Drriinnggg! That's the sound that kids all over the country hate to hear﹣the alarm bell． The new school year has just started and children across the UK have to wake up early in the morning to go to school．
But students at one school in north﹣east England are lucky． They can lie in bed for an extra（额外的）hour before they go to school． Monkseaton High School has been allowing its pupils to come into school an hour later than other schools．
The headmaster， Dr． Paul Kelley， says that this new approach（手段） helps students pay more attention to their lessons in class． He feels that young people are more energetic and can perform better for the rest of the day． And he adds that for their school students， a late start at school may be better than an early one．
Dr． Kelley tells the BBC that teenagers don' t perform very well in the morning and their need to sleep is biological（生物的）．
It seems that this new approach to teaching shows positive（积极乐观的） results． The number of students who sleep in class drops quickly． Besides， the school has already seen a drop in the number of pupils who play truant（逃学）by 27%． More importantly， Dr． Kelley also says that exam results have improved by 20%﹣30% over the past year．
Classes at Monkseaton High School begin at 10 a．m． and finish at 3： 40 p．m．． However， the school opens from 8 a．m． to 5 p．m．． The students can come early and leave late if they want．
（1）This passage is ．
A． a news report
B． a speech
C． a story
D． a notice
（2）The students in Monkseaton High school can than the students in other schools．
A． go to school an hour later
B． go to school an hour earlier
C． go to bed an hour later
D． get up an hour earlier
（3）According to the passage， Dr． Paul Kelley the new approach．
A． gives no opinions about
B． has his doubts about
C． disagrees with
D． agrees with
（4）Which is NOT the positive results about the new approach？
A． The exam results have improved
B． Fewer and fewer students sleep in class
C． Most students get to school earlier．
D． The number of pupils who play truant drops．
（5）From the passage we know that classes usually begin at in schools in the UK．
A．8：00 a．m．
B．9：00 a．m．
C．10：00 a．m
D．l1：00 a．m．
Bob: Hi, Bill! I’ve heard you are a football fan, aren’t you?
Bill: Yes.
Bob: (1) ________
Bill: Well, when I watch a football game, I feel excited. (2)_________
Bob: Just a little bit. I’m not good at playing football. (3)________
Bill: Oh, I see. Do you have any favourite football stars?
Bob: (4) _________
Bill: Oh, I like him, too.
Bob: (5) ________
Bill: Not much. I’m going to join a football club so that I can play football more.
Bob: That’s a good idea.
| A.What about you？Do you play football? B.But I like watching football matches. C.How do you feel when you watch a football game? D.Yes, I like Ronaldo best. E.Do you play football a lot? |
When talking about the 2008 Olympic Games, you must think of the host city—Beijing. But maybe you don’t think of the other six cities—Qingdao, Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Shenyang, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
Qingdao will hold the Olympic sailing competition. Horse-riding events will be held in Hong Kong. Tianjin, Qinhuangdao, Shenyang and Shanghai will hold football preliminaries (预赛). Now the six cities and Beijing are busy building their Olympic stadiums.
The following form tells you more.
| City |
Event |
Where |
Time |
| Qingdao |
Sailing |
Qingdao International Sailing Center |
Aug.9-Aug.21 |
| Hong Kong |
Horse-riding |
Existing Competition Venue （沙田马术中心） |
Aug.9-Aug.20 |
| Tianjin |
Football preliminaries |
Tianjing Olympic Center Stadium |
Aug.10, Aug.12 |
| Qinhuangdao |
Football preliminaries |
Qinhuangdao Olympic Center Stadium |
Aug.10, Aug.12 |
| Shengyang |
Football preliminaries |
Shenyang Olympic Center Stadium |
Aug.10, Aug.12 |
| Shanghai |
Football preliminaries |
Shanghai Stadium |
Aug.10, Aug.12 Aug.13 |
How many cities are getting ready for the 2008Olympic Games?
| A．One. | B．Six. | C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
_______ will hold horse-riding events.
| A．Qingdao International Sailing Center |
| B．Existing Competition Venue |
| C．Qinhuangdao Olympic Center Stadium |
| D．Shanghai Stadium |
How long will football preliminaries take?
| A．13 days. | B．12 days. | C．7 days. | D．3 days. |
The sailing will be held in _______.
| A．Qingdao | B．Hong Kong | C．Qinhuangdao | D．Shanghai |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．Football preliminaries for the 2008 Olympics will be held in four cities in China. |
| B．Horse-riding events for the 2008 Olympics will last from Aug. 9 to Aug. 20. |
| C．Sailing for the 2008 Olympics will last from Aug. 9 to Aug. 21. |
| D．Sailing events for the 2008 Olympics will be held in Qinhuangdao. |
Jeff Keith has only one leg. When he was 12 years old, Jeff had cancer(癌症). Doctors had to cut off most of his right leg.
Every day Jeff puts on an artificial leg(假腿). With the plastic artificial leg Jeff can ride a bicycle, swim, and play soccer. He can also run.
Jeff made a plan with his friends who had plastic legs, too. They decided to run across America.
When he was 22 years old, Jeff Keith ran across the United States from the east to the west. He started running in Boston. Seven months later, he stopped running in Los Angeles. He ran 3,200 miles. Jeff stopped in cities on the way to Los Angeles. In every city people gave Jeff money. The money was not for Jeff, but for the American Cancer Society.
Jeff is disabled, but he can do many things. He is studying to be a lawyer(律师). Jeff says, “People can do anything they want to do. I want people to know that. I ran not only for disabled people. I ran for everybody.” Jeff’s right leg was cut off because he had_______.
| A．TB（肺结核） | B．an accident |
| C．cancer | D．a serious injury |
From the passage we know that Boston is _______.
| A．in the west | B．half between the east and west |
| C．near Los Angeles | D．in the east |
It took Jeff _______ to run from Boston to Los Angeles.
| A．about four and a half months |
| B．over two hundred days |
| C．almost twenty-five weeks |
| D．less than half a year |
The underlined word “disabled” means _______.
| A．优秀的 | B．劳累的 |
| C．残疾的 | D．无能为力的 |
The fifth passage tells us that _______.
| A．people should give him more money |
| B．people can do anything they want to do |
| C．some disabled men will become lawyers |
| D．disabled people also can run |
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| The youngest international player The youngest international player was an 8-year-old table tennis player from Jamaica. Her name was Joy Forster. She wan the Jamaican table tennis champion in 1985 and she played in the Jamaican international team that year. |
| The most popular sport Yes, you guessed right! The most popular team game in the world is football. People play football in villages, streets and stadiums all over the world. The most famous football competition is the World Cup. It happens every four years. In the past, football was a game just for men, but now half the countries in the world have an international women’s team, too. The first Women’s World Cup was in 1991. |
Joy Forster was _______ table tennis player in the world.
| A．the youngest | B．the best | C．the most popular | D．the oldest |
She played _______.
| A．tennis | B．for her country | C．against Jamaica | D．football |
People play football in _______.
| A．villages | B．streets | C．stadiums | D．A, B and C |
The World Cup _______.
| A．is held every year | B．is well-known all over the world |
| C．is a game just for men now | D．is a game just for students |
There was no World Cup for women players_______ 1991.
| A．before | B．in | C．after | D．to |
Spending time in a bookshop can be enjoyable. If you go to a good bookshop, no assistant will come near to you and say, “Can I 1hyou?” You needn’t buy anything you don’t want. You may try to find out 2wthe book you want is. If you fail(没有找到), the assistant will lead you there and 3the will go away. It seems that he is not 4iin selling any books at all. There is a story about a good bookshop. A medical student 5fa very useful book in the bookshop, but it was too 6efor him to buy. He couldn’t get it from the library, either. So every afternoon, he went there to 7ra little. One day, however, he couldn’t find the book from its 8uplace. He was leaving when he saw the assistant signing to 9h. He was surprised that the assistant 10pto the book in the corner. “I put it there so that people wouldn’t see it and buy it,” said the assistant. Then he left the student by himself to go on with his reading.