1 . Many students suffer from stress (压力) in their daily lives. They are under stress because their lives are not balanced. They worry about their study, getting on with classmates and what others think. You may want to know if stress is a serious problem. The answer is “Yes”. You should realise that stress is a risk to your health. If you want to live a long and healthy life, you need to try to prevent (防止) stress from a young age.

Here are some ways to deal with stress and bring balance to your life:
·Be positive

One way to stop being stressed is through positive thinking. You should always look on the bright side of life, and imagine you will have a happy and successful future.

·Learn to relax

Make yourself take a break from your studies and worries about exams. You can do this by taking a walk, reading a book, going to a concert or seeing a film, or just sitting in a private place and being silent for a moment.

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Learn to paint, take up skating, or start playing a musical instrument. When you are busy with a hobby, you leave all your worries behind.

·Take care of your body

Stress does harm to your body. Taking exercise, eating a healthy diet and getting enough sleep are all the things that can help you.

·Laugh

Sometimes laughter is the best medicine for stress. Seeing a funny film or telling jokes with friends will often cheer you up when you are not happy.

1. Many students are under stress in their daily lives because they ________.

A．have a boring life	B．are afraid of studying
C．have too many worries	D．can’t get on well with their parents

2. To reduce the stress from study and exams, the writer suggests ________.

A．eating a healthy diet	B．playing a musical instrument
C．telling jokes with friends	D．going to a concert or seeing films

3. Which of the following can be put on “____△____”?

A．See a doctor

B．Take up a hobby

C．Stay with friends

D．Be patient

4. What can be the best title for the passage?

A．How to keep healthy.	B．How terrible stress is!
C．How to live a balanced life.	D．How can we improve ourselves?

2 . 阅读短文，然后根据内容回答问题。

How do you like your school? Have you ever written to your head teacher to express your idea? What would you like to suggest? Here are some posts by students from different schools.

Li Ming, 14, Liaoning Province

I will give some suggestions about our school uniform (校服). In our school, we students have to wear uniforms every day. But the grey and blue sports kit (服装) looks really dark and old. It can’t stand for lively spirit. We can add some red or orange colours and make a new type of uniform.

Wang Ping,14, Zhejiang Province

I have a suggestion for my head teacher. I think we should have more classes in science, such as model plane making class and computer programming class. It is really boring to study basic subjects all the time.

Liu Hua, 15, Shanxi Province

I’d like to give my thanks to my head teacher. About one week ago, I got a bad cold after playing basketball. Our head teacher came to me after he knew about it. He took care of me until my parents came. I really want to thank him for that.

He Xiaolei, 14, Shandong Province

I want to talk about the possibility of personalized (个性化的) classes. Now many middle schools are using the “personalized class” system. Students can choose lessons they want to take. I think it is more effective.

1. What is Li Ming’s suggestion about the school uniform?
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2. Why does Liu Hua want to thank his head teacher?
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3. How many students give suggestions about classes in school?
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4. What suggestion would you like to give to your head teacher? Why? Write 30 words or more.
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3 . Singapore started to put labels (标签) on every drink recently. The labels are from A to D. A is the most healthy, and D is the least healthy. The more sugar and saturated fat (饱和脂肪) a drink has, the less healthy the drink is. D-grade drinks aren’t allowed to be advertised (打广告) by companies to attract customers.

1. According to the material, water is in ________.

A．Grade A

B．Grade B

C．Grade C

D．Grade D

2. What is the sugar level in the NUTRI-GRADE B drink?

A．<1%.

B．1—5%.

C．5—10%.

D．>10%.

3. What’s the purpose of putting such labels on drinks?

A．To stop people buying drinks.	B．To guide people to choose healthy drinks.
C．To tell people how much sugar is in the drinks.	D．To show there are many kinds of drinks.

4. In which part of a newspaper can we probably read the material?

A．Music and Movie.

B．Sports and Travel.

C．History and Culture.

D．Life and Health.

4 . You may think that having less water is because of having less rain, but it is now a problem in southern China, an area in which it rains often.

The government said that Shenzhen was facing its most serious water shortage ever. Other cities in the southern part of China, like Chengdu and Guangzhou, are also becoming “thirsty” though they have more rain and are close to more rivers and lakes, The Paper reported. So why are they still short on water?

In these big cities, populations are growing fast. As a result, people and factories need more water.

Climate change is making the water problem worse. Most cities in Guangdong province depend on the Dongjiang River as their main source of water. In 2021, the river was reported to be drying up.

Water pollution also makes it harder to get clean drinking water. Factories and farms don’t use water well. Some cities have enough rain but don’t have big lakes or reservoirs (水库) to store water, so the water goes out into the sea.

But there is a hidden water resource (资源) right under our feet. That’s “groundwater”. We can’t see it. However, it plays an important role in our lives. About 98 percent of Earth’s fresh water is groundwater. It is 60 times as plentiful as the fresh water in lakes and rivers. But in many places, people overuse and pollute groundwater. We should pay more attention to this hidden water resource.

1. Why are Chengdu and Guangzhou becoming “thirsty”?

A．They are in south China.	B．They are short on water.
C．They are close to rivers.	D．They are having less rain.

2. What made the water problem worse in Guangdong province?

A．Climate change.

B．Population growth.

C．Water pollution.

D．Hidden resources.

3. For what purpose did the author write this article?

A．For showing the result of more factories.	B．For explaining how to solve the pollution.
C．For facing the water shortage problem.	D．For introducing how to use groundwater.

4. How is the above text organized?

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6 . ①How good are you at remembering names, dates, and telephone numbers? It is not easy for all. Remembering things is one of the most interesting functions (功能) of the human brain. That’s why scientists spend so much time studying how it works.

②Studies show that when we learn something new, it stays in our memory for 20-30 seconds. This is our short-term memory. Remembering a phone number long enough to find a piece of paper is an example. The opposite of short-term memory is long-term memory, which is where things are stored in the brain for a long time. The brain can turn short-term memory into long-term memory. For example, when studying for an exam, instead of just reading the information once or twice, you might go over your notes again and again until you can remember the important information.

③Dave Farrow is known for his excellent memory. He has been listed twice in Guinness (吉尼斯) World Records for Greatest Memory. As a student, Dave had great difficulties in learning. He found some ways to improve his memory in order to do well in school. Here are some you can try.

④One way is to look at the first letter of each word you want to remember. Then, make your own word or sentence using all of those letters. For example, if you want to remember all the colours in a rainbow, try remembering the name Roy G. Biv. Each letter in this name matches the first letter of a colour: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Another way is to remember information in groups. For example, when you remember a telephone number, remember three numbers as a group, the next four numbers as a group and the final four numbers as a group. This way, your brain only has to remember three things instead of 11.

⑤If you are interested in improving your memory, apart from using some ways to remember things, there are lots of simple things you can do, like eating healthily, sleeping well and exercising daily. Challenging your brain also helps you keep it healthy and active. So, why not start playing mind games, learning a musical instrument or studying a new language?

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．Short-term memory is less important than long-term memory.

B．The information needed for an exam stays in short-term memory.

C．People store new information in long-term memory by going over it.

D．Our short-term memory can hold information for more than half a minute.

2. The writer talks about Dave Farrow to ______.

A．describe how people remember things	B．show the importance of a great memory
C．tell people to use some ways to improve memory	D．give a reason why people need to improve memory

3. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．Some advice to improve memory.	B．Some activities to challenge the brain.
C．Some advantages of playing mind games.	D．Some reasons for keeping the brain active.

4. What is the structure of this passage?

A．①/②/③④/⑤

B．①②/③/④/⑤

C．①/②/③/④/⑤

D．①②③/④/⑤

7 . 27-year-old twin sisters Zhao Wenjing and Zhao Yajing plan to open their first self-built public library in late spring 2024. This may be the first public library opened by Spinal Muscular Atrophy (脊髓性肌萎缩症) patients in China.

Because of their SMA, the twins only spent two years in the school. However, they didn’t think of this as a big loss. Since they had each other as study partners at home, it wasn’t lonely.

The twins’ father encouraged them in reading and travelling. He believed that reading and experiencing the world were more important than grades. From 2017 to 2019, the family went on trips across China. Their vehicle was modified (改进) so that they could lie down and sleep during the long trips.

During the family’s trips, they gave away books to children living in poor areas. They hope to share their love for reading. But they felt it wasn’t enough and wanted to do more and do it better.

The twins had been thinking about opening their own library for several years. Recently, the twins decided to put their plans into action, changing their living room into a mini-library.

Two years ago, the twins’ father passed away and they have been carrying on with his words and memories. “Living with SMA hasn’t been easy, but we are full of hope and never give up when facing any difficulties in life. We want to pass this hope on to others,” said Zhao Wenjing.

“Just like healthy people, we have rich feelings and big dreams too. We're different, yet the same,” said Zhao Yajing.

1. What’s wrong with the twin sisters?

A．They are patients of SMA.	B．They have bad grades in school.
C．Their mother has serious illness.	D．They have no money to open a library.

2. What did the twins’ father encourage them to do?

A．To go on trips across the world.	B．To look for more study partners.
C．To read and experience the world.	D．To study hard and get high grades.

3. Which of the following words can best describe the twins?

A．Polite and honest.	B．Honest and brave.
C．Patient and careful.	D．Kind-hearted and brave.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Learn from the journey.	B．The twin girls’ different life.
C．Spread love through reading.	D．Father’s influence on the twin sisters.

9 . 阅读短文，然后根据内容回答问题。

Laws (法律) are the rules of society, like when you play games you need rules to tell you how to play. In our everyday life, there are laws that act like rules to tell you what to do and not to do. Every country has its own set of laws and some are special to that country. Of course, laws are more powerful than game rules. If you break the law, you may be fined or go to prison.

Laws are very important because they bring order to society. For example, drivers must stop when the traffic light turns red and go when it is green. If people go and stop freely, driving will be dangerous. That’s when the Road Traffic Safety Law is used. There is also Criminal Law (刑法). It punishes people’s bad behaviors such as stealing or killing someone. Usually, a country has many laws to guide us in life. Among them, the constitution (宪法) is the most important.

The constitution lists people’s basic rights and duties (义务). For example, China’s Constitution (宪法) protects peoples privacy. This means that nobody can look at your letters without your permission (允许). It also says that when you reach the age of 18, you will have the right to vote (投票) and stand for election (选举). Since the constitution is so important to our everyday life, it must be taken seriously. In China, the National People’s Congress (NPC), which is made up of a group of people who are elected by Chinese citizens is the highest authority (行政管理机构). It has the power to make and change the constitution and other laws.

1. What may he be done if a person break the law?
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2. Why are laws very important?
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3. What are listed in our country constitution?
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4. What do you think of the laws as a middle school student in your life? Why?
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10 . Many people know that rubbish is a big problem on planet Earth. What many people don’t know is that junk (垃圾) has become a problem in outer space too.

According to BBC News, there are more than 22,000 pieces of space junk floating around the earth.And these are just the things that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes (望远镜). There are also millions of smaller pieces of junk that we can’t see.

Objects (物体), like bits of old space rockets or satellites, move around the planet at very high speeds. They are so fast that even a very small piece can break important satellites or become a danger to astronauts. If the tiniest piece of junk crashed into a spaceship, it could damage the spaceship.

To make things worse, when two objects in space crash, they break into many smaller pieces. For, example, when a U.S. satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2,000 pieces , increasing the amount of space junk.

To reduce additional space junk, countries have agreed that all new space tools can only stay in space for 25 years at most. Each tool must be built to fall safely into the earth’s atmosphere (大气层) after that time. In the upper parts of the atmosphere, it will burn up.

Many scientists are also suggesting different ways to clean up space junk. In England scientists are testing a metal net that can be fired into space junk. The net catches the junk and then pulls it into the earth’s atmosphere to burn up. The Germans are building robots that can collect pieces of space junk and bring them back to Earth to be safely destroyed.

“The problem is becoming more challenging because we’re sending more objects into space to help people use their mobile phones and computers,” says Marco Castronuovo, an Italian space researcher.

“The time to act is now. The longer we leave the problem, the bigger it will become,” he says.

1. What does the underlined word “these” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Telescopes.

B．Satellites.

C．Pieces of space junk.

D．BBC News reports.

2. Why is space junk considered a problem?

A．It burns up after it reenters the atmosphere.

B．It often stops the view of telescopes on Earth.

C．It could force (迫使) new space tools to travel at slower speeds

D．It may crash into other space tools causing damage or death.

3. Countries want future space tools to be able to fall back into the earth’s atmosphere so that ________.

A．the tools can be reused later	B．the tools don’t become space junk
C．the earth’s atmosphere can stay clean	D．the effects of space flight can be studied

4. How do the Germans plan to deal with space junk?

A．Catch it with nets.	B．Use robots to collect it.
C．Burn it ‘in the earth’s atmosphere.	D．Send it further away from the earth.