ㅤIndoor plants might look as if they just sit around not doing much，but in many ways they are the unsung heroes of the home.（1）＿＿＿＿＿，but studies have shown that they can promote people's wellbeing by improving their mood（心情），reducing stress and helping their memory.What's more，indoor plants are easy to look after and are not very expensive.
ㅤWhat are indoor plants？
ㅤIndoor plants，also known as houseplants or pot plants，are plants that like to grow indoors.Many of these species（物种） are not ideally suited to growing outside in the UK，especially in the winter.（2）＿＿＿＿＿
ㅤWhy are indoor plants good for you？
ㅤWill Spoelstra，who works at the Royal Botanic Gardens，says，"（3）＿＿＿＿＿.I find during the winter months，plants around the house can really lift your mood."Several studies have backed this up and found that indoor plants can improve creativity，focus and memory.There is also research showing that pot plants can clean the air around them by removing harmful gases，such as carbon dioxide.They also remove some harmful chemicals from paints or cooking.（4）＿＿＿＿＿
ㅤWhich plants can you grow？
ㅤAloe vera，peace lilies and spider plants are some of the species that are easy to grow indoors.You can buy plants from supermarkets，garden centres or online.Younger plants are often cheaper than fully grown ones，and you get to care for them as they mature—which is part of the joy of owning plants."（5）＿＿＿＿＿." Spoelstra says." It can bring a new interest and focus into people's lives and help to make the link between home and nature."
| A． |
All plants are different |
| B． |
Not only do they look beautiful |
| C． |
There are many benefits to growing plants indoors |
| D． |
Instead，they grow better inside，where it is warmer |
| E． |
Plants like peace lilies and devil's ivy are among the best |
| F． |
Changing the pot of your plant from time to time will also help |
| G． |
Learning about the requirements of each plant can be very rewarding. |
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—Excuse me, can you tell me where the nearest restaurant is?
—________
—Where is the nearest restaurant, please?
—Oh, the restaurant? The nearest one is the City Restaurant. ______
—I’m --er-- I’m afraid I don’t quite ...you see, ________
—I see. Simply walk two blocks straight ahead, then turn left, and the City Restaurant is about 10 metres ahead. ________
—Can I take a bus?
—Of course you can. but ________ It’s only a few minutes’ walk.
—Thank you very much.
—Not at all.
| A．What did you say? |
| B．I’m a total stranger here. |
| C．You can’t miss it. |
| D．I beg your pardon? |
E. It’s just opposite the No. 5 Department Store.
F. I don’t think it is necessary.
G. It’s not very far.
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Most fitness advice is aimed at a general audience. But if you’re an older adult, the International Council on Active Aging (ICAA) has some tips for seniors to get started and keep them at the top of their game.
Talk with your doctor about getting permission to begin a fitness program and making any changes to suit your situation.
Before starting, pick a program you’ll enjoy, so you’ll do it regularly. Check out the facility and the staff. Is the place friendly? Can you change clothes comfortably? Are facilities easily accessed?
Determine your participation style. Choose what’s best for you — a class or going solo? Morning or night hours?
Start slowly. Most people are overeager and sometimes overdo it. Record a baseline of your regular activities and determine a reasonable plan.
Make a date. Find a friend to exercise with you and keep you motivated.
Set specific short-term and long-term goals. Plan for activity in your day and make it a priority.
Remind yourself what your goals are. If it hurts, don’t do it. And once you’ve reached your goal, treat yourself for the good job you’ve done, so it will encourage you to continue.
| A．Make a list. |
| B．Exercise Tips for Seniors to Start a Healthy Game |
| C．Know your choice. |
| D．Learn to work around pain, not through it. |
E.Indoor or outside exercise?
F.All the Seniors Should Be Careful Before Exercise
G.Get a thorough examination.
Painkillers in a tablet can make your headache go away. Antibiotic cream（抗生膏）from a tube can prevent your cuts from becoming infected. But can medicine come packaged in chicken eggs?
A team of scientists from Scotland says yes. They've engineered special chickens that lay eggs with disease -treating drugs inside. Animals make thousands of proteins—they’re the main ingredient in skin, hair, milk, and meat. Since animals can make proteins easily, they’re good candidates for making protein drugs.
Researchers have already made cows, sheep, and goats that pump out protein drugs in their milk. But chickens are not expensive to take care of; what’s more, they need less room, and grow faster than these other animals. “”says Simon Lillico of the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland.
Lillico and a team of researchers changed chickens’ DNA—the code that tells cells how to make proteins so that the birds’ cells made two protein drugs.
The scientists altered the chickens’ DNA so that the birds made these drugs only in their egg whites (蛋清). This protects the chickens’ bodies from the drugs’ possible harmful effects and makes it easy for scientists to collect the drugs.
These special chickens can pass on their drug-laying abilities to their chicks. The scientists need to improve these chickens before they roost (栖息) in drug companies’ labs. The birds don’t make enough drugs to treat people yet. But once the researchers perfect their technique, you might eventually take your medicine sunny-side up.
| A．Medicine comes in lots of different uses. |
| B．Those qualities could make chickens a better choice to become living drug factories. |
| C．So far, the Scottish researchers have bred five generations of drug—producing birds. |
| D．Some chickens are found having the ability of treating diseases. |
E. One drug can treat skin cancer, and the other treats a nerve disease called multiple sclerosis(硬化).
F. These drugs are made of molecules called proteins.
G. Medicine comes in lots of different packages.
. She described all the things she had to do --- one was to make her bed --- from the moment she woke up until she flew out of the door for work. I suggested she experiment by not making her bed for two weeks. She was shocked, probably thinking I’d been raised by wolves in a forest.
Two weeks later she went into my office beaming. She had left her bed unmade for the first time in 42 years --- and nothing bad had happened. “And you know what?” she said. ”I don’t dry my dishes anymore, either. ” One was discovering that she had choices in her life that she had never seen before. The other was giving herself permission to be less that perfect. This story shows an important principle about managing time: No one can do it all. Each of us has to make choices and accept trade-offs. The problem is, many people choose in ways that put themselves and their health last. They take better care of their houses and cars than they do of themselves.
So what is the solution? There’s an easy way. Decide what you want in your life, and put that first. On a daily basis, that should include regular meals, enough sleep and time with your family. Exercise, leisure, friendships and hobbies should also be regular aspects of life. . The choice is yours: whatever makes you feel good about yourself and your life. Take a nap. Take a walk. Take time to play the piano. Stop bringing your briefcase home from the office. Stop keeping your house as clean as your mother kept hers. Fill more of your time with want-to-dos instead of have-to-dos.
| A．This woman had made two major breakthroughs. |
| B．Above all, you needn’t do anything for yourself regularly. |
| C．They put everyone else’s needs ahead of their own. |
| D．However, she went along with my idea. |
E. Most people do not take time to relax themselves.
F. The point is to do something for yourself every day.
G. A patient came to see me about the stress in her life.
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Amazon Introduces a Digital Music Locker
Amazon.com, plans to introduce a service that will let people upload their digital music to the Web from anywhere.
The service, known as a music locker, was made available to Amazon account holders early Tuesday．Amazon will offer a Web-based hard drive backup service called Cloud Drive, where people can store documents, photos, videos and music．
It will also offer Cloud Player, which will let people listen to, download and make play lists from the music they store on Cloud Drive from any Web site or from an app on Android devices．Cloud Player will automatically upload songs bought on Amazon．
One key difference is that Google and Apple reportedly want to automatically make all the music that a user owns available to stream on other instruments, while Amazon will require that people upload music, except songs they buy on Amazon, to access it elsewhere．
The dream of these companies, along with many start-ups, is for people to be able to listen to their music from any computer or phone． Several experts in digital music say that the music locker business is still legally ambiguous．
Amazon says it has avoided the problem, because its users would upload their songs, in MP3 to the cloud-based service, just like backing them up on an external （outside） hard drive or a Web-based computer backup service．
Companies, including Google and Spotify have been forced to delay introducing certain services while they negotiate with the music labels and publishers．
| A．People can access it from any computer and from Android phones． |
| B．But they have all run into the same problem: music companies and publishers would prefer that listeners buy a new copy of a song everywhere they want to listen to it． |
| C．Experts suspect that Amazon seems to be copying what Google and Apple have already achieved． |
| D．They agreed to speak on the condition of anonymity （匿名） because their agreements with Amazon are confidential． |
E．It is impossible for Web companies to tell whether a song was bought legally or downloaded illegally．
F．Amazon is racing Google and Apple, both of which are interested in offering similar services．
G．It will also scan iTunes or Windows libraries to find other music to upload．
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