A student newspaper reports that most students go to sleep at 1:30 am. Even if that’s an overstatement (夸张), it’s close to the truth. Scientists say teens should sleep nine hours each night. But that’s hard. Some are even “pulling all-nighters” (开夜车). These students must hand in their homework the next day but they haven’t done it. In the morning they don’t look healthy and you can tell who’s been doing it. One of my classmates did a survey on the topic. She found that most kids pull all-nighters to finish homework, but some do it for other reasons, such as playing computer games!
Maybe our lack(缺乏) of sleep is because of laziness — I think I’m a rather lazy student — or maybe it’s because we have too much to do in American high schools. I usually go to bed around midnight. If I stayed up past 1:30 am, I wouldn’t get any work done. I’d be falling asleep at my computer. My classes begin at 7:30 am. I’m partly awake in my first class. By the second, I’m a little sleepy. By my third class, I’m sleepy. By midday I’m finally fully awake. But by 3:00 pm, I’m slowing down again. Yet I get more sleep than usual students.
Most American high schools seem to have a similar(相似的) problem with sleepy students. High school classes start at 7:30 am, so students have to get up one and a half hours before that to get ready and catch the bus. It’s believed that lack of sleep can be bad for both grades and health. Some schools are paying attention. Classes in those schools start at 8:30 am.
【小题1】What does the underlined sentence “it’s close to the truth” mean?

A．It doesn’t tell the truth.	B．It is quite true.
C．It is impossible.	D．I don’t think it’s right.

【小题2】Why do most of the teens have to stay up late?

A．They play computer games.	B．They watch videos late.
C．They have to do a lot of housework.	D．They have to do a lot of homework.

【小题3】When do students in most American high schools have to get up?

A．At 7:30 am.

B．At 6:00 am.

C．At 9:00 am.

D．At about 7:00 am.

【小题4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the reading?

A．The writer usually stays up past 1:30 am.

B．The writer usually goes to bed around midnight.

C．The writer usually does a survey.

D．Many American students don’t get enough sleep, so they can have high grades.

【小题5】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Something has to be done to solve the problem of students’ lack of sleep.

B．Many American high school students are sleepy in class.

C．Many kids have too much homework to do.

D．Students can’t play computer games.

A. 根据句意或中英文提示，写出单词的正确形式，每空一词。(8 分)
1. He is my ________ (双胞胎) sister, Kate.
2. Lucy is going to the ____________（博物馆）this winter holiday.
3. Kitty is small and she loves to  ____________（跳舞）.
4.There are two ___________ (图书馆) in my school.
5. Tom is a ________ (有礼貌)boy. He always says "hello" to his teachers.
6.Would you like to be a m__________ of the Reading Club?—Of course..
7. He enjoys c_____ with his friends on the Internet .
8.Listen to me and a_____________ my questions.
B. 用所给词的适当形式填空。(7分)
9. Sunday is the ____________(one) day of a week.
10.. June 1^st  is ____________ Day. (child)
11. Yao Ming is a very good basketball ____________. (play)
12. It’s time ____________(have) lunch.
13.Thank you for ____________(call) me.
14.May I ____________(borrow) your ruler?
15. I spend about an hour a day ____________(clean) the room.

A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden. One day, she said to her 31________, “Betty, come here. Look at all these little yellow marks on the 32________ of the cabbages. They are eggs of a kind of insect(虫子). They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages. This afternoon you must 33________ all the eggs on the leaves and kill them. In this way, you will help us have 34________, greener and bigger cabbages.”
Betty didn’t think she could do it 35________ and in the end she forgot all about it. The mother fell ill for a few days and 36________ work in her garden. When she was well, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages. To 37________ surprise, the insects had eaten every leaf. When Betty saw this, she began to 38________. Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off what we have to do today till 39________. And you must learn to deal with the bad things while they are small, 40________ it will turn into a big problem.
【小题1】 A son  B. mother   C daughter 
【小题2】A tress   B. leaves   C. grass
【小题3】 A find   B. eat   C. fly
【小题4】 A worse   B better   C thinner
【小题5】A at most   B at last   C at once
【小题6】A must   B couldn’t   C need
【小题7】A my   B their   C his
【小题8】 A cry   B wait   C run
【小题9】A yesterday   B today   C tomorrow
【小题10】A. but      B. or     C. and

A boy was sent by his parents to a boarding school(寄宿学校). Before being sent away, this boy was the   36  student in his class. He was at the top in every competition. But the boy changed after  37  home and attending the boarding school. His grades started dropping. He   38  being in a group. He was lonely all the time because he felt no one loved him.
His   39  started worrying about the boy. But they did not know   40  was wrong with him. So his dad   41  to travel to the boarding school and   42  with him. They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started   43  him casual(随便的) questions about his classes, teachers and sports.   44 some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”
The boy answered back, “To check my   45 ?”
“No, no,” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for  46 . I want to see you   47 . I don’t care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”
These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears. He hugged(拥抱) his dad. They didn’t say
  48   to each other for a long time.
Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him   49 . And today this young man is in college at the   50  of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

【小题1】

A．healthiest B．nicest C．loneliest D．brightest

【小题2】

A．reaching B．going C．leaving D．coming

【小题3】

A．hated B．enjoyed C．wanted D．liked

【小题4】

A．friends B．parents C．teachers D．cousins

【小题5】

A．what B．why C．how D．where

【小题6】

A．liked B．continued C．decided D．thought

【小题7】

A．quarrel B．talk C．sing D．dance

【小题8】

A．saying B．telling C．speaking D．asking

【小题9】

A．When B．Before C．After D．Until

【小题10】

A．groups B．grades C．happiness D．brightness

【小题11】

A．me B．him C．her D．them

【小题12】

A．sad B．lonely C．happy D．moved

【小题13】

A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything

【小题14】

A．widely B．strongly C．heavily D．deeply

【小题15】

A．top B．bottom C．middle D．height

A famous foreign company in China wanted a clerk for its public relation department(公关部).
A beautiful girl with a master’s degree(硕士学位) went through a lot of challenges and her name was o  67 【小题1】 the list. In the final stage she had an i  68  【小题2】together with another girl. B  69  【小题3】of them were excellent, not only in looks but also in education.
The girl was s  70 【小题4】in the interview. It seemed that she would get the c 71  .【小题5】At last the examiner asked her, “Can you come to the office n  72  【小题6】Monday?” Shocked by the unexpected question, the beautiful girl couldn’t make a d  73  【小题7】
at the moment, so she said, “ I have to talk with my parents before I give an answer. “ The examiner felt surprised but said calmly, “ If so, let’s wait u  74 【小题8】 you are ready.”
The next day, the girl came to tell the examiner that her parents had a  75 【小题9】 to let her begin work next Monday. But the examine said regretfully(遗憾地), “Sorry, another suitable candidate(候选人) has got the job. You had b  76 【小题10】 try another place.” The beautiful girl was surprised. She asked for an explanation and was told, “What is needed here is a person who knows her own mind.”
That was how a good chance right under the nose of a beautiful girl ran away.