What’s social phobia (恐惧症)? It’s a strong fear being talked about by people. Some young people describe themselves as having “social phobia”. They prefer not to go out much, and it’s hard for them to make new friends or socialize (交际).
In fact, this is just a reaction to certain social situations. US researcher Ty Tashiro wrote a book that explains that some people don’t “read” social situations correctly, so they end up feeling uncomfortable.
“Real” social phobia can be described as social anxiety (焦虑) and it’s much more serious. People with social anxiety want to go out and communicate with people, but they’re so afraid of doing it that they cannot leave their homes.
Luckily, social anxiety can be treated.
| A．But is this a “real” illness? |
| B．But this doesn’t mean they have social phobia. |
| C．However, go out of your home and open your mind. |
| D．Nowadays, fewer young people have social phobia. |
| E．For example, they might be afraid of breaking an unspoken rule. |
| F．Their brains just won’t allow them to talk to others in a normal way. |
| G．Some people simply use self-help books to help control their minds. |
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| Question |
| I have a bad cold. I have a sore throat and a headache. What should I do? Are there any ways to make my throat feel better? ——Rachel, I month ago |
| Advice |
| My favorite sore throat “medicine” is hot water with lemon （柠檬） juice and honey. It works very well. ——Wishful Spirit, 2 days ago |
| Wash your hands a lot. Rest as much as possible. Also try massaging （按摩） your head to help make your headache go away. ——Julie, I week ago |
| Take medicine as early as possible. Keep warm and get a lot of rest. ——Michelle, 2 weeks ago |
| Try cold medicine. Gargle （漱口）with warm salt water for your sore throat. Drink a lot of water, and try some hot soup. ——Samuel, 20 days ago |
| A．cold | B．toothache | C．fever | D．stomachache |
| A．2 days ago. | B．1 week ago. | C．2 weeks ago. | D．1 month ago. |
| A．Washing hands a lot. |
| B．Gargling with warm salt water. |
| C．Taking medicine as early as possible. |
| D．Drinking hot water with lemon juice and honey. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．a sports newspaper | B．a doctor’s letter |
| C．the Internet | D．an art magazine |
【推荐2】When we are born, we are given names that stay with us for our whole lives. Some names include good wishes and hopes from parents, while others may be special and easy to remember. But do you know how the new coronavirus got its name?
The task of naming a virus is no less important than naming a person. When a disease breaks out, the official(官方的) naming of a new virus is often late and may lead to many problems. Over the past ten years, some improper names have caused problems. In 2009, the "swine flu(猪流感)" was widely used before the official name, HINI virus, was announced. This led Egypt to kill all of its pigs even though it didn't spread among people who hadn't been near pigs. In 2015, the name MERS(Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, 中东呼吸综合征)made people of this region angry.
So in 2015, the World Health Organization(WHO)announced that the names of viruses should be easy to remember but avoid being named after places, people, animals and foods. Following these rules, the new coronavirus we are suffering from was named "COVID-19" by the WHO on Feb 11, 2020. In this name, "CO" means "corona", "VI" sands for "virus" and "D" means "disease".
1. When our parents name us, they __________.| A．often put their hopes on us | B．try to make the names special |
| C．can easily remember our names | D．let the names stay with us longer |
| A．Naming a virus is not very important. |
| B．Naming a person or a virus is a difficult task. |
| C．Naming a virus is as important as naming a person. |
| D．Naming a person is more important than naming a virus. |
| A．MERS killed many pigs in Egypt. | B．HINI virus could spread among people. |
| C．A new virus isn't often named officially in time. | D．Improper names caused viruses to spread widely. |
| A．It broke out in 2009. | B．It was named after places. |
| C．It got its name from WHO. | D．It made local people angry. |
| A．How does WHO deal with viruses? | B．Why does a new virus have a name? |
| C．What have viruses done to the world? | D．How did the new coronavirus get its name? |
【推荐3】The Bird Mask
Today, doctors know a lot about how to stop germs (病菌) from spreading. They suggest people cover their mouths when they cough. Washing your hands often also helps.
However, people haven’t always known about germs. For many years, even doctors didn’t really understand how illnesses spread.
In 1619, the French doctor, Charles de Lorme, invented a special uniform. He hoped it could protect doctors who were treating plague (瘟疫) patients. The uniform had a long coat, gloves, boots (靴子) and a hat.
The doctors also carried sticks so they wouldn’t have to touch the patients. The most special part of the uniform was the mask (面具).
At that time, doctors believed the plague was spread by bad air. Any air that had a bad smell was dangerous.
Did it work? Well, not really. Certainly the germs sometimes traveled through the air, and the flowers weren’t able to stop them.
Some forms of plague only spread through certain animals such as mice. The doctors’ uniform helped to protect them from this danger. However, largely the coat, gloves, boots and hat did the job, not the bird mask.
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| A．The bird mask helped to protect the doctors from this danger. |
| B．Many doctors still got sick by breathing through the nostril holes in their masks. |
| C．The mask made the doctors look like birds. |
| D．So the doctors put flowers in the beak of their masks. |
| E．They did many things to avoid getting sick. |
【推荐1】Bats are the only mammals (哺乳类动物) that can fly a great distance, but they have another ability. Many bats live a very long time for an animal of their size.
European researchers are studying bats to understand why they live so long. They hope to find ways to fight the aging process (过程) in human beings.
Last week, the group of scientists said they had found important biological (生物学) qualities in bat species (种类). The group studied bat chromosomes (染色体)—a line of genes found in the nucleus (核) of cells. The scientists were very interested in the ends of the chromosomes. They are called telomeres (端粒). Telomeres protect the ends of chromosomes, which shorten each time a cell divides. Scientists believe this shortening process causes cells to break down. ▲___
This month, a report on bats was published in the journal Science Advances.
One of the leaders of the study was Emma Teeling, a biologist in Ireland. Teeling said studying long-living mammals is another way to prove the molecular (分子) basis of continued “health length.” She added that studying bats made scientists learn more about the processes “that drive healthy aging.”
The European researchers studied 493 bats from four bat species. They used information that had been collected over 60 years. Of these bats, the greater mouse-eared bat generally lived the longest, an average of 37 years.
The scientists said this and a connected species, named Myotis, had telomeres that did not shorten with age. Another Myotis bat holds the record for oldest age, reaching 41 years.
The scientists’ findings suggest that these bats’ cells have the ability to keep and repair their telomeres. This, they said, helps guard against the aging process. Based on its body size, a bat like the greater mouse-eared bat would be expected to live four years. But, these mammals are found to live nearly 10 times longer than that.
The scientists found that eighteen of these are bats except an unusual African rat.
1. Which of the following can be put in the blank at the end of Paragraph 3?| A．This makes scientists able to study bats. |
| B．That’s why bats can fly a great distance. |
| C．They say this is what causes aging. |
| D．They discover the cells connected to humans. |
| A．they have a line of long-living genes out of the cells |
| B．their cells have the ability to keep and repair their telomeres |
| C．they have another ability to live longer without any food or water |
| D．telomeres protect the ends of chromosomes to stop cells dividing |
| A．the four years’ time | B．body size | C．the aging process | D．the ability to repair |
| A．The scientists find that bats hold the secret to long life. |
| B．Humans and bats are similar in protecting themselves. |
| C．The researchers try to study why bats are so small in size. |
| D．The greater mouse-eared bats live longer than any other animal. |
【推荐2】China’s Grand Canal
For centuries, the power of Chinese emperors rose and fell with their control of the Grand Canal. Today, this waterway is shorter than it once was, but it is still the longest man-made river in the world. Importantly, the Grand Canal continues to provide a necessary cultural and economic(经济的) link for modern China.
The first canal system began around the year 605. China’s Emperor Yang realized that he needed a better way to feed his army. Specifically, he needed a way to move food quickly from China’s southern rice-growing area to the country’s north. So, the emperor ordered the building of the first section of the Grand Canal, connecting canals, lakes, and rivers. About one million people—mostly farmers—worked on the big project, which took six years.
In addition to moving rice around China, the Grand Canal was an important cultural conduit. Soldiers, businessmen, and artists transported ideas, local foods, and cultural practices from one part of China to another. According to some old stories, this is how Beijing got two of the best-known symbols. Peking duck, a dish from Shandong Province, and the Peking opera, from Anhui and Hubei areas, were both brought north through the canal.
For more than a thousand years, goods have been transported along the Grand Canal. Even today, the country’s watery highway plays an important economic role in China. Boats continue to carry tons of coal, food, and other goods to points between Hangzhou and Jining—now the northernmost city the canal reaches.
In 2014, the historic Grand Canal was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site(联合国教科文组织世界遗产地). It is hoped that the Grand Canal—one of the world’s great engineering achievements—will continue to link north and south China for centuries to come.
1. Why was the Grand Canal first built?| A．To enable more people to visit rice-growing parts of China. |
| B．To let the army move quickly from the north to the south. |
| C．To transport food from the southern part of China to the north. |
| D．To develop the building skills of the farmers all over China. |
| A．Connection. | B．Conversation. | C．Conclusion. | D．Contribution. |
| A．Because it’s the world’s longest man-made river. |
| B．Because it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
| C．Because it is a watery highway for lots of boats. |
| D．Because it’s economically linked the north and south. |
Do you know how many kinds of plants and animals there are in the world? Experts(专家) believe there are over 8 million, but right now we only know about 1.8 million. Scientists are finding new kinds all the time.
In 2009, a team of researchers led by a university professor (教授) named Austin discovered a new kind of animal. They were in Papua, New Guinea, studying the wide variety. One day, the researchers were listening to the sounds of frogs (青蛙) at night. Suddenly, they started to hear some very unusual sounds. At first, they couldn’t tell where the sounds were coming from, but after some time they realized they were coming from the ground. They started to look carefully among the leaves. They were expecting to find an insect, but what they found surprised them. It was a really tiny frog-just 7 mm long! “This frog has a sound that doesn’t sound like a frog at all. It sounds like an insect,” said Austin. The frog they discovered was the smallest frog in the world.
Researchers believe that frogs and insects are very important. They help to keep our environment clean. We can also use them to make new medicines.
Researchers all over the world are working very hard to find new plants and animals every day. However, their jobs are getting more and more difficult. This is because forests where these animals live are quickly disappearing, and the animals are, too.
1. How many kinds of plants and animals have we known?| A．Almost all. | B．A bit over half. | C．Half. | D．Less than one quarter. |
| A．looking for insects | B．studying leaves |
| C．listening to the sounds of frogs | D．doing researches on the beach |
| A．color and age | B．size and sound | C．color and size | D．sound and age |
| A．Animals and forests are getting fewer. | B．Fewer researchers want to do the job. |
| C．Less attention is paid to the job. | D．More plants and animals have been known. |
| A．when the new frog was found | B．how the new frog was found |
| C．where to find new plants and animals | D．why to find new plants and animals |
