Mr White works in an office. He’s very busy and has no time to have a good rest. Every evening, when he comes back from his office, he’s always tired and wants to go to bed early. But his wife often has a lot of interesting things to tell him after dinner. She doesn’t stop talking until she falls asleep (入睡). But it’s usually too late and Mr White has to get up early in the morning when she is still sleeping.

One day Mr White felt terrible and couldn’t go to work. He decided to go to see a doctor. Mrs White went to the hospital with him. Before her husband said what was the matter with him, the woman told the doctor all. The doctor wrote out a prescription (處方). When Mrs White took the medicine to the doctor’s room, the doctor said to her, “The bottle of medicine is for your husband and the pills (藥片) are for you. ”

“For me?” the woman said in surprise. “I’m fine. I don’t need any medicine!”

“I don’t think so, madam,” said the doctor. “They are sleeping pills. Your husband will be all right soon if you take them. ”

1.Mr White ______.

A．has time to have a good sleep

B．is busy but he can have a good sleep

C．isn’t tired and doesn’t like to go to bed early

D．doesn’t have a good rest

2.Mr White’s wife ______ every evening.

A．works late         B．writes things       C．keeps talking late    D．watches TV late

3.Mr White has to get up when his wife is sleeping in the morning because ______.

A．he can’t fall asleep                     B．he has to go to work

C．he doesn’t want to sleep                D．his wife asks him to get up

4.One day Mr White couldn’t go to work because ______.

A．he was ill                              B．his wife was ill

C．his wife didn’t let him go                 D．he didn’t want to go to work

5.The sentence “Your husband will be all right soon if you take them. ” means Mr White will soon be all right if ______.

A．Mr White takes the pills

B．Mr White takes the bottle of medicine

C．Mrs White takes the pills

D．Mrs White stops talking too much at night

 

We know the mosquito very well．Mosquitoes fly everywhere．They can be found almost all over the world , and there are more than 2,500 kinds of them．

       No one likes the mosquito．But the mosquito may decide that she loves you, she? Yes, she．It’s true that male mosquito doesn’t bite and only the female mosquito bites because she needs blood to lay eggs．She is always looking for things or people she wants to bite．If she likes what she finds, she bites．But if she doesn’t like your blood ,she will turn to someone else for more delicious blood．Next time a mosquito bites you, just remember you are chosen．You’re different from the others!

       If the mosquito likes you ,she lands on your body without letting you know．She bites you so quickly and quietly that you may not feel anything different．After she bites, you will have an itch （癢）on your body because she puts something from her mouth together with your blood．By the time the itching begins, she has flown away．

       And then what happens? Well ,after her delicious dinner, the mosquito feels tired．She just went to find a place to have a good rest．There, on a leaf or a wall, she begins to lay eggs, hundreds of eggs．

1．In which part of a magazine can you probably read this article?

       A．Science World         B．News Report           C．Sports Square         D．Culture Comer

2．When a mosquito decides that she doesn’t like your blood, she will ________．

       A．land on your body                                       B．feel very tired soon

       C．choose another none instead                        D．find a different kind of food

3．The mosquito bites you _____．

       A．in order to have a good rest                         B．too quickly to let you know

       C．only if you’re female                                  D．when she gets angry with you

4．Why do you have an itch after the mosquito bites you?

       A．Because she drinks too much．

       B．Because she bites so quietly．

       C．Because she lays eggs in your blood．

       D．Because she puts something special into your blood．

"Mummy, I don't know what to play with." Steve stops his mother, who is talking to a friend, for the fourth time. “You've got a room full of toys!" his mother says, impatiently. In fact it is the jumble of toys which is to blame for four-year-old Steve's having no interest in his dolls, cars and animals. Each morning he pours three washing baskets of toys all over his floor, pulls out something and shortly after that, he is standing at his mother's desk or following her into the kitchen saying, "Mummy, I am bored."

A family therapist(心理醫(yī)生) explains why children lose interest when they have a whole “toy shop” at home. “According to their brain development, little children are not in a position to judge the quality of different kinds of things at once. There is always just one favorite toy for the moment. All the rest are left lying about." What can parents do to stop their children from being oversupplied with toys? Simply make something disappear without the child's knowledge. If he/she takes no more notice of a toy, a parent can ask if it can be stored or given away. Of course the child will always say he/she wants it then!

Lyn is the mother of four-year-old Jessie, and we like her way. A small set of shelves in her child's room holds the toys and books that are the new favourites. When it seems to her that her daughter is tired of these toys, they put them away in a box together and select some other toys from a cupboard in another room. The box of “old” toys goes into the cupboard. When her child says she is "bored", they also get something from her cupboard -- it may be something she has had for some time but because she hasn’t seen it for a while it is almost like a new toy.

Some favourite toys stay out all the time, and there is a collection of dolls which sits in the comer, but in this way Lyn has found that she has fewer toys to put away at the end of the day and her daughter always has something “fresh” to play with.

57. Steve stops his mother several times because______.

　 A. he felt uninterested in his toys　　　　　 B. he disliked his mother's friend

　 C. he didn't have enough toys to play with D. he hoped his mother would play with him

58. According to the therapist, children often say they have nothing to play with because______.

　 A. they can't play alone for a long time

　 B. they are too young to play with so many toys

　 C. they are too lazy to pick out their favourites

　 D. they don't have the ability to value too many things at a time

59. What does the underlined word "jumble" mean in Chinese?

　 A. 單一的選擇　 B．雜亂的一堆　 C．普通的外觀　 D．相同的形狀

60. Which is the advice given to parents in the text?

　 A. Buy fewer toys for their children.

　 B. Form good habits for their children.

　 C. Put some toys away without telling their children.

　 D. Spare some time to play with their children.