One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held a sign which said, "I am blind, Please help me."
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the news words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving the money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked." Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way." What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day, but I can not see it."
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.
The first is: Treasure what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.
The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.
How many buildings when the hurricane ended?
Essentially, everyone has two ages: a chronological（按时间计算的）age, how old the calendar says you are, and a biological age, basically the age at which your body functions as it compares to average fitness or health levels.
"Chronological age isn't how old we really are. It's merely a number," said Professor David Sinclair at Harvard University. "It is biological age that determines our health and ultimately our lifespan. We all age biologically at different rates according to our genes, what we eat, how much we exercise, and what environment we live in. Biological age is the number of candles we really should be blowing out. In the future, with advances in our ability to control biological age, we may have even fewer candles on our birthday cake than the previous one."
To calculate biological age, Professor Levine at Yale University identified nine biomarker(生物标志) that seemed to be the most influential on lifespan by a simple blood test. The numbers of those markers, such as blood sugar and immune(免疫的) measures, can be put into the computer, and the algorithm（算式;算法）does the rest.
Perhaps what's most important here is that these measures can be changed. Doctors can take this information and help patients make changes to lifestyle, and hopefully take steps to improve their biological conditions. "I think the most exciting thing about this research is that these things aren't set in stone," Levine said. "People can be given the information earlier and take steps to improve their health before it's too late."
Levine even entered her own numbers into the algorithm. She was surprised by the results. "I always considered myself a very healthy person. I'm physically active; I eat what I consider a fairly healthy diet. But I did not find my results to be as good as I had hoped they would be. It was a wake-up call," she said.
Levine is working with a group to provide access to the algorithm online so that anyone can calculate their biological age, identify potential risks and take steps to improve their own health in the long run. "No one wants to live an extremely long life with a lot of chronic（慢性的）diseases," Levine said. "By delaying the development of mental and physical functioning problems, people can still be engaged in society in their senior years. That is the ideal we should be pursuing."
British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th century. The __61 (invent) of the railways made this possible. The first holiday makers 62 (be) quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to cure people of illness. And doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. At that time ordinary working people had very little time off work. 63 , in 1871 the government introduced four “Bank Holidays”, that is national holidays. This allowed people 64 (have) a day or two out now and then, 65 gave them a taste for leisure and seaside. At first, they went on a day trip, taking advantage 66 special trip tickets on the railways. By the 1880s, 67 (rise) incomes meant that many ordinary workers and their families could have holiday at the seaside. Welfare was reduced and cheap hotels 68 (build) for them. Holiday makers enjoy 69 (sit) on the beach, bathing in the sea and eating ice cream. Cheap entertainment was on offer and holiday makers went to have fun. Today 70 English seaside remains popular with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.
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Whether we’re buying a pair of running shoes, reading a certain book, or even selecting a life partner , everyday decisions--from the ordinary and typically unexciting to the (41)______challenges of balancing career, family, and individual needs--have become increasingly complicated due to the overwhelming(42)______of choice with which we are presented.
We assume that more choices should mean better options and greater satisfaction. But (43)______the considerable amount of choice causes people to become helpless and dissatisfied. So beware of choice overload. Beyond a certain number of choices, the law of diminishing marginal utility(边际效应) begins to take effects. Choices overload can make you (44)______ the decisions you make before you even make them, it can set you up for (45)______high expectations, and it can make you blame yourself for any and all failures.
In his beautifully-reasoned book The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz explains why too much of a good thing has proven harmful to our psychological and emotional well-being. The case he makes for a correlation between our emotional state and what he calls the “the tyranny(暴政) of choice” is fairly(46)______. Schwartz illustrates well how our choices have expanded, how our demands for perfection have increased and how we suffer as a result---from regret and feelings of asking for more. He makes the counter-intuitive case that(47)______choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. In (48)______, engaging language, he offers practical steps for how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the (49)______ to focus on the important ones and ignore the rest. And if you can(50)______those approaches, ultimately you will derive greater satisfaction from the choices you do make.
(2017·全国卷Ⅲ)It is ________ (certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal.
She stared at the painting, wondering where she_______it.
A. saw B. has seen C. sees D. had seen
阅读下列材料，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
One Saturday afternoon ， my mother was driving home. On the halfway ， after pulling out her credit card to buy something at the store near the gas station ， she put her wallet on 1 ． top of her car just for a moment 2 ． (answer) my phone call. And then obviously ， she forgot and drove off. When arriving home ， she realized that and thought the chance 3 ． getting it again was small.
She was so joyfully surprised when she found a note 4 ． (stick)on her door from a person who said he and his friend found her wallet a few hours earlier. Patrick and Catherine saw the wallet in the middle of the road a few blocks from the gas station. They stopped their car to pick it up. It was filled with all the things one 5 ． (natural)kept in a wallet ， some bills and some cash included. However ， no phone number ， regardless of this ， they 6 ． (manage)to get an address from my mother’s driving licence ， and without hesitation ， they decided to drive to our home to return it.
When my mother went to get her wallet ， she was so 7 ． (relief) and grateful. She intended to give them some money as an 8 ． (express) of gratitude ， but they refused ， saying that they were just glad to offer my mother help.
They were honest ， and they had firm faith in the Golden Rule as well. They drove to our home because they realized the unpleasant and upset experience 9 ． the loss of a wallet and all its contents could cause. I think they were really 1 0 ． (consider) and helpful.
Picky eaters may have good reasons for their behaviour. No matter why your child has become picky, how you handle the situation can affect his or her future. Therefore, you should know the following reasons for picky children first of all.
Neophobia is common in children; it often happens at the dinner table. Some children just refuse to try new food because they don’t know what it will taste like, while others dislike new food before even smelling it. Some children take it to the extreme(极端) and will only eat a few foods that they like. Psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Capaldi says that, by the time children reach the age of two, they have formed their own eating habits that they don’t want to be disturbed by new offerings at the table.
A newly published study led by Dr. Lucy Cooke of University College London showed that picky eating in children results from genetic(遗传的) and environmental causes. The research, which followed the eating habits of 5,390 pairs of twins between the ages of 8 and 11, found that about 75% of the neophobia in the children was from their parents, while 25% was due to the influence of environment.
Children grow at a high speed during their first year, but that fast-paced growth tends to slow down by their second year. When children are not experiencing one of those fast growth periods, their body needs less energy; and that results in a smaller appetite(胃口). When children are not hungry, they tend to enjoy only food they like. They refuse new food and food that is not their favourite. Some children will limit the amount of food to only one kind, like hamburgers or pancakes, leaving all the other foods untouched.
In some cases, many real reasons why a child behaves as a picky eater exist. About 5% of children who are 10 years of age or younger have some type of neurological dysfunction(神经机能障碍) that influences their eating habits. These children may be easily hurt by some special smells, or their brain may not be able to process such sensory information properly.
67．The underlined word “Neophobia”in Paragraph 2 probably means_________.
A．the fear of something new or unknown B．the worry about the amount of new food
C．the feeling of eating at the dinner table D．the fear of eating tasty food
68．What can we learn about the study led by Dr. Cooke?
A．It paid more attention to the environmental effects on children’s eating habits.
B．It followed the eating habits of 5,390 children aged between 8 and 11.
C．It showed that genetics greatly affect children’s eating habits.
D．It suggested that parents should have good eating habits.
69．The fourth paragraph mainly tells us that_______.
A．children’s growth speed stays the same in the first two years
B．children develop their own diet when they grow up
C．children tends to eat less when they grow up
D．children’s growth has an effect on their diet
70．The reason mentioned in the last paragraph has something to do with a child’s_______.
A．exercise B．sense C．habit D．interest
Robot teachers are now very popular with pupils in some primary schools in South Korea. Compared with human teachers, the robot teachers are 61 (patient) . They never get angry and are always kind to the students. That's 62 the children can always get on well with their robot teachers.
English-teaching robots 63 (send) to three primary schools for eight weeks last December. 64 (equip) with a microphone and video camera, the robots teach students as teachers. Researchers found that the English-teaching robots helped raise students’ interests in the language and build up their 65 (confident). More and more students came to like studying and they got better grades in exams. Meanwhile, other robot teachers, 66 can teach math, science and art, have also been developed.
Many people think these robot teachers should be used 67 faraway village schools so that the children there can also receive a good education. 68 (give) rural school children more learning chances, the South Korean government has expressed great interest in 69 (develop) these robots. No doubt there will be more and more robot teachers working with students. Perhaps they will 70 (complete) replace human teachers one day in the future. Who knows?
________ trees ________ in the past few years.
A. The number of; has been planted B. A great number of; have been planted
C. A great number of; has been planted D. A great number of; have planted
请以 An Environmental Protection Activity为题，写一篇100词左右的英语短文。要点如下：
1． 时间：上周天。地点：海宝公园。
2. 活动内容：分三组进行环保活动。参考词汇：set up boards, give a speech, etc.
3. 谈谈你对这次活动的看法。
注意：1. 词数: 100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
An Environmental Protection Activity
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