March 21 is World Sleeping Day. Why do we need sleep? Nobody can give a very good answer to this question. But everyone knows that if we don’t sleep well at night, we’ll feel tired the next day. People usually need to sleep eight hours a night. But different people need different sleeping hours. Scientists say students’ sleeping hours are: ten hours for primary school students, nine for junior highs and eight for senior highs. Some people don’t sleep too much at night, such as American scientist Thomas Edison. He worked well with very little sleep at night. Others need enough sleep, such as Albert Einstein, another great scientist. He said he needed at least ten hours’ sleep a night.
Name of festival | 1. |
Most adults’ sleeping hours | Eight hours |
Students’ sleeping hours | 2.: ten hours |
Junior high school students: 3. | |
Senior high school students: eight hours | |
Sleeping hours of two American 4. | Thomas Edison: little sleep |
5.: at least ten hours |
One day Mrs. Wilson went shopping with Tracy and Ben. They went to the supermarket in the new shopping center.” Why do you buy things here?” Tracy wanted to know. “Because they are cheaper here than at the corner store near our home,” Mrs. Wilson said.” Help me check the prices, please.” The Wilsons were not rich and Mrs. Wilson was always careful with her money. She looked carefully after the prices of things. She bought lots of things in the supermarket. When they got home, the children said,“ We don’t think you saved money by going to the supermarket.” “Of course I did,” Mrs. Wilson said. “ Everything was cheaper there.” “We know,” the children said,“ but we came home by taxi because we had too much to carry. The taxi fare was more than the money that you save! ” Mrs. Wilson added everything up. Her children were right.
1.The things at the corner store were ______than those in the supermarket.
A. cheaper B. nicer C. more expensive D. saved a little money
2.Mrs. Wilson ______ in the end.
A. spent more money B. paid less money
C. lost some money D. saved a little money
3.From the passage we know the children were _________.
A. happy B. clever C. tired D. lazy
4.Mrs. Wilson will _____________.
A. never call a taxi
B. go on buying things in the supermarket
C. buy things near her home
D. not go shopping with her children
5.The best title for the passage is ____________.
A. Cutting Price B. Corner Store C. Supermarket D. Shopping
Mr. Ellis is very old. He has seen many changes in his hometown. He knows that things are different now. But he never forgets the old days. He often talks about his favorite birds, the robins(一种小鸟— 知更鸟). “When I was a boy, these houses were not here. These were wild fields and tall trees. Every spring the robins would come. Thousands of them would fly up to the south. They spent the winter in the south. Some would build their nests(巢)in the trees near our houses. Then people started to cut down trees, and they built more houses. The robins stopped coming. They couldn’t build their nests near our houses because there were no trees.” “Now there are too many houses and too many roads. There are no places for the robins. They do not come any more.”
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
1.Mr. Ellis often talks about his family.
2.The birds, the robins spent the winter in the south.
3.The robins built the nests in the trees.
4.Then people cut down trees because they wanted to build some houses.
5.From the passage we can know that there were many houses there in the old days.
Everyone has his own way of ____ things and his own special expressions. Many American everyday expressions are from colors. Red is a hot color. Americans often use it to express “heat”. They may say they are red hot about ______. When they’re red hot they are very angry _____ something. Fast loud music is_____ with many people. They may say the music is red hot. Pink is a lighter kind of red. People sometimes say they’re in the pink when they’re _____ The expression was first used in America at the beginning of 20th century. It probably came from many babies _____ were born with a nice pink color ____ good health. Blue is a cool color. The traditional blue music in the USA is the opposite of red hot music. Blues is slow and sad. The color green is natural for trees and grass. But it’s ____ unnatural color for humans. A person who has a sick feeling stomach may say he _____ a little green. A passenger on a boat who is feeling very _____from high waves may look very green.
1.A. to say B. saying C. say D. said
2.A. unfair something B. unfair anything C. something unfair D. nothing unfair
3.A. on B. to C. at D. about
4.A. important B. popular C. interesting D. necessary
5.A. in a good way B. in style C. in good health D. in time
6.A. which B. whom C. whose D. who
7.A. showed B. shown C. to show D. showing
8.A. a B. an C. the D. /
9.A. feels B. feel C. will feel D. felt
10.A. illness B. sick C. diseases D. the ill
You never know ______ you try something.
A. while B. although C. unless D. until
____ an Englishman, Jim was looking forward ______ the 2012 Olympic Games.
A. Of, in B. With, for C. For, at D. As, to
