【正文】 mach How did butterflies get in your stomach? Well, those really aren‘t butterflies in there. It is a way of describing those nervous feelings you might get before a test or a very important decision. These stomach flutters( 跳動 ) are normal and happen to many people. Some people believe having a few butterflies might even help you perform better. Sick as a Dog If you‘ve ever been very sick, you may have used this expression. Because dogs eat just about anything they find, they often get sick. So it‘s all right to describe someone who‘s not feeling well as being ―sick as a dog‖ . Under the Weather When it‘s rainy all day outside ,how would you feel? This expression es from the idea that bad weather might hurt a person‘s health and mood . ( ) believes ________ if you ?have butterflies in the stomach‖ before a test. A. You‘re sure to fail will fet everything C. You might do better are sure to do better ( ) somebody says ― under the weather‖ , he must feel __________ . A. upset B. happy C. calm D. afraid ( ) expressions discussed in the passage are about _________ A. health B. habits C. feelings D. weather B Recently , Chinese izens ( 網(wǎng)民 ) enjoy themselves on ― growing and stealing crops‖ on the Inter. This is a game called ― Happy Farms‖ . Now more and more people are joining in the the game and getting addicted . Because of this game, some players have been fired（ 解雇） , lovers have broken up, but none of them can stop Happy Farms from being more popular. Here we interviewed some young izens and let‘s see what their opinions were. Nongmin: Playing Happy Farms at work, that‘s terrible! A clerk was fired because she was online playing it at work. King : I find that all the dreams of having houses and fields ,which are very hard to get in real life, are very easy to be realized in the game. I think I know the reason why the game is so popular. Kaixin : We have to know how to control ourselves. We should keep our minds on study. Games are just games. I prefer to play sports with my classmates when I am free. Kitty: I like happy farms. My highpressure work makes me feel like I can‘t breathe. I wish I could have a real house and a farm, but it seems so far away. I have to turn to virtual( 虛擬 ) nature for my own house and farm. ( ) the first paragraph the underlined phrase ―get addicted‖ means ―_______‖ A. be sorry to B. be afraid of C. be crazy about D. be fond of ( ) told us a/an ________ story about playing the game at work. A. shocking B. exciting C. relaxing D. interesting ( ) have the similar idea about the game. A.. Nongmin and King B. King and Kitty C. Kaixin and Kitty D. Nongmin and Kitty C The word ?day‘ has two meanings. When we talk about the number of days in a year, we are using ?day‘ to mean 24 hours. But when we talk about day and night,we are using ?day‘ to mean the time between sunrise and sunset. Since the earth looks like a ball, the sun can shine on only half of it at a time. Always one half of the earth is having day and the other half night. A place is moved from day into night and from night into day over and over by the spinning（旋轉(zhuǎn)） of the earth. At the equator day and night are sometimes the same length. They are each twelve h ours long. The sun rises at 6 o‘clock in the morning and sets at 6 o‘clock in the evening .For six months the North Pole is tilted（傾斜） toward the sun. In those months the Northern Hemisphere gets more hours of sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere（半球） . Days are longer than nights. South of the equator nights are longer than days. For the other six months the North Pole is tilted away from the sun. Then the Southern Hemisphere gets more sunlight. Days are longer than nights. North of the equator nights are longer than days. Winter is the season of long nights. Summer is the season of long days. ( ) the western Hemisphere is having day, the Eastern Hemisphere is having ___________ . A. both day and night B. day C. neither day and night D. night ( )8. A place