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假定你是李华,你的英国朋友Tom想报名参加21st Century举办的学生摄影展。他写信询问有关参展事宜,访给他回一封电子邮件。要点如下:

1. 主题:你眼中的世界;

2. 要求:附上摄影图片及100词左右的英文说明;

3. 截稿时间:2017年6月1日;

4. 投稿邮箱:sunyue@i21st.cn。

注意:1.词数100左右;

2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom,

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Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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In making decisions we rely on two areas of the brain. One area creates and processes emotions; the other governs logical thought. The type of decision, how we feel about it, and how prepared we are to handle it help determine which brain area has the most influence.

But our age also plays an important role. Thinking through the consequences of one's actions is actually harder for teens because the area controlling logical (逻辑的)thought is not fully developed until around age 25. This is why teens often feel an intense emotional drive to act impulsively(冲动地)---it's how their brains are structured! Though this tendency to act without considering the outcomes can lead to problematic situations, impulsivity during the developmental years evolves because it makes teens more open to new experiences and ideas. This openness helps teens to become independent adults.

The key to making impulsivity work for you instead of against you is to train your brain by practicing pausing. This doesn't mean you stop taking risks or being open to new experiences. But you won't know if the risk is worth it until you think it through. Deciding to take a risk based on logic shows self-control, not impulsivity.

What are different ways to pause? You might take a deep breath, count to 10, or ask "Is this worth it?" different strategies work for different people. Whatever works for you, keep doing it! By practicing pausing, you can actually change your brain. This means that over time, pausing, instead of immediately reacting, becomes your "natural" response.

And with this change, people are on their way to enjoying the life rewards that come with high levels of self-control---even if they weren't natural-born pausers!

1.What challenges teenagers?

A. Giving natural response. B. Making logical decision.

C. Acting before thorough thinking. D. Choosing brain-training strategies.

2.An impulsive person tends to____.

A. consider or accept new ideas B. change ideas frequently

C. think through a risk in advance D. show high level of self-control

3.According to the passage, by training one's brain, one can____.

A. stop taking risks

B. fully develop one's brain

C. become more open to new experience

D. reduce the influence of emotional drive

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. Push the Pause Button B. Impulsivity Works

C. Discover the Brain Function D. Crying Over the Spilt Milk

Breathing in polluted air on busy roads is as harmful as passively smoking ten cigarettes a day, new research has found. The drop in pollution had the same effects as avoiding four cigarettes a day. One of the researchers, Saskia van der Zee, explained why they compared the effects of pollution lo passive smoking. “We thought that passive smoking would be easier to understand,” she told The Times. ‘‘You don’t want your neighbors to come into your house and smoke three cigarettes every day.”

Earlier this week, doctors warned that Britain is facing a major health emergency unless diesel(柴油)cars are taken off the roads. Emissions (排放物) from diesel cars arc already contributing to smog which has been linked to the deaths of 40,000 people a year. Health charities, medical leaders and environmental groups have called for a modern Clean Air Act lo bring pollution under control. Separately, more than 300 doctors in the Doctors Against Diesel group have written to Theresa May, calling for a diesel reduction.

Professor John Middleton, president of the UK Faculty of Public Health, said, “Diesel is the primary source of nitrogen dioxide(二氧化氮)in urban areas and is linked to health effects that begin before birth and extend throughout life, from childhood lung development to increased risk of heart disease, stroke and lung cancer. It is high lime lo handle the problem.”

London is already planning to introduce an “emission zone” which diesel drivers would be charged to enter, and other cities are set to follow. But exerts are desperate to find new ways to control the damage done by pollution. Diesel drivers in Westminster have been told they may soon be charged 50 percent extra for on-street parking. And Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London,submitted a £ 3,500 plan to encourage drivers to switch to petrol or electric cars.

“Cutting diesel emissions would therefore have an immediate effect on children’s personal exposure, and improve their long-term health.” A government spokesman said.

1.Why did the researchers compare pollution to smoking?

A. It’s easier for people to understand.

B. It’s hard for people to quit smoking.

C. It’s a bad habit to smoke at home.

D. It’s harmful to breathe in polluted air.

2.How can the major health emergency be solved according to Britain doctors?

A. Give up smoking.

B. Abandon diesel cars.

C. Make strict laws.

D. Schedule yearly exams.

3.What can we infer from what Professor John Middleton said?

A. Cutting diesel emissions is urgent.

B. Prevention is better than relief.

C. Children are the worst victims.

D. People ignored the harm of diesel.

4.What is the purpose of the plan put forward by Sadiq Khan?

A. To improve air quality with high technology.

B. To limit the total number of cars on roads.

C. To inspire people to choose greener vehicles.

D. To carry out license plate restrictions.

I always wanted to be a writer. When I was fifteen, I ______ to my English class that I was going to write my own books. My classmates fell out of their chairs laughing. “Don’t be ______. Only geniuses can become writers,” the English teacher said, “And you are getting Ds.” I was so

____ that I burst into tears.

That night I wrote a short sad poem about ______ dreams and mailed it to a newspaper. To my ______, they published it and sent me two dollars. I couldn’t believe it. I became a published and ______ writer. ______, I sold more poems. By the time I graduated, I had scrapbooks filled with my published work. I never ______ my writing to my teachers or classmates again as they were dream ______.

Years later, when I was ready to write my first novel, I already had four children. I wrote on my typewriter while they napped. It took nine months to finish. I ______ chose a publisher, put my book in a ______ and mailed it off. The letter I ______ read, “I wrote this book myself and I hope you’ll like it. Thank you.”

A month later I received a contract (合同) and a/an ______ to start another book. My book, Crying Wind, became a best seller. Translated into fifteen languages, it was sold ______.

People asked what college I ______ and what qualifications I have to be a writer. The answer is: “None”. I’m not ______ and I just write. To those who ______ writing, I’m shouting at you: “Yes, you can. Don’t ______ others.” I don’t write right but I’ve overcome the ______. Writing is ______, and anyone can do it.

1.A. announced B. admitted C. introduced D. advertised

2.A. optimistic B. enthusiastic C. silly D. sad

3.A. surprised B. confused C. worried D. ashamed

4.A. ambitious B. broken C. wild D. vivid

5.A. annoyance B. regret C. astonishment D. satisfaction

6.A. respected B. famous C. valued D. paid

7.A. Gradually B. Especially C. Finally D. Suddenly

8.A. submitted B. mentioned C. sold D. returned

9.A. savers B. makers C. killers D. seekers

10.A. randomly B. partly C. nervously D. naturally

11.A. collection B. bottle C. suitcase D. package

12.A. covered B. attached C. received D. published

13.A. request B. doubt C. instruction D. attempt

14.A. separately B. originally C. freely D. internationally

15.A. entered B. established C. attended D. operated

16.A. satisfied B. trained C. courageous D. hard-working

17.A. approve of B. dream of C. succeed in D. believe in

18.A. argue with B. rely on C. fight against D. listen to

19.A. uncertainties B. qualities C. difficulties D. curiosities

20.A. easy B. challenging C. boring D. logical

Michael Herr, who has died aged 76, was the author of Dispatches (1977), the best book about the Vietnam War. It took Herr eight years to write Dispatches, in part because he went home from Saigon with a bad case of stress disorder. He had gone to Vietnam as a journalist for Esquire magazine. An American general asked him whether he was there to write about military fashion and humor. No. He wrote little for Esquire, but took advantage of the US government’s decision to allow journalists extraordinary access to go to war with the soldiers. He shared their discomforts and their fears, witnessed their death and recorded their language.

His own language, a stream of consciousness pulsing with energy, but masterfully controlled, captured the fear and the horror, but also the excitement, of the war in the jungle and paddy fields. He recorded with a connoisseur’s expertise (行家专长) such details as the many ways in which soldiers would wish each other good luck, and the degrees of madness that were considered acceptable.

The power of the book, perhaps, comes from Herr’s insistence on describing the war, or more precisely his own responses to it, rather than protesting against it. It also comes from the ceaseless accompaniment of two elements, drugs and music — more particularly rock music, and especially the music of Jimi Hendrix. Herr himself spent drug-fuelled weekends in a flat in Saigon, staring at an ancient French map of Indochina. He met soldiers with a left pocket full of Dexedrine, the “upper” (兴奋剂) officially administered by the army to get them into battle, and a right pocket full of “downers” (镇定剂) to get them through it.

Dispatches did not come out until 1977, when the country was beginning to have its mind on other problems, but it did more, perhaps, than any other book to freeze an image of despair and a sense of waste about the war, rather as the trench poets of 1914 —1918 did in Britain.

Herr also made vital contributions to two of the most influential Vietnam films Apocalypse Now and Full Metal Jacket. His work, in the book and the two films, has been seen as part of the process whereby the US came to see itself and its history no longer merely through traditional literature, but in sounds and images.

1.Why did Michael Herr go to Vietnam during the war years?

A. To join the soldiers in military actions.

B. To report military actions and advances.

C. To give an authentic account of the war.

D. To write about military fashion and humor.

2.Which of the following about Dispatches is true?

A. It truly reflects Herr’s responses to the war.

B. Music and drugs give the author inspiration.

C. Its language is casually selected and organized.

D. It fully describes Herr’s protest against the war.

3.US soldiers brought drugs with them during the war most probably because .

A. they suffered stress disorder

B. they were addicted to drugs

C. they used them to cure the wounds

D. they exchanged them for music records

4.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Herr directed two influential Vietnam films.

B. Herr’s work played a positive role in traditional literature.

C. Herr stopped writing after the book Dispatches was published.

D. Herr’s work offered Americans more ways to know themselves.

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