【推荐1】Winners Club
You choose to be a winner!
The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account (交易账户) where you receive a key – card so you can get to your money 24/7 – that's 24 hours a day, 7 days aweek!
It's a club with impressive features for teenagers:
●No account keeping fees!
You're no millionaire so we don't expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!
●Excellent interest rates!
You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits (储蓄) without taking them out in a month.
●Convenient
Teenagers are busy – we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet ... You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part – time job!
●Mega magazine included
Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.
The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool key-card) but it is easy. We can't want to hear from you. It's the best way to choose to be a winner!
1. The Winners Club is a bank account intended for _________.

A．parents	B．teenagers
C．winners	D．adults

2. The Winners Club provides magazines which _________.

A．encourage spending

B．are free to all teenagers

C．are full of adventure stories

D．help to make more of your money

3. If you want to be a member of the Club, you must _________.

A．be an Internet user	B．be permitted by your parent
C．have a big sum of money	D．be in your twenties

4. Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?

A．Special gifts are ready for parents.

B．The bank opens only on work days.

C．Services are convenient for its members.

D．Fees are necessary for the account keeping.

5. What is the purpose of this text?

A．To set up a club.

B．To provided part – time jobs.

C．To introduce a new banking service.

D．To organize key – cards.

【推荐3】The 67th Miss Universe beauty pageant (选美比赛) will take place December 16 in Bangkok, Thailand. The competition will include young women from around the world representing their countries. But one South American country, Chile, will not be represented by a native Chilean. Instead, Andrea Diaz, a native of Venezuela (委内瑞拉) will have that honor.

Diaz grew up in Valencia, Venezuela. She began training as a model at age 12 at a school there. At 19, she won a pageant organized by her town’s baseball team. As Diaz moved along her career path, she also moved away from home. She went first to Panama, and later to Mexico, for modeling jobs. In 2015, she settled in Chile, where most of her family members now live. The 27-year-old woman told the reporter, “I represent the new Chile. This is an inclusive (包容的) country where immigrants come in search of opportunities.”

Thousands of people leave Venezuela each day to escape a lack of food and medicine in the country. Its economic crisis (危机) has created an almost 1 million percent inflation (通货膨胀) rate. Many beauty pageant hopefuls have left Venezuela and have found work in modeling and media fields. Diaz is one of several Venezuelan beauty pageant competitors representing countries other than their homeland.

A recent Miss Earth pageant had two Venezuelan models who competed for other countries, including Jessica Russo. Russo represented Peru just one year after moving to the country. She said, “My dream of being a beauty queen is not going to stop just because I arrived in a new country.” The 22-year-old competitor did not make it into the Miss Earth finals. But she is not giving up. She says she hopes to one day win a competition for Peru, the country where her mother was born.

1. Who can take part in the beauty pageant held in Bangkok, Thailand?

A．Only young women from Chile.

B．Only young women from the university in Venezuela.

C．Young women from Venezuela.

D．Young women from all over the world.

2. What nationality is Diaz now?

A．Chile.	B．Venezuela.
C．Panama.	D．Mexico.

3. What can be inferred from the third paragraph?

A．Economic situation in Venezuela is becoming better and better.

B．Women in Venezuela have to work as models in their country.

C．Venezuelan beauty competitors have to represent other countries.

D．Venezuelan beauty hopefuls have found work in educational fields.

4. What does the underlined word “it” mean in the last paragraph?

A．Her dream of being a beauty queen.	B．Not giving up.
C．The place where her mother was born.	D．Moving to a new country.

【推荐1】I don't ever want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it's like to work in a field controlled by men. I was never very good at telling hose stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space-time and the nature of black holes.

At 19, when I began studying astrophysics, it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D.at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement-jobs, research papers, awards- was viewed from the angle of gender（性别）.So were my failures.

Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations（挑衅）: I don't talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn't want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist?

Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women's college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don't dismiss those concerns. Instead given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant（怀孕的）doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that's a sight worth talking about.

1. Why doesn't the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?

A．She finds space research more important.

B．She is not good at telling stories of the kind.

C．She is fed up with the issue of sexual discrimination（歧视）.

D．She feels unhappy working in male-controlled fields.

2. From Paragraph 2 we can infer that people would attribute(归结于) the author' s failures to ________.

A．the very fact that she is a woman

B．her involvement in gender politics

C．her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist

D．the burden she bears in a male-dominated society

3. Why does the author feel great satisfaction when talking about her class?

A．Female students no longer have to bother about gender issues.

B．Her students' performance has brought back her confidence.

C．Her female students can do just as well as male students.

D．More female students are pursuing science than before.

4. What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?

A．Women students needn' t have the concerns of her generation.

B．Women have more barriers on their way to academic success.

C．Women can balance a career in science and having a family.

D．Women now fewer problems pursuing a science career.

【推荐2】With large and small keyboards everywhere, neither children nor adults need to write much of anything by hand. That’s a big problem. Study after study suggests that handwriting is important for brain development — helping kids get fine motor skills and learn to express and create ideas. Yet the time devoted to teaching penmanship in most schools has shrunk to just one hour a week. Is it time to give up handwriting? Have a look at the link between the brain and penmanship, and you may get the answer.
A test among students in grades 2, 4 and 6 found that they not only wrote faster by hand than by keyboard, but also created more ideas when composing essays with handwriting. And other research shows that the finger movements required to write by hand activate brain areas involved with thought, language, and short-term memory.
A recent Indiana University study had one group of children practice writing letters by hand while a second group just looked at those letters. Then, both groups of kids entered a functional MRI (核磁共振) that scanned their brains as the researchers showed them the same letters. Researchers found that the brain activity in the first group was far more advanced and “adult-like”.
Handwriting also affects other people’s way they think of adults and children. Several studies have shown that the same average essay will score much higher if written with good penmanship and much lower if written out in poor handwriting. These studies have also found that people judge the quality of a person’s ideas based on his or her handwriting. And the consequences are real: On standardized tests with handwritten sections, like the SAT, all essay that is considered hard to recognize gets a big zero.
Studies show that this isn’t only an English-language phenomenon. Chinese and Japanese youths are suffering from “character amnesia”. They can’t remember how to write characters, thanks to computers and text messaging. Some experts fear that Chinese writing and reading are so closely linked in the brain that China’s reading ability as a nation could suffer.
1. According to the passage, it can be learned that ________________.

A．many researches have been done on handwriting

B．essays can’t be composed without handwriting

C．all children write faster by keyboard than by hand

D．most schools are trying to teach more handwriting

2. What does the Indiana University study imply?

A．Children should practice writing letters

B．Handwriting can increase brain activity

C．It’s good for children to enter a functional MRI.

D．Letters should often be shown to children

3. What does the 4th paragraph mainly talk about?

A．Handwriting affects both adults and children.

B．Handwriting helps a person write better essays.

C．SAT should be done with good handwriting.

D．Good handwriting makes a person seem smarter.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Essays written with keyboards will get lower scores.

B．The quality of your ideas depends on your handwriting.

C．Chinese and Japanese youths don’t know how to write.

D．Less handwriting may affect China’s reading ability.

5. The passage tries to tell us that __________________.

A．keyboards are more popular than handwriting

B．we shouldn’t judge people by their handwriting

C．handwriting is of great importance

D．it’s time to give up using keyboards

【推荐3】There is no denying that some people live to be older than others. Followed are the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity (长寿）？ Are there any kinds of personalities contributing to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at these questions by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.

According to the study, those who live the longest are more outgoing, more active and less neurotic(神经质的）than other people. Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span. These findings are in agreement with what you I would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends                    and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.

Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer. Those who were more self-disciplined, for instance, were no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being open       to new ideas had no relationship to Jong life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their way.

Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should strive to be as outgoing as possible.

Unfortunately, another recent study shows that your mother's personality may also help determine your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets. Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we’re adults, which may mean that kids depressed moms end up dying younger.

Personality isn’t destiny, and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isn’t just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.

1. The purpose of the study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is .

A．to see whether people's personality affects their life span

B．to find out if one’s lifestyle has any effect on their health

C．to investigate the role of exercise in living a long life

D．to examine all the factors contributing to longevity

2. What does the author imply about outgoing and sympathetic people?

A．They have a good understanding of evolution.

B．They are better at negotiating an agreement.

C．They generally appear more resourceful.

D．They are more likely to get over hardship.

3. What finding of the study might prove somewhat out of our expectation?

A．Easy-going people can also live a relatively long life.

B．Advantageous personality characteristics actually vary with times.

C．Such characteristics as self-discipline have no effect on longevity.

D．Readiness to accept new ideas helps one enjoy longevity.

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Anxiety and depression cut one's life span short.

B．Longevity results from mental and physical health.

C．Personality plays a decisive role in longevity.

D．Health is in large part related to one's life style.

【推荐1】Problem-solving is part of everyone’s daily life. If you’re facing a tough problem at work, you truly are better off getting a good night’s sleep before making any decisions, as findings from a study at Northwestern University suggest.

Because many tricky problems are solved by thinking of them in a fresh way, Sanders and cognitive researchers Samuel Osburn, Ken A. Paller, and Mark Beeman assumed that processing unsolved problems during sleep would help people purify their memories of the problems, and improve their chances of solving them the next day.

To test that assumption, they used a technique known as targeted memory reactivation (TMR) with 61 study participants. In two evening laboratory sessions, the participants attempted to solve verbal, space, and other puzzles one at a time with the experimenters randomly pairing each puzzle with a musical sound. If the participants failed to solve a puzzle within 2 minutes, the corresponding sound played one more time. After failing to solve six puzzles each evening, they replayed the puzzle-sound pairings until they had them down.

After those sessions, participants took home technology that provided the sound cues while they slept.

Across the two mornings, they solved more cued puzzles than uncued puzzles. In fact, they solved 55 percent more puzzles when the corresponding sound had been played while they slept.

“While we use tricky puzzles in our study, the underlying cognitive processes could relate to solving any problem on which someone is stuck or blocked by an incorrect approach,” Sanders explains. “They advised, however, that the effect may only apply to situations in which an individual already has some background information to help solve a problem.” Beeman says.

Still, the study reveals important information about sleep, memory, and incubation (潜伏期) for problem-solving. The team plans to further study these processes, to further pin down the mechanisms and to see how it occurs in real-life problem-solving.

1. What is the assumption mainly about?

A．Sleep’s effect on problem-solving.	B．Solving problems during sleep.
C．Memory’s impact on problem-solving.	D．Improper ways of solving problems.

2. What can we learn about the experiments?

A．they set six puzzles for each participant.	B．they had the puzzles solved in the evenings.
C．they applied matching sounds to puzzle-solving.	D．they met with disapproval.

3. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the study?

A．Subjective.

B．Objective.

C．Indifferent

D．Pessimistic

【推荐2】Generation Z athletes have emerged in 2021 as global well-being leaders and advocates，challenging outdated ideas about what it takes to be an athlete.Many of these young sportspeople have gone beyond their sport.Through social media，they have opened up conversations about performance, mental health and the impact of the media.

Performing at the highest level can put huge amounts of pressure on young athletes. Simone Biles decided to put her mental health first at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics when she withdrew from an event.

The emergence of the athlete’s authentic voice during their career is new and growing.Social media has expanded and accelerated a properly authentic voice that is also more personal and openly political.These generation Z players，born into or at the top of the social media boom，can connect directly with their millions of followers on social media to share personal insights.

It is unusual for active athletes to be so transparent about their health-particularly，their mental health. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Biles made a rare exception. She used social media to explain an attack of the “twisties” and the impact on her performance and mental health.

By taking control of their own stories，these athletes have broken the idea that top sports stars-with their extreme athleticism, dedication and seeming invincibility(无敌)-are somehow superhuman. Elite athletes carry enormous burdens of responsibility and winning doesn’t come before everything else.As Simone Biles made clear：“We are not just entertainment.We are human.”

1. What can we know from Paragraph 1? ________

A．Generation Z athletes have become global leaders.

B．Some athletes don’t know what it takes to be an athlete.

C．Plenty of young athletes have lost their interest in sports.

D．Many young athletes air their views via social media.

2. Simone Biles withdrew from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to ________ .

A．mental stress	B．poor performance
C．mental disease	D．other young athletes

3. What’s the author’s attitude toward Simone Biles?

A．Neutral.

B．Favorable.

C．Critical.

D．Indifferent.

4. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．All that glitters is gold.

B．Athletes should be supermen.

C．Victory isn’t everything for an athlete.

D．Sports should be viewed as entertainment.

【推荐3】"Ni Hao! Lao Tie! I am your foreign friend. Just have a bite of our organic apples and place your orders here!" Erik Nilsson, a Swedish traveler, greeted through TikTok livestreams in a village of Jiangxi Province. His appearance online increased that day's sale greatly. After experiencing a special day in the rural area, Erik said jokingly, "I wish I could change my job."

This village is not alone. Nowadays, China' s e-commerce platforms have helped open up the market for Chinese farmers produce, bringing an increasing number of sales online. This new trend has made livestreaming a new way to rid farmers of poverty, with mobile phones becoming new farm tools".

Everyone has brought their own agricultural products. How can you make the audiences believe that they' re delicious through the screen in front of you? Now, let 's feel the look on your face during the livestreaming!" The Farmers' Education Training Center (FETC) in Hainan Province invites professionals such as directors and makeup stylists to teach farmers a variety ofskills ranging from short video editing to livestreaming sales sills. However, at first, only a few villagers had a strong desire. We helped them get training in livestreaming, short video marketing,and other courses. It wasn't fancy, but simple, practical, and effective.''

"Everybody, please take a look. This is the best coconut. Taste it." said Pei Yanqin, 59,speaking Mandarin with a strong local accent and communicating smoothly with netizens through her livestreaming software. Just over a year ago, she was one of those villagers with the least intention to get training.

In 2018, the demonstration project of national e-commerce for rural areas was launched.Today, the village has developed eight e-commerce livestreaming courtyards. Some presenters work alone, while others are husband and wife teams.

1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To lead in the topic.

B．To add to the atmosphere.

C．To introduce culture contrast.

D．To give background knowledge.

2. How did most of the poor farmers first respond to the training?

A．Thrilled.

B．Doubtful.

C．Disappointed.

D．Impressed.

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A．Erik wants to seek for a new job.

B．E-commerce is a family business.

C．Livestreaming is the best way to remove poverty.

D．Government helps farmers become skilled in marketing online.

4. Where is this text most likely taken from?

A．A travel log.

B．A government report.

C．A research paper.

D．A frontpage article.