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I found the imagination of becoming a grandmother somewhat discouraging. I was younger than I thought a grandmother should be when I got the news that I was going to become one myself. I admit, it was not a role that I was emotionally ready to accept. I had been a young mother, and had certainly hoped my daughter would not face that same challenge. I remarried when she was a teenager, and then had two more children. On getting the news that she was expecting(怀孕), I remember thinking “What do I know about being a grandmother? —I haven’t even finished raising my own kids yet!” I don’t like to be unprepared, so I read a few books about grandparenting. That gave me a little help, but I was still uncertain. I thought about other grandmothers I knew, and got a few ideas I liked and a few more that I didn’t. But I couldn’t quite figure out what kind of grandmother I wanted to be. Then I thought about my own grandmother, Granny, as she’s known by most people, and I knew I had the answer.
I didn’t realize it until that moment, but my own grandmother was the example for the kind of grandmother I wanted to be. I am fortunate that I got to spend a lot of time with my grandparents when I was a little kid. Here is what I learned from my Granny:
Grandmothers always have a cookie jar. For my whole life, Granny always had a cookie jar full of cookies. When I was a little tiny girl, just at eye level with the counter, Granny would get the cookie jar down for me. When I was a little older I learned how to pull the chair over so I could reach. As I got taller, if I really stretched, I could reach the cookie jar with my finger tips and move it close enough to get it down off the counter to find out what kind of treat was inside. Always the first thing I did when I went to Granny’s house was check the cookie jar, and there were always cookies in it. Many years later, I’ll drive my own children to Granny’s house and the first thing to do is get us all a cookie.
So grandmothers must have a cookie jar, and on my granddaughter’ s first Christmas,my daughter bought me my own cookie jar. She said when they came to see me,her daughter would find the treat the way she did and I did.The writer thought it was a little discouraging to be a grandmother because________.
A.she was not old enough to be one |
B.she was not emotionally ready to be one |
C.she thought her daughter was too young to be a mother |
D.grandmother should be older than she was |
The underlined phrase “that same challenge ” in the first paragraph refers to “________”
A.taking care of a grandchild |
B.taking care of a baby |
C.being a young grandmother |
D.being a young mother |
It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________.
A.the writer has many happy memories of her grandmother’s cookie jar |
B.the writer always wanted to know what was inside her grandmother’s cookie jar |
C.the writer often drove her grandchildren to see her grandmother’s cookie jar |
D.women of the writer ‘s age all have a cookie jar for their grandchildren |
What kind of grandmother did the writer want to be?
A.One who has a jar filled with many kinds of cookies for children and herself. |
B.One who grows up with her grandmother^ cookie jar with all kinds of cookies. |
C.One who is like her own grandmother with a cookie jar to treat her grandchildren. |
D.One who always makes different kinds of cookies to treat her grandchildren. |
Which of the following can be the best title of this text?
A.Grandmother’s Cookie Jar |
B.Grandmother’s Treat for Children |
C.Grandmothers and Grandchildren |
D.Happy Memories of Cookies |
For those who can stomach it,working out before breakfast may be more beneficial for health than eating first,according to a study of meal timing and physical activity.
Athletes and scientists have long known that meal timing affects performance.However,far less has been known about how meal timing and exercise might affect general health.
To find out,British scientists conducted a study.They first found 10 overweight and inactive but otherwise healthy young men,whose lifestyles are,for better and worse,representative of those of most of us.They tested the men's fitness and resting metabolic (新陈代谢的) rates and took samples (样品) of their blood and fat tissue.
Then,on two separate morning visits to the scientists' lab,each man walked for an hour at an average speed that,in theory,should allow his body to rely mainly on fat for fuel. Before one of these workouts,the men skipped breakfast, meaning that they exercised on a completely empty stomach after a long overnight fast(禁食).On the other occasion,they ate a rich morning meal about two hours before they started walking.
Just before and an hour after each workout,the scientists took additional samples of the men's blood and fat tissue.
Then they compared the samples.There were considerable differences.Most obviously,the men displayed lower blood sugar levels at the start of their workouts when they had skipped breakfast than when they had eaten.As a result,they burned more fat during walks on an empty stomach than when they had eaten first.On the other hand,they burned slightly more calories(卡路里), on average,during the workout after breakfast than after fasting.
But it was the effects deep within the fat cells that may have been the most significant,the researchers found Multiple genes behaved differently,depending on whether someone had eaten or not before walking.Many of these genes produce proteins (蛋白质) that can improve blood sugar regulation and insulin(胰岛素) levels throughout the body and so are associated with improved metabolic health.These genes were much more active when the men had fasted before exercise than when they had breakfasted.
The implication of these results is that to gain the greatest health benefits from exercise,it may be wise to skip eating first.
(1)The underlined expression "stomach it" in Paragraph 1 most probably means " ".
A. |
digest the meal easily |
B. |
manage without breakfast |
C. |
decide wisely what to eat |
D. |
eat whatever is offered |
(2)Why were the 10 people chosen for the experiment?
A. |
Their lifestyles were typical of ordinary people. |
B. |
Their lack of exercise led to overweight. |
C. |
They could walk at an average speed. |
D. |
They had slow metabolic rates. |
(3)What happened to those who ate breakfast before exercise?
A. |
They successfully lost weight. |
B. |
They consumed a bit more calories. |
C. |
They burned more fat on average. |
D. |
They displayed higher insulin levels. |
(4)What could be learned from the research?
A. |
A workout after breakfast improves gene performances. |
B. |
Too much workout often slows metabolic rates. |
C. |
Lifestyle is not as important as morning exercise. |
D. |
Physical exercise before breakfast is better for health. |
Sometimes it's hard to let go.For many British people,that can apply to institutions and objects that represent their country's past﹣age﹣old castles,splendid homes…and red phone boxes.
Beaten first by the march of technology and lately by the terrible weather in junkyards(废品场),the phone boxes representative of an age are now making something of a comeback.Adapted in imaginative ways,many have reappeared on city streets and village greens housing tiny cafes,cellphone repair shops or even defibrillator machines(除颤器).
The original iron boxes with the round roofs first appeared in 1926.They were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott,the architect of the Battersea Power Station in London.After becoming an important part of many British streets,the phone boxes began disappearing in the 1980s,with the rise of the mobile phone sending most of them away to the junkyards.
About that time,Tony Inglis' engineering and transport company got the job to remove phone boxes from the streets and sell them out.But Inglis ended up buying hundreds of them himself,with the idea of repairing and selling them.He said that he had heard the calls to preserve the boxes and had seen how some of them were listed as historic buildings.
As Inglis and,later other businessmen,got to work,repurposed phone boxes began reappearing in cities and villages as people found new uses for them.Today,they are once again a familiar sight,playing roles that are often just as important for the community as their original purpose.
In rural areas,where ambulances can take a relatively long time to arrive,the phone boxes have taken on a lifesaving role.Local organizations can adopt them for l pound,and install defibrillators to help in emergencies.
Others also looked at the phone boxes and saw business opportunities.LoveFone,a company that advocates repairing cellphones rather than abandoning them,opened a mini workshop in a London phone box in 2016.
The tiny shops made economic sense,according to Robert Kerr,a founder of LoveFone.He said that one of the boxes generated around ﹩13,500 in revenue a month and cost only about ﹩400 to rent.
Inglis said phone boxes called to mind an age when things were built to last."I like what they are to people,and I enjoy bringing things back," he said.
(1)The phone boxes are making a comeback .
A. |
to form a beautiful sight of the city |
B. |
to improve telecommunications services |
C. |
to remind people of a historical period |
D. |
to meet the requirement of green economy |
(2)Why did the phone boxes begin to go out of service in the 1980s?
A. |
They were not well﹣designed. |
B. |
They provided bad services. |
C. |
They had too short a history. |
D. |
They lost to new technologies. |
(3)The phone boxes are becoming popular mainly because of .
A. |
their new appearance and lower prices |
B. |
the push of the local organizations |
C. |
their changed roles and functions |
D. |
the big funding of the businessmen |
Some important dates in China's fighting Covid﹣19 before May 7,202 |
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Jan 20,2020~ Feb 20,2020 |
Jan 23:Wuhan declared temporary outbound (向外的) traffic restrictions. Jan 24:National medical teams began to be sent to Hubei and wuhan. Jan 27:The Central Steering (指导) Group arrived in Wuhan. Feb 18:The daily number of newly cured and discharged (出院) patients exceeded that of the newly confirmed cases. |
Feb 21,2020~ Mar 17,2020 |
Feb 21:Most provinces and equivalent administrative units started to lower their public health emergency response level. Feb 24:The WHO﹣China Joint Mission on Covid﹣19 held a press conference in Beijing. Mar 11﹣17:The epidemic(流行病) peak had passed in China as a whole. |
Mar 18,2020 ~Apr 28,2020 |
Apr1:Chinese customs began NAT (核酸检测) on inbound arrivals at all points of entry. Apr 8:Wuhan lifted outbound traffic restrictions. Apr 26:The last Covid﹣19 patient in Wuhan was discharged from hospital. |
Apr 29,2020~ May 7,2020 |
Apr 30:The public health emergency response was lowered to Level 2 in the Beijing﹣Tianjin﹣Hebei region. May 7:The State Council released Guidelines on Conducting Covid﹣19 Prevention and Control on an Ongoing Basis. |
(1)What happened between January 20 and February 20?
A. |
The Central Steering Group arrived in Wuhan. |
B. |
The WHO﹣China Joint Mission on Covid﹣19 held a press conference. |
C. |
The last Covid﹣19 patient in Wuhan was discharged from hospital. |
D. |
Beijing lowered its emergency response level. |
(2)From which date were private cars allowed to go out of Wuhan?
A. |
January 23. |
B. |
March 11. |
C. |
April 8. |
D. |
May 7. |
阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文.
The Meredith family lived in a small community.As the economy was in decline,some people in the town had lost their jobs.Many of their families were struggling to make ends meet.People were trying to help each other meet the challenges.
Mrs. Meredith was a most kind and thoughtful woman.She spent a great deal of time visiting the poor.She knew they had problems,and they needed all kinds of help.When she had time,she would bring food and medicine to them.
One morning she told her children about a family she had visited the day before.There was a man sick in bed,his wife,who took care of him and could not go out to work,and their little boy.The little boy ﹣ his name was Bernard ﹣ had interested her very much.
"I wish you could see him," she said to her own children,John,Harry,and Clara."He is such a help to his mother.He wants very much to earn some money,but I don't see what he can do."
After their mother left the room,the children sat thinking about Bernard."I wish we could help him to earn money," said Clara. "His family is suffering so much."
"So do I," said Harry."We really should do something to assist them."
For some moments,John said nothing,but,suddenly,he sprang to his feet and cried,"I have a great idea! I have a solution that we can all help accomplish(完成)."
The other children also jumped up all attention.When John had an idea,it was sure to be a good one."I tell you what we can do," said John."You know that big box of corn Uncle John sent us?Well,we can make popcorn(爆米花),and put it into paper bags,and Bernard can take it around to the houses and sell it."
注意:
1. 续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答.
When Mrs.Meredith heard of John's idea,she thought it was a good one,too.__________
With everything ready,Bernard started out on his new business.__________
Rainforests are home to a rich variety of medicinal plants, food, birds and animals. Can you believe that a single bush (灌木丛) in the Amazon may have more species of ants than the whole of Britain! About 480 varieties of trees may be found in just one hectare of rainforest.
Rainforests are the lungs of the planet ﹣ storing vast quantities of carbon dioxide and producing a significant amount of the world's oxygen. Rainforests have their own perfect system for ensuring their own survival;the tall trees make a canopy(树冠层) of branches and leaves which protect themselves, smaller plants, and the forest animals from heavy rain,intense dry heat from the sun and strong winds.
Amazingly, the trees grow in such a way that their leaves and branches, although close together, never actually touch those of another tree. Scientists think this is the plants' way to prevent the spread of any tree diseases and make life more difficult for leaf﹣eating insects like caterpillars. To survive in the forest, animals must climb, jump or fly across the gaps. The ground floor of the forest is not all tangled leaves and bushes, like in films, but is actually fairly clear. It is where dead leaves turn into food for the trees and other forest life.
They are not called rainforests for nothing! Rainforests can generate 75% of their own rain. At least 80 inches of rain a year is normal ﹣ and in some areas there may be as much as 430 inches of rain annually. This is real rain ﹣ your umbrella may protect you in a shower, but it won't keep you dry if there is a full rainstorm. In just two hours, streams can rise ten to twenty feet. The humidity(湿气)of large rainforests contributes to the formation of rainclouds that may travel to other countries in need of rain.
(1)What can we learn about rainforests from the first paragraph?
A. |
They produce oxygen. |
B. |
They cover a vast area. |
C. |
They are well managed. |
D. |
They are rich in wildlife. |
(2)Which of the following contributes most to the survival of rainforests?
A. |
Heavy rains. |
B. |
Big trees. |
C. |
Small plants. |
D. |
Forest animals. |
(3)Why do the leaves and branches of different trees avoid touching each other?
A. |
For more sunlight. |
B. |
For more growing space. |
C. |
For self﹣protection. |
D. |
For the detection of insects. |
(4)What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. |
Life﹣Giving Rainforests |
B. |
The Law of the Jungle |
C. |
Animals in the Amazon |
D. |
Weather in Rainforests |