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How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. 1 need ten hours of sleep a night. After age fifty, the average (平均) sleep time goes 2 to 6.5 hours a night. Most of people have a night when they can"t sleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with 3 Many of these people 4 fall sleep. This is not 5_ problem. Many famous people 6 could not fall asleep. Some of these people had their own ways to make them sleep. Benjamin Franklin, the famous statesman and inventor had four 7 . He 8 from one to the other to fall asleep. King Lois XIV of France has 413 beds and hoped _ 9_ asleep in one of them Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay 10 _ his side across the end of the bed! | |||
阅读理解。 Each year several thousand people are killed on the road in Great Britain. Every year between one and two hundred thousand people are injured, or killed in road accidents. If you are in England and if you listen to the eight o"clock news from BBC, you will often hear news of road accidents. You may hear something like this" On last Monday evening, at about twenty minutes to ten, a cyclist was knocked down by a truck at crossing of Oak Road and High Street in Croydon. The cyclist has died from his injuries. Anyone who saw the accident please communicate (联系) with New Scotland Yard, telephone number Whitehall one, two, one, two. " Accidents are often caused by carelessness. If everybody obeys the rules, the roads will be much safer. How can we make the road safer? In Breat Britain traffic: keeps on to the left. Motor-cars, trucks, buses and cyclists must all keep to the left side of the road. In most other countries traffic keeps to the right. Before crossing the road, stop and look both ways. Look right, look left again. Then, if you are sure that the road is clear, that there is nothing coming, it is safe to cross the road. If you see small children, or very old people, or blind people, waiting to cross the road, it is kind act to help them to cross the road in safety. We must teach young children to cross the road safely. We must always give them a good example. Small children mustn"t play in the street. 1. How many people are injured on the road in Great Britain every year? A. Several thousand. B. Between one and two hundred people. C. Between 100,000 and 200,000 people. D. Between l,000 and 2,000 people. 2. New Scotland Yard " may be _____. A. the police B. a factory mending cars C. a big hospital D. a group saving people from road accidents 3. "In Great Britain traffic keeps to the left" means _____ . A. all the cars, buses coming and going along the road must be driven along the left side of the road B. all the cars, buses coming and going along the road must be driven to the left side of the road C. only trucks must be driven along the right side of the road D. all the cars buses coming and going along the road must be stopped on the left side of the road 4. In our country traffic should keep _____. A. to the left B. in the right C. on the left D. to the right 5. Which of the following is RIGHT? A. Every road accident is caused by carelessness. B. "The road is clear means "There"s nothing on it." C. Before crossing the road in China, you should look left first and then look right. D. People can play in the street except small children. | |||
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Everyone needs friends. We all like to 1 someone close. 2 is nice to have a friend to talk, laugh and do things with. 3 , sometimes we need to be alone. We don"t always want people 4 . But we would feel lonely if we 5 had a friend. No two people are 6 . Friends 7 don"t get on well. That doesn"t mean 8 they no longer like each other. Most of the time they will make up and become 9 again. Sometimes friends move away. Then we feel very 10 .We miss them very much, but we can 11 them and write to them. It could be that we could even see them again. And we can 12 new friends. It is surprising to find out 13 we like new people when we get to know them. There"s more good news for people who have friends. They live longer than people who don"t. Why? It could be that they are 14 . Being happy helps you stay well. Or it could be just knowing that someone cares. If someone cares about you, you take 15 care of yourself. | |||
( )1. A.1ook ( )2. A. It ( )3. A. Hardly ( )4. A. alone ( )5. A.ever ( )6. A. friendly ( )7. A. always ( )8. A. that ( )9. A. friendly ( )10. A. angry ( )11. A. call ( )12. A. look for ( )13. A. how often ( )14. A. happier ( )15. A. less | B. watch B. Me B. Nearly B. away B.never B. kind B. sometimes B. whether B. good B. sad B. ask B. find B. how long B. stranger B. better | C. fee1 C. There C. Suddenly C. all over C.just C. just the same C.often C. how C. pleased C. happy C. tell C. make C. how many C. kinder C. little | D. see D. Someone D. Certainly D. around D.really D. quite different D. usually D. why D. friends D. alone D. talk with D. know D. how much D. richer D.no |
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One day Bob took two of his frends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing. In the aftemoon when they were about ten kilometers from their camp, It started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp? Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometers in such cold weather! It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents! | |||
1. John and his two friends went to the forest to . A. build their camp B. find their way home C. enjoy the mountains in the snow D. watch the trees in the forest 2.They could not f1nd their way back because . A. there was only one road to their camp B. it rained heavily C. there were no roads in the mountains at all D. everything was covered by the white snow 3. It is clear that they wanted the horses to take them to A. John’s house B.the camp C.the forest D.the mountains 4. The horses stopped because . A. it was getting late B. they were tired after running for a long way C. they knew that they had got to the camp D. they had seen John"s house 5.The story happened A. on a cold winter day B.on a dark snowy evening C. in a cold camp far from villages D. at night when nothing could be seen | |||
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A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin (顽童) was walking around the shining car. “Is this your car, Paul?"he asked. Paul answered, "Yes,my brother gave it to me for Christmas. "The boy was surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn"t cost you anything?Boy, I wish…”He hesitated. Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly? "I wish, "the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that. "Paul looked at the boy in surprise,then he said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my car?" "Oh yes, I"d love that. " After a short ride,the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said, "Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?" Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the boy wanted. He wanted to show" his neighbours that he could ride home in a big car. But Paul was wrong again. "Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked. He ran up to the steps. Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled(残疾)brother. He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car. "There she is,Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn"t cost him a cent. And some day I"m going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself all the nice things in the Christmas windows that I"ve been trying to tell you about. " Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride. | |||
1. The street urchin was very surprised when _____. A. Paul received an expensive car B. Paul told him about the car C. he saw the shining car D. he was walking around the car 2. From the story we can see the urchin _____. A. wished to give his brother a car B. wanted Paul"s brother to give him a car C. wished he could have a brother like Paul"s D. wished Paul could be a brother like that 3. The urchin asked Paul to stop his car in front of his house _____. A. to show his neighbours the big car B. to show he had a rich friend C. to let his brother ride in the car D. to tell his brother about his wish 4. We can infer(推断)from the story that _____. A. Paul couldn"t understand the urchin B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother D. the urchin"s wish came true in the end 5.The best name of the story is _____. A. A Christmas Present B. A Street Urchin C. A Brother Like That D. An Unforgettable Holiday Ride |