话题5 学校与学校生活
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Ⅰ.[2019·朝阳一模] 完形填空
A Special Test
One day a teacher entered the classroom and asked his students to prepare for a test. They waited at their desks for the test to begin. The teacher handed out the question papers with the text facing down as usual. When he handed them all out, he asked his students to 1 over the paper and begin.
To everyone’s surprise, there were no questions, just a black dot (圆点) in the center of the 2 . Seeing the expression on everyone’s face, the teacher said, “I want you to write what you see there.”
The 3 students got started on the inexplicable (费解的) task. At the end of the class, the teacher took all the answer papers and started reading each one of them aloud in front of all the students. All of them with no exceptions 4 the black dot, trying to explain its position (位置) in the middle of the paper.
After all had been read, the classroom was silent. The teacher began to explain 5 , “I am not going to 6 you on this. I just wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone focused on (聚焦于) the black dot and the same happens in our lives. We have the white paper to observe (观察) and enjoy, but we always focus on the dark dots.”
“Our life is a journey with love and care. We always have 7 to celebrate: nature renewing itself every day, our friends around us. However, we insist on focusing only on the dark dots: the health problems, the relationship with parents. The dark dots are very small compared to everything we have in our lives, but they are the ones that 8 our minds. Take your eyes away from the black dots in your life. Be happy and enjoy every moment!”
( )1.A.turn B.take C.get D.go
( )2.A.desk B.paper C.floor D.classroom
( )3.A.moved B.tired C.excited D.confused
( )4.A.pictured B.described C.predicted D.circled
( )5.A.cheerfully B.angrily C.hurriedly D.patiently
( )6.A.grade B.respect C.force D.require
( )7.A.problems B.lessons C.reasons D.choices
( )8.A.control B.enrich C.pollute D.change
Ⅱ.[2019·平谷一模] 阅读理解
School homework and use of electronic devices are major causes, a report says. More than 60 percent of children and teens do not get adequate sleep, which can put their health at risk, according to a report released on Sunday by the Chinese Sleep Research Society. Nearly 63 percent of Chinese youths aged 6 to 17 sleep less than eight hours a day, according to the report. Among 13 to 17-year-olds the figure is more than 81 percent. The report was based on a survey at the end of last year and in January. It covered nearly 70,000 children and teens aged 6 to 17 across the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.
The report found that the heavy school homework load and the popularization of electronic devices were the two top causes for the inadequate sleep. From Monday to Thursday, 8.4 percent of the group would still be busy with their homework after 11 pm. More than 41 percent of children and teenagers who sleep too little use electronic devices such as computer tablets and mobile phones, the survey found, and youths whose parents use smartphones in front of them are more likely to have less sleep.
Other factors, such as noise and light pollution, contributed to the problem, the report said. The survey also indicated that good sleep results in higher efficiency in study. Students who sleep longer generally finish homework in two and three hours per day, while those who sleep less require four to six hours.
Gao Xuemei, vice-president of the society, said studies have shown that decreasing(减少) sleeping time for children and teenagers has been a global trend in the past 10 years, but the problem appears to be worse in East Asia, including China, largely due to a heavier load of school homework.
“Lack(缺失) of sleep among children and teenagers deserves high attention, because it can seriously affect their health and growth, ” she said. Such a group should sleep at least eight hours a day, she added.
