The Grand in GrandmotherWhen I was growing up, my parents took teaching jobs in a remote town, leaving me in the care of my grandmother.Nanay, as we called her, did not hug or kiss children. Her tongue was sharp and her words harsh. She was a tyrant(独裁者)， but she was there. As early as I could remember, Nanay had always been a part of my life. I believed grandmothers lived forever.She taught me many lessons, though I often ignored them. Nanay urged me never to accept second-best. For her,“good enough" was never enough, from the grades you bring home from school to the service you receive in restaurants. When I was 13， Nanay sent me to Manila to attend high school, and I stayed there for university. I came back each summer, but after I got married the visits became less frequent. Soon all of her grandchildren had moved out.Nanay was left on her own. In her letters to me, she wrote of how lonely she was, but I never made the effort to spend more time with her.Nanay died last year. She was 83. After the funeral, I went to our old house. Grandmother had kept so many things from my childhood: the toys; the letters I wrote home in my high school and university years, either asking for more rice or thanking her for sending fruit. Photos of her grandchildren were on display in the living room.When I visited her grave and reflected on all her birthdays I had allowed to pass, I was filled with sorrow. I thought about all the stories she never got a chance to tell me, about her life, about the girl she once had been, about the town I left behind. It occurred to me that perhaps she did not tell me because I did not know how to ask.The tone of the text can be described as ____.

Exercise and DietingIf you are overweight, it could lead to health conditions including increased blood pressure or heart disease. If you're worried about how heavy you are, ask the doctor for advice. If you only have to lose some weight, the best thing to do is stop eating when you are full, eat healthily and get more energetic.① Becoming more active is the best way of burning off those additional calories(卡路里). You don't need go to the gym to do this. Just increase the amount of walking you do each day or just go for a bike ride. You put on weight if you eat more than you need; this is because you accumulate any energy not used into fat.② Every day you should drink about 8 glasses of water. You will need more if the weather is hot or while you are doing physical activity. Try to cut down on those drinks high in sugar.③ You don't need to give up drinking alcohol, but too much drinking can cause harm. Drinking less can help lose pounds. The guideline for women is 3 units per day, and for men, 4 units per day. A good goal for better health is to stretch your drinking over a week and not save it for the weekends. Overdrinking for a long time can also harm the liver.④ Never skip breakfast, as it provides you with energy to keep you going through the day. Many people miss breakfast thinking it helps them lose extra pounds. But it doesn't at all, and even worse, they can lose out on minerals and vitamins. It is clear that eating breakfast can help control your weight.To sum up, if you are thinking about going on a diet, make sure you consider the above guidelines.A. Seeing a doctorB. Having breakfastC. Drinking enough waterD. Doing physical exerciseE. Drinking alcohol moderatelyTask 1：16. Paragraph ①：17. Paragraph ②：18. Paragraph ③：19. Paragraph ④：

Exercise and DietingIf you are overweight, it could lead to health conditions including increased blood pressure or heart disease. If you're worried about how heavy you are, ask the doctor for advice. If you only have to lose some weight, the best thing to do is stop eating when you are full, eat healthily and get more energetic.① Becoming more active is the best way of burning off those additional calories(卡路里). You don't need go to the gym to do this. Just increase the amount of walking you do each day or just go for a bike ride. You put on weight if you eat more than you need; this is because you accumulate any energy not used into fat.② Every day you should drink about 8 glasses of water. You will need more if the weather is hot or while you are doing physical activity. Try to cut down on those drinks high in sugar.③ You don't need to give up drinking alcohol, but too much drinking can cause harm. Drinking less can help lose pounds. The guideline for women is 3 units per day, and for men, 4 units per day. A good goal for better health is to stretch your drinking over a week and not save it for the weekends. Overdrinking for a long time can also harm the liver.④ Never skip breakfast, as it provides you with energy to keep you going through the day. Many people miss breakfast thinking it helps them lose extra pounds. But it doesn't at all, and even worse, they can lose out on minerals and vitamins. It is clear that eating breakfast can help control your weight.To sum up, if you are thinking about going on a diet, make sure you consider the above guidelines.A. into fatB. in sugarC. harm the liverD. seek advice from a doctorE. 3 units of alcohol every dayF. a lack of minerals and vitaminsG. 4 glasses of water each dayTask 220. Before losing weight, you'd better ____.21. The unused energy will be accumulated ____.22. You should reduce drinks rich ____.23. Women are advised to drink ____.24. Longtime overdrinking may ____.25. Missing breakfast may cause ____.

Enjoy Yourself and Improve Your EnglishOne student I knew in Tanzania was the daughter of a school teacher. On the first day of the long school holidays, a whole set of graded English books arrived at her house. 26____ The daughter read them all, starting from the easiest and working up to the most difficult. The holidays passed quickly and when the new school term started, she was far ahead of her classmates in English.27____ I think there are three. First, learning a new language takes time and practice. It is the same with any skill, like swimming. There are no quicker ways.Second, successful learning means moving from the easy to the difficult.28____ You have to play very simple tunes before you move on, step by step, to more complex ones. 29____ The student was not trying to improve her English, though her English did improve. She liked the stories and was using them to pass the time. She became better at English without knowing it. Her brain was learning the language while she was concentrating on the stories. However, many students give two main reasons for not reading much.30____ I am afraid this reason is very weak and simply not true. The other reason is that they do not enjoy it. This reason is stronger. In fact it can be divided into two. You may not enjoy reading because either the language is difficult, or the stories are boring.A. One is that they have no time.B. Why don't students read more?C. What lessons does this story teach us?D. Her mother had bought them for the school.E. Third, reading stories in a new language is enjoyable.F. This is just like learning to play the piano.

My Little NieceMy little niece, a ten-month-old baby, is the most lovely child I have ever seen. Her face is like a red apple and her eyes are like 31___ stars. When you carry her in your arms, she likes to put her arms around your neck. All the 32___ in the family love her very much and often try to make her smile. But quite 33___ it is she who makes us 34___. Once I winked(眨眼) at her and she smiled. When I did it again, she watched me 35___. Then she tried to imitate. While I closed one eye to wink, she had to close 36___ eyes at the same time, and then 37___ opened them again. And that was her way to wink. We all 38___ into laughter. When we looked at her again, she was staring at us, puzzled, as if she were 39___,"What are you laughing at?" We all love this 40___ little baby.A.laughB.bothC.drinkD.grown-upsE.attentivelyF.askingG.cuteH.flowersI.burstJ.oftenK.brightL.quickly

Observing the NatureNature is amazingly(amazing) complex. Every day many different things happen in nature. Look around and observe. What do you see happening? 41____ (Live) things grow and die as 42____ (season) change. In nature, even the quietest place is not empty, because insects fill the air. Nature is so 43____ (vary) that there are millions of kinds of plants and animals to study. Time and patience are 44____ (need) to learn from nature. And that's 45____ (particular) true of the study of animals.You can't just press a button on a bird and have it tell you how fast it can fly. And monkeys don't wear signs 46____ (tell) you how they take care of their young. To learn these things, you have to observe. 47____ (Scientist)observe animals in different ways.And each of them 48____ (give) the world something through their observations. Some help us make sense of the 49____ (nature) world. Others help us see the 50____ (important) of protecting it.

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The History of Coffee HousesToday, the idea of a coffee house usually brings to mind a cozy (惬意的) place that serves delicious coffee. So how did the coffee house get started?The first record of a public place serving coffee dates back to 1475. Kiva Han was the first coffee shop, located in Istanbul, Turkiye. Coffee was a very important item during that period. It was even legal in Turkiye for a woman to divorce her husband if he could not supply her with enough coffee.The idea of adding cream and sugar to coffee came into fashion in Europe around 1529, when the first coffee house in Europe was established. Vienna was invaded by the Turkish army. They left many bags of coffee beans behind when they fled the city. An Austrian who had lived in Turkiye was the only person who recognized the value in the beans. He opened a coffee house and introduced the idea of filtering (过滤) coffee, as well as softening coffee with milk and sugar.Coffee establishments continued to spread, with the first one opening up in Britain in 1652. And it was in an English coffee house that the word "tips" was first used. A jar with a sign reading "To Insure Prompt Service" sat on the counter. You put a coin in the jar to be served quickly.The British called their coffee houses "penny universities," because that was the price for the coffee and the social upper - class of businessmen were found there. From there, the idea spread further through Europe and eventually to America. The role of the American coffee houses was the same as that in England: hotspots for the business community.And who could forget the most popular coffee house chain of all, Starbucks? They opened their first store in 1971, in Seattle, and have taken the world by storm with over 8,000 locations.Kiva Han was the world's oldest coffee house.

The History of Coffee HousesToday, the idea of a coffee house usually brings to mind a cozy (惬意的) place that serves delicious coffee. So how did the coffee house get started?The first record of a public place serving coffee dates back to 1475. Kiva Han was the first coffee shop, located in Istanbul, Turkiye. Coffee was a very important item during that period. It was even legal in Turkiye for a woman to divorce her husband if he could not supply her with enough coffee.The idea of adding cream and sugar to coffee came into fashion in Europe around 1529, when the first coffee house in Europe was established. Vienna was invaded by the Turkish army. They left many bags of coffee beans behind when they fled the city. An Austrian who had lived in Turkiye was the only person who recognized the value in the beans. He opened a coffee house and introduced the idea of filtering (过滤) coffee, as well as softening coffee with milk and sugar.Coffee establishments continued to spread, with the first one opening up in Britain in 1652. And it was in an English coffee house that the word "tips" was first used. A jar with a sign reading "To Insure Prompt Service" sat on the counter. You put a coin in the jar to be served quickly.The British called their coffee houses "penny universities," because that was the price for the coffee and the social upper - class of businessmen were found there. From there, the idea spread further through Europe and eventually to America. The role of the American coffee houses was the same as that in England: hotspots for the business community.And who could forget the most popular coffee house chain of all, Starbucks? They opened their first store in 1971, in Seattle, and have taken the world by storm with over 8,000 locations. Turkish men often bought coffee as a gift for the marriage proposal.

The History of Coffee HousesToday, the idea of a coffee house usually brings to mind a cozy (惬意的) place that serves delicious coffee. So how did the coffee house get started?The first record of a public place serving coffee dates back to 1475. Kiva Han was the first coffee shop, located in Istanbul, Turkiye. Coffee was a very important item during that period. It was even legal in Turkiye for a woman to divorce her husband if he could not supply her with enough coffee.The idea of adding cream and sugar to coffee came into fashion in Europe around 1529, when the first coffee house in Europe was established. Vienna was invaded by the Turkish army. They left many bags of coffee beans behind when they fled the city. An Austrian who had lived in Turkiye was the only person who recognized the value in the beans. He opened a coffee house and introduced the idea of filtering (过滤) coffee, as well as softening coffee with milk and sugar.Coffee establishments continued to spread, with the first one opening up in Britain in 1652. And it was in an English coffee house that the word "tips" was first used. A jar with a sign reading "To Insure Prompt Service" sat on the counter. You put a coin in the jar to be served quickly.The British called their coffee houses "penny universities," because that was the price for the coffee and the social upper - class of businessmen were found there. From there, the idea spread further through Europe and eventually to America. The role of the American coffee houses was the same as that in England: hotspots for the business community.And who could forget the most popular coffee house chain of all, Starbucks? They opened their first store in 1971, in Seattle, and have taken the world by storm with over 8,000 locations. It was in Europe that people started to add cream to coffee.