“Thank goodness you have double eyelids(雙眼皮). Your parents will save a lot of money,” said a friend when I was five years old. Double eyelids, which almost all the white people have, are rare among Northeast Asians. Only 25% of South Koreans are born with double eyelids.

I never quite understood how having double eyelids saved my parents’ money until this summer. When I came back to Seoul, everywhere I noticed cosmetic surgery clinics(整形診所) and advertisements with South Korean women—tall, thin, with milky skin, long legs, nice big eyes and perfect noses. I found that South Korean beauty meant looking as “white” as possible.

Cosmetic surgery has a kind of magical attraction to women—the promise of beauty. Women are often sure that suffering is necessary and worthy in order to be beautiful. This suffering is not for nothing. It is believed that beauty leads to attracting a better-looking partner, which then leads to a better-looking child and a better life.

Appearance is starting to be more important in workplaces. People with good appearance can have more chance. For example, my 29-year-old brother, who is slim and very tall, gets more job chances than his best friend, who is shorter and heavier, though both of them came from the same college, had the same good marks in their studies. In fact, many South Koreans believe that physical beauty equals happiness.

【1】How many South Koreans are born with double eyelids?

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【2】When did the writer understand having eyelids saved his parents’ money?

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【3】Why do so many women want to have cosmetic surgery?

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【4】What kind of people can get more job chances in the passage?

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【5】What do many South Koreans believe?

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My favorite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead．He decides to go to his own funeral(葬禮)．He hides and watches for a time，and then suddenly he appears．Everyone is surprised to see him but they're also pleased to see him alive．

Tom is the hero of the story, but there are other important characters．Huck is an outsider and everyone is afraid of him．Becky is pretty with fair hair. Joe is Tom's best friend. And Injun Joe is the bad man of the story．

The theme of the story is about children growing up．It describes how strangers are seen in small towns of America．Finally，it talks about freedom，social rules and how people are punished for bad behaviors．

Why do I think The Adventure of Tom Sawyer is a great book? Mark Twain wrote the story in 1876，but it's still read and loved by people all over the world today．And although it's only a story，Twain wrote it in the everyday English of the southern states of America in the 19th century，so it sounds very real. Today it's still thought to be one of the greatest books in American literature．Go on--read it! I know you'll enjoy it，too．

【1】Which place does Tom run away to with his two friends?

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【2】In the story, is Tom’s adventure for treasure successful with his friend?

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【3】How did people feel when Tom appeared at his own funeral?

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【4】After reading it, what is the book The Adventure of Tom Sawyer about?

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【5】Tell us why the writer writes the article (文章)?

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Barbara Wells exercised every morning. She woke up at 6:00 a.m. She ran about two miles before she went to work. But Barbara’s legs and back started to hurt. She did some exercise before she ran. But her legs and back still hurt. She ran slower, but the pain didn’t stop. Barbara talked to her doctor. The doctor said, “Don’t run in the morning. Try to exercise later in the day. That is the time when your body is at the right temperature for exercise after work.” Her legs and back didn’t hurt anymore.

Today, doctors are learning more about chronobiology(n.生物鐘學(xué)), the study of biological clocks. They are learning about the importance of time for our bodies. For example, it is best for people to go to sleep on time every night and to eat only when they’re hungry. Also, doctors discovered that some illnesses, such as heat attacks, occur(v.發(fā)生)most often in the morning. This information tells them that the best time to take heart medication may be at night. When patients take heart medication at night, they may prevent a heart attack in the morning.

Many doctors believe chronobiology(生物鐘) can help us live healthier lives. It may be the right time to listen to these doctors!

【1】What clocks do you all have inside your bodies?

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【2】How far did Barbara Wells run every morning?

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【3】How did Barbara Wells’ legs and back get well?

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【4】What is the right time for the person who has a heart attack to take heart medication?

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【5】What can we learn from the passage?

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The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good results.

In studying we must have patience. If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.

When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.

We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.

Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

【1】（小題1）What does this passage tell us?

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【2】（小題2）How many ways for studying does the writer teach us according to this passage?

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【3】（小題3）Why had we better read in the morning?

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【4】（小題4）How can we make it possible to get something from book?

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【5】（小題5）What should we do when we can’t understand what we learn?

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請寫一篇短文，談?wù)効措娨晫ξ覀冎袑W(xué)生的利和弊（各3點），我們該怎么做。不得照抄原文，詞數(shù)80字左右。

Television has changed people’s life greatly since it was invented.

Wei Ming feels differently．He has been leaning English for six years arm really loves it．He thinks studying grammar is a great way【5】（learn）a language．He also【6】（think） that watching English movies isn't a bad way because he can watch the actors【7】（say） the words．Sometimes, however, he finds watching movies frustrating because the people speak too quickly．

Liu Chang said that joining ．the English club at school was the best way to improve her English．Students get lots of practice and they also have fun．She added that having conversations with friends was not useful at all．“we get excited about something and then end up【8】（speak）in Chinese,” she said．

【1】我想知道他為什么這么生氣。（完成譯句)

I ________ ________ he is so angry.

【2】多謝這個項目把我們和貧窮地區(qū)的孩子聯(lián)系在一起。

Thank this program for ________ us__________ the kids in the poor area.

【3】孫悟空生來就有變化的能力。

Monkey King ____________the__________ to change.

【4】你可以在這本電話簿里查到那個號碼。

You can _______ ________ the number in this telephone book.

【5】提高閱讀速度是一件不容易的事。

__________ the reading ___________ is not an easy thing.

【1】Is she good at English? Do you know? （合為一句）

Do you know _______ she ______ good at English?

【2】The food is delicious.（變感嘆句）

________ ________ the food is!

【3】We can improve our pronunciation by listening to tapes. (劃線提問)

________ _________ you improve your pronunciation ?

【4】I don’t know how I can spell the English word. (同義句)

I don’t know ________ ________spell the English word.

【5】I was afraid to ask questions because my pronunciation was poor. （同義句）

I was afraid to ask questions ___________ ________my poor pronunciation.

隨著陽光體育運動在全國的開展，“每天鍛煉一小時，健康工作 50 年，幸福生活一輩子。” 的理念深入人心，校園里出現(xiàn)了可喜的變化。請以“Sports in Our School”為題給校園英文報寫 一篇 80 詞左右的報道。

內(nèi)容要點提示：

Time for sports

Kinds of sports

Change of students’ health and study

Change of school life

要求：

（1）文章的開頭已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)；

（2）文中不得出現(xiàn)真實的人名、校名和地名；

（3）內(nèi)容完整，可適當發(fā)揮，意思連貫，語句通順，書寫規(guī)范。

Sports in Our School

Sports in our school have changed a lot.

According to a report in the Sunday Times in February, scientists at Exeter University tested 94 students aged 17-19 and found mark of a chemical called Bisphenol A(BPA,雙酚 A) in the bodies of

86% the teenagers..

BPA, explained Science Daily, is widely added to plastic packages to make them strong. The chemical can be found in plastic bags and water bottles. DVDs, CDs and sunglasses also have BPA.

To understand the possible dangers of BPA, we have to understand the human endocrine( 內(nèi)分

泌的) system. The endocrine system produces something special which affects our growth slowly. Once inside the body, BPA influences the human endocrine system and may affect some body functions.

The US Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of BPA in the making of baby bottles in order to stop BPA going into baby bodies. And some worry BPA may cause diabetes(糖尿 病) and heart conditions, but they are not sure. So, if you really want to continue using plastic bottles,

you can do that, but don’t forget to recycle them.

【1】Which of the following things don’t have BPA according to the article?

A. Plastic bags. B. Glass bottles. C. Sunglasses. D. Water bottles.

【2】What did the scientists at Exeter University find?

A. BPA makes no difference to the students.

B. It’s hard to get rid of BPA inside the body.

C. BPA causes great harm to teenagers’ health.

D. Many tested teenagers have BPA in the bodies.

【3】What can we learn about BPA from the article?

A. It’s just harmful to our environment.

B. It’s widely used in plastic packages.

C. It’s added to plastic to make it clearer.

D. It’s no longer allowed in food packages.

【4】What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined “banned” in the article?

A. 禁止. B. 管理. C. 控制. D. 減少.

【5】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

A. Plastic prevents the body from growing fast.

B. BPA will cause diabetes and heart diseases.

C. BPA may make the body behave differently.

D. We must keep away from the plastic bottles.