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Unit 5 A Busy Life Listening Tasks Long Conversation: Daily Schedule Multiple Choice 1. What time does the man get up? A. at 5:00 a.m. B. at 6:00 a.m. C. at 7:00 a.m. 2. What time does he get to work? A. at 7:00 a.m. B. at 8:00 a.m. C. at 9:00 a.m. 3. What does he do with his family around 6:30 p.m.? A. They read book together. B. They play games. C. They eat dinner. 4. What do the man and his wife do after the kids go to bed? A. They watch TV. B. They clean the house. C. They listen to music. 5. What is one thing the man does NOT say about his wife? A. She has to take their children to school. B. She helps the kids with their homework. C. She goes shopping for food.  Short Passage: Year-round School in US I. Listen to the passage and answer each of the questions briefly within 10 words. Q1: Whats the traditional school schedule like in U.S? Q2: Describle the year-round school schedule in U.S. Q3: Why do some people support the system? Q4: Who oppose the schooling system? II. Listen again and fill in the blanks. Many American schools have closed for the summer. Most children in the United States have a summer holiday of almost three months. This was designed long ago when many Americans lived on farms. Children were needed at home during the summer to help their families with the crops and animals. Schools later continued the tradition, mostly because it was difficult to in the hot summer weather. 　　 American schools began to changing this system in the early nineteen- hundreds. One idea was for children to attend school . But the idea did not become popular until about twenty-five years ago. Studies done at the time showed that American students were not performing as well as students in other countries. 　　 Students who attend year-round schools in the United States do not go to class every day of the year. They spend the same number of days in class as other students