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with a person39。s language skills, while grey matter is connected to our ability to solve math problems. Studies have shown that air pollution has a great effect on the white matter in the brain, but not the grey matter. Chen said that air pollution did affect the math skills, just not as much as their language skills.(1)Air pollution causes million people to die around the world each year. A.oneB.twoC.sevenD.sixty﹣four(2)Which is not true according to the passage? A.Breathing dirty air may hurt your body.B.Breathing dirty air can affect your brain.C.Breathing dirty air can affect your ability to think.D.Breathing dirty air can make your immune system(免疫系統(tǒng)) strong.(3)The effect of breathing polluted air generally is worse for those people except . A.menB.womenC.those with little or no educationD.those over 64 years of age(4)In the sixth paragraph, people working outdoors probably refers to(指的是) . A.the researchersB.people with little or no educationC.people from the World Health OrganizationD.people from the Yale School of Public Health(5)Air pollution affected the language skills math skills. A.as much asB.as little asC.more thanD.less than6.閱讀理解 The date—— July 22, 2018— has meaning to Cui Qingtao, a boy of seventeen. He will remember it forever. Cui Qingtao was working at a construction site(建筑工地) with his parents on Sunday when he received his admission letter(錄取通知書) from Peking University, which is considered as one of the best universities in China. In last year39。s gaokao, the young man from a poor family scored 669 points and applied for( 申請) Peking University, where he was accepted as a student in the School of Journalism(新聞)and Communication. Cui39。s home is in a small village in southwest China39。s Yunnan Province. He is the family39。s oldest son, with a younger brother in high school and a sister in the fourth grade. Cui is a caring son. To support his family, he39。d get up at 3 o39。clock in the morming to water plants in the family39。s greenhouses with his brother when he came home during the school breaks. On Sunday, Cui39。s family were doing construction work when he saw the letter. Cui and his family were excited as they finally received the admission letter, which they had expected for a long time. Cui Qingtao made his parents very proud because neither of them went to university. When his mother read the admission letter to his father, who cannot read, a big smile appeared on his father39。s face. No pain, no gain(不勞無獲)Don39。 t plain what a terrible life you have. As long as you work hard and try your best, your dream may e true. Now I39。m leaving my home village for college, but I39。ll return and some day change the poor conditions of our village, Cui said. His starting point is different from other students, but I hope his future will be bright, one Internet user said on Chinese social media (媒體)site Weibo.(1)Where was Cui Qingtao when he got his admission letter? A.At homeB.At schoolC.At a construction site.D.In a greenhouse(2)The underlined word plain means in Chinese. A.抱怨B.炫耀C.評價D.夸大(3)What is Cui Qingtao going to do after he graduates from college? A.Stay in beijingB.Serve his villageC.Build housesD.Work for a TV station(4)What can we know about Cui Qingtao? A.His mother can39。t read.B.He cares about his parents.C.He es from Guizhou Province.D.His brother is a primary school student.7.閱讀理解 Are you angry by the noise of your alarm clock every morning? Still feel sleepy after getting up? Now, you can say goodbye to that annoying alarm clock, you needn39。t hear its unpleasant noise every morning. The Glow pillow (發(fā)光枕)can wake you up with soft LED lights. The lights produce the brightness over 40 minutes just like the sunrise. The pillow is taking the place of the traditional alarm clock. It was designed (設(shè)計)by Eosin McNally and Ian Walton to be against the pressures of a24 hour lifestyle. The pillow uses a kind of LED material below the surface. It wakes the user up with light. The material can also show the time on the pillow39。s surface, and it is perfect for those who sleep with their heads pletely buried(埋)face down into the pillow. 40 minutes before the preset(預(yù)設(shè))alarm time, the pillow begins to glow and gently brings the user out of sleep. The natural waking process helps to set body clock and makes people build a healthy sleepandwake habit slowly. (1)The noise of the alarm clock makes people . A.angryB.relaxedC.happyD.excited(2)The pillow wakes people up with . A.smellB.soundC.lightD.touch(3)The Glow Pillow can take the place of16