● Using the vehicle in an unsafe manner. Examples include but are not limited to: · Pulling the vehicle with another vehicle or similar device · Allowing more than two riders · Pushing the user from the back · Traveling at an unsafe speed
● Always use common sense and safe practices when using the vehicle.
● Store the vehicle indoors or cover it to protect it from weather. Water will damage the motor, electric system, and battery.
21. When assembling, you should ____________. A. open the battery on the spot C. keep small children off the spot
22. According to the text, it is safer to ____________. A. have at least four passengers B. push the user from behind at the start C. drive on the highway instead of on hills D. wear loose clothes while using the vehicle 23. Where can you probably find the text? A. An official report. C. A physics textbook.
B. A popular magazine. D. A product handbook. B. ignore the packaging materials D. take away all protective materials
B
The Owl Count
Annie slept in the front seat while her father drove through the darkness. \cheerfully. \time was 4:30 A. M. Looking out into the darkness, Annie remembered learning in school that most owls are active at night, when they hunt for food. During the day they sleep in hard-to-find spots.
\bird populations,\of birds are coming into a certain area. You and I will write down the kinds of birds that we see today and keep a record of how many times we see each kind. Then we'll send out a report to a scientific organization that is collecting information about birds from people all over the country. \
Dad pulled into the parking lot of the state park. Then, with flashlights in hand, they began their hike into the woods. Annie zipped up her coat and tried to keep from trembling. She had not expected the morning to be so frigid. Luckily her gloves were in her pocket.
Suddenly Annie's father stopped and gestured for her to be still. Obeying, Annie did not take another step. She thought she heard a low crying up ahead. \\pulled its feathers tightly against its body. Annie carefully wrote down in her notebook that they had seen a screech owl.
Walking a little farther, they came to a tall oak tree. \going to play a recording of a common call of the barred owl. Maybe we can get one to answer. \believe her ears. The recorded call sounded as if the bird were asking, \thought she heard a return call in the distance. She held her breath and waited. Suddenly a huge bird landed very quietly on a branch directly above them.
Annie had long forgotten how cold it was. She stood in wonder shining her flashlight on the bird and studying it carefully. The barred owl was nearly two feet tall. Gray feathers. surrounded its dark eyes. The bird did not stay long, but it did not matter. Annie would never forget the image of the powerful barred owl. 24. Why did Annie and her father go to the state park? A. To take a hike in the woods.
,B. To record the call of barred owls. C. To collect information about birds. D. To protect the environment for wildlife.
25. The underlined word \ A. dark C. cold
B. clear D. nice
26. In Paragraph 4, why did Annie's father stop her suddenly? A. He noticed a screech owl. B. He heard somebody crying. C. He sensed they were in danger. D. He reminded her to take down notes.
27. How did Annie feel when she saw the barred owl? A. Bored. C. Frightened.
B. Relaxed. D. Amazed.
C
Life can be so wonderful, full of adventure and joy. It can also be full of challenges, setbacks and heartbreaks. Whatever our circumstances, we generally still have dreams, hopes and desires—that little something more we want for ourselves and our loved ones. Yet knowing we can have more can also create a problem, because when we go to change the way we do things, up come the old patterns and pitfalls that stopped us from seeking what we wanted in the first place.
This tension between what we feel we can have and \niggling suffering, the anxiety we feel. This is where we usually think it's easier to just give up. But we're never meant to let go of the part of us that knows we can have more. The intelligence behind that knowing is us—the real us. It's the part that believes in life and its possibilities. If you drop that, you begin to feel a little \
So, if we have this capability but somehow life seems to keep us stuck, how do we break these patterns?
Decide on a new course and make one decision at a time. This is good advice for a new adventure or just getting through today's challenges.
While, deep down, we know we can do it, our mind—or the minds of those close to us—usually says we can't.
That isn't a reason to stop, it's just the mind, that little man or woman on your shoulder, trying to talk you out of something again. It has done it many times before. It's all about starting simple and doing it now.
Decide and act before overthinking. When you do this you may feel a little, or large, release from the jail of your mind and you'll be on your way.
28. It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that we should . A. slow down and live a simple life B. be careful when we choose to change C. stick to our dreams under any circumstances D. be content with what we already have 29. What is the key to breaking the old patterns? A. To focus on every detail.
B. To decide and take immediate action. C. To listen to those close to us. D. To think twice before we act.
30. Which of the following best explains the underlined part in the last paragraph?
A. Escape from your punishment B. Realization of your dreams. C. Freedom from your tension. D. Reduction of your expectations. 31. What does the author intend to tell us? A. It's easier than we think to get what we want. B. It's important to learn to accept sufferings in life. C. It's impractical to change our way of thinking. D. It's harder than we expect to follow a new course.
D
Technological change is everywhere and affects every aspect of life, mostly for the better. However, social changes that are brought about by new technology are often mistaken for a change in attitudes.
An example at hand is the involvement of parents in the lives of their children who are attending college. Surveys on this topic suggest that parents today continue to be \-protective even after their children move into college dormitories. The same surveys also indicate that the rate of parental involvement is greater today than it was a generation ago. This is usually interpreted as a sign that today's parents are trying to manage their children's lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.
However, greater parental involvement does not necessarily indicate that parents are failing to let go of their \
In the context（背景） of this discussion, it seems valuable to first find out the cause of change in the case of parents' involvement with their grown children. If parents of earlier generations had wanted to be in touch with their college-age children frequently, would this have been possible? Probably not. On the other hand, does the possibility of frequent communication today mean that the urge to do so wasn't present a generation ago? Many studies show that older parents-today's grandparents-would have called their children more often if the means and cost of doing so had not been a barrier.
Furthermore, studies show that finances are the most frequent subject of communication between parents and
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