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What Does the Length of Your Fingers Say About You?
Are you the peace-loving type or the ambitious go-getter? Your finger length might be a clue. Take a look at your fingers. Would you believe me if I told you that the length of your fingers in relation to one another can predict your personality? I know that it sounds like one of those silly tests you see on Facebook, but I have to admit that it is exactly correct for me. Here's how it works.
Look at your three middle fingers of your hand. Is your index finger longer than your ring finger? Is your ring finger longer than your index finger? Or are the two of the same length? Find the situation that best matches your hand and see if what follows is an accurate description of your personality.
●Longer ring finger: The Sweet Talker
If your ring finger is longer than your index finger, research shows that you're likely a charming type, and you can probably talk yourself out of any situation. Others often find this personality type irresistible and will go to great lengths to help you. You're more likely to take risks, and you're good at problem-solving. People in this category make great engineers, soldiers and crossword-puzzle solvers.
●Longer index finger: The (Over) Confident One
If your index finger is longer than your ring finger, chances are you are full of confidence—possibly even to the point of being over-confident and proud. You are not necessarily introverted（内向的）,but you do enjoy time to yourself, especially when you're trying to complete a project. You are a dream pursuer who can make things happen, but you may be shy when it comes to taking the first step in a relationship. You are also probably happy with what you have, but you're always wishing for more.
●Index and ring finger are of the same length: The Peacemaker
If your index finger and ring finger are roughly of the same length, you are likely to avoid conflict at all costs and seek to keep the peace in your relationships. You are well-organized, faithful and sympathetic. But deep down under all of that caring and peace-loving, you also have a hot-tempered side that can appear unexpectedly when you're pushed too far. You will try your hardest to avoid a fight.
How well do these descriptions match your personality? I was surprised at the accuracy in my case, but I'm not going to tell you which one it was!
1.Which of the following hand could be an engineer's hand?
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B. 
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2.What does the passage intend to tell us?
A. How accurate the description of the test is.
B. The length of fingers can reveal personality.
C. Why your fingers are not of the same length.
D. Personality is determined by your finger length.
3.Where can you probably find the text?
A. An official report.
B. A biology textbook.
C. A popular magazine.
D. A public advertisement.
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Prepare: Plan ahead and think about what you are going to say. In the words of Mark Twain, it usually takes you more than three weeks to prepare for it.
Know your subject: Always make sure that you know the subject and have background information at hand for question time.
Know you audience: Find out who you will be addressing so that you can tailor(适合) your comments accordingly.
Make a point: Keep your speech short and brief and have a few clear points that you need to convey(传达).
Practice: Never learn your speech by heart as your speech will become stilted, but do practice it a few times in front of the mirror, your parents or your dog.
Eye contact: If the thought of looking into a sea of faces scares you, adjust your gaze（注视）regularly at different points in the room to create the same effect.
First impressions: Your first impression is important when making a public presentation. Find out about dress codes(准则) at the place so that you look your best and, if possible, check the microphone beforehand to ensure you know how to use it.
Get help: If public presentations are a major part of your life, read up on the art of speech---writing and delivery to improve your skills.
1.The advice benefits (有益于)____________________.
| A．teachers | B．actors | C．speechmakers | D．spokesmen |
2.Knowing your subject helps you __________.
| A．make a perfect speech |
| B．make better answers when asked questions about the subject. |
| C．keep a clear head |
| D．attract people’s attention |
3. The underlined word “stilted” probable means ________ here.
| A．unnatural | B．unnecessary | C．unpleasant | D．undeveloped |
4.If asked for more advice besides what has been mentioned in the text, you may suggest ______.
| A．eye contact with the audience | B．proper clothes |
| C．proper tones and body languages | D．more practice |
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What does the word “home” mean to you? How do you say the word in French? In Spanish? In your language? Although people usually know what the word means, it often has no exact translation. It’s not surprising really, because the idea of home differs from country to country, and from person to person. A home is more than a roof and four walls. It’s the cooking, eating, talking, playing and family living that go on inside, which are important as well. And at home you usually feel safe and relaxed.
But it’s not just that homes look different in different countries, they also contain different things and reveal（显示） different attitudes and needs. For example, in cold northern Europe, there’s a fire in the living room or kitchen and all the chairs face it. In the south, where the sun shines a lot and it’s more important to keep the heat out, there are small windows, cool stone floors and often no carpets. We asked some people about their homes.
How often do people move house in your country?
“In my country many people don’t stay in one place for a very long time. They often move every ten years or so.”
Cheryl, Boston, USA
What are typical features of homes in your country?
“In Britain, even in town there’s always a garden and sometimes a cellar（地下室）. We have separate bedrooms and living rooms. But we don’t often have balconies (阳台). The weather isn’t warm enough!”
— Pat, Exeter, England
1.Which one is true according to the passage?
A. People in Britain seldom have balconies because it’s so hot outside.
B. “Home” is a place where you feel safe and relaxed.
C. Although homes look different in different countries, they have the same needs.
D. Houses in northern Europe always have big windows and cool stone floors.
2.The word “home” has no exact translation because ______.
A. people can’t find this word in the dictionary
B. no one knows what it is
C. it has different meanings in different countries
D. people can’t understand each other very well
3.You can ______ at home according to the passage.
A. eat, play, and teach students B. cook, talk, and play games
C. swim, eat, and make friends D. do nothing
4.Why is it important to keep the heat out of the houses in southern Europe?
A. Because they want to breathe fresh air outside.
B. Because there’s a fire in the living room.
C. Because they wear heavy clothing all day long.
D. Because the sun there shines a lot.
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— What do you think of the color of my new dress?
— Sorry, but what did you say? I ______ about something else.
A. think B. thought
C. am thinking D. was thinking
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In Chinese we say,"Your handwriting says a lot about you."But in the eyes of South African photographer John Thackwray,someone's bedroom can do just the same thing.
Thackwray,30,first had the idea of taking pictures of people's bedrooms six years ago,because he was curious how young people born in the 1980s and 1990s lived their lives.And he started with his friends' in Paris.
Soon he decided to take this project a little further.Over the past six years,Thackwray has traveled to 55 countries and taken pictures of 1,200 bedrooms—from New York,one of the world's busiest and most developed cities,to Russia,Thailand,Iran and the poor neighborhoods in Nairobi,and cast African countries.
From the layout of the rooms and the little items in them,you can not only see how different people's lifestyles and personalities are,but also get an insight into how unequal the world is and how traditions are replaced by new technology.
Now Thackwray has put all his photos into a book named My Room Project.Each photo in the book comes with the name,age and job of its owner,and they are arranged in the order of his travels.But Thackwray got a lot more from the project than the chance to publish a book.He also saw a lot of things,met a lot of people and had many great experiences.
"I was impressed by the spirituality in India,the friendliness of the Russian people and the craziness of the Japanese lifestyle,"Thackwray told The Huffington Post.
1.What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?
A. one's bedroom says much about his handwriting.
B. one's bedroom and handwriting are the same thing.
C. one's bedroom says much about his personality.
D. people do the same the thing in their bedrooms.
2.Which of the following information about John Thackwray is true?
A. The pictures Thackwray has taken are more from developed countries than developing countries.
B. The idea of taking bedroom pictures occurred to Thackwray when he was 24.
C. Thackwray began the project with taking the pictures of his own bedroom.
D. The photos in the book My Room Project are put in the order of time.
3.What does the word "insight" in the fourth paragraph mean?
A. achievement B. understanding
C. chance D. curiosity
4.Which of the followings will be the suitable title for the text?
A. Photos in bedrooms B. Handwriting and photos
C. Impressive six years D. Photos telling stories
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Food we need
Have you learned a lot about the kinds of food people need? They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds. (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.
What food counts
People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw(生的) or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.
How shall we do?
There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.
1.According to the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthiest for your lunch?
A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbages
B. potatoes, carrots, rice, bread
C. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoes
D. beef, pork, fish, milk
2.It is important for people to eat _______.
A. three times a day
B. dinner at twelve o’clock
C. cooked food all the day
D. something from each of the seven kinds of food every day
3.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. People in some places don’t have enough to eat.
B. There are too many people in the world.
C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.
D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.
4.If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?
A. When people eat their lunch
B. What to do with the two problems
C. How to cook food in different ways
D. Why people eat different kinds of food
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My grandmother often said to me, “You can count the number of your true friends on the fingers of one hand.” For a long time I thought this was true. However, I’ve now discovered my grandmother was only half right. Maybe we do only make a few “best” friends in our lifetime, but those aren’t the only people that we can call friends. There are many different types. Let me tell you about a few of them.
One type of friends is the type I call the “football mom friend”. My neighbor Sally is a good example. We both have kids who play football in a football club, and someone has to take them to practice and pick them up. Sally and I and two other mothers take turns to do this. We meet sometimes and have tea and talk about what our kids are doing, but those are the only times that we meet each other. I enjoy being with these women, but we don’t do anything else together.
Another type is called the “hobby friend”. That’s the person you share an interest or a hobby with. Michael and Cater, who are brothers, are a good example of this type. We’re all in a bird watching club. Every few weekends the members of the club go on a trip to watch different kinds of birds. There’s nothing romantic（浪漫的）about my relationship with Michael and Cater, of course. We just share interest in birds.
Then there’s the “other half of the couple” type of friends. Jim is married to Rose, a friend that I’ve known since college. When Rose married Jim, I realized that I would have to be Jim’s friend if I want to continue to be Rose’s. Jim and I don’t share so many interests, but we do have a friendly relationship.
1.What does the first paragraph tell us about?
A. We need true friends in our lifetime.
B. We have few best friends in our lifetime.
C. We should make new friends.
D. We must be friendly to all our friends.
2.Many people are mentioned in this passage. Who is the writer’s true friend?
A. Sally. B. Michael. C. Jim. D. Rose.
3.Which of the following statements is RIGHT?
A. Finally the writer agrees with her grandmother.
B. Michael and Cater both fall in love with the writer.
C. The writer herself sometimes takes her kid to the football club.
D. Sally and the writer are close friends.
4.How many types of friends are mentioned in the passage?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5
5.From the last paragraph we learn that ________.
A. the writer made friends with Jim only because of Rose
B. Jim was the writer’s good friend at college
C. Rose didn’t want the writer to be a friend of her husband
D. the writer made friends with Rose because of Jim
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Press your fingers into the back of your head, just above your neck. If you feel a small bony bump (突起), you will find evidence of human evolution: it could be your body responding to common smartphone use in the 21st century.
According to a recent study, published in Scientific Reports, young people increasingly have bony bumps at the base of their skulls (颅骨) right above the neck. Medical professionals call them enlarged external occipital protuberances(EEOPs, 枕外隆突).
Australian health scientist David Shahar, author of the study told the BBC that over the past 10 years, he’s seen more and more patients with EEOPs. Together with other researchers from the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, they examined 1200 skulls x-rays from people aged 18 to 30. They also measured the bumps and noted each person’s posture (坐姿).
They found that one in four people have developed these growths. This led to their theory that smartphones are the cause.
According to their research, looking down at their phones adds the stress onto the top of our spines (脊柱). To prevent damage to our spines, Shahar believes our bodies add fresh bony bumps to help reduce the extra stress.
Most of the EEOPs measurea just a few millimeters. However, several subjects were found with EEOPs as large as 30 mm.
In his report, Shahar said the results “highlighted the need” for prevention. In other words, we need to change our posture while using our phones.
Many people assume our bones are solid and are unmoving once we reach adulthood. In reality, they are alive and covered with blood vessels (血管), which allows them to develop in unique ways for each person.
Aside from EEOPs, other noticeable recent changes in human bodies include smaller jaws, elbows and skeletons (骨格). The human body is changing with modern life. So who knows what people in the future might look like?
1.What did the recent study find about EEPOs?
A.They grow on one’s neck.
B.They could lead to many mental problems.
C.They increasingly occur among young people.
D.They may stop growing when they reach 30.
2.What is the main cause of EEPOs?
A.Gene problems. B.Cellphone use.
C.Blood vessels. D.Extra stress.
3.Which of the following would Shahar probably agree with?
A.EEPOs increase the stress on our spines.
B.Young people’s bones develop in similar ways.
C.EEPOs are actually beneficial to our spines.
D.Young people should exercise to improve their posture.
4.What’s the main purpose of the text?
A.To persuade readers to protect their spines.
B.To recommend some healthy habits of using phones.
C.To show some recent changes in human bodies.
D.To explain why human bodies develop EEPOs.
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Have you ever heard of the saying, “If you want a friend, be !” What does it ? There are many different things that you can do to friends. You may find out what they are if you someone make friends.
Here is one new teacher made friends with the in her class on the first day of the school. When the bell , the teacher smiled at all the students. Then she said, “Good morning. How nice it is to have all of you my class this year! I want to each of you very much.. I’m sure we will enjoy working together.”
The teacher smiled, used a pleasant and acted a friendly way. She told the students her and wrote it on the blackboard. Then she told them something she liked to and hoped to do with them during the year. The students knew that she liked many of the same things they liked. Everyone felt that she what she said. Each of them wanted to know her and be her friend. Then she let the students tell something about . So they felt that the teacher knew them. Could you make friends as the teacher ?
How do you know and like your classmates? One is to find out more about them. During the you can talk to them. You may ask them their names and the names of the schools they went to last year. They want to know about you, too. You may tell them about your interests or your holiday experiences. It is often easy to be friends with people who have interests and play the same games. As you talk, the others may be thinking, “I like to do. It should be fun to be friends with you.” Remember! Just talking together in a friendly way is one good way to make friends.
1.A.one B. it C. that D. careful
2.A. show B. want C. have D. mean
3.A. meet B. make C. have D. get
4.A. look B. hear C. listen D. watch
5.A. what B. why C. how D. when
6.A. teachers B. students C. workmates D. parents
7.A. sang B. got C. rang D. spoke
8.A. in B. on C. with D. about
9.A. teach B. know C. learn D. like
10.A. sound B. sentence C. phrase D. voice
11.A. on B. by C. in D. to
12.A. family B. father C. work D. name
13.A. do B. eat C. get D. play
14.A. meant B. liked C. was D. forgot
15.A. much B. better C. enough D. still
16.A. themselves B. their parents C. the teacher D. the school
17.A. was B. did C. got D. saw
18.A. way B. day C. teacher D. class
19.A. break B. class C. teaching D. day
20.A. no B. different C. many D. the same
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What does the woman say about Professor Johnson?
A. His lectures are humorous. B. He is quiet. C. He is not strict.