Meng Wanzhou arrives home
Through efforts of the Chinese government, Meng Wanzhou, the Chief Financial Officer of China’s telecommunication（电信）giant（巨头）Huawei, arrived at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on Saturday on a charter flight
Meng Wanzhou
On the flight
“Without a strong nation, I would not have
“The road back home is full of twists and turns（曲折）,
2 . Pearl S. Buck was born in Virginia, the United States in 1892 and her parents were missionaries (传教士). When Buck was four months old, her parents took her with them to China.
From childhood, Buck spoke both Chinese and English. She grew up playing with Chinese children. She never developed a feeling of superiority toward the Chinese. Rather, Buck was better equipped to recognize some of the absurdities (荒谬) her parents’ profession,Buck returned to the United States to attend Randolph—Macon Women’s College. However, the country of her birth was largely unfamiliar to her, so she felt like a foreigner. After graduation, she returned to China to take care of her sick mother. Her first and only biological child, Carol, was born a few years after she got married. Due to a tumor, Buck had to have an operation. Soon afterwards her daughter was severely ill. Almost at the same time, her mother died after her long illness. Despite these misfortunes placed on her life, she refused to be defeated.
The Good Earth, her best—known book, was published in 1931. The novel quickly gained an international reputation, It was cited in the decision to award her the Noble Prize for Literature, “for her rich and truly epic (史诗般的) descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces,” a year later, Pearl Buck’s works after 1938 are too many to mention. Her novels continued to deal with the confrontation (对抗) of East and West, her interest spreading to such countries as India and Korea.
Buck also devoted herself to humanitarian causes. With her husband, she founded an adoption agency for children of mixed Asian and American parentage. These children were often outcasts in Asian countries because of their mixed blood and because they were often the illegitimate (私生的) children of American servicemen.
Buck spent all her life trying to help people in the USA understand Chinese culture. She wanted to prove to her readers that the universality of mankind can exist if they accept it.
1. What can we know about Buck?| A．She grew up in China. |
| B．She couldn’t get on with her parents. |
| C．She was proud of her parents^ profession. |
| D．She couldn’t speak English when she was young. |
| A．What Buck saw in China. | B．Conflicts in India and Korea. |
| C．Why Buck chose to live in China. | D．Children’s life in adoption agency. |
| A．Children who were disabled. |
| B．Children who were abandoned. |
| C．Children whose parents were dead. |
| D．Children whose parents were Asians. |
| A．Brave and patient. | B．Adorable and polite. |
| C．Gentle and humorous. | D．Determined and generous. |
3 . At the age of 7, Rudolph Ingram Jr. also known as “Blaze the Great” has already broken several records and has become the fastest boy in the country, showing early signs of possibly becoming the next Usain Bolt.
Blaze’s father Rudolph Ingram Sr. shared that the little boy started training when he was only 4 years old right after watching the Olympics. Since then, he has shown great athleticism. His most recent 100-meter dash clocked at 13.48 seconds, breaking the USA Track and Field records for his age group.
“I feel great, anyways I trained for it,” said Blaze, who dreams “to get into the National Football League” someday.
His father has always been hands-on in his training to prepare for his future, but still lets him be a kid.
“He watched the Usain Bolt documentary, he has seen a lot of those people’s documentaries and he realizes that they were doing the same thing that he was doing at that age. So he could see where this would lead to,” he said.
Blaze has caught the attention of many people, including football players O.J. Howard and Mike Evans from Tampa Bay Bucs and basketball star LeBron James. His social media account @blaze_813 has more than 500,000 followers. Moreover, when talking about what he has accomplished and will accomplish in the future, his father Rudolph Ingram Sr. said, “This is my baby. I feel like he’s a one in a million children. I don’t like saying it because he’s my child but I definitely feel like he does great things.”
1. What kind of person is Blaze’s father according to the text?| A．Open-minded and supportive. | B．Warm-hearted and determined. |
| C．Powerful and strict. | D．Patient and calm. |
| A．His great athleticism. | B．Watching the Olympics. |
| C．Sports stars’ stories. | D．His father’s requirement. |
| A．He has gained fans from all over the world. |
| B．He has made friends with many sports stars. |
| C．His father is very proud of him. |
| D．His performance is beyond his father’s expectation. |
4 . Women have been making scientific discoveries since ancient times. Twelve women have won the Nobel Prize for Science, one of the highest honors in the world. Some women scientists never married, some worked with their husbands, and others raised large families. It has been difficult for women to be successful scientists.
In the early 1800s in England, Mary Anning became one of the first women recognized for her discoveries about the ancient history of the earth. Mary and her father collected fossils(化石) in their village on the south coast of Great Britain. Fossils are parts of plants or animals that have been saved in rocks for millions of years.
When she was only twelve years old, Mary became the first person to find the almost complete skeletons(骨架) of several animals that no longer existed on the earth.She didn’t become famous for her discoveries at that time because she often sold her fossils to get money to support her family.
In 1891, a young Polish woman named Marie Sklodowska traveled to Paris to study physics. She did so because she could not get a college education in Poland.She began working in the laboratory of a man named Pierre Curie. Marie and Pierre Curie got married and made many discoveries together. They received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 along with another scientist.Marie Curie became the first person to be awarded a second Noble Prize in 1911, this time for Chemistry. Marie Curie was one of the few women at the time who became famous as a scientist.
1. The author believes that women scientists________.| A．have more opportunities to become successful |
| B．can not get the highest honors in the world |
| C．go through difficulties to be successful |
| D．had better pay more attention to their families |
| A．win the Noble Prize for Science after getting married |
| B．make achievements in the study of ancient earth |
| C．research animals and their bones |
| D．study the mystery of all kinds of plants |
| A．She studied physics in Poland and got a college education. |
| B．She received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903 on her own. |
| C．She only got one Nobel Prize during her lifetime. |
| D．She made many discoveries after she got married. |
| A．Ancient discoveries. | B．Women scientists. |
| C．Successful marriages. | D．Different prizes. |
[1] When the space shuttle Endeavor took off from Kennedy Space Center on September 12, 1992, people cheered. It’s always exciting when a space shuttle launches.
[2] But this launch was very special because one of the astronauts on board was Dr. Mae C. Jemison, the first African American woman ever to fly in outer space. Speaking from space on live television, Dr. Jemison said with excitement: “I’m closer to the stars---somewhere I’ve always dreamed to be.”
[3] Dr. Jemison was interested in space from a young age. She did very well in science and math classes at school. After graduating from college she decided to go to medical school. She worked as a doctor in the United State, and also spent several years as a doctor in Africa.
[4] But she was still interested in space, and so she applied to NASA(美国宇航局)to become an astronaut. The first time she applied, she failed, but ________. Dr. Jemison applied again. This time she was accepted---along with only 14 others out over 2000 people who applied!
[5] When Dr. Jemison left NASA she started a company. She is very interested in improving health care in Africa. Dr. Jemison spends part of her time teaching; she also gives many speeches to young people. She wants young people to find out for themselves what she found in her life: there is no limit to where your dreams can take you.
1. What was special about Dr. Jemison according to Paragraph2? (no more than 15 words)2. What the meaning of “ what” in the last paragraph?
3. Fill in the blank in Paragraph4 with proper words. (no more than 6 words)
4. What’s the main idea of Paragraph4?
5. Why does Dr. Jemison give speeches to young people? (no more than 15 words)
Yuan Longping, Father of Hybrid Rice,
Yuan was a co-winner of the 2004 World Food Prize, the top international honor recognizing the deeds of
Yuan’s pioneering research has
Barbara Stinson, president of the WFP Foundation, said Yuan was credited not only for hybrid rice, but also for the ability
Yuan started hybrid rice research in 1964 and
“He’s made such
7 . This International Women's Day, we're celebrating four women who changed the face of science forever.
Anandibai Joshee, born in 1865 in India, became India's first woman physician with a medical degree. After graduation from a Woman's Medical College, she accepted an offer from the governor minister of Kolhapur in India to serve as “Lady Doctor of Kolhapur”. She died at 21 from tuberculosis. Despite her short life, Joshee's accomplishments were unprecedented for an Indian woman, and her achievements open the door for other Indian women to quickly follow.
Mamie Clark, an American social psychologist, specialized in child development in black children. In 1946, Clark and Kenneth founded the only mental health organization for black children in New York. Clark was awarded the American Association of University achievement award in 1973, and ten years later the National Coalition of 100 Black Women awarded her the Candace Award for humanitarianism.
Geochemist Katsuko Saruhashi was born in Tokyo in 1920. Saruhashi became the first woman elected to the Science Council of Japan, the first woman to win the Miyake Prize for Geochemistry, and the first woman recipient of an award from the Society of Sea Water Science in Japan. In 1981, she founded the Saruhashi Prize, a prize awarded annually to a female role model in science.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Ochoa was the first Latina woman to fly in space as part of the crew of the shuttle Discovery in 1993. In 1990, Ochoa was selected to astronaut candidacy as part of a group of twenty-three NASA astronauts, and became an astronaut a year later. Her first spaceflight was aboard Discovery as a mission specialist and lasted nine days, in which the crew conducted scientific experiments and deployed a research satellite to study the solar corona.
1. Who was appointed by the government to work as an expert?| A．Anandibai Joshee. |
| B．Mamie Clark. |
| C．Katsuko Saruhashi. |
| D．Ochoa. |
| A．They set an award. |
| B．They were Americans. |
| C．They were awarded twice. |
| D．They majored in water science. |
| A．A poster. | B．A magazine. | C．A guidebook. | D．A report. |
8 . TRADITIONAL belief has always had it that a not-so-clear-thinking---Vincent Van Gogh cut off his own ear after a fight with the French artist Paul Gauguin in 1888.Van Gogh is said to have handed the ear to a woman named Rachel. Then, doing what any person who had just lost an ear might do, he went home to take a nap.
But a new book titled In Van Gogh’s Ear argues that it was Gauguin who cut off the Dutch painter’s ear. Authors Hans Kaufmann and Rita Wildegans explained inconsistencies(矛盾) in Gauguin’s description of the event and his ability as an expert swordsman(剑客). “Vincent might have attacked him; Gauguin wanted to defend himself and to get rid of this “madman’,……
They believe that Gauguin and Van Gogh agreed to hide the incident. But that doesn’t mean Gogh never dropped a hint about the “real” story. He once told his brother Theo in a letter, “Luckily, Gauguin is not yet armed with machine guns and other dangerous war weapons”.
1. It is widely accepted by people that cut off his ear.| A．Hans Kaufmann | B．Gauguin | C．Rachel | D．Van Gogh himself |
| A．Van Gogh is a Dutch painter |
| B．Gauguin didn’t use a machine gun to cut off Van Gogh’s ear |
| C．Theo is van Gogh’s brother |
| D．Van Gogh had slept for a long time after his ear was cut off |
| A．Van Gogh cut off his own ears. |
| B．It’s not possible Gauguin who cut off Van Gogh’s ear |
| C．Kaufmann and Wildegans wrote the book called In Van Gogh’s Ear |
| D．Van Gogh never dropped a hint about his ear |
| A．Gauguin wanted to kill him |
| B．He was lucky not to be killed by Gauguin |
| C．He hated Gauguin |
| D．He wanted to tell his brother it was who cut off his ear |
| A．Who cut off Van Gogh’s ear? |
| B．The introduction of Van Gogh |
| C．A new book titled In Van Gogh’s Ear |
| D．A Swordsman |
9 . Some of the greatest scientists of all time are women who have made important discoveries in a variety of fields in science. Several of their contributions throughout history are even more than men’s contributions. Our list of the most famous female scientists below are organized in order of popularity so you can read about the advancements that they made.
Marie Curie (1867-1934)
Famous For: Work on radioactivity
Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and the only woman to win this award in two fields: Physics and Chemistry. She discovered polonium and radium and her work helped with the creation of X-rays.
Jane Goodall (1934)
Famous For: Primate (灵长类) studies
Jane Goodall is known world-wide for her groundbreaking studies on primates. She is considered as the top expert on chimps in the world and is perhaps best known for her 45-year study on the social lives of these animals in Tanzania.
Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012)
Famous For: Nerve growth studies
Rita Levi-Montalcini was a neurologist (神经病学家) who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1986 for her findings in Nerve Growth Factor (NGF). She was the first Nobel Prize winner to live past her 100th birthday.
Lise Meitner (1878-1968)
Famous For: Work on radioactivity and nuclear physics
Lise Meitner was a key member of a group that discovered nuclear fission (裂变). One of her colleagues, Otto Hahn, was given the Noble Prize for this work. That Meitner didn’t get the award is considered to be a huge error by the Nobel committee.
1. Who is still contributing to the world?| A．Marie Curie. | B．Jane Goodall. |
| C．Rita Levi-Montalcini. | D．Lise Meitner. |
| A．Nerve growth. | B．The wildlife. |
| C．Nuclear explosion. | D．Radioactivity. |
| A．She was awarded the Nobel Prize. |
| B．She made a big mistake in her work. |
| C．She did lots of studies about nerve growth. |
| D．She made great contributions to nuclear physics. |
10 . Dale Carnegie(戴尔·卡耐基) was an American writer and lecturer, and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking and interpersonal skills.
Born in 1888 in Maryville, Missouri, Carnegie was a poor farmer's boy. His family moved to Belton, Missouri when he was a small child. In his teens, though still having to get up at 4 a.m. every day to milk his parents' cows, he managed to obtain an education at the State Teacher's College in Warrensburg. His first job after college was selling correspondence courses. He moved on to selling bacon, soap, and lard（猪油）for Armour & Company.
After saving $500, Dale Carnegie quit sales in 1911 in order to achieve a lifelong dream of becoming a lecturer. He ended up instead attending the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, but found little success as an actor. Later he got the idea to teach public speaking. In his first session, he suggested that students speak about “something that made them angry”, and discovered the technique that made speakers unafraid to address a public audience. From its beginning, the Dale Carnegie Course developed. Carnegie had made use of the average American's desire to have more self-confidence.
Perhaps one of Carnegie's most successful marketing moves was to change the spelling of his last name from “Carnagey” to Carnegie, at a time when Andrew Carnegie was a widely recognized name.
Carnegie's works include Lincoln the Unknown (1932), Public Speaking and Influencing Men in Business (1937), and How to Stop Worrying and Start Living (1948). His greatest achievement, however, was when Simon &. Schuster published How to Win Friends and Influence People. The book was a bestseller from 1936. By the time of Carnegie's death, the book had sold five million copies in 31 languages, and there had been 450,000 graduates of his Dale Carnegie Institute.
Carnegie died at his home in New York in 1955.
1. What do you think of Dale Carnegie's childhood?| A．Difficult. | B．Joyful. |
| C．Lonely. | D．Boring. |
| A．Encouraging one to trust himself. | B．Helping people to get wealthy. |
| C．Teaching people speaking skills. | D．Advising people to live happily. |
| A．To get more help and support. | B．To replace Andrew Carnegie. |
| C．To become more famous. | D．To avoid misunderstanding. |
