阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese net users have found a new way to battle desertification by playing virtual (虚拟的) planting games. Ant Forest, 1. is under Ant Financial of the Alibaba Group, told the Global Times that they had planted over 50 million trees covering about 507 square kilometers across China from 2016 to 2019.

Ant Forest is the first such game in China. In the Ant Forest plan, any activity 2.(consider) low carbon, including walking, taking public transport and online payments, will be converted into virtual “green energy”. The energy will be used to grow a virtual tree in the “forest” of the 3.(user). They exchange 4.for a real tree by paying the corresponding energy. Ant Forest will plant the real trees in spring and autumn each year 5.the help of local authorities in the desert areas. This way of planting trees6. (recognize) on October 23, 2018 by the National Afforestation Committee as7.means for citizens to fulfill their obligation of planting trees.

The Chinese government attaches great8. (important)to the protection of ecosystems. China aims 9.(increase)the forest cover to 23 percent by 2020, and to 26 percent by 2035. A new study using data from NASA satellite shows that the Earth becomes10.(green) as a result of ambitious tree-planting programs in China.

    The moment when a mother sees her newborn baby for the first time is a joyous. special occasion.________ , sometimes there are cases where that special moment is followed by_________and pain. As a volunteer for Operation Smile. I have experienced the joy and the _________ that comes with this type of work.

Whanda’s story is one that _________with this kind of doubt and fear. After almost 30 hours of labor, 28-year-old Whanda passed out while giving birth to her first and only daughter, Yuleyssy. When she_________ Whanda took one look at her husband's face and knew that something was ________ .

The couple left the hospital_________ and confused, but certain that they would love and care for this baby no matter what happened. “I saw the people ________ at my baby. I knew then that I needed to love her enough_________ no one else would love her other than me and my _________ .

Many mothers of children born with cleft lip (兔唇) _________ the same fear and uncertainty as Whanda every day. Every three minutes, a child _________ in the world is born with a cleft. But thanks to the_________ of Operation Smile medical volunteers, there are thousands of children who receive the _________of a smile every year. Operation Smile works in more than 60 countries to__________ free, safe reconstructive surgery for children and young adults born with cleft lip. It is able to _________ waiting children who have otherwise lost _______ .

Thanks in part to Operation Smile, Yuleyssy’s story has a happy__________. When little Yuleyssy was _______

into her mother's arms in the recovery room, Whanda recalls her tears of_________ . “It was happy crying. She was beautiful.”

1.A.Anyhow B.However C.Therefore D.Besides

2.A.uncertainty B.friction C.caution D.departure

3.A.anger B.shame C.heartbreak D.embarrassment

4.A.sticks B.begins C.agrees D.lives

5.A.held on B.stood out C.pulled over D.came to

6.A.pitiful B.amusing C.wrong D.hopeful

7.A.bored B.satisfied C.delightful D.scared

8.A.stare B.guess C.rush D.tear

9.A.unless B.because C.until D.as if

10.A.nature B.heart C.care D.husband

11.A.overcome B.change C.experience D.confirm

12.A.somewhere B.also C.even D.still

13.A.studies B.efforts C.profits D.remarks

14.A.award B.praise C.invitation D.gift

15.A.collect B.distribute C.provide D.accumulate

16.A.cure B.avoid C.comfort D.encourage

17.A.face B.respect C.weight D.hope

18.A.hour B.ending C.future D.chance

19.A.thrown B.turned C.placed D.folded

20.A.joy B.love C.kindness D.peace

    Time management is the process of planning and controlling how much time to spend on specific activities. The amount and quality of what you achieve are dependent on how effectively you manage your time.1..

Make a plan

There are many components that need to be drawn together to achieve success in a project. The best way to achieve success is to make a plan. This starts as a list of all the tasks that are either desirable or vital for accomplishing your goals.2. . Don’t just rely on your memory. It is not as good as you think it is.

3.

Take a long, hard look at your relationship with e-mail and social media. Although they are vital to everyday communication, they can claim much more attention than they deserve. Consider shutting them off completely as you work on a task that requires your full attention.

Learn to refuse4. . They put their efforts in the few areas that really matter and have the courage to say no to everything else. Those asking for your involvement would be more disappointed if you unwisely agreed to do something, but then failed to deliver. Be realistic with yourself, and honest with others.

Give yourself a break

Taking breaks is good for your brain. Don’t be hard on yourself. You will actually perform better if you take breaks. 5. .

A.Write them down.

B.Focus on what you do.

C.Break your plan into pieces.

D.Here is some advice on how to better manage your time.

E.Ways of dealing with difficult problems can come from a refreshed brain.

F.Failing to manage your time damages your effectiveness and causes stress.

G.Many business leaders put a lot of their success down to simply saying “no”.

    You probably have a resume (个人简历) that you adjust from time to time, adding skills here or new titles there. It’s important to keep your resume updated to reflect your growing set of abilities and accomplishments. But it might come as a surprise to hear that The New York Times recommends writing a second resume. You list your failures, mistakes, and struggles along the way. By keeping track of your failures and reflecting on them in a way that’s constructive, you can learn from your mistakes and achieve more in the future.

Here’s how it works: In the format of your choice, make a list of your failures, whether it’s schools that rejected you, projects that failed, or goals you didn’t quite achieve. The key is not to dwell on these mistakes for hours, according to Melanie Stefan, a lecturer at Edinburgh Medical School who inspired several academics to create their own failure resumes a few years ago.

“If you dare and can afford to make it public, it will be six times as long as your normal resume. It will probably be totally discouraging at first sight,” Stefan wrote in an article that originally appeared in the journal Nature.

“But it will remind you of the missing truths, some of the essential parts of what it means to be a scientist and it might inspire a colleague to shake off a rejection and start again.”

Scientists aren’t the only ones who can benefit from reflecting on their mistakes. J.K. Rowling, for instance, is one of the many wildly successful people who has spoken publicly about her failures. And researchers at Columbia University announced last year that they planned to interview Nobel winners about their own failures in an attempt to better understand how personal and professional losses can promote learning.

1.What can be found in the failure resume?

A.Skills and new titles. B.Abilities and achievements.

C.Goals and academic results. D.Failures, mistakes and struggles.

2.What does the underlined phrase “dwell on” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A.Thoroughly forget. B.Always think about.

C.Completely avoid. D.Repeatedly correct.

3.Why did researchers at Columbia University plan to interview Nobel winners?

A.To make the “failure resume” public. B.To remind people of the missing truths.

C.To show how failures can improve learning. D.To inspire more people to start all over again.

4.What is Stefan’s attitude to the “failure resume”?

A.Doubtful. B.Approving.

C.Negative. D.Tolerant.

    Corn has been a significant part in American food since before European arrival. After the Civil War, grits (粗玉米粉), which is made out of corn, became a diet mainstay (支柱) because water-powered mills (磨坊) worked to grind dried corn. They were relatively inexpensive and could be eaten with almost anything, making it possible for everyone to enjoy.

Grits are usually cooked with water, cream and butter over the course of many hours. There can be varying types of grits from smooth to grainy. There are even instant grits for those without the hours to cook. Worth noting is that sugar is not typically added.

Grits can be served for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but they're commonly used as a base, usually topped with seafood and a delicious sauce. It's a dish eaten by everyone from sitting presidents to blue collar workers in a variety of ways, both in fine dining restaurants and oily spoons.

Shrimp and grits is the most well-known dish incorporating grits, especially in coastal areas like Charleston, South Carolina. It was originally a fisherman’s breakfast, a hearty meal before a long day of work, and today, it's found on menus throughout the nation.

Chefs have also become creative with the dish, adding modern elements to the traditional. Mashama Bailey has a foie gras (鹅肝酱)  and grits dish at The Grey in Savannah, Georgia. Edward Lee has prepared it like the porridge his Korean parents cooked during his growing up, but uses Kentucky's Wiesenberger grits. Nathalie Dupree has made her career on the dish with her cookbook titled “Shrimp and Grits," while Virginia Willis has the appropriately titled “Grits”.

1.Why did grits become main food?

A.Because corm played a key role.

B.Because dried corn was extremely cheap.

C.Because the Civil War broke out.

D.Because water-powered mills turned up.

2.What can we learn about grits from Paragraph 3?

A.They are popular among all walks of life.

B.They are smooth to feel.

C.They are placed on top of other foods.

D.They are expensive to purchase.

3.What breakfast did South Carolina fishermen like?

A.Grits with shrimp. B.Grits with sugar.

C.Grits with butter. D.Grits with cream.

4.Why does the author mention Lee's parents?

A.To introduce Lee's upbringing experiences. B.To promote Lee's cooking techniques.

C.To explain a modern flavour of grits. D.To advertise a newly-published cookbook.

    The true Olympic spirit has been displayed by Canadian cross-country ski coach Justin Wadsworth, who helped Russian athlete Anton Gafarov with his broken ski during the Men’s Sprint Free Semifinals.

Gafarov’s start wasn't smooth. He fell three times, crashing early in the race and breaking his ski. It was clear that Gafarov was out of the race for the men's finals and wouldn't be able to compete for medals. Still, he wanted to finish in front of the home crowd. but his left ski was too badly damaged in the crash and its base had come off. The Russian skier faced finishing the race by walking to the line, not skiing.

However, the Russian's fall was seen by Canadian coach Justin Wadsworth, who immediately ran on to the course and helped Gafarov. “I went over and gave him one of Alex Harvey's, a member of the Canadian team who didn’t qualify for the finals. It was about giving Gafarov some dignity so he didn't have to walk to the finish area,” Wadsworth said. “We help because we know everyone works so hard in our sport,” says Wadsworth, who was an Olympic skier for the S before becoming a coach. “Everyone wants fair results. It was a matter of allowing Gafarov to finish the race.”

Gafarov was thoughtful about his performance. “My fall cost me a broken ski and a pole,” said Anton Gafarov, adding that he decided to continue fighting for the finals despite all the difficulties.

Gafarov believed the race should be finished in any way possible. “It was a matter of principle to hold on to the end,” he added. He is not devastated (毁灭) by his failure and is eager to take part in the next Winter Olympics despite back problems due to injuries.

1.What happened to Gafarov during the Men's Sprint Free Semifinals?

A.He dropped his ski in the unlucky crash.

B.He gave up the race after falling three times.

C.He lost the gold medal for the men's finals.

D.He had his ski broken in the early race.

2.What do we know about Wadsworth

A.He felt pity for Gafarov's bad luck in the race.

B.He knew what price Gafarov paid for the competition.

C.He was angry with his player' s not qualifying for the finals.

D.He once worked hard to become an Olympic skier for Canada.

3.According to the text, which statement may Gafarov agree to?

A.Every dog has its day. B.Rome isn't built overnight.

C.There is no end to learning. D.Never give up in face of difficulty.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.The Olympic Spirit. B.The Touching Moment.

C.The Meaning of Sports. D.The Winning Gold Medal.

Excerpts(节选) of Our Featured Stories

If you're looking for a midday pick-me-up or a little inspiration, you'll love our featured stories.

Thanks for the Flowers

“At the end of the day, a loving family should find everything forgivable. -----Mark V. Olsen

“You don't bring me flowers any more... You don’t sing me love songs...”, the singing of Neil Diamond went gently into my room from the radio. The song matched my mood on that cold January morning. How true, I thought the last time David brought me flowers was five years ago I dressed up against the cold and headed out for the challenging task of starting the old Ford. The beast normally refused to start. To start the vehicle, I tried all tricks. At that point, David. (more)

A Different Story

“There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship or company than a rood marriage.” --Martin Luther

“I just want what you and John Fraser have,” Margret Mead, my beautiful forty something single friend tells me. Immediately ashamed, I realize that I have heard the same thing from a single, searching, female cousin just recently. My husband, John and I met when we were thirty-four years old. We had occasional fights that make me laugh now, and... (more)

A Picky Eater

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ----Lao Tzu

Sterile, my husband would told me he was never a picky eater and was very easy to please when it came to food. Every time I cooked chicken liver, he always ate it and said he’d never tasted anything better. Until recently, I happened to know that he is actually allergic to chicken, and... (more)

1.What do the underlined words “the beast” in the first story refer to?

A.The song. B.The car.

C.The task. D.The mood.

2.What can we infer about Sterile in the third story?

A.He is particular about food. B.He is a heavy meat-eater.

C.He knows the truth of happiness. D.He suffers from a serious disease.

3.What are all the three stories about?

A.Dating tips. B.Parent-child relationship.

C.Family love. D.Entertainment news.

    Elizabeth walked to the yard, carrying a bunch of daisies（雏菊）

Beautiful flowers for. for... Oh. I'll never get it right!” she cried, throwing the daisies on the ground. She had been practising her speech for a week.

Part of her couldn’t wait. This Saturday, the great Ana Wolff, famous pianist, would perform at the concert hall in town. For four years, Elizabeth had listened to Ms Wolffs recordings over and over again, loving the way the notes flowed like a rushing mountain stream.

Part of Elizabeth was terrified. Her music teacher at school, Mr. Leaf, had asked her to present the flowers to Ms Wolff after the performance. But Elizabeth knew herself well. She had severe stage fright and she really hated it when she had to talk in front of people. Even so, Elizabeth was determined to take the challenge this time.

“How' s the speech going?” asked Elizabeth’s mother. “Want to practice on me?”

“No, thanks.” said Elizabeth. "Mum, I can’t do this! I'll forget. I might even pass out!”

“Oh, honey. Think about it… sharing the stage with Ana Wolff. What an honour!” Mum gently comforted her.

Elizabeth kept practising. “Beautiful flowers for… for a beautiful performance…” She presented the flowers to the cat, the dog, even the statue in the garden.

Soon it was Saturday night, Elizabeth stood at the backstage, behind the heavy black curtains. Holding the bouquet (花束) of red roses, she felt her heart racing wildly and her stomach tightened with nervousness.

The lights dimmed, and Ms Wolff began her performance. She swayed and nodded with her fingers dancing across the keys. Soft sad parts, loud angry parts, parts that sounded fun to play, Drawn into the music, Elizabeth forgot for a moment about the six words she had to say. With a flourish, Ms Wolff played her final note. Applause thundered through the hall. People jumped to their feet and cheered.

Ms. Wolff smiled and bowed. Then she walked off stage and into the wings. Almost immediately, she returned to the stage for a second bow.

注意:

1. 所续写短文的词数应为150左右；

2. 应使用5个以上短文中标有下划线的关键词语：

3. 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；

4. 续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。

Paragraph 1:

    Then came the dreaded moment. ________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________.

Paragraph 2:

    The audience cheered and clapped loudly for them. _________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________.

    假如你是李华，春节期间，你所在的志愿者小组就如何在疫情期间科学防疫进行了一次线上服务活动。请你根据以下要点提示给外文网写一篇新闻报道：1. 活动形式和内容2. 活动反响。

注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：the novel coronavirus 新型冠状病毒

    Reading a paper book may be a forgotten luxury for many people thanks to today's busy lifestyles 1. listening to a book while shopping or jogging is a growing trend. Now, audio books can be easily downloaded from the Internet at the same, if not 2.(low), prices as the print 3.(edit).

Mary Beth Roche, publisher of Macmillan Audio, says many of their readers use audio books as a ''multitasking tool'', a way to consume books when their eyes are busy. For others, whose work may involve spending lots of time 4.(look) at the screen, audio books are a way to relax. ''It's sort of nice to sit back and have a story 5.(tell) to you,'' said Roche.

In the United States, audio books 6.(become) a serious business for a long time  7.(simple) because Americans on average spend so much time in their cars. ''It is a good way for consumers to make the time in traffic quality time, '' said Roche. 'Even way back when it was the cassette and then the CD, the number one place 8. people listened was in car. When audio books became available 9. the digital form, people started using 10. during other activities—when they are shopping, jogging, performing household tasks and so on.

    Growing up I've always been very independent. I've never asked my parents for money or help, and I've always lived a pretty _______ life from them. We are _______ , but not in a ''I'm going to tell you every detail of my life'' way.

A little _______   I moved out at 17, went to university, and _______ in my third year. But I go back to school a _______ time. And I find a new house to move into. My car craps out (坏了)  and I need to _______ a new one.

These last two years have been HARD. But I’m _________, I'm happier now than I was. Money is extremely tight, but I'm _______. I was speaking to my _________ a few weeks ago getting caught up and he asked about my ________ situation. I opened up and told him things are fine,________ tight. I'm doing okay.

He then tells me he wants to send me some money to ________ my debts. I tell him it's   ________. $6000 in student loans and $4000 in credit card debt.

He says he is proud of me and the way I've ________ life so far. He's proud of how independent I am. He wants me to ________ this new chapter of my life with a clean slate (石板) and this ________ me to put the money I was putting towards debt repayment into  ________.

I love my dad so much and I'm ________ to him for giving me the gift of no __________ It also feels good to be told that living independently is a good thing. I often feel guilty for not being very open with my parents.

Today I'm feeling all the ________ and I'm excited to start 2020 off on the right foot!

1.A.scheduled B.troubled C.divided D.confused

2.A.faithful B.sincere C.close D.outgoing

3.A.background B.secret C.evidence D.principle

4.A.fell behind B.dropped out C.carried on D.made it

5.A.different B.second C.new D.fourth

6.A.hire B.rent C.buy D.produce

7.A.trying out B.paying off C.taking over D.struggling on

8.A.deserving B.volunteering C.suffering D.managing

9.A.parents B.dad C.companion D.mom

10.A.financial B.economical C.physical D.educational

11.A.and B.so C.but D.or

12.A.return B.cover C.refresh D.afford

13.A.a little B.a bit C.a deal D.a lot

14.A.gone over B.taken up C.moved through D.recovered from

15.A.read B.copy C.start D.quit

16.A.allows B.forces C.persuades D.requests

17.A.pockets B.safes C.incomes D.savings

18.A.grateful B.friendly C.good D.loyal

19.A.difficulties B.regrets C.adventures D.debts

20.A.guilts B.feels C.sorrows D.delights

    Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both an exciting and challenging experience. 1. Here are some major cultural differences between China and the US to help promote mutual understanding.

Privacy

Chinese people do not have the same concept of privacy as Americans do. They talk about topics such as ages, income or marital status, which Americans think is annoying and intrusive(侵扰的).

Family

In China, elders are traditionally treated with enormous respect and dignity while the young are cherished and nurtured. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence, particularly that of the children. 2.

Friends

Chinese people have different meanings to define friends. 3. Friendship means lifelong friends who feel deeply obligated to give each other whatever help might seem required. Americans always call people they meet friends, so the definition of friends is general and different. There are work friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.

Money

4. They are always conservative when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for emergencies and education than their Chinese counterparts.

5.

Basically, China values the community and the US values the individual. If you achieve something in the US, it's because you were great. While in China, if you achieve something in China it's because the team, or family, or company is great. Everything you do gets attributed to the greater whole, while in America individual merits are celebrated.

A.Collectivism vs. Individualism

B.Education and Career vs. Character and Faith

C.You're welcome to leave your comments.

D.As is known to all, the Chinese like to save.

E.Just hanging out together time to time is not friendship.

F.You have to learn different cultural practices and try to adapt to them.

G.Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.

    What do extreme marathoners, mountain hikers and professional bicycle racers all have in common? They push their bodies to unsustainable (不可持续的) extremes of physical stress.

We tend to think there’s no limit to human physical achievements. But a new study, published in Science Advances, says there is a definite limit to human endurance (耐力). Beyond that, our bodies begin to break down.

To find the limit, a US research team tracked marathon runners over a five-month period, measuring competitors’ initial basal metabolic rates (BMR, 基础新陈代谢率) – the amount of energy they expend when they rest. Then they looked at how many calories(卡路里) each runner burned per day.

The team found that the maximum amount of energy a human can expend is 2.5 times of BMR. It equals 4,000 calories of energy per day. These calories can help a trained athlete to run about 42 kilometers in a day.

But people can’t keep using this amount of calories all the time. “You can do really intense stuff for a couple of days, but if you want to last longer then you have to dial it back,” US evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer told the BBC.

Pontzer explained that the problem is our guts (消化道). “There’s … a limit to how many calories our guts can effectively absorb per day,” he said in the Daily Mail. At that point, the body is burning calories more quickly than it can absorb food and convert (转化) it into energy.

These new findings could help athletes to best work underneath this ceiling. For example, they could manage their daily exercise time based on their BMR, to get enough calories and keep going.

However, Pontzer’s team can’t rule out the possibility of someone breaking this limit. “So I guess it’s a challenge to elite endurance athletes,” said Pontzer. “Science works when you’re proven wrong. Maybe someone will break through that ceiling some day and show us what we’re missing.”

1.What did the US research team find in the new study?

A.One’s endurance can be improved through exercise.

B.A trained athlete can do intense activities for more than a week.

C.The average BMR for athletes is 4,000 calories of energy per day.

D.The energy one can expend is no more than 2.5 times of their BMR per day.

2.What is the main purpose of Paragraph 6?

A.To tell us the problem with our guts.

B.To show how our bodies produce energy.

C.To explain why there is a limit to human endurance.

D.To prove the importance of our guts to physical activities.

3.The new findings could help athletes ______.

A.keep a more balanced diet

B.save time and reduce stress

C.arrange their training properly

D.improve their performance quickly

4.Which of the following would Pontzer probably agree with?

A.It’s possible that someone could break the endurance limit.

B.It’s no good trying to work above the 2.5x endurance ceiling.

C.Further data is needed to make the study’s results more accurate.

D.The 2.5x endurance ceiling is not a problem for many elite athletes.

    One of the most popular beliefs in parenting is the so﹣called Mozart effect， which says that listening to music by the Austrian composer Wolfgang Mozart can increase a child's intelligence． Some pregnant women have even gone so far as to play Mozart recordings on headphones pressed against their bellies． And it's not hard to see how Mozart's name became associated with accelerated development． He was history's greatest child genius， performing astonishing music for kings and queens at an age when many of us were content with tuneless singing "I'm a Little Teapot"．

So， if you have kids or you're expecting to have them， how seriously should you take the Mozart effect？ Will the child who doesn't listen to Mozart in the cradle （摇篮） be limited to an ordinary life？ Are you a bad parent if your kids don't know about any works of Mozart？

Relax． There is no scientific evidence that listening to Mozart improves children's cognitive abilities． The whole idea comes from a small study done in 1993， which found that college students who listened to Mozart's Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major （K 448）showed some improvement in a test of spatial （空间的） skills． This finding was later described as something extremely amazing by a musician， Don Campbell， in a book． Campbell's claims about the super powers of Mozart's music were repeated endlessly in the media and fueled a craze for Mozart﹣based enrichment activities． In 1998， for example， the governor of Georgia in the USA requested funds to send classical﹣music CDs to all parents of newborns in the state．

Since then， scientists have examined the claim that Mozart increases intelligence and found no evidence for it． The original experiment with college students was reviewed in 1999， and the increase in the students' spatial skills was found to be negligible． In 2007 the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research asked a team of experts to examine the scientific literature regarding Mozart and child development， and they found no reason to believe that it increased intelligence．

1.People relate Mozart to children's intelligence development because he　   　．

A.owned extraordinary music talent.

B.could perform music as a child.

C.offered music to pregnant women.

D.was an royal Austrian composer.

2.What can we know about the small study in 1993？

A.It added to the popularity of Mozart's music．

B.It found no evidence for supporting Mozart effect．

C.It helped college students make academic progress．

D.It urged Georgia's governor to spread classical music．

3.What does the underlined word "negligible" probably mean？

A.Sudden．

B.Insignificant．

C.Average．

D.Steady．

4.What can be the best title for the text？

A.New Findings： Mozart Effect to Be Proved.

B.Secrets Uncovered： History of Mozart Effect.

C.Does Listening to Mozart Make Kids Smarter？

D.How Does Mozart Improve Kids' Intelligence？

    Just before Christmas in 1994, a letter arrived at our house. The postmark was from Tuskegee, Alabama, so we all knew who it was from. We excitedly gathered around mother as she opened it.

My Dear Mother,

    I didn’t get the leave I expected for Christmas. I’ll miss all of you. Please leave the Christmas tree up until I make it back. I hope to be home by March.

                                                      Love from your son,

                                                      Clifton

    My heart sank. I felt profound sadness that my favorite brother wouldn’t be home for Christmas. My mother, being the optimist she always was, said, “Well, it looks like we’ll get to have two Christmases this year!”

    After Christmas, my sister and I worked together to make sure we kept that Christmas tree looking as pretty as possible. This was no easy feat. By mid-January, the branches drooped so low to the ground. Each day, ornaments would come crashing to the ground and there were brand new sprinklings of pine needles all over the wooden floor. My sister and I took turns sweeping them up. We repositioned the ornaments to the stronger branches on the tree, hoping they would stay on.

    Each time we freshened that tree up, my sister and I were full of thoughts about Clifton and how happy we would be to see him again. It made us feel that he was close by, even though he was hundreds of miles away.

    On March 5, the doorbell rang. We ran to the door and gave Clifton a big hug. As he hugged mother, I could see him peek over her head at the Christmas tree.

    “It’s beautiful,” he said. “Thank you.” Clifton opened his presents and told us all sorts of stories about his work in Tuskegee. That night as we slept, we heard a crash in the living room. We all ran to see what had happened. The tree had toppled onto the sofa and there were needles and broken ornaments everywhere. We all had a good laugh. It was fortuitous (巧合的) Clifton got home when he did.

1.How did the author feel when he read the letter?

A.Deeply sad. B.Quite annoyed.

C.Very regretful. D.A little disappointed.

2.Why did the author try hard to freshen the Christmas tree up?

A.Because his mother asked him to keep the tree up.

B.Because he wanted to keep all the ornaments on the tree.

C.Because he longed to have another Christmas with his brother.

D.Because he intended to keep the Christmas tree alive until next December.

3.What do you think is the tone of the passage?

A.Approving. B.Upsetting. C.Unconcerned. D.Hopeful.

假如你是李华，计划和同学去敬老院（nursing home）陪老人们国重阳节（the Double Ninth Festival）。请给外教Lucy写封邮件，邀她一同前往，内容包括：

1. 出发及返回时间；

2. 活动：包饺子、表演节目等。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 结语已为你写好。

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours

Li Hua

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(∧)，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。

During my last winter holiday, I went to countryside with my father to visit my grandparents. I find a big change there. The first time I went there, they were living in a small house with dogs, ducks, and another animals. Last winter when I went here again, they had a big separate house to raise dozens of chicken. They also had a small pond which they raised fish. My grandpa said last summer they earned quite a lot by sell the fish. I felt happily that their life had improved. At the end of our trip, I told my father that I planned to return for every two years, but he agreed.

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

The Chinese have a saying: “Firewood, rice, oil, salt, vinegar and tea are the seven 1. (necessary) to begin a day.” For the Chinese, tea drinking and tasting are not similar. Tea drinking can help us keep up one’s spirit 2.tea tasting has cultural meaning. Tea and tea sets should match 3. (surround) such as the breeze, the bright moon, pines, bamboo and snow. All these show the goal of Chinese culture: the 4. (harmony) unity of human beings with nature.

5. (compare) to personal characters, its flavor is pleasant, low-key and 6. (last). A friendship between gentlemen is also like a cup of tea. 7.a cup of tea in hand, enjoying the green leaves in a white china cup, you will feel the peace, 8.(leave) fame, wealth and other earthly concerns far away.

9.(similar), tea-drinking habits vary in different parts of China. Generally, flowering tea is popular in northern China; green tea 10. (prefer) in eastern China and black tea is fit for people in Fujian and Guangdong. Tea is commonly available not only in Chinese restaurants and grocery shops nationwide but also worldwide.

    Now scientists believe that global warming affects hibernating animals, causing them to wake up earlier. _______ this may seem a little concern, it is in fact a significant environmental problem. The _______ hibernation period could actually lead to significant declines in the populations of several species.

Some of the first concrete evidence of the _______ came from Colorado, where researchers at the Rocky Mountain Biological lab have been observing marmot (旱獭) hibernation behavior since the 1970s. In the early days of their studies, marmots generally hibernated several weeks into the month of May. Nowadays, _______, temperatures in the area have risen by 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit, and the marmots are waking up about a month _______.

At least the marmots are _______ hibernating. Several other animals have not been hibernating at all recently. Brown bears in the Spanish Cantabrian Mountains did not hibernate last year. In parts of the United States, chipmunks (花鼠) also _______ the hibernation period. The bears seem to have _______ without losing many individuals. The chipmunks, however, were not so _______. Many of the animals died ________ starvation during the winter.

The problem with animals waking up early, or skipping hibernation altogether ________ the creatures' metabolism (新陈代谢). When an animal hibernates, their metabolism drops significantly. The animals' heart rate ________, and they require very little energy to live. When the animals awake from their winter slumber (睡眠), their metabolism returns to ________.

But while their metabolism may be as active as it was before hibernation, food sources aren't as ________ as they were before. A marmot may wake up when temperatures get ________, thinking it's spring, but plants will not have gotten the amount of sun they need to signal their spring period of growth. So until the plants grow, the marmots have no ________ food source.

Many scientists believe the problem will continue to get ________. ________ changes in hibernation patterns, some believe that other animals will also begin to change their migration patterns or begin to give birth earlier. For many biologists, that's a ________ prospect. Terry Root, an animal expert at Stanford University, said: "I do think what we will be facing is the ________ of many species."

1.A.When B.But C.While D.So

2.A.increased B.shortened C.declined D.spread

3.A.phenomenon B.atmosphere C.circumstance D.situation

4.A.but B.so C.therefore D.however

5.A.later B.earlier C.longer D.before

6.A.still B.thus C.never D.not

7.A.entered B.failed C.skipped D.lost

8.A.died B.lived C.survived D.existed

9.A.delighted B.lucky C.mild D.refreshed

10.A.from B.in C.with D.of

11.A.lie down B.lie with C.get into D.get along with

12.A.decreases B.slows C.stops D.falls

13.A.abnormal B.average C.ordinary D.normal

14.A.available B.rich C.full D.enough

15.A.hotter B.better C.cooler D.warmer

16.A.steady B.reliable C.casual D.fixed

17.A.unfortunate B.harmful C.disappointed D.worse

18.A.In addition to B.As a result of C.Due to D.In spite of

19.A.desperate B.hopeful C.scary D.eager

20.A.survival B.tendency C.existence D.extinction

    Much of the work in today’s world is accomplished(完成) in teams. Most people believe the best way to build a great team is to gather a group of the most talented individuals. 1.Companies spend millions hiring top business people. Is their money well spent?

2.They focused on football, basketball and baseball. The results are mixed. For football and basketball, adding talented players to a team proves a good method, but only up to the point where 70% of the players are top talent; above that level, the team’s performance begins to decline. Interestingly, this trend isn’t evident in baseball, where additional individual talent keeps improving the team’s performance.

To explain this phenomenon, the researchers explored the degree to which a good performance by a team requires its members to coordinate(协调) their actions. 3.In baseball, the performance of individual players is less dependent on teammates. They conclude that when task interdependence is high, team performance will suffer when there is too much talent, while individual talent will have positive effects on team performance when task interdependence is lower. If a basketball star is, for example, trying to gain a high personal point total, he may take a shot himself when it would be better to pass the ball to a teammate, affecting the team’s performance. Young children learning to play team sports are often told, “There is no I in TEAM.” 4.

Another possibility is that when there is a lot of talent on a team, some players may make less effort. Just as in a game of tug-of-war(拔河比赛), whenever a person is added, everyone else pulls the rope with less force.

5. An A-team may require a balance--not just A players, but a few generous B players as well.

A.It’s not a simple matter to determine the nature of talent.

B.Sports team owners spend millions of dollars attracting top talent.

C.The group interaction and its effect drew the researchers’ attention.

D.Stars apparently do not follow this basic principle of sportsmanship.

E.Several recent studies examined the role of talent in the sports world.

F.Building up a dream team is more complex than simply hiring the best talent.

G.This task interdependence distinguishes baseball from football and basketball.

    Young children often “read” picture books. They’re attracted by the colorful scenery and the realistic characters that contribute to fascinating plots.

Unfortunately, some children can’t use these resources, even if they do know how to read. Take three-year old Elodie Bateson, for example. Elodie was born with under-developed eyes and has retinal detachments（视网膜脱落），making her visually impaired.

It is because of people like Elodie that Tom Yeh, head of the Tactile Picture Books Project, has started printing 3D books, so they can feel the illustrations in picture books.

The first book Tom Yeh printed was Goodnight Moon, a popular children’s book about a rabbit going to sleep and wishing good night to his surroundings. In the 3D version of this book， children can feel each thing that the rabbit says good night to, whether it is a cow jumping over the moon, a balloon, or a dollhouse.

Generally, when children grow older, they read by using Braille, a language that was invented by Louis Braille in 1824. It uses different patterns of raised dots representing different letters. Readers can then feel the dots and mentally translate the patterns they feel into words. The only problem is that many blind children do not start learning Braille until they are about six years old.

Another reason why 3D printed books are such a valuable resource is that children don’t have to know how to read to understand them. However, without these, visually impaired kids are losing six developmental years vital to their growth since they can ’t take advantage of picture books.

When 3D picture books are printed, plastic is layered（分层放置）repeatedly over a single shape: the shape of the illustration. These raised pictures created through layered plastic serve as substitutes for the Braille letters that little children have no knowledge of.

1.What does the underlined word “impaired” in paragraph 2 mean？

A.Unmatched. B.Disappeared.

C.Defeated. D.Damaged.

2.What can we know about Braille from Paragraph 5？

A.The blind at any age can read by using Braille.

B.Most people can translate Braille into words.

C.Blind kids begin learning Braille at about six years old.

D.Braille uses similar patterns of raised dots to stand for different letters.

3.We can know that the illustrations in 3D books are raised ______ .

A.dots B.pictures

C.letters D.plastic

4.What is the aim of the Tactile Picture Books Project？

A.To teach the blind children Braille.

B.To encourage kids to read books.

C.To cure visually impaired children.

D.To help the blind children read picture books.

    Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit(联系) groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.

Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialization, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.

At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages. Often spoken by many people while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 Languages: the Americas about 1,000, Africa 2,400; and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number(中位数) of speakers is a mere 6.000, which means that half the worlds languages are spoken by fewer people than that.

Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction(消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon (eight remaining speakers), Chiapaneco in Mexico(150). Lipan Apache in the United States(two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia (one, with a question-mark): none of these seems to have much chance of survival.

1.What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?

A.They developed very fast. B.They were large in number.

C.They had similar patters. D.They were closely connected

2.Which of the following best explains "dominant" underlined in paragraph 2？

A.Complex. B.Advanced.

C.Powerful. D.Modern.

3.How many languages are spoken by less than 6, 000 people at present?

A.About 6,800 . B.About 3,400

C.About 2,400 D.About 1,200.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.New languages will be created.

B.Peoples lifestyles are reflected in languages.

C.Human development results in fewer languages.

D.Geography determines language evolution.

    Alice Moore is a teenager entrepreneur(创业者), who in May 2015 set up her business AilieCandy. By the time she was 13, her company was worth millions of dollars with the invention of a super-sweet treat that could save kids’ teeth, instead of destroying them.

It all began when Moore visited a bank with her dad. On the outing, she was offered a candy bar. However, her dad reminded her that sugary treats were bad for her teeth. But Moore was sick of missing out on candies. So she desired to get round the warning, “Why can’t I make a healthy candy that’s good for my teeth so that my parents can’t say no to it?” With that in mind, Moore asked her dad if she could start her own candy company. He recommended that she do some research and talk to dentists about what a healthier candy would contain.

With her dad’s permission, she spent the next two years researching online and conducting trials to get a recipe that was both tasty and tooth-friendly. She also approached dentists to learn more about teeth cleaning. Consequently, she succeeded in making a kind of candy only using natural sweeteners, which can reduce oral bacteria.

Moore then used her savings to get her business off the ground. Afterwards, she and her father secured their first business meeting with a supermarket owner, who finally agreed to sell Moore’s product—CanCandy.

As CanCandy’s success grows, so does Moore’s credibility as a young entrepreneur. Moore is enthusiastic about the candy she created, and she’s also positive about what the future might bring. She hopes that every kid can have a clean mouth and a broad smile.

Meanwhile, with her parents’ help, Moore is generally able to live a normal teenage life. Although she founded her company early on in life, she wasn’t driven primarily by profit. Moore wants to use her unique talent to help others find their smiles. She donates 10% of AilicCandy’s profits to Big Smiles. With her talent and determination, it appears that the sky could be the limit for Alice Moore.

1.How did Moore react to her dad’s warning?

A.She argued with him. B.She tried to find a way out.

C.She paid no attention. D.She chose to consult dentists.

2.What is special about CanCandy?

A.It is beneficial to dental health. B.It is free of sweeteners.

C.It is sweeter than other candies. D.It is produced to a dentists’ recipe.

3.What does Moore expect from her business?

A.To earn more money. B.To help others find smiles.

C.To make herself stand out. D.To beat other candy companies.

4.What can we learn from Alice Moore’s story?

A.Fame is a great thirst of the young.

B.A youth is to be regarded with respect.

C.Positive thinking and action result in success.

D.Success means getting personal desires satisfied

Pacific Science Center Guide

◆Visit Pacific Science Center’s Store

Don’t forget to stop by Pacific Science Center’s Store while you are here to pick up a wonderful science activity or souvenir to remember your visit. The store is located(位于) upstairs in Building 3 right next to the Laser Dome.

◆Hungry

Our exhibits will feed your mind, but what about your body? Our café offers a complete menu of lunch and snack options, in addition to seasonal specials. The café is located upstairs in Building 1 and is open daily until one hour before Pacific Science Center closes.

◆Rental Information

Lockers are available to store any belongings during your visit. The lockers are located in Building 1 near the Information Desk and in Building 3. Pushchairs and wheelchairs are available to rent at the Information Desk and Denny Way entrance. ID required.

◆Support Pacific Science Center

Since 1962, Pacific Science Center has been inspiring a passion(热情) for discovery and lifelong learning in science, math and technology. Today, Pacific Science Center serves more than 1.3 million people a year and brings inquiry-based science education to classrooms and community events all over Washington State. It’s an amazing accomplishment and one we cannot achieve without generous support from individuals, corporations, and other social organizations. Visit pacificsciencecenter.org to find various ways you can support Pacific Science Center.

1.Where can you buy a souvenir at Pacific Science Center?

A.In Building 1.

B.In Building 3.

C.At the the Laser Dome.

D.At the Denny Way entrance.

2.What does Pacific Science Center do for schools?

A.Train Science teachers.

B.Distribute science books.

C.Inspire scientific research.

D.Take science to the classroom.

3.What is the purpose of the last part of the text?

A.To encourage donations.

B.To advertise coming events.

C.To introduce special exhibits.

D.To tell about the Center’s history.

阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。

Plant-Based Diet

What is a plant-based diet? Is it just a fashionable new term for a “vegan(严格素食主义者)”? While there is no set definition, a plant-based way of eating focuses on consuming plant-sourced wholefoods (全天然食物) that are least processed in their original form, for example whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. These are full of vitamins, minerals, and provide an abundance of nutrients for your body. Following a plant-based lifestyle doesn’t necessarily mean fully avoiding animal products like a vegan. For plant-based eaters, animal proteins can happily fit in with the lifestyle, yet they play more of a supporting role. Overall, “plant-based” is more of a broad and flexible way of thinking about nutrition rather than a rigid diet. With a plant-based diet, the focus is on simple, nutritious wholefoods.

Why people start following a plant-based diet? One of the main reasons is the health benefits. Now, more so than ever, research is showing how eating more plants and less meat can positively affect health. Particularly, a plant-based lifestyle has been linked to heart health. In a study of more than 10, 000 adults published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, it was shown that those who followed a more plant-based diet had a 16 percent lower risk of having cardiovascular (心血管的) disease and a 32 percent lower risk of dying of cardiovascular disease.

A plant-based lifestyle can also help to promote weight loss and help to maintain your goal weight. Weight loss commonly occurs because the diet consists of foods that are full of fiber and have a high-water content, which easily make you feel full up.

Another major reason to jump at the plant-based eating train is the external (外界的，外部的)benefits. Plant-based foods are loaded with vitamins, which help brighten your skin. One of the plant-based all-star vitamins is vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant. A large number of fruits and vegetables contain vitamin C. They assist in smoothing lines, and reducing wrinkles.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

假如你是李华，你们学校的外教Mrs. Smith想找一个人教她9岁的女儿中文。请你写信推荐你的朋友王林，内容包括:1.写信目的； 2.推荐理由

注意:1.词数 80 左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，

For those lacking sleep at night, a nap (小睡) can often be the perfect solution. Naps improve your performance, which is why you feel1.(refresh) after taking one. The length of your nap 2.(determine) the benefits. A 20-minute nap is the most 3.(suit) to improve moving skills and attention, while an hour to 90 minutes of napping helps solve creative problems. Just set an alarm4.(get) the right amount of sleep.

Regular, short naps can help relieve tension, which decreases your risk of heart disease. Get the most health benefits 5.your nap by doing it right. Stick to a regular napping schedule during right6.(hour), between 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. The time is right for a nap as it is usually after lunch, 7.your blood sugar and energy starts to dip. So, keep shut-eye short and nap in a dark room as soon as possible during this period.

As anyone suffering from 8.sleepless night knows, it’s hard to be happy the next day. Napping can help erase the bad mood for lack of sleeping. A short nap is a 9.(wise) choice than drinking black coffee, since10. (take) caffeine in the afternoon or evening can badly affect your nighttime sleep.

    I was going to see my grandma Ruthy.

Approaching her apartment, I was suddenly seized with the_______ that I was going to die one day. I walked in to see my grandmother sitting on the sofa,_______ and pale. Once she would have ______ me in her huge bear hug, but now it seemed like the sofa was going to have her ______ alive.

I knew I was supposed to hug her but I wanted to ______. I didn’t want to even make eye contact with this woman that I had loved so_______ , because if I did, maybe death would ________ from over her shoulder and touch me too.

My grandmother, dying of cancer, ________ pulled herself to the edge of the sofa and ______ herself up and said, “So where are we going for dinner?” I turned to my mom _______ I didn’t know what food went with dying.

The next minute, we ended up ________ her off the sofa, down the steps, into the car, and driving to the closest ________. She hadn’t managed solid food in weeks, and could ______ do a sip of water due to the pain. But she ordered a large cup of beer. We ate and she drank. ________ , there was no death. There was no cancer. There was a moment like that in every________ .

Then we said _______. I was waiting for the icy cold hand of ______ on my heart. But I didn’t feel it, because she had _______a shield（防护物）around me-the meal.

The last ______ my grandma Ruthy taught me is that one day, I’m supposed to look over my shoulder and say, “Hello, Death. Before we go, I’m going to have one more ______ .”

1.A.depression B.terror C.surprise D.anger

2.A.clumsy B.hungry C.tired D.weak

3.A.wrapped B.packed C.contacted D.comforted

4.A.locked B.split C.bitten D.swallowed

5.A.check B.scream C.run D.stand

6.A.slightly B.deliberately C.secretly D.dearly

7.A.reach out B.run away C.look away D.set out

8.A.smoothly B.unwillingly C.slowly D.casually

9.A.dressed B.straightened C.gave D.fastened

10.A.when B.although C.because D.unless

11.A.dragging B.rushing C.carrying D.inviting

12.A.restaurant B.park C.supermarket D.clinic

13.A.carefully B.barely C.freely D.easily

14.A.From time to time B.From then on C.For a long while D.For a moment

15.A.meal B.conversation C.party D.celebration

16.A.sorry B.goodbye C.hello D.thanks

17.A.fate B.God C.death D.life

18.A.built B.removed C.bought D.refused

19.A.skill B.concept C.story D.lesson

20.A.hug B.beer C.talk D.trip

    Many healthcare workers know that washing hands is important to prevent the spread of infectious disease. 1. During a study conducted by Nicas and Best at Berkley University, they counted the number of times people touched their face with their hands. 2.Whether we are aware of our actions or not, most of us can agree that we touch our face with our hands frequently enough.

Imagine that you are able to record a full day of your actions. Better yet, reflect on what you did when you woke up yesterday morning. Let me give you an idea of my previous morning. I was woken by the alarm clock at 6 am. 3.Then I checked my phone for messages, turned on the TV for my morning news, started making my coffee and finally hit the shower. It wasn’t even 5 minutes from the time I awoke and I already touched different objects. The point of this is to be aware that even in our homes we are exposed to germs in places we don’t realize.

Luckily, the human body has amazing defense against harmful germs. 4.Our white blood cells are like soldiers coming to the rescue. Unfortunately, there are a lot of areas on our face that do not have the protection of skin such as the eyes and mouth. There’s a reason to every wise proverb and our parents annoying us to wash our hands before dinner is not for nothing.

5.If you have children, it is even more important to set the example because children are known to learn from adults. Let’s start a good habit of washing hands. As for your friends, don’t be shy about checking to make sure their hands are clean. Asking someone if they have washed their hands is caring. Checking to see if someone has washed their hands will benefit not only that person, but you and your family.

A.Our skin is the first line of defense.

B.Several minutes later, I turned off the alarm clock.

C.It is easy for us to admit that we wash our hands regularly.

D.They are more self-aware that hand washing should be practiced as needed.

E.Most importantly, it is our duty to set the right example for friends and family.

F.They found that the subjects touched their face 15.7 times per hour on average.

G.Do the rest of your family members, especially children, wash their hands regularly?

    People may set an alarm on the phone or clock that sounds like this: beep beep beep. That hard, unpleasant sound may be making it harder to shake off the sleepy feeling in the morning known as grogginess. So, is there a better way to wake up? A recent study says yes. The answer is music.

The study, carried out by researchers in Australia, involved 50 people. The researchers found that people who wake up to musical alarms reported feeling more awake and alert. Stuart McFarlane, a lead writer of the study stated, "We are very surprised by these findings as one might expect a harsh beeping sound to be more successful," at waking up a person.

Sleep inertia is another term for grogginess. It means a person has a heavy feeling when waking up, and has trouble getting moving again after sleeping. McFarlane said people need to better understand sleep inertia's harmful effects on human performance later in the day.

Not everyone will experience the full effect. But for those who do, "care should be taken" when performing duties that require a top performance within this period, he said. This includes "dangerous tasks like driving or riding our bikes" shortly after waking up. The same is true for people who work in dangerous situations shortly after they wake, including firefighters and pilots.

So, what makes musical alarms better for waking up? The researchers think the music may be more successful in reducing sleep inertia because it has several tones, compared to the single tone of a "beeping" alarm. McFarlane said that the changes over time between the music tones may help increase a person's attention when waking from sleep.

And is there a kind of music that is best to wake up to? There may be, McFarlane said. "We could suggest alarm sounds that are tune full and easy to hum or sing along with. The current sounds I have been using include 'Close to me' by the Cure and 'Borderline' by Madonna."

No matter how you wake up, experts say, the amount of sleep you get also matters — a lot.

1.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?

A.What is grogginess? B.Why are musical alarms better?

C.Which music is the best? D.How can we overcome grogginess?

2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Sleep inertia is another cause for grogginess.

B.How long a person sleeps is of great importance.

C.The 'beeping' alarm is not effective mainly because of its noisy tone.

D.It is dangerous for everyone to drive or ride bicycles shortly after waking up.

3.The paragraph following this passage is likely to focus on        .

A.examples of good musical alarms

B.more findings of the application of music

C.explanations about why music is more helpful

D.suggestions on how to sleep well and feel fresh each morning

4.In which section of a magazine may you find the passage?

A.Health. B.Fiction.

C.Technology. D.Entertainment