Certain activities can be good or bad for our brains, so let’s see which of the seven habits you should carry on doing or give up.
| Sitting still When we sit for long periods (more than three hours), our inactivity decreases the blood flow to the brain and the oxygen supply. This decreases brain activity in the part of the brain we use for thinking, organizing and decision-making. Action: Relax the brain by getting up to stretch and move around every 30 minutes. |
| Staying curious Learning new skills leads to better understanding - the brain’s ability to form new connections between existing neurons（神经元）. Action: Why not take up a musical instrument or an evening class? |
| Fast food The quickest way to jam our brains is to fill our bodies with fast food. Too much salt leads to more brain illnesses. Action: Eat fresh and green food as much as you can. |
| High-quality sleep Studies have shown being deprived（剥夺）of sleep for 24 hour decreases memory and concentration. But regular, restful sleep improves memory. Action: Try and go to bed before midnight and aim for 7-8 hours’ sleep. |
| Being overweight Obesity does great harm to the brain and is also a risk factor for cognitive（认知的）decline. Action; Try to lose some weight if you are too fat |
| Drinking alcohol regularly Regular drinking lowers the levels of serotonin (血清素) in your brain and can make you depressed. Action: Many medical experts recommend taking regular days off from drinking to ensure you don’t feel sad and don’t become addicted. |
1.Which of the following should we do if we want to keep our brains healthy?
A. Take exercise every 3 hours B. Learn to play the guitar
C. Only cat fresh and green food D. Drink too much
2.What does the underlined word “depressed” in the last section mean?
A. Excited B. Sad
C. Clam D. Determined
3.What will the author talk about next?
A. The best exercise for brains
B. Important habits in our daily life
C. The importance to keep the brain healthy
D. The seventh habit that may influence your brain
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题
Certain activities can be good or bad for our brains, so let’s see which of the seven habits you should carry on doing or give up.
| Sitting still When we sit for long periods (more than three hours), our inactivity decreases the blood flow to the brain and the oxygen supply. This decreases brain activity in the part of the brain we use for thinking, organizing and decision-making. Action: Relax the brain by getting up to stretch and move around every 30 minutes. |
| Staying curious Learning new skills leads to better understanding - the brain’s ability to form new connections between existing neurons（神经元）. Action: Why not take up a musical instrument or an evening class? |
| Fast food The quickest way to jam our brains is to fill our bodies with fast food. Too much salt leads to more brain illnesses. Action: Eat fresh and green food as much as you can. |
| High-quality sleep Studies have shown being deprived（剥夺）of sleep for 24 hour decreases memory and concentration. But regular, restful sleep improves memory. Action: Try and go to bed before midnight and aim for 7-8 hours’ sleep. |
| Being overweight Obesity does great harm to the brain and is also a risk factor for cognitive（认知的）decline. Action; Try to lose some weight if you are too fat |
| Drinking alcohol regularly Regular drinking lowers the levels of serotonin (血清素) in your brain and can make you depressed. Action: Many medical experts recommend taking regular days off from drinking to ensure you don’t feel sad and don’t become addicted. |
1.Which of the following should we do if we want to keep our brains healthy?
A. Take exercise every 3 hours B. Learn to play the guitar
C. Only cat fresh and green food D. Drink too much
2.What does the underlined word “depressed” in the last section mean?
A. Excited B. Sad
C. Clam D. Determined
3.What will the author talk about next?
A. The best exercise for brains
B. Important habits in our daily life
C. The importance to keep the brain healthy
D. The seventh habit that may influence your brain
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Going green seems to be fad (时尚) for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can’t really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April 22,2011,we decided to be green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic (有机的) stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don’t need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planets.
1.What might be the best title for the passage?
A.Going Green. B.Protecting the Planet.
C.Keeping Open-Minded D.Celebrating Our Green Year.
2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_________.
A.they were expected to follow the green fad
B.they didn’t know how to educate other people
C.they were unwilling to reduce their energy
D.they needed to perform unusual green tasks
3.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?
A.They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.
B.They ignore others’ ungreen behavior.
C.They chose better chemical cleaners.
D.They sold their home-made food.
4.What can we infer form the last paragraph?
A.The government will give support to the green people.
B.The couple may continue their project in the future.
C.Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas.
D.Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.
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Going green seems to be fad (时尚) for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can't really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April 22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyle. We now shop at organic(有机的)stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don't need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.
1.What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Celebrating Our Green Year.
B. Protecting the Planet.
C. Keeping Open-Minded
D. Going Green.
2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_________.
A. they needed to perform unusual green tasks
B. they didn't know how to educate other people
C. they were unwilling to reduce their energy
D. they were expected to follow the green fad
3.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?
A. They ignore others' ungreen behavior.
B. They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.
C. They chose better chemical cleaners.
D. They sold their home-made food.
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The government will give support to the green people.
B. Some people disagree with the couple's green ideas.
C. The couple may continue their project in the future.
D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.
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Going green seems to be fad(时尚)for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can’t really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April 22,2011,we decided to be green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic(有机的) stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don’t need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planets.
1.What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Going Green. B. Protecting the Planet.
C. Keeping Open-Minded D. Celebrating Our Green Year.
2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_________.
A. they were expected to follow the green fad
B. they didn’t know how to educate other people
C. they were unwilling to reduce their energy
D. they needed to perform unusual green tasks
3.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?
A. They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.
B. They ignore others’ ungreen behavior.
C. They chose better chemical cleaners.
D. They sold their home-made food.
4.What can we infer form the last paragraph?
A. The government will give support to the green people.
B. The couple may continue their project in the future.
C. Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas.
D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Going green seems to be fad(时尚)for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can’t really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April 22,2011,we decided to be green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic(有机的) stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don’t need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planets.
1.What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Going Green. B. Protecting the Planet.
C. Keeping Open-Minded D. Celebrating Our Green Year.
2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_________.
A. they were expected to follow the green fad
B. they didn’t know how to educate other people
C. they were unwilling to reduce their energy
D. they needed to perform unusual green tasks
3.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?
A. They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.
B. They ignore others’ ungreen behavior.
C. They chose better chemical cleaners.
D. They sold their home-made food.
4.What can we infer form the last paragraph?
A. The government will give support to the green people.
B. The couple may continue their project in the future.
C. Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas.
D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.
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In our school, some students are active______ some are shy, yet they can be good friends with one another.
A．so B．although C．while D．as
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Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is 1.(drive) by an unseen force to do the same thing 2.(repeat); then a habit is formed.
Once a habit is formed, it's difficult 3.(get) rid of it 4. , it's very important that we should pay attention to the forming of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of5.remain with them. Laziness, lying and stealing are all 6. (easy) formed bad habits. There are other habits formed in early life that 7.(be) of great help. Many 8.(success ) men say much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, like early rising, honesty, 9.(concentrate) and so on.
After 10. (know) the above , we should keep from all the bad habits and try to form good ones.
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Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed． When a person does a certain thing again, he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly, then a habit is formed． Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of． It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits． Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live． Older persons also form bad habits lasting as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them．
There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help． Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and so on．
Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on．These are all easily formed habits．Unfortunately older persons often form habits which could have been avoided ．
We should keep away from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will be good for ourselves and others．
1.________ are formed little by little．
A． Good habits
B． Bad habits
C． Both good habits and bad habits
D． Either good habits or bad habits
2.The underlined word "them" in the first paragraph refers to ________．
A． bad habits
B． good habits
C． children
D． other persons．
3.Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?
A． Because habits are of great help to every one of us．
B． Because a man can never get rid of a habit．
C． Because it's hard and sometimes even impossible to throw away bad habits．
D． Because we are forced to do them again and again．
4.According to the passage, early rising ________．
A． has something to do with success
B． is an easily formed habit
C． is such a habit as should have been avoided
D． is such a habit as will be kept
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. When a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled(推进，敦促) by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed. Once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible, to get rid of. It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation (形成) of habits. Children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. Older persons also form bad habits as long as they live, and sometimes become ruined by them..
There are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness(周详).
Among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. These are all easily formed habits. Unfortunately older persons form habits which ought to have been avoided.
We ought to keep from all these old habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others.
1.Habits, whether good or bad, are formed_______, _______ everyone knows.
A. day by day; and B .gradually; as
C. gradually; that D. century after century; as
2.Why should we pay much attention to the formation of habits?
A. Because habits are of great help to every one of us.
B. Because a man can never get rid of a habit.
C. It is because we are forced to do them again and again.
D. It is because it’s hard and even not possible to smooth them away
3.The bad habits formed by __________
A. children sometimes stay in all their lives
B. older people sometimes can kill them
C. persons sometimes can remain with them
D. younger people sometimes can break them
高二英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
Going green seems to be a fad(时尚) for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can't really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.
On April 22, 2011, we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day for a year, Our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little thing counts.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyle. We now shop at organic(有机的) stores. We consume less meat, choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don't need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something un-green might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.
1.What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Keeping Open-Minded
B. Protecting the Planet
C. Going Green
D. Celebrating Our Green Year
2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because _____________.
A. they were expected to follow the green fad.
B. they didn't know how to educate other people.
C. they needed to perform unusual green tasks.
D. They were unwilling to reduce their energy.
3.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?
A. They sold their home-made food.
B. They ignore others' un-green behavior.
C. They chose better chemical cleaners.
D. They tried to get out of their un-green habits.
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. The government will give support to the green project.
B. Some people disagree with the couple's green ideas.
C. The couple may continue their project in the future.
D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.
高二英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析