How much sleep do we need? People are all different. Some people need only three or four hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep seven to eight hours a night.
Some people find it is hard to fall asleep. About one in three Americans have a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia (失眠症). Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people have special (特殊的) ideas to make themselves sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from bed to bed to fall asleep. Mark Twain lay (躺) on his side across the end of his bed.
根据短文内容，判断正 (T) 误 (F)。Different people need different amounts of sleep (睡眠时间).
Most Americans sleep more than 8 hours a night.
If a person has insomnia, he can never fall asleep.
About 1/3 of Americans have a problem with sleep.
Mark Twain had four beds to make himself sleep.
阅读下列短文,从各小题所给的四个选项中选出正确答案
| Name |
 |
 |
| Ed |
French fries |
oranges |
| Gina |
pears,apples |
hamburgera,carrots |
| Bob |
chicken |
carrots,ice-cream |
| Jane |
ice cream,pears |
salad,apples |
Ed doesn’t like_________
| A．French fries | B．oranges |
| C．apples | D．hamburgers |
_______ like pears.
| A．Bob and Gina | B．Gine and Bob |
| C．Ed and Jane | D．Gine and Jane |
Jane likes ice-cream,but______ doesn’t like it.
| A．Ed | B．Gina |
| C．Bob | D．Joe |
_______ don’t like carrots.
| A．Gina and Bob | B．Ed and Bob |
| C．Gina and Jane | D．Bob and Jane |
下面哪项陈述是正确的？
Bob likes apples.
Jane doesn’t like salad.
Ed doesn’t like French fries.
Gina likes hamburgers.
阅读下列短文，从各小题所给的四个选项中选出正确答案。（2×5=10）
Hello,everyone.let me introduce(介绍)myself.My name is Wang Mei.I’m 1.7 metres tall.My eyes are black.I have long red hair.My favourite colour is blue.My favourite clothes are dresses.I feel happy every day because I have many friends.They look different,but they are very kind to me.Jenny has short blond hair.Her eyes are brown.She is 1.65 meters tall.Li Ming is my friend ,too.He has short black hair.He is 1.7 metres tall,too.Danny has three hairs and they’re green.His favourite colour is green .He is 1.6 metres tall.How tall is Wang Mei?
| A．1.75 metres tall. | B．1.7 metres tall. |
| C．1.65 metres tall. | D．1.6 metres tall. |
Wang Mei’s hair is .
| A．long | B．short |
| C．red | D．A and C |
Jenny has eyes.
| A．brown | B．green |
| C．blond | D．black |
Is Li Ming’s hair short or long?
| A．Yes,it is short. | B．Yes,it is long. |
| C．It’s short. | D．It’s long. |
Is green Danny’s favourite colour?
| A．Yes,it isn’t. | B．No,it isn’t. |
| C．Yes,it is. | D．No,it is. |
阅读下列短文，判断下列句子是否符合短文内容，符合的用“A”表示，不符合的用“B”表示。
A man is going to give his mother a birthday present.It will be better than his brothers’.He learns about an great bird.It can talk in twelve languages(语言)and sing ten famous operas(著名歌剧).So he immediately(立即) buy the bird and send it to his morther.It costs 50,000 dollars(美元).
The day after her birthday,he calls his mother.
“What do you think of the bird , mother ?”He asks eagerly(急切地).
His mother answers, “Delicious!”The man is going to give his mother a special prensent.
The bird can speak ten languages.
His mother cooks the bird.
The bird costs $ 50,000.
The man thinks for two days and then buys the bird.
American boys and girls love to watch TV. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the TV set. Some even watch TV for eight hours or more on Saturdays.
TVs are like books or films. A child can learn bad things and good things from them. Some programmers help children to understand the news, others show people and places from other countries or other time in history. With TV 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.
TV brings many places and events into our homes. Some programmers show crime and other things that are bad for children, so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.Some children spend eight hours or more ____.
| A．studying | B．playing games |
| C．watching TV | D．helping their parents |
On TV children can see ____.
| A．games | B．big animals |
| C．oceans | D．almost everything |
Children usually spend ____ a day in school.
| A．six hours | B．more than eight hours |
| C．only a few hours | D．four hours |
“TV brings places and events into our homes” means “____”.
| A．TV makes things happen in homes |
| B．We can know places and events without going to see them |
| C．We can see houses and building 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．a play |
My name is Maria. I’m 13. I live in New York City. I often go to school by bike. Riding a bike is good exercise for me. I like watching NBA matches on TV very much. I watch them every week. It’s real fun for me. I like pop music a lot, too. My favorite singing star is Michael Jackson. At school, music is my favorite subject. I have a good voice and I play the violin well. I have a dream of being a singer like Madonna.
I’m Linda. I’m 12. I live in Los Angeles. I like playing football and basketball. I play football or basketball every day with my friends after school. I like animals and I also like animal stamps. I have panda stamps from my pen pal. They are very good. On weekends I often go to the mountains to paint pictures. I have painted some very nice pictures. Painting is my life, so I want to be a painter when I grow up.
I’m Sophia. My home is in Washington D.C. I like reading and watching programs about travel and history. I often stay at home reading on weekends. At school, I like French very much and I’m good at it. I’d like to be a guide. I can go around the world and meet a lot of people. That would be great fun.Maria goes to school _________.
| A．on foot | B．by bike |
| C．by bus | D．by car |
Linda wants to be _________ when she grows up.
| A．a singer | B．a guide |
| C．a painter | D．a player |
_________ likes animal stamps very much.
| A．Maria | B．Sophia |
| C．Linda | D．Linda’s pen pal |
Sophia is good at ________ at school.
| A．French | B．history |
| C．music | D．English |
Which is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Maria lives in New York City. |
| B．Linda likes ball games very much. |
| C．Sophia often reads at home. |
| D．Sophia can play the violin well. |