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2 . Accompanied by commander Jing Haipeng and flight engineer Zhu Yangzhu, Gui Haichao, a university professor who specializes in spacecraft dynamics and control technology for aerospace systems, took off on the Shenzhou–16 spacecraft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on May 30th. His long-held dream of flying to space has now become a reality.
Gui grew up in a regular family in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. His interest in aerospace began at the age of 17 when he tuned in to the campus radio and got the news of Yang Liwei’s historic first manned spaceflight for China in 2003.
“I wasted no time in applying,” said Gui, referring to the moment he found that China was recruiting(招收)its first group of payload(载荷) specialists in 2018.
Over the past few years, Gui was trained to handle highly complex equipment carried aboard a space shuttle and to conduct experiments in space.
However, the training initially proved challenging for him.
“I felt intense dizziness and disorientation(迷失方向) after the training, so I added extra exercises, sought guidance from instructors, and adopted some of the training methods used by pilots. Finally, my ability to endure vestibular(前庭的) sensations gradually improved,” said Gui during an interview with China Media Group(CMG).
Gui is a sports enthusiast who finds joy in activities like long-distance running, cycling and swimming. He has consistently maintained a fitness lifestyle.
In May 2018, China started the selection process for the third panel of astronauts for the space station project. In addition to astronauts, this round introduced two new categories: aerospace engineers and payload specialists.
“Such division of responsibilities allows, professionals to effectively manage their respective tasks, ensuring the safety and reliability of large quantity of scientific payloads and experiments during long-duration flights,” said Gui.
“Since entering the application and development phase, the space station has witnessed an increase in the number of scientific experiments,” Gui said, noting that the level of expertise required for specific specialized operations has become more advanced.
1. What does Gui work as at the China Space Station?| A．A pilot. | B．A payload specialist. |
| C．A fitness coach. | D．An aerospace engineer. |
| A．Exercising more. | B．Discussing with students. |
| C．Asking for pilots’ guidance. | D．Keeping running. |
| A．The three spacemen manage to respect each other’s task. |
| B．His responsibility is to guarantee the safety of space experiments. |
| C．More scientific experiments have been done on the space station. |
| D．Advanced technologies are needed for space experiments. |
| A．Determined and calm. | B．Creative and devoted. |
| C．Knowledgeable and energetic. | D．Ambitious and strong-willed. |
3 . Shizo Kanakuri, known as the “father of the Japanese marathon”, was one of only two Japanese athletes to compete in the 1912 Stockholn Olympics. The media gave little attention and the government did not cover athletes’ travel costs. As a result, Kanakuri’s fellow college students organized a nationwide fundraiser (资金筹集活动) to collect money.
The trip to Sweden took 18 days, first by ship and then by the Trans-Siberian Railway. At stations, whenever the train stopped, Kanakuri would jump for a quick workout before hurriedly getting on the train again. The difficult journey had taken its toll, and when he finally arrived in Sweden, he discovered that the local food didn’t agree with his stomach. To make matters worse, Kanakuri’s coach had to stay in bed due to a serious disease which prevented him from giving two athletes, including Kanakuri, enough pre-race training.
On the day of the race, the heat was scorching (灼热的). One Portuguese runner was hospitalized and died the next day, the first reported death during the Olympics. About halfway into the race, suffering from the heat, Kanakuri stopped at a house and asked the locals for a glass of water. After drinking, Kanakuri lay down and against his better judgment fell asleep. When he woke up, it was the next morning.
Kanakuri wrote in his journal the next day, “It’s the morning after my defeat. My heart is aching with regret for the rest of my life. I was a weak quitter.” Kanakuri did not tell the race officials, and quietly returned to Japan, thus many people thought he “disappeared” in the middle of the race.
Once back in his country, Kanakuri renewed training and determined to race again in the future. In 1967, Kanakuri returned to Stockholm and finished the race. When he finally crossed the finish line, his time was announced as 54 years 8 months 6 days 5 hours 32 minutes 20.3 seconds. Kanakuri joked, “It was a long trip. Along the way, I got married, had six children and 10 grandchildren.”
1. What happened to Kanakuri during his first journey to Sweden?| A．He was exposed by national media. | B．He fell ill due to the local climate. |
| C．He tried his best to keep training. | D．He was sponsored by the government. |
| A．Had had a bad effect on him. | B．Had aroused his will to fight. |
| C．Had given him a chance. | D．Had come to an end. |
| A．Ashamed. | B．Touched. | C．Excited. | D．Confused. |
| A．Pride hurts, modesty benefits. | B．Failure is the mother of success. |
| C．Interest is the best teacher. | D．Practice makes perfect. |
4 . Fan Jinshi, known as the “Daughter of Dunhuang”, has made protecting and researching Mogao Grottoes her lifelong passion.
In July 1963, shortly after graduating from Peking University, Fan made her way to Dunhuang without
To protect the treasure, Fan and her colleagues put doors on the caves, planted trees and started monitoring temperature in the caves. Mogao Grottoes took on a new look
In 1979, Mogao Grottoes were
In December 2018, Fan was awarded the
| A．idea | B．plan | C．hesitation | D．schedule |
| A．unhealthy | B．tough | C．pessimistic | D．negative |
| A．delayed | B．disturbed | C．defeated | D．disconnected |
| A．glanced | B．flashed | C．hit | D．happened |
| A．peaceful | B．interesting | C．breathtaking | D．flexible |
| A．in spite of | B．in terms of | C．on behalf of | D．on account of |
| A．officially | B．exactly | C．eventually | D．especially |
| A．rocketed | B．aroused | C．raised | D．inspired |
| A．over | B．to | C．upon | D．with |
| A．research | B．rescue | C．tourism | D．improvement |
| A．looked out for | B．came up with | C．took charge of | D．made up for |
| A．updated | B．loaded | C．referred | D．launched |
| A．Meantime | B．However | C．Therefore | D．Altogether |
| A．title | B．image | C．feature | D．outcome |
| A．never | B．then | C．ever | D．still |
5 . Donna Strickland was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou.It’s the first time in 55 years that a woman has won this famous prize, but why has it taken so long? We look at five other pioneering female physicists — past and present — who actually deserve the prize.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Perhaps the most famous snub (冷落): the student Bell discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967, when she was a PhD student at Cambridge.The Nobel Prize that recognised this landmark discovery in 1974, however, went to her male supervisor, Antony Hewish.Recently awarded a £2.3 million Breakthrough Prize, which she gave away to help under-represented students, she joked to The Guardian, “I feel I’ve done very well out of not getting a Nobel Prize.”
Lene Hau
Hau is best-known for leading the research team at Harvard University in 1999 that managed to slow a beam of light, before managing to stop it completely in 2001.Often topping Nobel Prize prediction lists, could 2019 be Hau’s year.
Vera Rubin
Rubin discovered dark matter in the 1980s, opening up a new field of astronomy.She died in 2016, without recognition from the committee.
Chien-Shiung Wu
Wu’s “Wu experiment” helped disprove the “law of conservation of parity”.Her experimental work was helpful but never honoured, and instead, her male colleagues won the 1957 Nobel Prize for their theoretical work behind the study.
Lise Meitner
Meitner led groundbreaking work on the discovery of nuclear fission.However, the discovery was acknowledged by the 1944 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, which was won by her male co-lead, Otto Hahn.
1. When was the discovery of radio pulsars recognised by the Nobel?| A．In 1944． | B．In 1967． | C．In 1974． | D．In 1980． |
| A．Donna Strickland. | B．Jocelyn Bell Burnell. |
| C．Lene Hau. | D．Vera Rubin. |
| A．The five female scientists did greatly in chemistry. |
| B．Vera Rubin had opened up a new field in geometry. |
| C．Lise Meitner’s teacher won a Nobel Prize for her work. |
| D．The five female scientists haven’t been awarded Nobel Prize. |
6 . Peter Hauge Madsen, former Head of the Department of Wind and Energy Systems at the Danish Technical University (DTU), has won this year’s Poul La Cour Award for his leadership and dedication in advancing the European wind energy research community.
It was back in the 1970s that Danish engineers and scientists began to use the power of wind. Peter Hauge Madsen’s ambition(雄心)was to build a research society in Europe, bringing the brightest European scientists and researchers together. During his career, Peter Hauge Madsen helped to shape and enlarge the Wind and Energy Systems department at DTU. Today it is the largest research department for wind energy worldwide with more than 400 employees.
Research conducted by Peter Hauge Madsen and his team was important in the development of the wind industry as we know it today. His great efforts helped create a strong foundation for modern wind turbines(涡轮机). His knowledge of meteorological(气象的)measurements helped use wind energy resources in a smarter and more efficient way. As part of his work, he helped develop the Danish Wind Atlas(地图册). Today, energy planners around the world use this atlas to get an overview of the most favourable conditions for wind turbines.
During the award ceremony, Peter Hauge Madsen said, “I have been driven by the idea that wind energy can solve some of the world’s most pressing issues. I am very proud to have built a strong team of researchers. Today we have come so far that wind has become the main source of electricity in many parts of the world. That’s more than we could have ever imagined 40 years ago.”
1. What’s the probable meaning of “dedication” underlined in Paragraph 1?| A．Application. | B．Appreciation. | C．Explanation. | D．Devotion. |
| A．The knowledge of meteorology. | B．The wind energy resources. |
| C．The development of the industry. | D．The Danish Wind Atlas. |
| A．Wind energy has taken the place of electric power in Denmark. |
| B．Wind energy has been made good use of in many parts of the world. |
| C．The research team predicted that electricity would be widely used. |
| D．The research team has come across a bottleneck during the process. |
| A．Flexible and faithful. | B．Caring but sensitive. |
| C．Ambitious and painstaking. | D．Optimistic but shortsighted. |
From homeless to Harvard … it’s an unlikely turn of events. Liz Murray’s life is a triumph (胜利) over misfortune, and an amazing example of the importance of Dreaming Big. Murray’s upbringing in the Bronx, as the child of addicted parents, was filled with severe challenges. There was never enough food in the house, the apartment was dirty and drugs were everywhere. By age 16, Murray’s mom had died and she was homeless — sleeping in parks, riding the subway all night, and living as a high school dropout on the streets of New York City.
Suffering this pain, Murray always imagined her life could be much better than it was. “I knew I had to change my situations for the better, and that no one could do that for me. But, I quickly found that I also could not do it alone. I had to take responsibility first, and then I had to find help — a community of caring people to help me get there.” Determined to change her life, Murray finished high school in just two years, and with the help of devoted mentors (导师) and teachers, she was awarded a full scholarship (奖学金) by the New York Times to Harvard University — all while camping out in New York City parks and subway stations.
Her story sounds like a Hollywood movie — and it practically is. Lifetime Television produced a movie about Murray’s life story entitled Homeless to Harvard, which was nominated (提名) for three “Emmy Awards”. Murray received the White House “Project’s Role Model Award” and Oprah Winfrey’s first-ever “Chutzpah Award”. Her memoir (回忆录), Breaking Night, landed on the New York Times best-seller list after it came out and it quickly became an international best-seller published in twelve countries, in eight languages.
1. What is the purpose of Paragraph 2?| A．To show Murray’s determination. | B．To thank a community of caring people. |
| C．To recommend a healthy lifestyle. | D．To introduce the value of education. |
| A．From her father. | B．From the New York Times. |
| C．From devoted mentors. | D．From Harvard University. |
| A．Emmy Awards. | B．Dreaming Big. |
| C．Breaking Night. | D．Homeless to Harvard. |
| A．Dreams are lies. | B．Where there’s a will, there’s a way. |
| C．Too much is as bad as too little. | D．A bad beginning makes a bad ending. |
8 . Leonardo da Vinci and Nature
In the modern world, art and science are two very separate activities, but in Leonardo’s time they were closely connected. Science meant mathematics and medical studies.
Mathematics was also connected to music because musical sounds have a fixed relationship with each other that can be described in numbers.
“Nature has kindly given us things everywhere to copy,” wrote Leonardo. In all his activities, Leonardo was trying to discover the rules that control nature. In his search for those rules, he looked very carefully at a lot of examples and details. Actual experience was more important to him than the opinion, and he worked from facts to ideas.
| A．Mathematicians and doctors worked to discover the unknown. |
| B．Leonardo’s ideas were vastly ahead of his time. |
| C．How could these be connected with art? |
| D．Leonardo was always drawing. |
| E．Above all, Leonardo wanted to understand how and why things worked. |
| F．Leonardo himself was a very good musician and liked to play an instrument and sing. |
| G．You will see a good example of such positioning in the painting of The Last Supper. |
9 . After Steve Jobs died, his friend Larry Ellison said something like this, “There will never be another Steve Jobs.”
Love what you do.
Surely Steve became a billionaire when he brought Apple back. Apple was his calling — even after he got fired from the company. We all have bad jobs at one point in our lives. But the question is: am I in the right job? Have I found the right company? Life doesn’t go on forever.
Don’t do it all by yourself.
Steve learned a great leader can’t do it all by himself. He needs people. They must be talented.
Apple is always the best at creating a new product that meets the exact needs of users. It’s empathy (同理心) that helps Apple achieve this. Whenever the user has the first touch with a new Apple product, he says, “Wow, it’s just what I need.” Remember: you’re the king in the business world if you know exactly what consumers desire.
Don’t mess around with your health.
| A．They must be inspired. |
| B．Be the best in your field. |
| C．Take your health seriously. |
| D．Get on your right path now. |
| E．Will this lead to a successful career? |
| F．Put yourself in the other person’s shoes. |
| G．What are the key things that we can learn from him? |
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Marco Polo was born in Italy in 1254. When he was 17 year old, he travelled across Europe and Asia with his father, which wanted to do trade with the Chinese. Eventual, they arrived in Beijing.
At that time, China was ruled by the Yuan Dynasty Emperor, Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan welcomed to Marco and his father. He was very happy to meet two foreigners and wanted to learn all Europe. Marco and her father were guests at the Emperor’s Palace. Although Marco was young, he was very clever and could already speak four languages. A Emperor was impressed by him or they became friends. He asked Marco to serve in his court and send him to do many important tasks across the country. Marco, in turn, was amazed by what beautiful and powerful China was.
