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Do your eyes jump a few times a second over a period of time A jumping eye can happen to anybody at any time. There are several reasons for a jumping eye. Let’s have a look at it!
TirednessNot getting enough sleep or working for too long without rest may cause our eye to complain. Scientists aren’t sure why, but they’ve found that getting more rest will make our eyes feel better. Remember not to stay up late.
Dry eyesMore and more people work office jobs that require a lot of sitting and staring at a computer screen. This unhealthy way of life can lead to dry eye syndrome (DES干眼症). When our eyes are too dry, they can’t help jumping to keep them wet. To stay away from DES, use eye drops if you use the computer for more than seven hours a day and make sure to look away from the screen once every 20 minutes.
Stress (压力)This is the number-one reason for a jumping eye. It does harm to our eyes if it lasts for too long. When we’ re under a lot of stress, the body gives out stress hormones (荷尔蒙) which leads to a “fight or flight” response (回应). To solve the problem, we can see our friends or relax ourselves in order to reduce the stress that might lead to jumping eyes.
1．Which one of the following might NOT cause a jumping eye according to the passage A．Tiredness. B．Dry eyes. C．Stress. D．Happiness.
2．How can we stay away from DES according to the passage
A．Keep staring at the computer screen.
B．Use eye drops as often as possible.
C．Look away from the screen once every 20 minutes.
D．Use the computer for more than seven hours every day.
3．What can stress do to us according to Table 3
A．Stress is good when we go to see our friends.
B．Too much stress might be harmful to our eyes.
C．A lot of stress helps our body relax.
D．Too much stress is always important to our eyes.
4．What does the writer try to explain in this passage
A．Three reasons why we have jumping eyes.
B．The number-one reason for a jumping eye.
C．The Importance of getting enough sleep.
D．Some useful ways to reduce the stress.
5．Where can we read this article most probably
A．In a magazine. B．Ina story book. C．In a guide book. D．In a poster. (海报)
B
Thang-ga (唐卡) is a special kind of painting and picture. It was found only in Tibet. It started from the Tang Dynasty. Thang-ga paintings have interested many people in recent years. At the same time, the Chinese government has also tried hard to protect the culture.
Thang-ga was developed in the 7th century in the Tibetan area. Thang-ga shows Tibetan people’s lives. The paintings are colorful. The paints used in Thang-ga are different from those in other paintings. Because of the special environment of the Tibetan Plateau (青藏高原) and the excellent painting skills, the colors of Thang-ga look special. Through hand-making, the beautiful colors could last for hundreds of years.
However, with the development of machines, people now use cheaper and more easily-made chemicals to make Thang-ga paints. The traditional paints used in Thang-ga needed too much work and there were many secret methods. Once people stopped making the paints and forgot about them. So the skills were lost. The traditional Thang-ga paintings are difficult to find now.
Although Thang-ga isn’t popular among all Chinese people, it is still a traditional skill for our country and even a kind of Chinese culture. But now, only a few people can do this job. It’s a pity. So people should realize not only this skill should be protected, but also other traditional skills, like the paper cutting, Chinese opera, shadow puppet plays and so on. If not, they will be lost.
1．What does the second paragraph mainly talk about
A．The paints and colors of Thang-ga paintings.
B．The environment of the Tibetan Plateau.
C．The painting skills of Thang-ga paintings
D．The development of Thang-ga paintings.
2．Which of the following is NOT true according to the third paragraph
A．People still make Thang-ga paints by hand now.
B．The skills of making Thang-ga paints once were lost.
C．It’s difficult to make Thang-ga paints.
D．People cannot find traditional Thang-ga paintings easily now.
3．What does the last paragraph mainly want to say
A．Only a few people can make Thang-ga now.
B．There are other kinds of traditional skills.
C．People should protect all traditional skills.
D．Thang-ga is a kind of Chinese culture.
C
Living things have a life cycle. They are born, grow, and die. Even though stars are not living things, they do have a life cycle. A star is borm in a cloud of dust and gas. A young star is blue and very hot. A middle-aged star is yellow. It cools and becomes a red giant. Finally, the star explodes. The light of a star tlls astronomers many things about the star. Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronormer who carefully classified (分级) stars by looking at tbeir light.
Annie Jump Cannon was born in 1863. Her mother taught her about the cnsellations (星座) when sbe was a girl. Annie was interested in studying the stars when she grew up. But not many women went to college in those days. Also, Annie had an ilness that caused her lost most of her hearing. But these things didn’t stop Annie from earning two college degrees.
Cannon was hired to work at the Harvard College Observatory (天文台). Astronomers there used telescopes and took photographs of the sky. It was an exciting new science.
The light from each star passed through a prism (棱镜) in the telescope. A prism is a piece of cut glass. Light passing through a prism is separated into a rainbow. Cannon studied the photos of each band of colors. Barly photos were black and white. She could not see the colors. She could only see different dark lines. She used them to classify stars from younger anid very hot to older and cooler.
Annie Jump Cannon classified more than 300,000 stars! Her star catalog is still used by astronomers all over the world. During her lifetimne, Cannon received many honors. In 1934, an award was named for her. The Annie J. Cannon Award in Astronomy is given every year. It is given to a woman astronomer from North America.
1．According to the passage, an old star is __________.
A．hot B．yellow C．blue D．a red giant
2．A prism can __________.
A．separate light into colors B．take a photograph
C．cut through glass D．tell the age of a star
3．What doesthe underlined “them” in the fourth paragraph refer to
A．Colors. B．Prisms. C．Photos D．Dark lines.
4．Which of the fllowing is NOT the description to Cannon
A．She was nearly deaf. B．She knew about stars.
C．She didn’t go to college. D．She worked carefully.
5．What is the text style of the passasge
A．A report on science.
B．A report on astronomy.
C．An introduction to Annie Jump Cannon.
D．An introduction to the developmient of astonomy.
D
First appearance: October 4, 1950 (comic strip) Created by: Charles M. Schulz Information: Snoopy can be selfish (自私的), smart and lazy at times and sometimes fools his owner (主人), but he shows great love, care and loyalty (忠诚) to his owner (even though he cannot even remember his name. The owner always calls him “The Round-headed Kid”).
First appearance: May 15, 1928 (Plane Crazy) Created by: Walt Disney Information:Mickey is a nice boy and usually seen as an honest and brave hero. This mouse always wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves (手套). Mickey is one of the world’s most famous characters.
First appearance: June 9, 1934 (The Wise Little Hen) Created by: Walt Disney Information:People like him because he is lazy and greedy (贪婪的). And they love his voice when he becomes angry with Mickey’s eight nephews (侄子). Soon Donald Duck’s more popular than Mickey Mouse himself.
First appearance: June 24, 1995 (comic books) Created by: Alice Mak & Brian Tse Information:Mcdull is a pig. He has a heart of gold, but he isn’t very smart and is ordinary in every way, he has many dreams. However, every time he tries, he never succeeds, he is disappointed, but tries again. In this way creates his own colourful world. He is not perfect, but his attitude (态度) towards life makes him a popular character.
Which of the following is Snoopy’s personality (性格)
A．Stupid. B．Able. C．Lazy. D．Polite.
2．What can we know about Mcdull according to the material
A．He is colourful. B．He is very ordinary and has many dreams.
C．He is perfect. D．He gives up easily.
3．What two cartoon characters were made by Walt Disney
A．Mickey and Mcdull. B．Donald Duck and Mcdull.
C．Donald Duck and Mickey. D．Mickey and Snoopy.
4．What can we learn from the above information
A．People don’t like Donald Duck because he is greedy.
B．Both Donald Duck and Mcdull were created in the same year.
C．Donald Duck was created earlier than Snoopy.
D．Mickey Mouse first appeared in the film called The Wise Little Hen.
5．Where can we probably read this passage
A．From a notice. B．From a storybook.
C．From a guidebook. D．From a cartoon magazine.
E
My name is Sam. I joined a club called “Passing Help” last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.
One evening this May, on my home my old car broke down. It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to get a ride（搭便车）, but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. Then I went to a bus stop nearby.
After a while, a bus came, but it did not go to my town. The bus driver was a young woman. She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.
“When I reached the bus station, I knew that the bus to your town couldn’t come, so I returned here. I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “Get in my car and I will take you back to your home.”
“Come on, sir,” she said. “Let’s go.”
When we got to my home, I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn’t accept it. “I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along,” she said.
1．Sam didn’t think of going home ________ that evening.
A．by train B．by bus C．by car D．by taxi
2．From the passage, we know that the young woman was ________.
A．a club boss B．a taxi driver C．a bus driver D．a gas station worker
3．The young woman wanted Sam to ________.
A．give her some money B．get on her bus
C．take her to her house D．help others just as she did
4．What is the best title for the passage
A．A kind old man B．Getting a ride C．Passing help D．A broken car
F
A British man has learned the skills to put on Beijing Opera (京剧). He makes people enjoy his lively shows of the Monkey King.
Ghaffar Pourazar was born in Iran. He said he had been a big fan of Bruce Lee and owed great interest in Chinese culture. In 1993, he happened to watch Beijing Opera in London from Jingju Theatre Company of Beijing. Ghafar loved colorful costumes (戏服), beautiful voices, excellent shows and so on. After one year, he reached China alone and came a student of Beijing Opera at a Beijing school.
At the age of 32, he had to learn with younger students every day, starting from the most basic training of the legs and gestures. At that time, he was always troubled by the conversations in Beijing Opera. To him, it was the biggest problem. However, he never gave up.
Five years later, he started to learn to act out the Monkey King, a traditional character from the Chinese classic (经典的) story, Journey to the West. He said he got to the workroom an hour earlier than other actors and also bought books and CDs to understand the characters better.
Ghaffar today is not only good at speaking Beijing dialect (方言) but also famous in Beijing Opera. He once got a top international prize for acting out the Monkey King.
To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera, Ghaffar often teaches the traditional art form in schools of different countries. When he found that the language was difficult to understand, he could translate (翻译) Beijing Opera song lyrics (歌词). Ghaffar took a group of actors to show 66 times in a month and a half in America. He also took a 48-member team to show in Malaysia. Over 400 shows have been put on by him and his team in the past 10 years.
1．What did Ghaffar start to do in 1994
A．He became a student of Beijing Opera school. B．He dreamt of Bruce Lee.
C．He took an interest in Chinese culture. D．He wanted to make a living in China.
2．What was Ghaffar’s biggest problem
A．He had always difficulty in training.
B．He didn’t want to learn with younger students.
C．He didn’t always understand the conversations in Beijing Opera.
D．He arrived in China alone.
3．We can know that Ghaffar ________.
A．translates Journey to the West B．likes to buy books and CDs about China
C．gets success in Beijing Opera D．puts on many shows in Asia
4．Which of the following about Ghaffar is TRUE
A．He created Beijing Opera song lyrics.
B．He became a teacher at Beijing school.
C．He put on more than 400 Beijing Opera shows in Japan.
D．He learned Beijing Opera from the most basic training.
5．This passage is most probably from the part of ________ in a newspaper.
A．education B．travel C．science D．culture
G
The following are some people’s opinions on using cell phones.
I believe that cell phones are not to be used while driving. One site said that talking on a cell phone while driving had the same results of drunk driving accidents! Also I think it is very impolite to use your phone in a public place! Once I was in a doctor’s office, and people were very quiet. A woman’s cell phone started ringing. After what seemed a million rings, she started to talk on her little “toy”, annoying every one.
----- Chelsea from the US
The cell phone would be a great thing if we used it in the right way. Unfortunately most of us don’t use it in the right way because we talk with our friends for hours and hours, and that’s something we can do better if we have a coffee together. The use of the cell phone in this way is dangerous for the development of good communication. We need to think twice about how we are using cell phones.
----- Graciela Flores form Mexico
Once when I was studying in the library, I was reading my book. Suddenly, a cell phone rang. I was so annoyed because those students didn’t have good manners in public. I looked at them in anger, but they didn’t pay attention. Nowadays, many young students use cell phones everywhere in my country just for talking to their friends. It keeps students from studying.
-----Seung-HyeLee from Korea
I think cell phones should be banned（禁止）in cars and airplanes. It is very clear that people’s attention is diverted（分散）if they talk on cell phones while they are driving. The number of car accidents caused by drivers using cell phones has risen, so people should not use them when they are driving. Also, it is dangerous to use them in airplanes because the phone signals can interrupt the airplane’s signal system.
----- Yian Ma from China
1．What does Chelsea probably agree with
A．Cell phones shouldn’t be used in public. B．The woman is suffering from a bad disease.
C．Having a drink is exactly like using a cell phone. D．The rings of the cell phones are wonderful.
2．Who holds that it is harmful to talk on the cell phone for a long time
A．Yian Ma B．Chelsea C．Graciela Flores D．Seung-Hye Lee
3．According to Seung-Hye Lee, what’s the bad effect of young students’ using cell phones
A．It is dangerous for the development of good communication.
B．They are kept away from their studies.
C．They can’t read books in the library.
D．They can’t talk to their friends as they like.
4．People that think using cell phones while driving may lead to accidents are from _________.
A．Korea and US B．Mexico and China C．US and Mexico D．China and US
5．What is the passage mainly about
A．Cell phones can be used in different ways. B．How to use cell phones while driving.
C．Cell phones should be used properly. D．People quarreled over using cell phones.

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