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　　The diamond is the hardest natural substance in the world．What causes this superhardness?Pressure and heat are the answers．The pressure has to be close to two million pounds．That’s per square inch．Much heat is required too．Experts say over 5,000 degrees．To make a diamond, one more thing is needed．This is ________．Pressure, heat, and carbon combine．They create a sparkling diamond．The very best are colorless．Pale blue stones─very rare─are high quality too．

　　Where do most diamonds come from?Over 97 percent come from Africa．The first diamond in Africa was not found by miners．Children found it, in 1866．They were playing in a shallow stream．One picked up “a pretty pebble”．The “pebble” was placed on the mantel of the fireplace．It was soon forgotten．Much later, a guest noticed the sparkle．He urged the farmer to have the stone looked at．He did．He took it to an expert in town．The “pebble” proved to be a diamond worth ＄2,500．That was a small fortune in those days．To date, the mines in Africa have produced over 1 billion dollars worth of diamonds．

　　Not all diamonds are found in Africa．Our hemisphere produced diamonds too．Brazil was a big producer in earlier times．The famous gem the Star of the South was found in brazil in 1853．

　　The gem the President Vargas was found more recently in Brazil．This was in 1938．A poor prospector found the stone．It was in the San Antonio River．It weighed 726.6 carats．The man sold the stone for ＄10,000 to a local broker．The broker almost immediately resold it．He got about ＄425,000．What a nice guy!

1．What is the best title of the passage?(Please answer within 10 words)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Some diamonds are found in Africa but some are not．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the first paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．(Please answer within 10 words)

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4．What do you think of the diamond in modern days?(Please answer within 30 words)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

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閱讀下面短文，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文后的要求進(jìn)行答題。

　　[1]Pupils at schools in the UK are being given lessons on how to sleep．The project, run by the charity Sleep Scotland, aims to teach pupils tips, such as the importance of a bedtime routine and avoiding late-night television．

　　[2]Experts say teenagers who seem bad-tempered could actually lack sleep because they go to bed after midnight．The advice for pupils is that they should sleep for more than nine hours a night．Researchers found that after going to bed after midnight, teenagers still ________ for watching television or browsing the Internet．Some pupils were getting as little as four or five hours of sleep a night．

　　[3]One of the schools taking part in the project is Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow．Fiona Patterson, head of the school's Health and Well-being Department, said the survey results were absolutely shocking．“They can't function on so little sleep, ” she said．

　　[4]Sleep Scotland says getting enough sleep helps with academic performance and sporting skills．However, going without enough sleep can be linked to obesity(肥胖)and a greater risk of depression．Jane Ansell, director of Sleep Scotland, said, “You wouldn't send somebody to school without having the right amount of food, so why would you send them without enough sleep? ”

　　[5]A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said, “We are determined to provide guidance for young people, so they can get the right amount of sleep and make the best of their learning potential．”

1．What's the text mainly about?(Please answer within 10 words)

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2．Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

People who lack sleep can easily gain weight and feel depressed, though．

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3．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words．(Please answer within 6 words)

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4．What are the benefits of getting enough sleep?(Please answer within 10 words)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese．

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閱讀下面短文，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文后的要求進(jìn)行答題。(請(qǐng)注意問(wèn)題后的字?jǐn)?shù)要求)

　　[1]Pupils at schools in the UK are being given lessons on how to sleep．The project, run by the charity Sleep Scotland, aims to teach pupils tips, such as the importance of a bedtime routine and avoiding late-night television．

　　[2]Experts say teenagers who seem bad-tempered could actually lack sleep because they go to bed after midnight．The advice for pupils is that they should sleep for more than nine hours a night．Researchers found that after going to bed after midnight, teenagers still ________ for watching television or browsing the Internet．Some pupils were getting as little as four or five hours of sleep a night．

　　[3]One of the schools taking part in the project is Bellahouston Academy in Glasgow．Fiona Patterson, head of the school's Health and Well-being Department, said the survey results were absolutely shocking．“They can't function on so little sleep, ” she said．

　　[4]Sleep Scotland says getting enough sleep helps with academic performance and sporting skills．However, going without enough sleep can be linked to obesity(肥胖)and a greater risk of depression．Jane Ansell, director of Sleep Scotland, said, “You wouldn't send somebody to school without having the right amount of food, so why would you send them without enough sleep? ”

　　[5]A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said, “We are determined to provide guidance for young people, so they can get the right amount of sleep and make the best of their learning potential．”

1．What's the text mainly about?(Please answer within 10 words)

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2．Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

People who lack sleep can easily gain weight and feel depressed, though．

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3．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words．(Please answer within 6 words)

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4．What are the benefits of getting enough sleep?(Please answer within 10 words)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 into Chinese．

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