Height is just one of the thousands of features (特征) that your genes (基因) decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then maybe you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall you’re going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.
But genes don’t decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential (潜力). Getting enough sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the right height.
No doubt you’re wondering how fast you should grow. There’s no perfect or right answer. Kids grow about 2 inches (5 centimetres) a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty (when your body starts changing and becoming more grown up).
Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimetres here and 2 inches there are not nearly as important as the height you’re at now, how you’ve been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through.
Don’t be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a very quick growth during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later – between 7 and 13 for girls, 9 and 15 for boys.
You’ll usually begin to notice that you’re growing faster about a year after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.The Chinese for the underlined word in the third paragraph “puberty” is .
| A．童年时期 | B．婴幼儿时期 | C．习惯养成期 | D．青春期 |
If you want to know how fast and how tall you should grow, .
| A．you should have enough exercise |
| B．you can ask doctors for help |
| C．you should protect the environment |
| D．you can record your growth during puberty |
This passage is mainly about .
| A．how the genes work in your body |
| B．when is the time you grow fast |
| C．why you look like your parents |
| D．how you grow to a certain height |
After reading this passage, we can explain ___________.
| A．how good it is to be a doctor |
| B．how much sleep we need |
| C．why genes can’t decide everything |
| D．what an unhealthy diet is |
Which is NOT mentioned (提及) in the passage?
| A．Your height most probably depends on (取决于) how tall your parents are. |
| B．Girls’ age for starting puberty is usually earlier than that for boys’. |
| C．The time showing the first changes of puberty is never noticed. |
| D．You may be scared sometimes when you grow too fast. |
Do you often travel? Do you often stay in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with disposable (一次性的)things, like toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. __________. But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables.
______.
Many disposable things are made of plastic. _______.It is a waste of natural resources(资源) and is very bad for the environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 2,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year!
___________. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. ________: Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school dining-room, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
To protect our environment and our home, it is very necessary and important for us to save natural resources.
| A．Try to do these things in your daily life |
| B．People throw them away after only using them once. |
| C．They want to ask people to use less disposable things. |
| D．Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. |
E. Many guests like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own.
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① 人民教育出版社 ②材料 ③目的地 ④离开 ⑤到达When does the plane reach Milan?
| A．At 11:30 | B．At 14:35 | C．At 10:00 | D．At 18:00 |
Where can you have fun and watch displays?
| A．In Flight No. BA564 | B．In people’s Education Press |
| C．At Zhonglu Hotel | D．In Deeside Animal Park |
If you want to buy English books, you’d better call the number_______.
| A．(8610) 64622288 | B．(010) 67661423 |
| C．(8610) 64612502 | D．(024)46364148 |
If you travel to Beijing, you’d better live in ________.
| A．Milan | B．PEP Teaching Materials Center |
| C．Zhonglu Hotel | D．Southdene |
From the information, we can guess Yang Kai is ________.
| A．a bookseller | B．a student |
| C．a waiter | D．a teacher |
Henry Smith taught science at the City School. One day, he went to a bookstore and bought some books. Most of them were expensive. He left them in his Car in a quiet street. Then he went and bought some other things at other shops. At 6 o’clock he came back to the car. One window was open and the books were gone. Henry drove back to his home in Lake Street.
That night he wrote a letter to a newspaper. The next day he went to the police station.
On Friday people read an advertisement(广告) in the newspaper.
BOOKS WANTED
DO YOU HAVE ANY BOOKS THAT YOU NO LONGER WANTED? I BUY OLD AND MODERN BOOKS. OPEN ALL DAY ON SATURDAY. HENRY SMITH, 18 LAKE STREET.
Henry stayed at home on Saturday. His first visitor came at 8 o’clock.
Henry took him to the kitchen. At half past nine another man arrived. He had a bag under his arm.
“Mr Smith?” the man asked.
“That’s right,” Henry said, “Can I help you?”
“I have some good books. You buy books, don’t you?”
“Yes, bring them in. I’ll have a look at them.”
Soon the books were on the dining-table.
“Come in now, ” Henry called out, “And bring the list.”
A policeman came into the dining-room. He read the titles(书名) on the books and those on the list in his hand. They were the same.
“Come with me, Sir,” the policeman said to the man.How did the man get the books? _____________
| A．He bought them from Henry. |
| B．He bought them at a bookstore. |
| C．He found them lying in a quiet street. |
| D．He stole them from the car. |
Henry got his books back ___________.
| A．by fooling the man into bringing the books to his house |
| B．by buying them from the first visitor |
| C．with the help of the bookstore |
| D．with the help of the City School |
The man who stole the books found Henry’s address ___________
| A．in the car | B．in the newspaper |
| C．at the book store | D．at the police station |
What happened to the man?
| A．He ran away. |
| B．He was very happy to sell the books. |
| C．He was caught by the policeman. |
| D．He was very clever. |
What is the best title for this reading?
| A．A Book Advertisement | B．Mr Henry Smith |
| C．How Mr Smith Lost His Books | D．A clever man |
A city in South Korea has added a new attraction to its cultural landscape(景观)—the world’s first “Toilet Theme Park”. The Restroom Cultural Park in the city of Suwon is proving a huge hit with locals and tourists alike.
The park was built to memorize the former city mayor Sim Jae-duck, known as “Mr Toilet”. He believed the toilet is a very important place and full of culture. Visitors to the park can enjoy its toilet- bowl- shaped exhibition hall as well as lots of bronze statues(铜像) in all kinds of toilet positions. They can even sit on Mr Kim’s original toilet, which includes a full-length glass door that mists(蒙上薄雾) up when it is being used.
Suwon has become well known because of the promotion(宣传) of toilet culture. The city attracts toilet- related artwork from around the world to its galleries. It famously hosts the Golden Poop Art Festival- a celebration of one of the calls of nature. The city also lists lots of its own public toilets as tourist attractions on its website. Sim Jae-duck’s toilet-shaped house, now a museum, should be the must-see for enthusiasts. It’s said that Mr Sim was born in the loo of his mother’s house, so he loved toilets very much. He said in 2007, “The toilet can save humankind from diseases and is a place for introspection(反省). The toilet is also a central living place that has culture.” What’s the theme park’s name?
| A．Restroom Park |
| B．Toilet World |
| C．The Restroom Cultural Park |
| D．The Park of World Toilets. |
What was the nickname(绰号) of Sim Jae-duck?
| A．Captain Lavatory | B．Mr Toilet |
| C．Bathroom Bill | D．Number Two |
What happens to Sim Jae-duck’s toilet when someone uses it?
| A．The toilet slowly moves around. |
| B．“The Toilet Song ” starts playing. |
| C．The water comes out. |
| D．Its glass door fogs up. |
Where do reports say Sim Jae-duck was born?
| A．In a toilet- shaped bed. |
| B．In the WC of his mother’s house. |
| C．In a public toilet in Suwon. |
| D．In a hospital toilet. |
The underlined word “enthusiasts” means ______ in Chinese in the passage.
| A．思想者 | B．智障者 |
| C．残疾人 | D．爱好者 |
It is said that all dreams serve a purpose. While there is no agreement among scientists about why we dream, there are many ideas about the different kinds of dreams we have.
One common kind of dream is the repeating dream, in which the same story is repeated again and again, often for many months or even years. Some believe these are a sign people have a problem in their life and once that problem is gone then the dream will stop. Others think they are a way to help people remember something very important.
Another well-known kind of dream is the nightmare. The pictures and stories in such dreams make people very afraid and dreamers usually remember them far more clearly than normal dreams. The cause of such dreams may be seeing something terrifying such as a car accident or some deadly snakes. Others think such dreams may be trying to make a person pay attention to something that is dangerous in their life.
Daydreams happen during wake-time when we forget where we are or what we are doing and find ourselves in a made-up story or unreal world. We often daydream when we are doing something that is not interesting or exciting. They help us think about our future.
Lucid (神志清醒的) dreams are the most fun. These happen when dreamers suddenly understand that they are dreaming. Instead of waking up, they stay in the dream and are able to control what happens in the dream as if they are making a movie.
| A．dreams | B．problems |
| C．dreamers | D．scientists |
| A．frightening | B．interesting |
| C．disappointing | D．amazing |
| A．During a very interesting movie. |
| B．While playing at a fun park． |
| C．While listening to an uninteresting talk. |
| D．When making a movie． |
| A．We can remember the dream very clearly. |
| B．We can control what happens in the dream. |
| C．We think that the dream is like a movie. |
| D．We feel very nervous after we wake up. |
| A．Daydreaming of You | B．Enjoy Your Dream |
| C．What Dreams Mean | D．Where Dreams Go |
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