-Yes, ______,I’m going to visit some homes for the old in the city.
-Good evening. _______?
Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column.She had been a school taether before she retired,but she needed to keep1. She was even willing to work without pay.She then offered her2with a business that helped other businesses to find jobs for old people.Every day she3other old folks like her.By talking with them,she4two things.Old people had abilities that were not5. also had some6.She found a new purpose for herself then.
Through the years，she7to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new8： Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called“Sixty Plus”， which was about9old . She writes about the problems of old people，especially their problems with being10.
Anna Douglas uses her11ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands12problems begin. For example，one of her13said that his grandchildren14the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs Douglas15some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
“It's important to know16about your grandchildren's world，”says Mrs Douglas. “That means questioning and listening，and17is not what old people do best. Say good things to them and about them，”she continues. “Never try to18your grandchildren or other young people. Never19your opinion. Don't tell them what they should do.20 ，they have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them as well. ”
"The skeletal muscles(骨骼肌) relax and the overall result is better circulation to the muscles," says psychologist Michael Titze, chairman of Humor Care in Tuttlingen, Germany, and a researcher into laughter.
Laughing also helps to break down stress hormones and build up those associated with happiness. It also helps to increase the immune defenses in the bloodstream, including those that help the body protect itself from cancer and heart disease."Laughing, among other things, tenses the muscles in the eye and activates positive emotions in the brain," says Titze
The therapist therefore advocates trying to look for things that arouse laughter in daily life,thoughfor many people today.
"Laughing demands a bit of courage," says Claudia Madelaine Zimmer of a club in Leipzig devoted to laughing. To a certain degree, the discipline needed to raise children wears down the ability to have fun. People fear losing their authority by having fun or doing something interesting. However, people with humor not only live more healthily, they are also better at solving conflicts, she believes.
But because it's often difficult to have a good laugh, people all over the world are joining laughing clubs. Zimmer says such clubs meet regularly, and do "laugh yoga".The goal is to laugh without reason or inhibition. This seems artificial at first but with a bit of training people can learn to go into natural laughter from collective, intentional laughter. And because you can hardly think about it while in laughter training, the relaxation is greater than you expect.
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In a way parents are limited in entertainment because of the responsibility for children.
“Plants were expected to get larger with increased carbon dioxide in atmosphere, but changes in temperature, humidity and nutrient availability seem to trumped the benefits of increased carbon dioxide，” said researchers from the National University of Singapore.
45 percent of the species studied now reach smaller adult sizes than they did in the past. The researchers pointed out that warmer temperatures and changing habitats, caused by climate change, are possible reasons for shrinking creatures.
“We do not yet know the mechanisms involved, or why some organism are getting smaller while others are unaffected，” the researchers said. “Until we understand more, we could be risking negative consequences that we can't yet quantify.”
The change was big in coldblooded animals. Only two decades of warmer temperatures were enough to make reptiles smaller. An increase of 1 degree centigrade caused nearly a 10 percent increase in metabolism (新陈代谢). Greater use of energy resulted in tiny tortoises and little lizards. Fish are smaller now too. Though overfishing has played a part in reducing numbers, experiments show that warmer temperatures also stop fish growth. There is a recent report on warmer temperatures' negative effects on plankton, the base of the marine ecosystem.
Warmblooded animals weren't immune from the size change caused by climate change. Many birds are now smaller. Mammals have been miniaturized too. Soay sheep are thinner. Red deer are weaker. And polar bears are smaller, compared with historical records.
This is not the first time this has happened in Earth's history. 55 million years ago, a warming event similar to the current climate change caused bees, spiders and ants to shrink by 50 to 75 percent over several thousand years. That event happened over a long time than the current climate change.
The speed of modern climate change could mean organisms may not respond or adapt quickly enough, especially those with long generation times. So, it is likely that more negative influences of climate change will be shown in future.
More over smart phone, the intelligent watch is about to take your spot as the latest hitech current, allowing wearers to glance at messages and even take calls without touching their phones. The i'm Watch, available since 2011, is the flagship product of an Italian company—i'm. This smart watch is an assist to the smart phone, with which it can communicate by Bluetooth wireless technology. It means you can leave your phone in your pocket as you answer or reject a call, review emails or read updates from friends on Twitter or Facebook.
The i'm Watch also has its own applications, such as i'm Sport, which links with a heart rate detector (检测器) to allow a runner to check his pulse. Such functions already exist in specialized sports watches but not on watches that are linked to smart phones.
With a square shape, a 3.8centimeter touch screen and various colors, the i'm Watch sells for a minimum of 300 Euros ($390) for the basic model and prices climb to 16 000 Euros for a luxury model in silver or decorated with diamonds.
So far, the watch has already found 30 000 buyers, 80 percent of whom are men aged 25 to 50. “Seventy percent are iPhone users, 25 percent Samsung and the rest are other telephones using Google's Android operating system，” said Massimiliano Bertolini, a manager of the company, which aims to sell more than 200 000 watches this year. The company's target market is the person who is always glued to his smart phone, even in meetings or at the movies, or people who wish to keep an eye on their heartbeat during exercise. They will especially target women with advertisements emphasizing its design rather than its technology.
When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was 1to see that it was an English dictionary, also known as a monolingual dictionary.2it was a dictionary intended for non—native learners, none of my classmates had one, 3, to be honest, I found it extremely 4 to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and 5 not fully understand the meaning. I was used to the 6 bilingual dictionaries, in which the words are 7 both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt 8 to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I 9 that monolingual dictionaries are 10 in learning a foreign language As I found out, there is 11 often no perfect equivalence(对应)between two 12 in two language. My aunt even goes so far as to 13 that a Chinese "equivalent" can never give you the 14 meaning of a word in English! 15, she insisted that I read the definition(定 义) of a world in a monolingual dictionary 16 I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. 17, I have come to see what she meant. Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) 18 number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am 19 exposed to(接触)the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. 20 this, I can express myself more easily in English.
结合语境，根据汉语或首字母提示用单词的适当形式填空。
take in; mark out; apply for; consist of; rather than; vote for; feel like; a great many; occur to; teaming up with |
假定英语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。
Most students go to Internet bars play video games, that takes much of their precious time. Some students even stayed in Internet bars day and night, forgot their studies. No doubt these students will finally end up with their bright future destroy. Furthermore, some student log onto unhealthy websites accidental. And they are finally absorbed to the excitement of reading unhealthy stories or watching dirty videos. All these are harmful to the teenagers and if only this is not controlled or the use of the Internet is not properly guided, some of us will go the wrong way.
The First Americans
There was a time long ago when a land bridge connected Asia and North America. The first settlers in North America crossed this land bridge from what is now Siberia to Alaska. The people who made this initial crossing were probably following the animals they used for food.
Finally, the oceans rose and the land bridge between the continents disappeared. The settlers, who I shall call the “First Americans”， could not return to their homeland.
For the next few thousand years, the First Americans moved south and east throughout North and South America. They made the journey all the way from Alaska to the southern tip of South America, a distance of more than 10,000 miles.
In the far north, above the Arctic Circle, the First Americans became hunters of the ocean.In the summer, they gathered berries and other plants. In the winter, they stayed in lodges much of the time preparing for the next summer. It was a hard life, but they learned to survive in these terrible conditions.
Farther south, in what is now Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico, the First Americans became cliff dwellers. They began by living in caves that already existed in the cliffs.The dwellings they built in many ways resembled today's apartment buildings.
They built a system of dams and canals so they could store and use water almost any time of the year. They were so successful that they could raise fruits and vegetables that were not found naturally in the desert.
A．They also discovered foods like corn and potatoes.
B．Along the way, they established many different civilizations.
C．They discovered how to add to the caves by building structures of wood and stone.
D．People living near each other tended to share similar environments and customs.
E．They built boats of animal skins and hunted or fished for their food.
F．They would have to survive in the New World they had discovered.
G．The First Americans of the Southwest learned to water the desert.
结合语境，根据首字母或汉语提示用单词的适当形式填空。
I found my bike a notice in the newspaper.
Scientists say they are beginning to in the fight cancer.
Peter said when he first came to the city，he really didn't know .
We're going to Japan July.
He finally of becoming an actor.
His dream of becoming an actor finally .
The nurses keep children out of doors .
I've had some difficulties but they were nothing yours.
The island about 78,000.
poor. In fact，she is quite rich.
that he's become a teacher.
Exactly when the first people arrived in what we now know as California，no one really knows. However，is likely that Native Americans were living in California at least fifteen thousand years ago.
Scientists believe that these first settlers (cross) the Bering Strait in the Arctic to America means of a land bridge which existed in prehistoric times. In the 16th century，after the (arrive) of Europeans，the native people suffered greatly.
Thousands were killed or forced into slavery. addition，many died from the diseases brought by Europeans. However，some survived these terrible times，and today there are more Native Americans (live) in California than in any other state.
In the 18th century，California was ruled by Spain. Spanish soldiers first arrived in South America in the early 16th century， they fought against the native people and (take) their land.
Two centuries later，the Spanish had settled in most parts of South America and along the northwest coast of what we now call the United States of first Spanish to go to California，the majority were religious men， ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.
Maybe you have heard the expression—when in Rome, do as the Romans do. So when you want to do business in France, you have to get to know French culture, to make marketing plans, and to run your business by local laws.
The French take great pride in their language, so anyone who does not speak it may run the risk of being disrespected by his French colleagues or business partners. Also, another reason why learning French is important is that it is a great way to show every possible French business partner that you care and respect their country's culture and language.
The first thing you should do when meeting someone new is to shake his hand firmly and always look the person in the eye. In social meeting with friends, kissing is common.
The French will sometimes introduce themselves using their surname first, followed by their first name.
Dress well.Your business clothing is a reflection of your success and social status. Always try to be tasteful and stylish. Women are advised to dress simply but elegantly. Wearing makeup is practised widely by businesswomen.
The French are passionate about food, so lunches are common in doing business in France, which usually consist of an appetizer, a main meal with wine, cheese, dessert and coffee, and normally take up to two hours.
Do not begin eating until the host says “bon appetite”. Pass dishes to the left, keep wrists above the table and try to eat everything on the plate. This may suggest that you find the food tasteless. If eating in a restaurant, the person who invites always pays.
A．The French draw information about people based on their appearance.
B．This is a time for relationship building.
C．Remember to be as polite as possible.
D．Language should be the focus of anyone planning to do business in France.
E．Be careful with adding salt, pepper or sauces to your food.
F．Use Monsieur or Madame before the surname.
G．Make an appointment with your business partner in advance.
As we all know, questioning can lead to (search) for an answer. If we are in the habit of raising doubts as towhat we are told is true, we can find the correct answer and learn more.
Two years ago, our teacher (offer) us an answer to a difficult math problem in class. Although the answer seemed a little strange, nobody me doubted it. Thinking that his answer might be wrong, I(careful) analyzed the problem and tried to work out in a different way. Half an hour (late), I managed to find the correct answer. When I showed my answer to him, the teacher praised me for my (depend) thinking.
From this experience, I have learned that questioning can serve as bridge that helps us to seek the (true).
