1 . I’m sure you’ve been there at some point: you’re smelling the roses when an insect starts buzzing around you. While bees are typically harmless when left alone, annoying one can lead to a desperately painful sting(刺痛).
That’s because the bee’s stinger used to pierce the skin contains toxins(毒素). When the bee toxin enters the skin, it immediately begins to cause a local reaction, leading to symptoms(症状) like pain, red and swelling skin. Most of the symptoms will ease in several hours. However, stings can also be life-threatening if you delay and don’t give urgent treatment.
To make the pain go fast, you have several options. Before you do anything, check if the bee’s stinger is still in your skin. If you don’t see a stinger, it’s possible that you were stung by a wasp(黄蜂), or another insect. One of the major differences between bees and other stinging insects is that bees have a special stinger that can remain in the skin long after they have left. With this stinger, a bee can only sting you once, whereas insects like wasps have a straight stinger that allows them to sting you multiple times.
If you do notice a small black stinger sticking out of your skin, it’s extremely important to remove that stinger right away. Most of the toxin gets released in the first three seconds. If you can get it out right away, you may avoid some of the symptoms. Using tools or even your fingernails to “catch” the stinger directly and pull it out.
Treating your bee sting at home is the quickest and easiest way to reduce your symptoms, according to some experts. After you’ve safely removed the stinger from the skin, one of the first things to do is wash the area around the sting gently with soap and water. By doing this, you can help reduce the risk of an infection.
After you’ve washed and dried the area around the sting, there are a couple of things that experts recommend. First: a cold pack. You’ll need to wrap a towel around the cold compress(敷布). Another OTC option is calamine lotion—a medication used to reduce pain and discomfort. It is also a safe and practical option to consider in younger children who have been stung.
1. What can be known about a bee’s sting from the text?A.It can present threats to the bee itself. | B.It causes direct damage to one’s organs. |
C.It is harmless despite some discomfort. | D.It can be deadly without timely treatment. |
A.Their stay in the skin after the sting. | B.Their greater size in length. |
C.Their causing a slight feeling of pain. | D.Their holding fewer toxins. |
①clean the skin with soap ②apply a cold pack to the skin
③get the stinger out ④dry the stung area up
A.③④②① | B.③①④② | C.②③①④ | D.②①④③ |
A.The necessity of getting along with bees. | B.Methods for treating bee stings. |
C.Tips for keeping bees safely. | D.The harm of bees sting. |
2 . Empty Bowls: Grand Marais needs volunteers & bakers!
Overview
Empty Bowls: Grand Marais will be hosting its yearly fall community event on Thursday, November 16, at Up Yonder in Grand Marais. The goal of the event is to spread awareness of food safety in the Cook County area. And the raised funds will be distributed (分配) back into the community.
What’s expected
Community members are invited to come and enjoy a bowl of soup for lunch or dinner(or buy quarts of soup for takeout). A bake (烘焙) sale fundraiser will also take place at the same time, with a goal of raising $3,000, which is enough to provide 300 meals through programs in Cook County.
Volunteers are needed for the event to help with a variety of tasks, such as baking cookies, cupcakes, pies, mini fruit bread loaves, etc.
Event details
*Location: 1615 West Highway 61, Grand Marais
*Time: Lunch 11 AM—1PM; Dinner 5 PM—7 PM
*Price:
Kids(10 and under): eat free
Adults: $8 per person
Take-out quarts:$15 per adult
To learn more about Empty Bowls: Grand Marais, please visit:
https://www.facebook.com/EmptyBowlsGM
1. What is the purpose of the community event?A.To spread the idea of food safety. |
B.To promote the popularity of baking. |
C.To develop people’s community spirit. |
D.To remind people of traditional food culture. |
A.Sell cupcakes. | B.Serve the table. |
C.Buy some snacks. | D.Advertise the activity. |
A.$8. | B.$16. | C.$26. | D.$30. |
3 . Trashion (垃圾时尚) is a term for art, jewelry, and fashion created from used, thrown-out, found and repurposed elements.
Trashion is a philosophy including environmentalism and innovation.
Trashion design can include a wide variety of home goods, from tables to vases. People believe that by re-using unwanted items, they are both benefiting the environment and the items themselves, by giving such items a new purpose in life. Trashion can also be an interesting exploration for artists, who push themselves to think about things in new ways.
One of the great things about trashion is that it is accessible to anyone who feels creative and resourceful, unlike traditional fashion, which tends to be costly and elitist (精英统治的).
A.Trashion is for saving energy. |
B.Trashion is also unique. |
C.Trashion has become a very popular style of art. |
D.Public interest in trashion started spreading in the late 1990s. |
E.It springs from a desire to make the best use of limited resources. |
F.A talented trashion designer can see trash as something valuable. |
G.Initially, trashion was used to describe costumes usually linked to fashion shows. |
4 . Let us suppose it is now about A.D. 2060. Let’s believe it is about forty-four years from now. Of course, things have changed and life is very different.
Voyages to the moon are being made every day. It is as easy to take a holiday on the moon today as it was for the people in 1960 to take a holiday in Europe. At a number of scenic spots on the moon, many hotels have been built. The hotels are air-conditioned, naturally. In order that everyone can enjoy the beautiful scenery on the moon, every room has at least one picture window.
Everything imaginable is provided for entertainment of young and old.
What are people eating now? People are still eating food. They haven’t yet started to take on heir (继承) supply of energy directly. They may some day. But many foods now come in pill forms, and the food that goes into the pill continues to come mainly from green plants.
Since there are several times as many people in the world today as there were a hundred years ago, most of our planet’s surface has to be filled. The deserts are irrigated (灌溉) with water and crops are no longer destroyed by pests. The harvest is always good.
Farming, of course, is very highly developed. Very few people have to work on the farm. It is possible to run the farm by just pushing a few buttons now and then.
Such would be our life in 2060.
1. When was the passage written?A.In about 1960. | B.In about 2004. | C.In about 2010. | D.In about 2016. |
A.Biscuits in pill forms. | B.Foods in pill forms. |
C.Foods in water forms. | D.Foods in gas forms. |
A.There is smaller population. | B.There are more pests. |
C.There is less water. | D.The crops are getting better. |
(1)表示关心;
(2)鼓励他面对困境,不畏失败,继续努力;
(3)期待他成功。
注意:(1)词数80左右;
(2)可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
(3)开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li hua
6 . Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet, recited her poem The Hill We Climb at the recent. Presidential Inauguration (就职) Ceremony. Her words and performance were wonderful and were admired across the world. But what is even more wonderful is the story of how Amanda arrived at this moment and the lessons she offers other kids around the world.
Amanda was raised by a single mother, Joan Wicks, in Los Angeles. There was very limited television watching in their house. Encouraged by her mother, who was a teacher, Amanda fell in love with reading and writing. She gained confidence in these areas. Her passion for poetry started when she was about 8 years old.
But despite her interests and talents, she had some obstacles. Amanda has a listening processing disorder and is very sensitive to sound. She also had a speech disorder during childhood. This caused her to participate in speech treatment which helped her to turn her obstacles into gifts and strengths. As she told The Harvard Gazette in 2018, “I always saw it as a strength because since I was experiencing these obstacles in terms of my listening and speech skills, I became really good at reading and writing.”
Amanda started to dream of becoming president when she was in 6th grade. As Amanda became more confident, she became more driven to transform the world for good. She went on to earn a degree at Harvard University. And then, Amanda became the world’s first Youth Poet’ Laureate (获奖者) in history!
While Amanda looked calm, cool, and collected at the inauguration, she admits she is always nervous, like many of us, about public speaking. To ease this, she developed a spell that she recites to give herself confidence in moments of doubt, “I am the daughter of black writers. We are descendants of freedom fighters who broke through chains and changed the world.”
1. What do we know about Amanda Gorman?A.She took to reading and writing thanks to her teacher. |
B.She published her first poem at the age of 8. |
C.She recited a poem at a presidential inauguration. |
D.She became the first Youth Poet Laureate at high school. |
A.Barriers. | B.Changes. | C.Strengths. | D.Disabilities. |
A.By seeking support from some black writers. |
B.By reciting special sentences to herself. |
C.By practicing the speech context repeatedly. |
D.By talking to freedom fighters before the speech. |
A.To share a funny story. | B.To educate disabled kids. |
C.To record a wonderful moment. | D.To encourage more children. |
1. 美人
A.beauty | B.bear | C.benefit |
A.质量 | B.比较 | C.感情 |
A.attack | B.arrange | C.roof |
A.意见 | B.表格 | C.聊天 |
A.convenient | B.confirm | C.compare |
A.软的 | B.软件 | C.压力 |
A.surf | B.survive | C.access |
A.恐慌 | B.目标 | C.传统 |
A.account | B.occur | C.discount |
A.特别的 | B.参加 | C.过程 |
A.forever | B.profit | C.prince |
A.向上的 | B.日期 | C.更新 |
A.function | B.film | C.further |
A.真的 | B.假的 | C.心烦的 |
A.case | B.plus | C.click |
1. Why does Kevin say life on Frenchboro is different?
A.It’s very simple. | B.It’s quite exciting. | C.It’s rather hopeless. |
A.It has no teachers. | B.It has small classes. | C.It has fifty students. |
A.They go to the mainland. |
B.They visit the local hospital. |
C.They ask the visitors for help. |
1. Who are the speakers?
A.A doctor and a patient. |
B.A teacher and a student. |
C.A salesman and a customer. |
A.He often overeats. | B.He works too hard. | C.He smokes heavily. |
A.Stop working and go on a vacation. |
B.Give up smoking as soon as possible. |
C.Change his diet and get some exercise. |
1. Where are the speakers?
A.In Manchester. | B.In Milan. | C.In Florence. |
A.Having a holiday. | B.Entertaining a friend. | C.Traveling on business. |
A.He’s a train driver. | B.He’s a shop manager. | C.He’s a hotel receptionist. |