The extreme hot weather often makes people restless with sweats in summer. Even though people are annoyed by it, experts suggest that summer is the best season to give out your body’s poisonous matters and refresh your energy.
One popular choice is hot-stone massage(按摩). Therapists(理疗师)use smooth and heated stones, usually river rocks, to massage certain parts of the body, or set them on key points of the body. The warmth of the hot stones will promote blood circulation and also help muscles relax, while sweating is also believed to be good for letting out the body’s poisonous factors.
Another popular choice is hot-stone baths. The hot-stone bath will help the body give out poisons and humidity(湿气) that build up during the last winter. Summer is the best season to form a good body. Rather than use water or steam to heat and wash the body, people simply wear a coat or something comfortable, and then lie on heated stone tablets made of hot stones, which are warmed to around 45oC. The body will gradually warm up and blood circulation will also be improved. More sweat will come out quickly. The sweat is smooth and fresh, not smelly like that released after sports activities. Such baths bring a number of health benefits, such as anti-aging, improved blood circulation and stress relief. The slimming effect of dieting can even be promoted.
It dates back to ancient times to use hot stones for treatment, but the modern hot-stone massage generally owes to Mary Nelson, a native of Tucson, Arizona, America, whose trademark is “La Stone Therapy”.
The therapy is earning a good fame and popularity with many people, especially those who are often seated in cool rooms with air-conditioners. The hot-stone therapy can help cure many illnesses, back pain included.
1.What’s the best method people use to let out poisons in our body according to the text?
A. Swimming .
B. Doing sports activities.
C. Sweatingt.
D. Improving blood circulation and stress relief
2.What can be inferred from the text?
A. People should take advantage of summer to improve their health.
B. There are no toxins and humidity in the body in summer.
C. Using water of about 45oC to wash the body is good for the health.
D. Sports have greater effects on the health than hot-stone massage.
3.What can be learned about the hot-stone therapy?
A. It was invented by Mary Nelson, an American.
B. It successfully cured many people of cancer.
C. It is popular with people because of its excellent effects.
D. It can help people avoid sweating too much in hot summer.
4.Where may this article be seen?
A. On an entertainment magazine. B. On a health care magazine.
C. On an education magazine. D. On a technology magazine.
A day in the life of 18-year-old David Lanster is full of teenage activities: school, baseball practice, homework. And then he starts cooking. “Some nights I’m up until 1 a.m. making pies, or even later if we’re cooking beef,” said the student at Ransom Everglades High School in Florida, US.
For the past year, Lanster and Kelly Moran, his classmate, have been hosting fancy dinner parties at Lanster’s parents’ home. Their meals have 17 courses and are all made by them. Their guests used to give them gifts to thank them, until the pair decided to do something nice for charity. “We got some really great Miami Heat tickets, a nice watch, and many kitchen machines,” Lanster said. “But we wanted to make this something positive for people rather than us.”
Lanster and Moran focused on Common Threads, a charity(慈善机构) that helps to teach kids in poor neighborhood to cook and make healthy eating choices. The young cooks ask their guests to give however much they want as payment for their meals. It all goes to Common Threads because Lanster’s parents cover their food costs. After their last 12-person event, Lanster and Moran gave $1,600 to the charity. Now, they’re taking their show out of the kitchen and on the road. Lanster and Moran have started to organize private dinner parties in a similar way: the host pays for the ingredients(食材), and the guests make a donation (捐赠) to a charity.
Outside the kitchen, the two are busy preparing their college applications. Neither is sure what they will do in the future, but they’ve promised their parents that they’ll leave cooking alone until they finish high school.
1.Why does Lanster and Moran cook now?
A. To get gifts from guests. B. To raise money for charity.
C. To become cooks. D. To make healthier eating choices.
2.What can we infer about Lanster and Moran?
A. They will give up cooking forever.
B. They are sure about their future jobs.
C. Their parents support cooking as a job.
D. They will stop cooking for college application.
3.How can we best describe Lanster and Moran?
A. Selfish and reliable. B. Creative and helpful.
C. Confident and careful. D. Outgoing and patient.
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. A Great Cook B. Eat as you Wish
C. Helping by Cooking D. Cooking for School Fees
What’s it like to become a music star with millions of fans? These young artists know the feeling. Over the course of their short careers, they have attracted the attention of the biggest stars in the world and taken home prizes from major shows. For now they’re just kids that everyone in music is watching. Check out the next generation of stars below.
FIFTH HARMONY
The 1990s was a brilliant period for girl groups. But after that few groups have been able to make much of an influence. This doesn’t seem to bother Fifth Harmony, who landed the biggest hit of their career in 2016 with “Work from Home”, a pop song that encourages everyone to ask for leave more often. When it climbed to No.4 on the Billboard Hot100, it was the first time that a girl group had entered the top 5 in the past ten years.
LORDE
It’s been four years since the release of Born Heroine ---- the hot selling CD that made her a 16-year-old global sensation and the spokeswoman for a new generation of smart, strong-minded, creative female pop artists. She contributed to The Hunger Games soundtrack (插曲) in 2014, and for this time setting foot in Hollywood production also brought her more opportunities in her following career.
TROYE SIVAN
You might recognize the rising star Troye Sivan from YouTube, where he’s been uploading videos since he was 12 and his channel already has millions of fans, or from the movies, where he played the role of young Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
1.What does the underlined “it” mean in the second paragraph?
A. The girl group. B. The pop song “Work from Home”.
C. The girl group’s career. D. Fifth Harmony.
2.Who isn’t mentioned any cooperative experience with a film?
A. Fifth Harmony. B. Lorde. C. Troye Sivan. D. None.
3.What do you know about Billboard and YouTube from the passage?
A. Billboard is a price list of singers’ albums and YouTube is a TV station.
B. Billboard is a price list of singers’ albums and YouTube is a video website.
C. Billboard is a ranking(分等) list of pop songs and YouTube is a video website.
D. Billboard is a ranking list of pop songs and YouTube is a TV station.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.Where are millions of “Cokes” sold every day?
A. Almost everywhere in the world. B. In most European countries.
C. Some parts of the world.
2.What do the Americans think of coke?
A. It’s a drink for young people. B. It is only drunk on certain occasions.
C. Almost everyone likes it in the USA.
3.When did the first supermarket appear in the USA?
A. In the 1920s. B. In the 1930s. C. In 1930.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How does the woman feel at the beginning of the conversation?
A. Tired. B. Sad. C. Happy.
2.What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Have a rest. B. Have a talk with him. C. Have a cigarette.
3.What’s the probable result of the conversation?
A. The man will give up smoking. B. The man will continue to smoke.
C. The man will listen to the woman’s advice.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Where does this conversation most likely take place?
A. In the street. B. At the woman’s home. C. Over the phone.
2.What is the woman going to do tonight?
A. Help her sister with English. B. Meet her friend at the station.
C. Go to an exhibition with her parents.
3.When can the woman most probably go to see a film with the man?
A. Tonight. B. This weekend. C. Sometime next week.
