Migraine is a disease that has a number of symptoms (症状), including head pain that can stick around from four hours to several days. While migraines can happen partly because of genetic (基因的) problems, attacks may happen by chance, set off by a cause in the environment.
One common cause is food, and some common dietary causes include alcohol, salt, sugar, chocolate, and caffeine. But there are many others, and scientists continue to identify more. Last year, for example, a Brazilian study found that watermelons brought on a headache within minutes in about 30 percent of the participants.
Some new researches are looking at which foods and what kinds of diets can prevent or lessen migraines. A new study published last year by a team of researchers found that a diet higher in fish oils rather than vegetable oils helped people ease their headaches. In the study, those on a diet lower in vegetable oil and higher in fatty fish had a 30 to 40 percent reduction in total headache hours per day, serious headache hours per day, and overall headache days per month compared to the control group.
Tanya Kamka had suffered weekly migraines for most of her life. Then, in her 50s, she joined the NIH diet experiment and increased her intake of fish. After only a few months, “I haven’t had a migraine, not even a mild one, in over two years.” she says.
For others, the solution comes from plants, not fish. A 60-year-old man joined a study on the food-migraine link and turned to a diet, which includes a lot of dark, leafy greens. After two months he was experiencing only one migraine a month instead of the 18 to 24 a month he’d suffered before.
Clearly, people with migraines react to food in very different ways. What works for one person may not work for another.
1．What do we know about migraine from paragraph 1?| A．It is related to sleep time. | B．It never runs in the family. |
| C．It lasts for at least three hours. | D．It can be caused by the environment. |
| A．The length of migraine. | B．Foods that lead to migraine. |
| C．The most common cause of migraine. | D．A Brazilian study about migraine. |
| A．Fish oils. | B．Vegetable oils. |
| C．All kinds of fat. | D．Various Vegetables. |
| A．It varies from person to person. | B．It can only stay for a short time. |
| C．It depends on the age of a patient. | D．It is connected to how much one takes. |
Last weekend, I said goodbye to another dear old friend. We had 12 fine years together, but our relationship was becoming dysfunctional(不正常的). Unwanted emissions and serious health problems were the final straw, leaving me with no choice but to make a trip to the knacker’s(收废汽车者的)yard.
I am now car-free for the first time in 20 years, and it feels strange. When I gave up meat, I did so mainly for environmental reasons, and I didn’t miss it at all. I would like to say the same about my car, but I can’t. It was first and foremost a financial decision: keeping the old car on the road was getting too expensive.
But doing the right thing for the wrong reasons is still doing the right thing — I now have a chance to rethink how I move myself and my family around, and can try to find a more environmentally friendly means of transport.
Going car-free is, I think, a lifestyle change that many of us are going to make over the next few years, as car ownership becomes increasingly unnecessary, expensive and socially unacceptable. However, it is easier said than done. Now my car is gone. I still need to get around. But how? I already cycle to work and use public transport when appropriate. But there are some occasions when a car seems to be the only way.
I won’t buy one: I have joined a car-share program and will use taxis more often. I will hire a car if I need to drive a long distance. But then I am still travelling in fossil-fuelled cars(燃油汽车), like when I quit meat and ended up eating more cheese. I fear I may have swapped one environmental problem for another.
I am also afraid to think about the ultimate fate of my car. I have just offloaded more than a ton of metal, plastic, rubber, fabric, electronics, oil and petrol that will end up in a landfill. There are millions of similar vehicles in the UK alone that will have to go somewhere.
Maybe I am overthinking it. According to Charlie Wilson, a climate scientist at the UK’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, getting rid of a private car is no doubt a positive step to reduce CO2 emissions.
He points to research by the OECD’s International Transport Forum. “They showed that moving from a private vehicle fleet(车队)to a shared vehicle fleet can greatly cut the number of vehicles you need to deliver the mobility that we need and want. If that vehicle fleet is electrified, you can also bring CO2 emissions close to zero.”
So in other words, just get rid of your car.
1．What do we know about the author’s car?| A．It was old. | B．It was green. |
| C．It was his first car. | D．It was a second-hand car. |
| A．He did both for the wrong reasons. | B．He thinks both help him save money. |
| C．He considers both are right decisions. | D．He did both out of concern for the environment. |
| A．He may have to spend more on travel. |
| B．His lifestyle might be changed completely. |
| C．He might get bored with public transportation. |
| D．His decision may fail to help the environment. |
| A．It is wise to do away with old private cars. |
| B．It is very easy to deal with old private cars. |
| C．Electric cars are the solution to traffic problems. |
| D．The OECD plays a key role in promoting car-sharing. |
The aim(目的) of students who came to school is to study. But to study requires(需要) a right way, or you waste either the time or the money. The following are the ways of studying.
The best time for reading is morning, because in the morning, the air is fresh and the mind is clear. For that reason, we can get good result.
In studying we must have patience(耐心). If we have not known a text well, we must read it again. We should not read the next one till we have learned the first one.
When we are studying, we must put our hearts into the book, or we can get nothing from the book while we are reading.
We must always ask “whys”. If it is not well understood, write it down and ask our teachers or our parents, or friends. In any possible way, we must know it completely and what we’ve learned can be used well and made better.
Though there are many ways for studying, yet the above mentioned(提到的) will be quite enough if we can keep them in heart and do so.
1．The passage tells us ______.| A．the importance of reading |
| B．to pay attention to the ways of studying |
| C．to read in the morning |
| D．to have patience in studying |
| A．it’s easy to remember what we have learned |
| B．the air is fresh and the mind is clear |
| C．it’s difficult to get good results |
| D．both A and B |
| A．easy to understand it well |
| B．better to get something from it |
| C．impossible for us to get something from it |
| D．possible to learn something from it |
| A．understand the book well |
| B．write down the questions |
| C．do with the new words |
| D．get some questions to ask our teachers |
Endangered Species Books for Kids
Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species
Written from the unique view of a 13-year-old author, this book interests children in the lives and challenges of endangered species, helping other young people learn about these animals as the first step toward saving them.
◆Author: Alexandra Wright
◆Publication Date: September, 1991
Almost Gone: The World’s Rarest Animals
Have you ever seen a wombat or an Eastern barred bandicoot? Probably not. These animals are almost gone from the earth, and they’re not alone. Simple, informative text and cut-paper paintings introduce basic endangered species knowledge to young children.
◆Author: Steve Jenkins
◆Publication Date: January, 2006
A Poetic Journey into the Wild
Take a journey across land and sea to meet 21 endangered and threatened animals. Lovely paintings and poems introduce amazing animals from around the globe and show the dangers they face. The book also lists activities and organizations that provide more detailed information about endangered species protection.
◆Author: Rachel Allen Dillon
◆Publication Date: February, 2009
Eyewitness: Endangered Animals
This DK Eyewitness book is an exploration of endangered animals around the world, including factors that are driving them toward extinction and ways that we can help them survive. Blocks of text and various photographs keep readers turning the pages.
◆Author: Ben Hoare
◆Publication Date: August, 2010
1．Which book is written by a teenage author?| A．Eyewitness: Endangered Animals. |
| B．Will We Miss Them? Endangered Species. |
| C．A Poetic Journey into the Wild. |
| D．Almost Gone: The World’s Rarest Animals. |
| A．Surroundings of the endangered wildlife. |
| B．Paintings about some extinct animals. |
| C．Poems about amazing animals. |
| D．Activities of hunting wildlife. |
| A．To encourage protection of animals. |
| B．To list some endangered animals. |
| C．To call on readers to fight illegal hunting. |
| D．To introduce endangered species books. |
Good Schools to Learn English
Atlanta English Institute (AEI)
It is designed for academically oriented, non-native speaking adults from beginners levels to those seeking mastery. Each program in the school is specially designed for our students and based on their current English levels and their goals. a student may register anytime, not merely at the beginning of a course. But at the middle of the course, registration time depends on the availability of space in the classrooms.
Atlanta International Language Institute (AILI)
It provides the opportunity to learn how to read, write and speak English as a second language for those who have little knowledge of the English language. Courses include ten continuous weekly classes and the classes meet once a week for two hours. The curriculum of this language program is built for groups of three or more students who can complete the material in ten weeks.
TALK Atlanta English School (TAES)
Located in the heart of Atlanta's Midtown Center area on Peachtree Street, it opened in 2011. Atlanta is home to numerous industries, making the Midtown location perfectly suited for corporate programs. With ample covered street parking space, the school is designed in the popular Atlanta loft style and has 10 large classrooms, a large and welcoming reception area, devoted full-time teachers and staff for teenagers and adults.
Language Institute of Georgia (LIG)
It is a well-established school in Atlanta that offers English classes using Graded Reader Method. Our maximum class size is eight students. Class meets once a week for two hours for six weeks. Please check our schedule section for start dates. Refunds (退款) have to be requested within a week of the start date of the class.
1．How many hours does it take students to finish the courses at AILI?| A．Ten. | B．Twelve. | C．Twenty. | D．Twenty-four. |
| A．The limited courses there. | B．The location of its reception area. |
| C．The deadline for a refund demand. | D．The requested levels of the students. |
| A．They are located in the same city. | B．They all use Graded Reader Method. |
| C．They have the same registration time. | D．They are all intended for adult learners. |
Yours,
Li Hua
| A．breaks | B．has broken |
| C．were broken | D．had been broken |
| A．Disappointed. | B．Excited. | C．Satisfied. |
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