A habit is any action that we have performed so often that it becomes something that we do almost without thinking. Some of them are thought to be bad habits. People spend countless hours and dollars each year trying to get rid of these bad habits but often fail. Why? Change is hard work and there is no shortcut to achieve it. However, there is still some advice for you to follow.
First, look at why you do it. In other words, what’s the result of doing this thing? If your bad habit is shouting at people when you are unhappy or under pressure, what do you get from it? It may make you feel a little better for the moment. Or maybe you have a bad habit of leaving your homework undone. The result could be that you get more time to spend on the Internet!
Next, take a look on the other hand. What are you losing because of your habit? Shouting at other people is a bad habit because it makes people around you feel bad and unhappy. Leaving your homework undone is a bad habit because you may be punished by your teacher. Having more Internet time means that you are losing the chance to learn the things that you need to learn. When you think that way, you’ll find that it’s not wise to keep your bad habit! Now it is time to make a decision. What will you choose? I’m sure you will choose to do what you think is more important.From the first paragraph we know that __________.
| A．a habit is a terrible thing that we can never change |
| B．people take countless hours and dollars to get rid of habits |
| C．none of the people who try to break bad habits are successful |
| D．though it is difficult, we can still do something about our bad habits |
The underlined sentence “there is no shortcut to achieve it” means that ________.
| A．it is not easy to get rid of bad habits |
| B．there is a long way and a short way |
| C．something dangerous may happen |
| D．we must cut it in a short time. |
The main purpose of this passage is to __________.
| A．introduce and describe | B．complain（埋怨）and disagree |
| C．explain(解释) and advise | D．discuss and argue（争论） |
Different colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In a new programme “Colour me Healthy”, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are.
“Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?” says Verity. “Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red.It’s never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products(产品)as being a bit unpleasant. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design（设计）new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.”
During the programme, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each part. She meets people who work in the colour industry, from people who design food packages, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to prove their ideas, such as the American “Colour Doctor” who believes that serious diseases can be treated successfully by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results.
Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the programme, it’s up to you to make your own decisions about how much you should believe.What’s Verity’s opinion about colours?
| A．Colours help people choose products. |
| B．Different people prefer different colours. |
| C．Colours have influences on people in many ways. |
| D．People working in colour industry know little about colours. |
What can you infer from Paragraph 2?
| A．Colours influence people’s feelings and opinions. |
| B．People get ideas for new products from colours. |
| C．New products are popular because of colours. |
| D．Most companies prefer bright colours. |
The underlined part “goes out of her way” probably means ______.
| A．feels very pleased |
| B．makes a special effort |
| C．goes on in her own way |
| D．carries on very slowly |
What’s the passage mainly about?
| A．How people use colours. |
| B．How colours influence people. |
| C．What happens in a programme. |
| D．What makes a programme believable. |
Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.
Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.
The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.
Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us.The painting shows about ______ games.
| A．500 | B．200 | C．80 | D．60 |
The children in the painting are playing ______.
| A．in the street | B．in the house | C．on the grass | D．at the school |
From the painting we learn that ______.
| A．children today need to take more lessons |
| B．children can create fun by using imagination |
| C．children need more toys to enjoy themselves |
| D．children spend much money on everyday objects |
| John is a manager and he is very busy. He spends a lot of time traveling abroad. So he reads short stories. He likes reading stories about ordinary people and the things that happen to them in today’s world. |
| Sara is a student. She likes reading true stories. In those stories, people write about themselves. She’s especially interested in people who have had unusual or different lives. She also wants to write a story about herself one day. |
| Monica is a history teacher in London. She enjoys reading more than anything else. She likes reading about the history of people in other parts of the world. She wants to know how historical events changed people’s lives. |
| Tony loves reading so much! In fact he opened a little bookstore several years ago so he could share his interest of reading with others. His favorite books are novels. Some stories are so wonderful that he often tries to finish them fast in order to know what happens in the end. |
John is a ______.
| A．manager | B．student | C．teacher | D．writer |
Who has a bookstore?
| A．John. | B．Sara. | C．Tony. | D．Monica. |
All of them like ______.
| A．teaching | B．traveling | C．writing | D．reading |
How do you feel when you get up in the morning? Happy and active or tired and weak?
Do you often wake up with a headache(头痛)? Well, if the answer is yes, take Dr. Talbot’s advice and start feeling better.
☆ Get up and move. If you hate feeling tired and unhappy, you should start exercising, Try running, swimming or cycling. When we exercise, our body produces special chemicals (化学药品) that give us energy and make us feel happier. If you can’t stand exercising, listen to your favorite music and dance to it. That’s exercise, too.
☆ Eat healthily. You should eat three balanced (平衡的) meals every day and you shouldn’t eat too much fast food. If you need some extra (额外的) energy the whole day, make an energy drink. Mix (混和) together fresh fruit juice and low-fat milk. It tastes great!
☆ Go out and enjoy nature. The smell of flowers will make you feel happy. Even the smell of your favorite food can change the way you feel!
☆ Wake your body up. When you have a shower, change the temperature of the water----from hot to cold and back to hot again. You’ll feel the difference.
☆ Laugh! You should laugh for, at least, three minutes, three times a day. It will make you feel great!
| Problem: You feel tired and |
| Dr. Talbot’s 1. Start exercising, your body will produce special chemicals to make you 2. Listening to your favourite 3. Don’t 4. Drink the mixed fresh fruit juice to get some extra 5. Go out and 6. Changing the 7. Try to |
A young man once went into town and bought himself a pair of trousers. When he got home, he went upstairs to his bedroom and put them on. He found that they were about two inches (英尺) longer.
He went downstairs to the kitchen. His mother and two sisters were washing up the tea-things there. “The new trousers are too long,” he said. “They need shortening（缩短）by about two inches.
Could one of you do it for me, please?” His mother and sisters were busy and none of them said anything. But when his mother finished washing up, she went quietly upstairs to her son’s bedroom and shortened the trousers by two inches. She came downstairs without saying anything to her daughters.
Later on, after supper, the elder sister remembered her brother’ s trousers. She was a kind girl,so she went quietly upstairs withoutsaying anything to anyone, and shortened the trousers by two inches. The younger sister went to the cinema, but when she came home she,too, remembered her brothers trousers. So she ran upstairs and did as her mother and sister had done. You can imagine（想象）the look on the young man’s face when he put the trousers on the next morning. .What were the young man’s new trousers like at first?
| A．They were a bit too long. |
| B．They were just suitable. |
| C．They were too short for him. |
| D．There were about two inches shorter. |
Why didn’t the young man’s mother and sisters answer him in the kitchen?
| A．Because they were very busy. |
| B．Because they didn’t hear him. |
| C．Because they didn’t like him. |
| D．Because they couldn’t do that. |
When did his elder sister shortened the trousers?
| A．In the evening. |
| B．Before she finished the washing. |
| C．After lunch. |
| D．After she came back from the cinema. |
What did the young man find about the trousers the next morning?
He found that the trousers were ______ inches too short for him.
| A．two | B．four | C．six | D．eight |
How did the young man feel when he put the trousers on the next morning?
| A．Pleasant. | B．Thankful. | C．Surprised. | D．Bored. |