【推荐1】Flying for a long time, you finally arrive at the place where you can relax—your hotel room. Now you throwyour bag on the bed, turn on the TV and watch an international news programme on a satellite channel probably from UK or the USA.
The main international broadcasters are BBC World and CNN. With an audience of over 1.5 billion people, these are popular channels that offer good-quality news programmes. In both companies, the journalists are experienced writers that produce journalism of a high standard.
However, there are alternative news channels which people watch because they want a less traditional or non-Western view on world events. Russia Today and Al Jazeera International, an Arabic company, are international channels that broadcast in English. Both companies say they give a fresh view on big stories, and their experienced journalists often report from places where Western journalists do not work, and so they give us stories that we don’t normally see.
The Internet offers more variety. OneWorldTV is an Internet site where you can find stories about the developing world and human rights, rather than the usual stories about US politics and business. The writers for this company are often local people who write the stories for free. This non-professional journalism is increasing, and it certainly offers more choices.
This increase in citizen journalism means that you can write the news, too. Main news broadcasters often use photographs and stories that members of the general public send to them, especially when there is a dramatic breaking news story. Besides this, some blogs are popular sources of news, and the website NowPublic lets you write stories using information you can get from anywhere, including sites like Youtube, Flickr and Twitter.
1. The first paragraph is meant to .

A．offer a suggestion	B．give a warning
C．explain a reason	D．introduce the topic

2. It can be learned from the text that more and more people will .

A．prefer to read local news	B．pay more attention to world news
C．start a career in citizen journalism	D．give up watching TV news programmes

3. What would be the best title for the text?

A．The Latest Local News	B．More Choices for News
C．The End of TV News	D．Traditional World News

【推荐2】New research has found a direct correlation between how a child visually tracks his mother’s eyes and the condition. How a toddler responds to baby talk could help diagnose autism (自闭症) years before symptoms begin, according to the new research.

A study examined responses to parents’ use of playful, emotional, exaggerated tones, known as “motherese” (mother’s ‘baby talk’), to capture a child’s attention. Eye-tracking tests showed that children who did not respond had weaker social and language abilities. Professor Karen Pierce, of California University in San Diego, co-author of the research, said, “We know the earlier we can introduce treatment, the more effective it is likely to be. But most children don’t get a formal diagnosis until around the age of three or four. There is a real need for easy and effective tools that can be used on young children. Eye-tacking is a great place to start.”

In experiments, 653 toddlers aged one to two years old were exposed to two one-minute videos featuring a woman speaking motherese or abstract scenes. Their eyes controlled which one played. Participants without ASD (autism spectrum disorder) showed consistently high interest in the woman speaking motherese, spending an average 80 percent of the time watching it. They largely ignored the second video which showed a busy highway, abstract shapes and numbers and had accompanying electronic music.

However, attention levels of peers diagnosed with ASD spanned the full range of concentration levels, with some focusing 100 percent on the random images. A group who fixed on motherese less than 30 percent of the time could be accurately identified as having ASD through this measurement alone. These children also showed lower scores on subsequent tests of language and social skills.

Whether less attention to motherese is the cause of reduced sociability or merely a symptom has yet to be determined. However, researchers found it appears to be a highly accurate biomarker for the condition. Prof Pierce said, “The fact we can reliably identify children with autism using such a simple and rapid eye-tracking test is really remarkable. In future, we hope to us each ids attention to motherese as a cue for which treatments they may most benefit from and as a tool for measuring how well those treatments work.”

1. What is the purpose of the study?

A．To catch a child’s attention.

B．To check a child’s eyesight.

C．To test a child’s reaction to motherese.

D．To diagnose autism early.

2. What can we know according to Pierce?

A．Eye-tracking test is a good way to cur c autism.

B．There is an urgent need for complex tool applied to young children.

C．It is essential to bring in ASD treatment in early time.

D．Most children don’t get an informal diagnosis before the age of three or four.

3. How did participants without ASD responded to the videos in experiments?

A．They showed occasionally high interest in the woman speaking motherese.

B．They fixed 80 percent on the random images.

C．They focused on motherese more than 30%percent of time.

D．They mainly overlooked the second one.

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

A．The connection between a child’s reaction to motherese and autism.

B．How to improve toddlers’ language and social skills.

C．The process of eye-tracking test.

D．How to heal autism.

【推荐3】When a week flies by quickly, maybe you can’t help asking yourself, “What did I do last week? Where did the time go?” Life seems to be out of control and soon, before we know it, we’ll become old and wonder what we’ve achieved.     1    

To plan your week well, the first thing you should do is write down what is most important to you in your life. For example, what are your deepest values?    2     What do you imagine yourself being and doing in 10 years from now?

It is also necessary to create a plan every Sunday evening for the following week.    3     Put all of them in your schedule. It is important that you have made proper plans like going to the grocery store (杂货店) or getting something done for your work or study. What’s more, make sure that you understand things will come up suddenly.

    4     You’d better print out your schedule and make it able to be seen throughout the week. Furthermore, at the end of each day, think of what you enjoyed doing. This will help you be thankful to each day and finally live a more meaningful life.

In a word, when you are at work, be at work.    5     To live a successful life, you have to stay focused on what is in front of you.

A．How to start all over again the next day?

B．When you’re at home, be at home.

C．What gives you hope every single day?

D．Once you’ve created the plan, it’s important for you to see it every day.

E．Remember what will make you feel more relaxed, peaceful and happy.

F．Actually, we all can have a successful life if we learn to plan our weeks in our life.

G．Sit down in a quiet place in your home while considering what needs to get done.

【推荐1】Loneliness is like a disease, and what's worse, it's contagious．It can spread from one person to another, according to the recent research that stresses the power of one person's emotions to affect even people he doesn’t know．
The new analysis, involving 4,793 people who were interviewed every two years between 2005 and 2015, showed that a friend of a lonely person was 52％ more likely to develop feelings of loneliness by the time of the next interview．A friend of that person was 25％ more likely, and a friend of a friend of a friend was 15％ more likely．
“Loneliness is not just the property of an individual．It can be transmitted across people—even people you don't have direct contact with,” said John T．Cacioppo, a psychologist of the University of Chicago who led the study published in the December issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology．
Loneliness has been linked to medical problems, including depression, sleep problems and generally poorer physical health．Identifying some of the causes could help reduce the emotion and improve health, experts said．
Although the study did not examine how loneliness spreads, Cacioppo said another research has provided clues．“Let's say for whatever reason you get lonely．You then interact with other people in a more negative fashion．That puts them in a negative mood and makes them more likely to interact with other people in a negative fashion and they minimize their social ties and become lonely,” Cacioppo said．
According to Cacioppo, loneliness spread more easily among women than men, perhaps because women were more likely to express emotions．
Lonely people become less and less trusting others．This makes it more and more difficult for them to make friends－and more likely that society will reject them．Therefore, it is important to recognize and deal with loneliness．Cacioppo emphasizes people who have been pushed to the edges of society should receive help to repair their social networks．
1. It can be concluded from the first paragraph that ______.

A．Loneliness is actually a kind of disease．

B．More and more people are suffering from loneliness.

C．Loneliness spreads in social networks．

D．Emotions are only transmitted between friends.

2. According to Cacioppo, lonely people________．

A．will probably be deserted by society

B．are more likely to trust others

C．are less likely to be rejected by friends

D．rely heavily on others

3. The word “minimize” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “________”.

A．increase	B．keep
C．create	D．reduce

4. Which should lonely people do to get rid of loneliness?

A．Refuse the help given by others.

B．Admit and try to solve it.

C．Interact with others more negatively.

D．Express emotions more often.

【推荐3】A healthy lifestyle is one that is full of healthy choices and behavior. It helps you keep physical and mental health and helps you live longer. Generally speaking, the factors that contribute to a healthy lifestyle may include physical activity, a healthy diet, low stress and healthy habits.     1    

    2    It helps to reduce your risk of diseases, such as cancer, and diabetes, and helps you control your weight. In children, physical activity also builds confidence. As part of a healthy lifestyle, adults should take part in moderate(适度的)to intense aerobic exercises and muscle-strengthening activities regularly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends at least 150 minutes of aerobic activity per week, such as walking, bicycling, playing tennis. swimming or aerobics.

Eating a healthy diet can help you prevent disease and keep a healthy weight. This means eating a range of whole foods from the different food groups. Overall, a healthy diet is high in plant-based foods and low in sugary and high fat foods. Meat can be part of a healthy diet if it is eaten in moderation.    3    

Although stress is a natural human reaction designed to keep you out of danger, there are negative health consequences to dealing with long term stress.    4     In order to manage your stress, you need to learn what causes it and how you can deal with it. Ways to deal with unavoidable stress include exercise and talking to family or friends.

A healthy lifestyle includes healthy habits. This means protecting your skin from the sun, getting regular health check-ups and avoiding substance abuse. Smoking and tobacco use are unhealthy because they increase your risk of diseases such as cancer and heart disease.     5    . It can damage your liver, cause cancer and hurt loved ones.

A．Your lifestyle should support a healthy weight, so remain active daily.

B．These factors help reduce the risk of diseases and increase your quality of life.

C．For a longer and better life, put together your plan for a healthy lifestyle.

D．Eating a wide variety of healthy food will help cover your nutritional(营养的) needs.

E．Physical activity is a key part of becoming and staying healthy.

F．Drinking too much alcohol is also an unhealthy habit.

G．Preventing and managing stress is important if you want to live a healthy lifestyle.