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The day we were looking forward to ____ finally, when we won the first prize. A. came B. coming C. come D. had come
It is _____ problem that none of us can work it out. A. so difficult B. such difficult a C. such difficult D. so difficult a
--- It is said that free health system will soon be carried out in our city. --- ________! A. Oh dear B. It couldn’t be worse C. That couldn’t be better D. It can’t be good
假如你是李华,来自阳光中学,你校乒乓球队应邀去澳大利亚一所中学参加中学生乒乓球友谊赛。请你给举办学校的联系人Mr.Williams写一封邮件询问相关事宜,要点如下: 1.接受邀请,表示感谢; 2.询问食宿、交通及比赛日程等方面的安排; 3.提出相关建议。 注意:1.词数100左右; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯; 3.开头语和结束语已为你写好,不计入总词数。 Dear Mr.Williams, I am Li Hua,a student from Sunshine Middle School. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thank you for all your help and look forward to your reply. Yours, Li Hua
文中共有10处语言错误，错误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(∧)，并在其下面写出修改后的词。 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. 每处错误仅限1词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。 High school is considered the most important stage. As senior three student, it will not be long before I graduated. Now I have many things to share in my fellows. First of all, I’d like to express my thank to those who lent me a hand when I was disappoint. It was their kindness which helped me regain my self-confidence when I lost my heart. Besides, I anxious want to clear up some misunderstanding with my friends in order to keep our friendships forever. With the National College Entrance Examination approached, I strongly recommend that we could value time and redouble efforts to study so that we can get into a key university.
For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境) _______my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity _______. We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an _______ winter; we had a lot of snow and ice. The _______ of the ice and snow _______ the roof on our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income. _______ it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to_______ the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty _______ to do. We had a partner come in to help us try to _______ the roof by supporting. In the end, there was ________ that could be done. The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio ________ we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, workbenches, to name only a few of the items. It was a ________experience. Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio collapsed. We couldn't work as we had almost ________ all the material in a building we were not using. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we can no longer ________ our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that ________ our mind. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and running. We picked the ________ option. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we renovated (翻新) the barn, ________ our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we ________ had. If the adversity we were ________ had not happened, we probably would ________ be working in the old studio — a studio that was less efficient. 1.A. promoted B. influenced C. destroyed D. prevented 2.A. suffer B. escape C. win D. work 3.A. awkward B. awesome C. agreeable D. awful 4.A. size B. height C. weight D. temperature 5.A. collapsed B. limited C. pressed D. struck 6.A. Before B. Unless C. Although D. When 7.A. replace B. reduce C. recycle D. remove 8.A. worthwhile B. tough C. rewarding D. annoying 9.A. examine B. test C. secure D. restore 10.A. something B. enough C. all D. nothing 11.A. for B. but C. or D. so 12.A. vain B. valid C. disastrous D. treasured 13.A. displayed B. arranged C. piled D. presented 14.A. predict B. conduct C. instruct D. quit 15.A. approached B. crossed C. cleared D. comforted 16.A. latter B. former C. easier D. further 17.A. evaluated B. redesigned C. organized D. reserved 18.A. desperately B. hopefully C. eventually D. previously 19.A. faced with B. concerned about C. cautious about D. aware of 20.A. ever B. already C. even D. still
What to Do when Someone Doesn’t Like You When someone tells me, “I don’t care if people like me,” they are showing me the emotional wall they use to block the hurt of rejection. As humans are social animals, all of us care if people like us. Based on the need for social connections, your reactions to rejection and negative judgment can range from minor hurt to breakouts of depression. 1. The first step to handle a negative situation is to recognize your reaction. Ask yourself, “What am I feeling?”. 2. Any betrayal (背叛) or embarrassment in your heart? Identify what feeling has shown up in your body, so you can choose what to do next. 3. When you sense yourself being shut out or feel defensive, ask yourself what the person actually means to do to you. Does he truly mean to offend you, or make fun of you? Your brain works very hard to keep you safe, so it will judge a situation threatening if there is any possibility of social harm. When our brains sense a possible threat, we react as if we were personally attacked. Take a breath to relieve (减轻) the stress. 4. Finally, if you believe the person doesn’t like you, ask yourself if this matters. 5. If not, what can you do to release your need to be liked by this person? And, what can you do to stay neutral and not return the dislike? The more you can come to accept others as who they are, the more you can move forward with your goals regardless of whether someone likes you or not. A. If you can, look the person in his eyes. B. Do you feel any fear or anger in your head? C. Ask yourself what is true about the situation. D. Often people do not realize the impact of their words. E. Will the person’s judgment of you impact your work or life? F. The ability to let a show of dislike roll off your back is a learned skill. G. This will help you relax at present and take you out of your trembling mind.
Is any economist so dull as to criticize Christmas? At first glance, the holiday season in western economies seems a treat for those concerned with such vagaries(奇思遐想)as GDP growth. After all, everyone is spending; in America, retailers make 25% of their yearly sales and 60% of their profits between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even so, economists find something to worry about in the nature of the purchases being made. Much of the holiday spending is on gifts for others. At the simplest level, giving gifts involves the giver thinking of something that the recipient would like--he tries to guess her preferences, as economists say--and then buying the gift and delivering it. Yet this guessing of preferences is not easy; indeed, it is often done badly. Every year, ties go unworn and books unread. And even if a gift is enjoyed, it may not be what the recipient would have bought if they had spent the money themselves. Interested in this mismatch between wants and gifts, in 1993 Joel Waldfogel, then an economist at Yale University, sought to estimate the difference in dollar terms. In a study, he asked students two questions at the end of a holiday season: first, estimate the total amount paid(by the givers) for all the holiday gifts you received; second, apart from the sentimental value of the items, if you did not have them, how much would you be willing to pay to get them? His results were gloomy: on average, a gift was valued by the recipient well below the price paid by the giver. In addition, recipients may not know their own preferences very well. Some of the best gifts, after all, are unexpected items that you would never have thought of buying, but which turn out to be especially well picked. And preferences can change. So by giving a jazz CD, for example, the giver may be encouraging the recipient to enjoy something that was ignored before. This, a desire to build skills, is possibly the hope held by many parents who ignore their children’s desires for video games and buy them books instead. Finally, there are items that a recipient would like to receive but not purchase. If someone else buys them, however, they can be enjoyed guilt-free. This might explain the volume of chocolate that changes over the holidays. Thus, the lesson for gift-givers is that you should try hard to guess the preference of each person on your list and then choose a gift that will have high sentimental value. 1.The word “sentimental” in Paragraph 3 is close to “________”. A. intelligent B. emotional C. social D. practical 2.According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Price is nothing but the factor when you give gifts. B. Chocolate will be blamed when people receive them as gifts. C. The receivers often overestimate the values of gifts. D. Gifts do not always correspond to needs in gift-giving. 3.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the text? A. The gift-giver tries to neglect the actual needs of the receiver. B. The best gifts are well picked by the givers. C. In gift-giving, guessing preferences is often a failure, so it’s the thought that counts. D. You have to take money into consideration when giving a gift. 4.The text is most likely taken from a ________. A. users’ handbook B. medical journal C. travel magazine D. consumer-related report
Are Happy Meals Really Happy? Don’t we all know a “Happy Meal” when we see one--the famous boxed meal that includes a hamburger, kid-sized French fries, fruits and milk, served with a toy that’s extremely popular with children who love to collect them? A Happy Meal is a form of kids’ meal sold at a certain fast-food chain since 1979. A toy is included in the meal, both of which are usually contained in a box or paper bag. However, collectors of these little toys will not get them any longer, since the company will replace toys with books and each of these books will mainly pass on nutritional messages. Happy Meals are extremely popular with kids, especially for their collectable toys, when you consider that over 1.3 billion of these packages are sold each year. These packages have been very controversial. Health supporters believe that drawing kids to these meals with toys is a clever way of promoting unhealthy food choices. They see it as an advertising a strategy of “catching its customers young”--a move that has paid off very well for the fast-food company. Child development experts say that food habits get formed in children by age six and continue through to their adult life. Fatty and sugary foods such as those served in Happy Meals are believed to play a big role in growing health problems such as obesity and diabetes. Public health care costs have gone up and untold amounts of money have been spent on coping with these health problems. On November 2, 2010, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed a law requiring that children’s meals sold in restaurants must meet certain nutritional standards before they could be sold with toys, to overcome the problem of childhood obesity--in other words, the State of California tried to ban the toys in Happy Meals. However, it was strongly opposed by some as being heavy-handed, and the ban was thrown out by the government. While some people believe that the fast-food company, with its large following of children, can create a powerful message through the books, others believe its actions are contradictory. Anyway, the company is trying to spread the message of nutrition while it is serving food that is anything but healthy. 1.The aim of the question raised in Paragraph 1 is______. A. give a surprise to the toy lovers B. get readers’ attention to the article C. call on readers to buy boxed meals D. make readers think about the answer 2.Books will be added into Happy Meals to ______. A. introduce the use of the toys B. increase the cost of the meals C. help kids learn about nutrition D. spread the message of fast food 3.According to Paragraph 3, Happy Meals_______. A. have achieved the desired result B. help the customers stay young C. cost more money than ordinary meals D. receive approval from health supporters 4.What is the author’s opinion about Happy Meals? A. They bring much fun to children. B. They teach children a lot about nutrition C. They do no actual good to children’s health. D. They are popular with the young and the old.
Two graduates from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom found themselves about to graduate, yet with loans to pay off. The pair decided to begin a strange, year-long project to battle their debt. The men, Ross Harper and Edward Moyse, set up the website BuyMyFace.com last October as a way to get rid of the £50,000 they shared as student loans. The idea behind the project was to earn money by selling their faces as advertising space every day for a year. Each day, they advertise a different business by painting the brand’s name or logo onto their faces and upload the pictures to the homepage of BuyMyFace.com, adding a link to the advertiser’s website and including a short piece of text about it. After they paint their faces and publish them on the website, Harper and Moyse go out to highly populated areas such as music festivals and theme parks to maximize their faces’ exposure. They hope more people will pay attention to the advertisements on their faces. At this time, Harper and Moyse have advertised their faces for over four months without skipping a day and they’re more than halfway to their goal. Though they first started charging a minimum of about £1.60 per company, the prices have risen as their popularity increases. For advertising space during the rest of April, they range between £250 and £750. Terri L. Rittenburg, associate professor of marketing at the University of Wyoming, said that she had heard of people tattooing (纹身) logos on themselves before, but this idea is much better. According to her, at first the idea would be new and unusual and attract attention. People are interested in this particular style of advertisement and would like to try what they advertise. But she is unsure how long it would last. At least for now, companies that have bought Harper and Moyse’s faces have written positive comments on the pair’s website. “We had a three percent increase in website traffic on the very day and for two days more afterwards,” said one of the companies. 1.At BuyMyFace.com,you can ______. A. enjoy a good chat with your friends B. buy everything you want to have C. share experiences in doing business D. get information on certain goods 2.Harper and Moyse go to highly populated areas to ______. A. offer their help B. make more friends C. show their faces D. raise more money 3.We can infer from the passage that the two young men ______. A. get on well with their project B. work hard except on holidays C. plan to open their own company D. may close their website in future 4.Why does the men’s idea of advertising prove to work? A. Because an expert has highly praised them. B. Because people find it unique and appealing. C. Because the products they advertise are reliable. D. Because they receive great help from businesses.
Here are our suggestions for keeping busy this week. Dive in! Take to the waves in Southampton Always fancied trying your hand at sailing? Now’s your chance. The Southampton Boat Show has plenty of opportunities for visitors to get out on the water to experience boat sailing, power boating or taking a ride on a RIB ― all for free. Discover an island on the Thames To celebrate Totally Thames, a month-long festival is held at various locations across London. We’ve discovered 21 of the river’s most fascinating islands ― all of them with interesting stories to tell. Make the most of it with our map here. Catch great films in Bristol Over six days, Encounters Film Festival screens up to 400 films from over 60 different countries. The Bristol festival provides a platform for international filmmakers, and offers a gateway to the likes of the BAFTAs, Oscars and European Film Awards. See here for full details. Get scientific in London Experience the latest, best and most challenging science covering all areas of our lives and universe at New Scientist Live at ExCel London. New Scientist Live is a four-day festival full of ideas and discoveries from the team behind the world’s most popular science weekly magazine, featuring four zones ― Brain & Body, Technology, Earth and Universe ― as well as talks from experts and over 200 exhibitors. 1.Which is the most suitable for sailing lovers? A. Take to the waves in Southampton. B. Discover an island on the Thames. C. Catch great films in Bristol. D. Get scientific in London. 2.What is New Scientist Live? A. A science weekly magazine. B. A festival to celebrate great scientists. C. An exhibition to show scientific discoveries. D. A festival where ideas and discoveries are shared. 3.Where can you find the text? A. On a noticeboard. B. On a website. C. In a newspaper. D. In a book review.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.How many hours a week can employees choose to work? A. Eighteen. B. Thirty-two. C. Forty-eight. 2.What will the new schedule help solve for the country? A. Unemployment. B. Low salary. C. Workload. 3.What benefit will employees get from the new schedule? A. Higher pay. B. More spare time. C. Richer working experience. 4.What does the speaker think of the new schedule? A. Acceptable B. Costly. C. Impractical.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Why did the woman come to the office? A. To get her notice letter. B. To find her physics class. C. To offer her mailing address. 2.How did the man deal with the woman’s enquiry? A. By giving her a notice letter. B. By checking on the computer. C. By confirming with the office. 3.When was the letter sent out to the students? A. A month ago. B. A fortnight ago. C. A week ago. 4.Who was responsible for the mistake? A. The woman. B. The man. C. The postman.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Where does the conversation take place? A. In an office. B. In the street. C. On the subway. 2.What’s the relationship between the two speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Strangers. C. Roommates. 3.What are the two speakers mainly talking about? A. High price of gas. B. Importance of exercise. C. Advantages of taking the subway.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What does the woman think about travelling to Hawaii? A. Crazy. B. Interesting. C. Boring. 2.What will the man do? A. Go to Hawaii by himself. B. See his sister in Hawaii. C. Travel to Hawaii by ship.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What makes the woman upset? A. The deaf landlady B. The unfair agreement. C. The poor electrical equipment. 2.What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Refer to the agreement. B. Sign a new document. C. Move out of the apartment.
Where are the two speakers? A. On the ground floor. B. By the European paintings. C. At the black and white photo show.
What are the two speakers talking about? A. A new movie. B. A weekend plan. C. Steve’s cousin.
What will the woman do? A. Cut down on food. B. Take her temperature. C. Take medicine with food.
What happened to Susan? A. She lost her ticket. B. She got her driving license. C. She was fined for speeding.
How does the woman find the book? A. Appealing B. Just so-so. C. Strange.
假定你是高中生李华，有感于校园中存在的随意涂写(scribble)和乱丢垃圾(litter)的行为，请用英文给学生会主席Bruce写封信。 1. 说明写信的目的。2. 对这些行为提出批评。3.提出建议。 注意:1.短文词数不少于100。2.内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯。 Dear Bruce, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua
文中共有10处语言错误，错误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(∧)，并在其下面写出修改后的词。 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. 每处错误仅限1词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分 I went on a trip to Thailand during the winter holiday, that was wonderful because I tried something I have never experienced before. One morning when we were walking along the beach, enjoyed sunshine, someone strongly advised that we went water skiing. However, we didn’t dare to face the challenge because that seemed dangerous to do it. My friends all encouraged me, so I finally joined in them. At last, I couldn’t stop screaming in fright. Later I felt that it was an amazement filling with fun. From an experience I learned that we should be brave enough to try something new. Only in this way we find a better self to meet any challenge.
根据所给提示在空白处填入适当的单词，每空一词。请在答题卡上填写完整单词形式。 1.The driver was to b_____________ for the accident in the judgement of the police. 2.Don’t be a_______________ of what you have done, because it’s not your fault. 3.When the volcano erupted, all the individuals around were in a p____________. 4.Although Tom’s parents were o__________ to his idea, he made up his mind to continue. 5.The thief s___________ into the room only to be recognized with ease. 6.I joined a rescue team _____________(组成) of five doctors and ten nurses. 7.As young Chinese, we should have the dream to make ______________(贡献) to our motherland. 8.We were all ______________(失望) with his performance in the competition. 9.This kind of design ___________ (吸引) to all ages. 10.He was busy during the whole week, ___________(安排) everything for her daughter’s wedding.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。 Many of us wake up 1. (feel) tired in the morning. Many of us ignore the problem as the day goes on, forgetting that it might have a dangerous effect. Society even glorifies “burning the candle at both ends” as a sign of our 2.(devote) to work and family. Believe 3. or not, all this bad sleep has far-reaching consequences. We do not give ourselves enough chances to sleep. A survey of over 74,000 people found that 35% reported sleeping less than seven hours daily 4. average. Furthermore, the quantity of sleep we allow ourselves 5. (change) greatly over the past 15 years. This lack of sleep can lead to many serious 6. (problem). One study found that 7. (simple) limiting yourself to six hours of sleep a night for two weeks made performance on a timed attention task as poor as if you 8. (stay) up all the night before. If you intend to try extending your sleep period, consider giving yourself a chance 9.(sleep) longer for a full week. Your body clock might be programmed in a way 10. keeps you from falling asleep quickly, but it might let you sleep longer.
A storm was coming, but Alex was too busy fixing her leg bandage to notice it. She said to herself, “Great. I _______ myself the week before Cross Country Running tryouts (锦标赛). I am so ____. Why did I think running through the forest would be a good idea in the first place?” After ______, Alex went to the kitchen and poured herself some lemonade. She opened the door to her ______ and sat down outside. “Every year, I work so hard and yet, I always ______,” Alex said. This year, I was one spot away from Varsity(校队). The previous ______, I handed in my medical forms late...” Suddenly there was a flash of ______. sounds like it’s going to be a thunderstorm, Alex thought and ______ to head inside. She tried to ______ the door, only to find that she had locked herself out. ______, Alex shook the door handle ______ back and forth. As she took a quick step backwards, she lost her ______ and fell down. “Why me?” she yelled. “Why did this all happen to me?” Once Alex ______ to pull herself up, she sat silently on the staircase. As rapidly as the rain poured from the sky, so did the ______ stream down Alex’s face. Alone and wet, Alex cried until all the _______and wetness of the day washed away. Finally, when she________crying, she looked up at a suddenly ____ image of her backyard. The air felt light and the sun shone through the clouds. ______ her leg still felt stiff, Alex tore off the ______ and stood up. “I will take part in the Cross Country this year and I will make Varsity,”Alex ______ with a breath of inspiration, “Nothing will stop me.” 1.A. teased B. injured C. enjoyed D. assisted 2.A. stupid B. weak C. small D. lazy 3.A. resting B. trembling C. apologizing D. complaining 4.A. bedroom B. garden C. basement D. backyard 5.A. regret B. strengthen C. fail D. escape 6.A. year B. month C. week D. day 7.A. inspiration B. lightning C. white D. loneliness 8.A. look up B. clear up C. got up D. stay up 9.A. close B. repair C. open D. exchange 10.A. Afraid B. Frustrated C. Confused D. Cautious 11.A. violently B. naturally C. eventually D. directly 12.A. breath B. balance C. head D. heart 13.A. sponsored B. decided C. managed D. agreed 14.A. sweat B. blood C. rainwater D. tears 15.A. suffering B. anxiety C. burden D. stress 16.A. continued B. practiced C. avoided D. stopped 17.A. complete B. aggressive C. bright D. colorful 18.A. Because B. If C. When D. Although 19.A. paper B. bandage C. shoes D. socks 20.A. declared B. suggested C. rejected D. explained
With the development of science and technology, mobile phones have been an important communication tool in our modern life. 1. First, 2. If we have a mobile phone, it is possible for us to access anyone at anytime and anywhere. We could call our clients and customers for business. And we can send messages, including text and picture messages to our friends for personal affairs. Besides, mobile phones have been multi-functional nowadays since its advance development. It could take photos instead of digital cameras. It could be used as a radio or recorder or for playing music. 3.. 4. Sometimes we would not like to be available to anybody; sometimes we receive so many rubbish messages. In conclusion, 5. It is really a great invention, which makes our life more convenient and more colorful. A. But sometimes mobile phones can also make you in a dilemma. B. Mobile phones bring us more benefits than disadvantages. C. Mobile phones really bring convenience to our lives. D. Mobile phones play an important part in our work. E. However, some small troubles would visit you after using it for some time. F. And it also could be a game player. G. Thanks to it, our life becomes easy and colorful.
Over the past few years I’ve had an uncomfortable sense that someone, or something, has been making changes to my brain. I’m not thinking the way I used to think. I can feel it most strongly when I’m reading. Involving myself in a book or a lengthy article used to be easy. That’s rarely the case any more. I think I know what’s going on. For over a decade, I’ve been spending lots of time online. The Web has been a godsend to me as a writer. Research that once required days in the rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes by a few Google searches. Even when I’m not working, I’m scanning headlines or just tripping from link to link. The Net is becoming a universal medium where information flows through my eyes and ears and into mind. The perfect recall of silicon memory (硅制存储器) can be a blessing to thinking. But that comes at a price. As the media theorist Marshall Mcluhan pointed out, media are not just passive channels of information. They supply the stuff of thought, but they also shape the process of thought. And what the Net seems to be doing is weakening my ability for concentration. Once I was a driver in the sea of words. Now I zip along the surface like a flying swallow. I’m not the only one. When I mention my troubles with reading to acquaintances, Bruce Friedman, a blogger, also has described how the Internet has changed his mental habits. His thinking has taken on a “staccato (破碎)” quality. “I can’t read War and Peace any more” he admitted, “I’ve lost the ability to do that.” A recently published study suggests that when reading online, we tend to become “more decoders (解码器) of information”. We are not only what we read; we are how we read. 1.According to the passage, the author thinks_______ A. the Net is merely a headache. B. he can no longer die but swim shallowly. C. the once naturally deep reading has become a struggle. D. other people around rarely have similar feelings like him. 2.What is the author’s attitude towards the Internet? A. Thoroughly passive. B. Totally puzzled. C. Gladly approving. D. Evidently worried. 3.From the passage, the more people use the Web, _________ A. the more mental habits can be improved. B. the more they have to fight to stay focused. C. the more they are influenced in shape. D. the more online activities they can enjoy. 4.Which of the following can best summarize the text? A. Is the Net gradually making us stupid? B. Long articles are hard to read nowadays. C. Do people lack concentration to cover Web pages? D. More Web involvement results from attention distraction(分心).
When you get a cut, you cover it with a bandage. How do you know when to change it? Maybe you just wait until it’s wet or dirty. But when people have long-term or chronic (慢性的)wounds that take months to get better, changing bandages too early or to late could make healing take even longer. Changing the dressing on a wound too often can provide an opportunity for infections to get in. But if a bandage gets very wet very quickly from the inside, it might be filling with pus (脓)--a sign an infection has begun. Judging just when to change is important. Chronic wounds are common in people who are older or who have certain health conditions. Chronic wounds affect around 6.5 million people per year in the United States. When Anushka Naiknaware, 13, learned about chronic wounds, she decided to make a device that could alert a person when it’s time to change their bandages. After a lot of trials and errors, the teen settled on a design that used an “ink” filled with carbon nanoparticles(纳米粒子). The teen loaded her ink into a printer cartridge (墨盒) to print onto her special paper, which was to be made into bandage. Well, actually, Anushka loaded her ink into many, many printer cartridges. Just changing a printer cartridge isn’t easy, and filling one is even harder. The small printed papers cost only 5 to 10 cents, Anushka estimates. The Bluetooth sensor is more expensive, but the teen notes that it could be used over and over again. She also knows there is a long way to go before her design can help patients. It hasn’t been tested on a real person yet. “You have to make sure everything works perfectly,” she says. 1.What can we learn from Paragraph 1? A. The right time to change bandages is significant. B. Chronic wounds with a bandage won’t heal. C. Changing bandages often will help cure wounds. D. Older people are victims of chronic wounds. 2.What does the underlined word “alter” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Assist. B. Remind. C. Comfort. D. Control. 3.What is stressed in Paragraph 3? A. The shape of the printer cartridge. B. The discovery of materials of the bandage. C. The amazing features of carbon nanoparticles. D. The difficulty Anushka had with her invention. 4.What could be the best title for the text? A. A bandage is widely used for injuries. B. A girl decides to treat chronic wounds. C. A bandage that can tell the changing time. D. A teen invents a device that heals wounds.
All Jalen Bailey wants is for his mom to be happy. So, the 8-year-old boy is using a hobby that brings him much joy to make enough money to buy her a house. Right now, they live in a small apartment in Fresno, California, because it's all they can afford, but Jalen is hoping to change that with his bakery. “I know Jalen wants me to have a bigger place, but I want the same for him,” Sharhonda Mahan, Jalen's mom, told TODAY. “He deserves a big kitchen to cook in and a backyard to run around in.” Jalen, who started baking at 5, opened Jalen's Bakery out of his kitchen on July 1 and has already raised $200. “I love baking because it's kind of like science,” Jalen said. “You get to put different baking materials into a bowl and make something new, which is what science is all about.” For now, he's delivering the baked goods locally around Fresno with the help from his mom — but he launched a GoFundMe, hoping to eventually ship nationwide. Jalen has always been a little entrepreneur(企业家), taking after his mom, a full-time nanny. In fact, he also has a photography business on the side. At 6, he started an annual back-to-school drive at a local homeless shelter and made bracelets to sell at school carnivals. He also took a business class in early June to learn how to start a lemonade stand, but decided to use those same skills to instead open a bakery. “Everyone in the family kept telling him how good he is at baking and suggested doing that instead of a lemonade stand,” Mahan said. “He agreed with them and the very next day, he was filling out an application to get his baking license.” Once he had his license, he attended his first business mixer. While networking with local bakers, he met one who offered to donate Jalen an oven, so he could bake even more cookies and banana bread. 1.What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. Jalen’s hobby. B. A great deal of money. C. Jalen’s family members. D. The state of living in a small house. 2.What can we know about Jalen from the passage? A. He likes delicious banana bread. B. His favorite subject is science. C. He’s fond of scientific invention. D. He’s interested in doing business. 3.What made Jalen finally choose to open a bakery? A. The local bakers’ suggestion. B. The baking license he had got. C. His family’s advice and support. D. His related knowledge and skills. 4.What can we learn about Jalen’s bakery from the passage? A. It has opened for three years. B. It has brought him enough money. C. It has got the aid of the locals’ help. D. It has become a famous local bakery.
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