Farming and Gardening
Agriculture has a long history in China. Much of the wisdom_______by early Chinese scientists is still useful for farmers and gardeners today. One of China's early_______scientists was Jia Sixie, who lived in the sixth century AD. He spent his time doing_______into agriculture. He collected information, studied it, did experiments and learned from the_______of farmers.
Around 540 A.D., he wrote a book called Qimin Yaoshu. The book is about both farming and_______. It includes advice on the following_______ : growing green vegetables and fruit trees, keeping animals, and fish in lakes. There are also_______for making wine. Jia Sixie's book is a(n)_______guide for farming. Firstly, as a farmer you should do things at the right time of the year. If you sow seeds and_______young plants in the fields at the correct time of the year, your work will be less and________will be better. But if you________nature, and do things at the wrong time of the year, you will have to do more work and the results will not be so good. The________of the soil is also very important. Examine the soil on your farm________. If the condition of your soil is not good, you should improve it. Before sowing or planting crops, you must clean rough ground and________weeds. Let sheep or cows walk on the land to________the weeds or eat them. The best harvest is reached when farmers________the crops in their fields. For example, do not plant rice________in the same field. But if you plant rice in a field one year and wheat in the field the next year, you will________good crops. Other scientists said that wheat should be planted with________between the plants, but Jia did experiments and________that planting wheat close together is better.
1.A.discovered B.recovered C.reported D.repeated
2.A.industrial B.agricultural C.cultural D.article
3.A.search B.research C.experiment D.movement
4.A.adventures B.advantages C.tradition D.experience
5.A.nursing B.gardening C.produce D.trade
6.A.programs B.topics C.subjects D.events
7.A.instructions B.constructions C.measures D.treasures
8.A.economical B.practical C.similar D.regular
9.A.drop B.increase C.grow D.throw
10.A.dreams B.ending C.hope D.results
11.A.argue against B.go against C.compete with D.deal with
12.A.application B.situation C.condition D.addition
13.A.successfully B.carefully C.gradually D.frequently
14.A.remove B.pull C.kill D.reduce
15.A.destroy B.prevent C.divide D.limit
16.A.keep B.improve C.manage D.change
17.A.one after another B.here and there C.now and then D.year after year
18.A.win B.collect C.harvest D.plant
19.A.holes B.lines C.space D.balance
20.A.showed B.meant C.intended D.decided
The rules of surfing the Internet
Do you obey the rules while surfing the Internet?
Your Security Is Your Problem
You know there are signs in every parking garage saying they're not responsible for lost or stolen items in your vehicle. 1.
You're Speaking in n Public Forum(论坛)
Everything you post online is equal to posting it on the front page of the newspaper and delivering it to everyone around you. Some people may agree, and some may disagree. You may even strike a chord(引起共鸣)with enough people to start a movement. 2.Only say online what you're willing to say in front of your grandma.
3.
The content of your posts matters, but so does where you're posting. The audience of a particular website may not agree with your particular message (or at least with the way you're presenting it), so be careful where you post.
Keep It Civil
Freedom of speech is important---everyone should have the right to say what they want, and a few people who abuse this freedom can't affect anyone. 4.This doesn't mean there aren't consequences to your words, however, so do with caution. Put forth the effort to be polite whether online or off.
You Should Be Anonymous
Anonymity(匿名)sounds like what some crazy hacker groups fill, but it's not. 5.The reason why we all support Anonymity is that we believe every human being deserves the basic human right of being anonymous. You should be anonymous too.
A.You can say whatever you want.
B.Whether You Agree or Not, Majority Rules.
C.The Internet works the same way.
D.Anonymity is an ideal supported by grown and successful adults and inventors in every industry.
E.It's Not Just What You Post, but Where.
F.You'll never clean up the Internet, and it's not even worth trying.
G.You can't control what people do with your message, but you can control your message.
China, endowed with rich agricultural resources, has a long history of farming. The traditional farming practice with intensive(精细的) cultivation(耕作) as its essence is one of the most important achievements of the human civilization. The development of agriculture and rural areas in China is faced with many problems. The Chinese government has made a number of important policies and measures to cause a faster growth of farmers’ income and narrow the ever enlarging income gap between rural and urban residents as soon as possible mainly through finishing a strategy of balanced social and economic development. We’ll give top priority in all work to solving problems facing agriculture, farmers and rural areas, focusing on the following seven aspects.
Firstly we’ll promote faster increase of farmers’ income. Secondly we’ll protect and increase the overall capacity of grain production. Thirdly we will continue to promote strategic restructuring of agriculture. Fourthly we’ll actively promote progress in agro-science and enhance work of agricultural high-tech and key research programs, and increase its reserve level. Fifthly we’ll further open agriculture to the outside world and actively develop agricultural trade with other countries. Sixthly we’ll speed up the transfer of rural labors and develop rural secondary and tertiary(第三的) industries. Seventhly we’ll continue to deepen rural reforms.
Priorities(优先权) will be placed on reform of rural land system, tax and administrative charges, grain distribution system and rural financial system. However, agricultural development has difficult tasks and a long way to go. The road ahead is by no means smooth. Nevertheless , China’s agriculture will give full play to its advantages, overcome any difficulties, enter a new stage of development and match towards a brighter new future in the new century!
1.What’s the China’s ancient civilization?
A.The rich agricultural resources.
B.The intensive cultivation.
C.The capacity of grain production.
D.The strategy of balanced development.
2.What does the underlined word “enhance ” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.weaken B.design C.strengthen D.effect
3.What policy do you think is the most important?
A.Promoting faster increase of farmers’ income.
B.Protecting the capacity of grain production.
C.Promoting strategic restructuring of agriculture.
D.Continuing to deepen rural reforms.
4.What kind of future does China have?
A.The future road ahead is smooth.
B.China’s advantages can not overcome any difficulty.
C.China won’t enter a new stage of reform.
D.China will have a brighter future.
World-famous violinist Itzhak Perlman was stricken with polio(小儿麻痹) as a child. As a result, he wears races(轮槽) on both legs and walks with the aid of crutches. At concerts, getting on stage is no small achievement for him. He slowly crosses the stage until he reaches his chair. He lays his crutches on the floor, slowly undoes the clasps(扣环)on his legs, puts one foot backward and extends the other one forward. Then he bends down and picks up the violin, puts it under his chin, nods to the conductor, and starts to play.
One fall evening in 1995, while performing at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City, Perlman had to deal with one additional trouble. Jack Reimer, a famous reporter with the Houston Chronicle, described the scene. “Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke. You could hear the sound go off like gunfire across the room. There was no mistaking what that sound meant.”
There was no mistaking what he had to do. People who were there said, “We figured he would have to get up...to either find another violin or find another string for this one.”
But he didn’t. Instead he waited a moment, closed his eyes, and then signaled the conductor to begin again .The band and he played from where he had left off. He played with enthusiasm and power.
Of course, it is important to play a symphonic work with just three strings. But that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that. You could see him modulate(调音), change, recompose the piece in his head. At one point, it sounded like he was turning the strings to get new sounds they had never made before.
1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.It’s a piece of cake for Perlman to perform on the stage.
B.It’s not easy for Perlman to get on the stage.
C.Perlman has achieved great success on the stage.
D.Perlman has small achievements on the stage.
2.How did the string break?
A.It only broke by accident. B.Perlman broke the string because he was too excited.
C.A gunfire from somewhere in the room broke it. D.It was broken by the few bars.
3.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that Perlman_______.
A.pretended not to know that the string was broken. B.thought nothing was impossible
C.was a very proud man D.showed his self-confidence in time of trouble
Whether you’re a boy or a girl and whether you're a freshman or a senior, developing the following skills will help you achieve success in school and in life.
Time management. There are just 24 hours in each day. What you do with that time makes all the difference. While high-school students have an average of 35 hours per week of class time, college students have an average of 15 to 18 hours per week. Manage your free time wisely and you'll make full use of each day.
Good study habits. If you've got them, it's great. If not, there's still time to develop them. Good study habits include the following:
• Always be prepared for class, and attend classes regularly. No cutting!
• Finish homework in a timely manner.
• Review your notes daily rather than study for tests the night before.
• Set aside quiet time each day for study, even if you don't have homework or a test the next day!
Good note-taking. You can't possibly set down everything the teacher says since we talk at a pace of about 225 words per minute. But, you do need to set down the important material. Note-taking should be in a way that's the most helpful to you. You can try writing notes on different colored cards. If you really have a problem with note-taking, you might ask your teacher if you can record daily lessons. Do whatever it takes!
Review of daily notes. Don't wait until the night before the test to review your notes. Go over your notes each day while the lecture is still fresh in your mind. Add any missing pieces. Compare your notes with a classmate's notes. Review your notes each day to improve your learning and build towards your final goal: mastery of the subject or skill.
1.If you want to make good use of each day, you should______.
A.achieve success in school and in life
B.deal with your free time in a wise way
C.develop good study habits earlier
D.set aside some quiet time for study
2.If you want to form good study habits, you should______.
A.get them as early as you can
B.study for tests the night before
C.set down all the teacher says
D.go over your notes every day
3.What is the main advantage of reviewing of daily notes?
A.To help write down the important material.
B.To solve the problem with note-taking timely.
C.To help you to master the subject greatly.
D.To add any missing pieces to your notes.
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Human beings are smart. However, it seems that people are gradually losing their smartness as smartphones become more and more important assistants in their lives, reported news website Record Japan on Oct. 22. As we rely too much on technology instead of our brains, many people have lost three basic abilities, said the website.
The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. Because phone numbers are stored in smart phone contacts, there's no need to dial a number or look at it again.
And some people may also have lost their sense of direction because navigation apps can guide people anywhere they want to go. These apps can even find shortest routes for you and avoid traffic jams. But the worst lost skills may be social ones, meaning that some people are becoming socially inept(无能的）. People often bury themselves in their smart phones. As we're too addicted to what's happening in the virtual world, some of us have lost conversational skills and sometimes can't even tell whether a person is happy or not.
In August, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied 51 students aged 11 and 12 who had over five hours' screen time every day. Their task was to tell the emotions of 48 pictures of faces that were happy, sad, angry or scared. The children made an average of 14.02 mistakes at the beginning. But after a five-day camp without electronic (电子的) products, they made only 9.41 mistakes on average. “If you’re not practicing face-to-face communication, you could be losing important social skills,” concluded professor Yalda Uhls from the research.
Luckily, people still have a chance to get these abilities back. You should try to keep your parents' numbers in mind for emergencies. You should also pay more attention to street signs and stores, which will help you to draw a mind map and stop you from getting lost. And the easiest solution to social skill loss is to take a break from electronic devices because we are social creatures. We need device-free time.
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