Parents do all kinds of things to help their children get top grades in school. A study shows that children's diet can play a role in their IQ. If children eat fruit, vegetables, fish and all the grain in their first three years of school, they will do far better 1. tests than others with a poor diet.
The study involved 161 children aged between six and eight years old. And they 2. followed up from the first grade to the third grade in school. If children had a rich diet like vegetables, fruits and fish, they 3. do the best in reading tests. These children also showed their progress in reading skills between the first grade 4. the third grade.
“A healthy diet seems to be 5. important thing in children's learning and school grades，” a worker said. “Parents and schools play an important role in making healthy foods available to children.”
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involve 使参与
Do you have some special food in your memory? For me, I remember when I was young, my mom sometimes cooked tea eggs for me. _____ now she hardly cooks tea eggs because she is too old to cook. A few days ago, I _____ my mother how to cook tea eggs. Then she taught _____ hand by hand and of course I had learned how to make it. Now I'd like to _____ the cooking process below with you!
First, you need to wash eggs thoroughly with _____ water and then boil the eggs for about 8 minutes. In this process, make sure you cover all of the eggs with _____. When time is up, remove the eggs from _____ water.
Second, wrap black tea in a piece of cloth and tie the cloth with a thread. The purpose of doing this is to make a black tea bag.
Next, put the eggs and the black tea _____ which you have prepared well in a container and pour some boiled water into the container. Then add 3 spoons of salt and sugar _____ the water.
Besides ______ tea eggs cooked by mom, I often ate tea eggs from outside. For example, I ______ bought tea eggs from stores which were next to my primary school when I was a kid. Tea eggs were very ______ with children at that time. ______， fewer and fewer people chose to eat them at present. Because we were later ______ that eating too many tea eggs was not good for health. Anyway, I can't forget the delicious taste and pleasant smell of tea eggs ______ take me back to the sweet memories of the past.
1.A.And B.But C.Or D.So
2.A.asked B.said C.ordered D.spoke
3.A.you B.them C.me D.him
4.A.warn B.pollute C.share D.lead
5.A.clean B.hot C.boiled D.warm
6.A.tea B.water C.oil D.salt
7.A.fresh B.cold C.hot D.icy
8.A.thread B.bowl C.bag D.rice
9.A.to B.on C.out D.with
10.A.drinking B.eating C.finding D.seeing
11.A.still B.almost C.also D.too
12.A.interesting B.happy C.popular D.sad
13.A.Suddenly B.Also C.However D.Either
14.A.told B.found C.met D.heard
15.A.who B.what C.which D.when
[素材选自21st CENTURY READING Book 1]
新型机器人
Nexi is one of a new generation of robots. It moves on wheels and can pick up objects. But robots like Nexi are more than just entertaining toys.
Nexi, a social robot created by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), can express human emotions. Roboticists at MIT call Nexi a “social robot”. 1. Nexi can look sad, mad, and even bored. Some social robots can also “read” our facial expressions.
2. Autom is a robot health coach. It has a screen where you enter information about what food you ate that day or how much you exercised. Autom has a face with eyes that move. 3. Autom gives you advice about your diet and exercise and drives you to do better.
In a test, Autom helped people lose weight better than other ways of recording diet information. Breazeal thinks it's because Autom used facial expressions and words of encouragement. In other words, Autom communicated like a real person. In fact, many people who used Autom gave the robot a new name and talked to it. 4.
In the future, humans may communicate with social robots just like they do with other people. 5. Let's wait and see what will happen in the future!
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entertaining 有趣的 synthesized 合成的
A.It speaks with a synthesized voice.
B.Autom is another social robot developed at MIT.
C.A social robot is a robot that can communicate like a human.
D.The robot of the future will be not just a machine; it may also be your coach, helper, or friend.
E.When robots use human expressions and body language, people reply to them like they reply to people.
Have you ever heard of Liu Hong? She was among the world's top race walkers in the summer of 2015. 1. few people knew about her before. Liu used to be a runner when she was 15. She ran very well at that time. As a result, walking coach Sun Li'an thought highly 2. her for her ability and took her in as a student. In 2010, Liu won her second Asian Championship gold medal. Again in 2012, she won the World Race Walking Challenge event in Taicang in a personal best result of 1: 25: 46 3. break Asian 20km record of 1: 26: 22. However,4. is unfortunate that Liu placed fourth at the 2012 London Olympics. After that, Liu Hong trained much harder and won the record back in 2015.5. an excellent person she was! Why not learn from her to be more energetic?
Basketball can be fun, or it can be trouble. People gather around a ball, but their reactions often go _____ the object.
It was a terribly hot summer day when the group of us _____ on the basketball court. Silently, we teamed up and played, as always. The sun was a big "squeezer", as it not only squeezed out of us sweat and _____, but also our unhappy feelings. Body contact became more and more often, and we could all _____ the attacks of elbows. After another round of game, one of the players and I fell to the ground at the same time. From his burning eyeballs, I could see a _____ was almost unavoidable.
It suddenly came to me that my tins of Cola were lying on the ground, about an inch away from me. "Buddy, hot down here. What about a _____?" I said to him._____ I rolled one to him, looking at him in the eyes with my most sincere facial expression. "I guess I'm quite fine. Lucky no _____ bones or we'll end up in the hospital!" I said.
Other players watching nearby all laughed. I could clearly see some movement on his face. My _____ did work! He picked the Cola up, tried _____ it, and walked over. As he passed by my side, he _____ his left hand, and smiled at me. I smiled back, took his hand, and gave him a _____ shake.
A gentle wind caught me on the face _____ I returned to the basketball court. The sun continued to provide _____ for us. What could be better than a group of school students _____ basketball skills on a warm, sunny afternoon?
1.A.towards B.about C.beyond D.for
2.A.appeared B.jumped C.came D.returned
3.A.time B.energy C.health D.pride
4.A.accept B.afford C.smell D.feel
5.A.match B.fight C.touch D.risk
6.A.game B.talk C.drink D.ball
7.A.Angrily B.Wisely C.Loudly D.Carefully
8.A.lazy B.hidden C.medical D.broken
9.A.humor B.chance C.advice D.trust
10.A.open B.to open C.opening D.opened
11.A.looked at B.thought of C.put away D.held out
12.A.light B.strong C.heavy D.sudden
13.A.since B.if C.before D.as
14.A.worry B.warmth C.stress D.peace
15.A.protecting B.encouraging C.communicating D.comparing
Playing video games and getting money for it seems like a dream job for many of today's teenagers. But is it all fun and games?
Big business
1. In 2017, there were more than 3,000 gaming competitions and over 10,000 professional players worldwide. A large number of people watch their competitions online, and successful gamers can get more than 1,000,000 dollars from prize money and ads.2.
What it takes
Becoming a professional is not just about being good at playing games—it also takes a lot of hard work.3. "You need to spend much time and put all your efforts to it", says exgamer George.
Not all fun and games
It can be a difficult job as well.4. Tiredness is another, and injuries are common.5.Careers are short, and many gamers retire before they are 30 and try to find another job.
However, the bad points probably won't change the dreams of many teenage gamers. And angry parents are still likely to hear the excuse, "But I'm just practicing for my future job!"
A.The industry is clearly thriving.
B.Stress is a big problem for gamers.
C.Pro(professional) gaming is certainly big business.
D.Some pro gamers practice for fourteen hours a day.
E.Top player Hai Lam had wrist problems after years of pro gaming.
