1. 西式快餐的好处及其存在的问题；
2. 你的看法及建议。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 题目已为你写好。
My Opinion on Fast Food
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Should Children Have Smart Phones?
Today, it is common for children to use smart phones every day. Smart phones are very useful for communicating and doing tasks. However, smart phones can also cause unwanted
Smart phones are convenient not only for children,
But parents should provide correct guidance on how to use smart phones
Therefore, without proper guidance, parents shouldn't allow children to use smart phones for a long period of time. Only when children want to communicate with friends and do research for learning projects, can they
3 . In 1984, a Japanese runner, Yamada, unexpectedly won the champion of the Tokyo Marathon. When asked how he
At that time, people thought the runner who ran first was
Two years later. Yamada took part in the Italian International Marathon in Milan, Italy and he
Ten years later, the puzzlement was solved. Yamada wrote in his book. "Every time, before the game, I would drive along the marathon route, writing down some important signs along the
In life, the reason we give up
| A．caught | B．had | C．worked | D．made |
| A．approximately | B．deliberately | C．especially | D．willingly |
| A．talent | B．benefit | C．challenge | D．chance |
| A．ridiculous | B．contradictory | C．dangerous | D．enjoyable |
| A．failed | B．helped | C．won | D．injured |
| A．determination | B．secret | C．desire | D．preference |
| A．even | B．thus | C．still | D．always |
| A．think highly of | B．make fun of | C．take control of | D．keep track of |
| A．inspired | B．embarrassed | C．puzzled | D．delighted |
| A．way | B．street | C．bank | D．mountain |
| A．finished | B．delayed | C．stopped | D．began |
| A．yell | B．jump | C．rush | D．bow |
| A．forgot | B．continued | C．agreed | D．pretended |
| A．race | B．wonder | C．voyage | D．situation |
| A．behavior | B．criterion | C．decision | D．goal |
| A．In addition | B．By comparison | C．As a result | D．For instance |
| A．amazed | B．blessed | C．marked | D．discouraged |
| A．halfway | B．altogether | C．midnight | D．nowadays |
| A．small | B．large | C．easy | D．clear |
| A．realizing | B．believing | C．changing | D．testing |
4 . Do you want to reach your full potential? A big part of that is managing your risks. There are risks in different parts of your life.
Always be prepared for the worst-case scenario（情况）.
A common mistake in risk management is ignoring the worst-case scenario. Many people are overconfident about the future, especially during good times.
Always have alternatives.
Make sure the alternatives are uncorrelated（不相关的）.
For the alternatives to really reduce your risks, they need to be uncorrelated.
Take higher-level risks.
When you manage your risks well, you will have a strong foundation to take higher-level risks. Taking higher-level risks is important if you want to reach your full potential. Otherwise, you will just stay in a comfort zone.
| A．Higher-level risks appear constantly. |
| B．Your alternatives should be correlated. |
| C．As a result, they ignore the worst thing that could happen. |
| D．To put your risks under control, you should have alternatives. |
| E．Moving to the next level requires you to move to the unknown. |
| F．The better you manage them, the better your chance to move forward will be. |
| G．If they are still correlated, they could all go down when something bad happens. |
5 . A Canadian professor. Karl Moore, has written two articles on the role of different personality types in business. In one article, Moore estimates that around 40% of the population is introverts（内向的人）, 40% is extroverts（外向的人）and 20% is ambiverts who can show both characteristics. In another paper, he finds that extroverts are 25% more likely to be in a high-earning job than the introverts who are less outgoing. This study also finds that the children of richer families are more likely to be extroverts.
Although it is easy to assume that the extroverts are most likely to go further in their lives, it is possible that working in a highly-paid job makes people more confident and outgoing. Or it could simply be that children who grow up in richer homes are less likely to face the kind of stressful events that hurt self-confidence. People with higher self-confidence may apply for more demanding jobs and may be more likely to believe that their efforts will be rewarded. Those with less confidence may feel it is not worth trying too hard.
But introverts should not give up hope of climbing the slippery social ladder. His study also finds that once appointed as CEOs, the introverts are more likely than extroverts to surpass the expectations of bosses and investors, because they usually expect less from the introverts.
Any advice for the introverts and extroverts?
Moore suggests that the introverts must try to show enthusiasm, or make an inspiring speech, when the situation calls for it. And extroverts, who have a tendency to speak the loudest and most often, need to shut up and listen to their teams—not just because when the bossy speaks first, others will be unwilling to disagree.
Eventually, Moore puts his hope in the ambiverts. He finds that they can be good salespeople because they are not only able to listen to their clients and understand their needs but also have the energy to sell their firms' goods and services. Moore thinks that successful CEOs have to become ambiverts at times in order to succeed.
1. What has Karl Moore found about the extroverts?| A．They usually come from poorer families. | B．They are less confident than the introverts. |
| C．They are more likely to earn more money. | D．They account for a quarter of the population. |
| A．The hope for the ambiverts. | B．The problems with the extroverts. |
| C．The importance of self-confidence. | D．The reasons for the extroverts' success. |
| A．Live up to. | B．Go beyond. | C．Adapt to. | D．Take control of. |
| A．To listen to the others. | B．To be more enthusiastic. |
| C．To be ready to disagree. | D．To speak first and be bossy. |
6 . Record-breaking. Abnormal. Dangerous. That’s how the National Weather Service described the heat wave hitting much of North America.
The heat wave has already broken all-time high temperature records in places unaccustomed to such extreme heat. For example, Oregon’s capital city, Salem, recorded the highest temperature in its history on Sunday: 130F, breaking the old mark by 4 degrees. The temperature hit 104F in Seattle. It was an all-time record for the city better known for rain than heat and was the first time the area reached such a high temperature since records began being kept in 1894.
Weather forecasters said the heat wave was caused by an extended “heat dome”which allowed hot air from the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic to stream northward over much of North America.
This current heat wave was yet more evidence of the impact of human-caused climate change. “When it comes to record-breaking heat events, the study has been run for event after event in region after region in year after year. And the answer is almost always the same,” said Kristie Ebi, a professor at the University of Washington “The days-long heat wave is a taste of the future as climate change reshapes global weather patterns.”
“Another aspect that we see connected to climate change but that we don’t hear about as much is the fact that there is also a lot more water in the atmosphere now. As we warm the oceans and warm the air, there is more evaporation（蒸发）and that wetter air makes us feel hotter,” added weather forecaster, Jennifer Francis. “A combination of high temperature and moisture（湿度）in the air means dangerous conditions for the young, elderly or others who are not healthy. Please drink plenty of water; stay out of the sun and in air-conditioned rooms.”
1. What was the previous temperature record in Salem?| A．104F. | B．126F. | C．130F. | D．134F. |
| A．The climate change. | B．The northward air streams. |
| C．The extended "heat dome". | D．The moisture in the atmosphere. |
| A．The Dangerous Heat Wave Will Last Long |
| B．A Heat Wave Roasts Much of North America |
| C．Measures Must Be Taken to Protect the Young and Elderly |
| D．The "Heat Dome" Is Expected to Cover the Pacific Northwest |
| A．In a first aid guidebook. | B．In a weather forecast. |
| C．In a news report. | D．In a professor's lecture. |
7 . As the door finally slipped into place at the end of the mile-long steel tube, the WARR Hyperloop team rushed to a nearby tent, where they spent the next 20 minutes waiting anxiously as pumps took nearly all the air out of the tube. They were the third and final team to get a run in the last stage of Elon Musk's Hyperloop Competition. The only standard for winning? Speed.
When many people hear the word hyperloop, they think it's some sort of magic vehicle that Musk suggested five years ago. Rather, it's more a new concept of transportation than a single invention. The basic concept calls for a vehicle running inside a nearly airless tube at extremely high speeds. The details—how to power it, what shape it should be, and so on—are anyone's guess. Musk just laid out the concept in a 2013 white paper, but the people are trying to bring it to life.
On May 7, 2021. 700 members of 25 teams from around the world gathered at the SpaceX headquarters for the second annual hyperloop competition. To add to their excitement, Elon Musk also stood among the students, gazing over their shoulders at the big screen that showed the speeds of the vehicle from inside the white tube. When the WARR Hyperloop topped the 192-mph mark set by Hyperloop One with its full-sized vehicle in its own test tube in the Nevada desert last month, Musk shouted over the cheers that erupted from the students, "200 miles an hour for a student-built vehicle. It is incredible!"
That 20-second run beat out Paradigm Hyperloop's 63 miles per hour, and Swiss Hyperloop's 25 miles per hour at the competition.
But he immediately asked for more. "Our goal for the next competition will be 384 miles per hour!" he said.
His final goal, of course, is to reach a speed that can help him realize the wild dream of transporting passengers and goods from San Francisco to Los Angeles in half an hour: 760 miles per hour. Judged by the cheers, the students will try anything to make it a reality.
1. What are the competitors most concerned about?| A．Speed. | B．Safety. | C．Power costs. | D．Vehicle shape. |
| A．Hyperloop One. | B．Swiss Hyperloop. | C．Paradigm Hyperloop. | D．WARR Hyperloop. |
| A．200 miles per hour. | B．384 miles per hour. | C．760 miles per hour. | D．965 miles per hour. |
| A．The challenges for the hyperloop. | B．The concept of the hyperloop. |
| C．The possibility to build the hyperloop. | D．A competition for the hyperloop. |
8 . Music Moves Europe
ABOUT US
Music Moves Europe is the framework for the European Commission's initiatives and actions regarding the European music. The general goal of Music Moves Europe is to identify and support innovative（创新的）approaches to music education and learning through cooperation between music and education.
Music education can be beneficial in many ways: however, the range of Music Moves Europe will be limited to projects that contribute to promoting social inclusion to allow people to have access to musical education and learning. Social inclusion means in this context providing the necessary support to all learners according to their particular needs, including those from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds or those with special needs. It wants to test small projects with a European background and promote European music diversity.
FOR BRITISH APPLICANTS
Please be aware that following the entry into force of the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement（PDF）on February 1 and in particular Articles 127（6）, 137 and 138, the references to natural or legal persons residing（居住）in the Member State of the European Union are to be understood as including natural or legal persons residing in the United Kingdom.
UK residents are therefore eligible（有资格的）to participate under this call.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Due to the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak, the Commission has decided to also accept applications sent by email. Please note that the same rules apply to an application sent by email, but it has to be complete with all supporting documents and sent within the deadline. If a document cannot be provided due to these exceptional circumstances, the burden of proof lies with the applicant.
1. What is the aim of Music Moves Europe?| A．To encourage new ways to teach music. | B．To find music talents at school. |
| C．To make students self-learn music. | D．To offer students financial support. |
| A．High status. | B．Social inclusion. | C．Healthcare reform. | D．Economic growth. |
| A．Enjoy free trips in the UK. | B．Seek help with their health. |
| C．Send applications by email. | D．Ignore supporting documents. |
9 . Many employees these days eat lunch at their desks, because it seems like a harmless way to cram more work into the day.
They might not be so casual about it if they knew the habit was helping them pack on extra pounds. A study in the February issue of the Journal of Clinical Nutrition found people who ate while distracted ate more, and felt less full after lunch, than those who focused on eating.
Researchers served a nine-item lunch to 44 participants who were split into two groups. One group was asked to eat lunch while playing a computer game of solitaire（纸牌）. The second group ate lunch without distractions.
The participants who were distracted by the game felt less full after lunch, according to the study, led by Rose Cooper, a researcher in experimental psychology at the University of Bristol. Even 30 minutes later, the solitaire-players gobbled down more snacks when they were offered, compared to those who had focused on eating. Worse yet, when researchers asked the participants to remember what they had eaten for lunch, those who had been playing solitaire had a much harder time remembering what they had consumed.
The findings may "help to explain the well-documented connection between sedentary（久坐的）screen-time activities and overweight," the study says. In addition to crowding out physical exercise, working or playing games on a computer may also cause us to gobble down larger amounts of food without thinking about it or even remembering that we have eaten.
The findings hold true for me. If I make the mistake of putting a bag of chips or a box of crackers on my desk at deadline time, I often pack in the whole thing without even realizing it. If multitasking makes our minds wander from the tasks we think we are getting done, as we have posted in the past, then why should eating be any exception?
1. How did the participants with distractions react after lunch in the experiment?| A．They felt full enough. |
| B．They consumed more snacks. |
| C．They did sports to lose weight. |
| D．They forgot all about the nine items. |
| A．Video games should be forbidden during the work hours. |
| B．The group focusing on eating do better work than the other. |
| C．Eating in the office is harmful to the work of the employees. |
| D．It's easier for those focusing on eating to list what they eat. |
| A．Low efficiency. | B．Laziness. | C．Fatness. | D．Absent-mindedness. |
| A．Objective. | B．Negative. | C．Doubtful. | D．Favorable. |
10 . Droughts(干旱)caused by global climate change have led to drop in wheat production, a worldwide shortage and high food prices around the world. The global wheat supply is at its lowest point in 50 years, with only an estimated 10 weeks of supply left. This has been one factor pushing the prices of bread, beer and other wheatcontaining foods steadily higher. According to Hilton Dinner, a bakery owner from Edmonton, Canada, the price of flour has more than doubled over the past eight months. In 19 years of business, Dinner said, he has never seen prices rise like this.
"Prices creep up seasonably," he said. "They might go up 10 percent, then down 5 percent. They never go back to where they started, but they creep. This is not creeping, this is drastic."
Also to blame for the global wheat shortage is the rising population, coupled with increasing meat consumption worldwide. This has led to the increasing diversion of grain to animal feed.
Analysts anticipate that the shortage may be resolved within 12 months, as farmers pull fallow land into wheat production. But even when the shortage resolves, food prices are only expected to keep climbing due to other factors, such as high energy and shipping costs.
"It's not something that's going to go away," Dinner said. "Food in general is going to go up. As wheat goes up, so does the price of eggs and chicken because they eat grainbased feed. It affects people who can't afford to pay more for their food."
Public health experts have expressed concern about the effect that rising food prices have on the poor. The United Nations recently reported that in 2007, the cost of food imports in the world's neediest countries increased 24 percent to a total of $107 billion.
1. The indirect reason for a drop in wheat production is ________.| A．the drought | B．the global climate change |
| C．the shipping cost | D．the rising population |
| A．suddenly | B．gradually |
| C．slowly | D．rapidly |
| A．the empty lands are used to plant wheat |
| B．the shipping costs are falling down |
| C．chickens don't feed on wheat any more |
| D．beer isn't made from wheat any more |
| A．poor people can't afford food |
| B．the rising population leads to high food prices |
| C．the global climate change causes wheat shortage |
| D．food prices are going to go down |
