1 . It is well known that smoking is harmful to health. It is unfortunate that despite some individuals who choose not to smoke, they remain to be victims of various diseases caused by cigarette smoking.
Cigarette smoke contains thousands of dangerous chemicals that are unhealthy for both smokers and non-smokers. Secondhand smoke refers to the smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the smoke breathed by smokers. More than 126 million Americans are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke at home, at work, and in enclosed public spaces.
The Deadly Effects
Secondhand smoke can cause heart disease and lung cancer in non-smoking adults. Breathing secondhand smoke for even a short time increases risk for those diseases.
Children and infants are especially attacked by the poisons in secondhand smoke. Almost 3 million children in the United States under the age of six breathe secondhand smoke at home at least four days per week.
Secondhand smoke is a known cause of the sudden infant death syndrome, breathing problems, ear infections, and asthma attacks in infants and children.
Secondhand smoke in the home environment can slow the lung growth of exposed children. Older children whose parents smoke get bronchitis and pneumonia more often than the children of non-smokers. Wheezing (气喘) and coughing are also more common in children who breathe secondhand smoke.
Protecting Yourself and Others
The only way to fully protect yourself and loved ones from the dangerous chemicals in secondhand smoke is through 100 percent smoke-free environments. Opening a window; sitting in a separate area; or using ventilation (通风), air conditioning, or a fan cannot get rid of secondhand smoke exposure. If you are a smoker, the single best way to protect your family is to quit smoking.
1. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the possible result of smoking?A.Heart disease. | B.Pneumonia. |
C.Lung cancer. | D.High blood pressure. |
A.Adults. | B.The elderly. |
C.Cancer patients. | D.Children and infants. |
A.Use an air conditioner. | B.Try to avoid smoking. |
C.Stay in a separate room. | D.Open the windows for ventilation every day. |
A.Smoking is harmful to health | B.Anti-smoking campaign is launched |
C.Secondhand smoke: the real danger | D.Create a smoke-free environment |
Nowadays in real life, many people have all kinds of bad habits, but getting rid of them takes a bit more effort. Whether they’re “traditional (like biting your nails, snacking on junk food, gossiping, or twirling your hair) or more hi-tech (like texting), bad habits all have one thing in common: They’re hard to break. You can do it, though.
So if you’re ready, gather your willpower, follow these steps, and wave goodbye to that bad habit forever!
Step 1
Make a note every time you engage in your habit. Write down the time and where you are, as well as how you’re feeling. Are you bored, angry, or sad? The more you understand the reason behind your habit, the more control you’ll have over it.
Step 2 Pay attention to when your bad habit pops up.
Do you see any patterns in your journal? Do you always bite your nails before a test? Are you more likely to eat junk food, like chips or candy, when you’re doing your homework? If you notice a pattern of your habit,
Step 3 Replace your bad habit with a good.
Instead of biting your nails or twirling your hair, keep your fingers busy drawing or knitting. If gossip is your problem, challenge yourself to say nice things about people. Each time you substitute your new activity for your old one,
Step 4 Stay focused.
Write down a promise to yourself: “I will stop biting my nails” or “I will stop texting so much”. Make a list of the days of the week, and place a gold star next to each day that you don’t engage in your habit. If you can’t get through a whole day at first,
Step 5 Keep at it.
Maybe you’ve heard the expression “Old habits die hard”? Well, it’s true! It usually takes three weeks to a month to break a bad habit. So if you mess up one day, don’t give up!
Remember, if you put your mind to it, you can do anything—even break that bad, bad habit!
A.Keep a journal for a day (or two). |
B.He has the bad habit of biting his nails. |
C.Just go right back to trying again the next day. |
D.I want to stop, and sometimes I even quit for a day. |
E.you’ll be one step closer to breaking that bad habit. |
F.break each day down into smaller segments of time. |
G.start thinking about ways you can change the pattern. |
As a teacher, my daily routine includes driving to a new school almost every day so I’m usually unable to predict the day’s events, good or bad!
needed coffee to even consider surviving the afternoon. So on my lunchtime, I drove to a nearby plaza to get a cup of On one particular day, I was teaching in a very difficult class. Some of the schoolboys didn’t finish their homework on time and that really annoyed me. I was managing behaviour all morning and by lunchtime I knew I coffee. There I had a wonderful time and forgot the unpleasant experience in the morning. Upon returning to the car, I realized I had locked my keys and my phone inside!
I had about 10 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4-or-5-minute drive away. I considered rushing back, but it was winter, and I thought a dirty fall on ice would make the situation much worse. So I ran into a Mcdonald’s which was in the same plaza and asked the man at the counter to call me a cab. The man happened to be the manager of the restaurant. I briefly explained my situation to him, and I could tell by the look, that he empathized. He hurried to the back to use the phone while I paced in the restaurant. I had less than 10 minutes to get back to my school at this point.
The manager returned, only to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got disconnected, and that he was now on hold again, but had not yet been able to request the cab yet. My expression, I am sure, began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear.
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4 . Famous food festivals around the world
Food festivals are held all around the world every year, and people from different parts come to these festivals in large numbers to satisfy their taste buds (味蕾).
The Galway International Oyster (牡蛎) and Seafood Festival
Galway, Ireland
September 26 to September 29, 2020
This is the world’s longest running oyster festival, first appearing in 1954. Apart from the excellent seafood that is served, the festival also features some exciting events such as oyster-eating contests, live music, tasting parties, etc.
The International Mango (芒果) Festival
New Delhi, India
June 30 to July 2, 2020
This festival is a celebration of everything about mangoes. It features different kinds of mangoes and various food items that are made from them. The festival also holds a number of special events such as mango-eating competitions, mango-tasting events, quiz competitions, and plenty of traditional and folk performances.
The Garlic(大蒜) Festival
The Isle of Wight, England
August 17 to August 18, 2020
This is one of the largest events that the Isle of Wight hosts each year, and it shows recipes made from garlic. Some foods made out of garlic and garlic beer are available (可得到的) there. The festival also features live music and a country fair.
The Crave Sydney International Food Festival
Sydney, Australia
October 1 to October 31, 2020
This festival attracts a number of famous international chefs each year as visitors to experience the best of Australian food. From fine dining at famous restaurants to street food to cooking classes, this event has a lot in store for a visitor.
1. Where should you go if you want to enjoy seafood?A.Galway | B.Sydney | C.New Delhi | D.The Isle of Wight. |
A.The Garlic Festival. |
B.The International Mango Festival. |
C.The Crave Sydney International Food Festival. |
D.The Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival. |
A.the Garlic Festival |
B.the International Mango Festival |
C.the Crave Sydney International Food Festival |
D.the Galway International Oyster and Seafood Festival |
If you’ve ever spent time in the UK, you must have had a nice cup of tea. There’s tea for
breakfast, tea during break time, tea when you visit a friend’s house and tea for
While drinking tea is
Despite the fact that tea has been popular in the UK for hundreds of years, the question of when to add the milk is one that still
This means people
Cold Food Festival is a
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7 . Christmas Activities for Adults
·Organise a Charity Show
Christmas is about spreading joy and love, and it’s also about giving. We give our family presents on this day to show them happiness and love, don’t we? But have you ever wondered how the poor celebrate their Christmas? Does Santa leave gifts for them too?
·Visit Orphanages(孤儿院)and Old Age Homes
Christmas is an occasion for the entire family to come together and celebrate. More than the celebration, we look forward to being near our close ones.
·Start a Donation Drive
If you have the time, organise a donation drive in your locality. A lot of people will want to donate clothes , accessories (衣服的配饰)and other necessary items.
A.Shopping is an entirely different experience during Christmas. |
B.With Christmas just around the corner, it is time for us to plan our holidays. |
C.Along with gifts, if you donate these to people as well, it will really make a difference. |
D.Now that you know these activities, you can select a few of them to keep yourself busy. |
E.As for charity, you can arrange for a show in your circle of friends or in your neighbourhood. |
F.Gifting something to your family members, friends and colleagues is important during Christmas. |
G.The same joy can be shared with people who don’t have the company of their family on this happy occasion. |
8 . A Letter to Mom and Her Mince (肉末)Pies
When I was a little girl, on Christmas Eve, you and I would bake cakes. “Make enough mince pies, because Santa likes them, ” you would tell me.
On Christmas morning, I’d wake up and thrill at the
Many years later, the
Christmas changed in 1986, when you suffered a
Only now am I starting to enjoy Christmas again. And while I don’t do the
A.pie | B.mess | C.tree | D.sight |
A.violently | B.deliberately | C.excitedly | D.casually |
A.discover | B.witness | C.describe | D.imagine |
A.apartment | B.lounge | C.bedroom | D.kitchen |
A.people | B.cakes | C.leaves | D.presents |
A.tradition | B.holiday | C.celebration | D.situation |
A.while | B.though | C.directly | D.before |
A.heavily | B.certainly | C.suddenly | D.frequently |
A.Mom | B.Santa | C.Christmas | D.guests |
A.for | B.to | C.like | D.beside |
A.explanation | B.opinion | C.expression | D.reply |
A.mild | B.curable | C.severe | D.common |
A.suffering | B.preparing | C.working | D.resting |
A.laundry | B.cleaning | C.operation | D.baking |
A.still | B.also | C.even | D.just |
9 . What would you like to drink? It’s likely the first thing your server will ask when you sit down for a restaurant meal. Whether you ask for it or not, a glass of water usually comes with lemon slices. But be warned: despite all the health benefits of lemon water, you might want to tell your server to leave a lemon slices out.
A 2007 study in the Journal of Environmental Health tested 76 lemons from 21 restaurants for germs(细菌)and had some pretty frightening findings. Nearly 70 percent of the lemon slices had germs. Even though lemon is a natural germ-killer, it can still be polluted by germs. Another ABC research testing one lemon at 10 different restaurants found that half the lemon slices had human waste.
Lemon slices are more likely to have germs than the food you order on a plate because restaurant health standards are likely to be less strict for garnishes(装饰菜). The ABC research noticed that restaurant workers often cut lemons without gloves. If they didn’t scrub their hands completely after using the bathroom, there was a good chance that they could leave the germs on the lemon slices in your drink.
But before you start giving servers an angry look when you see them carrying lemon water, you should know that the garnish won’t necessarily make you sick. The authors of the 2007 study admitted there haven’t been any diseases linked to lemons. And expert Philip Tierno, leader of the ABC research, said, “Your immune system(免疫系统)will usually protect you from getting sick from lemon water.” “The usual course will probably result in no disease, but there is a possibility,” DrTierno said. “You can’t live in a bubble. Your immune system is usually pretty good.”
Still, if you’re concerned, just request your server to bring your water with no lemon slices. Don’t skip the lemon water at home though, because drinking lemon water has huge health benefits. Just make sure to wash the lemon before putting it in your glass.
1. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?A.By telling a story. |
B.By raising a question. |
C.By giving an example. |
D.By listing scientific facts. |
A.Germs grew faster in lemons. |
B.The lemon was a natural germ-killer. |
C.Most tested lemons had germs. |
D.Few people noticed unsafe restaurant food. |
A.Dry. | B.Clean. |
C.Move. | D.Examine. |
A.People can drink lemon water in restaurants. |
B.Lemon water in restaurants will become less popular. |
C.Cooks should wear gloves while preparing garnishes. |
D.Homemade lemon water is healthier than that in restaurants. |
10 . While tea may have originated in Asia, now there are many countries all around the world that have tea woven into their food cultures and traditions. This is one of the very special parts of tea as it has a way of connecting people all over the world in different ways and ceremonies that finally all result in a group of people sitting together and enjoying a cup of tea.
Chinese tea culture
Since China is viewed as the birthplace of tea, it is no wonder that Chinese tea culture is rich with history and tradition. Today, Chinese tea continues to be used in Chinese medicine and is commonly consumed on both casual and formal occasions both for personal enjoyment and to represent Chinese cultural traditions.
Japanese tea culture
Japan also has a long history with tea, especially Japanese Matcha, which is a kind of ground green tea that is commonly used in Japanese tea ceremonies and only in recent years has become popular in Western culture.
British tea culture
When many people think about tea, British tea culture is what comes to mind. A hot cup of English Breakfast or EarlGrey tea serves with a little milk and a biscuit in the morning as a pick-me-up for the day. Even though tea may not be native to England, this British tea tradition is still going strong today.
Moroccan tea culture
When you visit Morocco, it is hard to miss the outstanding tea culture that is such a large part of Moroccan hospitality. Before any gathering, negotiation, or sale of a product, a pot of mint tea is always prepared and served among the host and guests. This is an expression of Moroccan tradition and hospitality, which should always be accepted by guests as a sign of appreciation and respect to the host.
1. Why can tea find its way into various food cultures?A.It originates in Asia. |
B.It forms different ceremonies. |
C.It gets people connected easily. |
D.It allows people to sit together. |
A.They have a long history. |
B.They are used in medicine. |
C.They are famous for ground green tea. |
D.They’ve long gained worldwide recognition. |
A.To get energy. |
B.To bring out respect. |
C.To show hospitality. |
D.To observe a tradition. |
A.Healthy You. | B.Social Insight. |
C.Cultural Corner. | D.Itchy Feet Travel. |