Sleep is very important. A person who does not sleep dies faster than a person who does not eat. We spend about one-third(三分之一) of our lives on sleep. That’s about 121 days a year!
How much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every day. Children 6 to 12 years old need an average(平均) of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. Teenagers need 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs all average of 7 to 8 hours a night. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep. Others need 10 hours of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night. We need less sleep as we get older.
About one one-third Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep(睡着). The name of this problem is insomnia. Some people say, “I didn’t sleep all night.” But that’s not really true. They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they only remember the times they were awake(醒着), so they think they were awake all night.
This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from one to the other to fall asleep. Mark Twain had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed.We spend about months on sleep every year.
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
If you are thirteen years old, you need at least _____ hours of sleep.
| A．16 | B．12 | C．9 | D．7 |
What does “insomnia” mean in this passage?
| A．No sleep. | B．Bad sleep. |
| C．Slow sleep. | D．Sleep with many dreams. |
. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．We will die soon if we don’t sleep well. |
| B．The older we get, the less sleep we need. |
| C．We can tell a person’s age from his sleep time. |
| D．Famous people move from one bed to the other to fall asleep. |
Which is the best title(标题) for this passage()?
| A．Sleep More! | B．Go to Sleep! |
| C．Age and Sleep Time. | D．Famous People and Sleep |
American boys and girls love to watch television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Sunday. Televisions are like books or films. A child can leam bad things and good things from them. Some shows help children to understand the news and places from other countries or other times in history. With television a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home. Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crime and other things that are bad for children，so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.Children usually spend ______ a day in school.
| A．six hours | B．more than eight hours |
| C．only a few hours | D．four hours |
Some children spend eight hours or more ______ on Sunday.
| A．studying | B．playing |
| C．watching TV | D．helping their parents |
On television children can see ______.
| A．Games | B．big animals |
| C．oceans | D．almost everything |
“Television brings many places and events into our homes. " means ______
| A．television makes things happen on homes |
| B．we can know places and events without going to see them |
| C．we can see houses and buildings on TV |
| D．we can find them easily |
Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is ______ for children.
| A．a bad program | B．an animal |
| C．a game | D．an uninteresting film |
| Moon Cake Box Recycling Campaign (运动) People in Hong Kong throw away about three million moon cake boxes every year. These boxes weigh (重) up to 750 tons and can fill up about a hundred 50-metre-long swimming pools. They are going to become garbage (垃圾) and end up in the landfills (垃圾填埋地). Let’s have a green Mid-Autumn Festival this year! Bring your moon cake boxes. Show that you care! Date: September 28, 2012 ~ October 14, 2012 Time: 9:00 am ~ 9:00 pm Collection point: G/F, Sunshine Shopping Centre Please keep the moon cake boxes clean. We will sell all moon cake boxes to recycling companies. We will hold a tree-planting campaign with the money collected. Save Our Earth (HK) An organisation for environmental protection Telephone: 2123 1234 Website: www.saveourearth.org.hk E-mail: info@saveourearth.org.hk |
How many moon cake boxes do people in Hong Kong throw away every year?
| A．About 1,000,000. | B．About 1,500,000. |
| C．About 3,000,000. | D．About 1,300,000. |
How long will the Moon Cake Box Recycling Campaign last?
| A．One week. | B．Half a month. |
| C．17 days. | D．One month. |
Who will buy the moon cake boxes?
| A．Recycling companies. | B．Moon cake factories. |
| C．Moon cake box companies. | D．Sunshine Shopping Centre. |
Which organization holds this campaign?
| A．Green Leaf. | B．Save Our Earth (HK). |
| C．Save Ourselves (HK). | D．Save Our Earth (UK). |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the reading above?
| A．The moon cake boxes will be collected in the landfills. |
| B．The money the campaign can get will be used to help poor children. |
| C．The moon cake boxes will be used to fill up swimming pools. |
| D．People should keep the moon cake boxes clean when bringing them to the collection point. |
One day, Tom is going to have an English test （测试）, but he forgets to take his pen. His teacher says to him, “Tom, if a soldier （士兵）forgets to take his gun （枪）when he is going to have a battle （战斗）, what do you think about that? ”
“Mm..., ”Tom answers, “I think he must be the officer. ”
根据短文内容完成句子，每空一词。 Tom forgets to take his ________ to school.
Tom’s going to have an ________ test.
A soldier must _______ a gun when he is going to have a battle.
Tom _______ like his lessons.
Tom isn’t a soldier or an ______.
Nora is an American girl. She studies in a middle school. She has a little sister. Her name is Kate. Kate is only four. Nora likes Kate very much.
Today is Sunday. Nora wants her pen. She takes out her pencil case. “Oh, dear! Where’s my pen?” She can’t find her pen. She goes to ask her sister in her bedroom.
“Kate! I can’t find my pen. Can you see……Oh, what are you doing with (用) my pen?”
“I’m writing to my friend, Betty.” Kate answers. “But how can you? You don’t know what to write.”.“It doesn’t matter (没关系). Betty can’t read.” Kate says.Who are sisters? _______________
| A．Nora and Kate. | B．Nora and Betty. |
| C．Betty and Kate. | D．Nora, Betty and Kate. |
_________ can’t find her pen.
| A．Kate | B．Nora |
| C．Betty | D．Nora’s friend |
Where is Kate? _______________
| A．In the school. | B．In a shop. |
| C．In her bedroom. | D．In her father’s car. |
Which is not right? ________________
| A．Nora finds her pen in Kate’s room. |
| B．Kate can’t write. |
| C．Kate is writing with her sister’s pen. |
| D．Betty is in Kate’s bedroom. |
Betty and Kate are ________________.
| A．sisters | B．Americans | C．at home | D．friends |
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Allbans, a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class.
After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics and then went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits, he didn't work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However. he still got marks.
It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctor s said they had no way to help him. He would die before 23.
At first, Hawking became very depressed. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later wrote, "Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital. I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do." Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, how bad their situation is. should lose hope. "Life is not fair." He once said. "You just have to do the best you can in your own situation."As a university student Stephen Hawking _______.
| A．worked hard |
| B．studied math and physics |
| C．was the best student in his class |
| D．was lazy and did very little work |
Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when _______.
| A．he was sent to hospital for test |
| B．his mother made him see a doctor |
| C．he was twenty |
| D．he visited his family at Christmas time one year |
In the passage the word "incurable" means _______.
| A．无法治愈的 | B．难以确诊的 |
| C．常见的 | D．可以治愈的 |
When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neuron disease, he _______.
| A．made up his mind to get married |
| B．began to see his life in a different way |
| C．thought that nothing in life was worth(值得的) doing |
| D．became very sad |