Do you have a mobile phone? Do you send text messages to your friends and family?
     Text messaging or "texting" is becoming very p_____(1). But scientists have p_____(2) that texting can give us
problems with our h_____(3). Be careful! Too much texting can cause RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) in our thumbs
(大拇指) and wrists(腕關節(jié)). We spoke to a doctor called Harriet Wilson, who treats many patients with RSI. She
says if we spend more than 10-15 minutes texting each time, we could have p_____(4) in the future.
     Dr. Harjeet Deepa, who treats RSI patients, said that the y_____(5) patient she had treated was a 5-year-old girl.
She had s_____(6) bad RSI in her hands that she couldn't hold a pencil.
     As mobile phones d_____(7), they are getting smaller with buttons c_____(8) together. Texting with a smaller
phone is worse than using a larger phone with b_____(9) buttons. Using computers and playing video games can
cause the same problem. So more and more people could find t_____(10) with RSI.
     Many university students and teenagers have RSI. If we don't do anything about this, too many young people
could grow up in terrible pain.

     There are some very good things about open education. This way of teaching a      l      the students to develop their interests in many subjects. Open education asks students to be responsible(負責任)for their own education. The open classroom may help them to e      2     learning. Some students will be h    3    in an open education school. They will not have to worry a    4     grades rules.
     But many students may not d      5      well in an open classroom.  For some students,  if there are too f     6      rules, they will do little in school. They will not make good use of open education. Because open education is s    7      different from traditional education, these students may have a problem of getting used to making so many c    8    .For many students it is important to have some rules in the classroom. A few rules will help them.  The  last point  about  open  education is that some traditional teachers  do not like it.
Many teachers do not believe in open education.
     You now know what open education is. Some of its good points and bad points have been explained. You may have your own opinion about open education. The writer thinks that open education is only a
good idea. It may not work very well in r    9    class or school. The writer believes that most students, but of course not all students, want and need to have some rules. They must be m  10  to study some subjects. Many students are pleased to find subjects that they have to study interesting. They would not study those subjects if they did not have to.
1. a________ 2. e________ 3. h________ 4. a_______ 5. d_______
6. f________ 7. s________ 8. c________ 9. r_______ 10. m_______

      America wants to have a hotel in space(太空).The hotel will be 217 miles above the earth(地球上空). It will have four carbins with big windows(窗戶). Seven people can eat, play, or go to bed in a carbin.
People can take photoes through the big windows. It is exciting.
People can have nice food in the space hotel. The food is ready(準備)on the earth. They can have chicken, hamburgers, fruits and vegetables, and so on.
People can be in the space music party. They can play the piano, the trunpet, the drums and the guitar. It’s really interesting. When people are tired, they can be on the bed, or they can stand(站立)to go to bed. It’s very funny.
1. The underlined word "carbins" means "______".
A. space cities    
B. space rooms      
C. space stores
2. It’s ______ to take photos through the big windows in space.
A. exciting    
B. tired        
C. funny
3. People can have _______ kinds of sleeping)睡覺)in the space hotel.
A. oneB. two         
C. three
4. Paragraph(段落)2 tells us the _______ in the space hotel.
A. food
B. fruits           
C. party

     Do you hope to do a lot of homework every evening? Are you interested in your classes? Who do you want to teach
you? Maybe you have lots of questions in your mind before school starts.
     Well, I want to give you some good advice on these problems.
     First, keep calm(冷靜的). Don't worry about all the questions you have. Put your heart into learning,and you can find
something you are interested in. Do it actively.
     Second, try your best to finish your homework quickly. Don't spend a lot of time on it. Do more reading or writing in
English. Think about the problems you have and solve them at once. Don't stay up late, or you can't study well the next
day.
     Third, think of something instead of copying(抄寫) or repeating(重復). If you can remember the words in your way,
you can tell your teachers you don't like the way of copying them again and again. Be sure you can pass the test. I think
your teachers will agree with you. And they can give you something interesting to do.
     School is really a good place for you to learn. Believe in your teachers and yourself. You are the best one and you can
do everything well.

1. The writer writes the passage to __________

A. give students some good ways of learning.
B. ask students not to listen to their teachers.
C. ask students not to do their homework.
D. tell students what a good teacher is.

2. How many pieces of advice does the writer give us?

A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

3. What does the writer tell students to do about their homework?

A. They should spend a lot of time on it.
B. They should stay up late doing it.
C. They should do more reading or writing in English.
D. They should have boring work to do.

4. What's the third piece of advice about?

A. How to get on with friends?
B. How to get high grades.
C. What kind of schoolwork is better for students.
D. How to finish the homework in a short time.

5. According to the passage，students should believe in __________.

A. themselves and their teachers
B. themselves and their parents
C. their parents and teachers
D. themselves and their classmates

     Are you angry when your classmates sing loudly while you are trying to study or your best friend does
not wait for you after school ?
     If your answer is "Yes", you need to learn how to control your feelings . Getting angry with others can cause you to lose friends .
     Gary Egeberg , an American high school teacher , has written My Feelings Are like Wild Animals
to help you control your feelings . It tells how to stay cool when bad things happen . The book says that
getting angry only makes problems worse . It can never make them better .
     "Getting angry is not a natural way to act ,” the book says . It is just a bad habit , like smoking . 
     The book says you can control your anger easily-all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry .
     The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily . Here are the top three:
     ※Keep a record . Every time you get angry , write down why you are angry . Look at it later when
you are calm and you will see you get angry too easily .
     ※Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry . This will teach you not to be angry .
     ※Do something different . When you get angry , walk away from the problem and go somewhere
else . Try to laugh .

1. If you often get angry , _______ .
A. you will do worse in your study      
B. you will have fewer friends
C. smoking can be a good help          
D. nobody will wait for you after school
2. Gary Egeberg is someone who _______ .
A. knows how to control your feeling      
B. gets angry easily with his students
C. likes to keeping wild animals          
D. teaches in a secondary school
3. According to Gary’s book , you can control your anger by _______ .
A. never talking with friends    
B. singing loudly to calm down
C. staying away from others    
D. reminding yourself not to get angry
4. From the first tip we can draw the conclusion(得出結論) that _______ .
A. Writing helps to control one’s feelings  
B. one’s anger is built upon one’s experience
C. people think better when they are calm  
D. a good habit helps to take away a bad one
5. From this passage we know that _______ .
A. there are more than three tips in Gary’s book  
B. Gary never gets angry in his life
C. getting angry easily can’t be changed easily    
D. school kids often get angry with each other

     Everyone has got two personalities: one is shown to the world and the other is secret and real . You don’t show your secret personality when you are awake , but when you are asleep,  your sleeping position (睡姿) shows the real you . Different sleeping positions represent different personalities .
     If you go to sleep on your back , you are a very open person . You normally trust people and (2)you
are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas . You don’t like to disturb others , so you never express your real feelings . You are quite shy and you aren’t very confident .
     If you sleep on your stomach , you are a quiet person . You worry (1)_________ and you are always easily upset . You are very stubborn , but you never ask too much . You usually live for today not for
tomorrow . This means that you enjoy having a good time .
     If you sleep curled up (蜷臥) , you are probably a very nervous person . You are shy and you don’t
normally like meeting people . You like to be on your own . You are easily hurt .
1. 在(1)處橫線上填上適當?shù)脑~組，使上下文通順：
_______________________________
1.將劃線部分（2）譯成漢語：
_______________________________
2.How many sleeping positions are mentioned in this passage ?
_______________________________
3.找出文中與下列句子意思相近的句子。You prefer to be alone .
_______________________________
4.找出文中最能表達該短文主旨的句子：
_______________________________

     The first robots were invented in the 1920s.Robots have appeared in many American films. In some
films, they are stronger, faster and cleverer than people. In real life, robots are mainly used in factories.
They do some dangerous and difficult jobs for humans. Robots also help disabled people, for example,
blind people. Today many blind people have aguide (向導) dog to help them. In the future, guide dogs
might be robot dogs. One kind of robot guide dog has wheels. It moves in front of the owner. It is very
clever. Itknows the speed of its owner's walk. The owner wears a special belt (帶子). This belt sends
instructions to the owner from the dog, such as "Stop here" , "Turn left" or "Turn right". In the United
States, another kind of robot helps disabled people to take care of themselves in their daily life. The
robot hears the sound of its owner's voice. It follows instructions such as" Turn the page "or "Make a
cup of coffee", Robots are also used in American hospitals. They can do simple jobs. At one hospital,
for example, a robot takes meals from the kitchen to patients' rooms. It never gets lost because this robot
has a map of the hospital in its computer memory. Though robots can help people in many different ways,
they will never take the place of humans.

1. From the passage, we know robots cannot be__________.

A. dangerous animals
B. factory workers
C. guide dogs
D. hospital helpers

2. A robot guide dog __________.

A. goes in front of blind people
B. walks side by side with blind people
C. has a map in its head
D. helps patients with their meals

3.The underlined word "disabled" means " ________ " in Chinese.

A.不能的
B.有害的
C.失靈的
D.殘疾的

4. Some disabled people need robots' help to _________

A. take care of themselves
B. talk to other people
C. become scientists
D. do dangerous jobs

5.In the passage, the writer wants to tell us that___________.

A. robots are stronger and cleverer than humans
B. disabled people cannot look after themselves without the robots
C. robots will take the place of humans some day in the future
D. robots can help humans in many different ways

     How can we practic e our spoken English? The first important thing  is to believe yourself．You should always be full of confidence, or you will never be able to improve your English．
     You should often    1     (encourage) yourself "Come on, don't be afraid!" Maybe you are afraid of   2       (lose) face, but there's no need      3   (worry) about anything．You must always be active in practice．
You must know that the main way to study English is to make other people   4  (understand) ourselves．