1. How long did it take from New York to Miami by air?
A.About 2 hours. | B.About 3 hours. | C.About 5 hours. |
A.It was cheaper. | B.It was nearer. | C.It was warmer. |
A.In the hotel room. | B.In the dining hall. | C.Outdoors by the pool. |
A.In the morning. | B.In the afternoon. | C.In the evening. |
1. Why does the woman think July is the best time to move?
A.Their business is slow. |
B.The weather is favorable. |
C.It’s easy to hire people. |
A.Finish it all at once. |
B.Have the sales section go first. |
C.Do one department at a time. |
A.David. | B.Mary. | C.Frank. |
A.Marina’s Ocean. | B.Pavement Song. | C.Umbrella. |
5 . It’s no secret that sleep is important to your overall health, but a lack of sleep could have great effects on your heart, a new study shows. The researchers said people with insomnia(失眠症)are more likely to have a heart attack.
Insomnia is the most common sleep disorder in the US, the researchers wrote in their report, noting that 10% to 15% of people in the US struggle with it. The meta-analysis of previously published research suggests that the potential association between insomnia and heart attack risk is strongest in women.
Dr. Martha Gulati, director of prevention at the Cedars-Sinai Smidt Heart Institute, said that most of her patients are women and that insomnia is a noted risk factor for women who have had any form of ischemic heart disease. “We see it probably in 1 in 10 patients in the United States,” said Gulati, who was not involved in the new research. “It is my impression that almost everyone experiences insomnia at some point in their life. The estimate is that 1 in 2 adults experience it at some point in their life, maybe in the short term because of stressful moments.”
For their analysis, the researchers defined insomnia as a sleep disorder with three main symptoms(症状): Difficulty falling asleep, difficulty staying asleep and waking early and being unable to fall back asleep.
The study also found an association between increased heart attack risk and how long a participant slept each night. Those who slept five hours or less had the highest association with heart attack risk and were 1.56 times more likely to have a heart attack than people who slept seven or eight hours. Longer sleep duration wasn’t always more protective. The study found that people who slept six hours a night had a lower risk of a heart attack than those who slept nine hours or more. “A lot of studies have pointed somewhere between seven and eight hours of sleep being the magic number for us,” another researcher said. “There is obviously variability for everyone, but too much sleep is rarely the issue.”
1. What’s the function of the first paragraph?A.To list a fact. | B.To warn the readers. |
C.To introduce the topic. | D.To draw the readers’ interest. |
A.Insomnia is unavoidable in the short term. |
B.Insomnia is a common phenomenon in life. |
C.Heart attack often happens during insomnia. |
D.Women are less experienced in dealing with insomnia. |
A.Put quality before quantity. | B.Too much is as bad as too little. |
C.Bite off more than one can chew. | D.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. |
A.Pessimistic. | B.Indifferent. | C.Objective. | D.Positive. |
6 . How to Change Limiting Beliefs
Have you ever felt trapped by thoughts like “I’m not good enough” or “I can’t achieve that”?
1. Know your limiting beliefs
We’re often not even conscious of our limiting beliefs.
2. Collect the evidence
Once you’ve discovered what your limiting beliefs are, start collecting evidence that disproves the limiting beliefs. If you think about this properly, you’ll find that there is a lot of evidence out there.
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Repetitive thoughts form our beliefs and so it’s essential to start making your internal dialogue positive, rather than negative. Over time this will become automatic, and you will start to form healthier beliefs about yourself.
4. Take action
Taking action is the single most important tool when it comes to making any sort of change in your life. Knowledge, without action, is worthless. Taking action to change your life is a choice.
A.There’s no quick fix |
B.There is no substitute for taking action |
C.Trade your limiting belief for an empowering statement |
D.You’ve just been unconsciously ignoring it your whole life |
E.For each limiting belief you have, turn it into a positive affirmation |
F.These are known as limiting beliefs, stunting (阻碍) our potential |
G.Because we believe them to be a reality, we don’t recognize them for what they are |
7 . International Travel
International travel can be a fantastic way to see the world. However, even if you want your journeys to be as exciting as possible, you don’t expect any unhappy things to happen.
Health is the most important thing when you are planning to travel abroad. When you’re going to travel abroad, you may need to get special vaccines (疫苗) to protect you from diseases. If you’re going to any outoftheway areas, remember to bring the commonly used medicines with you.
Learn some local language. It’s important to learn something basic (基本的) like “Hello” “Thank you”, and “Where is the bathroom?”.
Copy your travel documents (文件). All your travel documents should be copied. We live in a digital (数字的) world now.
A.Good travel is the result of good planning. |
B.Basic rules and laws differ in many countries. |
C.It’s easy to get digital copies of these documents. |
D.Consider buying travel insurance before you travel. |
E.There are things you should know about international travel. |
F.If you can’t remember them, bring a small dictionary with you. |
G.If you take some medicine every day, make sure you pack enough. |
1. The tournament added a brilliant page to the annals of world table-tennis.
2. Although little known in the U.S., actor Steve Coogan is a household name in his native England.
3. I couldn’t telephone my uncle because his telephone line was engaged.
4. The athletes had to play in intense heat, and one person had to go to the hospital.
5. The project would give scientists new insights into what is happening to the earth’s atmosphere.
6. I postponed my departure long enough to pay my respects at Kendra’s funeral, then left for what was now to be a solitary journey.
Three sites in China˗˗an ancient tea-producing area, a nomadic livestock-rearing region and a rain-fed stone terrace farming system˗˗were formally recognised as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS), for their unique ways of using traditional practices and knowledge while maintaining unique biodiversity and ecosystems.
An ancient tea-producing area (中国福建安溪铁观音茶文化系统)
Tea production in Anxi, Fujian, is believed to date from the 10th century, with its most famous tea, Tieguanyin, coming into
A Grassland nomadic system (中国内蒙古阿鲁科尔沁草原游牧系统)
The Ar Horqin grassland nomadic system in northern China’s Inner Mongolia region has a variety of ecosystems, such as forests, grasslands, wetlands, rivers with important ecological
The Shexian Dryland Stone Terraced System (中国河北涉县旱作石堰梯田系统)
The Shexian Dryland Stone Terraced System in Hebei, is a rain-fed agricultural system dating back to the 13th century.
1.方便出行;健康环保;
2.随意停放;人为损坏;
3.你的看法。
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Bicycle Sharing
Nowadays, bicycle sharing has come into people’s lives in many cities in China and it has become a popular means of transport .
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