【推荐1】Confirmation bias(偏见) is our tendency to seek out information that confirms our existing beliefs. It also describes how we try to find ways to look at unclear information in ways that support rather than challenge those beliefs — or simply ignore information that contradicts them.     1    

People usually don't engage in confirmation bias on purpose.    2     For example, if you heard that a politician you support was caught in a scandal(丑闻), you might be more likely to believe explanations that make them look less guilty. Meanwhile, people who dislike that politician would probably be more likely to believe stories that make them look worse.

So what can we do to avoid confirmation bias?     3     This can help us check if we only believe certain things because we never seriously considered other possibilities. It's also easy to surround ourselves with an “echo chamber” of people who think the same way we do—especially on social media.    4     It can help us understand that there may be other ways to see the same issue.

And perhaps most importantly: we have to be careful not to jump to conclusions.    5     We should try to learn more before deciding how we feel about something, even if it's very important to us. But that's often easier said than done.

A．The thing we most want to believe might not actually be true.

B．But research has found that it is real and affects our judgment.

C．But it can be helpful to talk to people who don't share our beliefs.

D．Research has shown that confirmation bias occurs in several contexts.

E．Most of all, accept that you have biases that impact your decision-making.

F．One thing we can do is try to look for evidence that contradicts our beliefs.

G．This is especially true for information about things that feel very important to us.

【推荐2】What Can You Start Doing Now to Help You a Lot in the Future?

No one knows for sure what life will be like in the future, yet you can now do something to prepare yourself for the future.     1    

Respect your family and your friends.

Don’t let them down and never do something that someone else would do. Do what you feel is the right thing to do.     2     Show respect for every member in your family and each of your friends.

Start learning new skills.

You can do a little research on skills that will become essential in the future and those are also appreciated in your profession. Learning a new language is always an advantage.     3     You can also start researching about applications of your knowledge in other fields. It might give you some useful ideas.

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Talent alone is not enough. It is known that people with less talent work harder and lots of talented people think that their talent will do all the jobs. Well, guess what? it won’t. Hard workers are the successful ones. If they are also talented, they are bound to do great things.

Eat healthily and take good care of yourself.

Eat food that is good for your health every day. Use minimum amounts of cosmetic (化妆品的) products on your face and body, because all of them contain chemicals which travel from your skin straight to your blood, causing many health problems.     5    

A．Read quality books.

B．Be more friendly to everyone.

C．Work hard and you will go far.

D．Quit smoking and do more exercise.

E．Here are something you can do for a better future.

F．Try to see the world as much as your financial situation allows you.

G．It helps you have more opportunities to work in foreign countries or companies.

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，根据题目要求用英文回答问题。

Throughout our lives, we are faced with many different learning experiences. Some of these experiences have made more of an impact than others. This can be due to different intelligences or learning styles. A person’s learning style or “intelligence” is the method through which they gain information most easily.

The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed in 1983 by Dr. Gardner in his book Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, and it suggests that traditional ideas about intelligence, measured by standardized IQ tests, are very limited. According to him, eight different intelligences are proposed to describe the range of different abilities in children and adults. They are: linguistic intelligence, logical-mathematical intelligence, spatial intelligence, bodily-kinesthetic intelligence, musical intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, intrapersonal intelligence, and naturalistic intelligence.

Some schools focus attention on linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences. However, Dr. Gardner says that we should place equal attention on people who possess the other intelligences: designers, athletes, musicians, salesmen, psychologists, and biologists.

Education can be much more interesting and help more students to learn more effectively if teachers are encouraged to present lessons in a wide variety of ways using music, group work, art activities, role-play, multimedia, field trips, among others. The good news is that hundreds of schools are currently using the theory of multiple intelligences to design the way they educate children. By doing so, students will perform better and store more important information in their minds. Understanding a student’s learning style can help later in life and lead them into a more fulfilling career direction.

The theory of multiple intelligences also gives adults a whole new way to look at their lives, examining potentials that they left behind in their childhood, such as a love for art or drama. They may now have the opportunity to develop these through hobbies or other programs of self-development.

1. According to the passage, what is a person’s learning style?
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2. What does Dr. Gardner use the eight intelligences to describe?
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3. Please decide which part is false in the following statement, then underline it and explain why.
To help students perform better and store more important information in their minds, schools should focus on linguistic and logical-mathematical intelligences.
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4. Which intelligence do you want to develop most? Why? (In about 40 words)
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【推荐2】The aim of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.

The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good results.

In studying we must have patience. If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.

When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.

We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.

Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.

1. The passage tells us ________.

A．the importance of reading

B．to pay attention to the ways of studying

C．to read in the morning

D．to have patience in studying

2. How many ways of studying are mentioned in this passage?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

3. If we can’t put our hearts into the book when we read, it is ________.

A．easy to understand it well	B．better to get something from it
C．impossible for us to get something from it	D．possible to learn something from it

4. In studying we must always ask “whys” in order to ________.

A．understand the book well	B．write down the questions
C．do with the new words	D．get some questions to ask our teachers