The Ice Cream Machine is no ordinary tale. It’s a flavorful (好味道的) book made up of six stories, all of which have the same title, but each has a different story centering on one subject, ice cream.
One ice-cream story focuses on a boy and his robot in the distant future. Another is about a father and daughter who invent an ice-cream machine. My favorite story in the book talks about two sisters, Pam and Penelope, who try to enter an ice-cream-eating contest. The six stories go with black-and-white illustrations (插图) from six different artists.
The Ice Cream Machine is inventive and fun. Its author, Adam Rubin, has a lot of experience when it comes to writing about food. His most famous children’s book is Dragons Love Tacos. It was a No.1 New York Times best-seller. “I like to write about food because it’s universally beloved by people of all different cultures,” Rubin says. “It’s something we can all relate to.”
Rubin hopes The Ice Cream Machine inspires kids to write. Its jacket turns into an envelope in which readers can send him their stories. Rubin says writers should write about things they like. “If you’re trying to write something that someone else likes, you might not get it right. Then no one’s happy,” he says. “But if you focus on writing about something that you like, then it’s fun. When it makes you happy, your writing will bring joy.”
I recommend The Ice Cream Machine to anyone who likes creative storytelling. The book goes down just like ice cream: smooth, enjoyable, and with a pleasant aftertaste.
Rubin’s favorite flavor of ice cream? “Chocolate chip,” he says. Don’t tell him, but the best flavor is actually birthday cake！
1. Why does Adam Rubin like writing about food？| A．People around the world show interest in food. | B．Many different books focus on food. |
| C．Food is the symbol of different cultures. | D．Food is the material base of human life. |
| A．Something connected with food. |
| B．What other people like. |
| C．What happens to them. |
| D．Something they enjoy. |
| A．It has six stories with different titles. | B．It contains many colorful illustrations. |
| C．It is a No. 1 New York Times best-seller. | D．It is written in a style of creative storytelling. |
| A．My Favorite Story in a Book | B．Six Flavors in One Book |
| C．The Best Flavor of Ice Cream | D．The Writer of No. 1 Best-seller |
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| C．Riverhead Books | D．Atria Books |
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1. Which book will attract an animal lover?| A．Our very own tree |
| B．How does a plant grow? |
| C．Next time you see a sunset |
| D．Next time you see a spiderweb |
| A．9781936959471 | B．9781938946349 |
| C．9781941316245 | D．9781936959167 |
| A．They are about nature. |
| B．They are howto books. |
| C．They have the same pages. |
| D．They are of the same difficulty level. |
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| A．Selecting a book. | B．Signing up first. | C．Sharing thoughts. | D．Sending an email. |
| A．Self-love. | B．Social justice. | C．Personal growth. | D．Literature experience. |
| A．They offer summer activities. | B．Their meetings are held online. |
| C．Their members are all students. | D．They focus on the same theme. |
【推荐1】A new study shows that when teachers participate in a training programme focused on prosocial (亲社会的) classroom behaviour, their students are better able to control their emotions, and that children who can regulate emotions are more likely to be academically successful.
For the study, which appears in Prevention Science, researchers looked at more than 100 teachers and 1,817 students from kindergarten to third grade to see if teachers could support students’ emotional and behavioural growth through the Incredible Years-Teacher Classroom Management (IY-TCM) programme.
The programme uses videos and training sessions, along with role-playing and coaching, to help teachers learn management skills such as using behaviour-specific praise, building positive relationships with students, and considering how to reduce poor behaviour. Teachers in the training group increased interactions with students by 64 per cent compared with 53 per cent for teachers in the control group without the training.
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After one school year of using the programme in classrooms, students improved their social ability and ability to regulate their emotions. These improvements resulted in an increase in the tests for students in Incredible Years classrooms vs students in control classrooms. And this classroom management approach can help reduce the risk for struggling learners early on, which could help prevent more accumulative support needs in a child’s future.
1. What do the teachers do in the IY-TCM programme?| A．Learn how to identify poor behaviour. |
| B．Offer the researchers advice on emotional control. |
| C．Take care of kids from kindergarten to third grade. |
| D．Apply different ways to learning how to manage kids. |
| A．Now it is hard for students to control their anger. |
| B．A calm manner is an effective way to handle problems. |
| C．Few can realize their behaviour is unfit for a situation. |
| D．The programme will show how to handle troublesome kids. |
| A．Study results of the programme are entirely unexpected. |
| B．Students in control classrooms can better control their emotions. |
| C．The programme advances the students’ academic performance. |
| D．Students change their bad behaviour shortly through the programme. |
| A．Positive. | B．Negative. | C．Subjective. | D．Indifferent. |
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Football - 4 billion fans
Football, better known as soccer in the US, is by far the most popular sport in the world. Experts estimate that the origin (起源) of football may go as far back as two thousand years, beginning in ancient China during the Han Dynasty. One major reason for football’s global popularity is that, unlike other sports that require expensive equipment, all you need to play football is a ball and your feet.
Volleyball - 900 million fans
Volleyball pits two teams across a high net, each attempting to smash the ball onto the opponent’s (对手的) floor. A popular variant, beach volleyball, is competed on sand by pairs rather than the regular six players per team. The crowd appeal of beach volleyball has grown greatly in recent years.
Tennis - 1 billion fans
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Hockey - 2 billion fans
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1. What makes football popular all over the world?| A．Its long history. | B．Its huge fan bases. |
| C．Its unique origin. | D．Its great convenience. |
| A．Football. | B．Hockey. | C．Volleyball. | D．Tennis. |
| A．Football is American people’s favorite sport. |
| B．Playing ice hockey has body contact. |
| C．Beach volleyball has attracted the most sports fans recently. |
| D．A tennis player loses one point if his ball goes past his opponent. |
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He set out, aged 17, with his father Nicolo and his uncle Maffeo on their great journey to China. They sailed south from Venice, Italy and stopped off in the Middle East. They often carried on overland to Persia (now Iran), through the Pamir Mountains and the Gobi Desert before they got to Beijing, China. At that time, China was more advanced than Europe. They already had paper, so large numbers of books were available. They also used paper money in many parts of the country.
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Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau was a French undersea explorer, environmentalist and inventor. He was born in France in 1910. When he was young, he was attracted by the sea, machines and filmmaking. In the French navy, Cousteau began exploring underwater and worked on a special breathing machine which allowed divers to stay underwater for several hours. This gave them time to really look around under the ocean. In 1948, Cousteau began travelling the world’s oceans in his research ship Calypso. Cousteau produced many films and books about his underwater experiences, including the TV series The Underwater World of Jacques Cousteau, which introduced the public to the world of sharks, whales, dolphins and treasure.
Cousteau started the Cousteau Society to protect ocean life. In 1989, he received a great honour: he was made a member of the French Academy. Finally, after a long and varied life, Cousteau died on 25th June, 1997.
1. What do we know about Marco Polo’s trip to China?| A．He travelled with members of his family. |
| B．He planned to trade with the East. |
| C．He travelled with his father. |
| D．He brought advanced technologies to China. |
| A．He started to sell books about about his underwater experiences. |
| B．He taught people to make paper. |
| C．He made up stories to fool people. |
| D．He recorded his experiences in China. |
| A．He was really interested in China. |
| B．He invented his research ship Calypso. |
| C．He cared for the surroundings. |
| D．He published books about his family life. |
| A．They were highly talented. | B．They were great explorers. |
| C．They were imaginative. | D．They were sealovers. |
