Essentially, everyone has two ages. a chronological（按时间计算的）age, how old the calendar says you are, and a biological age, basically the age at which your body functions as it compares to average fitness or health levels.
“Chronological age isn’t how old we really are. It’s merely a number,” said Professor David Sinclair at Harvard University. “It is biological age that determines our health and ultimately our lifespan. We all age biologically at different rates according to our genes, what we eat, how much we exercise, and what environment we live in. Biological age is the number of candles we really should be blowing out. In the future, with advances in our ability to control biological age, we may have even fewer candles on our birthday cake than the previous one.”
To calculate biological age, Professor Levine at Yale University identified nine biomarker(生物标志) that seemed to be the most influential on lifespan by a simple blood test. The numbers of those markers, such as blood sugar and immune(免疫的) measures, can be put into the computer, and the algorithm（算式;算法）does the rest.
Perhaps what’s most important here is that these measures can be changed. Doctors can take this information and help patients make changes to lifestyle, and hopefully take steps to improve their biological conditions. “I think the most exciting thing about this research is that these things aren’t set in stone,” Levine said. “People can be given the information earlier and take steps to improve their health before it’s too late.”
Levine even entered her own numbers into the algorithm. She was surprised by the results. “I always considered myself a very healthy person. I’m physically active; I eat what I consider a fairly healthy diet. But I did not find my results to be as good as I had hoped they would be. It was a wake-up call,” she said.
Levine is working with a group to provide access to the algorithm online so that anyone can calculate their biological age, identify potential risks and take steps to improve their own health in the long run. “No one wants to live an extremely long life with a lot of chronic（慢性的）diseases,”
Levine said. “By delaying the development of mental and physical functioning problems, people can still be engaged in society in their senior years. That is the ideal we should be pursuing.”
1. By saying “we may have even fewer candles on our birthday cake than the previous one” in Para. 2, the author means .| A．we don’t have to celebrate our birthday every year |
| B．we are chronologically older than last year |
| C．we might be less happy than the previous year |
| D．we may be biologically younger than the year before |
| A．The measures are not fixed. |
| B．Health services can be set up. |
| C．The problems are not that serious. |
| D．The research results are written in stone. |
| A．It is necessary to change our diet regularly. |
| B．The test results may give us wrong information. |
| C．Waking up early in the morning is good for our fitness. |
| D．The algorithm can reveal our potential health problems. |
| A．free people from chronic diseases |
| B．work out a solution to genetic problems |
| C．keep people socially active even in old age |
| D．provide people with access to scientific theory |
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【推荐1】All of us face a variety of risks to our health in our daily life. Driving cars and being exposed to environmental pollutants all pose certain degrees of risk. Some risks would restrict our ability to lead a good life. And some are risks we might decide to avoid if we had the opportunity to make informed choices. Indoor air pollution is one risk that you can do something about.
Scientific evidence has indicated that the air within homes can be more seriously polluted than the outdoor air in even the most industrialized cities. Other research indicates that people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors. Thus, for many people, the risks to health may be greater due to exposure to air pollution indoors than outdoors.
In addition, people exposed to indoor air pollutants for the longest periods of time are often those most susceptible to the effects of indoor air pollution. Such groups include kids, the elderly and the chronically ill, especially those suffering from respiratory disease.
While pollutant levels from individual sources may not pose a significant health risk by themselves, most homes have more than one source that contributes to indoor air pollution. There can be a serious risk from the cumulative effects of these sources. Fortunately, there are steps that most people can take both to reduce the risk from existing sources and to prevent new problems from occurring. This brochure was prepared by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to help you decide whether to take action that can reduce the level of indoor air pollution in your own home.
Because so many Americans spend a lot of time in offices with mechanical heating and cooling systems, there is also a short section on the causes of poor air quality in offices and what you can do if you suspect that your office may have a problem.
1. Who will be exposed to indoor air pollution more often according to the text?| A．A driver. | B．A housewife. | C．A farmer. | D．A cyclist. |
| A．Sensitive. | B．Essential. | C．Accustomed. | D．Familiar. |
| A．Lead a healthier and richer life. | B．Throw individual things away. |
| C．Get rid of the risk of air pollution. | D．Reduce the risk of indoor air pollution. |
| A．To show Americans’ unhealthy lifestyle. |
| B．To stress the negative influence of pollution. |
| C．To tell people to reduce the time spent at home. |
| D．To remind people to take note of indoor air pollution. |
【推荐2】You feel especially smart and funny when talking to a particular person, only to feel hopelessly unintelligent and tongue-tied in the presence of another.
Experiments show when people report feeling comfortable with a conversational partner, they are judged by those partners and by observers as actually being more witty (机智的）。
It's just one example of the powerful influence that social factors can have on intelligence. As parents, teachers and students settle into the school year, this work should encourage us to think about intelligence not as a “lump of something that's in our heads,” as the psychologist Joshua Aronson puts it, but as “a transaction among people.”
Mr. Aronson, an associate professor at New York University, has been a leader in investigating the effects of social forces on academic achievement. Along with the psychologist Claude Steele, he identified the phenomenon known as “stereotype (刻板印象） threat.” Members of groups believed not to be academically good score much lower on tests when reminded in advance of their race or gender.
The pair's experiments in the 1990s concluded that the performance of these students suffered because they were worried about confirming negative stereotypes about their group.
Minorities aren't the only ones easily hurt by stereotype threat. We all are. A group of people especially confident about their mathematical abilities did worse on a math test when told that the experiment was intended to investigate “why Asians appear to perform better than other students on tests of math ability.”
And in a study published earlier this year in the journal Learning and Individual Differences, high school students did worse on a test of spatial (空间的） skills when told that males are better at solving spatial problems because of genetic differences between males and females. The girls were anxious about confirming assumptions about their gender, while the boys were anxious about living up to them.
The evolving literature on stereotype threat shows that performance is always social in nature. Even alone in an exam room, we hear a chorus of voices assessing, evaluating, passing judgment. And as social creatures, humans are strongly affected by what these voices say.
1. What does the underlined word “transaction” in paragraph 3 refer to?| A．Spatial reasoning skills. | B．The ability to remember information. |
| C．Interaction between us and the environment. | D．Passing on knowledge from teachers to students. |
| A．better than females | B．the same as females |
| C．worse than usual | D．worse than females |
| A．“I am as prepared as I can be.” |
| B．“I am supposed to do well on this.” |
| C．“The testing room is different from my classroom.” |
| D．“I am solving the problems faster than the one sitting in front of me.” |
| A．Making us unintelligent. | B．Reminding us of our weaknesses. |
| C．Limiting our spatial reasoning skills. | D．Raising our anxiety level. |
【推荐3】March 14 is Pi (π) Day, the yearly celebration of a never-ending number — π (3.14159...). The foil tradition began on March 14, 1988, when a scientist, called Larry Shaw, connected March 14 (3.14) with the number of (3.14159...) and asked his team-mates to mark the day by eating pies. Later, more and more people began to celebrate Pi Day each year, and in 2009 the US lawmakers declared Pi Day an official holiday. Pi Day has been observed in different ways by different groups of people.
Restaurants celebrate Pi Day with special selling of pies. Blaze Pizza has continued its tradition by offering a kind of pizza for just $3.14. Blaze Pizza’s boss Jim Mizes said, “We guessed that we would serve as many as a quarter-million pizzas at $3.14 and even more on Pi Day of this year. We think Blaze fans across the US and Canada would come in to celebrate with us.”
Some women scientists also celebrate Pi Day. Since 2015, to encourage more girls to work on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), some women scientists have been wearing purple on Pi Day. They ask women of all ages and here backgrounds to join them by wearing the same color on March 13-14.
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will join in the fun with their yearly “Pi in the Sky” challenge. The fun activities are designed to encourage students from 5th to 12th grade to help NASA scientists solve real-world problems using π. Each year, many students take the “Pi in the Sky” challenge to help NASA scientists with their scientific research, which greatly benefits students in their future study.
Though Pi Day celebrations are relatively new, π has been around for thousands of years. 4,000 years ago Babylonians calculated (计算) the area of a circle, giving π a value (数值) of 3. The ancient Egyptians came closer to the real number with 3.165 in 1650 BC. Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212 BC) was the first to calculate π mathematically. The Greek scientist gave his number between 3+(1/7) and 3+(10/71), which is much closer to “3.14159...”.
1. As for Blaze Pizza’s pie sales on Pi Day of this year, Jim Mizes felt __________.| A．hopeful | B．doubtful | C．confused | D．anxious |
| A．To show the beauty of women scientists. | B．To praise women’s contributions to society. |
| C．To strengthen the team of women scientists. | D．To let more women understand Pi Day’s history. |
| A．Encouraging students to join outdoor activities. |
| B．Enabling students to experience the life of scientists. |
| C．Helping greatly reduce the work of NASA scientists. |
| D．Improving students’ ability to put theory into practice. |
| A．The calculation of π in history. | B．The old ways to celebrate Pi Day. |
| C．The influence of π in the ancient world. | D．The ancient scientists’ confusion about π. |
【推荐1】The corn eaten around the world today originated in Mexico nearly 10,000 years ago. From the ancient rituals of the Mayans to modern-day dishes like tortillas, corn is central to culture, cuisine, and identity in this region.
To protect this heritage, Mexico is fighting to phase out genetically modified (GM) U. S. — grow n corn this year. The Mexican government claims that banning GM corn will protect the country’s native corn varieties. Yet the announcement aroused strong objections from the U. S., whose largest annual customer for GM corn is often Mexico. The U. S. claims that the GM ban breaks the trade agreement between the two countries.
Mexico insists that modified seeds threaten Mexico’s agricultural traditions and cultural identity. In the U. S., most corn is grown with seed produced by large companies, which create just a handful of genetically identical corn varieties grown at mass scale. In Mexico, however, seeds come from seed-sharing practices among small-scale farms, which facilitates more diversity and allows farmers to grow corn that ranges widely in color and size.
“Traditional varieties maintain a substantial amount of genetic diversity,” says Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, an ecologist at the University of California, but he doesn’t think banning GM corn will help preserve these varieties, and points to adec line in small-scale farms as the greater threat to native corn. “If traditional farmers abandon subsistence farming, we’re potentially losing diversity whether that crop is GM or traditionally bred, so economic policy has a much bigger impact on the risk of corn diversity than an adoption of GM corn.” Since Mexico began importing U. S. corn, small-scale farms have been declining.
Mauricio Bellon, a research professor at the Swett Center for Sustainable Foods Systems, believes that while threatened species are often stored in gene banks, the relationship between a farmer and their crop plays a crucial conservation role. “Evolution at scale continues with corn in Mexico through millions of farmers,” says him.
1. Why is Mexico prohibiting GM corn?| A．To safeguard its own types of corn. | B．To reduce the cost of importing corn. |
| C．To get rid of the dependence on the US. | D．To stop the decrease of small-scale farms. |
| A．The technology of farming. | B．The source of corn seeds. |
| C．The ownership of farmland. | D．The relationship between farmers. |
| A．Approval. | B．Concerned. | C．Critical. | D．Tolerant. |
| A．GM corn has negative effects on traditional farms. |
| B．Endangered species are well preserved in gene banks. |
| C．Species diversity contributes to the evolution of species |
| D．Traditional farming practices help in preserving corn varieties. |
【推荐2】America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon if situations change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while — then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand, because friendships between us flower more slowly but then may become lifelong feelings, extending (延伸) sometimes deeply into both families.
Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. They will enjoy welcoming us and be pleased if we accept their hospitality (好客) easily.
Another difficult point for us Chinese to understand Americans is that although they include us warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to us if it requires a great deal of time. This is usually the opposite of the practice in our country where we may be generous with our time. Sometimes, we, as hosts, will appear at airports even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off to act as guides to our foreign friends. The Americans, however, express their welcome usually at homes, but truly can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily routine. They will probably expect us to get ourselves from the airport to our own hotel by bus. And they expect that we will phone them from there. Once we arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real. We will find ourselves treated hospitably.
For the Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to go to restaurants, except for purely business matters. So accept their hospitality at home!
1. The writer of this passage must be ______________.| A．an American | B．a Chinese |
| C．a professor | D．a student |
| A．Friendships between Americans usually extend deeply into their families. |
| B．Friendships between Americans usually last for all their lives. |
| C．Americans always show their warmth even if they are very busy. |
| D．Americans will continue their friendships again even after a long break. |
| A．warmly welcomed at the airport | B．offered a ride to his home |
| C．treated hospitably at his home | D．treated to dinner in a restaurant |
| A．strict with time | B．serious with time |
| C．careful with time | D．willing to spend time |
| A．Americans’ and Chinese’s views of friendships |
| B．Americans’ hospitality |
| C．Friendships between Americans |
| D．Friendships between Chinese |
● To save time and money, use the college’s bus system. Taking the bus to school is quick, easy and free in most college towns. You won’t have to locate or afford a place to park either. It’s also a good way to be environmentally aware.
● Save pennies on books by waiting until class starts. You might not even need all of the recommended books. New textbooks cost an arm and a leg. Try buying used textbooks — it’s a surefire way to save money and serves the purpose as well.
● Do never look at college life as an endless series of parties and social activities. But there is a whole lot more to college if you’re serious about graduating. Having a good college experience is all about balancing work and fun.
● Be aware that your living environment can largely affect your academic success. If the dorm doesn’t suit you, consider living at home with your family or renting your own apartment. The best location for your studies isn’t always your dorm. Find a quiet area, like the library, to do your work. Alternatively, buy some headphones that block out noise.
● Be mindful of your diet. Make healthy food choices and watch what you eat. Avoid foods that are processed or high in sugar. The “freshman 15” is real. Many college students gain at least 15 pounds during their freshmen year.
● While electives (选修课) can be helpful when figuring out your major, you shouldn’t entirely rely on them. Clubs and other organizations exist around. Get involved. Make sure, though, that you still have time to study.
1. Which of the following ideas can be financially wise?
| A．Driving your own car. | B．Buying used books. |
| C．Renting an apartment. | D．Attending activities. |
| A．academic failures | B．physical problems |
| C．traffic accidents | D．social activities |
| A．attend limited activities on campus |
| B．have little regular physical exercise |
| C．focus less on their academic work |
| D．take relaxed attitudes to their diets |
| A．using too much money for meals |
| B．eating too many unhealthy foods |
| C．taking part in too many after-class activities |
| D．taking an elective that has too many students |
【推荐1】It’s half past 2 in the early morning. You’ve been working hard at work and a strong desire for chocolate overcomes you just at this moment. You try to busy yourself to make it go away. But it doesn’t. Here is another situation. Perhaps you are not feeling well. The only thing you want to eat is a big bowl of chicken soup, like your mom used to make when you were sick as a child. Food cravings are a strong desire for a specific type of food. And they are normal.
Scientists at the website How Stuff Works compare hunger and cravings this way. Hunger is a fairly simple connection between the stomach and the brain. They even call it simply “stomach hunger”. When our stomachs burn up all of the food we have eaten, a hormone（荷尔蒙）sends a message to one part of the brain for more food, which regulates our most basic body functions such as thirst, hunger and sleep. The brain then produces a chemical to start the appetite and you eat. Hunger is a function of survival.
A craving is more complex. It activates（使活跃）brain areas related to emotion, memory and reward. These are the same areas of the brain activated during drug-craving studies. So, some scientists call food cravings “mind hunger”. People often crave foods that are high in fat and sugar. Foods that are high in fat or high in sugar produce chemicals in the brain. These chemicals give us feelings of pleasure.
In a 2007 study, researchers at Cambridge University found that “dieting or restricted eating generally increases the possibility of food craving.” So, the more you deny yourself a food that you want, the more you may crave it. However, fasting is a bit different. They found that eating no food at all for a short period of time lessened food cravings.
So, the next time you crave something very specific, know that your brain may be more to blame than your stomach.
1. The article begins with two situations in the first paragraph to ______.| A．deepen the understanding of hunger |
| B．report the discovery of craving study |
| C．introduce the topic of the whole passage |
| D．remind readers of their own special food |
| A．It shows food is linked to feelings. |
| B．It ensures a person survives hunger. |
| C．It means the stomach functions well. |
| D．It proves the brain decides your appetite. |
| A．The decrease of chemicals. | B．The increase of food desire. |
| C．The refusal of fat and sugar. | D．The disappearance of appetite. |
| A．The functions of brain areas. | B．What hunger is all about. |
| C．The findings of food craving. | D．What dieting may bring us. |
【推荐2】Rats that eat high levels of a natural sugar known as fructose（果糖）seem to age faster than other rats-and the same could be true for people who eat too much sweet junk food, Israeli researchers said Monday.
Fructose, found naturally in honey and fruit, is used widely in foods ranging from soft drinks to yogurt. But while its sweet taste is popular, the sugar could cause wrinkles, the researchers said. Dr. Moshe Werman and Boaz Levi of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology fed large amounts of fructose to laboratory rats. Writing in the Journal of Nutrition, they said the fructose-fed rats showed changes in the collagen（胶原蛋白）of their skin and bones. Collagen basically holds the body together. The loss of collagen is what causes loose skin and deep wrinkles in older people.
The process affected, Werman's team said, is known as cross-linking（交叉相连）. "Too much cross-linking makes the skin stiff, and these are the conditions that encourage wrinkled skin," Werman said in a statement. He said the same could be true of people, although this has not been shown. "Americans are eating more and more processed foods such as baked goods, canned fruits, jams and dairy products that contain fructose," Werman said. Other studies have shown that taking in high fructose may cause diabetes（糖尿病）.
The rats Werman worked with were fed much more than the average adult person might eat in a day, which is standard in such experiments. The rats were fed 19.5 grams of fructose per kg of weight every day for a year.
1. In the experiments, if a rat was 0.25 kg, it may have been fed about grams of fructose every day for a year.| A．3 | B．4 |
| C．5 | D．6 |
| A．They don't drink enough water every day. |
| B．Collagen in their body is missing. |
| C．They don't take enough exercise every day. |
| D．They like eating sugar. |
| A．The rats in Werman’s lab ate much more sugar than an ordinary adult might eat in a day. |
| B．Too much cross-linking makes the skin soft. |
| C．The fructose-fed rats only showed changes in the collagen of their skin. |
| D．It hasn't been shown that taking in high fructose may cause diabetes. |
| A．Sugar — it could reduce collagen | B．Sugar — it could age you |
| C．Collagen — it could cause wrinkles | D．Collagen — it could age you |
Most parents tell their children, “You can be anything you want when you grow up.” I feel the same and I say this often. But I also want you to understand that realizing your dreams comes from hard work, some good luck and good timing. Here are some words of wisdom for you as you make your way in the world, from an entrepreneur (企业家) and from your mama.
1. Be open-minded to changing your path along the way
In high school, I wanted to be a politician. I left my hometown and went off to college in Washington, DC. There, I discovered that I loved to support women. It taught me that I’m creative, a strong leader and great at marketing. As a result, I moved on to be the head of a national healthcare nonprofit. Becoming a mother while in that job opened my mind to launching a breast pump bag (储奶袋) business. Now I run a highly successful company that I started up on my own. I'm not a politician!
2.Failure is critical to your success
Failure can be heartbreaking. But I will tell you that every failure I’ve had along the way has absolutely made me better. Failing the big math exam in high school and going to summer school was embarrassing. I eventually passed, and I’ve never failed an exam again. I learned from that experience to ask for help. Now, I ask for help in business all the time. I’m proud to be a role model to you as a mom and an entrepreneur. I hope I inspire you to believe that you can be anything you want. It will be my pleasure to watch your lives unfold before my eyes.
Love,
Your mom
1. In the writer’s opinion, what does it take to realize one’s dream?| A．Failure, hard work and good timing. |
| B．An open mind, failure and hard work. |
| C．Hard work, good luck and good timing. |
| D．A good dream, an open mind and hard work. |
| A．She likes doing different jobs. |
| B．She likes doing challenging jobs. |
| C．She is willing to consider different ideas. |
| D．She intends to become an entrepreneur. |
| A．Failure can make us embarrassed. |
| B．We shouldn’t get angry when we fail. |
| C．Don’t care too much about your failure. |
| D．It’s important to turn to others for help. |
| A．Political and proud. |
| B．Caring and cautious. |
| C．Modest and unlucky. |
| D．Flexible and successful. |
【推荐1】Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don't give friendship back That is why some friendships don 't last very long. To have a friend you must lean to be one. You must learn to treat your friend the way you want yourfriend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest, be generous; be understanding.
Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you don 't tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven 't been honest, you may lose your friend's trust. Good friends always count on onc another to speak and act honestly.
Generosity means sharing and makes a friendship grow. You should share your ideas and feelings with your friends.These can be very valuable to them.They tell your friends what is important to you. By sharing them you help your friendsknow you better.
Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with problems. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve.Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend's place so you can understand the problem better.
No two friendships are ever exactly alike. But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friends, you must practice honesty, gencrosity and understanding.
1. Some friendships don't last long because.| A．they don't know friendship is something serious |
| B．there are too many people who want to make friends |
| C．those who give others friendship receive friendship from others |
| D．those who never give others friendship receive no friendship from others |
| A．something countable | B．the base of friendship |
| C．as important as money | D．more important than anything else |
| A．Always tell your friend the truth. |
| B．Sharing your mind with your friend is of great value. |
| C．A friend who gives you his lunch money is a true friend. |
| D．Discussing your problem with your friend often helps to solve the problem. |
| A．Honesty is the best policy. | B．How to be friends. |
| C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. | D．Three important points in life. |
【推荐2】Years ago, I had a falling out with a friend due to a misunderstanding that was completely my fault. I was afraid to admit that I was wrong, so we didn’t speak for years. Then we bumped into each other and decided to meet for lunch. It was so pleasant that we kept meeting. After two or three meals together, I pushed myself to apologize for my fault years earlier.
My experience isn’t unique: Many people avoid apologizing because the idea of admitting to wrongdoing makes them terribly uncomfortable. “We all like to view ourselves as good people- as kind, considerate and moral,” says Ryan Fehr, a professor at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.
“Apologies force us to admit to ourselves that we don’t always live up to our own standards. We might also fear that the victim (受害者)won’t accept our apology, further compromising (作出让步；违背)our positive sense of self. For these reasons, an apology can be very difficult to give.”
For many, apologizing is stressful, awkward and uncomfortable. Research shows that it can improve your mental health, repair damaged relationships and increase self-respect.
“Apology acts as a signal of one’s moral character,” Fehr says. “It represents a separation of the offender(冒犯者)from the offense. The offender is saying: “ I recognize that what I did was hurtful, but that offense does not represent me as a person. ”Even if you speak your words not fluently, they will mean a lot. Victims usually do appreciate an apology. ” Fehr says.
I know this first-hand: My friend and I had lunch recently, 15 years after my belated (迟来 的)apology. Admitting that everything had been my fault helped. We’re both appreciative to have our friendship today.
1. What is the purpose of paragraph 1?| A．To tell us the background. | B．To present the topic. |
| C．To describe the misunderstanding. | D．To provide some guidance. |
| A．Lack of chances. | B．Shortage of money. |
| C．Regret and shame. | D．Fear and awkwardness. |
| A．Offenders. | B．Victims. |
| C．Words of an apology. | D．Replies to an apology. |
| A．It will give both sides some relief. |
| B．It means giving up our self-respect. |
| C．It will make people value friendship. |
| D．It is no use forcing people to make an apology. |
【推荐3】Good Books for Teens
Lucas Maxwell is a librarian in a high school in the UK. He’s constantly recommending books for teens. Here he picks the ones teens in his school love most.
Geek Girl
Holly Smale
This is a series where it doesn’t matter how many copies I buy, the shelf is always empty. It’s the story of super-smart Harriet Manners, who can’t quite seem to fit in. Then she’s spotted by a modeling agency and things start to turn around.
Radio Silence
Alice Oseman
The older students love this. We video-talked with Alice last year and she had an instant connection with the students. Radio Silence is a story about Frances. Frances is convinced she knows what she wants out of life. Everything changes when she meets the creator of her favourite podcast (播客).
The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
It's about twin brothers Josh and Jordan who are the stars of their high school basketball team. Competition is high between them, and their father, a former ballplayer himself, is tough but caring. I love putting this book into the hands of students who tell me they hate reading because it changes their minds every time.
El Deafo
Cece Bell
El Deafo is an account of Bell’s childhood and living with her deafness. When Bell was a young girl she became deaf because of a disease. Bell needs to wear the Phonic Ear, a powerful hearing aid. When she discovers that the device allows her to hear the teacher not just in the classroom but all over the school, she becomes superhero El Deafo.
1. Who does “I” refer to in the text?| A．Holly Smale. | B．Harriet Manners. |
| C．Lucas Maxwell. | D．Kwame Alexander. |
| A．A conflict between twin brothers. |
| B．A student making fun of her teacher. |
| C．A girl becoming crazy about podcasts. |
| D．A smart student’s fight with a modeling agency. |
| A．Geek Girl. | B．Radio Silence. |
| C．The Crossover. | D．El Deafo. |
