Everyone likes living in a clean and comfortable environment. If the envionment(環(huán)境) is bad, it will affect（影響）our bodies, and make us not feel well. Sometimes we may be terribly ill. At that time we don’t want to work, and we have to stay in bed and rest at home. So the envrionment is very important to us.
It’s germ that makes us ill. There are germs everywhere, They are very small and you can’t find them with your own eyes, but you can see them with a microscope（顯微鏡）. They are very small and there may be hundreds of them on a very small thing, Germs can always be found in the dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. Germs can also be found in air and dust（灰塵）. If you cut your finger, some of the dust from the floor may go into it, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your boby, and you will have pain everywhere.
To keep us healthy, we should try to our best to make our environment become cleaner and tidier. This needs us to act together.
【小題1】The writer tell us that________.

A．we like working when we are ill

B．germs can’t live in the water.

C．we can’t feel ill if the environment is bad.

D．we feel well when the environment is good.

【小題2】Germs are________.

A．very small things that you can’t see with your eyes.

B．the things that don’t effect people.

C．the things that you can find with your eyes.

D．the things that are very big.

【小題3】Where can germs be found? They can be found_________.

A．on the small thing	B．in air and dust
C．only in dirty water	D．everywhere

【小題4】How will you feel if germs go into the finger that is cut?

A．I will feel nothing.	B．I won’t mind.
C．I will feel tense.	D．I will feel painful.

【小題5】From the passage we know that________

A．environment doesn’t affect our life.

B．we don’t need to improve our environment.

C．germs may make us ill.

D．if the environment is better, germs will be more.

You hurry into the kitchen，open the refrigerator and suddenly you forget why you open it．“What am I looking for？”You ask yourself．“What am I doing here？”Don't worry．You are not losing your mind．We have all had this kind of thing．If you think about something very quickly，it goes into your short-term memory and it goes right back out in just a few seconds．You have not moved things from short-term to long-term memory，so you won't be able to remember it later on．
What can you do to help get back your missing short-term memory？You may go back to where you were．So，for example，if you were sitting in a chair listening to the music in the living room，just go back into the living room．This will help you remember，and when you are back in the living room，you will suddenly think，“Oh，yes，I was thirsty and I wanted something cold to drink．That is why I went to the fridge．”If，sometimes，you can't go back to where you were before，just try tracing your steps back in your mind．Think back to things you did before，and this may help you．
【小題1】We sometimes forget why we open the refrigerator, probably because___________.        

A．We lose our mind.	B．We are not thirsty.
C．We think about something too quickly.	D．we won’t be able to remember things.

【小題2】What can you do to help get back the missing short-term memory?

A．Stay where you are.	B．Make yourself thirsty.
C．Listen to some music.	D．Try tracing your steps back in your mind

【小題3】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Only a few of us will have such experiences,

B．People always forget why they hurry into the kitchen.

C．It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember why you do a certain thing at times.

D．Have something cold to drink can help you to remember the things.

【小題4】Which is the best title?

A．Lose your memory	B．What’s wrong with you?
C．Learn to forget	D．Just open the refrigerator

It's important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:
1．Reduce
If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. Millions of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don't know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste
2．Reuse
You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. With a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.
3. Recycle
Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so, we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat（壓平）and melted（融化）and the melted things are made for new coke cans.
4．Recover
When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten（腐爛的）apples, You have two choices: one is to throw the whole apple away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.
5. Repair
If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it instead of throwing it away. If you want to change for better ones, It is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a "throw－away" society(社會).But the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.
【小題1】_______can be recycled.

A．Only hard things

B．Many things

C．Few soft things

D．A11 things

【小題2】The "recover' rule mainly requires us_______.

A．to throw waste things away	B．to cover waste things with earth
C．to get back the useful parts	D．to throw the whole things away

【小題3】We can infer（推斷）that the writer of this passage may live in_______．

A．China

B．Japan

C．Australia

D．America

【小題4】Which of the following is true?

A．We will have no resources（資源）of nature unless we can do with the waste.

B．Recycling is the best way to save resources.

C．If we waste less, we can save more resources of nature

D．More things are wasted in developed countries than in developing ones.

During the day we work and play; at night we sleep. Our bodies rest while we sleep. In the morning we are ready to work and play again. While we are asleep, our bodies grow most. Children who are tired usually need more sleep. We can get our lessons better and we feel better too, when we have had plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night. Our bodies need plenty of air when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh（新鮮的）air we’ll feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our heads. If we do, our lungs（肺）will not get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air. Boys and girls who want to grow and be strong must get plenty of sleep.
【小題1】Our bodies grow most while we are _______.

A．eating

B．playing

C．sleeping

D．waking

【小題2】Which is better for us at night?

A．Hot air

B．Cool air

C．Warm air

D．Dry air

【小題3】Too little sleep makes us ________.

A．happy

B．hungry

C．tired

D．grow

【小題4】How much sleep should boys and girls of nine years have every night?

A．Eight hours

B．Nine hours

C．Ten hours

D．Eleven hours

【小題5】What do the lungs need most?

A．Fresh air

B．Food

C．Rest

D．Exercise

Some people like to get up early, but some do not. In fact, it is really good for us to get up early every day. Maybe those who don’t like getting up early will not believe this, but it is true. Scientists made a survey(調(diào)查) in about one thousand people, and then they found that early rising people had less disease(疾病) than late rising people, and early rising people also look healthier than late rising people, and so on.
So we may know early rising is helpful in more than one way. Firstly, it helps to keep us healthy. We all need fresh(新鮮的) air. And air is the freshest early in the morning. Besides(此外), it is useful to do morning exercises.
Secondly, early rising helps us in our studies. In the morning we learn more quickly and find it easier to understand what we learn.
Thirdly, early rising can give us a plan of our work for the day. We cannot work well without a good plan.
Fourthly, early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and faces and eat our breakfast.
Late risers may find it difficult to form(形成) the habit(習(xí)慣) of early rising. They have to make an effort(努力) to do so. As the English proverb(諺語) says, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
【小題1】We may read this passage in a _______ magazine.

A．health

B．sports

C．music

D．travel

【小題2】Early rising people are _______ than late rising people.

A．fatter

B．thinner

C．healthier

D．cleverer

【小題3】Air is the freshest ______ according to the passage.

A．in the morning

B．in the afternoon

C．in the evening

D．a(chǎn)ll day

【小題4】Which of the following is NOT the result(結(jié)果) of early rising?

A．People can get ready for their work.

B．People can get fresh air.

C．People can learn things more quickly and better.

D．People can have enough food for breakfast.

【小題5】If a man always likes to get up late, it’s ___ for him to form the habit of getting up early.

A．easy

B．difficult

C．happy

D．sad

March 16 is World Sleep Day. This year’s slogan is “Breathe Easily, Sleep Well”. Its aim is to celebrate the *benefits of good and healthy sleep.
Fangfang, from Liaoning, just became a high school student last September. She gets up at 5:30 a.m. every day and goes to bed at about midnight. Fangfang feels sleepy all the time. “I want to finish all my homework first,” she said.
Sleep is like food for the brain. Enough sleep helps the body and brain grow and develop. According to the National Sleep *Foundation in the US, adults need seven to nine hours of sleep every night. For students who are 10 to 17 years old, a healthy amount is about eight to nine hours every night.
But many students don’t get enough sleep because of early school start time and heavy homework. About 80 percent of middle school students don’t get enough sleep, the China Youth and Children Research Center reported. For some students, they want to sleep early, but they keep worrying about their schoolwork and can’t fall asleep quickly. For others,they may even have insomnia, and usually they have to ask the doctors for help.
These sleeping problems greatly *affect people’s life. Some doctors found out that *lack of sleep for teenagers lead to poor grades. Students without enough sleep cannot pay attention in class or do well in sports. Also, they often become anxious easily.
Luckily, with good sleep habits, it is easier to fall asleep. Some of these good habits include *avoiding drinks that make people excited late in the day, going to sleep at the same time every night, and sleeping in a comfortable place that is dark, quiet, and neither too warm nor too cold.
More tips to get a good night’s sleep:
Exercising during the day. You’d better do sports three hours before going to bed.
Don’t eat big meals before bedtime. Drink a warm glass of milk.
If you stay awake worrying about things, try making a list of things that you need to do before you go to bed.
【小題1】How much sleep do students aged from 10 to 17 need every night? 

A．7 hours.

B．8-9 hours.

C．10-12 hours

D．Less than 7 hours.

【小題2】What does the word “insomnia” mean in Paragraph 4?

A．失眠癥.

B．好動癥.

C．咽喉炎.

D．關(guān)節(jié)炎.

【小題3】If teenagers don’t get enough sleep, they may _____________. 

A．do well in sports	B．grow and develop better
C．feel sleepy in class	D．do much better in studies

【小題4】Which of the following is a good sleeping habit according to the passage?  

A．Do exercise at night before going to bed.

B．Going to sleep at the same time every night.

C．Going to sleep in a place where it is bright.

D．Eat big meals or drink a lot of wine at night.

【小題5】What is the main idea of the passage?   

A．People should sleep well to live healthy and study better.

B．Teenagers should sleep longer on Saturdays and Sundays.

C．People should see the doctor if they don’t have enough sleep.

D．Teenagers don’t get enough sleep because of heavy homework.

A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce(確保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically(生物學(xué)上)these sleepyhead(貪睡者)students aren’t used to the early hour.
　　“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent (青春期的)sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.
　　Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns(方式).
　　Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.
　　Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice---their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.
　　All of this makes the transfer(遷移)from middle school to high school---which may start one hour earlier in the morning----all the more difficult, Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescents are up against difficulties when they try to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. “I need a timeout.”
【小題1】Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because _______.

A．it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime

B．it is biologically difficult for students to rise early

C．students work so late at night that they can’t get up early

D．students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early

【小題2】The underlined phrase nod off most probably means _______.

A．turn around

B．a(chǎn)gree with others

C．fall asleep

D．refuse to work

【小題3】What might be a reason for the hard transfer from middle school to high school?

A．Adolescents depend more on their parents.

B．Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.

C．Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.

D．Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.

【小題4】What is the test mainly about?

A．Adolescent health care.

B．Problems in adolescent learning.

C．Adolescent sleep difficulties.

D．Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.

Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No. They often say they have other more important things to do.
What are these important things? Examinations! Students have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (書呆子). Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for (就……而言) the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports. In fact, education can’t go without physical (身體的) exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything, let alone (更不用說) a great success in your life.
【小題1】       are the greatest problems, so the school students don’t pay much attention to sports now.

A．No interest	B．Exercises
C．Education	D．Examinations

【小題2】The underlined word “pressure” means “        ”.

A．happy feeling	B．good care
C．nervous feeling	D．deep love

【小題3】The writer thinks the students should         .
A. work hard all day and all night
B have all kinds of sports after studying
C. do not have sports
D. spend the free time on the studies and give up the sports
【小題4】Which sentence is true?

A．If you have a weak body, you will have a hard mind.

B．If students want to get better results in studies, they must not do sports.

C．If students spend all their time on sports, they will improve studies.

D．If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body.

What do you like? Different people like different things. Some people like loud music, other people don’t. They think it is too noisy. They like soft music. Many people like sports, but they do not like the same sports.
In some countries, cricket(板球) is a very popular sport. In others, it is not popular at all. No one plays it and few people watch it on TV. The World Cup is very popular. Millions of people watch the games on TV. Some people don’t like doing sports. They just like to watch other people playing.
Different people like different foods. Some people do not like meat. They eat most kinds of fruits and vegetables. Some people do not like potatoes and bread. They prefer rice or corn.
Not everyone like the same colors. Most people have a favorite color. Some people like bright colors. Others prefer pale colors. The world is an interesting place because we all like different things.
【小題1】What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．People all like the same things.

B．Different people like the same things

C．People all like different sports

D．Different people like different things

【小題2】Which sentence is true?

A．Everyone likes sports

B．Not many people like sports

C．Most people don’t like sports.

D．Lots of people like sports

【小題3】How many people like to watch the World Cup on TV?

A．Few people

B．Hundreds of different people

C．Millions of people

D．No one at all

【小題4】What do people who don’t like meat(不喜歡吃肉的人) eat?

A．Mostly(主要) potatoes and bread

B．Mostly fruits and vegetables

C．Mostly rice and corn

D．Mostly potatoes and corns

【小題5】Which sentence is true?

A．Most people have a favorite color

B．No one likes bright colors.

C．Everyone likes bright colors

D．Few people prefer pale colors

The weather is getting warmer and warmer. It is fun to play outside, but people are afraid to play outside these days, because of the H7N9 virus. The H7N9 virus is one type of influenza A H7 viruses. It is a new type of bird flu. Influenza A H7 viruses mainly affectbirds but sometimes they can also affect humans. Most people infected with H7N9 virus look like they had a common flu. They had a fever, a cough and shortness of breath. Some had bad pneumonia. This March, H7N9 virus hit Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Up until April 11th, the number of people infected had reached 35. Nine of these people died.
But don’t be afraid , some cases are curable. A 4-year-old boy in Shanghai and a 67-year-old man in Hangzhou got the virus, and they are getting better. Besides, it's not easy to be infected by the H7N9 virus.
There are some ways to save ourselves from this. First, wash your hands with soap and running water before you eat and after you use the toilet. You should do the same after you touch animals or animal waste. Second, cover your nose and mouth with your elbow when coughing. Third, you should have a good rest and do some exercises, so your body can become strong enough to beat the virus.
【小題1】How’s the weather during these days?

A．cold

B．warm

C．hot

D．cool

【小題2】How many people have been infected H7N9 until April 11^th?

A．35

B．25

C．45

D．30

【小題3】Which place didn’t find H7N9 in March?

A．Shanghai

B．Jiangsu

C．Zhejiang

D．Beijing

【小題4】Which sentence is not true about the H7N9?

A．It is a new type of bird flu.

B．It is very easy to be infected by the H7N9.

C．Some of the H7N9 cases are curable.

D．Most people infected with H7N9 virus look like they had a common flu.

【小題5】How can we save ourselves from the H7N9 virus?

A．Wash your hands before you eat and after you use the toilet, touch animals or animals waste.

B．Cover your nose and mouth with your elbow when coughing.

C．Have a good rest and do some exercise to make your body strong enough.

D．All of above.