It's a common belief that over time, pet owners start to look like their animals. Now comes the terrifying news that cats look up to their owners as role models and copy their behaviour.

Next time you reach for your fridge, think twice. If your cat is watching, she will probably overeat as well.

In a new study from the University of Messina, it turns out that indoor cats who live closely to their owners “mirror” the lives of their caregivers. They sleep at the same time, eat at the same time, and can even become more or less social depending on the behaviour of their owners.

“Cats are clever animals with a long memory,” Jane Brunt, director of the Catalyst Council, told Discovery News. “They watch and learn from us, noting the patterns of our actions, knowing where their food is kept and what time to expect to be fed, how to open the cupboard door that's been improperly closed, and where their feeding and toileting areas are.” Because cats copy our habits, if you spend a lot of time raiding(搜刮)the fridge, your cat will return to its food bowl for that midnight snack, too. According to the study, this explains why “human and cat overweight rates often seem to match”.

There's no word if drinking green tea and making sure you go to yoga will benefit (使受益) your cat, but based on the study, it sounds like sticking to a healthy eating and sleeping habit is best for both of you.

There's a lot we can learn from our cats in return. “When they sit softly breathing , eyes half closed, the sense of peace and calm that comes over us is like a private less on in inner meditation(冥想)，”Brunt said. They're probably pretty good at remaining calm.

So, according to science, though we think that cats are not close to us all these years, it turns out they are in fact learning from us and looking up to us. Scary, huh?

1.What does the word “terrifying” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.可怕的 B.高興的 C.傷心的 D.無(wú)聊的

2.According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?

A.Cats can copy humans' behaviours. B.Cats are smart and have a long memory.

C.Green tea and yoga can benefit cats. D.Humans can learn from cats in some way.

3.What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Humans' keeping searching the fridge. B.Humans' drinking green tea and going to yoga

C.Cats' copying humans' habit of looking for food. D.Cats' going to their owners for food.

4.What can we learn from our cats?

A.To remain peaceful. B.To be able to copy.

C.To stay hungry. D.To look up to friends.

5.The best title for the passage could be “________”.

A.Your cat can bring you pleasure B.You are copying your cat

C.You can make your cat social D.Your cat is copying your habit

Nobody likes making mistakes. But，no one is perfect. If you can learn from mistakes correctly，they can move you forward.

If you have made mistakes that harm other people，it is important to offer a sincere apology (道歉)in person. A good apology will probably make the other person forgive(原諒) you. If you refuse to apologize，the person hurt by you will hold it against you.

If you go through life afraid to make a mistake，you will spend most of your life doing nothing. There is no harm in making mistakes；it is a part of going forward. The more duties you take，the more mistakes you will possibly make.

Unluckily，it is natural to justify（為……辯解）our actions. When you make a mistake，you will first blame someone else. When mistakes are made，the boss won’t be interested in justifications. Sometimes it is best to say，very simply--yes，I made a mistake.

Mistakes happen for different reasons. To avoid repeating them，you need to understand the main reason. For example，you may have made a mistake by saying some unkind words. If you make mistakes because you are tired，try to get more sleep；if you are stressed，look at ways to relax and keep away from the stress of work.

You should avoid feeling guilty about making mistakes，but at the same time，you should make a decision to learn from them. If you repeat the same mistakes，it shows you aren’t making progress and they cause repeating suffering. Often mistakes are caused by bad habits. To avoid making the same mistakes you need to break these bad habits. The sooner，the better.

Most of us use alarm clocks to wake up at the right time for school or work. We look at our watches to know the right time for the bus or train. However， there is also a right time to eat， sleep， exercise， and take medicine. We can’t look at a clock for the right time for these activities. We must listen to the clock inside our bodies: the biological(adj.生物的) clock.

Barbara Wells exercised every morning. She woke up at 6:00 a.m. She ran about two miles before she went to work. But Barbara’s legs and back started to hurt. She did some exercise before she ran. But her legs and back still hurt. She ran slower， but the pain didn’t stop. Barbara talked to her doctor. The doctor said， “Don’t run in the morning. Try to exercise later in the day. That is the time when your body is at the right temperature for exercise after work.” Her legs and back didn’t hurt anymore.

Today， doctors are learning more about chronobiology(n.生物鐘學(xué))， the study of biological clocks. They are learning about the importance of time for our bodies. For example， it is best for people to go to sleep on time every night and to eat only when they’re hungry. Also， doctors discovered that some illnesses， such as heat attacks， occur(v.發(fā)生)most often in the morning. This information tells them that the best time to take heart medication may be at night. When patients take heart medication at night， they may prevent a heart attack in the morning.

Many doctors believe chronobiology(生物鐘) can help us live healthier lives. It may be the right time to listen to these doctors!

請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，回答下面問(wèn)題。

1.What clocks do you all have inside your bodies?(no more than 3 words)

2.How far did Barbara Wells run every morning?

3.How did Barbara Wells’ legs and back get well?(no more than 6 words)

4.What is the right time for the person who has a heart attack to take heart medication?

5.What can we learn from the passage?

I looked around. E1.was gone - Gary，the platform and the shed. I was standing in the middle of a clearing，surrounded by thick jungle(灌木叢). There was a screeching(尖叫) sound from a2.. I looked up and saw something flying high in the sky. It was t3.big to be a bird.

Then there was a sound coming from the jungle. I looked towards it. Something ran out of the jungle，a4.the grass，right past me… and back into the jungle. I rubbed(揉) my e5.. What I just saw was i6.– a dinosaur!

I suddenly realized what had h7.. I had accidently invented a time machine and now I was stuck in the p8.. Suddenly，there was an earth-shattering(震撼的) “ROAR!” I stared at the jungle. Over the tops of the trees，I saw the giant head of a Tyrannosaurus rex(霸王龍)，the scariest dinosaur. It roared again，and I saw the sharp t9.inside its mouth.

I tried to run… but I couldn’t m10.. Just as the Tyrannosaurus rex came crashing out of the jungle， everything disappeared into a blaze of light.

今年春節(jié)晚會(huì)上，很多人加入了搶紅包游戲活動(dòng)，但也有人表示擔(dān)憂。假如你叫李華，你班最近開(kāi)展了一個(gè)有關(guān)搶紅包游戲活動(dòng)的調(diào)查。請(qǐng)你用英文給學(xué)校�？�《英語(yǔ)園地》寫一封信，介紹此次調(diào)查的結(jié)果并談?wù)勀愕挠^點(diǎn)。

參考詞匯：搶紅包grabbing red packets

要 求：1）表達(dá)清楚，語(yǔ)法正確，上下文連貫；

2）必須包括表格中所有的相關(guān)信息，并適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3）詞數(shù)：100詞左右（短文的開(kāi)頭已給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)）；

4）不得使用真實(shí)姓名、校名和地名等。

Dear Editor,

I am writing to tell you about the survey on the activity of “Grabbing red packets” in our class.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

There was a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. In fact, she_______nobody except her boyfriend, for he was always_______to help her. She used to tell her boyfriend, “If I could see the_______, I would marry you. ”

One day, someone donated（捐贈(zèng)）a pair of_______to her. When the bandages（繃帶）came off, she was able to see everything, including her boyfriend, for the_______time. He asked her, “Now that you can see the world, will you_______me?” The girl looked at her boyfriend and was greatly surprised to see that he was_______She had never expected that.She would not like to be with a blind husband for the rest of her life，so she_______to marry him.

Her boyfriend left in tears and a few days later wrote a_______to her，saying,“My dear，take good care of your eyes________they are yours. They were mine.”

This is how the human brain（人腦）often works when our status（地位）changes.Only a very few remember what________was like before.And we often ask for more than we need.Life is a gift. Today, before you complain about the________of your food，think of someone who has nothing to________.Before you complain about life,think of someone who went to heaven（天堂）too early. Before you complain about your old________, think of the people who are living in the streets.And when you are tired and complain about your job, think of those who have no jobs.So________what you have and don’t forget your past.

1.A.forgot B.loved C.disliked D.thanked

2.A.ready B.unhappy C.angry D.sad

3.A.sight B.world C.earth D.people

4.A.shoes B.glasses C.trousers D.eyes

5.A.first B.second C.next D.1ast

6.A.follow B.love C.marry D.see

7.A.ugly B.sick C.short D.blind

8.A.decided B.agreed C.refused D.wanted

9.A.diary B.note C.song D.story

10.A.Before B.After C.Once D.Since

11.A.mind B.work C.school D.life

12.A.taste B.size C.color D.shape

13.A.do B.wear C.eat D.make

14.A.food B.house C.clothes D.Bus

15.A.forget B.spend C.enjoy D.pay

A young man worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill---he couldn’t go to sleep . Every night, when night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tired to sleep. But he always stayed awake and couldn’t fall asleep.

After some days, he decided to see a doctor, “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do ? Could you please help me?”

“I have a suggestion（建議）,”said the doctor. “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep. I’m sure of it.”

The next day the man returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,”said the doctor, “How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”

The man still looked tired . “Yes,” he said , “I tired counting one, two, three--- up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand . But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

1.The young man couldn’t go to sleep because________.

A.he was worried about his work. B.he worked too hard and became ill.

C.he didn’t finish doing his lessons. D.There was a lot of noise and he couldn’t have a rest.

2.The doctor asked the young man________.

A.to put all numbers from 1 to 1,000 together B.to take some medicine and go to bed earlier.

C.to count numbers while he was lying in bed. D.to count numbers before he went to bed.

3.The young man________.

A.counted from 569 to 1,000 B.counted from 1 to 1,000 and fell asleep

C.counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea D.Counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep

Nowadays, shopping online becomes a new way of shopping. It is getting more and more popular. Many people like doing some shopping through Internet.

Why is shopping online becoming more and more popular? First, it has lots of advantages. There are many goods on the Internet . People can save some money. Second, more and more people have their own computers and they join their computers with the Internet. So it is possible for many of them to do shopping through the Internet. People don’t need to go to the shop themselves . They can save a lot of time .

But a coin has two sides. Customers can only see the pictures of the goods on the Internet. And they can’t enjoy the pleasure of buying things in a large supermarket or a wonderful shopping center. Maybe shopping online makes people boring. So some people don’t like this new way of shopping. They are worried about the safety of shopping online, too.

1.From the first paragraph, we know________.

A.No one likes buying things online.

B.More and more people don’t like shopping on the Internet.

C.Shopping on the Internet is more and more popular.

D.There are no advantages shopping on the Internet.

2.People like doing shopping on the Internet because it can ________.

A.save their money and time. B.help them make a lot of money

C.be very easy D.help them save time .

3.Some people don’t like shopping online because they________.

A.have to pay more money B.must send their money first online.

C.don’t have enough time D.are worried about the safety.

4.What’s the best title of this passage?

A.People Like Going Shopping B.Shopping Online

C.How do People Shop D.People don’t Like Shopping Online.

Once there was a piano player in a bar（酒吧）. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

“I don’t sing,”said the man.

But the lady told the writer, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!”

The waiter shouted across the room, “Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!”

So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

He had the talent（天賦）he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar.But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he caught the chance and went on working hard. Finally, he became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

You, too. Have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved . besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

1.The lady asked the player to sing a song because________.

A.she had paid him for this B.she knew him very well

C.she want to have a change D.she enjoyed his singing

2.Nat King Cole succeeded because________.

A.the lady helped him a lot. B.he caught the chance

C.He continued to play in the bar D.he stopped playing the piano

3.The words “sit on ”in the passage probably mean “________”.

A.fail to realize B.forget to use

C.try to develop D.manage to show

4.Which could be best title for this passage?

A.Sing in the Bar. B.Achieve Success in Life

C.Never Lose Heart. D.Find Your Hidden Talent.

One day, Mr Li was reading a book in his office after school . To his surprise, a ball flew in suddenly and hurt him on the head. He took the ball to the window. But he only saw a group of boy students running away quickly and disappearing in a minute. He sat down again and continued his reading. As it got dark, it was time for him to leave for home. Looking at the ball, he wondered what to do with it. He knew the owner of the ball must be nearby and wished to get it back. He went downstairs and walked to the playground. It was at the center of the playground that he placed the ball with a piece of paper, on which he wrote “Be careful next time!”Then he walked away.

The next morning, as Mr Li opened the office door, he found the same piece of paper on the floor. Some words were added after his words: “Thank you for your kindness. Anyway, you are a clever teacher.”

1.What happened while Mr.Li was reading in his office?

A.The window was broken by a ball. B.A ball hurt him on the head.

C.A ball hit the window. D.The door was broken by a ball.

2.Why did the owner of the ball run away quickly?

A.He was afraid. B.He wanted to get the ball back.

C.He wanted to go home. D.He went to look for the ball.

3.How did Mr. Li deal with the ball?

A.He took it home. B.he put it in his office.

C.He put it back on the playground. D.He had no idea about it.

4.According to the passage, we can know that________.

A.Mr Li is interested in playing football. B.Mr. Li is too hard on his students

C.Mr. Li is good at playing sports. D.Mr. Li is a clever teacher with kindness