Money, jewels and important documents may not be the only valuables placed in banks these days. Some mothers store their breast milk (母乳) in banks.

There are ten breast milk banks across the United States, where mothers can donate their extra milk for other women’s babies.

Experts say breast milk is the best food for babies. The World Health Organization says it is the only food babies should get during the first six months of life, in most cases. Breast milk is especially important for babies born too early. Sometimes these premature babies must stay in the hospital for many weeks.

James Cameron is a doctor who treats newborns at Lutheran Children’s Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He says breast milk is almost like medicine. Doctor James Cameron says, “The fact is that there are so many different proteins and specialized sugars in the breast milk that the mom’s able to make that help provide immunity (免疫力). It’s very important for the health of the newborn.”

Lucy Baur lives near Fort Wayne. She breastfed both her children and always had more milk than they needed. She wanted to donate to the Indiana Mothers Milk Bank in Indianapolis. But freezing and shipping milk can be costly. Then, a donor station opened near her home.

Milk donations in the United States work like this. Donors must be willing to provide almost three liters of breast milk. They freeze the milk and take it to the station. There, employees warm the milk and mix it with other mothers’ milk. Then, the milk is heated to kill bacteria. After that, the technicians test samples of all the milk to make sure it is safe and healthful. The milk is re-frozen and sent to the main milk bank. The milk bank transports the milk to hospitals to feed premature or sick babies.

Donors are tested for diseases before any milk is accepted. They are not permitted to smoke tobacco, use illegal drugs or drink too much alcohol.

1.According to the passage, which thing can also be stored in banks except money, jewels and important documents?

A．Notes.            B．Diamonds.         C．Valuable papers.    D．Breast milk.

2.From the text we learn                            .

A．Lucy Baur wanted to donate her milk to the donor station near her home

B．the milk is frozen and sent to the milk station after killing bacteria

C．the milk bank transports the milk to babies’ home to feed them

D．James Cameron is a doctor who feeds the babies on the milk in the milk station

3. The breast milk is important for newborns because             .

A．only it can stop babies from developing diseases

B．it contains rich nutrients (营养) babies need

C．it is the only food suitable for babies

D．it benefits babies as the best medicine

4. Who is allowed to donate her extra milk of the following women?

A．A heavy smoker.                        B．A heavy drinker.

C．A fruit lover.                           D．A drug user.

5.The purpose of setting up breast milk banks is to                      .

A．store extra fresh milk for some school children

B．provide milk to the children who go hungry

C．help other mothers donate milk to their own babies

D．offer breast milk to early born and unhealthy babies

Betty is an American school girl. She is very happy because her parents will take her to China for a visit. They are going to fly from New York on June 30 and get to Beijing on July 1. They will stay at Lido Holiday Inn. Their Chinese friends will show them around Beijing. They are going to visit the Palace Museum, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven and the Great Wall. They will also visit some Chinese homes and try some Chinese food. They will spend a week in Beijing and then go to Xi’an, Guilin and some other places for sightseeing. The whole trip will take three weeks and she is sure she will have a great time in China.
【小题1】Betty is very happy because she will _______ with her parents.
A. visit China 　B. go home 　C. watch TV
【小题2】Their _______ friends will show them around Beijing.
A. Australian   B. Chinese  　C. American
【小题3】From the text we can know that they will _______ in Beijing.
A. cook Chinese food
B. Learn to speak Chinese
C. try some Chinese food
【小题4】After they visit Beijing , they will go to _______.
A. Xi’an and Guilin
B. The Summer Palace
C. Shanghai
【小题5】How long will the whole trip take?
A. one week 　B. two weeks 　C. three weeks

Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children's book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.
In 1954, life magazine published a report about school children who could not read well. The report said many children's books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize. He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
【小题1】Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.

Have you ever heard an echo of your voice?

An echo is a reflected(反射)sound. Stand in a very large, empty hall with nothing on the walls. Then shout. The sounds you make will hit the walls and come back to you. The walls reflect the sounds. These reflected sounds are called “echoes”.

We can use reflected sound to make sound travel farther. Hold a watch about fifty centimeters from your ear. You cannot hear it. The sound of the watch travels a short way in all directions. It does not travel as far as your ear. You can make it travel to your ear by using a roll of cardboard(纸板筒).

Make the roll of cardboard about fifty centimeters long. Put one end over your ear and hold the watch at the other. Now you can hear the watch because the sound has not gone in all directions. It is reflected down the roll to your ear.

A megaphone(喇叭筒)works in the same way. It makes sound travel farther. It reflects the sound into a beam which can travel a long way. In the ship, the sailor uses the megaphone to make his voice travel. Without the megaphone, his voice cannot travel far.

We use reflected sound in many ways. We use it to measure the depth of the sea, for example. Among the animals, bats and whales use reflected sound to tell them where they are and what things are near them.

1. Which is the right order of hearing our echo in a very large, empty hall?

a. We hear the reflected sound       b. The sound returns to us  

c. The sound hits the walls          d. We make a sound

2.. From the text we learn that __________ .

3. If you haven’t got a megaphone, ____ will help you to make your voice travel farther.

Monday…..oh, I don’t like Monday because I will(将) have to go back to school again after the weekend. Tuesday is not so bad. I usually play tennis with my friends after school. On Wednesday evening I don’t go out. I stay at home and do my homework. I like Thursday because the next day is Friday. I always go out on Friday –maybe to the cinema. I love the weekend. On Saturday I stay in bed until lunchtime, and I sometimes go to the shops in the afternoon. In the evening we go to a club—there are good bands there every Saturday. Then on Sundays I go to my friend’s house or she comes to mine. I usually visit my grandmother for an hour in the afternoon. Then the weekend is over and it’s Monday…. And I feel bad again!

1.The writer doesn’t like the Monday because _________

        A. Monday is the first day of a week   

        B. he just spent（度过） a happy weekend 

        C. Monday is the first school day of a week  

        D. he will have many lessons on Monday

2. The writer thinks Tuesday is not so bad because _______

        A. he can play tennis with his friends   B. he has no homework to do

        C. he has a P.E. class                D. he is free 

3. The writer may go to the movies on _______

        A. Monday   B. Tuesday   C. Wednesday   D. Friday 

4.What does the writer NOT do on weekends? 

        A. Stay in bed until lunchtime    B. Watch football games on TV  

        C. Go to his friend’s house       D. Go shopping in the markets

5. From the text, we know that the writer _______

        A. doesn’t like school very much   B. likes to stay at home   

        C. only likes Friday   D. only likes Saturday