Indoor and outdoor gardening has become more and more popular. It helps us build a stronger connection (连接) with nature and makes us feel more relaxed.
Gardening is reported to be good for the environment and wildlife. Gardens offer a home to wildlife. They also act as passages for nature, allowing wildlife to move from one place to the next. ________ One study found that gardening for 30 minutes can be compared with playing badminton, volleyball or practicing yoga.
Gardening can improve your mood in lots of ways. If you feel nervous or worried, looking after plants can help to keep your mind on something else. Watching a seed (种子) grow into a healthy plant can make you feel happy and satisfied. According to a study, people who garden 2-3 times a week have a 6.6% higher happiness score and 4.2% lower stress level compared to people who don’t garden at all.
Gardening is a great way to connect with nature and people. When you are new to a place, you can get to know your neighbors by sharing fruit or vegetables you grow with them. And it is an easy way to start conversations and show how friendly you are. You could also find friends with the same hobby in the gardening club. If there’s no club, start your own gardening club and invite your friends to join you.
Why not get some fresh air and try to grow something right now?
1. What does the underlined word “passages” in Paragraph 2 mean?A.文章 | B.家园 | C.通道 |
A.It is friendly to them. |
B.It’s also great for your health. |
C.It makes a big difference to our life. |
A.More pleased. | B.More stressed. | C.Less relaxed. |
A.By sharing fruit or vegetables you grow. |
B.By inviting them to join a club. |
C.By growing something. |
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①Some students don’t like math. They think it’s difficult. And here is what you can do.
②Listen well in class. The math teacher knows much. When you listen well, you can know much, too. So be a careful(认真的)student and listen well. And you can ask your math teacher for help if you don’t know in class.
③Ask your classmate for help. Your math teacher isn’t always with you. When you find a problem is too difficult, you can ask your classmate, too. A classmate is a good friend. He or She must be happy to help you.
④Practice(练习)it every day. Do you want to be good at math? It needs time. You can’t learn it well in a day. So practice it every day, and you can find it easy. Math is a great subject. Let’s learn it well.
1. What is the passage about?A.How to study math well. | B.How to be a good teacher. |
C.How to help your classmate. | D.How to ask teacher for help. |
A.some students don’t like math because it is boring |
B.math teacher is always with you |
C.your friend is always good at math |
D.to learn math well takes time |
A. | B. | C. | D. |
A.students | B.teachers | C.parents | D.book lovers |
【推荐2】Hi, boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy child? There are some rules(规则)for you.
Eat different(不同的)foods, especially(尤其)fruit and vegetables.
You can have your favorite food, but different foods are important. Apples, meat and beans are all good. Please eat different foods.
Drink water and milk.
Milk is a good drink. It can give you much calcium(钙). Too much juice and cola is not healthy.
Eat the right food and be healthy.
Sweet potatoes are good for your eyes and fish is good for your teeth.
Limit screen(屏幕)time.
Don’t watch TV too much. It’s bad for your eyes.
Do sports.
It is good to play basketball, run and swim. They are good for you too.
Follow(遵循)these rules and you can be a healthy child.
1. Please eat different foods especially ________.A.apples and meat | B.meat and beans | C.fruit and vegetables |
A.Cola. | B.Milk. | C.Water. |
A.限制 | B.增加 | C.取消 |
A.five | B.six | C.seven |
A.Healthy food. | B.How to be a healthy child. | C.Important rules |
【推荐3】Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “What is the most important in your life?”, maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet.”
The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said. “People can’t live without computers today.”
The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends.
Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages, and even sex. They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others on many subjects because of that.
We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.
1. The Internet can not be used for ________.A.studying | B.thinking | C.shopping | D.playing |
A.large and worked quickly | B.small and worked slowly |
C.large but worked slowly | D.small but worked quickly |
A.1960 | B.1971 | C.1980 | D.1985 |
【推荐1】How often do you leave food on your plate? Does your family throw food from the fridge because it’s no longer fresh?
About one third of all food in the world is wasted (浪费). Among the waste, 45% of fruits and vegetables, 35% of seafood, and 30% of cereal (谷类食物) are wasted.
Food waste is a big problem. It costs money and hurts the environment.
A.But we can do something to help solve it. |
B.We could also buy less at the supermarket. |
C.The food waste problem isn’t going to be solved overnight. |
D.Milk products and meat are also wasted but not as much. |
E.If food waste is a problem in your home, think about what it’s like around the world. |
【推荐2】Happiness is important in our life. It can make us energetic(充满活力的). Are you happy? Do you want to be happy every day?
Be confidence(自信的). Every morning after you get up and look at yourself in the mirror, what will you do?
Smile. When you have problems, what will you do? Are you unhappy because of the problems?
Talk to others. Being alone nice. You should talk to your friends or your family.
All in all, it is not hard to be happy
根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最近选项,使文章意思通顺,内容完整。
A.Follow me, and you will have a happy life. |
B.Talk to them about your feelings and your problems. |
C.If you don’t want them to take away your life, please smile. |
D.Happiness is close to you of you keep doing these three things every day. |
E.If you want to be happy in the following hours, please say “you are the best!” to yourself. |
A. If you don’t want to lose your friend, you should talk to your friend first. Also, you may give her a ticket to a concert. B. You should visit your neighbor and have a talk with him. You can tell him not to play the CDs at night. C. You should tell your mother what you did and promise not to do it again. Your mother will forgive you. D. It can be useful to do more math exercises and think more about why the answers are wrong. E. It’s best not to think this way. You will live alone sooner or later. You should try your best to get used to being alone and depend on yourself. F. Helping each other is a good habit. Don’t care so much about what others think of you. What they think isn’t important. You should feel comfortable about what you do. G. You should be confident! Relax and enjoy yourself when you are out with your friends. After a while, you’ll become more outgoing. |
【推荐1】Have you ever wanted to grow some vegetables at home? Spinach (菠菜) is a great choice. It grows easily throughout the year.
When should you plant spinach?
Spinach can grow in temperatures as low as -7℃, but that’s not good for its growth. Spinach grows best in temperatures between 15℃ and 27℃. Temperatures above 29℃ can influence its taste.
Where should you grow spinach?
*Pot size: A pot of 15 to 20cm deep would be the best. Depending on your space, it can be as wide as you want.
*Earth: For growing spinach in pots, use a mix rich in nutrients (营养) .
Make sure it won’t take in water easily.
*Space: Give each spinach plant 7cm of space. If you want large leaves, give each plant a little more space.
*Position: If you are growing spinach in fall and winter, keep the plants in a sunny place. Make sure they receive at least four hours of direct sunlight every day. For spring and summer planting, put your plants in a place without much sunlight, especially in the afternoon.
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*Watering: Keep the earth not too wet. Avoid watering the leaves.
*Fertilizing (施肥): To grow healthy spinach, you need to use a slow-release fertilizer. It will provide nutrients slowly.
When can you harvest (收获)?
Spinach grows quickly. You can harvest when the plant has at least five healthy leaves(7-10 cm in length), usually within one month.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What temperature is the best for spinach to grow?A.-7℃. | B.10℃. | C.20℃. | D.29℃. |
A.Earth. | B.Space. | C.Pot size. | D.Position. |
A.What do you need to grow spinach? |
B.Why do you grow spinach at home? |
C.How often should you water spinach? |
D.How should you take care of your spinach? |
A.The young who prefer taking risks. |
B.The women who like doing exercise. |
C.The old who are into outdoor activities. |
D.The students who are in the gardening club. |
A.An instruction. | B.An ad. | C.A report. | D.A review. |
【推荐2】A team of scientists are carrying out a project at the University of Greenwich in London. They are trying to find ways to make food on Mars (火星) in the future. The project is called “Feeding Mars”. It tries to use water, fish and fish waste to grow fruit and vegetables on Mars.
It would take at least 21 months to reach Mars, learn about its surface (表面) and return to Earth. So it would be a big help if the spacemen could grow fresh food on Mars itself.
Farming on Mars, however, will be very hard. There’s plenty of water that could be taken from ice just below the surface, but the land on Mars is missing the nutrients (养分) that living things need. The team say they could solve the problem by growing plants and fish together. Fish waste can then be used to provide nutrients for plants.
“It is expected that you can grow lots of food, such as vegetables, salads, teas and medicinal plants on Mars,” said Dr. Baboon, who leads the project. “You can even harvest (捕获) fish for food then.”
1. Why would “Feeding Mars” be a big help to spacemen?A.Because spacemen could grow fresh food on Mars itself. |
B.Because fish waste can then be used to provide nutrients for plants. |
C.Because it would take a long time for spacemen to reach Mars and return to earth |
D.Because it tries to use water, fish and fish waste to grow fruit and vegetables on Mars. |
A.Ice below the surface. | B.Too much fish waste. |
C.The missing of living things. | D.The poor land condition. |
A.Hopeful. | B.Awful. | C.Strange. | D.Funny. |
How a Family Garden Will Improve Your Health
Plant a family garden—you’ll all live healthier! Gardening is an easy activity to share and you’ll harvest benefits (好处) along with your fresh vegetables, colorful flowers, and tasty fruit. When you and your kids work together to plant and care for a garden, you can all enjoy these benefits. Even better, you don’t have to wait for your plants to flower to see the benefits. Some of them are right there for you to enjoy.
Gardening and yard work are light exercises, which we all need every day (for at least 30 minutes). While taking care of your family garden doesn’t require much, it’s still good for your body and mind.
Gardening can help reduce stress for some good reasons: enjoy fresh air and sunlight, relaxing and repeated tasks, and even contact with harmless bacteria (细菌) in the dirt that helps release serotonin (释放血清素) in the brain.
Better sleep and healthier eating
Kids who grow vegetables eat vegetables. Adults who garden are also more likely to eat more fruits and vegetables than non-gardeners.
Outdoor time and family time
Children like spending a lot of time indoors, which can have a bad influence on their behavior and health.
Planning, sowing, and looking after a family garden offers physical (身体的) activity with a purpose shared by everyone. It gives all of you a project to work on and enjoy the nature together,which improves your family relationship.
A sense of responsibility (责任)
Gardening helps teach kids responsibility.
A.More physical activity and lower stress |
B.Better knowledge about vegetables and fruit |
C.They can do a lot of work for your family garden |
D.Gardening can help everyone get more and better sleep |
E.The plants in the garden adds beauty to any outdoor space |
F.They can go outside and experience the nature with parents |