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A
A Guide to the
University
Food
The TWU Cafeteria is open
7am to 8pm. It serves snacks(小吃), drinks, ice
cream bars
and meals. You can pay with cash or
your ID cards. You can add meal money to your
ID cards at the Front Desk. Even if you do not
buy your food in the cafeteria, you
can use
the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and
to study.
If you are on campus in the evening
or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food,
and drinks in the Lower Café located in the
bottom level of the Gouglas Centre. This
area
is often used for entertainment such as concerts,
games or TV watching.
Relaxation
The
Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan
Hall, is available for relaxing,
studying,
cooking, and eating. Monthly activities are held
here for all international
students. Hours are
10 am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.
Health
Located on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the
Wellness Centre is committed to physical,
emotional and social health. A doctor and
nurse is available if you have health
questions or need immediate medical help or
personal advice. The cost of this is
included
in your medical insurance. Hours are Monday to
Friday, 9am to noon and 1;00
to 4;30pm.
Academic Support
All students have access
to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of
Douglas Hall.
Here, qualified volunteers will
work with you on written work, grammar,
vocabulary,
and other academic skills. You can
sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet
outside the door two 30 –minute appointments
per week maximum. This service is free.
Transportation
The TWU Express is a
shuttle(班车) service. The shuttle transports
students between
campus and the shopping
centre, leaving from the Mattson Centre. Operation
hours are
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between 8am
and 3pm. Saturdays only. Round trip fare is $$1.
1. What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?
A. have meals and meet with friends B.
Buy drinks and enjoy concerts
C. Do homework
and watch TV D. Add money to your ID and play
chess
2. Where and when can you cook your own
food?
A. The Globe, Friday B.
The Lower Café, Sunday
C. The TWU Cafeteria ,
Friday D. The McMillan Hall , Sunday.
3. The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre
_________.
A. is open six days a week
B. offers services free of charge
C. trains
students in medical care D. gives advice on
mental health
4. How can you seek help from
the Writing Centre?
A. By applying online
B. By filling in a sign-up form
C. By calling
the centre D. By going to the centre
directly
参考答案1-4 AADB
B
People aren’t walking any more--- if they can
figure out a way to avoid it.
I felt superior
about this matter until the other day I took my
car to mail a small
parcel. The journey is a
matter of 281 steps. But I used the car. And I
wasn’t in
any hurry, either, I had merely
become one more victim of a national sickness:
motorosis.
It is an illness to which I
had thought myself immune(免疫的), for I was bred in
the
tradition of going to places on my own two
legs. At that time, we regarded 25 miles
as
good day’s walk and the ability to cover such a
distance in ten hours as a sign
of strength
and skill. It did not occur to us that walking was
a hardship. And the
effect was lasting. When I
was 45 years old I raced –and beat—a teenage
football
player the 168 steps up the Stature
of Liberty.
Such enterprises today are
regarded by many middle-aged persons as bad for
the heart.
But a well-known British physician,
Sir Adolphe Abrhams, pointed out recently that
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hearts and bodies need
proper exercise. A person who avoids exercise is
more likely
to have illnesses than one who
exercises regularly. And walking is an ideal form
of
exercise--- the most familiar and natural
of all.
It was Henry Thoreau who showed
mankind the richness of going on foot. The man
walking
can learn the trees, flower, insects,
birds and animals, the significance of seasons,
the very feel of himself as a living creature
in a living world. He cannot learn in
a car.
The car is a convenient means of transport,
but we have made it our way of life. Many
people don’t dare to approach Nature any more;
to them the world they were born to
enjoy is
all threat. To them security is a steel river
thundering on a concrete road.
And much of
their thinking takes place while waiting for the
traffic light to turn
green.
I say that
the green of forests is the mind’s best light. And
none but the man on
foot can evaluate what is
basic and everlasting.
5. What was life like
when the author was young?
A. People usually
went around on foot.
B. people often walked 25
miles a day
C. People used to climb the Statue
of Liberty.
D. people considered a ten-hour
walk as a hardship.
6. The author mentions
Henry Thoreau to prove that
A. middle-aged
people like getting back to nature
B.
walking in nature helps enrich one’s mind
C.
people need regular exercise to keep fit
D.
going on foot prevents heart disease
7. What
is compared to “a steel river” in Paragraph6?
A. A queue of cars B. A ray of
traffic light
C. A flash of lightning
D. A stream of people
8. What is the author’s
intention of writing this passage?
A. To tell
people to reflect more on life.
B. To
recommend people to give up driving
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C. To advise people to do outdoor
activities
D. To encourage people to return to
walking
参考答案5-8.A BAD
C
Choosing the Right Resolution (决定)
Millions of Americans began 2014 with the same
resolution they started 2013 with,
a goal of
losing weight. However, setting weight loss as a
goal is a mistake.
To reach our goal of losing
weight --- the output, we need to control what we
eat
--- the input ( 输入). That is, we tend to
care about the output but not to control
the
input. This is a bad way to construct goals. The
alternative is to focus your
resolution on the
input. Instead of resolving to lose weight, try an
actionable
resolution: “I’ll stop having
dessert for lunch,” or “I’ll walk every day for
20 minutes.” Creating a goal that focuses on a
well-specified input will likely be
more
effective than concentrating on the outcome.
Recently a new science behind incentives (激励) ,
including in education, has been
discussed.
For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see
what works best in
motivating children to do
better in school. In some cases, he gave students
incentives
based on input, like reading
certain books, while in others, the incentives
were based
on output, like results on exams.
His main finding was that incentives increased
achievement when based on input but had no
effect on output. Fryer’s conclusion was
that
the intensives for inputs might be more effective
because students do not know
how to do better
on exam, aside from general rules like “study
harder.” Reading
certain books, on the other
hand, is a well-set task over which they have much
more
control.
As long as you have
direct control over your goal, you have a much
higher chance
of success. And it’s easier to
start again if you fail, because you know exactly
what you need to do.
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