One of the easiest and cheapest ways to help your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night, but more and more people in the world are not sleeping enough. According to the World Health Organization, over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. The result of this is not just a lot of tired people; in the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100,000 car accidents, and 1,500 deaths a year. Problems with sleep can also cause mental (心理的) problems, as well as medical problems such as high blood pressure and heart problems.

American culture values work and often doesn’t value sleep. In fact, people who sleep a lot are often called “lazy”. Many famous men say proudly, “I only have time to sleep four or five hours a night.” Students, especially college students, often sleep only a few hours a night. They often say, “I’m used to sleeping only a little.”

But according to experts, sleep is like money. If you sleep only five hours a day, you don’t “get used to it”, but instead, build up a “sleep deficit (亏损)”. “It’s like a credit card (a card used to buy things or services),” says Dr. James Maas, “You are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back.” The more hours you don’t sleep, the more hours you should sleep to “pay back” the hours on your “sleep credit card”. For example, if you sleep four hours on Monday and then sleep eight hours on Tuesday, on Wednesday you will still have a “sleep deficit” of four hours. This deficit can continue for months or even years. People with a “sleep deficit” are sleep-deprived. Driving and making decisions can be dangerous for these people.

Another research shows people should sleep nine or ten hours every night. More than half the people in the world may be running a “sleep deficit”. You didn’t do your homework last night? Maybe you can tell your teacher that you were working hard on your sleep deficit.

“Don’t think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the day. That’s a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more,” said Winston Churchill.

1.How many hours do we need to sleep every day if we want to keep healthy?

A. 7. B. 6. C. 11. D. 8.

2.What does the underlined word “sleep-deprived” mean?

A. Easily sleepy. B. Having difficulties falling asleep.

C. Short of sleep. D. Afraid of sleeping.

3.From the passage we know sleep-deprived people ________.

A. are easily tired

B. most likely cause traffic accidents

C. can have both mental and medical problems

D. have all the above problems

4.What Winston Churchill said means ________.

A. sleep more during the day, work more at night

B. sleep during the day influences your work

C. people who sleep during the day have no imagination

D. sleep during the day is helpful to your work

5.Which of the following may be the best title for the passage?

A. Sleep and Health

B. The Less Sleep, the More Danger

C. Work Less, Sleep More

D. Pay Back Your Sleep Hours

Justin and Mary woke up early, even though they were on vacation at their uncle' s lake house. The night before, Uncle Thomas told them about the Foggy Figure(雾怪) that lived in the lake. Justin and Mary decided to see it before their vacation ended.

"Is it foggy outside? asked Mary, as Justin looked out the window.

"Yes! Let's go!" said Justin.

It was only 5:00 a.m., so everyone else in the house was still asleep. Mary and Justin came to the boat dock(码头). They saw thick fog over the lake.

"Do you see anything?" asked Mary.

"Nothing. Do you think Uncle Thomas was just trying to scare us with that story?"

Uncle Thomas did have a good imagination. He told Justin and Mary many stories, but this was the first scary story. Mary had a feeling that it wasn' t made up.

Mary shook her head. "Remember what Uncle Thomas said? The Foggy Figure lives in the lake. We' re on the dock. Maybe that' s why we can' t see him."

"You want to go out on the water?" asked Justin.

Mary looked around, trying to find Uncle Thomas' s boat, but the fog was too thick.

They walked towards the end of the dock and saw the outline (轮廓) of the boat. They carefully got into the boat.

Mary was nervous. "See anything?" They looked around, and slowly, the fog began to lift(消散). Mary turned around and shouted, "The Foggy Figure!" It was in the boat with them!

Justin and Mary hugged each other in fear, but then they heard a laugh. It was from Uncle Thomas. "I knew that story would get you two out of bed early enough to take a boat ride with me."

Justin and Mary were happy that there was no Foggy Figure.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案,并将其标号填入题前括号内。

1.The story happened ________.

A. in the morning B. in the afternoon

C. in the evening D. at midnight

2.Justin and Mary learned about the Foggy Figure from______.

A. a book B. TV

C. their uncle D. their parents

3.What did Mary think of the story of Foggy Figure at first?

A. It was real. B. It was made up.

C. It was interesting. D. It was boring.

4.Mary felt _______ when she got into Uncle Thomas' s boat.

A. excited B. scared C. relaxed D. upset

5.The Foggy Figure was actually________.

A. a fish B. a boat C. thick fog D. Uncle Thomas

Seven years ago, a small town in Changhua started to grow healthy rice. What surprised us was that the “farmers” were not really farmers. They were students from a small middle school. Now everything on the farm goes well. And there are stories behind rice, too.

The idea of growing rice came from the school teachers decided to teach students how to grow healthy rice on the school land(土地). They wanted the students to be close to(离……近) the land and learn to help each other outside the classroom.

The students and the teachers ate the rice. The school made money by selling(卖) the rice and giving farming(种田) classes to the community. With the money, the school could help some students go to foreign(外国的) countries some day.

Today the dream comes true—the students are flying to Japan to share their special farming stories, and have fun over there, of course! “We all feel very happy that even students from a small town can make themselves stars,” said one of the teachers.

1.What is the article about?

A. A great teaching plan.

B. A new way of cooking rice.

C. A farming class for farmers.

D. A famous teacher from a small town.

2.The idea of growing rice came from .

A. the teachers B. the farmers

C. the students D. the community

3.What is the dream in the article?

A. Growing healthy rice.

B. Building more schools.

C. Visiting a foreign country.

D. Learning outside the classroom.

4.Which is NOT the reason for growing healthy rice?

A. To make the farmers surprised.

B. To make the students close to the land.

C. To teach students how to grow healthy rice.

D. To learn to help each other outside the classroom.

5.What can be the best title(标题) of the article?

A. Healthy Rice

B. Small Rice, Big Dream

C. Small School, Healthy Life

D. Growing Rice, Making Money

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