Are morning people born or made? In my case it was definitely made．In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I would almost always get up late the next morning．

But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high relationship between success and rising early．On those rare occasions where I did get up early, I noticed that my productivity was almost always higher．So I set out to become a habitual early riser．But whenever my alarm went off, my first thought was always to stop that noise and go back to sleep．Eventually some sleep research showed me that I was using the wrong strategy．

The most common wrong strategy is this: You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier．It sounds very reasonable, but will usually fail.

There are two main schools（流派） of thought on sleep patterns．One is that you should go to bed and get up at the same time every day．The second school says you should go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up．However, I have found both of them are wrong if you care about productivity．If you sleep at set hours, you’ll sometimes go to bed when you aren’t sleepy enough．You’re wasting time lying in bed awake and not being asleep.

If your sleep is based on what your body tells you, you’ll probably be sleeping more than you need．Also, your mornings may be less predictable if you’re getting up at different times．

The solution for me has been to combine both methods．I go to bed when I’m sleepy and get up with an alarm clock at a fixed time．So I always get up at the same time （in my case 5 am）, but I go to bed at different times every night — sometimes at 9:30pm, and other times at midnight．Most of the time I go to bed between 10-11 pm．

However, going to bed only when I’m sleepy, and getting up at a fixed time every morning is my way．If you want to become an early riser, you can try your own.

1．According to the passage, the underlined phrase refers to ____.

      A．people who stay up until the next morning.

      B．people who get up early in the morning.

      C．people who feel sleepy in the morning.

      D．people whose productivity is the highest in the morning.

2．Why did the author want to become a habitual early riser?

      A．Because he / she wanted to form the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.

      B．Because he / she had found that his / her productivity was higher when he / she got up early.

      C．Because he / she wanted to see which of the two main schools of thought on sleep patterns was right.

      D．Because he / she was told the high relationship between success and rising early.

3．The author experienced all the following EXCEPT ____.

      A．going to bed after midnight．

    B．getting up early occasionally.

      C．pressing off the alarm to go on sleeping.

      D．asking scholars for advice on sleeping habits.

4．The passage is mainly about ____.

      A．how to become an early riser．

    B．how to have good sleep.

    C．wrong strategies for getting up early.

    D．main schools of thought on sleep patterns.

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

W：Do you have any plans for your future?

M：Er,  1 

W：That’s great! I’d like very much to go to Beijing．Maybe I’11 find a job there.

M：That’s not bad． 2   .

W：What? Are you kidding? It’s such a good chance to go abroad．

M：You know,  3   And if I go there, my mom will go there ,too．I have to live with them.

W：  4   But so many students envy your chance.

M：I see．  5  You have your own say on your future while I am sort of controlled by my parents.

W：Poor you! Anyway，I think what your parents do is all for your own good．

A．but I envy you．

B．You mean you have no freedom?

C．What about you?

D．But I may change my mind．

E．my father’s there．

F．for the moment I plan to go to France for my MBA．

G．gook luck for your future．

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空只写一词）

1．In order to improve his oral English he spent most of his time practising ________ （发音）the words.

2．The boys were fighting, but the teacher ___________（分开） them.

3．China ________ （成功）feeds 22%of the world’s population with only 7% of the world’s land.

4．She_______（划；点燃） a match and lit the candles on the birthday cake.

5．She found she had left her wallet at home immediately she _______（登；上）the plane.

6．Don’t be too _________（挑剔）about food and clothing．

7．She often ________（描述） how she narrowly escaped the earthquake.

8．As soon as they saw the sea, the children shouted in _____________（兴奋）.

9．When he _______ （摇头）his head, I knew he didn’t agree with me.

10．It is necessary for high school students to visit _________（博物馆） and broaden their views.

此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行做出判断：

    如无错误，该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；

    如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

    此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用

斜线划掉。

    此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（八），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

    此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

    注意：原行没有错的不要改。

（请在答题卡的指定位置作答）

In my village，a lot of children were leaving school for     　                1.______

various of reasons．Some families are too poor to send their     　             2.______

children to school, but they have to earn money to support their                  3.______

families．Many parents don’t think it useless to send their                      4.______

children to school．They would rather to let their children                      5.______

stay at home .I feel worried this．I think every child should                     6._____

have the chance to go to school .We should pay more attention to                7._____

the education of children, for we will play an important part                      8._____

in our socialist construction in the future .Way must be                         9._____

found prevent children from leaving off their studies．                          10.______

近来，你校开展“献爱心，送温暖”活动，号召广大学生向贫困或受灾地区捐款捐物。请你参考下列表格要点提示，以“捐款还是捐物”为题写一篇100-120字的英语短文。可适当增加内容。短文开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：生活必需品 daily necessities

  We often give money to the people in poor or disaster-stricken areas．But some students___________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Why not buy him         MP4 as         birthday present since he likes music?

A．an; the         B．the; the          C．an; a         D．a; a

He got angry _______we asked him where the raised money had gone．Which of the following is NOT OK?

A．the moment          B．the minute       C．the instant         D．the time

----How are things with you?

----       ．I now make enough money to pay the bills and keep food on the table．

A．From bad to worse     B．Can’t complain       C．Too bad       D．Too good

The ___ morning，the father came into the lonely house，___ by his naughty boy．

A．following，following               B．followed，followed

C．following，followed                   D．followed，following

_______ the injury to his face and hands，he broke his left leg．?

A．Beside             B．Despite?      C．Apart from           D．Because of