Most people work or study from Monday to Friday. The weekend is usually a time of rest. But today's Chinese teenagers can hardly rest during the weekends.

According to a survey, 24% of the Grade 8 students in Beijing have classes at the weekend. Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours’ sleep each night because of study.

And this isn't only in Beijing. Ji Chunying is a Grade 9 student in Guangzhou. The 14-year-old girl has to get up at 6:45 am on Saturday. Then she has a whole day of classes. On Sunday, she goes to extra classes for math and physics.

But Ji doesn't complain. She says her classmates all work very hard.

Finding time to have fun

Zhao Yang, 13, is from Dalian, Liaoning. As a Grade 8 student, Zhao's weekend is less busy. But he still spends Saturday in school. On Sunday, after finishing homework, he plays basketball. "I feel happy because I still have time to do the things I like," he said.

Some students are much luckier. They don't have to go to school on the weekend.

Ding Yi, a Grade 8 student from Laiwu, Shandong, is one of them. And she's a top student.

During the weekend, Ding usually gets up at 8 am. Then she spends some time doing homework. After that she is free to go shopping or watch TV.

Ding said her mother once wanted her to try extra classes. But when they asked Ding's teacher about it, the teacher said it was unnecessary.

"My teacher said I don't need to push myself too much. Learning well at school is enough," Ding said. "I feel pretty lucky."

1.Over 40% of the middle school students have less than eight hours sleep each night because of ___________.

A．playing computer games

B．playing with friends

C．busy study

D．watching TV

2.How many students are mentioned in this passage?

A．2.               B．3.                C．4.               D．5.

3.We can learn from the passage that ___________.

A．Some middle school students can enjoy their weekend.

B．All the students in China are busy studying on the weekend.

C．Every student in China has to go to extra classes on the weekend.

D．All the students complain about their busy weekend.

4.The above text may be a _______.

A．a(chǎn) story of science                       B．school notice

C．short play                             D．news report

Will it matter if you don’t have your breakfast? There were a test in the US. People of different ages, from 12 to 83, took the test. During the test, these people got all kinds of breakfasts and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see how well they worked after they ate different kinds of breakfasts.
The result shows that if a person eats a right breakfast , he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen more carefully in class.
The result is different from what some people think. It shows having no breakfast will not help them lose weight.(減肥) This is because they become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch. In fact, they will gain weight.（增重） But they will lose more weight if they reduce other meals.
【小題1】During the test, people got         

A generation gap(代溝)has become a serious problem.! read a report about it in the newspaper. Some children have killed  31  after quarrelling (爭(zhēng)吵)with 32  .I think this is because they don't often have a talk with each other. Parents now  33 more time in the office, 34  they don't have much time to stay with their children. As time passes, they both feel that they don’t have the  35  topic(話題)to talk about. I want to tell parents to be more patient with your  36_，get to know them and  37 them. And for children, show your 38_to your parents. They are the people who love you. So 39  them your thoughts. In this way, you 40  have a better understanding of each other.

The   1   in Britain is very different from our Chinese food. For example, they eat a lot of potatoes. They like to eat  2  every day. They eat bread  3  breakfasts and usually for one other meal. They eat their bread with butter,   4  cheese or jam(果醬). Cheese and butter are made from   5  .They drink a lot of milk, too. They drink the milk cold or  6 _, and they put it in their tea. They put sugar in their  7 _, too. They are the world’s biggest tea  8  . They don’t eat much rice. And they like meat or fish with  9  and other vegetables. They serve all these together. After the main meal they always have  10  sweet. They call this dessert. They don’t have dumplings in Beijing.