I get an allowance every month．It’s fair, but a bit  1  would like．And my parents won’t give me 2  . They say I have to learn  3  my money and live within a budget．I'll have to do that when I become independent．ff they want me to do something, they tell me．They don’t ask me．Sometimes I argue with them，but usually I lose．They say, We are your parents． 4  you’re old enough，we’ll make 5  that we think are best for you．

      With regard to housework，I've got to help for about an hour every day．I've got to wash dishes and clothes，clean the floors and toilet and sometimes cook．My parents say I'll have to ran my own home some day, so  6  better to learn how to do it now．They'd never  7  paying me for doing housework．It’s the responsibility of the whole family, isn’t it?

（   ）1．A．more than                B．less than       C．much                     D．little

（   ）2．A．something extra                                     B．extra something

             C．anything extra                                        D．extra anything

（   ）3．A．saving                     B．to save          C．looking after           D．to look after

（   ）4．A．When                      B．After            C．Until                      D．Because

（   ）5．A．the decisions            B．a decision      C．decisions                D．decision

（   ）6．A．I’m                         B．you’re          C．you’d                    D．it’s

（   ）7．A．think                       B．dream of       C．planned                  D．agree

Do you always agree with your teachers? Sometimes you might have   1 answer to a math problem from your teacher. Or perhaps they scold（责备） you when you don't think you did anything wrong.

What do you do then? A story on sina corn said that   2   students are speaking out and even arguing with their   3  . It's   4  for students to say what they think. In the past, 5 Chinese students dared（敢于） speak back to their teachers. It was an unwritten rule that teachers are  6  right. But now students are beginning to think more by themselves and dare to 7   what they want.

But students should choose the right way to speak out. You should respect teachers. They are older than you and have more   8   So, never use rude words when speaking to them. And don't make them feel bad when you do not   9   them. Try to find the right   10  to talk to your teachers. For example, discuss the problem after class.

1.    A．the same           B．a different           C．the wrong        D．a right

2.    A．again and again       B．less and less         C．over and over       D．more and more

3.    A．friends            B．parents             C．teachers                 D．classmates

4.    A．polite                 B．good               C．wrong             D．bad

5.    A．few               B．a few              C．many            D．most

6.    A．never             B．sometimes          C．hardly           D．always

7.    A．say                B．talk                C．speak             D．tell

8.    A．students            B．books              C．friends            D．experience

9.    A．like to              B．agree with           C．listen to            D．laugh at

10. A．time               B．subject             C．topic            D．student

Sleep is very important. A person who does not sleep dies faster than a person who does not eat. We spend about a third（1/3） of our lives in sleep. That’s about 121 days a year!

How much sleep do we need? We are all different. A baby needs 16 hours of sleep every day. Children 6 to 12 years old need an average（平均） of 10 to 12 hours of sleep. Teenagers need 9 to 10 hours of sleep. An adult needs an average of 7 to 8 hours a night. There are some people who need only 3 hours of sleep. Others need 10 hours of sleep. After the age of 50, the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night. We need less sleep as we get older.

About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people cannot fall asleep. The name of this problem is insomnia. Some people say, “I didn’t sleep all night.” But that’s not really true. They may sleep lightly and wake up several times. In the morning, they only remember the times they were awake（醒着）, so they think they were awake all night.

This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special ideas to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin had four beds. He moved from one to the other to fall asleep. Mark Twain had a different way. He lay on his side across the end of the bed!

1．If you are thirteen years old, you need at least ______ hours of sleep.

A．16                  B．12                  C．9                   D．7

2．What does “insomnia” mean in this passage?

A．No sleep.                                                B．Bad sleep.

C．Slow sleep.                                             D．Sleep with many dreams.

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

A．We will die soon if we don’t sleep well.

B．The older we get, the less sleep we need.

C．We can tell a person’s age from his sleep time.

D．Famous people move from one bed to the other to fall asleep.

4．Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．Sleep More!                                  B．Go to Sleep!

C．Age and Sleep Time                             D．Famous People and Sleep

BEING an astronaut sounds cool, doesn't it? In space, they get to do some pretty amazing things, like floating in zero gravity(重力).
However, there are also plenty of things that astronauts can't do because of their weightless environment, and that's very sad. What's worse, they can't even let their sadness show, because it's impossible to cry in zero gravity.
Of course, astronauts can still produce tears. But crying is much more difficult in space, according to The Atlantic(大西洋月刊) in January. Without gravity, tears don't flow(流动) down out of the eyes like they do here on Earth. This means that when you cry in space, your tears have nowhere to go-they just stick(粘) to your eyes.
In May 2011, astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this during one of his spacewalks. "Tears," he said, "don't fall off of your eyes...They just kind of stay there."
Besides making your vision(视线)unclear, this can also cause physical pain. Back on Earth, tears are supposed to bring comfort to the eyes. But that's not the case in space. The space environment dries out astronauts' eyes, and when tears suddenly wet the eyes, it can cause pain rather than comfort. "My right eye is stinging(刺痛) like crazy," Feustel told his teammate during the walk.
Since gravity doesn't work in space, astronauts need some extra help to get rid of（除去） the tears. Feustel chose to rub his eyes against his helmet to wipe(擦) the tears away. Another choice is to just wait-"When the tears get big enough they simply break free of the eyes and float around," astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic.
There are lots of small things-things like crying-that we are so used to on Earth. We usually take them for granted until they become a problem in a totally different environment, like space.  There, astronauts can't talk to each other directly. They also can't eat or drink in normal ways. They can't even burp (打嗝), because there is no gravity to hold the food down in their stomach. If they do burp, they just end up throwing up（呕吐）everything in their stomach, according to the UK National Space Center.
Therefore, perhaps it's only space explorers who can honestly say: "Gravity, you're the best."
【小题1】From Paragraphs 2 and 3 , we can know that_______.

A．astronauts are unable to feel sad in space

B．astronauts produce fewer tears in space

C．tears produced in space flow down more slowly

D．tears produced in space don't flow downward

【小题2】What effect do tears have on astronauts?

A．They cause physical pain.

B．They bring comfort to them.

C．They make their vision clearer.

D．They float around and cause trouble.

【小题3】The underlined phrase "take them for granted" in paragraph 7 means _______.

A．find them important

B．consider them useless

C．need them during an emergency

D．fail to notice their presence(存在)

【小题4】The second-to-last paragraph (paragraph 7) is mainly about_______.

A．suggestions of how astronauts can stay comfortable in space

B．other basic things that are difficult to do in space

C．why burping is impossible in space

D．things human can't do without gravity

BEING an astronaut sounds cool, doesn't it? In space, they get to do some pretty amazing things, like floating in zero gravity(重力).

However, there are also plenty of things that astronauts can't do because of their weightless environment, and that's very sad. What's worse, they can't even let their sadness show, because it's impossible to cry in zero gravity.

Of course, astronauts can still produce tears. But crying is much more difficult in space, according to The Atlantic(大西洋月刊) in January. Without gravity, tears don't flow(流动) down out of the eyes like they do here on Earth. This means that when you cry in space, your tears have nowhere to go-they just stick(粘) to your eyes.

In May 2011, astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this during one of his spacewalks. "Tears," he said, "don't fall off of your eyes...They just kind of stay there."

Besides making your vision(视线)unclear, this can also cause physical pain. Back on Earth, tears are supposed to bring comfort to the eyes. But that's not the case in space. The space environment dries out astronauts' eyes, and when tears suddenly wet the eyes, it can cause pain rather than comfort. "My right eye is stinging(刺痛) like crazy," Feustel told his teammate during the walk.

Since gravity doesn't work in space, astronauts need some extra help to get rid of（除去） the tears. Feustel chose to rub his eyes against his helmet to wipe(擦) the tears away. Another choice is to just wait-"When the tears get big enough they simply break free of the eyes and float around," astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic.

There are lots of small things-things like crying-that we are so used to on Earth. We usually take them for granted until they become a problem in a totally different environment, like space.  There, astronauts can't talk to each other directly. They also can't eat or drink in normal ways. They can't even burp (打嗝), because there is no gravity to hold the food down in their stomach. If they do burp, they just end up throwing up（呕吐）everything in their stomach, according to the UK National Space Center.

Therefore, perhaps it's only space explorers who can honestly say: "Gravity, you're the best."

1.From Paragraphs 2 and 3 , we can know that_______.

A．astronauts are unable to feel sad in space

B．astronauts produce fewer tears in space

C．tears produced in space flow down more slowly

D．tears produced in space don't flow downward

2.What effect do tears have on astronauts?

A．They cause physical pain.

B．They bring comfort to them.

C．They make their vision clearer.

D．They float around and cause trouble.

3.The underlined phrase "take them for granted" in paragraph 7 means _______.

A．find them important

B．consider them useless

C．need them during an emergency

D．fail to notice their presence(存在)

4.The second-to-last paragraph (paragraph 7) is mainly about_______.

A．suggestions of how astronauts can stay comfortable in space

B．other basic things that are difficult to do in space

C．why burping is impossible in space

D．things human can't do without gravity