If you ask some people, “How did you learn English so well?”you may get a surprising answer:“In my sleep!”

　　These are people who have taken part in one of the recent experiments to test learn-while-you-sleep methods (方法), which are now being tried in several countries, and with several subjects, of which English is only one.

　　Specialists(专家) say that this sleep-study method speeds language learning tremendously(巨大地). They say that the average person can learn two or three times as much during sleep as in the same period during the day－and this does not affect(影响) his rest in any way. A word of warning, however: sleep-teaching will only hammer into your head what you have studied already while you are awake.

　　In one experiment, ten lessons were broadcast(广播) over the radio at intervals of a fortnight ( two weeks). Each lesson lasted twelve hours－from: 8 p. m. to 8 a. m. The first three hours of English grammar and vocabulary were given with the student awake. At 11 p. m. a soothing (起镇静作用的) lullaby (催眠曲) was broadcast to send the student to sleep and for the next three hours the radio whispered the lesson again into his sleeping ears. At 2 a. m. a sharp noise was sent over the radio to wake the sleeping student up for a few minutes of revision (repeating a lesson ). Then he was lulled back to rest again while the radio purred on. At 5 o'clock his sleep ended and he had to go through the lesson again for three hours before his hard-earned breakfast.

1．Compared with other methods of learning, the learn－while you－sleep method is ________ .

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2．During sleep-teaching you can ________ .

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A．learn grammar and vocabulary that you never heard about before

B．learn how to sleep better

C．learn how to sleep less

D．listen to lessons again to know them better

3．Sleep－teaching means listening to ________ .

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4．What was the total number of hours, asleep and awake, that students spent learning English during the experiment

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5．Which of these statements is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．English is the only subject that is taught by the sleep-study method.

B．Only specially clever students can learn by the sleep-study method.

C．At the time of writing there had been only one sleep-study experiment.

D．Specialists seem to think that the sleep-study method is a good way to learn.

　　It was a very foggy day in London. The fog was so thick that it is impossible to see more than a foot or so. Buses, cars and taxis were not able to run and were standing by the side of the road. People were trying to find their way about on foot but were losing their way in the fog. Mr. Smith had a very important meeting at the House of Commons (英国议会下院) and had to get there but no one could take him there. He tried to walk there but found he was quite lost. Suddenly he bumped (撞上) into a stranger. The stranger asked if he could help him. Mr. Smith said he wanted to go to the House of Parliament (英国议会) . The stranger told him he would take him there. Mr. Smith thanked him and they started to walk there. The fog was getting thicker every minute but the stranger had no difficulty in finding the way. He went along one street, turned down another, crossed a square and at last after about half an hour's walk they arrived at the House of Parliament. Mr. Smith couldn't understand how the stranger found his way. “It was wonderful, ” he said, “How did you find the way in this fog?”

　　“It was no trouble at all to me,” said the stranger. “I am blind. ”

1．This story perhaps happened in ________ .

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2．Mr. Smith was a(n) ________ person.

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3．The phrase “bumped into” means ________ .

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4．The stranger seemed ________ .

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A．to know this area well

B．to have some problems in finding the way

C．to be a tourist guide (导游)

D．to know Mr. Smith

5．The stranger could find the way in the fog without much trouble because ________ .

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　　In England, many children go to nursery school from the age of about three, but these schools are not compulsory. Compulsory education begins at the age of five, when children go to primary school. Primary education takes six years, then pupils go to secondary school. After six years of secondary education, pupils take the General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) examination. Most pupils take about eight subjects in this exam.

　　Compulsory education ends at sixteen. Some people choose to stay at secondary school for a further two years and then take the Advanced Level General Certificate of Education (A-level) examination. Students can take three or four subjects in this exam. Other people leave school at sixteen and go to colleges for further education.

　　Education in England has had many changes in the last ten years. Another new change took place in September 2000, in 6th Forms where students will have study four or five subjects at S-level for their first year and then choose 3 in their second year to study at A-level (S-level is not as difficult as A-level).

　　Higher education begins at eighteen and usually takes three or four years. Students go to universities, polytechnic schools or colleges of higher education.

1．The compulsory education in England needs ________ years.

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2．Compulsory education means ________.

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A．children can choose any school

B．every child must go to school

C．the school education

D．the education for the children

3．Pupils will have to take GCSE exams ________.

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A．when they go to primary school

B．during their secondary school years

C．after they finish schooling

D．before they go to secondary school

4．If a student wants to stay at a secondary school for two more years of further study, he'll have to take a(n) ________ exam.

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5．Some students in 6th Forms can choose four to five subjects at ________ exam.

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About ten men in every hundred have the trouble of colorblindness in some way. Women are luckier, only about five in every hundred are affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman.

There are different shapes of color blindness. For example, a man may be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shades of green. Sometimes a person can not tell the difference between blue and green. Only a few unlucky men may see everything in shades of green-a strange world indeed.

Colour blindness in human beings is a strange thing to say clearly. In only one eye there are millions of very small things called “cones^①”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colours. There are also millions of “rods^②”，but these are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us shapes but no colours. Some insects have favourite colours. Mosquitoes^③ like blue but do not like yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue light will. Human beings also have favourite colours. Yet we are lucky. With the help of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colours by day, and with the help of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible^④ colours around us.

生词注释：①cone n.锥形物　②rods n.棒　③mosquitoe n.蚊子　

　　　　　④invisible adj.看不见的

1.“colour blindness”means       in Chinese.

       A.色盲                        B.颜料                    C.盲目                   D.瞎

2.Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

       A.Women are better at driving than men.

       B.Women are more careful.

       C.There are fewer colour blind women.

       D.Women are friendly to people.

3.With the help of the “cones”, we can      .

       A.tell different shapes   B.kill insects

       C.see in a weak light     D.tell orange from yellow

4.We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a       light.

       A.red                          B.yellow                 C.blue                    D.green

5.Which of the following sentences about the colour blindness is TRUE?

       A.None of them can see deep red.

       B.Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing(识别)colour.

       C.None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

       D.All of them see everything in shades of green.