My Year Abroad

This month in Travelers Corner there are three teenagers’ experiences in year-abroad programmes.

Mariko Okada – Tokyo

My year abroad in the United States was a fantastic experience. I’m not a shy person, and I was very comfortable speaking to everyone. So I got lots of speaking practice. I also learned lots of interesting things about American culture. When I got home, my friends all said that I had improved so much! I hope to go back again in the future.

Carla Fonseca – Rio de Janeiro

I spent last year studying English in London. I’m from a small town, and London is a very big city. Sometimes I felt it was too big. There were so many people to talk to, but I always felt bad about my English. I missed my family, and I really missed my two cats. My roommate was always using our telephone, so I hardly had the chance for a nice long talk with my parents. I think it was a good experience for me, but I’m glad to be home!

Alvin Chen – Hong Kong

Studying in New Zealand was a fun experience for me, but it was also lots of hard work! I had English classes six hours a day, five days a week——with lots of homework. I also kept a diary of my experience. I like to write, and I wrote two or three pages in my diary every day. On Saturdays, my homestay family took me to lots of interesting places and showed me so many wonderful things about the culture. I’m really glad I went!

1.All the three teenagers went abroad .

A. to study English B. to visit friends

C. to have a holiday D. to find a job

2.Who didn’t really enjoy the stay in a foreign country very much?

A. Mariko. B. Carla. C. Alvin. D. None of them.

3.Travelers Corner is most probably .

A. a sports club newsletter B. a science documentary

C. a travel magazine D. a news website

For hundreds of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions(情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be affected by the weather as well.

People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, it helps our bodies produce vitamin D(维生素). Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical affects our brains and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in some countries in the world, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “sunrooms” with artificial lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two!

The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfo rtable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemicals which control our brains. Through these days, the weather can affect our emotions. Sadly, while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.

1.The underlined word “artificial” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A. 天然的 B. 人造的 C. 虚构的

2.From the passage we know that _______.

A.people feel good when it is cloudy

B.in the countries where there are long, dark winters of little sunlight, many people feel sad

C.special “sunrooms” have been built all over the world

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor (因素) that can affect one's emotions?

A. Weather. B. Actions of others.

C. Personality. D. Age.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Enough vitamin D makes people feel good

B.Both hot weather and rainy weather can make people angry

C.Only weather can control our emotions.

5. The best title for this passage should be _______

A.People Need More Vitamin D

B.We Can Hardly Change the Weather

C.Weather Affects People’s Emotions

完形填空

Telling the truth is a very good habit. Here is a story of a man who did lots of bad things, but his promise to tell the truth him.

Once the man came to the prophet (先知)Muhammad (S) and said, ‘Oh prophet of Allah, I have many habits. Which one should I first?’ The prophet said, ‘Give up telling lies first and always speak the truth.’ The man promised to do so and went home.

At night the man planned to go out to steal. Before home, he said to , ‘If tomorrow the prophet asks me I have been, shall I say that I went out stealing? No, I say that. But neither can I lie. If I tell the truth, everyone will call me a .’ So the man not to steal that night.

Next day, when he was about to wine, he thought, ‘ shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will me, because a Muslim (伊斯兰教信徒) is not to drink wine.’ So he gave up the idea of drinking wine.

this way, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth. Step by step, he gave up all his bad habits and became a good Muslim and a very good person.

1.A. killed B. saved C. reminded D. developed

2.A. good B. great C. bad D. daily

3.A. look after B. care about C. put off D. give up

4.A. getting B. leaving C. arriving D. returning

5.A. himself B. herself C. itself D. themselves

6.A. where B. how C. when D. which

7.A. needn’t B. shouldn’t C. can’t D. might not

8.A. chef B. doctor C. thief D. member

9.A. continued B. decided C. refused D. forgot

10.A. make B. sell C. store D. drink

11.A. What B. How C. Which D. When

12.A. love B. teach C. notice D. hate

13.A. allowed B. asked C. invited D. provided

14.A. By B. On C. In D. As

15.A. hardly B. always C. never D. sometimes

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