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Even though global warming may have made the weather more mild, many animals are still hibernating(冬眠). It’s too bad that humans can’t hibernate. In fact we almost did.
Apparently, at times in the past, farmers in France liked a semi-state of human hibernation. So writes Graham Robb, a British scholar who has studied the sleeping habits of the French farmers. As soon as the weather turned cold, people all over the France shut themselves away and practiced the forgotten art of doing nothing at all for months.
In line with this, Jeff Warren, a producer at CBC Radio’s The Current, tells us that the way we sleep has changed since the invention of lighting.
When historians began studying texts of the Middle Ages, they noticed something referred to as “first sleep”, which was not clarified, though. Now scientists are telling us our ancestors most likely slept in separate periods. The business of eight hours’ continuous sleep is a modern invention.
In the past, without the artificial light, humans went to sleep when it became dark and then woke themselves up around midnight. The late night period was known as “The Watch”. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbors.
According to some sleep researchers, a short of insomnia(失眠)at midnight is not a disorder. It is normal. Humans can experience another state of consciousness(清醒状态)around their sleeping, which happens in the brief period before we fall asleep or wake ourselves in the morning. This period can be a creative time for some people.
Playing with your sleep rhythms(节奏)can be dangerous, as worry may set in. Medical science doesn’t help much in this case. It offers us medicines for a full night’s continuous sleep, which sounds natural; however, according to Warren’s theory, it is really the opposite of what we need.
小题1:The late night was called “The Watch” because it was a time for people ______.
A.to set time to catch animals
B.to remind others of the time
C.to guard against possible dangers
D.to wake up their family and neighbors
小题2:We can infer from the last paragraph that people should ______.
A.sleep in the way animals do
B.follow their natural sleep rhythms
C.keep to the eight-hour sleeping way
D.ask doctors for help if they can’t sleep
小题3:What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To throw new light on human sleep.
B.To encourage people to sleep less.
C.To give some suggestions on insomnia.
D.To find out people’s hibernating history.

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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
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小题1:细节理解题有文中语句“The late night period was known as “The Watch”. It was when people actually kept watch against wild animals, although many of them simply moved around or visited family and neighbors.”可知。
小题2:句意理解题。
小题3:句意理解题。
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Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
This is an old English saying. It means that we should go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich and clever.
Is this true? Perhaps it is. The body must have enough sleep. Children of your age need ten hours’ sleep every night. If you do not go to bed early, you can not have enough sleep. Then you can not think properly and you can not do your work properly. You will not be wise and you may not become wealthy!
Some people go to bed late at night and get up late in the morning. This is not good for them. We should sleep at night when it is dark. The dark helps us to sleep well. When the daylight comes, we should get up. This is the time for exercise. If the body is not used, it will become weak. Exercise keeps it strong.
Exercise helps the blood to move around inside the body. This is very important. Blood takes nutrition (营养) to all parts of our bodies. The brains in our heads also need blood. We think with our brains. If we keep our bodies healthy, and take exercise, we can think better!
Our bodies also need air to breathe. Without air we will die. Get up early in the morning and we can have plenty of clean, fresh air. That will keep us healthy and happy.
小题1:The old English saying“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”mainly shows _______.
A.what good habits are
B.what bad habits are
C.how to become healthy, rich and clever
D.it’s easy for people to get up and go to bed early
小题2:It’s important for people to have enough sleep. If not, they _______.
A.may not be strong
B.may not become wealthy
C.can not think and do their work properly
D.will not get up early
小题3:The word“properly”means“_______”.
A.correctlyB.carefullyC.quicklyD.easily
小题4:The last paragraph but one (倒数第2段) tells us that _______ helps the blood to move around inside the body.
A.fresh airB.enough sleepC.good habitsD.exercise
小题5:This passage is probably written for _______.
A.old peopleB.middle-aged people
C.weak peopleD.children

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    Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here’s one for John. John is twelve years old. He had a bad cold and coughed(咳嗽) day and night. He went to see a doctor and was given some cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and if you can understand them.
Cough Medicine:
The medicine is for a person with a cough. Shake it well before use.
Take it three times each day before meals or before sleep.
Dose (药量):
Age: over 14     2 teaspoonfuls
8~13      1 teaspoonful
4~7       1/2 teaspoonful
Dot fit for children below the age of three or old persons with heart trouble. Put it in a cold place. Use it before December 1st, 2004.
小题1:John should take ____________ a day.
A.2 teaspoonfulsB.3 teaspoonfulsC.4 teaspoonfulsD.1 teaspoonful
小题2:John should ___________ before he takes it.
A.shake the medicine wellB.eat nothingC.do some exercisesD.drink a cup of tea
小题3:When people are ____________ years old, they cannot take this medicine.
A.eightyB.thirtyC.twoD.twelve

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Trees are one of the oldest plants on the earth. Just like us, trees change a lot  1 they grow. At one to three years old, young trees learn to   2  themselves. For example, many tree grow thorns (刺)to tell animals  3 near. Most young trees have large and deep green leaves to  4  enough sunlight and turn it into their food and energy. When trees are four years old, they are strong enough to  5 the challenge(挑战)in life. At the age of fifteen, they become young adults and grow more   6 . They will have their own flowers and fruit. After the trees are twenty to twenty-five years old, they are called real adults because they reach their  7 . Adults trees give us oxygen and natural beauty. If we  8 them very well, they will live healthily for many years. As time goes on, trees begin older and older and even  9 . At this time, they still have their important places in nature and uses for people.  10 many ways, the life of trees is like our own life experience.
小题1:
A.beforeB.when C.after D.since
小题2:
A.protectB.provideC.prevent D.pollute
小题3:
A.to goB.to leaveC.not to goD.not to leave
小题4:
A.enjoyB.keepC.stay D.catch
小题5:
A.getB.receiveC.face D.welcome
小题6:
A.fastB.fasterC.slow D.slowly
小题7:
A.weightsB.heightsC.styles D.sizes
小题8:
A.look forB.look after C.look outD.look at
小题9:
A.dieB.hurtC.wasteD.throw
小题10:
A.OnB.InC.ForD.At

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Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotel often provide guests with things like disposable(一次性的)toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own.  But ,if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things.  Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables.  They want to ask people to use fewer disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of plastic.  People throw them away after only using them once.  It is a waste of natural resources(资源)and is very bad for the environment.  Do you know that one Chinese person makes as much as as 400kg of waste a year? Most of that waste comes from disposable things.  In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to bread down.  So wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place.  Try to do these things in your daily life: use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry.  Then you can use it over and over again.  Do not use paper cups.  At your school canteen(食堂). use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of(代替) disposable ones.
小题1:Which of the following may still be provided(被提供) in Beijing hotels after June?
A.toothbrushesB.tea cupsC.shampooD.paper slippers.
小题2:Why do many hotels provide guests with some disposable things?
A.To let their guests take fewer things while travelling.
B.To hope their guests use fewer disposable things.
C.To wish their guests to save money.
D.To want their guests to use more disposable things.
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Many disposable things are made of plastic.
B.Throwing disposable things away is a waste of natural resources.
C.Plastic is very bad for the environment.
D.Plastic breaks down easily.
小题4:What can we do to make our world a better place at home and school?
A.Using shopping bags made of plastic.
B.Using paper cups instead of plastic ones.
C.Using disposable plates, bowls and chopsticks.
D.Using everything over and over again.
小题5:We can tell from the story that____________________________.
A.People don’t like disposable things at all.
B.We can’t use paper or plastic bowls at school.
C.We should use fewer plastic things and protect our environment.
D.Hotels won’t provide disposable things to save money.

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Li Ping is a Grade Eight student in Zhenjiang Sunshine Secondary School.The table below is his mid-term self-assessment(自我评价).He draws faces to show his progress:
excellent  OK weak
Read the table and find out how well Li Ping is doing.
Unit/
Item
Unit l
Past and present
Unit 2
Travelling
Unit 3
Online travel
Vocabulary
opposites

Suffixes‘ful’ and‘less’

Words about computers

Grammar
Present perfect
tense

Past continuous
tense

Passive voice

Study skills/
Pronunciation
Using a dictionary

Linking words

Organizing information

Main task
A report

My best holiday

Favourite educational computer game

小题1:What does Li Ping need to improve in Unit 1?
A.Present perfect tense.B.Using a dictionary
C.A report.D.Opposites.
小题2:Which do you think Li Ping does well in?
A.Present perfect tense.B.Passive voice.
C.Organizing information.D.Favourite educational computer game.
小题3:From the table we know Li Ping is weak in _____ .
A.VocabularyB.Main task
C.Study skills/PronunciationD.Grammar

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