Most people work or study from Monday to Friday.The weekend is usually a time of rest.But today’s Chinese teenagers can hardly rest during the weekends.
According to a survey, 24% of the Grade 8 students in Beijing have classes at the weekend.Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of study.
And this doesn’t happen only in Beijing.Ji Chunying is a Grade 9 student in Guangzhou.The 14-year-old girl has to get up at 6∶45am on Saturday.Then she has classes all the day.On Sunday, she goes to extra(额外)classes for math and physics.But Ji doesn’t complain.She says her classmates all work very hard.
Finding time to have fun
Zhao Ming, 13, is from Zhanjiang, Guangdong.Zhao’s weekend is less busy.But he still spends Saturday in school.On Sunday, after finishing homework, he plays basketball.“I feel happy because I still have time to do the things I like,”he said.Some students are much luckier.Ding Yi, a Grade 8 student from Laiwu, Shandong, is one of them.During the weekend, Ding usually gets up at 8∶00am.Then she spends some time doing homework.After that she is free to go shopping or watch TV.“My teacher said I don't need to push myself too much.Learning well at school is enough,”Ding said.“I feel pretty lucky.”
(1)
Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of ________.
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A.
playing computer games
B.
playing with friends
C.
watching TV
D.
busy study
(2)
How many students are mentioned(提及)in this passage?
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A.
2.
B.
3.
C.
4.
D.
5.
(3)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A.
Some middle school students can enjoy their weekend.
B.
All the students in China are busy studying at the weekend.
C.
Every student in China has to go to extra classes at the weekend.
D.
No student complains about his busy weekend.
(4)
The passage mainly tells us that ________.
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A.
Students should do more homework at the weekend
B.
All the students in China must have classes at the weekend
C.
Students should have more time to take a rest at the weekend
D.
No student can play with his friends out of classes
Do you know something about tree rings(年轮)? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?
A tree will grow well in a climate(气候)with lots of sunshine and rainfall.And little sunshine or rainfall will limit(限制)the growth of climate by studying the tree rings.For example, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from the outside to the inside.If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we’re sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year.If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.
Tree rings are important not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man.Many centuries ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico.But now you can find only sand there-no trees and no people.What happened?
A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there.He found that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings.As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move.
(1)
________ in good climate.
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A.
Tree rings grow far from each other
B.
Tree rings become thinner
C.
Trees don’t need sunshine or rainfall
D.
People can cut down most of the trees
(2)
The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because tree rings can tell ________.
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A.
whether a tree was strong or not
B.
whether people took good care of the trees or not
C.
whether the climate was good or not
D.
how old the trees were
(3)
If you want to find out the weather of twenty years ago, you should study ________.
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A.
the twentieth ring
B.
the tenth ring
C.
the nineteenth ring
D.
the twenty-first ring
(4)
Why did people usually live in places with lots of trees?
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A.
Trees could tell the change of the weather
B.
Trees brought lots of sunshine and rain
C.
Trees could make weather not too hot or too cold
D.
Trees could be used for burning and for building house
(5)
The people had to leave the place in New Mexico because ________.