(2017●南通市) Jack is eight-year-old boy and he goes to school on foot every day.
A.an; the B.a; 不填 C.an; 不填 D.a; the
自律，即自我约束，是自我提升的一种途径，有助于我们成长，促使我们不断前行。
某英文网站正在开展以“自律”为主题的征文活动。假如你是李华，请用英语写一篇短文投稿，谈谈因疫情你在家上网课时是如何进行自律的，以及这样做给你带来的好处。
提示词语：self-disciplined (自律的), listen carefully, finish homework, habit, improve
提示问题：
•How did you do to be self-disciplined?
•What benefits have you got by doing so?
Self-discipline plays an important role in our life. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
假如你是李华，你们学校正在开展"防病毒，保健康"宣传活动，倡议大家制作关于防病毒，保健康教育的主题海报，你们班交换生 Peter 给你发邮件询问相关事情。请用英语回复一封邮件，告诉他海报上交的时间，并分享你设计海报的一些想法。
提示词语: design, novel coronavirus (新型冠状病毒), mask, careful, keep,picture
提示问题:
●When should you hand in the poster?
●What would you like to share with Peter about designing the poster?
Dear Peter,
I'm glad to receive your email.___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
If there is anything more that I can help with, please let me know.
Yours,
Li Hua
Since 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at age 69, had been one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials (商业广告) for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. "As long as it works," he said in 1991. "I'll continue to do those commercials."
Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. "He still won't let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes, " Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted (收养) as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thomas spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. "He fed me," Thomas said, "and if I got out of line, he'd beat me."
Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much better in mind. "I thought if I owned a restaurant," he said, "I could eat for free. " When he was 24, meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.
In 1969, after breaking with Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy's Old Fashioned hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales.
Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation (基金会) for Adoption in 1992.
In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.
"The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave," says friend Pat Williams, "He wasn't a great actor or a great speaker. He was just Joe Everybody. "
1.When did Dave Thomas begin to do commercials for the hamburger chain?
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2.Did Dave Thomas live a happy life or a hard life when he was young?
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3.Who led Dave Thomas to success?
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4.Where did Thomas start the first Wendy's Old Fashioned hamburgers?
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5.Why did he start the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992?
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Imagine there is a glass on a table in front of you. It has water in it but it is not full. How do you describe the glass? "Half full or half empty?"
If you say half full, you might be an optimist. If you say half empty, you might be the opposite - a pessimist.
Optimism and pessimism represent your general attitude toward certain situations or to life in general. And your attitude about life may be more important to living than you think.
A new study suggests that your level of optimism may affect your health. People who are optimistic may live longer than those who are pessimistic.
Researchers at Harvard University's School of Public Health in Boston did the study. They compared women with "a general expectation that good things will happen" to women who were less optimistic. They found that the optimists had a much lower risk of getting several deadly diseases, including cancer, heart disease and certain types of infection.
Eric Kim is one of the study leaders. He says there is increasing evidence that strengthening psychological (心理的) resilience may help prevent disease. Kim says that these new findings suggest that people should make efforts to increase their resilience and optimism. He says optimism is connected with healthier behaviors and healthier ways of dealing with difficulty. Optimists tend to take better care of themselves by exercising, eating healthy foods and getting enough sleep.
However, the researchers say that healthy behaviors of optimistic people only partly explain the connection with reduced risk of disease.
For the study, researchers looked at information gathered on 70,000 women in the Nurse's Health Study. This massive study began in 1975. It collects health information on those involved in the study every two years. The Harvard researchers looked at the level of optimism of the women, as well as other factors such as race, diet, physical activity level and overall health. They found the most optimistic women had nearly a 30 percent lower risk of dying from disease.
Kaitlin Hagan, another study leader, says earlier studies show that a person can use simple, low-cost methods to increase optimism. For example, thinking about and writing down the best possible outcomes for areas of their lives, like their careers or relationships.
Leslie Ralph, a clinical psychologist and counselor, has several ideas about how to increase optimism. She says each night you might plan to do two or three simple, enjoyable activities the next day, such as watching the sun rise, visiting a friend, dancing to a favorite song or reading a story with your child. And the counselor adds offering praise or support to someone can also improve your own outlook. A smile and "thank you" from another person may help you feel more optimistic.
1.What do we know from the passage?
A.Relations lie among optimism, pessimism and a glass of water.
B.Good expectations increase risk of dying from disease.
C.An optimist is more likely to live healthily.
D.Supporting someone may receive praise of a pessimist.
2.What does the underlined word "resilience" mean in Paragraph 6?
A.The ability to recover from difficulty or change. B.A way of thinking and reacting to things.
C.Factors that influence one's health. D.The ability to experience the sense of touching body.
3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.To Be Optimistic or Pessimistic B.To Look on the Bright Side or the Opposite
C.Increasing Optimism Keeps You More Active D.Looking on the Bright Side Might Help You Live Longer
When you are sitting in class, have you ever drawn pictures in the margins (页边的空白处) of your notebooks? If so, you are doodling. Many people think of doodling as a distraction (分心) from more important things. But it might be just the opposite. Doodling might help one focus on work.
One study shows that doodling may help you remember things you hear. In 2009 researchers asked two groups of people to listen to a phone message. One group was encouraged to doodle, but the other was not. Neither group knew that it would be asked to remember information from the message. But the group that doodled remembered 29% more.
Other people have suggested other uses for doodling. Jesse Prinz, a professor who studies doodling, says it can help you think creatively. Walking away from a problem to draw might actually help you solve it. When you come back, you'll have a fresh perspective (观点) and figure out an answer more quickly.
An author named Sunni Brown wrote a book on doodling. She argues that doodling is a tool that can help people think. She admits that people see doodling as doing nothing, but she wants to change that. In fact, she runs a business that helps companies improve organization and planning through doodling.
Brown believes doodling is helpful because it includes many ways of learning. You learn in four ways: seeing, hearing, reading or writing, and through movement. The more ways you use, the better you learn. And when you doodle while listening to a lecture, you use all four.
You might think that being good at drawing is important for doodling. But if the point of doodling is to help you think, then it doesn't matter what the picture looks like. Even if you're not an artist, doodling can help you. So next time you need help focusing, pick up a pen and doodle away!
1.Which of the following is true?
A.Jesse Prinz thinks doodling can help people remember better.
B.Brown believes doodling involves four ways of learning.
C.One study shows doodling is a distraction from more important things.
D.Many people think that doodling may be good for your learning and thinking.
2.According to the passage, when you have a problem, you might find a way to solve it by ________.
A.having a conversation B.watching a movie
C.drawing lines or shapes D.wondering in the park
3.The writer probably agrees ________.
A.doodling has drawn more attention B.doodling needs good drawing skill
C.doodling develop one's patience D.doodling helps one focus attention
4.What's the passage mainly about?
A.The problems of doodling. B.The causes of doodling.
C.The advantages of doodling. D.The side effects of doodling.
