Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years, and today it is still one of the favorite drinks in the world．Many people in the world begin their busy day by drinking a cup of coffee or several cups of coffee．They have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day in the right way．So they say a cup of coffee is necessary for them in the morning．

Do you know what in the coffee makes our bodies and brains active? It is caffeine（咖啡因）．Caffeine may increase a person’s mental and physical abilities（精力和体力）．For example, two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and  augment  body temperature．All this makes your heart beat faster, and doctors warn that this may be a little dangerous．

Caffeine is found in tea, coffee, chocolate and some other foods．A little caffeine is probably not harmful．But too much caffeine can make people nervous and sleepless．

1.The underlined word “augment” means ___________  ．

A．make more B．drink C．stop D．make less

2.From this passage, we may know that drinking a cup of coffee late at night might ______  ．

A．give you a headache B．make you fall asleep

C．keep you awake      D．may be dangerous

3.Caffeine is found in ___________  ．

A．tea and water

B．chocolate, meat and some other foods

C．coffee and cream

D．coffee, tea, chocolate and some other foods

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Coffee has been a part of people’s lives for thousands of years

B．Caffeine does no harm to our body．

C．Two cups of coffee will make you breathe faster and increase body temperature．

D．Caffeine may increase human’s mental and physical abilites．

5.A good title for this passage is ___________  ．

A．Coffee Is Harmful  B．Coffee and Tea

C．Caffeine and Health D．Caffeine Is Useful

Do you want to do well in exams? Sometimes your knowledge is not enough, you also need good  strategies．Here are some for you:

Before you answer the questions, if you feel a little nervous, take a few deep breaths to help you relax．

Always read the question carefully and make sure that you understand it．Read it a few times if possible．

Find out how much each question is worth or how many points you need．

If it asks to give one answer, only write one．

 If there’s a difficult question, don’t worry．Go on to the next question and come back to it if you have time later．

Try not to leave questions unanswered when you finish the test．Sometimes a guess may get you points．

When you finish, go back and check your answers．You will need to check your writing for spelling mistakes．

1.From the passage, we know we can ___________to help ourselves relax if we feel a little nervous．

A．tell ourselves not to be nervous

B．ask the teacher for help

C．go out for a walk

D．take a few deep breaths

2.To make sure we understand the question, we had better ___________  ．

A．read it fast

B．read it till we finish it

C．read it a few times if possible

D．read it slowly

3.When we finish answering all the questions, we need to ___________  ．

A．hand it at once

B．check spelling mistakes

C．worry about our points

D．check with classmates

4.The underlined word “strategies” in the passage means ___________  ．

A．策略 B．思维 C．途径 D．智慧

5.Which of the following is NOT RIGHT according to the passage?

A．Find out how many points we need or how much each question is worth．

B．Try not to leave questions unanswered when we finish the test．

C．If it asks to give one answer, we’d better write more．

D．Sometimes we should guess the answers to get points．

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1.Li Ming is only nine years old and he likes watching cartoons．Which of the following programmes should he choose?

A．Weather Report．      B．Around the World．

C．Children’s Programme． D．Popular Music．

2.If you like listening to music, you should watch TV at ___________  ．

A．19: 05 on BTV-2  B．19: 30 on CCTV-1

C．21: 30 on CCTV-1  D．21: 30 on BTV-2

3.How long is the TV play “Sisters”?

A．90 minutes． B．50 minutes．

C．30 minutes． D．2 hours．

4.If you are interested in animals, you can choose ___________  ．

A．Chinese Cooking   B．Animal World

C．News in English    D．Computer Today

5.If Yao Ming is your favourite basketball player, you can’t miss ___________  ．

A．English Classroom  B．Popular Music

C．NBA Play-offs 2004-2005  D．Weather Report

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Time is very important in our life．But it never had any importance in my life until I     a watch from my father that made me responsible（有责任）．It        me the importance of time in my life．

I got this gift on a gray-sky day．I had to go to the     , at 9．00 am to pick up my uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house．However, I forgot it         I was playing with my friends．Later on that day, around 11: 00 am, I      my uncle, but I was late for him．He had got out of the plane and       a taxi to my father’s house．

I got to my father’s house at 2: 00 pm     ．My father looked at me angrily．I said “Hi” to him and my      uncle．My father asked me to sit      him and handed me this watch which was a gift from      ．It weighed 8 oz（盎司）and all of it was made of silver．Then he said, “Essa, did you have fun     your friends today? What you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your     ．” I felt sorry and told my father that I wouldn’t do it again．Then he said, “This watch will be a reminder（提醒物）for you．I hope today you have learned something     ．”

I learned a lesson from my father: to respect（尊重）time and     be late．The watch is important to me, not because of its     , but because of the lesson that I learned from it．

1.A．bought B．received C．borrowed D．broke

2.A．learned  B．found  C．sent  D．told

3.A．airport B．school C．hospital D．station

4.A．so B．because C．if D．though

5.A．saw B．forgot C．remembered D．met

6.A．got B．driven C．ridden D．taken

7.A．one day before B．the next day C．that day D．the other day

8.A．surprised B．tired C．pleased D．lonely

9.A．next to B．around C．behind D．away from

10.A．us B．him C．them D．you

11.A．of  B．for C．with D．about

12.A．words B．actions C．play D．fun

13.A．important B．interesting C．expensive D．exciting

14.A．never B．usually C．sometimes D．often

15.A．look     B．price  C．size              D．weight

I don’t think he tried his best to learn English, ___________  ？

A．did he        B．do I

C．didn’t he   D．don’t I

He spends as much time as he can ___________   English every day．

A．to practise speaking     B．to practise to speak

C．practise to speak       D．practising speaking

Excuse me, is there ___________   in today’s newspaper?

A．something new  B．new anything

C．anything new    D．new something

Lucy knew nothing about it ___________   her sister told her．

A．because    B．until    C．if    D．after

He can play tennis better than ___________   in the class．

A．any boys  B．any other boy

C．any boy    D．any other

The old man lives ___________  , but he never feels ___________  ．

A．alone; lonely B．lonely; alone

C．lonely; lonely D．alone; alone