A punctual person is in the habit of doing a thing at the correct time and is never late for anything.
An unpunctual man never does what he has to do at the right time. He is always in a hurry and in the end loses both time and his good name. A lost thing may be found again, but lost time can never be got back. Time is more useful than material(物质) things. In fact, time is life itself. An unpunctual man is always wasting his most important things as well as others’. An unpunctual person is always saying unhapppily that he finds no time to answer letters or return calls. But the man who really has much to do is very careful of his time. He knows that he can not finish all his work unless he carefully does every piece of work.
Being unpunctual is the sign of disrespect(不尊重) towards others. If a person is invited to dinner and arrives later than the time when he should be there, he keeps all the other guests waiting for him. Usually this will be thought as a great disrespect to the host and all the other guests.
Not like a punctual person, an unpunctual one can’t do his duty wonderfully, whether it is public or personal. Imagine how it would be if those who should do important tasks failed to be on time. A man who is known to be often unpunctual is never believed by his friends or fellow men.
【小题1】The Chinese meaning of the word “punctual” in this passage is probably “______”

A．听话的

B．守时的

C．守纪律的

D．能干的

【小题2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．An unpunctual person often has more time.

B．An unpunctual person has more work to do.

C．A punctual person often has a busy life.

D．A punctual person often does his work wonderfully.

【小题3】 When you are invited to dinner, you’d better arrive there ______.

A．in a hurry

B．after the host

C．at a decided time

D．before other guests

【小题4】From the passage, we learn that an unpunctual man usually ______ in the end.

A．saves time for others	B．leaves his family and friends
C．gets his chances and knowledge	D．loses his time and good name

Good health is very important. Everyone should do all he can to stay healthy. Being in good health means having both body and mind in good order, free from illness and pain.

    Good food, plenty of water, cleanness and plenty of rest all help in keeping our machines running as they should. Food does many things for our bodies. It gives what we need for keeping good health. It gives us energy for work and play. No food gives everything we need. We should eat foods of different kinds. Having enough to eat is not the same as having the right food.

    The water we drink helps wash away wastes formed inside our bodies. It also puts back the water we lose when we perspire(流汗). Our bodies are actually more than half water. We must drink enough to replace what we lose.

    We feel better and look better when we are clean. A bath every one or two days is a good rule for most of us. Brushing our teeth is important part of keeping clean.

    Sleep is the best kind of rest. Growing children need more sleep than grown-ups. Children's bodies not only have to be repaired; they also have to grow, No one's body can grow bigger properly while he is working and playing and wearing it out (疲劳).

    It has been useful to work for good health. Millions of years ago, people live only 20 years. Now people can live about 70 years. It has gone up 20 years just since the beginning of the present century.

1.You should have foods of different kinds because _________.

A. some foods are not good

B. no food can give everything you need

C. different foods taste different

D. different people like different foods

2.We must drink enough water to replace what we lose. Here replace means    .

A.感觉        B. 放置         C.减少        D. 代替

3.At the beginning of the present century people live about _________.

A. 20 years.     B. 70 years      C. 40 years     D. 50 years

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Grown-ups sleep less than children because they have a lot of work to do.

B. If one's mind does not work well, he is not considered to be healthy.

C. One cannot grow well when he works too hard.

D. About half of man's body is water.

 

Life in the twenty-first century will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place, but what will the changes be?

The population is growing fast. There will be many people in the world and most of them will live longer than people live now.

Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.

People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and travelling. Travelling will be much easier and cheaper. And many more people will go to other countries for holidays.

There will be changes in our food, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day, instead they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.

Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots. Because of this, many people will not have enough work to do. This will be a problem.

1.There will be _________ in the future.

A．small population

B．few changes

C．more people

D．few people

2.In the future the computer will be _________.

A．much bigger and few people will use it

B．much smaller and more useful

C．smaller and not many people will use it

D．bigger and a lot of people will use it

3.In the future more people _________.

A．will go to other countries for holidays

B．will study at school

C．will go earlier

D．will work for many hours

4.People will prefer _________ to _________ in the future.

A．meat and vegetables; fruit

B．meat; fruit and vegetables

C．fruit and meat; vegetables

D．fruit and vegetables; meat

5.The robots will _________ in the future.

A．do the dangerous work

B．do all the work

C．do only housework

D．do the easy work for people

 

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games will take place in Vancouver and Whistler(惠斯勒) from February 12 to 28. As the world’s 1._____ athletes will compete there, Canada is preparing for it well.

It will be broadcasted(播出) in Canada’s two 2._____languages——English and French. Billions of television viewers worldwide will 3.______ the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Athletes from more than 80 4.______ will compete in 86 medal events over 17 days. Then the Paralympics(残奥会) will 5._____ from March 12 to 21. Canada has 6._____ millions of dollars preparing. Thousands of spectators will visit the country. Canada will be 7._____ it all.

 The building of Olympic gyms began in 2005. Opening and closing ceremonies will be held indoors, at BC Place Stadium. It’ll 8.______55,000 seats. Some competitions, 9.______ ski, and bobsled, will take place in Whistler. It’s a ski village. During the Games, roads will be closed. More than 15,000 policemen will work to 10.______ the peace throughout the Games.

The United States is the only country to host the Winter Games four times. Team USA hopes 2010 will be a golden year.

11. A. worst      B. best               C. cleverest            D. tallest

12. A. special   B. unusual         C. official      D. ordinary

13.A. watch         B. notice           C. look         D. hear

14. A. cities    B. towns            C. villages            D. countries

15. A. run          B. begin            C. stop     D. end 

16. A. paid         B. took             C. cost   D. spent

17. A. full of      B. ready for        C. worried about  D. afraid of

18. A. give         B. serve        C. hold             D. host

19. A. with         B. including        C. as        D. so

20. A. keep             B. make             C. let        D. protect

 

New Books this Month
The Long Night This is David Reilly’s first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years. Maha is a nurse in northern Australia. She works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lot of problems getting there and …	Hard Work This exciting story is Joanna’s twentieth. Hard Work is about Sombat. He works with his father, a carpenter, in Thailand. They work long, hard hours making tables and chairs, but they do not have any money. Then one day a man dressed all in black buys the most beautiful table in the shop…	Hospital or Cinema Marcie Jacome, who studies English in London, wrote this story earlier this year. Tina is a young Indian woman whose dream is to become a doctor. She goes to London to study English and medicine, but one day she meets a man who asks her to go to the USA with him to become a film star…What will Tina do?

 
【小题1】The Long Night was written by _________.

A．David Reilly

B．Maha

C．Joanna

D．Marcie Jacome

【小题2】The story of Hard Work happened in _______.

A．Australia

B．Thailand

C．India

D．England

【小题3】From the passage we can see Tina is_________.

A．a doctor

B．a film star

C．a writer

D．a college(大学) student

【小题4】_______ is about a difficult journey.

A．Hospital or Cinema

B．Hard Work

C．The Long Night

D．Harry Potter

【小题5】The passage above is___________.

A．an advertisement(广告)

B．a story

C．a novel

D．a diary