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activities instead:

Keep a diary: Writing your thoughts on paper can clean your mind. Try a mind exercise: Close your eyes and count backward from 100. Just relax: Take some deep breaths to relax your mind. 36. What do the first two paragraphs talk about?

A. An introduction to a research result. B. The importance of a research. C. Why a research was done. D. How a research was done.

37. According to the passage, getting enough sleep is very important for us to learn_____. A. English B. history C. science D. geography

38. Kids are advised to stop using technology devices at least _____minutes before going to bed.

A. 15 B. 30 C. 40 D. 60

39. At the end of the passage, the writer gives some advice on how to __________. A. improve sleep quality B. fall asleep fast at night

C. make good use of technology devices D. avoid using technology devices at bedtime 40. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Counting numbers doesn’t help one fall asleep. B. Kids aged 6 should get at least 11 hours of sleep a night. C. Technology devices are not harmful when they are not in use.

D. Most teenagers have at least one technology device in their bedrooms.

B

Students are helping families pass down memories by taking free photos for villagers, the Guizhou Daily reported on Wednesday.

Since 2012, students from Guizhou Normal University in Southwest China have been taking free photos for people living in poor villages.

One of the initiators （发起人）is Wang Bangbi, who joined in the photography department of the school in 2009.

Due to his family’s financial difficulties, he was the last in his class to buy a camera. “I realized later that my mother might have used money for her treatment to buy me a camera,” he said. His mother died of disease in 2012. Wang regretted not taking a family photo when she was alive. That prompted him to consider taking photos for families living in poverty.

Wang and several other students decided to do it together. They collected plastic bottles, old books and newspapers from student dormitories to raise money to buy print paper and other photography equipment.

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To save costs and not bother the locals, they stayed in tents in villages where they took the photos.

“Young women dressed themselves up, and the elderly and children put on traditional clothes before taking the photos,” Wang said about their first shooting experience in a village in Liupanshui city.

They found many elderly did not know anything about photography and felt uneasy in front of the camera, not knowing where to place their hands.

The locals were very excited and there were even people who traveled long distances from other villages to have their photos taken.

After Wang and other founders of the photography team graduated, new faces took their place to keep shooting for those in need.

In the following years, team members have taken photos of nearly 5,000 families in the province.

“I once met an old man who was in his 90s. When we suggested taking his photo, he burst into tears,” Zheng Xiaoyu, one of the student photographers, recalled. “I never expected a photo could be so important to them,” Zheng said. 41. What does the word “prompt” mean in Paragraph 4? A. 鼓励 B. 改进 C. 促使 D. 强迫 42. How did the students help the villagers pass down memories? A. They gave away some money to the villagers. B. They took free photos for the villagers. C. They gave them a lot of traditional clothes.

D. They write down shooting experiences in the poor villages. 43. ___________ to buy what they needed in free picture-taking. A. The students asked their parents for money.

B. The students raised money by collecting waste products. C. The students collected money from their classmates. D. The students accepted donated money from the university. 44. According to the passage, which statement is NOT TRUE?

A. Because Wang Bangbi’s family was poor, he was the last in his class to buy a camera.

B. Wang Bangbi didn’t take a family photo when his mother was alive.

C. People, whether they are young or old, men or women, were all excited to have their pictures taken.

D. After Wang and his teammates graduated, no new pictures took place. 45. We can read such a passage in _______.

A. a guidebook B. a notice C. a newspaper D. a magazine

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C

Someone once said that only change itself never changes. That certainly seems to be the case with me.

I can measure(测量) my life by the changes that have taken place. And now I am deciding on another change. We are selling our boat after fifteen years of summers on the water.

We bought the boat shortly after we moved to Canada’s west coast. We then joined a boating club and we enjoyed cruising among the Southern Gulf Islands, meeting friends who likes doing cruising on the sea. Skukum, as well we call the boat, has carried us safely through both smooth and very rough water. At about ten meters long it is large enough to be comfortable to live on for days at a time. Also, the scenery in our part of the world is fantastic with sea-birds, dolphins and even whales.

We feel it is time, however, to do something different. Admittedly, this change will be made partly because boating is an expensive hobby. Boats require a lot of maintenance（维修）, use lots of gas and cost a lot even when they are sitting still（静止的）. Beyond the cost is the feeling that we have done just about everything we want to do with the boat. We could continue to spend summer weekends on the water or we could make a change in our lifestyle and start doing road trips to places we haven’t seen across North America. As we have children and grandchildren on both the east and west coasts, driving trips will be more necessary. So it’s time to make a choice and, having now made it, it’s time to make a change.

Like most changes there will be both benefits and regrets but we feel the time has come. There is no doubt that we will miss the boat but we will also open a new door in our lives. Hopefully, we have made the right decision. 46. What never changes that the writer believes? A. Himself. B. Change. C. Life. D. Hobby. 47. What change did the writer decide on?

A. Selling their boat to change the lifestyle. B. Moving to Canada’s west coast. C. Meeting more friends who like boating. D. Joining a boating club. 48. According to Paragraphs 2&3, what can we learn about the boat? A. The writer’s family bought the boat fifteen years ago. B. The boat is called Skukum and usually driven on rivers. C. The boat is large enough to live for months at a time. D. The boat has many sea-birds, dolphins and whales inside.

49. From Paragraph 4, which is NOT the reason why the writer has made such a decision?

A. Besides maintenance and gas, the boat costs much even when it’s still. B. They have done everything they want to do with the boat.

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C. They want to see more across North America through road trips. D. Their children and grandchildren will move to the east coast.

50. From the last paragraph, what does the writer think of their decision? A. He has regretted doing so and missed the boat.

B. He hopes the decision will bring them a new lifestyle. C. He believes this is a correct decision without doubt. D. He doesn’t like to open a new door in their lives.

D

Like many other young people in Huaqiao, in Gansu province’s Kangxian county, Mao Zhanghui used to live in an old house and go to big cities each year such as Shanghai to work in low-paid positions, so that he could supply his family.

Then, Mao Zhanghui returned to his home village in 2014, because the Kangxian county government began to focus on developing tourism to make the villagers become rich.

With the 380,000 yuan he borrowed from a local bank and his friends, he built a three-story building, which houses a restaurant and was opened last year.

“We receive tourists every day, and during holidays the restaurants are always full,” Mao said. “During the three-day May Day holiday this year, I made 20,000 yuan.” To help pay back his loans quicker, Mao also grow herbs for traditional Chinese medicine.

“I hope my business develops so I will not need to leave the village to make a living,” he said.

Of the 774 villagers living in Huaqiao, more than 300 have jobs related to tourism, such as in restaurants or hotels, or selling agricultural products.

By the end of last year, tourism had become a main industry for 69 villages in Kangxian, accounting for about 20 percent of the villages in the county, according to the local government.

“The county received 1.9 million tourists last year, an increase of 36.8 percent compared with 2015, while more than 5,100 households living below the poverty（贫困）line were engaged in tourism-related businesses, which helped increase the average household income by more than 10,000 yuan. Developing tourism has helped the villagers improve their living conditions ”. The county government said.

51. The underlined word “loans” probably means _______ in Chinese.

A. 旅游 B. 客栈 C. 贷款 D. 收入 52. There are about ______ villages in Kangxian country.

A. 69 B. 774 C. 300 D. 345 53. According to the passage , we can know . A. Mao Zhanghui borrowed 380,000 yuan from a local bank.

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