I read an interesting article in a teachers' magazine recently. they did a study of 848 students in Wales. Worryingly, the results showed that teenagers are facing a new problem. They may go to bed get up at suitable times but a growing number are waking up in the middle of the night, not to use bathroom or have a snack but because of a new phenomenon: FOMO-fear of missing out!

According to the article, schoolchildren are suffering because of a growing trend（趨勢）to wake up during the night to check social media. Afraid of missing a comment or opportunity to take part in a chat teenagers are waking at all times of the night, going online and getting involved. All this happens when they should be sound asleep.

Experts are worried about this growing trend and the report gives some worrying results that I'd like to share with you: 23% of 12 to 15-year-olds wake up nearly every night to use social media. Another 15% wake up at night once a week for the same reason. One in three students are often tired and unable to behave energetically in the daytime. Students who use social media during the night are more likely to suffer from depression and anxiety.

So, I'd like to ask you to be responsible when it comes to social media. Be brave! Switch off your devices at night. The world won't end and your social media will be waiting to greet you in the morning! I give you my word that you won't have missed anything important.

【1】From the writing. we know that the writer is worried by _______.

A.what he has read in the magazineB.what other teachers have told him

C.what he is seeing with his pupilsD.what he has studied since he was young

【2】Fear of Missing Out is _______.

A.a feeling of not going out at nightB.a fear of missing the newest phones

C.a feeling of not keeping up with your tasksD.a fear of missing chances of chatting online

【3】Which of the following best shows the structure of this passage?（P=paragraph）

A.B.

C.D.

【4】Which part of the magazine is the passage most probably from?

A.Travel & AdventureB.Health

C.EntertainmentD.Fashion & Beauty

【題目】

Some people are great at remembering faces. Once they meet you, they never forget how you look. For some people, remembering a face can be difficult. You may have to meet them several times before they can recognize you. For others, remembering a face is simply impossible. Such people have a condition of the brain called “face blindness.” Its actual name is developmental prosopagnosia, or DP for short.

Experts say there are great differences between patients. In less severe conditions, people are unable to describe the face of someone they have just met. In severe conditions, people cannot even recognize their own kids in a group photograph.

Many people who have DP show no clear signs. Dacia Reid is one of them. If you met her, you probably would not know that her brain got injured as a child. There would be no sign of it until you meet her a second time. She would not remember how you looked. Reid has mostly got well from her injuries. But now, she suffers from face blindness.

The latest study on face blindness come from the Prosopagnosia Research Centers at Dartmouth College in the United States. The researchers studied how people recognize faces. They compared 22 patients with DP to 25 other people. The researchers showed them videos of faces, bodies, physical objects and other things. They found that people with DP may not have been able to remember faces, but they could recognize scenes, bodies and other things.

The researchers say this study on face blindness will not directly lead to any treatments. However, it could lead to a deeper understanding of how we all remember the world around us. “We hope that by really developing and understanding face processing itself — that will provide us with a model for understanding how other parts of the brain work.”

【1】The underlined word “severe” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.

A.importantB.seriousC.popularD.different

【2】The writer explains the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 by _______.

A.making a researchB.having a discussion

C.giving an exampleD.doing an experiment

【3】From the passage we know patients with DP _______.

A.can easily keep everything in memory

B.have trouble in remembering faces

C.are unable to remember anything they’ve seen

D.never forget how you look once they meet you

【4】The writer wrote this passage in order to ________.

A.introduce DP and the research about it

B.describe how to avoid suffering from DP

C.encourage people to help patients with DP

D.explain why people suffer from face blindness

【題目】

Monarch butterflies(帝王蝶) from the eastern part of North America make the most amazing journey in the insect world. Each year, this tiny creature(生物) travels up to 3,000 miles(4,800 kilometers) to its winter home in central Mexico(墨西哥). How can it fly so far? And what is the purpose of its long and dangerous trip? Scientists still don’t have an explanation.

The length of the butterflies’ trip is only one part of the mystery. The other amazing thing is that the butterflies always return to the same place in central Mexico. How do the butterflies find their way back to the same place? This is an interesting question because only every fourth generation(代) makes the trip south. In other words, the butterfly that travels to Mexico this year is the great-great-grandchild of the butterfly that traveled there last year.

Each year, four generations of a Monarch butterfly family are born. Each generation of the family has a very different life. The first generation of Monarchs is born in the south in late April. It slowly moves north, reproduces, and then dies. On the trip north, two more generations are born, reproduce, and die. Each of these generations of butterflies lives for only two to five weeks. In the fall, the fourth generation of butterflies is born. Compared to its parents, this generation has a long life. It lives for about eight months. This generation of butterflies makes the amazing journey to the winter home of its great-great-grandparents. The butterflies spend the winter there, and in the spring they reproduce and then die. Their children will be the first generation of the next circle. How amazing it is!

【1】From the passage we know that monarch butterflies ________.

A.spend their winter in North America

B.are small but can fly quite a long way

C.travel to central Mexico to reproduce

【2】There are ________ mysteries about monarch butterflies’ journey.

A.twoB.threeC.four

【3】The last paragraph is mainly about ________.

A.why Monarch butterflies fly from north to south

B.how Monarch butterflies make the amazing trip

C.when each generation of butterflies reproduce

【4】According to the article, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A.Two of the generations are born on the trip back to south.

B.Only the fourth generation can live through the whole winter.

C.The first generation of Monarchs is born in the south in spring.

【5】We can read this passage on the ________ part of a magazine.

A.sports and healthB.science and technologyC.environment and nature

A. watch B. watching C. to watch D. watched

—OK, Amy．You should keep it for ______,too?

A．yourself; youB．myself; yourself

C．you; ourselvesD．yourselves; us

A. at B. in C. for D. on

—Oh, I only need ____orange juice.

A. some;a few B. a few;some

C.a little;few D.a little;a few

For Tan Fanglin, a 15-year-old girl from No. 2 High School of East China Normal University in Shanghai, her dream of meeting top scientists has already come true.

In October, she attended the World Laureates Forum(世界頂尖科學家論壇) for a second time, which had attracted(吸引) 44 Nobel Prize winners and 21 other world-class prize winners. Tan was by far the youngest among the scientists invited to be at the meeting of the world’s sharpest minds. Her discovery about the relationship between the Fibonacci sequence and Bezout numbers(非波那契數(shù)列與貝祖數(shù)的估計) has won her many prizes in youth innovation competitions in China.

From a very young age, Tan has always been fascinated by mathematics (maths). It was her father, a mathematics teacher in East China Normal University, who largely inspired(使產(chǎn)生，激發(fā)) young Tan Fanglin with the interest in mathematics. But she had not taken part in any Mathematics Olympiad exams before, which she finds will be a waste of time.

According to Xu Jun, Tan’s head teacher from her middle and high school, she doesn’t take after-school classes or too many exercises. Her mastering of Further Mathematics and her good grades in school are thanks to the right study method. Her mother told Guangming Daily that Tan always treats studying and life with a positive mindset so she can feel happy while studying.

Attending this forum enabled Tan to learn more from top scientists. She even got the chance to talk with Gero Miesenbock, the 2019 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize winner and the founder of optogenetics(光遺傳學).

【1】We can learn about Tan Fanglin EXCEPT ________.

A.this is not her first time to attend the World Laureates Forum

B.she has been very interested in maths since she was very young

C.she has lots of after-school courses and exercises to get good grades.

【2】According to the text, what makes Tan achieve great success in Further Mathematics?

A.Her correct way to learn.B.Her mother’s influence.C.Her positive mindset.

【3】What does the underlined word “positive” in Paragraph 6 mean in Chinese?

A.負面的B.嚴謹?shù)?/span>C.積極的

【4】What might the writer talk about in the next paragraph of the story?

A.The great achievements that Gero Miesenbock has made so far.

B.The communication between Tan Fangling and Gero Miesenbock.

C.Gero Miesenbock s opinions on being famous at a very young age.

【5】The best title for this passage is ________.

A.Top Minds Inspire Middle School Student

B.Tan Fanglin’s Ways to Be a Young Scientist

C.The World Laureates Forum Held in Shanghai

A. received; receive

B. accepted; receive

C. received; accept

A. finds B. found C. is found