Experts say that students usually need eight to ten hours' sleep at night , but more Chinese students
do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They
will think their children work very hard. But not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us
that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger with his eyes still closed ,begging(央求) for
one more minute to sleep . Like thousands of student "early birds" in China, he has to get up before six
every morning.
       A report shows that a good night's sleep , students seem to be weaker than they should be. Many
students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late . Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.
       Experts have ever said that students should develop good study habits. So some clever students
never study late, they are able to work well in class.

1. The 10-year-old boy begged for one more minute to sleep because_____.

A. he didn't have enough sleep  
B. it wasn't time for him to get up
C. he didn't want to go to school
D. he wanted his mother to wake him up

2. In this passage "early birds" means persons who ______.

A. get up early  
B. get up late    
C. sleep less    
D. don't want to sleep

3. From the passage we know if students don't get enough sleep, they may ______.

A. become too weak to sleep  
B. not work well in class
C. go to bed early        
D. be weak in English

4. "Stay up late "here means _____.

A. study late                   
B. watch TV late
C. not go to bed until late        
D. stay outside

5. According to the passage , which of the following is right ?

A. If you want to study better, you must work hard
B. Sleeping less means working hard
C. Some clever students can work well in class because they have good study habits.
D. Students don't have enough sleep only because they have a lot of homework to do.

     Reading is the key to school success and, like any skill, it takes practice. A child learns to walk by
practicing until he no longer has to think about how to put one foot in front of the other. An excellent
sportsman practices until he can play quickly, correctly and without thinking. Educators call it
"automaticity (自动性)".
     A child learns to read by sounding out the letters and finding the meaning of the words. With practice,
he stumbles less and less, reading by the phrase (短语). With automaticity, he doesn't have to think
about the meaning of words, so he can give all his attention to the meaning of the text.
     It can begin as early as first grade. In a recent study of children in Illinois schools, Alan Rossman
of Northwestern University found that automatic readers in the first grade not only read almost three
times as fast as the others, but also got better results in exams.
    According to Rossman, the key to automaticity is the amount (数量) of time a child spends reading,
not his IQ. Any child who spends at least 3.5 to 4 hours a week reading books, magazines or
newspapers will probably reach automaticity. It can happen if a child turns off TV just one night for
reading at home.
     You can test yourself by reading something new which is suitable (适合) for your level. If you read
aloud with expression, with a sense of the meaning of the sentences, you probably are an automatic
reader. If you read brokenly, one word at a time, without expression or meaning, you need more
practice.

1. "Reading is the key to school success" means that reading __________.

A. helps school develop faster
B. is a key to a successful school
C. helps students go to a key school
D. can improve students' learning results

2. Children with "automaticity" can read faster because they __________.

A. know how to read the words
B. do not have to think while reading
C. read by themselves without any help
D. pay attention to the meaning of the text

3. Rossman tells that any child who __________  will possibly be an automatic reader.

A. turns off TV one night 4 weeks
B. reads books by the word quickly
C. spends an hour reading every day
D. gets the same grades as others in exams

4. The underlined word "stumble" in the passage means "__________" in Chinese.

A. 结结巴巴地读                      
B. 全神贯注地读
C. 心不在焉地读                      
D. 声情并茂地读

5. The best title for the passage is  "__________".

A. IQ Is the Key to the Automaticity
B. TV Is Bad for Children's Reading
C. Automaticity Depends on Practice
D. Automatic Reads Will Be Successful

      As the Internet becomes more popular, many older media (媒体) businesses are dying out. But
TV seems to be doing OK. In fact, it's doing better than OK. Though the Internet is popular in the
world, television continues to draw more and more people all over the world to many of its programs.
Hundreds of millions turn to TV to watch World Cup soccer,Olympic Games and Discoveries.
      In many places, increasing numbers of people can watch more TV than before. Ten years ago,
only 44% of British homes had satellite or cable TV(卫星或有线电视).Today, more than 93% do.
More importantly, recent studies show that people are spending more time watching TV. Surprisingly,
this is even true of young people between the ages of 8 and 18.Today's television industry has given so
many choices. As a result, people can watch more of the things they like 24 hours a day.
     The technology behind television has also improved. The big boxes that once filled living rooms are
gone. Today's TV screens are thinner and thinner, yet the pictures are better and better. TVs are also
moving from living rooms into kitchens and vehicles.
     For years, TVs have also been used as video game players. But now they have been used in a few
new ways. Many televisions can connect to the Internet and record programs. They also let people
watch two programs at the same time. Today the most modern television has been on the way of
development.
     The Internet is the main challenge (挑战) for television now. But TV industry has shown that
television will be important for years to come.

1. 判断正（T）误（F）。
    (     ) Studies show that people are spending more time watching TV than before.
2. Many televisions can __________  the Internet and record programs.
3. Where are TVs moving from living rooms?
   ____________________________________________________________________
4. What is the main challenge for television?
   ____________________________________________________________________
5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语。
   ____________________________________________________________________

      A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in an exam if you
are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you are taking an
English exam, do not only learn rules of grammar (语法). Try to read stories in English. Speak in English
whenever you can. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not stay up late at night
studying. Before you start the exam, read carefully over the question paper, try to understand the exact
(确切的) meaning of each question. When you have at last finished your exam, read over your answers.
Correct the mistakes if there are any, and be sure that you have not missed anything out.

1. How can we do well in exams?      

A. We should work hard every day in the year.
B. We should go to bed early a few days before an exam.
C. We should read over the answers before we hand in our papers.
D. We should do A, B, C

2. Learning rules of grammar ________ to pass an exam.

A. is enough  
B. is not enough  
C. is not impossible  
D. is no use

3. Speak in English whenever you can. It is ________ to your English study.

A. helpful    
B. impossible   
C. wonderful  
D. foolish

4. Make sure that you ________ before you hand in your paper.    

A. remember rules of grammar  
B. have thought over and over again
C. have answered all the questions
D. have read stories in English

5. In the sentence "Do not stay up late at night studying", the expression "stay up" means
        ________.    

A. 逗留    
B. 呆坐  
C. 熬夜    
D. 停止

     There are many kinds of ants in America. One kind is very strong. People are afraid of it and the other animals are afraid of it, too.
     These ants are often in big groups(群) . They eat all the animals on their way. They can kill and eat
elephants. And they can eat horses, too. Sometimes they can even kill people and eat them. When the ants come near, people leave their homes. But people are sometimes happy after the ants pass by. Because
they can see no insects (昆虫) or snakes.

1. Some ants in America can be very _____.   

A. ugly                      
B. strong
C. friendly                  
D. shy

2. People and animals are afraid of _____.  

A. a kind of ants          
B. all kinds of ants
C. small ants                
D. big ants

3. People are afraid of the ants because_____.  

A. they eat and kill elephants
B. they can eat horses
C. they are often in big groups
D. they can kill people  

4. Where are insects or snakes after the ants pass by?

A. They are under the ground.
B. They go to other places before the ants come.
C. Ants kill and eat them.
D. People kill and eat them.

5. Which is the best title(题目 ) for the story?

A. Ants.                      
B. American Ants.
C. Big Ants.                    
D. Strong Ants.

    That little "a" with a circle around it is most commonly used as the "at" symbol. The symbol is usually
found in e-mail addresses. Surprisingly though, there is no official (官方的) name for this symbol, there
are lots of strange ways to describe the @ symbol. Before the @ symbol became the popular symbol for e-mail, it was used to show the cost of something. For example, if you bought 6 apples, you might write
6 apples @$1.10 each.
    As e-mail is becoming more and more popular, the@symbol or the"at sign is used between a person's
online user name and his mail server address, for example, joe@126.com. The symbol's use on the
Internet made it necessary for people to put this symbol on keyboards in the countries that had never seen or used the symbol before.      
    The actual origin (起源) of the @ symbol remains a mystery. According to an ancient western legend, during the Middle Ages before the invention of the printing press (印刷机), every letter of a word had
to be written by hand for each copy of a book. The monks (僧侣) looked for ways to make the letters
of common words less. Although the word "at" was quite short, it was quite a common word in texts and
documents. As a result, they circled around "a" and created @.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。

1. What did someone mean by writing 5 pears @$2.0 each in the past?

A. He bought 5 pears for free.  
B. He paid $7.0.
C. 5 pears cost $2.0.  
D. Each pear was $2.0.

2. Why did the monks in the old times create @ most probably?

A. Because @ could be printed very easily and clearly.        
B. Because they were ordered to invent some symbols.
C. Because they didn’t want to write the word "at" again and again. 
D. Because they wanted to make their texts or documents look special.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. @ is often seen in e-mail addresses today.
B. The @ symbol has always meant the same in history.
C. The Internet makes @ become more popular.
D. The actual origin of @ is still difficult to explain.

4. What do we know from the passage?

A. @ was used before the Middle Ages.
B. @ is still always used to show prices of goods now.
C. No one had seen @ before it was put on the keyboard.
D. There was no @ on keyboards in some countries before.

5. Which is the BEST title for the passage?

A. What is @              
B. The secret of @
C. How to use @          
D. The actual origin of @  

       There are students from all over the world at the United World School. In this school these
students study and spend their free time together. The school believes this will help them grow up
to be knowledgeable, caring and friendly.
       Once a year, there is a special "United Nations" show. Students are allowed to show anything
they want, but anything that comes from their traditional cultures. To get ready for the festival, they
have to teach each other.  And the school believes this will help them understand and enjoy the
culture of their friends better.
       This school also believes that students should be allowed to make some decisions themselves.
For example, the older students are allowed to wear what they want and the younger students are
allowed to choose which kind of uniform they want to wear. But all students are asked not to wear
an expensive necklace or something else like that,  and not to wear clothes that will make other
students unhappy.
       It is never possible to make everybody happy, but if we want to have a much more wonderful
world, it is important for students to understand and enjoy other cultures as well as to be proud of
their own.

1. Where do the students at the United World School come from? _____

A. China    
B. America    
C. Canada    
D. All over the world

2. What are the students allowed to do at the United World School? _____

A. To do everything they want      
B. To wear anything they want
C. To decide something themselves  
D. To choose anything they want

3. Which of the following is NOT right according to the passage? _____.

A. The school can help the students grow up to be friendly    
B. The school allows the students to make some decisions
C. We can make everybody happy by understanding each other    
D. It's important to help the students understand other cultures.

4. What can Li Lei, a Chinese boy, show on the festival according to the passage? ____

A. Play the piano              
B. Act Beijing Opera  
C. Sing an English song        
D.  Have a rock show

5. What does "this" in the passage? ____

A. The "United Nations" show    
B. The traditional culture
C. The school                  
D. The world