After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the previous day. The rest that you get while sleeping makes it possible for your body to prepare itself for the next day.

There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your body relaxes little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts back and forth from one level of sleep to the other.

Although your mind slows down, you will dream from time to time. Scientists who study sleep point out that when you are dreaming, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (although your eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.

If you have trouble falling asleep, some people suggest breathing very slowly and very deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep.

The text makes us know that not getting enough sleep might make you _________.

      A. suffer form poor health                B. enjoy more

      C. dream more often                     D. breathe quickly

During REM, _______.

A. you move restlessly                   B. you start dreaming

C. your mind stops working               D. your eyeballs move quickly

The underlined word “drowsy” in the last paragraph probably means______.

     A. lazy              B. sleepy                  C. relaxed                D. pleased

A good title for this text might be_________.

     A. Dreams        B. Sleep                   C. Good Health       D. Work and Rest

One of the ways to fall asleep easily is to _______________.

     A. breathe slowly and deeply                  B. drink cold drinks 

C. get up and run                                    D. look for some sheep

After six months of living in New Zealand, I realized one thing. Despite my  36   for greater contact with local students,  37   I initiated(开始) the contact, it wouldn’t happen. Local students are not interested in contacts with the international students, because they regard us as shy,  38    and sometimes snobby （势利的） people. Of course we know that’s not true. I want to change their opinions.

After  39     the problem, I put on my “confidence mask” each morning and walked around with a smile on my face. I chatted with people whenever I had the chance. I showed that I was not afraid to  40     them, and that I was worthy of being a friend.

A side-effect of my  41     confidence was that my emotions occasionally broke down Only in the  42     of my room, where no one could see, would I reveal my real emotions. All the rejections, funny looks, and  43     behind my back calling me a weirdo（古怪的人） melted  into tears. Once that was done, I would put on my confidence mask once again and start a new day.

It finally worked  My name became known throughout the school as I appeared to be 44     and active. Slowly, I discovered that I no longer needed to put on my confidence mask. I had real    friends. Instead of dragging myself to school and  45    to be happy, I was truly happy. I could not believe it when I was elected to the student government as Deputy Head boy----the first international student to receive the title.

From my  46     in New Zealand, I believe one thing will always be true: If you try your best to reach your goals, you’ll achieve your  47     dreams.

A. desire          B. invitation   C. devotion     D. effort

A. if             B. otherwise   C. unless       D. once

A. energetic     B. considerate C. free        D. dull

A. getting        B. realizing     C. solving       D. making

A. get up with     B. put up with C. open up to  D. look forward to

A. accepted      B. proved      C. elected           D. forced

A. public         B. privacy      C. possession  D. protection

A. laughing      B. talking      C. acting     D. walking

A. minded        B. talented      C. humorous   D. enthusiastic

A. looking      B. helping      C. pretending  D. treating

A. experience     B. trouble           C. travel      D. struggle

A. great         B. impossible  C. hopeful      D. reasonable

After I finished school, I began to look for a work.  1 ________

Now several months has passed, I haven’t found the job      2 ________

I was interesting in. Last Sunday morning, I received a       3 ________

phone call from a man calling Mr. Wang. He said on the      4 ________

phone, “I hear you do well on your studies. I may offer       5 ________

you a job.” I entered into his office with a beating           6 ________

heart. How I wished I will go through the job-hunting        7 ________

talk and he would take on me as a lab assistant. But          8 ________

to my surprise, what he said made me to feel disappointed.    9 ________

That he needed was only a model.                                         

10________

After spending three days in a wheelchair, I was ready to quit. Not only did I have to battle cracked (裂缝的) and uneven (不平的) pavements, I had to deal with the bad attitude of pedestrians (行人) and a cold rain. But I didn’t give up because of people like Tiffany Payne.

   Payne, who has been using a wheelchair for 18 years, laughed at me:

   “Imagine trying to get around town in the winter,” she said.

   I could see her point: You’re battling to get to a doctor’s appointment (预约), but no one has shoveled (铲) after a big snowfall. Your choices: Move out and risk getting stuck, or reschedule the appointment.

  Those of us fortunate enough to get around on our own two legs don’t give a second thought to the person in a wheelchair next to us at a crosswalk. That would require us to look down.

   So I decided to try using a wheelchair to get a sample of what their lives are like. It wasn’t long before I saw that people who use wheelchairs are forced to deal with a lot of trouble.

   During my experiment, I was ignored by store staff while shopping and bumped into by inattentive (疏忽的) walkers without so much as an apology.    

   Some people even gave me angry looks as if I were the one at fault.

   Once in a store, a woman bumped into me trying to get to the new iPad. She didn’t say, “Excuse me.”

  When salespeople did offer assistance, they talked to people who were with me, instead of me. I wanted to yell: “Hey, I’m down here!”

  Some salespeople talked to me as though I were a child or acted like they didn’t want to be bothered with me.

   People who use wheelchairs want to be treated like everyone else. They also comprehend (理解), so you don’t have to speak to them in a childlike, sing-song voice. It’s not very appealing (吸引人的), especially when the person is an adult. And most importantly, remember they have feelings that can be hurt just like yours.

   Spending three days in a wheelchair made me look differently at those who have to use one. I hope you do the same.

                                            By James E. Causey

The author writes the story to _______.

  A. help those in wheelchairs gain self-confidence

  B. share his experience of acting as a wheelchair user

  C. ask people to show sympathy for those in wheelchairs

  D. call on people to respect and help those in wheelchairs

During his three days in a wheelchair, the author met all of the following  

  difficulties EXCEPT ______.

  A. bad road conditions          B. poor attitudes of ordinary people

  C. terrible medical service         D. bad weather

What can we conclude from the article?

  A. A wheelchair user may feel offended when you do not address him or her directly.

  B. Assistants in big stores are usually kind to people in wheelchairs.

  C. People in wheelchairs should fight for fair treatment.

  D. People in wheelchairs are usually hard to get along with.

Which of the following statements would the author agree to?

  A. Look down on a person in a wheelchair.

  B. Speak to a person in a wheelchair in a sing-song voice.

  C. Treat a person in a wheelchair as you would any other person.

  D. Offer assistance to a person in a wheelchair without asking for permission.

After lunch, without permission from parents, the two boys set off to explore the part of the beach which lay beyond the headland(陆岬，伸出海面的尖形高地).They had persuaded their young sister to _1_, saying that the long walk would be too _2_for her. Once they had got in the head land, the beach reached away endlessly before them. It was like _3_a new world. There were damp, dark caves to _4_,there were many_5_ among the rocks, full of sea creatures(生物);and, here and there along the beach were those _6_ objects, washed up and _7_ by the tide.

The afternoon passed _8_The sun was already _9_when the boys reluctantly(恋恋不舍地) _10_ to make their _11_ homewards. But long before they reached the headland, they could see that the tide had come in so sudden that they were now _12_from either end of the beach. Their only chance of _13_ was to find a way up the cliff(悬崖) nearby.

They soon find a narrow path _14_ the cliff top. But half way up their path was_15_by a large rock which they could not climb_16_The two boys had to_17_ at the top of their voices, _18_ that someone might_19_over the top of the rock, and finally came their father with two policemen. _20_of them climbed down a rope which was lowered over the rock. The boys were then pulled to safety, and thus saved from spending a miserable night on the cliff.

1. A. keep quiet    B. stay behind       C. take a rest        D. join them

2. A. tiring        B. exciting          C. uninteresting     D. impossible

3. A. discovering   B. facing           C. enjoying         D. imagining

4. A. look up      B. explore           C. hide in          D. search

5. A. lakes        B. rivers            C. waterfalls        D. pools

6. A. dirty        B .light             C. strange           D. clean

7. A. moved       B .covered          C. beaten           D. left

8. A. quickly      B. unexpectedly      C. finally            D. suddenly

9. A. leaving      B. dropping          C. going            D. setting

10. A. forgot      B. decided           C. succeeded        D. turned

11.A. road        B. way              C. track            D. path

12. A. cut off      B. left behind         C. held back        D. put away

13. A. running off  B. keeping clear       C. getting away      D. turning back

14. A. reaching    B. passing            C. going up         D. leading to

15. A. blocked     B. covered           C. stopped          D. filled

16. A. on         B. over              C. round            D. through

17. A. shout       B. shoot             C. repeat            D .renew

18. A. wanting     B. guessing          C. believing          D. hoping

19. A .turn        B. appear            C. hide              D. climb

20. A. Any        B. None             C. One              D. First