语法填空,完形填空,阅读理解1
一.语法填空。（每小题1分，共10分）
An earthquake （地震）may hit some places___1____any time. Do you know___2 ___in an earthquake? Let me 3 you.
When an earthquake begins and if you are outside, you must get to the open air an stay___4___ buildings,trees,and tall, heavy___5___. If you are inside, you must stand in a corner,___6___hide under a a heavy desk or table. If you are___7___a car, a truck or a bus,youmust drive a side of the road and stop. After a quake, you must try to talk with everyone in your family to see if they are safe and see if gas(汽油)，water, and electrical lines(电线)are___8___.Please don’t smoke (吸烟) or use lights. A gas line may___9___. You must keep the telephone lines on. Don’t use your phone or drive your car until you ___10___.
1. A. in B. at C. for D. on
2. A. where to go B. how to do C. what to do D. when to leave
3. A. tell B. say C. speak D. show
4. A. near B. in C. between D. away from
5. A. something B. anything C. thing D. things
6. A. and B. or C. but D. so
7. A. drive B. drives C. drove D. driving
8. A. good B. well C. right D. OK
9. A. break B. breaks C. breaking D. be broken
10. A. be free B. will be safe C. are safe D. safe
二、完形填空。（每小题1分，共10分）
We can see mobile phones 1_ and sometimes they can be very 2 , some people even complain about them. Most public places(公共场所) have mobile phone rules. So try to 3 your mobile phone quiet,or put 4 in vibrate mode(振动模式) It’s good 5. it at home when you at school or when you are visting a hospital.
If you need to make a call while a meeting or a concert, you can go to the 6. If you are waiting for a call, sit 7 the door. Tell others at the beginning when you are waiting for an important call. If you get a call when you are with your friends, you should keep your voice down and have a 8 talk the phone.You can tell your friends 9 it is Ok for you to answer their calls. It’s a good way to make sure that others won’t be 10 .
1. A. somewhere B.everywhere C. anywhere D.nowhere
2. A. boring B. bored C. interesting D. interested
3. A. make B. ask C. keep D. let
4. A. him B. they C. it D. them
5. A. leave B.leaving C. left D. to leave
6. A. washroom B. bedroom C. office D. dining-room
7. A. before B. near C. after D. behind
8. A. fun B. interesting C.short D.long
9. A. what B. where C. when D.how long
10. A. angry B. happy C. surprised D. glad
三、阅读理解。（每小题2分，共20分） A
Greenland is the largest island in the world. It is in the north of Europe. Near Green land is another island. It is small, named Iceland. Do you think that Greenland is green and warm? Do you think that Iceland is white with ice? If you do, you are wrong. Not many people live on the
big island of Greenland .There are more people in your hometown than those in all of Greenland. That is because Greenland is not green. Greenland is white. Ice covers most of the island. The ice covering Greenland is higher than the world’s all buildings. What about Iceland? Is it colder than Greenland? No, it isn’t. Ic eland has ice, but not so much as Greenland. Iceland has a lot of springs(温泉), they give out hot water and steam(蒸汽). The weather is not as cold as Greenland.And there are a lot of people living on Iceland.
1. Greenland is_____Europe.
A. to the north of
B. in the north of
C. to the south of
D. in the south of
2. Iceland is_______ Greenland.
A. not as large as
B. not as small as
C. as large as
D. as small as
3. Greenland is covered with _______.
A. green trees
B. red flowers
C. white ice
D. yellow leaves
4. The weather of Iceland is not as cold as that of Greenland because________.
A. there is much ice on it
B. there are a lot of spring on it
C. there are many people living on it
D. there are many buildings on it.
5. Which of the following is not true?
A. Greenland is much bigger than Iceland.
B. Iceland is covered with ice, too.
C. There are more people living on Greenland than on Iceland
D. The springs can give out hot water and steam.
B
Heat is all round us. You cannot see it, but you can feel it. Heat makes things warm.
The sun gives us most of our heat. Many things would die without the heat from the sun. Many things can give us heat. Wood can give us heat. Gas can give us heat, too. Out body can even give us heat. When we rub our hands together, we make heat.
We use heat to warm our homes. We use heat to cook our food. We use heat to warm our bodies. Some things change when they get warm. Ice creams melt. A piece of butter melts on a warm toast. A snowman melts under the sun.
We cannot see heat, but we can see how warm it is outside by using a thermometer. We can measure the temperature of air. We can see how warm we are by using a thermometer. We can measure the temperature of our bodies. We can also see how warm our food is by using a thermometer. We read some thermometers by looking at the numbers .High numbers show that it is hot. Low numbers show that it is cold. We read some thermometers by looking at the red line. A long red line shows that it is hot. A short red line shows that it is cold.
1. We get most of our heat from_____.
A. the sun
B. our bodies
C. wood
D. air
2. The third paragraph mainly tells us _______
A. how heat is used
B. what heat is used for
C. why there is heat
D. we can make heat
3. The last paragraph tells us that _______.
A. we can see heat
B. we can hear heat
C. we can measure heat
D. we can make heat
4. Which of the following is true?________.
A. We can’t see or feel heat.
B. Many things can live without heat.
C. Heat is harmful to people.
D. Heat can make many things melt.
5. Which is the best title for this passage?
A. How to Measure Temperature
B. Heat
C. The Use of Heat
D. Where Heat Comes from
2014中考英语阅读理解与完形填空 中考英语阅读理解与完形填空 一 . 阅读理解 阅读理解:在中考中占的比重很大。阅读理解能力属于语言的领会技能。包括对书面语言的识别、理解、推理、判断和快速记忆等几个方面。不仅仅涉及到语音、语法、词汇这些语言因素、还涉及到非语言因素, 即:阅读者对所学语言国家的社会和文化背景知识的掌握、对所读材料内容的熟悉、个人经历、生活常识、逻辑知识和语言修养等各方面。阅读技巧之一是阅读时要扩大视距。二是不要心读或朗读; 三是要理解段落或文章的细节。四是要学会猜测词义,五要理解中心思想。六要具备合理推理和判断的能力。 初中阶段阅读题重点考查的内容是事实认定、词语理解、数量计算,主要思想归纳等。而从考查方式来看, 则以直接型、转换型和归纳型的试题为主, 需要依据文章事实和作者思路进行推理的题次之。 文章主旨和大意的考查。这类试题主要是考查对文章的理解程度,考查内容包括作者的写作目的,文章的中心思想等内容。考生只有读懂全文,才能选出正确答案。 细节和事实的考查。做此类试题一定要抓住事件发生的时间、地点、人物、发展过程和结局等环节,所选答案一定要符合原文,切不可望文生义。 词义或句义的考查。这些词句往往具有深层意义,要透过表层意义来理解深层意义,或根据句子的语法关系分析其含义,要反复琢磨,仔细推敲,弄清作者的真正意图, 从而选择正确答案。遇到生词,要根据上下文和一定的构词法知识,如前缀、后缀来分析、判断、猜测其词形和含义。 结论或推论性考查。这类考题答案的选择往往无所谓正确与错误之别,而是最佳与非最佳之别。因此,须读懂通篇文章,弄懂作者的写作要旨,按照文章的内容和逻辑关系,做出符合原文逻辑或主旨的结论或推论,才能选出最佳答案。 拟选题目考查。一篇文章究竟应加一个什么样的题目为最佳,主要取决于文章的内容, 英语文章标题的特点一般多以短语或简单句为主。选择标题的一般标准是:一要切题, 即能够概括出全文的主旨;二要简洁,即文字要简单明了。 阅读理解题型介绍: 1. 选择答案型阅读理解 2. 判断正误型阅读理解
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 2016年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标I) 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Chengdu has dozens of new millionaires, Asia’s biggest building, and fancy new hotels. But for tourists like me, pandas are its top 61 (attract). So it was a great honor to be invited backstage at the not-for-profit Panda Base, where ticket money helps pay for research, I 62 （arrow）to get up close to these cute animals at the 600-acre centre. From tomorrow, I will be their UK ambassador. The title will be 63 (official) given to me at a ceremony in London. But my connection with pandas goes back 64 my days on a TV show in the mid-1980s, 65 I was the first Western TV reporter 66 (permit) to film a special unit caring for pandas rescued from starvation in the wild. My ambassadorial duties will include 67 (introduce) British visitors to the 120-plus pandas at Chengdu and others at a research in the misty mountains of Bifengxia. On my recent visit, I help a lively three-month-old twin that had been rejected by 68 (it) mother. The nursery team switches him every few 69 (day) with his sister so that while one is being bottle-fed, 70 other is with mum -- she never suspects. (198w) 61. attraction 62. was allowed 63. officially 64. to 65. when 66. permitted 67. introducing 68. its 69. days 70. the 2015年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(新课标I) 第三部分英语知识运用（共两节满分55） 第二节阅读下面材料，用不多于1个单词的正确形式填空 Yangshuo,China It was raining lightly when I 61 (arrive) in Yangshuo just before dawn. But I didn’t care. A few hours 62 , I’d been at home in Hong Kong, with63 (it) choking smog. Here, the air was clean and fresh, even with the rain. I’d skipped nearby Guilin, a dream place for tourist s seeking the limestone mountain tops and dark waters of the Li River 64 are pictured by artists in so many Chinese 65 (painting). Instead, I’d head straight for Yangshuo. For those who fly to Guilin, it’s only an hour away66 car and offers all the scenery of the better-known city. Yangshuo 67 (be) really beautiful. A study of travelers 68 (conduct) by the website TripAdvisor names Yangshuo as one of the top 10 destinations in the world. And the town is fast becoming a popular weekend destination for people in Asia. Abercrombie & Kent, a travel company in Hong Kong, says it 69 (regular) arranges quick getaways here for people 70 (live) in Shanghai and Hong Kong. （173w） 61. arrived 62. before/earlier 63. its 64. that/which 65. paintings 66. by 67. is 68. conducted 69. regularly 70. living
初三英语阅读理解与完型填空竞赛2 完形填空A） Do you know the history of bowling（保龄球）? Scientists think that a game like bowling was ___ 1 in Egypt thousands of years ago. Things look like the balls and bowling pins were found buried(埋葬) with a child who __2 around 5,200 B. C. People who study history know that the game was popular in Germany around 200-300 A.D. It was played in some churches in order to __3__ that they were very good Christians. When people bowled poorly, they had to go to church more ___4__ than the others. The first bowling place was built inside a very big building and __5__ in England in 1455. Then the game was taken to the United States where most people played it outside just for fun. During the 1800s, many people in the United States began to bowl for ___6__, so several cities made the game illegal（违法的. And later, a group ____7__ the American Bowling Congress (ABC) began around 1900. The job of this group was to clean up bowling and make it a gentleman’s game again. At t hat time, the game was mostly played by men. If women played, they ____8__a curtain up so that the men were not able to see them. Then, in 1916, a woman’s ___9___ named the Women’s International Bowling Congress (WIBC) made a point of showing that the game was fine for ___10___ men and women. 1. A. done B. played C. seen D. watched 2. A. died B. was dying C. dead D. death 3. A. tell B. show C. look D. say 4. A. possible B. often C. time D. chance 5. A. closed B. built C. opened D. stopped 6. A. fun B. pleasure C. money D. health 7. A. calling B. calls C. naming D. named 8. A. hanged B. hang C. hung D. hunged 9. A. party B. group C. class D. kind 10. A. between B. both C. all D. whole B）How often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups. And old people wishing they were 1 again. Each age has its pleasure and its pains, and the happiest person always enjoys what each age 2 him without wasting his time in useless regrets. Childhood is a time when there are 3 responsibilities（责任）to make life better. If a child has good parents, he is raised, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is 4 that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. But a child has his 5 . He is not so free to do what he wishes to do. He is 6 being told not to do something, or being punished for what he has wrongly done. When a young man starts to earn his own living（谋生）, he can no longer expect others to 7 his food, his clothes, and his room, but he has to work if he wants to live 8 . If he spends most of his time 9 in the ways that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. 10 , if he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society. 1. A. children B. young C. active D. strong 2. A. leaves B. hopes C. makes D. gives
【英语】考英语完形填空和阅读理解及答案 一、完形填空 1．完形填空 Students are always asked to do much homework. Have you read the following passage? You'd better not work when you are very hungry. If you 1 your homework right after school, you may have a snack before getting to work. Always do your homework 2 you get tired. 3 wait until very late in the evening, or the homework will seem much 4 than it really is. Break your time into manageable（易处理的）periods. If you have more than 5 , give yourself a break after an hour. But don't break it up 6 that you can't get anything done. You should be able to work at least half an hour at a time 7 . Don't put it off until the last 8 . If you put off doing your homework, you will always think of it, and you won't enjoy your 9 so much. If you put it off until the end of the week or until right before a test, you will have too much work to do for the exam. A little bit each night, enough to keep up with what is happening each day in school, will take the fear out of tests and keep you on top of it all. Do your homework 10 every day. This will help you make it a habit. It will make it easier to do, and it will make free time more enjoyable as well. 1. A. decide to do B. decided doing C. have done 2. A. after B. when C. before 3. A. Not B. Please C. Don't 4. A. harder B. hard C. easy 5. A. one hour work B. an hour work C. an hour's work 6. A. so much B. so little C. so often 7. A. with a stop B. without stopping C. stopping 8. A. week B. hour C. minute 9. A. lunch B. free time C. meals 10. A. at a time B. in a short time C. at the same time 【答案】（1）A；（2）C；（3）C；（4）A；（5）C；（6）C；（7）B；（8）C；（9）B；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】文章大意：每个人放学后都会有许多作业，但是不要放学后马上做作业，应该吃点点心，否则会感到饥饿，再就是做作业的时候要合理地分配你的时间，每次 做作业的时间不要超过一个小时，这样你就不会感到疲倦，养成好的做作业的习惯。既能 够学得好又能够享受你的业余时间。 （1）句意：如果你放学后马上做作业，开始工作前应该吃点点心。决定做某事decide to do sth.固定搭配，have done不符合情景，故答案是A。 （2）句意：总是要在你疲劳之前做作业。A.在……之后；B.当……时候；C.在……之前根据前 文的叙述，做作业之前吃点点心的目的是为了避免疲劳，所以要在疲劳之前做作业，累了 就就不要再做了，故答案是C。
高考英语完形填空 语法填空模拟检测 (共3篇，限时35分钟) A (2018·宁波市高三上学期期末)Switzerland is famous __1__ its watches. However, this country didn’t invent the watch. It was the British who did it. Here is a story of how the watch __2__ (bring) to Switzerland. Many years ago, __3__ Englishman travelled to Italy and on his way he stopped in a small town __4__ (call) Geneva in Switzerland. This Englishman travelled in a carriage inside which there was a carriage watch. This was the __5__ (early) kind of watch. A Blacksmith happened to see the watch. He wondered what it was __6__ asked the Englishman about it. “It is a carriage watch，” answered the man. “This machine can tell the time but now __7__ isn’t working.” At once the man offered to try repairing it. So the __8__ (travel) handed him the watch. The man was very clever. It was easy for him __9__ (repair) it. He even remembered how it was made. And he made a watch of __10__ (exact) the same type. 语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了瑞士虽然以手表而闻名于世，但手表却是英国人发明的，后来被带到瑞士的。 1．for 考查介词。be famous for是固定搭配，意为“以……而著称”。故填for。 2．was brought 考查动词的时态和语态。根据语境可知，这里有一个故事，讲的是手表是如何被带到瑞士的。故事讲述的是过去的事情，应用一般过去时，且bring这一动作与主语“the watch”之间构成被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动式。故填was brought。 3．an 考查冠词。根据上下文语境可知，此处“Englishman”是第一次提到的名词，且表示泛指，应用不定冠词；且Englishman的读音以元音音素开头，故用an。 4．called 考查非谓语动词。根据语境可知，一个英国人去意大利，途中他留宿在瑞士一个叫作Geneva的小镇。因为call与“Geneva”之间为被动关系，所以此处应用call 的过去分词形式构成分词短语作后置定语，修饰名词town。故填called。 5．earliest 考查形容词最高级。根据语境及空格前的“the”可知，此处应用最高级，表示这是最早款式的表。故填earliest。 6．and 考查连词。根据语境可知，他想知道这是什么东西，并向这个英国人询问，应用连词and连接。故填and。 7．it 考查代词。根据语境可知，此处指代上文提到的“This machine”，是同类同物。故填it。 8．traveller/traveler 考查名词。根据语境可知，这个旅行者把表递给了他。此句
【英语】中考英语完形填空和阅读理解100及答案 一、完形填空 1．阅读下面短文，掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 How to take notes Note-taking is a skill that can help you do well in all your lessons. It can make you confident （自信的） 1 you are studying. But unluckily, most 2 don't know how to take notes. Write down key facts. If your teacher writes 3 on the blackboard, that's great. You can copy them or write down the most 4 facts of all in class. Different teachers do things 5 . For example, some teachers may 6 lots of dates and facts in class, 7 they only write the important ones on the blackboard. Other teachers may not write anything down, but they may 8 something important again and again. Ask. Don't be afraid to ask your teacher to 9 what you miss. If your teacher speaks too fast and you can't 10 what he is saying, you can ask him 11 class. Cornpare （比较） .Comparing your notes with your 12 can be good for your learning. It can also help you and your classmates correct （纠正） some 13 . Organize. Note-taking also needs organization. Keep notes for each subject in one notebook so that you can find everything 14 when a test comes. Good note-taking takes time. If you decide to recopy （重写） your notes every evening, you'll surely have less time to watch TV. But you'll 15 time in the coming test 1. A. until B. before C. when D. although 2. A. teachers B. students C. workers D. parents 3. A. notes B. words C. lessons D. differences 4. A. common B. boring C. important D. interesting 5. A. happily B. differently C. quietly D. quickly 6. A. take out B. take care of C. pay attention to D. look for 7. A. though B. but C. because D. unless 8. A. find B. say C. read D. write 9. A. laugh B. repeat C. have D. add 10. A. follow B. change C. review D. read 11. A. after B. when C. because D. before
完形填空和语法填空（9） I 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 The rain was coming down heavily and I was going to be late for an important conference. Dressing up quickly, I called for a taxi, 1 that it would be faster than the subway. It wasn't. After a long wait, I finally got one, but the traffic was heavy. I looked at my 2 from time to time. Just as the traffic started moving, the driver 3 a man up ahead in a wheelchair. “Wouldn't he be cold sitting right there!” the driver cried and began to 4 . I could see there would be another 20 minutes' 5 — 6 him into the cab, folding up his chair and putting it into the taxi's small 7 , then dropping him off who knows where. “What are you doing?” I shouted to the driver. As the 8 came out, I wanted to take them back. The wrongness of my 9 to the driver shocked me. Why did I let out the shout? The driver 10 me and we continued the journey. Eventually I got out of the taxi and 11 to the office. As I ran, I understood that, though it wasn't my duty to take the time to help others, I shouldn't have 12 the driver's stopping. I should have been able to see beyond my impatience to notice what was most inerrant (不会错的). Whenever I think of this incident, this is my 13 : I am not a 14 self-centered person, but I still feel 15 of being self-centered. Living a busy life in a fast-paced big city, do we still need to stop to help those who are in need of help? 【文章大意】本文叙述了作者坐出租车的故事，作者因为要赶着去开会，他害怕迟到，所以想不去做地铁而改成做出租车认为这样可能快点，可没有想到交通拥挤，司机看见了一个坐着轮椅的人又帮助他把他送回了家，耽误了作者的时间，开始时作者感觉对司机不满，后来司机的做法感动了他，使作者也认识到了自己的错误。 1. A. reminding B. expecting C. realizing D. attempting
高考英语语法填空和完形填空组合训练8 语法填空 1.阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 CHONGQING, June 29 (Xinhua) -- More 1.________ 210,000 people have been affected by heavy rainfalls in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality since June 26, the municipal flood control and drought relief headquarters said Monday. The municipal hydrological 2.________（monitor）authorities said heavy downpours battered 3.________（part）of the city on Sunday and Monday, leading to flooding in several rivers across the city. The water levels of these rivers have since fallen below warning levels. As of 10 a.m. Monday, heavy rainfall had hit 4.________ total of 267 towns across 25 districts and counties in Chongqing, 5.________（affect）218,953 residents. More than 4,700 people had been relocated. Rainstorms also damaged6.________（near）8,600 hectares of crops, toppled 370 houses and damaged 3,490 houses, 7.________（lead）to a direct economic loss of 370 million yuan (about 52.29 million U.S. dollars). The municipal flood control and drought 8.________（relieve）headquarters activated an emergency response 9.________ Sunday, requiring enhanced patrols in key areas including water conservancy projects, hydropower stations, tourist attractions and underground spaces,
【英语】完形填空和阅读理解专项练习经典 一、完形填空 1．完形填空 Global warming means the temperature of the Earth is getting higher and higher. If the Earth gets 1 , some of the following things could happen: The sea level could 2 because of the melting of sea ice. Many animals that live on the ice might 3 out. There could be more floods（洪水）, 4 near the sea and rivers. Some plants and animals might die because they cannot live in high 5 . Global warming is a very 6 problem now. There is something we can do to help to slow it down. Scientists have been studying global warming for years. They have found that some things that people do in everyday life make much gas that 7 global warming. One big cause of this is the burning of oil, gas and coal for energy for our cars and homes. This gives off too much greenhouse gas. We can do something to cut 8 on the amount of greenhouse gas. ⒈ We can really help by using less energy in life, and less gas in our family cars. We should turn off the 9 and turn down other electrical equipment. We should walk more and use cars less. ⒉ 10 can take in some of the greenhouse gas. So we should plant more trees. 1. A. bigger B. older C. hotter D. slower 2. A. rise B. fall C. remain D. quit 3. A. go B. die C. let D. put 4. A. especially B. luckily C. continually D. nearly 5. A. talent B. tent C. top D. temperature 6. A. easy B. natural C. serious D. nervous 7. A. stops B. causes C. prevents D. affects 8. A. off B. into C. out D. down 9. A. doors B. lights C. invitations D. roads 10. A. Grasses B. Flowers C. Forests D. Animals 【答案】（1）C；（2）A；（3）B；（4）A；（5）D；（6）C；（7）B；（8）D；（9）B；（10）C； 【解析】【分析】文章大意：文章介绍了全球变暖会造成的一些后果以及对于全球变暖我们可以做的事。 （1）句意：如果地球变得更热，可能会发生以下一些事情。A 更大的；B 更老的；C 更热的；D 更慢的。由the temperature of the Earth is getting higher and higher可知此处表示如果地球变得越来越热，故选C。 （2）句意：由于海冰融化，海平面可能上升。A 升起；B 跌落；C 保持；D 退出。由the melting of sea ice可知海平面会上升，故选A。 （3）句意：许多生活在冰上的动物可能会灭绝。A 出去；B 灭绝；C 释放；D 扑灭。由the
2018高考语法填空与完形填空满分讲义 语法填空 第一讲形容词、副词、动词（时态、语态、非谓语） 一、adj三大功能（必考） 1.adj+n（定语）eg,comfortably car 2.系动词（be,感官系动词——feel，touch，smell，taste，sound，look，变化状态系动词；become，get,turn,go,remain,keep,stay）+adj（表语） 3.动词+宾语+adj（宾语补助语）The activity makes me interested in English. 二、副词的四大功能 1.副词adv+V——be adv adj,be adv doing/done;have/has adv done（必考）immediately, 2.adv+adj/adv 3.Adv+主谓，Forturnately,they came back safely. 三、动词，谓语——时态（一般、进行、完成） 1.一般（did,do/does/will do） A.一般过去式（“讲故事”），did、was主动语态——被动语态was、were+done （主语是动作的承受着) Eg.I(allow)to paticipate in the game when I was inmiddle school.）_解题思路：主从一致was——allowed主动——was allowed 2015GK.A telling him to wait outside the shop. （平行结构） A woman saw him crying and the woman told him to wait outside the shop. 2015.I hoped to live in the
. 阅读理解： （A） Dreams may be more important than sleep. Some people don’t need much sleep. B ut we all need to dream, scientists say. Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams each night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are li ke old films. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer i s worrying about something. Dreaming may be a way of trying to find an answer. Some people get new ideas about their work from dreams. They could have been th inking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry over into dreams. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t reme mber the dream. Dreams can disappear quickly from memory. Too much dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at working when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and st ill wake up tired. 1. It may be less important to sleep than to _______. A. think B. dream C. work D. study 2. Dreams and films are usually ______. A. very long B. in color C. about work D. very sad 3. The people often dream about their work because _______. A. they are tired in the daytime B. they are not interested in their work C. they may be thinking about their work at all D. they have too much work to do 4. The main idea of the story is that _______. A. people need to dream B. people like to sleep C. dreams are like films D. we always remember dreams 5. The title for the story could be ______. A. Terrible dreams B. The longest sleep C. Memory D. Dreams （B） All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea. In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer their tea plain, with nothing else in it. Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving