Sweet Dreams While You Sleep
Did you sleep the day away on Friday March 21? Well, you should have done that because it was World Sleeping Day.
This is the day of the year when people around the world care about their sleep and ask themselves questions about sleep.
Why do we need sleep?
Nobody as yet can give a perfect answer to this question. However, lab tests on rats have shown that lack (缺少) of sleep over about four weeks leads to a strong drop in body temperature, great weight loss and finally, death.
How much sleep?
Different people need different amounts of sleep. Eight hours a night is considered the average amount of sleep. For teenagers, the least number of sleeping hours advised by doctors are 10 hours for primary school students, nine for junior highs and eight for senior highs.
Some people seem to get along just well with very little sleep at night. Leading American scientist Thomas Edison, for example thought of sleep to be a waste of time. He did, however take naps (打盹) during the day. On the other hand, Albert Einstein, another great scientist, said he needed at least ten hours sleep a night.
How can we sleep well?
Here are some of the most popular tips for a good night's sleep:
*Listen to your body clock, not your alarm clock (闹钟).
*Use your bed only to sleep.
*Get up and go to bed at the same time (also on weekends).
*Exercise in the morning and in the early afternoon. Don't exercise in the evening.
*Stop looking at that clock while you can't sleep! And don't worry.
*Avoid alcohol (酒精), caffeine (咖啡因) and smoking before going to bed.
*Keep the bedroom dark, quiet, and cool.
1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Thomas Edison slept very long hours every day.
B. Albert Einstein needed very little sleep.
C. Doctors suggested that primary school students have ten hours of sleep.
D. Doctors suggested that junior highs have eight hours of sleep.
2.Which of the following is not a good sleeping habit?
A. Have a cup of alcohol before going to bed.
B. Keep the bedroom dark, quiet and cool.
C. Get up and go to bed at the same time.
D. Listen to your body clock.
3.What is implied in this passage?
A. Bedrooms can be used for other purposes.
B. Great scientists need less sleep than ordinary people.
C. World sleeping day is the only time when people become concerned about sleep.
D. Results from lab tests on rats may be applicable to humans.
You've heard of the fat suit and the pregnancy suit；now meet AGNES—the old person suit．
AGNES stands for“Age Gain Now Empathy(换位体验)System”and was designed by researchers at MIT's AgeLab to let you know what it feels like—physically—to be 75 years old．“The business of old age demands new tools，”said Joseph Coughlin，director of the AgeLab．“While focus groups and observations and surveys can help you understand what the older consumer needs and wants，young marketers never get that‘Ah ha!’moment of having difficulty opening a jar, or getting in and out of a car．That’s what AGNES provides．”
Coughlin and his team carefully adjusted the suit to make the wearer just as uncomfortable as an old person who has spent a lifetime eating poorly and not doing much exercise．Special shoes provide a feeling of imbalance，while braces on the knees and elbows limit joint mobility．Gloves give the feeling of decreased strength and mobility in the hands and wrists，and earplugs make it difficult to hear high—pitched sounds and soft tones．A helmet with straps(带)attached to it presses the spine(脊柱)，and more straps attached to the shoes decrease hamstring flexibility, and shortens the wearer's step．
AGNES has been used most recently by a group of students working on a design of an updated walker．By wearing the suit they could see for themselves what design and materials would make the most sense for a physically limited older person．Coughlin said the suit has also been used by clothing companies，car companies and retail goods companies to help them understand the limitations of an older consumer．
“AGNES is not the destiny of everybody,”he said．“She is a badly behaved lady who didn't eat and exercise very well．A secondary benefit we’ve found with AGNES is that it has become a powerful tool to get younger people to invest in their long-term health．”
1.AGNES has been developed to ．
A. make the users more comfortable B. 1et us understand old people better
C. help old people move more quickly D. produce new tools for the old-age business
2.According to the article，young marketers never ．
A. feel the same way as old people do B. see the efforts old people make
C. ask what old people need and want D. say“Ah ha!”when they meet with difficulty
3.The 3rd paragraph mainly tells about ．
A. how the AGNES wearer feels B. how AGNES has been developed
C. how old people act D. how AGNES works
4.“An updated walker”(underlined)most likely refers to ．
A. someone who travels a lot
B. a physically limited old person
C. some equipment that helps old people walk
D. a company whose service involves old people
5.Which may be a fact resulting from the“secondary benefit”of AGNES?
A. Young people respect old people． B. Old-age business improves their service·
C. Old people eat and exercise well． D. Young people eat and exercise well．
Rediscovery
I used to be a happy child with a loving family and many friends. I had a ______ that could brighten a cold winter day and I had a special love for life.
At twelve, my life had a huge breakdown. It was then that I _____ OCD (强迫症). I started to wash my hands ten times an hour, and I constantly ______ my kitchen oven to make sure that it was off. This way of lifecontinued for four painful years, and by then, my OCD had led to depression (抑郁). I was no longer the ______ little girl I had been.
In the tenth grade I finally ____ to my mother that I was suffering from depression along with my OCD. My mom took me to a doctor and I started taking _____. Over a few months, the medicine did help the OCD, but I still was struggling with depression.
One autumn evening, I hit rock bottom. I thought suicide (自杀) was the only _____to my depression problem, so I decided to write a suicide note. As I was ______ it, my eyes fell on a photo. It was a ______ of an adorable little girl, wearing her red soccer uniform and holding a bike helmet. She had a bright smile that showed she was full of life.
It took me a few minutes to______who the girl in the photo was. The photo had been taken when I was seven years old. I almost couldn’t believe that smiling child was me. I felt a chill go down my spine (脊柱). It was like my younger self had sent me a ______. Right then and there I knew I couldn’t kill myself. Once I had been a strong little girl, and I had to become ____ like that again.
I tore up my suicide note and _____ that I would not rely only on my medicine. I would have to fight the depression with my mind, too. I could make myself happy again.
It has been two years since I _____ myself. The real reason I am healed is that I took action and refused to let depression ______my life. I learned a lifelong _____: Never give up. Everyone has challenges in life, but everyone can _____. I am living proof of that.
Now I am prepared for whatever _____ life may bring. I have a role model to ______up to for strength, and who is guiding me ______ life. My hero is a seven-year-old girl, smiling back at me from a photo on my desk.
1.A. dream B. thought C. hope D. smile
2.A. prevented B. treated C. developed D. discovered
3.A. checked B. fixed C. touched D. tested
4.A. pretty B. happy C. popular D. lovely
5.A. admitted B. suggested C. showed D. replied
6.A. classes B. medicine C. exercise D. notes
7.A. response B. door C. entrance D. solution
8.A. posting B. copying C. finishing D. revising
9.A. picture B. figure C. model D. shadow
10.A. explain B. realize C. question D. describe
11.A. gift B. card C. message D. letter
12.A. open B. strong C. lively D. athletic
13.A. advised B. doubted C. promised D. imagined
14.A. rejected B. replaced C. recalled D. rediscovered
15.A. risk B. abandon C. ruin D. waste
16.A. lesson B. skill C. class D. experience
17.A. escape B. quit C. recover D. survive
18.A. adventures B. benefits C. opportunities D. challenges
19.A. come B. look C. make D. add
20.A. through B. over C. across D. from
在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
Johann Strauss was 1. Austrian composer of light music，particularly dance music and operettas (轻歌剧). He was born in Vienna in 1825. Although his father didn't want him 2. (become) a musician, Strauss studied the violin 3. (secret) when he was a child. When his father discovered his son was practicing on a violin one day, he gave him a beating, 4. (say) that he was going to beat the music out of the boy. But that didn't prevent the boy from becoming one of the greatest 5. (composer) of all time. He wrote his first waltz at six. At the age of 19, he decided to devote himself to 6. (write) music. He formed his own orchestra and made a successful tour to Europe and soon became famous. The emperor of Austria was so 7. (please) with his music that he appointed him the conductor at the court balls of Vienna. It was for these occasions that he wrote some of his most popular waltzes, among 8. was the wellknown favorite TheBlueDanube. In all，the talented Johann Strauss wrote more than 500 masterpieces. In his lifetime, he was known 9. the Waltz King, and was largely responsible for the10. (popular) of the waltz in Vienna during the 19th century.
假定你是李华。上周末学校组织了一次到野生动物园的研学活动（field trip）。请给你的英国朋友Alice写一封信，介绍这次活动，内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动内容；
3. 收获与感受。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Alice,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
假定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（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
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。
When I was in Grade 8, my family move to Seattle, so I had to go to a new school. Being in a unfamiliar place, I felt lonely and frightening. Worse still, some subjects were so difficult to learn from that I had no idea how to adapt to the new environment. My teachers noticed my problems but often encouraged me. With their help, I made some progresses in my lessons. However, it wasn’t easy make friends. My classmates had already known each other. I found it hardly to fit in. My mother suggested that I chatted with them. Following his advice, I soon got a few good friends.
