visit she found out that John Chhan, 62, was keeping the shop on his own because Stella Chhan, 63, had suffered an aneurysm(动脉瘤) in late September and was recovering at a hospital.

“I went home and I just couldn’t get it out of my head,” Caviola told NBC News.

“They’re just such hardworking people.” So she wrote a blog post on the private community network, Nextdoor, to urge local people to help. The post immediately went popular on social media and Facebook.

For the past 28 years, the couple and their baker have gotten to the shop at 2 am every

day to bake the doughnuts. They then open the shop to the community by 4:30 am, seven days a week. It’s a routine they’ve more or less kept to since opening the store in 1990.

Caviola said she wanted to help. “People can just do a simple thing for their

neighbours,” she said. “There are people who don’t even eat sugar who are buying doughnuts from Mr. Chhan and giving them out to strangers. I really didn’t think it would become this big.”

On Saturday morning, John Chhan was preparing to close his shop by 8:30 am. “We have

sold everything already,” he told NBC News. “I feel very warm and happy. Thank you to everyone.”

Chhan also said that his wife was recovering well and he hoped to have her back in

the shop shortly. “She’s much better,” he said. 24. How was John Chhan’s difficulty discovered?

A. His wife was seen to be ill at hospital. day.

C. Caviola chatted with his wife at home. shop.

25. What is the function of paragraph 4?

A. To describe a harmonious community.

B. To tell the couple’s hard work.

D. To show the love for the couple. D. He was found to work alone at the B. He closed his store earlier every

C. To explain a very successful business. 26. What was beyond Dawn Caviola’s expectation?

A. People’s eagerness for helping the couple. B. doughnuts.

C. The way some people help the strangers.

People’s enthusiasm for

D. The attitude John holds to

others’ help.

27. What kind of person is Dawn Caviola?

A. Smart and energetic. C. Considerate and kind.

C.

Have you ever argued with your parents about putting away the tablet(平板电脑) or

B. Conservative and indifferent. D. Straightforward and fascinating.

turning off a video game? Most families are having these battles. In 2018, Brigham Young University and Deseret News conducted their American Family Survey. It showed that the Number 1 fear for parents of teenagers was too much technology.

If you’re in school now, you may not remember a time before there were smartphones

and tablets everywhere. The iPhone was introduced in 2007, and the iPad came out in 2010. But screen time is nothing new. When your parents were growing up, they watched as much television as you do now, or even more. They probably played video games, too.

Mobile devices are different, though, because they can come with us everywhere we go.

But it also means they’re always disrupting us when we’re trying to have family time or fun with friends. And unlike with TV, which people often watch as a family, everyone-including parents-is now distracted(使分心) by his or her own little machine.

Scientists who study the effects of media say more than two hours a day of screen time

raises your risk of being overweight. Too much screen time at night stops you from getting healthy sleep. Children who grow up with the most screen time can have a hard time focusing and doing well in school. And many families fight about screen time, which is no fun for anyone.

The solution is to talk about screen time. Make an agreement with your family about

where, when, and how you’re going to use computers and other devices. No more than an hour a day is recommended for kids during the school week. Parents, too, should put down their phones. When you do use a device, consider enjoying it with your family, perhaps by playing games or watching a movie.

28. Which of the following is a finding of the American Family Survey?

A. Most families argue about tablets or video games.

B. Screen time is something that hasn’t been in existence for long.

C. What parents worry most is that their teens use too much technology. D. Kids used to watch less television before the arrival of iPhone and iPad. 29. What does the underlined phrase “disrupting” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Reminding. Entertaining.

30. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

A. Why screen time brings about problems. B. What bad effects media have on families.

C. It’s necessary to fight against screen time. cause problems.

31. What does the author suggest in the last paragraph?

A. Families should share a device together. B. Schools should limit students’ screen time. C. Children should stay away from computers.

D. Too much screen time can

B. Interrupting.

C. Accompanying.

D.

D. Adults should avoid using phones with their kids.

D.

Ancient languages, including Greek, Chinese, Hebrew and Japanese, didn’t have a word

for blue. And there wasn’t an English word for the color “orange” until 200 years after the fruit of the same name arrived in Europe. Before then, the color was called by the two other colors that, when mixed, make orange: “yellow-red”.

Multiple experiments suggest that these words don’t simply reflect what we see, but

they influence our perception and are shaped by our cultures.

In one recent study, published in Psychological Science, researchers showed groups

of Greek, German, and Russian speakers (103 people in total) a rapid series of shapes, and they were told to look out for a grey circle. This circle appeared alongside a triangle in different shades of blue and green, and participants later reported whether they saw a complete triangle, a slight or strong impression of the shape, or didn’t see it at all.

Researchers found that Greek and Russian speakers, who have words for light and dark

blue, were more likely to see a light blue triangle against a dark blue background, than they were to identify green triangles against green backgrounds. Speakers of German, which

has no such distinction, were no better at seeing shades of blue triangles than green. Similar research has found that Russian speakers distinguish between shades of blue faster than English speakers, and Greek speakers start to see all shades of blue as similar after living in the UK for a long time.

Scientists have identified 11 basic color terms in English: black, white, grey, red,

green, blue, yellow, pink, orange, purple, and brown. But, of course, it wasn’t too long ago that those who spoke English couldn’t enjoy an orange sunset—they had to settle for one that was yellow-red.

The idea that language influences reality is called the “Sapir-Whorf Theory”, after

its creators Edward Sapir and Benjamin Lee Whorf.

32. What does the author intend to do in the first paragraph?

A. Summarize the main idea of the text. colors.

C. Show the differences of the languages. discussion.

33. What does the underlined word “perception” in paragraph 2 mean?

A. Sense.

B. Action.

C. Thought.

D. Imagination.

D. Lead in the subject for

B. Help readers make different

34. Who is more likely to notice the light blue patterns on a dark blue curtain?

A. A German speaker.

B. An ancient Greek speaker. D. An ancient Chinese speaker.

C. A Russian speaker.

35. What can be the best title for the text?

A. How Were Basic Colors Created?

B. Colors Influence the Languages.

D. Language Affects Colors We See.

C. What Is the “Sapir-Whorf Theory”?

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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Being an independent person is a very important aspect of any person’s life. It’s

very vital that you not be a burden or depend in the slightest way on another person. With independence you’ll realize life is so much easier and of course happier because you don’t expect others to do things for you. 36

The biggest advantage of being independent is that one is able to be confident in