Reading is good for more than just entertainment Sparing part of everyday to read printed books can make you a smarter, kinder, more relaxed individual. Involving kids in books, magazines, and more at an early age is a great way to encourage them to be lifelong readers, which means they'll reap these benefits for years to come.
Reading helps understand another personas feelings. Reading books doesn’t just make you smartest can make you a kinder person as well： According to a study in 2013,People who consume literary fiction have an easier time sensing and relating to emotions in other people. Great literature forces readers to step outside themselves and empathize with the characters they’re reading about.
Reading can lower stress. Feel stressed at the end of a long day? Cracking open a book is a good way to wind down. A 2009 study found that reading for just 30 minutes has similar stress-reducing effects to doing 30 minutes of yoga.
Reading is an excuse to put your phone away at night. Reading a physical book before going to bed is a great alternative to scrolling through your phone-something most of us admit to doing. Research has shown that smart phone use at night makes it harder for people to fall asleep and leads to an overall decline in sleep quality, Some experts say reading books, on the other hand ,can have relaxing effects, making it the ideal bedtime activity.
Reading helps families bond. When parents read out loud to their children ,they can pass on the benefits of reading and encourage meaningful interactions. To help kids get the positive effects of reading, parents should stick to physical picture books, A recent study found that printed books, unlike tablets and e-readers, can deepen connections between caretakers and children.
1.What is probably the beat title for the text?
A.Benefits of Reading Printed Books.
B.Stress-reducing Effects of Reading.
C.Connections between Parents and Kids.
D.Significance of Reading Great Literature.
2.Which of the following can replace “reap” underlined in paragraph 1?
A.search. B.reduce.
C.obtain. D.resist.
3.According to paragraph 4, to sleep well at night, you'd better ______.
A.put your phone away
B.relax by reading on the smart phone
C.read a physical book before bedtime
D.do bedtime activities through your phone
4.What is suggested in the last paragraph?
A.Tablets and e-reader should be made* use of in reading.
B.Kids should read aloud to get positive effects of reading.
C.Meaningful interactions should be encouraged in games.
D.Printed books should be read to improve family connections.
Many may remember the 1998 film Mulan，the story of a young Chinese girl Pretending to be a man to take her father’s place in the army. After this film was released, McDonald’s began to serve a sauce called Mulan SzeChuan Sauce. Also in 2017，a cartoon show Rick and Morty, which featured a mad scientist and his adventures with his grandson, mentioned the SzeChuan sauce. Many fans have queued up for hours to buy it Packets of the sauce have even appeared on eBay selling for up to $ 250 each.
However, the sauce created by McDonald’s lacks any original Sichuan flavor. As one of the eight great cuisines of China, Sichuan cuisine is famous for its spicy dishes. But Dunlop says it’s a common misunderstanding that the cuisine focuses only on heat “Sichuan is about complex multilayered flavors,” she says. “The really interesting thing about Sichuan cuisine is its variety of flavors. A really good Sichuan meal is like a rollercoaster ride — you have spicy notes, sweet and sour notes, numbing and gentle flavors,” she says.
From the 1990s, Sichuan food took off. Currently, Sichuan hotpot is a hugely popular dish in China and the West, and dishes such as Mapo Tofu and Gong Bao Chicken are all famous and express the techniques and flavors of Sichuan cooking. Chef Key Chan, 65, born in Hong Kong to a family of chefs originally from Sichuan, is keen on passing down how to cook Sichuan cuisine. “Sichuan cuisine allows your taste the tip of your tongue to feel a ‘dancing sensation’,” says Chan.
1.Why Mulan and Rick and Morty are mentioned in paragraph 1?
A.To inform kids of wonderful films.
B.To remind people of the cartoon characters.
C.To show how popular the SzeChuan sauce was.
D.To indicate how expensive the SzeChuan sauce was.
2.What can we know about Sichuan cuisine from paragraph 2?
A.It only focuses on heat.
B.It involves various flavors.
C.It is the greatest cuisine in China.
D.It is best represented by Mulan SzeChuan Sause.
3.Which of the following best explains “took off” underlined in paragraph 3?
A.Left in a hurry. B.Was quickly forgotten.
C.Began to fly. D.Became popular quickly.
4.How does Chan feel about Sichuan cuisine?
A.Amazing. B.Just so-so.
C.Simple. D.Strange.
It was about 10:15 pm when Janice Esposito drove her minivan from Station Road onto Montauk Highway. And then—wham! Out of nowhere a car hit her minivan pushing her backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. She sat in it, slightly injured but mostly panicked by the impact.
Meanwhile, Pete DiPinto,64, a volunteer firefighter, was getting ready for bed when he heard the sound of car crashing coming from not far outside his bedroom. He grabbed a flashlight and, still in his pajamas (睡衣），ran out of the door. “Any firefighter would have done what I did，” he told MyNBC5. “We’re always on duty. ”
The first car he came upon was the one that had hit Esposito. Once DiPinto concluded the driver was OK, he looked around and spotted Esposito’s minivan on railroad tracks. And then he heard the bells signaling an oncoming train.
DiPinto rushed to Esposito’s minivan and knocked hard on the driver’s side window. “Honey， you’re on the railroad tracks，” DiPinto shouted “We have to get you off right now!” But Esposito just looked at him， her eyes unfocused. “I don’t know where I am，” she said He pulled the handle hard， but the door was damaged arid jammed shut The train， traveling at 65 miles per hour， was heading toward them. DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the door. He grabbed Esposito’s arms， helped her out and speed-walked her to safety a few feet away. Within about six seconds, the train bumped into the minivan. “It was like a Hollywood movie，” he said.
But this one had a twist. “Last night, the hero arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck，” people said.
1.What do we know when the car accident happened?
A.DiPinto heard the call for help,
B.DiPinto was on duty at that time.
C.Esposito didn’t know where she was.
D.Esposito was more shocked than injured.
2.From the text, what do we know about DiPinto?
A.He is a man of high sense of responsibility.
B.He is warm-hearted but careless in dressing.
C.He is a man full of energy and imagination.
D.He is kind but impatient with other people.
3.What is paragraph 4 mainly about?
A.How DiPinto managed to save Esposito.
B.How Esposito reacted to DiPinto's behavior.
C.How the train bumped into Esposito’s minivan.
D.How seriously Esposito’s minivan was damaged.
4.What can we infer from the text?
A.DiPinto liked watching Hollywood movies.
B.People laughed at DiPinto’s careless dressing.
C.DiPinto pulled out Esposito through the driver’s window,
D.Esposito must have felt fortunate and thankful to DiPinto.
Silk Road Tours
Along this over 4,000 km road, you can experience colorful culture, precious historical relics and beautiful northern and western landscape!
◎Top Silk Road Attractions
1. Terracotta Warriors□
Type： History Museums, Historic Sites
Recommended Length of Visit： 3 hours
As the eighth wonder of the ancient world, it has a history of more than 2,200 years. Oriental mummies await you to discover their mystery.
2. Mogao Grottoes□
Type: Buddhism, Historic Sites Recommended Length of Visit：3 hours
Considered as the eastern Louvre Museum,Mpga0 Grottoes is a glorious treasure of ancient Buddhist cave art. The history of Mogao Grottoes can be traced back to the “Five Hu—16Kingdoms” period (AD 304 — 439).
3. Big Wild Goose Pagoda□
Type： Culture & History, Buddhism
Recommended Length of Visit： 2 hours
For hundreds of years, this great pagoda has always been the symbol of Xi an. It is famous for the great traveler Xuanzang of Tang Dynasty who traveled from China to India to learn the Buddhism and got back to China with many precious Buddhist scriptures （佛经）.
4. Qinghai Lake□
Type： Lake
Recommended Length of Visit： 5 hours
Known as the largest inland lake, as well as the largest salt water lake in China, it is the most visited and famous attraction in Qinghai Province. Here, you not only enjoy the fantastic natural beauty, but also experience the amazing culture here.
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1.What do Mogao Grottoes and Big Wild Goose Pagoda have in common?
A.Both contain ancient Buddhist cave art.
B.Both are known as the symbol of Xi'an.
C.Both are related to history and Buddhism.
D.Both were constructed during- the Tang Dynasty.
2.Which of the following provides tourists with breathtaking natural scenery?
A.Terracotta Warriors. B.Mogao Grottoes.
C.Big Wild Goose Pagoda. D.Qinghai Lake.
3.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A Newspaper. B.A guidebook.
C.A website. D.A magazine.
阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Are you sick of going to bed late and waking up tired? Then grab your hiking boots and a tent. A new study suggests that a couple days of camping in the great outdoors can reset your circadian (昼夜节律的)clock and help you get more sleep.
The circadian clock, more commonly known as the body clock, is an internal system that tells our bodies when it's time to go to sleep and when it's time to wake up. Scientists track this clock by measuring the amount of melatonin(褪黑激素)circulating in a person’s blood at any given time. In a healthy sleeper, melatonin levels rise a few hours before bedtime, stay high through the night, and then settle back down when it's time to wake up.
In our modern society, however, most of us stay up many hours past sunset and would probably sleep in many hours after sunrise if we could. And the trouble is that your melatonin levels may still be high when your alarm clock goes off in the morning, which leads to grogginess(头晕眼花). It may also have other health consequences as well, such as diabetes(糖尿病), overweight problems and heart disease
Professor Kenneth P. Wright of the University of Colorado in the US wanted to see if our body clocks can be reset by a short stay in nature. His team recruited (招收)14 physically active volunteers in their 20s and 30s. Nine went on a weekend camping trip, while the other five stayed home. At the end of the weekend, the researchers reported that in just two days, the campers' body clocks had shifted so that their melatonin levels began to rise more than an hour earlier than they did before they left on the trip. By contrast, the body clocks of the group that stayed home shifted even later over the course of the weekend. ''This tells us we can reset our clocks fast, '' Wright said.
Therefore, if you want to change your sleep patterns you could try to increase your exposure to natural light during the day and decrease the amount of artificial light you see at night.
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假如你是校学生会主席李华，美国一学生访问团将于暑假来你校参观访问。请你写封邮件，将本次活动安排告知该访问团的负责人Mr Smith,并征询他对安排的意见。
活动安排：1，体验中国绘画；2，品尝特色午餐；3，观看地方戏表演。
注意: 1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯;
参考词汇： 俗语 saying
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Yours,
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