Maybe everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read stories about dogs.

　　I have a friend. He has a large police dog named Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

　　One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he took the visitor's hat in his mouth. The visitor saw it and was surprised. He laughed and left.

1.--The young visitor stayed a long time, didn't he?

　　--_____.

　　A. Yes, he didn't 　　　　　　　　B. No, he didn't 

　　C. Yes, he did  　　　　　　　　　 D. No, he did

2.Jack became worried because _____.

　　A. he wanted to go out for a walk      

　　B. he wanted to play with him

　　C. he didn't know the young man    

　　D. he wanted to eat something

3.Jack sat down in front of the visitor because _____.

　　A. he wanted the visitor to talk to him

　　B. he wanted to talk with the young man

　　C. he wanted to show the visitor how clever he is

　　D. he wanted the visitor to leave

4.The visitor went on talking and _____.

　　A. he paid no attention to his hat     

　　B. he paid no attention to Jack

　　C. he didn't know that his hat was taken away by Jack

　　D. he didn't like Jack

5.Jack went out of the room, but came back with _____ in his mouth.

　　A. food

　　B. nothing

　　C. something

　　D. the visitor's hat

 

 

Maybe everyone likes dogs, and almost everyone likes to read stories about dogs.

　　I have a friend. He has a large police dog named Jack. Police dogs are very clever. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Jack for a long walk in the park. Jack likes these long walks very much.

　　One Sunday afternoon a young man came to visit my friend. He stayed a long time. He talked and talked. Soon it was time for my friend to take Jack for his walk. But the visitor still stayed. Jack became very worried. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of the visitor and looked at him. But the visitor paid no attention to Jack. He went on talking. At last Jack got angry. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down again in front of the visitor, but this time he took the visitor's hat in his mouth. The visitor saw it and was surprised. He laughed and left.

1.--The young visitor stayed a long time, didn't he?

　　--_____.

　　A. Yes, he didn't 　　　　　　　　B. No, he didn't 

　　C. Yes, he did  　　　　　　　　　 D. No, he did

2.Jack became worried because _____.

　　A. he wanted to go out for a walk      

　　B. he wanted to play with him

　　C. he didn't know the young man    

　　D. he wanted to eat something

3.Jack sat down in front of the visitor because _____.

　　A. he wanted the visitor to talk to him

　　B. he wanted to talk with the young man

　　C. he wanted to show the visitor how clever he is

　　D. he wanted the visitor to leave

4.The visitor went on talking and _____.

　　A. he paid no attention to his hat     

　　B. he paid no attention to Jack

　　C. he didn't know that his hat was taken away by Jack

　　D. he didn't like Jack

5.Jack went out of the room, but came back with _____ in his mouth.

　　A. food

　　B. nothing

　　C. something

　　D. the visitor's hat

 

 

A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country.

Dean Bluey from Dallas, Texas, was a school boy who has much interest in 36. One day, he was sending an e-mail to a friend on the Internet. Suddenly he 37 a message saying “Help! Pain! Help!”. The message was from Finland（芬兰）, 38 of kilometers away from America.

“I didn’t know what I should do,” Dean said to a reporter later. “It was really 39 to tell if the message was real.” So Dean did 40 at first. But the message kept coming.

“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean 41. He replied and discovered that sender was a student called Tarja, who was 42 in a university library. She was ill. What was worse, there was no 43 around her. Her only way of 44 with the world was by e-mail. Dean got in touch with the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance（救护车） rushed to the library. Luckily, she was still alive and was sent to the hospital 45.

“I’m glad she’s OK,” Dean said. “It’s hard to believe, but e-mail saved her life.”

（　）36. A. computer                       B. sport                               C. art

（　）37. A. received                        B. left                                  C. sent

（　）38. A. hundreds                       B. thousands                        C. millions

（　）39. A. difficult                         B. easy                                C. sad

（　）40. A. nothing                          B. everything                       C. something

（　）41. A. explained                       B. answered                         C. asked

（　）42. A. angry                                   B. tired                                C. alone

（　）43. A. phone                            B. computer                         C. television

（　）44. A. communicating                     B. talking                             C. chatting

（　）45. A. slowly                           B. quickly                            C. quietly

　

Last year in the UK at least 45 people died and 900 more were injured in car accidents where drivers were using their mobile phones．Yet many people continue to use them while driving even though it’s dangerous．
    Research has shown that it is difficult to concentrate on driving and talking at the same time．It can even be more dangerous than driving after drinking too much．A recent study found that when drivers were talking on their mobile phones，their stopping times were 30 percent slower than when they had drunk too much-and nearly 50 percent slower than when they were driving normally．It also found that drivers talking on mobile phones were less able to control their cars than drunk drivers．
    And talking isn’t even the most serious problem, texting(发短信) is. Unbelievably, another recent study reported that 22％ of adults admitted they had sent a text message while driving at least once in the past month．An average text message takes 90 seconds to write and send．That means for one and a half minutes a driver is looking at their phone’s screen and not at the road．The arrival of new smart phones such as the iPhone will only make matters worse as they will allow users to do more things than ever before．http://www.xkb1 .com
    Using a mobile phone while driving puts others’ lives at risk．No matter how well we drive，if another driver is not being professional or careful，we are put in danger by their actions．Such drivers are selfish(自私的)，careless and should have their driving licenses cancelled(取消)．
    There is no doubt that mobile phones call be fun and are extremely useful，especially when you’re in trouble．But there is no need to use them while driving．Just wait until you stop or you will probably get into trouble of your own．
(    )66. The underlined word “'them” in paragraph 1 refers to           .
　          A．phone users         B．mobile phones    C．drivers    D．ears
(    )67. According to the passage，if a driver needs 10 seconds to stop when driving normally, they   

will need   _ seconds to stop when talking on a mobile phone．
　          A．12．                B．13．            C．14.       D．15．
(    )68. According to the passage，in what order do the following activities influence driving?
　      Dangerous→More dangerous→Most dangerous
　          A．drinking→talking on phone→texting　     B．texting→talking on phone→drinking
　          C．talking on phone→texting→drinking　     D.  drinking→texting→talking on phone
(    )69. Why will new types of mobile phones make the driving problem worse?
　          A．It will take longer to send text messages．
　          B．People will want to talk on their phones more often．
　          C．There will be more things for people to do with their phones．
　          D．People think the new phones are easier and safer to use．
(    )70. According to the writer, what should be done to people who use mobile phones when       driving?
　          A．They should be put into prison．
　          B．Their cars should be taken away．
　          C．Their phones should be taken from them．
　          D．They should not be allowed to drive any longer．

   

A Brown University sleep researcher has some advice for people who run high schools: Don’t start classes so early in the morning. It may not be that the students who nod off at their desks are lazy. And it may not be that their parents have failed to enforce(确保) bedtime. Instead, it may be that biologically(生物学上)these sleepyhead(贪睡者)students aren’t used to the early hour.

　　“Maybe these kids are being asked to rise at the wrong time for their bodies,” says Mary Carskadon, a professor looking at problem of adolescent (青春期的)sleep at Brown’s School of Medicine.

　　Carskadon is trying to understand more about the effects of early school time in adolescents. And, at a more basic level, she and her team are trying to learn more about how the biological changes of adolescence affect sleep needs and patterns(方式).

　　Carskadon says her work suggests that adolescents may need more sleep than they did at childhood, no less, as commonly thought.

　　Sleep patterns change during adolescence, as any parent of an adolescent can prove. Most adolescents prefer to stay up later at night and sleep later in the morning. But it’s not just a matter of choice---their bodies are going through a change of sleep patterns.

　　All of this makes the transfer(迁移)from middle school to high school---which may start one hour earlier in the morning----all the more difficult, Carskadon says. With their increased need for sleep and their biological clocks set on the “sleep late, rise late” pattern, adolescents are up against difficulties when they try to be up by 5 or 6 a.m. for a 7:30 a.m. first bell. A short sleep on a desktop may be their body’s way of saying. “I need a timeout.”

1.Carskadon suggests that high schools should not start classes so early in the morning because _______.

A．it is really tough for parents to enforce bedtime

B．it is biologically difficult for students to rise early

C．students work so late at night that they can’t get up early

D．students are so lazy that they don’t like to go to school early

2.The underlined phrase nod off most probably means _______.

A．turn around       B．agree with others   C．fall asleep         D．refuse to work

3.What might be a reason for the hard transfer from middle school to high school?

A．Adolescents depend more on their parents.

B．Adolescents have to choose their sleep patterns.

C．Adolescents sleep better than they did at childhood.

D．Adolescents need more sleep than they used to.

4.What is the test mainly about?

A．Adolescent health care.

B．Problems in adolescent learning.

C．Adolescent sleep difficulties.

D．Changes in adolescent sleep needs and patterns.