1 . Break a Bad Habit
I used to have a roommate named Heather who wanted to stop smoking. I told her one tip I’d learned from a smoker who had stopped successfully: “
She stocked. Replacing a bad habit with a good one is possible—if you’re willing. Here’s how to do it successfully:
Make sure the decision is yours.
I used to go to AA with my dad and I remember something often repeated there: “If you don’t want to slip, don’t go where it’s slippery.” This meant: Enjoy “dry” places and activities, like a walk in the woods. Find some friends who you can spend a little more time with who doesn’t share the habit you’re hoping to reduce.
Distract(分散注意力) yourself.
Favourite food is alluring(诱人的) no matter how full we are, am I right? My Favourite food is pancakes.
Remember to reward yourself.
Rewarding ourselves matters.
A.Be around the right people. |
B.Don’t make any change right now. |
C.Change isn’t the easiest thing on earth. |
D.Replace an unwanted habit with a good habit. |
E.I can even eat them after a five-course dinner. |
F.Help yourself to the food that you like most now. |
G.It is best if it has nothing to do with the unhealthy habit. |
2 . How much sleep do we need? It’s a fundamental question about a basic human function we’ve been practicing for long, but there’s still no simple answer. But whether you’re a morning or evening person could be guided by your genes. That said, your sleeping pattern will change naturally with age, which is also reflected in the National Sleep Foundation recommendations: it suggests 14-17 hours of shuteye a day for newborn babies and only 7-8 hours for over-65s.
But scientists said it’s about more than simple duration. Teens and people in their early 20s do want to go to bed later and get up later too, something researchers suggest might be to do with changing hormones(荷尔蒙). “On average, there’s about a two-hour difference in preferred sleep times of somebody in their late teens or early twenties to somebody in their late 50s or early 60s,” he said. “So asking a teenager to get up at 7 o’ clock in the morning is the equivalent of asking a 55-year-old to get up at five in the morning.”
At the end of the day, the best way to measure how much sleep you each need is to listen to your own body. Do you rely on an alarm clock to wake up? Do you take a long time to feel awake? Are you dependent on coffee drinks to keep you focused during the day? Are you overly impulsive(冲动的) or do you find yourself running a lot of traffic lights, for instance? All these could be signs that you’re not getting enough sleep.
And that, we know today, is bad. The environment can affect your sleep preferences but your genes stay. Scientists said that the understanding of the importance of sleep was “one of the great achievements of modern neuroscience(神经科学),” and that society was moving away from the all-nighter culture to respect the need for sleep.
1. What’s the writer’s intention of writing the passage?A.To report his research results. | B.To express the importance of sleep. |
C.To list some sleeping patterns. | D.To persuade people to have enough sleep. |
A.Age. | B.Genes. |
C.Hormones. | D.Sleeping pattern. |
A.Not getting enough sleep. | B.Listening to your own body. |
C.Running a lot of traffic lights. | D.Not understanding of the importance of sleep. |
A.Sleeping Patterns |
B.The Importance of Sleep |
C.A Great Achievement of Neuroscience |
D.Different People Need Different Amounts of Sleep |
3 . People made wings and strapped them to their arms. They flapped their arms but couldn’t fly. They built gliders(滑翔机), light aircraft with wings. Some didn’t work, but some did.
The gliders that worked had special wings. These wings were arched on both the top and the bottom. The air pulled the wings from above and pushed the wings from below. When the wings went up, so did the glider! Arched wings help create a force called lift. Lift is the force that keeps the gliders in the air.
Most gliders have long, thin wings. The wings create enough lift to carry the aircraft and its passengers. Gliders usually ride currents of air the same way a hawk soars(飞翔).
Gliders are very light, and long wings and air currents can give them enough lift to fly. But to carry more than just a passenger or two, an aircraft needs a lot more lift. The question is: How do you create more lift?
The engine is the answer!
The engine is a machine that changes energy into movement. The forward movement that an airplane needs to fly is called thrust. More thrust makes an airplane move forward faster. Moving faster creates more lift. And with more lift, an airplane can carry more weight so an aircraft with an engine can carry passengers or cargo.
In 1903 the Wright brothers figured out how to get wings and an engine to work together in order to give an airplane enough thrust to fly. They made the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Since then people have made airplanes that can fly faster than sound can travel. They have made airplanes that can fly all the way around the world without stopping.
Today, thousands of people travel in airplanes every day. People really have learned how to fly!
1. If a flyer wants to stay in the air, it needs enough ________.A.lift | B.thrust |
C.wings | D.engines |
A.The air. | B.The lift. |
C.The thrust. | D.The wind. |
A.the lift | B.the thrust |
C.the sound | D.the engine |
A.how gliders were built | B.how important the engine was |
C.how people learned to fly | D.how the first airplane was made |
4 . I was always pretty independent, but living alone made me even more at peace. Living alone helped me grow as a human being. Caitlin Moscatello had a similar experience:
“I was the queen of my own 400-square-foot-castle for three years, and looking back, I can see that that short stretch of time was crucially important to establish my independence. It started with small things: I negotiated my rent on my own, created a household budget (预算) on my own, hashed out a savings plan on my own. I signed up for half-marathons, and actually ran them. I tried hot yoga, and hated it, but whatever, I tried it. And then, the results had a bigger payoff: I put in late hours at work, because I didn’t have anyone asking me ‘Will you be home for dinner?’ and got promoted. I met a guy on one of many fun, little dates, and he turned out to be the love of my life. I also got gutsier(有勇气的): I traveled abroad alone, several times, without thinking twice about it.”
I also think my time alone makes me a better partner now that I share my life (and my space) with another person. The real secret of living alone? You’re not living alone, you’re living with yourself. And the better you know yourself — what truly makes you happy, melancholy, frustrated or bored — the better you can deal with it without depending on others. Which means you won’t be putting pressure on other people in your life to do that work for you.
Living alone doesn’t mean you become a hermit(隐者, 逸士). In fact, you’ll likely find yourself more excited to see people and go out when your home space is all your own. And studies have shown that single people get out more — to social gatherings, community events, volunteering — than those who are coupled up. Or as Aletheia Luna writes, “It’s human nature to take our friends, family and loved ones for granted. Living alone, devoid of the presence of others, helps us to appreciate these people more when they are around.”
1. According to the 2nd paragraph, living alone is not good for ________.A.making decisions | B.keeping up one’s health |
C.getting off work on time | D.having one’s independence |
A.Caitlin Moscatello was a queen. | B.The writer got married. |
C.Living alone can avoid feeling sad. | D.Aletheia Luna is a hermit. |
A.full of | B.free of |
C.short of | D.because of |
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注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
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Dear Mr. Chen,
I will graduate in about a month. I have a lot of to say. During the past three years, you have given me so many help and encouragement, but I have done a lot of things what make you angry.
When I was in Grade Two, I didn’t study hardly. I spent too much time in play basketball.
As a result, I got bad grades. You tried your best to help me on my English, my study habits and my life. Every time I did everything wrong, you always said, “It doesn’t matter.” At that time, I was too young and foolish understand you. Now I can see all of these thing. I think that I should say sorry to me. I am very sorry, sir!
Best wishes to you and your family!
Yours,
Steve
1. 时间:6月1日晚上6:30至8:30;
2. 地点:学校礼堂;
3. 内容:英文诗歌朗诵,英语歌曲演唱等;
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Dear Smith,
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Yours,
Li Hua
A terrible fire began to burn at France’s world-famous Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral (巴黎圣母院)
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8 . In 1949, I just returned home from the war. On every American highway you could see soldiers in uniform hitchhiking (搭便车) home to their families, as was the
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A.concern | B.custom | C.view | D.disadvantage |
A.Surprisingly | B.Obviously | C.Sadly | D.Disappointedly |
A.wanted | B.asked | C.needed | D.desired |
A.immediately | B.gradually | C.frequently | D.actually |
A.valuable | B.common | C.magical | D.rare |
A.banks | B.shops | C.hospitals | D.factories |
A.body | B.blood | C.health | D.identity |
A.success | B.perfection | C.possibility | D.match |
A.crying | B.dying | C.suffering | D.bursting |
A.on purpose | B.in peace | C.in relief | D.in tears |
A.so that | B.in case | C.as though | D.if only |
A.Driving | B.Walking | C.Removing | D.Wondering |
A.road | B.stop | C.place | D.route |
A.ever | B.even | C.never | D.already |
A.anything | B.something | C.everything | D.nothing |
A.peaceful | B.calm | C.active | D.quiet |
A.commanded | B.allowed | C.told | D.persuaded |
A.away | B.in | C.around | D.down |
A.lived | B.died | C.recovered | D.disappeared |
A.stranger | B.rescuer | C.lover | D.angel |
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A.By price. | B.By popularity. |
C.By reader’s age. | D.By writer’s name. |
A.$24. | B.$26. |
C.$30. | D.$34. |
A.Women In Science |
B.First Big Book of How |
C.A Really Short History of Nearly Everything |
D.National Geo-graphic’s First Big Book of the World |
A.To sell books to young readers. |
B.To attract new book club members. |
C.To encourage students’ interest in science. |
D.To review books young readers might like. |
A.to study | B.to be studied | C.to have studied | D.to be studying |