Mr.Brown     a novel last autumn,but I don’t know whether he      it.

A.was writing; has finished          B.wrote; finished

C.wrote; has finished                D.had written; has finished

微信朋友圈似乎已经成为我们与朋友沟通交流必不可少的工具，目前很多中学生也都开通了微信，在朋友圈里发表一些自己的感想。你想让父母看你的朋友圈吗？某英语报社就这一问题做了调查，结果如下：

请根据以上信息写一篇短文，向该报社描述这一现象，并发表自己的看法。

       注意：词数不少于100字。

参考词汇：微信Wechat    朋友圈Moments

As you move around your home, take a good look at the things you have. It is likely that your living room will have a television set and a video,and your kitchen a washing machine and a microwave oven. Your bedroom drawers will be filled with almost three times as many clothes as you need. You almost certainly own a car and possibly a home computer, holiday abroad at least once a year and eat out at least once a week.

Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Getting material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long-hours work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them.

Six percent of workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year. One couple who downshifted is Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she used to work for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs (郊区), leaving their two children with a nanny (保姆). Most evenings Daniel wouldn’t get home until eight or nine o’clock, and nearly twice a month he would have to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.

Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have a farm here,” says Daniel, “ and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. It’s taken some getting used to, but it’s been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it’s made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.

Liz, However, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I’m not really a country girl, but I suppose I’m gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all”

1. What do the first two paragraphs tell us?

A. People seldom work long hours to make money.                 

B. People hardly buy more things than necessary.

C. People are sure everything they own is in the right place.

D. People realize there is more to life than just making money.

2. When Daniel was a reporter he________.

A. lived in central London                                 B. disliked his job

C. missed his children                                       D. was well paid

3. Daniel and Liz both agree that the move to the farm________.

A. was easy to organize                                     B. has improved family life

C. was extremely expensive                               D. has been a total success

4. The underlined word “downshifting” in the second paragraph means______.

A. repairing your car by yourself        

B. spending money carefully

C. moving out to the countryside. to live a simpler and better life

D. living in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a week

There          in this room.

       A．are too much furniture                  B．is too many furnitures

C．are too much furnitures                 D．is too much furniture

   I like traveling. I have traveled to many places  61  I went to college, and my travel to Tibet impressed me  62  (deep). I took the train there with my friends and enjoyed the scenery all the way. When the train  63  (be) close to Tibet, I had a headache. Then I found  64   difficult to breathe and felt exhausted. I knew that all my  65  (symptom 症状) were called altitude（海拔）sickness. And it took me a few hours to get used to it.

    Tibet,  66  (know) as the “Roof of the World”, has  67  great many world-famous places of interest  68  (include) the model of Tibetan architecture, Potala Palace and Mount Everest. So when I felt a little  69  (well), I couldn’t wait to head towards them. I was surprised to find that the top of Mount Everest  70  (cover) with snow even in July and when the sun came out, it became pure and beautiful.

The Chinese language differs from Western languages in that, instead of an alphabet, it uses characters which stand for ideas, objects or deeds. Chinese words are formed by putting together different characters. In many cases, a single character can also make up a word. The history of the Chinese language can be examined by looking at how these characters developed.

Chinese writing began thousands of years ago. According to an ancient story, a man named Cang Jie invented Chinese writing. One winter day while he was hunting, he saw the tracks of animals in the snow and observed that the appearance of each one was different. Then he had the idea that he could use different shapes to represent different objects. The first Chinese characters were drawings of physical objects. Some characters have been simplified and others have been made more difficult over time. However, as a whole the characters have developed from drawings into standard forms.

Not all characters were developed from drawings of objects. Sometimes to express ideas, some characters were made by combining two or more characters together. Other characters were developed for directions and numbers. It is easy to distinguish their meanings by looking at them.

Though these kinds of characters indicate meanings, one of their shortcomings is that they do not show how they should be pronounced. Therefore, a method was developed to have one part of a character indicate the meaning and the other suggest the pronunciation. Many Chinese characters used today were made this way.

In the 1950s the Chinese government introduced simplified Chinese characters and now they have widespread use in China’s mainland.

41. It takes ________ one day for us to complete the project.      

42. The photographer fell sick and has been in bed ________.             

43. People will soon ________ you if you behave in that bad way.

44. The Chinese people _______ tea and Belgians love beer.           

45. _______, 2000 people visited the castle on the first day it was open to the public.

46. Wilson ___________considerable success as an artist during the past few years.

47. The opening ceremony of a series of activities to celebrate International Women’s Day________ at Shanxi University on March 6, 2017.

48. ________ you have made a promise, you must carry it out.

49. The house __________my grandfather has been ruined in the earthquake.

50. The sun ______from behind the clouds late in the afternoon.     

  假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的一下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

   增加：缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下写出该加的词。

   删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

   修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

   注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

         2．只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

Peter Judd joined in the army when he was eighteen, and for several months he was teaching how to be a good soldier. He did quite well in everything besides shooting. One day he and his friends were practising their shooting, and both all of them were doing quite well except Peter. After he has shot at the target nine times and had not hit it once, the officer was trying to teach the young soldiers to shoot said, “You’re quite hopeless. Peter! Don’t waste your last bullet, too! Go behind that wall and shoot you with it! Peter felt ashamed. He went behind the wall, and a few seconds late, the officer and the other soldiers heard the sound of a shot. But Peter was all right. “I’m sorry, sir.” He said, “and I missed again.”

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。作文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 

增加:在缺词处加一个漏子符号(∧)并在其下面写出该加的词。 

删除:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:    1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词; 

2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

I took our foreign teacher Mr. Brown, he came to China for the first time, to the Great Wall in last weekend. Having told about the history of the Great Wall, he was amazing at this world wonder. He was struck by the beautiful of the Great Wall. So I took photo of him, which would be a good memory for him. At the top, Mr. Brown was very interested in the activity of protecting the environment that he was eager to join in and then sign his name. Both the Great Wall or the Chinese people deep impressed him. He decided to visit more places of interest when free.

An American teacher walked up and down in a classroom while she was teaching stress management to her students. As she   41   a glass of water, everyone   42   they would be asked the “half empty or half-full” question.

  43  , with a smile on her face, she asked, “how   44   is this glass of water?”

Answers called out   45   from eight to twenty ounces (盎司).

She quieted the students down and then replied, “The absolute weight doesn’t   46  . It all depends on how long I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it’s not a   47  . If I hold it for an hour, I’ll have an ache in my   48  . If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel   49   and paralyzed. In each case, the weight of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Do you know why? ”

All the students kept silent and listened carefully,   50   in thought.

She continued, “Our   51   and worries in life are like that glass of water. Think about them for a while and   52   happens. Think about them a bit longer and they begin to   53  . And if you think about them all day long, you will feel paralyzed ---  54   to do anything.”

It’s important to remember to   55   your stresses. As early in the evening as possible, put all your   56   down. Don’t carry them through the evening and into the night. Remember to put the glass down!

More often than not life gets terrible   57   we think too much. And the moment you    remove your burden, you’ll find yourself feeling so much more   58  .

So   59   moping around (闲逛) and feeling sorry for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to   60   yourself to anything that’s not making you happy.

41. A. rose                        B. raised                    C. drank                     D. demanded

42. A. argued                    B. wondered              C. agreed                   D. expected

43. A. Meanwhile             B. Anyhow                 C. Instead             D. Therefore       

44. A. heavy                            B. much               C. full                         D. little        

45. A. replied                    B. ranged                   C. read                       D. remained

46. A. affect                      B. drop                       C. work                      D. matter    

47. A. success                   B. point                      C. problem                 D. skill        

48. A. arm                         B. hand                      C. neck                      D. back

49. A. steady                    B. sensitive                C. numb                    D. isolated

50. A. lost                         B. losing                     C. having lost            D. lose

51. A. surprises                B. stresses              C. delights                 D. doubts

52. A. everything              B. anything                C. something             D. nothing      

53. A. improve                  B. hurt                        C. change                   D. adjust

54. A. uncertain                B. frightened             C. unable                   D. available

55. A. catch up with          B. take charge of     C. put up with            D. let go of

56. A. burdens                  B. thoughts                C. hardships              D. feelings

57. A. till                           B. when                   C. unless                    D. though

58. A. excited                   B. worried                  C. satisfied                D. relaxed

59. A. in case of               B. rather than            C. on behalf of           D. more than

60. A. help                        B. throw                     C. abandon           D. commit

— What do you do, Lucy?

— I’m a secretary in a foreign company now, but I ______ English in a high school for 10 years.

A. teach                     B. am teaching                C. have taught                 D. taught

     Time, wars and natural disasters have a bad effect on the artistic and cultural objects in the world. More than 1,000 years ago, a fire destroyed the Library of Alexandria in Egypt. In 1755, an earthquake destroyed Ribeira Palace in Lisbon, Portugal, along with artworks inside. In modern times, the Taliban destroyed the huge Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan.

    As we all know, museums play an important part in our daily lives. They store evidence of culture and history and exhibit great works. A major goal of most museums in the world is to make sure that important historical objects do not disappear forever. The Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, holds 1,250 pieces of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. These objects have inspired artists and historians for many years. So the museum is working to make a complete and permanent (永久的) record of the artworks.

    The project is an effort of both the museum and the scientists from Indiana University in the United States. The team is using technology to create digital copies (数字复制品) of Uffizi’s ancient sculptures.

    The process is called photogrammetry (摄影制图法). At one time, this process was slow and expensive. But not anymore, said Professor Robert Frischer. He said photogrammetry is now much faster and cheaper. Now they can gather the 3-D data on a life-size sculpture in half an hour and they can process the data just in a couple of hours.

    The images allow the viewer to examine the sculpture from all sides. And when the viewer zooms in (用变焦距镜头放大), the image becomes clearer. The Uffizi hopes to have the collection completed and available on the Internet by 2020.

5.     What can we learn about the world’s artworks?

A.     Some of them have been destroyed.

B.     They were destroyed by accident.

C.     They were not protected by humans.

D.     Most of them are kept in Afghanistan now.

6.     Why do Uffizi Gallery and Indiana University work together?

A.     To build the largest museum.

B.     To create long-lasting artworks.

C.     To introduce some ancient sculpture.

D.     To encourage more artists and historians.

7.     What can we learn about photogrammetry?

A.     It is still expensive.

B.     It is a time-saving step now.

C.     It does great harm to the artworks.

D.     It was invented by Robert Frischer.

Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children improve their literacy skills(读写能力) . With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence, according to Intermountain Therapy Animals (ITA) in Salt Lake City. The group says it is the first program in the country to use dogs to help develop literacy in children, with the introduction of Reading Education Assistance Dogs (READ).

The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea. “Literacy specialists admit that children who read below the level of their fellow pupils are often afraid of reading aloud in a group, often have lower self-respect, and regard reading as a headache.” said Lisa Myton, manager of the children’s department.

Last November the two groups started “Dog Day Afternoon” in the children’s department of the main library. About 25 children attended each of the four Saturday-afternoon classes, reading for half an hour. Those who attended three or four of the classes received a “paw graphed” book at the last class.

The program was so successful that the library plans to repeat it in April, according to Dana Thumpowsky, public relations manager.

8. What is mainly discussed in the text?

A. Children’s reading difficulties.                         B. Advantages of raising dogs.

C. Service in a public library.                           D. A special reading program.

9. Specialists use dogs to listen to children reading because they think ______.

A. dogs are young children’s best friends             

B. children can play with dogs while reading

C. dogs can provide encouragement for shy children

D. children and dogs understand each other

10. By saying “The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea,” the writer means the library

______.

A. uses dogs to amuse children                             B. accepts the idea put forward by ITA

C. has opened a children’s department                  D. has decided to train some dogs

11. The underlined part “a ‘paw graphed’ book” is most probably ______.

A. a book used in Saturday classes                    B. a book written by the children

C. a prize for the children                           D. a gift from parents

 No doubt, the more one is _______ the foreign language environment, the better he or she will learn the language.

A. referred to         B. caught in          C. kept up              D. exposed to

I live in a big city with a lot of homeless people.Luckily, there're some ways of helping them and you needn't have a lot of __21__.One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine.__22__ doing this one day，I got to __23__ a young homeless man.He was often __24__ the magazine at the train station.

He was a poor farmer from another country.After a while，I discovered that his __25__ was close to mine.It __26__ that we were born in the same month.

I met him last year __27__ after his birthday，and after congratulating him，without __28__，I asked if he had had a good day.He __29__ and said that he hadn't really celebrated.I felt so __30__.

I just couldn't bear the thought of(不敢想)this nice，young man being __31__on his 25th birthday with no presents，no cake；nothing！So I went home and looked in my yarn(纱线)basket.__32__for me，I had enough yarn __33__.I set to work and knitted(编织)a__34__for the young man.The yarn had become a little dirty __35__I didn't knit very often.Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be __36__when he got it.

I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping.I had __37__ to meet him so I had __38__ the scarf and a piece of my own birthday _39__ around with me.He was very happy with these gifts and so was I．The __40__in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!

21．A.work     B．energy      C．money      D．experience

22．A.In        B．On        C．Besides      D．By

23．A.realize     B．ignore     C．know       D．recognize

24．A.selling     B．reading    C．covering     D．buying

25．A.birthday   B．house      C．height       D．hobby

26．A.said      B．found      C．guessed      D．meant

27．A.long      B．shortly     C．ever         D．even

28．A.stopping      B．helping          C．praising     D．thinking

29．A.looked up   B．turned up    C．looked down      D．got down

30．A.foolish        B．excited         C．clever      D．worried

31．A.calm          B．happy          C．alone       D．hungry

32．A.Suddenly       B．Luckily        C．Badly       D．However

33．A.used           B．done          C．left         D．produced

34．A.scarf          B．cap            C．sock        D．glove

35．A.when          B．because        C．so          D．and

36．A.different        B．dry           C．wet         D．clean

37．A.liked           B．hoped         C．promised     D．agreed

38．A.made           B．thrown        C．received     D．carried

39．A.cake            B．present        C．song       D．party

40．A.light            B．pain          C．sight       D．tear

A man came home from work late, tired and found his 5-year-old son waiting for him at the door.

“Daddy, may I ask you a question?” “Yeah, sure, what is it?” replied the man.   36   “If you must know, I make $20?” “Oh,” the little boy replied, with his head down. Then he looked up and said, “Daddy, may I borrow $10? The father was angry, “If the only reason you asked for that is to borrow some money to buy a silly toy, the you should go to bed.”   37 

After about an hour or so, the man calmed down, and started to think. Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn’t ask for money very often.   38   “Are you asleep, son?’’ He opened the door and asked. “No, Daddy,” replied the boy. “I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you just now,” said the man, “Here’s the $10 you asked for.”  39   “Oh, thank you, Daddy!” he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some small change.   40   “Why do you want more money if you have already had some?” the father asked angrily.

“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,” the little boy replied. “Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home earlier tomorrow, I would like to have dinner with you.”

A. Silently the little boy returned the money to his father with tears.

B. The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

C. “Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

D. “Daddy, how much do you spend a day?”

E. The man went to the door of the little boy’s room.

F. The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

G. The little boy sat straight up, smiling.

Now scientists have discovered the first evidence(证据) that the animals actually behave like their masters. Just like children, they use a “look and learn” way which means they can mimic (模仿) human’s actions when going about their tasks.

Biologists and psychologists at the universities of Vienna and Oxford designed an experiment to test the theory(理论) that dogs do have the ability to copy what they see, using a simple wooden box. In the study, ten owners showed their dogs how to open the wooden box, sometimes using their heads to push a handle and sometimes using their hands.

In the first part of the test, five dogs were rewarded with a piece of sausage for copying their owners’ actions. The other five were rewarded with food for not copying, and using other methods. With each dog the experiment was repeated hundreds of times, and the time taken for a dog to get it “right” on 85 percent of attempts(尝试) (17 goes out of 20) was recorded. The dogs that were encouraged to mirror their owners reached this point almost three times sooner on average than those rewarded for not copying them. In the second part of the test, all the dogs were only rewarded for copying the method their owners used. The five dogs previously(先前) rewarded for copying their owners reached the 85 percent mark more than twice as the other five.

In a paper published in Proceeding of the Royal Society, they concluded, “Like humans, dogs can’t help imitating actions they see.” Going further, they said, “The results suggest the imitative (模仿的) behavior of dogs is shaped more by their developmental interactions with humans than by their evolutionary (进化的) history of domestication (驯化).”

Caroline Kisko, from the Kennel club, said, “A dog’s behavior is influenced much like that of a child learning right from wrong and using similar patterns of behavior. We hope that owners understand the importance of their actions and use this knowledge to set good examples and therefore positively influence the behavior of their pets.”

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

      A. Dogs Are Intelligent Animals.                                        B. Dogs Are like Children Most.

      C. Dogs Behave like Their Masters.                                   D. Dogs Can Complete Simple Tasks.

6. The researchers believe dogs’ imitative behavior comes mainly from ______.

A. human-dog interactions                                             B. human rewards             

C. evolution                                                                D. domestication 

7. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. Masters should influence their dogs as early as possible.

B. A man’s bad behavior may influence his dog.

C. Dogs can’t be influenced by men easily.

D. Dogs always behave positively.

When US musician Bob Dylan was announced as the winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for literature last month, many people took to social media to suggest that Leonard Cohen was the only other living songwriter who deserved(值得)the honor.

Sadly, on Nov 7, the deep-voiced Canadian artist died at the age of 82.

Many tributes(称赞)were written for Cohen, who had just released his 14th album, You Want It Darker, on Oct 21st. “Leonard Cohen is as important today as he was in the 1960s,” Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on in a statement. “ His ability to describe human emotion made him one of the most influential and lasting musicians ever.”

Cohen’s most famous song, Hallenlujah, in which he compared physical love to a need for spiritual connection, has been recorded hundreds of times by different musician since it was first released in 1984.

And Cohen’s song Bird on a Wire(1969) could be considered a perfect epitaph(墓志铭)that he wrote for himself. As the song’s first line goes, “Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in midnight choir(合唱团), I have tired in my way to be free.”

“Cohen writes words that explain what it means to be human. I’ve read poetry that has as much beauty as Cohen’s work, but in the world of music, Cohen is a rarity,” US singer Jennifer Warnes told Austin American-Statesman newspaper. ‘He describes things that go on inside a heart and what it feels like to be here.”

Along with his spirituality, Cohen’s dry, deep voice also helped his popularity. In 2006 he spoke with the NPR radio station about how he got his interesting voice—apparently it was “500 tons of whiskey and a million cigarettes.”

But he never forgot to work on the instruments that made up his songs, even though he was most famous for his lyrics (歌词)and voice.

“There is no difference between a poem and a song,” Cohen said in 1969 interview with the New York Times newspaper. “Some were songs first and some were poems first and some were written at the same time. All of my writing has guitars behind it, even the novels.”

“When people talk about Cohen, they fail to mention the melodies(旋律), which to me, along with his lyrics, are his greatest genius,” Bob Dylan told the New York magazine.” They give a lift to every one of his songs. As far a I know, no one comes close to this in modern music.”

28. What do Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan have in common?

   A. They have both written beautiful lyrics.

   B. They have both achieved outstanding things in literature

   C. They both came from the same country

   D. They were both considered the possible winners of Nobel Prize in literature.

29. People often speak highly of Cohen for many things except for_____.

   A. his voice     B. his melodies     C. his lyrics     D. his influence

30. What can be inferred from the article?

   A. Hallenlujah is the most performed song in the world

   B. Bird on a Wire was written to describe Cohen’s personality

   C. Bob Dylan took inspiration from Cohen’s work

   D. Cohen said his unhealthy habits contributed to his unique voice.

31. Which of the following words best describe Cohen?

   A. Humorous and optimistic     B. Sensitive(敏感的)and moody

   C. Insightful(深刻的)and talented    D. Expressive and rebellious(叛逆的)

51.最富有活力而又最重要的节日，就是告别冬天、迎来春天的日子。

The most        and important festivals are the ones that                to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.

52.相反，他们削减了饭菜中脂肪的含量，增加了纤维素的含量。

On the              ,they_____________ _____________the fat and increased the fibre in the meal.  

53.事实上，我靠在船上做义工来挣取船费，这就是我衣衫褴褛的原因。

The fact is that I earned my__________by working as an unpaid hand on the ship,which__________ ___________ my shabby appearance.

54.他们把过多的二氧化碳释放到大气层中，阻止地球上的热释放到太空中去。

They are putting too much____________dioxide into the____________,which____________heat from escaping from the earth into space.

55.在赛马会上，来自世界各地的、有骑野马天赋的牛仔们给我留下了深刻的印象。

In the Stampede,I was deeply__________with the cowboys from all over the world who_________a__________for riding wild horses.

56.珍*古道尔争辩说野生动物理应受到尊重且应留在野外生活，而不能用于娱乐或广告。

Jane Goodall____________that wild animals should be__________and left in the wild instead of being used for____________or advertisements.

57.的确，他那被太阳晒得黝黑的脸庞和手臂以及他那瘦削而又结实的身体，就跟其他千百万的中国农民一样，过去50年来，他一直在努力帮助他们。

Indeed,his____________face and arms and his slim,strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has____________for the past five.

58.他克服自己的羞涩，把注意力集中在表演上，因为他认为只要他能让人们在沮丧的时候开怀大笑，那么他们对自己的生活就会感到满足。

He_________his shyness and________all his attention on his performance,for he thought,only if he managed to make people laugh at a time when they felt depressed would they feel more____________with their life.

59.微笑当然是最普遍通用的面部表情，它的功能是表示快乐和安人心境。

The most universal facial expression is,of course,the smile,whose___________is to show happiness and put people___________ ____________.

60.拥有这一切引人入胜的东西，难怪哪里有迪士尼乐园哪里的旅游业就会火起来呢！

With all these__________,it is__________ __________that tourism is increasing wherever there is a Disneyland!

A warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night’s sleep. But now a study has found it really does help people nod off—if it is milked from a cow at night.
    Researchers have discovered that “night milk” contains more melatonin (褪黑激素), which has been proven to help people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety.
    The study, by researchers from Seoul, South Korea, involved mice being fed with dried milk powder made from cows milked both during the day and at night.
    Those given night milk, which contained 10 times the amount of melatonin, were less active and less anxious than those fed with the milk collected during daytime, according to the study published in The Journal of Medicinal Food.
    Night milk quickened the start of sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer.
    While the effect of cows milk harvested at different times has not been tested on humans up to now, taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who are struggling to fall asleep at night.
    Previous studies have also indicated that milk can be excellent for helping sleep because of the calcium content, which helps people to relax.
    Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening. The more fat you take in before bedtime, the greater burden you will put on your body at night.

27. According to the text, the mice fed with daytime milk_______.
   A. started sleep more easily          B. were less active
   C. were more anxious                     D. woke up later
28. Which of the following is TRUE of melatonin according to the text?
   A. It’s used in sleeping drugs                   B. It exists in milk in great amount
   C. It can make people more energetic           D. It’s been tested on mice for ten years 
29. What can be a suitable title for the text?
   A. Milk Drinking and Health                  B. Fat, Sugar and Health
   C. An Experiment on Mice                     D. Night Milk and Sleep
30. How does the author support the theme of the text?
   A. By giving examples.           B. By providing research results.   

C. By explaining statistical data.     D. By stating arguments