"Earworms", some people call them. Songs that get stuck in your head go round and round, sometimes for days, sometimes for months. For no clear reason you cannot help yourself from humming or singing a tune by Lady Gaga.

To a psychologist, the most interesting thing about earworms is that they show a part of our mind that is clearly outside of our control. Earworms arrive without permission and refuse to leave when we tell them to. They are parasites (寄生虫) living in a part of our minds.

If you have got an earworm you can suffer an attack of it simply by someone mentioning the tune, without having to hear it. This proves that earworms are a part of long-term memory. Humans have an "inner ear", for remembering phone numbers, for instance. When it gets infected with earworms, rather than review our plans for the day, or lists of things to remember, the inner ear gets stuck on a few short bars of music or a couple of phrases from a song. A part of us that we normally do not have to think about, that should just do what we ask, has been turned against us, upsetting us with a request that we never asked for. The mind is an inner world which we do not have complete knowledge of, or have control over.

Fortunately psychology can provide some advice on how to deal with an uncontrollable mind. Consider the famous "don’t think of a white bear" problem, which tells you to try not to think about white bears, or to do something else, to avoid both thinking of the white bear and not thinking of the white bear. For earworms, the solution may be the same. Our inner ear has become infected with an earworm. This is a part not under our control, so just sending in instructions to "shut up" is unlikely to be of much help (and has been shown to make it worse). Much better is to employ the inner ear in another task. If your mind is poisoned by Brittany Spears’ Toxic, for instance, then try singing Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head. Let me know if it works!

1.According to the passage, earworms are ______.

A．songs that keep going round in our mind

B．worms that live in a part of our brain

C．tunes by pop singers like Lady Gaga

D．parasites clearly under our control

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Singing songs may get earworms out of your head.

B．Earworms are used for keeping long-term memory.

C．Humans do not have complete control over their mind.

D．You won’t suffer from earworms unless you hear the song.

3.What does “it” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．The instruction to shut up your mind.

B．“Don’t think of the white bear” problem.

C．Kylie Minogue’s Can’t Get You out Of My Head.

D．Using the earworm-infected inner ear in another task.

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A．The causes and influences of earworms.

B．What earworms are and how to deal with them.

C．How to clear earworms out of your head.

D．The relation between earworms and popular songs.

Tony is six years old. He is a good boy. But he can’t get up early. He sleeps until nine or ten o’clock in the morning. He is often late for school.

     Tony’s mother doesn’t want him to be late for school. So she buys him an alarm clock. She tells Tony, ‘ you must get up when you hear the clock ring.’

     ‘Yes, Mum,’ said Tony. After that Tony get up at seven thirty when he hears the clock ring.

    One day his mother forgets (忘记）to make the clock ring. And the next morning Tony doesn’t get up at seven thirty. It’s time for breakfast. Mother goes to see him. Tony is in bed and his eyes are open.

     ‘Why don’t you get up?’ His mother is angry.

     ‘I am waiting for the bell.’

3. Tony’s mother buys him a clock, because ________.

   A. he can’t get up early in the morning           B. the clock is good

   C. Tony likes it                              D. she wants to give her son a present

4. This article（文章） is ________.

   A. a piece of news     B. a joke        C. a letter        D. an introduction（介绍）

短文填空（10分）请认真阅读短文，根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使文章通顺。

There are many things that you should be c___1._ with when you are at home. Read the following ways to p___2.__ yourself.

1.  Keep the door locked when you are a___3._ at home. Many people think it’s the best way to protect themselves.

2.  Keep a list of phone numbers to call for h___4._, such as 110.or a neighbour’s  number.

3.  Be careful with the electrical appliances. If you don’t know h___5._ to use them, ask your parents. Make a safety check b_6._  you go to bed.

Look t_7._ the keyhole when you hear the doorbell. If there are strangers, ask “Who is that?” with the door locked and say “come here later.” D__8.__ tell them your parents are o___9.__ . Say “Mum is having a shower.” or “Dad is having a sleep.” To ignore（忽视） the doorbell is not a good idea b___10.__ sometimes bad people ring doorbells to see if anyone is at home.

1. Know the fire exit (消防通道) and plan two ways out.

2.If you hear the smoke alarm or smell smoke, Shout "Fire! Everyone out!" to awaken anyone

still asleep and to let others know there is a fire.

3. Feel the door with the back of your hand if there's a fire.

●If it's hot, use the window if possible. A warm door may mean there is a fire outside.

●If the door is cool, open it slowly, then crawl out of the building.

●If heat and smoke come in when you open the door, close it tightly, and find another way out.

4. Don’t hide! Go outside! Never hide under beds when there is a fire.

5. Stay low and crawl below the smoke to safety.  Smoke goes up with the warm air and the air below is fresher.

6. Don't stop to put on your clothes or look for valuables (财物).

7. Don’t go back into a burning house for any reason.

8.Wait for your family at a meeting place outside,such as a big tree or the entrance( 入口) of the housing estate（小区）, to know everyone is safe.

9. If you can’t escape from a room because of a fire outside, put wet clothing, towels, or blankets at the bottom of the door to keep the smoke out.  

10.Open your window and ask for help if you can’t escape through the door.

11. Stop, Drop and Roll if your hair or clothes are on fire. Shout for help, but don't run. Running makes fire burn faster.

Stop where you are.

Drop to the ground while covering your face with your hands to protect it.

Roll over and over until the fire is out.

1.Why do you shout "Fire! Everyone out!”?

A. To ask people to put on their clothes

B. To ask people to look for valuables.

C. To awaken anyone still asleep and to let others know there is a fire.

2.If the door is hot,______________

A. open it slowly, then crawl out of the building.

B. use the window if possible

C. open it and walk out of the buliding

3.From the passage, we know we should__________ if there is a fire.

A. plan two ways out

B. look for valuables first

C. hide under beds

4.If your hair or clothes are on fire，__________.

A. run quickly

B. stop, drop and roll

C. jump downstairs

5.The title of the passage is :________.

A. Stop, drop and roll

B. Fire safety rules

C. Fire is dangerous

Ⅰ栏是5个人的不同情况，Ⅱ栏中是7种不同的建议，请将它们配对。其中有两项是多余的。