American boys and girls love to watch television. Some children spend six hours a day in school and four to six hours a day in front of the television set. Some even watch television for eight hours or more on Sunday. Televisions are like books or films. A child can leam bad things and good things from them. Some shows help children to understand the news and places from other countries or other times in history. With television a child does not have to go to the zoo to see animals or to the ocean to see a ship. Boys and girls can see a play, a concert or a game at home. Television brings many places and events into our homes. Some programs show crime and other things that are bad for children，so parents sometimes help them to find other interesting things to do.Children usually spend ______ a day in school.
| A．six hours | B．more than eight hours |
| C．only a few hours | D．four hours |
Some children spend eight hours or more ______ on Sunday.
| A．studying | B．playing |
| C．watching TV | D．helping their parents |
On television children can see ______.
| A．Games | B．big animals |
| C．oceans | D．almost everything |
“Television brings many places and events into our homes. " means ______
| A．television makes things happen on homes |
| B．we can know places and events without going to see them |
| C．we can see houses and buildings on TV |
| D．we can find them easily |
Parents sometimes help their children find other things to do when there is ______ for children.
| A．a bad program | B．an animal |
| C．a game | D．an uninteresting film |
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Everyone faces difficulties in their life． Daniel Kish was born with a special eye illness and lost his eyesight before he was only 14 months old．
Soon after， however， he started to do an amazing thing． He learned to make clicks（咔哒声） with his tongue to help him move around． Kish now moves about using sonar（声呐）． He is so good at it that he can ride a bicycle by himself on public roads． And he started the organization World Access for the Blind（WAFTB） in 2000， teaching others how to use sonar． In the interview with National Geographic， he explains how the sonar works．
"When I make a click sound， it produces sound waves． These waves reflect（反射） off surfaces all around and return to my ears． My brain then deals with the sound and turns it into pictures in my mind． Each click is like a camera flash， which helps me make a 3﹣D picture of my surroundings for hundreds of feet． It's like having a conversation with the environment．"
Kish feels it is exciting to ride a bike using a sonar， although he needs to click twice a second， much more than he usually does． "It may sound a bit dangerous to move around the world in this way，" he says． "But most people in the world live in fear of things that they imagine． I love hiking and mountain﹣biking． I go almost everywhere． And I've never had an accident and hurt myself．"
He is happy to be able to help more blind children to improve their life．"We've served over 10， 000 students in nearly 40 countries，" he tells the reporter．"Many students are surprised how quickly results come． Seeing isn't in the eyes． It's in the mind．"
（1）Kish moves around using sonar because ．
A． he is good at making clicks
B． it make him "see" the world
C． he has a great interest in science
D． it is important for him to keep healthy
（2）Which of the following is the right order shoeing the sonar works？
①The sound waves reflect off surfaces．
②The person makes a clicking sound．
③The brain turns the sound into pictures．
④The sound waves reach the person's ears．
A．①④③②
B．②①④③
C．①④②③
D．②③①④
（3）What can we learn about World Access for the Blind（ WAFTB ） from the passage？
A． It offers the blind free bicycles．
B． It sells sonar products to the blind．
C． It teaches the blind to use sonar．
D． It helps the blind find more friends．
（4）The best title for the passage might be ．
A． Living without fear
B． Travelling with the blind
C．Hoping for the future
D． Looking around the world
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Every year，more than 26，000 children arrive in Britain．We ask some new arrivals what they like best about their new lives and what's different from home．
Jarek，Poland I don't know anybody from Poland here， but I'm lucky because the English boy next door is very friendly and kind． We are in the same class!I like teachers here． At home， the teachers seem a bit strict and serious． There are a lot of rules， too． Here， teachers are patient and don't give much homework． We students go out of school and buy pizza or burgers at lunchtime． We can't do that in Poland． |
Daisy & Luck，the USA My sister and I like living here．It's cool！My sister loves the British accent（口音）．Everybody here is very polite．But we don't understand all your strange words﹣we say yard "not" garden" and "apartment" not flat" The food is better here．There's Chinese，Indian and Thai．At home we eat too much fast food． |
It's too cold here!I hate doing sports， especially outside in winter． The teacher here is very serious about sports．I prefer science and maths．I love the maths class because the teacher is really funny， just like my maths teacher in India． The school is so big and some students seem unfriendly． They from a small village school．I think it's hard to communicate with them． |
（1）Among the above four children， probably likes the new school life best．
A． Luck
B．Zinah
C． Jarek
D． Daisy
（2）In Zinah's eyes， her maths teacher in India might be ．
A． cold
B． strict
C． patient
D． humorous
（3）The passage is probably taken from ．
A． a travel magazine
B． an education website
C． a geography textbook
D． a business newspaper
I live in Mentone，a quiet，simple，restful place，where the rich never come．I met Theophile Magnan，a retired，rich，old man from Lyons yesterday，in the Hotel des Anglais，Theophile looked sad and dreamy，and didn't talk with anybody else，which brought me back to the past．
A long time ago，Francois Millet，Claude，Carl and I were young artists﹣ very young artists﹣in fact．
Yes， Francois Millet，the great French artist，was my friend．
Millet wasn't any greater than we were at that time．He didn't have any fame，even in his own village．
We were all poor though we had stacks and stacks of as good pictures as anybody in Europe painted．Once a person ever offered four francs *for Millet's "Angelus"，which he intended to sell for eight．
It was a fact in human history that a great artist would never be acknowledged *until after he was starved and dead．His pictures climbed to high prices after his death．
Then we made a decision that one of us must die，to save the others and himself．
Millet was elected *﹣ elected to die．
During the next three months Millet painted with all his might，enlarged his stock all he could，not pictures，no! sketches， studies，parts of studies，fragments of studies，of course，with his cipher *on them．They were the things to be sold．
Carl went to Paris to start the work of building up Millet's name．Claude and I went to sell Millet's small pictures and to build up his name as well．
We made Millet a master．I always said to my customer，"I am a fool to sell a picture of Francois Millet's at all，for he is not going to live three months，and when he dies his pictures can't be had for love or money．"Claude and I took care to spread that little fact as far as we could．
Carl made friends with the correspondents，and got Millet's condition reported to England and all over the continent，and America，and everywhere．
The sad end came at last，Millet died， not really．He became Theophile Magnan．
The pictures went up．There's a man in Paris today who owns seventy Millet pictures．He paid us two million francs for them．Do you still remember the "Angelus"？ Carl sold it for twenty﹣ two hundred francs．And as for the bushels of sketches and studies which Millet produced in the last six weeks，well，it would astonish you to know the figure we sell them at nowadays．
We are no longer artists and Millet dead．
（1）Why did the four friends decide to elect one of them to die？
A．They wanted to be rich．
B．They wanted to be famous．
C．They wanted to save money．
D．They wanted to be respected．
（2）Which of the following statements is TRUE about the passage？
A．The writer lives a busy life in Mentone．
B．Millet was finally made a famous artist．
C．Millet painted best among the four friends．
D．The story was written in memory of Millet．
（3）What made the four friends' plan succeed？
A．That they didn't want to be artists any longer．
B．That Millet's pictures were sold at very high prices．
C．People's attitude towards the artists who were starving．
D．People's desire to own precious art works at low prices．
（4）Is Millet living or dead？Why？（请用约40词回答）
Many objects in the universe are invisible ，but they send radio waves．The radio telescope *thus appeared，and it is considered one of the greatest inventions in the twentieth century．Reber built the world's first radio telescope in 1937．Ryle and Hewish developed radio telescope systems for the location of weak radio sources，and they shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974．
A radio telescope is usually made up of：
•One or more antennas to collect the radio waves．Most antennas are made in the shape of a dish to collect and reflect *the radio waves to the sub﹣reflector，in the same way as a curved mirror focuses visible light to one point．
•A receiver and amplifier to receive the radio waves from the sub﹣reflector，and make these weak radio waves strong enough to be recorded and turned into electronic signals *．To make an amplifier sensitive enough，it is usually cooled to very low temperatures（e．g．as low as ﹣270℃）．
•A recorder to keep a record of the electronic signals．Most radio telescopes today keep the signals to the computer's memory disk for astronomers to analyze later．
Radio wavelengths are much longer than those of visible light．and the radio waves from deep space are always weak．To catch these waves，radio telescopes usually have huge antennas．The sizes of most antennas in use today are around 50 to 300 metres in diameter． The antenna of FAST in Guizhou，China，the latest and largest radio telescope in the world，is 500 metres in diameter，as large as the size of 30 football fields．
To avoid interferences， and keep the telescopes sensitive，radio telescopes are built in places where there are no human radio waves or electronic signals．For example，FAST is 5 kilometres away from the closest village and 25 kilometres away from the nearest town．
Radio telescopes create pictures of the sky，not in visible light， but in radio waves．This is extremely useful，because there are objects that can't be seen，objects that we wouldn't even know were there without radio telescopes．
（1）Radio telescopes help collect from the universe．
A．light
B．objects
C．radio waves
D．visible signals
（2）Most antennas of radio telescopes are made in the shape of a dish to ．
A．make the antennas strong enough
B．increase the number of radio waves
C．turn radio waves into electronic signals
D．focus radio waves on the sub﹣reflector
（3）The underlined word "interferences" in the passage refers to ．
A．the noises made by villagers and animals
B．the sounds from the radios and televisions
C．the people who go to Guizhou to watch FAST work
D．the radio waves and electronic signals from humans
（4）What have we done with the help of radio telescopes？
A．We have received pictures of deep space．
B．We have discovered unknown lives in the universe．
C．We have found some unknown objects in the universe．
D．We have turned the radio waves from space into light．
Have you ever jumped on a trampoline？ Today many people use it for exercise．
Back in the 1980s，researchers found that jumping on a trampoline was a good way to help astronauts regain their strength．Actually，trampolining has many advantages．It helps bones*and muscles*grow and improves your balance by stimulating *the inner ear．It is especially useful for increasing flow of the lymphatic system，which helps your body get rid of harmful toxins．Trampolining has benefits similar to those of running，but without too much stress on knees and ankles．
If you would like to start trampolining，you may first need to ask a doctor to make sure it's a safe activity for you．It's easy to find an inexpensive trampoline， but it should be well﹣made and strong enough to support your weight．To avoid accidents，some trampolines have a safety net around them．Remember： whenever you are on a trampoline，be careful not to jump near the edge of it．
Here are a few exercises for beginners；
•High Knee Lift．Raise one knee at a time．Lift your knee higher than you usually do when you are running．
•Star Jump．Jump into the air and spread your arms and legs into a star shape．As you gain more confidence，practice more difficult levels：
•Tuck Jump．At the top of your jump， bring the knees to the chest*，with the arms holding the legs．
•Pike Jump．Jump high，bring the legs up，and point the toes *forward．Touch your toes with hands．
There are many more exercises you can try．Happy trampolining!
（1）According to the passage，what benefit can we get from trampolining？
A．It helps with bone growth．
B．It cures illnesses in our knees．
C．It helps reduce stress on muscles．
D．It prevents ears from being hurt．
（2）How can we do trampolining safely？
A．Buy an expensive trampoline．
B．Jump in the center of a trampoline．
C．Choose a trampoline without a net．
D．Lose weight before starting trampolining．
（3）Which picture shows Tuck Jump？
（4）This passage introduces ．
A．an exercise to improve our fitness
B．an exercise to gain self﹣confidence
C．a way to keep balance when we jump
D．a way to avoid accidents when exercising
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