【推荐1】“Fall” and “Autumn”

What season is it in October? If you ask people from UK, they will tell you it’s “autumn”. But if you go to US, you will find that people use “autumn” or “fall”.

According toDictionary.com, both words have been around for a long time, but neither of them was first to describe this season. During this season, crops would become ripe（成熟）and farmers would have a big harvest. So in Old English, this season was simply called “harvest”.

Then, in the 1600s, more people left their farms and moved to cities. With fewer people farming, the word “harvest” became less useful. English speakers needed a different name for the season. They knew leaves fell from trees during the season, so people started calling it “the fall of the leaf”, or “fall” for short.

But at the end of the 1600s, autumn, from the French word “autompne” and the Latin “autumnus”, came to English. “Fall” as the word for this season disappeared slowly.

At the same time, people in UK were making their first trip to North America. They brought the words “fall” and “autumn” with them. That’s why today Americans have two names for one season.

1. What do people call the season in October in UK?
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2. Why did people call this season “harvest” in Old English?
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3. When did “harvest” become less useful?
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4. What word replaced “harvest”?
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5. What’s the passage mainly about?
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【推荐2】Around the world, people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods also show a new year of good (A) l________ and good (B) h________.

An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey, and it also includes pies and plum puddings (李子布丁). In Germany, Christmas is celebrated with bread cookies and cakes, which are made like Christmas trees. In France, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter cream.

Japan celebrates New Year with a seven-day festival. It begins from January 1st. On New Year’s Day, various dishes called Osechi ryori (御节料理) are served—each dish is a wish for the New Year.

In most Asian countries, the New Year begins with the first full moon of the first Chinese Lunar (阴历的) month. Each place has its special food to welcome the coming year: In China, foods with lucky names are popular, such as fish, which sounds like “surplus (剩余)”.

阅读短文，按要求完成下列任务。
1. 在文中(A)、(B)的空白处分别填入适当的单词。
(A) ________ (B) ________
2. 根据短文内容，帮助完成表格。

Countries	Festivals	Foods
England	Christmas	________
Germany	Christmas	________
France	________	Cakes filled with butter cream
Japan	New Year	________
________	New Year	________

3. 请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
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【推荐3】Some people succeed, while others may not. This is because some people own certain qualities, which others don’t have. If you want to be successful, you should have the following qualities at least.

The first thing you must remember is that in order to succeed, you must be optimistic(乐观的). If you do not expect to win, you will not try as hard as those who do expect to win. You also need to have a clear purpose and a reason for doing something. If you do not have a purpose, you will not do your best to work hard and make sure that every detail you have done is right.

Reading is another thing to success, as it will help you learn about how other people have achieved success. If you want to learn how to set up a successful business, you should read books about like Bill Gates and Jerry Yang, who have achieved amazing success in their areas of business.

Another quality that helps people succeed is creativity—thinking about things differently and wondering how others will do the same thing. Think about some successful people you know. They might be successful with a little creativity, but the most successful people are the most creative ones.

Practicing is equally important if you want to succeed because practice makes perfect. Practice every day at any career you are in, and by doing so, you will see yourself, your business and your self-confidence begin to grow. If you feel confident about what you do, this confidence will make other people believe in you more as well. Your workmates will be happy to work with you, and your boss will give you more important things to do. Finally if you succeed, you can look people in the eye and smile confidently.

Success is yours for the taking! Cheers!

根据上面的短文内容填空。
1. Some people can succeed because they own ________, while others ________ have.
2. To be ________ is the first thing you must remember in order to succeed. People who expect to win will try ________ than those who don’t.
3. ________ is another thing to success. You should read books about people like Bill Gates and Jerry Yang to learn how to set up ________.
4. Creativity means people should wonder how the same thing ________ by others. And the more successful people are, ________ they are.
5. A man who succeeds should have at least ________ qualities and if you are confident, you will also get others ________ you more.

【推荐1】阅读与回答问题。

Look around your class. How many of your classmates wear a pair of glasses?

About 80% of Chinese students had shortsightedness (近视) in 2020. If you find you can’t see things clearly, the first thing you should do is to go to the doctor and find out if you have shortsightedness. If you really have shortsightedness, you need right glasses to see things clearly. Wearing glasses is helpful to make your eyes relaxed and slow down the progression (进展) of shortsightedness.

On the other hand, your habit (习惯) of using your eyes is also important. For example, doing eye protection exercises at school, spending more time outdoors and looking out of the window.

But life becomes easier for people with glasses. Shortsighted people can wear sunglasses. Some shops including online shops also sell special glasses for shortsighted people to play sports. For example, with special swimming glasses, shortsighted people can see clearly when swimming. Maybe one day shortsighted people can have special 3-D glasses for TV and movies.

回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。
1. In 2020, how many Chinese students had shortsightedness?
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2. If you really have shortsightedness, what do you need to see things clearly?
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3. How many good habits of using eyes are mentioned (提及) in the passage?
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4. How can shortsighted people see clearly when swimming?
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5. How does life become for people with glasses?
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【推荐2】先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。

WARNING: Holding a cell phone against your ear or putting it in your pocket may be bad for your health.       

This sentence is a warning that you’d better not put it close to you when a new phone is bought. Apple company, for example, doesn’t want iPhones to come closer to you than 1.5 centimeters; Research in Motion, BlackBerry’s producer, recommends 2.5 centimeters.

If cell phone use can cause health problems, the result will be very serious. Americans spend 2.26 trillion (万亿) minutes chatting on cell phones every year, which brings $109 billion for the wireless businessmen.

Devra Davis, professor who has worked for the University of Pittsburgh, has published a book about mobile phone radiation (辐射). Davis studies how often brain cancer happens during different age groups. She finds a big increase in brain cancer in the 20-to-29 age group and a drop for the older people.

Children are more easily hurt by radiation than grown-ups, Ms. Davis and other scientists point out. But no studies have yet been finished on cell phone radiation and children, she says.

Henry Lai, a research professor, began lab radiation studies in 1980 and found that mice exposed to (暴露在) radiofrequency (电波频率) radiation had destroyed DNA in their brains.

Ms. Davis recommends using wired earphones (有线耳机) or the phone’s speaker. Children should send text messages rather than call, she said, and pregnant (怀孕) women should keep phones away from their bodies.

It’s     1     to your health to use cell phones.
Warning from different companies	● Apple company, the     2     distance is 1.5 centimeters.
	● Motion, BlackBerry’s producer recommends 2.5 centimeters
The results of research from different areas	● Devra Davis pointed out that people in the 20-to-29 age are more likely to have brain cancer than older people     3     of mobile radiation. ● Ms. Davis and other scientists studied that children are     4     to be hurt by radiation than adults.
	● Henry Lai found that mice exposed to radiofrequency radiation had destroyed DNA in their brains.
Ms. Davis’s     5     on how to use the cell phone safely	● It’s better for children to send text messages than to make a phone call. ● Pregnant women should keep phones away from their bodies.

【推荐3】Dear Emma，

Your problem is like a circle. It is because you spend less time with them. The harder you study, the less time you have to spend with friends and the less friendly you look to your classmates. So you should spend more time with them.

Look at your classmates. Are there any people with whom you feel you have a lot in common or trust? You can make friends with them first. The advice is as follows:

First, smile at your classmates. Do this as often as you can, until your classmates become used to your smiles and smile back. Next, talk to your classmates. Do this between classes or during your lunch break. You may find it easier to start by talking to people when they are alone. Perhaps you could ask a classmate about your studies.

They are likely to respond (回应) in a very positive way. People like to feel important and helpful.

There must be someone else in your class who is also quiet. It might be easier to try to talk with him or her. Your problem is mainly about confidence. Smile first, talk next and slowly you will make friends. The most important point is that: Unless you have more confidence, you can’t make as many friends as you want.

Editor

1. What’s the cause of Emma’s problem?
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2. How can Emma solve the problem?
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3. When should Emma talk to her classmates?
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4. How many pieces of advice does the editor give Emma?
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5. What’s Emma’s problem mainly about?
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