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Why is pink or purple a color for girls and blue or brown for boys?
The answer depends largely on cultural values as well as personal experiences. To the Egyptians， green is a color that means the hope and joy of spring， while for Muslims， it means heaven. Red stands for good luck in many cultures. In China， children are given money in a red envelope to bring good luck in the New Year. For many nations， blue stands for protection. Greek people often wear a blue necklace hoping to protect themselves from bad people or bad things happening.
People’s choice of colors is also influenced by their bodies’ reactions (反应) toward them. Green is said to be the most restful color. It has the ability to cut down pain and relax people both mentally and physically. People who work in green environment have been found to have fewer stomachaches.
Red can cause a person’s blood pressure (血压) to rise and increase people’s appetites (食欲). Many designers will include different shades of red in restaurants. Similarly， some websites will have a red “Buy Now” button because red is a color that easily catches a person’s eyes.
Blue is another color which can make you feel peacefully. Unlike red， blue can cause people to lose appetite. So if you want to eat less， some suggest that eating from blue plates can help.
The next time you are deciding on what to wear or what color to decorate your room， think about the color carefully.
To the Egyptians， green means ______.

A．good luck	B．joy of spring
C．heaven	D．protection

We can learn from Paragraph 3 that green can ______.

A．cause more stomachaches

B．easily catch a person’s eyes

C．cut down pain and relax people

D．make people’s blood pressure rise

Why will some websites have a red “Buy Now” button?

A．To help people relaxed.

B．To bring people good luck.

C．To make people feel peaceful.

D．To encourage people to buy the things.

What color might help lose weight according to the text?

A．Red.	B．Green.
C．Blue.	D．Purple.

Plan on travelling around the USA? There are four websites that may help you.

http：//usaholidays.com
This is the latest offering that features 101 holiday ideas to the USA. You have many choices， ranging from touring in the footsteps of Martin Luther King to a cycling and wine-tasting trip in California’s Napa Valley. It’s a really clever design.

http：//byways.org
The National Scenic Byways Program covers 150 memorable roads. Some are natural scenic routes， others focus on history or man-made attractions. For each， you’re provided with a map telling the route’s length and how long is allowed.

http：//www. oyster.com
This is the best website for reviews of hotels in US cities and tourist sites. There are photos of each hotel. Importantly， these are not provided by the hotels， but more honestly reviewed in New York.

http：// seaworldparks.com
SeaWorld in San Diego can make dreams come true， but the price is a little expensive for most people. So turn to http：//seaworldparks.com， giving big discounts (折扣) on tickets， hotels and dinging at Sea World.

How many holiday ideas does http： //usaholidays.com offer?

A．4.

B．100 .

C．101.

D．150.

What is covered in the National Scenic Byways Program?

A．Exciting cycling.	B．Memorable roads.
C．Photos provided.	D．SeaWorld visit.

Which of the following is the best website for reviews of hotels?

A．Http：//byways.org.

B．Http：//usaholidays.com.

C．Http：//www. oyster.com.

D．Http：// seaworldparks.com.

Here is an American Teenager’s School Report, please read it and answer the following questions.

SUMMERFIELD SCHOOL REPORT Term: Spring Name: Jane Elizabeth Pringle Age: 15 Grade: 4 Average Age: 14.9 No. in Form: 18 Position: 15
English	She’s fond of writing notes to her friend, but she is not at all fond of writing compositions. Her work is full of spelling mistakes. I believe she’s able to do better.	B
Maths	She is good at figures, but lazy. She doesn’t always pay attention and spends most of her time annoying(讨厌的) the boy in front of her. She must concentrate(全神贯注).	B
Latin	I don’t believe Jane is seriously interested in Latin.	C
Foreign Language	She will never succeed in learning foreign languages if she keeps on speaking English.
Science	If she persists in doing dangerous experiments, she will blow us all up!	C
History	Getting better.	B+
Geography	Nice work.	A-
Art	Very good – likes drawing pictures of her teachers.	A-
PE	Excellent	Games	Excellent
Music	Fair	Conduct	Fair
General: Jane is still a bit of a tomboy, and she often gets into trouble with her teachers. She is fond of talking during lessons. She is good at games and especially likes playing football with the boys and climbing trees. She must take things more seriously. S. Sweet B. Birth Form Mistress Headmaster

Jane draws pictures of _________ very well.

A．her teachers

B．fruits

C．cartoons

D．mountains

The science teacher _________ Jane’s experiments.

A．is interested in	B．is worried about
C．laughs at	D．takes part in

The best way for Jane to learn foreign languages is _________.

A．to get up earlier.	B．not to make spelling mistakes.
C．to speak more English.	D．not to speak much English.

The underlined word “tomboy” means _________.

A．a girl who has a boy’s name.

B．a girl who looks like a boy.

C．a girl who acts like a boy

D．a girl who is dressed like a boy.

Which sentence is NOT TRUE according to the school report?

A．Jane Elizabeth Pringle is fifteen years old now.

B．She doesn’t listen to the teacher carefully in maths lessons.

C．There’s many mistakes in her writings because she’s written too many notes.

D．She does well in PE and her history is better than before.

“I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net.”
“I often check my e-mail forty times a day.”
“I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net.”
“I spend more time in chat rooms than with my ‘real-1ife’ friends.”
Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction（瘾）called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug use. People lose control of the time they spend on the Internet.
For example, one college student was missing for several days. His friends were worried, and they called the police. The police found the student in the computer lab, and he was surfing the net for several days straight.
Studies show that about 6% to 10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.
Is “surfing the net” a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms（症状）:
●You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.
●You can’t wait for your next online time.
●You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.
●You go out with your friends less and less.

What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

A．How to become an Internet addict

B．What an Internet addict usually does

C．Where to find an Internet addict

D．Why to write this passage

How does the writer describe the addicts’ use of Internet?

A．It is something like keeping drugs.

B．It is a way of producing drugs.

C．It is like taking drugs.

D．It is terrible to imagine.

Why do people worry about the teens?

A．The teens are wasting too much money.

B．They used to work on the Internet.

C．The playing field of the teens will disappear.

D．More and more of the teens wil1 become addicted to the Internet．

The example in the passage shows that _______.

A．Internet problems are more serious among college students.

B．Internet addicts usually stay in the computer lab without sleep.

C．Some of the Internet users have already been seriously addicted.

D．The police often help to find those Internet addicts.

What is the writer trying to tell us according to the passage?

A．Don’t be addicted to the Internet.

B．Go to family activities more often.

C．Do things as you have planned.

D．Stay with your parents as often as possible.

Do you know why different animals or pests have their special colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts，but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night. If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of colouring is protecting themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the tree.
Have you ever noticed an even more strange act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid spread over, the enemies cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it isn’t strong at all.
From the passage we can learn that locusts.

A．are small animals

B．are easily found by birds

C．are dangerous to their enemies

D．change their colours to protect themselves

How can pests with different colours from plants keep out of danger?

A．They run away quickly.

B．Their colours are much like their enemies.

C．They hide themselves in the day and appear at night.

D．They have to move quietly.

Bears and lions can keep safe because they.

A．have the colours much like the trees	B．move quickly
C．like brown and grey colours	D．live in forests

The kind of fish can live up to now because .

A．it is very big and strong

B．the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies

C．the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies

D．it swims faster than any other fish

Which is the best title for this passage?

A．The Change of Colours for Animals and Pests

B．Colours of Different Animals and Pests

C．The Main Use of Colours for Animals and Pests

D．Some Animals and Pests

A．Jane.	B．Jane's father
C．Jane's mother	D．Jane's friend

A．b c d	B．a b d
C．a b e	D．a c d

A．on the bed	B．on the dresser
C．under the bed	D．on the sofa

A．on the desk	B．on the bed
C．under the desk	D．in the microwave oven