For many people, working from home, or ‘WFH’, has also come to mean ‘WFB’-working from bed. Getting dressed and going to an office has been replaced by splashing water on your face and switching on a computer as you settle back under your blanket. People may have a desk or a kitchen table to place their computer on-they just choose not to.

But the reality is that turning your bed into your office can set off a large number of health problems, both psychological and physical. And even if you don't notice them now, adverse effects-possibly permanent-could appear later on in life. Young people are particularly likely to fall victim to these bad habits, because they may not feel the consequences right away, which could include simple headaches, and could also extend to permanent stiffness in your back, and severe pain in the bones.

When you work from bed for a year, it doesn't just potentially ruin your body. It's possibly bad for your productivity and sleep habits, too. Rachel Salas, a sleep expert at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland, explained that “the more you watch TV in bed, play video games in bed and not sleep in bed, your brain starts learning,' oh, OK, we can do any one of these activities in bed'. It starts building connections.”

So, when you spread out on your bed your laptop, phone and all the screens your job requires every day, your brain and body eventually stop associating bed with rest. “You're really training your brain to be alert, and telling it this is where your ideas come and this is where the work is done,” adds Salas. “When you're trying to go to sleep, your brain is like-'wait a minute, what are we doing? This is work time'.” Doing this for a year, or any extended period of time, could lead to circadian rhythm disorder (昼夜节律紊乱）. And disturbed nights, body pain or both mean that you're less likely to be productive, creative or focused, making it likely your work could suffer.

4. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “adverse" in paragraph 2?

A．Beneficial.

B．Harmful.

C．Temporary.

D．Ever-lasting.

5. What do we know about the health problems caused by working from bed?

A．Young people are less likely to suffer from them.

B．They can be permanent and can be easily noticed.

C．Young people might notice them later on in their life.

D．They only appear when you work from bed for a year.

6. What does Rachel Salas say about working from bed?

A．It trains your brain to be more alert and creative.

B．It makes you sleepy and easily distracted from work.

C．It's better than watching TV or playing games in bed.

D．It makes your brain connect bed with work rather than rest.

7. What is this passage mainly about?

A．Beds are not the perfect working sites.

B．Your productivity suffers from working from home.

C．Working from bed could ruin both your health and work.

D．Turning your bed into your office has become a new trend.

ADHD (多动症) affects behavior, and people with it can appear restless and have trouble concentrating, EndeavorRx is a game-changing ADHD treatment. It is a video game created for kids with ADHD, with the goal of decreasing their difficulties with paying attention. And it is now approved by the FDA.

Much like a classic video game, in this one, the player must collect items, avoid obstacles and level up through increasing difficulty. Since this video game was made for ADHD kids, the tasks teach players to concentrate effectively and switch between tasks, which is typically challenging for people with ADHD. Because it always requires them to be focused. This treatment option is available with a prescription (处方) and works well combined with other therapies (疗法) the child might be receiving. Parents can even track their child’s progress via a companion app.

The game is actually backed by years of research and clinical studies that show a significant improvement when kids played the EndeavorRx video game. EndeavorRx has studied over 600 children with ADHD. Motherly, an online platform for mothers, writes about the positive results that parents reported after using the video game to treat their child’s ADHD.

One of the interesting things about this video game is that it ends once it has been played for a relatively short time, which is not the case with most video games. Setting parameters (参数) and limits on the game’s usage in advance is beneficial for the users with ADHD. Perhaps the video game as a treatment will catch on for other conditions. For now, it’s great to hear that ADHD-ers get to have some well-deserved fun.

12. In which aspect do kids benefit from EndeavorRx?

A．Building confidence.	B．Developing social skills.
C．Improving concentration.	D．Gaining high-tech knowledge.

13. What does paragraph2 mainly tell us about EndeavorRx?

A．Its tasks.	B．Its advantages
C．Its target users	D．The inspiration for its design.

14. What is the purpose of paragraph 3?

A．To show the impact of ADHD on children.

B．To encourage parents to support EndeavorRx video games.

C．To stress the importance of the research about EndeavorRx.

D．To prove the effectiveness of EndeavorRx in treating ADHD

15. What is special about EndeavorRx for ADHD-ers?

A．It offers users chances to show their scores online.

B．It permits users to set screen time limits in advance.

C．It rewards players for finishing games in a short time.

D．It allows parents to control the game via a companion app

I am seven years older than my twin cousins. When I was 8 or 9 years old, they just learned how to _________. I liked them and they really liked me as well. However, sometimes they would _________ a lot. It was a little disturbing. _________, I only saw them for the final two weeks of the year over school _________ because I lived in New York and they lived in Los Angeles.

One night, it was a bit late so they had been _________ and crying for a bit before coming to play with me and my brother. Next, one of them fell off a chair onto the hard floor and began to _________ uncontrollably. I remember I felt the _________ for a short moment and then I went to pick her up. To my and my grandmother’s _________, she stopped crying immediately. I was kind of _________ and amazed. I didn’t expect I could do it.

I didn’t know why, but I looked at her and she __________ and I saw her happiness of just being held had overpowered the __________ she must have felt from falling. This is my earliest and strongest memory of my __________ happiness out of sadness for someone else. It had been a __________ of mine ever since. Doing something to make someone else feel joy will lift your __________ and make you feel pleased, and that is why __________ is a core belief of mine.

21.

A．think

B．walk

C．listen

D．write

22.

A．talk

B．rest

C．cry

D．suffer

23.

A．Generally

B．Thankfully

C．Entirely

D．Certainly

24.

A．break

B．study

C．start

D．time

25.

A．nervous

B．sleepy

C．afraid

D．curious

26.

A．run

B．bleed

C．laugh

D．scream

27.

A．shock

B．luck

C．pleasure

D．puzzle

28.

A．sadness

B．curiosity

C．surprise

D．worry

29.

A．interested

B．disappointed

C．frightened

D．excited

30.

A．cried

B．shouted

C．smiled

D．jumped

31.

A．speed

B．pain

C．loneliness

D．drop

32.

A．covering

B．losing

C．stealing

D．making

33.

A．rule

B．value

C．spot

D．regret

34.

A．idea

B．plan

C．life

D．moral

35.

A．joy

B．help

C．courage

D．wisdom

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

Hearing the news that the Shenzhou XIII manned spacecraft was about to return to the Earth, Pan Xue, a Miao ethnic group girl born after 1995, decided to make     36     outer space-themed artwork to express her     37     (appreciate) and respect for Chinese astronauts.

    38     most people of her age have left to pursue a life in big cities, Pan     39     (study) related techniques in her hometown in Guizhou province since graduation. To make a good artwork, Pan devoted a lot of time     40     studying the material. After many trials and processes, a suitable cloth     41     (choose), on which she drew over 1,000 stars. Then she used several silver bars to make branches, and silver sheets     42     (make) about 100 hanging stars. It took her about five days to complete the artwork, a small tree     43     (decorate) with all the silver stars hanging from it.

“It’s called a longevity tree in Qiandongnan,     44     implication of hope matches China’s boosting space industry.” she said. Pan felt     45     (pride) to make a “starry sky” with their ethnic group’s special handicraft, hoping it would help present Chinese ethnic culture to the world.

47. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

I was on a family vacation and our hotel was right beside the sea. I was reading my book by the beach one afternoon when I heard some noise nearby. Curiously, I put aside the book and joined the group of people near the edge of the sea.

I was struck by what I saw. There was a giant turtle (海龟) which was upside down! Four of its huge feet were waving crazily in the air, and its long wrinkled neck was stretching far out of its shell. A thick rope was tied around the turtle and the fisherman held onto the end of it.

Obviously, the turtle was trying to escape. Some standers-by were clicking their cameras enthusiastically, filming the exciting moment. The crowd was thrilled by the scene before them. One strongly-built man found a piece of wood on the sand, carried it towards the turtle and started pushing the turtle’s head with it. When the end of the wood touched the turtle’s head, the turtle took it into its mouth and chewed it up in an instant.

“Wow!” the crowd shouted. “Did you see that? I’m glad it wasn’t my arm!” a person from the crowd exclaimed. “Wait till it gets sold and becomes turtle meat!” another joked and the crowd laughed.

Suddenly, I heard a boy’s screaming, “Cease torturing (折磨) it! Get away from the turtle!” We all turned and saw a boy and his father running toward where we were. “All of you are cruel for just standing there and doing nothing to save the turtle! Would you like it if you were forcefully taken away from your homes to be sold and tortured? Animals deserve to be treated with kindness too!” the boy shouted at the group of adults standing on the beach. I sensed a slight change of mood in the crowd－a mixture of unease and anger.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右；
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Embarrassed as the father was, he was not ashamed of his son.

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The fisherman finally agreed to let the turtle go.

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