Many people who are overweight have poor digestion(消化). For the most part, poor digestion is not a habit given by our parents. We give it to ourselves through the way we eat. Eating to get less stress or anxiety is often the mistake most people will make.

  Oh, poor digestion can lead to weight problems. Here’s how: When a person feels stressed, the part of the central nervous system that connects digestion switches off. This is called the parasympathetic nervous system(副交感神经系统). At those times of stress, the body can take in food and  process some of it, but digestion doesn’t work correctly to digest all the nutritional(营养的)goodness from the food. Poor digestion is not always obvious by observing symptoms; you can get some illnesses but not always. Poor digestion can be seemingly silent.

If you eat when you are stressed, anxious, or nervous, you might as well be eating cardboard for all the nutrients your body gets. Yes, eating when stressed is a gaining situation. Now you might think, well, if I’m not digesting, the calories aren’t getting handles, so I should be losing weight. Good idea, but wrong reality. When digestion is not proper, the body starts “starving” from lack of necessary nutrients(营养物). Yes, it goes into a starvation（饥饿）problem and starts absorbing(吸收) fat and energy. It thinks it’s in a famine(饥荒). The good news is that it’s easy to make some corrections and get rid of stress at mealtimes.

If you feel stressed often, it can be helpful to take other food that contains multiple B vitamins. These help, but you could still find yourself stressed at mealtimes.

1.The author wrote the passage to tell us        .

  A. how to deal with stress at mealtimes

  B. what kind of food can be easily digested

  C. eating when you’re stressed can cause weight problems

  D. eating too much resulted in overweight problems

2.How do you understand the underlined sentence in the first paragraph?

  A. Eating is the best way to release stress.

  B. We should not release the stress by eating.

  C. Eating too much can cause anxiety.

  D. The stress problem can be solved during eating.

3. In what way do poor digestion and stress cause body problems?

  A. Poor digestion cannot absorb much nutritional goodness from the food.

  B. People with poor digestion take in food and process all of it.

  C. When people feel stressed, the parasympathetic nervous system switches on.

  D. Poor digestion will not lead to overweight problems.

4.Which is NOT the reason why people may have weight problems when eating with stress?

  A. The body does not take in what they eat.

  B. The digestion system becomes incorrect.

  C. People cannot eat much when unhappy.

  D. The body will begin to absorb too much fat.

 

 

Pupils remember more and behave better when 3D images are used in lessons，research suggests．They are quicker to learn and absorb new concepts，and display higher levels of concentration．

Professor Anne Bamford，of the University of the Arts，London， studied the effectiveness of 3D content in 15 schools across seven countries，including the UK．Pupils in 3D classes can remember more than those in the 2D classes after four weeks，improving test scores by an average of 1 7 percent compared with eight percent for 2D lessons．They gave more detailed answer to the tasks and were more likely to think in 3D, using hand gestures and mime(模仿动作) to answer the test questions successfully．

The teachers commented that the pupils in the 3D groups had deeper understanding，increased attention span．more motivation and higher engagement in the lessons．

Children are used to 3D with the rise of computer games that use the technology—90 percent of those in the study had seen a 3D film．Schools would need 3D—enabled projectors(投影仪)，laptops with good picture capabilities，3D software and glasses for children to introduce animations(动作) into classrooms．

But Danny Nicholson，an educationist，said the technology would be impractical to use in schools and could be costly．He said，“While I think the idea of 3D technology is very interesting， I worry that 3D is a bit of an expensive gimmick(小玩意儿)．There are a few cases where a true 3D image might help，but most of the time，good 2D models that can be moved would be just as effective．”

In the US，one school district in Colorado is already in the process of having 1．000 3D projectors fixed in classrooms．And the University of Caledonia．which carries out scientific research into the Lake Tabon Basin．has used 3D presentations with Grade Six pupils．Those who watched the 3D presentations were more engrossed and reported a general increase in their interest in science compared with students who watched the 2D version．

1.What is the main idea of the first three paragraphs?

A．There are slight differences between 3D and 2D images．

B．Pupils perform better when 3D images are used in classes．

C．Schools have difficulties in making full use of 3D technology．

D．3D technology is always more effective than 2D technology．

2.Danny Nicholson holds the view that 3D_____.

A．is of no help in classes

B．has a bright future in classes

C．is more practical than 2D models

D．may not be affordable for schools

3.What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．3D technology will replace 2D models in the future．

B．Many pupils are now more Interested In science than before．

C．Teachers will use the 3D technology through specific training．

D．3D will soon be put into use in one school district in Colorado．

4.The underlined word “engrossed” in the last paragraph means_____.

A．absorbed       B．annoyed

C．relaxed         D． confused

 

Dear mommy and daddy,

I write this letter to you in hopes that you should consider your method of parenting me before I arrive. I am a joyous child. I expect love and respect, order and discipline. When I arrive, I will seem very small to you. Even though I don’t look like an adult, please understand that I am a human being.

Even though I will not speak words to you, I will know you with my heart. I will feel all your feelings, absorb your thoughts. I will come to know you more than you may know yourself. Do not be misled (误导) by my silence. I am open, growing and learning more rapidly than you can imagine.

I will keep in heart all that I see, so please give me sweet music and language that tells me how much I am loved. Give me silence to rest my ears. I will absorb all that I feel, so please wrap life in love.

I am waiting patiently to be with you. I am so happy to have the opportunity to be alive. Maybe when you see me you will remember how precious life is too!

Your joyous child

1.According to the letter, why did the child write this letter?

A. Because the child wanted to apologize to its parents.

B. Because the child wanted the parents to consider the method of being parents.

C. Because the child expressed the happiness of having such parents.

D. Because the child wanted to show how much it understood its parents.

2.According to the text, we can infer the “child” is in fact _______ .

A. a lovely boy          B. a joyous child

C. an unborn baby        D. a lovely girl

3.The child in the text required all the following EXCEPT that ________ .

A. it should be looked on as a human being

B. it would like to be loved by its parents

C. it wanted to be with the parents an soon as possible

D. it wanted a place full of beautiful music and love language

4.The letter is likely to be printed in the part of ______ in a magazine.

A. “Baby’s world”         B. “Current news”

C. “Young parent center”    D. “Science and our life”

 

Chinese netizens who like to create and use cyber words such as “geilivable” might find a new regulation very “ungeilivable”. The new regulation by the General Administration of Press and Publication last week banned the use of Chinglish words created by netizens for publishing in the Chinese language.

“Geilivable”, combining the pinyin geili (giving strength) with the English suffix (后缀) for adjectives, literally means “giving power” or “cool”. Different suffixes and prefixes were then added to the word. “Hengeilivable” means “very cool”, and “ungeilivable” means “dull, not cool at all”.

Cyber language is popular among Chinese netizens, who create Chinglish words to reflect phenomenon in society. One example is “antizen”, which refers to college graduates who earn a meager salary and live in small rented apartments, like tiny and laborious ants.

David Tool, a professor with the Beijing International Studies University, said it’s very interesting to combine Chinese with English to create new words. “English is no longer mysterious to the Chinese people. They can use the language in a flexible way according to their own experiences,” Tool said.

At the announcement of the regulation by the General Administration of Press and Publication, netizens expressed their concern.

“The administration is totally ‘ungeilivable’,” said a netizen named laoda1713. “I know other netizens will shed tears with me... it is a good chance to enrich our language.”

“Language is always developing,” said a columnist, Wang Pei. “It needs to be updated to absorb foreign culture and folk wisdom.”

But an unnamed official with the administration said that, in fact, many senior staff from news media who supported the regulation were worried that years later, the younger generation would forget how to use formal Chinese expressions. The official also pointed out that the regulation was only for formal publications in Chinese language, and it only banned Chinglish words in the publication.

1.The new regulation by the General Administration of Press and Publication may be aimed at _________. 

A. simplifying the Chinese language

B. limiting the development of language

C. banning the use of Chinglish in the publication

D. making the netizens more serious

2. The underlined word “meager” in the third paragraph probably means________.   

A. poor             B. flexible         C. high         D. plentiful

3.From this passage we can infer that__________.   

A. the Chinese people like their own language only

B. the English words are considered informal in China

C. nobody in China will support the new regulation

D. “geilivable” is popular among Chinese netizens

4.Which may be the best title of this passage? 

A. Cyber Words Face an Ungeilivable Regulation

B. Cyber Words Make Language More Lively

C. Different Views about Cyber Language

D. New Netizens in China

 

Water can absorb and give off a lot of heat without big changes in temperature , thus creating a        environment .

A．peaceful

B．sensitive

C．common

D．stable .