Zhong Nanshan was born in October 1936 in Central Hospital in Nanjing, Jiangsu. Zhong
Many people know Zhong
Zhong’s life has always been
1. How did Jim feel about going to England?
| A．Surprised. | B．Nervous. | C．Sad. |
| A．In London. | B．In Cambridge. | C．In Stratford-upon-Avon. |
| A．He was a writer. | B．He was a tour guide. | C．He was a glove maker. |
| A．He got a free education. |
| B．He never went to university. |
| C．He traveled around the world. |
3 . When physicist Stephen Hawking died in 2018 at the age of 76, the world mourned (哀悼), after the loss, there remains the enormous legacy of the scientist and the man to consider.
Despite being a renowned expert in cosmology and black holes, there is still much to discover about Hawking. In Stephen Hawking: A memoir of friendship and physics, theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow offers a close glimpse inside the famous scientist’s life, ranging from his early days at university and diagnosis at age 21 with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis to his later status as an international celebrity.
After co-authoring two books with Hawking, Mlodinow isn’t short of stories, particularly from time spent working together on their book The Grand Design. Hawking lived a colourful life often filled with hardship, and the possibility of death was never far away. Far from letting this be a setback, it is what Hawking credits for his achievements. “It helped me focus,” he tells Mlodinow after dinner one night.
Even so, Mlodinow admits that initially he couldn’t help but feel sorry for Hawking, living with a condition that required round-the-clock care and eventually left him unable to speak or voluntarily move anything but his eyes, brows and mouth. However, writes Mlodinow, “overtime all that pity would disappear like one of Stephen’s black holes”, adding that “ it occurred to me that Stephen had proved himself to be an iron man in a fragile man’s facade (外表)”. That view becomes one that readers will also tend to adopt as Mlodinow looks back.
Achievement came in many forms for Hawking, who refused to be restricted in thought or deed. As Mlodinow writes: “Often we limit our chances at success by limiting the goals toward which we strive. Stephen never did that. We can get used to anything, and we can accomplish, if not anything, then at least much more than we give ourselves credit for. To grow close to Stephen was to understand this.”
1. What can we learn about Mlodinow?| A．He was one of Hawking’s friends. | B．He worked for Hawking for many years. |
| C．He wrote two books about Hawking’s life. | D．He was the strongest competitor for Hawking. |
| A．Admiring. | B．Sympathetic. | C．Envious. | D．Puzzled. |
| A．He kept pushing his limits. | B．He had extraordinary talent. |
| C．He was good at educating others. | D．He was a man with definite goals. |
| A．To praise a relationship. | B．To introduce a book. |
| C．To honor a breakthrough. | D．To promote a physics theory. |
Lifting a spear, Li Jinqi pulled it across her shoulders and spun it quickly. Following her example
Li is a 24-year-old Ph.D. student at Beihang University in Beijing,
Gao Xiaoya, majoring in electronic information engineering at Beihang, who has also joined the martial arts club,
“The rapid growth of the Internet and social media also facilitates (促进) communication about traditional Chinese culture, enabling young people to have
5 . Had she been a singer, she might have been an American star. But Clora Bryant played the trumpet, and reputation came slowly. Bryant, a barrier breaker who stood firm in her determination to be a respected jazz trumpet player despite the open sexism (性别歧视) that shadowed her, died on August 25, in 2019, in Los Angeles, when she was 92. Life as a jazz trumpeter was an uphill battle, said her son Darrin. “It was a man’s world, and that made it hard for her. But that only fueled her fire, and made her more resolved.”
Bryant played the trumpet with such passion and she became a mainstay in the growing jazz scene in the 1940s. Dizzy Gillespie once told Times jazz critic Leonard Feather that Bryant was the most underrated (低估) trumpet player in L.A.
But by 1992, she was living on Social Security, staying at a son’s Long Beach, in California, apartment, and two of her trumpets were in the pawnshop (典当铺). “A lot of clubs have closed.” she told the Times. “And how many female trumpet players do you see working?”
Bryant and her brothers were raised by their father, a patient man who encouraged his children to think big. She wanted to be in the high school marching band, but Charles Bryant warned his daughter she’d likely face resistance. “But anything you want to do, I’m behind you,” she recalled. It was her father who encouraged her to do whatever she wanted to do that made her stronger and stronger.
1. What does the underlined word “resolved” in paragraph 1 probably mean?| A．Adventurous. | B．Unique. | C．Emotional. | D．Determined. |
| A．To show people’s acts of kindness. |
| B．To prove Bryant’s struggle through life. |
| C．To explain how Bryant earned his living. |
| D．To stress the importance of the pawnshop. |
| A．The open sexism from society. |
| B．The poor family background. |
| C．The terrible financial situation. |
| D．The mental pressure from colleagues. |
| A．Her son’s support. | B．Her brothers’ company. |
| C．Her strict family education. | D．Her father’s encouragement. |
1. 人物简介；
2. 喜爱的原因(至少2个)。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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1. Why did people come to the bar?
| A．To hear the lady sing. |
| B．To make the lady famous. |
| C．To listen to the piano. |
| A．After he became a famous pianist. |
| B．That night after his first singing. |
| C．Long before he played the piano in the bar. |
| A．He became a well-known singer in America. |
| B．He had his own piano bar. |
| C．He continued to play the piano in the bar. |
| A．People will succeed if they have talent. |
| B．Everyone should make full use of his talent. |
| C．Few people have real talent. |
8 . If you need courage when facing a challenge, learn from Jessica Cox. Born in February 1983 in Sierra Vista, Arizona, Jessica Cox
Cox remembers boarding the bus on the first day of 8th grade with a
After college, Cox was
Cox conquered her greatest fear-flying and in 2011 became the world’s first armless pilot. She uses her feet to fly the plane! So learn from Jessica Cox—
| A．shocked | B．excited | C．annoyed | D．touched |
| A．doubted | B．ordered | C．denied | D．thought |
| A．choice | B．challenge | C．right | D．fear |
| A．Rarely | B．Extremely | C．Hardly | D．Patiently |
| A．trip | B．break | C．bath | D．course |
| A．wondering | B．wandering | C．expecting | D．waiting |
| A．proud | B．considerate | C．shy | D．kind |
| A．sign | B．quote | C．note | D．warning |
| A．fight | B．pride | C．comment | D．permission |
| A．personality | B．strength | C．difference | D．popularity |
| A．grateful | B．close | C．unique | D．true |
| A．removed | B．acquired | C．attempted | D．purchased |
| A．reported | B．called | C．informed | D．improved |
| A．agrees with | B．argues with | C．quarrels with | D．communicates with |
| A．Fears | B．Challenges | C．Experiences | D．Advantages |
The Mona Lisa’s smile is the best example of a lifetime
Leonardo spent many pages in his notebook dissecting (解剖)
Being curiosity about everything just for
Li Wen, a paper-cutting artist from Lingbi county, Suzhou city, east China’s Anhui Province,
In 2005, Li was studying oil painting at Lingbi Normal School in Lingbi county when she saw wedding paper-cutting works stuck on the windows of her neighbor’s house and was
“I had never thought before that traditional arts and crafts could be so beautiful,” Li said. Since then, Li has wholeheartedly thrown herself into
Li always brings scissors (剪刀)and paper
Li’s excellent
Li,
