A primary school in Wuhan has used new desks and chairs to prevent students from getting short sight. The desks and chairs make students have the correct posture, especially when reading and writing. Each desk has an adjustable steel bar. The bar can help students keep their eyes at least 30cm from books.
Zhang Jianming is headmaster of the primary school. She said the new desks and chairs were provided by an eye care centre in the city. The school carried out a survey last September. It showed that about 7 percent of its 1,093 students said they suffered from short sight.
The new desks and chairs have already improved the students’ posture, but both teachers and students might need more time to get used to them.
Yang Lihua is head of the Wuhan Youth Eye Care Center. She said the desks and chairs were introduced to 19 schools on a trial basis. “During our research into short sight, we noticed that the number of students with short sight was increasing. This is because parents are teaching their children to read and write at a very early age without paying enough attention to their posture,” she said.
Feng Junying is a doctor at Beijing Jingshan School. “I think the new desks and chairs in Wuhan will certainly be helpful,” she said. “But bad reading habits at school are not the only reason for short sight. Children are using mobile phones and iPads when they are very young. This can be another reason for short sight at a young age.”
1.According to the passage, the adjustable steel bar can help the students keep their eyes ___________ from books.
A. 20cm B. 25cm C. 29cm D. 32cm
2.The schools in Wuhan introduced the desks with bars to the primary school students in order to _______________.
A. make students grow tall
B. help students have the correct posture
C. help students love reading
D. not allow students to use mobile
3.Feng Junying’s words mean ___________________________________.
A. the number of students with short sight is increasing
B. the students don’t get used to the new desks and chairs
C. bad reading habits are not the only reason of the students’ short sight
D. the new desks and chairs are useless for the students to improve their eye sight
4. From the passage, a good way to protect our eyesight is to___________________________.
A. buy an adjustable steel bar
B. go to the Youth Eye Care Centre often
C. have a correct posture when we are studying
D. read less and use mobile phones and iPads less
Dear Editor,
Recent reports have indicated an additional 1, 400 Marines（海军陆战队）are being sent to Afghanistan in the coming weeks. This means it costs over $1 million annually on the ground over there. I do place a higher level of blame on the policymakers who send soldiers off to kill and be killed in the field. I think the human race needs to think more about killing.
One needs to do the introspection: “Are these wars JUST?” I believe that all of our wars since 1945 have been illegal, under international law as well. I suggest that all your readers examine their conscience as it relates to the matter of making war. The fact that many soldiers are motivated by a strong sense of duty does not give them some unqualified(绝对的) moral right to support these wars or any other. It’s responsible for all the troops, and the entire population, to determine whether the Afghan or Iraq wars are in accordance with(符合) the development of the state.
I wish someone would give me one or more logical reasons why we are still fighting in Afghanistan and what our goals are. I certainly don’t understand it and neither do many who are more knowledgeable than I.
Outsiders have tried unsuccessfully for centuries to conquer Afghanistan, and we seem to be no more successful. We are trying to develop a stable central government, but the country is badly divided into ethnic and tribal groups, and the current government is corrupt（腐败的）. Moreover, we are apparently regarded as undesirable occupiers by many of its people, most notably(尤其) the Taliban(塔利班).
If we are to continue spending billions every year in Afghanistan and killing hundreds of our people and many of theirs, our government must provide us with a reasonable explanation of why we are doing so and what we can expect to accomplish.
George Myers
1.What caused the author to write the letter?
A. His conscience of being a citizen.
B. His relatives being killed in the war.
C. Reports about sending soldiers to Afghanistan.
D. Getting no reasonable explanation.
2.The underlined word “introspection” in the passage means ______________________.
A. self-awareness B. self-examination
C. self-confidence D. self-defence
3.The soldiers go to Afghanistan because______________________________.
A. they can contribute to the development of America
B. they have the moral right to do so
C. they want to become heroes in the war
D. they are performing their duty as a resident
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The U.S.A has developed a stable central government.
B. Most people can’t understand why the States makes wars.
C. The Afghan considered Americans as undesirable occupiers
D. American government should make an explanation to the public.
Imagine there is a bank that puts $ 86, 400 in your account each morning. It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank writes off(注销) the balance that you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Take out every cent, of course!
Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME. Every morning, it puts in 86, 400 seconds. Every evening it writes off, as it is lost. There is no balance or overdraft. If you fail to use the day's savings, the lost is yours. There is no going back. There is no taking from “tomorrow”. You must make good use of it so as to get more in health, happiness and success!
The clock is running. Make the most of today. To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade; To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature(早产) baby; To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper; To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet; To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train; To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
Make good use of every moment that you have. Remember that time waits for no one. Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called "The Present".
1.The underlined word "balance" in paragraph 1 means _______________.
A.贷款 B. 余款 C. 平衡 D. 提款
2. What is special about the TIME bank we each have?
A. We can store time in it whenever we like.
B. Someone puts $ 86, 400 in it every day.
C. Someone helps you spend your time every night.
D. The time in it will surely get lost if you don't use it.
3.What can be the best title of the passage?
A. The Bank of Money B. The Clock is Running
C. The Bank of Time D. The Value of One Hour
书面表达
阅读使人明智，阅读使人充实。阅读的好处很多，但是，目前许多中学生都不重视阅读。请你根据下表内容写一篇100词左右的英语短文，对这一现状进行分析并提出建议。文中不能出现真实的人名，校名和地名。开头已给出，不计入总词数。
内容要点如下：
不重视阅读的原因 | 如：1，作业太多 2，时间花在...... |
参考词汇：open up eyes, get knowledge, colorful, habit |
阅读的好处 | 如：1，开阔眼界，获得知识 2，学会如何思考 3，生活更加丰富多彩 | |
你的建议 | 如：养成良好的读书习惯...... |
At present only a few students do some reading after class. Here are several reasons. _________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
短文改错
假定在英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下写出该加的词。
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：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处, 多者(从第11处起)不计分。
One day, it is so hot that my parents and I went to Changli Park to enjoy the shade. On the way I found I had forgotten to bring my cellphone me, so I returned for them. Reach my home, I noticed one of the windows widely open. “My parents aren’t at home. Who can it be?” I wondered. I walked to the window, looked through it and to my surprise, finding two strangers were trying to open a case. I was so frightening at the sight that I couldn’t say the word. I left there in silent, without being noticed. Then I phoned the police for help. Five minutes later, three policemen appeared and caught up the two thieves.
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
With the invention of personal computers, the Internet, and cellphones, people now have more immediate access 1. others and information than any time in hostory. Losing that access can lead to “disconnect anxiety”, 2. is a psychological term used to describe the anxious or depressed feelings that people experience when they are 3. (able) to use their cellphones or cannot log on to the internet. Some people 4. (affect) by disconnect anxiety start to feel upset when they can’t reach their cellphone contacts or friends online. 5. worry about not being able to respond to emergencies. Still others are 6. dependent on their cellphones that they are afraid of missing any phone calls. So far cellphones and the Internet 7. (become) the most important things in these people’s lives. They cannot afford 8. (live) without them. However, these people should understand that they cannot really enjoy the 9. (convenient) that this new technology offers if they don’t use these devices in10. reasonable way.
