For hundreds of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an influence on people’s emotions. What your feeling is always controlled by many things. Your emotions can be influenced by your personality (个性), by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin(维生素）. Vitamins are natural chemicals which we all need to stay healthy. Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical influence our brains and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less ofthis special chemical which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special“sunrooms”with man-made lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two.
The weather can also influence people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemicals which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can influence our emotions. Sadly, while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.
1. Which of the following can bet described as a factor(因素) that can influence one’s emotions?
A. Weather. B. Actions of others.
C. Personality D. A, B and C.
2.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “emotions” in Chinese?
A. 运动 B. 情绪 C. 感动 D. 激动
3.Which of the following is TRUE about vitamin D according to the passage?
A. It is a kind of man-made chemical.
B. It makes us worried by influencing our brains.
C. It is needed by us all to keep fit.
D. It is in the sunlight.
4.What may be the best title for this passage?
A. Why Do We Feel Sad.
B. The Weather Influences People’s Emotion.
C. People Need More Vitamin D.
D. We Can Hardly Change the Weather.
How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks any where in the world?
The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos live. There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun fully, if you don’t have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day, and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can not only tell you whether it’s day or night but also it’s morning, noon, or afternoon. When the sun is almost over your head, it’s noon.
People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides（潮水）. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every twenty-four hours.
Seaman on a ship tells time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock.
In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.
A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass is turned over the sand will take another hour to go back again.
1. From the passage we can know there are ____ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch.
A. three B. four C. five D. seven
2. The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ___________.
A. they know very little about the sun
B. the sun there never goes down in winter
C. It’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun
D. it has long dark winters and long light summers
3.This passage is probably a kind of ___________.
A. news B. science
C. advertisement D. sports
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Different ways to tell time.
B. How the clock was invented.
C. The development of the clock.
D. A useful machine to tell time.
John and Bobby joined a sale company together just after leaving college the same year. They both worked very hard. After several years, however, the boss made Bobby the manager of the company but John remained a common worker. John could not be silent any more, so he passed his resignation(辞呈）to the boss and told the boss that he did not know how to treat（对待） the workers fairly but only love those who are talkative.
The boss knew that John worked very hard for the years. He thought a moment and said, “Thank you for your advice, but I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your decision and take back your resignation.”John agreed. The boss asked him to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. John went and returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelon. The boss asked how much it cost per kg ? John shook his head and went back to the market to ask and returned to tell the boss$1.2 per kg.
Boss told John to wait a second, and he called Bobby to come to his office. He asked Bobby to go and find anyone selling watermelon in the market. Bobby went, returned and said, “Boss, only one person selling watermelon. $1.2 per kg, $10 for10 kg, he has in all 340 melons. On the table 58 melons, every melon weighs about 2 kg, bought from the South two days ago, they are fresh and red, good quality（质量）.”
John was very sorry to see the difference between himself and Bobby. He decided not to give up his job but to learn from Bobby.
My dear friends, a successful person is more observant (善于观察的）, thinks more and further. Chances lies in the daily things. For the same matter, a successful person sees more and farther so that he can find a chance and catch it to make it come true. If a person sees one -year long, and you see only tomorrow, the difference between a year and a day is 365 times, how could you win?
1.According to the first paragraph, John thought that _____.
A. Bobby was lazy though he was clever
B. it was unfair that the boss had Bobby as the manager
C. Bobby wasn't fit to be a manager
D. the boss disliked hardworking workers
2.The boss told John and Bobby to go to find anyone selling watermelon on the market inorder to(为了) ______.
A. show watermelons were in great need on the market
B. test their abilities(能力) to make market research
C. make John find out the differences between them two
D. make Bobby know John's ability to do business
3. It is known from the text that John was hardworking but _____.
A. stupid (笨的)
B. a little rude
C. not good at learning
D. not good at using his head to think
4.The story shows such an opinion that _____.
A．a successful person observes and thinks more
B．a successful person is talkative and love to learn
C．the main key to success is to know what you want
D．one's success sometimes is not to do with his hard work
Laboratory work is your chance to learn science firstly. It can be fun, but you must be careful to avoid hurting.Listen closely when your teacher reads and explains the rules before your first lab lesson.
LABORATORY RULES | |
Throughout the lesson
| *Do not enter the science lab without the teacher’s agreement. Do not bring food or drinks into the science lab. |
Before the experiment | Read all instructions carefully before every experiment. Prepare all instruments and put them in order so that you will not knock them over while doing the experiment. |
During the experiment | If you are unsure of how to use any instrument or how to operate, ask your teacher for help. Never smell or taste chemicals unless you are allowed. |
After the experiment | Wash all instruments after using and return them to the places where they were Throw waste materials in proper waste baskets. |
First aid | Report all accidents to your teacher immediately. If you pour any chemicals onto your body or clothes, wash with plenty of water and report to your teacher. |
1.Your teacher will probably tell you the rules above __________ the first lab lesson.
A. before B. since C. during D. after
2.It’s clear that you can _______________
A. bring food into the lab
B. enter the lab anytime
C. smell chemicals as you like
D. learn science directly in the lab
3. If you get chemicals on your clothes, which of the following ways can you find to solve it?
A. Before the experiment B. First aid
C. During the experiment D. After the experiment
完形填空，阅读下面短文，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
"It's over! Thank goodness! "School was _________ and I was tired. I _________ at the front of the school bus.
Janie, the driver, tried to _________ the uncomfortable atmosphere(氛围） by talking something unusual. I tried to listen_________ , but usually I was too busy thinking about something _________ happened in my life. At this time, however, her talk was worth _________ .
"My father's ill ," she said to no one in particular(特别地). I could see tears in her _________ . I had never seen her like this before. She always meets students _________ a smile.
With a sudden change of interest, I asked, " What's wrong with him?"
With her eyes wet and her voice _________ , she answered, "Heart trouble." Her eyes lowered as she continued. "I've already _________ my mum, so I don't think I can stand losing him." I couldn't answer. My heart ached for her.
I sat on the seat silently _________ of the great pain my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and still is, for her. I wouldn't want to anyone to go through that.
Suddenly I realized Janie wasn't only a bus _________ , that was just her job. She _________ had a whole world of family to care about.
I suddenly _________ very selfish. I paid no attention to Janie because she was a bus driver. I had judged her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant ones.
I shouldn't have been so selfish and self-centered. _________ people is an art.
1.A. in B. off C. over D. on
2.A. ran B. walked C. sat D. stood
3.A. rest B. break C. close D. open
4.A. angrily B. rudely C. politely D. quickly
5.A. that B. which C. which was D. that was
6.A. looking to B. agreeing to C. talking to D. listening to
7.A. eyes B. head C. mouth D. ears
8.A. with B. within C. without D. for
9.A. common B. usual C. unusual D. true
10.A. remembered B. forgotten C. lost D. missed
11.A. thinking B. speaking C. hearing D. dreaming
12.A. worker B. driver C. teacher D. doctor
13.A. too B. either C. also D. at all
14.A. felt B. fell C. thought D. was
15.A. Looking at B. Understanding C. Getting to know D. Watching
书面表达
近日，为庆祝三八妇女节，学校开展向世界杰出女性学习的活动。我准备向全班同学介绍屠呦呦的事迹，内容如下：
基本情况 | 1. Tu Youyou，1930年12月30出生于浙江， 2. 第一个获得诺贝尔奖的中国女性。 |
主要经历 | 3. 1950年毕业于北京大学，大学期间学习刻苦，受到同学和老师的好评。 4. 多年研读古代医学。尽管困难重重，她没有放弃。 |
主要成就 | 5. 她努力推进中医运用。 6.她发现了治疗malaria（疟疾） 的方法。她的发现拯救了很多生命。 |
我的感想 | 7. 她是我们的骄傲和榜样。我们应该…… |
注意事项：
1. 短文须包括所给内容要点，要求语句通顺，意思连贯；
2. 第7个要点，用1~2句展开合理想象，作适当发挥；
3. 词数在90个左右，短文开头已在答题卷上给出，不计入总词数；
4. 短文内容必须写在答题卷指定的位置上。
5.参考词汇： graduate from(毕业于)
