If you go into the forest with friends, stay with them .If you don’t, you may get lost. If you do get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don’t try to find your friends. Let them find you. You can help them to find you by stay in one place.
There is another way to help your friends or other people to find you. Give them a signal(信号)outing or whistling (吹口哨) three times. Stop. Then shout or whistle three times again. Any signal given three times is a call for help.
Keep on shouting or whistling, always three times together. When people hear you, they will give two shouts or two whistles. When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a small room with branches.（树枝）
What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little branch room to look for something to eat and drink. Don’t just walk far away. Pick up small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back.
The most important thing you need to do when you are lost ---stay in one place.
小题1:When you hear two shouts or whistles, what does that mean?

A．Some animals are coming.

B．Someone is calling for help.

C．People will come to help you

D．Someone is lost.

小题2:What shouldn’t you do, if you get lost in the forest?

A．Walk everywhere to find your friends.

B．Sit down and stay where you are.

C．Make a small room with branches.

D．Try to find something to eat and drink

小题3:Which of the following is wrong according to the passage?

A．You can leave your branch room to find some food.

B．You can’t go anywhere even when you feel thirsty or hungry.

C．You should leave some branches as you walk.

D．Don’t go far away from your room.

Everyone likes living in a clean and comfortable environment. If the environment(环境) are bad, it will affect our body, and make us not feel well. Sometimes we may be terribly ill. At that time we don’t want to work, and we have to stay in bed and rest at home. So the environment is very important to us.
It’s germs(微生物) that makes us ill. There are germs everywhere, They are very small and you can’t find them with your own eyes, but you can see them with a microscope（显微镜）They are very small and there may be hundreds of them on a very small thing, Germs can always be found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope, we shall see them in it. Germs can also be found in air and dust（灰尘）. If you cut your finger, some of the dust from the floor may go into it, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your bodies, and you will have pain everywhere.
To keep us healthy, we should try our best to make our environment cleaner and tidier. This needs us to work together.
小题1:Germs are________.

A．very small things that you can’t see with your eyes.

B．the things that don’t effect people.

C．the things that you can find with your eyes.

D．the things that are very big.

小题2:How will you feel if germs go into the finger that is cut?

A．I will feel nothing.	B．I won’t mind.
C．I will feel tense.	D．I will feel painful.

小题3:The writer tell us that________.
we like working when we are ill           
B. germs can’t live in the water.
C. we can’t feel ill if the environment is bad.  
D. we feel well when the environment is good.
小题4:From the passage we know that________.

A．Environment doesn’t affect our life

B．We don’t need to improve our environment

C．Germs may make us ill

D．If the environment is better, germs will be more.

Parents, doctors and teachers want to know how to help children keep healthy. Here are five rules to keep healthy.
Eat different food
If you eat different food, you can get the nutrients(营养) your body needs. You have to eat two kinds of fruits and three kinds of vegetables a day.
Drink water often
When you’re really thirsty, water is the No.1 choice. How much do kids need? If you are older than 12 years old, drink 3 cups a day.
Listen to your body
When you’re eating, notice how your body feels. Sometimes, people eat too much because they don’t notice when they need to stop eating. Eating too much can make you feel uncomfortable.
Limit(限制) screen time
What’s screen time? It’s the time you spend watching TV or using the computer. Try to spend at most two hours a day on the screen.
Be active(积极的)
What activities do you like best? Find ways to be active every day. You can write down lots of things to do, and then you can do them when your parents say it’s time to stop watching TV or playing computer games!

Rules to Keep Healthy
Eat different food	You can get小题1:       your body needs from different food.
Drink water often	It’s best to drink 小题2:   when you are really thirsty.
Listen to your body	You should notice when to 小题3:       . Don’t eat too much.
Limit screen time	You should spend no 小题4:   than two hours a day on the screen.
Be active	Don’t always watch TV or play computer games. Try to find ways to do your小题5:.activities.

It is interesting to visit another country,         there are some questions.When we don’t know the culture very        , it may be difficult to talk          the people there, we may not know how to do shopping.
In a foreign country, we might（可能）not know where to eat or what to order in a restaurant.It is not easy to decide         to tip（付小费）waiters or taxi drivers.When we          help, we might not know how to ask for help.It is not happy to have an experience（经历）           that.
        a short time, then we learn what to do and what to say.We learn         life in     country, and may be we don’t want       

小题1:	A．but B．and C．or D．for

小题2:	A．good B．well C．better D．best

小题3:	A．about B．with C．in D．at

小题4:	A．how many B．how much C．if D．which

小题5:	A．like B．needs C．likes D．need

小题6:	A．as B．for C．like D．with

小题7:	A．When B．Before C．After D．Until

小题8:	A．to enjoy B．played C．enjoyed D．play

小题9:	A．other B．each other C．others D．another

小题10:

A．leave B．to leave C．leaving D．left

Smog(雾霾) is a kind of air pollution. It makes the sky look grey and dirty, and its air pollutants(污染物) come from many kinds of natural and manmade sources.
Smog is a big problem for our daily life. In smog weather, many people choose to wear masks (口罩) when they go out. And just because of smog weather, many traffic accidents have happened，many flights are stopped, a lot of people have to stay at home because they think the air is dangerous, and more people with different diseases have to go to see the doctor.
People now see the great danger of the smog and the importance of caring the environment. People all over the country are taking actions. First of all, the laws (法律) must be carried out(执行) strictly. Secondly, it will be better for people to go to work or school with public traffic, such as the bus and subway, instead of the car. What’s more, we should plant more trees.
小题1:What is smog?
A. A kind of water pollution.    B. A kind of noise pollution.     C. A kind of air pollution.
小题2:In smog weather, what do many people choose to wear?
A. Masks.                B. Sweaters.          C. Jackets.
小题3:In smog weather, what may happen?
A. There are more people exercising in the park.
B. There are more traffic accidents on the road.
C. Nobody goes to the hospital.
小题4:What can we do to do with smog?
A. Try not to use public traffic.
B. Carry out the laws strictly.
C. Plant fewer trees.
小题5:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Smog makes the sky look terrible.
B. It tells us two ways to protect environment.
C. Taking public traffic is good for the environment. 

It’s in the 2010s.You feel sick, so you go to the doctor. She checks your fever, looks at your throat, and asks what you’ve been thinking about lately. When you leave, she gives you some medicine, but also a list of thinking skills that you are supposed to practice daily. She says that the way you think is causing some of your illness.
Doctors and other scientists who study the human mind and try to explain why people act in the way that they do, called psychologists (心理学家), are starting to believe it. You know that your brain (脑) is connected to every part of your body through your nervous system (神经系统). Now scientists have proved that how you think and feel can have an influence on the health of your body.
Stress is caused whenever there is a problem or a change in your life. Of course, everybody has stress more or less; nobody’s life is perfect. In fact, stress is necessary. Without stress, we would never learn anything or grow or change. We would probably be bored to death. But too much stress can hurt you. It can weaken your body’s protection so that you are more likely to catch diseases. It can even make you more likely to have an accident.
When you feel stressed, your brain sends a message to your body to produce a chemical called adrenaline (肾上腺素). Adrenaline speeds up your breathing and your heartbeat. Today you have a different kind of stress. Problems like endless homework or troubles with your family are the kind of things you can’t fight or run away from, so you don’t use up all that adrenaline. It just stays bottled up inside you, and that’s what can do something bad to you.
What can you do about stress? First, you can try to find ways to change things so you aren’t under so much stress. You can set up a plan to finish homework or go to a doctor or a psychologist to try to work things out with your family or your friends. But sometimes you can’t change a stressful situation. Sometimes you don’t even want to. A big change might be a good change, but it will still be stressful.
The link (关联) between your body and brain works in two ways. Your body can help your mind deal with stress. If you are under stress, you need to take especially good care of your body. It’s important to get enough sleep and eat nutritious (有营养的) meals. Some people take a vitamin-mineral pill every day. Another thing that you can do is daily exercise. If you go walking or do aerobic dancing or work out at the gym (体育馆), you give your body a chance to burn up some of that adrenaline. Of course, a person who isn’t used to much physical activity should start slowly. Anyone with a continuing physical problem should check with a doctor before starting any exercise programs.
小题1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．You shouldn’t go to the gym if you are under stress.

B．One can do his homework to burn up adrenaline.

C．Disease and accidents are caused by stress.

D．Everyone needs stress to improve himself.

小题2:From the last sentence of Paragraph 5 we can infer (推断) that _____________.

A．it’s difficult to change a stressful situation

B．it’s not stressful when a good change takes place

C．a big change will cause another stressful situation

D．a stressful situation can’t be changed without any effort

小题3:What is probably the best title for this passage?

A．The Body-Brain Link	B．The Causes of Stress
C．The Advice on Health	D．The Nervous System

LONDON—Scientists have found an unusual way to prevent our planet from overheating: move it to a cooler spot. All you have to do is to send a few comets (彗星) in the direction of Earth, and its orbit (轨道) will be changed. Our world will then be sent moving into a safer older part of the solar system.
This idea for improving our climate comes from a group of US NASA (美国航空航天局) engineers and American astronomers. They say their plan could add another six billion years to the useful lifetime of our planet—hopefully doubling its working life.
The plan put forward by Dr. Laughlin, and his colleagues Don Korycansky and Fred Adams, needs carefully directing a comet or asteroid (小行星) so that it passes close by our planet and sends some of its gravitational energy (重力势能) to Earth.
“Earth’s orbital speed would increase as a result and we would move to a higher orbit away from the sun,” Laughlin said.
Engineers would then direct their comet so that it passed close to Jupiter (木星) or Saturn(土星). The comet would pick up energy from one of these giant planets. Later its orbit would bring it back to Earth, and the process would be repeated.
In the short term, the plan provides an ideal way to worldwide warming, although the team was actually worried about a much greater danger. The sun is certain to heat up in about a billion years and so “seriously compromise” our biosphere (生物圈)—by cooking us.
That’s why the group decided to try to save Earth.
The plan has one or two worrying sides, however. For a start, space engineers would have to be very careful about how they directed their asteroid or comet towards Earth. The smallest miscalculation (误算) in orbit could fire it straight at Earth—with deadly results.
There is also the question of the moon. As the present issue of Scientific American magazine points out, if Earth was pushed out of its present location, it is “most likely the moon would be stripped (剥离) away from Earth,” it states. This would greatly change our planet’s climate.
小题1:What makes the scientists plan to move Earth?

A．A few comets are moving to the direction of Earth.

B．Earth’s working life is coming to an end soon.

C．Earth will become too hot for mankind to keep alive.

D．The moon is moving farther and farther away from Earth.

小题2:If the plan is successful, Earth will have a working life of ________ years.

A．12 billion

B．6 billion

C．18 billion

D．24 billion

小题3:What serious problems might the plan cause according to the passage?

A．The comet might hit Earth and man might lose the moon.

B．Earth might be moved too far away and man might die because of the coldness.

C．The comet might hit Jupiter or Saturn and never return to Earth.

D．Earth’s working life might be greatly shortened.

小题4:What does the underlined word “compromise” mean?

A．provide

B．benefit (受益)

C．share

D．endanger

This is Yoga! (瑜伽) Experience this for yourself.
How do you feel when you leave a yoga class? Do you feel relaxed, full of energy, prepared and ready to face anything and everything? Do you feel better than when you walked in?  If you have answered “No^”’ to these questions then you are NOT doing yoga.
After walking out of the class, do you feel that you have been pushed through, that theclass was hard，that you have less energy at the end of the class, that you have not got any energy, or that you are still tight and full of stress? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, you are NOT doing yoga.
Are you forced (被迫) into positions(姿势) beyond what you can? Do you know why you are doing the actions in the “yoga” class you attend?
Satyananda Yoga Center teaches YOGA. We know and understand yoga and YOU. We teach yoga with this knowledge and understanding.
You are not forced into positions not suitable for you, or too early for you. You will leave Satyananda Yoga Center yoga classes feeing relaxed, free from stress, energized, and ready for whatever life brings to you.
With regular attendance and practice, the quality of your life improves with betterhealth, and stress-free mind.Your family and friends will notice the difference. You will feel the difference forbetter. This is because you are doing yoga.
Yoga for Everyone!
Yoga is a science. You are the scientist, and you are the one in the science of yoga.
New Saturday morning class from September — 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Asian American Cultural Center, 11713 Jollyville Road, Austin, Texas.
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小题1:At which time can people learn yoga according to this passage?

A．At 10:00 on Sunday in September.

B．At 22:00 on the first Saturday in October.

C．At 9:00 on Saturday in September.

D．On everey Saturday afternoon in September.

小题2:The passage suggests but doesn’t tell directly (直接地) that ______________.

A．only Satyananda Yoga Center teaches yoga

B．there’s no better place to learn yoga than Satyananda Yoga Center

C．some yoga centers are not teaching yoga in the right way

D．you have to be a scientist before you take up yoga

小题3:Which is NOT true if people follow the right ways to do yoga?

A．In the class you will practise some positions.

B．You will feel very different after practising once.

C．You will feel new and fresh after practising yoga.

D．You will feel great if you keep on practising it for a few months.

Wang Jiaming from Beijing Chenjinglun High School says he is a lucky boy. He’s happy that he’s sitting the senior high school entrance exam (中考) in 2014 instead of 2016.
On Oct 22, Beijing Municipal Commission of Education (北京市教委) announced that, from 2016, the English scores in the senior high school entrance exam will be reduced from 120 to 100. Of the 100 points, the listening ability scores will increase to 50. Meanwhile, the points for Chinese will increase from 120 to 150.
“The change won’t affect me. I feel so lucky because English is my strongest subject,” said Wang.
Why such a change? It places the importance on Chinese in our study, and reduces students’ stress, said Li Yi, spokesman of the commission.
“The change will also push us to pay attention to the practical usage (运用) of English,” said Li. “Students will be encouraged to learn to understand English menus and read English news on mobile phones.”
There isn’t news that other cities will have the same change. But several places are making changes to English tests in the college entrance exams. For example, Shandong is considering taking out the listening part of the English exam in its college entrance exams.
But, “being tested for less points doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” Bai Ping wrote in China Daily.
English has long been the world’s most commonly used language. Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji once said: “In a globalizing economy (全球经济), if you cannot communicate with foreigners, how can one be part of the world economy?”
Wang Jiaming said he understood the change.
“Chinese, not English, is our mother tongue (母语),” he said. “But still, I think English is both interesting and useful.”
小题1:In the Beijing senior high school entrance exam of 2016, _____.

A．the English scores will be cut down to 100

B．the English listening ability scores will be lowered

C．the points for Chinese will be reduced by 30 points

D．the points for chemistry will increase by 20 points

小题2: The underlined phrase “can be taken lightly” in this sentence “being tested for less points  doesn’t mean the subject can be taken lightly,” is closest in meaning to “_____________”.

A．can be taken out

B．can be paid less attention to

C．can be taken a close look at

D．can take the place of Chinese

小题3:What is the main purpose of the change?

A．To encourage students to learn how to order meals in English.

B．To make students learn to read English news on mobile phones.

C．To ask students to prepare for the college entrance exam.

D．To make students pay more attention to learning Chinese.

小题4:What does Bai Ping think of the reforms (改革)?

A．They make students spend less time on English.

B．They make it harder to get a high score.

C．Studying English is still important for the students.

D．English is both interesting and useful.

Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted（预测）in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.
Global warming is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.
Increased carbon dioxide（CO2）in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.
“Predicting species’ reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,” said the researches of several U.S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.
The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated（低估）the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.
“Across all species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance — for both leafing and flowering — that results from temperature increases,” the study said.
The design of future experiments may need to be improved to better predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.
Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis（光合作用）to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.
Scientists believe the world’s average temperature has risen by about 0.8℃since 1900, and nearly 0.2℃ every ten years since 1979.
So far, efforts to cut emissions（排放）of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2℃ this century — a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels.
小题1:What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?

A．Plants’ reaction to weather could have damaging effects on ecosystem.

B．The increasing speed of flowering is beyond scientists’ expectation.

C．Climate change leads to the change of food production patterns.

D．Food chains have been seriously damaged because of weather.

小题2:We can learn from the study published on the Nature website that ______.

A．plants’ flowering is 8.5 times faster than leafing

B．there are 1,634 plant species on the four continents

C．scientists should improve the design of the experiments

D．the experiments failed to predict how plants react to climate change

小题3:Scientists pay special attention to the study of plants because _______.

A．they can prove the climate change clearly

B．they are very important in the food chains

C．they play a leading role in reducing global warming

D．they are growing and flowering much faster than before

小题4:What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs about the world’s temperature?

A．It has risen nearly 0.2℃ since 1979.

B．Its change will lead to weather extremes.

C．It is 0.8℃ higher in 1979 than that of 1990.

D．It needs to be controlled within 2℃ in this century.