To involve viewers completely, an entirely new art form is developing. It surrounds visitors with images and sounds. Sometimes unnoticeable smells are added to draw people in through yet another sense. These immersive (沉浸式的) exhibits are projected and can even change with interaction.

Monet’s Garden: The Immersive Experience

A massive, immersive exhibition celebrating French artist Claude Monet will be shown in downtown New York in November, promising visitors a multisensory experience. Visitors will be greeted by pleasant smells of water lilies floating in the air and learn much about Monet, who developed from a gifted but slightly traditional landscape painter into a master of the Impressionism.

TheBlu

TheBlu, which started as a home application, is presented at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Museum lovers virtually observe a big blue whale and a whale fall where a dead whale’s bones have become an undersea ecosystem. “We aim for the right level of awe (敬畏). No cheap scares. No shark jumps out at you,” says Rowell, one of the app developers, “Exploration is the heart of what ‘theBlu’ is.”

Particle (微粒) Mirror

The Museum of Science, Boston has used the latest tech to excite visitors and inspire life-long learning. Opened this year, “Particle Mirror” inspires an interest in physics. Visitors are led through nine scenes interacting with a changing variety of spots, all following the laws of physics. For example, in the “snow” scene, visitors can collect the falling particles or sweep them off the floor. Particles set off different musical sounds when pushed.

Vitality in Running

This immersive art exhibition is an interactive multi-media one focusing on the culture of the Yongding River, known as the “Mother River of Beijing”. This exhibition is made up of various sections including “Flowing”, “Dawn”, “Legend”, “Coexistence”, “Fire and Dreams’, and “Four Seasons”. The exhibition feeds its visitors’ souls by presenting the beauty of art through interaction with visitors by means of the latest technologies.

1. Which exhibition most attracts a physics lover?

A．TheBlu.	B．Monet’s Garden: The Immersive Experience.
C．Particle Mirror.	D．Vitality in Running.

2. What is the goal of TheBlu?

A．To protect the blue whale.	B．To improve the undersea ecosystem.
C．To scare the visitors with sharks.	D．To inspire viewers’ desire for exploration.

3. What do these exhibitions have in common?

A．They focus on science and history.

B．They involve visitors in the creating process.

C．They surround visitors by unnoticeable smells.

D．They offer visitors various sensory experiences.

We always put into children’s minds that learning to read is extremely important to their future success. But we don’t put that same urgency(迫切性) on adults, even though a large percentage of American adults have a low reading or writing ability.

Learning those skills requires many levels of support. Take, for example, the three hours every day in a Louisville community center.

Ardo Ahmed and Yurilia Manzanares are among the people sitting in classrooms and listening to teachers. These three hours are about learning English. Yurilia came to the United States from Mexico, and Ardo from Somalia. “Everyone is coming here to learn English, to have the same kind of support as their children,” their teacher Meagan Lamb said.

Literacy(读写能力) among adults, specifically among moms, is a concern that reaches far beyond Louisville, far beyond immigrant communities. A Barbara Bush Foundation study found fewer than half of American adults can read beyond a 6th-grade level. A study supported by the National Institutes of Health stated “a mother’s reading skill is the greatest determinant of her children’s future academic(学业的) success.”

“There’s a stigma(耻辱) there,” said Felicia Cumings Smith, the new head of the National Center for Families Learning. “There’s quite a bit of funding that goes into literacy for K-12, but if students are not successful during those schooling years, that all comes to an end.”

These three hours, every day, make a difference. But they’re only possible because the community center where they take place provides childcare while the parents learn English.

The children are learning English, which creates even more stimulus for the parents to learn as well.

“The kids are speaking English in school every day,” Meagan said. “And then they go back home, and little by little Spanish doesn’t feel like their native language.” It’s why, in the last of these three hours, Yurilia and Ardo attend “Parent Time”. It’s where they practice not just the language but how to apply it.

8. What is the example used to mainly explain in Paragraph 3?

A．Adults actively promote their literacy.

B．Immigrants’ English literacy is worrying.

C．Many programs are aimed at adults’ literacy.

D．Teachers improve adults’ literacy in different ways.

9. What is mainly stressed in Paragraph 4?

A．Female illiteracy has affected their work.

B．Adult illiteracy is a widespread problem.

C．Adult illiteracy exists mainly among immigrants.

D．Female illiteracy is more serious than male illiteracy.

10. What enables parents to learn in the community center?

A．The service provided.

B．The flexible class time.

C．The support from their family.

D．The increasing need for lifelong learning.

11. What can the underlined word “stimulus” in Paragraph 7 be best replaced by?

A．Value.	B．Knowledge.
C．Evidence.	D．Encouragement.

The first hibernation (冬眠) studies with human subjects could be workable within a decade, a European Space Agency (ESA) researcher thinks. Such experiments would make it possible for a science-fiction-like approach to long-time space missions that would see astronauts placed into protective sleep for weeks or months on their way to faraway destinations.

Experiments have shown that it’s possible to cause hibernation in otherwise non-hibernating animals, such as rats, and bring them safely back to life a few days later. “The rats receive a drug, a neurotransmitter substance (神经递质), and are brought into a dark space with reduced temperature,” Jurgen Bereiter-Hahn, a member of ESA’s hibernation research group said. “It works very nicely, but the problem is that you have to apply the drug repeatedly to maintain the state, which could have damaging effects over the longer term.”

The hibernating astronaut would not only save the agency cost for water, food and oxygen. Astronauts would, most likely, wake up rather fit, without suffering many of the negative side effects of long-term bed rest or living in microgravity. In fact, studies show that the slowed down cells of a hibernating body don’t get damaged by radiation (辐射). Besides, research in animals suggests that bodies of hibernating astronauts might lose much less bone and muscle mass than the bodies of those awake in microgravity. Upon arrival, these hibernators would thus be fit and ready to start challenging exploration almost straight away after regaining awareness.

These protective qualities make hibernation a possibility not just for spaceflight, but also for medicine. Just like astronauts in microgravity, patients in long-term bed rest waste away quickly. Slowing life processes to a minimum would provide what scientists call a “bridge”, a period of time that would allow physicians to look for solutions without racing against the clock. Although most current hibernation research is funded by space agencies, scientists think that the first human to be put into this state of hibernation will most likely be an ICU patient. Once the first human survives and benefits from hibernation, things will likely start moving forward much faster.

12. According to paragraph 1, what do the hibernation studies mainly aim to do?

A．Improve sleep quality in space.	B．Investigate hibernation mystery.
C．Promote manned space exploration.	D．Enrich science fiction writing methods.

13. What is a challenge in the hibernation experiments?

A．Ensuring proper lighting.	B．Bringing animals back to life.
C．Maintaining low temperature.	D．Controlling possible side effects.

14. What advantage might hibernation bring to astronauts?

A．It might help to keep physical fitness.	B．It might increase long-term bed rest.
C．It might decrease radiation contact.	D．It might raise mental awareness.

15. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．The role of physicians in monitoring hibernating patients.

B．The possible application of hibernation beyond spaceflight.

C．The importance for increasing funds for hibernation research.

D．The need of human experiments in advancing hibernation studies.

Trying to motivate yourself to exercise can sometimes feel like a fruitless attempt. Here are some tips on setting your mind on getting active, and getting fit.

Make your fitness goals known. Tell your family, friends and co-workers about your fitness goals and encourage them to ask you how your goals come along.     16    

Make an appointment with your doctor. Ask the doctor about your health condition and how becoming more physically fit can help you become healthier.     17     A government study found just three hours of advice by doctors over two years helped improve couch potatoes’ physical fitness.

    18     If you’re new to exercise, it’ll be better to have a fitness professional set your goals rather than doing it alone. That means setting the weights on machines for you, determining how long you should walk or run, or giving you a time limit for the running machines.

Consider healthy living, not just workouts. Even if you spend three hours a week in the gym, what of the other 100-plus waking hours each week? Fit people keep energetic during their entire day.     19     You can simply stand up and walk around whenever you get on the phone and always take the stairs, not the lift.

Do it for charity.     20     If you fall into that category, then find a way to use your charitable nature to motivate yourself to exercise. For example, donate & 1 for every mile you walk. Or commit to several fund-raising events that involve walking, biking, dancing, or a sports match.

A．Hire a personal trainer.

B．Then ask for some suggestions.

C．Focus on what matters most to you.

D．Some of us get great satisfaction from helping others.

E．The ongoing everyday activity leads to a whole lot of fitness.

F．Documenting your workouts and progress is a good way to hold yourself accountable.

G．Knowing that everyone is watching you provides great motivation to stick to your goals.

Pedicab(三轮车)operator Sarah Grant and street violinist Anna Roznowska live in the same community. When they realized in March that their livelihoods and lifestyles were _________ by New Orleans’s stay-at-home order to_________ the spread of COVID-19,they were at a loss at first. Then they decided to take their_________ on the road.

The two have named their_________ the Mobile Music Box. Grant rides the pedicab that carries Roznowska as she_________,and the performance winds its way through New Orleans neighbourhoods.

Strict limits on gatherings have_________ concerts, parades and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, which would have brought hundreds of thousands of people_________ late April.

Now Roznowska’s freestyle melodies(旋律)on her_________ run through the New Orleans streets.

“It’s_________ and uplifting. Live__________ is what we miss most right now, and it brings everyone out and makes everyone feel like it’s a__________ day,”said resident Elsa Kern, who stopped to__________ as the women rolled past.

Based on their performances so far, it certainly puts smiles on the faces of the residents they pass.“Fantastic, it is something to__________ the neighbourhood,” said resident Willie Anderson.

Roznowska and Grant don’t have a regular schedule or route(路线).“We don’t make money. It is something that was definitely born out of__________ and probably has a bit of a life of its own,”Grant said. “So there’s no real__________ except just to keep doing it.”

21.

A．inspired

B．threatened

C．examined

D．supported

22.

A．track

B．understand

C．prevent

D．continue

23.

A．family

B．order

C．show

D．work

24.

A．lifestyle

B．street

C．community

D．effort

25.

A．plays

B．walks

C．hides

D．sleeps

26.

A．cancelled

B．pushed

C．followed

D．ignored

27.

A．inside

B．back

C．down

D．together

28.

A．festival

B．violin

C．concert

D．recorder

29.

A．silly

B．mysterious

C．amazing

D．limited

30.

A．chat

B．parade

C．music

D．interview

31.

A．long

B．tiring

C．busy

D．beautiful

32.

A．listen

B．copy

C．shout

D．count

33.

A．learn from

B．know about

C．compete with

D．cheer up

34.

A．love

B．luck

C．laziness

D．fear

35.

A．risk

B．plan

C．value

D．performance

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Each country has its own unique culture, often represented by symbols, such as foods, arts, and music. When you think of America, what symbols come to your mind first?

Perhaps one of     36     most famous symbols of the US is fast food. Fast-food restaurants became popular when people began driving cars around the country. Many of the earliest fast-food restaurants were drive-ins (免下车餐馆) where people ate     37     their cars while they were parked. However, now drive-throughs have become popular. You can just drive up to a window, pick up the food,    38    then drive away. Americans spend about 10% of     39    (they) income on fast food. No wonder America     40    (call) the “Fast-food Nation”!

Jazz is often considered “America’s music”. It is a music style created in the United States by African American musicians. Jazz music    41    (definite) broke through the color barriers, and has become a key part of American culture. One of the early jazz    42    (performer), Louis Armstrong, helped jazz beyond the United States to the world. Jazz musicians freely make up their own music    43    (express) their own feelings, even while    44    (play) in a group.

There are many other symbols of America, such as the Statue of Liberty, Hollywood, and Broadway. These are but a few symbols     45    show something of American culture.

根据所给10个英语单句的意思，从所给的15个词汇中挑选出10个合适的词或短语分别给每个句子填空。

diagram       secure       relevant       apparently       replacing       evaluated       signaled        passion       substance       efficient       remarkable       sharp       whispering       flexible     gathered

46. This important agricultural festival takes place after all the crops have been ________in.
47. Many Americans complained about the________increase in the cost of healthcare and health insurance recently.
48. I saw her________something into his ear, obviously not wanting to be heard.
49. When asked about their work schedules, many people preferred more ________work hours.
50. Sometimes it is a good idea to draw a ________to organise the information in the passage.
51. This________one step further in China’s plan to establish a space station in the future.
52. Her team examined over 2, 000old medical texts, and________280, 000 plants for their medical properties.
53. She concluded that boiling the sweet wormwood________destroyed its medical properties.
54. These smart homes will keep us________, save us energy, and provide a more comfortable environment to live in.
55. If a water pipe starts leaking, your smart home will detect it and provide you with the________information.

56. 你校英文报正在举办主题为“戏剧人物评析”的征文活动。请你从《百万英镑》中挑选一个人物，写一篇短文投稿。内容包括：
1. 人物介绍；
2. 你的评析。
注意：
1. 参考人物：Henry Adams, the brothers (Roderick and Oliver), the clerks or the owner in the tailor’s shop…；
2. 写作词数应为80左右；
3. 请在答题卡的相应位置作答。
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