Some people think that they will get ill if t...

Some people think that they will get ill if they use their brains（大脑）too much.  It is not true.  Through many researches, scientists show us that the more you use your brains, the better they will be, and the wiser you will become.

Of course, if you want to keep your mind clear and be energetic（充满活力的）, you must take a proper rest and study properly.  To the teenagers, using their brains in the morning is good for their health.

There are many ways to rest.  One is a peaceful rest.  Sleep is a peaceful rest.  Another is an active rest.  For example, take a walk outdoors, do morning exercises every day.  To change the way of the brains’activities（活动）is also a good way to rest.

In everyday life, to eat some eggs, meat, fresh vegetable and fruit is also good for the brains.

Wish you a wise man and a happy life.

1.If ________________ ,your mind will be clean?

2.Which of the following statements is false?

3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

4.Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage?

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Some people don’t show _______ in their choice of books, reading whatever they can get.

A. discrimination　　 B. combination

C. conservation　　 D. reservation

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BAD weather, bad food and grumpy people – that’s what some people think of first when they think about Britain. Many online commentators even joke that Britons are so grumpy precisely because it constantly rains and they are always hungry.

In fact, many believe that Britons are inherently negative, in contrast to their neighbors across the Atlantic Ocean.

“Americans are more optimistic, due to the fact that they are told they can become the next president of the United States,” Ricky Gervais, a British comedian, told online forum Big Think. “British people are told, it won’t happen to you. And they carry that. They carry that with them. We champion the underdog .”

It’s no wonder that Britons hold the reputation of having a “stiff upper lip” – being cold and not showing any emotion.

Britain’s reputation as a grumpy country may, however, simply be the result of a cultural misunderstanding. According to the BBC, British actor Michael Caine once said: “I think what is British about me is my feelings and awareness of others and their situations. English people are always known to be well-mannered and cold, but we are not cold – we don’t interfere in your situation. If we are heartbroken, we don’t scream in your face with tears – we go home and cry on our own. It’s completely to do with your comfort – we don’t intrude on your space. That’s very English.”

A BBC reader noted that the perceived coldness of British people is actually their way of dealing with hardship. Remembering the terrorist attacks in London on July 7, 2005, Stuart Colley, who lived in the capital at the time, said: “It seemed to me that most people’s response was a ‘cruel’ determination to carry on and not to ‘fall’ into an over-emotional outpouring of grief or anger – despite what many of us felt inside. Our stiff upper lip seems to be something that gives us strength as a society when we most need it.”

1.What is the author’s main purpose in writing the article?

A. To list common stereotypes about the UK.

B. To fight common misunderstandings about the UK.

C. To analyze what makes British people grumpy and negative.

D. To list some differences between Americans and British people.

2.Which of the following statements might Ricky Gervais agree with?

A. Britons like challenging the underdog more than Americans do.

B. Americans are more optimistic and realistic than British people.

C. Britons are more comfortable with life’s losers than Americans.

D. Bad weather in the UK is the main thing that makes Britons grumpy.

3.The underlined phrase “interfere in” in the second-to-last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A. think about　 B. benefit from

C. get in the way of D. have a positive effect on

4. Why does Michael Caine think British people are not cold?

A. They can be heartbroken, and they cry too.

B. They are well-mannered and unwilling to disturb others.

C. They care a lot about what other people think of them.

D. They are taught to face hardships by themselves.

5.With the example of the terrorist attacks in London on July 7, 2005, the author intends to ____.

A. explain why British people tend to be cold

B. reveal that Britons don’t intrude on others’ space

C. present an example in which British people hide their emotions and feelings

D. show how not giving in to emotions can help one to get through a tough time

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Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?

Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbacks (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.

Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia, though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbooks, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.

1. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge

B. cinemas are the best choice in getting information

C. reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun

D. newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself

2.What does the sentences “Television has not killed reading, however” underlined in the second paragraph suggest?

A. People only need reading, though.

B. Reading is still necessary today.

C. Reading is more fun than television.

D.Watching television doesn’t help reading.

3.Which of the following is mainly discussed in the last paragraph?

A. Types of books

B. Kinds of dictionaries.

C. Lists of history books.

D. Collections of stories and poems.

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Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man, when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?

Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbooks (平装本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.

Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia (百科全书), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbook, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.

1. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge.

B. cinemas are the best choice in getting information.

C. reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun.

D. newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself.

2.What does the sentences “Television has not killed reading, however ” underlined in the second paragraph suggest?

A. People only need reading, though.

B. Reading is still necessary today.

C. Reading is more fun than television.

D. Watching television doesn’t help reading.

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Fewer and fewer people will buy books.

B. A good dictionary should be kept in every home.

C. Books with hard covers sell better than paperbooks.

D. More people like TV programs about famous men.

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It seems that some people go out of their way to get into trouble. That’s more or less what happened the night that Nashville Police Officer Floyd Hyde was on duty.

“I was on the way to a personal-injury accident in West Nashville. As I got onto Highway 40, blue lights and sirens (警笛) going, I fell in behind a gold Pontiac Firebird that suddenly seemed to take off quickly down the highway. The driver somehow panicked at the sight of me. He was going more than a hundred miles an hour and began passing cars on the shoulder. ”

But Hyde couldn’t go after him. Taking care of injured people is always more important than worrying about speeders, so the officer had to stay on his way to the accident. But he did try to keep the Firebird in sight as he drove, hoping another nearby unit would be able to step in and stop the speeding car. As it turned out, keeping the Firebird in sight was not that difficult. Every turn the Pontiac made was the very turn the officer needed to get to the accident scene.

Hyde followed the Pontiac all the way to his destination. At that point he found another unit had already arrived at the accident scene. His help wasn’t needed. Now he was free to try to stop the driver of the Firebird, who by this time had developed something new to panic about.

“Just about that time,” Hyde says, “I saw fire coming out from under that car, with blue smoke and oil going everywhere. He’d blown his engine. Now he had to stop. ”

“After I arrested him, I asked him why he was running. He told me he didn’t have a driver’s license.”

That accident cost the driver of the Firebird plenty — a thousand dollars for the new engine — not to mention the charges for driving without a license, attempting to run away, and dangerous driving.

1. Why did the driver of the Firebird suddenly speed down the highway?

A. Because he was racing with another driver on the road.

B. Because he realized he had to hurry to the accident scene.

C. Because he wanted to overtake other cars on the shoulder.

D. Because he thought the police officer wanted to stop him.

2. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Someone else was taking care of the injured person.

B. The Pontiac reached its destination at the accident scene.

C. Hyde knew where he was going by following the right car.

D. The policeman was running after a speeder on Highway 40.

3.The driver of the Firebird _____.

A. took a wrong turn on the way                  B. had some trouble with his car

C. was stopped by the police officer            D. paid for the expenses of the accident

4. What is probably the best title for the article?

A. Losing His Way?                       B. Fun All the Way?

C. Going My Way?                         D. Help on the Way?

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If you do not use your arms or your legs for some time, they will become weak, and when you start using them again, they slowly become strong again. Everybody knows that. Yet many people do not seem to know that memory works in the same way.

When someone says that he has a good memory, he really means that he keeps his memory in practice by using it. When someone else says that his memory is poor, he really means that he does not give it enough chance to become strong.

If a friend says that his arms and legs are weak, we know that it is his own fault. But if he tells us that he has a poor memory, many of us think that his parents may be blamed, and few of us know that it is just his own fault (过错). Have you ever found that some people can’t read or write but usually they have better memories? This is because they cannot read or write and when they have to remember things, they cannot write them down in a small notebook. As a result, they have to remember days, names, songs and stories, so their memory is being exercised the whole time.

So if you want to have a good memory, learn from the people: practice remembering things in a way as other people do.

1.Someone can’t have a good memory if ________.

A. he can’t read or write

B. his parents haven’t a good memory

C. he doesn’t use his arms or legs for some time

D. he doesn’t make good use of his memory

2.If you do not use your arms or legs for some time, ________.

A. they will become thin

B. they will become weak

C. they begin to ache all over

D. you can’t use them any more

3.Few people know that if someone has a poor memory it is ________.

A. his own fault　　 B. his parents" fault

C. his teachers" fault　　 D. his friends" fault

4.Give the best title for this passage. ____.

A. Don't Stop Using your Arms or Legs　　 B. Learn from the People

C. How to Have a Good Memory　　 D. Strong Arms and Good Memories

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Some people are pessimistic (悲观) when they think about the future. They say that, a hundred years from now, we will have used up most of the earth’s resources. We will have polluted our sea badly, and be unable to eat fish from it. We will have made air so dirty that we will need to wear masks. The world’s pollution will have doubled, and we will have used all the countryside for housing; there will be no farmland left.

Other people believe that man adapts very easily. They have a different idea of the future. However, in their views, will people be living in a hundred years’ time?

One architect believes that man will move off the land. He suggests that the city of the future will be a huge, pyramid­shaped building, which will be floating on the surface of the sea. About 5,000 families will be living there, and the building will contain shops and schools as well as homes. By living on the sea, we will give the farmers more land to grow crops.

As for oil, people will no longer need it: we will be heating our homes with power from the sun. And we will not be short of minerals, because there are plenty under our oceans. At the moment, we do not have the technology to get them out. But, in a hundred years’ time, the optimists (乐观者) say, the new sea cities will be using these resources.

What will be in the shops in the year 3000? What will people be wearing? How will people be traveling?

Scientists who make predictions about the future suggest that, by the year 3000, shops will no longer exist. Computers will have replaced them; and people will order goods from home.

People will be wearing very light, thin clothes. By this time, scientists will have invented a fabric that keeps us cool in hot weather and warm in cold weather.

As for travel, the experts say that most people will be using public transport. Electric cars will be traveling through the streets day and night. Anybody will be able to stop one and use it.

An interesting picture! Unfortunately, we will not be there if these predictions come true.

1.Pessimists believe that in the future ________.

A. seas and oceans will be full of houses

B. we’ll have used up most of the resources

C. we will have not enough fish to eat from the seas

D. we will have polluted the air not so badly that it will be possible for us to breathe

2.Scientists have made the predictions EXCEPT ________.

A. electric cars will be going along the streets continuously

B. the resources under the oceans will never be used up

C. people will order goods from home

D. people won’t suffer from cold any longer

3.What does the underlined word in the seventh paragraph refer to?

A. a kind of tool　　　　 B. a kind of energy

C. a kind of cloth　　 　　 D. a kind of resource

4.We can learn from the article that ________.

A. we should be optimistic about the future

B. we should be pessimistic about the future

C. we shouldn’t think too much about the future

D. we have no idea of what will happen in the future

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Some drunken drivers think that they may be lucky to________a fine, which may cost their    own lives.

A．get through   B．get along with

C．get down to    D．get away with

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Some people have the feeling that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability（能力）.They feel hopeless about it.Can you learn to read better,or must you agree that nothing can be done about it?

To be sure,people are different.You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do.If all the students in a class tried out for basketball,some would be very good players,others would be very poor;and many would be in between.But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way,and with plenty of practice.It is the same with reading.Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help.Others find reading a slow and tiring job.In between,there are all degrees of reading ability.

Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability.In these experiments,the poor readers were given tests of reading ability.After some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered,they were given special instruction and practice in reading.After a few months,another test of the same kind was given.In nearly all cases,these people had raised their reading scores.

1.With the example of basketball players,the author shows_______.

A. why certain people are poor readers

B. that there are differences in people's abilities

C. why some people are good basketball players

D. that good basketball players can be good readers

2.To improve their reading ability,people should_____.

A. work long and hard　　 B. take different forms of tests

C. have special help and practice　　 D. try different reading materials

3.The experiments mentioned in the text show that_____.

A. good readers seem to enjoy reading

B. almost all poor readers can make progress

C. causes of poor reading are difficult to find out

D. tests help people improve their reading ability

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