It was the middle of the night when Bibi Bahrami’s father awoke her and the rest of the family, telling them they must leave their home immediately because her country, Afghanistan, was being invaded. Bahrami, only a teenager at the time, remembers being in a state of shock. “We just put our shoes on and we were all crying. We didn’t want to leave home. We didn’t know where we were going to end up,” Bahrami said.
The family spent the next six years living in a refugee (难民) camp in Pakistan. Life was hard, but Bahrami’s family made the most of it. They eventually made a sort of “mud house”. Much like life in Afghanistan, however, girls in the refugee camp did not attend formal school.
After getting married, Bahrami moved to the US, which provided Bahrami with a lot of experiences that wouldn’t be available to her back home. “I had day care for my children, and I could still study and go to school. I was so inspired by the opportunity. And I say I want to do this for the girls who are left behind,” she said. Hence Afghan Women’s And Kids’ Education & Necessities (AWAKEN) was founded. The first project was building a school that both boys and girls could attend. “I feel girls’ education is so important. They can educate their children and then society,” she continued.
In 2021, Bahrami started a new project MARRC, which helps Afghan refugees find housing, jobs and support. So far they have taken in around 28 families.
Frima, 26, just arrived in Muncie with her 2-year-old son. Her life was in danger because she worked at a family-focused non-profit — which was strictly forbidden then. She left her husband behind, not knowing when they would meet again. But thanks to Bahrami, the young mother is hopeful for the future. “In Afghanistan, and in many other countries, women have suffered. It’s time for the world to recognize the values of women,” Bahrami said. “I feel that sometimes women are disadvantaged and not respected in societies and those things hurt my heart. We have our rights and this should be appreciated.”
1. How did Bahrami feel after hearing her father’s words?| A．Calm and speechless. | B．Excited and hopeful. |
| C．Surprised and upset. | D．Confused and regretful. |
| A．To increase job opportunities. | B．To provide childcare for refugees. |
| C．To help girls receive an education. | D．To help refugees move to America. |
| A．She has found a job at a non-profit. | B．She has been positive about her life. |
| C．She has gained a sense of achievement. | D．She has been reunited with her husband. |
| A．Women should be treated fairly. | B．Women make a difference in society. |
| C．Women can be role models in society. | D．Women in Afghanistan suffer the most. |
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【推荐1】A large conch (海螺) shell brought little attention in a French museum for many years, but it is now quickly gaining attention. The shell is thought to be the oldest known seashell instrument. And it still works, producing a deep sound, like a horn from the distant past.
The shell was found during the exploration of a cave with prehistoric walk paintings in the Pyrenees Mountains in France. It was believed to be a drinking cup for ceremony. Scientists from the University of Toulouse recently took a fresh look at the conch shell. They now believe it was to serve as a wind instrument. They also invited a French horn player to play it.
“Hearing it for the first time, for me it was a big emotion and caused some worry.” Said archaeology researcher Carole Fritz She feared that playing the 31-centimeter-long shell might damage it, but it did not. The shell produced clear musical notes in C, C sharp and D. The researchers estimate it to be about 18,000 years old.
Conch shells have been used widely in musical and ceremonial traditions, including in ancient Peru, Japan and India. The shell instrument found in the Marsoulas cave is now the oldest known example. Earlier, Gilles Tosello, another archaeologist in Toulouse, said a conch shell instrument found in Syria was estimated to be about 6,000 years old.
The latest discovery was made after a recent inventory (盘货) at the Natural History Museum of Toulouse. The researchers noticed some unusual holes in the shell. Especially important is that the end of the shell was broken off. That created a hole large enough to blow through. Careful examinations with a microscope showed that the opening was made by humans.
Using a model of the shell, the archaeologists plan to continue studying the horn’s sounds. Tosello hoped to hear the ancient instrument played inside the cave where it was found. He said it was wonderful when an object was forgotten somewhere and suddenly it came again into the light.
1. In what case was the conch shell found?| A．On an exhibition in a French museum. | B．In a research on prehistoric wall paintings. |
| C．During the exploration of a cave in mountains. | D．In the observation of a ceremonial drinking cup. |
| A．To produce a deep sound. | B．To make it look more beautiful. |
| C．To create a hole to blow through. | D．To show it was unusual in design. |
| A．It gained attention as soon as it was discovered. |
| B．It could produce several unclear musical notes. |
| C．It was played by a French horn player and damage. |
| D．It was about 12,000 years older than the one found in Syria. |
| A．The oldest instrument can still be played | B．A research focuses on old shell instruments |
| C．A conch shell serves as a musical instrument | D．An ancient instrument comes into the light again |
【推荐2】On April 20, SpaceX’s Starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever, exploded during its first test flight only minutes after it took off from Texas, US.
Even though the two-stage rocket ship made it less than halfway to the edge of space, climbing to just under 25 miles, the flight achieved its primary objective of getting the new vehicle off the ground despite some of its engines failing at liftoff. The plan was for Starship to soar into space at least 90 miles above Earth.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk congratulated team members on “an exciting test launch” in a post-launch tweet and said they “learned a lot for the next test launch in a few months.”
Back in September 2017, Musk came up with the idea of developing a rocket that would be able to send astronauts to Mars, build a base on the moon, and allow commercial travel to anywhere on Earth in under an hour, according to The Guardian (卫报).
The most important aspect in Musk’s view, however, would be the rocket’s ability to be reused for multiple flights. This would allow for massive savings as it would reduce the number of spacecraft that would otherwise simply crash. Also, the rocket relies on low-cost fuel, methane (甲烷), making the cost of spaceflight drop dramatically.
The results of Starship’s first launch are not too far off from what Musk and SpaceX’s engineers had predicted. Musk himself gave 50-50 odds that Starship would reach orbit, but also stressed that “clearing the launch tower and not blowing up the pad (发射台) would be a win”.
In all, “it fell somewhere between a small step and their hoped-for giant leap, but it still represents significant progress toward a reusable super-heavy lift rocket,” said Jordan Bimm, a space historian at the university of Chicago, US.
Prepared for the likely outcome, SpaceX already has more boosters and spacecraft ready for more test flights, with the next full set “almost ready to go”. The plan is to fire off similar rockets in quick succession (连续) to gather data and start using Starships to launch satellites into low Earth orbit then put people on board. Each launch will take SpaceX a step closer to its ultimate goal of making commercial space flight a reality.
1. What happened minutes after Starship took off?| A．It crashed into the sea. | B．It flew off the course. |
| C．It blew up in the sky. | D．Its engines all failed. |
| A．The problems with the launch. | B．The risks of test flights. |
| C．The advantages of the rocket. | D．Musk’s idea of Starship. |
| A．Disastrous. | B．Record-breaking. | C．Acceptable. | D．Unexpected. |
| A．A Big Successful Failure | B．A Giant Leap in Space Exploration |
| C．Good Prospects for travel | D．Incredible Progress in Space Flight |
【推荐3】A video of a three-year-old girl being kicked by her own mother during a photo shot went viral on Thursday, indicating China’s underperformance in regulating the emerging child modeling industry.
The girl, known as Niu Niu, was physically abused (虐待) by her mother in several videos. The videos have annoyed Chinese media and Internet users alike. Many netizens and scholars call for local authorities to carry out further investigations into possible child abuse.
In response to the public outcry (强烈抗议), Niu Niu’s mother issued an apology via Sina Weibo on Thursday, condemning accusations of abuse. She noted that she was merely guiding her daughter for better shots and the girl is well looked after.
Despite her apology, many E-shops which used Niu Niu’s images for brand promotion have canceled their cooperation with the mother, while over 110 well-known child garment shops on Taobao have signed up for a campaign to provide better protection for child models.
“It is necessary to adopt comprehensive laws and regulations to further protect the kids, preventing their parents and companies from exploiting them,” Fang Zhiqing, a lawyer and child protection expert, said.
Niu Niu is not alone. In Zhili, a small town in Zhejiang province, thousands of children from across China are taken here by their parents to seize the chance of fame. With a population of 450,000, Zhili has over 13,000 manufacturers of child clothing. In 2017.the town earned over 7 billion yuan by selling clothing for children online, thus providing opportunities for child models.
“China’s current advertisement law isn’t workable with respect to the industry of child modeling, as it lacks clear regulatory measures and clear legal punishment.” Fang added, “It is important to issue new laws which regulate child modeling.”
1. What caused the public outcry?| A．A girl being physically abused by her mother. |
| B．Problems in Chinese advertising industry. |
| C．Several cases of child abuse in recent China. |
| D．Videos showing how child models work. |
| A．Local authorities have thoroughly looked into Niu Niu’s case. |
| B．Niu Niu’s mother admitted abusing her daughter. |
| C．Shops stopped their cooperation with the mother. |
| D．The online sales of child clothing are increasing. |
| A．China’s current advertisement law isn’t workable. |
| B．There are too many child models in China. |
| C．New economic laws should be issued in China. |
| D．China should regulate child modeling. |
【推荐1】For generations, the longest distance that many villagers in Zhadong, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, could understand was that of the journey between their village and Nanning, the regional capital.
“The first time I came to Zhadong village, I was impressed by its natural beauty. The adobe(土砖)homes fit perfectly with the green environment.” recalls Hansen Nico Rene, a 63-year-old retired policeman. “
The village Hansen visited is in a remote mountainous area in Guangxi’s Hechi city.In 2015, of some 600 residents in the village, over half lived under the national poverty(贫困)line. At the time of Hansen’s first visit, there were still some parts of the village that were not accessible by road.
During that visit, Hansen met Xie Wanju, then the first Party secretary of Zhadong.“We will never forget the first moment we met because this changed my whole life. I met the first Party secretary, and he was working for the government for poverty relief. That was amazing. I said if you need help, I have time,” Hansen said.
Under Hansen’s assistance, Xie, with the village’s officials and other poverty relief workers, developed featured industries, including cattle and sheep raising and fruit planting.
| A．Their efforts paid off. |
| B．That, in my view, is also a core spirit of the Party. |
| C．But when I entered the houses, I found people were poor. |
| D．Villager Bi Yonghong, 41, remembers the first time he saw Hansen. |
| E．Hansen returned to the city in May2021 after finishing his voluntary work. |
| F．In 2018,the arrival of a man from Luxembourg expanded their horizons across continents. |
| G．Since then, he became known by a new identity-the village’s first Party secretary’s assistant. |
【推荐2】Maybe you want to give back to your community, but you don’t know where to begin. It was something Rebecca Reeder used to hear from friends whenever they learned she volunteered around the Los Angeles area.
The idea finally took shape during her 30th birthday celebration. Reeder and her brother put together a surprise party for her guests. They rented a party bus in secret and invited everyone she knew to a mystery (神秘) event. The surprise bus ride was not only a hit but also an effective ice breaker. Many guests had never met before that night but they were all fast friends by the end of the trip.
Reeder and a friend realized this might be the answer for friends seeking fun ways to do good.
Then they began Do Good Bus and hosted their first community ride in 2010. Everyone assumed it would be a one-off event, but participants had such fun and felt so good about giving back that they demanded another. And then another. “This kind of things just snowballed from there,” says Reeder, who is now a full-time director of the growing nonprofit organization.
Over the past seven years, Do Good Bus has offered once-a-month public rides in Los Angeles. Volunteers board the bus and ride to a mystery community service project. Reeder likes to keep the locations and causes a secret to add an element of fun and mystery, and to prevent people from arriving with too much expectation.
Participants pay $ 45, with 10 percent going to the day’s cause and the rest going to Do Good Bus to help cover costs and run the program.
Rides usually last four to five hours and include everything from working in homeless shelters to beach cleanups to planting community gardens.
The aim, says Reeder, is to raise awareness about causes, and encourage continued support in the community while having a good time.
1. Why did Reeder say the bus ride on her birthday was an ice breaker?| A．It exposed the need of the poor to people. |
| B．It made people realize how to do good deeds. |
| C．It made people brave enough to stand the cold ice. |
| D．It helped people get connected in the activity. |
| A．It took place in winter. |
| B．It was disappointing. |
| C．It was a great success. |
| D．The author organized it alone. |
| A．Participants pay for them. |
| B．The government supports her. |
| C．She raises money in society, |
| D．Community covers 10 percent of the cost. |
| A．It takes about 5 hours on the way. |
| B．It offers a pleasant way to do good deeds. |
| C．It raises money for the participants’ community. |
| D．It gives a surprising and friendly celebration. |
【推荐3】A day in the life of 18year-old David Lanster is full of typical teenage stuff: school, baseball practice and homework. And then he starts cooking. “Some nights I’m up until 1: 00 a.m. making pies, or even later if we’re cooking beef,” said the student at Ransom Everglades High School in Florida, US.
For the past year, Lanster and Kelly Moran, his classmate, have been hosting fancy dinner parties at Lanster’s parents’ home. Their meals have 17 courses and are all made by themselves. Their guests used to give them gifts to thank them until the pair decided to do something nice for charity. “We got some really great Miami Heat tickets, a nice watch, and many kitchen gadgets (小器具),” Lanster said. “But we wanted to make this something positive for people other than us.”
Lanster and Moran focus on Common Threads, a charity that aims to teach kids in poor communities to cook and make healthy eating choices. The young cooks ask their guests to give however much they want as payment for their meals. It all goes to Common Threads because Lanster’s parents cover their food costs. After their last 12person event, Lanster and Moran gave $1,600 to the charity.
Now, they’re taking their show out of the kitchen and on the road. They have started to organize private dinner parties with a similar model: the host pays for the ingredients, and the guests make a donation to a charity of their choice.
Without formal training, Lanster said he had been interested in cooking since he helped his mom in the kitchen when he was very young. He learned how to cook by reading cookbooks and watching TV programs. Outside the kitchen, the two are busy preparing their college applications. Neither of them is sure what they will do in the future, but they’ve promised their parents that they will leave professional cooking alone until they finish school.
1. How is Lanster’s life different from other teenagers’ lives?| A．He plans to become a professional chef. |
| B．He plays baseball every day after school. |
| C．He goes to a cooking school in his spare time. |
| D．He holds dinner parties after a normal school day. |
| A．Receive thankyou cards from the guests. |
| B．Visit the poor children at Common Threads. |
| C．Ask the guests to donate money to the charity. |
| D．Cover the food costs with the money collected. |
| A．They received formal cooking training before starting their dinner parties. |
| B．They hate going to school and trying to do something different. |
| C．They’ve made up their minds to become professional chefs. |
| D．Their way of giving to charity is different from others. |
| A．Ambitious. | B．Generous. |
| C．Creative. | D．Optimistic. |
【推荐1】The Oxford English Dictionary
You may think that English dictionaries have been used for many, many centuries. The spelling of English has always been a problem but it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary. Then people could spell words in different ways which you might find interesting. But it made reading English much more difficult. So dictionaries were invented to encourage everybody to spell the same. In fact, an English dictionary like the kind you use today wasn’t made until the time of the late Qing Dynasty. Three men did most of the important early work on dictionaries: Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Muray. These men spent nearly all of their lives trying to collect words for their dictionaries. For them, it wasn’t only a job; it was a wonderful journey of discovery. The largest dictionary in the world is the Oxford English Dictionary, or OED for short. The idea for this 20 dictionary came from an important meeting in Britain in 1857. Twenty-two years later, Oxford University asked James Murray to be the editor of its new dictionary.
Murray had never been to college. At the age of fourteen, he left his village school in Scotland and taught himself while working in a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After Oxford gave him the job, Murray had a place built in the garden behind his house to do his work. Part of it was one meter underground. In winter it felt like a barn; he had to wear a heavy coat and put his feet in a box to keep warm. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’clock and worked several hours before breakfast. Often he would work by candle light into the evening. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years. But after five years, he was still adding words for the letter A! Then more people went to work with Murray, including his two 1928 daughters. He worked on the dictionary until he was very old. Forty-four years later, in 1928, other editors finished it. It included more than 400,000 words in twelve 1879 books. And you thought your English dictionary was big.
1. Why was the English spelling more of a problem before a dictionary? Because________.| A．the spelling of English has always been a problem |
| B．people liked to spell words in interesting ways before a dictionary |
| C．people could spell words in different ways before a dictionary |
| D．reading English was much more difficult before a dictionary |
| A．Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray did all of the important early work on English dictionaries |
| B．Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray did all of the important early work on the Oxford English Dictionary |
| C．Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray did most of the important early work on English dictionaries |
| D．Samuel Johnson, Noah Webster, and James Murray did most of the important early work on the Oxford English Dictionary |
| A．Many centuries ago | B．In the late Qing Dynasty | C．In 1857 | D．In 1879 |
a. Murray left his village school. b. Murray had a place built in the garden.
c. Oxford asked Muray to be the editor. d. Muray worked in a bank.
e. Murray became a great teacher. f. Murray hoped to finish the new dictionary in ten years.
| A．a，d，b，e，c，f | B．d，a，b，e，c，f | C．a，d，b，e，f，c | D．a，d，e，c，b，f |
| A．More than seventy years | B．More than forty years |
| C．More than sixty years | D．More than fifty years |
【推荐2】A 15-year-old Colorado high school student and young scientist who has used artificial intelligence (AI) and created apps to address polluted drinking water, drug addiction and other social problems has been named Time Magazine’s first-ever “Kid of the Year”.
Rao told The Associated Press in an interview from her home that the prize is nothing that I could have ever imagined. And I’m so grateful and just so excited that we’re really taking a look at the upcoming generation and our generation, since the future is in our hands.
Time said Rao stood out for creating a global community of young innovators and inspiring them to pursue their goals. Rao insisted that starting out small doesn’t matter, as long as you’re passionate about it.
She told Time contributing editor Angelina Jolie in an interview that her science pursuits started early as a way to improve social conditions. The drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, inspired her work to develop a way to detect pollutants and send those results to a mobile phone, she said.
“I was like 10 when I told my parents that I wanted to research carbon nanotube sensor technology at the Denver Water quality research lab, and my mum was like, A what?” Rao told Jolie. She said that work is going to be in our generation’s hands pretty soon. “So if no one else is gonna do it, I’m gonna do it.”
In a world where science is increasingly questioned or challenged, Rao insisted that its pursuit is an act of kindness, the best way that a younger generation can better the world.
“We have science in everything we’re involved in, and I think that’s the biggest thing to put out there, that science is cool, innovating is cool, and anybody can be an innovator.” Rao said, “Anybody can do science.”
1. What did Rao think of the award she received?| A．It was a mark of social progress. | B．It was a recognition of her work. |
| C．It was an inspiration to the youth. | D．It was a title beyond her expectation. |
| A．To encourage people to aim high. | B．To pursue her passion for research. |
| C．To change the society for the better. | D．To stop science from being questioned. |
| A．Cool. | B．Kind. | C．Brave. | D．Creative. |
| A．To report a young genius. | B．To introduce new inventions. |
| C．To improve social conditions. | D．To present artificial intelligence. |
【推荐3】Everyone would like to be a millionaire , a person with a lot of money, but can you imagine having over $30 million and only being 20 years old? Britney Spears from Kentwood, a small town in Louisiana, is only 20 years old. She is a world famous film star with not only $30 million but also a $2 million house in LA. At her young age, she can look after her family financially all her life. This year is a big year for Britney. She is now on a 31-day tour of the US and every concert is a sell-out. That means she plays in front of a crowd of around 18,000 people every time. It’s a tiring schedule but brings her a lot. When touring, she goes to bed around 1 a.m. and then has a lie-in until 1 p.m. the next day. Her philosophy is to take care of the body and relax but always make sure you work hard and have fun.
Spears is not pleased with only touring and selling nearly 40 million records so she decided to step into the movie business and try a bit of acting. She made an appearance in “Austin Power 3” this year and she is filming a teenage light play that will come out in March 2003. In this movie, she has a starring role.
For Britney, acting is another way to express herself and she is enthusiastic about it all. If her movies are successful, her money in the bank is sure to grow by another few million dollars but she does it for the love, not the money, as she herself tells the reporters .
1. We can infer from the text that most millionaires are __________.| A．older than 20 | B．around 20 |
| C．in their 30s | D．in their 40s |
| A．a person in general | B．a special person |
| C．Britney Spears | D．a person interested in money |
| A．Though young, Britney can support her family now. |
| B．While touring, Britney sleeps about 12 hours a day. |
| C．The teenage comedy movie was based on Britney’s own story. |
| D．Britney will be even richer with her movies successful. |
| A．to be a great actress | B．for the enjoyment |
| C．for money | D．to be more famous |
