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     Growing kids need sleep, as do people of all ages. Indeed, research shows that health and safety both
suffer when we try to get by with too little shuteye. So it's fortunate that our bodies do such a good job
of waming us when it's time to hit the sack.
     Like humans, other animals also take time out to rest. You've probably seen a lion dozing at the zoo,
or maybe watched our dog snooze away lying in its bed. In fact, sleep is a necessity for every animal that's
ever been studied.
     How long animals sleep, though, varies widely. Elephants and giraffes sleep only about 2 to 4 hours a
day, while bats may nod off for up to 20 hours. Ducks sleep together, and the birds on the edge of the group
sleep with the outside eye open and half of their brain awake-probably to keep watch while the other half of
their brain snoozes. Some birds may even sleep while flying. The fact that all animals make time for sleeping,
even under very dangerous situations, suggests that sleep is very important. And indeed, some facts suggest
that sleep is important for leaming and forming permanent memories.
     But sleep may also be primarily a way for animals to save energy and stay out of harm. This may help
explain why meat-eating creatures sleep more than herbivores, which are animals that live only on plants.
Herbivores, like cows and zebras, need to spend more time searching for and grazing on food than meat eaters
do, such as lions and other big cats. So a big cat might be better off sleeping for a while after it eats, rather
than prowling around and risking injury.
     But that's just a guess. Scientists need to study other animals as well before they can fully understand the
benefits (好處) of sleep and know which benefits are most important for a particular species (物種).
     One thing is certain: enough sleep is important to health and learning. So give in when a strong wish to
sleep hits, and catch plenty of ZZZs.
1. The underlined phrase "to hit the sack" means ____.
A. to eat something
B. to drink something
C. to get up
D. to go to sleep
2. From the last paragraph, we can infer ____.
A. enough sleep may improve your learning in class
B. if you want to sleep in class, fall asleep immediately
C. you are easy to give in if you have plenty of sleep
D. if you have a strong wish to sleep, you are perhaps ill
3. The main idea of the passage is about ____. 
A. all people need sleep
B. how animals sleep in the open air
C. why animals need sleep
D. when animals feel sleepy
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　　A scientist studied the rings of dead trees there．He found that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings．As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move．

(1)

________ in good climate．

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A．

Tree rings grow far from each other

B．

Tree rings become thinner

C．

Trees don’t need sunshine or rainfall

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People can cut down most of the trees

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The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because tree rings can tell ________．

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A．

whether a tree was strong or not

B．

whether people took good care of the trees or not

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whether the climate was good or not

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how old the trees were

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the twentieth ring

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the tenth ring

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the nineteenth ring

D．

the twenty-first ring

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Why did people usually live in places with lots of trees?

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Trees could tell the change of the weather

B．

Trees brought lots of sunshine and rain

C．

Trees could make weather not too hot or too cold

D．

Trees could be used for burning and for building house

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The people had to leave the place in New Mexico because ________．

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A．

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they no longer had water and the land became sand

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So it is not surprising that _____________________by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
【小題3】Why are the giant pandas endangered?
【小題4】Give a way to help the giant pandas in the wild, please.
【小題5】將文中劃線的句子②翻譯成中文。

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We send our children to school to prepare them for the time when they will be big and will have to work for themselves.They learn their own language so that they will be able to tell others clearly what they want and what they know,and understand what others tell them.They learn foreign languages in order to be able to understand the people from other countries and make themselves understood.They learn history to know something about human beings they meet every day.What they learn at school is,of course,quite useful,but is that the only reason（原因） why they go to school?

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One day in April, a special activity called“Food Street”was held on the playground at Railway No. 1 Middle School in Xi’an.

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“It’s really hard work,” said one of the students who took part in the activity. “We must make a plan before the cooking. We must know how much we should spend on the things we need. Also, we must learn how to serve customers well.”

“This activity is to give a chance to students to develop(培養(yǎng)) their practical abilities(實(shí)踐能力),” said one teacher, “What’s more, the students will not only learn how to make money by their own hands, but also know the meaning of life. ”

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A．a(chǎn) street for students to sell food along

B．a(chǎn) kind of food sold by the students

C．part of the activity about the English Art Festival

D．a(chǎn)n activity for food prices among the students

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A．the food made by the students was not well received

B．the prices of the food were too high

C．the teachers and parents were satisfied with the students and food

D．the students didn’t enjoy the activity

3. Which of the following can the students NOT learn in the activity?

A．How to grow vegetables.

B．How to work well.

C．How to make money.

D．What life means.

4. Before the activity, the students ____.

A．had to be customers

B．made a plan about the cooking

C．a(chǎn)sked their parents to do the shopping

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A．the activity was not easy

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C．the whole cooking has too much work

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