Will it matter if you don’t take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test w___1___ given in the United Stated. People of different a___2___, From 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts and s___3____they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well t____4___bodies worked when they had different kinds of breakfasts.

The results show that if a person e__5_____a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk b____6____going to school, he will learn more quickly a____7___listen more carefully in class.

The results a___8___ show that having no breakfast will not h___9___ you lose weight. This is because people become so h___10__at noon that they eat too much for lunch, So they will gain weight instead of losing weight.

1________  2_______  3_______  4_______  5________

6________  7_______  8_______  9_______  10________

More than a hundred years ago, an American produced a game. He called it indoor tennis. The Americans were not interested in it at first so he sent it to his London friends and it became very popular in Britain.The game was then played across the dining room table, or on the floor with the net hung between two chairs. The balls were made of cork or rubber.The bats were made of wood.

A few years later a hollow ball like the one we use today was invented. The game then quickly spread all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. He first played the game in England and called it “ping-pong”. “Ping”was the sound of the bat when it hit the ball. and “pong” was the sound of the ball when it hit the table.

1.Who invented the game of ping-pong?

A  A Chinese  B An Englishman  C An American  D We don’t know

2.The game was first known as_________.

A ping-pong tennis   B  table tennis

C outdoor tennis     D indoor tennis

3.What did the British think of the game?

A Moving  B Interesting  C Terrible  D Well

4.In the early days the ball was ______________.

A hollow       B covered with rubber

C made of cork and rubber  D made of plastics

5.The name of ping-pong has something to do with_______.

A sound  B size  C history  D  place

Now satellites(卫星)are helping to forecast(预报)the weather. They are in space and they can reach any part of the world.The satellites take pictures of the atmosphere(大气), because this is where the weather forms(形成)。They send these pictures to the weather station. So meteorologists(气象专家)can see the weather of any part of the world. From the pictures, the scientists can often say how the weather will change.

Today, nearly five hundred weather stations in sixty countries receive satellite pictures. When they receive new pictures,the meteor- ologists compare(比较)them with earlier ones. Peerhaps they may find that the clouds have changed during the last few hours .This may mean the weather on the ground may soon change,too. In their next weather forecast, the meteorologists can say this.

So the weather satellites are a great help to the meteorologists. Before satellites were invented, the scientists could forecast the weather for about 24 or 48 hours. Now they can make good forecasts for 3 or 5 days. Soon,perhaps , they may be ablet to forecast the weather for a week or more ahead(提前)

1.Satellites travel__________.

A in space           B in the atmosphere

C above the ground    D above space

2.Why do we use the weather satellites to take pictures of the atmosphere? Because___________.

A the weather satellites can do it easily

B clouds form there

C the weather forms there

D the pictures can forecast the weather

3. Meteorologists forecast the weather________.

A when they have received satellite pictures

B after they have compared new satellite pictures with earlier ones

C before they receive satellite pictures

D while they study satellite pictures

4.Maybe we’ll soon be able to forecast the weather for _______.

A one day   B two days  C five days   D seven days or even longer

5.The main idea of this passage is that satellite are now used    in______.

A taking pictures of the atmosphere

B receiving pictures of the atmosphere

C doing other work in many ways

D weather forecasting

Are you carrying too much on your back at school? You’re not alone. Back experts in the United States are worried that young students are having back and neck problems as a result of carrying too much in their backpacks (schoolbags)

“It hurts my back when I run,”said Oberlin Reyes, a student in Virginia. “It’s hard to go up the stairs with my backpack,because it’s too heavy,”

Oberlin was among students whose backpacks were weighed for a week in a recent study.

They had regular backpacks with two straps(带子)to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads had switched to rolling backpacks (which have wheels and can roll on the ground).

Shirley Park, whose backpack weighed 10 kilograms,said she changed to a rolling backpack because she was starting to have back  pain.

How much is too much?Experts say students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight.

A few students had one suggestion to lighten the load:less homework.

P.S.( 附)Doctor’s suggestion:

1 Lighten the load. Clean out binders(活页材料)and take home only the books you need that night.

2 Wide straps are better. They send out the weight over your shoulders more evenly(均匀)。 And be sure to wear both straps rather than hanging the pack over one shoulder.

3. Pack smart. The heavier things should be packed closed to the back.

4.Bend both knees when you pich up the pack ,and don’t just bend over  at the waist.(腰)

1.“_________”is the main idea of the text.

A The problem of backpacks is worth studying.

B The problem made by heavy backpacks

C What is the best backpack for a student.

D     How to make students’backpacks light.

2.According to Oberlin Reyes and Shirley Park, we know________.

A students have to do too much homework

B students have to carry several backpacks

C backpacks without wheels are bad for students

D too much homework leaves students no free time

3.The expression “switched to” in the text perhaps means________.

A started to use  B turned to  C caught up   D used for

4.According to the passage ,it’s better for a student of 40 kilograms to carry a backpack of _____at most by the words of experts.

A 10kg    B 8kg  C 6kg    D 7kg

5. If students follow the doctor’s suggestions they ________.

A may lighten their backpacks

B can learn how to help themselves

C may feel their backpacks are lighter

D will know how to wear backpacks

A man once had a dream about the Black Forest in Germany. In his dream he was walking in the forest when two men ran out and tried to throw him to the ground. He ran off as fast as he could,but they followed him. He reached a place where he saw two road in front of him,one to the right and the other to the left. Which road should he take?He heard the two men behind him, getting nearer, and at the same time he heard a voice in his ear. It told him to go to the right,and he did so. He ran on and soon came to a small hotel. He was received there kindly and given a room,and he was saved from the two men. That was the dream.

Twenty years later he was really in the Black Forest and , as happened in the dream long ago, two men ran out and tried to throw him down. He ran off, and came to a place with two roads, like in the dreams. He remembered the dream and took the road to the right. He soon reached a small hotel , was taken in, and so was safe. His dream of twenty years before had saved his life.

1.The Black Forest is ____________.

2.When he was walking in the forest,_________ran after him.

A  two dogs   B  two tigers   C two men     D  two women

3.Finally he came to_________.

4.It was_____that saved the man's life 20 years later.

A a voice   B  the dream   C  someone else    D God

5.The story tells us that_______.

A a dream may come true some time later

B a dream is always a dream

C people should not believe their dreams

D people should always believe their dreams

--Could you please tell me something about your travel in Sydney?

Smoking will_______ your health.

Now many people are________ in playing_______ games on the Internet.

It is important_______ you_______ out for a walk after supper.

Monday will be_________. ________bad weather it is!