I have three good friends. They're Jerry, Dave and Bill. Jerry is an Asian boy, Dave is an African boy. Bill is a 【1】(Europe）boy. When I met them, they were very young. Now they've grown up and have changed. Ok, now please listen to their（總的）introduction about their changes.

Jerry used to be shy and 【2】(silence). He took up dancing to deal with his problems. Now he dares to dance in front of crowds. And he also dares to give a speech in public.

Dave used to be afraid of English. He always made mistakes in g【3】. Now his English is good, and he never worries about his English.

Bill is from London, the UK. So exactly, he is a British boy. He used to hate school and sometimes he was a【4】 from class. Since his headteacher talked to him in person, he has changed. Now he doesn't fight with other students. And he is very helpful.

My three friends are very great and I am p 【5】 of them. What about your friends? Do you take pride in them?

—On the Changjiang River.

A.where the accident happens?B.where the accident happened?

C.where did the accident happen?D.where does the accident happen?

A.snows; snowsB.snows; will snow

C.will snow; will snowD.will snow; snows

【1】看電視廣告就是浪費(fèi)時間。

【2】原來這個男人跟這個案子無關(guān)。

【3】他如此的杰出，能邊演奏邊創(chuàng)作音樂。

【4】無論何時需要他，姚明都會回國。

【5】我想知道穿紅色能否使采取行動更容易。

According to a research by Chinese Sleep Research Society, 38.2% of Chinese adults suffered from insomnia(失眠) and over 300 million Chinese suffer from a sleep disorder.

However, the age of those suffering from sleep disorders is getting younger. Nowadays, over 60 percent of post-90s don’t have enough sleep.

Getting older is the main reason that the middle-aged and elderly cannot sleep well, while for young people, the reasons include not going to sleep at the same time each night, sleeping late, and not having good sleep habits.

How to decide sleep quality

Sleep quality is divided into two types: with dreams and without dreams. Moreover, if a person sleeps without dreams, there are deep and light sleep stages of sleep.

There are two standards of sleep quality. First, whether there is enough time for deep sleep. Second, whether the time of dreaming during sleep is proper, not too much or too little.

There are three simple methods to decide sleep quality. First, people should go to bed at about 10 pm. Second, sleep time should last 7 to 8 hours for an adult. Third, a person should have more energy after waking up.

How to improve sleep quality

★Taking some medicine is one of the main way to treat sleep disorders.

★Sleep disorders usually have something to do with mental health problems, such as feeling much too stressed or nervous. To have a good sleep, people should relax, be in good moods and work and rest regularly.

★As for eating habits, patients need to drink less tea or coffee, eat less oily food at supper and do not eat too much at supper. It is also helpful to sleep if people exercise more.

★It is also suggested that people had better listen to music and read books instead of using cellphones.

Mr Barrymore, the butler(男管家), said that Sir Charles had been sad and stressed these days. He told Barrymore that he was planning to return to London the next day. Then, he went for his usual evening walk. He did not return, and at midnight, Barrymore went to look for him. He followed Sir Charles’s footprints along the path until he found his master’s body lying near the end of it.

A man called Murphy was on the moor at the time and said that he heard shouting, but he was drunk at the time and no one would believe what he said.

The report said that Sir Charles had a weak heart and died of a heart attack. And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound should not be believed.

“Do you know anything more than what is in the newspapers?” said Holmes when Dr. Mortimer had finished.

“Yes indeed. Sir Charles would never go out onto the moor at night because he was in fear of being attacked. He asked me several times whether I had heard the hound howling at night, but I never had. I was there within an hour when he died. I went over to see his body. He lay face down on the ground with his arms out and his fingers dug into the ground. At the inquest, Barrymore said that he saw nothing else, but I did. I saw footprints, Mr Holmes.”

“Footprints?” said Holmes, leaning forward. “A man’s or a woman’s?”

Mortimer looked at us for a moment before replying. “Mr.Holmes, they were the footprints of a huge hound!”

【1】What can we know about Charles Baskerville?

A.He had been in a good mood for a few days.

B.He was going back to London the next day.

C.He usually took a walk with Barrymore at night.

D.He could not get along with others and had few friends.

【2】Which is the correct order of what happened?

①M(fèi)ortimer arrived at the scene and checked the body.

②Mortimer found footprints of a huge hound.

③Barrymore saw a man called Murphy on the moor.

④Charles Baskerville went out for a evening walk.

⑤Barrymore went out to look for his master.

A.④③⑤②①B.③④⑤①②C.④⑤③①②D.④⑤①③②

【3】The underlined word“this” in Paragraph 3 refer to ____________.

A.the cause of Charles’ deathB.what Murphy said

C.Charles’s footprintsD.the hound’s footprints

【4】We can infer(推斷) from the passage that _____________.

A.What Barrymore said was trueB.Murphy saw who the murderer was

C.Sir Charles killed himselfD.the murderer was playing a trick

School was difficult for Susan and she was bulled(凌辱) because of her different behaviour. Her siblings, who were much older, had life experiences that were unknown to their little sister. From the time of her birth, Susan was a screamer. The only really safe place that she would use as a repeat was her bedroom. There she would hang posters of her musical heroes on the walls and sing popular music into a hairbrush that she pretended was a microphone.

One by one her brothers and sisters moved away from home and then Susan’s father died. This left her alone with an old mother and a cat. She tried volunteer work. Her best state of mind, however, was found when she was singing and so she would regularly join others in karaoke or pubs where she could show her skills and receive appreciation(欣賞)from the crowd.

When Susan announced at Christmas that she was planning to take part in the Britain’s Got Talent competition, her brothers and sisters tried to discourage her. It was a wonder that she was even able to do the audition(試唱) considering the troubles she faced just physically getting to the right place.

The Woman I Was Born to Be is a beautiful story written in the simple but humorous voice of the author, Susan Boyle. She tells her story from birth to the present in an interesting and educational manner.

I love this book ! In fact, I read the whole thing in one day! There is something in the stories that not only teaches the reader but also encourage us to reach for our dreams—no matter how impossible they may seem to be!

【1】What does the underlined part “Her siblings” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.Susan’s parentsB.Susan’s friend

C.Susan’s classmatesD.Susan’s brothers and sisters

【2】What can we learn about Susan from Paragraph 3?

A.She liked being aloneB.She was good at singing

C.She had various hobbiesD.She disliked volunteer work.

【3】We learn that the book The Woman I Was Born to Be_______.

A.is based on Susan’s life stories

B.is written to educate readers

C.is very sad to read

D.is difficult to read

【4】What does the author probably think of Susan’s life stories?

A.EncouragingB.Discouraging

C.WorriedD.Boring

I gave the young man I had saved some bread and water. After his run and hiking to the cave, he was tired out. I showed him a bed and blanket and q【1】 he fell asleep.

As I studied him, I g【2】 his age at around twenty-six. He was tall with straight, strong legs and arms. He looked kind, e【3】 when he smiled.

I climbed out of the cave to keep watch. The young man slept only about a half hour b【4】 coming out of the cave. Again he made gestures(手勢) to show that he was grateful to me.

We c【5】 mainly by gestures at first. Soon my new servant showed himself much b【6】 at learning my language than I was at learning his. I c【7】 him Friday, for it was on a Friday that I saved him. He quickly learned “yes” and “no” and the names for different objects.”

We spent a full day at the cave, then returned to the beach to see i【8】 those people who wanted to catch him were still here. They had gone without searching for either Friday or his partners.

When we returned to my cave, I p【9】 Friday with some clothes and a little rabbit-fur hat. Friday wore the clothes to make me happy, even though he was comfortable with nothing on.

At first I separated Friday from me in a single room because I couldn’t trust him completely. But it soon became clear that was u【10】. He seemed almost to consider me like a father.

【1】Her _______look suggested she didn’t know anything about it. (驚訝的)

【2】Lots of people cried for the ____(精神) of firemen when watching the film The Bravest.

【3】At that time, mother _______ (保持不變) unable to say a word because of being angry.

【4】---Thanks to Ma Yun, Chinese shopping habits have changed a lot.

---I can’t agree more. Since he created Alibaba in his_______(三十).

【5】Each time a _______ was presented to a winner, the award music was played.(獎牌)

【6】What difficulty will you have _______ the machine? (control)

【7】It’s _______ possible that robot teachers will be popular in schools some day.(high)

【8】You will feel _________ in mind if you read more books.(wealth)

【9】It’s reported that many valuable jewelry had been ______ last night.(steal)

【10】The film _______ is not so good, but it’s photography is amazing.(it)

---You must think about it a bit longer before you make a/ an __________.

A.decisionB.speechC.effortD.mistake