Reading newspapers has become an important part of everyday life. Some people read newspapers as the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day so that they can learn what is happening in the world.

Sometimes, we do not have enough time to read all the news carefully, so we just take a quick look at the front page. At other times, we may be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the headlines (标题) of the passage.

Newspapers can be found everywhere in the world. We can get many different kinds of newspapers in big cities, but in some mountain villages we can see few newspapers.

Some newspapers are published (出版) once a week, but most of the papers are published once a day with many pages, some even published twice a day! You know different people enjoy reading different newspapers. Some like world news, and others prefer short stories. They just choose what they are interested in.

Today newspapers in English have the largest numbers of readers in the world. The English language is so popular that many Chinese students are reading English newspapers such as China Daily or 21st Century. Also they bring us more and more information with Internet.

1. People read newspapers in order to ________________ .

A．learn the latest news

B．meet their own different needs

C．read the short stories

D．find the morning news

2.From the passage we can see that           when people get newspapers.

A．they read them very carefully

B．they just read the headlines

C．not everyone reads all the pages

D．they have no time to read them

3. Newspapers have so many pages because __________ .

A．more and more people like to read them

B．people enjoy reading something different

C．newspapers become cheaper

D．more pages mean more money

4. Newspapers ______________ are the most popular in the world.

A．in English                             B．in Chinese

C．in other language                       D．with many pages

5.According to the passage, besides newspapers, people also get information from _______.

A．magazines                             B．Advertisements

C．e-mails                               D．Internet

Yoga(瑜伽) is a kind of sport.It is very    46  around the world now. Every one can do yoga. It’s good   47 men and women.

     48  do people like yoga? It’s   49  to say.. The short answer is that yoga helps you to    50  fit. For many people , this answer is enough(足够),   51  there is more if you have an interest in it.

  Yoga    52   in india about 5000 years ago. At that time, people wanted to be free,   53  and live a long life.so this kind of exercise was born. Yoga is a Sanskrit(梵语) word and it    54    “to join together”. There are    55   parts in yoga: exercise,brething and thinking. Yoga can give you peace(平静) and help you feel relaxed.

1.A.easy               B.popular            C. interesting

2.A. to                 B. for               C. with

3.A. Why               B. How             C. Where

4.A.hard                B. different          C. heavy

5.A. take               B. turn              C.keep

6.A. so                 B. or               C. but

7.A. begin              B. begins            C.began

8.A. healthy            B. warm            C. busy

9.A. shows             Bmeans             C. plans

10.A. two                B. three            C. four

In the past ten years, many scientists have studied the differences between men and women. And they all got the same answer: The sexes (性别) are different, because their brains are different. And this, the scientists say, makes men and women see the world in different ways.

Boys, for example, generally are better than girls at mathematical (数学的) ideas. Boys also generally are better than girls at the kind of hand and eye movements necessary for ball sports. Girls, on the other hand generally start speaking earlier than boys. And they generally see better in the dark than boys and are better at learning foreign languages.

What makes men and women better at one thing or another? The answer is the brain. The brain has two sides connected by nerve(神经) tracks. The left side generally is used for mathematics, speech and writing. The right side is used for artistic creation and the expression for emotions. In men and women, different areas in each side of the brain develop differently. In boys, for example, it’s the area used for mathematics. In girls, it is the area used for language skills. Another interesting difference is that the two sides of a man’s brain are connected by smaller nerves than the two sides of a woman’s brain area.

1.Which of the following is best to outline(概括) the article?

A. Research on the Brain

B. Differences between Men and Women

C. Who are Better, Boys or Girls

2.________ men and women think differently.

A. The different brains make

B. The different experiences make

C. The influences of society make

3.According to the article, girls are generally better than boys at _______ in your school.

A. mathematics

B. physics

C. English

4.Which of the following is true?

A. The left side of brain in boys generally develops better than that in girls.

B. The left side of brain in girls generally develops better than that in boys.

C. The area in girls used for language skills develops better.

5.In men and women the number of nerves connecting the halves of brain _______.

A. is the same

B. is different

C. is zero 

Look at this photo!  I have two friends. The ____1_____ in yellow is Mike. He is thirteen   __  2 _  old .  He    3 _  from the U.S.A. He  4 _   a round face, a big nose, a small mouth    5_   small eyes. This girl is his    6 _   Jane. She and Mike are from   7  same family (家庭) . But they look _  8  .  She has a long face , a small    9 ,  a small mouth and big    10   . They are my good friends.

1.A. girl        B. boy          C. man

2.A. years       B. year         C. ages

3.A. are         B. am          C. is

4.A. has        B. are          C. have

5.A. and         B. but          C. /

6.A. sister      B. teacher      C. mother

7.A. a           B. an           C. the

8.A. same          B. different    C. at  

9.A. ears           B. eyes         C. nose

10.A. arm            B. hair         C. eyes

English is one of my s 【小题1】 at school. I like it very much. I have learned it for three years. It is not easy to learn, but it is very i 【小题2】 for us.
English is the most widely spoken language in the world. People in different c 【小题3】often use English to talk with each other. Our country has opened its door to the world. More a 【小题4】 more people come here as travelers or on business . So English is getting common in our country. Of course, I must learn it w 【小题5】  .
English will be u  【小题6】 to me after I leave school. If we want to do business with foreigners, we must know English, because most of them speak and write English. In the world, most science b 【小题7】 are written in English. I am learning English so that I can learn much k 【小题8】  _. After I have learned English, I can r   【小题9】  short stories in English. I can also sing many English songs. English helps me e 【小题10】 myself after class.