内容包括：
1. 自信的重要性：
2, 从缺乏信心到有自信的转变过程。
注意：1. 词数120左右，短文的开头和结尾已为你写好（不计入总词数）；
2. 可根据内容适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Boys and girls,
Life is but a hard and bitter journey.
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Thank you.
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删除: 把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉
修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
It is now easier than ever to accessing the Internet, whether you are using a computer or a smartphone. There is no doubt that many young people are spending more and more time on online, with both positive and negative consequence. They can do research for their schoolwork and homework. This often help teenagers to wide their knowledge and improve their grades. However, some become addicting to online gaming and this can mean that they waste too many time playing these games. Personal, I think the Internet is such useful tool that the benefits of Internet access outweigh the dangers. In short, we should make use of the Internet in a better way to improve itself.
3 . Alpha, Beta, Delta…these Greek letters used to only appear in our math classes but are now popping up in news headlines.
Now, it’s Lambda. As the Delta variant spreads throughout communities in Asia, Europe and the United States, another variant, Lambda, is spreading rapidly throughout South America, Forbes reported on Aug 10.
On May 31, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced a naming system for variants of the coronavirus that uses letters of the Greek alphabet. Before that, the public had to call a variant its scientific name or refer to it based on where it was identified.
For example, a strain (菌株) of COVID-19 identified in South Africa in late 2020 was called variant 501Y. V2 or B. 1.351. Media also called the same virus. “the South African variant”. Now, everyone calls it “Beta”.
Compared to complicated scientific names, the Greek letters are much easier to remember. “It is a lot easier for a radio newsreader to say ‘Delta’ than bee-one-six-one-seven-two,” Jeffrey Barrett, a UK statistical geneticist told Nature.
WHO hopes this change will help combat the stigma (污名) associated with geography-based names. “I can understand why people just call it the South African variant-they don’t mean anything by it,” Salim Abdool Karim, an epidemiologist in South Africa, told Nature. “The problem is, if we allow it to continue, there are people who have an a goal and will use it.”
“No country should be stigmatized for detecting and reporting variants,” Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s COVID-19 technical lead, wrote on Twitter.
As the virus is still evolving, 11 mutations (变种) have been named as recently as Sept 1. What if the 24 Greek letters are not enough? “We will possibly run out of the Greek alphabet, but we’re already looking at the next series of names,” Van Kerkhove told The Telegraph. “We’re actually considering star constellations (星座).”
Currently, the Virus Evolution Working Group and WHO’s legal team are double checking proposals to “make sure we don’t upset anyone with these names”, Van Kerkhove told The Telegraph.
In the future, will there be a “Virgo variant” or an “Orion variant”? Let’s hope not, but only time will tell.
1. How did the Lambda variant get its name?| A．It was named after the place where it’s widespread. |
| B．It was named after a letter of the Greek alphabet. |
| C．It was named for a scientific term. |
| D．It was named after the place where it was identified. |
| A．Problems scientific variant names can cause. |
| B．The importance of reporting variants immediately. |
| C．Reasons for no longer naming variants after places. |
| D．Advantages of naming the variants after Greek letters. |
| A．The current naming system can cause legal problems. |
| B．There might be more variants than Greek letters. |
| C．People prefer to name variants after stars. |
| D．The current naming system caused confusion. |
| A．Renaming of COVID-19 variants |
| B．Greek letters that appear in the math classes |
| C．A strain of COVID-19 identified in South Africa |
| D．A battle of fighting against the stigma associated with geography-based names |
4 . Air fryers are quickly becoming popular in the US these years, with many people having the idea that air fryers are a great way to make quick, healthy meals.
An air fryer can be used to get the crispness of deep-fried food without actually deep frying the food in oil. Breaded foods are among the most popular dishes in America. Instead of placing something like breaded chicken into oil, the air fryer blows hot air around the chicken and causes it to crisp up and brown, creating a crunchy texture (松脆的口感) that is similar to fried chicken.
Nutritionist Bellatti said, “When you are just using a teaspoon of oil in an air fryer, it’s going to be a lot less caloric than something in a real fryer where a lot more oil is being taken in. It’s a way to lower your calorie intake greatly. Additionally, for those who are watching fat intake for medical reasons, air fryers can help them create fried foods that are lower in total fat content.”
Reducing fat and calorie intake can help a person lose weight and eat healthier when compared to eating fried foods. But some experts say there is no guarantee that air frying is a healthier way to cook.
If you’re turning to an air fryer every day to cook every meal, you’re not necessarily eating healthier, according to nutritionist Hartley. Air frying makes some dishes healthier, but it doesn’t add nutritional value. Similarly, it doesn’t make an unhealthy dish a smart choice. At the end of the day, air-fried breaded chichen is still breaded chichen—grilled chichen would be the healthier choice.
“Air frying is just an easy and low mess way to cook dishes that have the satisfying crispness of fried foods,” Hartley said. “Instead of thinking of them as a dieting tool, think of them as a tool for cooking simple and satisfying meals.” Hartley also added air fryers would probably not help you lose weight, saying there was “zero research” to back that up.
And cutting oil out of your diet completely isn’t always for the best. “Although a low-fat, air-fried diet sounds attractive, you’d end up missing out on the wonderful advantages of plant-based fats such as avocado oil and olive oil,” said nutritionist Cucuzza.
1. What does the author mainly talk about in paragraph 2?| A．How the air fryer improves the taste of fried chichen. |
| B．Why many American people love breaded foods. |
| C．Why the air fryer enjoys popularity in America. |
| D．How the air fryer works to make foods crisp. |
| A．People should have a calorie-controlled diet. |
| B．Eating fewer calories may lead to a healthier life. |
| C．Air fryers can be more useful than traditional fryers. |
| D．Air fryers can help people cut down on calories and fat. |
| A．expectation | B．possibility |
| C．certainty | D．suggestion |
| A．He is against it. | B．He is hopeful of it. |
| C．He is uninterested in it. | D．He is uncertain about it. |
Marie Kondo is
Yet fans want more help and
Kondo says the boxes were not part of her
Kondo did not tell readers to get special containers
But fans still ask Kondo
Kondo says the idea behind the boxes is not to hide things.
1.对他寄来的生日礼物表示感谢；
2.你很喜欢英语，词典对你用处很多；
3.邀请他暑假来赤峰旅游，住在你家。
注意：1.词数120左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
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Yours sincerely
Li Hua
7 . There is no such thing as a “bad memory”, and everyone can improve their memory, as long as you are not suffering from memory loss as medical condition.
Stop thinking that you have a “bad memory”. Too many people get stuck here and convince themselves their memory is bad so what they need to remember just slip out of their minds for some reason. What should you do?
Use association (联想) to remember facts.
Involve multiple (多种的) senses. You can stimulate (刺激) more parts of your brain by using as many senses as possible when memorizing information.
| A．Convince yourself that you do have a good memory that will improve. |
| B．Give yourself some time to form a memory. |
| C．Exercise your brain as often as possible. |
| D．When a larger part of your brain is active |
| E．If you want to improve your memory, there are a number of things you can do. |
| F．You can create a picture in your mind to help you remember a word or an image. |
| G．This concrete image in your mind will help you link the president with this event. |
8 . It was 1994, and a new mother took her sick baby to the doctor. After being tested, the child was diagnosed (诊断) with CF (包囊纤维化), a serious disease. The girl would be lucky to survive into her twenties. The woman and her husband did not know what to do.
She turned to two friends — football star Boomer Esiason and his wife Cheryl, who knew a lot about CF since they had a son with it. They’d been trying to raise money for the CF Foundation (基金会), and they were heading their own foundation then. The woman called the Esiasons right away and they shared with her everything they knew about the illness.
She was changed, and put her whole heart into understanding CF. She learned how to use the treatments that would best give her daughter hope. She learned about other challenges about CF. Though 30,000 Americans suffer from the illness, the number was too small to motivate(激励) drug companies to do research. The CF market could not get enough investment (投资) for the government to make up the millions needed to develop new drugs.
So she gave up her job and jumped into the CF business full time. She now takes part in events organized by the CF Foundation, and gives speeches wherever she can. The money she raises goes to the CF Foundation, letting it employ scientists to study the disease. Her name is Angela Kinney. Thanks to the many people just like her, the average lifespan (寿命) of a child born with CF has jumped to 36.5 years.
1. From the passage we can learn that Cheryl was ________.| A．a doctor studying CF | B．a member of the CF Foundation |
| C．a person with CF | D．a football star |
| A．They told her what they knew about CF. | B．They offered her a job. |
| C．They offered her money. | D．They taught her how to comfort the child. |
| A．The government was unwilling to invest in it. |
| B．There were no researchers studying it. |
| C．Drug companies found it hard to do research. |
| D．The number of CF patients was too small. |
| A．Clever and changeable. | B．Responsible and honest. |
| C．Brave and warm-hearted. | D．Helpful and open-minded. |
A Bite of China, a mouth-watering late-night documentary television series about Chinese food,
From its very beginning, A Bite of China is not just a documentary about food. It is a serious documentary providing
If you are the one
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1. 介绍你对“每天晚上玩手机到深夜”这个问题的看法；
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3. 表达祝愿。
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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