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江西省吉安市吉安县城北中学2024年中考三模英语试题
Feel down? Hug a tree! Recently, many Chinese young people have turned to trees to lower (减少) stress. It sounds strange.
US scientist Edward Wilson pointed out that humans were born to love being around other living things. Human's love for nature is "in our DNA". It's also one of the reasons why people love cute pets.
Some scientists have studied why tree-hugging can help with our health. A study in 2021 reported that the activity can create more oxytocin (催产素). The higher the level of oxytocin is, the happier we may be. Hugging trees for only 21 seconds can lead to an increase in oxytocin.
Hugging trees also helps cut cortisol (皮质醇) production, which makes us feel better. The brain produces more cortisol when the person is worried, angry, or very sad.
Although the activity is helpful to us, it's important to keep in mind that we shouldn't hurt nature while hugging trees. Trees play a valuable role in our environment. Many small living things live in the tree. You need to be gentle when hugging trees—just like how you hug a friend!
A. Cortisol is a sign of stress.
B. It's something connected with feelings.
C. It is normal for adults to be stressed out.
D. And they are too small to be seen.
E. Worries can be a heavy weight over our shoulders.
F. However, there's some science behind the act of tree-hugging.
G. His idea helps to explain why people prefer natural views (景色) to city views.
Food waste is common in many schools. Students at Whitewater Middle School in the US once found 200 pounds (90. 7kg) of food had been thrown away after just one of their school's daily meals. They said it was both unpleasant and educational.
A student said, "You don't realize how much food waste you're making till you see it. " To deal with this problem, Whitewater has added environmental science as a new school program this year. Teachers will lead students to do research about how food connects with the environment, poverty (贫穷) and people's health.
Whitewater teachers make sure students know how their own eating habits are part of bigger problems. In environmental literature (文学) classes, students read books such as Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.
Teacher Lyman says that in language arts classes, students discuss why poor people often have less healthy food. Lyman says she wants students to ask themselves some basic questions: "What do we eat? What do we waste?
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A. create | B. deal | C. effect | D. major | E. producers |
● Earthworms are doing their part
Do you know that earthworms (蚯蚓) help to make healthy soil? Many scientists think they play a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} role in growing our food. New research has found that the animals help grow 65% of the world's rice. They make themselves one of the world's greatest rice {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.
How do the earthworms have the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} on soil? Worms make soil healthier by eating dead plants. As they eat the plants, they make something other plants need in order to grow. Worms also help soil keep water, and their movements {#blank#}4{#/blank#} tunnels that help plants grow roots.
However, some scientists believe other living things in the soil can also do the similar things as the earthworms. They think more research is needed.
A. different | B. experiment | C. respond | D. successfully | E. survive |
● Wild elephants can solve puzzles
Recently scientists have found that wild elephants can solve puzzles with no training after the elephants in zoos were seen {#blank#}5{#/blank#} solving problems.
Researchers at a wildlife area in Thailand set up puzzle boxes with three compartments (间隔). Each compartment was filled with jackfruit and opened in a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} way. By using cameras, the scientists watched 77 Asian elephants to see what they would do. By the end of the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, they found that 11 elephants were able to get the fruit from one compartment, eight got into two compartments, and five solved all three puzzles to get the treats.
Elephants that returned to try the boxes several times had the most success. Researchers say the ability to solve problems can help the animals {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in changing environments. And understanding how they do this could help scientists protect them in a better way.
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