1 . That artificial food dyes (染料) are unhealthy is not news. Some are known to cause hyperactivity (多动症) in some children, affecting their ability to learn. But regulatory agencies (监管机构) around the world don’t necessarily agree on which food dyes are a problem, or why. That may soon change. A 2021 peer-reviewed report by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment concluded that artificial food dyes “cause or worsen neurobehavioral (神经行为的) problems in some children” and that the current levels that are regarded safe for consumption by the federal government are too high.
California is now considering requiring warning labels on food products and dietary supplements containing the seven most commonly used artificial dyes. The warning label requirement would put California on par with the European Union, which since 2010 has required food products containing certain artificial food dyes to carry warning labels about their negative effect on activity and attention in children.
Artificial dyes are used in foods for one reason: to make products look prettier. Bright colors make candies appealing, especially to kids. But dyes are also in chocolate cake mixes, salad dressings and other products that don’t seem to cry out for a color boost.
In Europe, it was the 2010 label lawmaking that triggered (引发) companies’ decisions to reformulate. “If you’re a company, you do not want to put a warning label on your product.” says Lefferts, an environmental health consultant. Warning labels are why European Starburst Fruit Chews are now colored with natural products, not the artificial dyes that brighten their North American counterparts (同类商品).
Given that artificial food dyes are used far more than needed, we need to be more cautious. After all, we don’t dye fresh fruits and vegetables, but we do dye candy and sprinkles, points out Joe Schwarcz, a chemistry professor at McGill University in Montreal. “The foods in which you find food dyes are foods that are poor in nutrition,” he says. “If you limit foods that contain food dyes, you automatically make your diet better.”
1. What can we learn about artificial food dyes from paragraph 1?A.A 2021 report confirmed their negative effects. |
B.The fact that they are harmful is newly revealed. |
C.Regulatory agencies consider them a serious problem. |
D.The Federal government thinks their current standard too high. |
A.In opposition to. | B.In line with. | C.Ahead of. | D.Behind. |
A.Food companies will stop coloring their products. |
B.More fresh fruits and vegetables will appear in the market. |
C.Food companies may replace artificial dyes with natural products. |
D.It will be hard to find packaged foods without warning labels of dyes. |
A.Approving. | B.Neutral. | C.Tolerant. | D.Concerned. |
2 . Globalization (全球化) means that people, ideas, technology, money, services and many other things are moving between countries and changing the way people think and act.
Not everyone thinks the same way about globalization. Some people think it is bad,and some people think it is good. Some believe that globalization helps rich people get richer and makes poor people poorer. These people say that globalization helps big companies like Coca-Cola and McDonald’s destroy local businesses. However, the people who think globalization is a good thing argue that globalization helps poorer people to become richer. They also think that it doesn’t destroy local cultures. These people also believe globalization helps prevent wars. This is because countries with economic (经济的) connections will try hard to keep good relationships so that their economies aren’t destroyed.
Whether you think globalization is good or bad, it affects the world in two areas: jobs and cultures.
Globalization has had a very strong influence on jobs all over the world. For some workers, such as engineers, lawyers and bankers, globalization has been a good development. These workers are able to successfully compete globally and have seen an increase in their pay. But for those who work in factories or in the service industry (at hotels, shops and restaurants), it has not been good. Workers from poorer countries are trying to get these types of jobs. They will do the same job for less money. This decreases the pay for that job, so people get paid less to do it.
Cultures have also been affected by globalization. Foods such as Japanese noodles, Indian curry and French cheeses have spread around the world. We can also see an increase in the use of Chinese characters in tattoos (纹身). Some people get these tattoos but they don’t really know what the characters mean. Globalization also affects the film industry. Most people have seen American movies. But because of globalization, Korean, Indian and Japanese movies have become more worldwide.
No one knows the future of globalization. Most experts agree that it will continue to grow and have an increasingly greater influence on people’s life in the future.
1. Some people think globalization is good because it may __________.A.change local cultures | B.help local businesses develop |
C.help stop wars among countries | D.make rich people become richer |
A.engineers will get a lower pay |
B.globalization greatly affects people’s jobs |
C.workers from rich countries get paid less |
D.people can get favorite jobs more easily |
A.enjoy foods from different countries | B.go to different countries for movies |
C.own the same culture in the end | D.know Chinese characters very well |
A.Globalization is sure to do good to people. |
B.Globalization may change people’s life in the future. |
C.Globalization will be limited in the future. |
D.Globalization will be loved throughout the world. |
3 . “The new normal” is one of those phrases that can accurately apply to a wide variety of life situations, including a medical diagnosis, death or change in life and work. The phrase implies both the newness of each of those circumstances, as well as the necessity that they will need to be normalized, integrated into the reality of our daily lives. Once we’ve settled into new routines and emotional patterns, our “normal” won’t be quite so new anymore, will it? The question is a subject of debate.
There is a large middle ground between the event that increases the need for “the new normal” and its final acceptance. Some people think it can’t handle tragedies. But the phrase keeps coming up in conversation, and it has made me realize that“normal”is the last word I would use to describe the fragile place I currently occupy. I find myself there as I mourn the loss of my grandfather, who died in September. For example, the new normal is to have Thanksgiving without Grandfather, then to remember him on what would have been his 75th birthday just a few days later. In other words, during this year of firsts, the new normal is a time of transition, not of arrival.
It strikes me that this is something to be celebrated, not worried over. Part of living positively is meeting ourselves wherever we are. And as I continue to navigate this in-between time, this period of slowly accepting my father’s absence from the Earth, I recognize that each step along the way is a worthwhile part of a healthy grieving process.
The same idea would apply to more positive changes, like a new home or job, as well as the challenges of the end of a relationship or a difficult medical reality. The new normal isn’t something any of us step into all at once. It’s something we become, move toward, and, eventually, accept. Let’s not be in a rush to reach that destination. The journey has much to teach us.
1. Which occasion should “the new normal” be applied to?A.A person’s illness outbreak. | B.A person’s routine working. |
C.A person’s constantly normal life. | D.A person’s annual birthday celebration. |
A.The fear of it. | B.The attitude to it. |
C.The reason for accepting it. | D.The difficulty in describing it. |
A.Forget the dead. | B.Live optimistically. |
C.Treasure the process over the result. | D.Mourn over a family member’s absence. |
A.To tell us to value our past challenges. | B.To tell us some meaningful life stories. |
C.To teach us how to handle our tragedies. | D.To teach us how to cope with life changes. |
4 . South Korea has the biggest rate of Internet addiction in the world and it is increasingly the country’s children who are spending every waking moment immersing themselves in fantasy role plays or gaming In the remote mountains of South Korea, teenage Internet addicts are turning up for a 12-day boot camp.
Kyle Won’s addiction is out of control. He spends 10 hours a day on the Internet. Now Kyle’s smartphone is taken away. The teachers here do what they can to get them socializing again; for many, the only friends they have had are online. “I have relationships on the Internet and a real distance has gown with my real-life friends and I know it’s not good,” Kyle said. The teachers show them other possibilities and bring back dreams and hopes that have been buried by their addictions. “We teach them methods of managing their desire to use the Internet so that they can continue to use it when they go back home,” Shim Yong-school, a teacher here, said. After just two days Kyle said It was helpful. He’s set a good example to others though he hasn’t reached the goal completely.
Sout Korean psychiatrists (精神病专家) are urging more/action as they are finding evidence that too much screen time is a barrier to the developing minds. Professor Kang Seak Young from Dankook, University said the addiction was damaging critical thinking. “It affects the frontal lobes (额叶) which are important to critical analysis” Professor Kang said. “Reading a book and guessing what happens in the story next show activity in frontal lobes but playing popular computer games for a long time shows no activity.”
South Korea is one of the most wired nations on Earth, but it does have a cost. One in every ten kids is an addict so the country is now learning how to manage its high-tech future to avoid more serious consequences.
1. What do the teachers in the camp teach teenagers to do?A.Self-manage their smartphones. | B.Attain something beyond the Internet. |
C.Make online friends more wisely. | D.Keep away from electronic products. |
A.He faced the most serious addiction. | B.He has succeeded in kicking the addiction. |
C.He’s the representative of the addicts. | D.He participated in the camp actively. |
A.The importance of offline reading. | B.The effects of frontal lobes on thinking. |
C.The popularity of kids’ Internet games. | D.The harm of Internet addiction to brains. |
A.There are two sides to every coin. | B.No pain, no gain. |
C.It’s good to learn at another man’s cost. | D.Prevention is better than cure. |
A.The man. | B.The firefighters. | C.The man’s brother. |
Each time I take the underground I find myself
I really miss the old days when I chatted with some passengers on the train. Now things are
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On Monday morning, I was on my way to school when suddenly as I saw a boy knocked down by the car. In a hurry, I ran over and found the boy was serious hurt with much blood on his face. Immediately, I call an ambulance and the boy was taking to the nearest hospital. To my relief, the boy was fine and would recover in a few day. I went away without giving his name. I was late for class, and I felt happy for what I had done. As a proverb says, “Help others is the source of happiness.” I feel it our duty make the world a better place to live in.
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Many young boys and girls have a habit of smoking, though they are middle school student. As we all know, smoking do harm to human beings. More and more people have realized how seriously this problem is, and they are never bored with it. Some people think smoking is a kind of fashion, and other think smoking can refresh themselves. In the fact, smoking causes many illnesses. The most serious illness causing by smoking is lung cancer. Meanwhile, smoking is a waste money. What’s more, careless smokers may cause danger fires.
9 . “If you buy things you do not need, soon you will have to sell things you need.” This is a piece of wise advice from Warren Buffet, arguably one of the greatest financial minds of the 21th century.
While the idea of being frugal(节俭的) has long been a part of Eastern culture, the relatively recent growth of wealth in China as well as the ease of purchasing has led to increased consumerism for many across the country. Yet this increased consumption of goods has been pushing up the prices of certain bare essentials such as housing, transportation and food, which is forcing people to reevaluate their priorities while spending money.
The internet is flooded with advice on where one can save money as well as good opinions about how they should spend their money. For example, clothes can be bought second-hand, but you should never skip a visit to the dentist.
Hopefully, we all fully understand at this point that the resources on the earth are indeed limited.
A.A continuous growth model on this planet is by no means sustainable. |
B.These words have always not been taken seriously by young people. |
C.They are meant to encourage people to buy more stuff than they need. |
D.It makes sense to prioritize goods and services that directly affect your health. |
E.It is no wonder then that being frugal is once again becoming a dominant trend. |
F.Many young people today appear to be taking these words very much to heart. |
G.If so, it is high time you started making changes for yourself and for all humanity. |
10 . Every time I take time off with my family, I tend to reflect on how technology has impacted our lives. It’s when we try to
When my family and I go on a trip together, it usually takes a few days for my kids to finally
It has become a(n)
Do you use technology as a tool to improve productivity or communicate and connect? Or, has technology become a(n)
So, spend
A.dream of | B.show off | C.shut off | D.major in |
A.referred to | B.commented on | C.learned from | D.depended on |
A.share | B.simplify | C.face | D.develop |
A.properly | B.secretly | C.informally | D.instantly |
A.present | B.accept | C.check | D.discover |
A.games | B.homework | C.difficulties | D.help |
A.flexible | B.honest | C.confident | D.brave |
A.rule | B.plan | C.truth | D.reward |
A.experience | B.predict | C.replace | D.permit |
A.risk | B.avoid | C.imagine | D.consider |
A.tradition | B.instruction | C.contribution | D.motivation |
A.disagreements | B.emergencies | C.electronics | D.competitions |
A.test | B.recognize | C.improve | D.forget |
A.Otherwise | B.Therefore | C.However | D.Besides |
A.return | B.adapt | C.react | D.complain |
A.work | B.meeting | C.holiday | D.relationship |
A.fun | B.solution | C.reason | D.routine |
A.condition | B.addiction | C.standard | D.honor |
A.connections | B.lessons | C.chances | D.suggestions |
A.local | B.limited | C.long | D.quality |