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How Can I Fight Laziness?

Lazy people will never achieve anything in life. However, laziness can be defeated once a few changes have been made in your mind.

1. Many people lack sleep constantly, since they stay up too late and get up too early to prepare for work. These people have little motivation once they arrive home. Laziness works hand in hand with a lack of motivation and a tendency to put off things. By adjusting your sleep schedule to provide a few more hours of meaningful rest, you can fight laziness throughout the day.

Another way to fight laziness is to change your mind from passive to active. Some people treat their lives as if they were pushed from task to task. Others take a more proactive approach, viewing each task as a challenge they must overcome alone. 2.

Some people fight laziness by removing the temptations(诱惑) that surround them. A television in the living room may provide entertainment, but watching too much TV often contributes to laziness. 3. Complete a few tasks and reward yourself with what you enjoy, such as a good dinner or a film.

Laziness can also be a lasting problem at home. Couples and children may all have different energy levels, but laziness can be spread if not dealt with immediately. 4. Be the first to collect and wash dishes after a meal. Others in the home may eventually follow your example and perform their own task. It is difficult to practise laziness when you are surrounded by motivated people.

5. Enough exercise and a balanced diet can help you to develop a healthy lifestyle, thus enabling you to have more energy and help lift your spirits.

A. To fight family laziness, set an example.

B. One way to fight laziness is to get enough sleep.

C. Knowing how to fight laziness is important.

D. Finally, taking exercise regularly can help you fight laziness.

E. With strong determination, you will be able to achieve your goal.

F. Laziness sets in when you no longer feel in charge of your own life.

G. Create a reward system for yourself, just as parents do for the children.

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Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs, but the brave 32-year-old man, plays football and golf, swims, and surfs. Nick has a small foot on his left side, which helps him balance and enables him to kick. He uses his one foot to type, write with a pen and pick things up between his toes.

“I call it my chicken drumstick(鸡腿),” joked Nick, “I'd be lost without it. When I get in the water I float because 80 per cent of my body is lungs and my drumstick acts as a propeller.”

When Nick was born his father was so shocked he left the hospital room to vomit. His distraught mother couldn't bring herself to hold him until he was four months old.

“It was so hard for them, but right from the start they did their best to make me independent. My dad put me in the water at 18 months and gave me the courage to learn how to swim. ” said Nick.

Throughout his childhood Nick dealt with the typical challenges. At the age of seven, Nick tried out some specially designed electronic arms and legs, in hope that he would be more like the other kids. During the short trial period of the electronic arms and legs, Nick realized that even with them, he was still unlike his peers at school, and they turned out to be much too heavy for Nick to operate, affecting his flexibility quite significantly.

“When I was 13 I read a newspaper article about a disabled man who had managed to achieve great things and help others,” said Nick, “I realized why God had made us like this - to give hope to others. It was so inspirational to me that I decided to use my life to encourage others and decided to be thankful for what I do have, not get angry about what I don't.”

“I tell people to keep on getting up when they fall and to always love themselves,” he said. “If I can encourage just one person then my job in this life is done.” By now, he has visited 35 different countries, touring the world as a motivational speaker.

1. What makes it possible for Nick to swim in the water?

A. His small size. B. His small foot.

C. His light weight. D. His big lungs.

2.The underlined word “distraught” in paragraph 4 probably means _____.

A. cold-blooded B. bad-tempered

C. really crazy D. extremely upset

3.Nick abandoned the electronic arms and legs because ________.

A. his family couldn’t afford them

B. his classmates didn’t like them

C. they were too heavy to handle

D. they affected his appearance

4.Which of the following statements is true?

A. Nick’s parents were very strict with him.

B. Nick’s family accepted his disability at his birth.

C. Nick’s mother was to blame for his disability.

D. Nick learned to be independent at a young age.

They wear the latest fashions with the most up-to-date accessories(配饰).Yet these are not girls in their teens or twenties but women in their sixties and seventies.A generation which would once only wear old-fashioned clothes is now favoring the same high street looks worn by those half their age.

Professor Julia Twiggy,a social policy expert,said,“Women over 75 are are shopping for clothes more frequently than they did when they were young in the 1960s,In the 1960s buying a coat for a woman was a serious matter.It was all expensive item that they would purchase only every three or four years—now you can pick one up at the supermarket whenever you wish to.Fashion is a lot cheaper and people get tired of things more quickly.”Professor Twiggy analyzed family expending data and found that while the percentage of spending on clothes and shoes by women had stayed around the same—about 5 or 6 percent of spending,the amount of clothes bought had risen sharply.

The professor said,“Clothes are now 70 percent cheaper than they were in the 1960s because of the huge expansion of production in the Far East.In the 1960s Leeds was the heart of the British fashion industry and that was where most of the clothes came from,but now almost all of our clothes are sourced elsewhere.Everyone is buying more clothes but in general we are not spending more money on them,”

Fashion designer Angela Barnard,who runs her own fashion business in London,said older women were much more affected by celebrity style than in previous years.She said,“When people see stars such as Judi Dench and Helen Mirren looking attractive and fashionable in their sixties,they want to follow them.Older women are much more aware of celebrities. There’s also the boom in TV programmers showing people how they can change their look,and many of my older customers do yoga to stay in shape well in their fifties.When I started my business a few years ago,my older customers tended to be very rich,but now they are what I would call ordinary women.My own mother is 61 and she wears the latest fashions in a way she would never have done ten years ago.”

1.It can be concluded that old women tend to wear the latest fashions today mainly because____________.

A.clothes are much cheaper than before

B.TV shows teach them how to stay in shape

C.they feel much younger now

D.they get tired of themselves more quickly

2.What can we learn about old women in terms of fashion?

A.they are often ignored by fashion designers.

B.they are regarded as pioneers in the latest fashion.

C.they are now more easily influenced by stars.

D.they are more interested in clothes because of their old age

3.Which is the best possible title of the passage?

A.Boom of the British Fashion Industry

B.The More Fashionable,the Less Expensive.

C.Unexpected changes in Fashion.

D.Age Is No Barrier for Fashion Fans.

Make a difference with your photography

Take the chance to make a real difference with your photography and contribute to One Minute on Earth, a project aiming to help street children around the world.

We all live on the planet Earth, in different time zones and different parts of the world. When you read this, it will be night in one part of the world and morning somewhere else. A sunset and a sunrise is always there at any minute on earth.

In 2015 on the 7th of April at 13:00 (New York time), 200 photographers all around the world clicked on the button of their cameras all within the same minute on earth. From all these amazing landscape photos and stories, a photobook was made which was sold to raise money for charity.

100% of this profit was donated to the Ashalayam Deutschland organisation which used this money to support a street children center in Kolkata India. You can still buy this book from our website, which will help us continue to support the kids.

We plan to hold this event annually, with the next one scheduled on June 21st 2017 at 21:00 (New York time). Money raised from the sale of the new photobook will go to a home in South Africa where 75 parentless children live. This year’s event will include not only landscape photos but also street photos. The main rule is that the sky must be shown in the photo, so all can see at what time it was shot when this year’s One Minute on Earth got to you.

1. What is the main goal of One Minute on Earth?

A. To raise money for children.

B. To publish a photobook.

C. To find the best picture.

D. To take pictures of different places.

2.What do the 2015 and 2017 events have in common?

A. They take place on the same date.

B. They each produce a photobook.

C. They require the same type of picture.

D. The money raised goes to the same children.

3.What is the main rule of the 2017 event?

A. All photos must be landscapes.

B. The photos must be taken in Africa.

C. The sky must appear in every photo.

D. Each photographer can submit only one photo.

Guide to Stockholm University Library

Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.

Group-study Places

If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.

There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.

Storage of Study Material

The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits, you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.

Rules to be Followed

Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.

Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.

1.Library computers on the ground floor .

A. help students with their field experiments

B. contain software essential for schoolwork

C. are for those who want to access the wi-fi

D. are mostly used for filling out application forms

2.A student can rent a locker in the library if he .

A. can afford the rental fee

B. attends certain courses

C. has nowhere to put his books

D. has earned the required credits

3.What should NOT be brought into the library?

A. Mobile phones. B. Orange juice.

C. Candy. D. Sandwiches.

More than two thirds of the world's polar bears will be wiped out by 2050,according to a shocking new study. By then,scientists say,global warming will have melted 42 percent of the Arctic sea ice. By 2100,only a very few of these important creatures will be left.

The report has been produced by the US Geological Survey. The scientists have publicized their findings in the hope of influencing US Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne,who has been asked to put polar bears on the US endangered species list.

Polar bears depend on floating sea ice as a platform for hunting seals,which are their main food. Without enough ice,polar bears would be forced to go onto the land,where they are poorly skilled hunters,and would be unlikely to adapt to the life on the land in time. Experts say few little bears would survive and the stress could make many females unable to get pregnant.

The team of American and Canadian scientists spent six months studying bears,on the ground,from spotter planes and in the lab,using computer models.

Some team members fear the result is even worse for the bears than what their report says. They say the Arctic is warming faster than anywhere in the world and much faster than their computer had been forecasting. Satellite observations have showed that the ice has decreased to an all-time low.

However,not everyone in the scientific community believes that global warming is happening on such an alarming scale. Another investigation has found that polar bears are still being hunted by wealthy “sportsmen” who want their skins and heads. At least ten international companies offer bear-hunting trips.

1.What do we know about Dirk Kempthorne according to the passage?

A.He is an animal scientist.

B.He is a protector of animals working for the US government.

C.He was asked to put polar bears on the US endangered species list.

D.He offered to put polar bears on the endangered species list.

2.Why will polar bears die out if there is not enough sea ice?

A.Because polar bears can't catch enough food without ice.

B.Because polar bears eat ice when they feel thirsty.

C.Because polar bears will be easily found by hunters without ice.

D.Because most female bears are used to giving birth under ice.

3.After a six-month study,some scientists fear that ________.

A.there is something wrong with their computers

B.polar bears will disappear even faster than they ever expected

C.their computer models are not as accurate as they expected

D.global warming will destroy everything in the Arctic

4.What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A.The forecast about the future of polar bears is not correct.

B.Global warming won't have any effect on hunting trips in the Arctic.

C.Polar bears are an endangered species as a result of bear-hunting.

D.People don't pay enough attention to the protection of endangered species.

Leon, 12, was born without fingers on his left hand.That didn't -stop him from being able to do many tasks. But Leon could not grasp more than one object at a time. So Leon's father, Paul, created a prosthesis(假肢),using a 3D printer. Now Leon has fingers that open and close."It was a do-it-yourself, father and son adventure," says raw.

When Leon was a baby, his doctor advised his parents not to give him a prosthetic hand until he was in his early teens. "The doctor said Leon should first learn to get full use out of the hand he was born with," says Paul. As Leon got older, his father looked into buying a prosthetic hand, which can cost as much as $30,000. Paul found a more affordable solution.

One day, Paul discovered a video on the Internet about Robohand, a prosthesis created with a 3Dprinter. He downloaded the free instructions and called Robohand's creators for advice. They told him all he needed was a 3D printer一which costs around $2,000- and some materials.

Luckily, Leon's school had recently purchased a 3D printer and it offered to help Paul build the hand for Leon.“We used a soccer shin guard(护胫),cardboard, and tape. They cost about$10," says Paul.

With his new hand, Leon can do things better. "I can help my mom more, because now I can carry two grocery bags,”he says.

Leon's father has already built .several hands for Leon. Leon helps design each one. He says there's one thing in particular that he wants to do with a future prosthesis.“The goal," he tells the

reporter from the local evening paper,“is to be able to tie my shoelaces:'

1.Why did Leon's doctor disapprove of his using a prosthesis in his childhood?

A.The prosthetic technology was underdeveloped then.

B. A prosthesis was very expensive at that time.

C. To master the disabled hand was important.

D. The original hand could do many tasks.

2.Leon's father managed to get Leon a new hand by

A.collecting money on the Internet.

B. buying a prosthetic hand

C. purchasing a 3D printer

D. printing a hand

3.The materials used for Leon's hand can be described as

A. cheap and common B. strange and valuable

C. personal and lovely D. basic and solid

4.Where can the passage be taken from?

A. An advertisement B. A newspaper

C. A poster D. A travel guide

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in the blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.

But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in , it was more than $100,000.

It nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.

Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.

Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”

Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should the whole community and last for generations to come.

Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.

1.A. happy B. hard C. easy D. nice

2.A. lost B. bought C. left D. wanted

3.A. gift B. money C. encouragement D. package

4.A. accept B. defeat C. win D. receive

5.A. amazed B. excited C. upset D. touched

6.A. the other B. another C. other D. others

7.A. surprised B. frightened C. pleased D. encouraged

8.A. kind B. generous C. living D. saving

9.A. afford B. buy C. offer D. keep

10.A. suffered B. enjoyed C. needed D. did

11.A. put away B. put up C. gave up D. gave away

12.A. enrich B. bless C. brighten D. expand

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