【推荐1】Do you have trouble getting into sleep? Have you ever tried to find what is making you awake after midnight?

Grey may be the popular decor(装饰) color of the moment, but painting your bedroom grey actually stops you from falling asleep easily. Besides, reds, greens and purples can prevent a peaceful night’s sleep according to Natalie Armstrong, a sleep expert at mattress(床垫)company Sealy. She gives reasons.

★ Grey is usually used to represent(代表) sadness and loneliness, and it can send sad messages to our brain.

★ Too bright colors can put your brain into a state of high excitement, which can last long after you’ve turned off the light.

So what color is good for sleep? Blue. 如果你正打算粉刷卧室的墙，蓝色是最好的选择。Blue is easily received by certain cells(细胞)in your eyes. The cells then send a message directly to your brain, telling that you’re in a peaceful environment where you can fall asleep easily.

As we all know, smart phones can stand in the way of sweet dreams. Holding your smart phone or watching your favourite TV show in bed can put you in another “blue”environment. However, these blue lights are harmful, because they disturb(扰乱)our regular sleep-wake cycle and hurt our eyes.

Anyway, the color of bedroom walls is not the only and main reason to influence our sleep, but it really makes a difference. It is important to develop a good and healthy sleeping habit.

1. Please translate the first underlined sentence into Chinese.
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2. Why can bright colors prevent a peaceful night’s sleep?
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3. Please translate the second underlined sentence into English.
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4. How do blue bedroom walls help us have a good sleep?
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5. The underlined word “they” refers to “ ______ ”.
6. What else do you think can cause sleeping problems?
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【推荐2】阅读下面短文, 根据短文内容完成句子。

Do some colors make you feel calm while others give you energy? Scientists have studied the connection between color and mood (心情) for a long time. Many believe that color can influence our moods.

Warm, bright colors such as yellow and red are positive colors. They can give people a pleasant feeling. Cool colors such as blue, purple, and green are relaxing colors. They help people experience calm feelings.

Many public places are decorated (装饰) with certain colors in order to create certain moods. Orange makes people feel hungry, and many restaurants are painted in this color.

People use color in their homes to create moods as well. Blue is a peaceful color. It helps you rest, so it is a very good color for a bedroom.

Colors can create bad moods, too Some types of blue make people feel sad. Red can make people feel angry.

What is your mood right now? Now look at the color of the walls round you. Does it match its mood?

1. Cool colors are relaxing colors and they help people experience ________.
2. Orange makes people ________, and many restaurants are painted this color.
3. People use color in their homes to ________ as well.
4. Some types of ________ make people feel sad.
5. This passage mainly tells us how color ________.

【推荐3】任务型阅读
Different colours have different senses

There are many colours in the nature. But do you know if a colour has weight？I think you'll say "no". But I am afraid you are wrong. If you don't believe,you may do a small experiment（实验）.

First,put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the box. Third,wrap（包裹）one box with a red piece of paper,the other with a white piece of paper. OK. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one. It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.

Why do you think so？A scientist found that different colours have different weights in a man's mind. So he did some tests and at last he got the result. That is to say,every colour has its own weight in our mind and their order is the same. The heaviest colour is red,then blue,green,orange,yellow and white.

The scientist told us that colours also have smell. Can you smell the colour？Of course not. Then why did the scientist say so？That is because every colour stands for a kind of light with a certain wavelength（波长）. It reaches our brain through sense organs（感觉器官）.

According to this discovery,scientists say that people accept the colours they like,and refuse the colours they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colours you like. Or you'll be nervous or even get ill. For example,if you stay in a room with red windows,wallpapers and furniture for two hours,you'll feel you have been there for four hours. But if the room is blue,you'll feel you have been there fur only an hour. Another example,if a person walks out of a red room and into a blue room,his temperature will fall. That means our body temperature will change with different colours.

Discoveries	Example	Reasons
Colours have    1    .	You may feel the red box is     2     than the white one, though they have the same weight.	Every colour has its own weight in our     3    . The heaviest one is     4     and the     5     one is white.
Colours have senses.	The colour you like can make you     6    . You'll feel time passes much     7     in the red room than in the blue one. The colour will cause the     8     of your body temperature if you go from a red room into a blue one.	The     9     wavelength of each colour makes us feel the     10     of the colour.

【推荐2】阅读下面的短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词，每个空格只填一个单词。

Last week, my father and I went back to my hometown Zibo in Shandong to try Zibo barbecue. Recently, the local food has become so popular that people all over China travel there to taste it.

On the way to Zibo, my father told me a story. Last year during the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of college students were stuck in Zibo. The local government helped students to get through that period and offered a great barbecue dinner when the quarantine (隔离) was over. The government officers also invited the students to come back to Zibo again when spring came. I was moved when I heard this.

At 5 p.m., we arrived at the restaurant. My father had booked a table two days earlier. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be any seats for us. There are some differences between Zibo’s barbecue and the ones in other cities. Zibo’s barbecue restaurants have a small grill (烤架) on each table. People need to cook on the grill by themselves. When the food is ready, you put it onto a small pancake, and then add scallions (葱) and sauce before eating.

People in the restaurant didn’t know each other before. But we just talked naturally about daily life and sang together. The boss of the restaurant even danced. Some local people even gave up their orders when they heard there weren’t enough seats. They wanted tourists from other places to have the chance to eat.

After eating the delicious food, I kept thinking about why Zibo barbecue became popular. Is it the promise between the government and the college students, or the special, tasty food, or the warmhearted people?

Why zibo barbecue becomes so popular
Possible     1	Facts
2     between the government and the college students	Last year, thousands of college students were stuck in Zibo because of COVID-19 and they got through that period with the     3     of the local government. The government not only     4     a great barbecue dinner for students when the quarantine     5     but also invited them to come back to Zibo again when spring came.
Tasty food	Zibo’s barbecue is     6     from those in other cities. People have to cook on the grills by themselves. After     7     scallions and sauce, people can enjoy their food.
Warmhearted people	8     people in the restaurant didn’t know each other, they talked and sang together in a     9     way. Some local people even     10     their orders in order to let the tourists from other places have the chance to eat.

【推荐3】阅读下列短文，回答短文后五个问题，并将答案写在相应的位置上。

To prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, governments at every level in China have been using many different control measures.

In heavily-affected areas, the government has chosen to lock down cities. In Hubei province, for example, after Wuhan’s lockdown on Jan 23, thirteen other cities in the province also taken lockdown measures. The decision proved effective (有效的) in stopping the virus’ spread at its root, China Daily said.

In some villages, people put up red banners (条幅) or used loudspeakers to educate people about the virus. Many communities also set up checkpoints to check people’s temperatures, keep records of their travel history, keep non-residents (非住户) out of the community, and make sure that people quarantine (隔离) themselves after returning from high-risk areas. Some community workers also help those who stay at home by bringing in food or medicine, taking out the rubbish, and offering psychological (心理的) advice. The community workers have built the first line of defense (防御) against the virus across China.

According to Xinhua, there are millions of community workers in 650,000 urban and rural (城市和农村) communities across the country. Many people from all walks of life have volunteered to do this job.

“In the face of an unexpected outbreak, it’s amazing to see that China could organize people on such a large scale (规模),” Li Baoping from the Ningxia Academy of Social Sciences told Xinhua. “Great governance capacity (治理能力) at all levels gives us confidence in winning the battle.”

1. Why do governments at every level use many different control measures?
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2. What has the government chosen to do in heavily-affected areas?
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3. Who has built the first line of defense against the virus across China?
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4. How many community workers are there across the country?
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5. What can we do to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus? (请自拟一句话作答)
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