One day, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day and I was feeling ______ . As I paid for the gas, the attendant said, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a ______ question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You don't look ______.” he replied and continued to tell me my skin appeared ______.
By the time I left, I was a little ______ . About a block away, I ______ to the side of the road to look at my face ______ the mirror. Was everything all right? Had I picked up ______ rare disease? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a slight ______ somewhere in my body.
The next time I went into that gas station, I ______ what had happened: The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, and the light reflecting off the walls made everyone inside ___________ as though they were sick! That was the truth. ______ , I let that short conversation change my attitude for an entire day. His _____ observation affected the way I felt and acted.
This experience made me think a lot. It is the same with life, in which attitude ________ . The way we look at life determines how we feel and how we _______. If we expect something to turn out _______ , it probably will. But the _______ also works in reverse. If we expect good things to happen, they ________ do. An optimistic attitude, I believe, is not a luxury but a(an) ________. So after that, I chose to highlight the _______ throughout the rest of my life.
1.A.great B.excited C.sick D.uncomfortable
2.A.considerate B.thoughtful C.strange D.funny
3.A.happy B.comfortable C.satisfied D.well
4.A.grey B.yellow C.black D.red
5.A.angry B.uneasy C.painful D.unbelievable
6.A.pulled over B.pulled in C.pulled out D.pulled through
7.A.on B.at C.over D.in
8.A.certain B.some C.several D.anxiety
9.A.comfort B.relief C.pain D.anxiety
10.A.picked out B.put out C.turned out D.figured out
11.A.feel B.behave C.look D.see
12.A.However B.Therefore C.Besides D.Otherwise
13.A.kind B.helpful C.rude D.negative
14.A.matters B.affects C.decides D.speaks
15.A.work B.perform C.learn D.believe
16.A.smoothly B.badly C.well D.positively
17.A.principle B.saying C.meaning D.sentence
18.A.usually B.certainly C.definitely D.seldom
19.A.imagination B.tool C.necessity D.alternative
20.A.important B.useful C.positive D.special
Signs of Eating Disorder
About 30 million Americans live with an eating disorder. 1. Yet many others are often hidden in plain sight. It’s important to know the symptoms in those who might be at risk for an eating disorder.
They’re constantly talking about dieting.
The discussion around changing eating habits is incredibly common. Look at any lifestyle magazine or website and you’ll likely find dieting tips and advice. 2. If someone you love is constantly talking about food or their dieting habits, it might be a sign of concern.
3.
Changes in mood or behaviors surrounding food or exercise can be signs of concern. This could mean a switch in activity level like overexercising, too often counting calories, frequently visiting the bathroom after eating, fasting or eating too much. 4.
They’re constantly turning down food-centric social gatherings.
Avoiding social interactions such as birthday parties or going out to dinner with friends is a significant danger signal. People living with the condition have an intense focus on food or body image. They will keep away from situations likely ones that once brought them joy—where that determination might be tested.
The best way to support someone who may be experiencing an eating disorder is by talking with them, but when and how you do it matters. 5. Approach them with love and compassion, let them know that you care about them and that you notice that there is something they may be struggling with.
A. This also might come with a noticeable weight loss or gain.
B. However, being trapped in that discussion is a different story.
C. Their fitness or eating habits are constantly out of the ordinary.
D. Mood changes associated with eating may also be a danger signal.
E. It should be away from the normal routine and outside of a meal time.
F. Some symptoms of an eating disorder may be more visible to the eyes.
G. Eating disorders are a group of conditions marked by an unhealthy relationship with food.
How people read facial expressions of others says a lot about their cultural practices, a new study suggests.
In the study, about 80 Japanese and American student participants viewed a series of images (图像), each of which consisted of one center model and four background models. The researchers manipulated (操纵) the facial expression (happy, angry, sad) of the center or background models and asked the participants to determine the emotion (情绪) of the center figure.
The majority of Japanese participants (72%) reported that their judgments of the center persons emotions were influenced by the emotions of the background figures, while the same percentage of western participants reported they were not influenced by the background figures.
“What we found is quite interesting,” says Takahiko Masuda, a psychology professor from the University of Alberta. “Our results show that when Americans are trying to figure out how a person is feeling, they selectively focus on that particular person’s facial expression, while Japanese consider the emotions of the other people in the situation.”
“This may be because Japanese attention is not concentrated on the individual, but includes everyone in the group,” says Masuda.
In another round of image-viewing, researchers monitored the eye movements of the participants and again the results indicated that the Japanese looked at the surrounding people more than the westerners when judging the situation.
While both the Japanese and westerners looked to the central figure during the first second of viewing the photo, the Japanese looked to the background figures at the very next second, while westerners continued to focus on the central figure.
“East Asians seem to see people in terms of the relationships to others,” says Masuda. People raised in the western culture tend to separate a person from their surroundings, while East Asians are accustomed to “kuuki wo yomu”, which literally translates to “reading the air” of a situation. “As a result, they think that even surrounding people’s facial expressions are an informative source to understand the particular person’s emotion,” says Masuda.
1.Why were there background models in the study?
A.To show the participants various facial expressions.
B.To let the participants figure out their emotions.
C.To see whether they would influence the center model.
D.To see whether they would influence the participants’ judgments.
2.In the image-viewing process, the westerners ________ than the Japanese.
A.spent more time looking at the background models
B.spent less time looking at the background models
C.determined the emotion of the center model more quickly
D.determined the emotion of the background models more slowly
3.“Kuuki wo yomu” in the last paragraph indicates ________.
A.dealing with a situation
B.reading facial expressions
C.looking at the surroundings
D.knowing the surrounding people
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A.Facial Expressions Show Emotions
B.Culture Affects How We Read Faces
C.Team Work Strengthens Relationship
D.Cultural Differences Determine How We Feel
Being able to take advantage of truly unlimited data is a smartphone user's dream, but everyone I've talked to about 5G is more excited about the usage unlocked by next - generation wireless devices. From smart home security to self - driving cars, all the Internet - connected equipment in your life will be able to talk to each other at lightning - fast speed with reduced delay.
"5 G is one of those forerunners, along with artificial intelligence, of this coming data age, ” said Steve Koenig, senior director of market research for the Consumer Technology Association. "Self - driving vehicles are emblematic in this data age - they show application of data completely. With one single task, driving, you have large amounts of data coming from the vehicle itself, and a variety of sensors (传感器)are collecting a lot of information to model its environment as it moves. It's pulling in data from other vehicles about conditions down the road. There's lots of data behind that task, which is why we need the speed and lower latency ((延迟).
AR glasses and virtual (虚拟的)reality headphones haven't yet been inside the mainstream, but tech companies are joyfully saying that such equipment will eventually replace our smartphones. With 5G, that could actually happen. This is notable because companies such as Apple are reportedly developing AR glasses to improve - or even replace - smartphones.
Ericsson showed at February's Mobile World Congress in 2019 how smart glasses could become faster and lighter with a 5G connection, because instead of being weighed down with components, the glasses could rely on outside equipment for processing power.
But don't get too excited. There's still a lot of work to be done in the meantime, including some necessary testing to make sure the radio plays nicely with basic systems and service construction so that 5G isn, t concentrated only in big cities.
1.What does the first paragraph focus on?
A.Potential of 5G. B.The super speed of 5G.
C.Usage of smart equipment. D.The future of smart equipment.
2.Which word can replace "emblematic" underlined in paragraph 2?
A.available B.productive C.representative D.popular
3.What is tech companies" attitude towards the replacement of smartphones?
A.Uncertain. B.Optimistic. C.Cautious. D.Disapproving.
4.Why does much work still need to be done according to the last paragraph?
A.To make radio play nicely. B.To construct big 5G cities.
C.To do 5G trials effectively. D.To expand 5G coverage fully.
My wife and I were at a crowded grocery store not long ago. It was a weekday evening, cold and wet-and tense. People were carelessly blocking aisles, complaining and cutting one another off with their carts.
Things got worse at the checkout line. The cashier scanned a man’s discount card, but he misread the savings on her screen as an additional charge. He decided she was acting deliberately and began to argue.
“She is being spiteful (恶意的) !” he yelled. “This is unbelievable.”
Other customers looked away as the cashier tried to reason with him. She called a manager, who accompanied him to customer service. Shaken, she moved to the next customer in line.
We’ve all witnessed uncomfortable scenes like this in public places. The grocery scene was another example of how our trust in others has eroded. But it was also a teachable moment on how we can rebuild our faith-starting with just one person.
Back at the grocery store, my wife and I reached our uneasy cashier. I grabbed a bottle of water from a nearby cooler and handed it to her. “We felt bad about how that man treated you and wanted to buy this for you.” I said. Her face lit up, and we talked as she scanned our items. She told us she had been working that evening through severe foot pain and would be having surgery later that week. We wished her well in her recovery, and she thanked us as we left.
Those are the balancing acts, the moments of responding social and emotional pain with healing, which will add up to restore trust among people. You can start that pattern in someone else’s life, even in a place as ordinary as the neighborhood grocery store.
1.Why did the man at the checkout line argue with the cashier?
A.The cashier called a manager to help her.
B.Someone jumped the queue waiting to check out.
C.There was something wrong with his discount card.
D.He believed the cashier charged him more on purpose.
2.The underlined word “eroded” in Paragraph 5 probably means ________.
A.changed B.increased
C.faded D.formed
3.The author bought a bottle of water for the cashier because ________.
A.he thought the cashier might feel a little bit thirsty
B.he knew she had gone through much trouble recently
C.he wanted to restore the trust between her and the man
D.he wanted to comfort her after the terrible experience just now
4.The last paragraph in the passage is intended to ________.
A.add a warning B.make a suggestion
C.introduce a topic D.present an argument
Whistler World ski Snowboard Festival
There are many reasons why the World Ski& Snowboard Festival has been so popular for the past 22 years. Known to locals as WSSF, the festival combines spring energy with Whistlers unique mountain culture. It is being held from 10th April to 15th April, at the Whistler Conference Centre in Whistler. Canada. There are photography, filmmaking, ski and snowboard competitions.
WSSF Schedule
Below are some of the events.
Tuesday, April 10
Eight famous adventurers give visual stories to the audience. The eight people include mountain bikers Darren Berrecloth and Hans Rey, climber John Long, diver Jill Heinerth, snow boarder Alex Warburton, skier Johnny Thrash, and adventurers Casey Brown and Ted Baird.
Wednesday, April 11
This free exhibit gives you a deeper look at mountain culture. It goes further than simply landscapes and wildlife. The exhibit will be open to everyone from April 1l to April 13.
Teams have 72 hours to shoot, edit and produce a short film taken within 100 kilometres of Whistler Village. Judges will choose just one winner for“ Best of show”.
Thursday, April 12
Six photographers compete to amaze the judges and the audience with pictures that record sports, culture and the human spirit.
Friday, April 13
Whistler Blackcomb is the fourth stop in British Columbia, Canada, for this snowboard contest. The contest is free to enter and the two champions (man and woman) will share C $50, 000.
Saturday, April 14
Competitors include a mix of racing legends. The audience can view the ski race for free. * The ski race depends on the weather and is scheduled for Saturday, April 14 but may be moved to Friday, April 13-check wssf. com for up-to-date information.
1.What can we learn about the World Ski Snowboard Festival?
A. It is a seven-day festival
B. It is held in April every year.
C. It has a history of over twenty years.
D. It is best known for whistlers mountain culture.
2.What can visitors do during the World Ski Snowboard Festival?
A. Enjoy films made by competitors on April 11.
B. See eight famous mountain bikers on April 10.
C. Watch a ski race that will definitely happen on Saturday.
D. View an exhibit featuring mountain culture on April 12.
3.Which of the events mentioned in the text offers a prize?
A. The ski race.
B. The snowboard contest.
C. The photography competition.
D. The filmmaking competition.
