I recall when I was a young girl back in Canada, I was sitting and watching a baseball game on TV with my father and we started to debate the importance of sports. Different from my father, I argued with all the overconfidence of a teenager that sports is more than just a hobby to keep us physically healthy and went as far as claiming that" There would be more wars if we didn't have sports!"
As an adult, my teenage tendencies of exaggeration(夸张) may have faded but I still firmly believe that sports is more than just a hobby for both participants and audience. The challenging times we are all living through right now with coronavirus is proof to this. The effect of cancelling all sports from professional leagues right down to amateur budding athletic programs, can be felt by millions of people worldwide. To many the social emotional impact is stronger than the physical. The loss of the sense of community, of belonging, and of an extended family is real for many girls, boys, men and women everywhere. Others are feeling physical challenges as well as they are struggling to stay active during these times.
But the human race is incredible and adaptable in tough situations, and sports once again is playing a role. Sports teams are staying in touch online and are a source of much needed support, love and laughter in these times. So many professional athletes are playing vital roles through this crisis by sharing their messages of support and at times, making valuable monetary donations to the cause. Even in areas of isolation(隔离), people are coming out on their balconies and leading their neighbours through a workout programme to help them stay active. Others are turning to online workout programmes to follow. Once again, sports is finding its way.
So, in challenging times such as now, people are still empowered to continue their sports journey and stay strong and healthy.
1. What may the author's father agree about sports?| A．It is a personal hobby. | B．It boosts confidence. |
| C．It affects social relations. | D．It helps avoid wars. |
| A．They lack family connection. | B．They have lost their hobbies. |
| C．They feel bored more than lonely. | D．They suffer both in body and mind. |
| A．Struggle to be athletes. | B．Try to stay physically active. |
| C．Make donations to good causes. | D．Design new sports programmes. |
| A．Sports reduces risks in our lives | B．Sports continues to offer strength |
| C．Sports makes the impossible possible | D．Sports has new functions in the pandemic |
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【推荐1】I wanted, in 1999, to be a “farmer's wife”. Thankfully, after quick correction by my progressive parents, that gradually turned into “farmer”. But that only lasted until my dad told me I had to put my arms up cows’ backsides. Immediately I rethought my career path. Driving instructor followed, and then somewhere along the way, footballer.
I remember the exact moment when I told my dad I admired my sister, who had trained with Crewe Alexandra Girls for a year or two as a left back. I was watching the game with him and it just came out, “it makes me sad I can't be a footballer.” He asked why not, and I answered, because I'm not a boy and no one watches women’s football.” Looking back I can see exactly why I felt like that.
At school, there was an unwritten rule that sports like hockey and netball were “girl” sports and rugby and football were for the boys I'd never seen a women's football match on TV; the only female athletes I’d heard of were in the Olympics.
Representation is critical, and although we talk about it a lot, I'm yet to be convinced that those were represented often fully understand what it means to those who aren’t, and how, without really releasing, it affects the decisions that makes and the general trajectory of their life. In the words of Marian Wright-Edelaman, “you can't be what you can't see.” Lack of representation leads, at least, to a misunderstanding around a certain group of people, or at worst, fear and discrimination.
When I look back at the conversation with my father, I often wonder what paths I would have taken if the option had not seemed so impossible. In June of last year, people across the world watched talented, skillful female footballers play as the Lionesses took on Scotland in the 2019 FIFA World Cup. Among the millions of viewers, perhaps was a little girl believing that she too can be a Lionesses one day.
1. What did the author go through on her career pass？| A．She stuck to her initial goal. | B．She followed her sister's footsteps. |
| C．She took her parents' words seriously. | D．She sought advice from others actively. |
| A．They had no clear rules. | B．They were not inclusive. |
| C．They enjoyed great. Popularity. | D．They were impacted by the Olympics. |
| A．To show pity for Marian’s being discriminated. |
| B．To describe the general trajectory of Marian's life. |
| C．To stress what lack of representation can lead to. |
| D．To explain how the misunderstanding is caused. |
| A．The author has been part of the Lionesses. | B．The Lionesses is a female team without equal. |
| C．FIFA Women's World Cup will catch on. | D．Girls will be motivated to Pursue their dreams. |
【推荐2】Exercise is good for us. It reduces the risks of dying from all causes, including cancer and heart disease. But many people who work all week have little time for exercise. So, they might try to do something to increase their heart rates over the weekend—go for a long run, take a bike ride or hike in the mountains. But is it healthy to avoid exercise during the workweek and then try to fit it all in during the weekend?
A new study suggests that, yes, it is healthy. Australian researchers at the University of Sydney did the study. It took place over a nineyear period. During that time, the researchers looked at the selfreported exercise habits and health examinations of more than 63,000 adults in England and Scotland. Then they connected that information to death records.
The researchers found that people who exercised only one or two days a week improved their chances of living longer than people who did not exercise at all. Even those who are fat could extend their lives by exercising a couple of days per week.
Emmanuel Stamatakis is the senior author of the study. He says that he found it very encouraging that even people who exercised as little as one or two times a week appear to lower their risk of early death. In other words, their health improves even if they don’t meet the suggested weekly amount of physical activity. However, to be in the best health, Stamatakis says more exercise is better.
The WHO suggests that adults should get at least 150 minutes of moderate to intense activity per week. For the best results, the organisation suggests 75 minutes per week of intense physical activity. However, if you are busy with work and family duties, exercise as much as you can.
1. In which part of a website can we find this text?| A．Science. | B．News. |
| C．Sports. | D．Health. |
| A．It was carried out in three places. |
| B．It lasted for more than nine years. |
| C．It studied both children and adults. |
| D．It was led by Emmanuel Stamatakis. |
| A．A little exercise is better than none. |
| B．We’d better do exercise on weekdays. |
| C．Fat people usually live shorter than thin people. |
| D．Exercise habits have a big influence on death. |
| A．Paying attention to the risk of early death. |
| B．Trying to do more exercise if we have time. |
| C．Getting at least 150 minutes of activity a week. |
| D．Avoiding doing much intense physical activity. |
【推荐3】Physical education, or PE, isn’t required for all high school students. In some schools, it isn’t offered for some different reasons. But should high school students have physical education? The answer is certainly “yes”.
Today many people don’t do sports. But as is known to all, doing sports is very important for an adult. Teaching teens the importance of a healthy lifestyle and making fitness plans now can help teens put exercise in the first place as an adult.
High school isn’t that easy. Many students are under a lot of stress. Stress can be harmful to a student’s study and life. Doing sports can help them deal with stress better, helping them live a happier life at school.
The American Heart Association says that 10 million kids and teens suffer from obesity (肥胖症). Teens should get 60 minutes of physical activity per day to control their weight and to help their bones get stronger. The increase in activities that don’t get teens to move around, such as video games and computer activities, means many teens don’t get their required exercise. PE classes act as a public health measure to encourage physical activities and help teens have healthy weights.
Not doing sports increases teens’ risk of developing many diseases. An active lifestyle offers a good way of protection from these health problems. As much as 75 percent of health-care spending goes toward treating medical conditions that can be hindered by lifestyle changes,according to the American College of Sports Medicine.
According to the President’s Council on Fitness,Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN), students who performed five hours of physical activity each week improved their academic (学业的) performance. Students from programs with no physical activity, who used the extra time for classroom study, did not perform better on tests than those who gave up some study time in support of physical education.
1. According to paragraph 2, what does physical education in high school mean?| A．Making teens attach importance to exercise later. |
| B．Removing the stress faced by teens at school. |
| C．Getting teens to encourage adults to exercise. |
| D．Helping teens learn to make good plans. |
| A．Measured. | B．Prevented. |
| C．Shown. | D．Caused. |
| A．means making students choose between sports and studies |
| B．helps students make good use of all their time |
| C．means students adjust to their studies better |
| D．helps students do better in their studies |
| A．Why high school students should receive physical education. |
| B．Why some schools consider physical education important. |
| C．How schools can help students love doing sports. |
| D．How high school students can live a better life. |
【推荐1】Are you a media addict who would go mad after two hours without TV, friend requests, exciting online games and your mobile—or would you easily survive?
Recently, university students around the world were asked to volunteer in a global experiment called Unplugged. It was designed to see how young people would react if they were asked to observe a total media ban by unplugging all forms of media devices for 24 hours.
Unplugged is being run by Dr. Roman Gerodimos, a lecturer in Communication and Journalism at Bournemouth University. The experiment is now over but he doesn’t yet know the full findings. However, during the experiment, Dr. Gerodimos said there were already signs of how much the exercises affected volunteers. He said, “They are overeating, feeling nervous, isolated and disconnected.”
During those 24 hours, three of the experiment’s participants had to endure one intrusion(入侵) from the media: a BBC reporter plus cameraman who followed them around for the day. They were asked to write down 100 lines about their day off line, but of course, they all waited until the next day when they had access to their computers.
Elliot Day wrote, “Today, my whole morning routine was thrown up into the air. Despite being aware of the social importance of the media, I was surprised by how empty my life felt without the radio or newspapers.”
And Charlotte Gay wrote, “I have to say the most difficult item for me to be without has been my mobile. Not only is it a social tool, but it’s also my main access point of communication.”
Earlier in the year, a UK government study found that in the UK, people spend about half their waking hours using the media, often trying to know several things at once. And a recent study by Nielson found that on average, US teenagers send and receive over 3, 000 texts per month—that’s about six texts per waking hour.
So, with technology continuing to develop at an alarming rate, how much time will you set aside for sleep in the future?
1. The purpose of the “Unplugged” experiment is to ______.| A．find out how many people are media addicts |
| B．decide whether a total ban on the use of media devices is necessary |
| C．observe what people would do without any media device |
| D．see how many people would go mad when they are isolated |
| A．As if cut away from the world. |
| B．As cool as a cucumber. |
| C．It’s not at all different from any other day. |
| D．It’s easier to concentrate without disturbance. |
| A．completed nicely | B．done right on time |
| C．finished just as usual | D．given up altogether |
| A．young people want to learn about more things |
| B．texts are teenagers favorite way of communication |
| C．many people around the world are media addicts |
| D．US youth and UK youth share the same interests |
【推荐2】A one-room studio atop a wooded hill on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island is where the magic happens for master luthier (拨弦乐器制作者) Reuben Forsland. He’s a storyteller, only the stories he tells aren’t made of words; they’ re fashioned of wood and metal. Forsland spends his time building custom guitars-and the stories behind the instruments are just as important to him as the superb quality and sound of his creations.
Born and raised in central Alberta, Forsland has spent most of his life building things, ranging from custom furniture and houses to skateboards and surfboards. He became a professional luthier in 2014. The quality of Forsland’s JOI Guitars has attracted interest from professional musicians, like Guns N’Roses guitarist Slash, who hired him to make a guitar.
Every custom guitar Reuben Forsland makes begins with conversations and connections. “The focus is to create a guitar that inspires the player to make an emotional and spiritual connection,” said Forsland. For Slash’s guitar, Forsland went to great lengths to find a source of inspiration. Once he found out Jimi Hendrix was one of Slash’s heroes, Forsland spent six months tracking down Pete Sikov, the owner of the Seattle house Hendrix grew up in. “I asked Pete if he was open to the concept of using some of the wood from the house for Slash’s guitar, and he was good with that,” said Forsland, who has since completed four guitars using some of that wood.
Forsland’s focus these days is on making the world’s first traditionally built guitar from hemp wood (麻木), a wood material made from hemp fibres.“It absorbs four times more CO2 in its lifetime than the same area as a forest,” Forsland said. He supports environmental sustainability with the same passion he brings to making guitars. That’s why he chose Earth Day as the perfect time to launch his hemp wood guitar officially. “Although this guitar can’t save the environment, it’s a piece of the conversation about what can be created with a sustainable product in today’s marketplace.”
1. Which word can best describe Forsland according to paragraph 2?| A．Ambitious. | B．Handy. | C．Optimistic. | D．Sporty. |
| A．Wood provided by Guns N’ Roses. | B．Wood from Jimi Hendrix’s childhood home. |
| C．Wood from Slash’s Seattle house. | D．Hemp wood donated by Pete Sikov. |
| A．It is made from a sustainable material. | B．It is an instant hit in the marketplace. |
| C．It is used to celebrate Earth Day. | D．It is the first-ever traditionally built guitar. |
| A．Pay a visit to JOI Guitars | B．Meet the world’s best luthier |
| C．Custom guitarsset the trends for musicians | D．Each guitar the luthier makes tells a story |
【推荐3】Imagine you’re at a party full of strangers. You’re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, you’ve get a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone’s name tag (标签). The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting — whatever. Making new friends becomes simple.
This hasn’t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology.
An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet’s skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device (装置), that sends out energy (for example, radio waves) that starts up the tag immediately.
Such a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient’s medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very important person ) section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.
Take a step back: 10 or 12 years ago, you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could he put every where and send information in smart network that would make ordinary life simpler.
RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “The world is going to he a loosely coupled set of individual small devices, connected wirelessly.” Predicts Dr. J. Reich. Human right supporters are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids through RFID tags, they say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers, Accompanied by how many biscuits.
When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication. Not for pop music. Who knows how RFID and related technologies will be used in the future. Here’s a wild guess: Not for buying milk.
1. The article is intended to .| A．warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology |
| B．explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology |
| C．convince people of the uses of RFID technology |
| D．predict the applications of RFID technology |
| A．will have no trouble getting date about others |
| B．will have more energy for conversation |
| C．will have more time to make friends |
| D．won’t feel shy at parties any longer |
| A．scanning devices |
| B．radio waves |
| C．batteries |
| D．chips |
| A．Because children will be tracked by strangers. |
| B．Because market competition will become more fierce. |
| C．Because their private lives will be greatly affected. |
| D．Because customers will be forced to buy more products. |
| A．will not be used for such matters as buying milk |
| B．will be widely used, including for buying milk |
| C．will be limited to communication uses |
| D．will probably be used for pop music |
【推荐1】Many college students choose to study abroad to get life experience and, more importantly competitive competence for their future career and life. Considering the high tuition rates in universities in the UK and US, many students nowadays are choosing less common destinations to fulfill their overseas study dreams. These countries have their own unique appeal.
New Zealand
Small though it may be, New Zealand offers quality higher education opportunities, with about 55 percent of its higher education institutes within the top 500 of QS World University Rankings 2019.
The highlight of New Zealand's universities is their ability to provide a high end and student-tailored education for pupils. Though it attracts mainly wealthy students, higher education in New Zealand is also affordable for many common Chinese families. It is where you get a British-based education with the tuition being some of the lowest in the world.
Italy
Heart of the Roman Empire and birthplace of the Renaissance, Italy is attractive to Chinese students for its artistic and historic marvels.
Similar to Germany, where publicly funded universities offer free undergraduate education, some publicly funded Italian universities offer tuition-free education for international students depending on the level of degree desired. Italy is the 4th most popular study abroad destination in Europe. Each year, over 4,000 Chinese students further their studies at publicly funded Italian universities.
Canada
Though Chinese students form the largest international student group in Canada, the country only ranks 4th on Chinese students' most desirable overseas destinations list.
However, the situation may begin to change as Canada and China agreed on new visa policy in early March. Under the policy travel visas are issued with lengths of up to 10 years, which benefits Chinese parents whose children are studying in Canada, Another advantage of studying in Canada, according to an official in the Canadian Embassy to China, is that students can get a three-year working visa right after graduation,
1. What is the best part of New Zealand universities?| A．They offer British-based education. |
| B．They are the best universities in the world. |
| C．They provide the highest quality education opportunities. |
| D．They provide education specially designed for students. |
| A．They are modeled after Germany in funding. |
| B．They sponsor all foreign students throughout the college time. |
| C．They offer free undergraduate education in some publicly funded universities. |
| D．They make Italy the 4th most popular study abroad destinations in the world. |
| A．They relatively don't need high expenses. |
| B．They offer working visa after graduation. |
| C．They have convenient application process. |
| D．They are famous for historical and artistic reasons. |
【推荐2】Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior. One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study.
They had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the Prisoner’s Dilemma. The game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group. The students played in groups of four. Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. But each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players. Harvard researcher David Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. The groups that rewarded the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded the least. And the more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings. The study appeared last month in the journal Science.
The other study involved children. It was presented last month in California at a conference on violence and abuse(虐待). Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. More than eight hundred children were aged two to four the first time they were tested. More than seven hundred children were aged five to nine. The two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first test. Both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not.
The study says the IQs of the younger children who were not spanked were five points higher than those who were. In the older group, the difference was almost three points. The more they are spanked, the slower their mental development.
1. What do we know about the second study?| A．Children's IQs have much to do with physical punishment. |
| B．The study is about violence and cooperation of children. |
| C．The children tested were divided into groups of four. |
| D．Children's mental development only relies on their IQs. |
| A．punished | B．blamed |
| C．tested | D．praised |
| A．The Best Way to Correct Misbehavior |
| B．Punishment Is the Best Way of Education |
| C．Cooperation Is the Most Successful Behavior |
| D．Punishment or Reward: Which Works Better on Behavior? |
| A．Punishment is the best way to influence bad behaviors. |
| B．The participants in the first study have the right to reward or punish others in the group. |
| C．the younger children have a higher IQ because of their parents’ educational level. |
| D．Adults are much more cooperative than children. |
【推荐3】Fish cats are a kind of cats that love water and love to fish. They are like tigers and lions, only much smaller, around twice the size of our average pet cats. They live in wetlands of South Asia and mangrove forests （红树林）of South and Southeast Asia. Like many endangered species, fish cats were in danger of dying out more than twenty years ago, mainly because of the great international need for fish food and the people's cutting of the mangroves at an extremely fast speed.
Mangroves of Southeast Asia are home to a great many fantastic species, like fish cats, turtles, shorebirds and others. Mangroves can protect soil, and they can be the first line of protection between storms, tsunamis and the millions of people who live next to them. The fact is that mangroves can store almost five to ten times more CO2 than other forests. So protecting mangroves may well be like protecting five to ten times more of other forests.
Ten years ago, in South India, many people came together to change the future of their home. In less than 10 years, with international support, the state forest departments and the local people worked together to restore over 20,000 acres of unproductive fish and shrimp farms back into mangroves. Now experts are working with them in helping study and protecting the mangroves as well as the species living in them. Fish and shrimp farmers are now willing to work with experts to test the harvest of nature protection like fishes, turtles and other species in mangroves. The local farmers are encouraged to protect and plant mangroves where they have been lost. A win-win-win for fish cats, local people and the global ecosystem（生态系统）is being built.
1. What made the fish cats endangered?| A．Natural enemies and environment pollution. |
| B．Cutting of mangroves and lack of water. |
| C．Being too large and need for fish food. |
| D．Less fish and overcutting of mangroves. |
| A．They can prevent extreme weather. |
| B．They can take in more CO2 effectively. |
| C．They help plants grow better on the soil. |
| D．They are perfect home to all species. |
| A．Ways of turning farms into forests. |
| B．Changes of South India in 10 years. |
| C．Efforts to protect the mangroves. |
| D．Work in protecting shrimps. |
| A．Fish Cats and Mangroves Protection |
| B．The Importance of Mangroves |
| C．Ways to Protect Fish Cats |
| D．Man and Nature |
【推荐1】Ray Kurzweil is an inventor and futurist with some interesting ideas on how humans will soon be able to live much longer than the average 78 years they do now. If Kurzweil is right, this is a question we’ll have to ask ourselves in the near future.
The first challenge is how to stop our bodies from getting old and dying. Kurzweil doesn’t see this as a problem. With gene technology we’ll soon be able to “turn off” genes that cause ageing and disease. This technology is getting cheaper and advancing at an incredible rate. Kurzweil believes that from every year after 2023, we’ll be adding more than a year to the average life expectancy. He also expects that within the next 20 years, we will have ‘nanobots’ in our blood. These tiny robots will automatically keep our bodies healthy and free from diseases by finding damaged cells and destroying them.
Of course, if we’re all going to live longer, then there are going to be more of us on this already overcrowded Earth. Many people think there are likely to be problems with resources such as food and energy. Kurzweil doesn’t agree. He says that the same technologies used to increase our life expectancy will also be used to help with food production and energy needs. For example, he says, sunlight can potentially give us 10,000 times more energy than we currently use. We just need to develop the technology to capture it and make it cheaper. There are also new technologies that can recycle water extremely cheaply. This means that dirty water can be made clean again at a very low cost. When you consider that 80% of disease in the developing world is because of dirty water, you can see how this technology might help change the world.
But what are we going to do with all this extra time? Won’t we all get bored? Again Kurzweil says ‘no’. For a start, we won’t be stuck in old bodies. We’ll stay young for years. This will mean we’ll be able to experiment with many more things than we can now. We’ll also see huge developments in virtual reality technology that will keep us entertained for years.
The future according to Ray Kurzweil looks good — and we might just be around to see it.
1. What does Ray Kurzweil think of human beings’ future?| A．Encouraging. | B．Shocking. | C．Discouraging. | D．Uncertain. |
| A．2. | B．4. | C．3. | D．5. |
| A．Electronic technology. | B．Mining technology. |
| C．Farming technology. | D．Gene technology and nanotechnology. |
| A．Medical advances | B．Fun in the future |
| C．Who wants to live forever? | D．Solutions to the Earth’s problems |
【推荐2】An 8-year-old boy I know is small for his age, shorter and slighter than his friends, even smaller than his 5-year-old sister. Concerned about the increasing use and possible risks of growth hormone(生长激素), I asked his mother if she’d considered treating him with it. She replied, “Not really. He’s built like his father, who was short and slight as a boy and didn’t shoot up until college.”
His father, at 41, is now 6 feet tall, though still very slender. He recalls being a reasonably athletic child but without the physical power of his friends, making up for what he lacked in mass with speed and agility. “I enjoyed competitive sports and worked on skills others didn’t have,” he told me, and said he encourages his son to recognize and capitalize on the skills he has.
If only every parent with a short but healthy child approached the matter as sensibly. Experts estimate that 60% to 80% of children who are short for their age do not have a growth hormone deficiency(缺乏) or other medical condition that limits growth. But knowing there’s a therapy available to increase height, some parents seek a medical solution for a perceived problem, even when there is no medical abnormality. They should also know, however, that new research has linked growth hormone treatment to serious unfavorable health effects years later.
Dr. Adda Grimberg, a doctor at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, recalled that “Twenty years ago, families were focused on health. They came in with a child who was not growing right and wanted to know if there was an underlying disease. Now, more and more, they’re focused on height. They want growth hormone, looking for a specific height. But this is not like online shopping; you can’t just place an order and make a child the height you want.”
In 2003, the Food and Drug Administration approved use of recombinant human growth hormone for the condition known as “idiopathic short stature”, or short build of unknown cause, which is not a disease. But it has caused a growing number of parents to consider using the hormone to boost the height of their children.
The resulting rush to therapy reflects concerns about a widespread societal bias(偏见) against shortness, rather than a true medical need. Experts have noted that the practice backs up the belief that short stature is unacceptable, leading to an increasing demand for therapy. It is far better, Dr. Grimberg suggested, to help a short child develop coping skills than to buy inches through medicine.
1. As for the parents’ attitude to their 8-year-old boy’s shortness, the author is ________.| A．critical | B．tolerant | C．supportive | D．worried |
| A．They are eager to get the expected result. |
| B．They spare no effort to sort out the cause. |
| C．They feel disturbed by their children’s health. |
| D．They help develop their children’s coping skills. |
| A．It might be officially recommended. |
| B．It may fuel height discrimination. |
| C．It is pushed by a medical need. |
| D．It is targeted at certain diseases. |
| A．Shower the Short with Growth Hormones |
| B．Find Replacement for Growth Hormones |
| C．Assess the Effects of Growth Hormones |
| D．Weigh the Use of Growth Hormones |
【推荐3】Most of us relate creativity to our concept of self, Either we’re “creative” or we aren’t, without much of a middle ground. “I’m just not a creative person!” a frustrated student might say in art class, while another might blame her talent at painting for her difficulties in math, giving a comment such as, “I’m very right-brained.”
Dr. Pillay, a tech entrepreneur and an assistant professor at Harvard University, has been challenging these ideas. He believes that the key to unlocking your creative potential is to ignore the traditional advice that urges you to “believe in yourself. “ In fact, you should do the opposite: Believe you are someone else.
Dr. Pillay points to a 2016 study examining the impact of stereotypes (固有印象) on one’s behavior; The authors, educational psychologists Denis Dumas and Kevin Dunbar, divided their college student subjects into three groups, instructing the members of one to think of themselves as “romantic poets” and the members of another to imagine they were “serious librarians” (the third group was the control). The researchers then presented all the participants with ten ordinary objects, including a fork, a carrot, and a pair of pants, and asked them to come up with as many different uses as possible for each one. Those who were asked to imagine themselves as romantic poets came up with the widest range of ideas, whereas those in the serious-librarian group had the fewest. Meanwhile, the researchers found only small differences in students’ creativity levels across academic majors.
These results suggest that creativity is not a fixed individual characteristic but a “malleable product, as long as he or she feels like a creative person. Dr. Pillay argues that, besides identifying yourself as creative, taking the bold, creative step of imagining you are somebody else is even more powerful. So, wish you were more creative? Just pretend!
1. According to the passage, who is more likely to unlock his creative potential?| A．An art major who always believes in himself. |
| B．A math major who has excellent academic performance. |
| C．A physics major who likes to imagine himself as a poet. |
| D．A history major who works as a librarian on weekends. |
| A．The creativity of the college students. |
| B．The stereotypes of the college students. |
| C．The impact of stereotypes on one’s behavior. |
| D．The influence of creativity on one’s behavior. |
| A．Settled. | B．Continuous. | C．Predicable. | D．Changeable. |
| A．there is no doubt that we are either creative or not. |
| B．a student who doesn’t do well in art class is not creative. |
| C．right brain determines whether a person is creative or not. |
| D．if we pretend to be creative, then we might be really creative. |
