1 . We all do it. We all need it. Most of us need to do it for seven to nine hours a night. It, of course, is sleep. Many scientists believe the truth. An adult should get eight hours of sleep every night. However, some people can live without feeling sleepy after as little as six hours of sleep. But others need about ten hours of sleep a night. Babies usually sleep between 14 and 17 hours a day. Usually they only stay awake for one to three hours.
Do you take a nap(打盹) in the day? Some adults and children need to nap. This just depends on the person. One thing scientists have learned is that man is the only mammal (哺乳动物) that stops himself from going to sleep. This can be bad for our bodies in many ways. Scientists believe not sleeping enough can make us eat more. And not sleeping enough can make us put on weight. Hopefully you are a good sleeper and get a good night’s rest tonight!
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An adult should get eight hours of sleep every night.
An adult
根据短文，内容回答问题。
How long do babies usually sleep a day?
Who needs to nap according the passage?
What can not sleeping enough make us do according to scientists?
2 . As we all know, India is a developing Asian country that is very important to China. China is to the northeast of it. These two countries have a lot in common and they are both big countries with different languages and different kinds of food. They both have a lot of farmers and are both the fastest developing countries in the world.
The two countries both do well in IT business. China is strong in hardware（硬件） while India is strong in software（软件）. Indian software business has been growing very fast since the 1990s. Today India sells software and services to nearly 95 countries around the world.
In the coming years, China and India have similar problems. Both of them have a large population. China has about 1.3 billion people and India has about 1 billion. That’s one-third of the world’s population. The two countries need to provide plenty of jobs for billions of people every year.
| A Developing —-India | Common points with China | As two big |
| Economy(经济) | Depending on IT | |
| Its problems | Because of large population, the government need to provide |
3 . Qingming, meaning clear and bright, is the most important festival in spring. It is also named Tomb Sweeping Festival. It comes in early of the fourth month of a year. On that day, people visit tombs( 墓 ) to honor the dead. They always spend some time cleaning the tomb area. They usually plant some trees near the tombs and decorate them with fresh flowers. But it’s not just a day honoring the dead. It is also a good time to celebrate the coming of spring.
With the coming of spring, nature wakes up, dressing the world in green. Birds begin to build houses for their babies. In forests and fields, many animals have babies at this time of the year. Days begin to get longer and weather get warmer. In short, everything is new, clean and fresh. So Qingming is also a happy time for people to do sports outdoors, such as flying kites, swimming and hiking. This is why this festival has been very popular for thousands of years.
根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。
| Qingming—the Most | |
| Another name of Qingming | Tomb Sweeping Festival |
| When the festival comes | In early |
| Things people do on that day | |
| The changes of everything after Qingming | Becoming new, clean and |
| The sports people can do in the | Flying kites, swimming, hiking and so on. |
4 . Fruit and vegetables should be a part of what we eat every day. Educating your children about the importance of eating fruit and vegetables is important for their health. Here are some fun activities to help you teach your children about fruit and vegetables.
★ Reading is one excellent way. Choose a colorful book with many different types of fruit and vegetables.
★ Provide your children with fruit and vegetable puzzles. Your children will be able to see what fruit and vegetables look like as they’re putting the puzzles together. You can also teach them the different names of fruit and vegetables.
★ Each day give your children different fruit and vegetables to eat. This will give them the chance to taste many kinds of fruit and vegetables. Talk to your children about what they look like and how they taste and smell.
★ Play fruit and vegetable games. Prepare little cups with fruit and vegetables cut up into small pieces. Cover your children’s eyes and give them one of the cups to try. After tasting, they have to guess what kind of vegetable or fruit it is.
★ Grow vegetables. You can teach your children how vegetables grow by planting them. Your children will also learn how to take care of vegetables.
Judge the following sentences true ( T ) or false ( F ) according to the passage.
1. Reading is a good way to help your children know about fruit and vegetables.
2. The puzzles can help children know how fruit and vegetables taste and smell.
3. By playing fruit and vegetable games, children can know what fruit and vegetables look like.
4. Growing vegetables can teach your children how to look after vegetables.
5. The passage is mainly about the advantages of eating fruit and vegetables.
5 . Today, I’d like to introduce the Big Ben to you. It’s a name of a famous building in London, the capital of England. The Big Ben stands on the bank of the Thames River. It was built in 1858 and first struck time in 1859. It is like a very old man who is still standing there and striking time rightly. It seems to tell people that “Time waits for no man”, and everyone should work hard. As the symbol of London, the clock tower is 95 meters high. Only the main bell weighs 13.5 tons. It has four faces, so no matter where you stand, you can read the time. Each face is as big as a bus. The hour hand is more than 2 meters long and the minute hand is over 4 meters long. It’s very huge, isn’t it? The Big Ben is so famous that large numbers of tourists from all over the world come to visit it every year.
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3. The Big Ben is so famous that large numbers of tourists from all over the world come to visit it every year.
The Big Ben is so famous that large numbers of tourists from
任务 4:根据短文(B)内容回答问题。
4. Where does the Big Ben stand?
5. When was the Big Ben built?
6. How many times is the minute hand longer than the hour hand of the Big Ben?
6 . In earliest times, men considered lightning to be one of the great mysteries of nature. Some ancient people believed that lighting and thunder were the weapons(武器) of the gods. In reality, lightning is a flow(流动) of electricity formed high above the earth. A single flash of lighting 1.6 kilometers long has enough electricity to light one million light bulbs(灯泡).
The American scientist, Benjamin Franklin, was the first to show the connection between electricity and lightning in 1752. In the same year, he also built the first lightning rod (避雷针). This device(装置物) protects buildings from being damaged by lighting.
Modern science has discovered that one stroke(闪击) of lightning has a voltage(电压) of more than 15 million volts. A flash of lightning between a cloud and the earth may be as long as 13 kilometers, and travel at a speed of 30 million meters per second.
Scientists judge that there are about 2,000 million flashes of lightning per year. Lightning hits the Empire State Building in New York City 30 to 48 times a year. In the United States alone it kills an average(平均数) of one person every day.
The safest place to be in case of an electrical storm is in a closed car. Outside, one should go to low ground and not get under trees. Also, one should stay out of water and away from metal fences. Inside a house, people should avoid open doorways and windows and not touch wires or metal things.
With lightning, it is better to be safe than sorry?
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1. The underlined word “volts” in the passage means in Chinese.
| A．瓦特 | B．伏特 | C．欧姆 |
| A．Electricity. | B．Machines. | C．Lightning rods. |
| A．not so quickly as electricity | B．at very high speed | C．as quickly as water |
| A．All ancient people thought lightning came from gods. |
| B．In the U.K. about one person per day dies from lightning. |
| C．A closed car is the safest place to be during an electrical storm. |
| A．Keep away from lightning |
| B．The introduction of lightning |
| C．The importance of lightning rods |
Some children wish to be writers some day. They want to write stories or books for people to read. That’s good! It’s good to write something for people to read! But they should know that they need to be good readers first before they really are good writers. They should read a lot of books. And read for hours every day instead of watching TV and spending a lot of time to do the reading homework. Then you have time to read many other books for fun. Because of more fun in reading , you want to look for more books to read.
Before you decide to be a good writer, you’d better say to yourself, “I must read and read and read and read more and more!”
1. This article mainly tells us that_______.
| A．some children wish to be writers some day. |
| B．it is good to write something for people to read. |
| C．reading can make you a good writer |
| D．writers like to read more books for fun. |
| A．because they want to be good readers. |
| B．to write stories or books for people to read. |
| C．to find good work some day |
| D．to get more money to keep a family |
| A．to do a lot of reading |
| B．to watch TV in the evening |
| C．to have wishes sometimes |
| D．to be good writers right now |
| A．help you to do a good player. |
| B．help you write well |
| C．make your work better |
| D．make you watch more TV at home |
| A．all children like to be writers |
| B．people like to read for children |
| C．all writers are children |
| D．children need to read more and more books. |
8 . It’s very common for students’ mark to fall. Sometimes it is because of situations outside school, such as problems at home. Sometimes it is only because of the harder exams.
When your marks start to fall, you should try talking to a friendly teacher. He or she can help you with the subjects you find difficult. Stop comparing yourself with other people. It does not matter if other students get higher exam marks than you. What is important is that you do your best. Before each exam, you should go through your notes from class. You should remember the most important things you have written in a shorter form.
Look through your shorter notes again just before the exam. You will be surprised when you find you remember so much. It may take hard work and your marks may not improve straight. But let your confidence rise by every mark. Soon they should begin to climb again.
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1. c to examine or look for the difference between two or more things
2. s an area of knowledge especially one that you study in school
同义句转换，每空一词。
3. He or she can help you with the subjects you find difficult.
He or she will be
根据短文内容简答问题。
4. Why do students’ marks fall?
5. Who should you try talking to when your marks start to fall?
6. What do you look through again before the exam?
Cough Medicine : Shake(摇动) it well before use. Take is three times each day before meals. Dose(药量):
Age: over 14 2 teaspoonfuls(勺)
8-13 1 teaspoonful
4-7 1/2 teaspoonfuls
Not right for children below the age of three. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st, 2003.
1. John should take a day.
| A．2 teaspoonfuls | B．3 teaspoonfuls |
| C．4 teaspoonfuls | D．1 teaspoonful |
| A．a fridge | B．hot water |
| C．any place | D．the sun |
| A．shake the medicine well |
| B．eat nothing |
| C．do some exercise |
| D．drink a cup of tea |
| A．eighty | B．thirty | C．two | D．twelve |
| A．throw away | B．stop to take |
| C．take once | D．take six times more |
10 . We are living in a time when the globe is becoming a “village”. People travel around the world for sightseeing, studying, working or volunteering. Perhaps in the near future, you will also become one of those people.
Spending time in a foreign country is an exciting and life-changing experience. You see different scenery, taste exotic (异国的) food and meet people with various backgrounds. And the most important thing of all, you explore and even become a part of the local culture.
Your stereotypes (成见) are broken down. You find French people are not always “romantic”. Americans don’t eat McDonalds all the time. And you won’t get malaria (疟疾) from a mosquito (蚊子) bite in Africa.
However, culture shock may hit you. Things you take for granted (想当然) at home may no longer be that way in a foreign country. Not every body thinks like you or does things the way you’ve always done. Their tea tastes different. They don’t talk excitedly in restaurants. Some people do not care much about your life, so you may even feel they are a little cold. It is not better or worse. It is just different. What you can do is to take in the differences, while trying to be respectful and humble (谦虚的). You open up your mind a little more each time, you become a better person.
任务1：阅读短文（B），根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
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2. f
3. 任务2：阅读短文（B），完成同义句转换，每空一词。
You open up your mind a little more each time, you become a better person.
任务3：根据短文（B）内容回答问题。
4. What kind of experience is spending time in a foreign country?
5. What may be your stereotypes before you travel to France and America ?
6. Does everybody think like you or do things the way you’ve always done?
