People use money to buy food, books and lots of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money used today is made of metal or paper. But in the time long ago, people used to use all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells (贝壳).In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks (牙), monkey tails and salt were
used in some parts of the world. Rice was also a kind of money used by the
people in some islands. Some animals were used as money, too.
The first copper(铜) coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later, some countries began to make coins of gold and silver(银). But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one person to another then the paper money is used today. Money has had an interesting story from the days of shell money till today.
What do people use money to do?
| A．To play with. | B．To keep at home. |
| C．To buy something useless. | D．To buy things they need. |
From the passage we know that______ weren’t used as money in the world.
| A．trees | B．elephant tusks |
| C．monkey tails | D．salt |
What problems did people have using gold and silver coins?
| A．They didn’t have much. |
| B．They were too heavy to carry. |
| C．They didn’t like them. |
| D．People couldn’t found them. |
In the world what kinds of money were first made by Chinese people?
A. Copper coins. B. gold coins.
C. paper money. D. both A and C.How many things that were used as money are mentioned in this passage?
| A．8. | B．9. | C．10. | D．7. |
My name is Mary. I’ m a student. I’m twelve. My father is a policeman. My mother is a nurse. Nick is my brother. We are all at home today, because today is Sunday. My brother Nick is a student, too. We are in the same school. There are thirty-five classes in our school. My classroom is very big. _______are students and in the same school.
| A．My sister and I | B．My brother and I |
| C．My brother and my sister | D．Andy and I |
What’s Mary’s mother?
| A．She is a teacher. | B．She is a student. |
| C．She is a nurse. | D．She is a doctor. |
There are _______ classes in Mary’s school.
| A．25 | B．35 | C．24 | D．34 |
How old is Mary? ________.
| A．12 | B．14 | C．13 | D．30 |
Mary’s classroom is _______.
| A．not big | B．not very small |
| C．not strong | D．not short |
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（缺乏） others， for example， fresh water（淡水）。 It is reported that we will have no coal（煤） 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. 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 waste from happening， for example， turn off the water taps（水龙头） 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. Waste can be stopped one day， if we do our best.
◆根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。From the passage we know that some students often _______ in the school.
| A．eat too much | B．don‘t work hard |
| C．waste things | D．throw rubbish everywhere |
Which is not mentioned in this passage？
| A．Fresh water | B．Forest. |
| C．Oil. | D．Coal. |
What may happen in 100 years？
| A．We may still have enough oil. |
| B．We may still have enough coal. |
| C．We may have a little oil. |
| D．We may have no coal or oil to use. |
Which of the following is right？
| A．Waste brings problems. | B．Waste can bring no problem. |
| C．China is rich in fresh water. | D．Students never waste things. |
Which is the best title of this passage？
| A．Stop Wasting | B．School life |
| C．Waste in the School | D．Rich Resources in China |
He is quiet and shy. He likes to hide his eyes behind his hair. He doesn‘t smile very often. However， if you talk to him about music， he’ll have a lot to say.
This is Jay Chou，the 24-year-old Taiwanese pop king（天王）。 His fans are so excited because he will sing songs in Beijing on September 12. Those songs are from his new album （唱片）， “Ye Huimei”， and the album was released （发行） in July and was named after his mother.
Chou grew up just with his mother. He did not talk much and did badly in many school subjects.
His mother noticed the boy‘s special interest in music and sent him to learn piano when he was only three years old. He loved it and kept on practicing.
Chou is not very handsome. He does not speak clearly when he sings or talks. But the singer has huge crowds of fans. “He is really good at music. It makes him attractive（有魅力的） to me，” said Liu Jiajun， a Junior 2 student in No.101 Middle School in Beijing.
“He is true to himself. He never follows others，” said Zhang Yujie， a Junior 1 girl at Huaibei Middle School in Sihong，Jiangsu Province.
根据以上短文内容，然后从每题所给的四个选项中选择最佳选项。From this passage，we know that Jay Chou _______.
| A．is very handsome |
| B．has a bright smile |
| C．often makes too much noise |
| D．is a pop music star |
His fans are so excited because _______.
| A．he released a new album in July |
| B．he will sing new songs in Beijing |
| C．he can play the piano very well |
| D．his new album was named after his mother |
When he was a little child， he _______.
| A．talked a lot every day | B．did well in his study at school |
| C．started to like music | D．had huge crowds of fans |
According to one of his fans，Jay _______.
| A．is a good student | B．has long and beautiful hair |
| C．is a well-known pianist | D．is very attractive to them |
The sentence “He never follows others” in the last paragraph means _______.
| A．he always has his own style（风格） |
| B．he likes to walk alone |
| C．he doesn‘t like other people’s songs at all |
| D．no one can catch up with him |
A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don't start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce (确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically these sleepyhead students aren't used to the early hour.
"Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies," says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent (青春期的) sleep at Brown's School of Medicine.
Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns.
Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.
Sleep patters change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at nigh and sleep later in the morning. But it's not just a matter of choice — their bodies are going through a change of sleep patters.
All of this makes the transfer from middle school to high school — which may start one hour earlier in the morning — all the more difficult, Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the "sleep late, rise late" pattern, adolescent are up against difficulties when it comes to trying to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body's way of saying. "I need a timeout."Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because ________.
| A．it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime |
| B．it is biologically difficult for students to rise early |
| C．students work so late at night that they can't get up early |
| D．students are so lazy that they don't like to go to school early |
The underlined phrase "nod off" most probably means " ________".
| A．turn around | B．agree with others | C．fall asleep | D．refuse to work |
What might be a reason for the hard transfer middle school to high school?
| A．Adolescents depend more on their parents. |
| B．Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns. |
| C．Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood. |
| D．Adolescents need more sleep than they used to. |
What is the text mainly about?
| A．Adolescent heath care. |
| B．Problems in adolescent learning. |
| C．Adolescent sleep difficulties. |
| D．Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns. |
Once there was a child ready to be born. So he asked God, “They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?”
God replied, “Among the many angels, I chose one for you. She will take care of you.” But the child wasn’t sure he really wanted to go. “But here I don’t do anything else but sing and smile, that’s enough for me to be happy.”
“Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you every day. And you will feel your angel’s love and be happy.”
“And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me,” the child continued, “if I don't know the language that men talk?”
God patted (轻拍) him on the head and said, “Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear. Your angel will teach you how to speak.”
“And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?”
But God had an answer for that question too. “Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray (祈祷).”
“I’ve heard that on earth there are bad men, who will protect me?”
“Your angel will defend (保卫) you even if it means risking her life!”
“But I will always be sad because I will not see you any more, ”the child continued warily.
God smiled on the young one. “Your angel will always talk to you about me and will teach you how to come back to me, even though I will always be with you.”
At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from earth could already be heard. The child knew he had to start on his journey very soon. He asked God one more question, softly, “God, please tell me my angel’s name.”
God answered, “Your angel’s name is not hard to remember. You will simply call her _______.”Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “warily”?
| A．angrily | B．proudly |
| C．carefully | D．happily |
Which is the suitable word for the blank in the last paragraph?
| A．Daddy | B．Grandpa |
| C．Mommy | D．Grandma |
The child asked God questions in the order of ________.
a. Who will protect me?
b. How can I understand what people talked about?
c. How can I live there being small and helpless？
d. What shall I do when I want to talk to you?
e. What’s my angel’s name?
| A．c, d, b, e, a | B．d, a, e, c, b |
| C．b, d, c, a, e | D．c, b, d, a, e |