When they get old, they might have problems. They should learn to save and buy insurance.
The snail--- lives under pressure
The snail refers to people who make life difficult for themselves. They take big longterm loans form the bank in order to buy things such as luxury houses. They are happy to take big loans even though they are not sure they can afford them. This can cause problems in the future. They should plan more carefully.
60. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage.
A. Our values or beliefs are easy to change in our life.
B. Our values or beliefs are influenced by society, our family, the education we received and so on.
C. As soon as one’s value system is set up, it’s difficult to change later in life.
D. As we grow up, we develop our own beliefs of how to mange our finances.
61. Many young people who enjoy everything now and think little about the future belong to ______group.
A. the ant B. the cricket C. the snail D. the optimist
62. The experts suggest people belong to the ant group ________.
A. save money as much as they could
B. should not care about enjoying the moment
C. work much harder than before
D. invest in some funds and stocks with low risk
63. according to the author, our value system has ________ on the way we look after our money.
A. little influence B. no influence
C. a little influence D. great influence
C
Culture determines what kind of thinking is important and what kind is not so important. Learners use the language, tools, and practice of their culture to learn concepts. Although students have their individual learing styles, their learning styles are often combined with cultural values. For example, Navajo (North American Indians living in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah) children often learn first by observing and listening. Then, when read, they continue learing on their own in cooperation with and under the supervision of and adult. In this way, the children learn all the skills they need. Navajo children speak very little during this process. In contrast, many African-American children learn effectively by acting and performing, they like classroom activities such as oral presentations, role-plays, and framatic performances. Lots of talking is useful for these students. Another ways of learning is through reading and writing. Asian students generally need writing to support their leaning, and therefore do well in classes where there is lots of writing. It is common to see Japanese students pay special attention to the spelling of words they have learned. They are more comfortable seeing new materials than hering them. Koreans are believed to be the most visual (can be seen) learners. So, although learning styles greatly determine how a person takes in new materials, one’s culture also influences how he learns.
64. The passage mainly tells us about______.
A. the different culture style
B. cultural influence upon learning style
C. how to teach children from different cultures
D. the importance of learning styles
65. In the passage ______ different cultures are mentioned.
A. three B. two C. four D. five
66. _______ do well in classes where there is lots of writing.
A. African-American children B. Navajo children
C. Asian students D. Koreans
67. The underlined part “In contrast” in this passage means ______.
A. Therefore B. Instead C. Consequently D. Similary
D
That “Monday moring feeling” could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday moring and doctors blame the stress of returnign to work after the weekend break.
The risk of having a heart attack on any given day shoud be one in seven, but a six- year study helped by researchers at the Free Uiversity of Berlin of more than 2,600 Germans showed that the avwrage person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.
Working Germans are particularly ont protected against attack, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.
A study of 11 000 Italians proved 8 a.m. on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewest heart attacks in both countries.
The finding could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr Stefan Wildish of the Free University. “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them,” he said.
Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.
“When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal(荷尔蒙)changes in their bodies,” Wildish explained. “All these tings can have an unfavorable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot(血凝块) which will cause a heart attack.”
“When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life chandes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activities,” said Wildish.
68. The studies mentioned in Para2 and Para4 show ________.
A. Monday is the least stressful day, with fewest heart attacks in both contries
B. Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewest hearts atacks in both countries
C. Sunday is the most stressful day, with most heart attacks in both countries
D. the average person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on Saturday.
69. Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows,___________.
A. is not as serious as people thought
B. is created by researchers in Germany and Italy
C. is the first killer in Germany and Italy
D. is harmful to working people in developed countries
70. It can be learned from this passage that the heart attack has something to do with all the following except ________.
A. blood type B. blood pressure
C. hormonal changes D. heart rate
71. To protect people from a heart attack, doctors have paid much attention to________.
A. people’s working place B. people’s working time
C. people’s diet and lifetyle D. people’s nationalities
E
About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City when a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldn’t help overhearing parts of their conversation. At one point the woman asked, “So, how have you been?” And the boy-who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied. “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed lately.”
This incident stuck in my mind because it confirmed（确认）my growing belief that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find out we were “depressed”, that is, in low spirits, until we were in high school.
Undoubtedly a change in children has increased steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike anymore. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than they used to.
Whether this is good or bad is difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Childhood as it once was no longer exists. Why?
Human development depends not only on born biological states, but also on patterns of gaining social knowledge. Movement from one social role to another usually involves learning the secrets of the new social positions. Children have always been taught adult secrets, but slowly and in stages; traditionally, we tell sixth graders things we keep hidden from fifth graders.
In the last 30 years, however, a secret-revelation（揭示）machine has been equipped in 98 percent of American homes. It is called television. Television passes information to all viewers alike, whether they are children or adults. Unable to resist the temptation（诱惑）, many children turn their attention from printed texts to the less challenging, more attractive moving pictures.
Communication through print, as a matter of fact, allows for a great deal of control over the social information which children will gain. Children must read simple books before they can read complex materials.
72．According to the author, feeling depressed is .
A．a sure sign of a mental problem in a child
B．a mental state present in all humans, including children
C．something that cannot be avoided in children’s mental development
D．something hardly to be expected in a young child
73．According to the author, that today’s children seem adultlike results from .
A．the widespread influence of television
B．the poor arrangement of teaching content
C．the fast pace of human scientific development
D．the rising standard of living
74．Traditionally, a child is supposed to learn about the adult world .
A．through connection with society B．naturally without being taught
C．gradually and under guidance D．through watching television
75．What does the author think of the change in today’s children?
A．He feels their adultlike behavior is so funny.
B．He thinks the change worthy of note.
C．He considers it a rapid development.
D．He is happy about it.
第Ⅱ卷 （共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉；在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉；该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）；在该行右边横线上写出该加的词；该行错一个词，在错的词下划一个横线；在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。注意：原行没有错的不要改。
With the population of the world keeps on growing, 1. ____________
it gets more and more difficult feed everyone. The 2. ____________
United States is one of the luck countries because 3. ____________
it grows enough food for itself and still has enough
to export to another parts of the world. 4. ____________
One reason for this is why the United States 5. ____________
is a large country in different kinds of climate 6. ____________
Most of the central part of the country is 7. ____________
especially suit for raising grain. Wheat and corn 8. ____________
are the most important crop in this district. 9 .____________
the United States export millions of tons of 10 .____________ grain every year.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，看到某中学生英语报征集有关“减轻学生负担，提高学生素质”的文章，你写信反映你校学生负担过重的现状。
内容要点如下：
1．大部分教师要求学生提前10分钟到校上早自习。
2．教师除了要求学生完成课本上的所有习题外，还要求学生再做其他习题。
3．课外活动、体育活动被挤占，学生视力明显下降，身体素质越来越差。
4．教师们也抱怨这种教学方式，但也无可奈何，认为这是以考试成绩来衡量学生能力，评定教师的教学工作的观念所致。
参考词汇：负担：burden 抱怨：complain 评价：evaluate
Dear Editor,
I’m a middle school student. I want to tell you how we students are burdened with heavy studies in my school.
Yours,
Li Hua
英语试卷答案
1-5 CBCAC 6-10 AABCA 11-15 CBCAB
16. 400 17. questionnaire 18. 75% 19. sleeping 20. 25% (a quarter)
21-25 CCBAB 26-30 DBBCD 31-35 BAACB
36-40 CCDAB 41-45 DBACD 46-50 CACAB 51-55 BACAC
56-59 DBCA 60-63 ABDD 64-67 BACB 68-71 BDAC
72-75 DACB
短文改错：
1. With---As 2. feed前加to 3. luck---lucky 4. another--- other
5. why----that 6. in---with 7. 正确 8. suit---fit
9. crop--- crops 10.export---exports
书面表达
Dear Editor,
I’m a middle school student. I want to tell you how we students are burdened with heavy studies in my school.
Most teachers require us to come to school ten minutes earlier to begin our morning study. They force us to make it one of our class rules. It’s unfair! We are required not only to finish all the exercises in our textbooks but also to buy some extra exercise books, which take us much more time.
Therefore, we have little time for sports and other activities. Our eyesight is getting worse, and so is our health.
It seems that our teachers are helpless about all this although they themselves also complain about the situation, because their teaching, as well as the ability of the students is evaluated by no other means than our test marks. I worry about ourselves and about the future of our society.
Yours,
Li Hua
听力材料
第一节
Text 1
M: Excuse me, have you got a minute? 11mm, I' ye been waiting for ages and I was wondering...
W: The doctors are very busy.
M: No, no, no. It’s not that. It’s just that I’m rather thirsty after all this time. Have you thought of getting a drink machine put in?
W: Err; I’ll speak to the hospital management about that.
Text 2
W: Good morning, Mr. Potter. How are you today?
M: Oh, not too bad, thanks. How are you?
W: Fine, thanks. Err, excuse me, but you do know you have to see Mr. White, your bank manager, at ten, right?
M: No... I mean.., yes, of course! Do I have to see anyone after that?
W: After that you are supposed to go and see Mrs. Cathy. Remember?
M: Oh, do I have to? She’s very kind, I know, but she’s not interesting! And besides, she’s so far away. Can she come here?
W: Well... no... not really. And you’re going to be in town anyway, aren’t you? Or have you for¬gotten about that too?
Text3
M: Where were you when the hurricane hit your area?
W: We were invited to stay in my daddy’s friends in Amelia.
M: What do you know about Katrina?
W: Katrina was the strongest hurricane in the history of hurricanes. When she hit early Monday on Au¬gust 29, 2005, it was about 3:30 in the morning. The storm lasted until about noon on Monday. The winds were very strong, with wind up to about 100 miles per hour. It was very frightening.
M: Was there any injury?
W: Thankfully, no one was hurt in our area.
M: Can von say something about your trip back home?
W: Finally, on August 30, 2005, we were on our way home from Amelia. Our trip home was sad seeing houses with roofs torn off. We had to drive slowly because the broken tree branches were every¬where
Text 4
Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our sports centre. Here, between nine o’clock in the morning and nine o’clock in the evening, you can enjoy a number of different sporting activities. The outdoor tennis courts arc open all day, and the running track is used for various forms of athletics, also all day. Most visitors of course, come to use our Olympic — size swimming pool. The hours for swimming are nine 0’ clock to half past twelve and two o’ clock to nine p. M. . . Then there’s the gym. There, we have aerobics for women from nine a. m. to a quarter to eleven, and for men from a quarter past eleven to one in the afternoon. You can play basketball in the gym between one and five, or do fitness training in the evening between five o’ lock and half past seven. Then we also have two badminton courts that are open all day.
And now I’d like to walk with you around the centre and show you the facilities we have to offer. First, though. .. are there any questions?
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W: Good morning, everyone. We are happy to have Professor Smith talk something about vegetable gar¬dening. As we know, vegetable gardening is the relaxing art and science of turning a love for growing plants into worthwhile activity. What do you think about it, Professor Smith?
M: Well, many things make vegetable gardening a national hobby for both young and old. For a large number of people, the thoughts of spring gardening provide a happy escape from winter boredom.
Vegetable gardeners agree that many home grown vegetables picked at their best are better than those vegetables purchased from markets. From spring through late fall, a well-planned and well-kept garden can provide a supply of fresh vegetables, thus increasing the nutrition of the family diet.
Having vegetables in the backyard makes home gardening appealing to many people. In addition, ve¬getable gardening provides exercise and fun for both urban and suburban families.
Although the money spent for a garden may be little, one cannot escape the fact that gardening requires hard work and time. Many of the gardening tasks must be performed at times that are most inconvenient. Not doing jobs that should be done on a regular basis may result in failure and a nega¬tive feeling toward gardening.
W: Thank von so much for your wonderful talk, Professor Smith See you next week.
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On 8th November 2004, a survey was conducted among 400 Chinese students at different universities in Auckland. The purpose of the survey was to discover what the students do in their free time, after school.
The survey was conducted by means of a questionnaire given to the students to complete. The first section of the questionnaire dealt with the students’ free time activities. The second part was concerned with the types of jobs students did, if any.
The most important results from the survey were as follows. In the first section, 81% of the students complained that school took up too much time, and that they were given too much homework. 44% of the students said they would like to have a part-time job, but simply did not have the time. Another 40% of the students said they had part-time jobs. The following comments and observations can be made about the way students spend their time after school. They are based on answers given by the students part one of the questionnaire. 75% said they sometimes went shopping, while 69% sometimes go to the cinema, 62% said they spend most of their time doing homework, and 56% sometimes spend time sleeping or doing nothing at all. A quarter of the students said they spend all their time on school and homework.