The Effects of Weather

¡¡¡¡Different weather makes people feel different£®It influences ¢Ù health, intelligence ¢Ú and feelings£®

¡¡¡¡In August, it is very hot and wet in the southern part of the United States£®People there have heart trouble and other kinds of health problems during this month£®In the Northeast and the Middle West, it is very hot at some times and every cold at other times£®People in these states have more heart trouble after the weather changes in February or March£®

¡¡¡¡The weather can also influence intelligence£®For example, in a 1983 report by scientists, IQ of a group students were very high when a very strong wind came, but after the strong wind, their IQ was 10£¥ below£®The wind can help people have more intelligence£®Very hot weather, on the other hand , can make it lower£®Students in many schools of the United States often get worse on exams in the hot months of the year(July and August)£®

¡¡¡¡Weather also has a strong influence on people's feelings ¢Û£®Winter may be a bad time for thin people£®They usually feel cold during these months£®They might feel unhappy during cold weather£®But fat people may have a hard time in hot summer£®At about 18C, people become stronger£®

¡¡¡¡Low air pressure ¢Ü may make people forgetful£®People leave more bags on buses and in shops on low-pressure days£®There are a "good weather" for word and health£®People feel best at a temperature of about 18 centigrade ¢Ý)£®

¡¡¡¡Are you feeling sad, tired, forgetful, or unhappy today?It may be the weather's problem£®

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________ can have a bad effect(×÷ÓÃ)on health£®

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A£®

Hot and wet weather

B£®

Good weather

C£®

Warm weather

D£®

High intelligence

(2)

People may have more intelligence when ________ comes£®

[¡¡¡¡]

A£®

a rain

B£®

very hot weather

C£®

a strong wind

D£®

low air pressure

(3)

Low air pressure may make people ________£®

[¡¡¡¡]

A£®

forgetful

B£®

sad

C£®

angry

D£®

tired

(4)

In "good weather" of 18 centigrade, ________£®

[¡¡¡¡]

A£®

people are very forgetful

B£®

people can't do their work well

C£®

thin people feel cold

D£®

people are in better health

(5)

The writer wants to tell us that ________£®

[¡¡¡¡]

A£®

hot and cold weather influences all people in the same way

B£®

weather influences people's lives

C£®

IQ never changes during weather changes

D£®

There is a good kind of weather for people's work and health

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I wonder whether there is any girl or boy who does not like to see a rainbow in the sky. It is so beautiful.
There is a story, saying that whenever you see a rainbow you should run at once to the place where it touches the ground, and there you would find a pot of gold. Of course it is not true. You could not find the pot of gold or its end. No matter how far you run, it always seems far away.
A rainbow is not a thing which we can feel with our hands as we can feel a flower. It is only the effect of light shining on raindrops. The raindrops catch the sunlight and break it up into all the wonderful colours which we see. It is called a rainbow perhaps because it is made up of raindrops and looks like a bow£¨¹­).
That is why we can never see a rainbow in a clear sky. We see a rainbow only when there is rain in the air and the sun is shining brightly through the clouds.
Every rainbow has many colours in the same order. The first or the top colour is always red, and the next comes orange, then yellow, and last of all, blue. A rainbow is indeed one of the wonders of nature.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿Children like rainbows because          .
A£®they are beautiful
B£®they are like bows
C£®they can find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow
D£®they are good to crops
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿We cannot feel          with our hands.
A£®a pot of gold B£®a flower C£®a rainbow D£®a raindrop
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿We can see a rainbow          .
A£®when it is raining heavily
B£®when it is snowing
C£®when it is cloudy
D£®when it is becomes fine shortly after raining
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A£®A rainbow is like bow.
B£®A rainbow is the effect of light shining on raindrops.
C£®Every rainbow has different colours in different orders.
D£®A rainbow is one of the wonders of nature.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ5¡¿The first colour of a rainbow is always           .
A£®yellowB£®redC£®green D£®blue

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Cause and effect is one way to explain things that happen around us. Many things happen because something caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what caused or influenced them to happen. Sometimes it is hard to look at a cause and find out what causes the effect. It may help you to start with the effect and use your reasoning(ÍÆÀíµÄ) skills. Think about all the things you know that could be reasons for the effect you can see.
For example, you may see someone putting on a heavy jacket. This is the effect. To look for a cause, think to yourself, ¡°What would take someone put on a heavy jacket?¡± Maybe the person is going outside into very cold weather. Maybe the person works in the penguin pen(Æó¶ìȦÑøµØ) at Sea World. Maybe the person is going to visit an ice skating rink where the air is kept very cold. All of these things could be a cause for putting on a heavy jacket.
Now, think about a second example. The effect is a boy named Abi has to go to the head teacher¡¯s office. What are the possible causes? Maybe he bullied(ÆÛ¸º) another student. Maybe he is just being picked up early. Maybe he is being given a prize!
Here is another example for you to think about its cause and effect. Cait, 13, was trying to fall asleep when her 8-year-old brother, Doug, came into her room. He looked around a bit, but seemed really out of it. Then Doug went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the hall light for quite a while. Little brothers can be very strange, but this was really much too strange. Cait¡¯s father appeared and explained that Doug was sleepwalking. What¡¯s the cause end effect, could you tell?
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¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿According to the second paragraph, which of the following is an effect?

A£®Someone puts on a heavy jacket.
B£®Someone works in the penguin pen.
C£®Someone will go outside into cold weather.
D£®Someone will go to visit an ice skating rink.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ2¡¿Abi has to go to the head teacher¡¯s office. Which of the following isn¡¯t the possible cause?
A£®He bullied another student.B£®He is going shopping.
C£®His is being picking up early.D£®He is being given a prize.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ3¡¿What was Doug doing when his sister Cait tried to fall asleep?
A£®He was going outside.B£®He was reading a story.
C£®He was sleepwalking.D£®He was looking for his dad.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ4¡¿Which of the following is cause and effect?
A£®Tony got up and had a glass of water.
B£®We came home and found him sleeping.
C£®The ball was lost and a window was broken.
D£®Tim was late again and his teacher got angry.
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ5¡¿What is the best title for the next?
A£®Truth and liesB£®Work and sleep
C£®Cause and effectD£®Life and dreams

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7 January, 2014

A new report says more and more international students are attending colleges and universities in the United States. It also notes a large increase in the number of international students from China.

These findings are from the latest Open Doors Report. The report documents the record number of international students in the United States during 2012, 2013 school year. It says more than seven hundred sixty-four thousand four-hundred such students were attending American colleges and universities during the last two years. That represents an increase of almost six percent than one year earlier.

On the other hand, the number of Americans studying overseas (º£Íâ) increased by one percent, which reached nineteen thousand this year.

The report says one hundred ninety-four thousand students at American colleges and universities were from

China. That is an increase of more than twenty-three percent over the year before. Peggy Blumenthal, an expert(ר¼Ò) of international education, described the effect of the increase in Chinese students.

"Now they have been coming for some time. But this year was the highest level ever." She says many Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children. The children mainly choose to study in America.

"We know many of them have enough income to be able to afford to send them anywhere in the world that they want to go. And for the most part, looking around the world, Chinese students still prefer to come to the United States as their choice."

Chinese students are not the only ones who want to attend American colleges and universities. After China, India sends the second largest number of students to the United States for higher education. India has about one hundred thousand students in American schools. South Korea is third with about seventy two thousand students.

Why do so many foreign students study in the United States? Peggy Blumenthal provides one reason.

"The advantage America has is that we have a huge system and a very perfect system. So there are over four thousand universities and colleges in the United States. Among them are some top ones in the world, and what that tells us is there is still a lot of room to host international students."

Foreign students represent less than four percent of the total student population in American higher education. And from Learning English, that's the VOA Special English Education Report. I'm Bob Doughty. Thanks for listening.

1.Bob Doughty seems to be ________.

A. an exchange student from the USA         

B. an expert of international education

C. a viewer of VOA                             

D. a reporter from VOA

2.Which country below has the fewest students studying overseas?

A. South Korea              B. India                   C. China           D. America

3.Which is NOT the reason why so many Chinese students go to the USA for further study?

A. Lots of Chinese families are able to pay for the highest-quality education for their children

B. The USA has a huge and a very perfect education system.

C. There is a lot of room to host international students in the USA.

D. The USA has some top universities and colleges in the world.

4.Which of the following statement is true?

A. China has 122,000 more students than South Korea at American colleges and universities.

B. The number of Americans studying overseas is becoming smaller and smaller.

C. The number of Asian students has an increase of 6% over the past two years.

D. Most of the international students in the United States are Chinese.

5.This passage from VOA Special English is most likely to be ________.

A. An advertisement          B. A radio programme  C. A science report           D. A tour guide

 

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I wonder whether there is any girl or boy who does not like to see a rainbow in the sky. It is so beautiful.

There is a story, saying that whenever you see a rainbow you should run at once to the place where it touches the ground, and there you would find a pot of gold. Of course it is not true. You could not find the pot of gold or its end. No matter how far you run, it always seems far away.

A rainbow is not a thing which we can feel with our hands as we can feel a flower. It is only the effect of light shining on raindrops. The raindrops catch the sunlight and break it up into all the wonderful colours which we see. It is called a rainbow perhaps because it is made up of raindrops and looks like a bow£¨¹­).

That is why we can never see a rainbow in a clear sky. We see a rainbow only when there is rain in the air and the sun is shining brightly through the clouds.

Every rainbow has many colours in the same order. The first or the top colour is always red, and the next comes orange, then yellow, and last of all, blue. A rainbow is indeed one of the wonders of nature.

1.Children like rainbows because          .

A£®they are beautiful

B£®they are like bows

C£®they can find a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow

D£®they are good to crops

2.We cannot feel          with our hands.

A£®a pot of gold       B£®a flower           C£®a rainbow         D£®a raindrop

3.We can see a rainbow          .

A£®when it is raining heavily

B£®when it is snowing

C£®when it is cloudy

D£®when it is becomes fine shortly after raining

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A£®A rainbow is like bow.

B£®A rainbow is the effect of light shining on raindrops.

C£®Every rainbow has different colours in different orders.

D£®A rainbow is one of the wonders of nature.

5.The first colour of a rainbow is always           .

A£®yellow            B£®red              C£®green            D£®blue

 

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A ban on smoking in most public places goes into effect(Ч¹û) on Sunday in China - home to a third of the world's smokers. That means around 300 million smokers will no longer be allowed to light their cigarettes in the "enclosed public places." These include hotels, restaurants, theaters and public transport waiting rooms. The ban does not cover offices or factories.

The campaign is aimed at controlling(¿ØÖÆ) the number of deaths from smoking-related illnesses, running at a million a year. According to the World Health Organization, more than 3,000 people die every day in China because of smoking. Health experts also hope it will help Chinese to raise the knowledge of the dangers of smoking.

But the new rules have been criticized because they do not include punishments(´¦·£) for those who choose not to obey them. Most people worry that Chinese smoking ban may have little effect.

Business owners often hate rules that force(Ç¿ÆÈ) them to ban smoking on their restaurants, bar, cafe..., because many customers(¹Ë¿Í) do not like the rules and complain. Often you find people smoking at the next table while you are eating your meal or having a drink in a bar.

It appears that many Chinese people don¡¯t know the dangers of smoking. Research suggests only one in four knows the harm(º¦´¦) cigarettes or second-hand smoke can cause.

At the same time the government makes a lot of money from the sales of cigarettes by the state-owned firms that make and sell all tobacco products throughout the country.

1.The word ¡°ban¡± in the first sentence means         .

A. ½ûÁî                           B. ÔðÂî                         C. ·£¿î

2. Every year          people died in China from smoking-related illnesses.

A. more than 3,000                  B. about a million                 C. nearly 300 million

3. According to the new ban, smokers can smoke         .

A. in the restaurants                 B. in the airport waiting room        C. in the office

4. We can find      reasons in the passage to explain why people worry about the effect of the ban.

A. three                           B. four                          C. five

5.. The best title for this passage is         .

A. A new ban on smoking in China     

B. Smoking culture in China

C. Dangers of smoking in China      

 

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