Have you ever been in a meeting while someone was making a speech and realized suddenly that your mind was a million miles away? You probably felt sorry and decided to pay attention and never have daydreaming again. Most of us have been told from earliest school days that daydreaming is a waste of time.
L. Giambra, a psychologist（心理学家）, says,” On the contrary , daydreaming is quite necessary. Without it, the mind couldn’t do all the thinking that it has to do during a normal day. You can’t possibly do all your thinking with a conscious （神志清醒的）mind. Instead, your unconscious mind is working out problems all the time. Daydreaming may be one way that the unconscious and conscious states （状态）of mind have silent conversations .”
Early psychologists paid no attention to the importance of daydreams or even thought they were harmful. At one time people thought that some psychological illness caused day dreaming. They did not have a better understanding of daydreams until the late 1980s. Eric Klinges, a professor, is the writer of the book Daydreaming. Klinges says, “We know now that daydreaming is one of the main ways that we organize our lives, learn from our experiences, and plan for our futures. Daydreams really are a window on the things that we fear and the things we long for (渴望) in life.”
Daydreams are usually very simple and direct（直接）, quite unlike sleep dreams. Sleep dreams may be hard to understand. It’s easier to get a deep understanding of your life by paying close attention to your daydreams than by trying to examine (分析)your sleep dreams carefully. Daydreams help you know the difficult situations（情况）in your life and found out a possible way of dealing with them.
Daydreams cannot be predicted（预言）: they move off in unexpected directions which may be creative and full of useful ideas. For many famous artists and scientists, daydreams were and are a main source of creative energy.The passage is mainly about _______ .
| A．winter sleeps | B．sleep dreams | C．daydreaming | D．predictions |
The underlined phrase On the contrary means _________ .
| A．总之 | B．相反 | C．毕竟 | D．因此 |
The writer of this passage thinks daydreams are__________.
| A．hard to understand | B．important and helpful |
| C．harmful and unimportant | D．the same as sleep dreams |
Psychologists now believe that ________.
| A．daydreams are usually very simple and can be predicted |
| B．daydreams are usually difficult to understand |
| C．daydreams cause some psychological illness |
| D．daydreams may be creative and full of useful ideas |
The writer quoted (引用 )L. Giambra and Eric Klinges to ________.
| A．list out two different ideas |
| B．point out the wrong ideas of early experts |
| C．support his own ideas |
| D．report the latest research on daydreams |
Hello, boys and girls. My name is Kangkang. I’m from Tianjin. I’m No.1 middle school.
My mother works in No.1 middle school. She teaches Chinese. My father is a doctor in a hospital. They both work hard.
On Sunday my mother and I often do some shopping. My mother likes shopping a lot. We will go shopping this Sunday afternoon. My mother says she will buy me a red coat. But I don’t like red. I want a yellow one. My mother says yes to me. I am happy.
My father doesn’t like shopping at all. He likes animals best. He often takes me to the zoo. My favorite animal is the panda. I think panda are very cute. This Sunday morning my father will go to the zoo with me.
I love my parents very much. They love me, too. I have a happy family. Kangkang`s mother is a ____________.
A. doctor B. nurse C. teacher What color does Kangkang like?
A. red B. yellow C. black ______ likes animals best.
A. Kangkang`s mother B. Kangkang C. Kangkang`s father ______ is Kangkang`s favorite animal?
A. the monkey B. the panda C. the elephant There are (有) ______ people in Kangkang`s family.
A. two B. three C. four
Mary is from Canada. She teaches English in China now. She knows a little Chinese. She isn’t free from Monday to Friday. So she often goes shopping on Saturday (星期六).
Today is Saturday. Mary goes to the shop. She comes out of her car and goes into the shop. “What can I do for you?”the girl in the shop asks her in Chinese. Mary thinks she can tell the boy what she wants in Chinese. So she says in Chinese, “A quilt (被子), please.”Then the girl goes to the back of the shop. “My Chinese is not bad. The girl understands (理解) me.” She thinks.
Mary is happy. Soon (不久) the girl comes back. She shows Mary a cup (杯子). What’s Mary?
A. a student B. a doctor C. a teacher What does Mary often do on Saturday?
A. do some washing B. go shopping C. go to school How does Mary go to the shop?
A. by bus B. by train C. by car What does Mary think of her Chinese?
A. very good B. very bad C. very poor What does the girl think Mary need?
A. a cup B. a quilt C. books
Ⅰ栏是5个人的不同情况，Ⅱ栏中是7种不同的建议，请将它们配对。其中有两项是多余的。
| ( ) 1. It takes me much time to remember the new words，but I nearly forget all of them after a few days. ( ) 2. I’m bad at reading English articles，because there are too many new words in them. ( )3. I can’t write down the words when I am listening，although I can hear every word clearly. ( )4. I’m good at English, but I’m afraid to speak English with others. ( )5. I can understand my English teacher in class, but I always find that it is hard for me to finish the exercises by myself. |
A. Try to review (复习) the things that you learn in a day. Ask your teachers or your classmates more about your questions. B. Don’t stop to think when you hear the new words. You don’t need to know every word in the articles. C. You don’t need to know each word when you are reading. Sometimes you can guess the meeting of the mew words, and then you can get the main (主要的) ideas. D. you should do more exercises and try to write down all the words you hear. I think you will make progress (取得进步). E. Review the words again and again until you remember them. F. Don’t spend all your time on study. Try to relax yourself. G. Don’t worry. Try to speak English more with your good friends first. When you can do it well, speak to others. |
For many young people sport is a popular part of school life. Being in one of the school teams and playing in matches is very important. If someone is in a team it means a lot of extra practice and often spending a Saturday or Sunday away from home, as many matches are played then.
In can also involve travelling to other towns to play against other school teams and then staying on after the match for a meal or a drink. Sometimes parents, friends or the other students will travel with the team to support their own side.
When a school team wins a match it is the whole school. It means the whole school feels proud, not only the players. It also means a school becomes famous for being good at certain sports and students from that school may end up playing for national and international teams, so that the school has some really famous names. Many matches are played on _________.
| A．Saturday | B．Sunday | C．Saturday and Sunday | D．weekdays |
Some parents, friends or other students________ when the school team plays against other school team.
| A．will play with them | B．will go with the team and support them |
| C．will train with them | D．will have a meal or a drink with them |
If the school team win the match _________.
| A．their parents will be famous | B．the players will be happy |
| C．the teachers of the school will be happy | D．everyone of the school will feel proud |
If a certain school team wins the champion of several matches_________.
| A．the players of the school team will be famous | B．the school will be famous |
| C．their parents will be famous | D．their teachers will be well-known |
The story mainly tells us ___________.
| A．something about school | B．something about a school team |
| C．something about sports | D．the relationship of sports and school |
If you look at the word Christmas, you can see the word Christ in it. On Christmas, people celebrate (庆祝) the birthday of Jesus Christ.
Of course (当然) not everyone in America thinks Christ a great man, but Christmas is a holiday for all the people. It’s on December 25. Shops and schools are not open. Almost (几乎) every family has a Christmas tree in the house. People make their Christmas trees very beautiful. They put many colored bulbs on the trees. The bulbs make the trees more beautiful at night. They also put some dolls, balls and small animals on the trees. On Christmas day almost everyone gives gifts to others and also gets gifts from others.The word Christmas comes from .
| A．the name of a holiday | B．the name of a tree |
| C．the man of a man | D．the name of some presents |
In America people celebrate Christmas because .
| A．it is a holiday | B．Jesus Christ died |
| C．shops and schools are not open | D．they can get gifts |
People have Christmas trees in their houses .
| A．to put some small things on them | B．to make their houses beautiful |
| C．because they like trees | D．because shops will not open |
The word “bulb”means something that _________.
| A．can give us light | B．children can play with |
| C．people can eat | D．can make people sleep well at night |
On Christmas, __________.
| A．parents give gifts to children |
| B．boys give gifts to girls or boys |
| C．students give gifts to their teachers |
| D．almost everyone gives gifts to others and also gets gifts from others |