“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms(聊天室) than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾) called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug(毒品) use. People lose control(控制) of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab: he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6 to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms(症状):
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.What does the beginning of the passage tell us?
A.How to become an Internet addict. |
B.What an Internet addict usually does. |
C.Where to find an Internet addict. |
D.Why to write this passage. |
How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?
A.It is something like keeping drugs. |
B.It is a way of producing drugs. |
C.It is like taking drugs. |
D.It is terrible to imagine. |
Why do people worry about the teens?
A.The teens are wasting too much money. |
B.They used to work on the Internet. |
C.The playing field of the teens will disappear. |
D.More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet. |
The example in the passage shows that _______.
A.Internet problems are more serious among college students |
B.Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep |
C.Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted |
D.The police often help to find those Internet addicts. |
What is the writer trying to tell us at the end of the passage?
A.Don’t be addicted to the Internet. |
B.Go to family activities more often. |
C.Do things as you have planned. |
D.Stay with your parents as often as possible. |
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(1)Where is the elephant from?
A. America
B. Thailand
C. China
D. England
(2)What animals can play the piano?
A. The cat
B. The dog
C. The monkey
D. The elephant
(3)Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The dog can take care of sheep.
B. The elephant can play basketball.
C. The monkey can understand words.
D. You can call in and get a mobile phone
Money VS Family
Rama's family is very big. He has three kids, two sons and a daughter.
He works for more than 16 hours a day. The kids cannot see him as he leaves home early in the morning before they wake up, and he reaches home around midnight when kids have slept every day. (1)
Though Rama's family is one of the richest families in the city, he still works so hard. One day, Rama's family went to their beach house to spend their vacation. His daughter asked, " (2) "
Rama replied, " Yes, my dear, tomorrow for sure,(3) I'm tired of work and need refreshment!"
The whole family became very happy.
Unfortunately, the next day, none in Rama's family were alive as they were washed out in the tsunami(海啸)!
(4) When he tried to reach his beach house, he saw sea and water everywhere and screamed for his family. He could not even find the dead bodies of his family.
(5) He remembered his wife's words, "Why are you running for money? We can be happy with what we have now."
A. Dad, will you please spend one day at home and stay with us here? B. Rama was too busy even to hear the news about the tsunami. C. The whole family eagerly wait to spend quality time with him and the kids miss him so much. D. He can never have them again, cannot even see them and even by paying millions he cannot get them back to life! E.I will join you for the lunch and be with you all for next few days. |
We're sitting too much and it's dangerous. Most Americans spend more than seven hours sitting every day, and the more you sit, the weaker your body will be. Fortunately, there are simple changes you can make during the day﹣﹣anywhere, even at the workplace﹣to improve your health.
Park a few blocks away from the office each morning and walk to work.
This allows you to start off your mornings actively and be ready to take on the work. If you take the bus, get off one stop earlier to take some light exercise before 8 a.m.
Get up and move around the office once every 60~90 minutes.
When you're busy with work, it's easy to forget the time. Set the alarm to remind(提醒) you to get up and take a walk around the office. You can use this time to fill up your water bottle or go to the bathroom.
Ask questions and discuss questions face to face.
Go to your co﹣worker's office to discuss questions face to face, rather than send an e﹣mail every time you have a question. This gives you a good excuse to move.
Use your lunch break to move around outside.
So many Americans today work during their lunch break. When possible, take advantage of(利用) this time to walk outside and enjoy the nice weather. Fresh air can make you keep a clear mind.
(1)Every morning, we can park a few blocks away from the office to .
A. take some light exercise
B. find a good place to park
C.save some money
D. take a walk in the park
(2)What can we do when we get up to walk around the office?
A. To play games with our co﹣workers.
B. To fill up the water bottle.
C. To enjoy the nice weather.
D. To walk to work.
(3)Which sentence is right according to the passage?
A. We should discuss questions face to face during the lunch break.
B. We should send an e﹣mail every time we have a question.
C. Few Americans spend more than seven hours sitting every day.
D. We should move our bodies every 60~90 minutes during the work.
(4)The passage mainly tell us during the workday.
A. ways to be more active
B. it's dangerous to sit too much
C. the importance of taking exercise
D. ways to get along with co﹣workers
My grandma had a wonderful day yesterday at my mom's house for Thanksgiving. She didn't remember our names or the last time we were all together. She asked us a million questions, most repeating from just moments ago. What my grandma did know at that point was love. The whole family were focused on her laugh and her smile.
Grandma raised all of us. She let us ride mattresses (床垫) down the stairs, ski on the little hill in her backyard. and watch movies at late night. She taught all 9 grand kids how to swim in the pool. She taught us how to be creative, make Christmas cookies, and help those less fortunate (幸运的 ) than us. It's hard to believe that she doesn't remember our names or other children's. But for her sake it's all OK. I tell her that it's just all right and that's how it's supposed to be. As long as she's happy, the memory doesn't need to be here.
There's one name she does remember, though. She called him by his name: Chariie. Her Charlie. We miss what my grandma used to be and we miss her Charlie. But yesterday was a wonderful day for us. We had her laugh and through that laugh and the way she said his name, we had grandpa there too.
(1)What does the underlined word "raised" mean in Chinese?
A.筹集
B.抚养
C.支持
D.捐助
(2)Grandma taught the kids the following things EXCEPT .
A. how to swim in the pool
B. how to be creative and make Christmas cookies
C. how to help those less fortunate than them
D. how to get on well with other children
(3)What's the writer's attitude(态度) towards his grandma?
A. He didn't care about his grandma.
B. He was worried about his grandma.
C. He was thankful to his grandma.
D. He was angry with his grandma.
As young students. you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize; they can also be small, such as becoming one of the best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?
Andrew Matews, an Australian writer, tells us that making your dreams come true is life's biggest challenge. You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it's impossible for you to become a writer, Those kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dream.
In fact, everyone can realize his dream. The first thing you must do is to remember what
your dream is. Don't let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and
then your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is,in fact, made up of many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream, There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from you. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will help you to get better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
(1)The biggest difficulty on the road to your dreams comes from
A. yourself
B. your friends
C. your school
D. your parents
(2)Which of the following is NOT mentioned in this passage?
A. You may think you 're not good at some school subjects
B. Making your dreams come true is life's biggest challenge
C. Listening to English more can help you realize your dream.
D. You must never give up your dream
(3)How can you make your dream come true faster?
A. Remember what your dream is
B. Don't let your dream leave your heart
C. Keep telling yourself what you want every day
D. A. B and C