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    For thousands of years, people have used plants to make medicines. They used different parts of the plants —the roots, the leaves, the flowers, and the bark (树皮). Today, doctors have rediscovered more medicinal (药用) values of some plants. Let's look at some examples.
    Foxglove is a common plant. People have used it to make the heart slow down. Recently scientists have developed another drug from it. This new drug helps prevent other heart problems.
    In some areas, malaria has been a problem. Scientists have learned that the bark of a South American tree, the cinchona, can be made into a drug to prevent malaria. For a long time, the Chinese have known that a special plant, wormwood, can also fight malaria. Scientists have been working with it to develop new drugs against malaria.
    In Germany, some scientists studied garlic (大蒜) for four years. They found that it helps prevent the build-up of plaque (血小板) because too much plaque is bad for health. This very common plant continues to be studied.
    As we know, there are about 250,000 kinds of flowering plants in the world. Scientists have only studied little more than one percent of plants for their medicinal value. Maybe medicines for AIDS and cancer will be made from the other 99 percent.

（1）、What can foxglove be used for?

A、Studying plants B、Building up the plaque. C、Treating AIDS and cancer. D、Preventing heart problems.

（2）、What does the underlined word “malaria” in Paragraph 3 refer to (指的是)?

A、A drug. B、A plant. C、An illness. D、An animal.

（3）、How many plants are mentioned in the passage?

A、3 B、4 C、5 D、6

（4）、Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A、Past and future B、Plants and medicine C、Health and illness D、Scientists and doctors

举一反三

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such a thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth” ? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-born-Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside—hinting like a Westerner(西方人) and yellow outside — looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don't speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics(政治), But if ABCs can't speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are oversea Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People's Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C.N. Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

    In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what "keeping up withthe Joneses" is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.
    The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York City. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants, Momand and his wife also hired a servant(仆人) and gave big parties for their new neighbors.
    It was like a race, but one could never finish his race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They moved back to an apartment in New York City.
    Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it "Keeping up with the Joneses" because "Jones" is a very common name in the United States. "Keeping up with the Joneses" came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand's series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.
    People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

How do you spend your spare time? There will be different answers to it. Most people in Poland (波兰) have their own ways of spending free time. Sometimes they just want to take a rest, but they try to do something more pleasant most of the time. They have many different hobbies, which help them to get away their everyday problems and spend their free time happily.

Many Polish (波兰的) people like traveling. They always look for new places that they have never been to and add new and exciting experiences to their journey. Some of them like to climb mountains, others like to go to a sea or a lake to swim, because these can make them get exercise and are good for their health.

Many Polish people also like to do sports in their free time. They are usually crazy about football, and football is regarded as the Polish national sport. Many football fans may support a certain team, so they go to watch every match of the team they support, and they buy many things that have any relation with the team. Watching sport and doing it both are good ways to relax.

In addition, doctors say that doing sports is very good for health. Many people in town, especially young men, often go to the gym to attend the exercise classes to keep it.

Besides these ways, Polish people have many other ways to spend their free time. And they really enjoy their free time.

阅读下列短文,从每小题所给的A．B．C三个选项中选出一个最佳选项。

Traveling to every part of the world gets easier, but how well do we know and understand each other. Here's a simple test. Imagine you are planning to hold a meeting at four o'clock. What time should you expect your foreign business friends to arrive? If they are Germans, they'll arrive on time. If they are Americans, they'll probably be 15 minutes early. If they are Englishmen, they'll be 15 minutes late, and you should allow up to an hour for the Italians.

The British seemed to think since the English language was widely used in the world, people would always understand what they do. However, they found they were completely wrong. For example, the British are happy to have a business lunch and discuss business matters and have a drink during the meal. The Japanese prefer not to work while eating. Lunch is a time for them to relax and get to know each other and they don't drink at lunchtime. The Germans like to talk business before dinner. The French like to eat first and talk afterwards. They have to be well fed and watered before they discuss anything.

阅读理解

What will our homes belike in the future? Here are four predictions (预测):

1) Tell your home whatto do anytime and anywhere.

Want to take a showerwhen you get home? You'll be able to let your smart water heater (热水器)to start heating up when you're still at work or on your way home.

2) Excuse me, my houseis calling.

Did I turn off theoven? Did 1 close the window? Everyone may have a moment like that. But in the future,your home will check these for you. You will know when your smoke detector (烟雾探测器) rings or if you forget to close the window.

3) Plan your life.

In your home of thefuture, all of your devices can work together to make your life more comfortable.When you turn on the lights in the morning, your windows will open at the sametime. If it's still dark after you get up, the lights will slowly turn off bythemselves until the sun appears.

4) Dangers may appear.

Your home may havedangers. So the problem in your smart home is: What if it gets hacked(被黑客入侵)? Maybe the hackers could open your door and cause a mess at yourhome through your phone or other devices. Your home will tell you about it but youcan't arrive in time. So people will have to be careful of their personalinformation. We hope it won't be so bad.

阅读下面材料，从方框中所给的A~E五个选项中选出正确选项(其中一项是多余选项)

Do you feel your senior high school(高中) is still far away? The earlier you prepare for it, the easier it will be. Some US high school graduates have shared their experience with us to help us prepare.

Manage study well

"The biggest thing is to manage your study ," says Philip Tubiolo ,a graduate from Bay Port High School. " {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I always transfer paper notes online so that it is easy for me to go over them."

Ask for help

"I think a lot of kids are afraid to ask for help," Sachem North High School's Erin Maryzek says. "If you don't understand something, let the teacher know. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}"

Relax yourself

"It's not just study, study, study," says Roslyn High School's Todd Warshawsky. "I was a runner. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}" Sachem North's Maryzek agrees, "Though schoolwork is important, it's also important to reduce stress and have fun in healthy ways."

Say no to romance

"Don't get a girlfriend or boyfriend," advises Esteban Idrovo, who is studying physics at Stony Brook University. "I started dating(约会) in the ninth grade. I got too distracted(分心的). {#blank#}4{#/blank#}"

A. Running was a great way to relax from heavy study.

B. You can use either paper or online tools to help with your studies.

C. I lost a lot of friends because I spent too much time on this relationship.

D. Most of my teachers offered help every day after school.

E. I think study is a part of my life.

What else do you do to prepare for your senior high school?(回答不多于 10个单词) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

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