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A good night’s sleep in the early years of life could be very important in preventing a child becoming obese, say scientists. Babies and pre-school children who sleep for less than ten hours a night are more likely to be overweight when they are older, research has found. Experts believe that those who do not get enough sleep are more likely to feel hungry and want more calorie-rich food during the day.
Former research has linked sleeping with obesity in adults and teenagers, but this is one of the first to look at very young children. Researchers from the Universities of Washington and California looked at the sleeping habits of almost 1,000 children under the age of five. They found those who had less than ten hours’ sleep were twice as likely to be overweight five years later.
Childhood obesity has doubled over the past 10 years. A quarter of secondary school pupils are now judged to be so overweight that their health is in danger. Experts believe sleep, or lack（缺乏）of it, could be a major cause of this. On average children are sleeping for an hour less than they did 30 years ago. Last year Chinese researchers looked at more than 5,000 youngsters and found that those who were able to catch up on （补充）sleep at the weekend were far less likely to get body weight problems. Scientists have also found a link between lack of sleep and diabetes（糖尿病）. Last year Canadian researchers discovered those who did not get seven or eight hours’ sleep a night were two and a half times more likely to become sick.
The underlined word “obese” in the first paragraph may mean .

A．quite protective	B．very sad
C．very fat	D．quite young

According to Chinese researchers, if a person who lacks sleep can get more sleep during weekends, .

A．he won’t get hungry easily	B．he will feel tired all the time
C．there will be little chance of him becoming fat
D．it will be very hard for him to fall asleep at night

From the passage we know .

A．too little sleep will result in illness besides obesity

B．in the past people didn’t connect sleep with weight

C．fat children must have slept less than 10 hours five years ago

D．most children are unhealthy because of little sleep

What would be the best title of the passage?

A．A good night’s sleep helps the development of kids’ brain!

B．Ten hours’ sleep prevents overweight in kids!

C．Children are sleeping much less nowadays!

D．More teenagers get weight problems!

Where can you most probably read this passage?

A．In the latest news.	B．In a children’s book.
C．In a health magazine.	D．In a scientist’s diary.

Farah was sitting in the kitchen going over the party list with her mother. The exams were over and Farah wanted to invite her friends for a party.
“Farah, aren’t you going to invite Hafsa?” her mother asked. Hafsa had been her best friend since childhood.
“Mother, you know I am now a part of Purple Girls Club and we have some rules about people we can be friends with,” Farah answered.
“Really? And what are the rules?” her mother asked.
“Well, only very pretty girls can be part of our group. And Hafsa is so…you know …dark.”
“I cannot believe it,”her mother said angrily.
As Farah left the kitchen, her father called her from the living room.
Farah went to her father and paled when she saw the exam report in his hands. “Farah, what has happened to your grades? You have failed in Mathematics,” her father said.
Farah had no answer. The truth was that the activities of Purple Girls Club left her with very little time for studies.
“Farah, it says that you can take part in supplementary exams（补考）. If your grades don’t improve then, I’ll cancel（职消）your trip to Spain.”
Farah went to her room and called Gina, the leader of Purple Girls Club. “Gina, can you help me to complete my notes before the exams?”
Gina laughed. “Exams? Who cares about exams?”
One by one, she called her friends in the club but no one seemed to care or wanted to help.
Farah knew Hafsa would help her. Farah also knew Hafsa had been hurt by her, but Hafsa said, “If you need any help, just let me know. We can study together till your exams.”
Next Monday, as two friends entered the school together, Gina called out.
“Farah, you know our rules. You cannot be friends with those who do not belong to our club.”
“Gina, I have a new rule about friendship,” Farah replied.
After Farah became a member of Purple Girls Club, she chose a friend according to a person’s .

A．looks

B．usual activities

C．grades

D．favorite colors

Farah became pale after going to her father because.

A．he didn’t allow her to go to Spain	B．she didn’t do well in her exams
C．she had to leave Purple Girls Club	D．he asked her to improve her grades

．Which word can best describe Hafsa?

A．Silly

B．Beautiful

C．Rude

D．Kind

From the passage, we can know that .

A．Hafsa is a member of Purple Girls Club

B．Gina will help Farah with her exams

C．Gina doesn’t care about exams

D．Farah would like to invite Hafsa to the party

What lesson can we learn from the passage?

A．A friend in need is a friend indeed.	B．A perfect friend will never be found.
C．Be slow in choosing a friend.	D．Friendship can be developed easily.

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C
This hotel in the trees is famous in the world. People, who know very little about Kenya, know of Treetops. When King George VI died, Princess Elizabeth was staying on the Treetops, and when she came down from there, “She succeeded him as the queen of the country”. This hotel in the middle of the forest shows the pleasure of Africa. When you visit it, you will be sent into the heart of the forest by hotel buses, and then a guide, with a gun to protect you against big game, will go with you to the Treetops. Before and after dinner, for the whole night if you wish, you can sit on the corridor (走廊), watching animals come to the water pool. The earliest hotel Treetops was built round a large tree on the opposite side of the water, but that was destroyed by fire and the new hotel Treetops, which is built round several trees, is much bigger.
The dining room at Treetops is small, and the waiters cannot walk round to serve guests, a clever “railway service” has been invented. Guests take their food as it passes slowly in front of them, along a line in the center of the table.
There are many animals around the Treetops. When you visit them, you can see:
— Animals and their babies are waiting to greet the guests.
— Animals, enjoying the Treetops pool in the daylight.
— A long bodied, long ring tailed very active cat-like animal is a special one coming out at night.
He hunts and eats anything he can overpower, and his teeth and claws can do you harm.
— Some other animals that have a thick coating of fur to keep them warm in the cold forest nights.
— Many buffaloes (水牛) coming near to the Treetops for water and salt during the day or night.
In Paragraph One, “succeeded” means ______.

A．did what she was trying to do	B．gained her purpose
C．got a position on the death of the King	D．completed a difficult task

Which of the following description about “the cat-like animal” is NOT true?

A．It comes for food only at night.	B．It lives in the trees at Treetops.
C．Its teeth and claws can do people harm.	D．It can catch any other animal in the forest.

According to the passage. Treetops is famous in the world because ______.

A．it can show the pleasure of Americans living in Africa

B．Princess Elizabeth got to the crown when coming down from there

C．they are built round several trees to provide adventures for visitors

D．there are many animals that can be trained and become lovely pets

We can learn from the passage, that the guests ______.

A．should not play games on the Treetops	B．could enjoy their dinner as usual
C．could not sit on the corridor at night	D．should keep off the cat-like animals

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
B
　Two experts did some experiments on two groups of people — one who tended to sleep less than the
people around them and the other group more.
According to their report that the “short sleepers” had been more or less average in their sleep needs until the men were in their teens. But at about age 15 or so, the men automatically began to cut down their nightly sleep time because of pressures from school, work, and other activities. These men tended to view their nightly periods of unconsciousness as bothersome interruptions in their daily routines.
　　 In general, these “short sleepers” appeared with ambition, active, energetic, cheerful, and conformist (不动摇) in their opinions, and very sure about their career choices. They often held several jobs at once, or even worked full time while going to school. And many of them had a strong urge to appear “acceptable” or “outstanding” to their friends and associates.
　　When asked to recall their dreams, the “short sleepers” did poorly. More than this, they seemed to prefer not remembering them. In similar fashion, their usual way of dealing with psychological problems was to deny that the problem existed, and then to keep busy in the hope that the trouble would go away.
　　The experts also stated that those “long sleepers” were quite different indeed. They reported that those men had been lengthy sleeps since childhood. They seemed to enjoy their sleep, protected it, and were a bit concerned when they were occasionally deprived of their desired 9 hours of nightly bed rest. They tended to recall their dreams much better than the “short sleepers did.
　　Many of the “long sleepers” were shy, anxious, introverted (内向), inhibited (压抑), passive, mildly depressed, and unsure of themselves (particularly in social situations). Several openly express it that being asleep was a good escape from their daily problems.
All in all, proper time of sleeping should be admired, not too long, neither too short.
According to the report, ______.

A．many “short sleepers” need less sleep just by nature

B．many “short sleepers” are obliged to reduce sleep time by work

C．long sleepers sleep a longer period of time during the day

D．many “long sleepers” formed sleeping habit during childhood

Many “short sleepers” are likely to hold the view that ______.

A．sleep is a very efficient escape from the reality

B．sleep is just an item which should be denied by them

C．sleep might be a disturbing thing for their daily business

D．sleep is the best way to deal with psychological troubles

It is stated in the forth paragraph that “short sleepers” ______.

A．are ideally energetic under the pressures of life

B．often ignore the ill effect of not enough sleep

C．do not know how to re

lax themselves p

roperly

D．are more unlikely to run into mental problems

Which of the following is nearest to the meaning of “… were a bit concerned” in the fifth Para?

A．appeared troubled	B．became energetic
C．felt dissatisfied	D．were much depressed

Which of the following is NOT correct according to the passage?

A．If one sleeps improperly, his performance suffers and his memory is weakened

B．The sleep patterns of short sleepers are the same as those shown by “long sleepers”

C．Long and short sleepers differ in their attitudes towards sleep

D．Short sleepers may have been better off if they have more rest

阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
A
One night recently, I was driving down a two-lane highway at about 60 miles an hour. A car approached from the opposite direction at about the same speed. As we passed each other, I caught the other driver’s eye for only a second. I wondered whether he might be thinking, as I was, how dependent we were on each other at that moment. I was relying on him not to fall asleep, not to be put off by a phone conversation, not to cross over into my lane and bring my life to a sudden end. Though we had never spoken a word to each other, he relied on me in just the same way.
Multiplied a million times over, I believe that is the way the world works. At some level, we all depend upon one another. Sometimes that dependence requires us simply not to do something like crossing over the double yellow line. And sometimes it requires us to act cooperatively, with friends or even with strangers.
As technology shrinks our world, the need increases for cooperative action among nations. In 2003, doctors in five nations were quickly organized to identify the SARS virus, which saved thousands of lives. The threat of international terrorism has shown itself to be a similar problem, one requiring team action by police and intelligence forces across the world. We must recognize that our fates are not ours alone to control.
In my own life, I’ve put great stock in personal responsibility. But, as time has passed, I’ve also come to believe that there are moments when one must rely upon the good faith and judgment of others. so, while each of us faces the case of driving alone down a dark road, what we must learn is that the approaching light may not be a threat, but a shared moment of trust.
The author considers it very important ______.

A．to drive with a company	B．to have personal independence
C．to gain certain responsibility	D．to share trust and cooperation

The author said that they depended on each other in the same way because ______.

A．the approaching car was very dangerous

B．they both drove their car at a terrific speed

C．he might be killed out of the other’s careless driving

D．it was dark and the road was not wide enough

From the second paragraph, we know the author drew the important lesson from ______.

A．only one experience	B．many similar experiences
C．a driver on a dark road	D．many friends and strangers

The need for cooperation increases because ______.

A．peoples’ fates can’t be controlled by themselves

B．certain viruses can spread in a quick way

C．terrorism can happen everywhere and every day

D．the world has become much more dangerous

We can infer from the last paragraph that the author has ______.

A．believed in one’s own personal responsibility

B．counted upon himself alone in everything

C．had no trust in others’ good faith and judgment

D．had accomplished a change on his viewpoint of life