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　　A new school term begins．Is anything new at your school? Sichuan students are getting an extra(额外的)hour to sleep in the morning．

　　This year, Sichuan schools decided that students should start classes later．This should help them feel less tired．For Junior high schools, the first classes will begin no earlier than 8∶30 a. m．

　　The changes have made students happy．

　　Liu Xian, 15, said his class was excited by the news on the first day of school．“It's so good that we can get up later!”said Liu．

　　Liu studies in Chengdu No．4 Middle School．He used to get up at 6∶40 a. m．Now he can get up at 7∶40 a. m. because class doesn't start until 8∶40 a. m．

　　Wu Hongli, 15, said the new timetable is good for her health．“I used to drink coffee every night or I would feel too sleepy to finish my homework,” said Wu．“Now I can finish it without coffee．”She used to get up at 6∶30 a. m．Now she can get up at 7∶30 a. m．

　　Wu Hongli's mother was happy, too．She thought more sleep would help her daughter grow taller．

　　But some parents worried that more sleep would mean less learning．There used to be five classes in the morning．Now there are only four．

　　Many teachers, though, say the changes will help students learn better．

　　“Students used to doze(瞌睡)for the first two classes in the morning,”said Wu Zongping, an English teacher at Chengdu No．12 Middle School．“But now they look fine and they learn much better than before．”

1．What made the Sichuan middle school students happy?

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2．In the new term, what time did the first class start in the morning in middle schools?

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3．Why was Liu Xian excited at the news on the first day of school?

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4．Why did some of the students' parents worry about the changes of the school timetable?

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5．What did the teachers think of the changes of the school timetable?

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　　If someone says to you：“give me five”, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person's riot asking for your money, but your fingers．

　　In the US,“give me five”or“give me the high five”is a popular gesture(动作)．You can see it often in films or on TV．It means the slapping(拍)of each other's raised(举起的)right hands together．

　　People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens．For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket(彩票)．If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate．

　　This gesture may come from the old Roman gesture of raising the right arm for the emperor(皇帝)．This showed that the person raising his arm did not have a sword(刀)in his hand．

　　Why not try to give the high five to your friends?

1．When do people do“give me five”?

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2．Is“give me five”a popular gesture in the US?

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3．What's the meaning of“give me five”in Chinese?

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4．Where did the gesture start according to the story?

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5．Why did the Romans raise the right arm for the emperor?

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　　British people are famous for drinking tea．But brother and sister, Sahar and Bobby Green, became young millionaires(百万富翁)when they opened a chain of American-style(美国风味的)coffee shops in the U．K．

　　Having the idea：It started when Sahar took a weekend trip to New York to visit her brother Bobby．One evening, in a Thai restaurant, Sahar told Bobby how much she wished she could buy American-style coffee in London．Bobby suggested they start their own coffee shop．Sahar fell in love with the idea．

　　Doing the research：Back in London, she spent a whole day on the London subway, getting off the train at different stations to taste the coffee．“It was terrible, and I knew there was a gap in the market．” In November 1995, they opened their first Coffee Republic shop in central London．

　　Making it work：The first year was very difficult．There were problems finding and keeping staff, and British people were not used to the names of American coffees, like latte and macchiato．But being successful was their dream and they were not going to give up．Today, there are over 100 Coffee Republic shops all over the country and the company has revenues(收入)of￡30 million a year．

　　Advice for others：Sahar has now written a best-selling book about their experience, called Anyone Can Do It!She hopes it will help other young people to start their own businesses．She believes success is 1％idea and 99％hard work, but she says,“If you think you have the energy, then get out and follow your dream．”

1．What kind of company do Sahar and Bobby Green run(经营)?

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2．How many people run the company?

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3．Where are their Coffee Republic shops?

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4．What's the name of Sahar's best selling book?

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5．What is the passage mainly about?

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　　Albert Selmer is a German businessman．He was surprised during his latest trip to Beijing．When he got into a taxi on Chang'an Avenue, the driver greeted him in English!“This couldn't be imagined eight years ago when I first visited Beijing,”said Selmer．

　　In fact, a lot of Beijing citizens(市民)are learning English in this Olympic city now．If Selmer knew this, he wouldn't have been so surprised．Shop assistants, bus and taxi drivers and even policemen are learning English to welcome the 2008 Olympics．They learn useful expressions, greetings, how to give directions and how to introduce themselves．

　　In August, 2002, the city government started the“Beijing Citizens' English Speaking Plan”．In 5 years, the percentage(百分比)of Beijing citizens who can speak English will be raised to around 30 percent from 15 percent now．

1．Which country will be the host of the 2008 Olympics?

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2．Where does Albert Selmer come from?

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3．What are Beijing citizens doing to welcome the 2008 Olympics?

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4．When did the“Beijing Citizens' English Speaking Plan”start?

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5．Will the percentage of Beijing citizens who can speak English be 30 percent or 15 percent in 5 years?

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George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia．His parents were Augustine and Mary Washington．George grew up on a farm in Virginia．George didn't go to school．His father taught him at home．George's favorite subject was maths．George learned to be a surveyor(测量员)of land when he grew up．He joined the army and was a leader during the American Revolution．He later became the first President of the United States．George Washington is called the “Father of the USA”．Americans celebrate his birthday on President's Day in February．His picture is on the one dollar bill．

1．Why is George Washington called the“Father of the USA”?

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2．What subject did George like to study best?

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3．Where was George Washington born?

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4．When is Washington's birthday celebrated?

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5．What did George learn to be?

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　　About 130 years ago, Thomas Edison of the US invented the light bulb(电灯)．Edison's bulb has turned night into day ever since．But today, many want to turn the light off．

　　The European Union(欧盟)recently decided that by 2009, people should stop using the Edison-style light bulb．Instead, they should use compact fluorescent lamps(CFLs节能灯)．

　　“CFLs save energy and last longer．They can save money in the long run,”said a British official．CFLs use 67 percent(67％)less electricity than the older bulbs．They last up to 10 times(倍)longer．Scientists say that if everyone used CFLs, electricity use would be cut by 18 percent．There would also be much smaller amounts of greenhouse gases(温室气体)given off．

　　But it's difficult to make people change their lighting habits．First the CFLs are more expensive．They cost eight times the price of the older bulbs．Many people don't like the CFL bulb．They find it too bright．You cannot change the light of a CFL, either．

　　CFLs have been around for several years．However, the older lights still make up about two-thirds(2/3)of total(全部的)light bulb sales．

1．When did Thomas Edison invent the light bulb?

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2．Why should people use compact fluorescent lamps?

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3．Does using CFLs help protect environment?

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4．If you get an older bulb for 1 Euro(欧元),how much will the CFL bulb cost you?

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5．Do you think CFLs have been widely used instead of the older bulbs for several years?

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　　Why do we need to throw less away? There are two reasons．One is that some resources(资源)are nonrenewable(不可再生的)．That means there is only a certain amount of that resource in the world．One example of this is oil．When we use up all the oil in the world, there will be no more．

　　There is another reason for throwing less away．All of our trash has to be put somewhere．Often, it is put into garbage dumps(垃圾场)．Much of that trash will be there for hundreds of years．The dumps will be filled up with all this trash．

　　There are three ways to cut down on trash．

　　One way is to recycle．When you recycle something, it means it is made into another shape and used again．Old newspaper may become paper bags．A glass jar can be melted(熔化)and made into a bottle．

　　Another way to cut down on trash is to reuse things．You can wash and use again a bottle that can hold mustard(芥末酱)or something else．

　　The third way to cut down on trash is to reduce the amount of trash you make, stop buying thing that you don't need in the first place．That reduce the amount of the earth's resources that you use．

1．How many reasons do we need to throw less away?

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2．What does it mean when you reuse something?

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3．How many ways of cutting down on trash in the passage?

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4．What is the way, if a broken plastic box is changed into a plastic ruler?

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5．What does the word “reduce” in the passage mean?

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　　Helen woke up at midnight．“The afternoon tea is too strong…?”She thought with her eyes half-open．Suddenly, her eye was caught by the doors of the cupboard, they were open! Now, she was fully awake! She was so frightened that she felt herself sweating．“There must be a thief in my room! What can I do? I can't move now! Let me think!”She looked around and listened carefully, but there's no person and no sound．“He's hiding, maybe!”She kept thinking,“I must shout! Dad is in the next room．He'll arrive in the first minute．But what will the thief do when he hears my voice? Has he got a knife?”She felt herself sweating coldly．

　　“That's strange!”suddenly she got something, “My window is very small, even I can't go through．How can a man do so?!”She began to calm down．After a while, she found out the reason．She hadn't finished her maths homework in the school, there was one exercise left．But last night, after she had slept for ten minutes, she thought of it．Then, she jumped off her bed, opened the doors of the cupboard, took out the maths homework book and began to work on it．After some time, she finished．But she was too tired to put them back．She threw the books on the floor and fell asleep…

　　“Oh, how foolish I am!” Helen said to herself．And then, she slept again, with a smile on her face．

1．What did Helen drink that afternoon?

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2．Why was she“fully awake”when she saw the open doors of the cupboard?

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3．Which helper did Helen firstly think of?

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4．Why did Helen think that was impossible for a man to come into her room through the window?

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5．Why did Helen open the cupboard last night?

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1．When can't you talk to the driver?

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2．How much do Mr．and Mrs．Biggs have to pay for 2 nights?

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3．Where do you have to leave your expensive things in the hotel?

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4．Who can meet Yao Ming?

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5．Where should skaters go today?

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　　What's the meaning of“dark horse”?It's someone who wins when no one expects it．

　　Han Xiaopeng took China's first gold on snow．He be came an Olympic“dark horse”last Thursday by winning the gold medal in men's freestyle aerial skiing(自由式滑雪空中技巧)at Turin in Italy．He made two almost perfect jumps for the highest score．Han had never won a world gold medal before, let alone(更不用说)in the Olympics!

　　“I never thought this would happen,”said the 23-year-old．“I feel like I'm in a dream．”It's China's second gold medal at the Turin Olympics．But more important, Han's gold was the country's first ever in a snow sport．In 2002, China's Yang Yang won the gold for speed skating at the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, US．

　　Just because Han's win was unexpected doesn't mean that he didn't work hard．

　　Han grew up in Jiangsu Province．Before he started his training on snow, he used to be an acrobat(杂技演员)at a circus．In 1995, a coach found his talent(才能)．The coach, Yang Er'qi, said Han had the agility(灵活性)and courage to be a ski jumper．When Yang first took the 12 year-old boy to northern China, he couldn't swim, skate or ski．But he wasn't afraid of the high platform(跳台)and kept on training．

　　Han almost left the sport after hurting his knee months before the Salt Lake Games．In that Olympics he only got 24th．“I was hopeless at that time, but my family and the coach stood firmly(坚强地)behind me, helping me through,”he recalled．

　　Han Xiaopeng worked so hard that he won the gold medal in the Olympics at last．Because of his success, more and more people in China are becoming interested in skiing．We are proud of him and we hope he will have another big success in the next winter Olympics．

1．What does“dark horse”mean in Chinese?

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2．Where did Han Xiaopeng take China's first gold on snow?

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3．Why did the coach, Yang Er'qi, choose Han Xiaopeng to be a ski jumper?

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4．In 2002, who won the gold for speed skating at the winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, US?

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5．Why are more and more people in China becoming interested in skiing?

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