Holidays can be a very lonely time, particula...

Holidays can be a very lonely time, particularly for those who spend the holidays solo.1.

1.Plan your time in advance

You’ll have several days to fill up, so be proactive. Find books and movies you have always wanted to read and watch, and make a list of events that you’d like to attend.2.

2.Use your time wisely

3. See this time alone as a gift: a stretch of time where you have total control to do whatever you want. Use it wisely.

3.Don’t wallow（沉迷）

Holidays alone tend to be times when beating yourself up and getting depressed are more likely to happen. 4. Avoid solo holiday depression by re-arranging your time by yourself as an opportunity to grow. Be grateful—some people who are enduring family dinners wish they were in your place.

Volunteer

Food banks, shelters and crisis centers are short-staffed during holidays when the demand is the greatest. 5. And that will brighten other people’ s holidays in turn!

A.Do something fun, instead!

B.Meet for dinner, go for drinks, or throw a party.

C.Helping out those in need will make you feel good.

D.Regard it as an opportunity to refill your spiritual juice.

E.Here are tips to keep yourself balanced and productive over the holidays.

F. Make a list of things you have always wanted to do but never had the time for.

G. Without a plan you might find yourself being alone and bored, which will lower your spirits.

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Holidays can be a very lonely time, particularly for those who spend the holidays solo.1.

Plan your time in advance

You’ll have several days to fill up, so be proactive. Find books and movies you have always wanted to read and watch, and make a list of events that you’d like to attend.2.

Use your time wisely

3. See this time alone as a gift: a stretch of time where you have total control to do whatever you want. Use it wisely.

Don’t wallow（沉迷）

Holidays alone tend to be times when beating yourself up and getting depressed are more likely to happen. 4. Avoid solo holiday depression by re-arranging your time by yourself as an opportunity to grow. Be grateful—some people who are enduring family dinners wish they were in your place.

Volunteer

Food banks, shelters and crisis centers are short-staffed during holidays when the demand is the greatest. 5. And that will brighten other people’ s holidays in turn!

A.Do something fun, instead!

B.Meet for dinner, go for drinks, or throw a party.

C.Helping out those in need will make you feel good.

D.Regard it as an opportunity to refill your spiritual juice.

E.Here are tips to keep yourself balanced and productive over the holidays.

F.Make a list of things you have always wanted to do but never had the time for.

G.Without a plan you might find yourself being alone and bored, which will lower your spirits.

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For many people – especially those juggling (兼顾) family and work at the same time --- it can be difficult to stick with a college degree. Kathy Bitzthum thought many times about dropping out of her accounting program at Iowa State University: She had two children and a job at Electronic Technology Corp. She’d only enrolled in the first place because her boss would offer her a promotion if she took a few accounting courses.

Because she only had enough time to take one class at a time, it took her seven years to complete the courses her boss asked her to take on. She received the promotion as her boss promised and wasn’t planning to continue a degree. But a request from her father, who was dying of cancer, made her think twice. He said to her, “Kathy, why don’t you just keep going and get your degree?”

Before he passed away, he made her promise that she would finish it. And he made her a promise in turn. Vitzthum’s parents had agreed to give each of their children a valuable gift when they graduated from college, and Vitzthum was obsessed with an antique she’d come across and knew that she couldn’t afford. After she promised to graduate from college, her parents bought her the antique. Her father told her, “I’m not going to be around when you graduate, so I’ll give this to you now. But it doesn’t _________ until you graduate from college.”

Since then, Vitzthum has looked at that antique every day and remembered the promise she had made to her father. Despite a hectic life as a wife, mother and full-time employee, she’s taken one course every semester for the last 19 years. And finally, at the age of 48, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting --- and she was excited to accept full ownership (所有权) of the antique that she’d borrowed for more than a decade.

1.What had contributed to Kathy’s studying the accounting program at Iowa State University?

___________________________________________________________________

2.Why did it take Kathy seven years to finish the accounting program?(no more than 10 words)

___________________________________________________________________

3.What did Kathy’s father make her promise to do before he died?(no more than 10 words)

___________________________________________________________________

4.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words.(no more than 3 words)

___________________________________________________________________

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?(no more than 12 words)

___________________________________________________________________

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The holidays are simply the best time of the year._______, for those of us who use a wheelchair, there are some unique_______to be overcome when celebrating with family and friends.

When I was 13, I_______my neck in a car accident. Paralyzed（瘫痪）from the chest down, the_______weeks and months that followed were an unbelievable whirlwind（忙乱）of activity. Just days before the_______,the biggest challenge in my life was making sure to turn my homework in_______.

But in just an instant it all_______. My family and 1 were forced to_______surgical options, where to go for_______， and how to pay for everything. All the while, I was________as my world turned upside down. The________physical recovery center was several states away, so when holidays rolled around, taking a trip home to celebrate was near the________of our list. What I would come to learn is that a celebration with family was________what I needed.

My family surprised me with a________that Christmas. I couldn’t travel________, so everyone came to me and turned the small apartment in a________city into a warm home. They brought more food than anyone could hope to eat and plenty of________. More________, for the first time, I felt________again. All of a sudden I was sitting at the same kids’ table and laughing with my cousins like________had happened.

1.A.However B.Therefore C.Besides D.Still

2.A.fear B.shyness C.differences D.challenges

3.A.turned B.broke C.rubbed D.protected

4.A.previous B.casual C.immediate D.vacant

5.A.accident B.operation C.holiday D.examination

6.A.on earth B.on purpose C.on time D.on demand

7.A.improved B.changed C.mattered D.helped

8.A.make preparations for B.make commitments to C.make contributions to　　　　　　　　　 D.make decisions on

9.A.recovery B.occupation C.reflection D.exercise

10.A.relaxing B.appealing C.struggling D.hesitating

11.A.chosen B.finished C.abandoned D.known

12.A.top B.bottom C.back D.edge

13.A.hardly B.impossibly C.repeatedly D.exactly

14.A.prize B.victory C.party D.conclusion

15.A.abroad B.home C.alone D.outdoors

16.A.familiar B.native C.foreign D.strange

17.A.decorations B.fruits C.medicine D.homework

18.A.hopefully B.importantly C.successfully D.differently

19.A.smart B.ambitious C.normal D.healthy

20.A.something B.everything C.anything D.nothing

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College can be a very demanding time for students．These tips can help keep college stress at a minimum before it becomes too hard to handle．

Get organized．By becoming more organized, you can reduce your stress level drastically（彻底地）Make a daily schedule of all your activities．Another way to become more organized is by getting your supplies and desk in order．Label folders（文件夹） for each class and arrange your notes and assignment by topic or date so you can easily find information．

Don't procrastinate．Putting off doing your schoolwork will only make you more stressed．If you get an assignment that is due in a month, and you don't have any other assignment to finish, go ahead and begin working on it．

Exercise．Performing some sort of physical activity for thirty minutes three times a week will considerably lower your stress level．Taking the time to exercise will help get your mind off the chaos and stress in your life．

Get plenty of sleep and eat healthily．You need between seven to eight hours of sleep per night in order to rest your mind and body so they can perform well during the day．Eating well-balanced meals will provide your with enough energy to accomplish your daily activities．

Adopt a positive attitude．If you are always negative, then stress will overwhelm you．By looking at things in a positive light, you will not only reduce your stress, but you will also feel better about yourself．

Realize that it's okay to say "no"．If you already have a full schedule, don't attempt to add anything else to it．If your friends want you to go out at the last minute but doing so would conflict with your schedule, don't feel bad about turning them down．They will understand．They have been stressed before too．

1.According to the tips, your life will be   if you study without a proper schedule．

A．organized      B．in disorder       C．free       D．busy

2.Which is NOT TRUE according to the tips?

A．The more you sleep, the less stressed you will feel．

B．A balanced diet will make you energetic．

C．Regular exercise will help you feel relaxed．

D．Everything in a mess will increase one's stress．

3.What does the underlined word " procrastinate" mean?

A．ahead of time．                                    B．delay．

C．give up．                        D．make up．

4.If your good friend invites you to do something while you are busy．what should you do so as not to increase stress?

A．You should accept the invitation．                 B．You had better say "no"．

C．You should keep silent．         D．You should feel bad．

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Human beings have used tools for a very long time. In some parts of the world you can still find tools that people used more than two million years ago. They made these tools by hitting one stone against another. In this way, they broke off pieces from one of the stones. These chips of stone were usually sharp on one side. People used them for cutting meat and skin from dead animals, and also for making other tools out of wood. Human beings needed to use tools because they did not have sharp teeth like other meat eating animals, such as lions and tigers. Tools helped people to get food more easily.

Working with tools also helped to develop human intelligence. The human brain grew bigger, and human beings began to invent more and more tools and machines. The stone chip was one of the first tools that people used, and perhaps it is the most important. Some scientists say that it was the key to success of mankind.

Since 1960 a new kind of tool has appeared. This is the silicon chip (硅芯片). It is smaller than a finger nail, but it can store lots of information. It is an electronic brain. Every year these chips get cleverer, but their size gets smaller, and their cost gets less. They are used in watches, calculators and intelligent machines that we can use in many ways. In the future we will not need to work with tools in the old way. Machines will do everything for us. People will have plenty of spare time. But what will they do with it?

Human beings used stone chips for more than two million years, but human life changed very little in that time. We have used silicon chips for only a few years, but life is changing faster every day. What will life be like twenty years from now? What will the world be like two million years from now?

1.From paragraph 1, we can know ________.

A. why early human beings cut skin from dead animals

B. how early human beings discovered the tools

C. what early human beings used the tools for

D. what food early human beings stored

2.The stone chip is thought to be the most important tool because it ________.

A. was very important to the development of mankind

B. led to the invention of machines in the early time

C. developed cooking abilities of mankind

D. was one of the first tools of mankind

3.The silicon chip is mentioned in the passage to ________.

A. show the changes of tools

B. introduce a new kind of tool

C. give an example of using tools

D. compare the effects of two kinds of tools

4.At the end of the passage the author seems to suggest that life in future is ________.

A. out of order　 　 B. less colorful

C. hard to predict D. full of meanings

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September can be a depressing month. The summer holidays are over, it’s time to go back to work or school and Christmas is four months away. However, for some people it’s the perfect time to get away.

These days more and more people are taking their holidays late in the year and for good reasons. Holidays in autumn can be cheaper, the resorts are less crowded and the weather isn’t as extreme as it is in the summer. So, where are the best places to go? Here are our top tips.

Sardinia (in Italy) has an average temperature of 27℃ in September. It also has “Autunno in Barbagia” (Autumn in Barbagia) a series of festivals that take place in 27 villages in Barbagia, a mountainous region of inland Sardinia. The festivals continue from September to December, so there’s always something happening. There are street markets, craft workshops and there’s lots of eating and drinking (This is Italy, after all).

Dubrovnik Croatia has become very popular in summer but it’s quieter and more pleasant once the crowds have left. The weather is still warm but less humid. You can take a ferry to the popular beaches on the islands of Sunj and enjoy it with locals.

Dahab Egypt, is extremely hot in the summer with temperatures up to 38℃. However, the autumn is cooler while the sea is still warm. This makes Dahab the perfect place for snorkeling and windsurfing. There are also interesting historical sites to visit such as the Coloured Canyon, with its dramatic rock formations, and St Catherine’s Monastery, at the foot of Mount Sinai.

Kas is a relaxed fishing village on the Lycian coast in southern Turkey. There are plenty of things to do and the temperature has dropped (so you can actually enjoy doing them!) Kas is a good place to stay if you want to walk part of the Lycian way: a long-distance footpath that stretches for 500km from Fethiye to Antalya through the ancient land of Lycia. There are also watersports, of course. The best time to go diving is supposed to be after the first rains of autumn (usually between late September and early October) when the fish become most active.

Marrakech Morocco is another good destination. The city itself is a fascinating place to spend a few days. When you have had enough of that, go to Tigmi, a beautiful hill town about 20 kilometers away. There’s a hammam (a Turkish bath) and a large heated pool, which makes it the perfect place to relax.

Wherever you go this autumn – have fun!

1.Here are the good reasons for people to take holidays in autumn except that _______.

A. Holidays in autumn can be cheaper

B. the scenery in autumn is more attractive

C. the resorts in autumn are less crowded

D. The weather is neither too hot nor too cold

2.We can infer from Paragraph 3 that _______________.

A. visitors can take part in a series of festivals in October in Barbagia

B. Barbagia in Egypt is surrounded by mountains

C. the festivals continue from September to November

D. the temperature in Sardinia in September is always below 27℃

3.For someone who enjoys walking, __________ is the best choice.

A. Kas        B. Marrakech       C. Dahab        D. Dubrovnik

4.Which of the following places may not be close to sea?

A. Dubrovnik      B. Dahab        C. Kas         D. Marrakech

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The bacteria which inhabit (栖居于) human beings, particularly the guts (肠道) of those beings, have been found in recent years to be important for fighting off diseases. That something similar happens in other animal species is doubtless true as well. But work by Seon-Woo Lee at Dong-A University and Jihyun Kim at Yonsei University, both in South Korea, suggests that it is not only animals that benefit from such bacterial protection. Their study, just published in Nature Biotechnology, shows that plants do, too.

Crop plants of the nightshade family, such as potatoes and tomatoes, are not immune to a soil bacterium called Ralstonia solanacearum. This enters their roots and spreads through their water-transport systems, causing them to wilt (枯萎). Infection is usually deadly; the disease costs potato farmers alone $1bn a year. A variety of tomato called Hawaii 7996, however, does not suffer from such bacterial wilt. Dr Lee and Dr Kim wondered if the explanation for this exceptionalism lay with other bacteria in the soil.

To test that idea, they grew crops of Hawaii 7996 and a second tomato variety called Moneymaker. Once the plants were established, the researchers analyzed bacteria in the soil around the plants’ roots and found systematic differences that depended on which tomato variety was growing. This observation made their explanation reasonable and likely to be true.

They then transplanted some of their Moneymaker plants into soil that had previously supported Hawaii 7996s, and some of the Hawaiian plants into soil that had been home to Moneymakers. As controls, they similarly uprooted (拔起) individuals of both varieties and replanted them in soil once occupied by the same variety. That done, they exposed all of their plants to R. solanacearum and monitored them over the course of 14 days.

They found the disease progressed almost 30% more slowly in Moneymaker plants grown in “Hawaiian” soil than it did in those Moneymakers that had been replanted into their own soil. In contrast, it progressed rapidly in the normally resistant Hawaiian variety when this was transferred into Moneymaker soil.

Further study revealed that credit for this disease resistance went to a single type of soil bacterium, called TRM1. Dr Lee and Dr Kim therefore cultivated (培育) this bug in their laboratory and used it to treat soil into which Moneymaker plants were then planted. When these were infected with R. solanacearum they proved more resistant than others that had been planted into untreated soil as controls.

These findings suggest to Dr Lee and Dr Kim that the roots of Hawaii 7996 are releasing compounds (化合物) which encourage the growth of TRM1. What those compounds are has yet to be determined. The two researchers’ work, however, seems to suggest something constructive.

1.The author mentions the bacteria inhabiting human beings to introduce ___________.

A. the benefits of bacteria to humans　　 B. the effects of bacteria on plants

C. the efforts to fight off diseases　　 D. the reasons for plant diseases

2.What are the two researchers’ findings based on?

A. Comprehensive analyses of how plants are infected.

B. Careful observation of the transplanting process.

C. Controlled experiments on the uprooted individuals of both varieties.

D. Comparison of the progress of the disease in different conditions.

3.According to the study, why are some plants immune to infection?

A. They have better water-transport systems.

B. They are protected by some other bacteria.

C. They are genetically different from others.

D. They have resistance to bacteria when transferred.

4.The two researchers’ work indicates that _____________.

A. new ways will be found to deal with bacterial wilt

B. causes of some plant diseases have been discovered

C. a new chapter of agricultural science and technology has started

D. the composition of the compounds released has been identified

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For those who can stomach it, working out before breakfast may be more beneficial for health than eating first, according to a study of meal timing and physical activity.

Athletes and scientists have long known that meal timing affects performance. However, far less has been known about how meal timing and exercise might affect general health.

To find out, British scientists conducted a study. They first found 10 overweight and inactive but otherwise healthy young men, whose lifestyles are, for better and worse, representative of those of most of us. They tested the men’s fitness and resting metabolic (新陈代谢的) rates and took samples (样品) of their blood and fat tissue.

Then, on two separate morning visits to the scientists’ lab, each man walked for an hour at an average speed that, in theory should allow his body to rely mainly on fat for fuel. Before one of these workouts, the men skipped breakfast, meaning that they exercised on a completely empty stomach after a long overnight fast (禁食). On the other occasion, they ate a rich morning meal about two hours before they started walking.

Just before and an hour after each workout, the scientists took additional samples of the men’s blood and fat tissue.

Then they compared the samples. There were considerable differences. Most obviously, the men displayed lower blood sugar levels at the start of their workouts when they had skipped breakfast than when they had eaten. As a result, they burned more fat during walks on an empty stomach than when they had eaten first. On the other hand, they burned slightly more calories (卡路里), on average, during the workout after breakfast than after fasting.

But it was the effects deep within the fat cells that may have been the most significant, the researchers found. Multiple genes behaved differently, depending on whether someone had eaten or not before walking. Many of these genes produce proteins (蛋白质) that can improve blood sugar regulation and insulin (胰岛素) levels throughout the body and so are associated with improved metabolic health. These genes were much more active when the men had fasted before exercise than when they had breakfasted.

The implication of these results is that to gain the greatest health benefits from exercise, it may be wise to skip eating first.

1.The underlined expression “stomach it” in Paragraph 1 most probably means “______”.

A.digest the meal easily B.manage without breakfast

C.decide wisely what to eat D.eat whatever is offered

2.Why were the 10 people chosen for the experiment?

A.Their lifestyles were typical of ordinary people.

B.Their lack of exercise led to overweight.

C.They could walk at an average speed.

D.They had slow metabolic rates.

3.What happened to those who ate breakfast before exercise?

A.They successfully lost weight. B.They consumed a bit more calories.

C.They burned more fat on average. D.They displayed higher insulin levels.

4.What could be learned from the research?

A.A workout after breakfast improves gene performances.

B.Too much workout often slows metabolic rates.

C.Lifestyle is not as important as morning exercise.

D.Physical exercise before breakfast is better for health.

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[1]Traveling overseas to a foreign country can be an amazing experience. However, for those who are not prepared to take part in a new culture, they may be totally overwhelmed by having to go through this unfamiliar chain of events. This phenomenon is called culture shock, and often occurs when people visit a country for which they are not ready. One can avoid embarrassment and enjoy the trip more if they have taken preparations against such "shock" in the first place.

[2] First off, one must remember to prepare themselves through education for their visit. Do not just show up in some country like Mongolia with no idea about what to expect even in the least. Instead, take some time to read, research, and look up information on the specific country you are traveling to, either through the use of a library or a bookstore, or through the Internet.

[3] Secondly, ________. Many times these people can answer questions you may have about the country, especially ones you may not have answers to from the research you have done online or in print. Firsthand experience is extremely valuable and having someone you can trust to talk about their experience in a certain country is very important.

[4] Lastly, after you have done everything you can do to prepare, you are on your way to your destination, remember to be very, very flexible, and be polite. It is so important to be flexible in your travel, which really helps in breaking down any culture shock on might experience. Keep these tips in mind, and be open in your travel experiences. Happy traveling!

1.What is the best title of the passage?(no more than 10 words)

________

________

2. Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

It is very important to have a talk with someone who has traveled in a certain country about their experience, which is of great value.

________

3.Fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words. (no more than 10 words)

4.What advice do you think is the most important one if you want to travel overseas? (no more than 20 words)

________

5.Translate the underlined sentences in the last paragraph into Chinese.

________

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