How do you remember the way to your house? Where do dreams come from? It is your brain(大脑) that does these things. A British scientist showed that “sleep can improve one’s memory.” It’s not a dream for students to study when they sleep. In fact, your brains is working day and night. If you learn words before bed, a certain part of the brain may help you to remember the words while you sleep. What’s more, another scientist in the USA found that there was a “talent button(天才按钮)” in the human brain. It might make a person more talented.

    There are more interesting things about the brain. Your brain uses less energy than a fridge light. Just two bananas can give the brain enough energy to work for a whole day. According to some scientists, yawning(打哈欠) keeps our brains “cool”, which makes us think quicker.

    Here are some pieces of advice to keep a good brain:

l  Eat healthy food.

l  Get a lot of playtime or exercise.

l  Don’t drink or smoke.

l  Use your brain a lot.

1. A British scientist found out that ________ could improve our memories.

    A. drink                B. dreams           C. sleep            D. bananas

2. According to the passage, if we want to have a good brain, we should ________.

    A. use our brains more                      B. sleep fewer hours   

C. work longer hours                        D. remember fewer things

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    A. Our brains only work in the daytime.

    B. Our brains need much energy every day.

    C. Smoking can keep our brains healthy.

    D. Getting exercise is good for our brains.

Do you live in a big city? Do you like the traffic in your city?
There are too m___1___ accidents in big cities. Accidents often h__2__ when people are not careful, especially when they want to c__3__ the road. Why does it happen sometimes? Let me tell you.
When it rains, people are in a h__4__ because they don’t want to get w__5__. They often go across the road q__6__. Often they can’t see c__7__ because they hold umbrellas in front of them. Then accidents may happen at that time. Everyone knows that cars take l__8__ time to stop when it’s raining. So we must be more c__9__ if we want to be safe. Remember everyone has only one l__10__ and we must protect ourselves well.

The Reading Club meets in the library after school. We read and talk a___86____ English story books. It is a lot of fun. I tell the o____87___ students about good books. Then, they tell me about their f____88___ books. We also learn about new books and choose what we want to r____89__ next. We can read books alone, or we can listen to recordings of storybooks on CDs. I like l____90____ to stories on CD. I can hear many d___91____ voices and sounds. This h___92____ me speak and understand English.

S____93_____ we read books in pairs. Students in Grade 9 help me read difficult books. They tell me what the words mean and help me understand. This is very h___94____. I like to learn f____95___ the older students.

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Dear Editor,

I’m a middle school student. I’m writing to tell you about children who are left-behind(留守儿童) in towns around the country. Now, our city is b  1.    more and more modern. That makes a lot of p  2.  leave their hometowns to work on building the cities. But when they work in the cities, their children are waiting for them at home. One of the most s  3.   problems is the loneliness. These left-behind children feel always l 4.   and stressed out because they have no parents’ love. At the same time, nobody can teach them the differences b 5.  right and wrong. So , it’s easier for these children to make m 6.    even break laws. It’s very important for us to pay more a  7.  to these children if we want to build a harmonious society.

So how do we s  8.   this problem? Most of the left-behind children say they miss their parents a lot,  e  9.   during holidays. Maybe the government can set up special group activities for these children during holidays. Of course, the best thing for these families is to be together. As the song says, “If e  10.    gives their love, the world will be better.”

Best wishes to you!

Sincerely,

Mary