Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce(减少)a child’s chance of becoming short-sighted（近视）,research shows . It challenges the belif that short-sightedness is caused by computer use , watching TV or reading in weak light .
Australian government researchers believe that sunlight is good for people’s eyes . They compared the vision （视力）and habits of 100 seven-year-old children in China and Australia .In all,30% of the Chinese children were short-sighted .This percentage was ten times higher than Australian children.
Both groups spent a similar amount of time reading, watching TV and playing computer games .However , the Australia children spent an average of two hours a day outdoors ,90 minutes more than the Chinese children.
Professor Ian Morgan said ,“Humans are naturally long-sighted ,but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors ,the number of short-sighted peoplegets larger. We are also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world –and the main reason may be that city children spend less time outdoors .
Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light . But why does playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted ? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical（化学物质）which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people from becoming short-sighted .
So go outdoors .It doesn’t matter if that time is spent having a picnic or playing sports .
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。What can reduce a child's chance of becoming short-sighted according to the passage ?
| A．Playing computer games. |
| B．watching TV. |
| C．Reading books. |
| D．Spending 2 or 3 hours playing outside every day. |
What does the underlined word "percentage" mean?
| A．百分比 | B．功率 | C．平均分 | D．效率 |
How much time did the Chinese children spend outdoors according to the research?
| A．2 hours. | B．90 minutes. | C．1 hour. | D．30 minutes. |
What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?
| A．Why people become short-sighted. |
| B．Why natural light has a special chemical. |
| C． Why playing outside is good for one's eyesight. |
| D． Why daylight is much brighter than indoor light. |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．People will all become short-sighted after they begin to go to school. |
| B．Playing outdoors for 2 or 3 hours every day can help protect your eyesight. |
| C． Children in Australia are more likely to become short-sighted than those in China. |
| D． lf you spend 2 or 3 hours playing outside each day, you will become short-sighted. |
One day a boy was walking along the street. Suddenly he stopped and looked up into the sky.A young man passed by him.When he saw the boy,he felt curious and look up,too.Just then a girl came up and saw them.”Is there anything in the sky?”She thought and looked up,too. After a while there were quite some people. They were interested in the clear and blue sky.Suddenly the boy asked ,”Hey,what are you looking up at?” “that is what we are going to ask you,”said the young man.”You want to ask me ?But I wasn’t looking at anything,” the boy said.”I raised my head up because my nose bled(流血)。Whose nose was bleeding?
A. The boy’s. B. The young man’s . C. The girl’s.The underlined phrase “felt curious” may mean________in Chinese.
A. 感到恶心 B. 感到抱歉 C. 感到好奇Was the boy looking up into the sky?
A. Yes ,he is. B. No ,he wasn’t. C. I don’t know.Why did the girl look up into the sky?
A,Because she thought the young man enjoined the blue sky .
B.Because she thought there was something wrong into the sky.
C. Because she thought there was something strange in the sky.From the story we can see______ .
A.The sky must be the most beautiful that day.
B.The boy was surprised why so many people were looking up into the sky.
C.There must be something interesting in the sky.
Last Sunday afternoon, I was having dinner in a restaurant when my friend Poor came in. Poor is working in a bank and is quite rich, but he is always borrowing money from his friends and never pays it back. Poor saw me and came to sit at my table. He had never borrowed any money from me. When he was eating, I asked him to lend me two dollars. To my surprise, he gave me the money at once.“I have never borrowed any money from you,”Poor said,“So you can pay for my dinner.”The story happened________.
| A．at home | B．in a restaurant |
| C．in a bank | D．in an office |
Poor is the name of a man and the writer________.
| A．knows him well | B．doesn’t know him |
| C．often lends him some money | D．often borrows money from him |
Poor is a________man.
| A．busy | B．clever | C．rich | D．poor |
Why was Poor glad to lend the writer two dollars?
| A．Because they are brothers. |
| B．Because Poor is rich. |
| C．Because the writer is rich. |
| D．Because Poor wanted the writer to pay for the dinner. |
From the story we can see________.
| A．Poor is an old man | B．Poor is friendly |
| C．the writer paid for the dinner | D．the writer is poor |
Our reporter asked people what they were doing on July 20, 1960 when a man first walked on the moon. Here is what they said:
_______ was having a picnic with the family when a man first walked on the moon.
| A．Linda Brown | B．John Bates |
| C．Kate Jones | D．Mark Green |
John Bates was _______ when the astronaut walked on the moon.
| A．having a picnic | B．working |
| C．having fun with friends | D．watching TV |
Mark Green was _______ years old then.
| A．15 | B．18 | C．12 | D．7 |
Paul’s dream was to become a(an) _______.
| A．doctor | B．astronaut | C．teacher | D．clerk |
Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut who walked on the moon. |
| B．Linda Brown read about it in the newspaper on July 21, 1960, and thought it was amazing. |
| C．Mark Green is the youngest of the five people now. |
| D．All the five people remember the day when a man first walked on the moon. |
Lion is a special animal to Chinese people. A couple of stone lions, a male (雄性) and a female (雌性), can often be seen in front of the gates of old buildings. The male lion is on the left with his right paw (手掌) on a ball, and the female on the right. And her left paw is touching a baby animal.
The lion is the king in the animal world because he is powerful. The ball shows the country or the family will be together forever, and the baby animal with the female shows that you will have many children.
The stone lions were also used to show the families were powerful. If you had no money or power, you couldn’t put the stone lions in front of your houses.
It was also popular to make bridges with stone lions. The best known of this is the Lugou Bridge (also as Marco Polo Bridge), built from 1189 to 1192. The stone lions on the bridge are most famous. Maybe there are 485 lions in all, maybe there are 498 or 501. A famous saying is that “the lions on the Lugou Bridge are uncountable(不可数的).”What is a special animal in Chinese people?
| A．Dragon(龙). | B．Tiger. | C．Lion. | D．Dog. |
How many stone lions can often be seen in front of some old houses?
| A．2 | B．3 | C．1 | D．4 |
Who is the king in the animal world according to the text?
| A．Tigers | B．Lions | C．Elephants | D．Bears |
Which is NOT right below about the stone lions in front of the gates of the old houses?
| A．The male lion is on the left with his right paw on a ball. |
| B．The female is on the right with her left paw touching a baby animal. |
| C．The common people couldn’t put a pair of stone lions in front of the gates of old buildings. |
| D．If someone puts a pair of stone lions in front of the gate, he must have a lot of babies. |
Where do we often see stone lions besides in front of some gates?
| A．On bridges. | B．In Hebei. |
| C．On towers. | D．By a river. |
Sam was an English student. He always stayed at home for his holidays. But last winter he thought, “I have never left the country. All my friends have been to Spain. They like it very much. So this year I’m going there for my holiday.”
First he went to Madrid and stayed in a small hotel for a few days. One morning he went out for a walk. In his country people drive on the left, but in Spain they drive on the right. Sam forgot about this, and while he came to a busy street, a bike knocked (碰撞) him down.
Sam lay on the ground for a few seconds and then he sat up and said, “Where am I?”
An old man was selling maps at the side of the street. He quickly came to Sam and said, “Maps of the city, sir?”Sam came from_________.
| A．England | B．Spain | C．Madrid | D．a hotel |
Sam went to Spain ________.
| A．to see his friends | B．because he like it very much |
| C．to learn English | D．for his holiday |
In ______, people always drive on the left.
| A．Spain | B．the street | C．Madrid | D．London |
One morning, Sam was badly hurt by __________.
| A．a car | B．a bike |
| C．an old man | D．his friend |
When Sam sat up and said, “Where am I?” the old man thought_______
| A．he was badly hurt | B．he wanted to buy a map |
| C．he lost his way | D．he needed some help |
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