Question

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.

This is an old English saying (諺語(yǔ)). It means that we should go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. If we do, we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich and clever.

Is this true? Perhaps it is. The body must have enough sleep. Children of your age need ten hours’ sleep every night. If you go to bed late, you can’t have enough sleep. Then you can’t think carefully and your homework will be wrong. You will not be wise and you may not become wealthy!

Some people go to bed late at night and get up late in the morning. This is not good for them. We should sleep at night when it is dark. The dark helps us sleep well. When the daylight comes, we should get up. This is the time for exercise. If the body is not used, it will become weak. Exercise keeps it strong.

Exercise helps the blood (血液) to move around inside the body. Blood takes nutrition (營(yíng)養(yǎng)) to all parts of our bodies. The brains (大腦) in our heads also need blood. We think with our brains. If we keep our bodies healthy, and take exercise, we can think better!

Our bodies also need air to breathe (呼吸). Without air we will die. Get up early in the morning and we can have plenty of clean, fresh air. That will keep us healthy and happy.

1.The old English saying tells us _______.

A. how to make more money

B. when we should get up

C. it is important to go to bed and get up early

D. to stay up late

2.A child needs at least _______ hours’ sleep every night.

A. 7 B. 8 C. 9 D. 10

3.If you want to make your body strong, you should _______.

A. exercise often B. have enough sleep

C. go to bed early D. get up early

4. _______ provides nutrition for our brains.

A. Air B. Blood C. Exercise D. Sleep

5. Which of the following statements is Not true?

A. Enough sleep makes you think carefully.

B. The more sleep you have, the cleverer you are.

C. Dark is good for sleeping.

D. People will die without air.

Answer 1