It has been a long week, and finally it comes to the weekend. For many Americans, it is a good time to travel. The weather is great, and schools are on holiday. They can take their children who don't need to go to school. 1. When Americans take a break on weekends, they often go to their favorite places.
Most Americans want to make their weekends very special.2. More and more “family friendly” vacation places offer special programs for children so that children can also have a great time there.
3. For example, history lovers search for places of interest and museums where they could see the wonders. Some people like to go boating, fishing or skiing. Still others even travel around the world.
Americans aren't the only people in the world who travel.4.
Nowadays, it is very easy and fast for people to travel from one place to another, because we can travel by plane, train, car or bus.5. Though it makes people very busy, we can get knowledge and relax ourselves.
A.Many people from other parts of the world also enjoy travelling.
B.Different people choose different places to relax themselves.
C.People from all over the world can travel as they hope.
D.So families would like to plan their trips with kids early.
E.And most importantly, people all need a rest after hard work.
It was time for lunch. There were few people on the street. A customer was having his lunch in a ______ slowly, looking out of the window. It was raining heavily outside. He suddenly asked a young waiter who was ______ in the corner to come here.
The ______ quickly walked there and asked, “ Can I help you? ” The customer asked, “What will the weather be like tomorrow? It is raining all day. I hate the weather.” The waiter ______ at him and answered politely, “It will be the weather I like.” The customer felt very surprised ______ he heard the waiter's answer.
Then the customer became a little ______. He asked, “How can you know it will be the weather you like? You even don't know ______ the weather will be like tomorrow. Maybe it will ______ be rainy tomorrow. You like it? I am sure that you didn't listen to ______ words carefully.” But the waiter was calm. He explained his _______ to the customer. He said, “I find that the environment sometimes goes _______ my mind. I am only a _______ person, and I am not strong enough to change the environment. But I have the ability to change my _______ and attitude. So I learn to face everything that I meet actively. Then the _______ tomorrow must be the one that I enjoy.”
The customer looked at the young waiter, and _______ an important lesson from him! If you can't change the environment around, just change your own mind.
Word Bank
attitude 态度
1.A.restaurant B.bookshop C.museum D.library
2.A.lying B.sitting C.standing D.talking
3.A.waiter B.doctor C.teacher D.cook
4.A.shouted B.smiled C.cried D.moved
5.A.after B.before C.till D.since
6.A.surprised B.happy C.excited D.angry
7.A.how B.what C.when D.where
8.A.always B.yet C.already D.still
9.A.my B.your C.his D.her
10.A.wishes B.ideas C.results D.suggestions
11.A.against B.with C.by D.over
12.A.clever B.common C.stupid D.friendly
13.A.plan B.reason C.mind D.method
14.A.season B.weather C.nature D.temperature
15.A.taught B.took C.made D.learned
Recently scientists are suggesting that humans connect people's names with their appearance, and can even guess someone's name based on how they look.
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel collected thousands of photos of people's faces. They labeled each photo with four names. Then, they asked volunteers to guess which of the four names was correct. The volunteers were able to guess the right name 38 percent of the time. It seems that humans are able to recognize certain characteristics of faces that can give them clues about someone's name, Reader's Digest reported.
However, this only works when we're looking at names within our own culture. In addition, the volunteers were not good at guessing the real names of people who use nicknames more often than their real names. This shows that a person's appearance is influenced by his name only if he uses it often.
“This kind of facename matching happens because of a process of selffulfilling prophecy, as we become what other people expect us to become,” Ruth Mayo from the university told the science news website EurekAlert.
The studies have shown that gender and race stereotypes can influence a person's appearance. The researchers believe there are also similar stereotypes about names. For example, people think that men named Bob should have round faces because the word itself looks round. People may think that women named Rose are beautiful, just like the flower they are named for.
Word Bank
clue线索 self-fulfilling prophecy自我实现预言 stereotype刻板印象
1.What does the underlined word “labeled” mean in Chinese?
A.贴标签于 B.画画 C.复制 D.支付
2.What do we know from this research?
A.The volunteers guessed nearly 40 percent of right names.
B.Nicknames have a bigger influence on people's appearance.
C.Gender and race have no influence on a person's appearance.
D.People are good at recognizing the different characteristics of faces.
3.Dr.Ruth Mayo thinks some people look like their names because of ________.
A.their culture B.a selffulfilling prophecy
C.racial stereotypes D.their living environment
4.According to the story, men named Bob are expected to ________.
A.have big eyes B.wear glasses
C.look beautiful D.have round faces
5.What does the text mainly tell us?
A.It's not polite to ask strangers about their names.
B.There are several ways to guess a stranger's name.
C.A person's appearance can be influenced by two sides.
D.People can guess others' names based on their appearance.
在你的生活和学习中,你一定拥有一个相伴成长的好朋友。请以“My best friend”为题,根据以下要点和要求,用英语写一篇短文,介绍你的好朋友。
1. 要点:
1)你最好的朋友是谁；
2)介绍你朋友的基本信息；
3)你为什么喜欢和他(她)交朋友。
2. 要求:
1)文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
2)词数100左右。
My best friend
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Rebecca is my best friend. I 1. known my friend Rebecca for a long time. We first met five years ago. We found that we both liked Green Day. So I invited Rebecca to my home. We listened 2. music together and soon became good friends.
Three years ago, Rebecca's parents asked me to go on holiday with them! It 3. great. We spent three wonderful weeks 4. a village in Ireland. Rebecca and I enjoyed walking along the beautiful beach. We had a lot of fun.
Two years ago, I spent a week in hospital and Rebecca came to see me twice a day. But then, last year, Rebecca's father 5.changed his job wanted to move to another town. Since then we haven't seen each other, but we still write emails to each other.
The other day, I was sitting in the study and working on my website, a cup of tea on the table and old songs _______ my computer. It was a special pleasure to have such a _______ day after weeks of hiking, snowboarding and going crazy.
“Hi dad! Want some orange juice, graybeard?” Coyote yelled to me much louder than ________.
“No, just bring me some chips!” I shouted back.
One time, when I misheard what he said three times in a row, he _______ that I had become too old and started to hear worse. Since then, yelling at _______ has become a kind of family joke.
Pushing everything to the limit was the basis of Coyote's character. On the one hand, it helped him to _______ tasks he had to do on his own, and he did great, making me proud of him. On the other hand, this brought him _____, as he did not know when to stop. At such moments, I would behave superfatherly, and give him _______ and warnings that he usually ignored. When he got a tattoo, we had a/an _______. All these surely drove me mad, and the big fights started. It is strange but when I was a teenager, my father would act ________ the same and it took me a long time to understand him.
“Dad, let me show you something,” Coyote said as he was getting back. “Don't get too ________, okay?” I sighed, _______ I was almost sure of what I was about to see.
When he _______ his Tshirt, I saw a new tattoo: some Buddhist symbol, I guess. Coyote has been interested in Asian culture for a long time.
“Control yourself, graybeard,” I said to myself, trying not to yell _______ like, “Why would you need another tattoo after you already made that huge first one?”
The next moment I realized that my yelling would not _______ anything; the tattoo was already on Coyote's skin.
And then I thought, “Hey, what if I get a tattoo myself?”
Word Ban k
yell叫喊 ignore忽视. tattoo 纹身 sigh叹息
1.A.under B.from C.without D.beside
2.A.busy B.blue C.strange D.peaceful
3.A.needed B.expected C.reminded D.imagined
4.A.complained B.realized C.joked D.shouted
5.A.us B.me C.you D.him
6.A.receive B.accept C.choose D.achieve
7.A.sadness B.honors C.happiness D.troubles
8.A.advice B.treasure C.experience D.knowledge
9.A.agreement B.argument C.decision D.discussion
10.A.clearly B.quickly C.exactly D.properly
11.A.mad B.curious C.excited D.nervous
12.A.if B.because C.unless D.though
13.A.hid B.showed C.lifted D.hung
14.A.everything B.nothing C.anything D.something
15.A.interrupt B.change C.test D.cost
