Our school, Chairo Technical School in Australia, has a strong service idea that covers two of
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1. When did David come back last night?
A.At 6:00 pm. | B.At 7:00 pm. | C.At 8:30 pm. |
A.To watch a movie. |
B.To read in a library. |
C.To have some discussions. |
A.Apply to work for the club. |
B.Contact Lucy for more information. |
C.Learn more about the neighborhood. |
3 . 听下面一段较长对话,回答以下小题。
1. Which family holiday does the man recommend?A.The one on the 18th. | B.The one on the 19th. | C.The one on the 20th. |
A.France. | B.Spain. | C.Greece. |
A.It is a five-star hotel. | B.It has its own beach. | C.It has a swimming pool. |
4 . Here’s an idyllic scene: a small village where the sun always shines crops always grow and your friends drop by to sweep your yard to the sound of guitar music. Animals do what they are told there is no disease and lending folks a helping hand makes you richer and wiser. Welcome to Farm Ville --- current population 69m and rising fast.
“It reminds me of my childhood,” says one player, Lia Curran, 37, a chemist from London. “Right now I’m growing wheat and poinsettia, I’ve got a small orchard and I’m keeping some chickens and some cows. I like having the animals. It’s comfortable.”
Curran’s young animals, however, are nothing more than a collection of computer-controlled cartoons. Farm Ville is an online computer game built into the social networking site Facebook and is described by its players as “addictive”. Launched last June by Zynga Game Network, Farm Ville now has more players than Twiter’s entire user base --- or more than the population of the UK. The players are largely women over the age of 35.
Jenny Glyn, 33, a London housewife, started playing in September. “I had a look at a friend’s farm and was hooked” she says. “My first motivation was to overtake her, but I did that pretty quickly. Now there’s something satisfying about growing crops.”
Farm Ville intellectually unites the worlds of social networking and gaming. Players are given a patch of ground with six fields, “cash”, a few seeds and a plough and have to build up wealth, skills and neighbors to create bigger, better, richer farms.
Inviting your online friends to play means you earn more and get free gifts; you rise rapidly through the first levels but once hooked have to work harder and harder with no final level or goal in sight. “It’s very moreish,” says Curran. She hasn’t yet paid real-world money to advance in the game, but her friends do. One buys extra virtual currency at the exchange rate of $240 (£145) in Farm Ville for $40 (£24) in the real world.
“I’d expanded on Farm Ville as much as I could, but I just wanted a pond and some bushes and trees around it,” says the woman, who is too embarrassed to be named. “I didn’t tell my husband I’d paid real money because he’d think I’m mad. But then he did keep me waiting in the car outside our house while he harvested his raspberries.”
Brian Dudley, chief executive at Broadway Lodge, an addiction treatment centre, warns that this sort of obsessive play can lead to an addiction as severe as gambling.
1. What does Curran do in the passage?A.She is a player. | B.She is a farmer who grows wheat and poinsettia. |
C.She is a chemist. | D.She is a housewife who raises chickens and cows. |
A.an addictive farm on which live 69 million farmers |
B.a London housewife’s farm |
C.an online computer game built into the social networking site |
D.a farm on which people grow real crops and play as well |
A.because he was angry at his wife’s being mad about the farm |
B.because he himself was busy with his farm |
C.in order to punish his wife for her having paid real money |
D.so that his wife would wake up from her addiction to the farm |
A.The population of the UK is less than 69 million. |
B.This sort of obsessive play can cause very severe addiction. |
C.Once hooked one has to make greater efforts to reach a higher level. |
D.Up till now nobody has yet paid real-world money to advance in the play. |
5 . A community canteen at the Zhanongkou Community in Shangcheng, Hangzhou recently launched “happiness blind boxes”, which cost just 6 yuan per box. Sales start at 7 p. m. each evening.
The dishes are packaged in transparent (透明的) containers, but to maintain an element of surprise, stickers are placed over the lid (盖子) of the “main dish” section of each box. The “blind boxes” have become popular since being introduced, and on some nights they sell out by about 8 p. m.
A meal assistance program introduced in Zhanongkou subdistrict ensures the elderly can access meals within a 10-minute walk of their homes or have them delivered within five minutes. The service has also been welcomed by younger people living and working in the area.
Yan Xuyang, a professor at Beijing Union University’s Tourism College, predicts that by 2035, those born from the 1970s to the 2000s will comprise the main group of customers for such canteens. “This generation has a reasonable level of disposable (可自由支配的) income, and many of its members may also lack the willingness to prepare meals for themselves,” Yan said.
The successful operation of community canteens depends on their ability to integrate into the daily lives and culture of local residents. In addition to serving dishes to suit local tastes and fostering a welcoming environment for diners, it is important to widen the functions of these canteens. They have been used for cultural activities and other events, which helps raise awareness and foster a positive perspective on these canteens among local communities.
In the latter part of last year, the Weikang community canteen in Ziyang subdistrict, Hangzhou, experienced a significant transformation from being a canteen for seniors to catering for the whole community. Its services have been broadened beyond regular operations to include services for hospitals and businesses, complete with home delivery options. Some other community canteens have also made efforts to appeal to more residents.
1. What can we know about the “happiness blind boxes” from the passage?A.They are sold out every night before 8 p. m. |
B.They are beautifully decorated with stickers. |
C.They offer a sense of mystery with the unknown main dishes. |
D.They are only offered to the residents in the Zhanongkou Community. |
A.Promising. | B.Cautious. | C.Unclear. | D.Objective. |
A.Reasonable prices. | B.Fast delivery service. | C.Various functions. | D.Unexpected surprises. |
A.To highlight the popularity of community canteens. |
B.To emphasize the importance of community canteens. |
C.To discuss the wide functions of community canteens. |
D.To show the innovative reform of community canteens. |
6 . It’s clear that following a plant-based diet is connected with a lower risk of heart disease. There are many types of plant-based diets, and they are all related to certain foods connected with heart benefits, such as whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and healthy oils. The diets have been most studied for their impact on heart health. These diets are rich in vitamins and minerals that help lower blood pressure, reduce the risk of diabetes (糖尿病) and keep a healthy weight, all of which can lower your risk of heart disease.
Yet, the types of plant foods and their sources are also important. For example, white rice and white bread are plant-based foods, so you would think they’re good to eat. But they are highly processed, and so are depleted of many heart-healthy nutrients (营养) and have enough sugar, which means they can make blood sugar levels rise sharply and increase hunger, leading to overeating. Drinking 100% fruit juice is not the same as eating the whole fruit, since juices can be high in sugar.
Do you really have to cut out all meat for your heart’s health? Which animal foods could have an impact on heart health? Some research has shown that the type and amount matter most. A 2014 study showed that men aged 45 to 79 who ate 75 grams or more per day of processed red meat, like cold cuts, sausage, bacon and hot dogs, had a 28% higher risk of heart failure than those who ate less than 25 grams. However, a study in the January 2017 found that eating 85 grams of unprocessed red meat, three times per week, did not worsen blood pressure.
What is the right plant-based diet for you? “For many men, this may be a matter of bettering their current foods,” says Dr. Satija, a researcher from American College of Cardiology.
1. From the first two paragraphs, we know that plant-based diets ________.A.benefit heart health | B.increase hunger | C.lead to overweight | D.contain enough sugar |
A.Added to. | B.Short of. | C.Filled with. | D.Rooted in. |
A.To prove the result believable. | B.To attract readers’ attention. |
C.To show the process clearly. | D.To make the study popular. |
A.Risks of animal foods. | B.Disadvantages of plant-based diets. |
C.Changes of eating habits. | D.Effects of heart-healthy diets. |
A.Paris. | B.Rome. | C.Vienna. |