While it is impossible to live completely free of stress(压力)，it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect
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When you are nervous，angry or upset，try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity.Running，walking，playing tennis，and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try.
◆Take care of yourself
You should make every effort to eat well and get enough rest.If you easily get angry and can’t sleep well enough，or if you’re not eating properly，it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations.
◆Make time for yourself
Schedule time for both work and entertainment.Don't forget，play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work.
◆Make a list of things to do
Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there’s so much to do，and not enough time”.Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result，you may not achieve anything.Instead，make a list of everything you have to do，then
| A．You need a break from your daily routine to just relax and have fun. |
| B．Try physical activity |
| C．take care of everything at once |
| D．If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping，you should consult a doctor. |
| E．do one thing at a time |
| F．Lie in bed for a rest |
| G．when it can’t be avoided |
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【推荐1】How to Prepare for the New School Year
After a few months away, preparations for a new school year can be at a loss.
Review what you learned last year. You don’t have to study for long hours. This can be as simple as reviewing the subjects that you studied and reading through summaries of the books quickly that you read last year.
Buy all required supplies.
Start a sleep schedule. To be at your best, you will need to be well rested at the start of the school day.
| A．Pack your school bag |
| B．Design your school bag by yourself |
| C．Your school may provide a list that you need |
| D．Whether you spent the summer relaxing or working |
| E．A quick refresher will get your mind ready for studying |
| F．If you have kept late hours during your summer holiday |
| G．Anyone who does well in review will enter a good school |
【推荐2】How do I Book a Place on Airbnb?
When you book a place on Airbnb, you’re making arrangements to stay in someone’s home. Each host has their own style of hospitality, starting with how they like to get to know their guests. Some hosts want to approve reservations, while others are comfortable letting you book their place instantly without waiting for approval.
1. Complete Your Personal Details
In either case, it’s important to know that Airbnb is a community that relies on trust. Complete your personal details before you request a reservation with a host, so they can know a little bit about you when they confirm. Your personal details should include photos and verifications (身份证明), especially because some hosts require guests to have a profile photo and verified ID in order to book.
2. Find the Right Place
With over 800, 000 unique listings around the world, you’ll want to make sure the place you choose has everything you need for a comfortable and memorable trip. When searching for a place, make sure to include your dates and number of guests to get the most accurate pricing. Read reviews, descriptions, house rules, and facilities for each place to see if it’s the right fit for your trip. You can always contact the host if you have any questions about their home.
3. Book It!
You’ve found the perfect place, and now it’s time to make it official. This is where the host’s preferred way of booking will determine how you’ll confirm your reservation.
·Instant Book
For hosts who don’t want to approve each reservation, you’ll see a button on their listing that says Instant Book. Like the name suggests, you can confirm a reservation at these places right away.
·Request to Book
Many hosts prefer to approve reservations before they’re final. In this case, you’ll see a button on their listing that says Request to Book. To submit a reservation request, you’ll need to enter your payment details. Hosts have 24 hours to accept your request, and your reservation is automatically confirmed once they do.
·Preapprovals and Special Offers
If you decide to contact the host to ask questions before attempting to book, the host may respond to your message by inviting you to make a reservation with either a Pre—approval or a Special Offer. A Pre—approval is an invitation to finish booking for the dates and number of guests you noted in your message. A Special Offer gives the host the opportunity to provide special pricing, dates, and other reservation details before you book.
1. When filling in your personal information, you need to ______.| A．trust the community where you live |
| B．request a reservation with a host |
| C．ask for approval from the host |
| D．provide your proof of identity |
| A．check the listings online in advance |
| B．contact the host to ask questions first |
| C．confirm your dates and number of guests |
| D．read previous reviews made by other users |
| A．get some special discounts | B．know the result within a day |
| C．get the approval immediately | D．receive a pre—approval message |
As a father who works outside the home, I recognize that it is easy for me to get caught up in stress at work. Indeed, sometimes it is difficult to turn off my work focus and turn on my family focus so that I can come home and be the loving husband my wife needs and the playful father my kids want.
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2. Be goofy（滑稽的）with your kids. The more voices you do, the more expressive you are when you play with them, the more they will feel your love and your acceptance of them.
3. Spend time reading to them. Allow your kids to choose a book and spend time reading some of it to them before bed. The more effort you put into it the more they will feel your love.
As a therapist（临床医学家）who works with children and their families, I have noticed that the better the relationship that a father has with his child, the more influence that father will have on his child. As fathers work on developing a strong link with their kids through positive interactions, they can have a positive effect in the lives of their children.
| A．Fathers have such an important and irreplaceable role in the family. |
| B．Sometimes books can help you deal with children. |
| C．Reading stories is an excellent time for dads to practice voice imitations. |
| D．Here are some thoughts to help fathers keep their little ones in mind. |
| E．As a father he must involve hardships in all his life. |
| F．And the confidence can give their children a great advantage to succeed in the future. |
| G．Make a plan to spend time each day with your kids. |
【推荐1】Most people find sugar hard to resist. Our brains need lots of energy and sugary foods provide plenty of it. But when calories are too readily available, it is easy to overdo it. There has been no shortage of research on sugar replacements without the calories, but evidence from animal and human studies has linked some to weight gain. One promising alternative is found in the fruit of Synsepalum dulcificum (奇迹果), a plant native to West Africa. These so-called miracle berries don’t taste sugary themselves, but if you try something sour afterwards it will taste unusually sweet.
In Benin, the fruit is eaten fresh and is mostly used as a sweetener to have with sour foods and drinks, says Dedeou from a university in Benin. The berry with miraculin(奇迹果蛋白)is very appreciated by local consumers, especially the kids and people with diabetes (糖尿病).
Despite the miracle berry’s promise as a sugar replacement, it is only produced on a limited scale and isn’t available worldwide. The berries don’t travel well and the plant is slow to grow.
To create an alternative source of miraculin, researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have genetically engineered tomatoes to produce the protein, but this isn’t necessary, says Tchokponhoue whose team is working to help enlarge the production of miracle berries in West Africa. Earlier this year, a team at Hainan University in China published the genome(基因图谱)of Synsepalum dulcificum, which may help.
Spanish start-up Baia Food has plans to promote sustainable growth of the plant in Ghana and market the dried berries. You can order tablets of freeze-dried miracle berries online but they are pricey, costing around £18 for a pack of 10. If you can afford it, the berry’s taste-twisting power is fun to try at home. Let the tablet melt on your tongue, then try tasting acidic foods such as lemons. The effect should last between 15 and 60 minutes.
1. What do we know about Synsepalum dulcificum?| A．It contains high calories. |
| B．It is related to weight gain. |
| C．It tastes unusually sweet. |
| D．It serves as a sugar replacement |
| A．Efforts made to obtain more miraculin. |
| B．Genome published to help do the research |
| C．Creation advocated to produce miracle berries. |
| D．Transformations performed to engineer tomatoes |
| A．They are sour. | B．They are inexpensive |
| C．They are accessible | D．They are productive. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Optimistic. | C．Defensive. | D．Conservative. |
【推荐2】Not long ago, “blind box economy” suddenly became popular, winning the heart of large numbers of faithful fans. People simply get interested in it. A couple spent 200 thousand yuan on them. Another sixty-year-old guy spent over 700 thousand yuan in buying blind boxes. Statistics showed that last year 300 thousand hobbyists made deals through a second-hand shopping platform.
The blind boxes usually contain peripheral (附带的) dolls of comics and animation, or film and television, or specially designed ones. A single blind box usually costs about thirty to fifty yuan. But there is no mark on the box, and only after opening it can the buyer see what he has bought. This is rather like buying lottery tickets, for the buyer has to bet on his luck.
However, addiction to blind box is much like that to gambling (赌博). It is highly nontransparent compared with lottery ticket. Nobody knows whether sellers of blind boxes exaggerated (夸大) the winning rate so as to attract people to buy them, thus digging a consumption trap. Besides, it is also unknown whether the objects in the blind boxes are genuine or not. The blind box economy promoted its second-hand trade. The price of some classic dolls or dolls of limited edition have skyrocketed in second-hand trade platforms, and some may reach thirty to forty times. But it is difficult for buyers to judge whether it is the result of real supply and demand, or the consequence of businessmen’s tricks.
The basis of the “blind box economy” is the cultural trend of collection. Many of the target consumers are young people who have scanty experience of life. They are thus attracted by deliberately exaggerated probability of “winning a prize” and constantly throw money to buy blind boxes in order to gain dolls that they desire. Or they may buy at second-hand trade platform high-priced blind box dolls, thinking they can keep value preservation and appreciation, thus falling into the fixed pattern of trap carefully designed by businessmen.
Therefore, it is necessary to remind young people to control their consumption in case they become addicted.
1. Why are a couple and a sixty-year-old guy mentioned in Paragraph 1?| A．To stress the importance of “blind box economy” . |
| B．To give the sum of money spent on “blind box economy”. |
| C．To show the popularity of “blind box economy” . |
| D．To prove older people can afford to pay more. |
| A．The fondness of gambling to bet on their luck. |
| B．The high winning rate exaggerated by sellers. |
| C．The blind faith in the cultural trend of collection |
| D．The possibility of making a fortune in second-hand trade. |
| A．previous | B．inadequate | C．personal | D．unforgettable |
| A．To inform readers of the “blind box economy”. |
| B．To promote the products of “blind box economy”. |
| C．To list the reasons behind the popularity of “blind box economy”. |
| D．To warn the consumers to think twice before buying blind boxes. |
【推荐3】A new device works like a solar panel (太阳电池板), except it doesn’t harvest energy from the sun to produce electricity. Instead, it uses energy from the cold night sky.
In the center of this device is a thermoelectric generator (热电发电机), which uses the temperature difference between Earth and outer space to create electricity.
As long as one side of it is cooler than the other, the generator can produce electricity. The cooler side faces the sky and is attached to an aluminum plate. That plate is sealed under a transparent shelter and surrounded with materials that keep heat out. It stays cooler than the surrounding air by getting rid of any heat it absorbs as infrared (红外线的) radiation. That radiation can zip up through the transparent cover and on toward outer space.
The bottom of the generator is attached to an exposed aluminum plate, which is warmed by the local air. At night, the top plate can get several degrees centigrade cooler than the bottom of the generator.
Researchers tested the device one clear December night in Stanford, Calif. The generator produced up to about 25 milliwatts of power per square meter of the device. That was just enough power to light a small electric lamp. Further improvements might develop its production to at least 500 milliwatts per square meter.
“It’s a very clever idea,” says Yuan Yang, a materials scientist who works at Columbia University in New York City. “The device still needs improving,” he notes. “But this new device may be useful for backup power,” Yang says, “It might also provide a bit of energy to people living in areas that lack electricity.”
“The device could help power remote weather stations or other environmental devices,” says Aaswath Raman, a materials scientist who worked on the device at the University of California, Los Angeles. What’s more, this may be useful in areas that don’t see sunlight for months at a time, Raman adds.
1. What is the limitation with the tested device?| A．It won’t be expanded to be much larger. |
| B．It fails to produce electricity fast enough. |
| C．It is unable to power small electric lamps. |
| D．It produces a limited amount of electricity. |
| A．evaluate the device on a positive basis |
| B．point out the problems with the device |
| C．explain the research work for the device |
| D．comment on Aaswath Raman’s prediction |
| A．Lamps Are Powered by the Energy from the Cold Night Sky |
| B．A Generator Producing Electricity Has Been Applied in Many Areas |
| C．Scientists Have Made a Breakthrough in Harvesting Green Energy |
| D．A Device Uses Energy from the Cold Night Sky to Produce Electricity |
