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 |
Parents often believe that they have a good relationship with their teenagers. But last summer, Joanna and Henry noticed a change in their older son. Suddenly he seemed to be talking far more to his friends than to his parents. “The door to his room is always shut.” Joanna said.
Tina and Mark noticed similar changes in their 14-year-old daughter. “She used to cuddle up(依偎) with me on the sofa and talk,” said Mark. “Now we joke that she does this only when she wants something. Sometimes she wants to be treated like a young lady. The problem is finding out which time is which.”
Before age 11, children like to tell their parents what’s on their minds. “In fact, parents are first on the list,” said Michael Riera, a writer.
“This completely changes during the teen years,” Riera explained. “They talk to their friends first, then maybe their teachers, and their parents last.”
Parents who know what’s going on in their teenagers’ lives are the best to help them. To break down the wall of silence, parents should create chances to understand what their children want to say, and try to find ways to talk and write to them. And they must give their children a mental(脑力的) break, for children also need freedom, though young. Another thing parents should remember is that to be a friend, not a manager, with their children is a better way to know them.The underlined sentence in the first paragraph means that __________.
| A．the son is always busy with his studies |
| B．the son doesn’t want to see anymore |
| C．the son keeps himself away from his parents |
| D．the son wants to live with his friends |
What troubles Tina and Mark the most is that __________.
| A．their daughter isn’t as happy as before |
| B．they can’t understand what their daughter thinks |
| C．they don’t know what to say to their daughter |
| D．their daughter talks far more to her friends than to them |
“The wall of silence” in the first paragraph means that __________.
| A．teenagers talk a lot with their friends |
| B．teenagers do not talk with their teachers |
| C．teenagers do not talk much with their parents |
| D．teenagers talk little about their studies |
The better way for parents to know their children is to be a ________.
| A．teacher | B．friend | C．manager | D．student |
What do we learn from the passage?
| A．Parents are all happy with their growing children. |
| B．Parents are teenagers’ best friends. |
| C．Parents should keep silence before teenagers. |
| D．Parents should try to understand teenagers. |
| problems |
causes |
Advice |
| Feeling stressed |
Too much homework; Don’t have enough tome for their hobbies. |
Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax as possible as you can. |
| Getting short-sighted (近视的) |
Too much homework; Bad reading and writing habits. |
Do homework and reading in a correct way. |
| Fighting with each other |
Don’t know how to get on well with classmates. |
Make more friends and understand each other. Share your problems with them. |
| Feeling tired of study |
Computer games’ bad influence. |
Don’t be crazy about computer games. Play them just for a short time when you are tired. |
| Getting fat |
Having more pocket money to buy snacks; Dislike doing exercise. |
Use your pocket money to do something meaningful. Spend some time doing exercise every day. |
There are ______ main problems in the survey.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
What problems are caused by too much homework?
| A．Feeling stressed and fighting with each other. |
| B．Feeling tired of study and getting fat. |
| C．Feeling stressed and getting short-sighted. |
| D．Getting short-sighted and feeling tired of study. |
If Simon is feeling stressed, he should __________.
| A．do much more homework |
| B．make a plan to spend time on study and hobbies |
| C．donate(捐赠) his pocket money to Project Hope |
| D．buy some snacks |
Peter is tired of study, maybe because he __________.
| A．has no close friends |
| B．has no pocket money |
| C．plays too many computer games |
| D．gets fatter and fatter |
__________ is a good way for the teenagers to stop fighting.
| A．Doing less homework |
| B．Playing computer games |
| C．learning how to make friends |
| D．Paying no attention to each other |
Antarctica is in the most southern part of the world. It is like nowhere else on the earth. It is much larger than Europe, and nearly twice the size of Australia. Antarctica is the coldest and windiest place in the world, even colder and windier than the North Pole. In summer, the sun shines for twenty-four hours a day, but in winter it’s completely dark for about three months. Very few plants grow there, but there is some wildlife, including whales, seals and penguins.
When Captain James Cook traveled around Antarctica in the 1770s by ship, he found no one living there. Today, a few scientists work in Antarctica, but they only spend a short time there.
Many scientists are studying the ozone layer, which is getting thinner and thinner worldwide. The biggest “hole” is above Antarctica, and weather there is getting warmer. Scientists think that this cold and lonely place can teach us a lot about the earth and how to keep the earth safe.When did Captain James Cook travel around Antarctica?
| A．In the 1670s. | B．In the 1760s. | C．In the 1770s. | D．In the 1780s. |
The underlined part “ozone layer” means “________” in Chinese.
| A．冻土层 | B．大气层 | C．臭氧层 | D．高压层 |
How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Antarctica is much bigger than Australia in size. |
| B．Scientists spend a long time in Antarctica. |
| C．There is no plant growing in Antarctica. |
| D．In winter, it’s dark for about 70 days in Antarctica. |
Why is the weather in Antarctica getting warmer and warmer?
| A．Because there are more and more people living there. |
| B．Because the ozone layer is being destroyed. |
| C．Because the sun shines a long time every day there. |
| D．Because the weather in other places is getting warmer. |
I have returned to my hometown after I was away ten years ago. So many things have changed around here. It has become better and better. When I left here, there was a small pool on the right of my house. Now the pool has gone and people have built a large shopping mall(商场) there.
The biggest changes have taken place in the center of the city. There are sidewalks on both sides of the street. You can see a street center with so many tall buildings around. You can’t drive there any more because no vehicle is allowed to pass there. A European-style fountain(喷泉) has been built in the street center garden.
There used to be an old school near my house. I spent my five years studying there. There was a small payground in front of the school. But now what I can see are five tall buildings standing there. There are two big classroom buildings and a library. A new post office has also been built just across from the new school.I have been away from my hometown for ________.
| A．ten months | B．one year | C．five years | D．ten years |
On the right of my house, there was a _________ ten years ago.
| A．library | B．garden | C．supermarket | D．pool |
No vehicle is allowed to pass the _________.
| A．center of the city | B．old school | C．street center | D．playground |
Which of the following is WRONG(错的)?
| A．A fountain is in the street center garden. |
| B．Now there is an old school near my house. |
| C．There are two big classroom buildings and a library in the new school. |
| D．There is a post office across from the school. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．Great Changes in My Hometown. | B．A Wonderful Place |
| C．What a Nice Town | D．My School. |
Air is always around us. It is around us when we walk and play. From the time we are born, air is around us. When we sit down, it is around us. When we go to bed, air is also around us. We live in air.
All the animals and plants need air. Living things can’t live without air. We can live without food or water for a few days, but we can not live for more than a few minutes without air. We breathe in air. When we are walking or running, we need more air. When we are asleep, we need less air.
We live in air, but we can’t see it. We can only feel it. We can feel it when it is moving. Moving air is called wind. How can we make air move? Here is one way. Hold and open a book in you hand in front of your face. Close it quickly! What you feel is the air._________ need air.
| A．Some of the animals | B．All the things |
| C．Some of the plants | D．All the animals and plants |
We can live for a few days __________.
| A．without air | B．without food or water |
| C．without food or air | D．without air or water |
We need _________ air when we are asleep.
| A．less | B．no | C．most | D．a lot of |
Which of the following sentences is TRUE(对的)?
| A．Sometimes we don’t live in air. |
| B．Air is not around us when we go to bed. |
| C．We can live happily without air. |
| D．We need more air when we are working or running. |
We live in air, but we can’t ________ it.
| A．look | B．see | C．get | D．feel |