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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Immigrant children are often highly motivated and have ambitious parents. And these clever, knowledge-hungry youngsters often achieve higher results than the rest of the classmates.

In 1954, the United States opened its borders to an immigrant from Syria. His son, Steve Jobs, became one of the most creative entrepreneurs（企业家）.In the current refugee crisis, that might look like a fairy tale, but it is not that unbelievable.

While immigrant youngsters might face cultural, social and economic disadvantages, the top 10% of 15- year-old students with an immigrant background in the United States did just as well as the top 10% without an immigrant background, as measured by Pisa, an international test.

In fact, when considering social background, these high-achieving immigrant teenagers were almost a school year ahead.

This doesn't only happen in the United States. In 13out of the 37 countries with comparable data, including the United Kingdom, the top 10% of immigrants were at least 10 points ahead of the non-immigrant students in Pisa, after considering social background.

These highly motivated students, managing to overcome the double disadvantages of poverty and an immigrant background, have the potential（潜力）to make exceptional contributions to their host countries.

On average across all countries, top performing immigrants and non-immigrants reached similar levels of performance on the Pisa mathematics test. Many immigrants seem determined to make the most of any opportunity that arises. Their children also seem ready to take on an academic challenge. Alongside the Pisa are questions about students' willingness to try to solve more complex problems. First-generation immigrants, including in the UK, are more likely than average to want to stretch themselves and try to answer more difficult problems.

The OECD's research shows that in most cases immigrant students and their parents hold an ambition to win the matches, and in some cases they go beyond the expectations of families in their host country. For example, parents of immigrant students in Belgium, Germany and Hungary are more likely to expect that their children will go to university and get a degree than parents of students without an immigrant background.

【小题1】Why is Steve Jobs referred as an example？

A．To criticize the policy of the United States.

B．To prove immigrant children caused all the refugee crisis.

C．To agree that immigrant children could get along well with others.

D．To show immigrant children could make better achievements than those in their native countries.

【小题2】According to the passage, cultural, social and economic disadvantages in immigrant youngsters

A．are all the questions from Pisa

B．exist only in the United Kingdom

C．are objective factors for the children to face

D．make the children hard to catch up with their classmates

【小题3】What does the underlined words "stretch themselves" in Paragraph 7 mean?

A．Make themselves longer by pulling.