题型：任务型阅读 题类： 难易度：普通
河北省石家庄市正定县2023-2024学年八年级上学期11月期中英语试题
Many people now are taking workcations. The word is from"work"and"vacation". It is when you take a vacation and do some work for your office at the same time.
You can work when you want to. You can check your emails while you sit and enjoy the beach under the sun. Also, you can make pictures or videos for money while you travel around the country.
Workcations help people. When people are not in the office, their minds are clear. So, it's easy for them to think and have new ideas. People can work and have fun at the same time on workcations.They don't get bored. Also, they have more energy( 精力 ) to do things.
However, some people don't like workcations. For them, there's still pressure(压力) to finish all the work. They also feel tired because they can't have and enjoy a real vacation.
Workcations are good for some people, but they are also bad for others. That's because everybody works in different ways. How about you? Do you want to mix your work and life together?
http：//bbs. chinadaily. com. cn/opinion/index. html | |
Home/Opinion/We Share Topic：How Can We Use a Modern Public Library？ Editor's （编辑的） note：Has it been a long time since your last visit to a public library？If so，you may be surprised to learn that libraries have changed for the better. Here are some ideas from the readers. | |
Ben | Topic：Check out a book There are lots of books in libraries，but you'll find it easier to borrow whatever you're looking for with a network of area libraries. By such networks，libraries share their books in a convenient way. Once the book you need arrives |
Anna | Topic：Check out other things The library is now a multimedia zone（多媒体区域） with different forms of information like﹣ movies on DVDs，music on CDs and popular magazines. Children can also find toys and games there. If a popular magazine you want isn't offered and the library keeps a list of such requests |
Tom | Topic：Join reading groups Libraries will often hold reading﹣group meetings for people of different aged groups. Perhaps you'd like to make more friends，and the library may have a book﹣sharing group you could join. Also，you might find it relaxing to sit quietly in a comer with a good book while you bring your little kid to a half﹣hour Story Time. |
Have you ever tried to hide your emotions from someone during a conversation? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Scientists from the Ohio State University have found that people are able to tell other people' s emotions according to the changes in the color of their faces.
Scientists studied pictures of people' s facial expressions. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} For example, happiness makes our faces red around the checks and a little blue around the chin. Disgust(厌恶) creates not only a blue-yellow color around the lips, but also a red-green color around the nose and forehead. " We believe these color patterns are the result of small changes in blood flow triggered(触发) by the central nervous(神经) system." Lead researcher Alex Nartime said.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Does the color alone or also facial expressions help people tell others' emotions? To figure this out, scientists added color patterns to pictures of faces that showed no facial expressions. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} They were able to tell the emotions 75 percent of the time without any difficulty.
{#blank#}5{#/blank#} For example, when two people are heatedly arguing over something, we say they are red in the face. When a person is very angry, we say he or she is blue in the face.
A. But this raises a question. B. They found that every facial expression is connected to a certain color. C. It' s not always easy because the color on your face may tell the truth. D. Then, volunteers were asked to tell what emotions the faces were showing. E. This is why there are some Chinese sayings that connect emotions to the color of one' s face. |
试题篮
