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1、 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Studies have shown that physical activity can improve mental alertness and cognitive function. Your brain works better and you can think more clearly after exercising. If you are looking for a way to boost your studying, try incorporating daily exercise into your routine.
Try light exercise while you study.
A few studies have shown that performing light exercise while studying can help recall of information. These studies found that vigorous exercise while studying may hurt recall because your brain is focused on the workout instead of the information. You can use the stationary bike while you study for at least half an hour, making sure to keep the intensity light.
Exercise at your desk.
You can get your blood pumping at your desk while you study. If you don't want to leave everything and go for a quick 15-minute stroll, try getting some physical activity in where you are. Do some chair squats at your desk. Hover just above the chair for about 10 seconds. Repeat this 20 times.
Take a walk on breaks.
If you are studying in the library, break up your study sessions with physical activity. You can also do this if you are studying in your dorm or a coffee shop. Taking a break helps refresh yourself and gets blood flowing to the brain, which can help you think and remember better.
Consistent daily workouts, integrated with your study and class schedule, are more effective than cramming 150 minutes of physical activity into the weekend. Regular physical activity throughout the week enhances brain function when you need it most—during your study sessions—rather than isolating it to the weekend.
A.Focus on consistency.
B.Make the exercise an enjoyable experience.
C.Stand up from your chair, and then squat down without sitting down.
D.If you are going to exercise while studying, just make sure to keep it gentle.
E.Get up and take a fifteen-minute stroll around the building or around campus nearby.
F.Physical activity also helps boost memory and recall, which is important when studying.
G.Do low-impact gentle exercises, such as walking or swimming, at least 30 minutes a day.
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2、 阅读理解
Have you ever worried that you might smell bad? Well, you do have a smell, but not in the way you think. The human body releases hundreds of chemical compounds into the air every day, and these compounds reveal much more than just our health habits; they can also indicate our health situations.
In 1971, chemist Linus Pauling identified 250 different gaseous chemicals in our breath, known as VOCs. These VOCs originate from the body's metabolic (新陈代谢) processes and are excreted (排泄) through skin glands. While sweat contributes to these VOCs, it only accounts for a small portion of them.
VOCs can reveal a lot about our health. For example, a sweet-smelling breath could be a sign of diabetes. Besides breath, VOCs are also released from our skin, and feces (粪便). A notable case involved Joy Milne, who noticed a change in her husband's scent 12 years before he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Known as"the woman who can smell Parkinson's," Joy has been using her keen sense of smell to help scientists develop a simple swab test to diagnose the illnesses.
Animals with advanced sense of smell, like dogs, have demonstrated they can detect various types of cancer in humans. Although these scents are often undetectable to the human nose, they provide evidence that our bodies emit different scents when something is wrong.
The relationship between VOCs, and our health is still being studied. Studies have already shown that they can predict a person's age within a few years based on their skin VOC profile. In one interview, Professor Morin stated,"We are at a relatively early stage in this research area, but we have already distinguished males from females based on the acidity of skin VOCs. We believe skin VOCs can reveal aspects of who we are, such as nutrition, health and stress. These signatures likely contain markers that can be used to diagnose disease."
So, who knows—maybe one day we will be able to detect diseases simply by breathing into a device.
(1)、What do we learn about the VOCs according to the text?A、The VOCs are primarily composed of sweat. B、Skin VOCs reveal more about our health habits. C、Our body's metabolic processes are the source of VOCs. D、VOCs only released from our skin indicate health status.(2)、Why does the author mention animals in paragraph 4?A、To argue we should rely more on animals. B、To show the superior intelligence of animals. C、To highlight VOCs' potential as diagnostic markers. D、To illustrate VOCs have the capability to cure cancers.(3)、What future technology might arise from the understanding of VOCs?A、Devices that can breathe out disease-causing VOCs. B、Equipment that can analyze VOCs to diagnose diseases. C、Personalized perfumes that can mask disease-related VOCs. D、Advanced facilities that can use VOCs to cure diseases.(4)、Which can be a suitable title for the passage?A、The Role of Sweat in Human Health B、Linus Pauling's Contributions to VOCS C、Smell of Body Contributing to Diseases D、Detecting Diseases through Body Scents -
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The launch of a tool to record a vanishing Greek dialect drew attention back this week to one of the great extinctions of the modern world: nine languages are believed to be disappearing every year. Romeyka, which is spoken by an ageing population of a few thousand people in the mountain villages near Turkey's Black Sea coast, separated from modern Greek thousands of years ago. It has no written form. For linguists, it is a" living bridge" to the ancient Greek world, the loss of which would clearly be a blow.
But some languages are in even bigger trouble, with 350 that have fewer than 50 native speakers and 46 that have just one. A cooperation between Australian and British institutions paints the situation in distinct colours, with a language stripes chart, devised to illustrate the accelerating decline in each decade between 1700 and today. Its authors predict that between50% and 90% of the world's 7,000 languages will be extinct by 2150. Even now, half of the people on the planet speak just 24 of them.
The history of languages has always been linked to colonialism (殖民主义) and political persecution (迫害), which scatter populations as well as controlling them. The Endangered Languages Alliance (ELA) has tracked down and mapped hundreds of dying languages in New York, which is an unexpected discovery. These dialects are supposed to be found in remote rural areas. Among ELA's more shocking discoveries is that, of 700 surviving speakers of Seke, which originated in a cluster of mountain villages in Nepal, more than 150 can be traced to two apartment buildings in Brooklyn district of New York.
From Sami reindeer herders across the Arctic to Australia's Indigenous (土著的) peoples, the ways in which people express themselves hide secret messages about ancient ways of living in nature. Both a will and a way are needed if they are to survive. By simply honouring their existence, linguists play an important role. Ken Hale, an activist who is strongly for preserving endangered languages famously argued that losing any language was"like dropping a bomb on the Louvre".
(1)、What does "Romeyka" in Paragraph 1 refer to?A、An extinct ancient Greek language. B、A language with very few written words. C、A disappearing dialect related to ancient Greek. D、A popular dialect loved by the young generation.(2)、Why are the numbers used in Paragraph 2?A、To show the importance of the dialects. B、To conclude the diversity of the dialects. C、To explain different ways to protect dialects. D、To illustrate the tendency of fast dying dialects.(3)、What can we infer from Paragraph 3?A、Seke is a place in the mountains of Nepal. B、People assume fewer dialects exist in big cities. C、Nepal and New York were twin cities many years ago. D、ELA is not surprised to trace an original Nepal dialect to Brooklyn.(4)、What does Ken Hale's quote mean?A、The extinction of a dialect is a great loss. B、Bombing Louver is a disaster to any language. C、Ancient ways of living are kept secret in Louvre. D、Languages are to survive simply by honoring them. -
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For people who never complain about the cold, can take or leave showers and would get used to noises, ideal jobs have come up. A heritage charity is advertising vacancies at the bottom of the world. Based in Antarctica, successful applicants will have to adapt to near-constant daylight, subzero temperatures and no flushing toilet or running water. But what incredible upsides: penguins and breathtaking landscapes in the polar area.
The UK Antarctic heritage Trust said it was seeking" passionate adventurers ready to take on the challenge of a lifetime" in jobs that included managing a museum, post office and gift shop as well as conducting penguin counts. Those selected will live and work at Base A at Port Lockroy on Goudier Island.
Bridie Martin-West, a 33-year-old midwife, is the current base leader. She said."We get the wonder of seeing humpback and minke whales go past. On one side of the island we have the most majestic mountain range and on the other side we've got a glacier with icebergs. It is really raw nature and stunningly beautiful."
The team arrived on the island at the same time as gentoo penguins for their breeding season. The penguins are known for their loud, head-back trumpet call, but Martin-West said,"Having come from living in London it is still much quieter here…"
A typical evening might be watching films, playing board games or carrying on an Antarctic tradition of people giving presentations on subjects they know something about.
Applications were opened yesterday to UK residents, with training beginning in August. There will be interviews and selection events before then. Martin-West recalled being asked toput up tents blindfold while wearing oven gloves. She said,"The training was like a cross between boot camp and a reality TV show. It is very full on. It is a lot of work, some of which is quite physical."
(1)、What is the meaning of the underlined word "upsides"?A、Changes. B、Advantages. C、Opportunities. D、Challenges.(2)、What can you learn from Paragraph 4?A、Martin-West preferred to stay in London. B、London is a noisy place compared to the island. C、Martin-West struggled to get used to life at BaseA. D、The noise in Antarctica is unbearable for Martin-West.(3)、Which word best describes the job mentioned in the text?A、Respectable. B、Profitable. C、Effortless. D、Demanding.(4)、What does the text mainly tell us?A、Adventurers are called on to enjoy endless fun. B、Antarctic jobs concerning penguins are easy. C、Unique Antarctic Jobs with highlights are waiting for adventurers. D、The chance has come for people to explore the cold and wild world. -
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National Gallery of Art: What's On?
The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy
NOW ON VIEW
February 11—May 27,2024 West Building, Ground Floor, West Outer Tier
The Anxious Eye: German Expressionism and Its Legacy presents insights into the work of these innovative, early 20th-century artists and their continuing impact a century later. The exhibition features recent acquisitions as well as works that have rarely, if ever, been on view, including gifts donated by celebrated Washington DC, collectors Jacob and Rut h Col e Kainen.
In the Library: Latin American Architecture in Circulation
NOW ON VIEW
January 8—April 26, 2024 East Building, Ground Level-Library Atrium
Nearly 40 prints, rare books, postcards, maps, and photographs exhibited here, from the National Gallery of Art Library, document the buildings that resulted from this exchange. These works point to the way that people used buildings to define Latin America as a cultural and political space in the centuries between European colonization and the independence movements of the 19th century.
Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction
NOW ON VIEW
March 17—July 28, 2024 East Building, Concourse Galleries
In the 20th century, textiles (纺织品) have often been considered less as applied art, women's work, or domestic craft. Woven Histories challenges the hierarchies (等级制度) that often separate textiles from fine arts. Putting into dialogue some 160 works by more than 50 creators from across generations and continents, the exhibition explores the contributions of weaving and related techniques to abstraction, modernism's outstanding art form.
Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment
UPCOMING EXHIBITION
October 8,2024—January 19,2025 West Building, Main Floor
How did Impressionism begin? Discover the origins of the French art movement in a new look at the basic 1874 exhibition considered the birth of modern painting. Don't miss the unique chance to immerse yourself in the dynamic Parisian art scene.
(1)、What do we know about German Expressionism and Its Legacy?A、It is the cradle of modern painting. B、Political shifts inspired famous painters. C、Collections and works rarely on show are included. D、It features insights into the early 20th-century artists.(2)、If you're interested in the buildings concerning history, you will probably pay a visit to ____.A、German Expressionism and Its Legacy B、The Impressionist Moment C、Latin American Architecture in Circulation D、Textiles and Modern Abstraction(3)、In what way is the Impressionist Moment different from the other three?A、It is still not open to the public. B、It included gifts donated by Jacob. C、It has been considered less as applied art. D、It has a larger collection of paintings and arts. -
6、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What does the speaker mainly talk about?A、A tradition. B、A performance. C、China town.(2)、Who will make speeches in the gathering?A、Railroad workers. B、Entertainers. C、Government officials.(3)、What will people do after the afternoon performance?A、Buy clothes. B、Have dinner. C、Visit the museum.
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7、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What's the woman doing?A、Hosting a program. B、Organizing a meeting. C、Treating a guest.(2)、What makes the man's tea different?A、Being blended. B、Being pure. C、Being processed.(3)、Why does the company buy their tea directly from the growers?A、To reduce the price. B、To guide the growers. C、To track the growing process.(4)、What will the man talk about in the end?A、The source of their tea. B、The kinds of their tea. C、The characteristics of their tea.
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8、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What's the relationship between the speakers?A、Classmates. B、Brother and sister. C、Teacher and student.(2)、How is the man's way of describing the math problem?A、Amusing. B、Simple. C、Complicated.(3)、What does Mr. Williams teach?A、Maths. B、History. C、English.
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9、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、Where does the conversation take place?A、In a restaurant. B、In a hotel. C、At home.(2)、What seems to be the problem for the woman?A、She was overcharged. B、She got the wrong food. C、She lost the bill.(3)、How is the man's service?A、Disappointing. B、Annoying. C、Satisfying.
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10、 听材料,回答问题。(1)、What does the woman dislike?A、Playing football. B、Watching football. C、Going skating.(2)、How often does the man skate?A、Never. B、Occasionally. C、Regularly.
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11、Which does the man prefer?A、Beef stew. B、Fried eggs. C、Fish soup.
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12、What makes Jim hurry?A、Attending a lecture. B、Doing business. C、Meeting assistants.
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13、How does Linda feel?A、Confused. B、Surprised. C、Shocked.
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14、Why does the woman make the call?A、To make an application. B、To give information. C、To answer a question.
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15、What's probably the woman's job?A、A hotel receptionist. B、A librarian. C、A customs officer.
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16、短文填空
Pan Yuzhen, a master of embroidery (刺绣), was embroidering flying butterflies and flowers with her back a window. She said, "Foreigners are so fond of our embroidery products they even line up just waiting to buy one for their families. I never (think) the traditional skills handed down by my ancestors would become so (market) abroad."
"As you can see, Miao embroidery is not only the (proud) of our Miao people, but that of our Chinese people," Pan said, wants to pass her embroidery skills down to the younger generation, hoping that they can continue to promote the unique skills. Now, almost all families in Taijiang County together with Pan (involve) in the Miao costume business.
Zhang Yanmei, Pan's daughter, having difficulty (walk) like normal people, has taken over her mother's business and helped her run a clothing processing plant. Zhang also serves as the chairwoman of an association for the (physical) disabled, helping them to grow special plants used for dyeing (给……染色) cloth and instructing some of them (complete) Miao embroidery orders. Today, the Miao embroidery industry has become a major distinctive industry in Taijiang County.
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17、短文填空
The Great Wall, running for more than 20,000 kilometers, is a historical landmark with worldwide fame, but (climb) it is hard. Everyone may have some knowledge of it more or less, while only a handful may have the skill to (physical) participate in its restoration (修复).
However, a WeChat miniprogram, Great Wall E-tour, is allowing every enthusiast to be a hero in a virtual world, in one not just visits the Great Wall, but also protects it. So far the program (attract) considerable attention and got a large fan base. Around 50,000 high definition pictures of the Xipanjiakou site of the Great Wall are used to offer users a (remark) experience.
Liu Yuzhu, head of the China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation, says "We made documentaries and published animated books in the past. These are popular, but the Great Wall is complex structure and deserves more attention. So we tried something new." Liu also adds, "A series of (program) like ours have been launched in China, with a combination public education and restoration of relics through digitization." The Great Wall (list) as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site in 1987, the first of (it) kind in China.
As a Chinese, I feel extremely proud.
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When I was young, I always dreamed of playing the piano and giving performances to a large audience in a concert hall. However, I struggled to understand the musical notes and the theory. Despite my parents' encouragement and offer of piano lessons, I pretended not to be interested, too afraid to try.
Many years passed until one day, at 25 years old, I heard that a new piano studio had opened in my neighborhood. The teacher was recruiting (招收) new students. My childhood dream came flooding back.
I remembered I had initially feared becoming a teacher after graduation. However, I overcame those doubts. I refused to let fear hold me back any longer, so I walked into the studio.
The teacher, Deb, welcomed me warmly. I was relieved to find we were contemporaries (同时代的人) and expressed my desire to play the works of Bach and Beethoven if I could overcome my fear. Deb understood and seemed sincere, so I signed up for 3 months of classes. Still doubtful about my commitment, I bought a small, tabletop electric organ to practice with at home. It wasn't the same as a real piano, but enabled me to learn some basics.
Week by week, I attended lessons in Deb's studio. I often passed young students on their way out from their lessons before mine. One day, noticing the textbooks in my bag, a child stopped me and asked, "Where's your boy?" After some hesitation, I finally answered I was the student. The children then welcomed me and I sat in the studio and listened to a piece a child was working on.
Soon, I gained confidence and upgraded to a full-size piano at home for daily practice. After three rewarding years of lessons with Deb, she announced it was time for me and other students to prepare for a recital(钢琴演奏会) on stage. I was thrilled at the chance to finally fulfill my childhood dream, yet also anxious at the thought of performing before the audience. But Deb believed in mc. "Look how far you've come," she encouraged. "It's time to share your gift with others."
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I shook my head and told her. "No, thanks."
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When I finally finished my performance, I faced the audience and bowed.
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19、假定你是校学生会主席李华,最近发现不少同学沉迷于购买盲盒。请给校英文报写一封倡议书,号召理性消费,内容包括:
1.陈述所观察到的现象:
2.提出倡议并给出理由。
参考词汇: 盲盒 blind boxes
注意:
1.写作词数应为 80 左右:
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Dear fellow students,
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The Students' Union
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20、假定你是校英文报"Campus Weekly"专栏的主编李华,请给外教Mr Steve写封邮件向他约稿。内容包括:
1.栏目介绍;
2.稿件要求。
注意:
1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.请按如下格式作答。
Dear Mr Steve,
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Yours,
Li Hua