Some people think that chicken soup is good for a cold. Others believe that it is unhealthy not to eat meat. The question is, are they right?
Here are some facts.
For centuries, people have believed that chicken soup helps to fight a cold. Now, doctors say it may be true. They think that chicken soup has something that stops a cold from getting worse. Heat from the soup can also make a person feel better.
Many people think that it is unhealthy not to have meat. 1t is true that meat, especially red meat, has protein(蛋白质)that the body needs. A person who doesn’t eat meat can get enough protein and be healthy by eating tofu, eggs, and some vegetables.
A study showed that tea is better than coffee. Tea has something that can protect your heart, fight cancer, and make you less fat. Coffee does not do this.
Many people believe that bread and potatoes can easily make people fat. In fact, bread and potatoes do not have fat in them. But eating too much and not exercising can make people fat. Also, adding things like butter to them can raise the chance of becoming fat.
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1.It is helpful to eat some chicken soup to fight a cold.
2.To get enough protein and be healthy, people must eat meat.
3.Protein can be found in tofu, eggs and some vegetables.
4.Tea is better than coffee in fighting cancer.
5.People who like bread and potatoes become fat easily.
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Getting electricity has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru, South America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 after heavy rains damaged the only power cables in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce.
Luckily, researchers at the University of Technology (UT) in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution. They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb.
While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the ides is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the sun’s energy, water and chemicals from the soil), they also produce waste which they return to the soil. Tiny animals in the soil eat this waste and they produce electrons – the building blocks of electrical energy. The UT team put special sticks inside the soil to capture the energy and keep it in the lamp’s batteries for later use. The researchers say a single charge can power a 50-watt Led light for two hours - enough time for local villagers to get their evening work done.
The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp, believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many people, especially small rainforest communities, 42% of whom have no electricity.
1.What are the problems of oil lamps according to Paragraph 1?
A. They are difficult to use and create pollution
B. They are expensive to buy and easily damaged
C. They are difficult to repair and produce little light
D. They are expensive to use and can be bad for health
2.The electricity made by the Plant Lamp comes from______.
A. plant food B. plant waste
C. the soil’s heat D. the sun’s energy
3.What is true about the Plant Lamp?
A. It can be made by local people
B. It is much easier to use than oil lamps
C. It can produce all the electricity the village need
D. The things it needs to make electricity are easy to find
4.The Plant Lamp’s inventor believes it could be most helpful for _________.
A. rainforest communities B. cars
C. poor people in cities D. farmers
5.What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To report on a new invention
B. To explain a new scientific theory
C. To describe how electricity is made
D. To discuss the problems of poor villages
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It may be hard to believe, but the American Revolution(革命)—the war that freed the American states from British control—began over a cup of tea. Tea was not the only thing that caused the war, of course, but it played a very big part.
The British people’s love of tea is well-known. When the British won control over mush of North America in the early 1700s, they brought their tea- drinking habits with them. Tea quickly became the continents most popular drink. As tea could not be grown locally, just as in Britain, it was shipped into the country—mostly from India.
In the early 1700s, the Britain government made a special deal with the East India Company, as an English trading company. They agreed that no other company was allowed to bring tea to Britain or any country controlled by Britain, including America. It was a great deal for the East India Company, since it meant that the company could decide whatever price it wanted for its products. Anditalways decided on a high price!
In North America, the local people did not like having to pay such high prices. Instead of overpaying for tea from the British, they turned to Dutch traders, who secretly brought tea to the country that was just as good—and much less expensive. Although this broke the law, the American people didn’t care. They got the same cup of tea at a much lower price.
The East India Company, however, didn’t like this at all. By the 1760s, they were losing millions of pounds each year to Dutch traders—a huge amount of money in a time when ￡60 a year was considered a good income. Instead of reducing their prices to compete with the Dutch, the company asked the British government for help and the government agreed.
In 1767, the British introduced new law that increased the prices of all goods which were brought into America. These laws helped make the East India Company even richer and forced local people to pay much more for everything. The American leaders asked the British government not to do so, but the British refused to listen. These unfair laws increased Americans’ anger about British rule and the rest, as they say, is history.
1.In the early 1700s where did most tea drunk in America come from?
A. China B. India C. America D. Britain
2.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to________.
A. the tea maker
B. the American government
C. the British government
D. the East India Company
3.Why did may Americans begin to buy tea from the Dutch traders?
A. The tea was much cheaper.
B. The tea was a lot healthier.
C. They could buy it more easily.
D. They didn't want to support the British.
4.What did the East India Company do to stop losing money?
A. It reduced the price of its tea.
B. It improved the taste of its tea.
C. It introduced a new kind of tea.
D. It asked the British government for help.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Tea trade in eighteenth-century America.
B. The relationship between America and Britain.
C. A reason for the start of the American Revolutionary War.
D. The introduction of British tea-drinking habits into America.
Luca Gramberini has been scuba-diving(戴水肺潜水) since he was a kid. His family owns a scuba company. For the past three summers, Luca has added gardening to his underwater activities. He helps run Nemo's Garden, a project to grow plants in the sea.
From May through September, Luca and other divers are working on Nemo's Garden in the Mediterranean Sea, 150 feet from the coast of Noli, Italy. Five large balloon-like objects, called biosphere(生物圈), hold plants such as beans and strawberries. The biosphere is filled with air and placed 20 feet below the surface. “My father came up with the idea because he loves gardening very much,” Luca said.
According to Luca, the sea is a good place to grow plants because underwater temperatures remain stable, changing little from day to night. The biosphere acts like greenhouses. Inside the air-filled biosphere, fresh water keeps evaporating(蒸发), providing the plants with a good environment to grow in. “We have already seen the plants, grow faster and better,” Luca says. “And there are fewer storms that can knock down the biosphere during the summer.”
Luca hopes Nemo's Garden will provide a new way of growing crops. “There is not enough land on the Earth,” he says. “And in many developing countries, bad conditions make it difficult for crops to grow.”
Though the project has just started, Nemo's Garden has achieved success and is moving to different areas. “We're going to try growing other plants,” Luca says. “We hope to set up biosphere in other countries. There are many possibilities.”
1.Nemo's Garden is a project to ________.
A. do scuba-diving in the sea
B. stop storms in the sea
C. make fresh water from the sea
D. grow plants under the water
2.How long do Luca and other divers work on Nemo's Garden?
A. One month. B. Five months. C. Four months. D. Three months.
3.The underlined word “stable” in Paragraph 3 means “_______” in Chinese.
A. 平衡的 B. 正常的 C. 稳定的 D. 合适的
4.The passage is probably taken from the _______ part of a newspaper.
A. travel B. science C. health D. sports
5.The best title for this passage is _______.
A. Gardens in the Sea B. Projects for Summer Activities
C. Plants in Greenhouses D. Conditions for Crop Growing
My mother told me a good friend is like a mirror. I'm 1.1.(quiet) and more serious than most kids. That's why I like reading books and I study harder 2.2. class. My best friend Yuan Li is quiet too, 3.3. we enjoy studying together. I'm shy so it's not easy for me 4.4.(make) friends. But I think friends are like books—you don't need a lot of 5.5.(they) as long as they're good.
I don't 6.6.(real) care if my friends are the same as me or different. My favorite 7.7.(say) is, “A true friend reaches for your hand and touches your heart.” My best friend Carol is kind and very funny. We 8.8.(know) each other since we were very little. In fact, she's funnier than anyone I know. I 9.9.(break) my arm last year and she made me laugh and feel better. We can talk about and share everything. I know she 10.10.(care) about me because she's always there to listen.
The only person on a ship was washed up on a small, lonely island. He hoped that God would s1. him and looked for someone that would come to help him, but there was n2.. Tired, he at last tried to build a little house to protect him from d3., and to store his few things. But then one day, after f4. food, he arrived home to find his little house on fire, the heavy smoke from the house.
The worst happened; everything was lost. He was disappointed and a5.. “God, how could you do this to me!” he cried. Early the next day, however, he was woken up by the s6. of a ship that was coming towards the island.
It had come to save him. “H7. did you know I was here?” asked the man. “We saw your smoke signal(信号),” they said.
It is e8. to get discouraged(灰心的) when things are going bad. But we shouldn't l9. heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in your worst situation.
Remember, next time your little house is burning to the ground, it just m10. be a smoke signal that symbols the grace(惠赠) of God. For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for it.
