Childhood is a time of fun and games. Many people still remember when they were young, they often played games like hide-and-seek and chess. Playing teaches children how to get with others, and it also helps to exercise the mind and body. However, children today spend most of their time in front of the computer, playing video games.
A recent survey found that in the US. Children between 8 and 12 spend at least 13 hours a week playing video games or "gaming". Boys of this age spend even more time, almost 16 hours a week. Although some people will say that gaming is helpful, it brings many problems as well.
One big problem is that kids who spend most of their time on games might have difficulty communicating with real people. They might have trouble sharing and resolving (解决) problems because they do not practice these skills when sitting alone at a computer.
Another problem is about health. Game players usually sit for hours without doing any exercise. And they might not eat healthily. As a result, they might be out of shape.
Next, game players might have trouble with their lessons. Many of them spend more time playing games than working on their homework. In the end, they fail in the exams.
Finally, it is always possible that the gamers become addicted. Some people play four or five hours a day or even all day. This happened to a 28 - year - old Korean man. He spent about 50 hours playing an online game without sleeping or eating well. He died while gaming!
This is one example of the dangers of video gaming. It tells us that video gaming, like everything else, should not be done too much. A few hours a week should not hurt, but several hours a day just might be dangerous to your health.Children of 8 to 12 in the US spend at least _________ hours a week playing video games.
| A．13 | B．16 | C．28 | D．50 |
How many problems about playing video games are mentioned in the passage？
| A．Two. | B．Three. |
| C．Four. | D．Five. |
If game players spend lots of time playing games without doing their homework, they might __________.
| A．become ill | B．lose their friends |
| C．die at once | D．get lower grades at school |
What does the underlined word “addicted” mean in Chinese?
| A．悲伤 | B．无聊 |
| C．成瘾 | D．沮丧， |
What does the writer want to tell us by writing this passage?
| A．Video gaming has quite a lot of advantages. |
| B．Video gaming might be a dangerous thing. |
| C．Childhood is a time of fun and games. |
| D．Children should learn how to get along with others. |
There is a saying that the British like a nice cup of tea in the morning and a nice cup of tea at night. And at half past seven, their idea of heaven is a nice cup of tea. They like a nice cup of tea with their dinner and at their tea time. There is a lot to be said about a nice cup of tea before they go to bed.
Sometimes it seems that no one likes tea as much as the British do. But in fact, tea is liked in countries around the world. In China and Japan tea was first used as a kind of medicine, many years later, people there drank tea as a beverage(饮料).
People in the world like to drink different kinds of tea, green tea, black tea or milk tea as some people call it. They are served in different ways and people like drinking them, because they know that drinking tea is good for health.From the passage we know tea was used as a kind of medicine in _______________many years ago.
| A．the world | B．Britain |
| C．many countries | D．China and Japan |
The main idea of the first paragraph is _______________________________.
| A．how many cups of tea the British drink each day. |
| B．that the British like talking about tea. |
| C．that the British can’t live without drinking tea. |
| D．that tea is very important in the life of the British. |
The underlined phrase “their idea of heaven” in paragraph 1 means _______________.
| A．the happiest thing for them |
| B．their thoughts |
| C．their God |
| D．the worst thing for them |
How many kinds of tea are mentioned in the last paragraph?
| A．One | B．Two | C．Three | D．Five |
In this E-book package, we have four e-books.
Kids can ________ by reading Fun with Food.
| A．do science experiments | B．get cooking experience |
| C．play happily at school | D．play some riddle games |
________ has over sixty pages.
| A．Fun with Food | B．Kids Cooking Lessons E-Book |
| C．Food Facts E-Book | D．Kids Food Science Experiments |
Kids Cooking Lessons E-Book is popular because ________.
| A．there is a unit for each age group |
| B．there are a lot of photo tests in it |
| C．kids can learn more about science |
| D．each part is very easy to print off |
Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.
● Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone outside .Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.
● Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
● If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, letting the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.
● If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don’t sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don’t sleep.Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?
| A．Go home alone late at night. |
| B．Make sure where the public phones are. |
| C．Don’t get to the bus stop too early. |
| D．Always notice the environment around you. |
When you are followed by someone on your way home, you should _____to make yourself safe.
| A．run home |
| B．find a lift and go in |
| C．turn back and walk towards him or her at once. |
| D．cross the street and go to the other way. |
When you take a bus alone, it’s safe for you_____.
| A．to sit behind the driver or with other people, but not to sleep. |
| B．to talk with the driver. |
| C．to call your friends. |
| D．to get off the bus at once. |
What can you learn from the text?
| A．How to notice the environment around you. |
| B．How to be safe in your everyday life. |
| C．How to cross the street. |
| D．How to use the public phones. |
至中选出恰当的标题。共小题，计分来源______________
| Song Zuying is the most famous soprano(女高音歌唱家) in China. In the eyes of the Chinese people, Song Zuying is the star of oriental art(东方艺术).She was born in a beautiful place–Guzhang County in West Hunan. In recent years, she has been awarded many highest prizes in various music contests. She loves her hometown and does a lot for the people there. |
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| Wen Jiabao is the premier(总理) of the world’s most populous(人口众多的) country. But millions of people would rather call him“grandpa”.Always in plain(朴素的) jackets, he seems to be a very kind man and always smiles. But in the face of disasters he has the power to pull together the whole country. |
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| Ding Cong, a famous cartoonist in China, died on May 26,2009.He started to draw cartoons more than seventy years ago, but he always called himself Xiao Ding or Little Ding. He seemed to have a lot to learn in this world. His cartoons are humorous(幽默的) and interesting and loved by the old and the young in China. |
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| An 18–meter high “Olympic torch(火炬)”made of more than 110,000 pots of flowers, the biggest “Olympic torch” in the world, is seen at the Liberation Park in Wuhan, Hubei Province. The “Olympic torch” was exhibited at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Wuhan Flower Expo(展览会) to express local people’s best wishes to the summer Olympic Games. |
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| Liu Qian is the only magician from Taiwan invited by Las Vegas and the Hollywood Magic Castle for performance. When Liu Qian was 7 years old, he started to study magic. The first magic he performed was to put a coin into his mouth and then take it out from his hindbrain(后脑).Now Liu’s magic tricks have made the old art popular again, and made him the hottest magician in China. |
A. The premier is our “grandpa”.
B. The most famous soprano in China.
C. The cartoonist who was loved by old and young.
D. The famous magician from Taiwan.
E. The biggest “Olympic torch” in the world.
If the only sports you do are dancing your fingers across your keyboard, you could be in serious danger of more than just becoming overweight and out of shape.
Do you often feel sleepy, like something is weighing down on your head? Do you feel forgetful? Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable up and down your neck and lower back, and you can’t explain why? Do you get sick often? It could be radiation(辐射) from your computer causing it. If you spend three hours or more a day in front of a computer, you are more easily harmful by the hazard(危险).
We have got so used to using computers that we often neglect(忽略) to think of them as dangerous sources of harmful radiation. A safe amount of radiation is 25V/m(Volts/meter). Do you want to guess how much our personal computers give off?
Keyboard： 1000 V/m
Mouse： 450 V/m
Monitor： 218 V/m
CPU： 170 V/m
Notebook computers： 2,500 V/m
Ways to Protect Yourself from Harmful Computer Radiation
1. Decorate your desk with cactus(仙人掌) plants, they take in radiation.
2. Drink two or three cups of green tea a day and eat an orange daily. The vitamins in tea leaves and oranges protect us from radiation and keep our eyes healthy as well.
3. Use a screen filter(过滤器) for your monitor.
4. Avoid having metal objects nearby on your desk.
5. Put the back of the computer to the wall. Most of the radiation comes off the back.
6. Keep your monitor at least 50 cm away from your face.
7. Keep your computer rooms ventilated(空气流通的).
8. Eat healthily---especially fruits and vegetables.
9. Don’t fall asleep on your computer. Turn it off if you have to rest nearby.
The ways above are useful, why not have a try at once?
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| Symptom(症状) affected by computers |
Feeling sleepy, forgetful and |
| A safe amount of radiation |
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| The radiation a mouse gives off |
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