When you look at a book, it sends to your eyes some of the light which falls on it, and you see the book. If light could be kept out from where you are so that there would be no light for the book to reflect, then you could not see the book even with your eyes wide open.

Light travels so fast that the time in which it travels from the book you are reading to your eyes is so short as if there were no time at all. Light reaches us from the moon, which is about 380 000 kilometers away, in only a little more than a second.

25. You can see the book because__________.

A. your eyes are close to it　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. your eyesight can get to it

C. it has light of its own　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. it reflects some of the sunlight

26. The underlined word “luminous” means__________.

A. visible（可见的）　 B. all colors　　　　　　　 C. giving off light　　　　 D. sunlight

27. Which of the following is true?　

A. All the things you can see give off light.

B. Light from the book is much shorter than that from the moon.

C. Light travels so fast that there is no time for you to read.

D. The moment you open your eyes the light from the book travels to your eyes.

Do you get angry at your friends’ singing loudly while you are working? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?
If you do, you need to control your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry with people can make you lose friends.
Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written My feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better. Getting angry is not a natural way to act. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily—all you have to do is telling yourself not to be angry.
When a baby falls over, it only cries if people are watching it. Like a baby, you should only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do.
·Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.
·Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.
·Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh!
【小题1】The writer wants to tell us         .

Do you get angry at your friends’ singing loudly while you are working? Or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?

If you do, you need to control your feelings and stop getting angry so easily. Getting angry with people can make you lose friends.

Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written My feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells teens how to stay cool when bad things happen to them. The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. It can never make them better. Getting angry is not a natural way to act. It is just a bad habit, like smoking. The book says you can control your anger easily—all you have to do is telling yourself not to be angry.

When a baby falls over, it only cries if people are watching it. Like a baby, you should only get angry if you are sure it is the right thing to do.

·Keep a record. Every time you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.

·Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.

·Do something different. When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh!

1.The writer wants to tell us         .

A. not to get angry             B. to work hard at school

C. to do more exercise          D. to help each other

2.The writer thinks that if you get angry easily you will         .

A. get ill very easily          B. lose your friends

C. get sad easily               D. eat less

3.My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals is a         .

A. story        B. book C. picture      D. film

4.My Feelings Are Just Like Wild Animals mainly tells us         .

A. what to read                 B. how to read 

C. how to stay cool             D. how to learn English

5.When a baby falls over, it only cries if people are watching. Here “it” refers to         .

A. the book     B. anger        C. habit      D. the baby