三．阅读理解（共25小题，每小题2分，满分50分）

I don’t think there is anything wrong with your blood. The key to your problem is that long nap (打盹，小睡) after dinner.

If you didn’t sleep for hours during the early part of the evening, you would be more ready to sleep at bedtime. If you didn’t nap after dinner, you would not want to stay up so late, and you would not feel the need to take a sleeping pill. The pill is still working in your system when you get up in the morning. This helps account for the fact that you feel tired all day.

You should get out of the habit of sleeping during the evening. Right after your evening meal, engage in some sort of physical activity --- a sport such as bowling, perhaps. Or get together with friends for an evening of cards and conversation. Then go to bed at your usual time or a little earlier, and you should be able to get a good night's rest without taking a pill.

If you can get into the habit of spending your evenings this way, I am sure you will feel less tired during the day. At first it may be hard for you to go to sleep without taking a pill. If so, get up and watch television or do some jobs around your house until you feel sleepy. If you fall asleep and then wake up a few hours later, get up but do not take a sleeping pill. Read a while or listen to the radio, and make yourself a few hours’ sleep that night, you will feel better in the morning than you usually feel after taking a pill. The next night you will be ready to sleep at an earlier hour.

The most important thing is to avoid taking that nap right after dinner and avoid taking pills.

1. According to the writer, it is difficult for you to go to sleep because _____ .

  A. you get the habit of staying up late      B. you haven’t taken sleeping pills

  C. you sleep for hours after dinner         D. you fail to do some exercises

2. Which of the following is NOT true if you want to get out of the habit of sleeping during the evening?

  A. Go to bed earlier than usual.         B. Talk with friends after dinner.

  C. Stay with friends after dinner.    　   D. Do some physical labor.

3. You feel tired all day probably because ______ .

  A. you stay up too late         B. you get up too early in the morning

  C. you take sleeping pills      D. you wake up too frequently at night

4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

  A. You mustn’t take sleeping pills in order to get a good night’s sleep.

  B. You should stay up if you want to sleep effectively.

  C. Food is necessary at night if you fail to go to sleep.

  D. It is very important to get out of the habit of taking a nap after dinner.

5. We may infer that the author is most probably a _____ .

  A. doctor  　　 B. reporter  　　 C. scientist          D. professor

It's a small gas station that has snacks, drinks, cigarettes and candies. The young man behind thecounter knows his   l    by name and what they normally want to buy. He treats children andadults with equal    2    He reads scicnce fiction behind the counter when business is   3    .

One day, three people rushed in and grabbed food off the shelves as fast as they could,   4   not intending to pay for it. He hit the “panic button”, then went over the counter and locked the front door. It was obvious they were homeless, and equally obvious that they weren't going anywhere with their ill-gotten gains. They   5  the food and simply crowded together in panic --- knowing the police were on the way.

Imagine what they must have felt like when they were told they didn't have to steal if they were   6    .“We have food in the back， expired but still Safe to eat. If you need food, you can have some.”

     They Were told to pick up what they had dropped and put it back， and then asked to straighten out the mess. They were doing just that when the police arrived. The officers were told the situation was under control and the police were no longer7   

This wasn't what they had    8    .They were being treated as human beings who could right the wrong they'd done    9    ,they quickly followed orders to take turns and use the restroom to   10   up.

Soon three   1l   people walked out with all the   12   their arms could hold. They were    13   that, if they  needed to come back again, they were to ask and not just grab.

And then the young man went back to read until the next customer came in. He would be the last person in the world to claim he was a/an  14     But he gave three people something they were in  desperate need of--- a small amount of self-respect and a little bit of    15   

1．A. passengers         B. guests           C. customers        D. friends

2．A. respect            B. pride            C. wisdom           D. imagination

3. A. busy               B. swift            C. heavy            D. slow

4. A. bravely            B. obviously        C. hardly           D. reasonably

5. A. hid                B. lifted           C. dropped          D. swallowed

6. A. hungry             B. cautious         C. courageous       D. anxious

7. A. popular            B. necessary        C. reliable         D. important.

8. A. wanted             B. desired          C. expected.        D. admired

9. A. Shocked            B. Scared           C. Delighted        D. Frightened

10. A. ring              B. dress            C. look             D. clean

11. A. dirtier            B. cleaner           C. cleverer          D. quicker

12. A. money            B. cigarettes        C. drinks            D. food

13. A. warned           B. reminded          C. ordered           D. persuaded

14. A. hero             B. figure            C. expert            D. adviser

15. A. encouragement    B. expectation       C. pressure          D. hope

This is a dangerous world we live in．The number of murders goes up every year, people are dying of cancer, more people contract HIV, more teens are using drugs, etc．You know this because you have heard all the statistics on the news and in the paper． But do you really have an accurate idea what they mean? The numbers are growing up, but how do they compare to the growth in population? Are more cases of these diseases being reported because of better testing techniques, or are the diseases more common? The fact is that without knowing the background statistics mean very little．

   This growing trend of reporting only part of the information is becoming dangerous．For example, several years ago a high school student reported the dangers of the chemical known as dihydrogen monoxide．This chemical, found in most cancerous tumors（肿瘤）, is often found in the blood of people drunk on alcohol, and causes complete physical and mental dependence for those who take the chemical even once．After reading his report, more than 75% of his Advanced Placement Chemistry class voted to forbid this dangerous chemical! Every one of the above statements is true, yet this chemical is necessary to all life on earth．The students made the mistake because they voted knowing only a few statements and statistics, rather than the chemical’s full background．

   The point of this article is that one should be aware of what is and is not being said．When one finds a new fact or number, one should try to consider other important information before forming an opinion with only half-truths．Always remember that the author is trying to convince you of his or her own view, and will leave out information that is different to his view．For example, look again at the statistics that suggest skiing is safe．Only 32 people may die each year when skiing, while 897 die from lightning strikes, but which is really the most dangerous? If you think about it, you realize far fewer people go skiing each year than the number of people who are in danger of a lightning strike．When you think about it, skiing is more dangerous than you might at first think when looking at statistics．If we teenagers are to be left in this world, we had better be able to think critically, and form our own views, rather than be easily persuaded by another’s．To be warned is to be prepared．

1.In the first paragraph, what problem does the writer want to warn us?

         A．We are now living in a dangerous world．

         B．We get a lot of false statistics from the media．

         C．Statistics alone without full background doesn’t give us an accurate pictures of things．

         D．There are around us more and more murders, diseases, etc．

2.Why does the writer use the example in the second paragraph?

         A．To argue that high school students are easily persuaded．

         B．To show the danger of reporting only part of the information．

         C．To prove what is necessary to us might be dangerous．

         D．To warn us of the harmful substance around us．

3.Relative information is often left out because__________．

         A．Relative information is not that important．

         B．too much information will make readers feel confused．

         C．the author is trying to show what he or she says is true．

         D．readers are not able to analyze so much information at once．

4.What can we learn from the passage?

         A．We should learn to think critically and look at problems from all sides．

         B．Some measures must be taken to protect our dangerous world．

         C．The growing trend of reporting only half-truths is getting out of control．

D．Teenagers ought to improve their ability of telling right from wrong．