In England, many people’s favourite food is fish and chips. Sometimes people cook the food at home, but usually they go to a fish and chip shop. They put their food in the paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it on the road. This kind of take-away food is very popular.

Take-away food is also popular in the USA and Australia. There are fish and chip shops in Australia too, but there are not so many in the USA. What is the people’s favourite food in the USA? I think it is fired chicken.

(  ) 1. _____ is the favourite food in England?

      A. Fish and chips         B. Fish        C. Chips       D. Fired chicken

(  ) 2. People put their food in the______

      A. bags                 B. cars        C. paper bags     D. boxes

(  ) 3. Where do the people eat take-away food?

      A. at home     B. in the workplace   C. on the road    D.  A、.B和.C

(  ) 4. In which country is take-away food also popular?

      A. the USA       B. Australia     C. the USA and Australia    D. China

(  ) 5. ______is people’s favourite food in the USA?

      A. Fish and chips     B. Fish        C. Chips       D. Fired chicken

 

Even though global warming may have made the weather more mild, many animals are still hibernating（冬眠）. It’s too bad that humans can’t hibernate. In fact we almost did.
Apparently, at times in the past, farmers in France liked a semi-state of human hibernation. So writes Graham Robb, a British scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French farmers. As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over the France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months.
In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radio’s The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed since the invention of lighting.
When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”, which was not clarified, though. Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. The business of eight hours’ continuous sleep is a modern invention.
In the past, without the artificial light, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then woke themselves up around midnight. The late night period was known as “The Watch”. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbors.
According to some sleep researchers, a short of insomnia（失眠）at midnight is not a disorder. It is normal. Humans can experience another state of consciousness（清醒狀態(tài)）around their sleeping, which happens in the brief period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning. This period can be a creative time for some people.
Playing with your sleep rhythms（節(jié)奏）can be dangerous, as worry may set in. Medical science doesn’t help much in this case. It offers us medicines for a full night’s continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warren’s theory, it is really the opposite of what we need.
【小題1】The late night was called “The Watch” because it was a time for people ______.

A．to set time to catch animals

B．to remind others of the time

C．to guard against possible dangers

D．to wake up their family and neighbors

【小題2】We can infer from the last paragraph that people should ______.

A．sleep in the way animals do

B．follow their natural sleep rhythms

C．keep to the eight-hour sleeping way

D．a(chǎn)sk doctors for help if they can’t sleep

【小題3】What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To throw new light on human sleep.

B．To encourage people to sleep less.

C．To give some suggestions on insomnia.

D．To find out people’s hibernating history.

Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter. A man with a walking stick is pictured there. A bird called a California condor(大禿鷲)is flying overhead. Who is this man, and why is he so important that he is featured(處于顯著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir. Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man, he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness. He walked more than a thousand miles across the country, through fields and woods. John Muir liked writing about the places he visited, describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems. In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, many trees were being cut down. This made Muir unhappy and worried, because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保護(hù))instead of being changed by human beings. He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests. Soon, others began to listen.
Muir wrote letters to important people, such as President Theodore Roosevelt. The president admired Muir’s love for nature. When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(說(shuō)服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation. Later, President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks. National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park, the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter.
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died, people continue his work today. His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world. John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then, now, and for the future.
【小題1】Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?

A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature.

B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir.

C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.

D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland.

【小題2】Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?

A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country.

B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.

C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests.

D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt.

【小題3】What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?

A．To advise readers to become active conservationists.

B．To make us interested in the story about a great man.

C．To tell us something about an important person in history.

D．To give information about how to conserve the environment.

In 1961, a man found a strange cat on his farm in Scotland. The cat's ears were folded, bent forward, on its head. In fact, this was a new kind of cat. People named it the "Scottish Fold(蘇格蘭折耳貓)".
The Scottish Fold has a round head and large eyes. Its neck and legs are short, which makes it look very cute. Interestingly, all the Scottish Folds are born with straight and unfolded ears. And when they are growing up day by day, some cats' ears will begin to fold. So, the Scottish Fold comes in two types: folded ears and straight ears.
Besides, there is a nickname for the Scottish Fold. It is the " Messenger of Peace". Why?
Because the Folds are sweet and friendly animals. They can get along well with other cats. And
unlike some other cats, they can even get along well with dogs! In many different environments, such as at a noisy house, or in a cat show, you can see them playing with other animals happily.
Well, when you come to a new school, do you think it's difficult to adapt to the new environment? Perhaps you can learn from the Scottish Fold. That is: always be sweet and friendly to others.
【小題1】Tie Scottish Fold _____.

A．is born with folded ears	B．is born with straight ears
C．a(chǎn)lways has folded ears	D．a(chǎn)lways has straight ears

【小題2】 What does the Scottish Fold look like?

A．It has a round head and large eyes.	B．Its neck and legs are short.
C．It looks very cute.	D．All above.

【小題3】 Why are the Scottish Folds named the " Messenger of Peace" ?

A．Because their ears are folded.

B．Because they look very cute.

C．Because they can get on well with other animals.

D．Because they can stay at a noisy house or in a cat show.

【小題4】 According to the passage, what is the writer' s suggestion to us when we are in a new
environment?

A．We should have a nickname.	B．We should learn from the cats.
C．We should get along well with dogs.	D．We should always be sweet and friendly to others.

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下列問(wèn)題，每空一詞。

The ladies club always had a meeting every Friday afternoon and someone came to talk to them about some important things. After that, they had tea and asked questions.

One Friday, a man came and talked in the club about the food problem. “There is not enough food in the world for everybody,” he said, “more than half of the people in the world are hungry, and when these people get more food, they have more babies, as a result they never stop being hungry. Somewhere in the world, a woman is having a baby every minute, day and night. What are we going to do about it?” He waited for a few seconds. Then one of the ladies said, “Why don’t we find that woman and stop her?”

1.What did people often do in the ladies club?

They often _____ a meeting, talked, had tea and _____ questions.

2.What did the man come to talk about one Friday?

He came to talk about the _____ _____.

3.What did the man think about the food problem?

Some people never stop _____ _____.

4.What is the woman’s answer to the man’s question?

She said they should find that woman and _____ her _____ having babies.

5.Do you think the woman’s answer is helpful?

_____, it _____.