The weather can influence(影響)intelligence(智力). For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ of a group of students was very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10% lower. The wind can help people have more intelligence. Very hot weather, on the other hand, can make it lower. Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year(July and August).
Weather also has a strong influence on people’s feelings. Winter may be a bad time for thin people. They usually feel cold during these months. They might feel unhappy during cold weather. But fat people may have a hard time in hot weather. At about 18 °C, people become stronger.
Lower air pressure may make people forgetful. People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days. People feel best at a temperature of about 18 °C.
Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful or unhappy today? It may be the weather’s problem.
【小題1】What can influence people’s intelligence according to the first paragraph?

A．Feeling.

B．Diet.

C．Health

D．Weather.

【小題2】Students get worse on exams because ___________.

A．they take exams in hot months	B．they take exams in cold months
C．they take exams with bad feelings	D．they take exams in windy months

【小題3】At a temperature of about 18 °C. people may_________.
A. leave more bags on buses                    B. like to go shopping
C. remember things better                      D. feel unhappy
【小題4】Which of the following is NOT true?

A．A report in 1983 showed that weather can influence intelligence.

B．The wind can make people cleverer.

C．Hot summer is a hard time for fat people.

D．Weather has nothing to do with people’s feelings.

The good things about computer games
They’re fun!
They can improve hand-eye coordination. That means you can think and do things more quickly.
You feel good when you can move up levels and see how well you’re doing.
Most games make you think about what you’re going to do, and they can help you improve the ability (能力) of solving problems.
You can play games on the Internet with people from all over the world.
Anyone can play computer games, even if they aren’t very good at sports, have a disability, or find it hard to talk to others.
The bad things about computer games
Kids may start hitting others in their lives just as they do in games because they may think it’s OK to hit others, or to talk to people, including their parents and teachers, impolitely.
If kids play games for a long time, they may not go out and exercise. They may start eating snacks while they play games and they will become too fat. Doctors are worried about kids that play too many computer games.
Playing games is a big problem for some people. They will play or think about games when they have time. This means they may stop talking with others and become really boring people.
【小題1】How many good things about computer games does the writer mention?

A．Three.

B．Six.

C．Seven.

D．Nine.

【小題2】What does the underlined word “coordination” mean in Chinese?

A．協(xié)調(diào)

B．障礙

C．舒適

D．問(wèn)題

【小題3】If you play computer games all the time, you may become a(n) ______ person.

A．healthy, impolite and boring	B．healthy, polite and boring
C．unhealthy, polite and boring	D．unhealthy, impolite and boring

【小題4】Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

A．Most games are good for your ability of solving problems.

B．You can’t play games with strangers on the Internet.

C．Playing too many computer games may make you fat.

D．Playing games can also cause many problems.

【小題5】The passage is mainly about       .

A．the two sides of computer games

B．how to improve your computer games skills

C．playing computer games with others

D．some interesting things about computer games

Want to save the environment? You probably can’t fix everything on your own, but by taking small steps and keeping the environment in mind every day, you can make a difference,
1. Think Green. Challenge yourself to think about the environment as you live your life. If you shut off lights when you leave the room, turn off your TV when you’re not watching it, you’ll save energy. If you take shorter showers, you’ll save water.
2. Shop Green. Shopping is fun, but buying things you don’t need is wasteful and bad for the earth. Before you buy something, ask yourself how much you’ll really use it. Keep yourself away from buying products with unnecessary packaging (包裝), and whenever possible, buy things that were locally made instead of those shipped from far away.
3. Dress Green. Wear green trousers and T-shirts if you want. But what really matters isn’t the colour, it’s how the clothes were made. If you want to help the environment, the best place to find clothes is at a vintage store, but you might not want to buy everything used. No matter where you shop, keep an eye out for products made from environmentally friendly materials like organic(有機(jī)的) cotton, which is grown without the use of pesticides ( 殺蟲(chóng)劑).
4. Study Green. What’s better than learning about the environment? Save it while you learn, It can be as simple as using both sides of a piece of paper before you recycle it, or reusing an old textbook :instead of buying a new one. If you want to do more, join an environmental group at your school, and encourage your friends to join, too.
【小題1】The underlined phrase "a vintage store" in this passage refers to (是指) a place where you can buy          .

A．cheap clothes	B．fashionable clothes
C．second-hand clothes	D．clothes of special size

【小題2】 Which of the following acts does not agree with the writer’s green ideas?

A．Taking shorter showers.

B．Buying products with unnecessary packaging.

C．Wearing clothes made from organic materials.

D．Using both sides of a piece of paw.

【小題3】 What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Some Methods to Live Happily.	B．Some Advice to Save Money in Daily Life.
C．Some Steps to Live a Healthy Life.	D．Some Ways to Make One’s Life Green.

Many places in the world need more fresh water. Every country is trying to find ways to turn salt water into fresh. Why aren’t there many factories like the Symi factory?
In some places the sun is not hot enough. Or it does not shine every day.
In such places other ways of heating sea water can be used. These ways cost more money, but they work faster than the sun. By boiling sea water with high heat a lot of fresh water can be made quickly.
But heating is not the only way to get fresh water from salt water. Other ways are tried.
One way is freezing. The fresh part of salt water freezes first. To get fresh water, the bits of ice are taken out.
Which way is the best? The one that gives the most water for the least money. It may be a different way for each place.
Symi’s way seems very good for small, hot places. It does not make much water at a time. But the factory is easy to build and costs little.
That is why people in many dry places talk about Symi. 
【小題1】From the passage we know that fresh water _____________.

A．is needed in many countries	B．is needed in every country
C．can be used in many ways	D．is very important for factories

【小題2】The Symi factory __________.

A．turns salt water into fresh	B．can be built everywhere
C．can make much fresh water at a time	D．doesn’t need sunshine every day

【小題3】Which is the best way for small and hot places to get fresh water?

A．Boiling the sea water.	B．Heating the sea water.
C．The Symi’s way.	D．Freezing the sea water.

【小題4】What fact doesn’t the passage mention (提到)?

A．New ways of getting fresh water.

B．A lot of fresh water can be made quickly by heating.

C．The best way is to get the freshest water with the least money.

D．The Symi’s way doesn’t work in dry places.

【小題5】The Symi’s way is not suitable for _________ places according to the passage.

A．small

B．hot

C．cool

D．dry

Robots have come a long way since 15th century. We’ve got robots to build cars, carry heavy things, work in dangerous places and explore planets. But things haven’t stopped there.
In 1986, Honda made a robot called ASIMO. And now, it has been developed greatly. Standing at 130cm and weighing 54kg. ASIMO is very much like a small astronaut wearing a bag on the back. And he can walk, flight, climb and run fast. Isn’t it wonderful?
The world’s first robot teacher is Saya. With her human-like face, she can show expressions like happiness, surprise, sadness, dislike, fear and she can even smile or show anger at students, which look much like a real teacher’s. To do this, her rubber skin is pulled from the back with motors inside. And her eyes and mouth have wires(電線) too. She can also say some simple words like “hello” or “thank you”.
In the UK, the development of robots is exciting. The mini-robots will send food, clean floors, collect and throw away waste. These robots can open doors by themselves and stop if anything or anyone is in the way.
These mini-robots are very useful for controlling infection(傳染). Usually clean and dirty work is done by the same person, but here, you’ll have robots that do”dirty work”, like collecting dirty sheets, or taking away hospital waste; and you’ll have robots that do”clean work”, like bringing meals or clean sheets to patients. The robots have separate work so there’s no way for infection, which is great. But of course, robots would not take the piece of humans, but would free up more time for nurses to be with patients.
But if this is what it’s like in 2011, what’s it going to be like to 2021?
【小題1】In the following, which is ASIMO’s behavior?

A．Smiling at people, saying “hello”.

B．Sending food or opening doors by himself

C．Fighting, climbing or running fast

D．Collecting waste for patients

【小題2】What makes Saya look real?

A．Her face and rich expressions	B．Her clothes and shoes
C．Her walking and running speed	D．Her rich knowledge

【小題3】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Robots have come a long way since 1986.

B．The first robot teacher was made by Honda.

C．Saya looks like a small astronaut.

D．If anyone or anything is in the way, mini-robots will stop.

【小題4】The main idea of Paragraph 5 is that _______.

A．nurses would have more free time with patients

B．robots would not take the place of humans

C．dirty and clean work is always done by the same person

D．mini-robots are useful for controlling infection

The earth moves round the sun, and the moon moves round the earth. When our part of the earth turns to the moon, it is night.
The sun is much bigger than the moon. But sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because it’s much nearer to the earth.
The sun is very bright. It gives a very strong light. The moon looks quite bright,  too. But it doesn’t give any light at all.
The moon looks much bigger and brighter than the stars. But actually the stars are much bigger and brighter than the moon. They look smaller than the moon because they’re much farther away from us.
Read and choose the right answer
【小題1】____moves round________.

A．The earth; the moon	B．The moon; the earth
C．The moon; the stars	D．The sun; the earth

【小題2】Sometimes the moon looks bigger than the sun, because_________.

A．it is much bigger than the sun

B．it comes out only at night

C．it is much nearer to the earth than the sun

D．it doesn’t give a strong light

【小題3】The sun_______________.

A．is very bright, and it gives a very strong light

B．isn’t bright, but it gives a very strong light

C．is very big, but it doesn’t give any light at all

D．is very round, but it can’t move round

【小題4】The stars______________.

A．look much bigger than the moon

B．look much bigger than the sun

C．a(chǎn)re a lot brighter than the moon, but they are not bigger than the moon

D．a(chǎn)re much farther away from us than the moon

Dolphins are our friends. They can use tools to solve problems although they don't have hands.   For example, scientists have ever found that a dolphin can make a shy eel(鰻魚(yú)) come out of its hole with a dead fish.
Dolphins use different sounds to exchange information with each other. Scientists in Hawaii have developed a sign language to give instructions to dolphins, and the results are amazing. They find that dolphins not only understand the meaning of individual (個(gè)別的) words, but also understand the importance of word order in a sentence.
Most animals enjoy playing — but dolphins seem to like making their games as challenging as possible. On a beautiful day in 1997, scientists at a beach watched a little dog going into the sea and swimming towards the dolphins. To their surprise, the dolphins came up to the dog and then started throwing it into the air. The dog seemed to enjoy the "game" and continued playing with the dolphins for more than an hour.
Dolphins live in a very different world from ours, but they are very good at our "IQ tests” . For example, they will jump out of the water when they hear a whistle (口哨) noise. They do this because they will get a fish as a prize.
There is still much to learn about these cute problem-solvers, but it is certain that watching a dolphin show is fun.
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【小題1】 What can a dolphin use to make an eel come out of its hole?

A．Its mouth.

B．Its head.

C．A dead fish.

D．A little dog.

【小題2】How do dolphins exchange information with each other?

A．By using tails.	B．By using tools.
C．By using words.	D．By using sounds.

【小題3】Where did the dolphins throw the dog when playing?

A．Onto its back.	B．Into the air.
C．Onto the beach.	D．Into the water.

【小題4】Why do the dolphins jump out of the water when they hear a whistle noise?

A．Because they want to get a fish as a prize.

B．Because they enjoy playing on the water.

C．Because they want to play with other dolphins.

D．Because the dolphin keepers want them to come out.

【小題5】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Dolphins understand many languages.

B．Dolphins are a kind of clever animals.

C．Scientists have known dolphins well enough.

D．Dolphins seem to make their games relaxing.

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, They can help people to save much time to do much work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can’t do easily. Our country asked everyone except the old people, to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. Yet, many of the children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing karaoke, instead of studying. So many teachers and parents complain that computers can’t help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers make millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble.
Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today’s students themselves!
【小題1】Our country asked everyone to learn to use computers except the ________ .

A．young people

B．old people

C．students

D．a(chǎn)dults

【小題2】 Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because _____

A．Our country asks us to learn it.	B．it can help us to do a lot of things.
C．We can use it to play games only.	D．it can help us to find jobs only.

【小題3】What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain about _____ .

A．their students and children use computers to learn well.

B．computers let them lose their jobs

C．computers make their students and children fall behind

D．computers bring people a lot of trouble

【小題4】In this passage we know computers _____

A．a(chǎn)lso bring us trouble	B．bring us happiness only
C．a(chǎn)re hated by people	D．a(chǎn)re good for people’s health

【小題5】How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? It means ____

A．computers are used by people

B．people can live well without computers

C．one must decide how to use computers

D．computers are strange machine

We’ve talked about snails (蝸牛) and their slow move. But much of the time snails don’t move at all. They are in their shells (殼) —sleeping.
Hot sun will dry out a snail’s body. So at the least sign of hot sun, a snail draws its body into his shell. A snail will die in a heavy rain. So when it rains, a snail does the same thing, too. A snail can sleep for as long as it needs to. It spends all the winter months in its shell, asleep.
In the spring the snail wakes up. Its body, about three inches long, comes out from the shell. When hungry, the snail looks for food. Its eyes, at the end of the top feelers (觸角), are very weak. But its sense (感覺(jué)) of smell is very strong. It helps the snail to find food and the new greens.
A snail’s mouth is no bigger than the point of a pin (大頭針). Yet it has 256,000 teeth! The teeth are very small, and you can’t see them. If you put a snail in a hard paper box, it will eat its way out! And if a snail wears out its teeth, it will grow new ones.
【小題1】 A snail _________.

A．moves more slowly at night	B．has thousands of feet
C．doesn’t move at all	D．sleeps much of the time

【小題2】 In the sentence “A snail draws its body into its shell”, the word “draw” means _____.

A．to make with a pencil

B．to push

C．to pull

D．to move away

【小題3】 From the story, we know _________.

A．a(chǎn) snail’s shell is very thin	B．a(chǎn) snail can’t see well
C．a(chǎn) snail’s nose is quite short	D．a(chǎn) snail’s body changes in different seasons

【小題4】 A snail goes to sleep when _____.

A．it feels hungry

B．it is put into a paper box

C．spring is coming

D．it rains heavily

【小題5】Which of the following is wrong?

A．In winter the snail doesn’t eat or move.	B．A snail doesn’t like living under the sun
C．The snail’s teeth can’t be worn out.	D．The snail’s nose helps to find food.

When you look at the sky at night, the moon looks bigger than the stars. Actually, the moon is much smaller than the stars and the sun. It’s much smaller than the earth. But the moon is much closer to us than any star. That is why it looks so big. If you hold a coin close to your eye, it looks big. If you look at it across the moon, it looks small.
The moon moves around the earth. It makes one trip in about four weeks. The moon looks flat to us. But it is a round ball, like the earth.
People once thought the moon had fire on it. They thought the fire made it bright. Now we know the moon is like a mirror. It gets its light from the sun.
Our sunlight comes from the sun, too. What is the sun? The sun is a star. The stars we can see have their own light. There are many big stars we cannot see. Their light had burned out. Others are still bright, but they are so far away that we cannot see them. The sun looks bigger and much brighter than other stars because it is the nearest of all stars. The sun and the other stars we see are very hot, but the air around us saves us from the heat of the sun.
The sun gives us light and warmth. It makes plants grow and turns leaves green. It makes life possible on our earth. It is a life giving star.
【小題1】 It takes _______ for the moon to go around the earth.

A．more than a week

B．nearly a month

C．half a year

D．more than a year

【小題2】 The moon is bright because _______.

A．there is some fire on it	B．it is near the sun, too
C．there is a big mirror on it	D．it can get light from the sun

【小題3】 The passage tells us _______.

A．the sun is not the biggest star	B．the sun is bigger than any other star
C．only the sun can shine	D．the sun is one of the farthest stars to us

【小題4】 Why do we call the sun "a life giving star"?

A．Because it gives us warmth.

B．Because there are some living things on it.

C．Because plants and animals can’t live without it.

D．Because people have to live in the dark without it.