Passage 1



Here are some tips on how to talk with your parents.

Try to start your talk with something fun. This will make talking easier. For example, ask your parents questions about their day, for example, “How was work?” They love this!

Make it clear what you want to tell your parents. If they have an opinion, let them finish and don’t interrupt (打断) them when they’re talking. Ask them to do the same for you.

Show them respect by listening to them carefully. Look into their eyes sincerely.

Be honest. Honesty builds trust (信任). Life is good when your parents trust you.

If your parents don’t understand, that’s OK. It doesn’t mean they don’t love you or they’re not trying. Sometimes you have to explain things to them again or in a different way.

When you finish the talk, thank them for listening. Say something like, “Thanks! That helped.” It will let them know this is important to you, and make them want to do it more often.

If you feel there are still things to talk about, set up a time with them to talk about it another day.

阅读文章，选择正确答案:

1. What should we do when our parents are telling us their opinions?

A. Ask them to stop.

B. Argue with them and then say “sorry”.

C. Let them keep talking.

D. Explain your idea to them.

2. We should look into our parents’ eyes while listening because _____.

A. they make us do that

B. this shows we agree with what they say

C. this makes them feel respected

D. this shows that we understand them

3. What’s the main idea of the story?

A. We should show respect to our parents.

B. It’s important to trust our parents.

C. We should be thankful to our parents.

D. There are some ways to talk with our parents.

Passage 2



Going to sleep may seem pretty boring compared with all the fun things you do while you are awake. But there’s a lot going on in your mind and body while you are sleeping.

Sleep, in fact, is as important to your survival as eating and drinking. Sleep improves your mood, makes you a better athlete and helps you remember and understand what you learned during the day.

While you sleep, your body temperature drops. Your heart beats more slowly. A chemical that controls growth, which is called a hormone (荷尔蒙), moves into your bloodstream. Scientists think that sleep brings back energy and improves your immune (免疫) system.

Sleep is like a school day: it’s divided into different stages. When you are awake, your brain waves move quickly. As you begin to relax and fall into the first stage of sleep, your brain produces slower-moving waves and you lose awareness (意识) of your surroundings. As you fall into deeper sleep, your body repairs itself from the normal wear and tear of daily life. Then, as you begin to drift back into a lighter sleep, your mind becomes more alert (警觉的), and your dreams begin. You are in REM sleep.

REM is the name for the rapid eye movement that happens while you are dreaming. During REM sleep, your eyes move back and forth behind your lids, as though you were watching a movie. During other stages of sleep, you might move in bed, but during REM sleep you’re not making any movement. That’s probably because if you could move, your body would act out your dreams. As you get closer to waking up in the morning, you spend more time in REM sleep than in deep sleep, so you dream more. Researchers know that during REM sleep the part of the brain that deals with learning and thinking is very active.

Getting too little sleep can affect your personality. Experts recommend that children get at least nine hours of sleep a night.

阅读文章，选择正确答案:

1. During your sleep, _____.

① your body repairs itself from the normal wear and tear of daily life

② your brain produces slower-moving waves

③ your dreams begin

④ you lose awareness of your surroundings

Choose the right order:

A. ①③②④ B. ②④①③

C. ④①③② D. ④③①②

2. In which of the stage/stages of sleep do you have the most dreams?

A. Light sleep. B. Deep sleep.

C. REM sleep.

D. The first two stages of sleep.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. During REM sleep, the whole brain is active.

B. You don’t move while you are dreaming in REM sleep.

C. The closer to waking in the morning, the more dreams you have.

D. Hormones have something to do with your growth.

Passage 3



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Teenagers are very busy now and often forget to think about their diets and exercise. The truth is, healthy eating, along with regular exercise, is the only way to k 1 fit.

D 2 your teenage years, it is important to give your body the e 3 it needs. Teenage girls need about 2,200 calories a day and boys need a bit m 4 . Doctors suggest 2,800 calories for teenage b 5 . 50% of your calories should come from rice, bread, vegetables and fruit. You also need to drink a lot of water, six to eight glasses a day. D 6 enough water will improve your skin and give you healthy hair.

E 7 is something that can help to make you look good, feel good and be healthy. Scientists suggest that teenagers spend at l 8 30 minutes exercising five times a week.

When you exercise, your body produces something that makes you feel r 9 . It can even help you sleep better at night and let you p 10 more attention when you study.

1. ________ 2. ________ 3. ________ 4. ________

5. ________ 6. ________ 7. ________ 8. ________

9. ________ 10. ________

Passage 4

Anna lived on the side of a valley (山谷). One winter, there was a very big flood, and a lot of houses were washed away. Anna’s house was high enough to escape the flood. So, when the water had disappeared, her house was not damaged.

However, Anna’s house was quite small and there were only two little bedrooms. Her husband died when their four children were very young. But, Anna shared her house with one of the families that had lost everything in the flood until it was possible for them to rebuild their own house.

Anna’s friends were very puzzled (困惑) when they saw Anna do this. They could not understand why Anna wanted to give herself so much more work and trouble when she had so many children to support. Life would be even harder when another family joined them.

“Well,” Anna explained to her friends, “30 years ago, a woman in the town where I then lived in Germany found herself very poor, because her husband had been killed in the war, and she had a lot of children, as I have now.

“The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t have much for Christmas this year, so I am going to get only one gift for all of us and I am sure we will all be glad to have it. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back with a little girl who was even poorer than they, and who had no parents. ‘Here is our gift,’ she said to her children.

“The children were very excited and happy to get such a gift. They welcomed the little girl, and she grew up as their sister. I was that Christmas gift.”

阅读文章，回答下列问题:

1. Was Anna’s house washed away in the big flood?

_________________________________________

2. How many people were there in Anna’s family?

_________________________________________

3. How did Anna’s friends feel when she shared her house with a homeless family?

_________________________________________

4. Who was once given as a Christmas gift to a poor family?

_________________________________________

5. Why was Anna willing to help the poor?

_________________________________________

上期参考答案

Reading

P2: DBCC P3: BBDA P6: BADC

P8: FTFFT Cloze: 1-5: ADCBD 6-10 BAAAB

Work check

1-5 BACDC 6-10 BABDC

本期参考答案

Passage 1: CCD Passage 2: BCA

Passage 3: 1. keep 2. During 3. energy 4. more 5. boys 6. Drinking 7. Exercising/Exercise 8. least 9. relaxed 10. pay

Passage 4: 1. No, it wasn’t. 2. Five. 3. They felt puzzled/confused. 4. Anna. 5. Because she was once helped by the poor./ The poor once helped her.