I needed to do something in my community (社区) in order to complete the community service hours required to graduate from high school. Some of my friends had signed up to spend time at a soup kitchen, so I did, too. It seemed like a good thing to do.
I thought that we would just be passing out dinners to those in need, but I found out we would be doing everything from preparing to serving the dinner. We began preparing the food, from mixing salad dressing to separating frozen meat. Much still needed to be done before dinner was served, but already outside the building many homeless people were gathering. It wasn’t until a couple of hours later that we opened the doors and began serving dinner.
As the line of people came toward me, I got a little scared. I’d come face to face with the homeless: How should I act? How would they treat me? Would they hate me for having more than they did? While some of the people looked very friendly, some of them looked so dangerous. I didn’t have too much time to worry about it. I was assigned (分配) to serve the salad with the lady next to me. She smiled at me and said if I needed help, she’d be right there, which I found quite comforting.
I had never seen so many people wanting food. They were of all ages and nationalities. Most of them wore clothes that were torn and dirty. Some looked like they had tally given up on life, while others seemed to be making the best of the situation, smiling and joking. Some were better off than others, but they all needed a good meal and a warm place to eat. It saddened me to think of how many people there were who didn’t have a place to call home and the only food they got came from a soup kitchen.
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As they came in my direction, I put on my brightest and happiest smile.
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I was so happy that I had earned my service hours in this way.
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2 . Ways to Improve Your Health
Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health. If so, the following health habits may help you.
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Research shows that eating a meal in the morning results in less body fat and less chance of overeating. Eating breakfast can help people feel better physically and mentally through the day.
●Get enough sleep.
Poor sleep can influence our memory and learning.
●Take a walk every day.
●Make social connections.
Social groups can provide support. They might include sport teams, art or music groups. The people in the group can offer advice and can help each other in difficult times. Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy.
●Have a hobby.
A hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. Hobbies help people to relax and rest. Hobbies bring us joy.
| A．Get much exercise. |
| B．Eat breakfast every morning. |
| C．It can also cause traffic accidents! |
| D．An active mind is a healthy mind! |
| E．Spending time with others is very helpful. |
| F．Everyone could get a little more joy in their lives! |
| G．Walking is an easy way to add exercise to our lives. |
3 . Math is a necessary skill that people use throughout their lives. Unfortunately, many children and adults feel stressed and anxious when they have to do math. They may be experiencing what is called “math anxiety”. Because of this, many people believe that they are bad at math and don’t like math.
A recent research has shown that some children as young as 6 years old may feel anxious about math. A team of researchers asked 154 children in grades 1 and 2 questions like “How do you feel when taking a big test in your math class?” The children expressed how nervous they felt by pointing to a position on a scale (刻度), where there were different faces from a very nervous face on the left to a calm face on the right. After answering these questions, the children took a math test. These researchers found that almost half of the children who participated in the study said that they were at least somewhat nervous about doing math. Also, children with higher math anxiety got worse scores on the math test.
Scientists have also found that math anxiety develops in children who experience certain kinds of social situations that influence their thoughts or feelings. This means that the child’s emotions, opinions, or behaviors are affected by things that other people say or do. For example, teachers with high math anxiety were more likely to have students with poorer math achievements at the end of the school year.
Good news is that researchers have found tools to help people with math anxiety. These tools are called interventions (干预). For example, researchers did an intervention where they asked children with math anxiety to write about their math-related worries. Then they found that children’s math test scores improved. Therefore, it is advised to talk to classmates and teachers about math anxiety. This is the first step toward helping to reduce the possibly harmful effects of math anxiety.
1. What does the underlined word “this” refer to in Paragraph 1?| A．Math ability. | B．Stressful life. |
| C．Math anxiety. | D．Painful memory. |
| A．By making a math project. |
| B．By recording math scores. |
| C．By asking kids questions. |
| D．By showing teaching problems. |
| A．Anxiety determines math ability. |
| B．One’s math anxiety can affect others. |
| C．Students are born with math anxiety. |
| D．Children should avoid social situations. |
| A．Talking about it. | B．Working harder. |
| C．Using math tools. | D．Attending lectures. |
4 . A stand-up comedian is, supposed to be, a fluent communicator who is also good at using body language to
However, for 27-year-old comedian Zhang Jiaxin, it takes a great effort to
It was two years ago when Zhang first performed stand-up comed yon the stage. At the time, he worked for the new media operation department of a company
He didn’t know much about stand-up performance.
It opened Zhang’s door to a colorful world of stand-up comedy.
He started to pay attention to the stand-up comedy live shows in Xiamen and got the
“She sent me some videos of Drew Lynch (an American stand-up comic who developed a(an)
After he read through a manual for writing and performing stand-up comedy, he started to
Once he walked onto the stage, the audience
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Wows and claps resounded. His jokes went down well as he worked the room with his humor.
1.| A．appoint | B．accompany | C．play | D．accomplish |
| A．likely | B．especially | C．necessarily | D．clearly |
| A．special | B．significant | C．flexible | D．obvious |
| A．supply | B．turn | C．addition | D．reserve |
| A．applied to | B．led to | C．lived up to | D．held on to |
| A．based | B．settled | C．discovered | D．explored |
| A．Besides | B．Therefore | C．However | D．Moreover |
| A．amaze | B．entertain | C．experiment | D．greet |
| A．contract | B．concept | C．conduct | D．contact |
| A．artificial | B．little | C．permanent | D．consequent |
| A．attracted | B．instructed | C．inspected | D．inspired |
| A．examine | B．select | C．consider | D．expect |
| A．facts | B．insights | C．moments | D．opinions |
| A．frequently | B．immediately | C．subsequently | D．literally |
| A．Initially | B．Finally | C．Completely | D．Precisely |
5 . Colors can affect (影响) our feelings. Blue is a calm (冷静的) color. If you are feeling nervous (紧张), you can wear blue clothes or stay in a blue room. Blue is also the color of sadness. When someone says he’s feeling blue, he means he is sad.
White can also make you feel calm. So you can wear white too if you are nervous. And white often means a new beginning.
Green is the color of nature. It can give us more energy when we are feeling tired.
Some colors can make you feel warm. In cold areas, people usually use warm colors in their homes, like orange and yellow. Yellow is also the color of wisdom. Some people prefer this color when they study for exams. For example, they may use yellow school things.
Red is one of the strong colors. It often makes us feel active. But this color can also mean danger. So it is often used in stop signs (停车标志) and lights.
1. Which may be NOT good for you if you are nervous?| A．Wear white clothes. | B．Wear blue clothes. |
| C．Stay in a red room. | D．Stay in a blue room. |
| A．I like blue. | B．I’m feeling white. |
| C．I like white. | D．I’m feeling blue. |
| A．Yellow and blue. | B．Yellow and orange. |
| C．White and green. | D．Blue and white. |
| A．智慧 | B．消极 | C．愉快 | D．正义 |
| A．White can make us feel tired. | B．Red is often used in stop signs. |
| C．Orange can mean danger sometimes. | D．Green symbolizes a new beginning. |
Hangzhou is a city lying in Zhejiang Province, eastern China.
As one of China’s seven ancient
Traveling to Hangzhou is also a chance
7 . The great increase of waste that you find around the world is hard to ignore. Depending on where they live, people produce between 0.11 and 4.54 kilograms of waste every day. Even more alarming, that number is expected to increase by 70 percent by 2050.
Is there anything specific you can do to help the situation? One thing is to shop smart. Buy from companies that promote sustainable (可持续的) business practices and use recycled materials in their products.
Here are some products and companies that hit the mark for being environmentally-friendly.
Wool Runners by Allbirds
These light and comfortable tennis shoes are made from natural wool. The laces (鞋带) are made from recycled water bottles. Other shoe parts are made from bean oil, and the shoeboxes are made with recycled materials.
Women’s 711 Skinny Jeans by Levi’s
It usually takes hundreds of gallons of water to make one pair of blue jeans. However, Levis Water < Less collection
uses up to 96 percent less water.
Reactive Drawstring Family Tote by Vera Bradley
These pretty bags put recycled water bottles to good use, using 23 of them per bag.
The Sunrise RebornTM Pack by ASICS
ASICS’s new shoes were created with sustainability in mind. The material is dyed (染色), using a special method. The technique uses up to 80 percent less water than regular dyeing methods. The process also uses fewer chemicals and less energy.
Regarding their future footwear lines, ASICS has made a promise. Over 95 percent of their new running shoes will be made from recycled materials. The technology behind Sunrise Reborn puts ASICS one step closer to reaching their sustainability goals. The company has promised to leave a lighter environmental footprint for future generations.
1. What do the data in Paragraph 1 show?| A．The danger caused by waste materials. | B．The existing problem ignored by people. |
| C．The serious problem of increasing waste. | D．The growing amount of poisonous waste. |
| A．They only use recycled materials. | B．They’re made from natural materials. |
| C．The techniques behind them are very special. | D．Their companies share the sustainability goals. |
| A．In a life magazine. | B．In a fantasy book. |
| C．In a research paper. | D．In a business report. |
8 . Nowadays, we are very worried about such COVID-19 variants as Delta and Omicron. To relieve our anxieties, we should have a look at our own cell and the original COVID-19 virus.
First of all, our cell isn’t stupid. If any virus wants to enter our cell, it must figure out a way for its spike (触手) to hold tightly to the spike on the cell’s surface. You can imagine this connecting as a secret handshake.
At the early stage, the COVID-19 virus figured out a way to connect to a specific spike on the surface of human cell, called ACE2. But the connecting wasn’t perfect. However, it was good enough to trick the ACE2 to let it in.
Once the virus was inside the cell, it kept copying itself in order to find more cells to infect. During this time, the immune (免疫) system started making antibodies to fight back. Some of those antibodies acted like little caps that stick to the ends of the virus’s spike. Once “capped”, the infection couldn’t move forward, and the body won!
But every time the virus copies itself inside a cell, it has the chance of changing its spikes slightly. Most of the variations are actually harmful to the virus. So these variants disappear. However, once the virus hits upon a set of variations that actually help the virus to connect more tightly to the cell or more quickly, a person’s cell gets infected more easily.
Then what about the antibodies? Aren’t they coming to save us again? Well, yes... and no.
Scientists found that a person who was infected with the earlier version of the virus may not be protected as well against these new variants. He still can be infected, again. However, the antibodies’ spikes come in different shapes, too. So even though some antibodies become less useful, others will get the job done—or at least, hold back the infection long enough so the body can make new antibodies that fit perfectly on the changed spike.
1. What does the underlined word "it" in paragraph 2 refer to?| A．The virus. | B．The cell. |
| C．The spike. | D．The connection. |
| A．How a virus enters the human cell. |
| B．How a virus copies itself inside a cell. |
| C．Why the immune system can fight back. |
| D．Why virus variants have different infection rates. |
| A．COVID-19 variants will become more and more infectious. |
| B．It is unlikely for COVID-19 patients to get infected again. |
| C．Old antibodies might be less effective against new variants. |
| D．It is hopeless to get rid of the COVID-19 in the near future. |
| A．Worries About the COVID-19 Variants |
| B．A Simple Guide to COVID-19 Variants |
| C．The Danger of the Deadly COVID-19 Virus |
| D．Ways to Protect Ourselves From COVID-19 Virus |
9 . Just 30 to 45 minutes of exercise three times a week can make you feel much healthier and in control of your own life.
Take up running. Running releases endorphins and can make you feel great after you do it.
Take a yoga class. Yoga is not only great for you physically, but it will help you learn to regulate (管理，调节) your breath and your mind’s wanderings.
Join a team sport, like bowling, volleyball or softball.
| A．Take up hiking. |
| B．Swim a mile every other day. |
| C．Try setting a goal for yourself, like running a 5k or 10k race. |
| D．You’ll be able to make new friends and work out at the same time. |
| E．Stress can affect how you feel, think, behave and how your body function. |
| F．It is worth spending time learning different techniques for managing your stress. |
| G．Exercise can relieve stress, reduce depression and improve your cognitive function. |
10 . Easy ways to improve your work productivity
Take breaks outside
Getting outside to stretch your legs can boost your mood and help you to disconnect from your work for a bit.
Set a good morning routine
A good morning routine can make a world of difference to your day. Set your alarm a little earlier and use the time you have to create a morning routine that refreshes and energizes you.
Just as important as setting out boundaries when it comes to your work, set out boundaries when it comes to your personal and social life. Make quality time for yourself and the people you love by setting boundaries regarding your work and giving time and space to the other areas of your life.
Get enough sleep
| A．Stick to your boundaries |
| B．Have a pleasant and fulfilled life |
| C．Go for a run or do some yoga to start your morning |
| D．Don't ignore the importance of getting up early for work |
| E．Here are some easy ways that you can improve your work productivity |
| F．We cannot overestimate the importance that sleep has on our productivity |
| G．The vitamin D we get from the sun has also been proven to boost our mood |
