1 Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don't need very much sleep. But we all need to
dream, scientists say. 
     2 Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams
are like short movies. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old movies. They come to us over and
over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something. 3 Dreaming may be a way of trying
to find an answer.
     Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They could have been thinking about their work
all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams.
     Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can't remember the dream. Dreams
can disappear quickly from memory.
     Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. 4 The mind is hard at work
when we dream. 5 That is why we may have a long sleep and still wake up tired.

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2____________________________________________
3____________________________________________
4____________________________________________
5____________________________________________

     As we know, it is not easy to build a satellite. Building a traditional satellite normally takes years. The
costs can be as high as $ 250 million or more. Most members of the design teams have worked in the field
for a long time. They hold advanced degrees in math, science, or engineering.
     But things are changing. High costs, unusual educational requirements and long start-up times are no
longer an obstacle to space exploration. The scientists at Stanford University have developed a new type of
tiny, inexpensive earth-orbiting satellites that go from ideas to launch (發(fā)射) in a year.
     So far, college students have built and launched several cube-shaped satellites, or Cube Sats. At least 15
more are ready to go. Those already in orbit (軌道) take pictures, collect information. and send it back to the
earth, just as regular satellites do.
     But you might not even have to wait until you get to college to start designing and building your own
satellite. A new program called Katy Sat aims to get teenagers to take part. Once kids understand and what
satellites can do, says Ben Yuan, an engineer at Lockheed Martin in Menlo Park, Calif, the kinds of applications
they'll come up with may be countless.
     "We'd like to put this technology (技術(shù)) in your hands," he tells kids." We're going to teach you how to
operate a satellite. Then we want to turn it over to you as a sandbox for you to play in. We want you to take
the technology into new directions that we haven't though of yet."
     Education isn't the only goal of Cube Sats. Because these tiny, technology-filled boxes are relatively
inexpensive to build and can be put together quickly, they're perfect for testing new technologies that might
one day be used on major space tasks.
    The biggest challenge now is to find ways to bring the satellites back to the earth after a year or two.
Otherwise, major highways of space junk could gradually increase as CubeSats become more common.
     Nowadays, college and high school students are getting a chance to learn what it takes to explore in space.
Someday-perhaps a lot sooner than you imagine-you might get to design, build and launch your own satellite.
If you do, you're sure to have fun. And you might also get crazy a-bout science for life.

1. Compared with the traditional ones, the new satellites ______.

A. need long start-up times
B. are low-cost and small-sized
C. are very hard to operate
D. collect more information in orbit

2. What does the underlined word "obstacle" probably mean?

A. An aim to achieve in the near future.
B. An imagination that kids usually have.
C. Something dangerous to terrify people.
D. Something difficult that stands in the way.

3. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A. CubeSats could possible cause pollution in space.
B. A few kids will send applications for the project.
C. Scientists designed CubeSats for kids to play with
D. Students can't design satellites without college education.

4. What's the purpose of the author writing the passage?

A. To show that high technology brings a big change in kids' life.
B. To show that kids lead the space research into a new direction.
C. To tell us that satellite technology can also be learned by kids.
D. To tell us that kids must study hard to learn satellite technology.

word box: junior 初級(jí)的 senior 高級(jí)的 diploma 文憑 percentage 百分比

1.Of the 1,000 students, ______ students plan to go to senior high school.

A.380
B.500
C.120

2.Ways of thinking comes ______ among the students' main purposes of going to senior high school.

A.first
B.third
C.fifth

3.The number of the students who want to get study skills is the same as that of those who want to 
   get ______ from senior high school.

A.diplomas
B.friends
C.ways of thinking

4.The students who want to get knowledge from senior high school are ______ more than those who
    want diplomas.

A.10％
B.20％
C.25％

5.Which of the following is TRUE from the information above?

A.12％of the 1,000 students have other plans after Junior middle school.
B.150 students want to make friends most in senior high school.
C.The number of the students who want to get study skills in senior high school is the smallest.

     Some teenagers think that newspapers are boring and only for adults. But that's not true. There are
many interesting stories in the paper. You just need to make clear what you are looking at. "I spend about
half an hour reading newspapers every day," said 15-year-old Gao Ming from Beijing. "I'm interested in
things happening at school." School news is just one kind of news story in newspapers. There's also world
news: from international problems to pop stars.
     Read the newspaper carefully, we'll find different types of articles on the pages:
     News stories-these stories are about events. Reporters try to show all points of a story to help readers
understand what happened. Reporters try to speak to as many people as possible. They also use pictures
and numbers to show the readers that the stories are true. The newspaper Teenagers has lots of news stories
on the news page and front page. When we read them, we learn more about the facts, not the writers' ideas.
     Opinion writing-opinion writing is usually about something happening right now. But it isn't just facts.
Here writers add their own opinions to the news. Writers pick only the facts that help back up their ideas.
They make readers believe that they are telling the truth. This is usually the kind of story that gets people
thinking. Go to "Speak Out" on Page Two for an example of opinion writing in Teenagers.
     Advertisement-Don't get happy too early when you read them. Those sweet words and lovely pictures
are just ways to get us interested in their products! People have to pay to put advertisements in newspapers!

1. The underlined sentence "You need to make clear what you are looking at." Means that the readers
    "______".

[     ]

A. should understand interesting news stories
B. ought to know which kind of things to read
C. need to look at the school news first
D. must know the contents of all the news

2. Writers use some facts in opinion writings because they want us             their opinions.

[     ]

A. to understand
B. to remember
C. to agree with
D. to speak out

3. This passage mainly discusses how ______.

[     ]

A. reporters write different kinds of news
B. teenagers get interested in newspapers
C. readers can read newspapers in better ways
D. readers can deal with different kinds of news in newspapers

    There are many things you can do to improve your memory. Among them are different memorizing methods
as well as taking special care of your health.
    It is important that you regularly stimulate (刺激) your brain to make your memory more efficient. You can
do this by doing activities that you don't normally do and by changing your daily habits. Learning a new skill
helps your brain to develop. When trying to memorize something, you should not allow other thoughts to entre
your mind because this will reduce your chances of making right memories.
    An excellent way to help memory is to connect information with pictures. It is called memonics (記憶術(shù)).
Try to see the pictures in your mind. Taking notes, being organized and keeping a diary will also be useful ways. 
    Healthy food and plenty of vitamins are good for your memory to work properly. Drinking a lot of water also
helps to keep your memory. You must allow your brain to have enough sleep and a good rest. When you are
asleep, your brain stores memory. Not enough sleep can cause problems with the storing information and being
tired will stop you from being able to concentrate(集中) well. Caffeine in tea and coffee is very good at
preventing sleepiness and helping concentrate well, but they can also cause problems with memory.
    In order to concentrate well, you must be relaxed. Generally keeping fit and regular health checks are both
important as well-not just for improving your memory.
根據(jù)上面短文內(nèi)容填空。
1. Different memorizing methods and _____________ can improve your memory.
2. To make your memory more efficient, you ______________.
3. You should not allow other thoughts to entre your mind because you will ____________ to memorize things
   correctly.
4. ____________, plenty vitamins, drinking a lot of water, ___________ and a good rest are good for your
   memory to work properly, too
5. The good thing about caffeine in tea and coffee is that caffeine can _____________.

Here's the content (目錄) of a book.

1. If you're interested in music, you can read "_____".

A. National sports
B. Sad movies
C. The planets
D. Weather service

2. You can learn something about weather in _____.

A. Unit 1
B. Unit 2
C. Unit 3
D. Unit 4

3. Words about _____ are in Unit 5.

A. music stars
B. weather conditions
C. sports tools
D. space news

4. In all the units, you can learn the skill of _____.

A. predicting by title
B. understanding attitude
C. understanding main ideas
D. guessing meaning of new words

     This is the times of information technology. Pakistan (巴基斯坦) is also trying to keep up with this IT
development and special steps are being taken to spread the Internet all over the country.
     This is considered as a great achievement and it is. But here is a question whether our people know the
use of the Internet for development purpose. It is a fact that the ratio (比率) of informative and educational
sites is very low.
     What do many of them do in Pakistan when people surf the Internet? They use it mostly for entertainment.
Many students spend a lot of time and money in surfing the Internet. They do chatting or visit other
entertainment sites. It is surprising to read that boys and girls go to the Internet cafes and spend many hours
daily in just chatting. just join any Pakistani chat room at any site, and you will know that what is the level
(水平) of language and which type of language mostly our people use in chatting. The number of the web
addicts in our country is increasing day by day.
     It is also a fact that many people including teenagers visit sites unsuitable. One can imagine that they are
becoming worse and they are becoming addicted to such things that are very harmful (有害的) to them. They
are taking all the disadvantages from the Internet.
     Students do use the Internet for education purpose. But there are also several disadvantages. Students
normally surf more on the Internet than teachers. It happens several times that a teacher gives some work
to students and they get it from the Internet, copy it and present it to the teacher, who many times is unable
to know what is copied from the Internet. In this way students are giving up the habit of reading books. They
just open sites, copy the information and finish the homework that they do not even read. However, a very
good advantage of the Internet for students is that those who want to seek knowledge can get information
very quickly and read many books by famous foreign authors which are very expensive to buy.
     The Internet itself is a very useful and important tool of development nowadays, but it is really sad that in
Pakistan people are mostly misusing it. Those who use it for development purpose are still very few.

1. What is the article mainly about?

A. The development of IT in Pakistan.
B. The very useful and important tool in Pakistan.
C. The worrying situation of using the Internet in Pakistan.
D. The advantages and disadvantages of the Internet in Pakistan.

2. What do the underlined words "web addicts" in paragraph 3 mean?

A. Students whose level of language in chatting is very low.
B. People who are not able to free themselves from the Internet.
C. Entertainment sites of the Internet which are harmful to teenagers.
D. Internet cafes where boys and girls spend too much time in chatting.

3. The writer's purpose in writing this article is ______ in Pakistan.

A. to encourage readers to keep up with the IT development
B. to advise readers to use proper language in chatting rooms
C. to ask readers to pay attention to the problem in using the Internet
D. to stop readers from going to the Internet cafes or misusing the Internet

     It's 2009. You feel sick, so you go to the doctor. She checks your fever, looks at your throat, and asks
what you've been thinking about lately. When you leave, she gives you some medicine, but also a list of
thinking skills that you are supposed to practice daily. She says that the way you think is causing some of
your illness.
     Doctors and other scientists who study the human mind and try to explain why people behave in the way
that they do, called psychologists, are starting to believe it. You know that your brain is connected to every
part of your body through your nervous system (神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)). Now scientists have proved that how you think
and feel can have an influence on the health of your body.
     Stress (壓力, 緊張) is caused whenever there is a problem or a change in your life. Of course, everybody
has stress more or less; nobody's life is perfect. In fact, stress is necessary. Without stress, we would never
learn anything or grow or change. We would probably be bored to death. But too much stress can hurt you.
It can weaken your body's protection so that you are more likely to catch diseases. It can even make you more
likely to have an accident.
     When you feel stress, your brain sends a message to your body to produce a chemical called adrenaline (腎
上腺素) . Adrenaline speeds up your breathing and your heartbeat. Today you have a different kind of stress.
Problems like endless homework or troubles with your family are the kind of things you can't fight or run away
from, so you don't use up all that adrenaline.lt just stays bottled up inside you, and that's what can do something
bad to you.
     What can you do about stress? First, you can try to find ways to change things so you aren't under so much
stress. You can set up a plan to finish homework or go to a doctor or a psychologist to try to work things out
with your family or your friends. But sometimes you can't change a stressful situation. Sometimes you don't
even want to. A big change might be a good change, but it will still be stressful.
     The link (關(guān)聯(lián)) between your body and brain works in two ways. Your body can help your mind deal with
stress. If you are under stress, you need to take especially good care of your body. It's important to get enough
sleep and eat nutritious meals. Some people take a vitamin-mineral pill every day. Another thing that you can do
is daily exercise, If you go walking or do aerobic dancing or work out at the gym, you give your body a chance
to burn up some of that adrenaline. Of course, a person who isn't used to much physical activity should start
slowly. Anyone with a continuing physical problem should check with a doctor before starting any exercise
programs.

1. A psychologist is a person who may help you with your _____.

A. illness and abilities
B. thoughts and behaviour
C. mind and nervous system
D. physical activity and daily exercise

2. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. You shouldn't go to the gym if you are under stress.
B. One can do his homework to burn up adrenaline.
C. Diseases and accidents are caused by stress.
D. Everyone needs stress to improve himself.

3. From the last sentence of Paragraph 5 we can infer that _____.

A. it's difficult to change a stressful situation
B. it's not stressful when a good change takes place
C. a big change will cause another stressful situation
D. a stressful situation can't be changed without any effort

4. What is probably the best title for this passage?

A. The Body-Brain Link
B. The Causes of Stress
C. The Advice on Health
D. The Nervous System