It's reported that 150,000 bikes are stolen in the United Kingdom alone
Spend money on good locks. No lock is totally thiefproof - but the more you spend, the better it will be. Spend about 20% of the value of your bike on locks. There are many different types.
Always lock your bike-even if you are only leaving it for a minute. Leave it in as public a place as possible. Lock it where you can see it-or where lots of other people can. If you're just having a break, lock it up nearby to where you are sitting down. Make sure it is tied to an immovable object.
Most importantly, make sure to tag（加标签） your bike in different places. If stolen, the thief will probably remove the tags he easily sees.
| A．Sometimes you'll never get it back. |
| B．The one tag he misses will be helpful. |
| C．Don't lock it up in the same place every day. |
| D．Some things that look solid are not, so check. |
| E．The more kinds you use, the harder the bike will be to steal. |
| F．Register it – if you are unlucky enough to have your bike stolen |
| G．If it has cost you an amount to purchase, always keep it indoors |
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【推荐1】How to Have a Successful Teenage Life
Everyone wants to succeed in their life, don’t they? Even as a teenager, you can achieve success in your life. It really isn't that hard.
Do well in school. No matter how boring it is now, education will help you be a productive member in society. Try your best for excellence in school: listen to teachers, do your homework, study, and get good grades. Doing so will help you get into better university, which will enable you to have bright future.
Do good in your community. Volunteering can not only improve your community’s status, but make you happier. Studies show that people who volunteer are less likely to develop depression(抑郁症)than people who don't.
| A．Live life fully. |
| B．Be nice to your parents and teachers. |
| C．Find chances to do voluntary work that interests you. |
| D．It will help you pass time and develop your personality. |
| E．Here are some important points that you may find helpful. |
| F．Keep in mind that they do the things because they care about you. |
【推荐2】Ways the Pandemic Has Changed Our Relationship with Food for the Better
Some of food-related behavior changes have the potential to become new habits with long-term benefits. Here are five eating-related behaviors that might be kept after the pandemic.
1. Eating family meals togetherFor the first time, some kids now have two parents home for weeknight dinners.
Some families are making time to get kids involved in the kitchen.
People are trying tofu and homemade veggie burgers and finding out that, with the right recipes, these foods can be delicious. Alternatives to animal protein benefit the health of individuals and our planet.
Problems in the food supply chain that-have been significant during the pandemic have prompted people to seek local sources of food.
Eating is one of the most basic ways we take care of ourselves, and recent things have people rethinking how they define fitness. Take pride in both big and small changes you’ve recently put into practice.
| A．Indeed, people tend to think differently about vegetables. |
| B．In contrast, kids of frontline workers may eat more meals away from their parents. |
| C．Sales of local produce and community-supported agriculture programs have increased greatly. |
| D．Don’t lose heart if it seems every kid but yours can cook nicely. |
| E．However, it might be too hard for overworked parents. |
| F．They might tum into brand new habits with benefits in the long run. |
| G．This doesn’t mean you need to become vegetarian, but you can start thinking about meat differently. |
【推荐3】The book “The Science of Getting Rich” was written way back in 1910 by Wallace D. Wattles. It contains principles that we can still apply today.
Once you have decided what your goals are, and you have a clear idea of how to achieve them, you will look at the world differently.
Wattles stresses the importance of being grateful for what you have. He maintains that it is vital to be thankful for what you have achieved already, as it will boost your feeling of self-worth. Congratulate yourself on every achievement, and be grateful for the success you have. You will feel happier and more contented.
| A．Always take things easy. |
| B．Be an innovator rather than a follower. |
| C．This will equip you for further success. |
| D．Over delivering is giving a bit more than was expected. |
| E．Now, you will see opportunities where none were before. |
| F．Achieving a good result leads you to appreciate your work. |
| G．If you seek success, you will do well to adopt them and put them into practice. |
【推荐1】Beach volleyball is one of those sports that can be an exciting game to play and watch. It’s really easy, and all you need is sand, a net and a group of people, of any age or fitness level, who want to have fun.
Beach volleyball can be played with as few as two people in each team, making a total of four people. However, if you are less skilled and experienced in the game, it will be easier to play with a larger team. The more players you have, the less ground each person will be responsible for covering and the more time they will have to recover between shots. If you only have a few players, each of you will get a lot of running for the ball after each volley(截球). If you are looking for a relaxing, fun, low-key experience, choose larger teams.
Beach volleyball is similar to regular volleyball in its rules. However, even experienced volleyball players do not realize how much more difficult it is to run and jump on sand. Since it is harder to move quickly on sand than a hard surface, play will be much slower than regular volleyball on a court. When an athlete trains for beach volleyball, he will focus on building lower body strength as well as upper body strength. Strengthening his legs is extremely important. This improves the player’s ability to move quickly and accurately on sand despite the resistance. The ability to jump high and land without injury is necessary for beach volleyball players.
Whether you are in it for the competition, or just to have a great time with your friends, beach volleyball can be very exciting and fun. You may start out with friends and may soon fall in love with the sport.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?| A．Experienced volleyball players know clearly it is hard to run and jump on sand. |
| B．Lower body strength is more important than upper body strength. |
| C．A person must have strong legs if he wants to run and jump quickly on sand. |
| D．The rules of beach volleyball are the same as those of regular volleyball. |
| A．Because it is not easy to move on sand. |
| B．Because beach volleyball has a larger court. |
| C．Because the teams of beach volleyball are larger. |
| D．Because beach volleyball players are not experienced. |
| A．It’s a difficult sport. |
| B．It’s an exciting and interesting sport. |
| C．It’s a sport which only a few people love. |
| D．It’s a sport which needs few skills. |
| A．Playing in a 2-person team. |
| B．Playing in a 4-person team. |
| C．Playing in a 6-person team. |
| D．Playing in an 11-person team. |
【推荐2】Celebrity has become one of the most important representatives of popular culture. Fans used to be crazy about a specific film, but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product. Besides, fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces. As a result, celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential, moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.
Celebrity clothing lines aren’t a completely new phenomenon, but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers, and limited to a few TV actresses. Today they’re started by first-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands. The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style. As celebrities become more and more experienced at the market, they expand their production scale rapidly, covering almost all the products of daily life.
However, for every success story, there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal. No matter how famous the product’s origin is, if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble(类似) an exercise in self-promotional marketing. And once the initial attention dies down, consumer interest might fade, loyalty(忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels.
Today, celebrities face even more severe embarrassment. The pop-cultural circle might be bigger than ever, but its rate of turnover has speeded up as well. Each misstep threatens to reduce a celebrity’s shelf life, and the same newspaper or magazine that once brought him fame has no problem picking him to pieces when the opportunity appears. Still, the self potential for expansion is limitless. Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition, many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered. As the saying goes, success and failure always go hand in hand. Their success as designers might last only a short time, but fashion-like celebrity-has always been temporary
1. Fashion magazines today ________| A．seldom put models on the cover | B．no longer put celebrities on the cover |
| C．need not worry about celebrities’ market potential | D．judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly |
| A．celebrity branded products can be an instant success |
| B．to consumers, quality matters more than the outside of products |
| C．ordinary consumers are more concerned with price rather than brand name |
| D．consumer’s enthusiasm for celebrity branded products proves to be inconstant |
| A．influence the price of a celebrity’s products |
| B．cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show business |
| C．damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general public |
| D．decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his products |
| A．celebrity and clothing industry | B．celebrity and fashion design |
| C．celebrity and market potential | D．celebrity and personal style |
【推荐3】Back-to-back typhoons that attacked reefs(礁) and turned corals upside down hit in 2014 and 2015 in Australia sea, which ruined the coral ecosystem.
Feeling “absolutely shocked”, Stephen Simpson, a biologist at the University of Bristol, decided to channel his sorrow into action. In 2017, he piled up coral remains to build dozens of new small reefs. He placed speakers nearby to play recordings made when the reefs were healthy. “As I wish, twice as many young fish settled on the reefs near these speakers”, he says.
In a new paper, Brittany Williams, a graduate student at the University of Adelaide, reviewed projects that used sound to help restore marine(海洋的) ecosystems. “We wanted to prove that sound has great potential”, she says. That potential arises from the fact that a healthy ocean is noisy: fish whistle, dolphins scream, and spiny lobsters play their feeler like violins. Like the noise of a big city, the familiar sound of a healthy habitat attracts young creatures that are seeking a permanent home.
The experiments showed that sound is one of the signals baby fish use to find and settle on a coral reef after spending their first weeks swimming in the open ocean. “We realized that the fish might be hearing their way home,” says Williams.
In experiments begun during her postgraduate degree, Williams put oysters(牡蛎) into jars and played some of them a recording from a wasteland where an oyster reef used to be. Other oysters were played nothing, while a third group heard the sound of a restored reef. The oysters that heard the restored reef were about twice as likely as the others to settle and attach themselves at the bottom of the jar.
1. Why did Stephen Simpson take action on the reefs?| A．To play recordings for fishes. | B．To make the sea peaceful again. |
| C．To create larger and newer reefs. | D．To rebuilding the reef community. |
| A．Dolphins won’t hurt other creatures. | B．Sea animals have a green habitat. |
| C．Fish grow much bigger and faster. | D．There’re sorts of sounds in the ocean. |
| A．Sound. | B．Reefs. | C．Climate. | D．Humans. |
| A．By giving examples. | B．By making contrasts. |
| C．By providing statistics. | D．By analyzing the causes. |
