Parents and teens have long been warned that not getting enough sleep can be

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Parents and teens have long been warned that not getting enough sleep can be unhealthy. However, with the demands of schoolwork, activities and family responsibilities teens often don’t spend enough time on sleep. According to one study, only 15% of teens are getting 8-10 hours of sleep a night they need to function best.

High school English teacher and writer Emily Genser says, “My kids are always asking for nap time! Their lives at home are very stressful. I would be more likely to push for later start times for high school students. They would benefit from another hour of sleep.” Not enough sleep is not only bad for teens’ health, but it can also wreak havoc with their academic (学业的) and athletic performance. It is found that not enough sleep can be linked with drinking, smoking and drug use.

Some high schools are trying a different way. They are allowing tired teens to take a nap in school during the school day in specially designed Energy Pods or just allowing them to spend time in a “quiet room” where technology and conversation are banned. Schools say that a little rest during a packed school day helps students face mounting pressure to get into college.

Because students who sleep better do better and not all of our schools offer nap time, here are some suggestions to help our teens get the sleep they need:

▲Just like in earlier childhood, parents should create a calm atmosphere in the house at bedtime.

▲Encourage a relaxing, regular routine (常规) before bedtime which gives them an opportunity to relax.

▲Persuade them to avoid caffeine after 4 pm.

▲If they do nap, tell them to keep daytime naps less than an hour.

▲Teach them that alcohol and nicotine not only damage their health, but affect their sleep.

▲Show them how regular exercise and a healthy diet promote (促进) good sleep.

【小题1】What does Paragraph 1 mainly want to show?

A．Today’s teens are under too much pressure.

B．Not getting enough sleep harms teens’ health.

C．Today’s teens generally don’t get enough sleep.

D．Teenage students should be helped to function best.

【小题2】What does the underlined part “wreak havoc with” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．do great harm to	B．get along with
C．take the place of	D．make a contribution to

【小题3】Why are Energy Pods created for students at some schools?

A．To reduce students’ pressure.	B．To help students get refreshed.
C．To prevent students from talking.	D．To reduce the usage of technology.

【小题4】What should parents do according to the last part of the text?

A．Create a calm atmosphere the whole day.

B．Prevent their children from drinking coffee all the time.

C．Encourage exercise and healthy eating at home.

D．Make sure their teens nap for at least an hour daily.

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Common Sense Media，a group that helps children，parents and teachers better understand media and technology，did a study. It paid attention to all kinds of media-related activities，from old methods like reading and listening to the radio，to new favorites like using social media and video chatting. More than 2，600 kids were surveyed. Here are some truths and myths（错误观念）the study found：

Truth 1：Some teens spend too much time looking at screens.

One in five teens spends more than six hours on screens each day，and 18%of teens are looking at their screens for more than 10 hours a day. Often they watch television on one while chatting with friends on another.

Myth 1：This is the end of reading.

The average（平均的）time young people spend reading，either in print or on a screen，is only 30 minutes a day. However，kids who received the survey say reading is one of their favorite activities.

Truth 2：Boys prefer video games while girls prefer social media.

Among teen boys，71% enjoy playing video games，twice as many as teen girls. And while more than 25%of teen boys list playing video games as their favorite media activity，only 2%of teen girls do.

What's more，teen girls spend about 40 minutes more each day on social media than boys do.

Myth 2：TV and music have been muscled out（强行逐出）.

For teens，TV is still the top media activity. They enjoy it most and watch it every day. In fact，47%of teens have TV sets in their bedrooms. For teens，while 57%have TV sets in their rooms，music is the main form of amusement. However，only about a third listen to music on the radio. Most teens listen to it on their smartphones.

Note: You are a teen if you are between 13 and 19 years old，while a tween is a child between the ages of 10 and 12.

【小题1】What can we learn from Truth 1？

A．Teens prefer to watch TV rather than chat with

B．Teen boys spend a lot of time in reading.

C．20% of teens spend more than 6 hours on screens a day.

D．teens spend too much time chatting with friends online.

【小题2】What's the percent of teen girls enjoying playing video games?

A．About 2%.	B．About 25%.
C．About 35%.	D．About 70%.

【小题3】From Myth 2, we can learn that_____.

A．teens watch TV less than teens every day

B．most teens wish to have their own smartphones

C．more teens have TV sets in their bedrooms than teens

【小题4】What is the subject of the survey?

A．Kids' reading activities.

B．Kids' interests and hobbies.

C．Media and technology in kids' life.

D．The bad effect of social media on kids.

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Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not bring so much material home in the first place.

The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.

Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.

But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.

There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary material we are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.

【小题1】What does the underlined word “over-consumption” refer to?

A．Using too much packaging.

B．Recycling too much waste.

C．Making more products than necessary.

D．Having more material than is needed.

【小题2】The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show ________.

A．the tendency of cutting household waste

B．the increase of packaging recycling

C．the rapid growth of supermarkets

D．the fact of packaging overuse

【小题3】What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A．Unpackaged products are of bad quality.

B．Supermarkets care more about packaging.

C．It is improper to judge quality by packaging.

D．Other products are better packaged than food.

【小题4】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Fighting wastefulness is difficult.

B．Needless material is mostly recycled.

C．People like collecting recyclable waste.

D．The author is proud of his consumer culture.

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Your peers are people your age or close to it who have experiences and interests similar to yours. You and your friends make dozens of decisions every day，and you influence each other’s choices and behavior. This is often ______ —it’s human nature to listen to and learn from other people in your age group.

Sometimes，though，the stresses in your life can actually come from your peers. They may pressure you into doing something you’re uncomfortable with，such as shoplifting，doing drugs or drinking，or taking dangerous risks when you are driving a car.

The pressure to conform（随潮流）can be powerful and hard to resist. A person might feel pressure to do something just because others are doing it. Peer pressure can influence a person to do something that is relatively harmless—or something that has more serious consequences. People may feel pressure to conform，so they fit in or are accepted，and they don’t feel awkward or uncomfortable. When people are unsure of what to do in a social situation，they naturally look to others for cues（暗示）about what is and isn’t acceptable.

The people who are most easily influenced will follow someone else’s lead first. Then others may go along，too—so it can be easy to think，“It must be OK. Everyone else is doing it. They must know what they’re doing.”Before you know it，many people are going along with the crowd—perhaps on something they might not otherwise do.

Responding to peer pressure is part of human nature—but some people are more likely to give in，and others are better able to resist and stand their ground.

It’s not always easy to resist negative peer pressure. But when you do，it is easy to feel good about it afterwards. And you may even be a positive influence on your peers who feel the same way—often it just takes one person to speak out or take a different action to change a situation.

【小题1】Which is most likely to be filled in the blank in Paragraph 1?