Some bad habits are making you grow old fast．Cut down the following habits today for a more beautiful，healthier tomorrow．
◆Waiting for your sadness to go away
Sadness isn't just uncomfortable；it also makes you become older fast．Take your mental（精神的）health as seriously as your physical health．If you've been fighting with your sadness for more than two weeks，be sure to find professional help．Paying no attention to your sadness or just waiting without doing anything can do harm to your mental health and make you older．
◆Having a cigarette or two on weekends
If you smoke only when you are with your friends on weekends，can you keep away from the harmful effects of smoking？The answer is""．Smoking can break down your skin's elasticity（弹性）．Your smoking habit may even make your hair become gray．Changing your smoking habit is changing your life．
◆Having a long to do list day after day
It's natural to have a to﹣do list in our "go，go，go" daily life．But if you're always running from one thing to the next，and caught in too much business，you are turning older fast，because your too long to﹣do list makes you tired and under lots of stress．Stress can cause heart disease high， blood pressure and other physical diseases．It can also cause mental health problems or make the problems worse and worse．
（1）请将文中划线句子翻译成汉语．
（2）If you can't get out of your sadness，what should you do？
（3）What are the harmful effects of smoking？
（4）List two kinds of physical diseases that can be caused by stress．
（5）What's the author's purpose in writing the passage？
Mr. Clark worked in a newspaper, and he did a lot of important and difficult work, but then he began to forget things, and this made his work very difficult. One day he said to himself, “I’m going to go and see Dr. Martin about this.”
He waited in the doctor’s waiting room with the other patients, and then the nurse said to him, “You can go in and see Dr. Martin now”.
“Oh, doctor,” said Mr. Clark, ‘it’s terrible, I can’t remember anything for longer than half a minute, and it’s making my work very difficult. What can I do? Can you help me?”
The doctor said, “When did this start, Mr. Clark?”
“When did what start?” Mr. Clark said._______ made Mr. Clark work very difficult.
| A．Important work | B．Working for a long time |
| C．Forgetting things | D．Bad condition |
_______ go to see Dr. Martin.
| A．Mr. Clark himself decided to |
| B．Mr. Clark’s friend advised him to |
| C．The nurse asked Mr. Clark to |
| D．The other patient told Mr. Clark to |
A patient is _______ .
| A．a person who will die soon | B．a person who is ill |
| C．a doctor’ s helper | D．a doctor’s friend |
Why did Mr. Clark ask Dr. Martin, “When did what start”?Because he forgot__________.
| A．the time | B．his illness | C．the doctor | D．the hospital |
Which statement is TURE?
| A．Mr. Clark didn’t know Mr. Martin before. |
| B．Mr. Clark should not see the doctor. |
| C．Mr. Clark could remember things as well as before. |
| D．Mr. Clark’s illness was serious. |
Mrs. King is an American doctor. She is now in China. She works in a children’s hospital（儿童医院）in Beijing. She is also learning Chinese medicine (中医) there. She likes Chinese medicine very much. She loves working for children. She works hard in the day and reads English books on (关于) Chinese medicine at night. She learns Chinese from the Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends. Now she can speak some Chinese. She can read some Chinese books, too.
Her husband Mr. King is a teacher. He teaches English in a junior high school in Beijing. He works hard, too. He works from Monday to Friday. He teaches three classes every day. Sometimes, on Saturdays and Sundays, he teaches other English classes. He wants to make more money (挣更多钱).
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Mrs. King works in a_____.
| A．shop | B．junior high school in Beijing |
| C．hospital in Beijing | D．hospital in America |
Both of the Kings_____.
| A．live in America | B．live in Shanghai |
| C．work hard | D．work every day |
Mr. King works_____.
| A．in a junior high school in Beijing |
| B．in a children’s hospital in Beijing |
| C．in a junior high school in America |
| D．in a children’s hospital in America |
Mrs. King learns Chinese from _____.
| A．her teacher |
| B．the books |
| C．the doctors |
| D．the Chinese doctors and her Chinese friends |
Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
| A．Mrs. King can speak English and Chinese. |
| B．Mrs. King does’t know anything about Chinese medicine. |
| C．Mrs. King is from America. |
| D．Mr. King sometimes teaches other English classes on weekends. |
In junior high school in America, kids study English, writing, math, science, biology, music and art.
At 12 o’clock, the students eat lunch at school. They have meat, vegetables, fruit, bread and a drink, but they like hot dogs and hamburgers best. American kids like sugar (糖), and after the meal they can have a small piece of cake.
Students sleep (睡觉) for a short time after lunch. They begin classes at 1:30 in the afternoon. They go to school on weekdays and have classes for six hours every day and then return home.
Parents let their kids play or watch TV until dinner at 6:00 p. m. After dinner, they do their homework. Sometimes kids and their parents have a family activity after dinner.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。 What do the students like best for lunch at school?
| A．Meat and fruit. | B．Hot dogs and hamburgers. |
| C．Hot dogs and sugar. | D．Bread and hamburgers. |
In America, students go to school __________ days a week.
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
The American kids usually have dinner_____ in the evening.
| A．at five o’clock | B．at six thirty |
| C．at six o’clock | D．at five thirty |
Which of the following is NOT true?
| A．American students like hot dogs and hamburgers best. |
| B．After lunch students sleep for a short time. |
| C．The classes begin at 2:00 p. m. |
| D．Sometimes students have a family activity with their parents. |
The best title（标题）for the passage (短文) is ______.
| A．Favorite food | B．Junior high school |
| C．Outdoor activities | D．School life in America |
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learning to do all the other things: they learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle, compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.
If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine(常规) work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, and how to know what they know or do not know.
| A．listening to skilled people’s advice |
| B．asking older people many questions |
| C．making mistakes and having them corrected |
| D．doing what other people do |
| A．Give children correct answers. |
| B．Allow children to make mistakes. |
| C．Point out children’s mistakes to them. |
| D．Let children mark their own work. |
| A．allow children to learn from each other |
| B．point out children’s mistakes whenever found |
| C．give children more book knowledge |
| D．correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible |
| A．different from learning other skills |
| B．the same as learning skills |
| C．more important than other skills |
| D．not really important skills |
Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!
Because of the many changes in computer technology , laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.
At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “ Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”
| A．use for their schoolwork |
| B．access the Internet |
| C．work at home |
| D．connect them to libraries |
| A．They don’t really talk. |
| B．They use the computer language. |
| C．Laptops have speakers. |
| D．None of the above reasons is correct. |
| A．All teachers use computers. |
| B．1500 students have laptops. |
| C．It is an old college in America. |
| D．Students there can do everything. |
| A．attend lectures on information technology |
| B．travel around the world |
| C．get information from around the world |
| D．have free laptops |
| A．The program is successful. |
| B．The program is not workable. |
| C．The program is too expensive. |
| D．We don’t know the result yet. |