Music is one of the most 1. (power) things in my life. Listening to music can help to motivate me in trying time. When younger, I 2. (have) no great love for music as I do now. I mainly listened to 3. my parents were listening to. Whether I was in the car, the house, 4. anywhere else there was sure to be some Beatles, or Buddy Holly constantly playing in the background. Now as I’m older, I enjoy it for the reason that it allows me to remember my childhood.
I believe music has the power 5. (convey) all sorts of emotion. The song “A little bit longer” by Nick Jonas is 6. an emotional and inspiring song that when I hear it, I always come close to 7. (drop) down tears, especially when I watch it being played live. The effect that music can have 8. our emotions is tremendous, as it can bring people to floods of tears or bursts of 9. (laugh).
I believe music affects people in many ways. To me, music is 10. (extreme) important in my life. I think it brings me closer to my friends and family.
Do you ever feel like you are studying a mad rush of one subject after another? When things happen at such a _______ pace, it is easy to lose sight of what you are learning. It is important to _______ every now and then to think about what you’ve been learning.
Self reflection means stopping the mad rush and _______ yourself so your brain can evaluate what it has already _______. Some people prefer to do their self reflections _______, while others keep a journal. Either method can work, depending on what your own personal _______ is.
School textbooks are often divided into units. This can make it _______ for someone to begin the process of self reflection. Watch for the times when you complete a unit of study. Sometimes you are reminded that the unit is _______ because there is some kind of test or quiz. Use these natural _______ as opportunities to stop and reflect.
You should find a ________ place—anywhere without noise is OK. This can even be sitting at your desk at school when you finish something ________ and the other students are still working. If you are going to take notes, take out your journal. Write down some notes on things that you ________ learned in this unit. Let your mind think about the notes you have written and make some ________.
Sometimes just pausing to think deeply allows your brain to make connections ________ new information can quickly appear when you ________ it again. Next, think about things that you still wonder about. ________ maybe you learned about a certain body system, but you don’t ________ how it works with the other body systems. Maybe you learned a new way to solve a math problem, but you’re not sure when to use it. Writing down your ________ will help you remember to continue seeking answers the next time you ________ the same topic.
Self reflection is an essential skill for a ________ student. If you have never taken the time to reflect, try it now.
1.A. steady B. fast C. relaxing D. unique
2.A. change B. check C. stop D. exercise
3.A. calming B. enjoying C. behaving D. helping
4.A. dealt B. forgotten C. found D. received
5.A. personally B. mentally C. slowly D. directly
6.A. pace B. grade C. skill D. style
7.A. quick B. necessary C. easy D. hard
8.A. finished B. divided C. interrupted D. covered
9.A. breaks B. tests C. units D. periods
10.A. safe B. familiar C. quiet D. comfortable
11.A. correctly B. finally C. early D. independently
12.A. actively B. newly C. rapidly D. carefully
13.A. choices B. decisions C. connections D. improvements
14.A. in case B. so that C. even if D. as though
15.A. seek B. share C. show D. need
16.A. In general B. Of course C. For example D. As usual
17.A. know B. doubt C. believe D. remember
18.A. opinions B. methods C. worries D. questions
19.A. come across B. get through C. think of D. take away
20.A. talented B. successful C. serious D. young
As you’re busy with your studies, the weeks during the Spring Festival can be a time when training and healthy eating plans go out of the window. But you can continue running and avoid weight gain during the holiday season. 1.
Pick a race
Having a race on your calendar (日历) is a motivation to keep running during the holiday. 2. Check our active. com or Running in the City for events near you.
Don’t skip breakfast
If you’re going to a holiday party in the evening, don’t make the mistake of skipping breakfast. You may think you’re saving calories for later. 3.
Bring your own healthy dishes
Chances are that most of the dishes at holiday gatherings are going to be high in calories. Bring your own healthy appetizers to the party. The host will appreciate it, and you know there will be at least one wise choice on the buffet table.
4.
If you’re heading to an evening event, eat regular meals and snacks every few hours up until party time. You won’t arrive at the party ready to attack appetizers (开胃品). Make sure you include fiber at each meal because it keeps you full longer.
Plan your runs
It’s easy to say that you’ll keep running regularly during the holiday season, but sticking to it requires a strategy. Schedule your runs like appointments, so you make the first thing during a busy week. 5.
A. Treat yourself.
B. Eat small meals.
C. Try some or all of these strategies (策略).
D. In fact, it may lead to overeating later in the day.
E. Buy yourself a gift of some new running shoes and clothes.
F. If you have runs scheduled, you are more likely to get them done.
G. Once you choose one that is in a few weeks, set a plan and stick to it.
Before I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh—and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.
I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their hearts out. The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasn’t only funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.
The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you weren’t jealous of him.
In short, we don’t laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person’s emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.
1.What did the author find out after studying psychology?
A. Only good jokes make people laugh
B. Many factors lead to people laughing.
C. Funny things can make people laugh
D. Laughter can make people healthy.
2.Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?
A. They played a trick on the pedestrians.
B. The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.
C. They could feel the pedestrians’ happiness.
D. Their emotion was approved of by the show.
3.What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?
A. Annoy B. Blame
C. Look down on D. Make up to
The Indian government may use 3D paintings as virtual speed-breakers on major highways and roads, in an attempt to check speeding and careless driving，and eventually make its deadly roads a little safer. “We are trying out 3D paintings used as virtual speed breakers to avoid unnecessary requirements of speed breakers,” India’s transport minister Nitin Gadkari tweeted.
The visual illusions (幻象) are supposed to encourage drivers to slow down automatically. Earlier this month, India had ordered the removal of all speed breakers from highways, which are considered to be a danger to safety for high-speed vehicles.
India has the highest number of road accident deaths in the world. According to the World Health Organisation, over 200,00 people are killed by road accidents due to poor application of road safety laws. This is considerably higher than its official figures of 141,526 for 2014.
The use of visual illusions as speed breakers was first pioneered in the American city of Philadelphia in 2008, as part of a campaign against speeding motorists. The technique has also been tried out in China to create floating 3D crossings.
In India, cities such as Ahmedabad and Chennai have already experimented with 3D zebra crossings in the last one year. In Ahmedabad for instance, two artists, mother and daughter have painted 3D crosswalks in the first few months of this year. The artists say their motto is “to increase the attention of drivers”, and that the concept has been successfully tested in zones where accidents easily occur on a highway.
However, critics argue that once drivers know that these speed breakers are visual illusions, they may ignore them. Others also point out that India’s decision does not consider the safety of a large number of walkers. In the end, the new policy may be just one step towards improving road safety.
1.Accoding to the passage, 3D paintings as virtual speed breakers in India aims to ________.
A. replace all speed breakers from highways
B. encourage essential requirements of speed breakers
C. check speeding and careless driving on all highways
D. remind divers to speed down voluntarily for road safety
2.What caused the high number of road accident deaths in India?
A. Speeding motorists. B. Floating 3D crossings.
C. Free use of visual illusions. D. Bad application of traffic laws.
3.The author explains the experiment of 3D zebra crossings in India by ________.
A. giving examples B. analysing causes
C. providing figures D. making comparisons
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards 3D zebra crossings?
A. Subjective. B. Objective.
C. Supportive. D. Critical.
The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机). The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity — roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meal tickets worth $ 36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.
The plan, a world-first, will start on 19 April and run for a year. Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard，hotel spokeswoman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I don’t think people will take advantage of our programme.”
Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36 % of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen. dk. US environmental website treehugger. com recently voted Copenhagen the world’s best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as a symbol of the hotel’s green profile (形象).”
If successful，the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement.
1.What is the main purpose of the free meal programme?
A. To promote the hotel’s green concept.
B. To make the city known to the world.
C. To attract people to the hotel restaurant.
D. To get guests to stay longer at the hotel.
2.How can a participant get a free meal?
A. By becoming a professional cyclist.
B. By cycling to produce some electricity.
C. By linking a smart phone to a bicycle.
D. By monitoring his or her carbon footprint.
3.Who are most likely to enter for the programme?
A. The poor local people.
B. The environment activists.
C. Health-conscious hotel guests.
D. Visitors fond of Copenhagen food.
4.According to Paragraph 3, Copenhagen has one of the world’s .
A. best chain hotels
B. greenest natural environments
C. longest bike paths
D. highest rates of people cycling to work
