A middle school organized a “No TV Week” program. All the teachers, parents and students worked together for this program and most of them found it to be a very good one. The headmaster said, “The idea was not to stop watching TV completely but for the students just to find how much time they watch TV and try to use the time for other things.” What did the students say about this “No TV Week”? One boy said, “I can’t believe I haven’t watch TV for a week, but it’s been fun doing it.” A girl student said, “I’m going to give up all TV program except for ‘Our Animal World’ and other language-teaching program. I’m really pleased that I have more time to do things like walking and thinking. I enjoy this ‘No TV Week’ very much…” But not all the students thought it was good. Here one student Paul said something different, “I don’t like ‘No TV Week’ because I like watching TV. I have lots of favorite programs and I don’t want to miss them. But we have to do it.”
【小题1】The “No TV Week” program begins——.
A. in a family     B on a newspaper     C. in a school      D. with a movie
【小题2】 ________ people express(表达) their ideas in the passage.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

【小题3】 All the students like the program except(除了)--------

A．Clark

B．David

C．Sonia

D．Paul

【小题4】The Chinese meaning of the underline word “completely” is__________

A．完全地

B．渐渐地

C．理性地

D．一致地

【小题5】Maybe(可能) a (an)_____ writes the passage.

A．policeman

B．doctor

C．actor(演员)

D．reporter（记者）

Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the  money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States and Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument(乐器) or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter. However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.
Parents can see that their children are very skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today's children are short of self-respect and self-confidence.
The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be confident, happy and clever.
Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking requires patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and finish his job successfully step by step. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and lots of self-confidence.
Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse(激发) his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not only teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.
【小题1】Most Chinese parents don't realize_______.

A．how much the best education is worth	B．when children should be educated
C．what children really need in later life	D．why school tests don't satisfy children

【小题2】What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Fixing old machines is very important.	B．Interest is necessary for everything.
C．Broken things are useful for children.	D．Using hands helps improve thinking ability.

【小题3】The writer's attitude（看法） to children's education is that

A．the cheaper an education is, the better it is

B．children today should learn different skills

C．practical skills are useful to children's growth

D．school education can't meet parents' expectation.

Different colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In a new programme “Colour me Healthy”, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are. 

“Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?” says Verity. “Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. It’s never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products(产品)as being a bit unpleasant. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design（设计）new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.”

During the programme, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each part. She meets people who work in the colour industry, from people who design food packages, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to prove their ideas, such as the American “Colour Doctor” who believes that serious diseases can be treated successfully by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results. 

Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the programme, it’s up to you to make your own decisions about how much you should believe.

1.What’s Verity’s opinion about colours?

A．Colours help people choose products.

B．Different people prefer different colours.

C．Colours have influences on people in many ways.

D．People working in colour industry know little about colours.

2.What can you infer from Paragraph 2?

A．Colours influence people’s feelings and opinions.

B．People get ideas for new products from colours.

C．New products are popular because of colours.

D．Most companies prefer bright colours.

3.The underlined part “goes out of her way” probably means ______.

A．feels very pleased

B．makes a special effort

C．goes on in her own way

D．carries on very slowly

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．How people use colours.

B．How colours influence people.

C．What happens in a programme.

D．What makes a programme believable.

 

In most parts of the world, many students help their school make less pollution. They join in “environment clubs”. In an environment club, people work together to make our environment clean.

Here are things students often do：

Turn off the water! Do you know that some toilets can waste twenty to

forty tons of water an hour? In a year, that would fill a small water! In environment clubs, students mend those broken toilets.

No-car day. On a no-car day, nobody comes to school in a car-not the students and not the teachers. Cars give pollution to our air, so remember: walk, jump, bike or run.

Use your legs! It’s lots of fun!

No-garbage(垃圾) lunches. How much do you throw away after lunch?

Environment clubs ask students to bring their lunches in bags that can be used

again. Every week they will choose the classes that make the least garbage

and report them to the whole school.

We love our environment! Let’s work together to make it clean!

1. After mending the broken toilets, they save      .

A．a small river

B．a lot of water

C．a toilet

D．a year

2.On a no-car day,      will take a car to school.

A．only students	B．only teachers
C．both students and teachers	D．neither students nor teachers

3.Environment clubs ask students        .

A．to run to school every day	B．to play sports every day
C．not to throw away lunch bags	D．not to forget to take cars

4.From the passage we know that students usually have lunch       .

A．at school

B．in clubs

C．at home

D．in shops

5.The write wrote the passage to tell students to       .

A．join in clubs

B．help teachers

C．make less pollution

D．clean schools

 

Grace is nine years old. She has a bad cold and coughs all the time. One day, she went to see a doctor. The doctor gave her some cough medicine.

　　There are some words on the bottle of the medicine.

Shake the bottle well before taking the medicine.
Take the medicine 3 times a day after meals.
Dose(剂量) for each time:
Age	Over 15	2 teaspoons(茶匙)
8-14	1 teaspoon
4-7	1/2 teaspoon
*It doesn't work for the children below the age of 3. *Be sure the cap on the bottle is nice and tight(紧的)after taking the medicine. *Keep it away from sunlight. *Use before Dec.2009.

1.How much medicine should Grace take a day?

A.Half a teaspoon.　　　　　　　　　　B.At teaspoon.

C.Two teaspoons.　　　　　　　　　　　D.Three teaspoons.

2.What should Grace do at first when she wants to the medicine?

A.Wash the bottle.　　　　　　　　　　B.Shake the bottle.

C.Keep the bottle cool.　　　　　　　 D.Keep the bottle hot.

3.After Grace takes the medicine, she should ____.

A.throw the cap away

B.put the bottle in a place with sunlight

C.put a nice cap on the bottle　　

D.put the cap back on the bottle and tighten it

4.Can a two-year-old child take the medicine?

A.No, he can't.

B.Yes, but only 1/3 teaspoon each time.

C.Yes, but he has to ask the doctor

D.Yes, but only 1/2 teaspoon each time.

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.If someone has a stomachache, he can also take the medicine.

B.If Grace's father has a cold, he should take the medicine 2 teaspoons a day.

C.After getting up, Grace should take the medicine at once.

D.Grace can't use the medicine after DEC.2009.