Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don't need very much sleep. But we all need to dream, scientists say.
       Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night.
Dreams are like short movies. They are usually in colour. Some dreams are like old movies. They come to us over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of
trying to find an answer.
       Some people get new ideas about their work from dream. But often we can't remember the dream.
Dreams can disappear quickly from memory.
       Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream.Too much dreaming can be harmful. The
more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

1. The main idea of the story is that_______.

A. people need to dream
B. people like to sleep
C. dreams are like movies  
D. people don't like to dream

2. The title of the passage could be_______.

A. Secret Dreams  
B. The Longest Sleep
C. All About Dreams 
D. Why Do We Dream

3. It may be more important to dream than to________.

A. think
B. sleep
C. work  
D. speak

4. Dreams and movies are usually_______.

A. very long
B. in colour
C. about work
D. very short

5. Which of these ideas is in the story?

A. We always remember dreams  
B. All dreams are happy
B. Long dreams can make you tired
D. We don' like to dream

     The best way of learning a language is by using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English
as much as possible. Sometimes you will get your words mixed up(混淆) people will not understand them . But if you keep your sense of laugh at the mistakes you make . “Don't be unhappy if people seem to
laugh at your mistakes .It's much better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry because they don't know what you are saying. The most important rule for learning English is “Don't be afraid of making mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes.”  

1. The writer thinks that the best way for you to learn a language is _______.     

A. writing
B. using it
C. listening
D. learning grammar 

2. What should you do in learning English?    

A. Be careful not to make any mistakes.    
B. Write as quickly as you can .    
C. Speak English as much as you can.    
D. Laugh more often. 

3. When people laugh at your mistakes, you should _____.    

A. not care
B. be happy
C. feel worried
D. be unhappy  

4. When you make a mistake ,you should _____.      

A. keep quiet
B. get angry    
C. lost your heart
D. keep your sense of humor   

5. What is the important thing for learning English?____  

A. Keeping laughing     
B. Laughing at others     
C. Being angry with other     
D. Do not afraid of making mistakes

       Do you know there are many kinds of grass? Some are tall. The kind that grows around your house
is short grass. But field grass often grows as tall as a man.
       Some food that we eat comes from plants of the grass family. Wheat and rice are two of them. We
use wheat to make bread. We use both wheat and rice to make breakfast. At some places, people eat
more rice than any other food.
       Animals as well as people get food from the grass family. Cows eat hay(干草). Do you know the
kind of grass that horses like to eat?

1. Which of the following belongs to(属于) the grass family?

A. Wheat
B. Rice
C. Apples
D. A and B

2. We use ____ to make bread.

A. rice
B. fruit
C. wheat
D. grass family

3. Which of the following doesn't get food from the grass family?

A. Horses
B. Sheep
C. Dogs
D. Cows

4. Which of the following is wrong?

A. The grass family are all short
B. There are many kinds of grass
C. Field grass often grows as tall as a man
D. Horses get food from the grass family

5. The best title is _____.

A. Plants
B. Grass
C. I like grass
D. The use of grass

      The date palms(枣椰树)are wonderful trees. People eat trees. They feed them to their animals.
They use the leaves and wood to build houses. They use the wood to build boats. They make baskets
from the leaves. They burnt the other parts of the trees to cook food.
      The date palms came from the Middle East. Seven thousand years ago people in Sycria and Egypt ate dates. They made pictures of the date palms on their buildings. Today the date palms grown in the Middle East, parts of Asia and Africa, southern Europe, and other warm parts of the world.
      There are more than 27 hundred kinds of palm trees. Most of the trees can't grow in the Middle East, because it is too dry. But the date palms grow well there.     

1. People make boats from the ________ of the date palms.   

A. leaves
B. wood
C. dates
D. flowers

2. The date palms come from ________.    

A. Asia
B. Africa
C. warm parts
D. the Middle East  

3. People eat ________.

A. flowers
B. dates
C. leaves
D. other parts of the date palms 

4. Today the date palms grow in ________.

A. the land of the North Pole
B. northern Europe
C. the warm places
D. the cool places  

5. People use ________ of the date palms.

A. the whole
B. no parts
C. the leaves and wood
D. the fruit and leaves

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         All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help people to keep healthy, happy and to live longer.Many people like to 1________(观看)others play sport games. They buy tickets or turn on their TV set to watch the games. They often 2_________(感到)very very happy when “their” player or team wins.
         People play different games in winter and summer. Summer is 3________(有利于)swimming. And in winter people often go skating.
         Some sports are very interesting and people everywhere are in them. 4________(例如), football is very popular. In China most people, men, women, boys and girls like to watch football games. They often 5________(谈论)it. Some people often 6__________(踢足球). Running and jumping began 7_________(很久，很久以前). But basketball and volleyball are rather new. People began to play them 8_______(不久以前). And people are starting new sports or games all the time. Water skiing is one of the 9_________(最新的).
        People from 10_________(不同的国家)may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become friends.