Cellphones help us easily find people anywhere at any time. However, using cellphones too often may cause cancer. (1) It’s reported that people who used a cellphone for 10 years or more were more likely to get brain cancer.

The suggestions below may help you reduce the risk(风险) of cancer:

◆When using your cellphone, try to keep it away from your body as much as possible. Don’t put it under your pillow(枕头) or on a bedside table when you sleep.

◆When you’re on the cellphone, use the speaker. In this way, you have just 1/100^th of the contact with radiation you have when you hold (3) it to your ear. An earphone is also a good idea.

◆Try to keep your conversations short. If you need to talk longer, use an ordinary phone instead.

◆Change ears when you’re using your cellphone. Before putting it to your ear, wait until the person you are calling picks up the phone.

◆Your phone gives out radiation when you talk or text, but not when you’re listening or getting messages. (4) 多听和少说能降低癌症风险。

◆Do not use your cellphone when the signal is weak or when moving at a high speed, for example in a car or train. At high speeds your phone is trying to pick up signals, and this increases the radiation it gives out.

阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。

任务一  将（1）处画线部分翻译成中文。

任务二  2. Where are you not supposed to put your cellphone when you sleep?

任务三  写出（3）处“it”所指代的内容。

任务四  将（4）处的中文翻译成英文。

任务五  5. What’s the passage about?

Learn to relax. Overwork is the main reason why so many students feel tired and stressed. Cut down some of the jobs you need to do each day so that you can only focus on the most important things. Leave time for activities that are relaxing and fun. This might mean reading a good book, listening to the music, going for a walk or taking a relaxing bath.

Get a good night’s sleep. Getting enough sleep will help you keep your body and mind in the best form. If you stay up late and need to get up early for school the next day, you may not be able to concentrate on the things you need to do.

Exercise regularly and eat well. Don’t rush through your meals. Eat less junk food or fast food. Eat healthy food instead.

Get to know pleasant people. Some people are optimistic, while others not. Choose optimistic people as your friends and spend more time with them and you’ll be as happy as them.

Learn to be calm when you face any problem. Find out the best option from those that are in your mind. Knowing that you are able to solve problems is a good way to build up your self-confidence.

Have a happy attitude. Your attitude decides the way you see things. Is your cup half full or half empty? Learn to think more positively(积极地) about the difficulties you face.

How to reduce stress

★

1_______ yourself by cutting down your jobs and taking part in activities.

★ Getting enough sleep will help you 2_______ on the things you need to do.

★ Exercise regularly, eat well and choose 3_______ people as your friends.

★ It is a good way to keep 4________ when you face any problem.

★ Keep an active 5_______ to the difficulties you face.

  Once upon a time, a boy was walking through a wood and he thought he could hear a sad cry. Following the sound he came to a big, round, mysterious, grey fountain. The sad sound seemed to be coming from the fountain pool. The boy swept aside the pool’s dirty surface water and saw a group of grey fish swimming in a slow circle through the pond.

  Amused by this, the boy tried to catch one of these incredible talking fish. But when he stuck his arm into the water it turned grey right up to the elbow. As this happened, a huge sadness entered into him, and he suddenly understood how sad the fish were feeling.

  He quickly pulled his arm out of the water, and ran from that place. But the arm stayed grey, and the boy continued feeling sad. He tried so many times to cheer himself up, but nothing worked. That was, until he realized that if he were to make the Earth happy then that happiness would be, in turn, transmitted back to him, through the earth on his arm.

  From then on, he set about looking after countryside. He cared for the plants, and he did what he could to keep the water from being polluted. He encouraged others to do the same. He was so successful that his arm started to recover its normal color. When the grey had disappeared completely, he started feeling happy again, and he decided to go and visit the fountain. When he was still some way from the fountain he could hear the fish singing happily.

1. What happened to the boy when he stuck his arm into the water?

A. He caught some fish.                   B. His arm was bitten by the fish.

C. He felt great sadness.                  D. Nothing special happened.

2. The underlined word recover means “      ” in Chinese.

   A. 转变         B. 进化          C. 变异                    D. 恢复

3. Which of the following didn’t happen after the boy left the fountain?

A. He started to look after the countryside.

B. He stopped the water from being polluted.

C. He encouraged people to protect the earth.

D. His arm kept grey and he never felt happy.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A. We should protect the earth.              B. We shouldn’t catch fish.

C. Even the fountain may cry.                 D. We should visit the fountain.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A. The Beautiful Countryside.                B. The Talking Fish.

C. The Sad Cry.                         D. The Grey Fountain.

阅读理解。阅读下面四篇材料，根据其内容，选择正确答案或完成阅读任务。

Brave

Type: 3D cartoon Comedy Running time: 95 minutes

Merida, a princess, refused to marry a person that she dislikes. This causes trouble for her family and the whole country. Merida turns to a witch(女巫) for help. In doing so, her family and the country are in danger. Merida must save her family and the country before it is too late. The Grey

Type: Action Running time: 117 minutes

The Grey is based on the short story “Ghost Walker” written by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. It’s about a number of oil men who are in trouble in Alaska after a plane crash(空难). They have to fight against grey wolves that threaten their lives.

Mirror Mirror

Type: Comedy Running time: 106 minutes

You must know the story of Snow White. Would you like to see this story again? Come to see Mirror Mirror. It’s a comedy about Snow White. Lily Collins and Julia Roberts are the main actresses in this interesting movie.

Chimpanzee

Type: Documentary Running time: 78 minutes

This movie is directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. It’s a 2012 nature documentary film about a young chimpanzee named Oscar. He is alone in the African forests until he is raised by another chimpanzee. The chimpanzee takes care of Oscar like his own child.

1. How many documentaries are mentioned in the passage?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four.

2. Which movie lasts the longest time?

A. Brave. B. The Grey. C. Chimpanzee. D. Mirror Mirror.

3. Which statement about the movies is true?

A. Mirror Mirror is directed by Lily Collins and Julia Roberts.

B. The Grey directed by Ian Mackenzie Jeffers is based on a short story.

C. You can’t see many beautiful nature sights in Chimpanzee.

D. Brave is about a princess who obeys her heart.

4. Who starred in(主演) one of the movies?

A. Lily Collins and Julia Roberts. B. Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield.

C. Ian Mackenzie Jeffers. D. Merida.

5. Where can you probably read this passage?

A. In a nature magazine. B. In a storybook.

C. In an entertainment newspaper. D. In a science book.

完形填空，阅读下面短文，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项，使短文完整、通顺。

Yesterday my son and I went to the grocery store. In front of us 1 was a little girl with her mother. The little girl was asking her mother for a box of Smarties. The polite way she was asking 2 broke the mother’s heart. “I’m sorry, honey, but we have no money to buy it.”

My son was watching that dialogue. By the way, he had been raking leaves in our garden to 3 himself some money to buy a bike. As he watched the mother and daughter leave the 4 , he ran to the candy counter and bought a box of Smarties with his money. Then he ran out after the little girl and her mother, and gave them the 5 . He came back and told me what he told them, “Every kid should have a pack of Smarties because they can make you 6 .”

I was so excited 7 I bought a pack of Smarties for my son. I told him that I was proud of him, and that was for his act of generosity because he gave his own Smarties to others. Quickly, he 8, “But you do nice things for people and you never get anything for it.” I explained, “When you do something nice for someone, you shouldn’t 9 get anything, but when you do get something you should be very

10 .”

1. A. in order B. in line C. in place D. in control

2. A. almost B. hardly C. seldom D. never

3. A. buy B. pay C. provide D. raise

4. A. store B. house C. mall D. centre

5. A. money B. box C. leaves D. bike

6. A. happy B. smart C. sweet D. lovely

7. A. and B. as C. that D. but

8. A. replied B. told C. lied D. talked

9. A. answer to B. apply to C. expect to D. turn to

10. A. hopeful B. wonderful C. thankful D. helpful

 — She sold her treasures to cure her mother’s illness, even though it was        

her own wishes.

   — It’s so kind _____ her.

     A. against; of         B. above; of             C. on; for             D. for; for 

— He has to stay in Thailand for one more week because his passport and ID card were stolen.

— ___________________.

A. Forget it B. It doesn’t matter

C. I’m sorry to hear that D. Great

— It’s convenient to travel from Ezhou to Wuhan by taking the newly-built green railway.

   — Yes. It’s said that ________________ is enough.

     A. fifteen minutes drive                              B. fifteen-minutes drive

     C. fifteen minute’s drive                            D. fifteen minutes’ drive

— A new shop ____________ for a week nearby. Let’s have a look there.

— Good idea. But it doesn’t ______ on Mondays.

A. opened; opened B. has been opened; open

C. has opened; opened D. has been open; open

—The meeting ___________ because of the smog in Northern China last week.

   — Oh, it’s too bad! We should take action to improve the air quality.

     A. put out             B. was put out              C. put off              D. was put off