A new term has begun. Teachers are   1  about the fact that new students are not easy to deal with(对付). They like to bring telephones（手机） and MP3 players to school. What is   2  , some students even use telephones to do out-of-class matters in class, or sometimes just for fun. Some otherstudents listen to MP3 players when they are having a lesson that they are not interested in.
Are these new students really that  3 ? “Yes.” says Delaney Kirk, a professor at Drake University.   4  she says it’s not their fault(过错).   5 , the teachers should be blamed(责备). Mrs Kirk first began thinking about students’ manners six years ago. “I had my first class in which students were sleeping or talking to each other. It seemed that learning well had nothing to do with them.” she says. “At first, I got worried about this.” but then I said to myself, “You’re giving   6  , and you need to deal with this kind of situation (情况). These students need to know more about manners. It’s time to help them develop some good   7  . They shouldn’t waste time doing nothing when they are young. Sooner or later, they may regret(后悔) the time they have wasted.”
Mrs Kirk also   8  a list of suggestions(建议) to help teachers better manage (控制) their classes. The following are among her suggestions:
l     On the first day of class, tell students how they will benefit(受益) by taking the class and the importance   9  listening carefully in class.
l     Do not allow（允许） them to bring telephones or MP3 players to the class at all.
l     Tell them how to use telephones or MP3 players   10  .

In China , more and more middle school students are getting shorter sleeping time than before. Most students sleep less than nine hours every night, because they have much homework to do. Some homework is given by their teachers, and some by their parents. Also, some students don't know how to save time. They are not careful enough while they do their homework, so it takes them a lot of time. Some students spend too much time watching TV or playing computer games. They stay up (熬夜) very late. Some students have to get up early every morning on weekdays to get to school n time by bus or by bike. It can be a long way from home to school.

　　Schools and parents should cut down some of the homework so that our children can enjoy more than nine hours of sleep every night for their health. For children, we should make best use of our time. When we have enough time for sleeping, we will find it much better for both our study and health.

1.What makes most students sleep less than nine hours every night?

2.Who else gives children some homework to do except their teachers?

3.How many hours of sleep is good for students' health?

4.What would happen to a student who often goes to bed late and gets up early?

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

Is global warming killing the Maldives?
The Maldives(马尔代夫) is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Every year, millions of         go there to enjoy the wonderful scenery. And in recent years, more and more people would like to visit it,       ? Because the little island country is         . If global warming           , say scientists, the country will go down into the ocean within 100 years. That means the Maldives          have disappeared by 2100.
The Maldives          in the Indian Ocean. It is the           country on earth—its highest point is only 2.4m above sea level.          Greenhouse gas emissions（排放）, global temperature and sea levels will rise         9cm and 88cm by 2100. If scientists are       , most of the Maldives will be covered with water in years.
Last October, Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed and his cabinet（内阁）held the world’s first underwater cabinet meeting to make the world         the terrible results from global warming to their own country. In December, he         at the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference（大会） in Copenhagen, trying to ask for help from the world for        country. The president even has a         to buy a new homeland and move his country and people to a new place.
The Moldavian government has been doing all it can to fight the         . But the fate（命运）of the islands is in the world’s hands. No one wants to see this little island country disappear from the world.

In the 13th century，Marco Polo travelled a long way to China．He was a famous Italian __1  ．During his stay in China，lie saw many wonderful things．One of the things he  2   was that the Chinese used paper money．People in   3    countries didn't use paper money until the 17th century．However，people in China began to use paper money in the 10th century．

__4   was invented by a Chinese about 2,000 years ago．His name was Cai Lun．He then __5   these pieces of paper together and made them into a   6   ．

Now paper mainly comes from trees．We use it every day．  7   we waste a lot of it．If we keep on doing so，people   8   cut down many more trees．Then there will not be any trees left．If there are no   9  ，there will be no paper．

So how can we   10   paper? When we are making notes，we can use   11   sides of every piece of paper．We can buy drinks in bottles instead of   12   in paper packets．We can also use cotton handkerchiefs（棉手帕）and not the paper ones．  13   we go shopping，we can use fewer paper bags．If the salesman gives us a paper bag，we can keep it and   14   it later．

We can help to protect trees if we think   15  ．We should do it now, before it is too late．

1．A．traveller                 B．actor                   C．doctor                   D．driver

2．A．disliked                  B．disagreed             C．invented                 D．discovered

3．A．Eastern                  B．Western               C．Southern                D．Northern

4．A．Iron                      B．Paper                   C．Television              D．Silk

5．A．collected                B．divided                 C．moved                   D．put

6．A．magazine               B．newspaper                  C．book                      D．dictionary

7．A．Sometime              B．Some time            C．Sometimes             D．Some times

8．A．have to                  B．mustn't                C．used to                  D．shouldn't

9．A．books                    B．trees                    C．leaves                    D．factories

10．A．make                   B．use                      C．save                             D．buy

11．A．all                       B．each                    C．every                     D．both

12．A．them                   B．those                   C．these                     D．ones

13．A．Before                 B．After                   C．As soon as           D．When

14．A．repair                  B．record                 C．reuse                     D．return

15．A．carefully              B．badly                   C．quickly                  D．freely