When you sit and watch TV hour after hour, do you ever think of what it may be doing on your health?
More and more children are becoming overweight and near-sighted 1 they spend too much time in front of the TV. Also, they are growing less and less creative since watching TV. It doesn’t 2 any active thought.
Last week, the TV-Turnoff Organization began its ninth TV-Turnoff 3 in the US. The organization encourages people to play games, read books, lie under a tree, talk to family members and friends 4 watching TV.
American school children 5 , on average, 1,000 hours a year watching TV-more time than they spend in school. That’s too much, said the doctors 6 organized this year’s TV-Turnoff Week.
Doctors say that the 7 children watch television, the more overweight they may become. The fat children eat while they watch the television makes this weight 8 more serious.
To keep mentally and physically healthy, children need to take exercise, talk with friend and family, read, and 9 the world around them. Could you go a week without television? It might be 10 for many TV lovers, but why not give it a try?
A．because B．until C．whether D．though
A．find B．need C．lose D．know
A．Day B．Week C．Month D．Year
A．together with B．because of C．lots of D．instead of
A．cost B．spend C．use D．do
A．whom B．whose C．which D．who
A．later B．earlier C．longer D．less
A．problem B．question C．thing D．lesson
A．explore(探究) B．invent C．find D．make
A．easy B．happy C．dangerous D．difficult
Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often ___1____ that eyes can speak.
Do you have such kind of ___2___? In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he ___3___ that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable. The same in daily life. If you____4____ at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel __5__ toward the person who is looking at you that way. Eyes do speak, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite. But sometimes things are different. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he __6__ her. When two people are in a talk, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, ____7___ make sure that the listener does pay attention ___8___ what he or she is speaking. Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that ____9___ cannot express. (表达).
Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship (关系)between two people and the place ____10____ you stay.
( )1. A. spoken B. said C. told D. talked
( )2. A. experience B. eyes C. mind D. news
( )3. A. found B. knew C. finds D. sees
( )4. A. look B. are looking C. are looked D. looked
( )5. A. happy B. angry C. sad D. thankful
( )6. A. likes B. hates C. thanks D. looks at
( )7. A. in order that B. so that C. in order to D. for
( )8. A. for B. of C. with D. to
( )9. A. eyes B. words C. minds D. body
( )10. A. which B. that C. where D. there
There is good news for the children in the countryside. We may still remember the girl 1big eyes. Her big eyes are 2us her dream: I wish to 3! In China, there are still 4girls and boys like her. They want to go to school, but their 5are too poor. If the family has two or three children, it is harder to 6the money for all the children. So the parents often ask 7to stay at home, and boys to go to school.
Now they needn’t 8the money. From 2006 on, children can go to school for free in some poor places. They don’t have to pay for books and other things. Some of them can even get money from the government（政府）to make their life 9. Soon, all the children in the countryside can
go to school for free. All families are very happy with the news. It is 10great.
( ) 1. A. with B. on C. toD. in
() 2. A. sayingB. telling C. speaking D. talking
( ) 3. A. go to work B. go to bed C. go to school D. go home
( ) 4. A. few B. a fewC. a lot of D. some
( ) 5. A. schoolsB. home C. housesD. families
() 6. A. pay B. take C. buy D. lend
() 7. A. teachersB. girls C. boys D. all the children
( ) 8. A. look up B. turn on C. worry about D. make sure
( ) 9. A. better B. well C. longer D. worse
( ) 10.A. not B. realC. hardlyD. really
I’ll never forget one summer day in 1975. On that day my 1suddenly died because of an unexplained illness at the age of 36 . Later that afternoon, a police officer 2to my house to ask for my father’s permission ( 允许) for the hospital to 3Mother’ s valve ( 心脏瓣膜) . I was greatly 4. I ran into the house in tears. At the age of 14 I just couldn’t understand why people would take apart(分解) a person I loved. _5my father told him, "Yes. "
"How can you let them do that to her?" I 6him.
" Linda," he said__7, putting his arms around me, " the greatest present you can give is a part of 8 . Your mother and I decided long ago that if we can make a person’ s life 9 after we die, our death will have meaning. "
The lesson my father taught me that day became one of the most __10in my life.
Years passed. I married and had a 11 of my own. In 1996 my father became seriously ill.
With a smile he told me that when he died, he wanted to 12whatever was in good condition(状况) , especially his eyes.
My father died and we donated __ 13 as he had wanted. Three days later, my daughter said, " Mum, I’ m so 14 of what you did for Grandpa. " At that moment I realized that my father gave 15 his eyes. What he left behind sparkled( 闪烁) in my daughter’ s eyes— pride.
( )1. A. father B. motherC. grandmaD. grandpa
( )2. A. shouted B. sent C. cameD. reached
( )3. A. operate B. useC. makeD. repair
( )4. A. surprised B. interestedC. excited D. bored
( )5. A. So B. As C. ButD. And
( )6. A. reported B. said to C. toldD. cried at
( )7. A. quietly B. happily C. angrilyD. loudly
( )8. A. yourself B. myself C. himselfD. herself
( )9. A. worse B. poorerC. better D. more helpful
( )10. A. wonderful B. important C. warm hearted D. beautiful
( )11. A. room B. home C. familyD. house
( )12. A. discover B. showC. sellD. donate
( )13. A. his heart B. his eyes C. his life D. his ears
( )14. A. afraid B. tired C. full D. proud
( )15. A. much more than B. less than C. many more than D. as much as
People ___1_____ under different star signs have different ways of ____2____ sorry.
Aries: Arians think they are lovely and gentle and it is __3______ for them to do the wrong things and they will never hurt ___4_____. So they will only say a ___15_____ sorry for t heir mistakes.
Gemini: Geminis think they will never make a mistake and they are right forever. So they will never really apologize (道歉) for __6______. But when they know it, they would rather (宁愿) do ___7_____.
Leo: Leos are a group of pleasant people. When they are trying to apologize, they will buy flowers, put up sorry posters and so on. It is ___8_____.
Virgo: Virgos will first formally set aside (留出) a time and date. Then they will get ready to ___9_____ their mistakes. At last, they will ___10_____ a formal article and read it out. Sometimes their true apologies ___11_____ good articles.
Scorpio: Scorpios are formal and think that making ___12____ apology is more formal. So instead of just saying sorry, they will send a formal mail or send a card.
Sagittarius: Sagittarians don’t believe in apologizing. For them, it is ___13_____ to make a mistake and saying sorry is just ___14_____. Interestingly, even if others make mistakes, they are very cool and will not ___15_____ the apologies from others.
( ) 1 .A. bore B. was born C. born D. were born
( ) 2 .A. says B. saying C. said D. say
( ) 3 .A. necessary B. important C. impossible D. unable
( ) 4. A. the other B. other C. others D. another
( ) 5. A. hard B. simple C. good D. possible
( ) 6 .A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything
( ) 7 .A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
( ) 8 .A. great B. fun C. exciting D. amazing
( ) 9 .A. say about B. talk about C. tell D. speak
( ) 10 .A .make B. do C. write D. send
( ) 11. A. like B. sound like C. likes D. sound
( ) 12 .A. a B. an C. the D. /
( ) 13 .A. right B. natural C. true D. easy
( ) 14 .A. useless B. unnecessary C. wrong D. shame
( ) 15 .A. wait for B. stand for C. care for D. search for
Why are you always tired, do you know?
First, if(如果) we can’t 31 well, we will(将) be tired. But we are often too 32 . We can’t finish our work in the day33 we have to do it at night. We go to bed34 and we get up early in the morning for school or work. Most people need at least(至少) eight 35 or some more. If we sleep for only five or six hours a night, we will be tired.
Second, when we are ill, we will be tired. But we don’t know we are ill. So if you are always tired, maybe you are not so 36 . You’d better go to see a 37 .
Third, maybe you eat 38 food, like hamburgers, meat, chocolate or coffee. If you are ill and tired after eating some food, please don’t eat it 39 to see if you are well.
At last, if the air around you isn’t nice and clean, you will feel tired. So please open your windows often or go out for a walk and you will feel 40 .
A．sleep B．study C．drink D．eat
A．busy B．free C．lazy(懒惰的) D．angry
A．because B．if C．so D．although
A．early B．late C．quick D．quiet
A．days B．months C．hours D．minutes
A．ill B．nice C．good D．healthy
A．movie B．friend C．teacher D．doctor
A．too much B．too many C．much too D．many too
A．too B．again C．also D．once
A．better B．best C．good D．well