Off goes your alarm clock! Your eyes snap open! What is the first thing on your __________? Do you calculate how long you can hit snooze (回笼觉)? Are you already going over the day's to-do list? __________ checking your phone?
You are definitely not __________ if any or all of these morning habits sound familiar. __________, 60 percent of people check their phones immediately when they __________, according to a 2015 survey. You stop using your smartphone in bed seriously - these mind-numbing routines are among what you will __________ most in life. So why not take a __________ approach?
At the graduation ceremony in Stanford University in 2005, Steve Jobs made a speech, advising his __________ to start each morning with one specific sentence. Doing so, he said, will __________ the way we deal with our day-to-day lives.
Jobs got the idea after reading a quote about __________ when he was 17. From then on, he started each morning by looking in the __________ and asking, "If today were the last day of my __________, would I want to do what I'm about to do today?"
Now,__________ it for yourself. Asking yourself this powerful question every day requires you to deeply __________ what you do on a daily basis - and if you find satisfaction in it. It can also help you __________ your tasks to the fundamental ones. __________ wasting time with mindless activities like surfing the internet, you'll start filling your days with more satisfying things, such as spending time with family and friends. __________, you'll stop worrying about what other people think of you; your energy and focus should be __________, like improving yourself, reaching your goals and making an impact on the world.
__________ you have made a habit of asking this one simple question every morning, congratulations! You are __________ finding the secret to living a meaningful life.
1.A. side B. mind C. phone D. level
2.A. Seriously B. Happily C. Mindlessly D. Hopelessly
3.A. aware B. afraid C. alone D. alive
4.A. In fact B. In brief C. In particular D. In addition
5.A. stay up B. make up C. pull up D. wake up
6.A. forget B. value C. regret D. enjoy
7.A. different B. similar C. specific D. familiar
8.A. consumers B. audience C. friends D. staff
9.A. develop B. change C. promote D. choose
10.A. strength B. weakness C. birth D. death
11.A. mirror B. window C. diary D. paper
12.A. travel B. work C. holiday D. life
13.A. get B. make C. forget D. try.
14.A. expect B. consider C. doubt D. ignore
15.A. narrow down B. put aside C. clear away D. take on
16.A. Instead of B. Regardless of C. In spite of D. In case of
17.A. Yet B. Therefore C. Besides D. Otherwise
18.A. nowhere B. elsewhere C. anywhere D. somewhere
19.A. Even if B. Only if C. As long as D. Now that
20.A. open to B. devoted to C. close to D. accustomed to
When big news breaks, it's easy to get caught up in following the story online. The Internet can be a place to find useful information. 1. Helping kids understand the news and how to separate fact from fiction is an important job for parents and educators.
Here's some advice that parents can offer kids to help them be quicker to judge as they consume news online.
2. In the rush to cover stories, reporters make mistakes, officials don't always have correct information and tidbits (八卦新闻) that sound reasonable often get passed around before anyone has checked them for accuracy.
Use social media wisely. Some say Twitter is a great source of news in the first few minutes of a tragedy. 3. On the other hand, Facebook can be a great way to connect with friends affected by events in the news and to spread personal news within a more limited circle.
Be skeptical. 4. After the Boston Marathon bombing, NBC Sports reported that some runners kept running all the way to the hospital to donate blood for the victims. Not true. There are plenty of websites devoted to exposing false news stories. The Washington Post also has a Fact Checker column that delivers claims made by public officials and politicians. Visit them to find out if a story is true.
Keep it age-appropriate. Kids aren't always ready to digest big, tragic news - especially if the news is about kids, such as school shootings or abuses. The constant repetition of information can be confusing for younger kids, and at the beginning of a news event, parents might not be able to offer any correct answers. 5.
A．Remember, breaking news is often wrong.
B．It also can be the source of misinformation.
C．If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
D．Make sure you and your kids aren't falling victim to false news.
E．However, after that it just becomes messy and largely inaccurate.
F．With social media at your fingertips, it's convenient to express your opinion.
G．Kids who are eager to learn more about certain events can check kid-guided news sources.
Last week, Vodafone started a test of the UK's first full 5G service, available for use by businesses in Salford. It is part of its plan to trial the technology in seven UK cities. But what can we expect from the next generation of mobile technology?
One thing we will see in the preparation for the test is lots of tricks with the new tech. Earlier this year, operators paid almost £ 1.4 billion for the 5G wavelengths, and to compensate for that cash, they will need to catch the eye of consumers. In September, Vodafone used its bit of the range to display the UK's first hologram (全息) call. The Manchester City captain Steph Houghton appeared as a hologram in Newbury. It isn't all holograms, however: 5G will offer faster internet access, with Ofcom (英国通讯管理局) suggesting that video that takes a minute to download on 4G will be available in just a second.
The wider application is to support connected equipment on the "internet of things" -not just the internet-enabled fridge that can reorder your milk for you, but the network that will enable driverless cars and delivery drones (无人机) to communicate with each other.
Prof William Webb has warned that the technology could be a case of the emperor's new clothes. Much of the speed increase, he claims, could have been achieved by putting more money in the 4G network, rather than a new technology. Other different voices have suggested that a focus on rolling out wider rural broadband access and addressing current network coverage would be more beneficial to the UK as a whole.
Obviously, 5G will also bring a cost to consumers. It requires a handset for both 5G and 4G, and the first 5G-enabled smart phones are expected in the coming year. With the slow pace of network rollout so far, it is likely that consumers will end up upgrading to a new 5 G phone well before 5 G becomes widely available in the next couple of years.
1.Why does Prof William Webb say "the technology could be a case of the emperor's new clothes" ?
A. He is in favor of the application of the new technology.
B. 5G will bring a cost to consumers in their daily life.
C. 5G helps people communicate better with each other.
D. He prefers more money to be spent on 4G networks.
2.The underlined word "addressing" in the fourth paragraph has the closest meaning to________
A. making a speech to
B. trying to solve
C. managing to decrease
D. responding to
3.The last paragraph indicates that
A. it'll take several years .to make 5G accessible to the public in the UK
B. 5G service shows huge development potential and a broad market
C. customers are eager to use 5G smart phones instead of 4G ones
D. it's probable that 5G network rollout is speeding up in Britain
4.What do we know about the text?
A. Vodafone is successful in spreading the 5G service.
B. Steph Houghton appeared as a hologram by 4G.
C. The application of 5G will make life much easier.
D. 5G phones are available in rural areas of the UK.
Back in 2009, China was wrongly accused by the West of "controlling" the Copenhagen talks on climate change. By then China had truly carried out strict policies to reduce the energy consumption of economic activities and at the international level, the top Chinese leaders participated in round-clock efforts to cooperate with the major players to build a united front for efforts to solve global warming. But China was finally misjudged.
This misjudgment caused China's scholars to rethink China's climate change communicative ways. Among them was Zheng Baowei, journalism professor of Renmin University of China, who realized China had to better shape its communication on its environmental protection.
Delightfully, the efforts have paid off. Zheng set up a top-level international group advising his research team. He is in charge of doctoral candidates on climate change communication. Climate awareness surveys have been conducted, and a package of communication tools has been designed. Many seminars have been arranged.
Recently, he arranged a seminar on climate change and health communication on the changing situation both in China and the world. First of all, this stressed that China's policy has developed from reducing its energy consumption and pollution prevention to the important goals of achieving a "Beautiful China" and "'Healthy China, "while coming up with plans to realize an ecological civilization since late 2012. With such goals, China played a leading role in securing the Paris climate change deal in 2015 together with the United States and European Union. In Paris, China promised to let out its carbon to the maximum in 2030.
It is a demanding job communicating climate change and other topics of lasting development well. Despite that, some foreign scholars have realized China's smart ways in presenting the green concepts. They appreciated China's idea of building a "Beautiful China" and "Healthy China" and said it can he expanded into an idea of a "Beautiful World" and "Healthy World".
Looking back from how China had followed the steps of the industrialized countries in advocating climate fight, people find now its own green ideas are being recognized.
1.What did the West think of the role China played in Copenhagen talks in 2009?
A. China worked successfully with other countries.
B. China succeeded in hosting the conferences.
C. China participated passively in all the talks.
D. China played a negative part in the talks.
2.How did China deal with the misjudgment?
A. China had to improve communicative ways with other countries.
B. China spared no effort to prevent air and water being polluted.
C. China made great efforts to protect the environment.
D. China intended to gain fair judgment from the world.
3.What is China's policy on climate change and health communication?
A. Reducing as much energy consumption as possible to control pollution.
B. Focusing more on realizing an ecological civilization in China.
C. Communicating climate change and some other topics well.
D. Reaching the goals of a "Beautiful China" and "Healthy China".
4.What makes China's green idea well received?
A. China making promises to let out its carbon to the maximum in 2030.
B. China reducing its energy consumption as well as pollution prevention.
C. China's idea being updated to that of a Beautiful World and Healthy World.
D. China following the steps of the industrialized countries fighting global warming.
Everybody, at some point in their lives, has experienced failure. It could be something as simple as not getting the job you wanted, or getting fewer marks even after hard work. But what makes you is not your failure, but how you get back up after being hit.
Once, a young school boy was caught in a fire accident in his school and was assumed that he would not live. His mother was told that he was sure to die, for the terrible fire had destroyed the lower half of his body. Even if he were to survive, he would be lame throughout his life.
But the brave boy did not want to die nor did he want to be lame. Much to the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. But unfortunately from his waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just hung there, lifeless. Eventually he left the hospital. But his determination to walk was unshakable. At home, when he was not in bed, he had to stay in a wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached the fence, raised himself up and then began dragging himself along the fence, firmly determined. He did this every day, with faith in himself that he would be able to walk unaided. With his iron determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk on and off, then to walk by himself and then to run.
He began to walk to school, and then run to school, to run for the joy of running. Later in college he was on the track team.
In February 1934, in New York City's Madison Square Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never walk, who could never hope to run - this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world's fastest mile.
A good example of the power of positive thinking and faith in one's self, Glenn Cunningham continues to be an inspiration for many, and his story, a brilliant evidence to how one can bounce back even when all difficulties are piled against one, to the degree that death seemed the preferable option.
1.The first paragraph is intended to ________
A. present an argument
B. make preparations for statement
C. arouse readers' interest
D. function as a brief introduction
2.What was the doctor's opinion about Glenn?
A. Glenn was able to walk with his own great effort.
B. Great determination could make a difference to Glenn.
C. There was a slim chance that Glenn could survive.
D. Glenn could live a normal life with the upper halt" of his body.
3.What do we know about Glenn?
A. Glenn took recovery exercise in hospital.
B. Glenn inspired people with his moving story.
C. Glenn won the first place in Marathon.
D. Glenn organized a track team in college.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Strengthen determination
B. Stand up after failure
C. Go after dreams
D. Face difficulty bravely
Here's a list of books I'm looking forward to this fall season. Not all of them will rise to the level of the advertisement, but it's an abundant crop.
"Home After Dark" by David Small (Liveright, Sept. 11 )
In 2009, Small published a celebrated graphic memoir (回忆录) called"Stitches". Now the Caldecott Medal winner is back with a graphic novel about a motherless 13-year-old boy brought up in an unhappy home in California. This is a tale told in few words and many striking images. On Sept. 11 at 3p.m., Small will be at Amazonbooks at Union Market. More information at www. amazon.com/graph-tale.
"Waiting for Eden" by Elliot Ackerman (Knopf, Sept. 25)
This brief novel is related by a dead soldier who is watching over a horribly burned partner in a Texas hospital. That sounds embarrassingly emotional, but Ackerman, who served in a Navy in Iraq and Afghanistan, is one of the best soldier-writers of his generation. More information at www. amazon. com/military-essay.
"All You Can Ever Know" by Nicole Chung (Catapult, Oct. 2)
Chung, the editor of the literary magazine Catapult, was adopted as a baby by a white family in Oregon. In this memoir, she writes about her childhood, her Asian American identity and her search for the Korean parents who gave her up. More information at www. amazon. com/politics-prose.
"Unsheltered" by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper, Oct. 16)
Alternating between past and present, this novel tells the story of a woman investigating a late-19th-century science teacher who was caught up in the controversy over Darwinism. Like her other novels, this one promises to explore social and scientific problems. Visit www. amazon. com/tech-science for more information.
1.If you hope for a signature of the author, you will probably buy a copy of ________.
A. All You Can Ever Know
B. Waiting for Eden
C. Home After Dark
D. Unsheltered
2.Who joined the army and was sent to the Middle East?
A. Elliot Ackerman.
B. David Small.
C. Barbara Kingsolver.
D. Nicole Chung.
3.If you want to read books about non-fiction, you can surf________.
A. www. amazon. com/graph-tale
B. www. amazon. com/politics-prose
C. www. amazon. com/military-essay
D. www. amazon. com/tech-science
