1 . Discover the Huge Health Benefits of Strength Training
One of the best ways to stay fit and healthy as you age is to do strength and power training exercises. It is known that when you are in your thirties, you will begin to lose muscle mass. This loss actually contributes to achy joints, the increased risk of injury, and the “middle-age spread” we all fear. What’s more, the older you get, the faster muscle mass loses. It means that eventually, simple tasks like getting out of a chair and climbing stairs can become more difficult.
Strength training can help you build muscles, make you strong, increase your staying power and make everyday activities easier. By combining strength and power training exercises, you’ll not only get stronger, but also improve your reaction speed. As you grow older, that’s critical because it can help prevent falls. Here is a book, Strength and Power Training for All Ages, for your reference.
Common sense about fitness in the book:·The key muscles to work for an injury-free body
·How to tell how much weight is suitable for you
·How to strengthen the bones most likely to break
·How to take pressure off your knees when walking or running
·Why you’ll want to apply heat to sore joints before you exercise
Four total body workouts in the book:·Build bones
·Fight diseases
·Improve balance
·Strengthen muscles &Increase muscle power
Get a copy, start training, and then you’ll discover a whole new self.
1. What will happen as people age according to paragraph 1?| A．They will need less exercise. |
| B．They will improve reaction speed. |
| C．They will experience muscle loss. |
| D．They will have better staying power. |
| A．Train their brains. | B．Build a sound body. |
| C．Treat bone diseases. | D．Cut down their weight. |
| A．A notice. | B．An oral folktale. |
| C．A scientific paper. | D．An advertisement. |
An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year -old highly educated son. Suddenly a crow (乌鸦) perched (栖息) on their window.
The father asked his son, “what is this?” The son replied, “It is a crow.”
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is this?” The son said, “Father , I have just now told you, it is a crow!”
After a little while, the old father again asked his son for the third time, “What is this?”
At this time some expression of irritation (恼怒) was felt in the son’s tone when he said to his father with a rebuff (生硬回绝) . “It’s a crow , a crow.” A little while later, the father again asked his son the fourth time, “ What is this?”
This time, the son shouted at his father, “ Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again, although I have told you so many times ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this?’
A little while later the father went to his room and came back with an old tattered (发皱的) diary, which he had maintained since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page. When the son read it, the following words were written in the diary:
“Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa, when a crow was sitting on the window. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied to him all 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel annoyed but I rather felt love for my innocent son.
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After reading the diary,
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Feeling ashamed , the son got down on his knees before his father.
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3 . I look forward to my half hour train ride to work every morning. I can look out of the window as it twists and turns itself through neighborhoods with the sun casting its strong lighting on the floor of the train car. I sometimes get lost in thought while following the light. But the reason I love this ride is that it’s a reminder of how neighborhoods can change from block to block.
For almost a year now I have been riding this train as I head into the office where I work as a reporter for a local magazine. I am one of 13 journalists who help report community news in areas that are often forgotten. And for me, that means covering areas like the one I grew up in.
Last week, as I was on the way to my office, I started wondering how neighborhoods have changed since the 2008 housing crisis. I searched addresses on the city’s southwest side, a neighborhood that has seen a significant number of residential homes pulled down, I scanned the street views recorded on my phone and saw how the neighborhood looked in 2007. Then I set out to visit the city block, and that’s when I met 3-year-old Harmony.
Harmony loved collecting rocks for me to hold as I walked down the street with her mother, Marquita. I already knew what the neighborhood looked like in the past, but Marquita shared more details of the people who once lived on her block, who were really friendly to each other. However, people today in the neighborhood are busy with life and seldom say hello to each other. Marquita has lived on this block her entire life, and Harmony has for most of her short life as well. But the neighborhood that Marquita grew up in will be one obviously different than the one Harmony will grow to know.
In the end, they smiled at my camera. And then I got back on the train and headed back to the office to tell their stories.
1. What makes the author love his train ride to work?| A．Being lost in thought. | B．Admiring the outside views. |
| C．Enjoying the warm sunshine. | D．Knowing the change of blocks. |
| A．By reading earlier reports. | B．By interviewing local people. |
| C．By watching past street views. | D．By searching his memories. |
| A．Sad. | B．Nervous. | C．Touched. | D．Confused. |
| A．To share a pleasant train ride with us. |
| B．To tell us the work of a news reporter. |
| C．To show us a crowded community. |
| D．To introduce a new neighborhood. |
1. 时间地点：本周四下午2点至4点，学校报告厅；
2. 内容：王教授讲授丝绸之路的相关知识；
3. 预期收获；
4. 提示：准时到场，可以提问。
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In order to satisfy your thirst for knowledge about the Silk Road,
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This morning, I went to school by bicycle as usual. As I am listening to my favourite music with a headphone on my head, I didn’t notice a car parked on the roadside. I struck the car who owner was not in it and left a scar on it. Damaging to some degree, the car would have to be repaired. Thinking that I would have classes, and I left a note with my name and address to let a driver know what had happened.
Later in the afternoon, while they were having a class meeting, our headmaster brought a stranger to our class. He was the car owner. He explained the class the whole story and praised me. Both my teacher and classmate were impressed and pride of my honesty. I think honesty should be value most by us.
6 . When I think of my childhood, I remember cycling with my friends and buying orange candies, but most of all, going home to see my grandma waiting at the doorstep and asking, “How was your day, bunny?”
Nana (I call my grandma Nana) saw me
Nana was born during the Second World War with a very different lifestyle and childhood from me. She didn’t get
She taught me to be
As years went by, Alzheimer’s disease (老年痴呆症) ate her from the
One day, the glimmer
Nana took a piece of my childhood with her when she
| A．grow up | B．look out | C．look up | D．work out |
| A．works | B．designs | C．truths | D．memories |
| A．forgot | B．celebrated | C．survived | D．calculated |
| A．care | B．education | C．assistance | D．fame |
| A．invitation | B．law | C．burden | D．opportunity |
| A．complained | B．cried | C．struggled | D．argued |
| A．eager for | B．upset about | C．grateful for | D．curious about |
| A．pretended | B．failed | C．wished | D．managed |
| A．me | B．her | C．it | D．them |
| A．trained | B．got | C．needed | D．became |
| A．outside | B．inside | C．top | D．bottom |
| A．woman | B．master | C．neighbour | D．colleague |
| A．address | B．job | C．hobby | D．name |
| A．ambition | B．separation | C．recognition | D．permission |
| A．occupied | B．expected | C．represented | D．seized |
| A．hardly | B．usually | C．completely | D．slightly |
| A．sight | B．style | C．service | D．sleep |
| A．loudly | B．beautifully | C．weakly | D．fluently |
| A．voice | B．story | C．laughter | D．praise |
| A．sank | B．dreamed | C．left | D．whispered |
7 . The story of a 92-year-old book lover in a village of Chongqing has touched many recently. Sun Shiquan has collected more than 7,000 books over the decades and has offered a free local library for residents for years.
He was born in Pipa village in Xiuqi township of Chongqing’s Chengkou county. Being a bookworm as a child, he read all kinds of ancient books including the Four Books and the Five Classics. In the 1950s, he became one of only a handful of local college graduates and later served as a primary and middle school teacher in the county.
Sun said he started to collect books in 1983 and gradually built a diverse collection over more than 40 years. Among his holdings is a precious set known as the Complete Works of Chinese Classics, published during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It is one of only seven copies in the country.
Wearing glasses and using a magnifying glass, Sun reads for more than three hours every day. Now he has finished reading most of his collection.
Speaking of her father, Sun Ziyu said, “My father has a habit of making notes on each book. He makes a mark whenever he stops reading so that he can carry on reading from where he left off.” Village official Liu Jiao said, “Many children in the village love to visit Sun and listen to his stories.” She said the elderly man has earned respect from the whole village. People call him “Teacher Sun” and children call him “great-grandfather”.
Sun Ziyu said her father also writes poems and prose in his spare time and enjoys reading his works to the family. She said under her father’s influence, family members take the time to read together and exchange views. That’s their favorite part. “My father has loved reading for a lifetime,” Sun Ziyu said. “Reading is his meat and drink.”
1. What do we know about Sun Shiquan?| A．He was once a college teacher in Chongqing. |
| B．Reading wasn’t his preference when he was a child. |
| C．The Complete Works of Chinese Classics is his treasure. |
| D．He has just bought the Four Books and the Five Classics. |
| A．Costing less money than usual. |
| B．Shaped like a circle or a ball. |
| C．Greater in size than usual or average. |
| D．Making sth. look bigger than it really is. |
| A．He likes to take notes. |
| B．He loves to read quite quickly. |
| C．He is only fond of reading novels. |
| D．He doesn’t like to discuss them with others. |
| A．Sun Shiquan collects more than 7,000 books |
| B．Chongqing man, 92, gives gift of literature |
| C．Elderly man earns respect from whole village |
| D．Elderly man’s stories attract children in village |
One summer, I went on a four-day desert trip with my family. On the train, I looked out of the window, expecting something surprising to happen on this desert trip. I was very excited all the way, talking about what would happen in the desert with my parents, standing up and looking around.
An hour later, all the visitors arrived at the destination, the endless desert, which extended as far as the eye could see. Everywhere was dull yellow with sand, there were no trees, and the vastness of the desert shocked each of us.
Before we started our journey, the guide explained the rules to us: We’d better put on sun-protective clothing and hold onto the hiking pole. We had to walk through the entire desert, 18 kilometers per day for four days. There were two routes that we could choose from. One was down the hill. There were rivers and vegetation(植被). The road was relatively flat, easy to walk on, and it was not so hot. The other route was to walk through the real desert, which was all sand without any water and dust storms often happened. We had to go step by step, and our feet could often get stuck in the sand. No matter which route we chose, we needed to arrive at the next destination before 6 pm. There would be a rest area every five kilometers, where we could drink water and eat some food. If we really couldn’t persist(坚持) , we could quit and take the car. Those who did persist to the end would have a big surprise.
Everyone was discussing with excitement after they heard the rules. Many people wanted to fight for the big surprise. Personally, I wanted to win the surprise as well. Most of the people took the first route, but two adults and one child took the other. Yes, that was my parents and me. I just wanted to break through and challenge myself.
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Soon, we set off.
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| A．A birthday cake. | B．A photo. | C．A well-prepared party. |
| A．She is still healthy. | B．She was born in America. | C．She hates to have birthday parties. |
| A．2. | B．3. | C．5. |
10 . For many kids, reading doesn’t come easily. For parents, they can read with their kids often, and trying these simple ways can help their kids become excited about reading.
Read and reread.
Read aloud. Reading aloud to kids helps them build their vocabulary, introduces new facts and ideas, and helps them connect sounds with letters on the page. By reading with kids, parents also show they enjoy reading for fun themselves!
Create opportunities to read and write beyond the pages. It is necessary for parents to provide kids with many chances to read every day. Parents can write notes and leave them on children’s pillows, in a lunchbox or in a pocket. Parents can also ask friends and relatives to send postcards, letters, emails or text messages.
Get help if parents are worried. If parents are concerned about their children’s abilities or willingness to read, they can get help.
| A．Start with kids’ choices. |
| B．Reading aloud is not difficult for kids. |
| C．Parents should pick their own favorite readings. |
| D．Many kids reach for the same books again and again. |
| E．Parents had better talk to their children’s doctors or teachers. |
| F．Reading aloud provides time for parents and kids to enjoy together. |
| G．Besides, parents can leave some special letters and words on the fridge. |
