Will it matter if you don’t take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test was given in the United States. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten different kinds of breakfasts.
The results show that if a person eats a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, egg, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully.
The result is opposite to what some people think. Having no breakfast will not help you lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. They will gain weight(增加体重) instead of losing it. You will lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.During the test, the people were given ________.
| A．no breakfast at all |
| B．different foods or nothing |
| C．very rich breakfast |
| D．little food for breakfast |
The results show that ___________.
| A．breakfast has great effect (影响) on work and studies |
| B．breakfast has little to do with a person’s work |
| C．a person will work better if he only has fruit and milk |
| D．girl students should have little for breakfast |
According to the passage, some people think that if you don’t have breakfast you will _____________.
| A．be healthier | B．work better | C．lose weight | D．lose your way |
The word “reduce” in the last sentence means _______.
| A．增加 | B．减少 | C．放弃 | D．享用 |
Which of the following is not right?
| A．It is bad for your health to have no breakfast. |
| B．Too little for breakfast and too much for lunch may make you fatter. |
| C．If you don’t eat much for lunch and supper, you may lose weight. |
| D．The more breakfast you have, the more quickly you’ll learn in class |
A baby giraffe is born 10 feet high and usually lands on its back. Bringing a giraffe into the world is a tall order. In his book, A View from the Zoo, Gary Richmond describes how a new-born giraffe learns its first lesson.
The mother giraffe lowers her head long enough to take a quick look. Then she puts herself directly over her child. She waits for about a minute, and then she does the most unreasonable thing. She throws her long leg and kicks her baby, so that it’s sent sprawling (四脚朝天).
When it doesn’t get up, what the mother has done is repeated again and again. The struggle (挣扎) to rise is important. As the baby giraffe grows tired, the mother kicks it again. Finally, it stands for the first time. Then the mother giraffe kicks it off again. Why? She wants it to remember how it can get up. In the wild, a baby giraffe must be able to get up as quickly as possible to stay with its group, where there’s safety.
Another writer named Irving Stone understood this. He spent a lifetime studying great people, writing stories about such men as Michelangelo, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, and Charles Darwin.
Stone was once asked if he had found something unusual about these great people. He said, “I write about people who sometime in their life have a dream of something. They’re beaten over the head, knocked down and for years they get nowhere. But every time they stand up again. And at the end of their lives they’ve realized some small parts of what they set out (着手) to do.”The expression “a tall order” in Paragraph 1 most probably means ______.
| A．a happy thing | B．a difficult thing |
| C．a big dream | D．a beautiful place |
A View from the Zoo is a book written by.
| A．Gary Richmond | B．Charles Darwin |
| C．Irving Stone | D．Vincent van Gogh |
The mother giraffe puts herself over her child and throws her long leg and kicks her baby because she .
| A．is an unkind mother |
| B．likes watching her bay sprawling |
| C．doesn’t want her baby to live with her |
| D．wants to train her baby to get up in this way |
The writer mainly wants to tell the readers that .
| A．the giraffe is an unusual animal |
| B．we should learn to be a careful writer |
| C．learning to get up leads to success |
| D．A View from the Zoo is a good book to read |
One year ago, I worked at a Chinese traditional medicine store. Business was not bad. Every day we mixed (混合）medicinal herbs(中药) for patients, so the store was always full of a strong herbal smell. After I had worked there for a time, a boy of 13 or 14 started coming and sitting on the stairs outside the store for a while every day. It seemed strange to me.
“Do you like the herbal smell?” I asked him one day.
“I grew up with this kind of smell,” he said. He told me that his mother took herbal medicine for years, so he could mix herbs for his mother when he was very young. He mixed the herbs with deep love, hoping his mother would get better as soon as possible.
“Is your mother well now? I asked.
He shook his head. “My mother passed away（去世）three years ago.” Looking up into the sky, he went on: “When I first passed by here and smelled the herbs, I thought of my mother. It is comforting to remember those days when she was alive. So I come here every day to sit for a moment. When I sit around this smell, I feel as if my mother is still alive and is waiting for her medicine in her room.The writer felt ________ when seeing a boy sitting on the stairs at the beginning of the story.
| A．strange | B．angry |
| C．excited | D．bored |
The boy grew up with the smell of the herbs because ______________________.
| A．he liked go play with herbs. |
| B．he studied at a herbal medicine store |
| C．his family had a herbal medicine store |
| D．he often mixed herbs for his mother |
The boy’s mother passed away when he was_________ years old.
| A．6 or 7 | B．about 10 |
| C．13 or 14 | D．about 16 |
We can tell from the story the boy ______________.
| A．used to take herbal medicine |
| B．missed his mother very much |
| C．wanted to make friends with the writer |
| D．hoped to make friends with the writer |
Will the sky ever fall? The answer is no. But if it happens there’s no need to be afraid!
The American film Chicken Little opened about two years ago. Its story tells us:don’t worry too much in your life.
One day Chicken Little is in the woods when an acorn(橡子)falls on his head!This makes him afraid. He thinks a piece of sky is falling!He can’t wait to tell everyone about it. They run for their lives!When everyone learns the truth(真相),no one likes Chicken Little. They laugh at him. He gets a bad name in the town,Oakey Oaks. It’s time for him to change others’ minds.
Chicken Little begins to play baseball. He is not bigger than a ball,but he plays very well!He helps his team win. Now they think he’s great.
Just then,a spaceship really does fall from the sky!The aliens(外星人)abroad have bad plans. Once again he must tell people about it!Will he get help from his friends in the town?Can he show himself a different person?You have to watch the film to find it out!The film Chicken Little tells us______.
| A．never worry about yourself |
| B．never worry too much in your life |
| C．never be afraid of the aliens |
| D．never believe anything |
Why do people give Chicken Little a bad name?
| A．Because he forces (强迫） people to believe his words. |
| B．Because people think he tells a lie. |
| C．Because he wants the sky to fall. |
| D．Because he brings the aliens to the earth. |
What does the underlined word“it”in the passage mean?
| A．The sky will fall. |
| B．He plays baseball well. |
| C．The aliens will have bad plans. |
| D．He will reach the outer space. |
What’s the best title for the passage?
| A．Is the Sky Really Falling? |
| B．Can You Answer the Question? |
| C．Are You Afraid of the Sky Falling? |
| D．Have You Seen the Film? |
How to look good in a school uniform? You can look great in your school uniform, if you follow these tips:
(1) Make sure the uniform is the right size for you.
You will need a pair of scissors (剪刀), but please, don’t cut anything until you measure (量) where you want the uniform to reach on your body. If you can find a tailor (裁缝) to do the job for you, it will be better.
(2) Make your uniform tidy
Your uniform should be taken good care of. Make sure your uniform is always tidy and clean. It helps you look smart.
(3) Accessories (装饰物) can help.
You can wear a nice watch. It will make you look beautiful and tell you the right time when you need to know. A cute hair clip can also make you, girls, look attractive. Choose a hat that matches the shape of your face or a backpack that goes well with your uniform. Also, have fun in winter by wearing colorful scarves.
(4) Walk with confidence.
It doesn’t matter how cool your uniform is (or is not). If you are not confident, nobody will notice how great you look! We can probably read this article in the part of a newspaper.
| A．news | B．sports |
| C．life | D．advertisement |
The following things can make you look good EXCEPT.
| A．having a pair of scissors |
| B．wearing clean uniforms |
| C．wearing a nice watch |
| D．being confident |
This article is mainly written for.
| A．students | B．parents |
| C．teachers | D．tailors |
Do you know many students aren’t healthy today?
Now many students know sports are good for (1)_______ health. But they don’t like playing sports. Some of them only watch them on TV. What’s more (而且), many of them only like watching TV and playing computer games. They often say, “Play soccer? Oh, it sounds boring. Play basketball? Oh, it sounds (2) ________.”
And many boys and girls don’t like vegetables. They don’t have carrots for lunch and they don’t have tomatoes for dinner. But vegetables and fruit are healthy food. They need to eat lots of them every day. But they like junk food（垃圾食品）. They like eating hamburgers, French fries, ice-cream…
So if (如果) you want to be healthy, eat vegetables and play sports every day!在 (1) 处填入they的适当形式。_______________________________________
请选择一个恰当的词填到文中（2）处,（填写字母代号）_________________
A. relaxing B. difficult C. easyWhy do students need to eat lots of vegetables and fruit? _________________
请从文中找出两种垃圾食品名称。 _____________________________
将文中划线的句子译成汉语。_________________________________________