Some people like to get up late, but some do not. In fact, it is really good for us to get up early every day. Maybe those who don't like getting up early will not believe this, but it is true.

Scientists made a survey in about one thousand people, and then they found that early rising people had less disease than late rising people, and early rising people also looked healthier than late rising people, and so on.

So we may know early rising is helpful in more than one way. First, it helps to keep us healthy. We all need fresh air. But air is never as fresh as early in the morning. Besides, it is useful to do morning exercises.

Secondly, early rising helps us in our studies. In the morning we learn more quickly and find it easier to understand what we learn.

Thirdly, early rising can give us a plan of our work for the day. We cannot work well without a good plan.

Fourthly, early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work^ such as to wash our hands and faces and eat our breakfast.

Late risers may find it difficult to form the habit of early rising. They have to make an effort (努力）to do so. As the English proverb says, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise•”

Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.

1.People don't always agree on whether to e»et up early.

2. In the passage the writer gives four reasons for early rising.

3. Early rising makes people happier according to the passage.

4.Early risers don't look as healthy as late risers.

5.The writer encourages people not to sleep late.

Some people like to get up early, but some do not. In fact, it is really good for us to get up early every day. Maybe those who don’t like getting up early will not believe this, but it is true. Scientists made a survey(调查) in about one thousand people, and then they found that early rising people had less disease(疾病) than late rising people, and early rising people also look healthier than late rising people, and so on.

So we may know early rising is helpful in more than one way. Firstly, it helps to keep us healthy. We all need fresh(新鲜的) air. And air is the freshest early in the morning. Besides(此外), it is useful to do morning exercises.

Secondly, early rising helps us in our studies. In the morning we learn more quickly and find it easier to understand what we learn.

Thirdly, early rising can give us a plan of our work for the day. We cannot work well without a good plan.

Fourthly, early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work, such as to wash our hands and faces and eat our breakfast.

Late risers may find it difficult to form(形成) the habit(习惯) of early rising. They have to make an effort(努力) to do so. As the English proverb(谚语) says, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”

1.We may read this passage in a _______ magazine.

A．health            B．sports            C．music            D．travel

2.Early rising people are _______ than late rising people.

A．fatter            B．thinner           C．healthier          D．cleverer

3.Air is the freshest ______ according to the passage.

A．in the morning     B．in the afternoon    C．in the evening      D．all day

4.Which of the following is NOT the result(结果) of early rising?

A．People can get ready for their work.

B．People can get fresh air.

C．People can learn things more quickly and better.

D．People can have enough food for breakfast.

5.If a man always likes to get up late, it’s ___ for him to form the habit of getting up early.

A．easy             B．difficult           C．happy            D．sad

Can plant eat people? Probably not. But there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big, and they can eat small animals. One famous meat- eating plant is the Venus flytrap(捕蝇草).
The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of the book.. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly(苍蝇) touches one of the hairs, the leaf closes very quickly. Then the fly can’t go out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly. Why do plants do it? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all the important things, especially nitrogen(氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen. So some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea.
根据短文内容判断。
1. The Venus flytrap grows in wet parts of the United States.
2. The Venus flytrap is a kind of plant.
3. The underlined word “presses” probably means（挤、压） in Chinese.
4. In the world, many animals eat plants but plants never eat animals.
5. From the passage, we know that not only animals eat plants, but also some plants eat animals.

请根据所给句子的内容，从下面的方框中选出适当的词，并用其正确的形式填在答题卡相应的横线上。每空一词，每词限用一次。

1. Betty ______ now much taller than she was last year.

2.After a long walk, the little boy got tired and fell ______ soon.

3.The boy is too young to look after ______.

4.I think the computer is one of the most important ______ in the world.

5.The weather report says it will be cloudy in some ______ cities in the coming days.

6.—Hi, Jack! What’s wrong with Peter?

  —He fell off his bike yesterday. Luckily, he was not ______ hurt.

7.My students find English ______ to learn and they like it very much.

8.Kate ______ a beautiful dress at her 18th birthday party yesterday.

9.—These tables are very nice. Which one would you like, madam?

  —I’d like that brown one. It uses the ______ space.

10.We will arrive at that small village in about one and a half ______ time.

On the night of 23 July, 2011, a fast running train D301 from Beijing to Fuzhou suddenly hit another train which had already stopped there. The motor car accident happened in Wenzhou, China's eastern province of Zhejiang. It caused four carriages to fall off a bridge which is at least 30 metres high from the ground. 40 people have died in the accident. Among them were 2 foreigners: an Italian woman, Assunta Liguori, and a Chinese American, Cao Erxing. So far, most of the 39 bodies have been claimed by their relatives, based on ID cards, clothes and other characteristics, but the results of DNA tests are coming out in about one week or two. Another 210 people have been taken to hospitals in Wenzhou after the accident.

 The accident study shows that it is the lightning strike that caused the big accident: the first train lost power because of a lightning strike and had to stop on the rail way. And after a few minutes it was soon hit from the back by another train following it. 

After the accident, questions have been raised over “what caused the accident” and “how to do with it”. During a visit to Wenzhou, where 39 people have been killed last weekend, Premier Wen calls for an transparent investigation into the cause of the accident, and he once again emphasized(强调) the importance of putting safety first in the country’s development.

1.According to the report, _______ people got hurt in the accident.

A. 40                 B. 42                  C. 210             D. 250

2.The underlined word “claim” means ______ in Chinese.

A. 发现              B. 掩埋           C. 索赔             D. 认领

3.The motor car accident happened because of _______.

A. the lightning strike   B. running fast   

C. high bridge         D. too many people

4.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A. The accident happened in Zhejiang Province.

B. Train D301 was hit from the back by another train.

C. the 39 bodies have been claimed by the results of DNA tests.

D. Premier Wen came to Wenzhou after the accident.

5.Premier Wen mainly tell the Chinese _________.

A. what caused the accident                  

B. how to do with the accident

C. the importance of our country’s development  

D. how importance the safety is