A

 Light and shadow usually go together. They are friends. We get light every day.  1  we make shadow. Light can not shine through you. Your body stops it from passing. There is a dark spot on the ground next to you. The light can not reach the dark spot. That is your  2  .At noon the sun shines right above your head.

body hardly stops all light from reaching the ground. So your shadow is quite  3  . In the early morning or late afternoon, the sun is low in the sky. Your body keeps a lot of light from reaching the ground. So your shadow is  4  .We love light, especially sunlight. Without sunlight, life on the earth can not live at all. Most of us like to stand in the shadow of a tree in  5  . But some people are afraid of their own shadow at night. They do not want to walk in a dark street. They do not want to see shadow, either.

(  )⒈A. Sometimes           B. All the same

C. At that time          D. At the same time

(  )⒉A. light     B. body   C. head     D. shadow

(  )⒊A. short      B. long      C. tall       D. far

(  )⒋A. short      B. long      C. tall        D. far

(  )⒌A(chǔ). spring   B. summer   C. autumn     D. winter

B

A：What’s wrong with you, madam?

B：I feel so weak every day. I can do  6  at all, doctor.

A：Do you have a pain in your head?

B：No, I don’t have a  7  .

A：Can you sleep at night?

B：Yes, I sleep very  8  .

A：What do you have for breakfast every morning?

B：Nothing. And I have only a little food for lunch and supper because I’d like to keep   9  .

A：Oh, I see. Nothing  10  . You need to eat more food and have three meals a day. And take exercise every day. Then you’ll get better soon.

 ( )⒍A. something  B. anything C. everything D. nothing

(  )⒎A.headache B.good head C.toothache D.stomachache

(  )⒏A. much    B. well     C. late      D. early

(  )⒐A. healthy   B. fat      C. thin     D. strong

(  )⒑A. much    B. at all   C. for you    D. serious

     We humans are only born with one set of eyes, so it's our job to take care of them for our whole lives. The good news is that if we do a few simple things every day, we can maintain (保持) our eyesight and reduce (減少) the risk of ever hurting our eyes.

     Almost all doctors agree that we can improve and maintain good eyesight by eating lots of fresh fruits and vegetables. It is especially important for us to eat vegetables like carrots and sweet potatoes.  Besides, we need to protect our eyes when we spend a long time in bright sunlight. The best way to do. this is by wearing sunglasses that have 100% UV (紫外線)  protection. What's more, it is necessary to protect our eyes when we work with dangerous chemicals (化學(xué)物質(zhì)).  For this reason we should always wear goggles in chemistry labs at work or at school. Finally, we should not spend too much time in front of the computer or television screen. That is why doctors advise if we have to use a computer for a long time, we should take a short break every fifteen or thirty minutes.

     Maintaining good eyesight is important. If we do these few simple things we can protect our eyes and reduce the chances of losing our eyes. As the popular English expression goes, “It's all fun and game, until someone loses an eye.” When people say this, they mean that losing an eye is a very terrible thing.

1.When should we wear goggles?

   A. While watching TV.                 

B. While using a computer.

   C. While staying in the sun.             

D. While working in a chemistry lab.

2.How many pieces of advice are given in the passage?

    A. Two.          B. Three.         C. Four.         D. Five.

3.What does the underlined word ‘that’ refers to?

    A. We should eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.

    B. We should take a short break every fifteen or thirty minutes.

    C. We should not spend much time in front of a computer or TV.

    D. We should do a few simple things every day to keep our eyesight.

4.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Fun and Games with Our Eyes       

B. Caring for Our Eyes

C. The Risk of Hurting Our Eyes        

D. Born with One Set of Eyes

 Do you always understand the instructions on a bottle of medicine? Here’s one for John. John is twelve years old. He had a cold and coughed day and night. He went to a doctor and was given some cough medicine. Please read the following instructions and see if you can understand them.

1.John should take _____ a day.

A. 2 teaspoonfuls                B. 3 teaspoonfuls                C. 4 teaspoonfuls                D. 1 teaspoonful

2.The medicine should be kept in _____.

A. a fridge                                      B. hot water                         C. any place                         D. the sun

3.John should _____ before he takes it.

A. shake the medicine well                                             B. eat nothing

C. do some exercise                                                         D. drink a cup of tea

4.When people are ______ years old, they cannot take this medicine.

A. eighty                               B. thirty                                 C. two                                    D. twelve

5.John will _____ the medicine when it is left after December 1^st, 2006.

A. throw away                                                                    B. begin to take         

C. take once                                                                       D. take more than three times

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Once I went shopping on my first visit to Macao. Coming from cold and cloudy England, I enjoyed the sun and dressed in a T-shirt and a short skirt. Not having much c_____1. to enjoy the sun in England, my legs were very white. In England this is not a fashionable look at all . Most women spend every sunny day out t_____2. to get darker skin(皮膚). The darker the skin, the better the look. I have tried to get darker but nothing w____3. for me!

   As I walked around one shop, the two shop assistants kept looking at my legs all the time, talking q_____4.to each other in Chinese. I began to feel u____5.and  asked my friend if we could leave. After we left the shop, she asked me what was wrong . I c____6.about the shop assistants being very impolite . They must be talking about my white skin. My friend laughed. “They weren’t laughing at you. They were saying how nice your legs were. Many Chinese women want to have white skin like yours. In fact, there are many beauty products(美容產(chǎn)品)  in the shops to make skin whiter and a lot of money is s_____7. on them.”

   It just s____8. that we are never happy with what we have. The grass is much g______9.on the other side. If the women of the West and East thought the s_____10.way, Western women wouldn’t spend so much money on beauty products that makes skin darker and women from the East wouldn’t need to use cream that makes skin whiter.