Do you make your bed every morning? It may seem like a small act, but don’t look down on the benefits of making it a habit. This is good for both your physical and mental health.
First of all, making your bed can be your first step towards having a successful day. Tidying up your bedding may only take a few minutes. But this can be your first task of the day. Completing it will give you a small, simple sense of pride. And this will encourage you to move on to other tasks.
Besides, your sleep environment plays an important role in the quality of your sleep. Poor “sleep hygiene (卫生)” includes not only noise and light, but also clutter (杂乱). In other words, an untidy bed will distract (分散注意力) you and keep you from falling asleep. On the other hand, keeping your bedroom clean and comfortable will help you sleep better at night.
How can you make bed-making a daily habit then? Well, connect it to a morning routine (惯例) you already follow. You can try making your bed after brushing your teeth, for example. Some people also set alarms on their phones to remind them to make their beds.
Whatever way you want to take, it won’t be difficult if you decide to get into this habit. It can get your day off to a great start and give it a better finish!
1. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refers to ________.| A．a small act | B．physical health |
| C．making your bed | D．looking down the benefits |
| A．Excited. | B．Proud. | C．Surprised. | D．Tired. |
| A．Go to bed early at night. | B．Set an alarm clock to wake up. |
| C．Look after their mental health. | D．Develop the habit of making their bed. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
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【推荐1】Ebola(埃博拉) is a river in Africa. In 1976, a dangerous virus（病毒）was found there. The virus can cause people to get very sick and even die. So people call the virus Ebola.
Two years ago, Ebola caused the worst problem in western Africa, and it spread very quickly. Medical experts all over the world did their best to stop Ebola and to treat the people who were sick.
Ebola often starts with fever and headache, kind of like the flu. But it can get worse and cause serious bleeding(流血) and breathing problems. It’s very important for infected(受感染的) people to get treatment right away. People who have Ebola need to be cared for in a special way so that the illness doesn’t spread to doctors, nurses or others in their families.
Doctors aren’t sure how the first person got Ebola, but they think people picked up the virus from infected animals. People can get the virus by touching an infected person’s drops of blood. But Ebola doesn’t spread through food or water like some viruses do. It also doesn’t travel through the air like cold or flu viruses do. In areas where the Ebola virus is, anyone who doesn’t feel well should get medical help immediately.
1. Ebola was named after________.| A．an expert | B．a doctor | C．a river | D．a patient |
| A．a flu | B．bleeding | C．a fever and a headache | D．breathing problems |
| A．food | B．water | C．air | D．drops of blood |
【推荐2】Artificial intelligence (AI) can help us make phone calls. It can guide us to where we want to go. It can play games. And now, AI can do even more things.
Researchers from Microsoft have created the first machine translation system that can translate news articles from Chinese to English, Business Standard reported.
According to Microsoft’s official website, researchers tested the system by asking it to translate hundreds of sentences taken from news stories. Then, language experts compared the results to two translations that were done by humans. The experts concluded(得出结论) that the system’s translations were as good as the human translations.
Machine translation is always challenging. This is partly because different words can be used to express the same meaning. It can be hard to say which word is more “correct”.
Experts used several methods to improve the system’s translation abilities. “Much of our research is really inspired by how we humans do things,” lead researcher Liu Tieyan said.
One method is called dual learning(对偶学习). In this method, the system translates every sentence from Chinese to English, as well as translates the sentences back from English into Chinese. This way, the system can improve itself and learn from its own mistakes. This is similar to what humans do to make sure their translations are accurate(准确的).
Another method makes use of deliberation networks(推敲网络). The researchers taught the system to repeat the process of translating the same sentence over and over. Gradually, the system can improve the quality of its translations. This is similar to how people revise(修改) their own writing by going through it again and again.
1. Microsoft created a system that can ________.| A．make phone calls | B．give people directions |
| C．play games with people | D．translate news articles |
| A．They were not accurate. |
| B．They were as good as human translations. |
| C．They were better than human translations. |
| D．It’s hard to tell whether the translations were correct. |
| A．more quickly | B．different sentences |
| C．more accurately | D．the same sentence repeatedly |
| A．What artificial intelligence can do for us. |
| B．How sentences are translated from Chinese to English. |
| C．How the machine translation system was developed. |
| D．Why Microsoft created a machine translation system. |
【推荐3】Are you good at spelling words? If so, you can join in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. It is a spelling competition in the United States.
If you heard the word “Koinonia”, would you be able to spell it? This was the strange word that Karthik Nemmani, 14, spelled correctly to win the 2018 spelling competition on May 31. As a result, he won a prize of $40,000 (256200 yuan).
The Scripps National Spelling Bee has been held in May or June every year since 1925. It is open to students around the world who are under 15 years old and have not yet finished eighth grade. Competitors（竞争者）have to correctly spell English words to win the competition.
The words are usually quite difficult to spell because they are either uncommon（不常见的）or have many letters.
One interesting fact about the competition is that most of the winners in the last 23 years have been Indian-Americans. One reason for this is that Indian-American parents pay attention to（重视）children’s education. Their kids often work much harder than others in both school and their future work.
1. Where can people join in the Scripps National Spelling Bee?| A．China. | B．America. | C．British. | D．India. |
| A．On May 31, 2018. | B．On May 31, 1925. | C．On June 31, 2018. | D．On June 31, 1925. |
| A．16-year-old students. | B．14-year-old students. |
| C．Students in the seventh grade. | D．Students in the eighth grade. |
| A．成绩 | B．教育 | C．作业 | D．学业 |
| A．Indian-American students usually work hard at school. |
| B．Many Indian-American students won the competition in the last 23 years. |
| C．All the students who take part in competition can win a prize. |
| D．Indian-American parents usually care more about children’s education. |
【推荐1】Many students in China don’t have time to help with housework. They are always asking, “Could you get this for me?” or “Could you help me with that?” Usually, they need parents to wash clothes and even clean their rooms. Many parents are worried that kids don’t have basic (基本的) life skills (技能) .
From September last year, many students have one labor (劳动) class every week. Students from Hope School have interesting life skill classes and try all kinds of labor. Doing housework also becomes their homework. The third graders must learn how to make the bed, the sixth graders wash the clothes, and the seventh and the eighth graders cook meals.
In some middle schools, students learn to plant vegetables. “It’s exciting to pick fresh beans (豆子) and eat bean rice with my family. I really enjoy my labor class,” says Wang Yuan, one of the students in No.1 Middle School.
A labor teacher says in an interview (采访) , “We’re happy that lots of students are now spending time learning life skills. Learning life skills helps them get ready for future life.”
Do you help your parents do housework at home? If not, maybe you can get started now.
1. In Hope School, what life skill should a student in Grade 7 learn?| A．Cooking meals. | B．Making the bed. | C．Making dumplings. | D．Washing clothes. |
| A．Many students don’t have basic life skills because they are lazy. |
| B．Few students like planting or cooking in labor classes every week. |
| C．Chinese students often do housework at home if they aren’t busy. |
| D．Learning life skills in labor classes is useful and important in life. |
| A．My important life skills | B．Learning to do housework |
| C．Small things in our life | D．Parents’ worries about housework |
【推荐2】Nowadays, whether teenagers should do chores or not has become a hot topic. Here is a post (帖子) about it on sina. com.
| Question：Should teenagers do chores? Labor (劳动) education catches people’s eye these days. But many surveys show that kids are getting lazier and more parents are doing all the housework. Do you think teenagers should spend time on chores? Please leave your comments (评论) about this question. | |
| Comments | |
| David | Children often get a lot of homework and have much stress about school. So they don’t have time and energy to do chores. Parents should do the housework instead of the children. |
| Bob | Doing chores helps children to be more independent. It also teaches them life skills such as washing clothes, cooking and cleaning. Kids should be able to do things by themselves. They can’t live with their parents forever. |
| Mary | Doing chores may take a long time. If you are not good at doing chores, you may get into trouble like breaking things or hurting yourself. So there is no need for teenagers to do chores. |
| Alice | We students sit on the chairs all day to study and play with our phones sometimes after school, not wanting to exercise or do other things at all. It is bad for our health. However, doing housework, from doing the dishes to sweeping the floor, can make us move around and keep away from our phones for a while. |
| Peter | If we take the responsibility to do it, parents will be very happy! In fact, all the family members, not just our mothers, should share the housework. It shows our love to the family and the idea of fairness. |
1. The passage is from ________.
| A．a storybook | B．a report | C．a website |
| A．David gets a lot of stress from housework |
| B．David wants to do housework together with his family |
| C．David thinks that doing chores should be parents’ job |
| A．Doing chores is good for children’s health. |
| B．Children just want to make their parents happy. |
| C．Doing chores can make children independent. |
| A．责任 | B．机会 | C．挑战 |
| A．David. | B．Bob. | C．Mary. |
【推荐3】Many parents do not let their children do housework because they want their children to focus on their studies. This thought must be changed.
Housework builds children’s responsibility (责任).
Children are a part of the family, so it is clear that they also have responsibility for doing housework.
It is very bad when the children can do housework, but they just stand and see their parents do chores. Sharing housework helps make everyone be in good moods. Therefore, start doing housework with children!
Housework makes children independent.
Grandparents and parents cannot always be children’s side.
| A．Housework makes children happy. |
| B．Do not wait to tell kids to do housework! |
| C．Chores help build the responsible adults in the future. |
| D．Because doing housework brings children some advantages that you may not know, |
| E．The children have to know how to live by themselves, including how to manage time to do chores in the house. |
