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I’m a senior student and I’m now in the need of your help although I can’t stand the great pressure.Every day I have to have lesson at school for nine hours and take at least three to four hours doing my homework at home. Our teenagers are eager to play and enjoy ourselves, but we hardly have any time to do that we want. Besides, we don’t even have enough sleep.There seem to have three cases about the overload: the pressure of examinations, too many homework and high expectations from the parents. We often warned that if we don’t do our best we won’t have the chance to go university. The pressure often makes me awake at night.
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National Napping Day 1. (start) in 1999. The day serves as a reminder to us all that sleep is 2.essential and healthy part of our daily routine. More and more people are not getting enough sleep. National Napping Day raises 3.(aware) of the benefits of napping. Regular napping can 4.(great) reduce the risk of having a heart attack or 5.(suffer) from other health problems. It also increases our energy levels and improves our mood and performance. It is a very cheap way of making us feel better.
When our sleep 6.(take) away for some reason, the best thing to do is take a nap. There is a lot of research into just what kind of nap is best for us. We all know about the 7.(tradition) cat-nap. We put our head down and have a little sleep during our lunch time hour. This is called a power-nap 8.ends just before we fall into deep sleep. It quickly refreshes our mind and stops us from feeling sleepy. Another nap is the caffeine(咖啡因)nap. This is when we have a nap 9.having a cup of coffee. It takes about 20 minutes for the caffeine 10.(act), so when we wake up we feel doubly energetic.
Many years ago，I drove my seven-six-old daughter to school in our car．This ___day，we passed by many ___people who were begging．She asked why the same people were ___help every day and why no one was ___．
I really didn't have a（n） ___answer to this question．So I decided to ask her how she thought she could help．
My little girl always had ___ideas flowing out of her which I couldn't keep ___．The next day on the morning ___to school，my daughter asked me to stop at each ___where a homeless person stood．I asked why，but was quickly ___to wait and see．
I ___my window and asked the gentleman to ___．My daughter handed him 50 cents ___told him she would see him every morning．This went on for three blocks．I asked her where all of the money came ___and she immediately informed me that her class -mates took up a ___of coins and love for her to pass on to the“ people on the corner”.
Every school day for two more wonderful years we stopped and ___coins or a good morning wish to the “people on the corner”．She could always get everyone to ___ even if just for a quick second．
Times have changed，and many people ___of giving money to homeless people on the corner but everyone deserve to be ___，so my “people on the corner” get a "good morning and a smile" every day．I get the same ___--every day．
1.A. particular B. curious C. anxious D. enthusiastic
2.A. hopeless B. aimless C. homeless D. friendless
3.A. apologizing for B. standing for C. working for D. asking for
4.A. helping B. sparing C. observing D. paying
5.A. difficult B. easy C. possible D. abstract
6.A. such many B. such much C. so many D. so much
7.A. out of B. away from C. in touch D. up with
8.A. breakfast B. trip C. sun D. rain
9.A. house B. corner C. highway D. garage
10.A. identified B. confirmed C. informed D. proved
11.A. rolled down B. put down C. broken down D. cut down
12.A. fall over B. go over C. turn over D. come over
13.A. but B. so C. or D. and
14.A. out B. from C. down D. about
15.A. collection B. fund C. action D. account
16.A. awarded B. rewarded C. afforded D. offered
17.A. laugh B. cry C. smile D. sob
18.A. dislike B. support C. disapprove D. agree
19.A. permitted B. acknowledged C. abandoned D. embarrassed
20.A. in return B. by turns C. in case D. by accident
Most companies will pay employees more if they have a degree.1.If you are a babysitter with a college degree, you can expect higher babysitter pay. If you have completed courses leading to an early childhood or education degree, you can also receive more than someone without those qualifications. 2.If you have more than two years of experience and a college degree, you’re very likely to get higher pay than others. If you have special knowledge or skills that are needed, you may command higher pay. 3.Another example: if you possess a degree in fine arts, and your employer-family wants their children to learn creative expressions, your creative skills (painting, sculpture, etc.) may earn you a higher income. 4.For example, if you obtained your CNA (certified nursing assistant) through your local community college, and your employer-family has a child with medical conditions, you may receive a higher pay rate.5.Just name a few here: how many children are to be attended to, what the ages of those children are, what additional responsibilities will be given to the babysitter (cooking, driving, etc.), in what country/state the babysitting is happening, and the babysitter’s ability to promote her qualifications and discuss her pay rate.
A. The same is true for babysitters.
B. Not everyone is equal in the job market.
C. Of course, other factors affect babysitter pay rates as well.
D. For instance, anyone who can play the piano can get higher pay as a babysitter.
E. Job-relevant certificates acquired through colleges may also lead to increased incomes on the job.
F. Parents will be happy to have an experienced and educated person caring for their children.
G. For example, if you know Russian and your employer-family has a child adopted from Russia, they may pay more
Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you’ll have no trouble answering these questions.
Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child’s day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness. But distinctions that were sharp to us as children become unclear; we are numb(麻木的）to new stimulation(刺激), new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits.
The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began complaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost knee-deep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they’d felt cold water at first.
Another block to awareness is the obsession(痴迷) many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a "ruby-crowned kinglet" and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing.
The pressures of "time" and "destination" are further blocks to awareness. I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant camp-ground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what’s around them. I asked them what they’d seen. "Oh, a few birds," they said. They seemed bent on their destinations.
Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.
1.According to Paragraph 2, compared with adults, children are more ____________.
A. anxious to do wonders
B. sensitive to others’ feelings
C. likely to develop unpleasant habits
D. eager to explore the world around them
2.What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3?
A. To avoid jumping to conclusions.
B. To stop complaining all the time.
C. To follow the teacher’s advice.
D. To admit mistakes honestly.
3.The bird watchers’ behavior shows that they __________.
A. are very patient in their observation
B. are really fascinated by nature
C. care only about the names of birds
D. question the accuracy of the field guides
4.Why do the hikers take no notice of the surroundings during the journey?
A. The natural beauty isn’t attractive to them.
B. They focus on arriving at the camp in time.
C. The forest in the dark is dangerous for them.
D. They are keen to see rare birds at the destination.
A scientist working at her lab bench and a six-old baby playing with his food might seem to have little in common. After all, the scientist is engaged in serious research to uncover （揭露）the very nature of the physical world, and the baby is, well, just playing … right? Perhaps, but some developmental psychologists (心理学家) have argued that this “play” is more like a scientific investigation（调查研究）than one might think.
Take a closer look at the baby playing at the table. Each time the bowl of rice is pushed over the table edge, it falls in the ground — and, in the process, it brings out important evidence about how physical objects interact (相互作用); bowls of rice do not float in mid-air, but require support to remain stable. It is likely that babies are not born knowing the basic fact of the universe; nor are they ever clearly taught it. Instead, babies may form an understanding of object support through repeated experiments and then build on this knowledge to learn even more about how objects interact. Though their ranges and tools differ, the baby’s investigation and the scientist’s experiment appear to share the same aim (to learn about the natural world), overall approach (gathering direct evidence from the world), and logic (are my observations what I expected?).
Some psychologists suggest that young children learn about more than just the physical world in this way — that they investigate human psychology and the rules of language using similar means. For example, it may only be through repeated experiments, evidence gathering, and finally overturning （使翻转）a theory, that a baby will come to accept the idea that other people can have different views and desires from what he or she has, for example, unlike the child, Mommy actually doesn’t like Dove chocolate.
Viewing childhood development as a scientific investigation throws light on how children learn, but it also offers an inspiring look at science and scientists. Why do young children and scientists seem to be so much alike? Psychologists have suggested that science as an effort — the desire to explore, explain, and understand our world — is simply something that comes from our babyhood（婴儿期）.Perhaps evolution (进化) provided human babies with curiosity and a natural drive to explain their worlds, and adult scientists simply make use of the same drive that served them as children. The same cognitive (认知的) systems that make young children feel good about figuring something out may have been adopted by adult scientists. As some psychologists put it, “It is not that children are little scientists but that scientists are big children.”
1.According to some developmental psychologists, _____.
A. a baby’s play is nothing more than a game
B. scientific research into babies’ games is possible
C. the nature of babies’ play has been thoroughly investigated
D. a baby’s play is somehow similar to a scientist’s experiment
2.We learn from Paragraph 2 that____.
A. scientists and babies seem to observe the world differently
B. scientists and babies often interact with each other
C. babies are born with the knowledge of object support
D. babies seem to collect evidence just as scientists do
3.Children may learn the rules of language by ____.
A. exploring the physical world
B. investigating human psychology
C. repeating their own experiments
D. observing their parents’ behaviors
4.What is the author’s tone when he discusses the connection between scientists’ research and babies’ play?
A. Convincing. B. Confused.
C. Confidence. D. Cautious.
