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广西防城港市防城区2024年秋八年级英语科第一次月考检测题
A new study shows that the early bird indeed gets the worm. According to the scientists, getting up just a little earlier than you usually would, could actually improve how you feel and your health.
Scientists say we all have a so—called chronotype(睡眠类型) -a habit of when we go to sleep. The habit is partly determined (决定) through genetics(遗传). And that chronotype plays apart when it comes to our mental health. Science Daily writes that"… night owls(夜猫子) are as much as twice as likely to suffer from depression(抑郁症) as early risers, no matter how long they sleep. " So, how early do we have to get up to get the benefits According to the study, you only need to get up one hour earlier in order to reduce the risk of depression. You can achieve this by setting your alarm fifteen minutes earlier every day. It's as easy as that!
Bad news early risers the research doesn't mention anything about people who already get up pretty early. But if you usually don't get up before 8 a. m. , you might want to try and set your alar m a little earlier tomorrow morning.
Long ago, people didn't need a lot of numbers, but when small villages grew into big cities, people started to need bigger numbers to count bags of crops and make trades. How did people in ancient time count numbers?
Paclfic Islands Some Pacific Island cultures count using the whole body. Different body parts stood for a different number, and the name of that part also means that number. | Rome Greek, Roman, and Hebrew mathematicians used letters for their numbers, The Romans, for example, used I for 1, V for 5, X for 10, L for 50, C for 100, and M for 1,000. To write 49, it took nine letters: XXXXVIIII. | Peru In South America, the Inca came up with a different way to note down numbers — by making knots on ropes. Different kinds of knots stood for different numbers, while the color of the rope may have showed what was being counted. | |
Maya Math The Maya of Central America (200-900 CE) were great mathematicians. They counted in groups of 20. They wrote their numbers from bottom to top, with the bottom row standing for one time (1s), the next row up for 20 times (20s), then 400 times (400s), and so on. They used bean-shaped dots● for 1, twig-shaped lines for 5, and they even had a shell shaped symbol for 0! |
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I like going to stores, but how do you know if a store has what you want? The great thing about shopping online is saving time! There are so many choices, and it doesn't take much time to find what you want! (Jake, Sydney, Australia) |
The first time I bought something online, I was a little nervous. I didn't know how it was going to be shipped. But it arrived OK. Now the only problem is that I do too much shopping online. And because I don't have to go out much anymore, I'm not very fit! (Mari, Lima, Peru) |
I wanted to buy a new pair of sunglasses, but I was too busy to go to the stores in the city center. I decided to order them online. They arrived quickly, but they were broken and the case looked used! I had to go to the store to change them. What a waste of time! (Troy, Jersey City, the USA) |
I bought a lot of electronics online last year, and everything was a good deal. The problem is that someone stole my credit card(信用卡) information and went shopping. My advice is: Be very careful when you shop online! (Eric, Ottawa, Canada) |
I bought a lot of electronics online last year, and everything was a good deal. The problem is that someone stole my credit card(信用卡) information and went shopping. My advice is: Be very careful when you shop online! (Eric, Ottawa, Canada) |
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