题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:普通
浙江省杭州市滨江区2024年中考英语一模试卷
When something is troubling us, it's natural to try and make it go away. We might head to the doctor or make a trip to the local drug store for medicine. Unluckily these methods can be expensive and it takes time.
But have no fear, because you might be able to come up with useful home remedies (治疗方法)with nothing more than a few simple ingredients from your house.
At one time or another, it seems everyone comes down with the flu. Along with taking it easy and getting plenty of rest, you can tur to chicken soup to make you feel better. Mothers from around the world have been making it for thousands of years for sick relatives. The hot soup warms you up and its pleasant smell helps to clear up your nose. It's often prepared with onions, carrots ... which all provide vitamins.
Nothing drives people mad quite like getting the hiccups (打嗝). In some cases, nothing seems to drive them away. Next time you've got a bad case of the hiccups, try this sweet solution. Take a full teaspoon with sugar and swallow it down. The sugar is thought to get your throat muscle (肌肉) to relax. Just don't overdo it, or you might have to take a trip to the dentist.
Headaches are another trouble. If you get one, try putting a pencil in between your teeth. A major cause of headaches is stress, and when we're worried, we often tighten our jaws (咬紧牙关), which pulls a muscle that connects to our head, and this action causes the pain, By placing a pencil in our mouths, we are giving our minds a signal to relax our jaws. This can reduce (减轻) the headaches almost immediately, But just remember not to bite(咬) it hard.
A. Then what should I do next? B. OK, thanks a lot. |
C. Could you please show me the way to it? D. No problem. E. Pardon me? F. I don't think that you should be allowed to go out alone. |
Marcus: Excuse me. I am looking for the bus stop for Bus 309. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
Ruby: Sure. Go past the library and turn left. Then you will be on Green
Street. Then go along the street and turn right at the first crossing.
Marcus:{#blank#}2{#/blank#}I should go past the library and turn...
Ruby: Turn left.
Marcus: {#blank#}3{#/blank#}
Ruby: When you get to Green Street, you should go down the street and turn
right at the first crossing.
Marcus: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
Ruby: You are welcome, boy. To be honest, you are so young. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
Your parents should go with you.
Marcus: I don't agree, Sir. I am already 13 years old!
People in the UK Say Sorry for Many Uses
{#blank#}1{#/blank#}lf a person burps(打嗝) at the dinner table or runs into someone, you'll probably hear "Oops, I'm so sorry!"
{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Us scientist Robert Trivers gave a possible answer in his studies. He said that we are polite because we need to belong and be included in society to live. So we be have well, help each other and say sorry, hoping that we can be treated well and be safe.
In the UK. politeness could be, as the Great British Mag put it, "a throwback (符合旧时代的事物)to the British class system. "{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.
Does this mean that when British people say sorry, they don't mean it?{#blank#}4{#/blank#}But saying sorry has its uses. Ilf you're ever in the UK, remember a little "sorry" can go a long way.
A. Perhaps it does sometimes. B. we say sorry to show people of a higher class, or level, respect, and to stay out of trouble. C. But why do we say sorry so much? D. I wonder when people in the UK say sorry. E. We can't help saying sorry in the UK. |
What does the writer mean by concluding "If you're ever in the UK, remember a little sorry' can go a long way. " ( answer with no more than 15 words. ) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
试题篮