The average kid has a busy day. There’s school, taking care of your pets, running around with friends, going to sports for practice or other activities , and doing your homework. It’s tiring just writing them all down. By the end of the day, your body needs a break. Sleep allows your body to rest for the next day.

Everything that’s alive needs sleep to survive. Even your dog or cat curls up for naps. Animals sleep for the same reason as you do to give the body a tiny vacation.

Not only is sleep necessary for your body, it’s important for your brain, too. Though no one is exactly sure what work the brain does when you’re asleep, some scientists think that the brain sorts through and stores information, replaces chemicals, and solves problems while you snooze.

Most kids between 5 and12 get about 9.5 hours a night, but experts agree that most need 10 or 11 hours each night. Sleep is an individual thing and some kids need more than others.

When your body doesn’t have enough hours to rest, you may feel tired or cranky; or you may be unable to think clearly. You might have a hard time following directions, or you might have an argument with a friend over something really stupid . A school assignment that’s normally easy may feel impossible, or your may feel clumsy playing your favorite sport or instrument.

One more reason to get enough sleep: If you don’t you may not grow as well. That’s right, researchers believe too little sleep affect growth and you immune system-which keeps you from getting sick.

59. The underlined sentence means_____.

A. the author is too tired to write any more

B. the author doesn’t want the kids to do anything at school

C. the author is angry with what the kids do at school

D. the author thinks the kids are busy all day at school

60. The author’s purpose of writing this passage is to tell us_______.

A. why everyone needs to have enough sleep

B. animals need to sleep every like us

C. most kids need to sleep at least nine hours a day

D. kids are busy doing a lot of things every day

61. If you don’t have enough sleep you may__________.

A. finish your work ahead of time   B. not get on well with your work

C. work out a problem easily          D. not find your way back home

62. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. You need a sleep to let your body rest every day.

B. Feeling tired means that you need to have a rest.

C. Kids who need more sleep than others must be ill.

D. If you want to grow normally you should have enough sleep.

First lady Laura Bush announced that she plans to focus America’s attention on making sure that all young children are ready to read and learn when they start school and on recruiting the best and brightest to the detaching profession. She will also highlight the need for more Americans to become teachers. And she will encourage everyone, from young adults to retirees, to bring their talents, energy and enthusiasm to classrooms throughout the nation. Learning to read starts long before a child starts school, and reading skills help make children good students. Reading skills make all other skills possible, she noted.

In 1989, doctors at Boston City Hospital created a programme known as Reach Out and Read（ROR）. In ROR clinics, doctors actually ‘prescribe” that parents read to their children. Volunteers in waiting rooms show parents creative ways to read to their children, and every child leaves with a new book. In 1997, Mrs. Bush helped start a ROR programme in her home state of Texas. With her support, more than 60 ROR l=clinic sites have opened in Texas. As the nation’s First Lady, she is committed to supporting ROR in communities across the country.

Finally ,Mrs Bush will encourage others to pursue teaching as a career. “As a former public school teacher and librarian, I have tremendous respect for people who teach,” she said. “Teaching is challenging, sometimes thankless, but incredibly rewarding. We need many more dedicated Americans to teach our children how to learn so that they may ultimately lead successful lives.” She will encourage America’s best and brightest college students, professionals, and military retirees to bring their talents and experiences to classrooms across the nation, especially in inner-city schools where the need is greatest.

63. First Lady Laura Bush will do something______.

A. to force all young children to read before they start school

B. to prepare all young children to read when they start school

C. to encourage all people to learn to read like children

D. to persuade all people to work as teachers in classroom

64. Which one of the following is TRUE about the programme known as Reach Out and Read?

A. Volunteers in the waiting rooms read to the children.

B. Doctors at Boston City Hospital created new ways to read to the students.

C. Anyone can get a new gook from the programme

D. First Lady tries her best to stand behinds the programme.

65. From this passage we can infer that Laura Bush used to be _______.

A. a lawyer   B. a white collar   C. a school teacher    D. an official.

66. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. First Lady Laura Bush is famous in the world.

B. First Lady Laura Bush cares about reading skills of children .

C. Reach Out and Read is important in the USA.

D. Teachers are always respected in the USA

After the face lift, the forehead tightening and the nose job, something might still show an old person’s age: his voice

For patients who think their trembly, hoarse words don’t match their newly film face and figure, there’s a procedure that claims to make them sound younger too: the voice lift..

There are two general kinds of voice lifts. In some cases, implants（植物）are inserted（插入）through an incision（切口）in the neck to bring the vocal cords（聲帶）closer together. Doctors also inject fat or other substances（物質(zhì)）to make the cords bigger so that the voice sounds younger

“If I spoke a great deal, or I was shouting on a particular day, at the end of the day I would feel very tired,” said Robert Anzidei, 75, a retired man who had the voice lift several years ago. “I don’t know if I sound younger, but the hoarseness is gone, which is a great improvement.”

The voice lift can also benefit people like performers, lawyers, teachers and telephone operators who need to have strong voices and want to take years off the sound of their voices

67. What is the voice lift in this passage?

A. A kind of operation to make a patient’s voice sound younger.

B. Matching a patient’s voice with his face and figure.

C. Raising a patient’s voice.

D. Speaking loudly

68. If one has a good voice, we can say that_________.

A. he has implants in his neck   B. his vocal cords are big and close together

C. He has a voice lift               D. he has a face lift

69. From the last paragraph, we can conclude that__________.

A. people who get old should have voice lifts

B. the voice lift can reduce one’s age

C. performers should have voice lifts

D. people who use their voices a lot need strong voices

70. What is this passage mainly about?

A. That the older one gets, the more possible he will get a trembly voice

B. That people should go and have a voice lift.

C. A way to sound younger.      

D. How a voice lift is done

He was a four-star _________（將軍，上將）

All the __________（道路，路徑）to the palace were guarded by troops.

She _______（戰(zhàn)勝）injury to win the Olympic gold medal..

He was _________（幸運）in having  a good teacher.

He is the person I ______（提到，提及）to you yesterday.

People are _______（迷惑）about all the different labels on food these days.

Putting this in their fields makes the soil richer in _______（礦物質(zhì)）and so more fertile..