12.Here I will introduce some books to you. Cook Yourself Young By (author) Elizabeth Peyton-Jones Want to look and feel 10 years younger?Keen to remove bags under your eyes,and other unpleasant symptoms of ageing?Long to lose weight and stay slim?All you need is to change what you eat and to COOK YOURSELF YOUNG.In her revolutionary new book,Cook Yourself Young,a health expert,Elizabeth Peyton-Jones explains how simply by changing the way you cook you can make you look younger and live a healthier,more balanced life. Celebrations and Special Days By (author) Ellen Lawrence In Celebrations and Special Days,young readers will join children around the world as they celebrate religious festivals and special family days,such as weddings and coming-of-age ceremonies.From Holi to Hanukkah,Easter to Ramadan,readers will join families as they prepare special meals,decorate their homes,and take part in the special times that shape our lives. The Story of the Lost Child By (author) Elena Ferrante "Nothing quite like this has ever been published before," said the Guardian newspaper about the Neapolitan Novels in 2014, "Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay,the third book in the series,was an international best seller and a New York Times Notable Book of the Year." Its author was considered as one of the great novelists of our time by the New York Times Book Review.This fourth and final installment in the series raises the bar even higher and indeed confirms Elena Ferrante as one of the world's best living storytellers.
(1)Which book should you buy if you want to look young?
A.Cook Yourself Young. B.Celebrations and Special Days. C.The Story of the Lost Child. D.New York Times Book Review. (2)Who is Celebrations and Special Days intended for?
A.Old people. B.All the people. C.Young people. D.Middle-aged people. (3)What can we learn about Elena Ferrante?
A.She is the greatest novelist in the US. B.Her books sell best at the present time. C.She is the author of Celebrations and Special Days. D.She belongs to the best living storytellers.
13. Why are some people more motivated (積極的) to handle difficult things?And is there a way to make doing difficult things easy?To answer this question,we need to look at this:dopamine (多巴胺).Dopamine is often considered a pleasure molecule (分子).But that's not quite what it does.Dopamine is what makes us desire things.And it's that desire that gives us the motivation to get up and do things. In fact,your brain considers something more important than others mainly depending on how much dopamine it's expecting to get.If an activity releases too little dopamine,you won't have much motivation to do it.But if an activity releases a lot of dopamine,you'll be motivated to repeat it,over and over.So which behavior releases dopamine?Any activity where you expect there's a possible reward releases it. And in today's digital society,we are flooding our brains with unnaturally high amounts of dopamine on a daily basis,even if we don't know it.Some examples of high dopamine behavior include:visiting social media websites,playing video games,etc. And you might think, "Oh so what?It's not like it's harming me in any way." But you'd be wrong.Our bodies have a biological system called homeostasis (體內動態平衡).Whenever an imbalance occurs,our body adapts to it.Basically your brain gets used to having high levels of dopamine and those levels become your new normal.Thus you develop a dopamine tolerance.This can be a huge problem because the things that don't give you as much dopamine don't interest you any longer.That's why people tend to prefer playing video games or surfing the Internet,compared to studying or working on their business. But it is possible to make doing difficult things feel easier.Separate yourself from the unnaturally high amounts of dopamine,or at least expose yourself to it far less frequently.Only then will normal,everyday,low dopamine activities become exciting again and you'll be able to do them for longer.That's why you might want to limit your phone and computer usage,along with other high dopamine-releasing behavior. We are all dopamine addicts (入迷的人) to a certain extent.And that's a good thing because dopamine motivates us to achieve our goals and improve ourselves.But it's up to you to decide where you're going to get your dopamine.Are you going to get it from things that don't benefit you?Or are you going to get it from working on your long-term goals?The choice is yours.
(1)When is dopamine released?
A.When difficult things come into being. B.When we take pleasure in the behavior. C.When possible rewards can be obtained. D.When we have the motivation to do things. (2)What can we learn from the passage?
A.Dopamine does great harm to our body. B.It's hard for our body to keep the balance. C.Dopamine tolerance keeps us away from games. D.Video games produce more dopamine than study. (3)What is the purpose of the fifth paragraph?
A.To explain why dopamine is harmful. B.To introduce the effects of dopamine. C.To offer solutions to dopamine tolerance. D.To stress the importance of dopamine. (4)What is the author's attitude toward dopamine?
14.Some 20 percent of adults are procrastinators (拖延癥患者).Everyone might put off a task or two,but long-term procrastinators do it at home,at school,at work and in their relationships. For years,researchers have focused on the personalities of people who procrastinate.The results suggest procrastinators may be impulsive (沖動),worriers and have trouble regulating their emotions.But procrastinators are not lazy.They're actually very busy doing other things than what they're supposed to be doing.Though procrastinators may think they perform better under pressure,studies have reported the opposite.And when deadlines are uncertain,procrastinators tend to delay their work. When people put off a tough task,they feel good-in the moment.Procrastinating is a way to avoid the negative emotions linked to the task.But the relief it provides is only temporary,and many seek out ways to stop procrastinating. In fact,most research today suggests procrastination is a behavioral pattern,which means it's something you can change,regardless of whether you're impulsive.What works best is still under research.Some scientists have reported success with time management.But the evidence for that is all over the map.That's because poor time management is a symptom not a cause of procrastination. For some procrastinators,seemingly obvious tips can work.Researchers advise students to simply put down their smartphones.Silencing notifications or studying in the library rather than at home can regulate distractions and keep people on task.But that won't be enough for many people.Stubborn procrastinators may benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (認知行為療法).This type of therapy,which involves managing thoughts and emotions and trying to change behavior,seemed to be the most helpful.Still,not many studies have examined treatments,and there's room for improvement.
(1)What does procrastination mean to longtime procrastinators?
A.A personal advantage. B.A habitual behavior. C.A working motivation. D.An excuse for laziness. (2)What do experts think of procrastinators?
A.They are inactive. B.They are efficient. C.They are anxious. D.They are careful. (3)What causes people to procrastinate?
A.Their temporary relief from the stress. B.Their imperfection in personalities. C.Their poor time management at work. D.Their high ability to deal with hard work. (4)What may be the best procrastination treatment according to the text?
15.When I was a boy,our extended,immigrant family would sometimes gather together at my great aunt's tiny house over the summer. Those were the days(1)
video games,smartphones,and motorized toys,so we often(2)
play a good old-fashioned game of tag(捉人游戲).I(3)
one of those times especially.I was the youngest and smallest of all the kids there so I got(4)
first and couldn't catch anyone else.Though I(5)
after my brothers and cousins hard they were all too(6)
for me.I grew more and more(7)
. I finally rushed to one of my brothers and(8)
face first into the dirt.I got up with(9)
in my eyes.Then I saw one of my female(10)
standing there.She started to run but was going much(11)
than before.I easily caught up and tagged her.Then she turned to me,(12)
,and said, "It's my turn!You'd better run!"I ran off(13)
while she turned and started to run after one of my older brothers. I see now how her act of(14)
that day saved me from sadness and returned me to joy.It didn't(15)
that we hardly ever saw each other.We were family and she loved me.
16.閱讀下面短文,在空白處填入1個適當的單詞或括號內單詞的正確形式。 Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings ( 幼 苗 ) onboard the Tiangong space station. There have been other rice (1)
(experiment) in space.But the one being done on Tiangong is the first of (2)
(it) kind that aims to produce the complete life cycle of the plant,which begins with a seed and ends with(3)
mature plant producing new seeds. China launched the Wentian space laboratory into orbit on July 24.The space lab,which weighs 23 metric tons and is 17.9 meters tall,is the country's (4)
(large) spacecraft.Onboard (5)
(be) eight experimental labs,including the one for the rice experiment. "We want to find out how microgravity affects the plant flowering time on the molecular (分子的) level (6)
whether it is possible to use this environment (7)
(control) the related process," said Zheng Huiqiong,a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Flowering is a(8)
(vital) important stage for plant reproductive development. "If we want to explore Mars,food(9)
(bring) from Earth is not enough for the astronauts' long journey and mission in space.We must find a sustainable food source(10)
37.閱讀下面材料,根據其內容和所給段落開頭語續寫兩段,使之構成一篇完整的短文。續寫的詞數應為150左右。 Alan and the other campers sat around the fire,talking and laughing.It would be Alan's first night in a tent,and he was excited and a little nervous. Then,the conservation area officer spoke, "Much of the wildlife in this region comes out only at night.So after supper,let's start a night watch.Volunteers will take turns to stay down here by the fire,away from the tents.Those who take part will get a chance to see a different world." "Isn't it dangerous?" someone asked. "No,it's quite safe," the officer said. "There are no dangerous animals.Any volunteers?" The kid who'd sat next to Alan on the bus volunteered. Alan sat still. Then one of the girls raised her hand. "If a girl could do it,I could,too," Alan thought.He volunteered.A few more kids raised their hands.Then the officer explained, "This is how it works.When the rest of you go to bed,the first watcher takes his or her place by the fire.The duty of the watcher is to keep the fire going.After thirty minutes,he or she wakes up the next person.Do you still want to volunteer?" Alan nodded but felt a little nervous.Sleeping in a tent with other campers sounded OK,but the idea of being alone in the dark made him afraid. The officer showed the order of the watch. At ten past two in the evening,Alan found himself sitting by the fire,in a great world of darkness.He had never been so afraid.Alan had to turn off his flashlight(手電筒) because he had used it too often.He looked at the stars and the rising moon.It wasn't as dark as he'd thought it would be.He took comfort in that and tried to relax a little. Looking around,Alan thought he saw a large bird flying down through the air and wondered if it was an owl(貓頭鷹).He had seen small paw prints on the sand by the river. Paragraph 1: Then there was a noise.__________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: Alan felt a rush of excitement._______________________________________________