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广东省广州市花都区2023-2024学年七年级下学期英语期中测试
There are many reasons to enjoy drinking tea. However, you should let the hot tea cool down a little before you drink it. Why?A new study in the International Journal of Cancer gives the answer.
"Many people enjoy drinking tea, coffee or other hot drinks. However, according to our report, drinking very hot tea can increase the risk (风险) of esophageal cancer (患食道癌), so you'd better wait until hot drinks cool down before drinking," the lead writer of the study, Dr. Farhad Islami of the American Cancer Society, said.
For the study Islami and his team followed more than 50,000 people aged between 40 and 75 years old. They found 317 of those people had esophageal cancer. The National Cancer Institute reported that about 17,290 Americans had esophageal cancer in a year and that only about 19% of sick people survived. However, five years later, they died.
The scientists found that drinking 700ml drinks (about three cups) every day or more at a higher temperature (温度)(60℃or hotter) would have a 90% higher risk of having esophageal cancer, compared (比较) with people drinking the same quantity at a temperature below 60℃.
This is not the first report showing a person drinking very hot drinks has the risk of cancer. In 2020, the World Health Organization showed a report. It found that drinking very hot drinks of any kind could increase the risk of cancer.
The Best Beef Stew Ingredients: ·salt and pepper to taste ·water ·3 teaspoons olive oil ·2 pounds of potatoes ·1 cup flour ·3 celery ribs ·2 pounds of beef ·3 sliced carrots ·1 cup low-fat beef broth ·2 pounds of onions
Preparation: 1. Heat olive oil in a big pot. Put flour（面粉）, salt, and pepper on a plate. Cover half of the beef with the flour. 2. Cook the coated beef in the pot over medium—high heat for about 6 minutes until brown. Keep aside once browned. Repeat with the rest of the beef. 3. Pour in the beef broth（牛肉汁）and put all the beef back in the pot. Add enough water to cover the meat. Boil, then reduce to simmer（文火炖）. Cook until beef is soft, around 1 hour. 4. Add vegetables and simmer until beef and vegetables are soft, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes Amount: For 6 people *You can simmer the stew in a slow cooker on high for 4 hours. You will still need to brown the beef as directed above. |
A. At times, it may break down. B. Self﹣driving cars began to develop in 2010. C. It might be one of Baidu's self﹣driving cars. D. But self﹣driving cars have their own problems as well. E. And they are more environmentally friendly than regular cars. F. self﹣driving car can be seen everywhere in China. |
Don't be too surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Last month. Baidu began to test its self﹣driving cars on open roads in Beijing.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Since then, companies like Tesla. Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self﹣driving cars.
Self﹣driving cars are safer than regular cars. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} They can remove the stress of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} In one test. researchers pointed a laser pointer（激光棒） at the car's sensors（传感器） while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam was in its way and slowed down or changed the direction.
The software that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} When we use our computers or smart phones. they sometimes crash（崩溃） without any reason. But if this happened to a self﹣driving car. the results could be deadly. Improvements to the software could be a solution to this problem.
How much do you know about Father's Day? What do people do on that day? Let's learn something about it, The date of Father's Day is on the third Sunday in June. It is a day to thank fathers. Things people do on Father's Day On that day, fathers usually get presents and cards. On the cards, children often write sweet things such as"Thanks, Father" and"Best wishes to Father' s Day". People often get together at home to celebrate this special day. The history of Father's Day Where is the idea for Father's Day from? We should thank Sonora Smart Dodd. She is the first person to have the idea. She wrote letters to the government(政府) in 1909. In her letters, she asked officers to make Father's Day on June 5th, her father's birthday. Later, the government made it the third Sunday in June. Then people could celebrate the first Father's Day in Washington on June 19th, 1910. After that, people around the world begin to celebrate Father's Day. |
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