Do you know the reason why we feel tired in the middle of a class？Maybe you would say it is because the teacher's class is boring. （1） Perhaps this is something you have not paid enough attention to or not yet noticed.
Purpose of sleep
（2） Sleep helps our body heal（修复），grow，and stay healthy.It also gives us energy，so we can be active all day.Doctors and health scientists say：When you close your eyes and need t rest，sleep is just the very best!This is more than advice.
Sleep time
Enough sleep is important to us.How much sleep do we need？New﹣born babies sleep most of the time.They can sleep 20﹣22 hours a day.Children need 10﹣12 hours of sleep a day.Teenagers need 8﹣ 10 hours of sleep a day because they need lots of energy to grow into their adult（成人的）bodies.Grown﹣ups usually need 6﹣8 hours of sleep to keep active.
（3） That is why old people sleep less than young people.
Interesting facts
Almost everyone has their dreams while they sleep，but not all of them can tell their dreams clearly when they wake up. （4） More surprisingly，some may even get up in their dreams and walk around.This is called "sleepwalking".Are you a sleepwalker？Or，is there a sleepwalker around you？
（5）
It's not just people that love to snooze（打盹）.In fact，many animals have unusual or surprising sleeping habits.Some animals，such as bears and hedgehogs，sleep all through winter.The swift is a very fast bird that can sleep while it flies!Cute koalas sleep around 18 hours a day.Giraffes don't need much sleep at all.They usually sleep standing up.
A.Sleepy animals B.Why do we need sleep？ C.Some people talk in their dreams. D.However，the real reason is probably that we don't have enough sleep. E.The older you get，the less sleep you will need. F.Some people never dream while they sleep. G.Clever animals |
David hated spending money. When he had to buy something in a shop, he always tried his best to knock down the price, even for the cheapest things. If he wanted to buy a bottle of orange, for example, and the shopkeeper asked for $ 2, David would say, “Make it $ 1.9 and I’ll buy it.” Sometimes the shopkeepers agreed to reduce their prices a little. “What’s ten cents?” They asked themselves. “If it makes this man happy, it won’t hurt me very much.” In this way David saved a few cents here and a few cents there, and by the end of the year he had saved several hundred dollars.
One day he had a very bad toothache and had to go to the dentist. The dentist looked at the tooth and said, “This tooth will have to come out. It’s too serious to save.” “How much must I pay you to take out a tooth?” David asked. “Forty dollars,” the dentist said. “How long will it take you to pull out the tooth?” He asked. “About two minutes,” the dentist answered. “Forty dollars for two minutes’ work!” He shouted, “That’s robbery.” The dentist smiled. “You’re right,” she said. “Thank you for telling me. I’ll pull your tooth out very slowly. How about if I take half an hour?”In the passage the underlined word “reduce” means “___________”.
| A．feel worried about |
| B．be interested in |
| C．get higher |
| D．make less |
How much had David saved by the end of the year?
| A．A few dollars. |
| B．Thousands of dollars. |
| C．Three or more hundred dollars. |
| D．Three hundred dollars. |
After the dentist answered David’s question, he became very________.
| A．angry | B．sad | C．afraid | D．worried |
David thought that two minutes was_____________.
| A．too little time to pull out a tooth |
| B．too little time to pay the dentist $ 40 |
| C．too long to pull out a tooth |
| D．too short for the dentist to finish the operation |
What kind of person do you think David was?
| A．He was very kind to others. |
| B．He was very clever. |
| C．He was very generous. |
| D．He was very stingy. |
Now people use a new way to decide who are the top students in school. The best students not only get high marks, but also follow the rules and the behavior (行为) for middle school students. Here are some of the new rules and standards (标准).______________ Have you ever copied someone else’s answers in an exam? If you have, then don’t do it again! That’s not something an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don’t tell your parents you did homework.
______________ Good students love animals and care for other people.
_____________ It would be more fun when more people work together. Did you quarrel (争吵）with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. Try to think of others instead of only yourself.
______________ Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Perhaps you’ll discover EarthⅡsome day. Don’t look down on new ideas. Everyone’s ideas are important. You should welcome them because new ideas make life better for everyone.
______________ The Internet can be very useful for your studies. Some websites on the Internet aren’t for kids, so make sure to visit the web pages that are good for you. You can use the web for fun or homework. Can’t you find any good websites for children?
| A．Use the Internet carefully. |
| B．Be open to new ideas. |
| C．Learn to work together with others. |
| D．Learn to be loving and caring. |
E. Tell the truth.
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The aim (目的) of students who come to school is to study. But studying requires (需要) a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.
The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good results (结果).
In studying we must have patience (耐心). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We shouldn’t read the next one till we have understood the first one.
When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.
We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers, parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve leaned can be used well and made better.
Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned (提到的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.The passage tells us ______.
| A．the importance of reading |
| B．to read in the morning |
| C．to pay attention to the ways of studying |
| D．to have patience in studying |
The passage has taught us ______ ways of studying.
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．many |
We’d better read in the morning because ______.
| A．it’s easy to remember what we have learned |
| B．the air is fresh and the mind is clear |
| C．it’s difficult to get good results |
| D．both A and C |
If we can’t put our hearts into the book when we read, it is ______.
| A．easy to understand it well |
| B．better to get something from it |
| C．impossible (不可能)for us to get something from it |
| D．possible (可能) to learn something from it |
In studying we must always ask “whys” in order to ______.
| A．understand the book well |
| B．write down the questions |
| C．do with the new words |
| D．get some questions to ask our teachers |
Millie is a little girl who is at the age of nine. She is a pupil in a primary school. She works hard at her subjects. In class, she takes an active part in all kinds of activities. She looks smarter than her classmates.
One day, she was doing her homework after supper as usual. Her father was not in. Her mother was taking a shower in the bathroom. After she finished her homework, Millie asked her mother to check it for her, but her mother didn’t answer her. A few minutes later, her mother was still in the bathroom. Millie felt strange. She knocked at the door. But her mother had no answer. She pushed the door open and found her mother lying on the floor. At the same time, she smelled something terrible. It was the gas. She quickly opened the window, turned off the gas and called 120 and 110 for help. Soon some doctors and policemen came and sent her mother to the nearest hospital. Her mother was saved at last.
Why did the little girl know how to do that? That was because she had learned how to save herself and others in danger in school.Although Millie is ______, we should learn from her.
| A．a primary school pupil |
| B．a college student |
| C．a nineteen-year-old girl |
| D．a middle school student |
What was her mother doing while Millie was doing her homework?
| A．She was shopping. | B．She was working. |
| C．She was taking a shower. | D．She was watching TV. |
Why didn’t her mother answer her?
| A．Because she was angry. |
| B．Because there’s something wrong with her mother. |
| C．Because she wasn’t at home. |
| D．Because she is busy doing the housework. |
The accident happened ______.
| A．in Millie’s home | B．in the cinema |
| C．in a hospital | D．in a school |
We should be ______ like Millie when we are in danger.
| A．brave and calm | B．shy and afraid |
| C．worried and frightened | D．kind and strange |