Sitting on a chair all day in school can make anyone want to move around. So, more and more teachers are letting students have a ball. By sitting on exercise balls instead of chairs, teachers find students' posture (姿势) and attention improve.
Dottie Pownall, a fifth-grade teacher in West Virginia, USA, has been using balls as chairs since December 2008. "The students love them", she says. Pownall took a survey of her students. She found that 80% of the students thought sitting on the balls helped them pay more attention to what they were learning.
The teacher, Pisa Witt, felt so strongly about the use of balls as chairs, she started Witt Fitt. This company encourages the use of the balls. And the company educates not only teachers but also students on how to use them. "Our products are used in 24 states, three provinces in Canada, Puerto Rico ('波多黎各) and Japan," says Witt. "Research shows that sitting on the balls makes them sit up straighter. You can slouch (低头垂肩地坐) on a ball," says Witt, "but it feels awful." Because the students are moving, their blood (血液) increases. That carries more oxygen (氧气 to the brain (大脑), so the kids have more energy and can focus longer.
"Furthermore, they're fun." says Pownali.
【小题1】 What will happen if a student sits on a chair all day in school? The student will _________.

A．pay more attention to his lessons	B．be fun
C．like to move around	D．sit up straighter

【小题2】 How long has Dottie Pownall used the balls?

A．About three years.	B．Only one year.
C．In 2008.	D．Since he was a fifth-grade teacher.

【小题3】 In how many countries are the balls used as the students' chairs?

A．Four.

B．Three.

C．Two.

D．One.

【小题4】Teachers choose balls instead of chairs because sitting on balls helps the kids___________.

A．improve the students' posture and attention	B．slouch on the chairs
C．have fun	D．Both A and C are correct answers.

【小题5】Which is better for kids to study in class, sitting on a chair or sitting on a ball?

A．Sitting on a chair.	B．Sitting on a ball.
C．They are the same.	D．We don't know.

Mobile phone has become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have banned(禁止) students from carrying mobile phones during school hours.
Mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, teachers said mobile phone use is a distraction(娱乐) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers were also saying that sometimes students might use phone messages to cheat during exams.
She said some schools had tried to ban mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with(与…联系) their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school: they were easy to lose and were a distraction from studies.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
【小题1】Some middle schools in Australia have banned students from carrying mobile phones,          

A．because they are students	B．when they are free
C．when they are at school	D．because they are children

【小题2】 We know from the passage that some children get mobile phones from       .

A．the makers and sellers	B．the passers-by and strangers
C．their parents and friends	D．some mobile phones users

【小题3】What does the underlined word cheat mean in the passage?

A．聊天

B．核对

C．查询

D．作弊

【小题4】Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t         during school hours.

A．use their mobile phones	B．leave their mobile phones at school office
C．help the teachers with their work	D．get in touch with their children

【小题5】 The passage tells us that         .

A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for some special reasons.

B．it is impossible to ban students from using mobile phones at school

C．some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their phones at school

D．parents should teach their children how to use mobile phones during school hours.

Many children use the Internet to get useful knowledge and information, and to relax in their free time. But some of them are not using it in a good way. Here are some rules to make sure you are safe and have fun on the Internet.

Make rules for Internet use with your parents. For example, when you can go online, for how long and what activities you can do online.

Don’t give your password to anyone else, and never give out the following information: your real name ,home address, age, school, phone number or other personal information.

Check with your parents before giving out a credit card number.

Never send a photo of yourself to someone in e-mail unless your parents say it’s OK.

Check with your parents before going into a chat room. Different chat rooms have different rules and attract different kinds of people. You and your parents will want to make sure it’s a right place for you.

Never agree to meet someone you met on the Internet without your parent’s permission. Never meet anyone you met online alone.

Always remember that people online may not be who they say they are. Treat everyone online as if they were strangers.

If something you see or read online makes you uncomfortable, leave the site. Tell a parent or a teacher right away.

Treat other people as you’d like to be treated. Never use bad language.

Remember that not everything you read on the Internet is true.

1.The writer tells children to_____________.

A．send their own photos to him.

B．make rules for Internet use with parents.

C．believe everything they read on the Internet

D．give out their personal information

2.It’s good for children to _______________.

A．give password to others

B．get useful knowledge and information

C．give out a credit card number

D．go into a chat room as they’d like to

3.What shouldn’t you do when you are on line?

A．Using bad language.

B．Sending messages and e-mails.

C．Leaving the site if you feel uncomfortable.

D．Treating everyone online as strangers.

4.If your parents don’t agree, never________________.

A．read anything on the Internet.

B．have a face-to-face meeting with anyone you met online.

C．relax in your free time

D．treat other people as you’d like to be treated.

5.The best title for this passage is “_________________”.

A．How to use computers                   B．Surfing on the Internet

C．Information on the Internet                D．Internet safety rules

 

先阅读短文，然后根据要求答题。
President Obama has said that he gives each of his seven and ten-year-old daughters just a dollar a week for their chores, such as setting the table, washing dishes, and cleaning up their play /' ??ri? / and bedrooms.
People have different opinions about paying little kids for doing
chores or just giving money to them. Some families think that everyone
in the family should do housework, and that kids shouldn’t be paid for
doing so. The supporters(支持者),however, believe that kids should get
paid, and that the money they get will help kids learn important skills of
how to use it.

But for those who /t?u:z/ to give the money, it can be a headache   
deciding on how much they should give, especially in these difficult economic（经济的）times. A good idea is that you can keep /'rek?:dz/ of how much you spend on your child daily for two weeks and then decide how much you should give according to the average（平均的）daily amount. Kids can start receiving money around ages 4 or 5, when children start to understand how money works.
A)根据短文内容完成下列语音题：
【小题1】Write out the word/' ??ri? /：_________
【小题2】 Write out the word/t?u:z/：_________
【小题3】Write out the word/'rek?:dz/：_________
【小题4】In the underlined sentence find one word whose last sound can have incomplete plosion（失去爆破）：______________
【小题5】In the underlined sentence find two words that can be read together（连续）：
_____________  _____________
B) 根据短文内容填入一个适当的词
【小题6】President Obama’s two daughters _________ paid for doing chores.
【小题7】 In the passage there are ________ different opinions about paying to kids for doing chores.
【小题8】 Some people think that children should do housework _________ being paid.
【小题9】Some people think that it’s important for children to ________ how to use money.
【小题10】It’s __________ for parents to decide on how much money they should give to their children.

Passage 3
Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your spare time? Then join us to be a volunteer! We’re a non-profit (赢利的) organization. We have volunteer jobs of all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too.” Said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers.” said another volunteer at the age of 18.
If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com.
【小题1】When do the volunteers help others?

A．In their spare time.	B．At weekends
C．On weekdays.	D．In the evenings.

【小题2】_____ can be a volunteer.

A．Children

B．Old women

C．Anyone aged 12-70

D．Young people

【小题3】Volunteers want to get _______ when they help others.

A．money

B．computers

C．everything

D．nothing

【小题4】Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with ______.

A．animals

B．children

C．computers

D．older people

【小题5】We can read such a passage ______.

A．in a newspaper

B．in a storybook

C．in a picture book

D．in a textbook