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　　Are you carrying too much on your back at school? I'm sure lots of children of your age will say “Yes”. Not only the students in China have this problem, but also children in the United States have heavy schoolbags.

　　Doctors are starting to worry that younger and younger students are having back and neck problems as a result of schoolbags being too heavy for them.

　　“It's hard for me to go upstairs with my bag because it's so heavy,” said Rick Hammond, an 11-year-old student in the US.

　　Rick is among students who have common schoolbags with two straps (带子) to carry them, but many students choose rolling (有滚轮的) bags.

　　But even with rolling bags, getting up stairs and buses is still a problem for children. Many of them hurt their backs and necks because of the heavy school bags. But how much is too much? Doctors say students should carry no more than 10％ to 15％ of their own body weight.

　　Scott Bautch, a back doctor, said children under Grade 4 should stay with 10％. But it is also important that older children don't stay with over 15％, because their bodies are still growing. “Children are losing their balance (平衡) and falling down with their schoolbags,” he said.

　　Parents and teachers are starting to tell children to only take home the books they will be reading that night. Some teachers are using pieces of paper or thin workbooks for students to take home. One of the best answers is, as some children said, to have no homework at all!

(1) From the passage we can know that ________ .

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A. only children in China carry too heavy schoolbags

B. children in other countries don't carry too heavy bags

C. both children in China and children in the US carry too heavy schoolbags

D. only children in the US carry too heavy schoolbags

(2) Children feel it hard for them to go upstairs because ________ .

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A. they are too young

B. their school bags are too heavy

C. they don't know how to go upstairs

D. their parents don't always go upstairs with them together

(3) If a child carry a heavy schoolbag, ________ .

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A. his back and neck will be hurt

B. his head and arms will be hurt

C. his hands will be hurt

D. his feet will be hurt

(4) According to the doctor, Scott Bautch, if a child in Grade 5 weighs about 30 kilos, the schoolbag he carries should not be over ________ .

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A. 5 kilos

B. 3 kilos

C. 5.5 kilos

D. 4.5 kilos

(5) Some students think the best answer to this problem is that ________ .

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A. they should have a little homework to do after they get home

B. their teachers had better not ask them to do any homework,

C. they should only take home the books they will read that night

D. they should use thin workbooks instead of thick ones

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　　Mr and Mrs Jones seldom (很少) go out in the evening, but last Saturday, Mrs Jones said to her husband, “There is a good film at the cinema tonight. Can you go and see it?” Mr Jones was quite happy about it, so they went, and both of them enjoyed the film.

　　They came out of the cinema at 11 o'clock, got into their car and began driving home. It was quite dark. Then Mrs Jones said, “Look, Bill. A woman is running along the road very fast, and a man's running after her. Can you see them?” Mr Jones said, “Yes, I can.” He drove the car slowly near the woman and said to her, “Can we help you?”

　　“No, thank you,” the woman said, but she didn't stop running. “My husband and I always run home after the cinema, and the last washes the dishes (餐具) at home!”

1．Mr and Mrs Jones went out to see a good film ________.

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2．The Jones went back ________.

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3．When did the film end?

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4．________ ran home after the film.

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5．They ran home as quickly as possible because ________.

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A．both of them enjoyed washing dishes

B．one of them was afraid of falling behind

C．they wanted to catch up with Jones' car

D．neither of them enjoyed doing the housework

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　　Different countries have different customs(习俗) in giving presents.

　　IN CHINA you must never give a clock to a Chinese person, because the sound of the word “clock” is similar to the sound for “death” in Chinese. Also, don't wrap(包裹) a present in white, black, or blue paper, because these are the colours for funerals(葬礼). Don't give a knife as a present, because something sharp might harm your friendship.

　　IN RUSSIA if we give flowers as a present, we have to give an odd number of them(one, three, five…) because even numbers of flowers(two, four, six…) are for funerals.

　　IN GERMANY flowers are a good present to be taken to your dinner hostess, but don't give her red roses because it means you are in love with her. Don't give anything that has the number of thirteen because such a number is an unlucky number. Don't give anything that has an even number, either. Don't wrap your present in white, brown, or black paper.

1．Why can't we give a clock as a present to a Chinese? Because in China ________.

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A．the word “clock” has the same meaning with the word “death”

B．the word “clock” sounds the same as the word “death”

C．the word “clock” has the same meaning with the word “knife”

D．the word “clock” means “dangerous”

2．You many take ________ if you go to a birthday party in Russia or in Germany.

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3．In ________ thirteen is an unlucky number.

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4．What's the Chinese meaning for “odd number” and “even number?”

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A．自然数

B．基本数

C．奇数和偶数

D．幸运数字和不幸运数字

5．In which country you can't wrap your present in white, black paper?

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