Thangga(唐卡)is a special kind of painting. It 1.(find) only in Tibet, China now. It has a long history 2.started from the Tang Dynasty (唐朝). Thangga paintings show Tibetan people's lives. In recent years, Thangga paintings have caught the public's attention. At the same time, the Chinese government has also tried hard 3.(protect)the art.
4.color of Thangga paintings looks wonderful and special. Because of the special environment of Tibet and the excellent skills of artists, the paints (颜料)used in Thangga are different 5.other ones. They are made from minerals (矿物质) like gold and silver, as well as some plants. The paints were made by hand. The beautiful colors could last for 6.(hundred) of years.
However, with the development of technology, people now use 7.(cheap)and more easily made chemicals to make Thangga paints. The traditional paints 8.(take) a lot of work and they were made in many secret ways.
Later people stopped making the paints 9.forgot about them. So the old skills were 10.(complete) lost. It's a pity that the traditional Thangga paintings are difficult to find now.
It was about 8:30 on a busy morning. An old gentleman in his 80s came to the ______. I heard him saying the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a ______ in the waiting area, telling him it would be at least 40 minutes ______ someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy—my patient didn't ______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him ______ he had another doctor's appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he ______ to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his ______ . He told me that she had been there for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be ______ if he was a bit late. He replied that she ______ knew who he was, and she had not been able to recognize him for five years now. I was ______ , and asked him, "And you still go every morning, ______ she doesn't know who you are?"
He smiled and said, "She doesn't know me, but I know who she is." I had to hold back ______ as he left.
Now I realize that in marriages, true love is acceptance of all that is. The happiest people don't ______ have the best of everything: they just ______ the best of everything they have. ______ isn't about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.
1.A.bank B.office C.hospital D.school
2.A.shower B.risk C.test D.seat
3.A.before B.after C.Until D.since
4.A.turn off B.show up C.come on D.go away
5.A.if B.how C.what D.whose
6.A.needed B.agreed C.forgot D.happened
7.A.daughter B.wife C.mother D.sister
8.A.lonely B.hungry C.worried D.afraid
9.A.no more B.no matter C.no longer D.no further
10.A.moved B.happy C.satisfied D.surprised
11.A.as if B.what if C.as well D.even though
12.A.tears B.words C.feelings D.surprise
13.A.truly B.naturally C.completely D.necessarily
14.A.learn B.make C.favor D.try
15.A.Trust B.Beauty C.Life D.Study
Five tips for safe running
We all know that exercise is good for our health. But some kinds of exercise may be better than others. Running, for example, may help to protect against heart disease and other health problems.
Running is good exercise, but it can be hard on the body. Here are five ideas to reduce (减少、 降低)the risk of injury (受伤).
1. Do not run too much, too soon or too fast. Most people get running injuries when they push their bodies too bad. The body needs time to get used to increase in distance or speed. Muscles and joints (关节)need time to recover.
2. Most running injuries do not come unexpectedly. Usually, there are warning signs. They may include body aches, sore muscles and pain that does not go away.
3. There is no single best shoe for every runner. You should find the shoe that offers the best fit and support for your feet. More importantly, you should change your shoes every 500 to 800 kilometers.
4. Take time after each run to write down what you did and how you felt. Look for patterns, things that happen over and over again. These notes will help you find the best exercise for you.
5. As we said earlier, running is hard on your body. So physical fitness experts suggest some form of cross training to improve muscle balance and to help you stay injury free. They say swimming, yoga, and riding a bicycle are good exercises to combine (结合)with running. These exercises are easier on the body.
A.Train properly
B.Go on a diet
C.Listen to your body.
D.Take it easy.
E.Take good notes.
F.Get good running shoes.
Have you ever had an experience where you meet someone new, learn their name and think to yourself, "Wow, they really look just like their name!" What does this mean, exactly? Scientists are suggesting that humans tend to associate 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 faces. They labeled (贴标签)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 (线索)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 as good at guessing the real names of people who use nicknames (昵称) more often than their real names. This shows that a person's appearance is affected by their name only if they use it often.
This kind of face- -name matching happens because of a process of self-fulfilling prophecy(自我实现预言), as we become what other people expect us to become," Ruth Mayo from the university told science news website EurekAlert.
Previous studies have shown that gender and race (种族)stereotypes (刻板印象)can affect a person's appearance. The researchers believe there are also similar stereotypes about names. For example, people tend to think that men named Bob should have rounder faces because the word itself looks round,people may think that women named rose are beautiful. They expect them to be delicate and feminine, just like the flower they are named for.
1.What does the passage mainly tells?
A.People can guess others' names based on their appearance.
B.A person's appearance can be affected by three factors.
C.There are several ways to guess a stranger's name.
D.It's not polite to ask strangers about their names.
2.Dr. Ruth Mayo thinks some people look like their names because of ________.
A.racial stereotypes B.their unique culture
C.a self-fulfilling prophecy D.their living environment
3.According to the passage, men named Bob are expected to ________.
A.wear glasses B.have big eyes C.look beautiful D.have round faces
4.What do we know from this research?
A.Nicknames have a bigger influence on people's appearance.
B.Gender and race have no influence on a person's appearance.
C.The volunteers guessed nearly four names correctly out often.
D.People are good at recognizing the different characteristics of faces.
Many people travel to different places in the world by air. Usually it takes a long time, perhaps half a day, for passengers to stay in the plane. So airlines offer passengers food. But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree?
To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They would like to do so because they don't want to lose customers.
However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that at high altitude (海拔)we can't taste things as well as we do on the ground. Also scientists have found that our noses become very dry even before a plane takes off. As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure reduces one third of the sensibility (感觉)of our taste buds (味蕾). So our taste buds become senseless. The sad fact, however, is that our noses don't know it.
All of these helps explain why food on the plane tastes so bad. They also help explain why airlines choose to offer passengers salty and spicy food. Without doing so, the food would be tasteless.
Now there are many researches on this. According to one of them, some volunteers are asked to lie with their feet higher than their heads for weeks. And scientists write down their feelings about food taste.
Though scientists try their best, it is not as easy as they thought. Because they can't deal with the special environment successfully, such as the change in air pressure, making food taste good is still hard for them.
1.In Paragraph 2, "this problem" refers to "________".
A.passengers stay long in the plane B.food on the plane tastes bad
C.passengers have no food to eat D.food on the plane is expensive
2.As the plane moves up, how much of the sensibility of our taste buds does the change in air pressure reduce?
A.One fifth. B.One fourth. C.One third. D.Half.
3.Why do scientists feel it hard to make food on the plane taste good?
A.Because they can't find enough volunteers.
B.Because the volunteers don't understand them.
C.Because the volunteers don't know about food taste.
D.Because they can't deal with the special environment successfully.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A.Airplane Travel. B.The Change in Air Pressure.
C.Taste of Airplane Food. D.Scientific Research on Noses.
Clara Daly was sitting on an Alaska Airlines flight from Boston to Los Angeles when she heard a worried voice over the loudspeaker, "Does anyone know American Sign Language (ASL)?"
Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button (按钮). An air hostess came by and explained the situation, "We have a passenger on the plane who's blind and deaf" she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he's traveling alone and she couldn't understand what he needed.
Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people. She knew she'd be able to finger spell into the man's hand. So she rose from her seat, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt (跪)by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed, "How are you? Are you OK?" Cook asked for some water.
When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.
"He didn't need anything. He's lonely and wanted to talk," Clara said.
So for the next hour, she talked about her family and plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had become blind and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn't see her, she "looked attentively at his face with such kindness," a passenger reported.
"Clara was amazing," an air hostess told Alaska Airlines in an interview" You could tell Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel (天使).
Cook's reply —"Best trip I've ever had".
1.How did Clare Daly communicate with Tim Cook?
A.By talking to him. B.By spelling into his hand.
C.By writing on the paper. D.By showing body language.
2.Why did Tim Cook keep asking for service?
A.Because he felt hungry and thirsty. B.Because he needed someone to talk to.
C.Because he was afraid of taking planes. D.Because he was interested in others' stories.
3.According to the passage, what kind of girl is Clara Daly?
A.Patient and caring. B.Honest and creative.
C.Beautiful and lovely. D.Humorous and friendly.
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.No one knew ASL on the flight. B.Clara had studied ASL for many years.
C.Clara came to help Cook four times. D.People on the flight spoke highly of Clara.
