The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Minor Snow, the 20th solar term of the year, begins this year on Nov.22 and ends on Dec.6.
Here are five things you should know about Minor Snow.
Light snow
An ancient Chinese book about plants explains that “in Minor Snow, the weather is cold and it is going to snow, but the snow is light and the earth is not frozen enough.”
Drinking soup
During Minor Snow, indoor heating begins to work, making most people might find their noses and mouths feel a bit dry. The solution is to drink more hot soup, such as cabbage and bean curd soup, mutton and radish (小萝卜) soup and so on.
Eating glutinous (粘的) rice cakes
People have glutinous rice cakes around Minor Snow, which in ancient times, were a traditional festival offering to the bull god.
Making preserved pork
After Minor Snow, the temperature declines sharply and the air becomes dry. It is the best time to start making preserved pork to eat in the bitter winter, especially in the Spring Festival. In the past, when storage conditions were poor, people developed many ways to store food and preserved pork is one such example. Some even say preserved pork tastes more delicious than fresh meat.
Avoiding spicy food
On cold days, people may be greedy for some hot and spicy food to keep warm.Experts say it’s wise not to eat overly spicy food since that will increase your inner heat.
1.Which of the following is true about Minor Snow?
A.It will certainly snow in this term.
B.It has the coldest days of the year.
C.It is a term used in China’s northern areas.
D.It is a term concerned with weather in China.
2.Which food is recommended to eat in Minor Snow?
A.Cabbage and bean curd soup. B.Preserved pork.
C.Cakes. D.Spicy food.
3.Why did people make preserved pork in the past?
A.Because people found it hard to store meat in cold winter.
B.Because it was more delicious to eat than fresh meat.
C.Because people couldn’t afford to buy fresh pork.
D.Because nowhere could people buy fresh pork in winter.
假定你是李华，在教师节来临之际，请以My Favourite Teacher 为题，给校报写一篇英语稿件，介绍你喜欢的一位老师，内容包括：1.年龄和外貌特征；2.主要教学特点；3.为什么喜欢他（她）。
注意：1.词数100左右；2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（A），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
Dear Peter,
I am writing to tell you a wonderful news. Our school photography club is to hold an International Student Photography Exhibition, its theme is environmental protection. The exhibition will last three weeks. Those who is interested can sign up at the Student Union.
As far as I am concerned, particularly keen in taking photos, you are always having the desire do something for the environment. What impresses me most are the photos you took while you visit the park. Why not show it to everyone present at the exhibition? You can definitely make the different, calling on people to devote themselves to protect the environment. I would be more than delightedly if you could join us.
Yours,
Li Hua
Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device (装置) on your desk. And they’ve never actually ____ you. Everything they know about you ____ through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away. ____ they feel they can know you ____ from the sound of your voice. That’s how powerful the ____ is.
Powerful, yes, but not always ____. For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone. Rani, my faceless agent whom I’d never met ____, got me rock-bottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really ____ me. I sometimes wished to ____ another agent.
One morning, I had to ____ an immediate flight home for a family emergency. I ran into Rani’s office ____. The woman sitting at the desk, ____ my madness, sympathetically jumped up. She gave me a ____ smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the ____ immediately. ＂What a wonderful lady! ＂ I thought.
Rushing out ____ I called out over my shoulder, ＂By the way, what’s your name?＂ ＂I’m Rani,＂ she said. I turned around and saw a ____ woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip. I was ____! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so ____.
Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out. Rani’s ____ — her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I’m here for you’ ____ — were all silent signals that didn’t travel through wires.
1.A. accepted B. noticed C. heard D. met
2.A. came B. moved C. ran D. developed
3.A. Thus B. Yet C. Then D. Indeed
4.A. rather B. also C. just D. already
5.A. telephone B. voice C. connection D. impression
6.A. direct B. useful C. easy D. accurate
7.A. in person B. by myself C. in public D. on purpose
8.A. annoyed B. interested C. discouraged D. confused
9.A. promote B. train C. find D. know
10.A. arrange B. postpone C. confirm D. book
11.A. for the first time B. at any time C. from time to time D. in good time
12.A. expecting B. seeing C. testing D. avoiding
13.A. shy B. comforting C. familiar D. forced
14.A. bill B. form C. ticket D. list
15.A. hopefully B. disappointedly C. gratefully D. regretfully
16.A. careful B. serious C. nervous D. pleasant
17.A. amused B. worried C. helpless D. speechless
18.A. calm B. nice C. proud D. clever
19.A. forgiveness B. eagerness C. friendliness D. skillfulness
20.A. explanation B. attitude C. concept D. behavior
Food is life; it gives us the nourishment we need to stay alive and be healthy. Usually, we eat because we are hungry or need energy. Brian Wansink, a professor at the University of Illinois, says we also eat certain foods because they make us feel good, and remind us of happy memories. 1. For some people, ice cream is a comfort food. For others, a bowl of noodles makes them feel good.
2. Professor Wansink believes that we connect food with important times, feelings, and people in our lives. “When I was a child, my mother made a delicious soup; I loved it. 3. And it helps me feel better,” says one of Wansink's coworkers.
Do men and women choose different comfort foods? Wansink's research at the University of Illinois says “yes”. In his study, the favorite comfort for both men and women was ice cream. After this, men usually preferred hot, delicious foods like soup or noodles. 4. Men and women like to eat comfort foods when they are happy, but women eat these foods more when they are sad or worried.
5. About 40 percent of the comfort foods in Wansink’s study were healthy dishes or soups and vegetables. It shows, says Wansink, that a comfort food can taste good and be good for you.
A.Not all comfort food is junk food.
B.Where can we buy this sort of food?
C.Sweet foods are also their preference.
D.How does a food become comfort food?
E.Wansink calls this kind of food comfort food.
F.Women liked sweet things such as chocolate and candies.
G.Now, I often eat this soup when I am tired or worried.
Academic learning is usually in the spotlight at school, but teaching elementary-age students “soft” skills like self-control and how to get along with others might help to keep at-risk kids out of criminal trouble in the future.
Once a program called Fast Track was started in the early 1990s for more than 7,600 children of 55 schools in America. They were identified by their teachers and parents to be at high risk for developing aggressive behavioral problems. The students were randomly divided into two groups; half took part in the intervention, which included a teacher-led curriculum, parent training groups, academic tutoring and lessons in self-control and social skills. The program, which lasted from first grade through 10th grade, reduced delinquency(少年犯罪), arrests and use of health and mental health services as the students aged through adolescence and young adulthood.
In another latest study, by looking at the data from nearly 900 students in previous findings, researchers found that about a third of the influence on future crime outcomes was due to the social and self-regulation skills the students learned from ages 6 to 11.
The academic skills, or hard skills like learning of physics, which were taught as part of Fast Track, turned out to have less of an influence on crime and delinquency rates than did the soft skills, which are associated with emotional(情绪的) intelligence. Soft skills might include teaching kids to work cooperatively in a group or teaching them how to think about the long-term consequences when they make a decision.
Researchers drew the conclusion that these soft skills should be emphasized even more in our education system and in our system of socializing children. Parents should do all they can to promote these skills with their children as should education policymakers. To the extent we can improve those skills, we can improve outcomes in delinquency.
1.Fast Track was intended for children who .
A.were randomly chosen from their schools
B.had some problems with academic learning
C.often went against their teachers and parents’ wishes
D.were considered to have criminal trouble in the future
2.What can be learned about "the intervention" in Paragraph 2?
A.It included all the students.
B.It focused on social skills.
C.It improved health services.
D.It had positive outcomes.
3.Compared with soft skills, hard skills .
A.almost have no influence on students
B.are more affected by students’ emotion
C.are mainly related to academic learning
D.offer children greater self-control abilities
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A.Soft Social Skills Matter
B.Fast Track Helps Children
C.How to Prevent Delinquency
D.What to DO for Education
