"May I speak with Jeanne Kerr?" I said, crossing my fingers

    "Who's asking?" the voice rose.

    "It's Regina Louise, I think we may've met "I don't believe so," the stranger said, hanging up the phone.

    I crossed out another Jeanne from my long list. The first time I met Jeanne was May 1, 1975 at Edgar Children's Shelter where I was disliked by all the social workers except Jeanne.

    The last time I saw Jeanne was in 1977. I was 15 years old, standing in a courtroom (法 庭), asking the court to allow Jeanne Kerr to adopt (收养)me. However, Jeanne's request to adopt me was refused because she was white and I was black. Then 1 was placed in a treatment center for disturbed girls .

    By 2002, at age 40, I operated two successful hair salons. I wrote a book about my early teenage years from 13 to 15, a story that followed me through meeting Jeanne and losing her.

    One evening, I checked my email and came across the words: "I am so proud of you, sweetheart!" My heart stopped. I opened the email, and it was from Jeanne . An old co-worker of hers had read my book and called Jeanne to tell her "Your Regina is looking for you."

    I dialed the number given in the email immediately. We chatted a lot excitedly. At last, she told me, "I want to make you my daughter.

    Three weeks later, I stood in the same courtroom where Jeanne's first request to adopt me had been refused. After the judge told us to live with and love one another as mother and daughter for the rest of our lives, I turned to Jeanne and whispered, "Thank you 一 Mommy 一 for loving me, when no one else could."

    Most people are good at recognizing the universal facial expressions of our emotions 一 anger, joy, sadness, etc., which present a lot of emotional information. In fact, there are less obvious facial expressions called micro-expressions (MEs). Huma n beings often show them and communicate their private thoughts to others unconsciously (无意识的).What's more, people cannot hide them, including the experienced ones. And MEs have universality (普遍性), regardless of one's age, religion or culture.

    All the findings lead to the possibilities of MEs' wide use in different fields, where people can use MEs to understand other people's true feelings, thoughts, or beliefs. Police can use MEs to detect unnatural behavior. Teachers can recognize unease in students and give a more careful explanation. Businessmen can use expressions of happiness to determine when they have given a suitable price. When one wants to be able to do what are mentioned above, it is useful to be able to read MEs.

    However, MEs are difficult to read, because they are unconscious, and occur sometimes as fast as one-tenth of a second or even one-fifteenth of a second. At present, even highly trained persons are not always able to notice them. Some people do see something that has changed on the face, but they don't know exactly what it is that has changed. Since the human recognition accuracy (精准)is so low, a possible method for spotting MEs would be very precious.

    Big changes in agriculture are taking place in Singapore. The small, Southeast Asian nation is leading a farming revolution, according to the Reuters news agency.

    Singapore covers 724 square kilometers of land and only one percent of that land is used for agriculture. Food production costs are higher there than the rest of Southeast Asia. As climate change and population growth threaten food supplies, the pressure is on new farmers to answer the government's call to "grow more with less".

    "Whenever 1 talk about food security in Sin gapore, I tell people don't think land —think space, because you can go upwards and sideways." said Paul Teng, an agriculture professor at Nanyang Technological University.

    There are more than 30 vertical (垂直的)farms in Singapore — ones that grow up, not across, the land. Sustenir Agriculture is one of these businesses. Its hydroponic (水栽法的) farm grows non-native foods like cherry tomatoes and strawberries inside buildings under artificial lighting. Then it sells the produce to local supermarkets and online stores. Sustenir raised $16 million from investors (投资人)last year. The money will be used to expand operations in Singapore.

    However, not everyone thinks the new technology is best. Egg farmer William Ho says the government should not depend so much on agriculture technology businesses. " Many of them have failed. That's why I'm always asking the government why don't you invest in us old-timers. We are more practical," he said. Professor Paul Teng said an issue for urban farmers is that the high cost of the technology makes their products too pricey for many people .

    If you find yourself turning off your alarm clock over and over again each morning you are not alone. Waking up quickly and getting out of bed in the morning can often be a struggle for most of people .  These tips can help you to feel ready to face the day.

    Make it hard to ignore your alarm .

     Set the alarm clock to the loudest setting. Loud noise makes you feel more awake. Place your alarm far away so that you physically have to get out of bed to turn it off.

    Even better, hide your alarm somewhere in your bedroom so that you have to get out of bed and find it before you can turn it off.

    This might sound like an unusual tip, but it works! You can turn on the lights as soon as you wake up, which will help your eyes adjust (适应)to the day while motivating your brain to get up and get moving. Or you can open your curtains right after you wake up. It's much more attracting to stay in bed when the room is dark, so pull open the curtains to allow sunlight to come into your room each morning.

    Ask someone to help you wake up early.

    If you have a roommate or your parents living with you, you can always ask for their help.  If you are living alone then you can ways ask your close friends to give you a call in the morning.

    These methods aren't magic, but they do work. You can be a morning person, if you try!

A. Open your room to sounds.

B. Prepare your waking-up environment.

C. Do you want to be a morning person?

D. There are various ways you can do this.

E. Do you often turn off your alarm clock?

F. This will active brain and keep you awake.

G. They can give you some gentle shakes to wake you up.

    Jacquelina used to weigh over 500 pounds. And for years, she 1 to wear a bathing suit.

    She realized her life needed a complete 2 after an unpleasant experience at Dollywood where she got 3 in a turnstile (旋转式栅门).Then Jacquelina decided to make a change. She was going to get control of her 4 !

    Of course, it was no easy task. She devoted years to 5 with doctors, eating right, and exercising. And 6 her hard work, Jacquelina lost 350 pounds.

    Years later, Jacquelina 7 to Mexico for a vacation. Having lost 350 pounds, she decided she was ready to wear a bathing suit without a 8

    "I was 9 to take my cover-up off and walk into the pool. I still felt like that same 500 pound girl." Jacquelina explained.

    But Jacquelina was ready to face her fears. 10 people around her cruelly pointed and 11 at Jacquelina.

    "In the past I would 12 their comments to affect my vacation, and I probably would never go to that pool again." she said to herself.

    13 now she's a changed woman!

    Instead of letting their response bring her 14 . she took a deep breath, then chose to 15 and walk into the pool.

    "That was a huge 16 for me," she said. "I had changed. I was not the 17girl any more."

    While she'd lost 350 pounds, it wasn't just Jacquelina's body that had changed. Her 18 changed, too. Cruel comments still 19 . but she realized her worth had 20 to do with what other people thought.

    The trip to Canada was so fantastic! I'd like to share with you the impressions this country left  me—"M-A-P-L-E".

    Multicultural Canada officially  (become) a multicultural society in 1971. Canadians believe they should accept others' cultures, values and beliefs equal to (they) own. Abundant (富饶).Canada has an abundance of natural resources, (especial) fresh water resources from numerous rivers and lakes. Pleasant. It enjoys lots of pleasant natural scenery and beautiful forests, in which trees are extremely tall, some (measure) over 90 meters. Livable. Three Canadian cities — Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary are in the top five livable cities in the world. Empty. It is such  empty country where most of Canadians live within a few hundred kilometers of the USA border.

    All in all, the trip was  (amaze). I feel one trip cannot help me picture the whole country, I hope to take another cultural trip to Canada, with the (intend) of learning more about this country. When I  (equip) with much more information about this country, I can become a bridge between two great countries — Canada and China.

你能给他推荐一个有特色的主题公园。请你给他回信，内容包括:

⒈你的建议:上海迪士尼乐园；

⒉你的理由:带你进入魔幻世界；遇见自己最喜欢的卡通人物；

体验刺激的海盗船、自由落体； 每日上演精彩娱乐活动及表演；

⒊你的祝愿。

注意：⒈词数80左右；

⒉可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

⒊开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇:海盗船pirate ships

Dear Henry,

    I'm happy to receive your letter and know that you're coming to China.

Yours,

Li Hua

    Many people are longing for the benefits of living a healthy lifestyle, but what does that actually mean? Healthy living is about taking responsibility for your decisions and making smart health choices for today and for the future. A healthy lifestyle is generally characterized as a "balanced life'' in which one makes "wise choices". A healthy lifestyle is a valuable resource for reducing health problems, for relieving life stress, and for improving quality of life.

    The right nutrition is necessary to live a healthy lifestyle .Your body requires a well-balanced diet every day in order to maintain (维持)the proper amounts of vitamins, nutrients and minerals needed to maintain a healthy body.

    You will need to include fitness as part of your lift. Physical fitness keeps your weight in check, helps you sleep better at night, prevents heart attacks and other health problems, and generally lives a longer lift. Basical1y there are so many benefits of exercising that you really can't live a full life without it.

    Emotional stress plays an important role in many illnesses, both directly and indirectly. People are also more likely to smoke, overeat, drink too much, work too hard, argue with others and so on, when they are feeling stressed. Thus, stress management is an important part of your new lifestyle, and relaxation techniques are truly a key part of living a healthy lifestyle.

    Being healthy is so important. Just change one thing in your life today. Have a healthy life beginning now. Living a healthy lifestyle will bring you happiness, health and the life of your dreams. You can feel your best at all times of the day.