People spend about 1/3 of their lives doing one thing: sleeping. Every year, there is a day for people around the world to celebrate the importance of good and healthy sleep — World Sleep Day. This year, it falls on March 16. The theme(主题) is “Breathe Easily, Sleep Well.”
Sleep is like food for the brain(大脑). 1. sleep helps the body and brain grow and develop. People of different 2. need different hours of sleep. According to the Nation Sleep Foundation in the US, adults need seven to nine hours of sleep every night. For students aged 10 to 17, they need about eight to nine hours per night.
However, many students don’t 3. enough sleep because of early school starting time and too much homework. The China Youth and Children Research Center reported that about 80% of middle school students don’t get enough sleep.
Lack(缺乏) of sleep affects(影响) a person’s life greatly. Students 4. enough sleep may get 5. grades. Because they cannot pay attention in class or do well in sports.
To solve(解决) this problem, scientists advise that students should get less school work and 6. time to sleep. There are some other ways to help people get enough sleep, such as taking a 20-minute nap(午睡) during the day. Good sleep habits are also 7.. For example, try to go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day, even on weekends and during holidays.
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1.We are going to have a school trip after the exam.（改为否定句）
We _________ _________ going to have a school trip after the exam.
2.My mother bought me a nice coat yesterday.（改为同义句）
My mother _________ a nice coat _________ me yesterday.
3.The boy will be able to cook for himself.（对划线部分提问）
_________ _________ the boy be able to do for himself?
4.我今天早上起床晚，没能赶上早班车。（完成译句）
I got up _________ late _________ I couldn’t catch the first bus this morning.
5.不要为你的儿子担心，他会照顾好自己的。（完成译句）
Don’t be _________ _________ your son, he will take good care of himself.
Do your parents use their mobile phones too much? If your answer is “Yes”, you must have the same problem as Emil Rustige. Emil is a 7-year-old boy from Germany.
Last week, he did something special. He invited(邀请) more than 100 children to hold an activity. They went to the street, holding their slogan(标语) in their hands. Their slogan was “Play with ME, not with your mobile phones.” They wanted their parents to put down their mobile phones. They wanted their parents to spend more time playing with them. Many children said it was a wonderful idea. They also wanted to take part in the activity.
Why did Emil Rustige hold the activity? He told a reporter about the reason, “In fact, I’m not pleased with my parents. They spend too much time playing with their mobile phones. Then they don’t have enough time to play with me. I need to do something to change them.”
What do you think of Emil’s idea? Will you do the same thing?
1.Do Emil’s parents use their mobile phones too much?
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2.What did Emil do last week?
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3.Why did Emil hold the activity?
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4.Is it necessary for parents to put down their mobile phones? Why or why not?
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A. Where will you play it?
B. What’s your favorite sport?
C. How are you going there?
D. What are you going to do?
E. What sport do you like better?
F. What about you?
G. How far is it?
Bob: Dave, the radio says it will be sunny this weekend. 1.
Dave: I am going to climb the mountains. 2.
Bob: I’m going to do some sports.
Dave: 3.
Bob: I like basketball best. I think it can help me grow taller.
Dave: 4.
Bob: I will play it in the gym. By the way, who are you going to climb mountains with?
Dave: I am going with my parents.
Bob: 5.
Dave: We are going there by car.
Bob: Have a good time.
Dave: The same to you.
There was a beautiful garden. Every year the king would go to the garden to decide which flower was the most beautiful one.
For the last few years, the rose was always Number One. Because of this, the rose Gulaab became arrogant. It would never let birds stay on its flower. Then all the birds started staying away from Gulaab.
Behind Gulaab, there was a little yellow flower. People called it Junglee. Junglee wasn’t more beautiful than Gulaab, but it welcomed the birds to stay on its flower. All the birds in the garden liked it.
This year the king went to the garden as before. The gardener pointed at the rose and said to the king, “Your favorite flower, my king.”
Of course, the king also saw the yellow flower behind it and asked, “What flower is that?”
“Oh! That’s Junglee, a wild flower.”
“I didn’t see a flower like it before. There are so many birds on it. I think it’s much more beautiful than the rose. It will be the King Flower of this year!” said the king.
1.From this passage we can know that Junglee was ________.
A.famous B.serious C.friendly D.smart
2.What does the underlined word “arrogant” mean in Chinese?
A.傲慢的 B.粗心的 C.易怒的 D.开朗的
3.What do you think this passage is?
A.An ad B.A story C.A diary D.A piece of news
4.What’s the best title for the passage?
A.The King’s Garden B.The Clever King
C.The Flowers and the Birds D.The Most Beautiful Flower
Art lovers around the world think about this question for so many years: why does Mona Lisa smile?
However, they can ask Mona Lisa herself in the show in Beijing. It brings the 500-year-old painting to life.
Now Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting(画) can move her head and wave(挥舞) her hand in 3D, and even answer questions. She can answer the questions about her life, her age and so on. But when she talks she doesn’t speak Italian but Chinese like “Da jia hao, wo jiao Mengna Lisha. Hen gao xing jian dao ni men.”
The new digital(数码的) picture of Mona Lisa is the center piece of the World Classic Interactive Arts Exhibition in Beijing. You can also see other world-famous paintings such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper. Last Supper is another picture that they made alive(活的) with 3D. In this picture, Jesus(耶稣) can walk and talk with his believers(信徒).
It took Wang Hui and over 400 digital artists in South Korea two years to make the picture, at a cost of about 50, 000, 000 yuan.
He says, “What’s special about it is that it’s the first time to use computer technology(技术) to make her speak and move.”
So what does Mona Lisa say if you ask her: “Why are you smiling?”
1.From the passage we know that Mona Lisa is ________.
A.a famous woman in China B.Leonardo da Vinci’s wife
C.a famous painting of Wang Hui D.an Italian woman in Leonardo da Vinci’s painting
2.For many years, art lovers all around the world want to know ________.
A.why Mona Lisa smiles B.who Mona Lisa lives with
C.how old Mona Lisa is D.who Mona Lisa loves
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Wang Hui and his team spent 2 years making the digital pictures.
B.The digital pictures cost Wang Hui 5,000,000 yuan.
C.Wang Hui made this painting with some Chinese artists.
D.About 400 artists wanted to buy the digital paintings.
4.From the passage we know ________.
A.Mona Lisa can also sing in Chinese
B.3D made Mona Lisa move and speak
C.3D made Leonardo da Vinci alive in the show in Beijing
D.in the picture Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci can walk in his room
