A new study has discovered that meditation(冥想)and oxygen sport together reduce depression. The Rutgers University study found that this mind and body combination, done twice a week for only two months, reduced the symptoms for a group of students by 40 percent.
“We are excited by the findings because we saw such a meaningful improvement in both clinically depressed and non-depressed students,” said lead author Dr. Brandon Alderman. “It is the first time that both of these two behavioral ways have been looked at together for dealing with depression.”
Researchers believe the two activities have an interactive effect in combating depression. Alderman and Dr. Tracey Shors discovered that a combination of mental and physical training (MAP) enabled students with major depressive disorder not to let problems or negative thoughts defeat them.
Rutgers researchers say those who participated in the study began with 30 minutes of focused attention meditation followed by 30 minutes of oxygen sport. They were told that if their thoughts drifted to the past or the future they should refocus on their breathing, enabling those with depression to accept moment-to-moment changes in attention.
Shors, who studies the production of new brain cells in the hippocampus—part of the brain involved in memory and learning—says scientists have shown in animal models that oxygen sport exercise keeps a large number of certain cells alive.
The idea for the human intervention(干预)came from her laboratory studies, she says, with the main goal of helping individuals acquire new skills so that they can learn to recover from stressful life events.
By learning to focus their attention and exercise, people who are fighting depression can acquire new learning skills that can help them process information and reduce the overwhelming recollection of memories from the past, Shors says.
“We know these treatments can be practiced over a lifetime and that they will be effective in improving mental health.” said Alderman. “The good news is that this intervention can be practiced by anyone at any time and at no cost.”
1.What made the research so different?
A. Adopting a way of meaningful talk.
B. Combining the two behavioral ways to treat depression.
C. Treating depression with special medicine.
D. Comparing the depressed with the non-depressed.
2.The underlined word “combating” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ______.
A. fighting B. identifying
C. distinguishing D. examining
3.What did the participants do in the research?
A. They did oxygen sport half an hour before thinking.
B. They thought quietly and then took exercise.
C. They took exercise longer than they thought.
D. They took exercise while thinking quietly.
4.What is Shors’ main purpose of her studies?
A. To find out certain brain cells of humans.
B. To study the production of new brain cells.
C. To offer people a new method to treat stress.
D. To decide the links between stress and exercise.
科目:高中英语 来源:2017届河北武邑中学高三上第一次调研考试英语卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
A Guide to the University
Food
The TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm.It serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars and meals.You can pay with cash or your ID cards.You can add meal money to your ID cards at the Front Desk.Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.
If you are on campus in the evening or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinks in the Lower Café located in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre.This area is often used for entertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.
Relaxation
The Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxing, studying, cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held here for all international students. Hours are 10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.
Health
Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical, emotional and social health. A doctor and nurse is available if you have health questions or need immediate medical help or personal advice. The cost of this is included in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to Friday, 9 am to noon and 1:00 to 4:30pm.
Academic Support
All students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall. Here, qualified volunteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and other academic skills. You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30-minute appointments per week maximum.This service is free.
Transportation
The TWU Express is a shuttle(班车) service. The shuttle transports students between campus and the shopping center, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation hours are between 8am and 3pm, Saturdays only.Round trip fare is $1.
1.What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?
A.Do homework and watch TV.
B.Buy drinks and enjoy concerts.
C.Have meals and meet with friends.
D.Add money to your ID and play chess.
2.Where and when can you cook your own food?
A.The McMillan Hall, Sunday.
B.The Lower Café, Sunday.
C.The TWU Cafeteria, Friday.
D.The Globe, Friday.
3.The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre _________.
A.is open six days a week
B.gives advice on mental health
C.trains students in medical care
D.offers services free of charge
4.How can you seek help from the Writing Center?
A.By filling in a sign-up form.
B.By applying online.
C.By calling the center.
D.By going to the center directly.
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根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
In the 60s, people asked about your astrological (about star) sign. In the 90s, they want to know your website. 1. Your website is an electronic meeting place for your family, friends and potentially, millions of people around the world. Best of all, you may not have to spend a cent. The Web is filled with all kinds of free services and all it takes is some time and creativity.
2. Like the table of contents of a book or magazine, the home page is the front door. Your site can have one or more pages, depending on how you design it.
While web pages vary greatly in their design and content, most use a traditional magazine layout(版面设计). At the top of the page is a banner(横幅)GRAPHIC. Next comes a greeting and short description of the site. Pictures, text, and links to other websites follow.
3. Think about whom the site is for and what you want to say. Next, gather up the material that you want to put on the site.
While there are no rules you have to follow, there are a few things to keep in mind: 4. If you want too much at the beginning, you may never get the site off the ground. You can always add to your site.
Less is better. Most people don’t like to read a lot of long texts online. 5.
Smaller is better. Since it can take a long time to download large files, keep the file sizes small.
Have the rights. Don’t put any material on your site unless you are sure you can do it legally. Always remember to get the permission from the writer first.
Now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and start building.
A. Start simply.
B. Break it into small pieces.
C. Draw a rough layout on a sheet of paper.
D. Many websites are considered very interesting.
E. Before you start building your site, do some planning.
F. Think of your home page as the starting point of your website.
G. These days, having a web address is almost as important as a street address.
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阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I used to abandon(放弃) myself to despair(绝望). Last year, my mother ______ from a stroke(中风) and had a operation on her brain. I felt my whole life turn upside down and I had no ______ what I could do to help her to relieve her ______. Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone.
Last month I ______ a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt ______ about the loss.
There have been many ______ like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things ______ I read “ If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie.
“When the wise man is handed a lemon, he says, ‘What ______ can I get from this? How can I ______ my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’” He wrote.
I suddenly ______ that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay ______ all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things ______. When my mother was fighting for ______, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of ______ and crying.
Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn’t ______ a prize. If I had not ______ the article, I would definitely have felt ______ again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage ______.
Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns as well, but these thorns help us become ______ and strong. When life ______ us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade.
1.A. resultedB. sufferedC. survivedD. escaped
2.A. hopeB. wonderC. ideaD. doubt
3.A. painB. anxietyC. fearD. pressure
4.A. receivedB. soldC. fixedD. lost
5.A. unbelievableB. shamefulC. angryD. terrible
6.A. diseasesB. memoriesC. incidentsD. difficulties
7.A. whenB. untilC. thoughD. since
8.A. lessonB. lemonadeC. decisionD. challenge
9.A. controlB. acceptC. improveD. avoid
10.A. realizedB. thoughtC. discoveredD. predicted
11.A. healthyB. independentC. seriousD. positive
12.A. exactlyB. differentlyC. easilyD. practically
13.A. recoveryB. lifeC. freedomD. happiness
14.A. shoutingB. hidingC. quarrelingD. regretting
15.A. expectB. missC. winD. refuse
16.A. figured outB. written downC. found outD. come across
17.A. embarrassedB. discouragedC. excitedD. concerned
18.A. performanceB. experienceC. progressD. effect
19.A. braveB. calmC. greatD. clever
20.A. showsB. makesC. givesD. sends
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请您修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜钱(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Nowadays Senior 3 students are general faced with a lot of pressure, which is rather common.
To reduce it, the followed suggestions may help. First of all, know exactly what lead to your
pressure, and then you can take measures to deal with it. Secondly, set up a goal what is not too
high, in another words, don't put too much pressure on yourself. Thirdly, find a way to relax
you occasionally. For example, you can listen to music, go swim or just simply go walking.
Eventually, make friend with others, for example, your classmates, your teachers, your parents.
They will understand you and come to your help when you are really in the trouble. In a word,
never get yourself stuck in the pressure for "impossible is nothing".
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阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
We may be very 1. __________ (please ) with the rapid progress we have made in every field of study , but we have almost done nothing2.__________ ( improve ) our present examination systems which focus 3._________ testing the students’ memory instead of their ability . As soon as a child begins school , he enters a world of examination 4._________ will decide his future of job . In fact , a good examination system should encourage students to think for 5.__________ ( they ) . But the examination system now forces the students to remember 6.__________ is taught to get high marks . Thus the students who come out first in the examination are often the 7.__________ ( good ) in memorizing . What’s worse , such an examination system often 8._________ ( drive ) teachers to cram all the time and forces them to train students what to do with the (9._________ ( come ) examination .
There must be 10._________ better way to test a student’s true ability as well as their knowledge .
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书面表达
假定你是李华。你的美国朋友彼得来信,表示想来中国旅游,询问你是否有时间接待。 请给他回信,要点如下:
1.来信已悉,欢迎来华;
2.航班信息,以便接机;
3.住宿地点,旅行计划。
注意:
1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3.开头语已为你写好,不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,
I'm so glad to hear from you, knowing that you are visiting China.
Yours
Li Hua
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科目:高中英语 来源:2017届重庆一中高三上期开学摸底考试英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
On the broad landing between Miss Havisham's own room and that other room in which the long table was laid out, I saw a garden chair -- a light chair on wheels that you pushed from behind. It had been placed there since my last visit, and that same day I pushed Miss Havisham in this chair (when she was tired of walking with her hand upon my shoulder) round her own room, and across the landing and round the other room, which, from that day on, became my regular job.
As we began to be more used to one another, Miss Havisham talked more to me, and asked me such questions as what had I learnt and what was I going to be? I told her I was going to be apprenticed(做学徒) to Joe, my sister’s husband; then I explained my knowing nothing and wanting to know everything, in the hope that she might offer some help. But, she did not; on the contrary, she seemed to prefer my being ignorant. Neither did she ever give me any money - or anything but my daily dinner - nor even mentioned that I should be paid for my services.
Estella was always about, and always let me in and out, but never told me I might kiss her again. Sometimes, she would coldly tolerate me; sometimes, she would be seemingly kind to me; sometimes, she would be quite familiar with me; sometimes, she would tell me energetically that she hated me. Miss Havisham would often ask me in a whisper, or when we were alone, “Does she grow prettier and prettier, Pip?” And when I said yes, Miss Havisham would seem to enjoy it greedily. Also, when we played at cards Miss Havisham would look on Estella's moods, whatever they were. And sometimes, when her moods were so many and so contradictory of one another that I was puzzled what to say or do, Miss Havisham would hold her tightly with great fondness, saying something quietly in her ear that sounded like “Break their hearts my pride and hope, break their hearts and have no mercy!”
1.What did Pip regularly do at Miss Havisham’s home?
A. He placed the garden chair on the broad landing.
B. He walked with Estella’s hand upon his shoulder.
C. He learned knowledge from Miss Havisham.
D. He pushed Miss Havisham in the wheel chair.
2.What can we infer from the second paragraph?
A. Pip was excited to learn from Joe, his sister’s husband.
B. Pip desired to improve his present situation.
C. Miss Havisham felt sorry about Pip’s being ignorant.
D. Miss Havisham helped Pip by paying for his services for her.
3.What’s Estella’s attitude towards Pip?
A. Changeable B. Sincere
C. Warm-hearted D. Indifferent
4. Miss Havisham held Estella tightly because _______.
A. she wanted to blame Estella for hurting Pip.
B. she felt worried about Estella’s moods.
C. she thought Estella did something right.
D. she treated Estella like her own daughter.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2016届山东泰安一中高三5月高考拉练模拟(一)英语试卷(解析版) 题型:阅读理解
NASA on September 28, 2015 announced the strongest evidence yet for liquid water on the red planet, increasing the possibility that astronauts journeying to Mars could someday rely on the planet's own water for their drinking needs.
You may feel like you've heard about the hunt for liquid water on Mars before—and the researchers involved know it may seem played out. But science has yet to truly prove that water flows on Mars once and for all, and doing so could completely change the way we view the planet. This new data is a big step in the right direction.
"Liquid water is an attractive topic, and we like the thousandth time someone has discovered water on Mars," Lujendra Ojha, the Georgia Tech PhD candidate who led the research announced Monday, told The Post. But there's a good reason that liquid water is so "attractive": Mars is now the only planet in our solar system to show evidence of the stuff on its surface, other than our own. Other worlds have it in subsurface oceans, or scattered around as vapor in the atmosphere. But Mars is the only place where we have solid evidence for liquid that sits right there in the open air. While it would be a major leap to suggest that Mars might harbor life—even microbial life—liquid water at least makes it possible that parts of the planet are habitable.
The study builds on research from April, when scientists using data from the Curiosity rover noted that the planet had the seasonal potential for liquid water. We know that because of the extremely low pressure on Mars, water has a boiling point of just a few degrees Celsius, after which it evaporates. The April study noted the presence of perchlorates (高氯酸盐) —a kind of salt—which could make the boiling point of Mars' water much higher, theoretically allowing it to remain liquid. They affirmed that the planet's temperature would be right for liquid, perchlorate-filled water to form every day during winter and spring.
1.What does the Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?
A. The significance of the discovery.
B. The doubt of the discovery.
C. The difficulty of the discovery.
D. The expense of the discovery.
2.The underlined words "our own" in Paragraph 3 refer to ________.
A. Mars
B. the earth
C. liquid water
D. the solar system
3. What plays an important role in making Mars' water in the state of liquid?
A. The thick atmosphere around Mars.
B. The physical structure of Mars.
C. The extremely low pressure on Mars.
D. Perchlorates in Mar's water.
4. The best title for the passage can be "________".
A. Water on Mars could be used for dringking
B. There might be some kinds of life on Mars
C. NASA would send astronauts to journey to Mars
D. NASA confirms the best-ever evidence for water on Mars
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