Historians have said that we have always had a sweet tooth. Our sweet tooth has grown over the years and people are now more attached1.sweets than ever before.
Tim Richardson,2. famous historian, has created a timeline to show our love of sweets, starting as early as 8,000 years BC. He said, “A sweet thing3.(enjoy) during the day can be a source of simple comfort and pleasure cheering us up. People have known this for 4. (century). Throughout history, many sweets have kept their charm and popularity because they have kept up with the 5. (late) taste trends.” Gave paintings have been found of our early ancestors attacking beehives(蜂窝) 6.(find) honey
A fun fact about these sweets is that honeycomb(蜂巢)was the first ever sweet eaten. As the years7.(go)on, lollypops(棒棒糖)were first eaten in 1550 AD and gums were enjoyed as early as the 1650’s. A main product of the sweet market toffee appeared in the 1890’s. Other popular sweets, such as boiled sweets, chewing gum and bubble gum, came later. Chewing gum has a history that8. (date) back to the ancient Greeks. 9. , it wasn’t until 1928 10.Walter Diemer happened on just the right gum recipe to make the very first bubble gum.
It was 3 am, a cold and wet night, on August 21, 2010. I had just left a local club to travel ten kilometers home when I lost________of my car on Grand Junction Road in Hope Valley.
I ______into a still car that was_______in front of a house, and then hit a tree. I was badly injured!______still, I had no idea that a fire had started______the bonnet(引擎盖)of my car.
___ in the car behind me was a young man, who I later found out was called Jared. He saw the accident occur and ______to help me out of the car. He put his own life in ______when he got into the back seat trying to undo my seat belt.
With my seat belt ______, Jared then broke the driver’s window to drag me out. He_______did this while my car was burning_______by the crash, the homeowners came out to investigate(调查). Jared told them to ring emergency services_______he continued to help me out of the car.
I ______my life to Jared and I consider him a good friend due to the_______bond created on the night he dragged me to safety. I was rushed to the Royal Adelaide Hospital in a _______condition, five bones broken.
I spent a few weeks in hospital, during which time Jared visited me to see how I was _____ .He also continued to contact me after I returned home. He says he doesn’t believe that he did anything special. On that, I ______disagree with him and am very glad that he didn’t get hurt in the _____.
Today, nearly seven years later, Jared and I still ______and often talk about the events of that night. Jared is my ____ and my friend.
1.A. balance B. sight C. interest D. control
2.A. got B. stepped C. crashed D. hid
3.A. kept B. parked C. found D. stood
4.A. Worse B. Luckily C. Clearly D. Badly
5.A. off B. under C. near D. beyond
6.A. Sitting B. Sleeping C. Driving D. Waiting
7.A. stopped B. failed C. happened D. hesitated
8.A. practice B. hand C. safety D. danger
9.A. renewed B. undone C. repaired D. fastened
10.A. hardly B. gradually C. bravely D. naturally
11.A. Annoyed B. Dragged C. Warned D. Woken
12.A. while B. although C. until D. since
13.A. devote B. owe C. take D. save
14.A. bloody B. social C. special D. loose
15.A. nervous B. pleasant C. normal D. serious
16.A. recovering B. operating C. struggling D. relaxing
17.A. eventually B. exactly C. totally D. probably
18.A. spot B. process C. way D. challenge
19.A. take care B. fit in C. drop in on D. keep in touch
20.A. angel B. owner C. doctor D. driver
How to Get Organized
No one likes staying disorganized, so if disorganization is crowding your life and as a result you’re feeling frustrated, then it’s time to get organized. Organization takes time, but when you get into the habit of it, life becomes so much easier! 1.
1. Keep A List Of Things To Do
2.. Rather, they keep a list of things to do and then they check them off once they get done. Let making a list to do be your new habit.
2. Never Put Things Off
Procrastination is typical of those who are irresponsible and careless. 3., They do not want to put things off. They would rather stay up late and do what they are supposed to do.
3. Quit Multitasking
You are an organized person only if you do not let the stuff around you arranged in stages. 4.. Do it, and then move on to the next one.
4. Involve Other People
Organized people do not do it all alone. They try to involve others usually their wives or husbands, for support. Another good thing about this is that such couples usually manage to raise disciplined and responsible children.
5.5.
First things first! What are your priorities? Do not waste your time trying to do 156 things. Spend your time and energy on something that is worth it. smaller things can wait. The things that are essential should always be done.
A. Priorities Rule.
B. Avoid Getting Tacked
C. It only takes a week to start a habit
D. Organized people do everything on time
E. Many people struggle with disorganization
F. Organized people do not keep things in head
G. Stay focused and concentrated on one task only
When Lone Star College student Dwyanya Earnhardt first heard about a food pantry(食品室)opening at her college in September 2015, she was embarrassed to ask for help, but knew she needed it. she’s used the food pantry several times since.
Lone Star Montgomery Campus is among a growing number of US colleges opening food pantries for students. In the Houston area alone, San Jacinto College and the University of Houston Downtown(UHD) have also added them. UHD opened its food pantry in spring 2015. it’s hoping to increase its use among students through a program being launched this term. About 100 to 150 students will be awarded food scholarships to use in a new food bank constructed inside the student services building.
“More students of different backgrounds have access to higher education, but that you got in doesn’t mean you have the support coming from home to keep you in,” said Patrick Jefferson, UHD”s assistant vice president for student affairs.
“Many of the students come after work, take their class, then they go home, and they don’t leave their challenges at the front door,” said Jefferson. “We’re recognizing that we just can’t ay. ‘We only worry about our students’ academic challenges.’ We have to think about the student as a whole person.”
The majority of donations to Lone Star’s food pantry have come from teachers and students. The food pantry is open from noon until 3 p. m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, but students can request it at another time if needed. Nearly 590 students have used the pantry since it opened last fall.
San Jacinto College has been offering food pantry services twice a month to students since 2013. The college sends a bag of items on certain days and has received more than 1,000 student requests since it began. It allows students from all income levels to request food. UHD and Lone Star Montgomery Campus also follow the same policy.
1.When a food pantry was first opened in Lone Star College__________.
A. it was quite new to all Americans
B. all colleges in the US followed the example
C. Dwyanya Earnhardt was not aware of its necessity
D. Dwyanya Earnhardt felt uncomfortable to ask for help
2.The food pantry in UHD is intended to __________.
A. build a new food bank
B. give support to students
C. offer service to teachers
D. award 250 students scholarships
3.Patrick Jefferson holds the idea that ___________.
A. students have to balance between work and study
B. students’ academic challenges are his main concern
C. access to higher education means easily continuing schooling
D. students’ challenges involve academic challenges and other problems
4.What can be inferred about the food pantries in Lone Star College and San Jacinto College?
A. Both of them offer services twice a week
B. Both of their donators are teachers and students
C. Neither of them sets income level standards for students
D. Neither of them has received as many as 1000 student requests
Despite the vital role they play in many ecosystems, animals considered to be “ugly” are being ignored by scientists. A study had found uglier animals attract less attention and less funding when it comes to conservation efforts and research. This could mean the ugliest animal population could be under threat.
The study was conducted by wildlife biologists Trish Fleming and Bill Bateman in Perth, Australia. They looked at research publications concerning 331 Australian mammal species that broadly fell into categories they labeled as “the good, the bad and the ugly”. It turned out that studies into “the good group” and “the bad group” were carried out while the “ugly group” was ignored.
Ugly animals, such as the fruit bat and the tree bat, are being ignored by conservationists. And some animals are even becoming endangered because of how they look. The Madagascan lemur(狐猴)called the aye---aye is so ugly that the natives have long seen them as a bad sign, or a sign of death, so they kill them whenever they see them. Other ugly animals under threat include the dugong(儒艮)and the proboscis monkey(长鼻猴).
Despite making up 45% of the 331 species studied, the ugly animals have attracted little attention from scientists. “We know so little about the biology of many of these species,” said Trish Fleming. “For many, we have catalogued their existence, but when it comes to understanding what they eat, their habitat needs, or how we could improve their chance of how we could improve their chance of survival, we are still in the dark.”
With Bill Bateman, Trish Fleming has called for improved funding for the lesser known mammals. “It would be ‘tragic’ if humans ended up causing the extinction of more species without even knowing anything about them,” they said.
1.Based on the text, the “ugly” animals _________
A. are increasing in number
B. get more conservation funds
C. play an important role in the ecosystem
D. cost quite a great deal of money in research
2.Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. People see the dugong as a sign of death
B. More attention has been paid to “the ugly animals”
C. There was not enough study about “the ugly animals”
D. Trish and Bill did research on 331 Australian mammals
3.The main reason for some animals’ being endangered may lie in _________.
A. their unpleasant looks B. their broad categories
C. their economic values D. their lovely appearances
4.The best title for the text would be _________.
A. The Ugliest Animal in the World
B. The Ugly Species Are under Threat
C. The Living Habits of the Ugly Species
D. The Proboscis Monkey Is Endangered
One day a professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. After hearing that, all students were seated and waited for the test to begin. Now, the professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down on the desk. Once he was done with handing out the test to all students, he asked them to turn the test pages and begin.
Students were confused to see that there was not a question but just a black dot in the center of the page. The professor noticed the students’ facial expressions and told them, “I want you to write about what you see there.”
The students were still confused but got started with the test. At the end of the class, the professor took all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students. All of them described about the black dot and tried to explain its position. After the professor finished reading, the whole class was silent.
Now, the professor began to explain, “Don’t worry. I am not going to give you grades for this but I just want you to think about something. Here everyone focused on the black dot and wrote about it but no one wrote about the white paper. The same is with our lives. The white paper embodies our whole life and the black spot problems in our life.
Our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate---our friends around us, the job that provides us our livelihood, the miracles we see everyday. Still we just focus on day to day problems like health issues, lack of money, problems in relationships, etc. But we never see that these problems are very small compared to everything we have in our lives.”
1.From the text we learn that _________.
A. the professor gave the students an unexpected test
B. the professor graded the students’ test papers
C. none of the students focused on the black dot
D. the students were unwilling to take the test
2.The underlined word “embodies” in Paragraph 4 probably can be replaced by ________.
A. presents B. represents
C. empties D. enriches
3.What is the main idea of the text?
A. Be happy to take tests
B. Life is filled with problems
C. There are many black dots in our life
D. Take eyes off problems and enjoy life
