【推荐3】Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940—the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsyl­vania Railway Station．
After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging pas­sengers．I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it．”
When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do．“You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye．“They’re paying you．If they want to do that, you let them do that．”
I followed my dad's advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since．
Of all the jobs I've had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me．Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions．Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience．If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone．I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal．If one of my players were caught stealing, he'd be gone．
Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble．
1. What can be inferred about the baggage boys?

A．They could earn much, but they had to work hard．

B．Many of them earned money in a dishonest way．

C．They were all from poor families．

D．They were all thin, young boys．

2. What does the father's advice imply?

A．It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers．

B．Don’t believe them if they are paying you more．

C．Don’t follow others to overcharge the passengers．

D．It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy．

3. The writer can't put up with stealing because he thinks that ______．

A．it is a totally shared experience	B．it is considered as the most dangerous
C．it does great harm to human relationship	D．it may lead to the loss of his sports team

4. It can be concluded from the text that ______．

A．his father's advice helped him to decide which job to take up

B．working in the sports team was his most important experience

C．he learnt much from his shared experience with his team members

D．his experience as a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life

【推荐1】How are you feeling today? Often when we ask people that question, they reply "not bad", or "could be worse". But what would make us feel "perfect"? Maybe we could live better by being healthier, less stressed and more motivated. But how?

Of course there are many ways to improve our mental health, but sometimes there are small and simple solutions to help improve our well being. It's something the BBC TV program Easy Ways to Live Well has been looking at. It suggested several "health packs" which the program presenters tried and gave their "seal of approval". And maybe they could help us too.

Firstly, to avoid putting on weight and to cut the calories, the program found sniffing(嗅)peppermint stops our desire for a snack. Presenter, chef and writer Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall says "a scientific theory called mutual competition shows that a strong smell can distract our brain from the food we're thinking about."

If your addiction to your smart-phone is getting you down, it's suggested that turning your phone screen gray helps you reduce screen time because a black and white screen becomes less attractive to look at. With recent studies showing our phones can make us 26% less productive and increase our stress, it seems like a no-brainer to try this "dim(暗)" idea.

Fancy a swim in ice-cold water? Well, the BBC program found a daily dip in freezing water gets you used to the stress of doing it and therefore prepares you for other life stresses. And another way to "chill out" is to leave your smart-phone at home, immerse yourself in a forest, and breathe in the fresh air. Forest bathing is the perfect medicine for the stresses of urban life.

Other life-improving ideas included things such as singing to reduce pain and moving your body more to get away from our inactive lives. But whatever therapy we choose to adopt, it seems any change to our lifestyle can help improve our body and mind.

1. Peppermint can prevent us from a desire for food because       .

A．it has high calories	B．it has a strong smell
C．it can make us gain weight	D．it causes damage to our brain

2. A gray phone screen can make us ________.

A．more stressful	B．addicted to phones
C．use phones less	D．less attractive

3. What's the passage mainly about?

A．Focus of a TV program.	B．Ways to live a better life.
C．Importance of a healthy life.	D．Reasons for changing our lifestyle.

【推荐2】It’s mid­February and along Britain’s south coast gilt­head bream (鲷鱼) are swimming from the open sea into the river mouths. And this summer, countryside visitors throughout southern England will catch sight of blue flashes as small red­eyed damselflies fly across starry ponds. Both events are happening much further north than they would have 20 years ago.

Fingers point at climate change. As areas become too hot or dry, many wildlife populations are declining, while some species are showing up in places that were historically too cold or wet.

Our team, led by Alba Estrada, wanted to explain this phenomenon. If we could predict which species can and can’t colonise (移居) in new locations, we could decide which are most in need of conservation.

How far individual animals or plant seeds can move was long thought to be the most important factor. But according to our findings, other characteristics also turned out to be highly important. For example, how quickly plants and animals can produce, how well they can compete with other species for resources, and what kinds of food they can eat or habitat they can live in.

The result of this is that we might be able to predict which animals will survive under climate change. The wood mouse is found throughout continental Europe. As climate changes, we think the mouse will move north because it can breed quickly, live in lots of habitats, has a broad diet, and individuals can travel a long way. And consider the European ground squirrel. We think it might stay just in southeast Europe because it can only live in grasslands and climate change won’t suddenly turn farms and forests into meadows (草地).

It’s encouraging to know that some species are doing well under climate change. There are some headaches, however. Those gilt­head bream are feeding on the local shellfish, which might be taking food away from the native fish. Small red­eyed damselflies look great, but they could become all too common around British ponds and outcompete native species. Climate change is once again posing us some tricky conservation questions.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1& Paragraph 2?

A．People hold events to observe different species.

B．Visitors have damaged the homes of many species.

C．Species preferred an extremely cold and wet environment.

D．Climate change makes some species move to new areas.

2. What’s Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．What factors can influence species’ colonisation.

B．How far individual animals can travel.

C．Why some species are declining.

D．Where most species tend to live.

3. Which might stand the least chance of colonisation?

A．Gilt­head bream.	B．Red­eyed damselflies.
C．Wood mice.	D．Ground squirrels.

4. What’s the team’s attitude towards the colonisation?

A．Indifferent.	B．Doubtful.
C．Objective.	D．Optimistic.

【推荐3】“The failure to play is now a serious issue and it calls for action for change, ” says Sir Ken Robinson, a leading expert in education, creativity and human development. This is the driving force behind Outdoor Classroom Day - a global teacher-led campaign, supported by Dirt is Good, a company producing daily chemical products.

Outdoor Classroom Day, taking place on 17th May and 1st November this year, will see schools around the world swap the inside for the playground and beyond to make playtime a key part of the school day. This might involve using natural objects like stones to do sums, or going on an insect hunt to encourage curiosity. By now, Outdoor Classroom Day has grown from a grassroots movement to a global campaign that is expected to benefit five million children and over 40, 000 schools from all around the world.

This is helping to change the trend that sees many schools selling up or building up on their playgrounds and cutting back on playtime to make more room for academic studies, while at home children’s lives are increasingly filled with organized activities intended to help them learn. Today globally 61% of parents surveyed in the Dirt is Good Qualitative Study said that children don’t know how to play without using technology.

Outdoor Classroom Day is making playing time happen, with 22% of participating schools having increased their playtime since joining the campaign. 93% of teachers surveyed saw improvements in children’s creativity after playing outside and 97% believe that time outdoors is necessary for children to reach their full potential.

Scientific studies show that real play - the active, physical, self-directed play - is essential for children to develop key life skills that are not taught elsewhere. Few would question the value of developing creativity, leadership, resourcefulness, and curiosity.

1. What do children do on Outdoor Classroom Day?

A．Have PE. classes on the playgrounds.

B．Have a day off and go playing anywhere.

C．Learn and play by using natural things outside.

D．Play on their own without the teachers’ guidance.

2. Why do children spend less time outdoors?

A．Schools stop providing playgrounds.

B．Adults ignore the importance of playtime.

C．Parents prefer to homeschool their children.

D．Technology helps children learn better at home.

3. What’s the school teachers’ attitude towards the campaign?

A．Positive.

B．Uncertain.

C．Unconcerned.

D．Negative.

4. What’s the purpose of the passage ?

A．To introduce an activity.	B．To advertise a product.
C．To entertain the public.	D．To persuade students to play.