Different colours can affect us in many different ways; that’s according to Verity Allen. In a new programme “Colour me Healthy”, Verity looks at the ways that colours can influence how hard we work and the choices we make. They can even change our emotions and even influence how healthy we are. 
“Have you ever noticed how people always use the same colours for the same things?” says Verity. “Our toothpaste is always white or blue or maybe red. It’s never green. Why not? For some reason we think that blue and white is clean, while we think of green products(產品)as being a bit unpleasant. It’s the same for businesses. We respect a company which writes its name in blue or black, but we don’t respect one that uses pink or orange. People who design（設計）new products can use these ideas to influence what we buy.”
During the programme, Verity studies eight different colours, two colours in each part. She meets people who work in the colour industry, from people who design food packages, to people who name the colours of lipsticks. Some of the people she meets clearly have very little scientific knowledge to prove their ideas, such as the American “Colour Doctor” who believes that serious diseases can be treated successfully by the use of coloured lights. However, she also interviews real scientists who are studying the effects of green and red lights on mice, with some surprising results. 
Overall, it’s an interesting show, and anyone who watches it will probably find out something new. But because Verity goes out of her way to be polite to everyone she meets on the programme, it’s up to you to make your own decisions about how much you should believe.
【小題1】What’s Verity’s opinion about colours?

The centerpiece of curling(冰壺)is the curling stone. Kays of Scotland has been making curling stones since 1851, when William Kay and his sons Andrew and Thomas set up a workshop in Mauchline, Ayrshire, in southwest Scotland. Kays is still owned by the relatives of the founder, and today it is the only curling stone maker left in Scotland.
Used in a highly competitive sport, the curling stones are made to exact standards. First, stones are sliced and then into round “cheeses”. Finally, the cheeses are shaped and polished into curling stones in a series of steps.
Each stone must weigh 44 pounds. Each must have a maximum diameter (直徑) of 36 inches. Polishing is done by hand on a wheel using water, diamond-talcum power, and felt. Finishing the stone’s “running edge” is done entirely by hand with a special kind of paper and a digital measure and magnifying glass (放大鏡). Lastly, a handle(把手) is fitted into holes on the top of the stone. Stones are computer-matched into pairs. Sixteen stones----8 pairs----are needed for a game, and since curling game field usually have 6 lanes, each game field needs 96 matched stones!
Kays is a small company, employing less than ten skilled workers. Master craftsman and co-owner James Wyllie is skilled at all phases of curling stone making and is also an enthusiastic curler, as well as active member of Mauchline’s Burns Club, which meets regularly to honor well-known Mauchline residents.
【小題1】What is true about Kays?

Compared with other European countries, lifestyle in Italy is slower and more relaxing in its own way. Italians love to chat over a cup of coffee, go out for a walk in the middle of the day, and enjoy long lunches and dinners.

Family is important to Italians. They can’t think of spending a day without asking about their parents or children, and a weekend without a family lunch or dinner. Italians living outside their country also miss their family a lot.

  Italians like simple life. Their days start and end with a cup of coffee. A cup of coffee after every meal is a must. Italians love to spend time over a hot cup of coffee and even hotter conversation with friends. Topics are usually about family, football and politics(政治).

  Sport is a very important part in the lives of many Italians. Football is their favorite sport. There are hundreds of football clubs with top soccer teams in Italy. Also, many top players from all over the world play in Italy. Volleyball is also popular and so is rugby(橄欖球), with the top rugby team playing for the European Challenge Cup.

  Every Italian province, city, town and street has a historical(歷史的) even that took place there and the Italian calendar is filled with national holidays that they love to celebrate(慶祝).

 1.We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.

     A. most European countries have slow and relaxing lifestyles

     B. the lifestyle in Italy isn’t much like that of the other countries in Europe

     C. Italians enjoy chatting over a cup of tea and long dinners

     D. Italians love to walk in the middle of the night

 2. What does the writer want to tell us in the second paragraph？

     A. Friends are very important to Europeans.

     B. Italians can’t spend a day without their parents.

C. Italians will never go to another country because they will miss their children.

D. Family is more important to Italians than any other thins.

 3. Which of the following sports is loved most by Italians?

     A. Football.            B. Basketball.         C. Volleyball.        D. Rugby.

  4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

     A. Italians love to spend national holidays, but there aren’t so many.

     B. Italians never talk about politics with their family.

     C. Italians like drinking coffee after every meal.

     D. Soccer is not very popular in Italy.

  5.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Italian family.    B. Italian life.                   C. Italian sport.       D. Italian history.

根據(jù)短文內容回答問題。
Red Ribbon Week is held every year, usually during the last week of October. It started with a police officer named “Kiki” Camarena. He was sent to Mexico in order to investigate(調查) a Mexican drug company and stayed there for four and a half years. His efforts helped put a stop to several major drug making companies. So the bosses wanted to murder the men who brought them down. When Camarena left his office for a lunch date with his wife on February 7, 1985, a car drove up and kidnapped(綁架) him, and a month later he was killed. At that time he was only 37 years old.
Shortly after his death, people in Camarena’s town began wearing red ribbons in his honor. Then Camarena’s high school friend, Henry Lozano, started Camarena Club. Hundreds of people joined the club and promised to be drug-free in order to honor the death of Camarena. And then schools in several states began to join in. Now, at the end of every October, millions of Americans wear red ribbons in memory of “Kiki” Camarena. So, in 1988, the first national Red Ribbon Week was founded in America.
Red Ribbon Week has become the largest drug education and prevention organization in the United States. It encourages communities to stand up against drugs and it encourages children to make a promise not to take drugs in their life.

【小題1】Is Red Ribbon Week held at the end of October in America?
【小題2】How long did “Kiki” Camarena stay in Mexico?
【小題3】What did “Kiki” Camarena do there?
【小題4】Why do people wear red ribbon during Red Ribbon Week?
【小題5】What’s the passage mainly about?

Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise． This is an old English saying．Have you heard of it before? It means that we must go to bed early and get up early in the morning．Then we shall be healthy． We shall also be rich （wealthy） and clever（wise）．

This is true． The body must have enough sleep to be healthy．Children of young age should have ten hours’ sleep every night．Children who do not have enough sleep cannot do their work very well．They will not be wise and they may not become wealthy.

The body also needs exercise．Walking, running, jumping, swimming and playing games are all exercise．Exercise keeps the body strong．

Exercise also helps the blood（血液） to move around inside the body．This is very important．Our blood takes food to all parts of our body． The head also needs blood．Exercise helps us to think better.

回答下列各題。（10分）

1.How can we be healthy?

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2.What will happen if a child doesn’t have 10 hours’ sleep?

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3.Why does a person need exercise?

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4.What will happen to your blood if you take exercise?

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5.What’s the passage about?

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