The two giant pandas living at Ouwehands Dierenpark in the Dutch city of Rhenen staged a charming debut(初次登台) for hundreds of long- awaited admirers on Tuesday afternoon.

After six weeks since their arrival on April 12, Wu Wen, the female giant panda made tentative steps into her outdoor enclosure(围场). She threw herself at the first bamboo plant. she saw and started to chew. Xing Ya, the male, sat on a rock to enjoy the early summer sunshine. Wu Wen and Xing Ya, both three-and-a-half-year old, will stay at Ouwehands for 15 years. Native to south central China, they belong to a species which counts only 1,864 individuals.

" Both are in perfect health and adapt well to their new home, " said Zhang Hongwen, chief economist of China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration."I am glad to see that Wu Wen and Xing Ya are so popular in the Netherlands. Their stay will surely promote Sino-Dutch cooperation relating to the protection of forest and biodiversity.

Martijn van Dam, Dutch State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Sad, "From today on, Dutch children will get to know Wu Wen and Xing Ya.They can get inspired by all the beautiful and powerful things nature has offered.

China has succeeded in stopping the decline of the number of pandas. China also makes efforts to maintain the natural habitat of the giant pandas. We would also like to contribute to that."

He stressed, "Wu Wen and Xing Ya underline these good developments. Let this be a sign of hope that with joint forces we can protect our nature worldwide, and let this be the beginning of a wave of inspiration for the new generation."

1.What did Wu Wen do after she went outdoors?

A.She walked step by step.

B.She threw herself on a rock.

C.She enjoyed the sunshine.

D.She ate a bamboo plant.

2.What did Zhang Hongwen say about the two pandas?

A.They belong to an endangered species.

B.People in the Netherlands love them.

C.They inspire young children to protect nature.

D.Hundreds of people have been scared by them.

3.What does the underlined word"that" in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Stopping the increase of panda numbers.

B.Welcoming pandas to the Netherlands.

C.Protecting pandas and their habitat.

D.Learning more about the nature of pandas.

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A.Two giant pandas meet the public in the Netherlands.

B.Giant pandas adapt to the lite in foreign countries easy.

C.Giant pandas are becoming fewer and fewer.

D.How China protects giant pandas.

Things to do in Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, MexIco！

◆ Rhythms of the Night-Sunset Cruise(乘船游览)

Duration: 5 hrs

Kick off the evening with a scenic cruise across Banderas Bay to Las Caletas. Las Caletas, once home to a Hollywood movie director John Huston, offers front-row sunset seats, and dinner tables just steps away from the water. The buffet-style menu offers a wide variety of choices. Watch the lively performance of ancient ceremonies and be lost in historical stories about Jalisco. You must be able to climb and go down stairs.

◆ Sayulita Escape

Duration: 3 hrs

Hop on a powerful UTV(utility task vehicle) to explore Sayulita, a nice beach town not far from Vallarta. Ride over muddy roads and a riverbed to reach the small community famous for its relaxing atmosphere. Soon after hitting the main road, your guide turns onto one of the dusty forest paths. When you are ready, a picnic lunch, an open bar, and a knowledgeable crew await your return to the ship. Wheelchair accessibility is available.

◆ Las Caletas Beach Hideaway

Duration: 7 hrs

The use of kayaks(独木舟)and stand-up paddleboards is all available, as well as a scenic nature walk and admission to Kids Adventure Park for the young ones. You can even swim out to an offshore platform to practice your diving skills. Wheelchair accessibility is not available.

◆Street Food and Taco Tour in Puerto vallarta

Duration: 6hrs 30mins

Enjoy a feast of local flavors in our food and tacos-tasting tour. Discover Puerto Vallarta's best flavors to the locals'eye. Learn about the local culture and life, while you eat where the locals do with their beloved ones. Wheelchair accessibility is not avaliable.

1.What can tourists do on the tour Rhythms of the Night-Sunset Cruise?

A.Enjoy free dinners.

B.Come across the movie director John Huston.

C.Learn about the history of Jalisco.

D.Watch the scenic sunrise.

2.How does the tour Sayulita Escape differ from the other ones?

A.It includes a licensed guide.

B.It is more friendly to the disabled.

C.It offers various water event.

D.It has adventurous routes.

3.Which tour suits families with kids?

A.Las Caletas Beach Hideaway.

B.Sayulita Escape.

C.Rhythms of the Night-Sunset Cruise.

D.Street Food and Taco Tour in Puerto Vallarta.

假设你是红星中学高一（1）班的学生李华，下面四幅图描述了你周末生活方式变化的经过。请根据图片的先后顺序，为校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文。词数不少于60。

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假定你是李华，正在教你的英国朋友Leslie学习汉语。请你写封邮件告知下次上课的计划。内容包括：

（1）时间和地点；

（2）内容：学习唐诗；

（3）课前准备：简要了解唐朝的历史。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

    You should make thorough plans before you undertake a camping trip. Just follow these simple camping guidelines to make your trip safe and rewarding.

Selecting an appropriate tent

1.. When determining the size of your tent, you should take into account the number of campers as well as the camping equipment necessary for your trip. There should be enough room in the tent for the camping equipment.2..

Importance of food

While camping, you will need enough food to give you enough energy for your outdoor work.3..You should use a two burner stove to do all your cooking. Insist on simplicity in cooking and use vegetables and ready-made food during your trip to minimize cooking time.

Adequate sleep

4.. Nights are generally cooler than the days so you need to have enough warm clothes to feel comfortable enough to sleep during the night. When buying a sleeping bag, check that you feel comfortable in it. Extra air mattresses (气垫) may be included in your camping equipment to make your bed more comfortable.

5.. Bear these camping guidelines in mind and make sure you are fully prepared to enjoy your camping trip.

A.All campers should have adequate sleep during the night

B.Thus you must have an efficient arrangement for food preparation

C.The best camping trips are had by those people who prepare the best

D.Take healthy and nourishing food with you to meet energy demands during your trip

E.The comfort level in a tent determines the success of a camping trip

F.The size is the most important thing you should carefully consider when choosing a tent

G.It will destroy the mood of the entire camping trip if you don’t have a good sleeping bag

    A new international study shows that some peopled biological clock plays a powerful role for their life expectancy, regardless of lifestyle choices.

Published in the latest issue of Aging on Wednesday, the study has found the most definitive evidence to explain why some people keep healthy lifestyle but die younger than others.

Geneticist Steve Horvath from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), led a team of 65 scientists around the world to record age-related changes to human DNA, analyse blood samples collected from 13,000 people and estimate their lifespan.

A higher biological age, regardless of actual age, consistently predicts an earlier death, the study says.

“You get people who are vegan, sleep 10 hours a day, have a low-stress job, and still end up dying young,” Horvath said in a statement. “We have shown some people have a faster innate aging rate.”

The findings discovered that 5 percent of the population ages at a faster biological rate, which translated to a roughly 50 percent higher than average risk of death at any age.

“The great hope is that we find anti-aging interventions that would slow your innate aging rate,” Horvath said, adding that “this is an important milestone to realizing this dream.

1.How was the study conducted?

A.By collecting and analyzing data

B.By interviewing lots of people

C.By researching previous studies

D.By studying different lifestyles

2.Some people keep healthy lifestyle but die younger than others because       .

A.the biological clock is not powerful enough

B.the most definitive evidence has been found

C.they have a higher actual age than others

D.they ages at a relatively faster biological rate

3.According to the study, it can be inferred that       .

A.people who keep healthy lifestyle tend to live longer

B.people’s lifespan can be predicted by their age

C.anti-aging interventions have proved to slow the innate aging rate

D.5 percent of people are believed to have a faster innate aging rate

    Young sunflowers turn and swing every day. New findings add to evidence that the plants are animal-like.

Harmer, a professor in the University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, carried out a series of experiments on sunflowers in the field, in pots outdoors and in indoor growth chambers.

By staking plants so that they could not move, Harmer showed that he could destroy their ability to track the sun. He also noticed that sunflowers prevented from moving were not as tough and leafy as those that were free to move. When plants were moved indoor with a settled overhead light, they continued to swing back and forth for a few days.

The indoor plants did start tracking the “sun” again when the apparent source of lighting was moved across the room. The plants could reliably track the movement and return at night when the artificial day was close to a 24-hour cycle, but not when it was closer to 30 hours.

When sunflowers track the sun, the east sides of their stems grew more rapidly than the west sides. At night, the west sides grew faster as the stem swung the other way. The team identified a number of genes that were expressed at higher levels on the sunward side of the plant during the day or on the other side at night. A plant growth-regulating hormone (激素), called auxin, appears to be a key driver.

The “dance” to the sun cycle obviously slows when the sunflower matures (成熟) and its flowers open up. At that point, the plants stop moving during the day and settle down facing the sun in the east.

“Bees like warm flowers.” Harmer said, adding that the bees are cold-blooded, so landing on a warm flower saves them energy and perhaps feels really good.

“The morning warmth changes the flowers in a way to make them more appealing to insects, perhaps causing them to release more attractive scents earlier in the day.” he said “We’re currently testing this idea.”

1.Why did Harmer do the experiment on sunflowers?

A.To see how sunflowers grow up.

B.To show what sunflowers’ genes are.

C.To study why sunflowers track the sun.

D.To check if sunflowers swing in cloudy days.

2.What does the underlined word “staking” probably mean in Paragraph 3?

A.Tracking. B.Fining.

C.Growing. D.Searching.

3.What is the result of sunflowers being stopped from moving?

A.They will produce a number of new genes.

B.They will grow faster than usual.

C.They won’t swing back though set free.

D.They won’t grow well.

4.What is the advantage of sunflowers’ dance to the sun?

A.They attract more insects. B.They save more energy.

C.They mature more rapidly. D.They produce more flowers.

    Every man wants his son to be somewhat of a clone, not in features but in footsteps. As he grows you also age, and your ambitions become more unachievable. You begin to realize that your boy, in your footsteps, could probably accomplish what you hoped for. But footsteps can be muddied and they can go off in different directions.

My son Jody has hated school since day one in kindergarten. Science projects waited until the last moment. Book reports weren’t written until the final threat.

I’ve been a newspaperman all my adult life. My daughter is a university graduate working towards her master’s degree in English. But Jody? When he entered the tenth grade he became a “vo-tech” student (技校学生). They’re called “motorheads” by the rest of the student body.

When a secretary in my office first called him “motorhead”, I was shocked. “Hey, he’s a good kid, ” I wanted to say. “And smart, really.”

I learned later that motorheads are, indeed, different. They usually have dirty hands and wear dirty work clothes. And they don’t often make school honor rolls (光荣榜).

But being the parent of a motorhead is itself an experience in education. We who labor in clean shirts in offices don’t have the abilities that motorheads have. I began to learn this when I had my car crashed. The cost to repair it was estimated at $800. “Hey, I can fix it,” said Jody. I doubted it, but let him go ahead, for I had nothing to lose.

My son, with other motorheads, fixed the car. They got parts from a junkyard, and ability from vo-tech classes. The cost was $25 instead of $800.

Since that first repair job, a broken air-conditioner, a non-functioning washer and a non-toasting toaster have been fixed. Neighbours and co-workers trust their car repairs to him.

These kids are happiest when doing repairs. They joke and laugh and are living in their own relaxed world. And their minds are bright despite their dirty hands and clothes.

I have learned a lot from my motorhead: publishers need printers, engineers need mechanics, and architects need builders. Most important, I have learned that fathers don’t need clones in footsteps or anywhere else.

My son may never make the school honor roll. But he made mine.

1.What used to be the author’s hope for his son?

A.To avoid becoming his clone. B.To resemble him in appearance.

C.To develop in a different direction. D.To reach the author’s unachieved goals.

2.What can we learn about the author’s children?

A.His daughter docs better in school.

B.His daughter has got a master’s degree.

C.His son tried hard to finish homework.

D.His son couldn’t write his book reports.

3.The author let his son repair the car because he believed that       .

A.his son had the ability to fix it B.it would save him much time

C.it wouldn’t cause him any more loss D.other motorheads would come to help

4.What did the author realize in the end?

A.It is unwise to expect your child to follow your path.

B.It is important for one to make the honor roll.

C.Architects play a more important role than builders.

D.Motorheads have greater ability than office workers.

When you’re having a hard time with your homework or when you’re preparing for your term paper, these student-focused websites can help you with just about anything you need. The key to getting the most out of these online resources is to know how they can best be used to your advantage.

Facebook

Although Facebook can be one of your biggest time-wasters and distractions when you are supposed to be getting work done, it can also be one of your most valuable resources. Most of your classmates will probably have a Facebook account, so anyone you need to connect with about a class you missed or about a problem is usually just a few clicks away.

SparkNotes

With a free library of history timeline, philosophy study guides and library summaries, SparkNotes has covered just about any reading-related jam you find yourself in. Just run a search for the book, play, or short summary of the material you are supposed to read.

Amazon.com

Do you finish every term with many expensive textbooks you will never open again? Instead of letting the money spent go to waste, get back some of your cash by selling your books on Amazon.

RateMyProfessors.com

Choosing new classes can sometimes be like trying to pick out your clothes in the dark, a total guessing game. Which teacher gives out the hardest problem sets? How much homework will that history professor give you every week? At RateMyProfessors.com, students all over the country rate their professors on quality, helpfulness, and how hard their classes are.

Wikipedia

While Wikipedia isn’t aimed specifically at students, it is difficult to think of another website that does more to reduce the pain of paper writing and researching. Wikipedia gives you a quick way to find sources and get the details of almost any topic you need to research — all without walking to the library.

1.The passage was mainly written to ________.

A. explain some websites for parents

B. compare some educational websites

C. offer some websites that may help students

D. introduce different parts of a website

2.While you are taking great pains to write a research report, ________ can most probably be a help.

A. Facebook    B. Wikipedia    C. Amazon.com    D. SparkNotes

3.RateMyPorfessors.com is a place ________.

A. where you can make friends all over the country

B. that gives you information about professors in advance

C. where you can communicate with your professors

D. that gives tips on how to get along with your professors

4.Which of the following will you most probably refer to, if you need brief ideas for class discussion in reading?

A. Wikipedia.    B. Facebook.    C. SparkNotes.    D. Amazon.com.

    My son Tom taught me a beautiful lesson today. He is three years old and it is amazing hatching him grow up.

He called out to me today saying, “Papa, sit”. That usually means _______ everything and going next to him and sitting down to play with him. I did that, as he can be _______ and will not stop calling out until I _______. He was playing with beads (珠子), pushing a string through them, which is a great exercise to help _______ fine motor skills. Then, after he finished playing with the beads, it was time to put them back in the box that they are stored in. I saw him _______ pick up each bead, look at it _______ it were made of chocolate and then placed it into its box.

With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting _______. “What a long time it will take! Why cannot he _______ ten beads in one go and drop them in?” said my anxious mind. I noticed that he did this with as much_______ as he had while we were playing. I didn’t see any ________ between his play and his putting away the toy. Obviously he enjoyed both.

Then it suddenly ________ me that this boy was enjoying the whole ________. The journey was his goal. For him the ________ was in the game and after the game, not just in the fun part. What a great perspective: to live each moment as it is the ________ moment; to do each task as it is the most awesome task. Nothing else ________.

Looking at how ________ my son was putting beads into the box ________ me that the process was the goal. The joy of pilgrimage (朝圣) is not in getting there but in every ________ of the journey.

This is what living in the NOW is all ________. Tom, my son, was showing me that it was about thoroughly enjoying every moment with ________ love and peace.

1.A.wasting B.leaving C.taking D.preparing

2.A.stubborn B.innocent C.helpful D.humorous

3.A.fell down B.turned round C.burst out D.gave in

4.A.highlight B.develop C.illustrate D.identify

5.A.gratefully B.eagerly C.carefully D.quickly

6.A.as if B.even though C.in case D.in that

7.A.fascinated B.satisfied C.impatient D.energetic

8.A.package B.grab C.deliver D.replace

9.A.confidence B.strength C.inspiration D.involvement

10.A.sense B.difference C.need D.value

11.A.excited B.helped C.struck D.encouraged

12.A.process B.morning C.experiment D.design

13.A.victory B.challenge C.difficulty D.pleasure

14.A.urgent B.decisive C.perfect D.dangerous

15.A.matters B.happens C.disappears D.works

16.A.successfully B.peacefully C.responsibly D.systematically

17.A.guaranteed B.warned C.promised D.taught

18.A.plan B.destination C.step D.detail

19.A.for B.with C.about D.from

20.A.complete B.available C.additional D.precious

    25 people were killed and 50 injured on Wednesday in a train accident in Cairo, which surprised local people. According to the BBC, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli visited the scene and he said 1. cause was not yet known, but Egypt's police were conducting an investigation (进行调查) 2. (find) the reason of the accident. Egypt had one of the 3. (old) and largest rail networks, and crashes and other accidents were common.

    The beautiful canola (油菜) flowers in spring attracted a large number of visitors to Hanzhong, a city in the south of western Shaanxi province. The city’s 9th annual canola flower festival 1. (start) on March 13 and ended on May 1, 2018. There were more than 600 square kilometers of canola fields in Hanzhong, 2. created unique scenery. About 50 observation spots 3. (design) for the tourists throughout the city.

    My classmates and I had a really unforgettable experience，which made us very happy. We paid a visit 1. Lucy’s house yesterday. We didn’t have difficulty finding her house because she 2.  (give) us clear directions. When we arrived at her house, her mother was preparing food for us. Then we began to help with the cooking. About an hour later, the food was ready, and we sat at the table enjoying the delicious food including fish and 3. (vegetable).  Finally we went to Ann’s room where we watched our favourite TV programme together. 4. (decorate) with flowers and balloons, the room was warm and comfortable.

假定你是李华，你的外国笔友Jack 在网上看到了中国学生疫情中做家务的照片，发来邮件想了解你的相关情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括：

1. 你做的家务；

2. 家人的态度；

3. 你的感受。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jack,

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Best wishes,

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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Recently, there has been an activity of “Doing Your Bit for an Energy-saved society” in our school. Our schoolmates were highly concerned about the increasing lack for energy and provide advice. Many a student suggest that we shouldn’t waste any food or paper, though they appear very easily to get. Some other students think that advisable to refuse to use plastic bags. It is also strongly recommended those used textbooks not be thrown away and be recycled. After all, most of them are still in a good condition, At last, we all believe we can do more to contribute to build a better world.

阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号中单词的正确形式。

Eating a diet rich in high-quality protein may help you maintain a healthy weight by 1. (make) you feel full longer, and fueling you with extra energy for exercising.

High-protein 2. (diet) aren’t balanced in terms of the essential nutrients, vitamins, and fiber your body needs. However, a diet that is too high in animal protein can 3. (actual) lead to weight gain over time. A study found that those who ate more red and processed meat put on 4. (much) weight, about one extra pound every four years, while those who ate more nuts over the course of the study 5. (gain) only half as much weight.

Some people are able to lose weight on high-protein diets in the short-term but this weight loss is not due to eating more animal protein, 6. simply due to consuming fewer calories. A safer way 7. (lose) weight is to reduce sugar intake and calories, while maintaining a nutritionally balanced diet 8. is rich in plant-based proteins.

For most of us, consuming the right balance of wholefoods each day will provide us 9. all the nutrients we need. There is also no 10. (evident) that protein from a powder or bar can improve athletic performance any more than protein from food.

    Rhemy Elsey, a fifth-grader, is deaf and mainly uses sign language to communicate, along with the ______ of an interpreter. Some of his fellow fifth-graders decided to ______ their break once a week to form an American Sign Language club in order to chat more ______ with Rhemy.

It’s been a few months since the club was ______ and his classmates’ participation has _______ Rhemy. “It’ s like they want to be like me” he said.

Though Rhemy signs to communicate with others. he has cochlear implants（耳蜗植入）that help him ______. His interpreter, Tammy Arvin, ______ the club, which meets every Wednesday. So far, the club members have learned basic ____  in different topics including school, food and clothing.

Arvin who accompanies him during school said that ______ the club’s formation, not only was it difficult for students to communicate directly with Rhemy, his use of an interpreter also led to ______ challenges for him. “It can be really ______ for deaf kids from a social and emotional standpoint to have an interpreter   ____ them around all day long,” Arvin said. So when the other students expressed interest in an ASL club, Arvin was ______.

The club has already had an effect on the way the students ______ with Rhemy. The ______ can have more natural conversations which make Rhemy feel less isolated(孤立的). And the students are also ______ a very important culture.

“They don’t necessarily realize they’ are learning…about deaf culture by ____   this club,” Arvin said. “It ______ gives them a perspective on this other ______ that they previously weren’t aware of, so they’re ______ greatly just in terms of learning about diversity and having a broader perspective on the world around them.

1.A.role B.help C.idea D.need

2.A.give up B.put off C.prepare for D.talk about

3.A.openly B.casually C.modestly D.effectively

4.A.improved B.formed C.evaluated D.purchased

5.A.delighted B.worried C.calmed D.disappointed

6.A.touch B.learn C.speak D.hear

7.A.visits B.blames C.instructs D.discovers

8.A.rules B.goals C.signs D.games

9.A.since B.before C.through D.during

10.A.economic B.intellectual C.political D.social

11.A.hard B.lucky C.funny D.helpful

12.A.driving B.disturbing C.following D.protecting

13.A.moved B.embarrassed C.anxious D.concerned

14.A.agree B.fight C.compare D.communicate

15.A.kids B.teachers C.interpreters D.parents

16.A.discussing B.exploring C.saving D.controlling

17.A.breaking up B.approving of C.looking into D.participating in

18.A.frequently B.hardly C.really D.suddenly

19.A.task B.behavior C.culture D.opinion

20.A.fearing B.benefiting C.appreciating D.ignoring

    Music most likely isn’t the largest reason motivating where you choose to dine. 1. And according to Nations Restaurant News, if they aren’t thinking about music, they should be.

In a recent post about music’s role in restaurant design, author Mark Brandau details the different ways sound influences sales, how different times of the day call for their own soundtrack and how restaurants cater to certain diners. Here are a few “notes” to keep in mind the next time you need to pick a restaurant:

It’s someone’s job to build playlists. Restaurant owners hire experts to build music playlists which don’t include commercials and need to be scored. These paid-for playlists are required for different times of the day. 2.

What you hear at lunch won’t be what you hear at dinner. And what you hear after dinner will be something entirely different. 3. In that case, soft music maybe key to helping them create the atmosphere.

You probably have heard some songs before. 4. Ambiance Radio offers playlists for Little Greek, in Florida. and also Schlotzsky’s and Union Square Café, in New York City. Vojnovic, who started his career at Chili’s, said that years ago, instrumental tapes of background music were changed only once per quarter.

5. Brandau explains that some restaurants prefer to pump up the volume (音量), not to annoy certain groups of customers, but to stay true to their main guests. If college students are a restaurant’s target consumers, the restaurant may deliberately pay music older crowds consider uninviting.

A.Music builds restaurants’ brands.

B.Music helps restaurants choose diners.

C.Some restaurants aim to increase late-night business.

D.Restaurants maybe using the same music providers.

E.You go to a certain restaurant due to its various songs.

F.Therefore, there’s enough variety to avoid repeating songs.

G.However, restaurant owners put much thought into what they play in their restaurants.

    Scientists have developed a new type of smart bandage (绷带) that can signal the type of bacterial (细菌的) infection it’s protecting, just like a traffic light, as well as release the right type of drugs on demand. The traffic light system works just like this: Green means no bacteria or a low concentration of bacteria, yellow means drug-sensitive (DS) bacteria responsive to standard antibiotics (抗生素) and causes antibiotic release, and red means drug-resistant (DR) bacteria that need extra help to be wiped out.

In testing the bandage on mice, the research team was able to successfully treat both DS and DR infections using the new method. However, the common methods of sensing resistance are limited by time, the requirement for professional personnel, and expensive instruments. Moreover, the abuse of antibiotics causes the accelerated process of bacterial resistance.

It’s easy to see how a simple bandage and light could overcome some of these limitations. Treatment doesn’t have to wait for a doctor to make a diagnosis, and the bandage can get the right sort of drugs applied at the earliest opportunity. What’s more, the person wearing the bandage gets real-time feedback on what’s happening with the infection, if there’s an infection at all. The researchers say it offers numerous benefits over existing treatments that make use of light, including photodynamic therapy or PDT.

We’ve been seeing quite a few upgrades to the traditional bandage in recent years, thanks to advances in science — like the nanofiber mesh that attracts bacteria and draws some of it out, speeding up the healing process. Then there’s the novel bandage for treating burns, which stops bacteria from multiplying and lowers the risk of infection.

The more work that a bandage can do while it’s protecting a wound, the better. Efforts to improve bandages continue and now we've got a bandage that not only releases antibiotics, but also tells the patient exactly what’s going on too.

1.What is the smart bandage mainly designed to do?

A.Avoid the use of antibiotics. B.Clear out harmful bacteria.

C.Detect bacterial infections. D.Increase treatment options.

2.What is the advantage of the smart bandage?

A.It saves much time and cost. B.It removes the risk of infection.

C.It prevents the bacterial resistance. D.It improves doctor-patient relationship.

3.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A.Traditional bandages are out of use now.

B.More smart bandages will be developed.

C.Progress in science calls for more research.

D.People are urged to study medical science.

4.What does the text focus on?

A.A successful test on mice. B.A colour-changing bandage.

C.Sensing drug-resistant bacteria. D.Preventing abuse of antibiotics.

    We’ve known that sitting for long periods of time every day has countless health consequences, like a higher risk of heart disease. But now a new study has found that sitting is also bad for your brain.

A study published last week, conducted by Dr. Prabha Siddarth at the University of California, showed that sedentary（久坐的）behavior is associated with reduced thickness of the medial temporal lobe（中颞叶）, a brain area that is critical to learning and memory.

The researchers asked a group of 35 healthy people, ages 45 to 70, about their activity levels and the average number of hours each day spent sitting and then scanned their brains. They found that the subjects who reported sitting for longer periods had the thinnest medial temporal lobes. It means that the more time you spend in a chair the worse it is for your brain health, resulting in possible damage to learning and memory.

What is also interesting is that this study did not find a significant association between the level of physical activity and thickness of this brain area, suggesting that exercise, even severe exercise, may not be enough to protect you from the harmful effects of sitting.

It then surprisingly turned out that you don’t even have to move much to enhance cognition（认知）; just standing will do the trick. For example, two groups of subjects were asked to complete a test while either sitting or standing. Participants are presented with conflicting stimuli（刺激）, like the word “green” in blue ink, and asked to name the color. Subjects thinking on their feet beat those who sat by a 3-milicond margin.

The cognitive effects of severe physical exercise are well known. But the possibility that standing more and sitting less improves brain health could lower the bar for everyone.

I know, this all runs counter to received ideas about deep thought, from our grade school teachers, who told us to sit down and focus, to Rodin’s famous “Thinker,” seated with chin on hand.

They were wrong. You can now all stand up.

1.What can we infer from Paragraphs 3 and 4?

A.Severe exercise can lessen the damage of sitting.

B.Severe exercise can greatly improve our brain health.

C.Sedentary behavior will possibly damage our brain.

D.Brain health has nothing to do with sedentary behavior.

2.What does the underlined word “margin” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A.blank. B.edge.

C.decrease. D.difference.

3.What is the received idea about deep thought?

A.Sitting more is good for our mental health.

B.Sitting is better when we think.

C.Exercise more can improve our cognition.

D.We should stand while thinking.

4.The passage mainly tells us ________.

A.people tend to sit while thinking

B.standing more can make our brain healthier

C.physical exercise can improve our brain health

D.sedentary behavior leads to countless health problems

    Laurie Santos greeted her Yale University students with slips of paper that explained: No class today.

It was mid-semester (学期). With exams and papers coming, everyone was exhausted and stressed. There was one rule: They couldn’t use the one hour and a quarter of unexpected free time to study, and they had to just enjoy it. Nine students hugged her. Two burst into tears.

Santos, a professor of psychology, had planned to give a lecture about what researchers have learned about how important time is to happiness, but she created a special class on the psychology of living a joyful, meaningful life and she wanted the lessons to stick. All semester, she explained why we think the way we do. Then, she challenged students to use that knowledge to change their own lives.

On that spring afternoon, nearly a quarter of the undergraduate students were enjoying an unexpected break at the same time. No, not just enjoying it-really loving the gift they had been given. Skyler Robinson, a sophomore, had been confused for a moment by all the possibilities it opened up. He felt very, very happy. Then, he took a nap. “That nap,” he said, “was fantastic.”

Santos designed this class after she realized, as the head of a residential college at Yale, that many students were stressed out and unhappy, struggling through long days that seemed to her far more crushing (惨重的) and joyless than her own college years.

Santos said students were most skeptical of the idea that good grades aren’t essential to happiness. And when she joked she was going to teach them that by giving everyone “D”, she was flooded with calls from frightened students and parents. Santos told them she was creating a center for the good life at the college she leads at Yale. As for the good life, she told them they already know how to live it-they just have to practice and put in hard work.

So many students have told her the class changed their lives. “If you’re really grateful, show me that.” she told them. “Change the culture.”

1.What did Santos ask her Yale students to do that day?

A.Study for the coming exams.

B.Enjoy the free time in her class.

C.Apply their way of thinking to life.

D.Realize the importance of time.

2.What does Santos think of her Yale students?

A.They care nothing about grades but happiness.

B.They are stressed into a hopeless generation.

C.They are living a joyful and meaningful life.

D.They suffer great pressure from learning.

3.How was Santos’ special class that day?

A.Popular. B.Discouraging.

C.Humorous. D.dull

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Yale has a special course about social life.

B.Yale teaches its students about good grades.

C.Yale has a course all about living happily.

D.Yale helps its students reduce learning pressure.

    Our 3-day tour along the South Coast has it all!Stunning landscapes,the Golden Circle,ice caves, the Jokulsarlon Iceberg Lagoon and Northern Lights watching.On the way we see waterfalls, volcanoes,floating icebergs,cliffs,black sand beaches,geysers,hot springs and so much more.There are even options for a glacier hike or a visit to the Secret Lagoon,and during the summer months you can add a boat tour on Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon.

Included:Reykjavik pick-up & drop-off,minibus tour,English guidance,2 nights accommodation,glacier-hiking/ice-caving equipment,super jeep ride for some km,specialized guide

to ice cave,entrance fees and northern lights(depending on conditions,visible from Sept-Apr).

Not included:Food is not included on this tour except for breakfasts.The boat trip on the glacier

lagoon is an optional extra(available in the summer months). This sells out very fast, so we recommend you book it when you arrange your tour.

Bring with you:Warm outdoor clothing,waterproof jacket and pants,headwear and gloves.Good hiking boots are essential.

Note:You can always rent strong hiking boots,waterproof jacket and pants in the booking process.

Ice Cave information:Our main cave is"Crystal Ice Cave",but if it is inaccessible we will visit another cave.During the summer months(Apr-Oct),we go to the Katla Ice Cave.If the ice cave is inaccessible,we do a glacier hike instead.

Drop-off information:We drop you off at your hotel sometime between 16:00-19:00 on day three, depending on weather and road conditions.

Contact us:If you have a question about this tour you can use the contact form here below.If you have a general inquiry(cancellations,feedback,reschedule,etc.)please click here.

1.What should you pay extra money for during the trip?

A.Minibus tour. B.Glacier hiking.

C.Entrance fees. D.Lunch..

2.If you want to have a boat trip,you_

A.can make it all year around B.don't need to pay extra money

C.must buy waterproof jackets D.had better book the tickets in advance

3.Where does this text most probably come from?

A.A health newspaper. B.A science fiction.

C.A travel website. D.A project handbook.

阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

I had never been more anxious in my life. I had just spent the last three endless hours trying to get to the airport so that I could travel home. Now, as I watched the bus driver set my luggage on the airport sidewalk, I realized that my anxiety had only just begun.

This was my first visit alone to the international terminal of the airport, and nothing was familiar. I couldn’t make sense of any of the signs. Where was the check-in counter? Where should I take my luggage? I had no idea where to go, feeling as if I were deaf and blind and stupid. I began to panic. What time was it? Where was my plane? I had to find help because I couldn’t be late.

I tried to ask a passing businessman for help, but my words all came out wrong. He just frowned and walked away. What had happened? I had been in this country for a whole semester, and I couldn’t even remember how to ask for directions. This was awful! Another bus arrived at the terminal, and the passengers came out carrying all sorts of luggage. Here was my chance! I could follow them to the right place, and I would not have to say a word.

I dragged my enormous suitcase behind me and followed the group. We finally reached the elevators. Oh, no! They all fit in it, but there was not enough room for me. I watched in despair as the elevator doors closed. I was abandoned again! I had no idea what to do next. I got on the elevator when it returned and stared at all the buttons. Which one could it be? I pressed button 3, because I thought I saw those passengers pressed 3, though it was no more than a quick glance. The elevator slowly climbed up to the third floor and came to a stop. There were no check-in counters! I looked around shyly, only to find an elderly man standing at the corner. He was an airport employee.

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假定你是在美国学习的交换生李华，请给主管老师Haisler写一封信，请假一周回国与家人团聚，欢度春节。内容包括：

1.请假原因及时间；

2.如有突发事件可与你的朋友David联系。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Haisler,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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。

If you come across an 85-year-old woman walking slowly with a walker in the Children’s Hospital of Soochow University, don’t take her as a patient. Instead, she is a doctor1.still insists working in the hospital.

Sheng Jinyun, born in 1935，a famous expert in pediatric asthma（儿科哮喘），2.（treat）about 30，000 children suffering asthma so far. She is known.3.“the most beautiful grandma doctor” by others. Currently, she still sees 404.（patient）every day. Sheng has always stuck to her post though she had two bones5.（break）in a fall a month ago. So now she can only walk with6.help of a walker. Others don’t understand her. In their eyes, she7.（expect）to live a peaceful life in this old age. But she wants to cure more children.

One of Sheng’s most8.（impress）experiences happened in her 50s. She saw 146 patients from 7：45 am to 9：45 pm that day,9.（eat）nothing except some milk. Though awarded the “lifelong10.（achieve）physician in pediatrics ”at the 24th Congress of Chinese Pediatric Society in this October, Sheng seems not proud at all. She said it was her goal to be a diligent person and a good doctor.

    About a decade ago, my grandpa who was suffering from Alzheimer’s（老年痴呆症）got into my car and drove off. Angel and I_______the police, but before they could find him, two_______kids pulled into our driveway with my grandpa.

They said they overheard him crying about being_______at an empty gas station 10 miles away. My grandpa couldn’t remember our address, but gave the kids his first and last name. They looked him up online, found our address, and_______him home.

I was_______on that incident today while sitting near the edge of a beautiful ocean-side cliff. I am suddenly_______of footsteps behind me. I_______around to see a young lady who was almost in_______slowly walking to where I was sitting. I walked up to her and_______,“What’s wrong?” She told me she was________afraid of heights, but was worried about my safety and wanted to get over her fear. Her braveness and kindness truly warmed my heart.

I’ve spent the rest of the day thinking about what an extraordinary person she is, and about those amazing college kids who helped my________, and about what it means to be a kind and________person. Sometimes you have to go the extra mile, or face your biggest________, or stand up against your own negative tendencies to make a（n）________difference in someone else’s life. It’s________to start doing the hard things-the right things-for others.

1.A.condemned B.contacted C.consulted D.found

2.A.college B.naughty C.homeless D.kindergarten

3.A.careless B.scared C.lost D.forgetful

4.A.left B.drove C.kicked D.carried

5.A.depending B.coming C.reflecting D.going

6.A.afraid B.sceptical C.sure D.aware

7.A.turned B.walked C.got D.looked

8.A.sadness B.surprise C.feelings D.tears

9.A.reacted B.thought C.asked D.replied

10.A.extremely B.worriedly C.anxiously D.surprisingly

11.A.father B.grandma C.uncle D.grandpa

12.A.merciful B.helpful C.careful D.peaceful

13.A.courage B.failures C.fears D.choices

14.A.positive B.little C.optimistic D.opposite

15.A.minute B.time C.honor D.luck

How to Develop Appropriate Self-Confidence

Under most circumstances having self-confidence is a good thing. 1. It is this strong sense of confidence that allows them to go out in the world and reach for their goals.

But can you have too much self-confidence? 2. In most cases, knowing your strengths and having the assuredness to go out and take risks are admirable qualities. But when this confidence makes you inflexible, opposed to trying new things, and incapable of listening to others, it can become harmful to success and well-being. So what can people do to ensure that their self-confidence is realistic, authentic and socially appropriate?

3. Whether you are evaluating your own success or offering praise to your children, try to place a greater emphasis on the work that went into the task rather than just focus on how things turned out. You cannot always control how things go, but you can control the amount of work you put into achieving your goals.

Keep learning new things. Even if you are highly confident about your skills in an area, keep looking for new challenges. It is easy to become overconfident if you think you know everything there is to know about a subject. Finding new challenges to overcome does sharpen your skills. 4.

Listen to what others have to say. Overconfidence can sometimes cause people to become rigid and even arbitrary. Instead of assuming that your way is the right or only way, try to keep an open mind. 5. However, it is important to listen in order to gain a new perspective.

A.Focus on the effort, not the outcome.

B.Is overconfidence definitely a good thing?

C.You might not always agree with other people.

D.Having too much self-confidence is beneficial to us.

E.Are you teaching in a different way and extremely excellent?

F.Confident people tend to be more successful in a wide variety of fields.

G.Finding new challenges also reminds you that there're fresh ways of thinking about things.

    Tests have shown robots can diagnose heart problems in as little as four seconds, as a review of artificial intelligence （Al） finds machines are now as good at spotting illness as doctors.

Analyzing a patient's heart function on a cardiac MRI （心脏磁共振成像）scan currently takes doctors around 13 minutes. But a new trial by University College London （UCL） showed an Al program could read the scans in less time with equal accuracy. There are approximately 150,000 such scans performed in the UK each year, and researchers estimate that fully using Al to read them could save 54 clinician-days （临床天数）at each cardiac centre per year. So it can make up for the shortage of doctors.

It is hoped that Al where computer systems are able to learn from data to identify new patterns with minimal human intervention will transform medicine by helping doctors spot dis- eases such as heart disease and cancer faster and earlier. However, most scans are still read by specially trained doctors.

Dr Charlotte Manisty, who led the UCL research, said, "Cardiovascular MRI offers in- comparable image quality for assessing heart structure and function. However, current manual  analysis remains basic and outdated. Automated machine techniques offer the potential to change this and completely improve efficiency and accuracy, and we look forward to further research that could confirm the superiority to human analysis."

She added, “Our dataset of patients with a range of heart disease who received scans enabled us to demonstrate that the greatest sources of measurement errors arise from human factors. This indicates that automated techniques are at least as good as humans, with the potential soon to be  'super-human'—transforming clinical and research measurement precision."

Professor Alastair Denniston said, "Within those handful of high-quality studies, we found that by deep learning Al could indeed detect disease ranging from cancer to eye disease as accurately as health professionals. But it's important to note that it did not absolutely exceed human professional diagnosis. ”

1.Which of the following can best describe this Al program?

A.Time-consuming. B.Environmentally friendly.

C.Extremely unpractical. D.Labor-saving.

2.What is Charlotte Manisty's expectation of automated machine techniques?

A.To treat eye disease faster and earlier.

B.To analyze heart disease efficiently and accurately.

C.To combine manual with automated analysis.

D.To confirm heart structure and function.

3.What did Alastair Denniston say about Al?

A.It would be super-human soon.

B.It couldn't completely replace expert doctors.

C.It would correct professionals' measurement errors.

D.It couldn't detect cancer as accurately as health professionals.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.Al has many shortcomings in practice.

B.Al totally shows its superiority to human analysis.

C.Al can reduce medical errors arising from human factors.

D.Al can diagnose heart disease as well as doctors in less time.

    You should try your best to create your own family library so that you and your family are always learning. "It is a great mistake to think that education is finished when young people leave school. Education is never finished even if you grow older," said Mrs Child in The Mother's Book. "Collecting a library of books in your home is really helpful to your family. ”

"What is really interesting about having so many books in your home is that a book you purchase has a chapter about the deeper knowledge of your favorite subject at school," said a university graduate. Researchers in a study tries to identify what parents do has an influence on how well their children do on standardized tests. One positive aspect they find is the availability of a large number of books at home. This has a stronger connection, especially when you read to your children every day. The more books your older kids have access to at home, the more likely they are just to be reading for fun, rather than having to wait for weekly trips to the library.

John Henry, one educated parent, said, "I have been homeschooling my children using the philosophy of A Thomas Jeffer son Education. This philosophy of learning is based on the reading of classic books. ” Clinton Fadiman said, "When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before； you see more in you than before. " Classic books also make you smarter and wiser! The wisdom comes in the examples in the lives of the characters.

"It is within your power to guide your youth in their reading and to cultivate in their hearts a desire for good books. It is the most unfortunate if a person is not possessed with the desire for good reading. The reading habit, like charity, should begin at home," said Mrs Child.

1.What does the author mainly want to show in paragraph 2?

A.Kids don't need to go to the library any longer.

B.Parents should set a good example at home.

C.It's necessary to create a family library.

D.It's important to let kids pass standardized tests.

2.How does the author explain the effect of reading classic books at home in paragraph 3?

A.By quoting others ’words. B.By questioning.

C.By imagination. D.By analyzing research data.

3.What can we learn from what Mrs Child said?

A.East or west, home is best.

B.One is never too old to learn.

C.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.

D.Charity is the soul, rather than the virtues of hand.

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

A.Where to Store Your Favorite Books at Home?

B.When to Read the Classic Books to Your Children?

C.Which Is Better, a Home Library or a Public Library?

D.Why Not Have Your Own Library of Books at Home?

    As I drove along the road, a small car flew across the center divider from the opposite direction and crashed into my car head-on, I fainted and was awakened by the ringing of my mobile phone.

I was brought to Kuala Lumpur General Hospital bleeding on from my nose, mouth and legs. But the hospital staff was too busy to attend to me, so I called a friend to tell him about the accident. Some friends arrived very soon and sent me to a private hospital nearby. I saw my injured feet hanging from my body, blue and lifeless, and I begged the doctors to save them at all costs. They calmly promised to do their best.

The doctors made it. After I was discharged, I was given ten months medical leave. My heart sank, knowing that it meant I, a big man, couldn't work. How was I going to support my 65-year-old mother and other family members? I felt completely helpless, but a lot of unexpected blessings came my way. I had many visitors during my 14 days in hospital and when I was recovering at home. Friends and relatives helped me with my banking, insurance or simply came to cheer me up.

When the casts （石膏）were removed, I did not let the sight of my weak legs discourage me. I worked hard at my physiotherapy （物理疗法）with only one aim. After eight months, I was walking without the aid of a walking stick. On February the following year, I returned to my job again. Today, after eight years, I have travelled to many countries as a tour leader.

The accident makes me realize how lives can change in a split second. I value life more, not only of my own but also of everyone I know, and I will always try to help when I know of someone in trouble.

1.What made the author come back to life in the traffic accident?

A.Someone made a call to him.

B.A car crashed into his car head-on.

C.One of his friends gave him first aid.

D.His mobile phone was out of order suddenly.

2.What does the underlined part "was discharged" in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A.Was inspired. B.Got injured.

C.Left hospital. D.Was discovered.

3.What can we learn about the author from paragraph 4?

A.He is honest and strong. B.He is optimistic and determined.

C.He is learned and intelligent. D.He is discouraged and desperate,

4.What conclusion does the author draw from the accident?

A.Life is very precious to people.

B.Many people are in trouble in life.

C.It's a hard job to be a tour guide.

D.It's a must for someone to help others.