Four Useful Products for Your Life
Electric Wine Opener
Cost: $19.89
Once you've tried this tool, you'll never go back to the old fashioned kind. This electric wine opener will remove the cork (瓶塞) easily within seconds, and can open up to 30 bottles with a single charge.
Fantastic Ice Cream Spoon
Cost: $14. 99
It’s always disappointing when you're really in the mood for ice cream, but have to wait forever for the ice cream to get to just the right softness. Well, this heated ice cream spoon exactly conducts heat from your hands, and will help soften the ice cream to make it ready to eat right away.
Express Baker
Cost: $58. 99
Making your own bread seems like a quite difficult job. But this baker makes it easier—within an hour. It has 12 different bread settings, and three different crust settings, so you can make bread, pizza and more. A quick look through the reviews shows that customers are pretty happy with it, too.
Corn Stripper
Cost: $7.99
There's no denying that corn on the cob (棒) is delicious But eating corn on the cob and dealing with all the little bits that get stuck in your teeth afterwards is a painful experience. This little device takes all the corns from the cob, by letting you strip (剥) your corn easily, without making a total mess.
1.What can people do with Express Baker?
A.Make some food. B.Soften food.
C.Classify food. D.Keep food fresh.
2.Which of the following applies the theory of heat conduction?
A.Electric Wine Opener. B.Fantastic Ice Cream Spoon.
C.Express Baker. D.Corn Stripper.
3.What do the four products have in common?
A.They are of the same price.
B.They are difficult to operate.
C.They make food more delicious to eat.
D.They make people's life easier.
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2. 具体建议；
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I’m glad to receive your letter asked for the information about Chinese dumplings. I’ll tell with you something about them.
In China, dumplings are regarded as best food, and everyone in China like dumplings very much. Some have mushrooms and fresh vegetables in them while others have sugar, eggs and other tasty ingredients. People usual make dumplings at home. If you have no times, you can buy them in supermarkets. Then you take them home, heating them up and eat them with vinegar. The Spring Festival was very important in China. People often put a coin in one dumpling. The person which eats the dumpling with the coin in them will be very lucky in the year.
If you find it very difficult to drag yourself out of bed every morning, you probably wonder: Why on earth does school have to start so early?
________, there is good news to ________ you up – or better still, science.
A law in California, passed on Oct.13，________ that public middle schools begin classes no ________ than 8:00 am and that high schools start no earlier than 8:30 am. The law will ________ effect by July 1, 2022.
Starting school at 8:00 or 8:30 in the morning may not sound like too big of a change, but it could mean one ________ hour of sleep for students who used to start school at 7:30 or even earlier.
“In the short run, students’ school ________ should improve almost _________, ” said Kyla Wahlstrom, a researcher at the University of Minnesota’s College of Education. They also found that students who have enough sleep are more ________ in class and get better ________.
Some ________ say that urging students to go to bed earlier could have been a much easier solution than changing the school timetable ________ the whole state. But according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, teenagers go through ________changes when they enter adolescence, ________ makes it difficult for them to fall asleep___________ 11:00 pm. So, when school starts at 8:00 or earlier, they can ________ get the ideal 8.0-8.5 hours of sleep that experts suggest they need to do their ________ in the daytime.
This is ________ when the new law came out, its author, Anthony Portantino, said, “Generations of children will come to appreciate this _________ day and our governor for ________ bold (大胆的) action.”
1.A.Quickly B.Fortunately C.Finally D.Equally
2.A.back B.light C.keep D.blow
3.A.tells B.supports C.stops D.requires
4.A.higher B.later C.sooner D.earlier
5.A.go beyond B.go along C.go into D.go for
6.A.more B.less C.better D.fewer
7.A.behaviors B.performances C.dreams D.surroundings
8.A.totally B.immediately C.absolutely D.overnight
9.A.absent-minded B.slow-minded C.quick-minded D.open-minded
10.A.challenges B.efforts C.papers D.grades
11.A.might B.must C.should D.need
12.A.for B.through C.across D.by
13.A.biological B.original C.scaring D.dependent
14.A.which B.this C.that D.it
15.A.since B.at C.after D.before
16.A.lately B.slowly C.nearly D.hardly
17.A.movement B.report C.best D.magic
18.A.how B.what C.why D.where
19.A.happy B.historic C.quiet D.perfect
20.A.working B.taking C.calling D.producing
Move towards nature when feeling down. Miracles do happen if you try. According to studies, walking among trees makes us relaxed. 1. There’s plenty of research showing the link between being in nature and being happy, but most of the research has focused on adults.
2. Explaining the motivation behind the study, researchers note that with environmental issues such as global warming, more studies are focusing on the relationships between humans and nature to find solutions to these problems, and the future of the planet lies in the hands of children and their actions. However, few studies focus on this aspect.
For the study, researchers worked with 206 children between the ages of 5 and 15. To measure how connected they were to nature, the kids were asked how much they enjoy activities like seeing wildflowers and wild animals, hearing sounds of nature and touching animals and plants. 3. They also found that the more concerned children were about the environment and nature, the more likely they were to be happy.
So, exposure to nature is related to active behaviors and happiness of children. What does that mean to adults? As we all know, children usually tend to follow adults’, especially their parents’ behaviors. That’s to say, when adults are outside and appreciate nature, kids learn by example. 4.
Researchers say that children need role models who can gently guide them to nature with excitement and an attitude of a lifelong learner. 5. What’s more important is that they spend time together with children by exploring a fun and safe environment.
A.It’s so adventurous going for a walk around trees.
B.Researchers will study more about the connection between children’s performance and nature.
C.And if parents enjoy being close to nature, so will their children.
D.Parents don’t have to be experts in environmental science or nature studies.
E.They found that the kids connected to nature were more likely to behave properly.
F.In a new study, researchers wanted to see if kids get the same benefits from being outdoors.
G.Even just smelling the trees helps reduce anxiety.
Smiling can infect everyone and light up our day. Well, it was at the market at 5 pm — the worst time of day to shop. I had to pick up a few essentials after work: cream for coffee, eggs for breakfast and Advil for my headache.
I’d been rushing all day doing jobs for people. I did not want to be shopping, to say the least. But I told myself it was my last stop before going home to put my feet up.
So I scored (得到) a parking place, grabbed a bag from the trunk and found a shopping cart.
The market wasn’t as crowded as I had expected. I grabbed a package of linguini (意粉) and some pesto.
That’s when I saw her. She was sitting in a shopping cart. She looked to be maybe 9 months old. Short blond curls, blue eyes. A white lace dress and shiny black shoes.
I couldn’t take my eyes off her. Then I did what I always do with children: I gave her my best smile. I may have looked a bit mad, but it came from my heart.
That is a habit I formed long ago when I became a mother. It started with my first child, in that unforgettable, life-changing moment.
At times my smile would fade to a look of fear or worry, but it never left my face for long. It always came back, even through tears.
I’ve learned that everyone needs a smile sometimes, young and old, friends and strangers, even strangers at the market in a rush to get home.
She took her time deciding just what to make of my smile. But finally, she lit up.
I laughed and waved goodbye. And she blew me a kiss.
That put a smile on my face and I got a smile in return from every shopper I passed.
I was still smiling when I got home and realized I’d forgotten to get Advil. Luckily, I didn’t need it. My headache was gone.
Somehow, in that simple exchange of smiles, this weary (使人厌烦的) old world became a better place. Want to change the world? Try smiling. Someone will smile back at you. I guarantee it.
If you’re lucky, maybe they’ll even blow you a kiss and make your headache go away.
1.What can we know about the author from the first four paragraphs?
A.She couldn’t wait to go shopping.
B.She didn’t know what to buy at the market.
C.She wasn’t satisfied with the goods in the market.
D.She didn’t want to go to the market at that time.
2.What does the underlined word “That” refer to?
A.Shopping in the afternoon. B.Suffering from a headache.
C.Smiling at kids she meets. D.Observing different people.
3.What happened to the author after meeting the girl?
A.She thought about her childhood. B.She got blank looks from others.
C.She began to feel better. D.She wanted to kiss the girl.
4.What is the main purpose of this article?
A.To show how to find joy in shopping. B.To share her thoughts on smiling in a story.
C.To advise on how to cure headaches. D.To show how to communicate with children.
