Tears came into this mother’s eyes when she talked about waking up her son. Every morning, her ten-year-old boy puts up one finger with his eyes still closed, begging for one more minute to sleep.

Why is he so sleepy? Because, like thousands of student “early birds” in China, he has to get up before 6 a.m. every morning.

School students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep a night. But in Shanghai, it’s reported that 90% of the students do not get enough sleep. And studies show that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they should be. Many become near-sighted as a result.

Li Ming, a student at Qinghua High School, said that he usually goes to bed after 11 p.m. But when he has exams coming up, he can stay up as late as midnight. This “night bird” lifestyle has made many students nod off in class. Li Ming said that it is during afternoon classes that he feel most sleepy. “My parents are usually happy to see me studying so late,” he said. “They think I work very hard and they make me cups of coffee.”

However, not all parents are happy about this. “My daughter gets up so early. She looks tired and it really hurts me.” said one of the parents. Why don’t so many students get enough sleep? Now many members of society began to think about it.

1.Why did the ten-year-old boy’s mother talk about waking up her son with tears in her eyes?

A. Because her son’s lack of sleep hurt her but she had to wake him up.

B. Because her son wasn’t good at lessons.

C. Because she thought her son was too lazy.

D. Because her son was badly ill.

2.Which is NOT the result of lack of sleep?

A. The body’s weakness.                              B. Nodding off in class.

C. Near-sighted eyes.                                D. Poor academic developments.

3.How does Li Ming’s mother feel to see him studying late?

A. Sorry.               B. Worried.        C. Not unhappy.            D. Angry.

4.Which one is True according to the passage?

A. All the parents hope their children stay up.

B. No students complain about their lack of sleep.

C. Most students watch TV or play computer games deep into night.

D. Some parents are worried about the fact that most of the students don’t have enough sleep.

 

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1. The workbook that follows the Student’s Book is i__________ to help you review the words, phrases and grammars you have learned.

2. V__________ are in great need in the coming Olympic Games, for they can help foreign athletes to get to the stadiums, record the results of the games and so on.

3. The company spent a lot of money ________（推销，宣传）their products on TV.

4. I was ______(僵住)at the sight of the frightening scene.

5. He worked so hard that e_________ he made himself ill.

6. Pompeii , a wealthy _________（商业的） city ,existed almost 2000 years ago.

7. There are many s_________ between the twins.

8. The student who was cheating in the exam ________（恐慌） when hearing the coming steps.

9. He practices reading English every morning and now his p________ has improved a lot.

10. My mum will have the fence p_______ white before Christmas.

Many of the world’s pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further pollution by industry. If the rapid increase of world population in countries continues at the present rate, there may be much greater harm to human beings. Some scientists speak of the increase in numbers of people as “population pollution.”

About 2,000 years ago, the world population was probably about 250 million. It reached a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now three and a half billion. It is expected to double by the year 2,000. If the population continues to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion in the world a hundred years from now.

Man has been using the earth’s resources more and more rapidly over the past years. Some of them are almost used up. Now many people believe that man’s greatest problem is how to control the growth of the population. The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to support the human population in time to come, if the present rate of increase continues. Already there is overcrowding in many cities and starvation in some countries. Should man’s population keep on growing so rapidly as before? Many people believe that human survival in the future depends on the answer to this question.

The rapid increase in population is considered to be __________.

A. the increase of resources   B. population pollution

C. the development of mankind    D. the present rate

If the present rate of increase continue, ________________.

A. the world is going to end

B. the earth won’t be able to support the growing population in the future

C. pollution has nothing to do with the rapidly increasing population

D. there would be four billion in the world a hundred years from now

Which of the following is Wrong according to the passage?

A. In 1850 the world population reached a billion.

B. Man must fight a battle against population pollution.

C. The world’s population is increasing with years.

D. All of the earth’s resources are gone now.

Because of the change in the American public school system over the last several years, now many parents choose to home-school their children. There are many reasons behind this. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
For some parents, they have religious (宗教的) reasons for home-schooling. The public school system does not have religious teachings, so these parents want to put religion into the children’s daily school activities. This might include teaching religion-based courses rather than coursework that is taught in public schools.
For some parents, they do not feel that their local school system offers their children the best learning opportunities. So they want to take matters into their own hands. This may be because the local school has low educational standards (标准) or for some other reason the parents think it necessary to take their children out of the system. Sometimes the parents just feel the children will get a better education at home.
Some parents may not be rich enough to send their children to a private school, so the next best thing in their eyes is home-schooling. Thus they can teach their children what they like.
One should remember that the laws about home-schooling vary from state to state. In some states, the parents are required to hand in monthly attendance records (出席记录) to their local school system. What’s more, most states require state testing at certain periods such as the CRCT.
【小题1】The writer wrote this passage mainly to _______.   

A．advise parents to home-school their children

B．explain why some parents choose to home-school their children

C．tell us the advantages and disadvantages of home-schooling

D．praise home-schooling and private schools

【小题2】Paragraph 3 tells us that some parents choose home-schooling because ______.

A．school teachers are not strict with their children

B．their children don’t do well in their studies at school

C．their children don’t like going to school

D．they are not satisfied with the school education

【小题3】What does the underlined word “vary” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Increase

B．Change

C．Spread

D．Keep

【小题4】How many reasons for home-schooling are mentioned in the passage?

A．2

B．4

C．3

D．5

Signs in Chinese will be set up in public areas such as airports, to benefit Chinese travelers, the Italian Government announced in late February. Now many European countries are expected to follow this example.

Despite the different languages, travel across Europe has never been so simple. Just five years ago, if you wanted to visit Germany in the north and Spain in the south in one trip, you had to wait for weeks to apply for different visas from the two countries. You also needed a calculator because both countries had different money.

Today, with a Schengen Visa issued by any member country, you can travel across 15 European countries without stopping. Since 2002, within most of the EU, there is now just one type of money called the Euro. The Euro was designed to be the only money in the EU, and already makes it easier to shop around. If you drive, your driving license and car insurance policy are valid（有效的）in the other European countries. And you can use your mobile phone everywhere.

All the countries in the continent are melting into a united Europe under the EU. For Europeans and visitors, the result is that it is more convenient to travel back and forth between the different countries. 

1.By saying the underlined sentence “Now many European countries are expected to follow this example”, the writer means that ____.

A．more signs will be set up in Chinese in European countries

B．more and more Europeans have a desire to know more about China

C．more and more Chinese people will go to travel across Europe

D．Chinese is now an important language in Europe

2.Compared to five years ago, traveling in Europe has become easier because ___.

A．you needn’t drive a car

B．you can use a calculator to exchange money

C．applying for different visas is much simpler

D．one visa is good enough for traveling in a number of countries

3.It can be inferred from the passage that _____.

A．an increasing number of Chinese tend to travel to Europe

B．Chinese has become an important language in Europe

C．the Euro is the only money used in the EU now

D．it is always necessary to unite many countries into one