For hundreds Of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions (情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin. Vitamins are natural chemicals (化学物质) which we all need to stay healthy. Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical affects our brains (大脑) and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “sunrooms” with artificial (人造的) lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two!
The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemicals which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can influence our emotions. Sadly, while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor (因素) that can affect one’s emotions?
| A．Weather. | B．Actions of others. |
| C．Personality. | D．Age. |
Which of the following is true about vitamin D according to the passage?
| A．It is a kind of artificial chemical. |
| B．It makes us worried by affecting our brains. |
| C．It is needed by us all to keep fit. |
| D．It is in the sunlight. |
What can we infer (推断) from the passage?
| A．We feel good when we are in the bright cool weather. |
| B．We will be happy when we are caught in the rain. |
| C．All people in Norway and Sweden feel sad in winter. |
| D．The more vitamin D you have, the happier you’ll be. |
What may be the best title for this passage?
| A．Why Do We Feel Sad? |
| B．The Weather Influences People’s Emotions |
| C．People Need More Vitamin D |
| D．We Can Hardly Change the Weather |
Everyone knows that exercise is important. We all need to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It makes you strong and smart. If you exercise every day, you can get good grades in the exam and do homework well. There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, or play ball games. But remember: Exercise enough, but not too much. It's best to exercise thirty minutes each time. Many people go to special places to exercise. People call them 'fitness centres'. They have a lot of equipment there. The equipment will help exercise your arms, legs and other parts of your body. Exercise can be fun. Friends can exercise together at a fitness centre. Or, they can play sports together.Which of the following isn't the result（结果）of exercise?
| A．It can make us strong and smart. |
| B．It can make us do work well |
| C．It can make us get good grades. |
| D．It can make us heavy. |
If you want to be healthy, you can't _______.
| A．walk or skate | B．run or swim |
| C．swim or play football | D．watch TV all day |
It's best to exercise_______ each time.
| A．twenty minutes | B．thirty minutes |
| C．forty minutes | D．fifty minutes |
The underlined(画线的) word 'equipment' means_______ in Chinese.
| A．器材 | B．机器 | C．武器 | D．武装 |
Which of the sentence(句子) is not true?
| A．Friends can exercise together. |
| B．We should exercise too much. |
| C．We all need to exercise. |
| D．Exercise can bring us fun. |
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Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago， there were only a few thousand people in the world. These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land， hunting（打猎）animals for food.
A long time passed. These people began growing crops. No one knows how or when those people learned about growing food. But when they did， their lives changed， they did not have to move houses any more.
They could stay in one place and grow it. People began to live near each other. And so the first villages grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew bigger and bigger. Then people had machines， and lives in the villages changed again. They built factories. So the villages grew into cities. Some of them grew very big.
Today， some people are moving back to small towns.How many people were there in the world long long ago?
____________________________________________________________________________When didn’t people have to move houses any more ?
____________________________________________________________________________What did the villages grow into after people built factories?
____________________________________________________________________________Why did people move from place to place long long ago?
____________________________________________________________________________Who knows when people learned about growing food?
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Last summer， my family and I went on a trip to the China Dinosaur Park in Changzhou by bus. The one-hour trip seemed very long. We arrived at the park at about 9 a.m.
There were many fun places for us to choose from. We first went to the Crazy Firedrake（喷火龙）Drill. When I looked at the giant yellow machine， I wasn't afraid at all， But when I was really on it， I felt a little nervous. First， the machine took us to the highest point. We all screamed（尖叫） "Ah". 1 dared（敢）not look down. Then it turned around fast and moved very quickly at the same time. The wind was so strong that I couldn't open my eyes. I felt as if I would fall down. 1 couldn't stop screaming through the whole ride. It only moved for a few minutes， but it seemed to be many hours. When the game ended， I was too frightened to walk.
Later we took part in the game called “Crossing Jurassic（侏罗纪）”. After waiting for half an hour， we got into a boat. The boat went into a tall building. It was dark around us. There were many model dinosaurs on both sides. They looked like the real ones. From time to time. the model dinosaurs made some frightening shouts， which sounded terrible. The game ended with a sudden rush from a very high place into a big pool. What an exciting experience!When did the writer get on the bus?
| A．9 a.m. | B．About 8 a.m. |
| C．About 9 a.m. | D．About 10 a.m. |
When the writer looked at the giant yellow machine， he .
| A．wasn't afraid | B．was too frightened |
| C．was excited | D．was nervous |
What did the writer do when the machine took him to the highest point?
| A．The writer cried. | B．The writer screamed. |
| C．The writer looked down. | D．The writer did nothing. |
From the text， we can know that the game called "Crossing Jurassic" is a trip.
| A．bus | B．train | C．coach | D．boat |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．The yellow machine turned around fast and moved quickly at the same time. |
| B．The first game moved for a long time. |
| C．There were many real dinosaurs in the park. |
| D．The second game began with a sudden rush from a very high place into a big lake. |
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their everyday life. For example， they can help people save much time， and they can help people work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children.
They hope computers can help them improve（提高）their studies in school. Yet many of the children use computers to play games， to watch video or to sing Karaoke， instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain （抱怨） that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked by parents in the boxes.
In some other countries， even some scientists hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lost their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by people themselves. Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _______________.
| A．our country asks us to learn it |
| B．it can help us a lot |
| C．we can use it to play games |
| D．it can help us to find jobs |
What do many teachers and parents complain about? _______________.
| A．Their students and children use computers to play games. |
| B．Computers let them lost their jobs. |
| C．Computers make the students and children fall behind. |
| D．Computers bring people a lot of trouble. |
In this passage we know computers _______________.
| A．also bring us trouble |
| B．bring us happiness only |
| C．are hated by people |
| D．are bad for people’s health |
Can computers really help children to study? _______________.
| A．Yes， they can. | B．It’s hard to say |
| C．No， they can’t. | D．Of course not. |
How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means _______.
| A．computers are used by people |
| B．people can live well without computers |
| C．one must decide how to use computers |
| D．computers are strange machines |
These days many students like to make friends online. Most of them think it's interesting to know an unknown person through the Internet. So， many students like to use computers to talk with those friends. And they spend too much time on it. Some of them can not do well in their school work. Their parents often don’t think the children are as good as before. So many teachers and parents are worried about their children.
In fact， only very few of them can get real good friends in this way. Most of them were cheated by those unseen friends. And some of the students did wrong things online. It’s terrible for students to use too much time to make friends and talk online.
So we should be careful of making friends online and should not spend too much time on it. We’d better pay more attention to study. We will be really happy when we do well in school and at home. Many students like to make friends online because __________________.
| A．they are interested in it |
| B．they can learn better in this way |
| C．they always get real friends in this way |
| D．their parents worry about them |
Many teachers and parents are worried about their children because __________.
| A．the students don’t work so hard as before |
| B．the students spend too much time chatting with online friends |
| C．the students think lessons are less interesting than before |
| D．all of above |
_________ of the students can get real friends online.
| A．All | B．Many | C．Some | D．Few |
Most of them were cheated by those unseen friends. Here “cheated” means_____.
| A．聊天 | B．欺骗 | C．恩惠 | D．鞭打 |
Which of the following is right?
| A．We should never make friends online. |
| B．It’s necessary for us to talk with our online friends every day. |
| C．It’s really happy that we students do well in school and at home. |
| D．Making online friends is more important than study. |