A new research has discovered that meditation...

A new research has discovered that meditation（冥想）and oxygen sport together reduce depression（抑郁）. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months, reduced the symptoms of a group of students by 40 percent.

“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students, ”said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman.“It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”

Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive（交互的）effect in combating depression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training( MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.

Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, which enabled those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.

Shors, who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus-part of the brain involved in memory and learning-says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.

The idea for the human intervention（干预）came from her laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.

By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.

“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be affective in improving mental health, ”said Alderman.“The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”

1.What made the research so different?

A.Adopting a way of meaningful talk. B.Treating depression with special medicine.

C.Combining the two ways to reduce depression. D.Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.

2.The underlined word "combasting" in Paragraph 3 probably means __________.

A.fighting B.developing C.improving D.examining

3.What can we know about what the participants did in the research?

A.They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking. B.They thought quietly and then took exercise.

C.They took exercise longer than they thought. D.They took exercise while thinking quietly.

4.What is Shors' main purpose of her studies?

A.To find out certain brain cells of humans. B.To study the production of new brain cells.

C.To offer people a new method to reduce stress. D.To decide the links between stress and exercise.

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Anger and sadness are important in life. New research shows that experiencing and accepting such feelings is good.

Positive (积极的) thoughts and feelings are, of course, good for our health. But unpleasant feelings are just as important as the enjoyable ones in helping us understand life's ups and downs. Negative (消极的) feelings are important because they can tell us that we may have a health problem, or we need to pay attention to other important matters such as friendship.

Instead of avoiding negative feelings, we should accept them. Many people find it helpful to breathe slowly and deeply while learning to accept negative feelings or imagine the feelings as clouds to remind them that they will pass.

If the feelings are very strong, you may want to express how you feel in a diary or to other persons. You may want to tell the friend that her words hurt you or take steps to leave the job that makes you unhappy.

You should pay attention to your breathing and simply acknowledge (承认) any bad thoughts or feelings. This may make it easier to accept unpleasant thoughts.

It is impossible to avoid negative feelings fully, because to live is to experience losing and pain. Therefore, learning how to deal with those feelings is very important.

1.What's the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A.What positive and negative thoughts and feelings are.

B.How positive and negative thoughts and feelings influence people.

C.What we can do to keep negative feelings away.

D.Both positive and negative thoughts and feelings are important.

2.What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A.Clouds. B.Negative feelings.

C.Positive thoughts. D.Important matters.

3.What ways does the writer tell us to deal with negative feelings?

①Breath deeply.　　②Talk to others.　　③Write a diary.　　④Avoid the feelings.

A.①②③ B.②③④

C.①③④ D.①②④

4.What can we infer from the last paragraph of the passage?

A.We will experience more bad feelings than the good ones.

B.Some people will only experience losing and pain in their lives.

C.We can avoid bad feelings because we can choose to forget them.

D.Everyone will experience anger and sadness during his lifetime.

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New research suggests that growing trees and other plants near factories could reduce pollution by almost one- third.

More plant life may even cost less and be more effective (有效的) than technology designed to cut pollution, a new study found. Researchers collected data about air pollution and plant life in 48 cities. They studied public records from every city.

The researchers knew that trees and plants are taking in large amounts of harmful air. So they tried to find out whether new plants could reduce air pollution.

The study tried to show how this vegetation (植被) could reduce the pollution, including the production of energy from coal, oil and gas. The researchers found that growing plants, where possible, could cut air pollution by about 27 percent in the areas studied. They also found that in 75 percent of the areas, it would cost less to use plants and trees to reduce air pollution than to add new air cleaning technology.

"The fact is that traditionally, especially as engineers, we don't think about nature," Dr. Bakshi, said. "We just focus on putting technology into everything."

"To solve air pollution problems, people need to start learning from the nature and respecting it," Bakshi said. He added that nature-based methods could result in "win-win" solutions that save money and are better for the environment.

The study couldn't tell which kinds of trees or plants would be best at reducing air pollution. But Bakshi said they might make a difference in air quality, so further study is needed.

The researchers said that more trees and plants could help lower air pollution levels in both cities and rural areas. However, success rates (比率) would be different depending on how much land can be used and its air quality levels.

1.The researchers found that plants were ________ air cleaning technology.

A.better than B.worse than C.as cheap as D.as good as

2.Most engineers think ________ is more important in reducing air pollution.

A.nature B.cost C.location D.technology

3.What do "win-win" solutions refer to in Paragraph 6?

A.Building more factories to develop technology.

B.Reducing air pollution with less money.

C.Saving more money by developing technology.

D.Developing technology and reducing pollution.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.1/3 of the pollution can be reduced by technology.

B.The study has found out the most effective plants.

C.Plants improve the air quality in cities and the country.

D.Air quality levels mainly decide the success rates.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

—A new research shows that exercising helps people live healthier and longer.

—I can’ t agree more, but it ________ on how much they exercise.

A.remains B.separates C.returns D.depends

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阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。（每空一词）

As more adults hope to get peace from meditation (冥想), more children want to get it too. It can help people deal with stress and find a more peaceful idea of life. The following can help children do meditation exercises.

Look at the sky

On nice days, go to nature, lie down on the grass and look up at the sky. The clouds move through the sky. But the sky stays clear, open and free. This is also how our thoughts work. Thoughts float in and out of our minds just like clouds. Allow your thoughts to come and go.

Then you know your mind is clear and free just like the sky.

Mindful bottle

Fill a bottle with water. The bottle of water stands for our minds. Then add red and blue sand to it. Red stands for our thoughts, and blue stands for our feelings and moods. Now shake it up. The water will get cloudy. We need to wait and watch the sand settle, as our thoughts, feelings and moods settle just like the sand.

Mindful listening

Sit in comfort and hold a bell or anything that makes a simple sound in your hands. Just feel and hear its sound as you ring it. Focus on the sound from the very first moment you hear it all the way to the end. When you can’t hear the sound any more, open your eyes or put up your hand.

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Nora, a 17-year-old American, notices that when she has to do a paper for school and researches it on the Internet, she rarely reads a whole page and does deep reading. “I’ll read the beginning of a paragraph and then I'll skip(跳过) the rest,” she says.

While Nora's mother, Martha, loves sitting down with a good book and reading carefully, her daughter may be the wave of the future.

“Deep reading”, or slow reading, is a process in which people think carefully while they read. With most, that means slowing down --- even stopping and rereading a page or paragraph to really understand what the author is trying to say.

Last summer, Google CEO Eric Schmidt said he was concerned about what he sees as a decline（衰退）in slow reading. Instant messages and 140-character tweets（微博）appear to be reducing out ability to concentrate on a single idea or theme of a book, he told Foreign Policy Magazine.

It's easy to forget the benefits of deep reading in an age when anything worth doing is done fast. Experts warn that without deep reading, it is impossible to be an educated person of the world, a knowledgeable voter or even an imaginative thinker.

“If you want to have a deep relationship with a text and understand a complex idea, then slow reading is a preferred style. It is good for pleasure, too. It is not a rushed experience and you can lose yourself in a text,” said Canadian writer John Miedema, the author of the book Slow Reading.

US' Ohlone College English professor Cynthia Lee Katona says reading is a highly social activity that builds the mind and social connections. If you read, she says, you simply know more and have more to talk about with friends, partners and people you know.

Deep reading can also take a reader on a trip around the world even if they are sitting in a living room armchair, Katona says. Also, deep reading helps people develop thinking, writing and conversation skills.

“If you like beautiful things, authors put words together that are really beautiful and expressive,” she says. “If you want to write well--- and there are lots of reasons to express yourself clearly --- you should read.”

1.The comparison（对比）between Nora and her mother's reading habits _______.

A. introduces the wave of future

B. adds a lot of fun for readers

C. explains what deep reading is

D. calls attention to deep reading

2.What leads to the decline of deep reading, according to Eric Schemidt?

A. The fast pace of modern society.

B. The lack of desire for knowledge

C. The weakening ability to concentrate.

D. The wide use of instant messages and tweets.

3.What does the underlined word “it ” refer to in paragraph 6?

A. A deep relationship.              B. A complex idea.

C. Slow reading.                   D. A preferred style.

4.According to the article, Cynthia Lee Katona's opinion of deep reading is that _______.

A. it makes sure you a better paid job

B. it makes you a better writer

C. it is better than travelling

D. it helps build better family relationship

5.What is the main point of the article?

A. The importance of deep reading.

B. How to improve reading skills.

C. The benefits of different reading styles.

D. The secrets of a knowledgeable person

九年级英语阅读理解困难题查看答案及解析

My mother comes up to my room and tells me that my father has got a new job. That’s why we’re moving. “Don’t you want to know where we’re going?” she asks. “Not really,” I say. She tells me anyway. I pretend not to listen.

Every day my parents tell me something about the town that will become our new home. There is a statue (雕塑) honoring hero, a strawberry festival every year and the mayor(市长) used to be a professional football player. There are oak trees in our new neighborhood, just like the one on our yard. Pictures of these begin to fill in my mind. I start wondering what it might be like to live in such a town. On the day before we leave, I walk in the direction as if I were going to school. When I see the tiny old lady, I tell her goodbye, and she tells me to carry an umbrella when it rains. Her tiny dog holds out a tiny paw to shake my hand. The man at the newspaper store shakes my hand, too. The twins wave to me as they get on the bus. I go home, walking slowly through streets lined with oak trees.

A large truck is parked in front of our house. The movers are carrying boxes while my parents are putting suitcases into our car. Soon our house will be empty, but not for long. I know that somewhere there are parents telling their children about a new town filled with oak trees, a place where they will meet nice people.

1.The writer is moving to a new place because____________________.

A. he doesn’t like his school any more　　 B. his father has had new work there

C. their neighborhood isn’t beautiful enough　　 D. his parents have bought a new big house there

2.The reason that the writer’s parents tell him something about the town they are going to move to is __________________.

A. to remind him to say goodbye to his classmates

B. to let him forget all about moving house

C. to help him stop worrying about the new home

D. to make him decide whether to move house or not

3.Why does the writer take a walk on the day before the family moves?

A. To say goodbye to what has been familiar(熟悉) to him.

B. To visit the statue in the middle of town.

C. To see if the same people are still in the same places.

D. To be away from home when the movers come.

4.From the underlined sentence in the last paragraph, we can infer(推测) that ______________.

A. like the people in the writer’s neighborhood, most people don’t enjoy their homes

B. like the writer’s home, every family has its stories

C. like the writer’s father, parents often get a new job easily

D. like the writer, other children may worry about moving house,too

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That old building ________ and a new school will appear in the near future.

A. pull down　　 B. has been pulled down

C. pull up　　 D. has been pulled up

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Li Ming was surprised to　　　　 that his new teacher was his neighbor!

A.discover B.create C.admire

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We are told to travel the world, discover new things and meet new people. But there is one problem. Even paying for a bed for the night makes you feel as if broadening your minds requires plenty of money — and for students, that is not always possible.

The words “youth hostel” (青年旅舍) for your parents might mean smelly dormitories (寝室)with six strangers, or having to pay for messy towels, and dirty pillows. However, youth hostels nowadays — especially the ones in China — are wonderful.

In Chengdu, my friend and I were served free coffee and the people working there gave us suggestions of the best ways to visit the pandas and the best hotpot restaurants in Sichuan.

In Yangshuo, I made friends with a German and two Americans. We rented bikes from our hostel owner and rode around the city. When it rained, the hostel owner lent me his raincoat. One night the housekeeper cooked us a great meal of homemade Chinese dishes.

Never did I pay more than 50 yuan for a bed. Sometimes, even though I had booked a “dormitory”, I ended up in a private room by myself. Because these are “youth hostels”, you can meet lots of students like yourself, all of whom want to get the most out of a small budget (预算).

The best　 two websites for　 finding and　 booking hostels are www.hostelbooker.com and www.hostelworld.com. Not only do they allow you to organize everything online, they also give each hostel a score depending on how the guests feel when they remain there.

Travel the world, discover new things, and meet new people — all for the price of a cup of coffee? Just choose the city and now you go!

1.The story is possibly written for　　　　　　　 　　 .

A.parents B.students C.workers D.housekeepers

2.The writer thinks all of the following are parents’ opinions about “youth hostel” EXCEPT

A.sharing a dormitory with six strangers

B.the towels are messy

C.the pillows are dirty

D.it serves free coffee

3.The writer　 　　 　　　　　　　 in Yangshuo.

A.traveled with some Chinese friends

B.traveled around the city by bus

C.rented a raincoat from the hostel owner when it rained

D.enjoyed a great meal of Chinese dishes in the hostel

4.The purpose of the article is　 　　 　　 .

A.to share the writer’s life experiences in China

B.to tell the differences between dormitories and youth hostels

C.to advise readers to live in youth hostels with a small budget

D.to introduce two Chine cities

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