Liu Ruying,
“Sometimes I was tired,“ she said. ”I had to balance my studies and other
When Liu got the news that her region would have a cultural exchange with other countries, she had the idea of
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The city of Zibo has never seen so many visitors.
As the sun begins to set, the aroma of sizzling meat falls the air and draws in more
The city was barely known by outsiders
Zibo- style barbecue’s classic three-piece set contains roast lamb, green onions, and nan bread, which,
Behind Zibo’s sudden fame
To promote Zibo-style barbecue, Zibo has launched two dozen “special barbecue trains,” where local tourism officials would serve tourists
3 . The Feynman Technique(费曼学习法)is a powerful method that you can use to learn anything faster because it forces you to actively think about the problem instead of passively reading or listening to someone else talk about it. You can take the following five simple steps to study better.
·Find out the topic you want to learn.
·Explain the topic as if teaching a sixth-grader. This step is the heart of the FeynmanTechnique—
.Identify areas of improvement in your explanation. You’ll need to critically(批判性地)review the explanation you cane up with in Step Two
·Improve and optimiez(优化) your explanation. Think about all the knowledge gaps and other areas of improvement you found before.
· Repeat the steps until you’ve achieved mastery of the topic. Keep going through each step you're fully satisfied with your explanation.
A.Use those to improve your explanation |
B.To do so, take a critical look at your explanation |
C.Make sure that your explanation is interest-based |
D.Your explanations need to be short and to the point |
E.The Feynman Technique works best with a repeat |
F.It’s important that you clearly know the topics you’re trying to learn |
G.Explaining the topic simply enough to be understood by a sixth-grade student |
4 . Last summer holiday, Aunt Emily took us to a safari park (野生动物园), not far from Liverpool.
I was very happy to go as I had never been to a safari park before. It’s a very interesting park, full of wild animals running freely.
When we got there, we bought our tickets and drove into the park. We were very excited at the thought of going to see the lions. But to get to the lions’ place we had to go through the monkeys’ land first. And that was an unforgettable experience because they climbed all over the car, ate apples and bananas, and threw all kinds of things at us. They seemed very unfriendly.
Anyway, we went on our way to the lions’ place where we had to lock ourselves in the car as we knew lions could be dangerous. A lion came up very close to us. Then it was on the bonnet (车盖). It looked calm but we felt terrified. Aunt Emily, who isn’t very brave, started to call for help. The kids started crying. Only my brother, George, stayed cool. I sounded the horn (喇叭) but nobody heard us.
In the end a guard arrived in his car, and the lion just got off our car and started smelling the guard’s hand as if nothing was the matter.
1. Which animal did the author want to see the most?A.The lions. | B.The elephants. | C.The monkeys. | D.All of them. |
A.Because the monkeys might steal things. | B.Because they were afraid of being robbed. |
C.Because the lions might be dangerous. | D.Because something was wrong with the car. |
A.Excited. | B.Bored. | C.Interested | D.Scared |
A.Aunt Emily. | B.George. | C.The guard. | D.The author. |
5 . Growing up, I was often the first Jewish person my classmates had ever met. I lived in Mississauga, Ontario, and was the only Jewish student in my grade—sometimes the only one in the whole school. This difference set me apart.
Every September, I hated presenting the note my parents had expertly made to a teacher I was just getting to know. The note explained that I would be absent during the Jewish High Holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. I fretted that my teachers would label me the “Jewish kid”.
The real trouble always came as the local new year’s festival approached. I was Jewish and celebrated Hanukkah, not this festival. At school, on one day before the winter break, every class would sit in neat rows in the gym and sing songs from the festival. However, the music teacher sometimes played Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel, a Jewish festival song, and I would feel hundreds of eyes staring at my red cheeks. As my friends counted down the days until the festival, I counted the days until it was over and I could go back to feeling normal.
Each year during primary school, my mother would coordinate (协调) with my teacher to come to my class and tell the story of Hanukkah. She would prepare treats and materials depending on my age. Every time I would proudly stand beside her as she told the story of Hanukkah and explained the symbols. The children who had attended the presentation previously competed to answer questions. After my mom left, I would overhear them showing off their fried treats to kids in other classes.
My mom’s annual visits to my school sparked (激发) interest from other parents as well. Over the years, we had visits from parents who shared how festivals were celebrated in Germany and Italy.
My mom showed me, my classmates and their families that what sets us apart should be celebrated and shared, an intention which I continue to set for myself as I cycle through another holiday season.
1. What does the underlined word “fretted” in paragraph 2 refer to?A.Noticed. | B.Disagreed. | C.Worried. | D.Expected. |
A.Being a trick target. | B.Singing holiday songs. |
C.Being culturally different. | D.Celebrating others’ festival. |
A.They welcomed it warmly. | B.They gave away her treats. |
C.They showed off themselves. | D.They expressed sympathy for her. |
A.She protected her child from being hurt. |
B.She encouraged cross-cultural understanding. |
C.She made Hanukkah a school-celebrated festival. |
D.She saved the Jewish tradition from being changed. |
6 . We spend most of the year complaining that Britain is too cold and wet but gripe (抱怨) with just as much enthusiasm about the heat. Although moaning about the weather is satisfying, it’s better to take action and cool yourself down. You need to take extra care in the UK when temperatures hit 24℃.
Being too hot makes you unwell and can even kill you.
Research shows that putting your feet in cold water is a good way to reduce core body temperature and keep your organs working. It will also help reduce swelling in your ankles and feet.
It is important to stay hydrated (补充水分) and refill the minerals we lose when we sweat. On average in very hot conditions we sweat 3-4 litres per hour and up to 10 litres a day, the same as 40 cups of tea. For a short amount of time, hot drinks raise your core body temperature. But it induces sweating, which then lowers your temperature. Cold and ice drinks do cool you down too. It’s thought hot drinks might be slightly more effective than cold.
Another way to beat the heat is wild swimming.
A.But be aware of cold shock. |
B.Some people are more fragile to heat. |
C.You will definitely be ill with the icy drinks. |
D.Whatever the temperature is, drink lots of fluid. |
E.Heatwaves can leave you desperate to cool down. |
F.This is when heat illness and deaths start increasing. |
G.Moreover, having a shower or bath will cool you down faster. |
7 . A small study out of Skidmore College examined the advantages of morning vs, evening exercise for both women and men. Paul, professor for health at Skidmore, led the study.
“We had the groups divided into evening and morning groups,” he says. “We found women and men answered differently to different types of exercise depending on the time of the day, which surprised us.”
The study showed that for women who want to lower blood pressure (血压), the risk of heart disease or reduce fat, morning exercise works best. Those women hoping for upper body muscle (肌肉) gains or mood (心情) improvement should consider evening exercise. For the men, the findings were somewhat different: Evening exercise lowers blood pressure, the risk of heart disease, and feelings of tiredness. But similar to women, they burn more fat with morning exercise.
“For many people, the best time to exercise will depend on their chronotype,” says Heisz, author of Move the Body, Heal the Mind.
“Chronotype is your body’s natural habit to sleep at a certain time—it’s what decides whether you’re a night owl or an early bird. For the 25% of the population that considers themselves a night owl, getting both enough sleep and enough exercise can be difficult,” adds Heisz.
He continues, “Sleep—which provides your body the necessary time to recover (恢复) and make gains from exercise—should always be the first choice. When it comes to exercise, regardless of research on the advantages of certain exercises at particular times of the day, your results will not be good if it doesn’t allow enough time for sleep.”
1. What can women get by doing evening exercise according to the study?A.A fat loss. |
B.A good mood. |
C.A lower blood pressure. |
D.A smaller risk of heart disease. |
A.Give an example. | B.Tell the difference. |
C.Do an experiment. | D.Explain a term. |
A.Enough sleep. | B.Low-fat food. |
C.Plenty of water. | D.Lots of exercise. |
A.A Night Owl or An Early Bird |
B.Why Fitness Plan Being Important |
C.How to Change Your Exercise Time |
D.The Best Time of a Day to Exercise |
8 . In a world where acts of kindness often go unnoticed, a good story that has been discovered reminds us of the power of care and the effect it can have on someone’s life.
It all started with a “Kindness Week Challenge” given to Brennan by his 8th-grade teacher, Ms. Watkins. Little did he know that this challenge would lead to a wonderful friendship with 84-year-old Ms. Ann.
Brennan’s promise to send his little attractive things every day for a week developed a habit of checking up on Ms. Ann and sending gifts regularly(定期地), long after the challenge was over.
Their friendship has now lasted for over five years, and Brennan still visits Ms. Ann every month with flowers, cakes, chocolates, cards and more.
They talk about everything from his high school life to his college goals. The pair has found that they share a common love of chocolates. Ms. Ann always hopes to hear about what he’s doing and loves to share her own stories from a different time. They have become the best friends, with Brennan treating her as his great-grandmother.
Brennan’s mom, Traci, takes pride in her son. She said, “The best thing a teenager can do is to take care of the elderly. I’m so glad my son has added more sunshine to Ms. Ann’s life. I hope he always remembers the joy he’s brought her, and his fun talks with her, keeps his kind heart, and thinks of others.”
Ms. Ann’s daughter Emma, with her husband Gould, has a 2-year-old son. They are thankful for Brennan’s friendship as they cannot always be with Ms. Ann. Brennan’s kind heart has brought more sunshine into Ms. Ann’s life, and her encouraging words have helped to inspire(启发)him in return.
1. How did the task “Kindness Week Challenge” affect Brennan?A.He discovered his love of chocolates. |
B.He became a good friend of Ms. Ann. |
C.He developed a habit of receiving gifts. |
D.He learned how to choose attractive things. |
A.Flowers. | B.Cakes. | C.Chocolates. | D.Cards. |
A.His kindness to others. |
B.His talent for telling stories. |
C.His good performances at school. |
D.His ability to earn money for the gifts. |
A.Worried. | B.Sorry. | C.Thankful. | D.Surprised. |
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10 . I live with my husband Jack in Iowa, which is far away from Florida. One day, my husband suddenly decided to play
“Why Florida?” I wanted to know. “We are so busy every day with our work. Why not someplace
“Because,” he said, “Florida is famous for golf. It’s just something I
So when Jack talked about playing in
In order to make our life without
After many years, our plans were all finished.
A.football | B.golf | C.basketball | D.volleyball |
A.farther | B.closer | C.larger | D.warmer |
A.dream | B.hurry | C.refuse | D.afford |
A.In fact | B.For example | C.At once | D.In case |
A.lent | B.bought | C.missed | D.found |
A.called | B.practised | C.made | D.explained |
A.Georgia | B.Hawaii | C.Iowa | D.Florida |
A.support | B.learn | C.finish | D.prepare |
A.where | B.when | C.although | D.because |
A.came | B.rose | C.failed | D.happened |
A.regret | B.hope | C.difficulty | D.difference |
A.turned down | B.taken away | C.put out | D.carried out |
A.started | B.changed | C.appeared | D.stopped |
A.Simply | B.Finally | C.Quietly | D.Sadly |
A.early | B.busy | C.slow | D.fast |