【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 . Your brain helps you to remember and think, and makes sure your body is doing what it should. What is my skin(皮膚 ) for ? Your skin covers your body. In most parts of your body, the skin is just as thick as half a centimeter（ cm） . If you have your skin cut, it will have a quick cure and stop viruses(病毒 ) from getting into your body. Your skin also helps you feel the heat and coldness of the environment around you. Hair grows from inside the skin. When you feel hot, extra heat es out through your skin. As a result, your body temperature drops. How do I move? Muscles(肌肉 ) are found in most parts of your body. They work with your bones to help you move – whenever you cry or smile, eat or speak, walk or dance, etc. Why do I breathe? Your body needs to take in oxygen（氧氣） from the air and give out the unwanted carbon dioxide（二氧化碳） in the body. When you breathe, air es through your nose and mouth into your lungs where oxygen flows to different parts of your body. What makes me sneeze（打噴嚏） ? When dust or a strong smell gets into your nose, you sneeze. This is the way your body cleans up the dust in your nose. Your lungs push out the air and try to clear your nose. What does my heart do? Your heart is a very special muscle. It is slightly bigger than your fist (拳頭 ) and grows bigger as you do. If you place your hand on your heart, you will feel your heart beating which forces blood to move around your body. 49. Which part is the most valuable part of your body? A. Myskin. B. Mybrain. C. My mouth. D. My nose. 50. If you have no skin covering your body, what would happen? A. Viruses can’t get into our body easily. B. Our body can be guarded by our hair. C. Extra heat can only stay inside our body. D. We can’t feel the changes in temperature. 51. What can you learn about your body? A. Sneezing is a way to clear our nose. B. Our heart is the same size from birth. C. We take in carbon dioxide to stay alive. D. Our muscles stop working when we nod. 52. Which is the best title for this passage? A. What Your Body Needs B. How Your Body Works C. Why Your Body Grows D. When Your Body Moves D Holidays are really important. Many of us will have childhood memories of summer holidays where we were taken away from home to experience new environments and learn in different ways. But holidays are expensive and, for those on low wages(工資 ) or living on benefits, they are often unobtainable. Even the cheapest holidays require travel and other costs that are difficult for many families to meet. For working parents, the long summer break can be a very difficult problem for childcare. Their leave is only five weeks each year, but there is a need to spread this across the year. Couples（夫妻） can find themselves taking leave in turn in order to care for children who are on holiday. For some people， this makes even an affordable family holiday difficult. The schools that I visit in Nottingham are full of experienced teachers who are working on giving our children a caring and inspiring learning environment. The number of children receiving free school meals is quite large in Nottingham and many schools have breakfast clubs to make sure that children get a healthy start to the day. Most schools have programs of group or single educational support. Schools also have an important role in safeguarding children39。s welfare(福利 ) through the support with their pupils. During the long summer holidays, much of this is missed. While teachers are having holidays in the UK, many of their pupils spend the whole six weeks on the street where they live. The lack(沒有 ) of free school meals for six weeks can result inthe increase in family spending and an inability to afford the inspiring experiences that help children to continue their learning. In making its plans for a fiveterm year, Nottingham City Council (市議會 )is planning to reduce（減少 ） the summer holiday down to four and a half weeks, with a more balanced five terms of eight weeks, each followed by a twoweek break. We believe this will give real ―break time for school teachers and pupils but will be short enough not to cause a real break in learning. We know that this change may be difficult for some school teachers. However, we must consider the benefits of children for whom we all have the greatest duty of care. 53. The word ―unobtainable‖ in paragraph 2 probably means . A. unaffordable B. unbelievable C. unchangeable D. unfortable 54. From the passage we can infer that _______. A. working parents can enjoy a fiveweek break to care for their children B. the long summer holiday gives teachers and students real break time C. the suggested plans for a fiveterm school year can hardly be carried out D. some school teachers will say ―No to the plans for a shorter summer holiday 55. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To let us know school teachers don’t want to change the holidays. B. To tell us the plans for a shorter summer holiday benefit children. C. To advise us to enjoy the long summer holidays without other costs. D. To show the problems for working parents during the summer break. 七、閱讀短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的五個選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。每個選項只能用一次。（共 10 分，每小題 2 分） This story is about Mrs. Jones, an 82yearold lady. She lived a hard life. 56 , she was always nicely dressed every day. This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the nursing home. The nursing home was very busy, 57 . After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still smiled sweetly when she was told that her room was ready. On the way to her roo