1 . Recently I read an article written by Edan Lepucki and titled "Don't Play With Your Kids. Seriously." It makes a case for parents consciously withdrawing from their children ’s playtime until those children are able to play independently all the time.
According to Edan Lepucki, there are two main reasons. One is that it allows the child time and space to delve into wonderful imaginary worlds that he or she is not able to enter in quite the same way if a parent is present.
The second reason is that it gives parents a break. With everything else we do on a daily basis-feeding, cleaning, disciplining, educating, transporting, and more-it's simply too much to be expected to entertain our kids actively, as well. Lepucki describes a sense of exhaustion to which I can relate.
"The constant quarrelling was so exhausting that my husband and I didn't have the energy to play the way my son preferred. After I scolded him, I felt guilty and frustrated."
Adopting a no-play approach changed everything, improving both the relationship with her son and her own mental wellbeing, and it has done the same for me, with my own three children.
I have another reason for choosing this approach: It builds greater independence in children. Children play differently when adults are present. They tend to rely on adults to solve conflicts，whereas when they're on their own, they have no choice but to rise to the occasion and deal with any issue.
Lenore Skenazy, the author of "Free Range Kids", told me that when adults are present, kids act like kids, but when adults leave, kids become adults. She said, "If there's an adult there, they will take over. So adults need to step back."
Take this as your excuse to stop playing with your kids. Know that it' s perfectly OK to say no, to admit you need a break, and to encourage your children to play without you. Then sit back and observe the clever, imaginative little humans you've created at play. It's a most satisfying feeling.
1. What does the underlined part "delve into" in paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Develop. | B．Change. | C．Explore. | D．Preserve. |
| A．Her relaxing time is increased. | B．She becomes more independent. |
| C．She makes more adult friends. | D．Her physical health has improved. |
| A．To prove kids' poor independence. | B．To provide evidence for an opinion. |
| C．To show kids' changeable character. | D．To explain parents' bad effect on kids. |
| A．It Provides Us with Many Benefits to Play Alone |
| B．Parents Should Help Develop Kids' Independence |
| C．Refusal Can Create a Harmonious Family Atmosphere |
| D．It Won't Hurt Your Kids If You Stop Playing with Them |
Autumn Equinox (秋分) lies at the midpoint of autumn,
By Autumn Equinox, most of the areas in China
According to experts, on the Spring Equinox and Autumn Equinox, the day and night are of equal time both in the southern and northern hemispheres. Standing eggs on end,
But once it
3 . Jerilee Melo has been teaching preschool for four years. When COVID-19 shut down her school, she began to wonder what her next Career move would be.
After several months, Melo decided to take a risk. She found a bus on Facebook Marketplace and purchased it in hopes of setting up her own teaching space.
Melo renovated (翻新) the bus and in August began teaching her first preschoolers, many of them her students in previous classrooms. To keep safe, Melo spread her class so that there were never more than five children on the bus with masks on.
Melo doesn’t move the bus during lessons, but parks it at a certain location and allows it to serve as a mobile classroom that utilizes the surroundings.
While her bus was renovated for teaching, Melo hadn’t been able to decorate it. In November she decided to enter a contest with Brittany Jeltema, a former teacher who now hosts giveaways for classroom makeovers (重新布置). Much to Melo’s surprise, Jeltema reached out telling her that she won.
“Jeri’s application stood out, because it was such an innovative approach to education,” Jeltema said.“Jeri submitted pictures of her bus before the makeover, and my brain lit up with ideas. I knew I could help create an engaging environment for her students.”
Over the course of a weekend, Jeltema and her team flew to Valencia, California, and transformed Melo’s mobile classroom into a 70’s style bus.
With her bus, Melo hopes to inspire other teachers to get creative during these unprecedented times.
“A lot of teachers are scared right now, because they feel they need to be in a classroom to educate. And they don’t,” Melo said. “I think teachers need to expand and go beyond the classroom, because what they have is valuable.”
1. Why did Melo buy a bus?| A．To test a risky business. | B．To build a market. |
| C．To expand her living space. | D．To continue her career. |
| A．By driving the bus along. | B．By reducing learning duration. |
| C．By reducing the class size. | D．By teaching in remote surroundings. |
| A．Scared. | B．Impressed. | C．Surprised. | D．Curious. |
| A．By following their dreams. | B．By beautifying classrooms. |
| C．By thinking outside the box. | D．By concentrating on students. |
4 . You can tell the man sitting next to you in the movie theater is a smoker, you can smell it on his clothes. But since he's not lighting up and smoking your way, it's OK, right? Not at all. A new study out of Yale University says thirdhand smoke is also dangerous.
Thirdhand “smoke” isn't actually smoke at all. It's the tobacco contaminants （烟草污染物） that stick to walls, bedding, carpet and even a smoker's body and clothes.
Science has known about the environmental pollution caused by smoking for years, leading to the creation of smoking and non-smoking rooms at hotels, restaurants and the like. But thirdhand smoke has also been found in environments that were not known to be polluted by smokers, leading researchers to ask how that could happen.
To find out, Professor Gentner and his students set up an experiment in a movie theater that had not allowed smoking for more than 15 years. They supplied fresh air into the theater, making sure no smoking or other pollutants entered it. Special equipment measured the elements in the air before and after moviegoers arrived.
The team saw a sharp increase in levels of dangerous chemicals. As people came into the theater, the concentrations （浓度） went up, and then dropped over time. But they didn't completely disappear after the audience left. In many cases, the lasting pollution was noticeable the following day in the empty theater. Pollution happened where smoking had never occurred. Even more worrying: the harm of it could equal that of smoking 10 cigarettes by the end of the movie.
“If future research has the same findings on thirdhand smoke, it means that smokers could potentially still do harm even if the act of smoking took place in a different space.” said Narula, a doctor who was not involved in the research. “And the only way to be free from thirdhand smoke is nothing short of banning （禁止） smoking everywhere.”
1. What do we know about thirdhand smoke?| A．It is the main factor of environmental pollution. |
| B．It causes much less harm than smoking cigarettes. |
| C．It's the remains of harmful chemicals from smoking. |
| D．It does not occur in an environment without smokers. |
| A．Add some background information. |
| B．Introduce the procedure of the experiment. |
| C．Provide some research data for the readers. |
| D．Make a summary of the previous paragraph. |
| A．Concentrations. | B．People. | C．Levels. | D．Dangerous chemicals. |
| A．Smokers should keep away from non-smokers. |
| B．The harm of thirhand smoke remains to be proved. |
| C．Future research will hardly produce the same result. |
| D．There is no way to remove the harm of thirdhand smoke. |
Once there was a girl named Vivian who was the only child of her father. Her father was a big and successful businessman who owned seven star restaurants. He did everything only for his daughter.
Vivian was sent to the best university abroad. Although she had everything, the only thing she never owned was respect of other people.
When Vivian came back after her graduation and her father asked her to join his company as an accountant, she was naturally not happy with that. She wanted to work in a higher post but her father wanted her to start as an ordinary girl.
“Dad, I studied in the most outstanding university abroad and got a better education than any of the employees who work under you. Still, you want me to work under them?" said Vivian unhappily.
Vivian's father looked at her with a smile on his face. Vivian was annoyed by her father's reaction but she agreed to work as an accountant in the end.
After some months, there was an emergency situation in the company.One of the restaurants was short of employees because of a sudden resignation (辞职），so they were short on people to do other chores around the place and cook food fast. Vivian's father asked her to help that restaurant with him and the other employees.
When she entered the restaurant, she was hit by the air of tension around the employees. Everybody was busy doing something or other and there was a mess around the restaurant. When she went in the back of the kitchen, she saw a tower of unwashed dishes.
Her father neared her in a hurry and asked her, “Vivian, thank goodness, you are here. Darling, will you please help us and do the dishes?" He patted her on her shoulder and left her to do the dishes.
She looked at the dirty plates and spoons that were piled up before her.
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“I didn't study my whole life and come first in everything to do this!”Vivian thought.
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Vivian's father picked up the gloves, put them on and started doing the dishes himself.
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The Goddess of the Luo River comes alive in a video, which was shared by Henan TV Station on social media platform Sina Weibo. The ancient tale of romance is given
The story of the Goddess of the Luo River has been the
But the reason why the video,
It's not the first time that Henan TV Station has gained attention with its appealing videos
7 . 
DON'T MISS! This October IBS invites you on board and join our exclusive English Adventure Camp. The program highlights English 4 Skills, Thai language, Mathematics, and Science subjects. Moreover, campers will be exposed to a variety of FUN learning experiences and challenging activities that focus on improving students' learning capabilities and creativity through IBS integrated learning approach. Our challenging indoors and outdoors activities are carefully designed not only to develop personal skills and talents, but also improve TEAMWORK. What is more interesting is the adventure trip to the Dusit Zoo that will provide an authentic (真实的) leaning experience on different animal species, habitats and fantastic sightseeing just only for IBS kindergarten campers.
● Academic Improvement
Maximize the skills and comprehension in English 4 Skills (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing), Thai language, Mathematics and Science. The integrated leaning approach will prepare campers for higher education.
● IBS Young Genius Scientists
Train students thinking and working skills through various hands-on science experiments. This will encourage learners to observe, predict outcome, collect data and effectively conclude the new knowledge.
● Global Awareness Activities
Develop a sense of natural care and global awareness in students through the “IBS LOVE EARTH PROJECT" which allows kindergarten campers to creatively design their own toys out of recycled materials.
● IBS Educational Games
FUN educational games that create leadership and TEAMWORK.
● IBS Adventure Trip
Authentic leaning experiences on different animal species and habitats at the Dusit Zoo. Schedule: Monday-Friday (9:00 a.m-2:00 p.m.)
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1. What is unique about IBS Adventure Camp?| A．It offers activities on a daily basis. |
| B．It aims to train future group leaders. |
| C．It focuses on campers' academic performance. |
| D．It provides learning experiences at the Dusit Zoo. |
| A．Academic Improvement | B．IBS Educational Games |
| C．IBS Young Genius Scientists | D．Global Awareness Activities |
| A．To advertise a school camp. | B．To broaden students' horizons. |
| C．To introduce an academic journey. | D．To develop campers' integrated skills. |
8 . A Virginia teen is doing his part to make sure frontline health care workers are getting the meals they need to help them take care of themselves and others.
Arul Nigam, 17, of Tyson's Corner, Va. , has had to make several adjustments since his school year ended abruptly in mid-March due to the coronavirus pandemic(新冠疫情）。“We didn't have any classes for like over a month and then after that there were a lot of technical difficulties. So I started to have a lot more free time,” he tells Yahoo Life. “It was really saddening, but it was also something that really surprised me, that our health care workers are facing something like that,” Nigam says. “So I wanted to see what I could do to help them because obviously, they're sacrificing so much and giving so much for all of us. ”
In late March, the teen started fundraising efforts with the help of friends and family to help these health care workers receive much-needed meals. He also began doing research about what hospitals had the most amount of coronavirus cases, so he could prioritize those places first. He was also arranging for the orders to be fulfilled at local family-owned restaurants impacted by shutdown orders. So far, Nigam has delivered over 1,000 meals to 22 hospitals in 13 states, including New York, Massachusetts and Maryland.
Nigam's efforts have not only helped health care workers, but restaurants as well. With quarantine restrictions taking a toll on the food industry, places like Best Coast Burrito in Oakland, Calif. , have lost business over the last few weeks. Best Coast's owner,Alvin Shen, tells Yahoo Life that being able to partner with Arul and others in efforts to feed those on the frontline has been a big help.
1. What would Nigam probably do according to his words?| A．Study at home by himself. |
| B．Spend the more free time playing. |
| C．Donate some money to health care workers. |
| D．Do something helpful for health care workers. |
| A．The urgency of meals. |
| B．The severity of the virus. |
| C．The number of doctors. |
| D．The position of hospitals. |
| A．Turning a blind eye to. |
| B．Keeping an eye on. |
| C．Causing lots of damage to. |
| D．Answering completely for. |
| A．Science fiction. |
| B．Fashion magazine. |
| C．Life magazine. |
| D．Entertainment newspaper. |
9 . If knowledge is power, then books are fuel and libraries are power stations! Here are four amazing libraries that can get you positively charged.
New York Public Library—New York
Opened in 1911, New York Public Library was the largest marble building in the world. Over the years the library has a collection of 53 million items, including rare first edition books, 300 million pages of historical newspapers and around 40 ,000 restaurant menus dating back to 1850!
Chetham's Library— Manchester
Founded in 1653, Chetham's Library is a free public library with the longest history in the UK. The building itself is even older —built in 1421, it's one of the most well—protected medieval buildings in England!
With 100 ,000 + books lining the shelves, the special atmosphere of the library attracts students and scholars alike to attend guided tours offered throughout the year.
The Library of Congress Washington, D. C.
Located on Capitol Hill, the Library of Congress is considered the national library of the US and the second largest library in the world. The library has around 168 million items, adding 10 ,000 to this number every day.
Need to catch up on the news? The Library of Congress, which was founded in 1800, holds the world’s largest newspaper collection, with some dating back as far as 1659!
The British Library—London
The British Library was founded in 1973. With around 170 million items spread across 750 km of shelving, it's the largest library in the world. And this number is continually growing and 8 km of shelving has to be added every year! This is partly because the British Library must receive a copy of every publication produced in the UK and Ireland, by law.
1. Where can you visit the oldest library?| A．In New York. | B．In London. |
| C．In Manchester. | D．In Washington, D. C. |
| A．Its large area. |
| B．Its various functions. |
| C．Its building materials. |
| D．Its newspaper collection. |
| A．The legal rule. | B．The public's help. |
| C．The printing skills. | D．The librarians' efforts. |
10 . Despite usually being associated with the Chinese, the Lunar New Year is also celebrated in other countries. Here are several places in America to celebrate the Lunar New Year.
New York City
New York City, which has one of the largest populations of ethnic（少数民族）Chinese people outside of Asia, is a great place to experience the Lunar New Year. There are around 10 different Chinatowns in New York City. Visitors will find parades, performances and foods in most of these areas but some of the festival characteristics are unique to the particular district.
San Francisco
San Francisco's lunar New Year celebrations are the longest runnings in America. They date back to the 1860s, during the “Gold Rush” period. Today, numerous events take place around the Bay Area, but the headline is the massive Chinese New Year Parade that draws as many as 1 million viewers.
Washington DC
Washington DC has a historic Chinatown. There is a parade here with floats, firecrackers, dancers and music. The Smithsonian American Art Museum can host hands on arts and crafts events that feature performers invited from China. The Kennedy Center stages themed performances, including folk music and symphonies from China.
Chicago
Despite low temperatures in January and February, Chicago celebrates the Lunar New Year in a big way. There are two parades, usually held on different days of the same weekend. One is in the city's traditional Chinatown on the South Side, and the other takes place on Argyle Street. Asian culture is on full display during these parades, and other Chicago com munities also take part.
1. Which city has the longest history of celebrating the Lunar New Year?| A．New York City. | B．San Francisco. |
| C．Washington DC. | D．Chicago. |
| A．Serve Chinese food. | B．Show Chinese dancers. |
| C．Play Chinese court music. | D．Invite Chinese art performers. |
| A．Festival parades. | B．English concerts. |
| C．The American culture weekend. | D．The American-style art exhibitions. |
