2 . The Importance of Getting Kids to Be Active

Everyone knows that kids should be physically active and need to exercise regularly to be physically fit.     1    , regular physical activity is considered by most experts to be an important part of a healthy lifestyle. However, that doesn’t mean every child needs to spend four or five hours a day exercising.

How Much Exercise Do Kids Need?

It is recommended that kids should be physically active for at least 60 minutes per day.     2    . For example, if your eight-year-old played soccer for 20 minutes during PE at school and then played basketball with his friends for 40 minutes after school, he would meet the recommendation of 60 minutes of physical activity for that day.

Exercise and Calories

    3    . It can help them build self-respect, sleep better, have more energy, and reduce depression. And as most people know, along with a healthy diet, regular exercise is the best way to lose weight and prevent childhood obesity (肥胖). Since your child is not likely to get his exercise using exercise equipment, it can be hard to always tell how many calories he is burning while exercising.     4    , as long as your child is getting his 60 minutes or more of physical activity each day and maintaining a healthy diet.

Youth Exercise and Fitness

Remember that kids, even teens, don’t usually stick with exercise programs.     5    . Instead, kids do better with lifestyle exercise programs, such as active free play and organized team sports.

A．Fortunately, it doesn’t matter

B．Regular exercise is good for kids

C．So they will be able to burn even more calories

D．That’s why you don’t see many kids in health clubs

E．Whether they are overweight or at a healthy weight

F．If your child is very active and is still gaining weight

G．But that doesn’t have to be 60 minutes of continuous activity

3 . Born with a serious brain disease, Wesley Wee, a middle-aged man finds it difficult to   control most of his muscles. He is _______ in a wheelchair due to the language barrier and inability to dress or feed himself, so writing a book seems out of the _______.However, as you can imagine, his_______disabilities didn’t stop the ambitious man from spending five years _______every letter in his inspiring book, Finding Happiness Against the Odds, with just his big right toe.And the book will be _____ later this month.“With my story, I want to tell others with disability not to _______ hope. If I had given up hope, I wouldn’t be here today, ”he said.

Growing up, Wesley faced _______ from his own family who were embarrassed about his condition.His mother would hit him and say, “You are good for _______.It is better you die.”His father forced him to do a one-hour _______ every night, in an attempt to make him walk normally.At one point, life became too much to ________ for Wesley, and he attempted to take his own life not once but four times.

________, his grandmother loved him.She cared for him on weekends and ________ he received an education at the Spastic Children’s Association even though his parents thought it would be wasted on him.

Now Wesley has bigger dreams ________ earning just $1, 000 a month and he refuses to apply for government aid. He wants to ________ his own shoe business and hopefully after making profits he can adopt a disabled child.For now, he is focused on publishing his book and ________ others.

1.

A．stuck

B．lost

C．expert

D．1acking

2.

A．principle

B．market

C．question

D．border

3.

A．professional

B．physical

C．psychological

D．political

4.

A．deleting

B．searching

C．reviewing

D．typing

5.

A．released

B．possessed

C．claimed

D．1imited

6.

A．hold

B．spring

C．abandon

D．define

7.

A．discipline

B．abuse

C．sympathy

D．admiration

8.

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．everything

9.

A．deal

B．cuisine

C．pastime

D．workout

10.

A．save

B．stimulate

C．sustain

D．steal

11.

A．However

B．Otherwise

C．Therefore

D．Meanwhile

12.

A．suspected

B．acknowledged

C．ensured

D．indicated

13.

A．out of

B．in place of

C．in the name of

D．regardless of

14.

A．run

B．expand

C．reset

D．sell

15.

A．understanding

B．motivating

C．trusting

D．adoring

4 . The best family things to do in Manchester are great for those looking to keep their kids busy and happy.

*Greater Manchester Police Museum

Housed within a former police station, it contains extensive archives regarding Victorian policing. You’ll find vintage vehicles dating back to when local police first adopted the use of cars. Other items that you may not have considered to be so essential to police work include old Victorian lanterns. You can also learn more policing in general, a topic your children may be especially interested in if they want to be a law enforcer when they grow up.

Location: 57A Newton Street, Manchester, M1 1ET, UK

Open: Tuesday — Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Telephone: +44 (0)1618 564500

*Science and Industry Museum

Visiting it, you’ll find yourself immersed in the rich history of transportation technology. There are exhibits highlighting aircraft and locomotives (火车头), along with a 3rd exhibit showcasing Manchester’s history with computing technology and how it affected communications across distances. You can explore large industrial machines including old steam engines and hot air engines. Most of them are still operational, so you can see them in action at the museum during scheduled presentations.

Location: Liverpool Road, Manchester, M3 4FP, UK

Open: Daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Telephone: +44 (0)1618 322244

*Lark Hill Place

Located inside the Salford Museum, it functions as a mock-up (模型) of Victorian England. The recreated street has genuine fittings and signs that will make you feel as if you’ve travelled back to 1897. With cobblestones (鹅卵石), gas lamps and even the sounds of carriages around you, it creates an immersive atmosphere you won’t be able to find anywhere else. You can even venture into some of the local shops and taverns to learn more about what everyday life was like for people back then.

Location: Peel Park, The Crescent, Salford, M5 4WU, UK

Open: Tuesday — Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Saturday — Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Telephone: +44 (0)1617 780800

*Crystal Maze

The Crystal Maze offers a fun-filled interactive experience for families in Manchester. You and your little ones can team up with others to conquer the challenges and make the leaderboards. The challenges will be varied and will require teamwork to figure out, but you’ll have fun regardless of working together in this immersive 3D environment. It’s based on a popular 90s TV show of the same name. Plus, you get to wear satin bomber jackets throughout the experience, and that’s reason enough to go.

Location: The Crystal Maze Studios, Lower Byrom Street, Manchester, M3 4FP, UK

Open: Tuesday — Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Thursday from 4:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

Friday from noon to 9:15 pm, Saturday from 9 a.m. to 9:15 p.m., Sunday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Telephone: +44 (0)1617 910727

1. If Mary and her parents want to join in an activity on Monday, which of the following should they call?

A．+44 (0)1618 322244	B．+44 (0)1618 564500
C．+44 (0)1617 910727	D．+44 (0)1617 780800

2. Where should the Smiths go if they plan to explore the daily life in Victorian England?

A．Greater Manchester Police Museum	B．Science and Industry Museum
C．Lark Hill Place	D．Crystal Maze

3. What can visitors do at the Crystal Maze Studios?

A．Play in a TV show in bomber jackets.	B．Act as a law enforcer to learn policing.
C．Explore large industrial machines.	D．Cooperate with others to conquer challenges.

5 . Discover all the great Sydney attractions. You’ll find many memorable things to do and fascinating museums to visit in Sydney, Australia.

Australian Museum

The Australian Museum (AM) was founded in 1827 and is well-known as the nation’s first museum. The AM has been transformed and visitors can now enjoy transformed spaces and updated facilities. Free general admission includes entry to all permanent exhibitions and Prehistoric Playground, which is open daily on Level 2 and features a variety of activities for children of all ages including a fossil lab and interactive dinosaur design station.

Art Gallery of New South Wales

Explore five levels of art at one of Australia's most popular art museums, located within beautiful parklands overlooking Sydney Harbour, just 10 minutes’ walk from the city.

See an extensive collection of Australian art，including one of the largest galleries of aboriginal (土著的) art in the country, alongside Asian treasures and leading local and international contemporary art.

Museum of Contemporary Art Australia - MCA

The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is Australia’s leading museum dedicated to exhibiting, interpreting and collecting contemporary art from across Australia.

Located at Circular Quay, the MCA is housed in the former Maritime Services building, a fine example of late Art Deco architecture.

Australian National Maritime Museum

Located at the waterfront of Darling Harbour, the Maritime Museum is an indoor/outdoor attraction and great entertainment for the whole family. The museum has one of the largest and most diverse in-water fleets (舰队) in the world. The museum hosts six permanent galleries, an ever-changing program of temporary exhibitions, and a 3D cinema, ensuring that there is something for everyone.

1. What is Australian Museum famous for?

A．The lowest price.	B．Contemporary art.
C．Outdoor attractions.	D．The longest history.

2. Where should you go if you want to appreciate treasures from Asia?

A．Australian Museum.

B．Art Gallery of New South Wales.

C．Australian National Maritime Museum.

D．Museum of Contemporary Art Australia — MCA.

3. Which of the following can be seen in Australian National Maritime Museum?

A．A 3D cinema.	B．A design station.
C．Local contemporary art.	D．Late Art Deco architecture.

6 . Every year, as many as 50, 000 elephants in Africa are killed illegally for their tusks (象牙). Now scientists have improved DNA methods that allow them to match up elephant tusks, and help track down criminals that are selling them.

Even though it’s against the law, African elephants have long been killed by criminals for their tusks. Other people, called “traffickers”, buy the tusks and transport them out of the country on a ship. The traffickers re-sell the tusks for even more money, usually in Asia. Elephant tusks can sell for about $1, 000 a kilogram.

In the past, it was hard to catch the criminals. Usually by the time the dead animals were found, the illegal hunters had been far away. And when traffickers were caught with elephant tusks, it was impossible to say where the tusks came from. Traffickers usually hide them in tricky ways inside shipments of other products. That means that only about 10% of tusks from illegally killed elephants are ever found.

Several years ago, scientists led by Dr. Samuel Wasser figured out a new way to solve the problem. Using elephant waste, they built a list of the DNA of almost all elephants in Africa.

Now when elephant tusks are found on a ship in another country, DNA tests can show where they came from. This information can trigger quick action in the country where the animals were killed. It can also help the police discover patterns in the ways the illegal hunters and traffickers work.

Dr. Wasser is hopeful that the method of using DNA information from elephants to track illegally killed wildlife will soon be adopted to help protect other kinds of animals and break up more criminal groups.

1. Why do scientists use DNA information from elephants?

A．To improve the health of elephant tusks.

B．To keep track of the illegal dealers.

C．To protect elephants against natural disasters.

D．To research into elephants’ habits.

2. What may make illegally hunted elephant tusks hard to find?

A．The way they are transported.

B．The lack of tracking technology.

C．The difficulty in catching criminals.

D．The various tricks of illegal hunters.

3. What does the underlined word “trigger” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．start with

B．result from

C．hold back

D．lead to

4. Which of the following reflects Dr. Wasser’s opinion about the DNA method?

A．It can make all criminals have nowhere to hide.

B．It can scare away potential illegal hunters.

C．It can be widely used in wildlife protection.

D．It can make elephant tusk sales unprofitable.

7 . The term “social distancing” has been at the center of public conversation for a while. But it’s not “social” distance we are trying to promote. It’s physical separation. In fact, preserving social ties — even at a distance — is essential for both mental and physical health. The results of an analytic review done in 2017 indicate that a lack of social support is on a par with smoking cigarettes as a risk factor for health.

Given this fact, how might we best stay connected to others while maintaining physical distance? Would we be better off e-mailing a friend? Making a phone call? Setting up a video chat? In our study, Nick Epley and I tested whether the media through which people interact affects their sense of connection — and how expectations about certain technologies impact the communication media they choose to use.

In our experiment, we asked participants to reconnect with someone that they hadn’t interacted with recently, either through e-mail or over the phone. Participants first made predictions about what it would be like to get in touch if they reached out in these two ways. They generally believed that they’d feel more connected when interacting via the phone than over e-mail. But they also predicted that talking on the phone could be more uncomfortable than sending an e-mail. Although these participants believed that talking encouraged stronger bonds, most of them said they’d rather send an e-mail than call the person up. Fears about awkwardness, it seems, push individuals toward text-based methods for communicating.

In the next part of the experiment, we had participants actually reconnect using one randomly determined mode of communication and then followed up with them after they had done so. We found that people do form meaningfully stronger bonds when interacting over the phone than over e-mail. Importantly, though, there was no difference in the amount of discomfort when reconnecting on the phone.

The next time you think about how best to connect, consider calling or setting up a video chat. Feelings of social connection are preferably facilitated by voice rather than a keyboard.

1. How does the author support his view on the importance of maintaining social ties?

A．By stating a deep-rooted tradition.	B．By citing a published report.
C．By sharing public opinions.	D．By presenting official documents.

2. What did the author and Epley’s study focus on?

A．How technologies impact means of communication.

B．How social media choices affect feelings of connection.

C．Why maintaining social separation is bad for mental health.

D．Why reconnecting with friends over the phone brings awkwardness.

3. What can we infer from the study results?

A．They changed the research objectives.	B．They provided insights for future studies.
C．They confirmed researchers’ expectations.	D．They contradicted participants’ predictions partly.

4. What can be concluded from the text?

A．For stronger bonds, talk instead of typing.

B．Keeping in touch is key to a lasting friendship.

C．Think before you consider contacting an old friend.

D．Text-based methods for communication cause discomfort.

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has been operating smoothly and providing stable quality services to global users since its launch. Its service     1     (capable) is now first-class in the world.

China officially put the BDS-3 system into use on July 31, 2020,     2     (open) the service to global users. Along with positioning, navigation and timing services, the BDS system can provide a variety of value-added services,     3     include global search and rescue assistance, short message communication, as well as precise point positioning.     4     (base) on real-time test results, the BDS’s positioning, speed measurement, timing accuracy, and its service availability and continuity all meet requirements.

BDS is serving diverse     5     (industry), generating profits in     6     feld of mass consumer products and becoming increasingly integrated into people’s lives. Both the regional and global short message communication services are now open     7     both the public and users in various fields. Meanwhile, the positioning function is being used in agriculture, land survey and automatic driving.

The BDS is now serving the world. So far, the key BeiDou-related products     8     (export) to more than 120 countries and regions. Major international smartphone manufacturers have     9     (wide) supported BeiDou. By 2020, 79 percent of the smartphones in the Chinese market had applied for network access     10     (support) BDS positioning.

9 . Cristina, a teen who grew up in a poor neighborhood in Madrid, never imagined herself playing the violin. But today she is first violinist in an inventive orchestra (乐团), bringing together two dozen other disadvantaged youths, using instruments made from recycled materials. “I am really happy, because the project has changed my life a lot,” said Cristina, her eyes gleaming.

Luis, 18, credits the project with keeping him on a right track in a neighbourhood like Vallecas, which has a high school dropout rate. “Instead of meeting up with friends, I preferred to listen to music, play it, and little by little it became a way of life,” he said.

The project, called “Music of Recycling”, aims to breathe new life into junk while also benefiting youths from disadvantaged backgrounds and it is run by Spanish environmental group Ecoembes and is inspired by Paraguay’s Cateura orchestra, made up of musicians from a poor neighborhood who play instruments made from materials found in waste.

After Ecoembes invited the Cateura orchestra to perform in Madrid in 2014, the group decided to found its own similar ensemble (小乐团) that same year, said Gil, the director of Music of Recycling. The ensemble put on its first concert just four months later and “the kids could not play more than four notes,” said Gil.

Now after having performed in cities across Spain, “We already have four boys studying in scholarships at music schools,” he added. More than 100 children are taking music classes from members of the orchestra as part of the project.

The instruments are created by Soler, a third-generation instrument maker, from cans, wooden boxes and parts of abandoned instruments. He tried to make the instruments as close to their “normal” shape as possible so the children won’t have difficulty playing regular equipment in the future.

1. What does the author intend to do by referring to Cristina and Luis?

A．Praise the teens for their efforts.	B．Introduce the startup of the project.
C．Show the effects of the project.	D．Present ways to mix music and recycling.

2. Where does the project’s inspiration come from?

A．A group of musicians.	B．A children’s orchestra.
C．Disadvantaged youths.	D．An environmental group.

3. What can we learn about the project?

A．It was started in 2014.	B．It was funded by the government.
C．It spread across the world.	D．It made a large amount of money.

4. What’s Soler’s attitude towards the project?

A．Doubtful.

B．Supportive.

C．Tolerant.

D．Uncaring.