Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced that the UK will host the first ever Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit(峰会) in London this October.This global summit aims to put mental-health care on an equal footing with the physical kind.
But there is a long way to go. One in four people will experience a mental-health problem at some point in life. In rich countries mental illnesses account for more suffering and premature death than heart disease, strokes(中风) or cancer. Meanwhile the central-African countries have just one mental-health professional per 100,000 people, a fiftieth as many as Europe has. (Less than 1% of foreign aid for health care goes towards mental health.)
As developing countries handle infectious diseases, mental health will consume a greater share of budgets and attention there. By 2020 mental-health conditions may account for 15% of the global burden of disease, but even in rich countries many people with common problems still go without treatment.
It is clear that mental illness is fast becoming one of the global health challenges of the 21st century. Until recently, this hasn’t had the profile it deserves on a global stage. The ministers gathering in London must produce new money and focus—and not just another declaration. The summit is also expected to help countries learn from each other to find the best ways to deal with increased rates of depression and anxiety among young people.
1.Which of the following best explains “on an equal footing” underlined in paragraph 1?
A.Standing up for. B.Being as important as.
C.Standing in one’s shoes. D.Having an advantage over.
2.What is the purpose of holding the meeting?
A.To find more foreign aid for health care.
B.To make a declaration on mental illnesses.
C.To solve the physical problems of the youth.
D.To stress the importance of mental health.
3.Which disease causes more premature death in rich countries?
A.Heart disease. B.Cancer.
C.Mental illness. D.Stroke.
4.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A.Effective measures should be taken on mental health.
B.The problem of mental illness has drawn enough attention.
C.People in developed countries suffer less mental illnesses.
D.Mental-health diseases have taken up about 15% of the global illness cases.
Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs. White. I don’t remember much about what we learned in her class, but my mother once told me we used to write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she would see there were so many mistakes. But no red corrections. And always a star. Sometimes even a Good! That would make my heart soar with happiness. But it worried my mother, so when she went to meet Mrs. White for one of those Parent-Teacher meetings, she asked her why she never corrected my mistakes, why she never red-pencilled in the right spellings of words or pointed out grammatical errors.
Mrs. White explained the children were just beginning to get excited about using words, about forming sentences. She didn’t want to dampen that enthusiasm with red ink. Spelling and grammar could wait. The wonder of words wouldn’t ... And maybe she didn’t say it exactly like that, but I grew up learning to use words with loving confidence like that.
I look back now and think she must have been a rather extraordinary teacher—to allow the joy, wonder and excitement of expression to flower—however faultily like that.
I used to misspell “beautiful” a lot. Never could I quite remember that the “e” went before the “a”. Eventually the e’s and a’s settled into their right places of their own accord. I’m glad I didn’t wait on them though. Pretty is easier to spell but it doesn’t hold as much as you mean sometimes.
And thanks to Mrs. White, I had no qualms about writing what I meant even if I couldn’t quite spell it out. Because Life isn’t Pretty. It’s Beautiful.
1.How did the mother react to Mrs. White’s teaching method?
A.She paid no attention. B.She tried to correct it.
C.She quarreled with her. D.She went to consult her.
2.Why did the teacher never correct the mistakes?
A.She wanted parents to help the students.
B.She thought it was difficult to correct them.
C.She hoped to develop students’ confidence.
D.She wanted to strengthen teacher-student relationship.
3.What does the underlined word “qualm” in the last paragraph refer to?
A.Relaxation B.Concern
C.Patience D.Ambition.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.Life Is Beautiful B.No Pains, No Gains
C.Practice Makes Perfect D.Spelling Is Important
假设你是红星中学高一学生李华，你的英国笔友 Peter 来信询问你所钦佩的人物，请给他回信，具体内容包括：
1. 该人物是谁；
2. 你钦佩该人物的原因。
注意：1. 词数不少于 50；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
It’s great to hear from you.
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Yours,
Li Hua
翻译句子
1.北京以它的悠久历史而闻名。
2.不要害怕犯错。
3.我期待你的回复。
4.多亏了你的帮助，我们才完成了这项工作。
5.为了更健康的生活，我们应该保护环境。
阅读短文，完成下列任务。
Masterpieces
The Starry Night was painted in June 1889 when Vincent van Gogh was staying at a home for the mentally ill. Van Gogh painted what he saw from his window—the night sky with clouds, stars and a moon. However, he didn’t just paint the clouds. He also painted the massive circles of white and yellow racing across the sky. The stars and the moon hang bright in the night sky. Beneath this amazing sky, we see a sleeping village and a dark, lonely tree.
His unusual use of colour has led experts to think that Van Gogh’s mental illness may have affected his sense of sight. He also took a drug that can make people see yellow spots, just like the stars in The Starry Night.
Unfortunately, Van Gogh’s unique paintings weren’t very popular and he only sold one painting in his lifetime. He also thought The Starry Night was a failure. However, the fact remains that The Starry Night is now one of the world’s most famous paintings.
The Scream was painted by Edvard Munch in 1893. What makes it striking is that it shows a thin figure with an expression of fear—the figure’s mouth is wide open and letting out a powerful scream. The figure covers his or her ears and looks directly at the viewer. This figure is set on a bridge above a dark, stormy sea, and against a burning orange-red sky.
In his diary, Munch talked about what inspired him. “I was walking down the road with two friends when the sun set; suddenly the sky turned as red as blood ... I stood there shaking. Then I heard the scream of nature.”
Many experts say that The Scream is connected to Munch’s mental health problems, which caused him a lot of pain.
The Empire of Light is a series of paintings by Belgian artist René Magritte. Between 1953 and 1954, he painted the same scene 27 times. It shows a beautiful house lit by lights from inside, surrounded by the darkness of night. What is strange is that above the house and the tree, we see a daytime sky full of brightness and soft white clouds. It seems like quite a mysterious scene.
Magritte was a painter inspired by his thoughts and ideas. His paintings were visual experiments as he tried to play with reality. His view was that art should shock the viewers and challenge their sense of reality.
The Empire of Light has produced different reactions in viewers. Some feel that the paintings look dark and troubling. Others, however, find them calming. As for Magritte himself, he thought that the change between day and night in the paintings was surprising. “I call this power poetry,” he said.
任务一：图文匹配，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1.The Scream Picture _____
2.The Starry Night Picture _____
3.The Empire of Light Picture _____
任务二：选择最佳选项。
4.What do these three paintings have in common?
A.They are paintings of night.
B.They were painted in the 19th century.
C.They were drawn by mentally-ill artists.
D.They picture the artists’ understanding of nature.
任务三：阅读短文，回答问题。
5.Which of the three paintings do you like best? Why? (List at least one reason.)
Many of the serious health concerns in modern America can be linked to poor diet．People who regularly consume foods high in salt, sugar, and fats not only increase their chances of being overweight, but also increase their risks of developing diseases. Although some people who regularly consume unhealthy foods do so knowingly, there are also some people that remains undereducated about proper nutrition( 营 养 ). What is more, people who live in food deserts—areas in low-income(低收入) neighborhoods that lack easy access(路径) to healthy, affordable food—may not even have the opportunity to get nutritious food.
Food deserts are located in low-income areas and most often develop when major supermarket chains either move out of these areas or simply avoid building stores there in the first place. These supermarket chains tend to limit their store locations to richer urban or suburban neighborhoods．This means that those who live in low-income areas often live miles away from the fresh meats and dairy products available at supermarkets. People of these areas are thus forced to travel long distances to do their grocery shopping, or else they are limited to the food available at local convenience stores. These stores often only sell packaged, processed foods that offer little nutrition.
Furthermore, there are too many fast food restaurants in low-income areas; recent research suggests that those living in the poorest areas of a city experience 2.5 times more exposure to fast food restaurants than people in the richest areas of the city. Because people who live in food deserts often get their meals from fast food restaurants or convenience stores, they suffer from a variety of health problems．Research has found that people who live in low-income neighborhoods are much more likely to develop healthy problems than those who live in richer neighborhoods.
Of course, it seems obvious that more supermarkets should be built in low-income neighborhoods. But in fact, it is difficult to attract supermarket chains into poor areas because poorer people have less money to spend on food. One way that the government can help to solve this problem is by offering tax breaks or other inspiring policies for supermarkets in low-income areas. In 2010, the Obama administration started the Healthy Food Financing program, which is designed to help bring grocery stores into food deserts.
While the government can improve low-income people’s access to healthy food to some extent, local actions often have a stronger and more immediate influence．Community gardens, independent food stores, and farmers’ markets are all examples of local actions that can take the place of the opening of a major chain supermarket. These efforts can be extremely beneficial, not only in providing people with access to healthier foods, but also in producing a sense of community in the neighborhoods.
1.What is mainly talked about in this passage?
A.Relationship between diet and disease.
B.Lack of health awareness among people.
C.Problems of food deserts and their solutions.
D.Importance of grocery planting in poor areas.
2.What can be learned from Paragraph 3 and Paragraph 4?
A.People in rich areas are easier to develop diseases.
B.Fast food restaurants care much about people’s health.
C.People in low-income areas like shopping in supermarkets.
D.Supermarket chains are unwilling to open stores in poor areas.
3.What does the writer want to tell us from the last two paragraphs?
A.Local actions should be encouraged and supported.
B.Supermarkets should take social responsibility.
C.Education for healthy diet must be improved.
D.Governments fail to improve people’s health.
