In some countries video games are ____53____ becoming a social problem. They are banned in the Philippines and Indonesia. In Japan, those who are under 15 years old are ____54____ to use the public machines at night. City elders across the United States are campaigning to restrict their numbers, while the Hong Kong government is proposing to license their operation. These video games are causing children to ____55____ their money on them. Even adults are lured into spending ____56____ hours playing them.

      In Singapore, the battle of man against the machines takes place in licenced amusement centers, mostly located in shopping centers. According to one ____57____, each establishment can make between $ 250 and $1,500 a day. The schoolchildren in uniforms there are not allowed into these centers. However, one cannot help ____58____ that the majority of those who are often found in these places are youngsters. Many of them are schoolchildren who have changed out of their uniforms. Some play for the ____59____ of it, others have turned them into a form of gambling, and some are hopelessly ____60____ to them.

       Now kids and adults ____61____ play these games in the privacy of their homes. Video game sets have invaded most homes. The question that must be asked is: Have they any educational value?

Read the following directions on a bottle of medicine：

    “Take two tablets(药片)with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required, For maximum(最大量) night-time and early morning relief(缓解疼痛), take two tablets at bed - time, Do not take more than six tablets in twenty-four hours.

    For children six to twelve years old, give half the amount for a grownup. For children under six years old, ask for your doctor’s advice.

    Reduce the amount if nervousness, restlessness, or sleeplessness occurs,”

1.The directions on this medicine bottle clearly warn the patient not to take more than _____ .

    A. twenty-four tablets a day.              B. eight tablets a day.

    C. six tablets a day.                     D. three tablets a day.

2.We can infer from the directions that ______ .

    A. the medicine could cause some people to feel nervous.

    B. children may take the same amount that grown-ups take.

    C. one may not take this medicine before going to bed.

    D. the medicine is a liquid.

3.If one cannot sleep, it is suggested that he _____ .

A. take two tablets before going to bed.    

B. take less than two tablets before going to bed.

C. stop taking the medicine.              D. ask advice of a doctor.

4.Obviously the medicine _______ .

    A. may be dangerous to small children.

    B. cannot be taken by children under twelve years old.

    C. may be taken by children but not by grown-ups.

D. may be taken by grown-ups but not by children.

Visitors from space may have landed on our planet from time to time, maybe hundreds of times during the long, empty ages while Man was still a dream of the far future. Indeed, they could have landed on 90% of the earth as recently as two or three hundreds years ago, and we could never have heard of it. If one searches through old newspapers and records from some certain places, one can find many reports of strange events that could be some explanations about visiting from outer space. A writer, Charles Fort, has made a collection of UFO sightings in his book Lo! One is tempted(引诱) to believe them more than any modern reports, for the simple reason that they happened long before anyone had ever thought of space travel. Yet at the same time, one cannot take them too seriously, for before education on science was popular, even sightings of meteors(流星) and comets(彗星) made people believe the most unbelievable stories, as they still do today.

56.According to the passage, visitors from outer space may have landed on the earth       .

A. long before man had dreamed of it    B. long before there were human beings

C. in the last few hundred years        D. after the space travel began

57.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Charles Fort sighted a lot of UFOs himself.  B. All sightings of UFOs are believable.

C. There may be living things on other planets.  D. People have seen visitors from other planets everywhere.

58.According to the passage,            .

A. UFOs are only seen in recent years   B. UFOs sightings are not new

C. UFOs are just meteors and comets     D. UFOs are invented by people

Not until actually ________ with water shortage ________ appreciate the value of water to a region.

A. facing; one can               B. faced; can one               C. faced; one cannot          D. facing; cannot one

Read the following directions on a bottle of medicine：

“Take two tablets(药片)with water, followed by one tablet every eight hours, as required, For maximum night-time and early morning relief, take two tablets at bed - time, Do not take more than six tablets in twenty-four hours.

For children six to twelve years old, give half the amount for a grownup. For children under six years old, ask for your doctor’s advice.

Reduce the amount if nervousness, restlessness, or sleeplessness occurs,”

1.The directions on this medicine bottle clearly warn the patient not to take more than     .

A．twenty-four tablets a day.                 B．eight tablets a day.

C．six tablets a day.                        D．three tablets a day.

2.We can infer from the directions that _______.

A．the medicine could cause some people to feel nervous.

B．children may take the same amount that grown-ups take.

C．one may not take this medicine before going to bed.

D．the medicine is a liquid.

3.If one cannot sleep, it is suggested that he _________ .

A．take two tablets before going to bed.

B．take less than two tablets before going to bed.

C．stop taking the medicine.

D．ask advice of a doctor.

4.Obviously the medicine _________ .

A．may be dangerous to small children.

B．cannot be taken by children under twelve years old.

C．may be taken by children but not by grown-ups.

D．may be taken by grown-ups but not by children.

5.What does the underlined word “ restlessness” in the last paragraph mean?

A．失眠             B．过敏             C．心悸             D．坐立不安