One does not find many outdoor cafes in Great Britain, for the weather there often changes during the day. When British people want to have some drinks either with their friends or by (A) ________, they usually go to a pub. The “pub” is the short form for “public house”. In a pub people can buy all kinds of drinks, from beer to orange juice. The Englishman’s favorite drink is beer.
(B) Quite a lot of businessmen have lunch in pubs near their offices because in many pubs fast food is served. There may even be a restaurant in a pub. The food they sell is usually cheap and good. In the country the pub is often part of an inn, a kind of small hotel. People can stay there for the night.
The opening time of pubs is set by law. It might be different from place to place, but usually a pub open from half past eleven to three o’clock and from half past five p.m. to half past ten or eleven o’clock p.m.
In the old days, children were not allowed to enter pubs, because when people drank too much they could become (C) troublesome. Today, however, more and more pubs are opening their gardens to customers, so that the children can play safely in the garden while their parents are having a quick drink. Generally speaking, the English pub is a friendly place, and offers good drinks and food.
1. 回答问题。Why doesn’t one find many outdoor cafes in Great Britain?2. 根据短文内容，在(A)处填入一个恰当的单词。
3. 将文中（B）处画线句子译成汉语。
Quite a lot of businessmen have lunch in pubs near their offices because in many pubs fast food is served.
4. 从下列选项中找出与文中(C)处意思最相近的单词。________
| A．happy | B．annoying | C．nervous |
Paragraph Three is mainly about
6. 根据文章内容，填入所缺单词，每空一词。
All in all, the English pubs are friendly places which
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Barbara Wells exercised every morning. She woke up at 6:00 a. m. She ran about two miles before she went to work. But Barbara's legs and back started to hurt. She did some exercise before she ran. But her legs and back still hurt. She ran slower, but the pain didn’t stop. Barbara talked to her doctor. The doctor said, “Don’t run in the morning. Try to exercise later in the day. That is the time when your body is at the right temperature for exercise after work. Her legs and back didn’t hurt any more.
Today, doctors are learning more shout chronobiology(生物钟学)，the study of biological docks. They are learning about the importance of time for our bodies. For example, it is best for people to go to sleep on time every right and to eat only when they’re hungry. Also, doctors discovered that some illnesses, such as heart attacks, occur (v. 发生) most often in the morning. This information tells them that the best time to take heart medication may be at night. When patients take heart medication at night, they may prevent a heart attack in the morning.
Many doctors believe chronobiology can help us live healthier lives. It may be the right time to listen to these doctors!
根据短文内容，请用完整句子回答下列问题。
1. What clocks do you all have inside your bodies?
2. How far did Barbara Wells run every morning?
3. What are the doctors learning about for our bodies?
4. What is the right time for the person who has a heart attack to take heart medication?
5. What can we learn from the passage?
What is the most stressful thing in school? It is probably exams.Exams can put us under a lot of pressure.But some students do well under pressure，while others feel terrible.So，why do some students perform better under stress?
It all comes down to dopamine(多巴胺)．Dopamine is a chemical(化学物质) in our brain that sends signals(信号) to our body.It has many important roles：influencing memory，attention and how we learn.Our brains work best when there is a balance of dopamine — not too much or too little.
大脑通过两种方式控制多巴胺。It either takes out dopamine quickly，or gradually.Exam success can be connected to how fast dopamine goes back to a balance.
What happens when we take an exam? If you become stressed，your brain will start to overload(超负荷) on dopamine.It is like a cup overflowing with water.The quicker you can go back to a balance of dopamine，the quicker you will concentrate，helping you perform better on a test.
Scientists found that，during a test，people who slowly got back to a balance of dopamine scored 8 percent lower.That's the difference between a good mark and a bad mark.
But don't fear，there is some good news.The__study__also__found__that__the__more__practice__you__get，the__less__stressed__you'll__be.So，it turns out that practice really does make perfect.
1. What roles does dopamine play?
2. 请将文中的汉语翻译成英语。
3. The writer talks about a cup overflowing with water to explain ________.
| A．how to deal with stress |
| B．how to hold the cup with water |
| C．how the brain balances dopamine |
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Mushrooms (蘑菇) are delicious, fantastic, and sometimes dangerous. But no matter (无论) how you may feel about them, they play a big role in our world. Here are some fun facts to help you know more about mushrooms.
Many people think that mushrooms are vegetables. ________ They aren’t even plants. They are a kind of fungus (真菌). Different from plants, they do not need the sun to grow.
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Mushrooms grow all over the world. ________ Some kinds of mushrooms can be delicious foods, but some others are poisonous (有毒的). If someone eats poisonous mushrooms by mistake, he or she might have serious health problems and could even die.
Mushrooms are more than just foods. ________ For example, some of them can be good for the heart. What’s more, people can use mushrooms to make dyes (染料). The dyes are environment-friendly. Now many people around the world are trying them.
A. They can also be medicine.
B. Mushrooms have different colors.
C. In fact, they are not vegetables or fruits.
D. We still have a lot to learn about mushrooms.
E. There are about 14,000 kinds of mushrooms in the world.
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Have you ever been to Hangzhou? In 2022 Beijing hosted the Winter Olympics and Hangzhou will host the Asian Games and so it will be a big year for China in terms of sports. Before this, China also held the Asian Games in Beijing in 1990 and in Guangzhou in 2010, along with the beautiful display (展览) of tradition during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Hangzhou is a beautiful city. It is the capital city of Zhejiang Province. People call the city “Heaven on Earth”. If you go there, you can’t miss the West Lake. It’s the most famous place in Hangzhou. In autumn, you can smell the sweet osmanthus (桂花) around the lake. Many people like boating there at night. The moon seems very soft, and the lake is very quiet. at that time.
There are free bikes everywhere in Hangzhou, and you can take a ride around the West Lake. After that, you can go to a restaurant and taste some delicious Hangzhou food. You can try the famous Dongpo Pork.
After you spend time there, you may find that Hangzhou is not only a beautiful city, but also a pleasant (令人愉快的) one!
1. How many times has China held the Asian Games before? (no more than 2 words)2. When do people like boating around West Lake in autumn? (no more than 3 words)
3. What does the writer think of Hangzhou? (no more than 4 words)
4. 请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
Four ways to have a good school life
Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. How can you get the most from them, and make sure you do not waste this excellent chance to learn?
Be active at school
Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Be interested in school life and your school subjects. Join in lots of activities. ① (hands, quickly, your, class, in, up, put). Go around the school with a big smile. If you are not working, you are wasting your time at school. Teachers cannot make everything enjoyable.
Keep fit
If you do not eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. ② Play enough sports every day in order to keep your body strong.
Face the problem
Do not say you will do things tomorrow. If you get behind the class, it is very difficult to get back in front. ③ You cannot finish the race if you rest all the time. Everyone fails some exams, loses some matches and has bad days. Don’t let small problems seem very big and important. Don’t forget to ask for help. You are young. No one thinks you must do everything quite well!
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Don’t waste time lying in bed on Saturday or Sunday morning. Go and play a sport, get together with friends in the park to relax, learn the piano, or help someone with problems. If you don’t want to go out, there are also a lot of things to do. You may read a book, practice English or help mother with housework.
Do as I say, and have a happy school life!
1. 根据短文完成句子：Having a good breakfast and having enough sleep can keep you
2. 请把文中①处括号内的词组成一个句子。
3. 请把文中②处斜体部分改为含有“so that”的句子，使之与原句意思相同。
4. 请把文中③处画线部分句子译成汉语。
5. 请在④处给出一个小标题，使之能概括出下面一段内容的大意。
Creativity as a Way of Life
Do you want to be more creative? Does it seem hard to find the time to be creative?
The great news is that you don’t have to find time in order to be creative, because being creative has nothing to do with time. You don’t do creativity; you live creativity!
Creativity truly is a way of life, not an activity. Leonardo da Vinci encouraged his art students to remain artists even while outside the studio. He knew that creativity was a way of life, not a time-limited activity.
I’m never unprepared for creative ideas. When an idea occurs to me, I use my phone app to record it. In fact, some of my best ideas come to me when I’m in the shower! I leave my phone just outside the shower so that the minute I dry off I can record the ideas that arose in the steam. When I’m walking in the Central Park or sitting on a bench there, I use my phone’s camera app to take photos and videos. Being creative is easier nowadays!
When I lie down to go to sleep, I think about my next day and ask myself a question related to one of my creative projects. I try to present me with a creative solution when I am awake. Creativity happens even when you’re asleep! I have a notebook next to me when I sleep so that I don’t lose an idea that presents itself to me when I’m still half asleep.
Being creative means that you look at things with a creative eye, not just when you’re in the art studio painting, or on stage performing, or at your desk writing, or at your job thinking of solutions to a problem, but at every moment of your life.
Once you “turn on” creativity and choose it as your default (默认的) setting, you’ll begin to notice when your creative ideas flow best. Is it in the shower, in nature, while driving, watching television, performing a certain job function, sitting in meetings, or on your favorite walking trail? Then make sure that you always have simple and easy-to-use tools at hand to catch ideas when they arise. Never miss an opportunity to be creative!
We can choose to live our lives as creative beings. Allow your creativity to always be “on” rather than having it in certain times or days.
1. What is creativity?2. When do some of the writer’s best ideas come to him?
3. Why does the writer have a notebook next to him when he sleeps?
4. Are you creative? How can you become a creative person or a more creative one? (Please list at least two points)
