In our increasingly fast-paced, technology-driven world, most adults do not get the 8-10 hours of sleep every night. Things are even worse for those with young children. A recent study showed that 86% of parents in the UK complain of tiredness and about 26% get less than 5 hours of sleep every night. To give tired parents a little relaxation from their tight schedules (时间表), David Lloyd Clubs, a chain of gyms and fitness centers in Europe, has introduced a napping (小憩)class!
As the name suggests, the hour-long group class, described as a way to " refresh the mind, improve moods, and even bum the odd calorie (卡路里)", does not involve any hard exercise. Instead, the members are guided through 15 minutes of light stretching (伸展)to help them relax. Then, they are encouraged to lie under the blankets of a comfortable bed, cover their eyes with an eye mask, and take a nap for 45 minutes. With music playing in the background and the room set to the perfect temperature, they can be assured of the best possible sleep. The class is now being offered at just one place. If popular, they will be expanded (延伸)to other David Lloyd Clubs.
Do you know the good points of nap? A study conducted by Pennsylvania's Allegheny College found that midday naps not only help participants feel well-rested, but also enable them to deal with stress better. A follow-up study carried out at the University of California at Berkeley concluded that a 45-minute nap in the middle of the day helps to improve the learning abilities. The good news is that you do not have to make a trip to the U. K. to join this latest exercise fashion. You can get involved with the comfort of your own bed. So, go ahead and encourage your entire family to try a napping class.
Cars could soon be communicating with each other using 5G to make drivers aware of upcoming dangers, scientists claim. The ultra-fast mobile Internet would allow for rapid information transmission and could make drivers aware of black ice, pot holes or other dangers up ahead.
Several car manufacturers are already integrating 5G into their vehicles, including as a tool to welcome the coming of self-driving vehicles. Experts believe the high-speed connection will also improve the reliability and capability of automated vehicles to the point where they will be safer than the manual cars being driven today. They predict the number of road traffic accidents—which according to the World Health Organization (WHO) account for more than 1.3 million deaths and up to 50 million people injured worldwide every year—will drop thoroughly as a result.
Dr Dimitrios Liarokapis, a member of the research group, said: "With the help of 5G, an early warning system that alerts (给……报警）drivers is possible within the next few years. Cars that are close enough to the danger area will send warning messages to other cars around them using short-range communication technologies, but also to cars further away using 5G, fast and reliably. Then those cars will transmit the same information to cars near them and so on, forming a joined-up, multi-vehicle communication chain that stretches far and wide."
Automotive giant Ford is already working on connected cars. Earlier this year it revealed its intention to fit 80 percent of its 2020 vehicles with technology that warns drivers about upcoming road accidents, bad weather and traffic jams. The system pools data from other connected road users, emergency services and the authorities and sends it from the cloud directly to the car. Alerts are shown on the car's dashboard display warning the driver about what lies around the corner.
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I (eat) with my wife and children,” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best (climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she (feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought (they) food, clothes and shelter.
If you get into the forest with your friends, stay with them always. If you don't, you may get lost. If you really get lost, this is what you should do. Sit down and stay where you are. Don't try to find your friends—let them find you by staying in one place.
There is another way to help your friends or other nearby people to find you. Give them a signal (信号) by shouting or whistling (吹口哨) three times. Any signal given three times is a call for help.
Keep up shouting or whistling always three times together. When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun. They will let you know that they have heard your signal. They give you two shouts, two whistles, or two gun-shots (枪声). When someone gives you a signal, it is an answer to a call for help.
If you don't think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house—cover up to the holes with branches (树枝) with lots of leaves. Make yourself a soft bed with leaves and grass.
What should you do if you get hungry or need drinking water? You would have to leave your little house to look for a river. Don't just walk away. Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back. The most important thing to do when you are lost is—stay in one place.
the gunpowder was invented by the Chinese.
Face Adversity (逆境) with a Smile
I often cycle from my house to the town centre. And I used to1about a big hill on the route. When my friend Steven heard, he replied, "You are2. You should be glad of the3exercise that the hill provides.
My 4 to the hill now has changed. When I5it, I will tell myself: This hill will exercise my heart and lung. It will help me to lose weight and get6. It will mean that I can live7. This hill is my friend. Finally, I have a smile of8as I reach the top of the hill.
Problems are there to be9and overcome. We can't achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to10a university degree. She wrote, “Character can't be11in ease and quiet. Only through 12of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision13, ambition inspired and success achieved.
One of the main14of success in life is our attitude towards adversity. At times we all face hardships, problems, accidents and difficulties. Though we can't choose the15, we can choose our attitude towards it.
16, don't listen to anyone who tells you that you can't do this or that. That's nonsense.17your mind and have a18at everything. Go to school, and join in all the games you can. Go19you want to. But never, never let them20you that things are too difficult or impossible.
1）.不守公德现象; 2）. 改进的方法； 3）. 呼吁。
注意：
1）．词数100左右； 2）．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），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。
Our over-use of electricity is a big problem. It contributed to global warming，what is something that we really should be worried about. It is harming our environment and we need to do what we can stop it. Not only that, but as if we continue to use a same large amount of energy we will soon run out of it. How would we survive in a world with electricity？I think we should start preparing for it now. Cut back on our use of electricity would save energy resources effective so that they could last for longer. I know for sure that I can cut down our use in electricity. And if everyone do his or her best, we can make a big difference.
One of our rules is that every student _______ wear school uniform while at school.
A．might B．could
C．shall D．will
Our risk of cancer rises dramatically as we age. So it makes sense that the elderly should be routinely screened for new tumors — or doesn’t it?
While such vigilant(警觉的)tracking of cancer is a good thing in general, researchers are increasingly questioning whether all of this testing is necessary for the elderly. With the percentage of people over age 65 expected to nearly double by 2050, it’s important to weigh the health benefits of screening against the risks and costs of routine testing.
In many cases, screening can lead to additional biopsies(活检) and surgeries to remove cancer, which can cause side effects, while the cancers themselves may be slow-growing and may not cause serious health problems in patients’ remaining years. But the message that everyone must screen for cancer has become so rooted that when health care experts recommended that women under 50 and over 74 stop screening for breast cancer, it caused a fierce reaction among doctors, patients and advocacy groups.
It’s hard to get rid of deeply held beliefs about cancer screening with scientific data. Certainly, there are people over age 75 who have had cancers detected by routine screening, and gained several extra years of life because of treatment. And clearly, people over age 75 who have other risk factors for cancer, such as a family history or prior personal experience with the disease, should continue to get screened regularly. But for the remainder, the risk of cancer, while increased at the end of life, must be balanced with other factors like remaining life expectancy(预期寿命).
A recent study suggests that doctors start to make more objective decisions about who will truly benefit from screening- especially considering the explosion of the elderly that will soon swell our population.
It’s not an easy calculation to make, but one that make sense for the whole patient. Dr. Otis Brawley said, “Many doctors are ordering these tests just purely to cover themselves, after all at present there are more and more medical disputes. So we need to think about the reasonable use of health care and stop talking about the rationing(定量配给) of health care.”
That means making some difficult decisions with elderly patients, and going against the misguided belief that when it comes to health care, more is always better.
28. How do some researchers now look at routine cancer screening for the elderly?
A. It adds too much to their medical bills. B. It helps increase their life expectancy.
C. They are doubtful about necessity. D. They think it does more than good.
29. What is the conventional view about women screening for breast cancer?
A. It applies to women over 50. B. It is a must for adult women.
C. It is optional for young women. D. It doesn’t apply to women over 74.
30. What does the underlined word “ cover” most probably mean in paragraph 6 ?
A. protect B. be famous C. benefit D. hide
31. What does the author say is the general view about health care?
A. The more, the better. B. Prevention is better than cure.
C. Better early than late. D. Better care, longer life.
There are thousands of people across the United States without any food or shelter（住所），Every Saturday or Sunday night, my family and I go out and 41 the homeless people in the city.
There is one 42 thing I like to mention here. Before we begin our 43 my family and I do not eat. We do this 44 we know how it feels to be hungry. We all get together in the kitchen and 45 the food. We then 46 the food for 30 or more people. I like to write a special 47 on the bags like “God loves you”.
A lot of people 48 homeless people. Not all homeless people are bad people Some are really 49 . Many people hare them 50 no good reason. In the beginning. when my family and I went out on the street, we had to 51 their trust. Later, as they 52 us every week, they started to trust us, We 53 know some of their names. We all have to keep in mind that they also have 54 Some of them shake our hands for giving them food, and 55 us. Some of them do really funny dances because they are 56 ．
We have become 58 close to a man named Tony and his wife. After meeting with them several times, he has told us a lot about his 58 . He graduated from college and has a PHD. He used to teach French and Spanish.
After we get done feeding the homeless, it makes me 59 what I have at home Sometimes it makes me sad, and makes my mom cry I love feeding the homeless and 60 in someone's life.
41.A.visit B．introduce C. save D．feed
42.A.common B．exciting C. special D. embarrassing
43. A. show B. joumey C. vacation D. meal
44. A.so B. when C. if D. because
45. A. design B. prepare C. buy D. give
46. A. bag B. cook C. fetch D. find
47. A. passage B. saying C. note D. message
48. A. please B. help C. love D. misunderstand
49. A. helpful B. nice C. funny D. beautiful
50. A. for B. at C. of D. on
51. A. bring B. earn C. create D. share
52. A. served B. told C. saw D. needed
53. A. hardly B. never C. sometimes D. even
54. A. words B. looks C. desires D. feelings
55. A. change B. thank C. impress D. disappoint
56. A. happy B. great C. surprised D. bored
57. A. only B. too C. also D. really
58. A. dream B. future C. life D. friend
59. A. want B. enjoy C. keep D. think
60. A. taking care B. watching out C. showing up D. making a difference
It is high time we ________ some effective measures to solve the job problem.
A. will take B. have taken C. had taken D. took
It makes his life quite different ________he has received education abroad．
A．that B．which C．what D．how
