If you are having trouble falling asleep, you are in good company. About 65% of Americans said they have sleeping problems a few nights each week, according to a recent study by the National Sleep Foundation. Sleeping too little can lead to a higher risk of becoming fat and getting depressed(沮丧的). But before you go to a doctor for advice, it is worth examining your sleeping habits one more time. Some of your favorite evening habits may have something to do with the sleeping problems.

   Setting a Bright Alarm Clock

   The light of your bright alarm clock can prevent you from falling asleep. You can make your room as dark as possible. Cover the bright numbers with a book or consider buying a small travel clock. Your cellphone alarm may also do the trick.

   Counting Sheep

When you just can’t  fall asleep, it’s useless to stay in bed to count sheep. If you’ve been trying to fall asleep for more than 30 minutes, the National Sleep Foundation suggests you get up to do some reading or watch TV for a while. Such activities will make you sleepy. Before you know it, you’ll be going back to bed really tired.

   Exercising Late at Night?

Daytime workouts(锻炼) will keep you full of energy for hours. That’s why you don’t want to exercise within three hours of hitting the sack. Fierce(剧烈的)  physical activity raise your body temperature and pumps your energy level—both are bad for a good night’s sleep.

1.What can we learn from the first sentence of the passage?

A. It’s not good to fail to fall asleep at night.

B. People in a good company often have sleeping problems.

C. There are many people who have sleeping problems.

D. You should find someone to talk to if you can’t fall asleep.

2.The underlined part “hitting the sack” in the last paragraph means “______”.

A. going back home                      B. going to bed

C. going to the gym                      D. falling asleep

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The bad results of getting too little sleep.

B. Why the bright alarm clock keeps you awake.

C. What to do if you can’t fall asleep after 30 minutes.

D. Why watching TV and reading books make people sleepy.

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。该项中有两项为多余选项。

    My mother is a diligent and kind woman. She is very busy from morning till night. As a teacher, she works hard.  ___1.___ Both my brother and I love her dearly as she loves us.

    My mother has been teaching math at a middle school in my hometown. She goes to work early in the morning and does not return home until late in the afternoon. ___2.___She treats them with patience and teaches them well. For her excellent quality and very good teaching results, she has been elected as a model teacher several times.

    ___3.___ Every day, when she comes back home from work, she sets about doing housework, sweeping the living room and bedrooms or cleaning the furniture, and putting everything in good order. She seems to be busy all the time. As she has been very busy working every day, she looks older than her age. But she looks as cheerful and happy as ever. Mother never buys expensive dresses for herself, but she often buys some inexpensive but high quality clothes for us. ___4.___ She just eats a plain meal outside when she is too busy to cook herself. She lives a busy yet simple life, without any complaints.

    Often she says to us, “Work while you work, and play while you play. That is the way to be happy and gay. If you do not work, you will become lazy and be of no use to society”. What a piece of good advice this is! ___5.___ This advice of hers will always serve as a guide to my behavior. My mother is great indeed, and I always feel proud of her.

A. As a mother, she takes good care of us and gives us every comfort.

B. She enjoys listening to classic music.

C Can you tell us something about your mother?

D. She loves her students and cares for them.

E. She never goes to expensive restaurants to enjoy meals.

F. My mother is hard-working and never wastes money.

G. I never forget it and always bear it in my mind.

第一节 单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

1.The two _________(德国人) and three Englishmen are all my friends.

2.The teacher told the students to sit ________(直地).

3.He speaks English with a Chinese _________(口音).

4.The ______(后者) is far better than the former.

5.Ann had no ________(词汇) for such an occasion.

6.In spite of his illness, he carries on working as __________(往常).

7.You have made a ________(拼写) mistake.

8.What is your ________(态度) to this idea?

9.At _______(黄昏) the lights of the city come on.

10.It took a day to ________(运输；运送) the furniture to the new apartment.

单句改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号(˄)，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

1.Do you want a friend, to who you can tell everything?

2.Visitors will have difficulty find proper hotels during the national holiday.

3.As a matter of fact, I’m involved in outdoors sports frequently.

4.I thought it was no good persuading her to stopping smoking.

5.Children should be made understand the importance of saving water.

6.It was not until I came back he went off.

7.People make choices base on how the products are grown or made.

8.The boy preferred staying at home to go out to play.

9.He failed the biology exam and that was because of he didn’t do well in it before.

10.I bought one such a dictionary as you did yesterday.

给朋友的建议信——如何学好英语。你的朋友Cheery进入高中后觉得学习英语的方式和初中相比有很大的不同，苦恼之余向你写信寻求建议。请你以李华的名义给她写一封回信，和她分享自己学习英语的体会，并给她提供一些英语学习方面的建议。

要点：1. 开始学习高中英语时，意识到其比初中英语难很多，不要丧失信心；

      2. 意识到学习英语的重要性，对英语感兴趣；

      3. 介绍日常学习生活中能够学好英语的方法；

      4. 向老师和同学请教。

要求：词数100—120字。  

提示：初中：junior high school                      高中：senior high school

Dear Cherry,

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     Best wishes!

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                                                                  Li Hua

 Hearing the______ news, we all felt_______.

A. relaxed; relaxing                                                 B. relaxed; relaxed

C. relaxing; relaxing                                                         D. relaxing; relaxed

After years of war, the people in that country were eager to live in_________.

A. peace                      B. public                      C. silence                    D. trouble

Mary and I have been close friends ______ we met each other 10 years ago.

A. when       B. since            C. until          D. as

 Hurry up. I_____ for Korea to visit my uncle; The plane_____ at 10:00.

A. am leaving; will leave                                         B. leaves; is leaving

C. am leaving; leaves                                               D .will leave; is leaving

John received an invitation to dinner, and with his work______, he gladly accepted it.

A. finished                            B. finishing                  C. having finished      D. was finishing