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On June 2, 1886, a German captain threw a message in a bottle into the water while his ship crossed the Indian Ocean. Around 132 years later in January, the bottle was found on the Australian coast, making it the oldest-known message in a bottle in the world.

The bottle was thrown into the water to know about ocean waves(海浪)。 Between 1864 and 1933, German sailors threw thousands of bottles into the sea. About 663 of those messages were found later.

But throwing messages in bottles into the ocean is not just for scientists. People send out such messages for many reasons. Some people write information about themselves in the hopes of finding a pen pal. Others write down secrets, hoping that the waves will wash them away. And still other people just write down some jokes, songs or anything else they think might be fun re are even online messages in bottles. People can send the messages through WeChat or QQ.

The reasons and ways might be different, but the goal is always the same: to reach out and try to connect with someone. This kind of shared feeling might be why this tradition has remained popular for so long. In 1988. the British band The Police wrote a song called Message in A Bottle that describes this feeling .

As the song’ s lyrics say, we are “ a hundred billion castaways(被抛弃者) looking for a home. ”. When will you feel relieved(释然的)? “ A hundred billion bottles washed up on the shore. Seems I’m not alone at being alone. ”

1.In 1886. the German captain used the bottle with a message ________.

A.to do scientific research B.to send messages to Australians

C.to get help from ships in the ocean D.to keep in touch with scientist

2.The third paragraph mainly tells us the ________ of throwing messages in bottles.

A.reasons B.feelings C.history D.importance

3.The underlined words “this feeling” in Paragraph 4 refer to ________ .

A.the wish of keeping a secret B.the pleasure of playing jokes

C.the pleasure of listening to the song D.the wish of connecting with someone

4.The best title for this passage can be ________.

A.A Gift from Ocean B.Messages Online

C.A Bottle of Secrets D.Messages in Bottles

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Beauty sleep is a real thing, researches have shown that people who have enough sleep look more attractive(有魅力的) to others.

A few bad nights is enough to make a person look "especially"more ugly, their sleep experiments show.

The researchers asked 25 university students to join in their sleep experiment. They were asked to get a good nights sleep for two nights A week later, they were asked to sleep for only four hours every night for two nights in a row(接连).

The researchers took make- up free photos of the volunteers .after both two nights’ good sleep and two nights’ bad sleep.

Next, they asked 122 strangers to have a look at the photos and judge them on attractiveness ,health, and sleepiness, as well as asking them, “How much would you like to make friends with this person in the picture?

The, strangers were good at judging if the person they were looking at was tired, and, if they were sleepy, their attractiveness score. was low The strangers also said they wouldn't want to make friends with the tired students. The researchers say this is natural for people. An unhealthy-looking face makes people, run away. In other words, people don t want to hang around with people. Who might be rill It meant that strangers wanted to make friends who were attractive and energetic.

Dr Brewer, an. expert at the. University of Liverpool said Judgement of attractiveness. is. Often unconscious, but we, all do it, and we are able to judge on even something small like whether someone looks tired or unhealthy This study shows-how important sleep is to us.”

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

1.How many students were asked to join in the sleep experiment?

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2.When did the researchers take make-up free photos?

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3.What were the strangers asked to judge?

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4.What kind of friends did the strangers like to make?

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5.What is the passage mainly about?

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① It’s very important to keep a record of new words as you learn them. There are many ways to do this and this passage will give you ideas about how you can do this.

② Word cards

Museum

(noun)

A large building where old objects are kept and shown.

Example: National Museum or Natural Science Museum

Word cards are small cards to help you remember words. Making a set of word cards is an easy way to go over words.

Follow these steps to make word cards:

On one side you write the word, pronunciation and part of speech, e. g. noun, verb, etc.

On the other side write the meaning or a sentence with the word in. You could also write a translation or draw a picture.

Take the cards with you in your bag. When you have five minutes, e. g. on the bus, look at the word and try to remember the meaning.

Look at the other side of the card and check. Or you could read the meaning and try to remember the word.

If writing words on pieces of paper isn’t easy for you, keep a word list on your computer or mobile phone. There are mobile apps to help you.

③ Tables

FRUIT

VEGETABLES

MEAT

apple

orange

banana

potato

carrot

tomato

chicken

beef

ADJECTIVES

OPPOSITES

happy

interesting

talkative

patient

wide

tall

sad

boring

quiet

impatient

narrow

short

Tables are great for putting words into groups. The examples above show a table grouped by topic and one for opposites.

④ Different ideas will work for different people, so try some of them out and see which ones work for you. Then you will discover remembering words isn’t a hard task for you.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A.How to draw tables. B.Ideas on mobile apps.

C.Steps to make cards. D.Ways to remember words.

2.How can you use word cards?

A.Write words on very big paper. B.Look at the word cards whenever you are free.

C.Record the words without pictures or sentences. D.Write the word and its meaning on the same side.

3.What does “narrow” mean according to the tables?

A.反的 B.正的 C.窄的 D.宽的

4.What’s the structure(结构)of the passage?

A. B. C. D.

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