Writing text messages while walking is dangerous. A study says it is more dangerous than texting while driving. Researchers found that there are more injuries(伤害)to texting walkers than there are to texting drivers. Their report says walking is not as easy as we think. We must focus on(专注)many things at the same time to walk safely in a straight line. The researchers said that people forget how to walk properly, so dangerous things happen to them. They run into walls and other people. They walk into cars, fall over things in the street, and even fall into holes or downstairs.

A professor said walking is a difficult action. There are several reasons why texting makes walking dangerous. One is that people cannot see the street. Another is that they are focusing on their phones instead of their feet. A final reason is that their minds are somewhere else—they are not thinking about walking from A to B safely. The professor said over 6,000 people visited his hospital last year because of texting. He said the worst cases are head injuries. When a walker is tossed(抛) into the air he or she has nothing to protect the head. The damage(损害) can be serious.

1.A study has found that .

A.texting while walking is more dangerous

B.texting while driving is safe for drivers

C.walking is safer than driving when texting

D.writing text messages in the house is dangerous

2.What will happen to texting walkers?

A.They will walk safely in a straight line.

B.They will run into walls and other people.

C.They will do great harm to the passing cars.

D.They will focus on many things at the same time.

3.How many reasons did a professor give for why texting makes walking difficult?

A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.

4.What kinds of injuries did the professor say were worst?

A.Head injuries. B.Back injuries.

C.Eye injuries. D.Finger injuries.

Want to save the environment? You probably can’t fix everything on your own, but by taking small steps and keeping the environment in mind every day, you can make a difference.

Think Green. Challenge yourself to think about the environment as you live your life. If you shut off lights when you leave the room, turn off your TV when you’re not watching it, you’ll save energy. If you take shorter showers, you’ll save water.

Shop Green. Shopping is fun, but buying things you don’t need is wasteful and bad for the earth. Before you buy something, ask yourself how much you’ll really use it. Keep yourself away from buying products with unnecessary packaging (包装), and whenever possible, buy things that were locally made instead of those shipped from far away.

Dress Green. Wear green trousers and T-shirts if you want. But what really matters isn’t the colour, it’s how the clothes were made. If you want to help the environment, the best place to find clothes is at a vintage store, but you might not want to buy everything used. No matter where you shop, keep an eye out for products made from environmentally friendly materials like organic (有机的) cotton, which is grown without the use of pesticides (杀虫剂).

Study Green. What’s better than learning about the environment? Save it while you learn. It can be as simple as using both sides of a piece of paper before you recycle it, or reusing an old textbook instead of buying a new one. If you want to do more, join an environmental group at your school, and encourage your friends to join, too.

1.The passage tells us ________ ways of saving the environment.

A.3 B.4 C.5 D.6

2.The following acts agree with the writer’s green ideas EXCEPT ________.

A.taking shorter showers

B.buying products with unnecessary packaging

C.wearing clothes made from organic cotton

D.using both sides of a piece of paper

3.The passage is mainly about ________.

A.some suggestions to live happily

B.some advice to save money in daily life

C.some steps to live a healthy life

D.some ways to make one’s life green

4.You may find this passage in ________.

A.a newspaper B.a fashion magazine C.a storybook D.a guidebook

Would you like to improve the culture in your classroom and your life? Try gratitude (感激).

In the past ten years, gratitude has made me teach better, thank my students, grow in my work, and enjoy life. Using gratitude, I am able to model one of the most important lessons in life, having a positive attitude (积极的态度), especially about the ways of life that used to challenge me most, which is the biggest change for me.

To get started in your classroom with gratitude, I suggest actually writing your own gratitude list for a few weeks and feeling its power. Then you can share your example and start the activity with your students.

My students use a notebook and start every day by writing five things about gratitude. Once a week, we go around the class and share our favorite gratitude. This helps build a positive culture in our classroom. I am always encouraged and surprised by what my students share.

Keeping a gratitude journal helps student achieve higher grades, higher goals and more joy with relationships, life, and school and they prefer to give back. Keeping a gratitude journal makes both students and adults be more positive, experience more social satisfaction, exercise more often, have fewer physical problems, and sleep better.

I see these positive changes in my students. One of them shared gratitude journals with her family. Her mom was in a nursing school and was very stressed. At the dinner table, they would share their gratitude for the day and grow as a family. The mom came to me and thanked me for teaching gratitude to her daughter and cheering up her family.

1.What was the biggest change in the writer after trying gratitude?

A.She enjoyed the pressure of life. B.She was more skilled at teaching.

C.She could stay positive about life. D.She could get on well with her students.

2.What does the underlined word“This”in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Listening to others’ true ideas. B.Keeping the daily gratitude in mind.

C.Students’ sharing their gratitude in class. D.The writer’s telling her life stories to students.

3.According to Paragraph 5, keeping a gratitude journal .

A.is good for students’ study and health B.can be difficult for some students

C.can always bring good things to people D.is not fit for little children

4.Why does the writer give the example of a girl’s family?

A.To introduce a way to be more helpful.

B.To explain why she began trying gratitude.

C.To tell how her students finished perfect gratitude journals.

D.To show gratitude journals even helped a student’s family.

5.What would be the best title for the text?

A.Gratitude — a way to become successful. B.Gratitude — a way for your family to get together.

C.Gratitude — a powerful tool for the classroom. D.Gratitude — a new way to understand others.

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