77.   The underlined word "sideways" means________in this passage.

A．从侧面    B．向前    C．小路    D．人行道

76.   Talking on a mobile phone is________than sending text messages.

A.  slower         B. cheaper       C.  more expensive    D.  more interesting

Talking on a mobile phone is expensive,  so a lot of people send text messages. Text messages are much cheaper than talking on a mobile phone,  and you can make it even cheaper by shortening the words that you use. You can do this by taking out "unimportant" letters in the words and using numbers instead of words (2=to,  3 = free,  4 =for,  8 = ate,  so h 8 = hate,  etc. ). Here is an example: Im 3 nw,  why nt gv me a cll?”(I‘m free now,  why not give me a call?)

Mobile phone users have developed a series of symbols (一系列 符号) to show how they feel. They are called emoticons (情感符号). To read an emoticon,  you have to look at it sideways. For ex­ample,  if you say something in a text message which is a joke,  you can follow it with a smiling face. Like this_: Why didt u cll me? Im so sad. ： - )

Here are some others. Can you think of these text messages where you could use them?

^： ：- ( sad           ：- < really sad           | - | asleep

：- V  shouting            8-| surprised

75. 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 night,

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

D

7-1.   Li Ming's mother is________to see him studying late,

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

73.  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

72. 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

71. 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

70.   Alice wants to practice writing stories in her summer holiday.   She had better________

for more information.

A.   send an e-mail to singleclub® yahoo com    B. join the Hiking Club

C.  call Karen                              D.  call 3338651

C

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 a night.  But in Shanghai,  it's re ported 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 11 p. 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.

69. Who can join the Singles' Club?

A.  A 10-year-old boy.            B.- A 28-year-old single man.

C.  Young parents.               D.  A 28-year-old married woman.