【推荐1】Did you know that more than 40 percent of all deadly car accidents occur at night? A recent break through eyeglass technology has made it safe to drive at night. It's almost like having "X-ray" vision(视力) while driving.

Spend money on your safety and peace of mind behind the wheel with a pair of these cutting-edge night driving glasses. The amount of car accidents that occur at night is mostly the result of poor visibility. Even with 60% less traffic on the road at night, accidents still happen due to blinding light and just overall bad driving visibility.

Imagine being able to clearly see what's in front of you and what's approaching, even if it's very dark and foggy. Once you start wearing ClearView night glasses, you'll feel much more confident and safe driving when it's getting dark. With ClearView you will notice an instant reduction in strong light from oncoming traffic and bright street lights.

This is because the special yellow lens tint(镜片色彩)can block strong blue light, and increase contrast(对比). ClearView passes the global traffic light standard for safer sharper vision at night with flying colors.

You can start using ClearView immediately even if you wear glasses. Simply place ClearView on top of your glasses and be amazed by the difference this technology makes!

Is it worth it? Absolutely! Keep a pair in each of your cars to make sure you have your glasses at hand when night comes. If you care about your family's safety then this is a no-brainer.

1. According to the text, the main cause of unsafe driving at night is           .

A．heavy traffic	B．poor eyesight
C．bad driving	D．low visibility

2. Which is one of the benefits of ClearView to drivers at night?

A．It reduces the brightness of strong light.

B．It cures night blindness.

C．It provides "X-ray" vision for drivers.

D．It passes the national standard.

3. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?

A．To inform.

B．To promote

C．To explain.

D．To entertain

4. What can be the best title of this passage?

A．How does Clear View Work at Night?

B．Revolutionary Glasses Make It Safe to Drive at Night

C．How to Avoid Car Accidents in the Dark?

D．What is Clear View?

【推荐1】An 18-year-old US girl gained unexpected appreciation and a surprise after she gave “extra help” to an elderly man in the restaurant she was working.

It's social media that made her seemingly small action go viral and brought her appreciation from hundreds of thousands of strangers and a scholarship to Texas Southern University.

The heroine Evoni Williams has reportedly been working full-time to earn money for further study in a restaurant in La Marque, Texas, the United States. It was last week when an old man named Adrian Charpentier asked for help to chop his ham for his hands were weak because of illness. On that busy morning when she had loads of work on shoulder, Williams helped the man without hesitation. The moment she was leaning over the counter and cutting the ham was shot by a customer known as Laura Wolf.

Wolf posted the picture on the Internet and wrote, “I'm thankful to have seen this act of kindness and caring at the start of my day while everything in this world seems so negative. If we could all be like this waitress and take time to offer a helping hand. . . ” According to local reports, Wolf didn't know Williams, neither did Williams know her act was shot and shared on the web. However, the small act of kindness soon accumulated its own power on and outside the Internet.

Besides praise from netizens and media reports across the United States, a 16000-dollar scholarship to Texas Southern University was recently granted to Williams to support her study plan on business management.

“We wanted to reward Evoni's act of kindness and let her know that good deeds do not go unnoticed,” said Melinda Spaulding, an administrator at Texas Southern University.

1. What did Evoni Williams help Adrian Charpentier do?

A．Cut his ham.	B．Paid his bill.
C．Changed his food.	D．Took a picture for him.

2. Why did Laura Wolf post the picture on the Internet?

A．To attract people's attention.	B．To support Williams' study.
C．To share a beautiful picture.	D．To encourage people to help others.

3. What will the scholarship be used to do?

A．To help Charpentier open a restaurant.

B．To sponsor elderly customers in the restaurant.

C．To support Williams to learn business management.

D．To achieve Wolf's dream of helping people in need.

4. What can we infer from the text?

A．No pains, no gains.	B．Do well and have well.
C．All that ends well is well.	D．A merry heart goes all the way.

【推荐2】There have been big changes in the attitudes of most parents over the last few years. Physical punishment is banned in schools in most countries, and in many countries, there are moves to ban all physical punishment of children even at home. However, many parents still believe that they have the right to use some physical punishments to deal with certain misbehavior at certain ages.
It’s easy to find reasons to allow some physical punishments. One issue is that many parents find it very difficult to abandon physical punishment completely. Parents argue that this was the way they were brought up and that it didn’t do any harm to them. They believe that for the child’s sake they have the right to discipline the child in any way they consider fit, including using some physical punishments. The other one is that physical punishment can be quick and effective. There is not much point reasoning with a screaming child in the supermarket.
However, there are several reasons why we should stop using physical punishment. One point is that most parents are not trained to deal with misbehaving children. They don’t have enough resources or choices to handle the situation. As a result, they immediately react by hitting the child even if there are other solutions to the problem. Another point is that unless people are challenged or forced to change their belief, they may keep following negative habits. An example is seat belt use —now most people wear seat belts without thinking, while years ago the idea of using seat belts was strange to most people. In the same way, banning physical punishment will force people to change their habits.
In conclusion, parents have to change some of their belief and ideas about how children should be raised. It is possible to avoid the use of physical force, and doing so will help us move closer to the dream of removing violence from our society.
1. According to the first paragraph, many parents think that ____________.

A．they are free to use physical punishment on their children

B．most of the children behave badly in their daily life

C．they have changed their attitudes towards their children

D．physical punishment is effective to educate their children

2. Many parents won’t give up physical punishment because _____________.

A．they are disappointed with their children

B．they were brought up just in the same way

C．they don’t want to hurt their children badly

D．they don’t know what to do with their children

3. The author gives the example of using seat belts in order to show ____________.

A．most people are used to wearing seat belts

B．it’s not difficult to change some negative habits

C．seat belts are really very necessary and useful

D．people won’t change their old habits unless forced

4. The main purpose of the author in writing this passage is to ____________.

A．talk about a ban on using physical punishment

B．tell us we should educate our children in other ways

C．advise parents to give up using physical punishment

D．suggest physical punishment should be used at home

【推荐3】For me, one of the greatest pleasures in life is going to watch a great film at the cinema.     1    There’s nothing better than being engrossed in a story unless, of course, someone decides to spoil the moment.

Whether at an art house cinema or a huge multiplex(多厅影院), someone usually decides to treat the auditorium like their own home! To start with, some people always turn up late, causing you to rise from your seat to allow them to get past. Then, when you want to enjoy the digital projection someone decides to slurp on their drink and munch their popcorn.     2    It’s just bad manners!

    3    Simon Mayo, a film critic at the BBC, experienced a “new low” during a film screening. He says the woman in front of him got her phone out and used the torch on it to do her make-up!

    4    One of them is to ban mobile phones, and another is not to take your shoes off! Of course, when we have paid for a ticket, we feel it is our right to relax and enjoy the film and in the way we want to.     5    

The best option for anyone wanting to break the rules of cinema etiquette is to get a DVD and watch it at home. But we all know that the best way to appreciate the art of cinematography is on the big screen. It’s your choice!

What about you? What annoys you about other people at the cinema?

A．It’s a chance for escapism.

B．I have the same difficulty as you.

C．I’m not alone in this complaint.

D．But we should go to the cinema on time.

E．But we mustn’t forget our fellow moviegoers.

F．And my worst worry is people who chat to their friends.

G．He has helped to create a code of conduct for moviegoers.

【推荐2】The baby monkey is much more developed at birth than the human baby. Almost from the moment it is born, the baby monkey can move around and hold tightly to its mother. During the first few days of its life the baby will approach and hold onto almost any large, warm, and soft object in its environment, particularly if that object also gives it milk. After a week or so, however, the baby monkey begins to avoid newcomers and focuses its attentions on "mother" — the real mother or the mother-substitute.

During the first two weeks of its warmth is perhaps the most important psychological thing that a monkey mother has to give to its baby. The Harlows, a couple who are both psychologists, discovered this fact by offering baby monkeys a choice of two types of mother-substitutes — one covered with cloth and one made of bare wire. If the two artificial mothers were both the same temperature, the little monkeys always preferred the cloth mother. However, if the wire model was heated, while the cloth model was cool, for the first two weeks after birth the baby monkeys picked the warm wire mother-substitutes as their favorites. Thereafter they switched and spent most of their time on the more comfortable cloth mother.

Why is cloth preferable to bare wire? Something that the Harlows called contact comfort seems to be the answer, and a most powerful influence it is. Baby monkeys spend much of their time rubbing against their mothers’ skins, putting themselves in as close contact with the parent as they can. Whenever the young animal is frightened, disturbed, or annoyed, it typically rushes to its mother and rubs itself against her body. Wire doesn’t "rub" as well as does soft wire cloth. Prolonged "contact comfort"with a cloth mother appears to give the babies confidence and is much more rewarding to them than is either warmth or milk.

According to the Harlows, the basic quality of a baby’s love for its mother is trust. If the baby is put into an unfamiliar playroom without its mother, the baby ignores the toys no matter how interesting they might be. It screams in terror and curls up into a fury little ball. If its cloth mother is now introduced into the playroom, the bay rushes to it and holds onto it for dear life. After a few minutes of contact comfort, it obviously begins to feel more secure. It then climbs down from the mother-substitute and begins to explore the toys, but often rushes back for a deep embrace as if to make sure that its mother is still there and that all is well. Bit by bit its fears of the new environment are gone and it spends more and more time playing with the toys and less and less time holding on to its "mother".

1. After the first two weeks of their life, baby monkeys prefer the cloth mother to the wire mother because the former is ________________.

A．larger in size	B．closer to them
C．less frightening and less disturbing	D．more comfortable to rub against

2. It can be inferred that when the baby monkey feels secure, ________________.

A．it frequently rushes back for a deep embrace when exploring the toys

B．it spends more time screaming to get rewards

C．it is less attracted to the toys though they are interesting

D．it cares less about whether its mother is still around

3. The main purpose of the passage is to_______________.

A．give the reasons of the experiment

B．present the findings of the experiment

C．introduce the method of the experiment

D．describe the process of the experiment

【推荐3】As we have seen, the focus of medical care in our society has been shifting from curing disease to preventing disease — especially in terms of changing our many unhealthy behaviors, such as poor eating habits, smoking, and failure to exercise. The line of thought involved in this shift can be pursued further. Imagine a person who is about the right weight, but does not eat very nutritious foods, who feels OK but exercises only occasionally, and who has no chest pains or abnormal blood counts, but sleeps a lot and often feels tired. This person is not ill. He may not even be at risk for any particular disease. But we can imagine that this person could be a lot healthier.

The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely “not ill” and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body’s special needs. Both types have simply been called “well”. In recent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms “well” and “wellness” only to those who are actively attempting to maintain and improve their health. People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body’s condition. Most importantly, perhaps, people who are well take active responsibility for all matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap (缺陷) may be “well”. In this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health, they can in the face of their physical limitations. “Wellness” may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can struggle for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial influence on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.

1. Today’s medical care is placing more stress on ________.

A．keeping people in a healthy physical condition

B．monitoring patients’ body functions

C．removing people’s bad living habits

D．ensuring people’s psychological well-being

2. According to the passage, the true meaning of the underlined word “wellness” is for people ________.

A．to best satisfy their body’s special needs

B．to strive to maintain the best possible health

C．to meet the strictest standards of bodily health

D．to keep a proper balance between work and leisure

3. According to what the author advocates (主张), which of the following groups of people would be considered healthy?

A．People who have strong muscles as well as slim figures.

B．People who are not presently experiencing any symptoms of disease.

C．People who try to be as healthy as possible, regardless of their limitations.

D．People who can recover from illness even without seeking medical care.

【推荐1】Your colleague’s sharp comment keeps replaying in your mind. Two of your students are trapped in a “he said/she said” battle. When you reflect on your emotional reactions, you sometimes get caught up in cycles of negative feelings, which can make you feel even worse. If so, the answer may lie in a skill called “self-distancing”, the ability to take a step back and view yourself more objectively. According to a research, when people adopt self-distancing while discussing a difficult event, they make better sense of their reactions, experience less emotional suffering, and display fewer signs of stress.

But what might self-distancing look like in action? Consider a typical “he said/she said” student conflict where they are each focusing on their own feelings. One is thinking, “I can’t believe he did that to me.” And another insists, “She really hurt my feelings.” However, if you ask them to take the self-distancing, they might step outside of themselves and ask broader questions: “Why was he so hurt in this situation?” or “How did her anger affect him?”

Although this approach may sound too simple to be effective, studies indicate that a change in point of view can have a powerful effect on the way people think, feel, and behave. Here are several different techniques you can try.

First, consider how a thoughtful friend might respond after quietly observing their situation. Besides, avoid using the pronoun “I”. Focus on using third-person pronouns, he, she, they, and they were able to see the stressful event as challenging rather than threatening. Finally, ask yourself, “How would I feel about this one week from now or ten years from now?” This form of mental time travel may be effective because our attention is directed away from our immediate, concrete circumstances.

1. What is self-distancing?

A．Getting stuck in negative emotions.	B．A stressful situation.
C．A study on relieving emotional stress.	D．Reflecting on yourself objectively.

2. Paragraph 2 is developed by____.

A．example

B．definition

C．classification

D．process

3. Which of the following statement uses the techniques of self-distancing?

A．I’m angry with him.	B．How I wish I could go back to the past!
C．How did these two people get to this point?	D．He grabbed my notes, and then, and then...

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Why Self-distancing Matters

B．The Application of Self-distancing

C．An Approach to Breaking the Cycle of Negative Reflection

D．Ways to Reflect on Emotional Reactions

【推荐2】How to Study Smarter, Not Harder

Here are some of our favorite study tips that will help any student study smarter, not harder:

Recite As You Study

Reciting----saying things out loud should first take place as you read through each paragraph or section. Test yourself. This will help you to understand as well as learn faster because it is more active than reading or listening.

It will also help you to notice your mistakes and the topics you have trouble understanding.

Take Fuller Notes

Notes should be in your own words, brief and clear. They should be tidy and easy to read. Writing notes will help you better than just underlining as you read, since it forces you to rewrite ideas in your own words.

Study the Middle

The best time to review is soon after you’ve learned something. You are more likely to remember the material at the beginning and the end of the lesson, so make sure you focus on the middle when you review.

Sleep On It

Study before going to bed, unless you are very tired. It's easier to remember material you have just learned after sleeping than after an equal period of daytime activity, because your brain continues to think even after you’ve fallen asleep.

Combine(结合) Memory and Understanding

There are two ways to remember: by memorizing and by understanding. Multiplication tables, telephone numbers, and math formulas are better learned by rote（死记硬背）. Ideas are best learned by understanding.

The more ways you have to think about an idea, the more meaning it will have; the more meaningful the learning, the better you can remember it. Pay attention to similarities in ideas and concepts, and then try to understand how they fit in with things you already know. Never be satisfied with anything less than a completely clear understanding of what you are reading. If you are not able to follow the thought, go back to the place where you first got confused and try again.

1. You can notice your mistakes by ______.

A．speaking things out aloud

B．studying the middle

C．taking notes

D．sleeping on it

2. When taking notes, you should ______ to better help you with reading.

A．underline important notes

B．write as quickly as possible

C．write notes in your own words

D．take down every detail

3. Which of the following is NOT helpful for your understanding?

A．Thinking about an idea in different ways.

B．Going back to what first made you confused and start again.

C．Relating ideas and concepts with what you already know.

D．Reading from the beginning to the end without stop.

【推荐3】As a major travel destination, London has its fair share of hotels. Unfortunately, many are overpriced, dull or a combination of both. To enjoy London like a Londoner, consider a vacation in one of these trendy neighborhoods.

Oxford Street

Boasting more than 300 high-end shops, Oxford Street is one of the busiest shopping districts in all of Europe. This active street also has a highly dramatic history. In modern times, it has developed into a street where British chain stores hold their celebrity（名人）launches. This includes the century-old Selfridges, the second largest department store in the United Kingdom.

Jermyn Street

Mention Jermyn Street in London, and the first words that come to mind are “gentlemen’s shirts”. In fact, the shirt makers at the famous Turnbull & Asser store have produced shirts for celebrated gentlemen such as Prince Charles and George W Bush. Jermyn Street takes its name from Henry Jermyn, who developed the neighborhood in 1667. Its residents of distinction include Sir Isaac Newton, Colonel Churchill Duke, and the Duchess of Richmond and Lennox.

Dean Street

An interesting history inspired tourists to visit and stay near Dean Street. In 1756 a young musician named Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart performed a concert at 21 Dean Street. Karl Marx lived in Dean Street from 1851 to 1856. His house sat above what is now the first-rate restaurant called Quo Vadis. Before he became an author, Charles Dickens was a regular on Dean Street. He participated in amateur productions at Fanny Kelly’s Royalty Theatre, located at 73—74 Dean Street.

1. What do we know about Oxford Street?

A．It is the busiest shopping district in Europe.

B．It once was a drama production site in history.

C．Some British chain stores hold their celebrity launches there.

D．Selfridges is the largest department store in the United Kingdom.

2. What is Jermyn Street most famous for?

A．High-end shops.	B．Gentlemen’s shirts.
C．Interesting history.	D．First-rate restaurants.

3. What do these three streets have in common?

A．They are famed streets.

B．They are shopping paradises.

C．They have celebrities living there.

D．They enjoy a history of more than 400 years.