【推荐2】How to make a vegetable garden for kids

Children love dirt!     1    ! Ann Sanders of A Green Hand shared her step-by-step guide to creating a vegetable garden with your kid.

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Ensure (确保) it gets a lot of sunlight and is near a water source and has the best soil. You want to make sure that your kid’s garden has all the essentials (必需品) needed to make a successful vegetable garden.

You can set your kid’s vegetable garden near your own garden. The best location though is in his place where he can pick a vegetable to eat while playing.

Allow your kid to choose the layout (布局) for his vegetable garden.

    3    . To add color and excitement to your kid’s vegetable garden, you can help him plant some colorful flowers such as sunflowers.

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To get your kid excited about his vegetable garden is to have him plant vegetables that are easy to grow. It helps a lot if you help him choose the right vegetables. Here are some easy-to-grow vegetables perfect for your kid’s vegetable garden: tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, and cucumber.

Allow your kid to use real tools and not plastic garden tools.

Small garden tools are not easy to find.     5    . However, by using real tools, your kid will feel that you are giving importance to his work and appreciating his vegetable garden.

A．Find an area that is suitable for your kid

B．Gardening is a perfect excuse to get dirty

C．Choose the right kinds of vegetables to plant

D．You should make sure these tools are safe plastics

E．Plant what they want to make the garden specially for their own

F．It may also be a challenge to find real tools that are safe for kids to use

G．Encourage your kid to use his creativity in designing his vegetable garden

【推荐3】How to Rebuild Trust—Taking Responsibility for Your Actions

Maybe you lied to your sweetheart, stole the guy or girl your friend had an eye on. Trust between two people means that they can be vulnerable with each other. Maintaining trust is very important to having satisfying relationships. Losing trust is a two-way street, and so is rebuilding it.     1     Here’s what you need to do from some angles.

Come clean.

If you have betrayed someone, coming clean at your own expense tells the other person that their well-being is more important than your own.     2     Even if there are parts that you can keep hidden without getting caught, you should still reveal them to the other person. Only in admitting all your mistakes can you be forgiven for all of them.

Expect an emotional reaction from the other person.

    3     On the contrary, you can expect an emotional outburst—yelling, crying, and so on—from the other person when she hears you admit your betrayal. But remember, the best way to move on is by putting it all into the open.

Apologize.

    4     How you approach saying your apology will influence whether or not the apology is accepted and you both can move on.

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When you violate someone’s trust, you may feel so regretful that you have a hard time forgiving yourself for the violation. While a repentant heart is an essential part of making up with the person you betrayed, you also need to accept and learn to forgive yourself after you put the effort into making amends.

A．Apologize first.

B．Forgive yourself.

C．Admit all of your mistakes.

D．Let him know why you are apologizing.

E．This one should be obvious, but unfortunately, sometimes it gets overlooked.

F．Admitting that you betrayed someone is not going to make things easier immediately.

G．Both parties must want to rebuild lost trust.

【推荐3】
1. What is going to take place on 2 February, 2018?

A．A big event to welcome a Chinese new year.

B．A social gathering to raise money for wildlife.

C．A party for close friends to meet and have fun.

D．A meeting of Kwun Tong High School students.

2. How much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together?

A．$20	B．$40
C．$60	D．$80

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A．Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School.

B．It’s unnecessary to take soft drinks with you.

C．Free digital cameras are provided for everybody.

D．Students can have festival food as much as they can.[

【推荐2】Are you the type to run before breakfast in the morning? Working out on an empty stomach won't hurt you—and it may actually help depending on your goal.

Exercising before eating comes with the risk of being light-headed due to low blood sugar. You might feel tired or uneasy, and won't be able to work out as energetically as you would have. A light amount of food is important for older adults over 55—especially in the morning. But if your primary exercise goal is weight loss, exercising on an empty stomach may come with some promising benefits. There's some research to support the idea that working out in a fasted (禁食) state can burn more fat than exercising in a fed state.

Working out on an empty stomach, however, may not prove true for everyone. "Some people, young and in amazing physical shape, suggest fasted exercise," says Douglas Paddon-Jones, a muscle physiology (生理学) researcher of aging and health. "They have no health matters, and what they're eating is super-high quality and carefully regulated." On the other hand, working out in a fasted state without proper planning or professional management may run the risk of unhealthy body changes.

For people who aren't athletes, having food before a workout may be the best way to get the most fat-burning benefit. "You don't want to fill up; you just want to give your body a burst of energy to power your training period. After you exercise, drink some water—but wait 60 to 90 minutes before eating." Says Shivani Sahni, director of the nutrition (营养) program at Harvard University's Institute for Aging Research. "You're trying to take advantage of your promoted metabolic rate (代谢速率) after exercise, so if you can go an hour or an hour and a half without eating, you'll maximize (最大化) the fat-burning response," says she.

1. Who should have a little food before morning exercise?

A．Seniors over fifty-five.	B．Professional athletes.
C．Adults over twenty-five.	D．Regular runners.

2. Why do some people suggest fasted exercise?

A．To appear younger.	B．To become athletic.
C．To achieve excitement.	D．To burn fat at most.

3. How should young and healthy people exercise according to Douglas Paddon-Jones?

A．Improve diet quality.	B．Drink water after exercise.
C．Exercise without eating.	D．Do exercise regularly.

4. The author advises readers to be________when working out in a fasted state.

A．strict

B．careful

C．confident

D．calm

【推荐3】阅读下面的短文，请根据短文后的要求答题(注意问题后的字数要求)。

[1] Do you ever wish you were as thin as a model or as strong as your favorite football player? Maybe you wish you were taller or just shaped (塑形) a little differently. Those thoughts are a natural part of growing up. How can you feel better about your body?

[2] Firstly, learning what you can and can’t change about your body is part of growing up .It can be hard to accept. But when people accept the way they look, they often feel happier.

[3] Eating healthy foods can make people feel better about their bodies. Why? Because _____________will make you full of energy and keep your body working just the way it should.

[4]Watching TV and playing computer games can be fun, but it doesn’t do much for your body because your body stays still (静止的). Those are called sedentary (需要久坐的) activities because you sit while you do them.

[5] But when you move your body — by playing, dancing, taking part in sports, or even cleaning your room — you exercise your muscles (肌肉). When you exercise a muscle, it gets stronger and stronger. And when you have strong muscles, you can do whatever you want to do.

[6] People feel better about their bodies when their bodies can do whatever they want them to do. So climb a hill, jump rope, ride a bike, swim in a pool, run up the stairs, or even do the hula — and enjoy all your body can do!

1. What’s the main idea of this passage? (no more than 10 words)
2. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
3. Fill in the blank in paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 3 words)
4. Why do watching TV and playing computer games aren’t good for us according to paragraph4? (no more than 15 words)
5. What will your muscles be after you exercise them? (no more than 10 words)

【推荐1】To me, Shakespeare is a bit of a touchy subject in the theatre industry. I believe Shakespeare’s plays to be the most challenging in terms of language. When you have challenging language, then understanding the plot and topics discussed becomes a challenge as well. It’s like a chain. If you don’t understand it from the start, it makes things hard later on and people tend to give up on it. Regardless of all of this, I believe Shakespeare’s plays are important in the sense that they are where true theatre started. William Shakespeare is a name everyone knows regardless of whether you enjoy his work or not.

Many high schools or colleges do at least one Shakespeare’s play every few years and I like that. I think it’s important to expose students to plays that are a bit more challenging than they’re used to. Of course, it’s not easy to understand these plays but then think about the people who act in those plays. When acting, you have to understand your character inside and out and not only that, but you need to completely know everything going on around you as well. So to understand the script is one thing, but then to take it to that next level in terms of acting in a Shakespeare’s play is a whole other thing. How about memorizing the lines? That’s one of the hardest things actors have said they had to get through. It is such heightened language that it’s almost like learning a foreign language. Shakespeare’s play is tough and that’s what I think I love about it the most. The challenge is understanding. Once you have that then you have room to play with it.

Therefore, if people walked into a Shakespeare’s play with more of an open mind, their experience would be so much better. There is an immense amount of exploration and discovery in his plays and the experience can be really satisfying. It’s hard stuff, but it’s fascinating and we should be embracing it.

1. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The characteristics of Shakespeare’s plays.

B．How to perform Shakespeare’s plays successfully.

C．The importance and way of enjoying Shakespeare’s plays.

D．How to understand the tough language of Shakespeare’s plays.

2. What’s the biggest challenge in understanding Shakespeare’s plays?

A．The plot and topics.

B．The challenging language.

C．Understanding the characters.

D．How to understand from the start.

3. What does the underlined word mean in paragraph 2?

A．Outstanding and lively.

B．Strange and mechanical.

C．Complicated and difficult.

D．High-leveled and interesting.

4. What does the writer suggest you do when enjoying Shakespeare’s plays?

A．Act them out.

B．Remember the lines in them.

C．Learn Shakespeare’s language.

D．Enjoy them with an open mind.

【推荐2】Have you ever wondered why you sometimes take an almost immediate liking to a person you have just met? We often get the first impression of a people based on the color of a person’s skin or the manner in which he or she dressed. Meaning is conveyed not only by words or verbal languages but also by nonverbal communication systems, such as body behaviors.　　

Nonverbal communication is important because we use the actions of others to learn about their affective emotional states. Our emotions are reflected in our posture, face, and eyes—be it fear, joy, anger, or sadness—so we can express them without ever saying a word .For this reason, most of us rely heavily on what we learn through our eyes.　　

Nonverbal communication is significant in human interaction because it is usually responsible for the first impressions. More importantly, those first messages usually influence the perception (感知) of everything else that follows. Even how we select friends and sexual partners is grounded in first impressions with nonverbal communication.　　

Nonverbal communication is important because it is culture-related. It is based on different beliefs, religions, values and customs in different cultures. When, where, how, and to whom people display his or her specific nonverbal behaviors is greatly affected by culture and context. Culture determines what the appropriate nonverbal behavior is.

For example, feelings of friendship exist everywhere but their expression varies. It may be appropriate in some countries for man to embrace each other and for women to hold hands; in other countries these displays of affection may be shocking. Each culture has its own specific interpretation on nonverbal communication. What is acceptable in one culture may be completely unacceptable in another. One culture may determine that snapping fingers to call a waiter is acceptable; another may consider this gesture rude.

1. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Nonverbal communication and first impression

B．Nonverbal communication is culture-related

C．Nonverbal and verbal communication

D．The importance of nonverbal communication

2. We can know a person’s feeling through our eyes because________.

A．we can see a person’s feeling on his face.

B．a person’s emotions can be reflected through eyes.

C．a person’s feeling can be reflected through his body languages

D．we can see a person’s feeling through his posture

3. Which of the following statements is not True?

A．Meaning can be conveyed both by words and body language.

B．We can use nonverbal communication to learn about a person’s emotional states.

C．We often get the first impression by what a person says.

D．The first impression can affect what we will do in the following.

4. What can we conclude from the last paragraph?

A．we can use different ways to express friendship

B．each culture has its own specific interpretation on nonverbal communication

C．snapping fingers to call a waiter is acceptable

D．learning a country’s culture is very important.