閱讀下面短文，然后按要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

“When should I begin to acquire good habits?”a young boy asked his teacher.

“How old are you?” asked the teacher.

“Eight years old, sir.”answered the boy.

“Then you have just lost eight years,”the teacher replied.

There is no doubt that habits are formed at a very early age．When one is young, it is easy to acquire good habits.

Good habits are practices that help us in our daily life．The habit of brushing one’s teeth in the morning, for instance, keeps one’s teeth clean and prevents a bad smell which is unpleasant to others．Bad habits such as sticking one’s tongue out, biting one’s fingernails and picking one’s nose, are undesirable ways of behaving in front of others．If we want people to enjoy being with us, we should try to develop habits that are pleasant.

It is said, “We sow an act; we reap a habit．We sow a habit and we reap a character.” The habits we formed at an early age shape our character．Habits are like tributaries(支流) which flow into a river．The river is made up of all its tributaries; a person’s character is made up of all the habits that he or she has acquired over the years.

【寫作內(nèi)容】

1．以約30個詞概括本文內(nèi)容；

2．以約120個詞談?wù)勀銓�好�?xí)慣養(yǎng)成的看法，并包括以下要點：

（1）你認(rèn)為好習(xí)慣重要嗎，為什么？

（2）你身上有哪些好習(xí)慣，它們對你的學(xué)習(xí)或生活有什么影響？

（3）怎樣才能養(yǎng)成良好的習(xí)慣？

【寫作要求】

1．作文中可以使用親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文的句子。

2．作文中不得出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

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If you’re buying today’s paper from the stand，could you get ______ for me？

A． one B． such C． it D． that

I grew up in a little village in England．My father was a struggling ，but I always knew he was special．

Dad’s always been very ．At 15，I started a magazine．It was a great deal of my time，and the headmaster of my school gave me a ：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine．I decided to leave，and Dad tried to sway me from my decision， as any good father would．When he realized I had made up my mind，he said，“Richard，when I was 23，my dad me to go into law．And I’ve always regretted it．I wanted to be a biologist， I didn’t pursue my ．You know what you want．Go fulfill it．”As turned out， my little publication went to become Student，a national for young people in the U．K．

My wife and I have two children，and I'd like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad me．

1.A． teacher B． driver C． lawyer D． doctor

2.A． understanding B． experienced C． serious D． active

3.A． takingup B． makingup C． pickingup D． keepingup

4.A． suggestion B． decision C． hand D． choice

5.A． helped B． advised C． persuaded D． suggested

6.A． rather B． but C． and D． therefore

7.A． promise B． task C． belief D． dream

8.A． this B． he C． it D． that

9.A． newspaper B． magazine C． program D． project

10.A． controlled B． comforted C． reminded D． raised

No one knows exactly how many disabled people there are in the world，but estimates suggest the figure is over 450 million．The number of disabled people in India alone is probably more than double the total population of Canada．

In the United Kingdom，about one in ten people have some disability．Disability is not just something that happens to other people：as we get older，many of us will become less mobile，hard of hearing or have failing eyesight．

Disablement can take many forms and occur at any time of life．Some people are born with disabilities．Many others become disabled as they get older．There are many progressive（逐漸的）disabling diseases．The longer time goes on，the worse they become．Some people are disabled in accidents．Many others may have a period of disability in the form of a mental illness．All are affected by people’s attitude towards them．

Disabled people face many physical barriers．Next time you go shopping or to work or visit friends，imagine how you would manage if you could not get up steps，or onto buses and trains．How would you cope if you could not see where you were going or could not hear the traffic?But there are other barriers：prejudice（偏見）can be even harder to break down and ignorance represents the greatest barrier of a11．It is almost impossible for the able-bodied to fully appreciate what the severely disabled go through，so it is important to draw attention to these barriers and show that it is the individual person and their ability，not their disability，that counts．

1.The first paragraph mainly points out that ______________．

A． there are many disabled people in the world

B． the number of disabled people in India is the greatest

C． India has much more disabled people than Canada

D． it is impossible to get an exact figure of the world’s disabled people

2.The key word in paragraph 4 is _______________．

A． disability B． ignorance

C． prejudice D． barriers

3.The last word of the text“counts”most probably means ____________．

A． is most important

B． is considered

C． is included

D． is numbered

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true? ________________．

A． even the able-bodied may become disabled in some way

B． the disabled prefer to be ignored by the able-bodied

C． prejudice against the disabled should be removed

D． The disabled make up about 10 percent in the UK’s population

5.it can be concluded from the passage that ______________．

A． we should try our best to prevent disablement

B． physical and metal barriers are equally hard to break down

C． we should take a proper attitude towards the disabled

D． all of us will be disabled at a certain time of our life

［1］A new study has found evidence of aggressive behavior in children who drink four or more servings of soft drinks every day．

［2］The mothers of 3,000 five-year-olds took part in the study．They were asked to keep a record of how many servings of soft drinks their children drank over a two-month period and keep records of how they behaved．The researchers found that 43 percent of the boys and girls drank at least one daily serving of soda．Four percent of the youngsters had four or more sodas to drink every day．

［3］Children who drank the most soda were more than two times likely to show signs of aggression．“For the children who consumed four or more soft drinks per day，we see an association between aggressive behaviors，attention problems and withdrawn behaviors．”Shakira Suglia says．The aggressive behaviors included destroying possessions belonging to others，taking part in fights and physically attacking people．

［4］Shakira says the researchers identified the link after they considered the factors like the child’s age and sex．They also considered ____________，such as whether the boys and girls were eating sweets or given fruit drinks on a normal day．In addition，the researchers examined parenting styles and other social conditions that might be taking place in the home．

［5］It is not quite clear why young children who drink a lot of soda have behavior problems．However,a substance often found in soft drinks is caffeine，which helps to make people feel energetic．Doctor Suglia suggests that caffeine could be causing the children to be more aggressive．

［6］The research is part of a larger study called the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study．It follows 5．000 poor mothers and their children in 20 American cities．

1．What is the main idea of the text？(no more than l2 words)

2．What does the underlined word“they”in Paragraph 2 probably refer to?(no more than 5 words)

3．List three aggressive behaviors according to the text．(no more than 12 words)

4．Fill in the blank in Paragraph 4 with proper words．(no more than 3 words)

5．Complete the following statement with one word from Paragraph 5．

People will often become _____________ when they have some coffee，in which caffeine is the major chemical．

Can people change their skin colour without suffering like pop king Michael Jackson? Perhaps yes．Scientists have found the gene that determines skin colour．

The gene comes in two versions, one of which is found in 99 per cent of Europeans．The other is found in 93 to 100 per cent of Africans, researchers at Pennsylvania State University report in the latest issue of Science．

Scientists have changed the colour of a dark-striped zebrafish to uniform gold by inserting a version of the pigment(色素) gene into a young fish．As with humans, zebrafish skin colour is determined by pigment cells, which contain melanosomes(黑色素)．The number, size and darkness of melanosomes per pigment cell determines skin colour．

It appears that, like the golden zebrafish, light-skinned Europeans also have a mutation(變異) in the gene for melanosome production．This results in less pigmented skin．

However, Keith Cheng, leader of the research team, points out that the mutation is different in human and zebrafish genes．

Humans acquired dark skin in Africa about 1．5 million years ago to protect bodies from ultra-violet rays(紫外線) of the sun, which can cause skin cancer．

But when modern humans leave Africa to live in northern latitudes, they need more sunlight on their skin to produce vitamin D．So the related gene changes, according to Cheng．

Asians have the same version of the gene as Africans, so they probably acquired their light skin through the action of some other gene that affects skin colour, said Cheng．

The new discovery could lead to medical treatments for skin cancer．It also could lead to research into ways to change skin colour without damaging it like chemical treatment did on Michael Jackson．

1.What is the main idea of the passage?

A． People can’t change their skin colour without any pain．

B． The new discovery helped find ways to change skin colour safely．

C． Pop king Michael Jackson often changed his skin colour as he liked．

D． Scientists have found out that people’s skin colour is determined by the gene．

2.It can be inferred from the passage that ________．

A． nowadays changing the skin colour with the chemical treatment has bad effect

B． Europeans and Africans have the same genes

C． the new discovery could help to find medical treatments for skin cancer

D． there are two kinds of skin genes

3.Scientists have done an experiment on a dark-striped zebra fish in order to ________．

A． find the different genes of humans

B． prove the humans’ skin colour is determined by the pigment gene

C． find out the reason why the Africans’ skin colour is dark

D． find out the ways of changing people’s skin colour

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A． Michael Jackson died of skin damage caused by chemical treatment．

B． American blacks produce more vitamin D with their skin than others．

C． The gene determining skin colour exists widely in whites, blacks and Asians．

D． The melanosomes in the skin of blacks usually cause skin cancer more often．

We are what we eat because what we eat every day has1. great impact on our health．Therefore, we should make every effort to change our bad eating habits．2.we all know, baked or fried foods may be3.taste）, but eating too much of them will 4.（probable）result in some illnesses．Moreover, some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food．

5.． (compare) with people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but 6. (little) meat, which is a good eating habit．However, things are quite different now．With the rapid economic 7.(grow) of our country, we are now also eating a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat．We8.(run) the risk of eating out without considering the balance of our diet ．

The food we choose affects our health, so we must keep 9.in mind that the food we choose 10.give us the nutrients we need．

1.upset

A．usage B．pollute

C．August D．dusty

2.polish

A．remove B．worry

C．consider D．honest

3.cheer

A．machine B．school

C．chain D．chemist

4.crowd

A．owner B．flow

C．window D．flower

5.updated

A．liked B．dreamed

C．carried D．needed

—Will you attend the meeting this afternoon？

—But I ________ told anything about it．

A．haven't been B．a(chǎn)m not

C．wasn't D．won’t be

_____ by the latest electronic toys, the little boy stood in front of the windows, without moving．

A．To be arrested B．Arrested

C．Having arrested D．Arresting