Read the information taken from the pain reliever bottles and answer the questions.
Medicine A
Drug Facts Active ingredient Purpose (in each tablet) Pain reliever/ 325 mg…………..…………fever reducer |
Uses provides temporary relief of ■ headache ■ pain and fever of colds ■ toothache ■ muscle pain ■ minor pain of arthritis |
Warnings Reye’s syndrome: Children and teenagers who have or are recovering from chicken pox or flu-like symptoms should not use this product. When using this product, if changes in behavior with nausea and vomiting occur, consult a doctor because these symptoms could be an early sign of Reye’s syndrome, a rare but serious illness. |
Alcohol warning: If you consume 3 or more alcoholic drinks every day, ask your doctor whether you should take aspirin or other pain relievers/fever reducers. Aspirin may cause stomach bleeding. |
Ask a doctor before use if you have ■asthma ■stomach problems that persist or recur ■ulcers ■ bleeding problems Stop use and ask a doctor if ■ pain worsens or lasts more than 10 days ■ fever worsens or lasts more than 3 days ■ new symptoms occur ■ redness or swelling is presents ■ ringing in the ears or loss of hearing occurs |
Directions ■ adults: 1 to 2 tablets with water. Dosage may be repeated every 4 hours, not to exceed 12 tablets in 24 hours. ■ children under 12: consult a doctor. |
Medicine B
Drug Facts ------------------------------------------------ Active ingredient Purpose (in each gelcap) Pain reliever/ 500mg…………………..…fever reducer |
Uses ■ temporarily relieves minor aches and pains due to headache, muscular aches, backache, the common cold, toothache, minor pain of arthritis ■ temporarily reduces fever |
Warnings Alcohol warning: If you consume 3 or more alcoholic drinks every day, ask your doctor whether you should take This product or other pain relievers/fever reducers. This product may cause liver damage. |
Overdose warning: Taking more than the recommend dose (overdose) may cause liver damage. In case of overdose, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away. Quick medical attention is critical for adults as well as for children even if you do not notice any signs or symptoms. |
Directions ■ do not take more than directed (see overdose warning) ■ adults and children 12 years and over: take 2 gelcaps every 4 to 6 hours as needed. Do not take more than 8 gelcaps in 24 hours. ■ children under 12 years: do not use this adult Extra Strength product in children under 12 years of age; this will provide more than the recommended dose (overdose) of acetaminophen and may cause liver damage. |
1.Which medicine may hurt liver according to the instructions?
A.Medicine A. B.Medicine B.
C.Both medicines. D.Neither medicine.
2.These two medicines are most suitable for _____.
A.a child who has a common cold B.an adult who has trouble falling asleep
C.a teenager who slightly hurt his wrist D.an old man who has stomach bleeding
3.Which of the following can be found in the instructions?
A.Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI). B.Ingredients of the medicine.
C.Facts about the origin of the medicine. D.Names of the doctors to consult.
Leftover again? Hurray
Here’s the deal: You’re as hungry as a horse and you want a delicious meal from a fine restaurant, but you’re a little low on funds.
So what do you do? If you happen to live in Europe, the answer is as easy as pie: You pull out your smartphone or tablet, and tap Too Good To Go, Europe’s most popular app. Approximately 23,000 restaurants and food sellers post their leftover offerings on the app for half their usual cost.
Why all this incredible generosity? Unbelievably, one-third of the world’s food is thrown away, and nearly one billion people don’t have enough to eat. Besides, burning wasted food releases harmful carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, which contributes to climate change. That’s why environment-minded companies around the world are creating apps for phones, tablets, and other smart devices that connect uneaten food with people who want or need it.
After a long day at work, Anne, a 34-year-old student, pulls out her smartphone and chooses a noodle dish—pasta with mushrooms. Then she heads to a restaurant on the banks of the Spree River, where the owner packs her dinner and also offers her a scoop of free ice cream, which is a reward for bringing her own container.
Indeed, there are many programs serving the same mission around the world. In America, people are using an app called Food for All. One hour before a restaurant closes, its staff can post leftover meals to the app for up to 80 percent off menu prices. The app also allows customers to donate leftover meals to others.
In the Netherlands, 77,000 people have downloaded an app called NoFoodWasted. This program allows grocery store workers to share products that are approaching their expiration dates with customers who might need them.
Some countries are taking their commitment to reducing food waste a step further. France and the Czech Republic, for example, have laws that prohibit restaurants and grocery stores from throwing away food. Instead, workers are required to donate that food to charity.
So think about if there might be a better use for your uneaten vegetables. The planet will thank you.
1.What is this passage mainly about?
A.Restaurants can post leftover meals on the app Food for All.
B.Apps are designed connecting leftover food with people in need.
C.Stores share food approaching their expiration dates with customers.
D.It’s popular for people to claim food that might otherwise be thrown away.
2.What is the result when lots of food is thrown out and later burned up?
A.Carbon dioxide is given off, worsening the problem of climate change.
B.Some countries have laws making restaurants donate the food they make.
C.Governments have made many apps that let people find cheap meals.
D.Nearly one billion people on the planet do not get enough food to eat.
3.What can you infer from the passage?
A.Anne packed a tasty pasta and mushroom dish to give away to charity.
B.The restaurant Anne visits sells its leftover food at a discount each day.
C.The 80-percent-off deal offered on app is not available during lunch hours.
D.Laws have been passed to prevent restaurants from throwing out leftover food.
4.This passage would be most useful for a student research project on _____.
A.application of technology to help solve the problem of leftover food
B.laws to help promote the safe transportation and sale of food products
C.restaurants using high-tech solutions to reduce packaging waste
D.methods to design apps that connect restaurants with customers
Fall down as you come onstage. That’s an odd trick. Not recommended. But it saved the pianist Feltsman when he was a teenager back in Moscow. The experienced cellist Rostropovich tripped him purposely to ______ him of pre-performance panic. Mr. Feltsman said, “All my fright was gone. I already fell. What else could happen?”
Today, music schools are addressing the problem of ______ in classes that deal with performance techniques and career preparation. There are a variety of strategies that musicians can learn to fight stage fright and its symptoms: icy fingers, shaky limbs, racing heart, ______ mind.
Teachers and psychologists offer wide-ranging ______, from basics like learning pieces inside out, to mental discipline, ______ visualizing a performance and taking steps to relax. Don’t deny that you’re tense, they urge; some excitement is ______, even necessary for dynamic playing. And play in public often, simply for the experience.
Psychotherapist Diane Nichols suggests some strategies for the moments before ______, “Take two deep abdominal(腹部) breaths, open up your shoulders, then smile,” she says. “And not one of these ‘please don’t kill me’ smiles. Then choose three friendly faces in the ______, people you would communicate with and make music to, and make eye contact with them. “She doesn’t want performers to think of the audience as a judge.
Extreme demands by conductors or parents are often ______ stage fright, says Dorothy Delay, a well-known violin teacher. She tells other teachers to demand only what their students are able to achieve. .
When Lynn Harrell was 20, he became the principal cellist of the Cleverland Orchestra, and he suffered extreme stage fright. “There were times when I got so nervous I was sure the audience could see my chest responding to the heartbeat, which was just total ______. I came to a point where I thought, ‘If I have to go through this to play music, I think I’ m going to look for another job.’” Recovery, he said, involved developing humbleness—recognizing that whatever his talent, he was likely to make mistakes, and that an ______ concert was not a disaster.
It is not only ______ artists who suffer, of course. The legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz’s nerves were famous. The great singer Franco Corelli is another example. “We had to push him on stage,” his partners recalled.
______, success can make things worse. “In the beginning of your career, when you’re scared to death, nobody knows who you are, and they don’t have any ______,” Singer June Anderson said. “There’s less to lose. Later on, when you’re known, people are coming to see you, and they have certain expectations. You have a lot to ______. ” He added, “I never stop being nervous until I’ve sung my last note.”
1.A.assure B.cure C.remind D.rob
2.A.anxiety B.adolescence C.principle D.psychology
3.A.absent B.blank C.keen D.narrow
4.A.advice B.choices C.services D.education
5.A.instead of B.along with C.such as D.with regard to
6.A.definite B.neutral C.natural D.precious
7.A.ceremony B.performance C.lecture D.rehearsal
8.A.audience B.orchestra C.staff D.choir
9.A.at the face of B.at the root of C.in favour of D.in contrast with
10.A.craze B.fault C.failure D.panic
11.A.unusual B.imperfect C.invalid D.unpopular
12.A.talented B.unknown C.young D.experienced
13.A.Actually B.Certainly C.Luckily D.Similarly
14.A.appreciation B.contribution C.expectation D.satisfaction
15.A.learn B.offer C.say D.lose
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Surprise! A New Penguin
A team of scientists in New Zealand recently came across the remains of a previously unknown species of penguin—by mistake. The discovery of the Waitaha penguin species, which has been extinct for 500 years, is exciting news for the scientific community 1. it gives new insight into how past extinction events can help shape the present environment.
The researchers uncovered the Waitaha penguin remains while studying New Zealand’s rare yellow-eyed penguin. The team wanted to investigate the effects 2. humans have had on the now endangered species. They studied centuries-old bones from 3. they thought were yellow-eyed penguins and compared them with the bones of modern yellow-eyed penguins. Surprisingly, some of the bones were older than 4. (expect). Even more shockingly, the DNA in the bones indicated that they did not belong to yellow-eyed penguins. The scientists concluded that these very old bones 5. have belonged to a previously unknown species, which they named the Waitaha penguin.
By studying the bones, scientists further concluded that the Waitaha penguin was once native 6. New Zealand. But after the settlement of humans on the island country, its population 7. (wipe) out.
Based on the ages of the bones of both penguin species, the team discovered a gap in time between the disappearance of the Waitaha and the arrival of the yellow-eyed penguin. The time gap indicates that the extinction of the Waitaha penguin created the opportunity for the yellow-eyed penguin population 8. (migrate) to New Zealand.
9. yellow-eyed penguins thrived （兴盛） in New Zealand for many years, that species now also faces extinction. The yellow-eyed penguin today is considered one of the world’s 10. (rare) species of penguin, with an estimated population of 7,000 that is now the focus of an extensive conservation effort in New Zealand.
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At the back of King's College there is a memorial stone of white marble to honor the Chinese poet Xu Zhimo. 1.（move）to the UK in 1921 , Xu Zhimo spent a year studying at King's College where he 2.（fall）in love not only with the romantic poetry of English poets like John Keats, but also with Cambridge 3.（it）.
His poem, Taking Leave of Cambridge Again, 4. is considered to be his 5.（famous）one, is now a compulsory text on Chinese literature, 6.（learn）by millions of school children across our country every year. The poem 7.（vivid）paints a portrait of King's College and the River Cam, and serves 8. a reminder of Xu Zhimo's fondness for his time in Cambridge.
While the poem had been set to music many times before the English composer John Rutter, one of the mainstream classical 9.（musician）, was invited by King's College to make the first musical setting of the text. The new piece, written and recorded in celebration of the near 100-year link between King's College 10. Xu Zhimo, has been released（发行）on a new album on the King's College Record Label.
Earlier this year, artist Malik was about to post a selfie（自拍）from the Brooklyn Bridge when he had second thoughts. He wanted to share something different with his friends and the world.
Malik thought social media（大众传播媒介）had become impersonal and he wanted to connect with people in a more meaningful way. Therefore, the Reading Project was born. He began leaving piles of his books in famous New York City locations with a card containing simple instructions put inside each one: take a book, read it and share your thoughts with the artist by email.
The piles of books themselves can be seen as works of art, and so is the process of sharing. Unlike many of the things we share today, he likes to keep the project off social media. To keep the project pure, he doesn't even turn around as he walks away once he has left a pile of hooks. When he has left them behind, he prefers emails to be the only way that he learns what happens to them. The project has now taken him — and his books — all over the world, including London where we recently caught up with him.
"I hope people pick them up and I also hope they read them and let me know. And even if they don't let me know, I just hope they read the books,'' Malik said.
He has received thousands of messages from people in more than 30 countries all over the world. For Malik, books are meaningless and lifeless if they gather dust on a shelf and are never read again. He plans to carry on with the project for some time, with a visit to Brazil next on his agenda（日程表）and then decides whether he will continue it or not.
Most of all, he loves the connection the books give him to strangers across the world, something other posts could never achieve.
1.What hit Malik when he wanted to post a selfie?
A.His selfie wouldn't become very attractive.
B.Social media made people close to each other.
C.His thoughts should be shared with more people.
D.A new way could be used to connect with the world.
2.Why does Malik prefer others to connect with him by email?
A.He wants to keep the project secret.
B.It is a quick way to know what happens.
C.He doesn't want to be bothered by social media.
D.He thinks people needn't know the process of sharing.
3.What does Malik expect people to do about his books?
A.People will share his books with social media.
B.People will pick them up and read them.
C.People will share his books with others.
D.People will help him store the books.
4.What can we infer about Malik's project from the passage?
A.It won't last long for a lack of books.
B.It was first started on the Brooklyn Bridge.
C.It has destroyed the relation among strangers.
D.It has proved to be effective to connect with others.
