阅读理解 What is the first thing you want to do when you see someone yawn? You want to yawn, too! Yawning is...

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    What is the first thing you want to do when you see someone yawn? You want to yawn, too! Yawning is contagious.
    Scientists have found that all people yawn. Babies start to yawn even before they are born. The earliest yawn takes place when a baby is still inside its mother. When young children are about one year old, they start to yawn when they see others yawning. That's why scientists think yawning is contagious.
    It's no secret that yawning is contagious, but why do we yawn? Well, scientists are not really sure.
    Some think we yawn because we feel bored. Others believe yawning has something to do with breathing. When there is too much carbon dioxide(CO₂) in our bodies, our bodies will tell the brains to breathe deeply. That causes a big yawn.
    In 2007, scientists said people yawned to cool down their brains. These scientists found people yawned more often if they were warmer than others.
    Scientists are still trying to find out why yawning happens and why it is so contagious. But they are only sure that when one person yawns, immediately everyone else nearby wants to yawn, too.

（1）、The underlined word "contagious" in Paragraph 1 means__________.

A、helpful to our health B、passing from one person to another C、hard to understand D、getting into one trouble after another

（2）、According to the scientists, people start to yawn when they are__________.

A、born B、one year old C、17 or 19 years old D、inside their mothers

（3）、Which of the following is NOT RIGHT according to the passage? __________

A、People yawn to catch others' attention. B、People yawn because they are bored. C、People yawn to cool down their brains. D、People yawn to get rid of carbon dioxide.

（4）、We can probably read this passage in a__________.

A、story book B、movie poster C、science magazine D、travel guidebook

举一反三

Do you know why different animals or pests (昆虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you'll find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters (猎人). This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even stranger act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液体)when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over (散开), its enemies (敌人)cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.

单词拼写

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阅读理解

Whether we are going to school or going to work，we are all sad to leave the weekend behind and go back to our Monday morning blues.But with the tips，you can get over those blues and face Monday mornings with a smile.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}	Loving your job will make you look forward to the week ahead.Try to find something positive in your workplace.It could be a friend，a partner，or the work you do in general.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}	For example，plan a night out for films or dinner on weekends.This would be a treat you wouldn't have in the following days of the week.This way，you will know that even if you're working hard
Go to bed early on Sunday night.	Your mind will react （反应） quickly on Monday morning.If you wake up early，you will have more time to get ready for the day.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}	Before you leave your workplace or school on Friday，you should take care of all the things you need，so you won't be so stressed on Monday morning.So you can start the week right.

A．Love what you do.

B．Keep reading in your spare time.

C．Give yourself a treat on weekends.

D．Get the things you need prepared on Friday.

请阅读短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

Being outgoing is good for your life. Those who are more outgoing like to meet lots of people and have more fun in life. In fact, being outgoing is not so hard as you think. Even shy people can be outgoing.

You can start becoming outgoing with your best friends or a group of friends. But the real challenge comes when you meet strange people or new friends. Smile more, and usually they will return your smile. In this way, you may have some talks.

Start a talk. Just a simple" Hello" or"How is it going" is a good start. If you want to make interesting talks, you should read news in the newspapers and prepare your views(观点), or surf the Internet for new information and then keep that in mind.

The easiest way to become more outgoing is to go out. This is also the most important step. Go to a park, beach, club, party or any other place that you think can be fun, and you may make new friends there.

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），将其序号填入小题，并回答第35 小题。

From April 12 to 17 this year, the Dai people celebrated their biggest event: the Water Splashing Festival.

There are more than one million Dai people in China. Most of them live in Yunnan Province. They hold the festival every year for three to seven days in mid-April. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

The tradition of water splashing began in Persia the fifth century. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Later, it gradually became a folk tradition of the Dai people. The festival is also widely celebrated in Thailand, Laos and some other Asian countries.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}They also hold activities of celebration. Many people send out burning lanterns into the sky. They sing and dance in the streets. And colorful dragon boat races take place on the Lancang River.

The most exciting moment of the festival is, of course, water splashing. People first go to temples and wash Buddha statues（佛像） with clean water. After that, the joyful and messy water splashing begins. People use all kinds of containers（容器） to hold water. They flood the streets to chase and play with each other. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Splashing water expresses wishes to wash away illness and disaster. The wetter one gets, the more wishes they receive.

A. Dai people clean their houses and get haircuts.

B. Everyone gets wet from head to toe.

C. It also carries the wish of a happy life.

D. It is part of the Dai New Year celebrations.

E. It spread to China at the end of the twelfth century.

Do you like the Water Splashing Festival? Why?（不超过15词）{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

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