Mobile phone (手机)has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned (禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the schools this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas presents, and more students want them.
Mary Bluett, an official(官员), said mobile phone use is a distraction(分心) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy, because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school; they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understand why parents would like their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from
carrying mobile
phones ____.
| A．because they are students |
| B．when they are free |
| C．when they are at school |
| D．because they are children |
We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones
from _______.
| A．the makers and sellers |
| B．the passers-by and strangers |
| C．their parents and friends |
| D．some mobile phone users |
What does the word “cheat” mean in the passage in Chinese?
| A．聊天 | B．核对 | C．查询 | D．作弊 |
Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t________ during
school hours.
| A．use their mobile phones |
| B．leave their mobile phones at school office |
| C．help the teachers with their work |
| D．get in touch with their children |
The passage tells us that_______.
| A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons |
| B．it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phone at school |
| C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t Use their phones at school |
| D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours |
Do you like to eat sushi(寿司)? Many people are afraid to eat it, because they think the bacteria(细菌) in it might make them sick. However, a new study shows that sea bacteria are good for people. The study finds that a special enzyme(酶) from sea bacteria is helpful to humans. It helps people to get more energy from food.
To people’s surprise, the enzyme is present only in the Japanese. The Japanese traditionally like to eat food rich in seaweed(海藻). And the seaweed is rich in this kind of enzyme.
However, the enzyme isn’t present in all the Japanese. During the study, just 5 out of 14 Japanese had the enzyme. All the Americans studied didn’t have the enzyme.
“The number is small,” said researcher Mirjam Czjzek. “But we can say that this enzyme is present only in the Japanese and not in the North Americans.”
Then some people think that maybe other people are able to get the enzyme if they eat a lot of seaweed. The study suggests that they collect uncooked seaweed to make their sushi.
Restaurant sushi is often cooked, which will destroy the enzyme. So, if you want to get that enzyme, you can travel to Japan to have a taste of the real sushi. Sea bacteria are _______ for people.
| A．helpful | B．harmful | C．important | D．necessary |
Why do the Japanese have the special enzyme?
| A．Because they eat a lot of seaweed. |
| B．Because they were born with such an enzyme. |
| C．Because they get more energy from food. |
| D．Because they like to eat food full of bacteria. |
Which of the following is FALSE?
| A．The Japanese have a diet rich in seaweed. |
| B．All the Japanese studied have the special enzyme. |
| C．All the North Americans studied don’t have the enzyme. |
| D．The enzyme helps people to get more energy. |
According to the study, about _______ of Japanese have the enzyme.
| A．5% | B．14% | C．35% | D．60% |
Which of the following food has the enzyme?
| A．Restaurant sushi. | B．Restaurant seaweed. |
| C．Uncooked seaweed. | D．Seaweed soup. |
Mark began to introduce the guest speaker to the listeners, but then stopped for a while. He had forgotten her name.
Barbara hid her valuable things when she went on vacation. When she came back, she couldn’t remember where she’d put them.
Perhaps you’ve had such experiences like these. Most people have. But most of them haven’t realized that they have a memory problem. Neither do they know a simple but important fact: Memory can be improved. If you’ll just accept that, the following will show you how.
First, relax. If you are over worried about remembering something, you’ll forget it. If you keep telling yourself that your memory is bad, your mind will come to believe it and you won’t remember things. When you forget something, don’t follow up with sayings like “Oh, my God! I always forget things!” Such words will have a bad result on you and your memory.
But relaxing isn’t enough. To improve your memory, you’ll need to take an active role. Like your body, your memory can be made strong through exercise. Look for opportunities to exercise your memory. For example, if you’re learning a language, try to actively remember a lot of new words.
If you don’t take notice of things actively, you won’t remember them. So, you can make pictures of what you see in your mind every day. For example, don’t just put your keys down! If you want to find them again, make a mind picture of the place where you’re putting them.The first two paragraphs just tell us ________.
| A．Barbara was a very rich person |
| B．Mark often forgot his friends’ names |
| C．examples of memory problems |
| D．language problems of two persons |
When you forget things, you ________.
| A．must be too careless |
| B．shouldn’t lose heart about your memory |
| C．must accept the fact |
| D．shouldn’t take notice of the result |
The word “opportunities” in the fifth paragraph means “________”.
| A．places | B．activities | C．positions | D．chances |
According to the passage, ________ can make your memory better.
| A．realizing your memory problems |
| B．talking to your friends |
| C．making mind pictures of what you see |
| D．doing sports every day |
The purpose of the passage is to help you ________.
| A．to improve your memory | B．to introduce the guest |
| C．to remember new words | D．to forget unhappy things |
Waste can be seen everywhere in the school. Some students ask for more food than they can eat and others often forget to turn off the lights when they leave the classroom. They say they can afford these things. But I don’t agree with them.
Waste can bring a lot of problems. Although China is rich in some resources (资源)， we are short of others， for example， fresh water. It is reported that we will have no coal or oil to use in 100 years. So if we go on wasting our resources， what can we use in the future and where can we move? Think about it. (3) I think we should say no to the students who waste things every day. Everybody should stop wasting as soon as possible.
In our everyday life， we can do many things to prevent (阻止) waste from happening， for example， turn off the water taps when we finish washing， turn off the lights when we leave the classroom， try not to order more food than we need， and so on. Little by little， everything will be changed. (4) Waste can be stopped one day， if we do our best.
任务1：根据要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求)List the wastes mentioned in the first passage： (within 15 words)
_________________________________________________________________What problems can waste bring? (within 20 words)
(1) ______________________________________________________________
(2) ______________________________________________________________
任务2：将短文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
任务3：请给短文拟一个适当的标题：(within 5 words)______________________________________________________________
Experts(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night， but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard， but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指) with his eyes still closed， begging(请求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “ early birds” in China， he has to get up before six every morning.
A report shows that without a good night’s sleep， students seem to be weaker (虚弱) than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.
Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study late， they are able to work well in class. The 10-year-old boy begged for more minute to sleep because__________.
| A．he didn’t have enough sleep |
| B．it wasn’t time for him to get up |
| C．he didn’t want to go to school |
| D．he wanted his mother to wake him up |
In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep， they may________.
| A．become too weak to sleep | B．not work well in class |
| C．go to bed early | D．be weak in English |
In this passage “early birds” means “persons who ______________”
| A．get up early | B．get up late |
| C．sleep less | D．don’t want to sleep |
“Stay up late” here means “_____________”
| A．study late | B．watch TV late | C．not go to bed until late | D．stay outside |
According to the passage， which of the following is right?_________
| A．If you want to study better， you must work hard at night. |
| B．Sleeping less means working hard. |
| C．Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits. |
| D．Students don’t have enough sleep because they have lots of homework to do. |
Yang Liwei circled the earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15 and 16， 2003， landing on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia. Looking a little tired， Yang stepped out of Shenzhou V， smiling and waving at the waiting people. “I feel very good.” Yang said to Premier Wen Jiabao on the phone. Yang said to a newspaper， “For our motherland and me， this is a great moment.”
China’s launch of Shenzhou V shows a higher starting point. It has two special systems（系统） to protect the spaceman， but neither Russian rockets（火箭）nor American ones have.
Yang didn’t know that he was chosen as China’s first spaceman until just before the launch. Although Yang was excited at the news， he still slept at 8p.m. as usual and was woken up at 8p.m. the next morning. Before the launch， Yang ate Chinese traditional food-dumplings. We all know that travelers usually eat them before going on a journey for good luck.
A stamp Success of China First Manned Space Flight was issued（发行）on October 16， 2003， making China the third country to send a spaceman into outer space.It took Yang Liwei_____ to travel around the earth every circle.
| A．6 hours | B．90 minutes |
| C．2 days | D．21 hours |
How did Yang Liwei feel after he came back to the earth?
| A．Quite tired. | B．A little scared. |
| C．Tired but excited. | D．A little nervous |
Which of the following statement is right?
| A．There is no difference between China’s spaceship and other countries. |
| B．Yang Liwei knew he would be China’s first spaceman long before. |
| C．From the news， Yang Liwei was too excited to fall asleep. |
| D．Yang was proud of the flight. |
What does the underlined word “launch” mean?
| A．发射 | B．出发 | C．制造 | D．设计 |
China issued the stamps to _________.
| A．leave them in space |
| B．give them to Yang Liwei as a reward |
| C．celebrate the success |
| D．give them to Russian and American spacemen. |