Traveling makes us feel sick because modern transport tricks the brain into thinking we have been poisoned, a scientist has said.

Being in a car, train, boat or plane makes conflicting signals in the brain which causes an action similar to something that happens when someone is poisoned. Dr Dean Burnett, from Cardiff University, said the feeling of sickness is caused because the brain thinks the body needs to remove a toxin through vomiting . But in fact, the “poisoning”effect is caused by the mixed messages-- for the muscles , they tell the brain the body is motionless, but for the ears, they got the feeling that the body has some movement.

Dr Dean Burnett explained that reading in a car made the feeling of travel sickness worse, because the eyes were focused on a small, motionless space and gave the brain no information to explain that the body was moving.

The feeling of sickness could be weakened by looking out of a car window because this showed the brain that movement was taking place. “You can see the passage and movement itself, and that balances the system,” he said. “The brain’s going: ‘Oh, look, things are moving--I must be moving’--and then it calms down the sickness.”

Dr Burnett said there was no clear reason why some people suffered from car sickness more than others. But he said there were several other aspects of modern life with which the brain had not yet recognized or understood.

1.Tom often feels sick when traveling in a bus, because ________ according to the writer.

A. buses make his brain into thinking he has been poisoned

B. buses make him feel very excited

C. he doesn’t like taking a bus to anywhere at all

D. His body needs to remove a toxin through vomiting

2.The meaning of the underlined word “motionless” is close to “ ________”.

A. active B. noise C. quiet D. clever

3.Which of the following can NOT weaken the feeling of sickness in a bus?

A. Looking out of the window

B. Looking at the passage of the bus.

C. Looking at the movement itself.

D. Looking at something quiet.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. What a Terrible Travel! B. Why Do We Get Car Sick?

C. The Danger of Modern Transport D. How to Keep Balance.

Imagine getting the chance to go camping for five days. It would be an adventure in the wild. You could row on a lake every day and leave your smartphone at home. Would you want to try this?

In June, four teenage girls from Minnesota, US, went camping in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. They had a great time – even without their smartphones.

Julia Ruelle, 16, put the group together. Earlier this year, she won an essay contest held by a company. The award was a five-day camping adventure with up to three friends. No parents or guides would be there. This award was supposed to encourage kids to be less dependent on their smartphones.

Ruelle had been to the area before, but she had always gone with her parents. Sharing the experience with friends would be very different. She invited three friends: Anna Wander, Madeline Wilson, and Julianna Torelli.

They came up with a daily plan. “We would wake up early every day. We were done paddling by noon. We ate lunch at the camp. Then it was time for hammocks , reading, writing, making friendship bracelets, talking and napping,” Ruelle said.

“I’m a lot less worried about things,” Wander said when asking how she felt without her cellphone. Her favorite thing to do was to lie in her hammock and look at the lake. Torelli enjoyed cooking. She made blueberry pancakes and sandwiches.

No one felt hungry or homesick. “Mental health can be improved so much. It really helps to get away your smartphones and return to nature.” Ruelle said.

1.The camping trip was special because the girls _____.

A. had to live on a boat for several days B. needed to finish many tasks

C. had to live without their smart phones D. needed to find a guide on their own

2.Julia Ruelle got the chance to camp by _____.

A. not using her smartphone at school B. asking her parents for help

C. working in a company D. winning an essay contest

3.How did the girls feel at the end of the trip?

A. Worried. B. Happy. C. Hungry. D. Homesick.

4.What can you learn from the passage?

A. Life without phones will be boring.

B. The parents had made camping plans for the girls.

C. Wilson enjoyed making pancakes and sandwiches.

D. Using smartphones less can improve our mental health.

根据句子和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。

I almost felt sick when I knew that I failed the 1. (考试) again. I took my school report and came back home.The note on the table said that my parents went to another city for a 2.（会议).They wouldn’t come back 3. (直到) September the 4.（九).

However, I was still afraid. If my mother knew I got such low marks on so many subjects, she would 5.（惩罚) me. She would cut all my cartoon books into pieces! I 6.(收藏)them for such a long time. They are my treasure. But she always believes that cartoons will 7.(影响) my study. She has warned that if I get bad marks 8.(一次) again, she will get rid of them, 9. (包含) all the cartoon books.

To be 10.(诚实) , I agree with with Mum to some degree. However, I still love them. So I must make more efforts to study so that I can stop her from throwing them away.

书面表达

“低头族”（phubber）是指长期被电子屏幕绑架的人，越来越多的人意识到低头族的危害。就这一现象学校开展了“不再低头”（No Phubbing）倡议，请根据提示，用英语写一篇短文介绍这一行为的弊端，并给出合理建议。

注意：1、必须采用表中提供内容，并写出两点自己的建议；

2、文中不能出现自己的真实姓名

3、字数110。短文首句仅供选择使用，不计入总字数。

These days more and more teenagers spend too much time on the electric screens.

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根据汉语意思完成句子。

1.她很激动，因为她真的想结婚。

She was _____________________because she really wanted ___________________________．

2.他的话是可信的。

____________________________is _________________________．

3.我的英语老师说得太快以至于我跟不上他。

My English teacher spoke _____fast ___________I didn't follow him.

4.《朗读者》是我曾看过的最有意义的电视节目之一。

Readers is ________________________________________TV programs I've ever seen.

5.人们得知这个消息后，都去当地的市场尽可能多地购买意大利面条。

After hearing the news，people went to the market to buy __________________spaghetti _______．

When I was young，I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”

Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.

In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.

1.When he was young, the writer liked to _______.

A. play with his brother B. help his mother cook

C. play jokes on people D. go swimming with his friends

2.What happened when the writer was playing with his brother? ______

A. He got tired. B. He played a joke on his mother.

C. Tony fell from the open window. D. His mother hit him.

3.In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ______.

A. swam fast B. called for help

C. would sink in water D. couldn’t swim on in the water

4.When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ______.

A. took him to the hospital at once

B. came and saved him immediately

C. thought at first he was joking again

D. did nothing because the writer had lied to them

5.The story tells us that ________.

A. swimming is dangerous

B. the writer is a naughty boy

C. one can play jokes only on people he knows

D. if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust (信任) him

根据汉语意思完成句子。

1.我们将努力提高英语水平。

We'll _________________________our English.

2.这里曾经有很多的树木，但现在它已经成为沙漠。

There ____________________a lot of trees here but now it has become desert.

3.互联网在我们的日常生活中发挥着重要作用。

Internet __________________important _________________our daily life.

4.大量的工作和过少的休息会引起疾病。

A lot of work and too little rest often __________________illnesses.

5.我们应该把垃圾扔进垃圾箱。

We should ___________________rubbish _______________the bins.

Who makes a great difference ________ you in your life?

A. on B. with C. to D. for

We shouldn't ________ the trees because trees can clean air and save a lot of water.

A. cut off B. cut in C. cut down D. cut up

The factory is polluting air. It must ________．

A. close down B. be closed down C. pull down D. be pulled down