Britons are well known for the amount of tea that they drink. The average person in the UK consumes around 1.9 kg of tea yearly. That’s around 876 cups of tea. Tea is drunk by all sections of society. But tea is not native to Britain. Most tea is grown in India and China. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?
Tea arrived in London in the 1600s. At this time, British ships were exploring (探索) the world and came across the drink in China. It was not long before green tea was available to buy. However, this was only available to the richer sections of society.
At the beginning of the 1700s, the amount of tea arriving in Britain increased gradually. Black tea arrived at this time. At first people drank this tea exactly as it was in China. They soon discovered that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British characteristic (特色).
In the 1800s tea was still a product enjoyed only by people with money. At this time they began to have “afternoon tea”. This involves drinking tea with a snack around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a tradition that is still going today but has become less popular in recent times.
In the late 1800s, the price of tea decreased sharply as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. It was no longer a drink just for rich people. Tearooms — shops where you could buy and drink tea — started to appear across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and socialising (交际) in these places. At the start of the 20th century, Britons began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it. Kettles became necessary in every kitchen.
1.How does the passage mainly develop?
A. By providing examples. B. By making comparisons.
C. By following the order of time. D. By following the order of importance.
2.According to the passage, what is the British characteristic of tea?
A. Green tea. B. Black tea.
C. Tea with a little milk and sugar. D. Afternoon tea with a snack.
3.The underlined word “decreased” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “________”.
A. went up B. took off
C. fell off D. came out
4.When was tea a necessity for ordinary people in Britain?
A. In the 1600s. B. In the 1800s.
C. In the late 1800s. D. At the start of the 20th century.
"If music is the medicine of the soul(灵魂), let it play on," said a famous person. I think he said so probably because he got some help from music. Music has some strange abilities. Medical scientists have found that a person that feels stressed can actually listen to some kind of music and become well.
The researchers said that since stress comes as a result of life events such as starting a new family, starting a new business, and starting a new job, one can actually listen to good music and feel good because good music touches the human mind in a positive way. Music helps you to forget the life events that make you worried and remember the important events that once happened in your life.
Depression(抑郁症)is a disease caused by stress, smoking, social problems and so on. Depression is also caused by problems such as failure in business. Depression may bring us weakness, headaches, and loss of concentration. Good music makes one remember happy moments or good days. If you play music about love, it makes you feel like falling in love again though you may have had several upset experiences. And such good feeling makes you healthy.
Anxiety(焦虑)is another health problem that can be controlled by music. Anxiety is a side effect of some major health problems such as liver cancer and breast cancer. Good music makes you feel relaxed and removes the pains from these diseases and you feel all right.
Good music can send you to sleep. And you need to know that sleep puts your body in a healthy condition. Sleep takes away the effects of stress, depression and anxiety from a person.
1.According to the words of the famous person in Paragraph 1, music can ______.
A.treat many kinds of diseases
B.help you keep healthy in your mind
C.take the place of medicine in treating illnesses
D.make you remember things that happened in the past
2.Good music helps people remove stress mainly by ______.
A.letting people have a good sleep
B.making people think positively
C.showing something new to people
D.making people concentrate only on important things
3.According to the passage, one who has cancer will most probably experience ______.
A.stress B.depression
C.anxiety D.upset
4.What's the best title of the passage?
A.The health benefits of listening to music
B.Stress can bring us many kinds of diseases
C.Some diseases have something to do with music
D.Tips for us to live a healthy and comfortable life
单句改错
1.Know how to deal with such problems is a must for a high school student.
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2.My English teacher suggested me pay more attention to English handwriting.
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3.When his parents suggested he attend a private school, he insisted on stay in public school.
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4.It is no use cry over spilt milk.
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5.When our children feel we believe in them, they will grow to believing in themselves.
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6.I'm sorry I can't help preparing the dinner — I have an important meeting.
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7.The day we had been looking forward to coming at last.
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8.You can't expect to be a top student without work hard at your study.
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9.Our teacher doesn't allow us refer to textbooks during the exam.
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10.He is good at plan his time, so he has enough time not only for work, but also for play.
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So Close, Yet So Far
Where am I? What am I doing? If you’re one of my 500 friends online, you’ll always be the first to know. My phone and laptop are never out of touching distance, so I’m constantly posting updates on social media—whether I’m having a coffee, on my way to school, watching TV… even when I’m in the shower. I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online.
I live in a university dorm with a couple of great roommates. Yet the truth of the matter is: I feel lonely. A few days ago, I went out for a dinner get-together with some friends. My best friend left the table for 30 minutes because he had to take a call. Some spent the dinner bent over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring the one who sat right in front of them. And the extraordinary thing is no one thought this was rude; it’s just how life is nowadays.
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2. 分析造成该现象的原因（两至三点）；
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Looking back at my younger years, I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned out. Nothing is exactly what I had originally planned for. The only thing that stays the same is who I am, my values, and my interests. If I could go back in time and hang out with my younger self for a day, here's what I would tell her.
1. Everything happens for a reason.
Without mistakes and failure, you would never have learned. Without pain, you would never have grown. So don't stress or think that life is unfair, because everything happens for a reason. And only time will tell what it will teach us.
2. Focus on one thing at a time. You can have it all but not all at once.
It is not surprising that many of us are doing too many things at once. We need to make ends meet. But if you are working three jobs at a time, it is not likely that you will succeed at any of them. You have to keep your eyes on the big picture. You have to ask yourself what exactly do you want to achieve for the next 10 years? Focus on one thing at a time. Achieve your goals one by one.
3. You can plan ahead, but your plan will definitely change when the time comes.
You can plan ahead because sometimes planning ahead can give you a clearer direction of where you want to go. However, plans will almost always change, so be prepared！
4. Trust your instincts.(直觉)
Don't worry too much about a decision you have to make. Just do what feels right. You know what you want. You might consult other people. But deep down, you know what you want. Do what makes you happy. Because at the end of the day, even if you follow logic, you will want to quit and follow your heart.
5. It's okay to be unsure about your purpose in life.
You might be graduating or have hit a turning point with your career. You might feel a bit lost and unsure of where to go. It's okay. Go out there and try as many different things as you can. Don't ever feel like you're wasting your time. Enjoy the journey. Don't rush. Every little path will lead you somewhere. And looking back, you will be able to connect the dots. It will all make sense.
6. Don't try too hard with people.
Don't worry if you feel like it's hard to make new friends. Just be yourself and be as open as you can. It might take a while until you find new best friends and a mate for life, but when you do, you will know it. It's not hard work. So, just do your thing and be yourself.
A letter to my younger self
Introduction | My values and interests stay the same even when life always offers me 1. results. |
Everything happens for a reason. | Mistakes, failure and sufferings help us learn and grow. So don’t question the 2. of life. Everything comes in to 3. a purpose and time will give us answers eventually. |
Focus on one thing at a time. | In order to make a 4., people have to do too many things at once, but many of them are not likely to succeed in this way. You need to have a(n) 5. plan for your future. |
Don’t be afraid of change. | You can plan 6. but also make sure that you get prepared for the change. |
Follow your 7.. | Find out what you really want and do it firmly. |
It's okay to be unsure about your purpose in life. | If you can’t see your future 8., it is not a waste of time going out and trying as many different things as you can. Whatever little things you do, when you connect the dots year later, you will see the 9. hidden behind them. |
Don't try too hard with people. | Be 10. when you can’t find your new best friends or mate for life. Things happen when they are going to happen. So be yourself. |
Today the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded journalist Svetlana Alexievich approximately $970,000 in recognition of a lifetime of excellence. The 67-year-old author of Voices From Chernobyl and War's Unwomanly Face was praised by the Swedish Academy “for her polyphonic(复调式的) writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.”
Prizes like the Nobel inspire much expectations before the announcement. People give their best guesses as to who will win, look back on past winners, and even place bets as if spectators at a Derby(赛马会).
Literary prizes reward artistic brilliance. They help writers earn a decent living. But is the public’s fascination with prize-winning authors healthy? Our impulse seems to increasingly contribute to a culture of turning authors into celebrities, where readers follow the author instead of the book.
A story should stand on its own, as a considered, complete book, without biographical information from author. It’s an idea perhaps best conveyed in Roland Barthes’s 1968 essay The Death of the Author. “The image of literature to be found in contemporary culture is arbitrarily centered on the author, his person, his history, his tastes, his passions.”
Nearly 50 years later, a few still agree. “I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors,” New York Times bestselling author Elena Ferrante once wrote. “If books have something to say, they will sooner or later find readers; if not, they won’t,”she continued. “True miracles are the ones whose makers will never be known.”
①But the rules for submission for the Man Booker International Prize, for example, strongly encourage authors to “make themselves available for publicity”. And the foundation behind the National Book Award requires finalists to participate in their “website-related publicity”.
② In 2007, a reporter who showed up uninvited at Doris Lessing’s house was the first to inform her that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Today the Twitterati came knocking on Alexievich’s digital door hour before the award was even official. To be considered for a prize is to be a public figure.
③ Harry Potter series author J. K. Rowling, with over 5.6 million Twitter followers, has actively addressed readers through public appearances and social media, revealing much more than we could have imagined when we closed the final Harry Potter book. We now know the house Harry's children will be sorted into, that Dumbledore is gay,“Voldemort” is actually pronounced with a silent “t”, and a whole host of the other minor and major details about the backstory of the characters.
The magical world Rowling created in her books—a relatively tight mystery with well-laid clues that led to a satisfying conclusion, which had to prove their merits to the reader based on an internal logic—is being unraveled by her own hand.
④ Of course, public attention also has very important benefits for authors. For three months after receiving the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in fiction, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad sold about triple its print sales from before the prize, Publishers Weekly reports. On Oct. 5, 2010, in the first FT/Oppenheimer Funds Emerging Voices Awards, as Nigerian-born Chigozie Obioma accepted the prize for fiction with an easy smile, his excitement was appreciable. Given the cash prize of $40,000 for each winner, it’s hard to downplay the importance of such an honor. Such awards bring necessary visibility and funding to writers facing a literary landscape dominated by white men.
But our culture of celebrity is often too wrapped up in the way we read: How might the meaning of a work change if the author really didn’t grow up in a poor neighborhood, or if he or she was abused in childhood? Readers studied the author’s life as if it were the key to interpreting his or her novels.
Behind our fascination is the question that drives all such questions: What did the author intend? By all means, let us praise brilliant work and in doing so trust that the author has already told us enough, and that the story he or she meant to tell ended with the final page.
1.What can we learn from the passage?
A.People wait for the Nobel Prize announcement calmly and patiently.
B.Roland Barthes thinks it necessary to read literature centered on authors.
C.Elena Ferrante holds that books should be read independently of authors' life.
D.The Man Booker International Prize discourages authors from publicity.
2.What does the underlined word “unraveled” in Paragraph 9 probably mean?
A.Underlined. B.Unfolded. C.Updated. D.United.
3.Which of the following is NOT the benefit of prize winning for authors?
A.It reveals more details about the characters in the book.
B.It dramatically increases the sales of the book.
C.It brings in necessary funding to authors.
D.It brings about changes in dominance in literary landscape.
4.Where can the sentence “Some authors satisfy, even encourage their fans. ” be best put in the passage?
A.① B.② C.③ D.④
5.What is the author's attitude towards our fascination with prize-winning authors?
A.Approval. B.Critical. C.Indifferent. D.Neutral.
6.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.To be awarded a prize is to be a public figure.
B.Public fascination with authors brings benefits.
C.Turning authors into celebrities is a bad culture.
D.There are big challenges for prize-winning authors.
