What’s your favorite weather? Do you like sunny or rainy days? Many people like sunshine (阳光) a lot. 1.. They think rain makes them feel sad. For a long vacation, they like going to the beach to enjoy sunshine.2.. I like sunshine very much, but I also enjoy rain.
3.. It can make me feel quiet. On rainy days, I like listening to music and doing some reading, or just looking at the rain and daydreaming (做白日梦).4. I think it’s a good way to relax when it rains.
5.. I hope you can feel happy no matter (无论) it rains or it’s sunny.
A. When you daydream, you don’t have to think about other things.
B. Sunshine can make them feel good and happy.
C. When it rains, the ground is wet and muddy.
D. They don’t like rain.
E. Sunshine can make one run around and rain can make one keep quiet.
F. I enjoy the sound (声音) of rain.
G. They also like rain.
We often just use our sense of sight, touch, smell, and taste to eat food. But what about our sense of hearing? Does sound also affect our dining experience?
A new report answers, “yes, it does.”
That answer comes from researchers at Brigham Young University and Colorado State University in the United States. They found that hearing is important in the eating experience.
Hearing is often called “the forgotten food sense”, says Ryan Elder. Elder is an assistant professor of marketing at Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Management. He says that if people notice the sound the food makes as they eat it, they might eat less. On the other hand, watching loud television or listening to loud music while eating can hide such noises. And this could lead to overeating.
For the study, the researchers wanted to test whether the sounds of eating—chewing, chomping and crunching(松脆的)—had any effect on how much a person ate. During the experiments, the test subjects wore headphones and listened to noise at either a high or low audio level. Then researchers gave them a crunchy snack: pretzels. The study found that subjects who listened to the higher volume noise ate more pretzels than those with the low audio levels.
Elder says that when hiding I heard sounds of eating, like when you watch television or listen to loud music while eating, we take away the sense of hearing. And this may cause you to eat more than you would normally. The researchers are calling this, the “crunch effect”.
The researchers admit that the effects may not seem like much at one meal. But over a week, a month or a year, all that food can really add up.
1.Which sense is often ignored in the eating experience?
A. Sight. B. Smell.
C. Hearing. D. Touch.
2.Who would find this article helpful?
A. People who enjoys cooking food . B. People who cares about losing weight.
C. People who like watching TV . D. People who want to eat healthy food.
3.Why the researchers use “pretzels”?
A. They can make loud noise. B. They are delicious.
C. They are more available D. They are good for health.
4.Which can be the best title for the passage?
A. Be Mindful of Whatever You Eat B. Be Sensitive to Your Eating habits
C. Want to Lose Weight? Listen to yourself Eat D. Better Hear Than Eat
Judge Frank Caprio is a famous person in the city of Providence, Rhode Island. And, he is starting to get noticed around the world, too. He is an 80-year-old judge in the capital city of Rhode Island, the smallest state in the U. S.. One of his jobs is to take charge of traffic court. That involves talking to people who have gotten traffic tickets for going though red lights or parking illegally. They go to traffic court to question the tickets. Caprio hears what they have to say. Then, he decides whether or not the ticket is legal.
Caprio recently heard the case of a young man who was driving his mother’s car. He went through a light after it turned red. After he spoke with the high school student, Caprio decided to let him off with a warning----if he promised to go to college and graduate.
Another video from the Providence traffic court came out earlier this week. It showed a woman speaking with Judge Caprio about a parking ticket. She went to traffic court after getting a ticket for parking in an area that only permitted parking after 10 a. m. . The ticket was written at 9:59 a. m. . The woman said the clock in her car showed 10 a. m., so she thought it would be OK. After some conversation, the judge decided to dismiss the ticket.
But Caprio did tell her, “You violated the city laws.” He held up a large book of rules. He smiled and the woman laughed. He said: “Our parking enforcement officers are second to none in the country!” After talking with the court officer, he said “I think 9:59 is close enough. Matter is dismissed.”
The video was viewed over 1 million times in just two days. One person wrote of the video: “This is so cute. What a great judge. LOVE THIS.” Others wondered if the video was real, because it seemed so funny. But, there actually are judges out there like Frank Caprio. He is as real as they come.
1.What punishment did the young man receive?
A. None B. Fine
C. Education D. Blame
2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “violated” in Paragraph 4?
A. ignored B. followed
C. understood D. broke
3.What did the author think of the video about the parking ticket?
A. It was funny B. It was so cute
C. It was not real D. It was quite true
Travel Information
1.It is said that the love story about Xu Xian and the White Snake happened on _____.
A. Dragon Tower B. West Lake
C. Water Cube D. Disneyland
2.If a person in Hangzhou feels like visiting Water Cube, he should call _____to get information.
A. 00852-28029822 B. 0451-82187899
C. 0571-68345576 D. 0l0-28135589
3.Disneyland, which attracts a lot of tourists from home and abroad every year, is in _____ according to the travel information.
A. Beijing B. Harbin
C. Hong Kong D. Hangzhou
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the travel information?
A. Water Cube is special in design.
B. The price of a ticket for West Lake is the highest.
C. In Disneyland.you can't see any cartoon characters.
D. The price of a ticket for Dragon Tower is the lowest.
（题文）假如你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter对中国的竹子非常好奇。请写一封电子邮件介绍竹子的短文。内容包括：
1．竹子的外貌特点：
2．竹子的作用：
3．竹子的象征意义。
注意：1．词数：100左右：
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英浯课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加—个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
There is no denying that mobile phones are playing an importantly role in our daily life. However, the phenomenon people are too addicted in their mobile phones is becoming more and more popular. Mobile phone addicts can’t help check their mobile phones all day, even when they are walking on the road. As the result, their communication with people around them becomes less and less. Besides, their healthy is greatly affected. Many are suffered from neck pains, for example.
In my opinion, it is time we throw away our mobile phones and raised our heads up. We should spend less time communicating with our family and friends face to face.
