Tears came into this mother’s eyes when she talked about waking up her son．Every morning，her ten-year-old boy puts up one finger with his eyes still closed，begging for one more minute to sleep．

   Why is he so sleepy? Because, like thousands of student“early birds”in China，he has to get up before 6 a．m．every morning．

   School students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night．But in Shanghai，it’s reported that 90％of the students do not get enough sleep．And studies show that without a good night’s sleep．students seem to be weaker than they should be．Many become nearsighted(近视)as a result．

   Li Ming，a student at Qinghua High School，said that he usually goes to bed after 11P．m．But when he has exams coming up，he can stay up as late as midnight．This“night bird”lifestyle(生活方式)has made many students nod off(打瞌睡)in class．Li Ming said that it is during afternoon classes that he feels most sleepy．“My parents are usually happy to see me studying so late．”he said．“They think I work very hard and they make me cups of coffee．”

    However，not all parents are happy about this．“My daughter gets up so early．She looks tired and it really hurts me，”said one of the parents．Why don’t so many students get enough sleep? Now many members of society began to think about it．

1．The ten-year-old boy’s mother talked about waking up her son with tears in her eyes because      ．

    A．her son’s lack of(缺少)sleep hurt her but she had to wake him up

    B．her son wasn’t good at lessons

    C．she thought her son was too lazy

    D．her son was badly ill

2．School students usually need to sleep for        a night．

    A．more than ten hours            B．at least eight hours

    C．less than eight hours              D．six to eight hours

3．For school students，lack of sleep may lead to(导致)      ．

    A．the body’s weakness                  B．nodding off in class

    C．near sighted eyes                  D．all the above

4．Li Ming’s mother is          to see him studying late．

    A．sorry            B．worried                C．happy      D．angry

5．Which one is true according to the passage?

    A．All the parents hope their children stay up．

    B．No students complain about their lack of sleep．

    C．Most students watch TV or play computer games deep into the night．

D．Some parents are worried about the fact that most of the students don’t have enough sleep．

Have you ever felt life is bad? Do you find that life seems to make things difficult for you and everything seems to go wrong? I sometimes felt that way，but a friend changed me．

He told me that although he didn't have enough money，he was happy．I asked why he was happy．Then he told me what he saw in India．

A few years ago，he was really feeling sad and went to India．He saw an Indian mother cut off her child's right hand with a knife．After that he could never forget the sad eyes of the helpless mother and the child．The reason why the mother did that was to beg．The mother did this so that the child could go out on the streets to beg and get some food to eat．

Then he began to think about how happy he was．He had food to eat，a complete body，a job，a family，the chance to say that some food wasn't delicious，and many things that the mother and the child in front of him never dreamed of having．

After hearing his story，I began to think about it，too．Was my life real1y that bad? Perhaps it wasn't．It wasn't bad at all．

What about you? Next time you think that your life is bad，think about the child who lost one hand so that he could beg on the streets．

1．The writer begins the article with two questions in order to _________．

A．show the readers he knows a lot                  B．stress his opinion

C．attract the readers' interest

2．The Indian mother was _________ when she was cutting off her child's hand．

A．angry                         B．sad                      C．crazy

3．The underlined part “to beg” means _________．

A．to ask others for food                                 B．to tell others he’s sorry

C．to say he's unable to do anything

4．The writer's friend _________ after he saw what the Indian's life was like．

A．felt very sad and angry                                B．came to believe he was lucky

C．started to feel he was helpless

5．The underlined sentence in the end of the passage tells us _________．

A．how to feel good when upset                       B．how to help the poor when possible

C．how to keep a balance between rich and poor

“Do you like my dress?” She asked a stranger. “My mum made it just for me,” She said with tears in her eyes.

“Well, I think it's very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?”

The little girl answered in a low voice, “After mum made me this dress, she went away. My dad says that she's up in heaven now with Grandfather.”

Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and gently held the child in her arms.

Then suddenly the little girl did something a bit strange. She stopped crying, walked back from the woman and began to sing. She sang softly. It was the sweetest sound the woman had ever heard, almost like the song of a very small bird.

After the child stopped singing, she said to the lady, “My mum often sang that song to me before she went away, and she asked me to sing it whenever I started crying and it would make me stop.”

“See”, she said loudly, “it did, and now my eyes are dry!”

Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl showed her a spot (印迹) on her dress, and said, “Right here is where my mum kissed  my dress, and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness.”

Then the lady realized that she wasn't just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at a mother. The mother knew that she was going away and would not be there to kiss away her daughter's hurts any longer.

So the mother gave all her love to her beautiful daughter and put it into this dress. Now her child was wearing it so proudly.

The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child wrapped (包) in her mother's love.

46. Who told the little girl to sing a song when she was crying?                       

A. the lady.                               B. her father.        

C. her mother.                             D. her grandfather.

47. Why was the little girl crying?                                

A. Because her mother went to a big city.   

B. Because her mother died.

C. Because her mother went out with her grandfather.        

D. Because her mother was ill in hospital.

48. The little girl showed the lady           .                        

A. how rich she was                        B. her happiness

C. how beautiful she was                   D. her mother's love

49. What do we know about the lady in the passage?                              

A. She was kind to the girl.               B. She was beautiful.

C. She was worried to see the girl.        D. She was a careless woman.

50. It can be learned from the passage that            .                                           

A. The girl's mother went away because of cancer.

B. Mother's love is the greatest in the world

C. A girl should wear a dress made by her mother

D. A mother should take her child with her wherever she goes.