Strong,healthy teeth help you chew food that helps you grow. They help you speak clearly. And they help you look best. Here are some tips for you to take care of your teeth.

1. Brush your teeth in the right way.

Brush your teeth at least twice a day―after breakfast and before bedtime. If you can,brush them after lunch or after sweet snacks,too.

Brush all of your teeth,not just the front ones. Spend time brushing teeth along the side and back of your mouth. Brush things away from your gums (牙床) too.

Spend at least three minutes each time when you brush your teeth. Play a song you like to help pass the time. Get a new toothbrush every three months. When you buy your toothbrush,be sure it has soft bristles (刷子毛) .

2. Learn how to floss your teeth (用牙线剔牙缝) .

Flossing is a very important way to keep your teeth healthy. Food may hide in places where a toothbrush can not get to,like the space between two teeth. Flossing can help get rid of (除掉) it. Carefully move the floss between two teeth,up and down. You need to floss your teeth at least once a day.

3. Have good eating habits.

You need to be careful about what you eat and drink. Eating sugar is a major cause of tooth decay (蚊牙) .Eating sugar before you go to bed can make things even worse. So you should eat lots of fruit and vegetables and drink water instead of soda.

(   ) 11. Which is not mentioned in this passage?

   A. Flossing your teeth.

   B. Brushing your teeth.

   C. Having good eating habits.

   D. Seeing a dentist.

(   ) 12. The underlined word "tips" in the first paragraph may mean "         ”in Chinese.

   A. 小费   B. 小建议

   C. 原W   D. 小工具

(   ) 13. What can we learn from this passage?

   A. Brushing your teeth twice a day is enough.

   B. Hard bristles will make your teeth clean and healthy.

   C. Flossing is not so important to keep your teeth healthy.

   D. Having good eating habits is very important to keep your teeth healthy.

(   ) 14. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

   A. We should brush our teeth at least twice a day.

   B. Flossing can help get rid of the food hidden between two teeth.

   C. One of the major causes of tooth decay is eating sugar.

   D. We don't have to brush our teeth if we eat a lot of fruit and vegetables.

(   ) 15. What is the major cause of tooth decay?

   A. Flossing your teeth.

   B. Brushing your teeth too often.

   C. Hiding some food between your teeth.

   D. Eating too much sugar.

Not many years ago,a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. When he was seventyfive,he gave £12,000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children's playground.

As a result of his kindness,many people came to visit him. Among them was a newspaperman. During their talk,Johnson said that he was seventyfive and expected to live to be a hundred. The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventyfive. Johnson had a sense of humor. He liked whisky and drank some each day. "I have an injection (注射) in my neck each evening."he told the newspaperman,thinking of his evening glass of whisky.

The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant. In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventyfive and had a daily injection in his neck. Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain,asking him for the secret of his daily injection.

(   ) 6. Many people came to visit Johnson because he         .

   A. made a lot of money

   B. traveled a lot around the world

   C. gave his help to the village school

   D. was seventyfive years old

(   ) 7. Johnson made money by         .

   A. buying and selling things with other countries

   B. visiting foreign countries

   C. building a children's playground

   D. telling stories to the newspapermen

(   ) 8. At the age of seventyfive,Johnson         .

   A. began to drink whisky   B. still stayed healthy

   C. became rather strange   D. moved to a village

(   ) 9. From the reading we learn that Johnson         -

   A. liked to write letters

   B. went to the hospital every day

   C. had a habit of drinking some whisky

   D. gave all his money to the village school

(   ) 10. We can infer from the reading that         .

   A. Johnson could live for a hundred years

   B. the newspaperman got Johnson's secret of injection

   C. Johnson was in fact in poor health

   D. many people wanted to live a hundred years Teeth are important.

The temperature of your body should be always just the same,no matter whether the weather is hot or cold. That is why the doctor uses his thermometer (温度计) when you are sick. When you are well,your temperature is about 37^. If he finds it higher than that,it is a sure sign that something is wrong.

The body keeps the same temperature all the time,because it balances the heat it produces and gives off. It is always burning up food and producing heat. It will produce heat faster when it needs to,and give off heat faster when it is too hot. Let's see how this happens.

The heat of your body is given off chiefly through the skin. When you are cold,your skin is tight and shows " goose flesh". At this time you usually prefer warming up by exercise,or put on more clothes to keep heat in.

When you are hot,the skin is loose and soft. It is supplied with more blood,and the heat is given off rapidly. If you are very hot,you begin to sweat. In this way,more body heat is given off from your skin. You wear less clothes,too,so that the heat can be given off freely. You may not want to exercise at this moment because your body is hot already,and the extra heat produced by exercise makes you uncomfortable.

You will feel differently in different kinds of weather as well. In summer,when it is hot,you feel tired and lazy. You do not want to work or play,but enjoy lying down and doing nothing. But when you get out of doors in winter,the cold air makes you feel lively. You want to run and play.

(   ) 11. Doctors take a patient's temperature to see         .

   A. whether a person is ill or not

   B. if the patient's skin is loose or soft

   C. what the weather is like

   D. whether a person feels hot or cold

(   ) 12. How does the body keep the same temperature all the time?

   A. It balances the heat it gets and loses.

   B. It gives off the heat produced in it.

   C. It is always producing heat from food.

   D. It stops producing heat when necessary.

(   ) 13. When one feels too hot,he begins to sweat in order to         .

   A. produce more water

   B. give off heat quickly

   C. make the skin soft and loose

   D. get the blood to move faster

(   ) 14. We feel differently in different kinds of weather because .

   A. our body temperature is always changing with the weather

   B. warm weather makes us feel lazy and cold one makes us active

   C. we are moody according to the changes of temperature

   D. our bodies react differently to keep the same temperature

(   ) 15. We can read this article         .

   A. in a history look

   B. on a medicine bottle

   C. in a science book

   D. in an advertisement

 An elderly (年长的，老的，渐老的) builder was ready to retire. He told his employer of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more comfortable life with his wife. He would miss the paycheck,but he needed to retire. They could manage.

The employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The builder said yes,but at that time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He built it carelessly and used poor materials. It was an unfortunate way to end his career.

When the builder finished his work,the employer came to him and handed the front door key to the builder. "This is your house," he said. "My gift to you."

What a shock!What a shame!If he had only known he was building his own house,he would have done it all so differently. Now he had to live in the home he had built！

So it is with us. Sometimes we build our lives carelessly,willing to put up less than the best. At important points we do not give the job our best effort. Then with a shock we find that we are now living in the house we have built. If we had realized it before,we would have done it differently.

Think of yourself as the builder. Think about your house. Each day you hammer a nail,place a board,or set up a wall. Build wisely. It is the only life you will ever build. Even if you can live for only one day more,that day is worthy to be lived well. Life is a do-it-yourself project.

Who could say it more clearly? Your life today is the result of your attitudes and the choices in the past. Your life tomorrow will be the result of your attitudes and the choices you make today.

(   ) 6. Why did the builder want to retire?

   A. Because he missed the paycheck.

   B. Because he wanted to have more free time with his family.

   C. Because he was too old.

   D. Because his boss was not kind.

(   ) 7. What does the underlined sentence mean?

   A. At the beginning,one should try the best to choose the best job,so he will have happy life.

   B. One should be good to his boss,so he will live a happy life.

   C. Work hard,think more,and one will be a happy life.

   D. What you did in the past will lead to your life today.

(   ) 8. How did the builder feel at last?

   A. He was very happy when he got the house.

   B. He was very sorry because of his last work.

   C. He was thankful because he was a good builder.

   D. He lived a lonely life.

(   ) 9. What can we learn from the builder?

   A. Try to be a good worker.

   B. Live a comfortable life.

   C. The best choice is to leave.

   D. Try your best even if it's the last work.

(   ) 10. Which is the best title for the passage?

   A. Live in a House You Build

   B. An Elderly Builder

   C. An Clever Employer

   D. A Bad House

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(   ) 1. How much does the cheapest onenight stay in a twostar hotel cost?

   A. £409.   B. £429.   C. £419.   D. £399.

(   ) 2. Which of the following is NOT included in the prices?

   A. Travel insurance.

   B. Flights.

   C. Breakfast.

   D. Airport fees and taxes.

(   ) 3. Which of the following is true?

   A. Single travellers need to pay less when they live in a room on their own.

   B. Best Northern Brookside is the most expensive hotel.

   C. You can't change the booking once you have paid.

   D. You can't book the hotels on the Internet.

(   ) 4. Mr Brown and his wife are from New York. They travelled in Manchester and stayed in one of the hotels for two nights. They had to pay at least         

together.

   A. £1,118   B. £998   C. £1,158   D. £499

(   ) 5. The main purpose of this text is         .

   A. to give advice

   B. to introduceEngland

   C. to advertise city travels

   D. to provide instructions

(   ) 1. The above information comes from a         .

   A. letter   B. science book

   C. movie poster   D. calendar

(   ) 2. What animal is Mcdull?

   A. A bird. B. A dog. C. A pig. D. A cat.

(   ) 3. Mr Bean is a very interesting         .

   A. science fiction   B. cartoon

   C. action movie   D. comedy

(   ) 4. You can see Harry Potter M at         .

   A. 17：00   B. 11：00   C. 9：00   D. 23:00

(   ) 5. Jackie Chan is a (n) .

   A. movie star   B. actress

   C. director   D. travel guide

Do you like to eat fruit? How much fruit do you eat every day? Fruit is good for our h 1       Some days ago,more than 220,000 students from 350 primary schools of Hong Kong e 2       fruit at school on a Tuesday―to support Fruit Day.

Only around half of the 9 ,000 primary school students from 44 schools ate fruit twice or more e 3       day,a study in Hong Kong said. Many k 4       don't eat e 5       fruit every day.

As we know,fruit and vegetables could keep many diseases (疾病) a 6       from us,such as heart (心脏) disease. If you eat enough fruit and v 7       ,you will not get cancer (癌症) . There are a lot of Vitamin C(维生素C) in fruit and vegetables. It can help your bones (骨骼) become s 8       . So children a 9       6 to 12 should eat one to two kinds of fruits a day to keep their health at its best.

Dr P. Y. Lam,a health doctor in Hong Kong,said at the Fruit Day party, "Schools and parents should help kids have the good habit of eating fruit. Every family can make a plan of healthy meals."

The schools have also promised (承诺;) to hold more than 270 activities (活动) to e 10       students to take more fruit.

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All big cities are quite similar. Living in a modern Asian city is not very d 1       from living in an American city. The same cannot be said about living on farms,however.

In many parts of the w 2       ,farmers and their families live in villages or towns. In the United States,however,each farm family lives on its o 3       fields,often beyond the sight of any neighbors. Instead of t 4       from a village to the fields every morning,American farmers stay on their land throughout the week. They travel to the nearest town on S 5       for shopping or on Sundays for church. The children r 6       on buses to large schools which serve all of the farm families living in the area. In some areas,there are small schools serving a few farm families,and the children walk to school.

Of course life keeps changing for e 7       ,including farmers. Today there are cars,good roads,radios,and television sets. And of course there are modern m 8       for farming. All of these have changed farm life.

For many years,however,farming in America was often a lonely way of living. Farmers had to deal with their own p 9       ,instead of getting help from others. They 1 10       to try new methods,and to trust their own ideas instead of following older ways.

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 Each spring is a new blossom of wild flowers in the ditch. There is one special blue flower that has always caught my eyes. I've noticed that it blooms only in the morning hours. Every day for about two weeks,I see these beautiful flowers.

This spring,I started a wild flower garden in my yard. I could look out of the kitchen window and saw the flowers while doing the dishes. I often thought that those lovely blue flowers from the ditch would look great in my garden. Every day,I drove past the flowers,thinking, "I'll stop on my way home and dig them,but I don't want to get my good clothes dirty. " Whatever the reason,I never stopped to dig them. My husband even gave me a shovel (铁铲) to do it.

One day on my way home from work,I saw that some workers were repairing the road and the pretty blue flowers were gone. I said to myself, "Oh,that's terrible. I should have done it when I first saw them blooming this spring. " I was very sad for this.

A week ago I was shocked to learn that my oldest sister got cancer and she would die soon. She was twenty years elder than me and unfortunately,because of age and distance,we were not very close. I realized the connection between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my eldest sister and me. I do believe that God has given us some time to plant some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for us.

And yes,if I see the blue flowers again,you bet I would stop and move them to my wild flower garden.

(   ) 11. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

   A. Pretty Blue Flowers   B. Flowers and I

   C. My Eldest Sister   D. Nice Memory

(   ) 12. The writer didn't dig the flowers because         .

   A. she waited for her husband to do that

   B. she didn't want to hurt them

   C. she didn't make up her mind to do that

   D. she wasn't allowed to do that

(   ) 13. The writer thinks the flowers         .

   A. are too beautiful to be dug

   B. are like her eldest sister

   C. would be more beautiful in her garden if she dug them

   D. are similar to the relationship between her eldest sister and her

(   ) 14. We can know from the passage that         .

   A. the writer communicated very often with her eldest sister

   B. the blue flowers were far away from the writer's house

   C. the writer didn't notice the flowers until they disappeared

   D. the flowers looked the most beautiful in the morning

(   ) 15. How does the writer feel after she saw what happened to the flowers?

   A. They shouldn't be planted in the yard.

   B. They were too beautiful to be kept.

   C. She was angry with those workers.

   D. She realized something more important than the flowers themselves.

When Alice was only eight weeks old,she was abandoned because of deafness. Poor Alice,dirty,sick and nervous,had a hard start in life. But less than a month after being saved,the little dog began to learn sign language orders (命令) with her new family,and now she has already learned the signs for several common orders.

Marie Williams,41 ，and her husband Mark Morgan,43 ，who are both deaf themselves,adopted (收养) the dog from the animal charity The Blue Cross. The couple and their three sons Liam,16. Lewis,13. and Owen,5. who have normal hearing,are teaching the lovely dog sign language orders,including instructions for sit,come and roll over.

Marie Williams said, "We were thinking about getting a dog. When we were told Alice was deaf,we just couldn't believe it. She was so beautiful,and the fact that she was deaf just made us fall in love with her even more一we knew that she would fit right into our family. I remembered when we went to visit her at the centre,I had tears in my eyes. I felt so angry that someone abandoned her because in his eyes she was not ' perfect'. It goes to show with a little effort (努力) it is easy to get along well with the deaf dog."

Julie Stone from The Blue Cross said, "I was always worried that people won't be willing to take such a dog home,because it needs lots of special training. So it was amazing to see Marie,Mark and their children became friends with Alice in such a short time. They know just how to get her attention. They are a perfect match and Alice has found the perfect home where I know she'll get all the love."

The Blue Cross,which just depends on public donations,provides new homes for thousands of dogs,cats,horses,and other small animals every year through the Internet.

(   ) 6. The underlined word "abandoned" in the first paragraph means "         

   A. killed   B. thrown away   C. beaten   D. saved

(   ) 7. How many people are there in Marie's family?

   A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

(   ) 8. According to the passage,the couple adopted Alice because         .

   A. they wanted to have a dog as their children's friend

   B. they were sure they could only get along well with a deaf dog

   C. they needed a dog and they thought Alice was lovely

   D. they wanted to teach her some sign languages .

(   ) 9. The Blue Cross is         .

   A. an animal charity which provides homes for small animals

   B. a charity which helps deaf people

   C. a market where people can buy pets

   D. a school where people can learn sign languages

(   ) 10. It can be inferred from the passage that a deaf dog         .

   A. is good at learning sign languages

   B. has difficulty getting on with deaf people

   C. is clever enough to learn every order

   D. can be trained to become a wonderful pet