C. a quiet room and clean desk can help students stay focused
D. the biggest problem about studying online is the poor internet connection
B
Love on the Phone Line
Most of us want to know what we mean to those who mean everything to us, but how do we know if we don’t tell each other? I want to share an experience of mine to tell you when you really love someone, tell them directly.
When I was growing up, I never heard the words“I love you” from my father. If your father never says them to you when you are a child, it gets more and more difficult for him to say those words as you get alder. In fact, I never said those words to him, either.
A few years ago, I decided to make the first move. After some thought, I called my father on the phone and said: \“Well, same back at you!\
“Dad, I know you love me. When you’re ready, you’ll say it, too,” I said with a smile. Then I hang up the phone. But fifteen minutes later, my mother called and asked if everything was“OK”，She seemed nervous. “Your father seems to have something to say after answering your call”. 1 didn’t tell my mother about the call. I just told her it was a secret between us.
A few weeks later, Dad called and ended our phone conversation with the words: “Son, I love you,” I was at work during this conversation and tears came to my eyes as I finally “heard” the love. This special moment took our father-son relationship to a new level. Later, we got used to saying “I love you” to each other.
I think if I had not taken the first step, I would have never heard the love from my father. 24. What did the writer do when he decided to show love to his father? A. He spoke out his love to his father on the phone. B. He told her mother about his love to his father. C. He bought some flowers to show love. D. He made a love card for his father.
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25. How did the writer’s mother feel when she called him?
A. Happy B. Exited. C. Nervous. D. Confident. 26. According to the passage, the writer wants to tell us that it’s necessary_________. A. to speak out our love B. to call our parents C. to go home often
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C
We take showers and use the toilet every day to get rid of badly waste. Our brains also need to take a hath every day. How can they do it?
A 2013 study found the answer. Researchers at the LS University of Rochester studied the brains of mice and discovered that they cleaned themselves while the mice slept. A kind of fluid in the brain, called cerebral spinal fluid (CSF，脑脊液), was found to increase dramatically (显著地) during sleep, washing away waste proteins that had been building up between brain cells in waking hours.
“This study shows that the brain has different functional stales when asleep and when awake,\Maiken Nedergaard, the lead researcher, told NBC News. It also explains why we can’t seem to think clearly after a sleepless night while a good night’s sleep leaves us feeling sharp and refreshed. Now a new study, published on Oct 31 in Science, digs a little deeper into our brains’ self-cleaning procedure. Instead of mice, this time humans were the test subjects.
Researchers at Boston University, US, monitored (监测) the brain waves of 13 healthy adults who were sleeping, using accelerated MRI, which is capable of recording faster changes inside the brain than a regular MRI machine. They found that every 20 seconds, blood flowed out of the brain, making room for a large amount of CSF to come in and “clean”. This cycle coincided with （与……一致）) the rhythm of the brain’s slow waves—an electrical activity that happens when we’re in deep sleep.
It’s still unknown how these brain activities are connected. But the mere fact that they are connected is exciting enough, since it allows researchers to piece together (拼凑出) possible new explanations for misunderstood diseases.
For example, slow-wave sleep has been proven to play a role in strengthening our memories. This may explain why people with Alzheimer’s often have fewer and weaker slow brainwaves. Based on this new study, there could be one more explanation for diseased brains: They are not clean.
Nedergaard, leader of the 2013 study, is also excited about the new findings.“Maybe the most important take-home message is that sleep is a serious thing, “she told Scientific American. “You really need to sleep to keep a healthy brain because it links electrical activity to a practical ‘housekeeping’ function.”
27. When the researchers studied the brains of mice, they found__________. A. CSF in their brains went down when the mice slept B. CSF carried away waste proteins in their brain during sleep C. more waste proteins were produced in their brains when asleep D. the more CSF was in their brains, the fewer waste proteins were
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28. What did the researchers discover when they monitored human brain waves? A. The rhythm of the brain was slower than that of CSF B. The brains worked more slowly when asleep. C. Brains were cleaned when blood flowed out. D. It took 20 seconds for CSF to clean brains,
29. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Connecting Brain Activities C Having a Good Sleep
B. Cleaning in Your Dreams D. Explaining Diseases
D
Each country has its own secret to happiness. If“pyt”，which means“don’t worry about it and stuff happens” , explains the relaxed attitude of Danish people,“niksen” will reveal how Dutch people combat (对抗) stress and burnout in a fast-paced lifestyle.
The term “niksen” origins from the Dutch word “niks”, which refers to “nothing”. Mindfulness, another welcome subject to help people have a peaceful mind. But unlike mindfulness, niksen is not about concentrating on the present moment. It’s about letting yourself do nothing, and allowing your mind to run free without expectation. In practice, this means “hanging around, looking at your surroundings, or listening to music as long as it’s without purpose,” according to Time Magazine. Niksen sounds contrary (矛盾的) to the advice we were all given as kids. Nowadays, we’re constantly told to stay busy and work harder than everyone else. But niksen opposes (反对) that mentality. It offers the chance to “deliciously do nothing”, as Carolien Hamming, a coach at CSR Centrum, an organization devoted to fighting stress and burnout in the Netherlands, told Time. She thinks that niksen is essential (重要的) to staying healthy, since it’s a form of mental relaxation and healing. Just as a wild animal lies in wait for their prey，niksen seems to be a natural state of being. For some people, niksen can mean more than just stress reduction (减压). It’s also a way to imagine new ideas or plans. As an early adopter of niksen, Jenny Holden, a communications expert in the UK, adds it to her daily lunch breaks. “Within 10 minutes of doing nothing--just staring and listening to myself --my head began to clear and sort out my work and home to-do lists,\MetroUK.
Above all, niksen is a suggestion for balancing work and rest. As Dutch-born writer Ogla Mecking wrote in US-based Whooly Magazine, niksen is the “thorough enjoyment of life’s pauses”. Everyone is encouraged to embrace your niksen moments. They revitalize (使恢复元气) you and give you the strength needed to face everyday challenges.
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