【正文】 is untrue. “People have no idea how important sleep is to their lives,” Dr Thomas Roth, director of the Foundation says. “ ____63 ____” “But not too much of it,” says Professor Jim Horne. “ Sleep is like food and drink,” he believes: “_____64_____” Professor Horne studied a group of people who could spend as many hours as they wanted in bed。 The world is being smaller by using modern traffic, TV, telephone and so on. Life today is easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has also brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Pollution es in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world. Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad to all living things in the world. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us bee angry more easily. The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city. So the less pollution there is, the better life people will have. ( )51. Our world is being much smaller ___________. A. because of science development B. because there are fewer people C. because the earth is being polluted day and night ( )52. Thousands of years ago, life was __________ it is today. A. easier than B. as easy as C. harder than ( )53. Pollution es in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means __________. A. air pollution B. noise pollution C. water pollution ( )54. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because _______. A. it makes much noise B. it’s bad to all living things in the world C. it has made our rivers and lakes dirty ( )55. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world’s population does. C. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are so many people. B 根據短文內容，判斷下列句子的正誤，正確的用 T，錯誤的用 F。 （共 10小題；每小題 1分，計 10分） May Day came and I had three days off. After I finished my homework., I stayed at home with ____41 ____ to do. Just then my father came back with a ____42 ____ look on his face. He said he bought a new kind of medicine but couldn’t understand its English instruction. So he asked me to put the instruction into Chinese. I thought it would be better than ____43 ____ puters games all day, so I accepted the work happily. I promised to finish it in an hour and started the work on the pute. But ____44 ____ I found it was hard to keep the promise. In May the weather was very beautiful, but I couldn’t go out. The tiring instruction was still ____45 ____ me. After translating only a few words, I already lost interest in it. There were so many new words in the instruction! How I ____46 ____ I could just go outside and play football with my friends! I counted the words again and again. I just wanted to give up. I felt as if two people were fighting ____47 ____ my mind. One said, “Don’t give up!” Keeping working hard, and you’ll do well!” But then the other said, “Go and play! It will be more ____48 ____ than translating. Do your work tomorrow.” I stood up and would ____49 ____ the puter. But then I remembered ____50 ____ my teacher had told me, “Whatever you do, don’t stop halfway.” So I sat down and went on with it. 41. A. nothing B. something C. everything D. anything 42. A. good B. pleased C. worried D. happy 43. A. being played B. playing C. played D. plays 44. A. just then B. right now C. soon D. suddenly 45. A. talking to B. looking at C. smiling at D. waiting for 46. A. thought B. felt C. wished D. decided 47. A. in B. with C. about D. for 48. A. fun B. important C. useful