Nowadays, many people love to travel. It is v...

Nowadays, many people love to travel. It is very common for people to go on a trip at any time.1. Perhaps, the reason for its present popularity is that more people have come to realize the benefits of traveling.

Traveling provides a good many opportunities for fun, adventure and discovery. When we visit other countries, we gain a better understanding of the people living there. We learn their cultures, history and background. We discover the similarities they have with us. 2. It is interesting to learn from people with different backgrounds.

Traveling helps to enrich our lives. 3. When we visit interesting places, we discover and learn many things. We discover new people, surroundings, plants and animals. If we want to make our travel more exciting and challenging, we can plan our own tour and select the specific places we want to visit.

Traveling is refreshing. It is a psychological necessity, especially for people who have stressful jobs.4. Staying at home during the weekend is not enough to make some people feel relaxed.5.It helps them to handle the stress they experience at work better. After the break , they feel more energetic in their work. For many working adults, regular getaways help them keep their energy and enthusiasm they require for their work. Without these breaks, they may suffer from work burnout.

A.Years of hard work finally pay off.

B.We also get to know their differences from us.

C.It increases our knowledge and widens our vision.

D.Some even consider traveling as part of their lifestyle.

E.In today’s society, many people suffer great stress at work.

F.Taking periodic (定期的) trips produces better results for them.

G.It is indeed a joyful thing to share the experience of a special trip with others.

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It is very important for people to drink water in our everyday life. Many people believe they are supposed to drink eight glasses of water a day, or about two liters. Why? Because that is what they have been told all their life. But a recent report offers some different advice. Experts say people should obey their bodies; they should drink as much water as they feel like drinking. The report says most healthy people meet their daily needs for liquid by letting thirst be their guide. The report is from the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academies. The report contains some general suggestions. The experts say women should get about 2.7 liters of water daily. Men should get about 3.7 liters. But wait——in each case, that is more than eight glasses.

There is one important difference. The report does not tell people how many glasses of water to drink. In fact, the experts say it may be impossible to know how many glasses are needed to meet these guidelines. This is because the daily water requirement can include the water content in foods. People do not get water only by forcing themselves to drink a set number of glasses per day. People also drink fruit juices and sodas and milk. They drink coffee and tea. These all contain water. Yet some also contain caffeine. This causes the body to expel(排出)more water. But the writers of the report say this does not mean the body loses too much water.

As you might expect, the Institute of Medicine says people need to drink more water when they are physically active. The same is true of those who live in hot climates. Depending on heat and activity, people could need two times as much water as others do. All this, however, does not answer one question. No one seems sure why people have the idea that good health requires eight glasses of water daily.

It may have started with a misunderstanding. In 1945, the National Academy of Sciences published some guidelines. Its Food and Nutrition Board(营养膳食) said a good amount of water for most adults was 2.5 liters daily. This was based on an average of one milliliter(毫升)for each calorie of food eaten. But that was only part of what the board said. It also said that most of this amount is contained in prepared foods.

1.In experts’ opinion, every day a person should drink ____.

A. as much water as he can                 B. more than eight glasses of water

C. according to actual need for his body           D. when he comes in sight of water

2.What is mainly described in the second paragraph?

A. People know about the daily water requirement.

B. People need water instead of all kinds of drink.

C. People get daily water not only from drinking.

D. People drink all kinds of drink every day.

3.Who might drink less water according to the third paragraph?

4.The main purpose of writing the texts is to _______.

A. make a good suggestion of drinking daily  B. make clear the requirements to drink daily

C. tell the importance of drinking water daily     D. figure out a good amount of water daily

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It is very common that many students complain they lack concentration. For example ,“I can’t concentrate.” “My mind wanders when I try to study.”

We all have the ability to concentrate. Think of the times when you were attracted to a super novel or the times when you were playing your guitar or piano. But at other times your mind races from one thing to another. Here are some tips.

Rest from time to time. Remember to take short breaks. Lectures are usually 50 minutes long, and that’s about the length of time most people can direct their attention to one task. But that’s just an average. Your concentration time might be shorter (20-35 minutes) or longer (perhaps 90 minutes). When you take a break, you get more oxygen to your brain! When we sit for long periods, blood tends to be pooled in our lower body and legs. Get up and walk around the room for a couple of minutes. As a result, more oxygen is carried to the brain and you can concentrate better.

If you study one subject for a long time, you may find it hard to concentrate. Many students improve their concentration by changing one subject to another every one to two hours. In this way you can pay more attention to something that’s different.

Reward yourself. Give yourself a reward when you’ve completed a task. The task might be small, such as staying with a difficult paper until you’ve finished. But giving yourself a reward can help you be more interested in doing other tasks.

Increase your activity level. Your concentration wanders more easily if you just read an article straight through. Instead, take the heading for each part and turn it into a question. For this part, that would be, “How can I increase my activity level while studying?” Then study that part to answer that question. Do this routinely. The questions give us a focus for each part and increase our involvement (参与).

1.According to Paragraph 3, what’s the purpose of walking around?

A.To help us stay fit.

B.To provide the brain with more oxygen

C.To benefit our lower body.

D.To increase our concentration time to 90 minutes.

2.What’s the best title for Paragraph 4?

A.Study for one hour each time.

B.Do something difficult.

C.Change subjects.

D.Study in different ways.

3.In the last paragraph, the writer suggests that______.

A.we just read the heading of some articles

B.we do our best to read an article straight through

C.we ask other people questions about the article we are reading

D.we ask ourselves questions about what we are reading

4.The writer wrote the passage to______.

A.encourage us to try to concentrate

B.give us the reasons for a lack of concentration

C.teach us how to concentrate while studying

D.list the benefits we can get from concentration

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Traveling is one of the most important activities and people have been interested in it for many years. Modern traffics develops fast, so traveling to different places has become much easier than before.

Staying healthy：while traveling can make your trip happier. But do you know how to keep healthy during a trip? The following information may be useful for you.

Before leaving：

● Wear comfortable shoes, a hat and sunglasses.

● Take some necessary medicine with you. They can be used when you get sick or have other problems.

● If you do lots of sports like walking or climbing on your trip, you should do some exercise for weeks or months before you leave.

While traveling：

● Be sure not to eat dirty food or bad fruit.

● Have enough time to take a rest during your trip.

● Tap water(自来水) is not safe, so drink bottled water and always clean the cover on the bottle.

1.The passage mainly talks about ________.

A. eating            B. traveling            drinking            D. shopping

2.If you do lots of sports while traveling, you should ________ before you leave.

A. do some exercise for weeks or months

B. learn more about sports

C. watch many sports games

D. buy a car

3.You should ________ before you leave your home for trip.

A. take some medicine with you

B. clean your house

C. drink much water

D. wear warm clothes

4.You had better ________ while you are having a trip.

A. do enough exercise

B. have enough time to take a rest

C. drink tap water

D. be too tired

5.If you ________ while travelling, your trip will be happier.

A. walk fast                        B. eat too much

C. keep healthy                        D. climb the mountain

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It is very common that former people have difficulty in  _____ modern life.

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Nowadays it is common that people are buying more products and services than ever before through the Internet, so do Americans. And experts say the popularity of online sales is likely to spread to other countries. Online sales now represent as much as 10% of all retail sales in the United States. This has led traditional stores to seek new ways to keep their customers loyal.

Taking Lynne for example, she made good use of the Internet. She used the Internet to buy everything she needed for her Wedding and holiday gifts for her husband and daughter. Other than food, 90% of her purchases were made on her home computer. “I find that, by being able to go online, choose the things that I need, and have them delivered to me right at my doorstep, I eliminate all the driving, all the crowds, all the noise of that, and I usually get a better selection.”

There are a lot of people like her. Experts say American online shopping hit records in both November and December.57% of Americans have bought something electronically. Store owners worry that this growing amount of online sales will hurt their business. Cornell University marketing professor Ed Melaughlin says they can keep their customers by selling goods like clothing, which buyers may want to see and try on before purchasing. The stores could also offer things that are difficult to ship. Besides, some stores can please customers by offering to repair electronic products.

Bill Martin is the founder of Shopper Trak. His business helps stores learn about their customers. He said, “There is still a lot of emotion in the buying decision, you know, that takes place. Often you need that last sense of “Boy, this is exactly what I want before you are ready to part with money, and you can't always get that online. It's a rather cold process.”

While e-commerce worries some business owners, the only worry for delivery services is keeping up with the number of packages. UPS manager Dana Kline says her company is very busy at this time of the year.

UPS is so busy that it has filled 55,000 temporary work positions during the holiday season.

1.The purpose of this passage is to tell us ________.

A. the challenge online owners are faced with

B. the challenge e－commerce causes to traditional sales

C. the difference between online sales and traditional sales

D. the trouble that customers often meet when purchasing online

2.The example of Lynne is mentioned in the passage to show________.

A. online sales will replace traditional sales sooner or later

B. traditional stores find new ways to keep their customers loyal

C. traditional stores can't offer enough food to their customers

D. online business has changed many Americans' life

3.The underlined word “eliminate” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “________”.

A. include　　 B. avoid

C. increase　　 D. discourage

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People who traveled in the past had to put up with many discomforts which we do not have nowadays, and of course they traveled far more slowly. Roads were bad indeed and you often found you could not get along at all because of the mud. In dry weather many places were thick in dust and when it was stormy, trees might fall across the road and it was nobody’s business to clear them away.

Ordinary people traveled on foot or on horseback, but everyone who could afford it kept a private coach. There were public coaches too. called “stage coaches” because long journeys took several days and were done in stages, with stops over night at inns. Some stage, coaches ran only in the summer months. Others all the year around. They were very slow and crowded and passengers often became in on the way because of the swaying (摇晃).

Break downs were frequent, since many roads were not smooth. So a coach might very easily turn right over. Early in the century coach and wagon builders were encouraged to put very wide wheels on their vehicles. So that these might level the roads a little. But many people complained of this since it slowed travel down a good deal.

Most travelers during the 18th century wrote bitterly about the state of the roads. One visitor to Sussex took six hours to travel nine miles in his coach; another wrote to a friend that on time of his journeys “almost every mile was marked by the overturn of a carriage”.

1.Which of the following mainly prevented people from travelling fast in the past?

A. Falling trees    B. Thick dust

C. Muddy road    D. Many discomforts

2. The underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refers to _____.

A. the discomforts     B. the blocked roads

C. the dusty places     D. the fallen trees

3. Public coaches were called “stage-coaches” because ______.

A. the long journey was broken into several parts

B. they were slow and crowded

C. they stopped for meals at inns

D. they served public people only

4. The sentence “almost every mile was marked by the overturn of a carriage” suggests that ______.

A. the coaches were of poor quality

B. the writers liked to describe the road bitterly

C. the road condition was really poor

D. travelling about in the past was extremely slow

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Nowadays it is difficult for people to find ________ work everywhere because ________ economic situation is very serious.

A. 不填；an          B. a; the            C. 不填; the          D. a; 不填;

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It is very important for us parents to be ______ ___in educating children.

A. common               B. similar                   C. consistent             D. available

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Most people in the world like to enjoy nature. Travel is one of the most popular ways. Nowadays modern transportation can take people everywhere. But people who lived before the 1880s probably would not travel very far. They would not have time to travel far from their work. Anyone who travelled 36  would usually walk or ride a horse. But in Germany a man named Karl Benz had an idea that 37  the world in a dramatic way. In 1885, he made 38  . His car had three wheels, 39  most cars today. The car could only go 40  16 kilometres an hour.

At around the same time, the man 41  his first car in Detroit, America is called Henry Ford. Detroit is now still famous all over the world as the centre of American car-making.

Cars were very few and only 42  people could buy them. 43  , in England cars were thought to be 44  at that time, so for a few years someone 45  walk in front of every car 46  a red flag! This was to make sure that the car did not go too fast and hurt  47  .

In the 1910s, Henry Ford had 48  a better kind of car called the Model T Ford and he built a  49  where the cars could be made 50  . In this way the car could be made 51  and the cost was less and more and more people could 52  them. But there was still a problem 53  all the cars were black. That was because it was 54  to produce cars that were all the same color. Now, of course, you can buy cars in all 55  .

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