Expert(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard, but not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning her 10-year-old boy put up one finger (手指) with his eyes still closed, begging(请求) for one more minute to sleep. Like thousands of students “early birds” in China, he has to get up before six every morning.

  A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker (虚弱) than they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason why students stay up late. Some watch TV or play the computer games late into the night.

   Experts have ever said that the students should develop good study habits. So some clever students never study last, they are able to work well in class.

1.The 10-year-old boy begged for more minute to sleep because__________

A. he didn’t have enough sleep   

B. it wasn’t time for him to get up

C. he didn’t want to go to school  

2.In this passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep, they may________

A. become too weak to sleep      

B. not work well in class

C. go to bed early               

3.In this passage “early birds” means “persons who ______________”

A. get up early       B. get up late       C. sleep less  

4.“Stay up late” here means “_____________”

A. study late     B. watch TV late      C. not go to bed until late 

5.According to the passage, which of the following is right?_________

A. If you want to study better, you must work hard at night.

B. Sleeping less means working hard.

C. Some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.

Students these days often have a lot of worries. Sometimes they have problems with their schoolwork, and sometimes with their friends.    Some people think the worst thing is to do nothing. Laura Mills, a teenager from Washington, agrees. "Problems and worries are normal in life," says Laura. "But I think talking to someone helps a lot. If we don't talk to someone, we'll certainly feel worse. "

    Laura once lost her purse, and worried for days. She was afraid to tell her parents about it. She even walked three miles to school each day because she didn't have any money. She just kept thinking. "If I tell my parents, they'll be angry! But in the end, she talked to her parents and they were really understanding. Her dad said he sometimes made careless mistakes himself. They got her a new purse and asked her to be more careful. "I will always remember to share my problems in the future!" Laura says.

    Robert Hunt advises students about common problems. He feels the same way as Laura. "It is best not to avoid our problems. We should always try to solve them. He thinks that you can first find someone to talk to. This person doesn't need to be an expert (专家) like himself. Students often forget that their parents have more experience than them, and are always there to help them.

    In English, we say that sharing a problem is like cutting it in half. So you're halfway to solving a problem if you talk to someone about it!

1.Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph One?

A. What can they do about this?

B. Where do the problems come from?

C. When did they have these problems?

D. Why do they have so many problems?

2.In Paragraph 2,the writer used the story of Laura to _______.

A. answer a question               B. give an example

C. introduce his friend                     D. share his experience

3.According to the passage Robert Hunt might be_______.

A. Laura's teacher                             B. the writer of the passage

C. a person with a problem                D. an expert on students' problems

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. Few children are careful with their money.

B. Parents are more experienced than children.

C. Talking to someone helps to solve problems.

D. Students often have a lot of worries at school.

Nobody is happy all the time, but some people are really happier than others. Here are some tips for you to be happy.

Make enough money to meet your basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing. In the US, that magic number is $40,000 a year. Any money you make beyond that will not necessarily make you happier. Once you make enough money to support your basic needs, your happiness is not affected by how much money you make.

______________________________ Or move to where other members are－so you can see them more. Now, people follow jobs around the country and sometimes around the world. As a result, our relationships with our friends and family have a far greater impact (影响) on our happiness than our jobs do. So next time you think about moving, consider a place where most of your friends and families live.

Find happiness in the job you have now. Many people expect (期待) the right job to change their level of happiness. But happiness research makes it clear that changing jobs can’t bring you happiness. If you want, you will make the best of any job. If you have good relationships with people, you won’t depend on (依赖) your job to give your life a greater sense of meaning. You will find it in your interactions with the people you care about.

If you are unhappy for a long time, you should ask an expert (专家) or a doctor for help. I hope you will be happy all the time.

1.The writer wrote this passage mainly to _____________.

    A. make friends                                            

B. give suggestions

    C. put on an advertisement             

D. complain about your actions

2.The underlined word “interactions” means ____________.

    A. arrangement      B. choice           C. communication    D. agreement

3.What is the title for the third paragraph?

    A. Ask family members for help.        

B. Borrow money from family members.

    C. How to make family members be happy.

D. Stay close to friends and family.

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Jia Meng used to keep a diary in Chinese. But one year a__1__, the 14-year-old girl from Hei Longjiang began to write her diary in E__2__, because Jia found her mother was reading her diary secretly. She changed the language because her mother can’t read English. “It’s like killing two birds with one stone.” said Jia, “My privacy (隐私) became safe and my English improves a lot.”

Jia’s mother is not the o__3__ mom who reads her child’s diary. Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey among over 2, 3000 parents. The results s_4__that 40% of parents read their children’s secrets. That’s why, like Jia, many teenagers try to find ways to protect their privacy.

Wu Lei, 15, of Shanxi, keeps a diary, too. But he doesn’t write them on the paper. He writes o__5__ which he thinks is perfectly safe because his parents “know n__6__ about the Internet.”

Lu Huan, 13, of Guangdong, said her parents always secretly listened to the talk b__7__ her friends and her on the telephone in their room. To solve this p__8__, Lu asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone.

“Parents want to know what is going on in their children’s l__9__,” said Shao Xiazhen, a teenage expert in Beijing. “ But sometimes they go about it the wrong way.” Shao suggested to teenagers that instead of hiding their secrets, t__10__ to parents is a better solution. “If your parents know that you are safe, they’ll let you keep your secrets.”