2022届高三专题考点复习考点02 阅读理解(word版含答案)

2022届高三专题考点复习 考点02 阅读理解
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Indian village teacher Ranjitsinh Disale, who improved the life chances of young girls at the Zilla Parishad Primary School, has been named the winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2020, which is awarded to an outstanding teacher who has made a huge contribution to the profession.
Disale, 32, became a winner for his efforts to promote girls' education and for encouraging a quick-response(QR)coded textbook revolution in India.
When Disale arrived at the Zilla Parishad Primary School in 2009, it was an old and shabby building. Most of the girls were from tribal(部落的)communities where school attendance could sometimes be as low as 2 per cent and their books were not in their mother tongue(Kannada), leaving many students unable to learn at all.
Disale was determined to turn this around, moving to the village and going to great efforts to learn the local language. He then not only translated the class textbooks into his pupils' mother tongue but also embedded(嵌入)them with unique QR codes to give students access to audio poems, video lectures, stories and assignments. Most importantly, by analyzing their reflections, Disale would change the content, activities and tasks in the QR coded textbooks to create a personalized learning experience for each student. Further to this, he upgraded the QR Coded Textbooks with immersive(沉浸的)readers and Flipgrid tools to aid girls with special needs.
The impact of Disale's actions has been extraordinary: there are 100 per cent attendance by girls at the school. The school was also recently awarded the best school in the district with 85 per cent of his students achieving A grade in annual exams. One girl from the village has now graduated from University, something seen as an impossible dream before Disale arrived.
In his winning speech, Disale made the announcement that he would share half the prize money with his fellow top 10 finalists. This is the first time in the Global Teacher Prize's six year history that the winner has shared the prize money with other finalists
Sunny Varkey, Founder of the Global Teacher Prize, said, "Congratulations to Ranjitsinh Disale for winning the Global Teacher Prize 2020. By sharing the prize money you teach the world the importance of giving."
1．Why was Disale awarded the winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2020
A．Because he contributes to girls' education in India.
B．Because he works in a school with poor attendance of girls.
C．Because he improves the quality of courses in the school
D．Because he has brilliant talents for teaching skills.
2．According to paragraph 4, the QR coded textbooks can_____________.
A．be translated into various languages
B．encourage more students to speak
C．help analyze the interest of readers
D．suit the needs of different students
3．Which of the following words can best describe Disale
A．Persuasive and caring. B．Independent and wise.
C．Outstanding and generous. D．Adventurous and faithful.
4．What can we infer from Sunny Varkey's statement in the last paragraph
A．Every student should learn to give or share.
B．He spoke highly of what Disale had done.
C．Other winners followed the example of Disale.
D．Giving is a good quality that everyone should have.
Ryan Hreljac is a boy living in Canada. Without his help, hundreds of wells that now provide fresh water for people in Africa, Central America and India might never have been built. Ryan is what you might call a water ambassador(大使). He traveled the world to tell people how they can help solve a big problem: the lack of safe drinking water in many developing countries.
Ryan’s efforts didn’t begin in a far-off place, but right at home in Kemptville, Ontario.
When he was 6 years old, Ryan learned from his teacher that children in Africa often must walk miles each day to find water. Some even die from drinking bad water, his teacher said.
So Ryan decided to act. He did chores for his parents and neighbors. He spoke to schools, churches, and clubs about his goal. The word spread. After several months of hard work, Ryan had raised $ 2, 000, enough to dig one well.
An organization called Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief (CPAR) chose a site for the well in the village of Agweo, in Uganda. Two years later, CPAR arranged for Ryan to visit Uganda for the opening ceremony of the well. Ryan met a new friend named Jimmy. Then they formed a close friendship. He often traveled with Ryan to explain how water changed his life.
After the first well, “the ripple(涟漪) effect took over,” Ryan says, “and one goal led to another. ” With adult help, he founded Ryan’s Well Foundation to educate people about the importance of water. Now the foundation has raised more than $ 1. 5 million and built 255 wells that serve more than 427, 000 people in 12 countries. Ryan has received many awards but he isn’t bragging(炫耀). “The most impressive people I’ve met are the other kids who want to help too,” he says. “I’m just a typical kid. I had a small dream, and I stayed with it. Everybody can do something.”
5．What problem is Ryan working to solve
A．The effect of poverty on children.
B．The diseases caused by polluted water.
C．A lack of safe drinking water.
D．A lack of money to save water.
6．How did Ryan earn money for his first well
A．He created an educational foundation.
B．He traveled to villages across the world.
C．He started a website to ask for donations.
D．He did chores and sold his idea.
7．To make a dream come true, what would be the most important for Ryan
A．Making friends.
B．Not giving up.
C．Knowing his limits.
D．Not bragging about awards.
8．Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A．A Story of a Well
B．A Boy Who Makes a Difference
C．An Organization of Saving Water
D．A Well That Brought People Together
A new study has shown how computers and robots powered by artificial intelligence (AI) can read human eye movements to “read” human personalities.
The eyes are the windows to the soul. And if so, computers and robots powered by complex artificial intelligence algorithms (算法) may soon have the ability to peer into your soul. That is the result of a new study on the connection between eye movements and personality, conducted by neuroscience researchers.
“Eye movements during an everyday task predict aspects of our personality,” wrote the researchers, led by University of South Australia neuroscientist Tobias Loetscher, whose team follows 42 study subjects recording their eye movements, then determines their personality characteristics.
The researchers fed the data into their AI algorithms and found that computers running the algorithms were able to record human eye movements and immediately determine a person’s major personality characteristics , such as “neuroticism, extraversion (外向), agreeableness, conscientiousness, as well as perceptual (感知的) curiosity”, the scientists wrote.
“The new findings could improve the way human beings interact with their computers and other high-tech devices, even robots, allowing for more natural and realistic social interactions with machines,” Loetscher said.
“People are always looking for improved, personalized services. Today’s robots and computers are not socially aware, so they cannot adjust to non-verbal information,” Loetscher said in a statement quoted by Indian Express. “This research provides opportunities to develop robots and computers so that they can become more natural, and better at interpreting human social signals.”
The study revealed previously undiscovered relations between specific personality characteristics and specific eye movement tendencies, according to a summary in Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper.
9．What do the underlined words “peer into” in Paragraph 2 probably mean
A．Search for. B．Concern about.
C．Stare at. D．Understand.
10．How did the researchers conduct the research
A．It was carried out in a lab.
B．42 subjects’ eye movements were recorded.
C．The students’ daily movements were tracked.
D．Its subjects’ personalities were determined by computer.
11．What does Tobias Loetscher mean in paragraph 6
A．Robots and computers are socially conscious.
B．People care less about improved, personalized services.
C．Today’s robots and computers can accustom themselves to non-verbal information.
D．The discovery will improve the interaction between human beings and robots.
12．Which of the following can be a suitable title for the text
A．Tell Personalities by Eye Movements
B．What Human Eye Movements Are
C．Human Personality Characteristics
D．How Humans and Machines Interact
A book is made of wood. But it is not a tree. The dead cells have been repurposed to serve another need.
Now a team of scientists has repurposed living cells—scraped(刮落)from frog embryos—and assembled them into entirely new life forms. These millimeter-wide “xenobots” can move toward a target, perhaps pick up a payload(like a medicine that needs to be carried to a specific place inside a patient)—and heal themselves after being cut.
“These are novel living machines,” says Joshua Bongard, a computer scientist and robotics expert at the University of Vermont who co-led the new research. “They're neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. It's a new class of artifact：a living, programmable organism.” “We can imagine many useful applications of these living robots that other machines can't do,” says co-leader Michael Levin, “like searching out nasty compounds or radioactive contamination(污染物), gathering microplastic in the oceans, traveling in arteries(动脉)to scrape out plaque.”
People have been manipulating(操纵)organisms for human benefit since at least the dawn of agriculture, genetic editing is becoming widespread, and a few artificial organisms have been manually assembled in the past few years—copying the body forms of known animals. But this research, for the first time ever, “designs completely biological machines from the ground up," the team writes in their new study.
Many people worry about the implications of rapid technological change and complex biological manipulations. "That fear is not unreasonable,” Levin says. "When we start to deal with complex systems that we don't understand, we're going to get unintended consequences.” “If humanity is going to survive into the future, we need to better understand how complex properties, somehow, emerge from simple rules,” says Levin. Much of science is focused on "controlling the low-level rules. We also need to understand the high-level rules." In other words, “this study is a direct contribution to getting a handle on what people are afraid of, which is unintended consequences,” Levin says.
13．What do we know about the “xenobots” from Paragraph 2
A．They need to be carried to a specific place.
B．They're capable of self-healing after injury.
C．They are scraped from some new life forms.
D．They can remove an object to another place.
14．Michael Levin thinks these living robots can __________.
A．recycle microplastic in the oceans
B．take in nasty compounds
C．programme other organisms
D．take away the plaque in arteries
15．What does the underlined sentence(in Paragraph 4)probably mean
A．People never created these biological robots in history.
B．These machines were copied from the very beginning.
C．The research is completely carried out on the playground.
D．Organisms have been developed since agriculture.
16．What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A．This study is bound to bring about panic in public.
B．People boycott employing rapid technological change.
C．Science is focused on controlling the low-level rules.
D．Some study is likely to contribute to unexpected results.
If you’ll be taking vacation time in the coming year and plan on flying, here are some shopping tips to give your undivided attention to.
When to buy
If you’re shopping for domestic flights, check prices on Tuesday afternoons. This is an old tip but still valid because most US carriers continue to release sales on Tuesday morning, and competitors quickly drop their fares to match the better deals.
When to fly
Weekdays continue to be generally cheaper times to fly than weekends for most flights. In the US specifically the cheapest days are typically Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday. A good itinerary for the expensive US spring break travel period is Tuesday to Saturday; it won’t be cheap exactly, but it will save you money (in most cases) over weekend-to-weekend travel.
Direct vs. connecting flights
Compare the price of direct with connecting fights. Sometimes adding a stop to your route will save you money, and it might be enough to endure the extra-long flying day. Some examples;
Boston to Seattle :$247 direct, $234 one-stop
San Francisco to Raleigh/Durham: $553 direct, $362 one-stop
Okay, the savings on Boston-Seattle might not be worth it to you, but I’ll bet you’ll think twice about the direct fight for San Francisco to Raleigh.
Compare, compare, compare
Stifle the impulse to go to your favorite airline site to purchase tickets without doing any comparison; it’s a recipe for disaster. Example: Let’s say you want to fly from New York to London and figure your favorite US legacy carrier will get you there for the best price.
Airline price: $554 round-trip
Comparison price: $486
Obviously, the legacy carrier did not have the cheapest flight, but wait, there’s more: The comparison site also showed a cheaper flight from the same legacy carrier ($521). See what you’re missing when you fail to compare
17．The best price for flights within the US could most possibly be found on .
A．Monday morning
B．Tuesday afternoon
C．Thursday morning
D．Sunday morning
18．Ticket buyers are advised to .
A．choose direct flights rather than connecting ones
B．take the cheapest deal from their favorite airline
C．look for flight deals to Europe throughout the summer
D．avoid weekend-to-weekend flights in holiday seasons
19．The underlined phrase “stifle the impulse” probably means “ .”
A．feel free to do something
B．hold off on doing something
C．get well prepared for something
D．make quick decisions about something
Studying in the United States opens up many opportunities for international students. One of the struggles many international students face when deciding where to study is the affordability of the city and the surrounding schools. Studying in the USA does not have to be expensive. Here are four affordable cities to study and live in.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City remains one of the more affordable cities to purchase a house with only 26.49 percent of resident's income being spent on living expenses. It is a great city for international students to study in. The cost of living is 15.5 percent below the national average. Check out The Language Company and Oklahoma State University for affordable options to learn English or degree programs.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indianapolis is the capital of the state of Indiana in the Midwest. It's well known for the Indy 500 car race but also for its affordability. Residents spend only 25.24 percent of their income on living expenses. The cost of living is also 16.2 percent below the national average making it affordable for students. University options include the University of Indianapolis Marian University, and Butler University.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City and surrounding areas remain quite affordable with residents only spending 25.78 percent of their income on housing, utilities, and other house hold utilities. For outdoor adventurers, Utah is a great place for winter sports and hiking. Salt Lake City and the surrounding areas have affordable universities such as Utah State University, University of Utah, and Snow College.
Des Moines, Iowa
Des Moines has one of the lowest percentages of income spent on living expenses out of 100 largest metro areas in the USA．Residents spend 23. 8 percent of their household income on living expenses. In addition, the median rent ranges from $ 700 to $ 900 a month. With a booming economy, Des Moines is an ideal city for international students to study and experience American culture. Drake University is an option in Des Moines.
20．Why are the four places recommended to international students
A．They have beautiful view. B．They have famous universities.
C．They have famous professors. D．They have low living expenses.
21．Which city has the lowest living expenses compared to their income
A．Oklahoma. B．Des Moines.
C．Salt Lake City. D．Indianapolis.
22．If a student is fond of winter activities, which university is he likely to choose
A．Drake University B．Oklahoma State University
C．University of Utah D．Butler University
An invention to tackle canal plastics pollution was one of the highlights of the recent Amsterdam International Water Week.
The instrument, named"the great Bubble barrier" is a bubble screen that will remove plastic trash from the canals and therefore prevent it from flowing through to the river IJ and the North Sea.
“This is a very important step in reducing the amount of plastic in the oceans,”co-inventor Philip Ehrhorn said “It is a lot easier to stop it at an earlier stage instead of in the ocean.”
The tool works as follows. By pumping air through a tube with holes in it, which is located on the bottom of a waterway, a bubble barrier appears. This creates an upward thrust, which brings waste to the surface of the water.
By placing it diagonally in the waterway, the barrier uses the natural current to guide the plastic to the catchment system at the riverside. Both ships and fish can pass through the Bubble Barrier, but plastic will be stopped.
The invention's origins go back around four years, when Dutch students Saskia Studer, Anne Marieke Eveleens and Francis Zoet looked at the bubbles of a beer glass in a bar and thought they should do something similar. Ehrhorn, a German student, had the same idea. After he found out about the plans of the three Dutch women, they decided to join forces in Amsterdam.
“It is the first step of many”, Ehrhorn continued on the project. “First, the different rivers and canals in the Netherlands-cities, industrial areas, ports. In the following years ,we will go to the rest of Europe, Asia and elsewhere.”
“We have learned to live with water and have built a thriving society.”Nijhof said.
23．What's a bubble barrier
A．A dam made of concrete. B．An invention to trap plastic.
C．A canal to deal with waste. D．A container to hold beer.
24．According to Philip Ehrhorn, which of the following is true
A．The barrier is effective in a way.
B．It's easy to deal with plastic.
C．This instrument can deal with all waste.
D．We can do nothing with sea waste.
25．Which paragraphs describe the barrier's working principle
A．Paragraph 1&2. B．Paragraph 2&3.
C．Paragraph 3&4. D．Paragraph 4&5.
26．Which might be the best title of Paragraph 2&3 of the passage
A．Plastic becomes easier to remove.
B．An action to remove the plastic.
C．An instrument will be invented.
D．A new invention to fight plastic pollution.
B
It was a beautiful Sunday morning, and Maggie and I were returning from our walk through the woods. We were only a couple of blocks from home when I spotted a cellphone and credit card sitting on the road. We took them home. We find amazing things on the street. She looks upon it as a movable dinner. Chicken wings here and there.
I found another cellphone a few years back, too, and called a number in its phone book. I explained the situation to the guy who answered. He said it was his sister’s and that he'd swing by to pick it up, which he did.
And that was that. No verbal (口头的) thank-you, no written thank-you, no “here’s a box of chocolates” thank-you.
I didn’t have time to call anyone on my latest found cellphone. I was pouring myself coffee when it started to vibrate (颤动) and dance across the kitchen counter.
“Who’s this ” someone asked when I picked up.
“Who’s this ” I countered. “Sarah ”
She was taken aback until she realized her name was on the credit card I also had recovered. “Could you send it to me ” she asked.
She lives in Arlington, which is 2 miles from my house.
“Hmm, no,” I replied, adding that I thought she could come get them, and that if I wasn’t home, they would be in my mailbox.
A day later, when I was out for a run, someone retrieved them. But I got nothing. In this age of e-mail and cellphones, there’s really no excuse.
Years ago, I found something more precious than a $100 bill on the street: a driver’s license. I saw that its owner lived a couple of blocks from me, so I called him up. He asked whether I could slip the license through his front door.
“I guess I could,” I replied.
And that was that.
27．What would be the best title for the text
A．Several Experiences of My Own
B．“Thank You” Is Becoming More Priceless
C．It’s Polite to Thank the Finders
D．Only Losers Lack “Thank” for Finders
28．According to the text, it can be inferred that Maggie should be ______.
A．the author’s wife B．the author’s pet
C．the author’s best friend D．the author’s son
29．The author didn’t call anyone on his latest found cellphone because ______.
A．it wasn’t worth to do B．he wanted to keep it as his own
C．he was busy then D．he didn’t know its owner
30．The underlined word “retrieved” in the tenth paragraph means “______”.
A．got back B．returned C．lost D．threw away
31．How did the author feel when he told his last experience about the driver’s license
A．Disappointed. B．Helpless. C．Encouraged. D．Hopeful.
In business, there’s a speed difference: It’s the difference between how important a firm’s leaders say speed is to their competitive strategy and how fast the company actually moves. The difference is important regardless of industry and company panies fearful of losing their competitive advantage spend much time and money looking for ways to pick up the speed.
In our study of 343 businesses, the companies that chose to go, go, go to try to gain an edge ended up with lower sales and operating incomes than those that paused at key moments to make sure they were on the right track. What’s more, the firms that “slowed down to speed up” improved their top and bottom lines, averaging 40% higher sales and 52% higher operating incomes over a three-year period.
How did they disobey the laws of business physics, taking more time than competitors yet performing better They thought differently about what “slower” and “faster” mean. Firms sometimes fail to understand the difference between operational speed (moving quickly) and strategic speed (reducing the time it takes to deliver value). Simply increasing the speed of production, for example, may be one way to try to reduce the speed difference. But that often leads to reduced value over time, in the form of lower-quality products and services.
In our study, higher-companies with strategic speed always made changes when necessary. They became more open to ideas and discussion. They encouraged new ways of thinking. And they allowed time to look back and learn. By contrast, performance suffered at firms that moved fast all the time, paid too much attention to improving efficiency, stuck to tested methods, didn’t develop team spirit among their employees, and had little time thinking about changes.
Strategic speed serves as a kind of leadership. Teams that regularly take time to get things right, rather than plough ahead full bore, are more successful in meeting their business goals. That kind of strategy must come from the top.
32．What does the underlined part “gain an edge” in Paragraph 2 mean
A．Get an advantage. B．Increase the speed.
C．Reach the limit. D．Set a goal.
33．The underlined part “the laws of business physics” in Paragraph 3 means ________.
A．spending more time and performing worse
B．spending more time and performing better
C．spending less time and performing worse
D．spending less time and performing better
34．What can we learn from the text
A．How fast a firm moves depends on how big it is.
B．How competitive a firm is depends on what it produces.
C．Firms guided by strategic speed take time to make necessary changes.
D．Firms guided by operational speed take time to develop necessary team spirit.
35．According to the author, what is the key to deciding strategic speed
A．Pausing at key moments.
B．The size of company.
C．The boss.
D．The quality of the products.
36．Which could be the best title for the text
A．Improve quality Serve better.
B．Deliver value Plough ahead.
C．Reduce time Move faster.
D．Need speed Slow down.
Dining at Disney
At Shanghai Disney Resort(上海迪士尼度假区), you can find many top class restaurants. Are you having a hard time deciding where to eat This guide may offer you some help.
Molokai
10 a.m-9 p. m
RMB 50 - 100 per adult
Book a seat
Molokai is a creative Asian restaurant. It offers a variety of traditional dishes. From the menu to the interior(室内的) design, the restaurant pays great attention to detail. The open kitchen on the first floor allow guests to watch the creation of their food.
The Cheesecake Factory
11 a.m-10 p. m
RMB 100 - 300 per adult
Book a seat
Taste delicious cheesecakes from the United States! The dishes are made fresh every day with high-quality ingredients. Guests can also enjoy hamburgers, sandwiches, seafood and salads.
DONDONYA
10 a.m-9 p. m
RMB 50 - 100 per adult
Book a seat
DONDONYA offers a variety of wonderful Japanese dishes like sushi and unagi(鳗鱼). Guests can experience the food culture of Japan at the restaurant. Through the open kitchen, they can also see skillful cooks turning high-quality ingredients into delicious dishes.
The Dining Room
10 a.m-9 p. m.
RMB 50 - 100 per adult
Book a seat
Are you looking for traditional Shanghai cuisine Come to the Dining Room! The restaurant offers delicious local snacks(like xiaolongbao and egg rolls ) and dishes. There is also a menu of desserts for diners to choose from. Ice cream is the most popular item on the menu.
Do you want to know even more of the popular restaurants at Shanghai Disney Resort You may click 1www. / en / dining here. Or call Shanghai Disney Resort at 400- 18 -0000.
37．Which of the restaurant is still open at 9： 20 p. m
A．Molokai B．The Cheesecake Factory
C．DONDONYA D．The Dining Room
38．Sandy is always interested in how food is cooked. She may like to eat at ______.
A．Molokai or The Dining Room
B．Molokai or DONDONYA
C．DONDONYA or The Cheesecake Factory
D．The Dining Room or The Cheesecake Factory
39．This article has probably been taken from ______.
A．a magazine B．a map
C．a website D．a newspaper
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40．Join the club and you are likely to get the following EXCEPT___________.A．a starter pack B．bi-monthly magazines C．a set of rare stamps D．a new calendar
41．From the advertisement we can learn ________________.
A．how much you must pay to become a member of the club
B．today is the last day for stamp collectors to join the club
C．members may receive a set of album pages every month
D．Collectors Club is among the largest clubs of its kind in the country.
42．Where is this advertisement most probably found
A．In a newspaper. B．On a web page. C．In a magazine. D．On a TV program.
Reporter Hilde Kate Lysiak got the tip early Saturday afternoon that there was heavy police activity on Ninth Street. She hustled over with her pen and camera, as any good reporter would. Shortly after, she posted a brief online report to break the news. Then, after talking to neighbors and the cops, she wrote a full-length story and this headline:
“MURDER ON NINTH STREET!”
The online story went up before the local daily paper had published anything. Lysiak also included a short video from the crime scene, assuring viewers that she was working hard on finding out the details.
Hilde is a dedicated journalist who loves going after crime stories. Her father, Matthew Lysiak, is a former New York Daily News reporter who took Hilde to his newsroom and to stories he covered around New York. Those early experiences made Hilde want to be a reporter.
Hilde launched the Orange Street News when she was 7. “I just like letting people know all the information,” Hilde said. It is also what she sees as her career for the rest of her life. At first, she covered businesses and schools and any other local news, and she did so well that she was profiled in the Columbia Journalism Review and on the “Today” show. Still, covering crime is her main interest. “It’s just what I really want to do. And crime is definitely my favorite.” She said she learned of the murder story because “I got a good tip from a source.”
Matthew Lysiak said his daughter “doesn’t have a lot of fear. She just wants to get the stories out. And she really wants to report real news.” “Because of my work, I was able to inform the people that there’s a terrible murder,” hours before any other reporters even got to the scene. “In fact, some of the adult-run newspapers were reporting the wrong news or no news at all.” said Hilde in the interview.
43．What made the murder on the Ninth Street first known to the people
A．Online news by Hilde.
B．Reports of the local newspaper.
C．Confirmation from the policemen.
D．Conversations among the neighbors.
44．Why was Hilde so interested in reporting news
A．The crime stories are thrilling.
B．Her father wanted her to do so.
C．She wanted to be known to the public.
D．She was influenced by her father.
45．What can we infer from paragraph 4
A．She became famous overnight.
B．She realized her dream finally.
C．She was remembered in history.
D．She gained recognition somewhat.
46．Which of the following words can best describe Hilde
A．Ambitious and selfless. B．Courageous and devoted.
C．Open-minded and clever. D．Straight and easy-going.
A high school senior in California called Ahmed Muhammad has started an organization that designs science kits（配套工具） for primary school students. He launched Kits Cubed to introduce kids to the wonders of science through fun, affordable, and accessible means, which owed to a babysitting experience.
He was babysitting his nephew when he decided that the activity for the day would be a science experiment. His nephew told him that he hated science because he was bad at it. “He literally loved everything and then when I brought up science, he doubted himself,” Muhammad told CNN. Muhammad was not going to let his nephew's self-doubt continue, so he decided to use simple science experiments to convince him that he was not bad at science.
“We went to the store together and I had him pick out potatoes, and then I went to the hardware store to buy some copper nails, some galvanized（镀锌的） nails and some wire. And then, we made a battery out of them,” he said. That was how Muhammad successfully convinced his nephew that he was not bad at science. “He actually likes science now,” he said.
From this experience, Muhammad started thinking to help more kids like his nephew. With the help of his teachers, he started designing science kits that explored real science concepts with simple everyday materials. So far, Kits Cubed sells three kinds of kits, with three experiments in each kit. Each kit sells for $15.
According to Muhammad, Kits Cubed has reached more than 2,000 young people in Oakland so far. “My nephew told me he was bad at science. He didn't like it. I want to remove that thought, and replace it with ‘I'm good at science and I can be a scientist if I want to’. That's what I really want them to get out of the kits,” said Muhammad.
47．What can we learn from Muhammad's babysitting experience
A．Children usually hate scientific experiments.
B．Muhammad extended his nephew's interest.
C．Muhammad got along well with his nephew.
D．Children could hardly remove self-doubt.
48．What can we know about the science kits
A．They are still in the trial period.
B．They use easily available materials.
C．They include three experiments in total.
D．They are independently designed by Muhammad.
49．Which of the following could best describe Ahmed Muhammad
A．Creative and capable.
B．Active and independent.
C．Tolerant and hard-working.
D．Humorous and warm-hearted.
50．What does Muhammad really expect children to gain from his science kits
A．The ability to do some research.
B．The respect for science and scientists.
C．The understanding of science concepts.
D．The confidence in learning science well.
I was typing papers for new school students when Mama called. We talked about some senseless things for a while before she finally told me about it. "Well, Donner, there's this class up at the high school this summer." she said. "They say they can teach me to read and write. I'm trying to decide whether"
"Of course, you should do it! That would be so wonderful. I'd be so proud of you." I answered. She was 63 and had survived two alcoholic husbands and was an expert at buying and selling garage sale junk to keep food on her own table and buy Christmas presents for me and my brother's kids. She used food stamps to buy food and other goods. Mama laughed, seemingly with relief. "Well, you know, I'd about gotten used to being the silliest old lady in town," she said.
It turned out that her neighbor had found the class for her. The young woman had been doing Mama's "business" for a while in my absence, helping to allay my guilt over leaving Mississippi. The friend was a little crazy, but Mama liked her. She was real and, by then, I hated pretension as much as Mama did. When I was little she would tell me: "Remember, Donner Kay, nobody's better than anybody else."
Three months into the class. Mama left a message on my answering machine: "Donner, I taught a class tonight!" She was almost singing the words. "The teacher let me teach the class!" She soon wrote me a letter in a careful, boxy print I had never seen, instead of the strange way she had long written family names she had memorized.
The next time I flew home to visit, we both laughed like 12-year-olds as she read words from billboards on the way from the airport. Her grammar was getting better. She kept talking about her classes and the other students.
51．Why did Donner's mother phone her according to Paragraph 1
A．To advise Donner to take a course. B．To show her support for Donner.
C．To tell Donner her decision. D．To ask Donner for advice.
52．Which can replace the underlined word "allay" in Paragraph 3
A．admit B．forget C．punish D．reduce
53．How did Donner's mother feel when she left a message for Donner
A．Astonished. B．Delighted. C．Puzzled. D．Worried.
54．What does the author want to tell us in the last two paragraphs
A．What progress Donner's mother made.
B．The difficulty Donner's mother had in learning.
C．How Donner's mother learned to read and write.
D．The effects other students had on Donner's mother.
While coffee is the morning drink for many Americans, many Brits prefer to go for a cup of tea. You won't often see us carrying white cups of coffee across the street during rush hour. Instead, we sip (饮；喝) tea at home, a tradition that starts the day properly.
In my home and many other homes in the UK, the first person to wake up has to make the cups of tea for the family.
Tea has become part of our culture and one of popular stereotypes (模式化形象) about British people is that they often have afternoon tea with sandwiches and cakes.
In reality, tea is a drink British people can have any time of the day to help them wake up, warm up, or relax.
When I first came to China and ordered tea, I was in for a big surprise and was introduced to a whole new world of tea. In the UK, it is common to drink black tea, which is imported from Africa, India, and Sri Lanka. It is very strong and bitter, a taste which British people don't often enjoy, so people often add milk and sugar to create a sweeter, less strong flavor.
In China, however, there are wider ranges of tea available and each is enjoyed without adding anything. There is no tea bag, and certainly no milk or sugar, in these beverages (饮料). And people love it. However, for someone who is used to tea being sweet, it takes some time to get used to tea without sugar and milk.
While black tea is still the most popular, green tea has been getting more popular in the UK because people are becoming more aware (意识到的) of its health benefits. But the tradition of the tea bag is still going—it's harder for us to have loose tea leaves than to give up sugar and milk when drinking green tea.
55．Where does the author come from
A．The UK. B．The USA． C．China. D．Japan.
56．Who usually makes cups of tea in the morning in the author's family
A．Her mother. B．Her father. C．The first person to wake up. D．Herself.
57．What surprised the author greatly when she first ordered tea in China
A．The different varieties of tea and the fact that people drink it without adding anything.
B．They drink tea with sugar.
C．People drink black tea.
D．They often have afternoon tea with sandwiches and cakes.
58．What is this article mainly about
A．Tea drinking. B．Tea drinking in the UK and China.
C．The variety of tea. D．Tea in the world.
The Torch Festival is a traditional festival celebrated among some ethnic groups in southwestern China, such as the Yi, Bai, Hani, Lisu，Naxi，Pumi and Lahu，etc. It usually falls on the 24th or 25th of June, with three days of celebrations. The origin（起源）of the festival may have something to do with the worship of fire by ancestors（祖先），who believed fire had the power to drive away insects and protect crop growth. For some ethnic groups，it’s a tradition in the festival for elders to share farming experience with young people and educate them on taking care of crops.
During the festival, big torches are made to stand in all villages, with small torches placed in front of the door of each house. When night falls, the torches are lit and the villages are bright. At the same time, people walk around the fields and houses, holding small torches and placing the torches in the field corners. Inside the villages, young people are singing and dancing around the big torches that keep burning throughout the night. Other activities like horse races, bullfights, etc. are also held during the festival.
In a horse race of the Yi people in Yunnan, torches are used to form hurdles（栏架） for riders to get through. The Hani people in Yunnan traditionally attach fruits to torches with ropes. When the ropes are broken after the torches are lit, people struggle for the fruits for good luck.
For the Lisu people in Sichuan, the festival is an occasion for holding grand torch parades. Big torches are carried by the procession（队伍）, which is like a fire dragon. If several processions from different directions meet, it’s a tradition to exchange the big torches with one another.
59．Why did people originally light torches during the Torch Festival
A．To drive away insects and evils.
B．To celebrate crop harvests.
C．To light up the villages and fields.
D．To memorize their ancestors.
60．Which of the following activities is not included during the festival
A．Learning how to farm.
B．Singing and dancing.
C．Horse racing and bullfighting.
D．Enjoying big dinners.
61．Looking for fruits is the festival activity of _______.
A．the Yi people
B．the Hani people
C．the Lisu people
D．the Naxi people
62．What can we infer from the last two paragraphs
A．Horses are the most popular animals in Yunnan.
B．Most peoples celebrate the festival in a similar way.
C．Fruits are regarded as a sign of good luck in Sichuan.
D．The festival is celebrated differently by different ethnic groups.
Our local Community Youth Club is a very popular organization with young people in my town. I have been a member for four years now and I’ve taken part in a lot of interesting projects. These include fun activities such as holiday camps and discos. We have organized sports competitions and we even made a video.
But it isn’t all just enjoyment, we have also started doing social work to help people in our neighbourhood. We have organized activities for small children during the holidays. We have also formed a social support group to help young people stop smoking.
We are particularly proud of the most recent group we have created. It organizes regular visits to the local old people’s home. This idea came from a school visit to an old people’ home. My class spent an afternoon at a home and everyone found the visit very rewarding.
The old people at the home were very excited by our visit. They were very talkative(健谈的) and they told us their personal stories. During our visit ,the home was filled with the sound of laughter. We sang songs and played games with the old people and had tea together. But we realized that life wasn’t always easy. Some of them were in poor health and were very unhappy. They couldn’t go outside the visits by children brought some sunshine into their lives.
Many young people like me do not live with our grandparents and we have very little contact with elderly people. As a result, many young people don’t know what they are like and we have a lot of wrong ideas about them. We have little or no idea of the kind of lives they lead in their homes. After this visit, my friends and I decided we should do something to help improve the quality of their lives.
Since the creation of our visiting group, over twenty volunteers(志愿者) have joined us. Up to now, we have organized three group evenings and a concert. But it is the individual(单独的) visits which are the most important. Club members regularly visit old people and everyone finds the experience rich and rewarding.
63．The writer _____.
A．works at an old people’s home B．lives with her grandparents.
C．lives in an old people’s home. D．regularly visits old people.
64．The Community Youth Club_____.
A．only organizes leisure activities for young people
B．has made a video about life in an old people’s home
C．has arranged a school visit to the local old people’s home
D．mainly does social work.
65．The writer thinks that many children today ______.
A．are not interested in how old people live B．do not want to get to know old people
C．have very little contact with old people D．live with their grandparents
66．The Phrase ”bring some sunshine into their lives” means to_______.
A．take the old people to the beach B．only visit the elderly on sunny days
C．make the old people feel happy D．take the old people outside
Your alarm goes off on your phone, and instead of turning it off and going on sleeping, you pick it up and stupidly say, “Hello ”
You are, to use the technical term, suffering sleep drunkenness(迷糊), those first few confused minutes people sometimes experience after waking, according to a just-published paper in Neurology( 神经学). For the first time, the phenomenon has been studied in a general adult population.
In telephone interviews the researchers conducted with more than 19,000 healthy individuals, about 25 percent reported experiencing some sort of sleep-drunk episode(插曲) in the last year, and 12 percent said this happens to them at least once a week.
Most of their stories were actually pretty funny, said Stanford University School of Medicine psychiatrist(精神病学家) Maurice Ohayon. One man picked up his alarm clock and mistook it for his phone, holding a two-minute conversation on it. Another participant woke in the middle of the night and couldn’t find the bathroom in her own home. Other common examples are that foggy feeling you get when you first wake up with a start on a Saturday before realizing it’s the weekend, or when you wake up in a hotel room and can’t immediately figure out where you are.
Ohayon explains that an abrupt awakening, to our poor, half-asleep brains, signals an emergency — a time for action, not reason.
“For most people, and especially if this only happens to you every once in a while, it’s nothing to worry about. But for people who experience sleep drunkenness once a week or more, you might as well refer to professional help to have a sound sleep.”
67．The intended readers of the passage are probably _____.
A．adults who don’t sleep well
B．teenagers who don’t have enough sleep
C．people who suffer sleep drunkenness
D．researchers who are fond of sleep disorder
68．We can know from the first 3 paragraphs that _____.
A．it’s stupid to leave the alarm on when sleep
B．after waking all people struggled for awareness
C．there are many studies on adults’ sleep patterns
D．it’s common for adults to suffer sleep drunkenness
69．The fourth paragraph tells us that sleep drunkenness _____.
A．occurs in different occasions
B．comes without any reason
C．hits when people are sleeping
D．attacks those who are clouded
70．What will be talked about after the last paragraph
A．Something to expand your sleep time.
B．Ways to improve your sleep pattern.
C．Methods of curing sleep drunkenness.
D．Tips on how to help you to sleep better.
I was out for an evening with a friend, getting the relief from pressure and catching up on our lives. We got around to the subject of books.
“When do you read ” my friend asked me. My mind took off on a fast journey through my bookshelves and piles of looks. I know some people make artsy towers and pyramids out of books, but I’m not that kind of woman. Mine are just…stacks (摞). Stacks on end tables, stacks on the floor.
When do I read I read when I’m when I’m happy. I read when I’m bored. I read when I’m defeated. I read when I’m filled with anxiety. My self-medication for the thoughts is not exercise or alcohol, but Jane Austen. I absolutely must slow down the pace of my thoughts when living through a walk to the town Meryton in Pride and Prejudice. I read to visit places I’ll never see in real life. Thank you, Vikram Seth, for making me completely involved in 1950s India. Thank you, Khaled Hosseini, for giving me a chance to see 1970s high society of New York City, I’ll spend some time with Edith Wharton. I read when I’m recalling the good old days, Many of my favorite books of childhood are still my favorite books. I read when I get so addicted to an author that I want to read everything she has ever written, including her Christmas cards and grocery lists.
Of course, I didn’t say any of these things to my friend. I stared at her with a blank, foolish look.
“When do I read ” I repeated.
“Yes. When do you find time ” she asked.
“When Evenings. Bedtime. Dinnertime, if I’m eating alone. Sunday afternoons. Moments stolen here and there. And now if you’ll excuse me, I have a date with Mr. Hemingway, ” I said.
71．Why did the author go out with a friend
A．To meet another new with a friend. B．To catch inspiration.
C．To relax herself. D．To buy her friend books
72．Who is Khaled Hosseini
A．A character of a novel. B．The author’s room-mate.
C．Another friend of the author. D．A writer the author likes.
73．What can we learn about the author from paragraph 3
A．She doesn’t want to read after a failure.
B．She doesn’t like staying with her friend.
C．She tries her best to please the writer she loves.
D．She reads to experience life in different ages and places.
74．What will the author do after the date with the friend
A．Sleep after she got home.
B．Read Hemingway’s works.
C．Make a date with Mr. Hemingway.
D．Make another appointment with another friend.
The idea came to him when he least expected it. Alvin Irby was at a barbershop when he saw one of his former students sitting in the shop with a bored look on his face. That’s when Irby realized that by pairing barbershops and books, he might be able to inspire young boys to read.
Alvin Irby, a former kindergarten and first-grade teacher, knows how important it is for young children to read. He also knows that young boys in particular often don’t have adult male role models who inspire them to read. “Many young boys may literally never see a man reading in school during the years when they’re learning to read because there are so few male elementary school teachers,” Irby toldMashable.
That’s where the barbershops come in. Four years ago, Irby launched Barbershop Books as a way to not just get books into the hands of young boys, but also to create community reading spaces in a place where kids go frequently. Since itsinceptionin 2013, the program has created kid-friendly reading spaces in 50 barbershops in 12 states throughout the United States.
Irby isn’t the first person to see the connection between barbershops and books and boys. Hair stylist Courtney Holmes, launched a program a few years ago offering free haircuts to kids as long as they read to him while he cuts their hair.
That’s the kind of environment that Irby wants to promote with his program. The reading spaces created by Barbershop Books help to spark an interest in books by showing kids that reading is about more than just spelling and vocabulary skills, it’s about making reading a low-stress activity that can help them relax, laugh and have fun.
“Our belief is that if we can create positive reading experiences early and often for young boys, then they will choose to read for fun,” Irby noted, adding, “This is really what Barbershop Books is about, getting young boys to say three words: I’m a reader.”
75．What happened to Alvin when he was at a barbershop
A．He found it easy for young people to get bored.
B．He offered a barbershop to his former student.
C．He thought of a way to encourage young readers.
D．He realized the importance of reading for young boys.
76．What is the function of Barbershop Books
A．To attract more customers who love films.
B．To provide free haircuts to book lovers.
C．To show the influence of reading on children.
D．To create a reading environment for children.
77．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A．reading is a low-stress activity that is relaxing
B．Barbershop Books is only suitable for young boys
C．Irby attaches great importance to school education
D．Barbershop Books can arouse (引起) young people’s interest in reading
78．What does the underlined word “inception” in the 3rdparagraph mean
A．discovery. B．success.
C．popularity. D．beginning.
Sooner or later, many families will face the situation of moving. The experience can be very bad for kids, who may not be a part of the decision to move and may not understand it. You can take steps to make the whole process (过程) easier for everyone.
Many kids like to stay in familiar places. So as you consider a move, weigh the benefits of that change against the comfort that neighborhood, school, and social life give your kids. If your family has recently dealt with a big life change, such as death, you may want to put off a move to give your children time to accept the fact.
The decision to move may be out of your hands, perhaps because of a new job or money problems. Even if you're not happy about the move, try to keep a positive attitude to it. During the move, parents' attitude can greatly influence kids.
No matter what the results are, the most important way to prepare kids to move is to talk about it. Try to give your children as much information about the move as possible. You can ask kids to join in the planning such as house hunting or the search for a new school. This can make the change feel less like it's being forced on them. If you're moving across town, try to take your children to visit the new house and the new neighborhood.
A move can have many problems, but good things also come from this kind of change. Your family might grow closer and you may learn more about each other by going through it together.
79．According to the passage kids may feel a move is a bad experience because ________.
A．they don't like the moving process
B．they may feel they're forced to do so
C．they think their parents don't care about them
D．they often feel lonely in a new school
80．In which situation does the writer advise to put off a move
A．The new neighborhood isn't safe. B．The parents have money problems.
C．A family member has just died. D．The kid's birthday is coming.
81．When making the move easier for kids, ________is most important.
A．letting them choose a school
B．trying not to show them the bad parts of a move
C．telling them as much information as possible
D．promising to choose a new house with them
82．The writer wrote this passage mainly to tell us ________.
A．why parents should talk with kids often B．how to prepare children for a move
C．how a move can change the family D．what we should do before a move
Uggs(雪地靴) are certainly ugly, or at least inelegant. The shapeless boots, pulled on in a hurry, can make anyone look like a slob（懒惰的人）, which has made them the target of disrespect. It hasn’t been hard to find someone strongly condemning them. “Ugg boots are no sexy,” The Independent declared in 2003, “unless you’re Mrs. Bigfoot on a lone mission across Antarctic to find Mr. Bigfoot. When wearing the boots, a writer of The Gloss complained, “There’s nothing to indicate that you don’t have square, horrible shoeboxes in place of human feet.” In 2015, one coffee shop on Brick Lane in east London ever banned ugg-wearers.
And yet, over the years, plenty of strange and unattractive shoes have met with the approval of the fashion establishment. The problem with uggs wasn’t that they were ugly; it’s that they were common.
But a funny thing happened on the way to fashion’s tomb: the universal ugg has not gone anywhere. Uggs have quietly stayed here since their best time. Once you start paying attention, you’ll be shocked to discover how many people are still wearing them. They are worn by mothers in town and in the country, by teenagers on Saturday shopping trip and by people in fashion.
Perhaps the secret of uggs’s unstoppable success is that, if there is a dividing line between public appeal and private style，it might be a pair of cozy boots. They are certainly comfortable, soft and warm, as if your feet were in the hugging of someone who really loves you. At $150 a pair, they are neither cheap nor entirely out of range. They are casual and indulgent(纵容的）.
Somehow uggs, the boots that so many people hate, have managed to challenge the cruel logic of the fashion cycle and carry on whether you approve of them or not.
83．What is the best title of the passage
A．Uggs Refuse to Die
B．Uggs Have Existed So Long
C．Uggs Enter the Fashion Circle
D．Uggs Have Gone Somewhere
84．Why does the author quote many media’s words in the first paragraph
A．To prove uggs’ toughness
B．To prove uggs’s popularity
C．To prove people’s approval
D．To prove people’s condemning.
85．What does the author think very strange
A．Uggs are very common
B．Uggs are inelegant and ugly
C．Uggs are worn by teenagers
D．Uggs stay there regardless
86．What is the secret to the success of uggs according to the passage
A．They are very comfortable
B．They own private style
C．They have public appeal
D．They are very cheap
Half an hour into a cooking competition at Green Street Academy, Tyana Givens, 15, dipped a plastic spoon into a pot with tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, garlic and mushrooms over a burner in a science classroom. She and the two other students, Kalimah Ball and Maya Smith, were making meat sauce.
The girls had spent the past five weeks learning how to grow their own produce using food computers-tabletop greenhouses controlled by computer programs-at Green Street Academy, a charter school in Baltimore. The course, which weaved together lessons on programming, food systems and agriculture, ended with an “Iron Chef”-style cooking contest.
With the help of instructor Melanie Shimano, the girls finished their contest successfully using the food they planted in tabletop greenhouses. The tabletop greenhouses can control temperature, light and water inside using the computer code that the students wrote by themselves. Shimano, a 26-year-old entrepreneur, piloted(试行)the course as part of Green Street Academy’s junior biotechnology class in the spring and will expand the program to other schools in the fall.
“Technology is not something that a lot of teachers have a lot of resources for all the time, but it’s something that’s not difficult to do with a relatively low amount of funding,” Shimano said. “Baltimore is a center for startups and food, so kind of fostering that culture of being into technology and into design and seeing all the pieces fit together is really cool.”
While her course is unique to Baltimore, it’s part of a broader program born at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab called the Open Agriculture Initiative, or OpenAg, which aims to create inventive, sustainable food systems through open-source technology. In addition to 10 full-time staff and researchers, OpenAg is primarily an online community of about 1,400 educators, growers, chefs and retailers in 47 countries, according to Hildreth England, OpenAg’s assistant director.
“The interest level across the board generally comes from folks who are concerned about food systems and concerned about the environment, and it’s usually a combination of the two,” England said.
87．What’s special about the course taken by Tyana Givens
A．It’s a cooking course
B．It involves several subjects
C．It is intended for a contest
D．It is controlled by tabletop greenhouses.
88．Why did the students have to write computer codes to grow food
A．To win a cooking contest
B．To finish homework
C．To create a greenhouse
D．To control the growing conditions
89．What’s Shimano’s opinion about technology education
A．It calls of teachers with many resources
B．It calls for a lot of money
C．It is supposed to combine skills together
D．It can only be carried out in big cities.
90．What can be learned about the Open Agriculture Initiative
A．It is participated by full-time. M. I. T researchers as well as people from different walk of life
B．It will help create a better education system
C．It only covers the USA
D．It focuses on food and catering industry.
Elephants on the coast of Thailand are acting strange. They stamp their feet and motion toward the hills.The sea draws back from the beaches.Fish fall heavily in the mud.Suddenly,a huge wave appears.This is no ordinary wave.It is tsunami!
Tsunami waves are larger and faster than normal surface waves.A tsunami wave can travel as fast as a jet plane and can be as tall as a ten-story building.Imagine dropping a stone into a pond.The water on the surface ripples（起涟漪）.A tsunami is like a very powerful ripple. Tsunamis begin when the ocean rises or falls very suddenly.Large amounts of seawater are displaced.This movement caused huge waves.
For a tsunami to occur,there must be some kind of force that causes the ocean water to become displaced.Most tsunamis are caused by underwater earthquakes.However,volcanoes ,landslides（塌方）,large icebergs,and even meteorites（陨石）are capable of causing one of these mighty waves.
Tsunamis are extremely powerful. Ordinary waves lose power when they break.Tsunami waves can remain powerful for several days.Because tsunami waves are so strong,they can kill people,damage property,and completely ruin an ecosystem in just one hour.
Scientists have no way of predicting when a tsunami will hit.However,if a powerful enough earthquake occurs, scientists can send out a warning or a watch.A warning means that a tsunami will very likely hit soon.A watch means that conditions are favorable for a tsunami.When people are informed of a watch or a warning,they have more time to prepare.It is best not to get caught unaware when a tsunami is on the way.
91．Elephants are acting strange mostly because they_______.
A．dislike the huge wave
B．are afraid of the big fish
C．can sense something out of the ordinary
D．see the ocean drawing back from the beaches
92．Why do Tsunamis cause so much destruction
A．They are not familiar to most people.
B．They are very powerful and long-lasting.
C．They break on the coast,unlike normal waves.
D．They are caused by underwater earthquakes.
93．From the text, we can learn that_______.
A．a tsunami travels as fast as normal waves
B．a tsunami is formed by huge normal sea waves
C．a tsunami warning is more serious than a watch
D．a warning and watch both mean a tsunami has formed
94．What is this text mainly about
A．How to guard against tsunami
B．Differences between waves types
C．What to do with tsunami waves.
D．Causes and effects of tsunami
With the Covid-19 virus sweeping the globe, the science on quitting smoking offers welcome news for smokers who want to build up their defenses in case they contract the virus. Though it may still take many months for a smoker's lungs to heal from damage caused by long-term smoking, your health can noticeably improve in the days and weeks after quitting in ways that could make a difference against the virus. Covid-19 creates an added sense of urgency, and there's enough reason to believe that quitting smoking during the pandemic（流行病）could increases your opportunities of fighting off the virus.
If you make the decision to quit, the cilia（纤毛）in your lungs are one of the first parts of your body to heal. These hair-like projections wave back and forth like a brush as air moves in and out of your lungs. They help your body fight off colds and infection. They also help clear mucus（黏液）, so if they're not functioning as well as they should, mucus can build up in the lungs. Your body's tendency to cough during an infection helps inspire the bodily process of clearing out mucus. That's vital in fighting the Covid-19 condition. The elderly are at a greater risk for too much lung fluid that often limits breathing following coronavirus infection because they don't have a strong enough cough to clear it up.
A second short-term gain from quitting smoking comes from reducing ongoing inflammation（炎症）in your body, which can make you infect Covid-19 more easily. Having your lungs in as good of shape as you can in case of a corona virus infection is key.
Besides lung-related issues, quitting smoking can also deliver healthy benefits to the heart that could help prevent possible heart attacks, which are another cause of death in Covid-19 cases. After you quit smoking, your blood becomes thinner and less possible to setting. Heart attacks are less likely. One reason this happens is because smoking makes it harder for the heart to distribute blood throughout the body.
95．What is the use of the lung cilia
A．Cleaning up the lungs. B．Killing the Covid-19 virus.
C．Predicting lung infections. D．Reducing breathing difficulty.
96．Why are the old at higher risk to the corona virus
A．They cannot go out during the pandemic. B．There is too much mucus in their lungs.
C．Most of them are heavy smokers for years. D．They are lacking in the care of their children.
97．What good does quitting smoking do to heart？
A．Strengthen the heart muscle. B．Turn blood to be much thicker.
C．Make the blood flow smoother. D．Speed the heartbeat up apparently.
98．What is the text mainly about？
A．Quitting smoking can help defend the Covid-19.
B．Ways to make a difference against corona viruses.
C．The Covid-19 virus is threatening humans worldwide.
D．Protecting the smokers' lungs to heal from damage.
I was disheartened recently when I turned on the news to hear a story about a family who is petitioning(请愿) the Hampton School Board to receive out-of-district compensation to place their daughter in an out-of-district school due to racial bullying. I was disheartened because I know that even if this family wins their petition, the root of the problem will still continue.
While there are many contributing factors to the rapid increase of the bullying, I believe that the root of this problem lies within the restrictions of schools, or rather the teachers and administrators who allow bullying to happen while feeding the line "We have a no-tol