The CCU(Charity Cycling UK) recently called on to raise awareness(觉察,意识) of dooring after discovering that many people don't know what it is. Dooring is when a driver or passenger opens the door into another road user(typically cyclist) without looking for other road users.

The CCU chief officer Paul told Glou Live: ''Some people seem to see car dooring as a bit of a joke, but it's not and can have serious results. We want to see great awareness made about the dangers of opening your car door carelessly, and people to be encouraged to look before they open. '' Among the 3,000 injuries, 2,009 were cyclists, resulting in five deaths but this might not be the whole of the danger. Not all car dooring incidents will be attended by police, so the CCU has written to call for a public awareness campaign urging(敦促) all car users, not just drivers, to look before opening vehicle doors.

One of the ways the CCU suggests is the ''Dutch reach'', where people leaving a vehicle reach over and use the non-door side hand to open the door. In the Netherlands they are known for practicing a method, known sometimes as the ''Dutch reach'', which we think could be successfully encouraged in the UK. If you're really concerned about opening a door into the path of a cyclist coming behind you, consider using what’s known as the ''Dutch reach'' to open the door. That will naturally turn you in your seat and give you a much better view of what's coming up alongside in the car.

1.Why does the writer mention the figures in Paragraph 2?

A.To cause public concern. B.To report the terrible accidents.

C.To stress the importance of traffic safety. D.To show the danger of car dooring.

2.While doing the ''Dutch reach'', you should _____.

A.use the left hand to open the car door B.open the car door politely

C.use the inside hand to open the door D.sit in your seat

3.What can be learned from the passage?

A.Drivers are to blame for dooring incidents.

B.Many people ignore the car dooring.

C.Dooring incidents are all attended by police.

D.The ''Dutch reach'' is well received in England.

    ''Do not tell anyone''. We often hear these words when someone tells us a secret. But keeping a secret is hard. We're often tempted(引诱) to ''spill the beans'', even if we regret it later.

According to the professor, Asim Shah, keeping a secret may well ''become a burden''. This is because people often have an ''eager and anxious urge(冲动) to share it with someone''. An earlier study, led by Anita, a scientist at the University of Notre Dame, US, suggested that keeping a secret could cause stress. People entrusted(托付) with secrets can suffer from depression, anxiety, and body aches, reported the Daily Mail.

Secrets are so often getting out, why do people share them at all? Shah explained that people often feel that it will help them keep a person as a friend. Another reason people share secrets is guilt over keeping it from someone close to them. A sense of distrust can develop when people who are close do not share it with each other. ''Keeping or sharing secrets often puts people in a position of either gaining or losing the trust of someone. '' according to Shah.

He added that talkative people could let secrets slip out. But this doesn't mean that it is a good idea only to share secrets with quiet people. A quiet person may be someone who keeps everything inside. To tell such a person a secret may cause them stress, and make them talk about the secret.

Shah said that to judge whether to tell someone a secret, you'd better put yourself in their position. Think about how you would feel to be told that you mustn't give the information away. Shah also recommended that if you accidentally give up someone's secret you should come clean about it. Let the person know that their secret isn't so secret anymore.

1.What does the underlined phrase ''spill the bean'' in Para 1 mean? ________.

A.tell the truth B.let out a secret

C.eat our words D.talk nothing

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A.A person entrusted with a secret will suffer from psychological problems only.

B.Sharing secrets helps establish friendship or get over the sense of guilt.

C.Quiet people are more likely to keep the secrets to themselves.

D.Putting yourself in others' shoes helps realize the difficulty of keeping secrets.

3.What may be the best title for the passage?

A.Still tongues make wise heads. B.Walls have ears.

C.Every wall has a crack. D.A word spoken is past recalling.

    Many actors in the world who are not confident enough to refuse an offer from Steven Spielberg. Maybe that was why Juliette gave him a choice. She said she'd be happy to be in Jurassic Park as long as she could play a dinosaur. Of course he turned her down and it was probably a good thing. It's difficult to imagine Juliette tearing people apart with her teeth. However, her decision doesn't seem to have done her career any harm. She has gone on to make a string of hits, including The Unbearable Lightness of Being, The English Patient (for which she won an Oscar) and Chocolat.

It is not so easy to be successful in the United States for other foreign stars. Aaron is a good example. While some of his films have been popular in the US, they have usually been French films that travelled. One possible exception was Green Card, directed by Peter Weir, where he plays a French immigrant(移民) who goes through a fake wedding in order to stay and work in the United States. This is a predictable but sweet romantic comedy which typecasts(使模式化) its lead actors in terms of national stereotypes(陈规陋习). While some reviewers were kind, others shredded both the film and Aaron's performance.

1.It can be inferred from the passage that Juliette _______.

A.was not sure whether she could play a dinosaur well

B.wanted to be in Jurassic Park very much

C.didn’t want to be in Jurassic Park

D.really wanted to play a dinosaur

2.What does the underlined phrase mean in Para 1 ________.

A.lose job B.be defeated

C.be successful D.change job

3.According to the passage, Aaron's popular films _________.

A.have only been seen in Europe

B.have been made in America

C.have been made in America, but well received in France

D.have been made in France, but seen in other countries, too

4.The underlined sentence in Para 2 means others thought Aaron's performance and film were____.

A.creative B.interesting

C.impressive D.terrible

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How to Think Outside the Box with Creativity Exercises

Encouraging creative thinking inspires students to ask questions, try new things and apply ideas to practical situations. Use individual and group based activities to open the door to innovation and build individual confidence. Incorporate creativity activities into everyday subject matter like English, science and art. The result will be increased interest in learning and the opportunity for each student to believe in her power to be creative in a variety of situations. Three creativity exercises are suggested as follows.

Use a mind-mapping exercise to help students overcome mind blocks to creativity.

Joyce Wycoff, author of the book “Mindmapping,” explains that a mind map encourages creativity by stimulating the brain to think in different patterns. Put a concept in the center of a large piece of paper and have your students surround the paper, each holding a marker. Ask them to brainstorm ideas and write them as offshoots (分支) to the concept. Have them add images and draw connections between ideas. You can use this to help them create a project, study for tests or organize a research paper.

Play a game of charades to empower students to use their minds and bodies to help their team win the game.

Select words that apply to a new topic you wish to introduce to the class. For example, if you want to discuss the history of your state, pick words that illustrate historical events your class will study. Divide the class into teams and ask volunteers to act out the words. Have students guess what the words are, and write the words on the board after students guess them correctly so they can see a complete list at the end of the game. Go back and forth between teams until all words have been used. When the game is over, ask the class to guess what the words have in common.

Invigorate (鼓舞) your students and stimulate creative thinking by facilitating a sentence relay race.

The goal of the race is to see which team can compose a sentence on a given subject. Begin by taping large pieces of paper to the wall and line up student teams about 5 feet from the wall. Give the teams one marker and a subject for the sentence. Tell them the object of the race is to build a sentence, one word at a time. The first student in each team will begin the sentence with a word. He will then run the marker to the next teammate and continue the process until each student has added a word to the sentence. The sentence relay will encourage quick thinking and stimulate creativity. Use the race to introduce a social studies concept or to reinforce the plot of a story for English class.

    For famous photojournalist Sir Don McCullin, the landscape has changed since the days when dozens of printed pages were devoted to his photo stories, leading him to declare, “Photojournalism is dying.” According to Sir Don McCullin, newspapers and magazines are much more interested in the wealthy, the glamorous and celebrities. They don’t want suffering people in their newspapers. Photojournalism hasn’t lost its way but it’s been conveniently pushed aside. Shrinking editorial budgets, increasing competition and mistrust of the Press are just some of the factors impacting photojournalism. But the power of photography endures and technology is allowing photographers more creative freedom than ever before. The world is hungry for visual storytelling, but will photojournalism survive?

We spoke to photojournalists working in this industry about the state of affairs today, and asked their opinions about photojournalism in the digital age.

Ilvy Njiokiktjien

“Assignments have changed, so people don’t need to go somewhere for months to work on one project. When Don McCullin’s pictures were making it into the newspaper, his images would be the news. Now if I take a picture at Nelson Mandela’s funeral, for instance, there are 300 other photographers there. There are so many images that you are never going to really shoot an iconic image. You’re not the only one there — there are your colleagues and there are people with cellphones. I don’t think a single image will ever lose its power. Single images, to me, are so strong — I can look at a single image and never forget it. But there are new ways of storytelling — with cellphones, with interactive online experiences and virtual reality. Therefore, it’s important to see what matches the story.”

Jérôme Sessini

“I think now we are freer than before because of technology. Besides, we don’t care about the newspapers like people did before. We get free from the newspapers, so we are able to tell stories in the way we want to tell them. In my opinion, pictures can express emotions — I believe more in emotions than in rationality. I don’t want to tell people, ‘this is like this’, or ‘like that’. I want them to first feel something from the pictures, and then ask some questions. They will have to find the answers by themselves.”

Magnus Wennman

“When I started, press photography was a pretty old-school profession, but today it’s completely different. It’s not about the technique any more. It’s about telling stories, and you have endless opportunities to tell stories by means of pictures. If you are engaging in storytelling, I would say your future is very bright. Photojournalism is more democratic. As a matter of fact, nowadays we can see people shooting with their cellphones anywhere. Photojournalism is no longer the privilege of those working at newspapers. The new generation of photojournalists should work in a completely different way. As you see everywhere, visual storytelling is getting more and more important. If you’re good at that, you’re going to survive.”

Daniel Etter

“A lot of people have been declaring that photojournalism is dead and, somehow, it’s still around. It’s still alive, and it’s still kicking — maybe not quite as hard as in Don McCullin’s days, but it’s still important. It doesn’t have the impact it once had, and it will never have that impact again. I always believe photography plays a role, but if there are better ways of telling visual stories, I’m fine with that. The biggest problem we are running into now is how to make others believe us. Look at how really basic facts are in question nowadays. To make our work a reliable source of information is our biggest challenge. I haven’t figured out a way to make news more trustworthy — the only thing we can do is do good work. That means doing research and trying to represent events in a fair way.”

1.What does Ilvy want to say with the example of Nelson Mandela’s funeral?

A.Great news like this is always attractive.

B.Taking a satisfying picture is really difficult.

C.Too many people take up photojournalism.

D.Popularity of cellphones threatens photojournalism.

2.What idea do Sessini and Wennman share?

A.Good pictures are worth all the hard work.

B.It’s better to let the picture itself tell stories.

C.Technology is photographers’ greatest enemy.

D.Photojournalism will be the first to be kicked out.

3.What does the underlined sentence mean?

A.Photojournalism enjoys great popularity nowadays.

B.Photojournalism is really a promising career in the future.

C.Everyone can report news stories using photos taken by themselves.

D.Photojournalism has lost its appeal for those working at newspapers.

4.What does Etter say about photojournalism?

A.It is not as influential as in Don McCullin’s days.

B.It almost died in Don McCullin’s days.

C.It may have an even better future.

D.It actually exists in name only.

5.What can we learn about Etter?

A.His talent was once questioned.

B.He is optimistic about his future career.

C.He will resign from his job sooner or later.

D.He is seeking suitable ways to tell visual stories.

    There are certain areas on Mars where we don’t dare tread. NASA forbids spacecraft from visiting spots that possibly host liquid water, and so where life might be able to thrive, for fear of contaminating (感染) Mars with Earth microbes. But an analysis of the salty liquids on Mars suggests we needn’t worry, because life as we know it should be unable to exist anywhere on the planet’s surface.

Edgard Rivera-Valentin at the Lunar and Planetary Institutein Texas and his colleagues used readings of the temperature and relative humidity across Mars to map the presence of salty water. Any water on the surface is likely to be salty, simply because the surface is. This boosts the chances of water being liquid because salt lowers its freezing point.

It is like when you throw salt on an icy sidewalk, says Danielle Nuding at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. “It’s the same chemistry happening.”

Unfortunately, the saltier the water, the less likely anything can survive in it. The team found that even though there could be briny (盐分多的) water on the surface of Mars up to 18 per cent of the year, depending on the season, no microbe we have ever seen on Earth would be able to reproduce there.

Life as we know it is not going to find these brines and survive because it’s either going to be way too cold or way too salty,” says Rivera-Valentin, who presented the results at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas.

That doesn’t mean we can’t contaminate Mars: brines with different types of salts mixed together might be friendlier to life and temperatures just below the surface are much less extreme. Nevertheless, as long as we don’t dig down, it might be highly unlikely or even impossible for rovers (飞行器) such as Curiosity to contaminate Mars.

“The level of sterilization (杀菌) that we’ve done with Curiosity should be good enough to ignore the ban on visiting what we’ve been calling special regions until now, says Jennifer Hanley at Lowell Observatory in Arizona. I think that we’re OK to go. Visiting these regions would be particularly helpful because, while they are in theory the most vulnerable areas on Mars, they are also the most interesting.

For example, arguments have been raging for over a decade about whether dark streaks on Martian slopes called recurring slope lineae are flowing water or just dust. A quick visit by Curiosity, which is near an area where the flows often form, could solve it once and for all.

Even if areas with water are inhospitable to Earth life, they could still be home to native Martian life forms.

“If you had life that originated on Mars when it was more habitable, it could be that as Mars changed, life could have gradually adapted to the new, more extreme conditions,” says Rivera-Valentin.

1.NASA forbids spacecraft from visiting the special regions on Mars because            .

A.life is unable to thrive there, thus there’s no point of visiting them

B.Martian life probably exists there and might threaten human beings

C.they worry Earth microbes might survive there, thus contaminating Mars

D.human beings know nothing about these areas and they are dangerous to us

2.Which of the following statements is true?

A.Mars surface being salty provides evidence that Mars hosts liquid water.

B.Earth life is unlikely to contaminate Mars because the surface of the planet is either too cold or too salty.

C.The fear of contaminating Mars is unnecessary because human beings won’t contaminate Mars under any circumstances.

D.Jennifer Hanley thinks human beings should explore the special regions on Mars in order to confirm the existence of Martian life.

3.What is the point of visiting the special regions on Mars?

A.Martian life might be found.

B.Liquid water might be found.

C.Many puzzles about Mars could soon be solved.

D.No humans have ever visited those regions before.

4.In the passage, you can find the answers to all the questions except            .

A.whether the surface of Mars is salty or not

B.whether any native Martian life forms exist

C.whether Earth life is able to survive on Mars or not

D.whether the rover Curiosity will contaminate Mars

    The Professional Footballers’ Association will help to fund the initiative that will lead to the FA appointing up to 28 black, Asian and ethnic minority coaches to work with all England teams next season, including Gareth Southgate’s senior squad (小队).

The Times revealed details of the joint FA and PFA scheme yesterday, which could be finalised as soon as next week. Martin Glenn, the FA chief executive, is due to meet his counterpart at the PFA, Gordon Taylor, at Wembley before England’s friendly international against Italy next Tuesday. Chris Powell, the Southend United manager, has been identified as a potential addition to Southgate’s back-room staff after the World Cup, which would be welcomed by the England manager.

The FA has already held initial talks with several other coaches, including Jason Euell, Charlton Athletic’s under 23 coach, about taking on a role in the national coaching set-up at St George’s Park. The former Jamaica international has previously questioned the merit of the so-called Rooney Rule, which the FA implemented (执行) in January with a commitment to interview a BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) candidate for every coaching position. But Euell believes that the governing body’s decision to offer 28 positions is a more practical way to bring about change.

The FA has begun offering opportunities to BAME coaches, with the former Everton striker Danny Cadamarteri, who is currently a youth coach with Burnley, working with England’s under-18 squad this week. It will extend the programme after it has been approved by the FA Board. The PFA has been instrumental in developing the proposals through the work of their sponsors Brendon Batson, Garth Crooks and Paul Elliott, and have promised to provide funds to make it a success.

“This is integral (完整的) to the modernization of the FA,” Taylor told The Times. “If it’s implemented correctly, with meaningful roles, it will show the FA really means football is for all.”

However, Crooks added that it was a “monumental error of judgment” by Southgate not to take a black coach to Russia for the World Cup finals to support England’s black players in the event of racial abuse from fans.

The FA’s plans received a cautious welcome from many in the game, with the former England defender Viv Anderson saying that coaches from BAME backgrounds have been hindered (阻碍) by a lack of access. The 61-year-old was the first black player to represent England in 1978 and went on to manage Barnsley before joining Middlesbrough as an assistant coach.

“There are only a handful of black managers so there’s clearly a problem,” Anderson said. “If you go up and down the country there are black and ethnic minority players in every squad, but very few go on to become coaches, which is down to a lack of opportunity and access. There are still a lot of negative perceptions about black managers and coaches, which are totally false.” At least the FA is trying to do something, and it could make a difference.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A.PFA has funded FA in the World Cup.

B.FA and PFA will work together to diversify the coach team.

C.PFA will take on black coaches for England teams.

D.FA has interviewed 28 BAME candidates for coaching positions.

2.We can infer that Jason Euell is            .

A.working in the national coaching set-up

B.in favor of the joint FA and PFA scheme

C.likely to be one of the Southgate’s back-room staff

D.sceptical about FA’s promise to interview BAME candidates

3.Why are many people cautious about the FA’s plans?

A.BAME coaches lack chances and access to England teams.

B.The FA Board hasn’t approved the plan for lack of sponsors.

C.Older coaches don’t possess qualifications for national coaches.

D.There are not enough BAME players to represent England teams.

4.The author holds the view that            .

A.there are still negative perceptions about black managers and coaches

B.black managers and coaches are superior in managing football teams

C.advantages in taking on black coaches outweigh disadvantages

D.attempts are being made to show the FA means football for all

Nonfiction Contest

Make us laugh, move us to tears ... write a brilliant, memorable nonfiction piece and you may be one of our two monthly winners. The sections include: Nonfiction, Focused/Special Issue, College Essays, Heroes, Pride & Prejudice, Health, Points of View and Sports.

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Winning articles will be published in Teen Ink magazine, and contest winners will receive a copy of the magazine featuring their work. Plus, they’ll have the opportunity to choose from an exciting selection of Teen Ink products — clothes and other items — available only through Teen Ink.

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Submit entries through our website. All nonfiction works submitted to Teen Ink are automatically considered for the monthly contest. See our submission guidelines for more information.

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1.What do we know about the contest?

A.It is held twice a month. B.There will be 12 winners every year.

C.It covers a wide range of topics. D.Winners will receive some prize money.

2.What must we do to take part in the contest?

A.Write an article by ourselves. B.Write a long enough article.

C.Focus on a seasonal or holiday theme. D.Send our work at the beginning of a month.

    Early that day, I was so busy caring for our patient’s procedure that needed to be wrapped up. As my day nearly_____________, I was excited to meet my playfellows and_______with them. I was already outside our special area unit in the hospital when a woman suddenly came to me, holding a doctor’s_______with my name on it. My enthusiasm fell___________. But, instead of being cheeky, like others would probably do showing_______or impatience, I showed her a heartfelt smile and_______what was written in the prescription, only to find out it wasn’t hers but her husband’s, and my name on it_______the doctor wanted me to give the proper instruction on how to use the bowel (肠) preparation needed for her husband, who was_______for the examination the following day. I met her husband, who was very ___________and a good listener. We connected instantly with each other,________jokes.

The next time we met was during his colonoscopy (结肠镜检查)________and I assisted him in filling out the papers________by their insurance company. Given final________, they left the hospital. At noon, I was alone cleaning the________when suddenly I heard a knock on the glass door, thinking it might somebody who would like to____________of our services. I casually looked up and I was________because my visitors were the patient and his wife again! I opened the door and asked if they needed more________or perhaps forgot something. To my surprise they gave me a packed________and a bottle of pineapple juice!

Life has many facets. Its bits and pieces________you even in your busy days. It could end up with a________or a free lunch. It’s just a matter of thinking from a different angle.

1.A.approached B.concluded C.occupied D.advanced

2.A.study B.unite C.relax D.associate

3.A.prescription B.reservation C.receipt D.diploma

4.A.eventually B.desperately C.aggressively D.considerably

5.A.improvement B.excitement C.disappointment D.embarrassment

6.A.reviewed B.checked C.described D.retold

7.A.before B.when C.whereas D.because

8.A.prepared B.scheduled C.allocated D.distributed

9.A.stubborn B.rigid C.merciful D.humorous

10.A.exchanging B.applauding C.providing D.exploiting

11.A.appointment B.procedure C.operation D.signature

12.A.needed B.offered C.suggested D.adopted

13.A.instructions B.encouragement C.congratulations D.calculation

14.A.ward B.bedroom C.corridor D.instrument

15.A.remind B.inform C.inquire D.talk

16.A.taken aback B.torn apart C.paid back D.cut in

17.A.cure B.information C.comfort D.treatment

18.A.cake B.flower C.bag D.lunch

19.A.touch B.hurt C.bother D.defend

20.A.consensus B.shock C.complaint D.relief

If we could all learn to ________ a little more, the world would be a much happier place.

A.live and let live B.live from hand to mouth

C.fight fire with fire D.add fuel to the flames

During my first year abroad, I was so busy studying and meeting new people that I did not phone my parents as often as I ________.

A.should B.would C.should have D.would have

After my divorce, Ann was the only one ________ to listen to my problems, and I am forever in her debt.

A.preparing B.prepared C.to prepare D.having prepared

Unlike compulsions and addictions, which are acted out uncontrollably, habits are actions that are repeated regularly and ___________.

A.automatically B.typically C.tentatively D.positively

________in a mass parade at Beijing’s Tian’anmen Square on the National Day were more than 100,000 people from all walks of life to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China.

A.Having involved B.Involving C.Involved D.Being involved

—We didn’t find Ju Xiaopeng attending the English Class online.

—No one ________ him about ________ a lecture even on Saturday.

A.told; there to be B.had told; there to be

C.told; there was D.had told; there being

This year’s Spring Festival Gala was a fine performance that ________ attention from first to last.

A.deposited B.accumulated C.commanded D.illustrated

It’s on such occasions ________ others unites while I am alone in a foreign land that I am twice as homesick.

A.that B.where C.as D.when

Diligence and self-discipline are ________ need to make it to our ideal university in the near future, especially at this particular moment.

A.all that B.all what C.that all D.what all

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, will give up the name “royal” ____ they withdraw from official duties and embrace new lives, the couple confirmed on Friday.

A.unless B.while C.as D.although

You feel lost, sick at heart before such unmasked hatred, ___________because it threatens you as because it shows human in such an inhuman light.

A.not so little B.no more C.not so much D.no less

—Why are you all ________ me? I did not steal the computer!

—I’m sorry, but you were the only one who had access to it.

A.calling on B.taking on C.turning on D.putting on

A donation from Japan to the coronavirus-stricken Hubei province caused a stir on Chinese social media ____________ the powerful poetic message written on each box: “Lands apart, sky shared”.

A.in the light of B.in parallel with C.as opposed to D.on account of

Michael R. Bloomberg’s exit and immediate move to back Mr. Biden had the _________ to anger supporters of Mr. Sanders and sparked outrage among progressives.

A.access B.potential C.advantage D.presentation

Thanks to Chinese authorities’ effective measures, Covid-19 across China is under control for the time being; however, the impact of the lockdown on the Chinese economy was laid _______ in a new data.

A.bare B.invalid C.evident D.generous

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假定你是李华，自制一些中国结(Chinese knot)。给开网店的美国朋友 Tom 写封信，请他代卖，要点包括:

1. 外观(尺寸、颜色、材料)；

2. 象征意义；

3. 价格。

注意:1. 词数 120 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 开头语已为你写好

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How to Think Outside the Box with Creativity Exercises

Encouraging creative thinking inspires students to ask questions, try new things and apply ideas to practical situations. Use individual and group based activities to open the door to innovation and build individual confidence. Incorporate creativity activities into everyday subject matter like English, science and art. The result will be increased interest in learning and the opportunity for each student to believe in her power to be creative in a variety of situations. Three creativity exercises are suggested as follows.

Use a mind-mapping exercise to help students overcome mind blocks to creativity.

Joyce Wycoff, author of the book “Mindmapping,” explains that a mind map encourages creativity by stimulating the brain to think in different patterns. Put a concept in the center of a large piece of paper and have your students surround the paper, each holding a marker. Ask them to brainstorm ideas and write them as offshoots (分支) to the concept. Have them add images and draw connections between ideas. You can use this to help them create a project, study for tests or organize a research paper.

Play a game of charades to empower students to use their minds and bodies to help their team win the game.

Select words that apply to a new topic you wish to introduce to the class. For example, if you want to discuss the history of your state, pick words that illustrate historical events your class will study. Divide the class into teams and ask volunteers to act out the words. Have students guess what the words are, and write the words on the board after students guess them correctly so they can see a complete list at the end of the game. Go back and forth between teams until all words have been used. When the game is over, ask the class to guess what the words have in common.

Invigorate (鼓舞) your students and stimulate creative thinking by facilitating a sentence relay race.

The goal of the race is to see which team can compose a sentence on a given subject. Begin by taping large pieces of paper to the wall and line up student teams about 5 feet from the wall. Give the teams one marker and a subject for the sentence. Tell them the object of the race is to build a sentence, one word at a time. The first student in each team will begin the sentence with a word. He will then run the marker to the next teammate and continue the process until each student has added a word to the sentence. The sentence relay will encourage quick thinking and stimulate creativity. Use the race to introduce a social studies concept or to reinforce the plot of a story for English class.

    When Lauren Marler began having disturbing symptoms at the age of 15, she somehow knew it was cancer. After some research, she realized she was right. But that was just the beginning of her horrific cancer journey. Marler's doctors discovered that what she had was truly unlucky-but she's still here to tell her tale.

In 2005, Marler noticed blood in her stool; she was too embarrassed to tell anyone. For two years she kept silent. “I looked up my symptoms and knew I had all the signs for colon cancer，” she says. “However, my mom thought I was overreacting.” Eventually, the doctor she visited confirmed she had a colon cancer at the age of 17.

“The doctor said that I needed to get to the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Centre immediately，” Marler recalls. There she met with Miguel Rodriguez­Bigas, who removed Marler's entire colon and almost all of her rectum(直肠).

But just nine months later, the cancer returned. “When my mom told me, I just felt like, ‘You've got to be kidding me. I just want to be a normal kid.’” After another surgery, three months of chemotherapy(化疗), Marler believed that her cancer battles had to be over.

Then, during a routine scan to ensure that she was still in remission(重病的缓解期) five years later, 23­year­old Marler got a call. “The doctor called to tell me that the scan showed a spot in my uterus(子宫) and it was endometrial cancer, an aggressive one. We went back to MD Anderson to meet with Pedro T. Ramirez, who recommended a full hysterectomy(子宫切除).”

Puzzled by Marler's history, Dr. Rodriguez­Bigas recommended that she get genetic testing. The testing revealed the bad news: Marler had an incredibly rare disorder called CMMRD. Dr. Rodriguez­Bigas explained that the disorder makes a person likely to suffer from different cancers. There is no treatment for the disorder, only preventive care-primarily regular scans to catch any developing cancers early. Armed with an answer for the grief and suffering she had endured for the past decade of her life, Marler actually felt a sense of relief. “It's heartbreaking, but at least I have an answer.”

Three years later, Marler was unable to shake what she thought was sinus infection(鼻窦感染). Marler's mother knew something wasn't right when Marler refused to go back to the hospital because of the level of pain she felt.

On this trip to the hospital, Marler was admitted and scanned. “I couldn't believe it was happening again. The medical test showed that it was lymphoma(淋巴瘤), one of the hardest types to treat. The doctors told me the treatment was going to be so painful that I would hate them by the time it was over. They were right.” Marler endured six different types of chemotherapy at the same time, one of which was delivered through her spinal cord. She was required to be admitted to the hospital every other week for six days. “I was so weak that I couldn't get off my couch. I lost all of my hair, and I had severe body aches，” she recalls.

Today, at 28, Marler is once again in remission-something she definitely doesn't take for granted. She credits her family for her ability to endure her repeated battles with a smile. She says, “I laugh a lot. That's one thing my family does really well-we can find the humour in any situation. I've always found a way to laugh. I do worry about what's next, but I can't let it consume me. I've learned to live with it.”

1.What's the function of the first paragraph?

A.It impresses on us how unfortunate Lauren Marler is.

B.It introduces to us a cancer patient named Lauren Marler.

C.It praises Lauren Marler's amazing achievements in her life.

D.It arouses our curiosity to read on about Lauren Marler's story.

2.What does the underlined word “aggressive” mean?

A.Being likely to spread quickly.

B.Making oneself ready to attack.

C.Requiring chemotherapy to cure it.

D.Acting with determination to succeed.

3.What exactly has caused Marler to suffer from various cancers?

A.Irregular medical scans. B.A rare gene problem.

C.No proper preventive care. D.Frequently changing doctors.

4.After receiving the treatment of lymphoma, Marler ________.

A.came to hate the doctors in charge of her

B.became a regular visitor to the hospital

C.was very painful physically and mentally

D.was free from the fear of another cancer

5.In the case of Marler, how many times did cancer returned?

A.5. B.4. C.3. D.2.

6.What mainly motivates to Marler's present success in fighting with cancer?

A.The fact that she never thinks much of cancer.

B.The fact that her whole family remains positive.

C.The fact that her life experience is full of humour.

D.The fact that she has learned to live with cancer.

    Every year, thousands of teenagers participate in programs at their local art museums. But do any of them remember their time at museum events later in life? A new report suggests that the answer is yes - and finds that alumni (毕业生)of arts-based museum programs credit them with changing the course of their lives, even years after the fact.

The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles recently asked researchers to conduct a study to find out how effective their long-standing teen art programs really are. They involved over 300 former participants of four programs for teens that have been in existence since the 1990s. Alumni, whose current ages range from 18 to 36, were invited to find out how they viewed their participation years after the fact.

Among the alumni surveyed, 75 percent of alumni rated die teen program experience as the most favorable impact on their own lives, beating family, school and their neighborhoods. Nearly 55 percent thought that it was one of the most important experiences they'd ever had, regardless of age and two-thirds said that they were often in situations where then experience in museums affected their actions or thoughts.

It turns out that participating in art programs also helps keep teens enthusiastic about arts even after they reach adulthood: 96 percent of participants had visited an art museum within the last two years, and 68 percent had visited an art museum five or more times within the last two years. Thirty-two percent of program alumni work in the arts as adults.

Though the study is the first of its kind to explore the impact of teen-specific art programs in museums, it reflects other research on the important benefits of engaging with the arts. A decade of surveys the National Endowment for the Arts found that childhood experience with the arts have linked arts education to everything from lower drop-out rates to improvement in critical thinking skills.

1.What does the underlined phrase “the fact” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A.Changing the course of children's life.

B.Participating in childhood art programs

C.Organizing arts-based museum programs.

D.Remembering the time at museum events.

2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?

A.The result of the study.

B.The process of the study.

C.The approach to the study.

D.The object and content of the study.

3.What can be inferred of the study mentioned in the text?

A.Passion for arts may remain long in kids' whole life.

B.No other studies exist concerning the benefits of arts.

C.Age matters in how people view their art experiences.

D.Most children taking part in art programs will work in arts.

4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A.How is Art Connected to Our Life?

B.Can Art Education Affect Our Income?

C.What Should Art Museums do for Kids?

D.Should Children Walk into Art Museums?

    Doctor are known to be terrible pilots. They don’t listen because they already know it all. I was lucky: I became a pilot in 1970, almost ten years before I graduated from medical school. I didn’t realize then, but becoming a pilot makes me a better surgeon. I loved flying. As I flew bigger, faster planes, and in worse weather. I learned about crew resource management (机组资源管理), or CRM, a new idea to make flying safer. It means that crew members should listen and speak up for a good result, regardless of positions.

I first read about CRM in 1980. Not long after that, an attending doctor and I were flying in bad weather.

The controller had us turn too late to get our landing ready. The attending doctor was flying; I was safety pilot He was so busy because of the bad turn, he had forgotten to put the landing gear (起落架) down. He was a better pilot --- and my boss --- so it felt unusual to speak up. But I had to: Our lives were in danger. I put aside my uneasiness and said, “We need to put the landing gear down now!” That was my first real lesson in the power of CRM, and I’ve used it in the operating room ever since.

CRM requires that the pilot/surgeon encourage others to speak up. It further requires that when opinions are from the opposite, the doctor doesn’t overreact, which might prevent fellow doctors from voicing opinions again. So when I’m in the operating room, I ask for ideas and help from others. Sometimes they’re not willing to speak up. But I hope that if I continue to encourage them, someday someone will keep me from “landing gear up”.

1.What does the author say about doctors in general?

A.They like flying by themselves.

B.They are unwilling to take advice.

C.They pretend to be good pilots.

D.They are quick learners of CRM.

2.The author deepened his understanding of the power of CRM when_______.

A.he saved the plane by speaking up

B.he was in charge of a flying task

C.his boss landed the plane too late

D.his boss operated on a patient

3.In the last paragraph “landing gear up” probably means ______.

A.following flying requirements

B.overreacting to different opinions

C.listening to what fellow doctors say

D.making a mistake that may cost lives