Sales of laptop computers passed desktops in the U.S. for the first time ever this fall, according to market-research firm IDC. That's bad news for backs, necks and shoulders.
Laptops are bad for our body. When you work at a computer, the keyboard should be at elbow height and the monitor should be roughly at eye level, so you can sit well in a chair. But most users simply set their laptops on a desk or table. The keyboard is too high, which makes your arms reach up, your shoulders feel tired and your wrists bend down. The monitor is too low, which pulls your head and neck forward and down and your back may feel hurt.
That's OK if you use your laptop for a short time. But if you use one for hours without stopping – as do millions of college students, business travelers, telecommuters, video-gamers and growing numbers of office workers – your body may feel hurt. Ergonomics experts have warned about laptop problems for years. But people still like laptops better than the desktops. And they use laptops anywhere – in bed, on the floor – in all kinds of positions.
“How can a mouse or a keyboard hurt you?” says Thomas Caffrey, the founder of Myofactors LLC, “Wrong positions can be bad for your body. As time goes by, a wrong position can lead to pain in the neck, shoulders, back and arms, as well as headaches.”When you work at a computer, the keyboard should be ________.
| A．at elbow height | B．at eye height |
| C．on a desk | D．on a table |
The writer asks us not to use the laptop ________.
| A．for a short time | B．to play video games |
| C．for hours without stopping | D．to buy things on the Internet |
From the passage, we know that laptop computers ________.
| A．are not so popular as the desktops |
| B．are more popular than the desktops |
| C．are not bad for our body |
| D．have no mouse now |
Using a laptop in a wrong position may make ________.
| A．people’s sight lower | B．people have cancer |
| C．people’s arm longer | D．people feel pain in the body |
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．When you use a laptop, you should put your monitor at eye height. |
| B．Laptop computers sold more than desktops this autumn. |
| C．To keep healthy, you should use laptop computers. |
| D．Business travelers often use the laptop computers for a long time. |
Here are some ideas for learning English well.
You are like a new baby.
Babies learn their language slowly, First they learn to listen .Then they learn to talk .Finally , they can read and talk.
Listen to English every day
Listen to English radio , watch English TV, go to see English movies or use online lessons.
Practise the conversations
Make up conversations and practise the conversations .You’d better use beginner textbooks.
Reading English stories
Start with children’s storybooks .Try to read stories for ESL readers , Read ads and so on ,Try English Club.com for young learners.
Write down new words
Start a new word notebook.Write words in alphabetical order(A...B...C)Make some sentences.Try to use an English-English dictionary.
Keep an English diary
Start with one sentence.Like how do you feel? What did you do today?Write another sentence tomorrow.How do babies learn their languages?
| A．Slowly | B．Quickly | C．Loudly | D．Quietly |
What does the underlined phrase” alphabetical order”mean in Chinese
| A．按音标顺序 | B．按字母顺序 |
| C．按简易顺序 | D．按长短顺序 |
The writer gave us _______ideas for learning English faster.
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
What kind of books do we start to read when learning English?
| A．Children’storybooks |
| B．Children’s textbooks |
| C．Children’s picture books |
| D．Children’s music books |
When Brody Roybal was a baby, he didn’t have legs. But that didn’t make him feel sad or stop him from trying sports.
He tried different kinds of sports. When he tried sled hockey(雪橇曲棍球） at the age of 7, he loved it.
“ That was it,” says Roybal. He is now 15 and a student in a high school in Chicago. “ It’s all I wanted to do.”
Roybal joined a sled hockey team. At the age of 12, he started playing in an adult（成人） team. It was much harder for him, but he still worked hard.
Now Roybal is a player of the sled hockey team in his country.
O’ Connor, manager of the team, says Roybal is very good. “ Everybody dreams of going to the Olympic Games and winning the game,” O’ Connor says. “ That’s something that I couldn’t do, but Roybal can. He is lucky and he can go to the next Olympics.”
It’s true that when God closes a door, he opens a window for you.What’s the problem of Roybal?
| A．He has no legs. |
| B．He has no arms. |
| C．He can’t see. |
| D．He hurt his left leg. |
Roybal began playing in the adult team when he was ____________.
| A．7 | B．8 | C．12 | D．15 |
From the passage we know Roybal is a ___________ boy.
| A．lively | B．kind | C．hard-working | D．sad |
What’s the best title for this passage?
| A．The Olympic Games |
| B．Different kinds of sports |
| C．A Best Sled Hockey Team |
| D．A Special Sled Hockey Player |
Once upon a time there was a baby eagle. He lived in the nest on a cliff (悬崖), overlooking a beautiful valley with waterfalls and streams, trees and lots of little animals. The nest was the whole world to him. It was warm and comfortable, had a great view. And even better, he had all the food and love and attention that a great mother eagle could provide. The baby eagle grew strong and he felt good all the time.
But one day, the mother came back home and said,“Eat this, and it’s your last meal,” she said. The baby cried, but he ate and thought about what had happened. Just then, surprisingly, the mother pushed him out of the nest. He fell, head first, faster ad faster. He screamed. “I’m dying!” he cried. He looked up at his mother, “How could you do this to me?” He looked down. The ground rushed closer, faster and faster. “This is unfair!” he screamed.
Something strange happened. The air caught behind his wings and they snapped away from his body, with a feeling unlike anything he had ever experienced. He looked down and saw the sky. He wasn’t moving towards the ground any more, and his eyes were pointed up at the sun.
“Huh?” he said,“ What is going on here?”
“You’re flying,” his mother said.
“This is fun!” laughed the baby eagle, as he soared (翱翔) and dived.
“Yes, it is!”said the mother.
（节选自《快乐英语阅读》初二年级第2卷, 有改动）Why was the nest the whole world to the baby eagle ?
| A．It was on a cliff. |
| B．It had a great view. |
| C．It had many trees around it. |
| D．He could get everything from his mother. |
Which is right according to the passage?
| A．The baby eagle felt unhappy in the nest. |
| B．The mother eagle took good care of the baby eagle. |
| C．The baby eagle wasn’t frightened at all when he was falling down. |
| D．The mother eagle wanted to enjoy all the food herself. |
The mother eagle pushed the baby out of the nest because______________.
| A．she couldn’t find food to raise it |
| B．she didn’t like it any more and wanted to kill it |
| C．she tried to make it live alone |
| D．she didn’t know if the baby eagle could fly |
What happened to the baby eagle at last?
| A．It was dying. |
| B．It left the nest and fell onto the ground. |
| C．It failed to learn to fly. |
| D．It had fun flying and diving in its living areas. |
From the story, what can you learn?
| A．Learn to live by ourselves when we grow up. |
| B．Beauty lies in lover’s eyes. |
| C．Never give up your self-protection. |
| D．Think before you act. |
In the old times, there was a man who wanted to buy a pair of new shoes. He measured (量) his feet with a straw (稻草)，then went out to a shop in the town.
The shoe shop boss took out a pair of new shoes, and let him try them. But when he looked into his pocket, he found that the straw had lost. So he said, “I’m sorry, I forgot the size! Let me go home to take it.” After these words, he ran out of the shop. When he got back home, he was out of breath. With the straw in his hand, he hurried to the shoe shop again, but he was disappointed (失望) because it was closed.
Someone beside him said, “Your feet are with you. Why wouldn’t you try which pair of shoes fits, and why do you only believe your straw, not believe your feet?”
A man wanted to _________one day.
| A．measure his feet | B．buy a straw |
| C．buy shoes | D．go to the town |
Where was the straw when the man arrived at the shop?
| A．In the field. | B．In his pocket. |
| C．In the shop. | D．At home. |
What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase out of breath?
| A．心急如焚 | B．气喘吁吁 |
| C．出门在外 | D．后悔不已 |
Why did he go back to his home?
| A．Because he wanted to get the straw. |
| B．Because he had something to do at that time. |
| C．Because the shoe shop was closed. |
| D．Because he didn’t take money with him. |
What do you think of the man?
| A．Clever. | B．Interesting. | C．Foolish. | D．Good. |
Miss White was a dancing teacher. She was friendly to her students and had a lot of students to come to classes every week. One year she moved to a new city and taught in a dancing school there, but then she decided to move again to a big city. She thought she could have more work to do in the big city. When one of the girls, Catherine, heard that she was going to leave, she said to the teacher, “The new dance teacher will not be as good as you are.”
Miss White was happy when she heard this. But she said, “Oh, no! I’m sure he will be as good as I am—or even better.” The girl said, “No, five teachers have come and left while I have been here, and each new one was worse than the last.”Miss White ___________dancing in a dancing school.
| A．taught | B．learned | C．went | D．liked |
The girl thought the new teacher would be _________Miss White.
| A．as good as | B．worse than |
| C．better than | D．as well as |
Miss White was Catherine’s ________ dance teacher during her stay at this school.
| A．fifth | B．fourth | C．seventh | D．sixth |
Catherine was Miss White’s _________.
| A．daughter | B．classmate | C．student | D．friend |
Which is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Miss White decided to move to a big city and work there. |
| B．Miss White worked in the same school all her life. |
| C．Miss White’s students came to her classes every day. |
| D．Catherine liked Miss White best of all her dancing teachers. |