Once a month, I volunteer at a meal center to help serve food to people who are in need. Despite the many other things that I need to do, I really look forward to meeting and serving these people, even if only briefly. Although my motivation begins with wanting to help others and be grateful for what I have been given, it is joy that helps bring me back when I am very busy. I first noticed this some time ago: at the end of our shift, after the kitchen and dining room have been cleaned up, I would experience a lightness of being.
A few years ago, as I was researching how kindness affected health, I came to learn that volunteerism was associated with a markedly lower risk of dying. One recent and large European study found that self-reported health scores were apparently better in volunteers than non-volunteers. Depending on the study, the decrease in death rates ranged between 20 to 60 percent or so.
How could volunteering decrease the risk of death? There are several factors at play. The first, and most primary, is decreased symptoms of stress and uplifted mood. Many studies have provided evidence that volunteering is good for depression, well-being, and social networking, among other effects. Secondly, people who volunteer regularly also make more effort to take care of themselves. They manage to pay visits to their doctor for preventive health care. Finally, people who volunteer may be more physically active. Volunteers have an obvious increase in walking each day compared to those who did not volunteer.
To try to tie this together, volunteering likely exerts its positive health effects by connecting people to others and to an activity that they find meaningful. Achieving connection, purpose, and meaning is critical to reducing stresses of life — particularly loneliness. Since stress is a major cause of disease, especially heart disease, the ability to satisfy the need for connection, purpose, and meaning can bring about beneficial changes for people. And when there is purpose and we are connected to others, we take care of ourselves.
1.How does the author feel about doing a volunteer job?
A.Pleased. B.Tired.
C.Surprised. D.Annoyed.
2.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.A study on volunteerism.
B.The health scores of volunteers.
C.The relationship between kindness and health.
D.Volunteerism’s positive effect on volunteers’ health.
3.Volunteering decreases the risk of volunteers’ death mainly by ___________.
A.making them more physically active
B.making them visit doctors frequently
C.pushing them to take care of themselves
D.reducing their stress and uplifting their mood
4.What does the underlined word “critical” in the last paragraph mean?
A.Different. B.Equal.
C.Important. D.Contrary.
If you’re planning on hitting up a festival this summer, make sure you check out the latest packing guide to camping music festivals.
Quebec City Summer Festival
When: July 4-14
Where: Toronto, Quebec
300 shows, 10 places and 11 days of music make this festival one of Canada’s biggest music festivals. Every year, this festival attracts over one million festivalgoers to Quebec City’s historic district for concerts by international superstars and top new talent.
Center of Gravity
When: July 28-30
Where: Kelowna, British Columbia
Canada’s hottest beach festival is back! Now in its 10th year, the biggest and exciting festival to hit the Okanagan includes three days packed with extreme sports, sandy beaches, and some of the biggest DJ names in the world.
Future Forest
When: August 5-7
Where: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Future Forest is an outdoor camping festival with a focus on electronic music. The festival originated in 2012 as a fundraiser for a brilliant DJ, Jay Hamilton, who was diagnosed with cancer. Future Forest proudly shows the idea that there are no audience at the event but rather participants who in some way contribute to the overall experience.
Shambhala Music Festival
When: August 9-10
Where: Salmo River Ranch, British Columbia
This is Canada’s earliest electronic music festival. Cutting edge talent, lights and sound come together to give life to this event. Seeing it for yourself is the only way to understand exactly what is Shambhala.
1.What can people do in the Quebec City Summer Festival?
A.Do some extreme sports.
B.Play on the sandy beaches.
C.Learn about Quebec City’s history.
D.Enjoy the performances of superstars.
2.What was Future Forest set up for at first?
A.To honor a brilliant DJ.
B.To promote electronic music.
C.To raise money for a cancer patient.
D.To provide outdoor camping activities.
3.Which festival is Canada’s earliest electronic music festival?
A.Quebec City Summer Festival.
B.Center of Gravity.
C.Future Forest.
D.Shambhala Music Festival.
假定你是李华，你的日本笔友Amanda得知中国的新冠状病毒疫情严重，你也在家学习备战高考，因此
她在二月初写信鼓励你，给你加油打气，并给你寄了一些口罩，请你写一封感谢的回信。内容包括：
1 .感谢她的鼓励和帮助；
2. 分享在家隔离的感受和平时的卫生注意事项
注意：1. 词数100 左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
开头语和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Amanda,
How is everything going？
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Yours,
Li Hua
下列每个句子中均有一处错误，请将这处错误找出并在题后的横线上改正。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在正下方写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在单词下方写出修改后的词。
That was seven years ago that I began to learn English, so English has been my friend for a long time. Initially, I learnt English with the intention of being admitted to key university. But now I was eager to learn about the world better and spread Chinese culture through English because of it is the most wide spoken language in the world. I used to thinking English was difficult because I couldn’t remember the English words. Unfortunately, I found a way out. By reading English novels, I have made great progresses ever since. As the old saying go, learning is the lifelong journey. There is no doubt whether I will continue to learn English after graduation.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Seiko Hashimoto, Japan’s Olympic minister, says the Tokyo 2020 Games could be postponed 1. the summer until later in the year amid fears over the coronavirus outbreak.
In 2. (respond) to a question in Japan’s parliament, Seiko Hashimoto said Tokyo’s contract with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) "calls for the Games 3. (hold) within 2020". She added" that could be interpreted 4. allowing a postponement". The Games are due from 24 July to 9 August. "We are doing all we can to ensure that the Games go ahead as 5. (plan)," Hashimoto added.
Under the hosting agreement, the right to cancel the Games 6. (remain) with the IOC. IOC president Thomas Bach says his organization is still "very confident with regard to the success" of the Games in Tokyo. "I would like to encourage all the athletes to continue their preparations with great confidence and 7. (fully) steam," added the German.
As 8. result of the coronavirus outbreak, a number of high-profile sporting events have already been cancelled 9. postponed, including the World Athletics Indoor Athletics Championships and the Chinese Grand Prix, 10. was scheduled for 19 April.
From the time I was little until I turned 15, my mother would bring me to the houses she cleaned and I’d help her. I clearly ______ the summer before first grade, when I was ______ the furniture in Mrs. Belinda’s living room. That’s ______ I told my mom I wanted to grow up to be a(n) ______ like her.
I think I was just a little kid who ______ her mom, but she took me ______. She sat down next to me, saying that she had to clean houses in the United States because she didn’t have the educational ______ that I had. That’s when I really ______ why my parents had left Mexico when I was two years old to ______ their only child a better life. After they ______ in 1996, my dad did odd jobs and my mom cleaned houses.
When I started ______ going to college in middle school, I told my mother I wanted to be a doctor to ______ more so she wouldn’t have to clean houses. My mom told me I should do something I love and not count on money to ______ happiness.
When I was ______ a four-year scholarship to go to any public university in Texas, I knew I wanted to go to the University of Texas at Austin. Given my great experience before, I really wanted to major in ______. It’s true my parents got ______ thinking I might one day be on television. But really, they told me they were ______ to have a daughter ______ a high school diploma and on her way to go to college. I was the first in my family to get ______ in the United States, ______ I was on my way to become the first to go to college.
1.A.remember B.recognize C.learn D.prefer
2.A.watching B.designing C.polishing D.moving
3.A.why B.how C.when D.because
4.A.housekeeper B.housewife C.woman D.assistant
5.A.greeted B.admired C.believed D.inspired
6.A.lightly B.kindly C.seriously D.critically
7.A.relations B.systems C.purposes D.opportunities
8.A.understood B.noticed C.mentioned D.wondered
9.A.supply B.give C.take D.hand
10.A.departed B.worked C.arrived D.missed
11.A.abandoning B.considering C.thinking D.concerning
12.A.help B.develop C.earn D.catch
13.A.accompany B.achieve C.afford D.appreciate
14.A.awarded B.rewarded C.honored D.sent
15.A.English B.history C.journalism D.management
16.A.moved B.excited C.awkward D.calm
17.A.convinced B.skeptical C.helpful D.proud
18.A.for B.over C.with D.towards
19.A.admitted B.educated C.adopted D.qualified
20.A.then B.so C.but D.and
