Most people work or study from Monday to Friday. The weekend is usually a time of rest. But today's Chinese teenagers can hardly rest during the weekends.

According to a survey, 24% of the Grade 8 students in Beijing have classes at the weekend. Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of study.

And this isn't only in Beijing. Ji Chunying is a Grade 9 student in Guangzhou. The 14-year-old girl has to get up at 6:45 am on Saturday. Then she has a whole day of classes. On Sunday, she goes to extra classes for math and physics.

But Ji doesn't complain. She says her classmates all work very hard.

Finding time to have fun

Zhao Yang, 13, is from Dalian, Liaoning. As a Grade 8 student, Zhao's weekend is less busy. But he still spends Saturday in school. On Sunday, after finishing homework, he plays basketball. "I feel happy because I still have time to do the things I like," he said.

Some students are much luckier. They don't have to go to school on the weekend.

Ding Yi, a Grade 8 student from Laiwu, Shandong, is one of them. And she's a top student.

During the weekend, Ding usually gets up at 8 am. Then she spends some time doing homework. After that she is free to go shopping or watch TV.

Ding said her mother once wanted her to try extra classes. But when they asked Ding's teacher about it, the teacher said it was unnecessary.

"My teacher said I don't need to push myself too much. Learning well at school is enough," Ding said. "I feel pretty lucky."

1.Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours sleep each night because of ___________.

A．playing computer games

B．playing with friends

C．busy study

D．watching TV

2.How many students are mentioned in this passage?

A．2.               B．3.                C．4.               D．5.

3.We can learn from the passage that ___________.

A．Some middle school students can enjoy their weekend.

B．All the students in China are busy studying on the weekend.

C．Every student in China has to go to extra classes on the weekend.

D．All the students complain about their busy weekend.

4.The above text may be a _______.

A．a story of science                       B．school notice

C．short play                             D．news report

 

Do you think of your parents? "Yes, of course." You may answer, ¨I buy a present for my mother on      .And I give my father a present on Father's Day,       .” Then what about the other days of a year? Always       to think of your parents, not just on some important days.

I have a friend who     alone, because her parents live in another city. One day l went to see her. We had a nice chat. Then she wanted to make a       .She dialed the number, but then she put the phone      . After about ten seconds, she dialed the number again. "Hi, Mum…”

Later I asked, "Why did you dial the number      ?”she smiled, "My parents are old. They can not get close to the telephone      .I always do so when I call them. I just want to give them       time to answer the call."

My friend is a good girl. She is always       her parents. You also want to be a good child, right? So why not learn from her?

1.A. Father's Day             B. Mother's Day        C. Teachers' Day        D. Children's Day

2.A. too                             B. also                      C. either                  D. yet

3.A. refuse                       B. forget                  C. decide                 D. remember

4.A. lives                     B. stays                      C. plays                    D. works

5.A. face                  B. card                     C. call                       D. cake

6.A. up                              B. off               C. down                   D. on

7.A. once                B. twice                   C. several times      D. many times

8.A. lonely              B. slowly                  C. quietly                 D. quickly

9.A. few                       B. little                      C. enough      D. a lot

10.A. thinking about          B. laughing at          C. picking up           D. looking for

 

BEING an astronaut sounds cool, doesn't it? In space, they get to do some pretty amazing things, like floating in zero gravity(重力).

However, there are also plenty of things that astronauts can't do because of their weightless environment, and that's very sad. What's worse, they can't even let their sadness show, because it's impossible to cry in zero gravity.

Of course, astronauts can still produce tears. But crying is much more difficult in space, according to The Atlantic(大西洋月刊) in January. Without gravity, tears don't flow(流动) down out of the eyes like they do here on Earth. This means that when you cry in space, your tears have nowhere to go-they just stick(粘) to your eyes.

In May 2011, astronaut Andrew Feustel experienced this during one of his spacewalks. "Tears," he said, "don't fall off of your eyes...They just kind of stay there."

Besides making your vision(视线)unclear, this can also cause physical pain. Back on Earth, tears are supposed to bring comfort to the eyes. But that's not the case in space. The space environment dries out astronauts' eyes, and when tears suddenly wet the eyes, it can cause pain rather than comfort. "My right eye is stinging(刺痛) like crazy," Feustel told his teammate during the walk.

Since gravity doesn't work in space, astronauts need some extra help to get rid of（除去） the tears. Feustel chose to rub his eyes against his helmet to wipe(擦) the tears away. Another choice is to just wait-"When the tears get big enough they simply break free of the eyes and float around," astronaut Ron Parise told The Atlantic.

There are lots of small things-things like crying-that we are so used to on Earth. We usually take them for granted until they become a problem in a totally different environment, like space.  There, astronauts can't talk to each other directly. They also can't eat or drink in normal ways. They can't even burp (打嗝), because there is no gravity to hold the food down in their stomach. If they do burp, they just end up throwing up（呕吐）everything in their stomach, according to the UK National Space Center.

Therefore, perhaps it's only space explorers who can honestly say: "Gravity, you're the best."

1.From Paragraphs 2 and 3 , we can know that_______.

A．astronauts are unable to feel sad in space

B．astronauts produce fewer tears in space

C．tears produced in space flow down more slowly

D．tears produced in space don't flow downward

2.What effect do tears have on astronauts?

A．They cause physical pain.

B．They bring comfort to them.

C．They make their vision clearer.

D．They float around and cause trouble.

3.The underlined phrase "take them for granted" in paragraph 7 means _______.

A．find them important

B．consider them useless

C．need them during an emergency

D．fail to notice their presence(存在)

4.The second-to-last paragraph (paragraph 7) is mainly about_______.

A．suggestions of how astronauts can stay comfortable in space

B．other basic things that are difficult to do in space

C．why burping is impossible in space

D．things human can't do without gravity

 

Harry is eight years old. He goes to school near his home. He always goes there and comes home on foot. One day he came home from school late. His mother saw him and asked him, "Why were you late, Harry?"

"My teacher was very angry and asked you to go to her office tomorrow."

"To her office? Why?" his mother asked. "Because she asked a question in the class." said Harry. "Nobody could answer it, but I could. "

"You are so clever, my son. " his mother said with a smile." What is her question?".

Her question is "Who put the tomato on my chair and made my trousers dirty?" said Harry.

1.Harry was late because _______.

        A. he did his homework at school 

 B. he played football at school

        C. his teacher asked him to stay at school

D. his teacher asked him to give a talk at school     

2._______can answer the teacher's question in class.

     A. Nobody  B. Harry  C. Many students  D. Some students

3.There is a _______on the teacher's chair.

A. book      B. tomato       C. bag       D. pen 

4.The teacher asked Harry's mother to school because _______

        A. Harry is eight    

B. Harry goes to school an foot

        C. Harry's home is near   

D. Harry made her angry

5.The teacher's trousers were dirty because _______.

       A. she sat on the ground     

B. it was raining hard .

       C. she sat on the tomato     

D. she had it for a long time

 

Mike was a small boy,and he didn't like washing his hands.Every day his mother said to him: "Mike,your hands are very dirty  again.Go and wash them."But Mike never washed them well.He only put them in the water for a minute and took them out again.

     Mike's aunt lived in another street. One day,she came to stay with Mike's parents,and she came with her small son,Ted.Ted was a year younger than Mike,and he didn't like washing his hands,either .First the boys were with their parents,then they went to play.When they were sitting,Mike looked at Ted's hands and said: "My hands are dirtier than yours.""Certainly they are." Ted answered,"you are a year older than I am."

判断正误：

1.Mike always washed his hands carefully.

2.Mike was older than Ted.

3.Ted's hands were a little cleaner than Mike's.

4.Mike's aunt lived in the street next to his house.

5.Mike's hands were dirtier than Ted's because he was older.