题目内容
According to a recent survey, British teenagers are damaging(伤害) their health by not getting enough sleep because they are prevented from doing so by electronic gadgets (电子设备) in their bedrooms.
According to the Sleep Council, "junk sleep" could compete with eating unhealthy junk food as a main worrying lifestyle for parents of teenage children.
Among the l, 000 students aged 12 t0 16 who were tested in the survey, 30 percent just slept for 4 to 7 hours a day. Almost a quarter said they fell asleep, more than once a week, while watching TV, listening to music or using other electronic gadgets.
"This is a quite worrying trend(潮流)”, said Dr Chris Idzikowski of the Edinburgh Sleep Centre. "What we are seeing is the appearance of terrible junk sleep - sleep that is of neither the length(长度) nor the quality it should be."
Nearly each of the teenagers had a phone, music system or TV in his or her bedroom, with around two-thirds owning all three. Almost one in five of the teenage boys said the quality of their sleep had been influenced by leaving their TVs or computers on. The survey also found that 40 percent of youngsters felt tired each day, with girls aged 15 to 16 feeling the worst.
"Teenagers need to wake up to the fact that to perform(表现) well. They need to do something about their sleep. I'm shocked(震惊) that so few teenagers have noticed the close connection," said Idzikowski.
【小题1】Among the students tested in the survey, about_______ of them fell asleep while using their electronic gadgets.
| A.200 | B.250 | C.300 | D.400 |
| A.A long sleep of good quality. |
| B.A short but good sleep. |
| C.A sleep with many dreams. |
| D.A short sleep of low quality. |
| A.hard work and good performance |
| B.good feelings and good performance |
| C.good sleep and good performance |
| D.good sleep and good looks |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】C
解析试题分析:这篇短文中作者主要讲述了英国青少年的睡眠质量受到电子产品的危害,通过对青少年的睡眠调查得出很多数据并为此提出了担忧。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据短文第三段Among the l, 000 students ……Almost a quarter said they fell asleep, 知道a quarter是指四分之一. 故选B.250
【小题2】细节理解题。根据第四段What we are seeing is the appearance of terrible junk sleep - sleep that is of neither the length(长度) nor the quality it should be."可知垃圾睡眠是指短而低质量的睡眠。故选D. A short sleep of low quality.
【小题3】细节猜测题。联系上文"Teenagers need to wake up to the fact that to perform(表现) well. They need to do something about their sleep.可知此处指的是,好的睡眠和好的表现紧密相连。故选C. good sleep and good performance好睡眠和好表现。
考点:教育类短文阅读
A crow(乌鸦) is about twenty inches(英寸) long and black all over. Crows are dirty birds because they live on bad food. Crows eat a lot of waste food. In this way they are more useful to us than any birds. They clean up the dirty things in our streets. Crows are always hungry. They look for food all day, and in the evening you can see them in large numbers flying back to their nests(巢) in the trees. They sleep there at night.
Crows are much noisier than other birds. Very often a large number of crows will get together on one house and talk. Sometimes they talk together, and sometimes they do it by turns(轮流) like human beings(人类). It is easy to tell(判断) from crow’s sound if they are pleased or angry. Perhaps crows talk a lot because they are friendly birds. A pair of crows will live together all their lives, and if one of them dies, the other one becomes very sad and quiet for the rest of its life and some time later it dies too.
【小题1】 Crows “live on bad food” means “ _________ ”.
| A.Crows eat old bad food. |
| B.Old bad food is crows’ nests. |
| C.Crows make their nests on old bad food. |
| D.Crows sleep on old bad food. |
| A.are clean birds |
| B.can move away waste food |
| C.can make our streets clean |
| D.aren’t dirty |
| A.in the evening | B.all day |
| C.in the morning | D.at night |
| A.together | B.by turns |
| C.noisily | D.quietly |
| A.they will not live together. |
| B.one of them cannot live alone happily. |
| C.they will die |
| D.one of them will die |
Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight.
Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. They get their food by eating plants and other animals. If you look carefully at plants around you, you will find there are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants.
Flowering plants can make seeds(种子). The seeds are guarded by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit. Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores(胚芽). Spores are very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float(漂浮) in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores are all on wet and sandy places, they usually grow into plants.![]()
【小题1】The main idea of the first paragraph is that _____________.
| A.plants are important for life |
| B.plants cannot grow without air |
| C.there are many plants in the world. |
| D.we can not live without water. |
| A.four | B.three | C.two | D.one |
| A.offered | B.protected |
| C.produced | D.saved |
| A.All the plants grow from seeds. |
| B.No flowering plants grow from seeds. |
| C.Only non-flowering plants grow from seeds. |
| D.A few of non-flowering plants grow from seeds. |
Are you looking for something fun and would you like to help others in your spare time? Then join us to be a volunteer! We’re a non-profit (赢利的) organization. We have volunteer jobs of all ages. Anyone, from twelve-year-old children to people in their seventies can become a volunteer.
You can help people in many ways. Schools need help with taking care of children while parents are working. Hospitals need volunteers to look after children while their parents are seeing a doctor. Animal lovers can help take care of those dogs and cats without homes. There is something for everyone.
“As a volunteer, I don’t want to get anything. Seeing the children’s happy faces, I’m happy, too.” Said Carlos Domingo, an old woman of 62. “I often played computer games in my spare time before. Now I help older people learn how to use computers.” said another volunteer at the age of 18. If everyone helps out a bit, we’ll have a better world to live in. Interested? Call us 1-800-555-5756 or visit our website: www.activol.com.
【小题1】When do the volunteers help others?
| A.In their spare time. | B.At weekends |
| C.On weekdays. | D.In the evenings. |
| A.Children | B.Old women |
| C.Anyone aged 12-70 | D.Young people |
| A.money | B.computers |
| C.everything | D.nothing |
| A.animals | B.children |
| C.computers | D.older people |
| A.in a newspaper | B.in a storybook |
| C.in a picture book | D.in a textbook |
Many boys and girls love to watch TV. They spend many hours a day in front of the TV sets. But many parents let their children watch TV only in special time.
TV shows are like books or movies. There are many kinds of TV shows,such as sitcoms,soap operas, sports shows, fashion shows,etc. A child can learn good things and bad things from them. Some shows help children to know the news all over the world. Children don’t have to go to the zoo to see animals. Boys and girls can see sitcoms, sports shows and game shows at home. Some shows teach children how to cook or how to use tools.
Many boys and girls think it is fun to watch TV, but it is also fun to read books, to play games or to visit friends.
阅读短文后选择正确答案。(10分)【小题1】Many boys and girls spend .
| A.4 hours on TV shows on Sunday |
| B.6 hours on TV shows every day |
| C.many hours a day in front of the TV sets |
| D.all their time on TV shows |
【小题2】Many parents .| A.don’t let their children watch TV |
| B.ask their children to watch TV |
| C.watch TV with their children |
| D.let their children watch TV in special time |
【小题3】From TV, boys and girls can .| A.learn nothing |
| B.learn good things and bad things |
| C.learn good things |
| D.learn all the things they can learn from school |
【小题4】Kids like to watch TV, because .| A.it is fun |
| B.they have nothing to do |
| C.it is exciting |
| D.it’s boring |
【小题5】How does the writer like the TV shows?| A.They are good for children. |
| B.They are bad for children. |
| C.Some of them are good for children. Others are not. |
| D.Students should not watch TV. |
The Most Unusual Jobs
Pet Food Tester .
Yes, it's a thing and yes it's totally gross(恶心的). But Mark Gooley ---the owner of a pet food company, eats dog food for a living. He eats everything from doggie treats and chewy bones to liver mixture.
Teddy Bear repair Engineer
When your favorite toy loses an arm, or suffers a bad injury, it is upsetting. But now you can get help in the Build-A-Bear Workshops, the teddy bear repair engineers repair your favorite teddy bears and get them back to themselves.
Water slide Tester
Monday morning surely seems more enjoyable if you spend your working week slipping down water slides in a theme park, especially in summer.
You might also spend your lunch break on a roller coaster, eating a hot dog for lunch.
Working holiday, am I right?
Paint Watcher
You may have heard some people say they'd "rather watch paint dry" than do something they don't want to do. Well, if they really mean it, the chance is there---- studying the drying time and effects(效果)of paint as a full-time job for a paint company.
【小题1】What is Mark Gooley's job?
| A. A paint watcher |
| B.A water slide tester. |
| C. A pet food tester. |
| D. A teddy bear repair engineer |
| A.In a theme park |
| B.In a paint company |
| C.In a pet food company |
| D.In a Build-A-Bear Workshop. |
| A.He paints the wall. |
| B.He repairs the water slide. |
| C.He studies the effects of paint. |
| D.He watches others repair the wall. |
Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They have heavy pressures from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and harder so that they can have a wonderful life when they grow up .Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for many students who aren’t gifted (有天赋的)enough. Many of them have tried very hard at study but fail in the exams and make their parents lose heart. Some students feel that they are hated by everyone else and they don’t want to go to school any longer .They become dropouts.
It is surprising that though most Japanese are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way .Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers’ work to help their children .To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to those schools opening in the evening and on weekends. They only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them the very real sense of the world.
Many Japanese schools usually has rules about everything from the student’ clothes to things in their school bags. Child psychologists(心理学家)now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feeling of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others , how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案,将其标号填入题前括号内。
【小题1】 Japanese students have heavy pressures from .
| A.themselves | B.Japan |
| C.their parents | D.their classmates |
| A.a wonderful life | B.their parents |
| C.study | D.themselves |
| A.脱离传统社会的人 | B.文明的社会人 |
| C.逃学的人 | D.偏激的人 |
| A.few | B.a few |
| C.a lot of | D.lot of |
| A.40% | B.50% | C.70% | D.60% |
Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work(谁知盘中餐,粒粒皆辛苦).” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.
A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200million people for a year.
Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.
Chinese people are well known for being hospitable(好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table.
Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, got fired because she took some leftover food home for her son. Many people stood by her side and criticized(批评) the waste of food.
What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here are some tips:![]()
1. Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.
2. Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.
3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.【小题1】How many people were hungry in the world in 2010 according to the UN World Food Program?
| A.200 million. | B.Six million. |
| C.925 million. | D.625 million. |
【小题2】What does the writer want to show us through Li Hong’s story?| A.Many Chinese restaurants waste a large amount of food. |
| B.Many Chinese people are kind-hearted and ready to help the weak. |
| C.Chinese people feel that they lose face if their guests eat all the food. |
| D.Many Chinese people don’t agree with the behavior of wasting food. |
【小题3】The underlined word “leftover” means in Chinese.| A.过期的 | B.剩余的 | C.腐烂的 | D.难吃的 |
【小题4】According to the passage, we shouldn’t waste food because .| A.food comes from very hard work |
| B.six million children die of hunger every day |
| C.there is enough food to feed all the people |
| D.Chinese are hospitable and generous |
【小题5】Which of the following is a good way to save food?| A.Ordering more than you need at a restaurant. |
| B.Taking home restaurant leftovers. |
| C.Not knowing what you already have at home when shopping. |
| D.Not eating the food you don’t like even if it’s healthy. |
补全对话(共5分,每小题1分)从方框中选择 句子完成对话,
A: Hi, Kathy ! Do you have a plan for tomorrow ?
B: Not yet . 【小题1】__
A: I plan to go to the book store. Would you like to go with me ?
B: Fine . 【小题2】__.
A: Well, I want to buy some story books.
B: Great. What kind of books do you like ?
A: 【小题3】 . What about you ?
B: I’d like to read stories like Gone with the Wind.
A: I know that book. 【小题4】
B: You are right . Have you read any books by young writers born in the 1980s?
A: Oh, I like reading their writings on the Internet.
B: Haha ! 【小题5】 .
A: That’s right .
| A.I plan to watch TV. |
| B.It’s a good way to save money. |
| C.What kind of books are you going to buy? |
| D.What are you going to do ? |
F. It’s really a great book in America .
G: It’s quite boring .