Zheng Chunhui, a wood carving craftsman for nearly four decades, has recently been busy with a new creation—a wood carving 100 meters long
Born in 1968, Zheng
His love of painting can
Zheng plans to finish the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal wood carving in three years. “
(1) 从下表中选择对你影响最大的一位伟人,描述他(她)的主要事迹;
(2) 谈谈该伟人对你产生的激励作用。
注意:
(1) 字数100-120; (2) 标题和开头结尾不计入总词数。
参考词汇:动物学家zoologist (n.) 黑猩猩 chimp (n.) 青蒿素artemisinin (n.) 杂交稻 hybrid rice
Jane Goodall(1934-),Britain | Tu Youyou(1930-), China | Yuan Longping(1930-2021), China |
动物学家, 前往非洲研究黑猩猩多年,在研究和保护野生动物方面做出巨大贡献。 | 药学家,多年从事中西药结合研究,创制了新型抗疟药青蒿素,首位获诺贝尔科学奖的中国人。 | 农业专家, 致力于杂交水稻研究, 在消除世界饥饿方面做出巨大贡献。 |
The Great Person I Admire
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Thank you for your listening.
1. When did Betty Jameson win the Southern Championship?
A.In 1932. | B.In 1934. | C.In 1939. |
A.The United States Amateur competition. |
B.The United States Women’s Open. |
C.The Western Open. |
A.Golf. | B.Basketball. | C.Tennis. |
A.About 70 years old. | B.About 80 years old. | C.About 90 years old. |
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. |
5 . Years ago people could hardly accept the idea of a woman’s being a doctor. In order to get into medical school in 1847, Elizabeth Blackwell was asked to keep it a secret that she was a woman. This was contrary to her beliefs, and she refused to do it.
After entering medical school, Elizabeth often had to summon all her courage (鼓足勇气) to free the unkindness of teachers and classmates. By her great efforts, she was able to complete her studies. Many people came to her graduation just to have a look at a woman doctor. Doctor Blackwell soon found that most people were not as ready as to go to a woman doctor. She had to struggle to make a living.
Then came the great day when she was offered a job as a doctor in a hospital. She did so well that she was asked to organize a new hospital and medical college. The United States can now be proud of thousands of women doctors.
1. How do you think Elizabeth was treated (被对待) in the medical school?A.Kindly. | B.Unfairly (不公平地). |
C.Normally (正常地). | D.Friendly. |
A.had to pretend to be a boy student in class |
B.was discouraged by (气馁) the others’ critical (挑剔的) looks |
C.felt sorry that she was a woman |
D.made great effort to do well in her lessons |
A.she was not right for the job and had to struggle for a living |
B.she must organize a new hospital and medical college for women |
C.few people were willing to go to a woman doctor |
D.most people were ready to go to a woman doctor |
6 . Quick Talk
In the exciting thriller Baby Driver, the actor and DJ, Ansel Elgort, 23, plays a music-obsessed (对音乐着迷的) getaway driver trying to escape from a life of crime.
Your character gets turned on to new music from iPods he finds in stolen cars. Who has influenced your taste?
Eve Beglarian, a composer (作曲家) and friend of my mother’s, made me my first iPod (playlist). One of the songs was Easy by the Commodores. The auditions (试演) for Baby Driver weren’t going well, and director Edgar Wright said, “Do you know any songs that you know every word to?” I remembered Easy. He said, “When you’re ready, I want you to sing it.” He told me that that was what got me the role. I guess I have to thank Eve.
At times the movie plays like a very complex music video.
They filmed very rhythmically. If I wasn’t wearing earphones, I was wearing an earwig — like a radio, but it’s tiny and you can hear things in your ear. Whatever the audience hears, we heard while filming.
How much did you get to drive?
They only let me drive when no one else was in the car, so that wasn’t often. They didn’t want me to kill Jamie Foxx.
You’re known for your brave and confident fashion choices. When did you start caring about style?
I must have been in the sixth grade. I wore the same red Adidas sweatpants every day, a white T-shirt and blue shoes. I was like a cartoon character.
After young-adult films like The Fault in Our Stars and Divergent, were you eager to be in a more adult film?
I don’t look at The Fault in Our Stars as a teenage movie. I looked at it like, this is a great script (剧本) and a good character, and I was excited to do it. But of course I was looking forward to being part of a “real” movie. If it meant working with Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx and Jon Hamm, sign me up.
1. What helped Ansel get the role in Baby Driver?A.Edgar’s suggestion. | B.Eve’s recommendation. |
C.His excellence in driving. | D.His performance of a song. |
A.He is pretty stylish. | B.He likes cartoon films. |
C.He is a driving enthusiast. | D.He has starred in two films. |
A.It’s encouraging. | B.It’s worth seeing. |
C.There’s no film worse than it. | D.There’s room for improvement. |
7 . The East African nation of Kenya has a rich tradition in distance running. Unfortunately, a lack of success in field events meant that no one had the qualification to coach Yego, who studied the javelin(标枪) on the Internet.
Yego was born in Cheptonon, a village in the Great Rift Valley, in January 1989 and grew up loving football and running, but when he was lapped(领先一圈) by two competitors in a 10,000m school running race, he turned his attention elsewhere afterward. He started to cut and shape a javelin from tree branches and although his parents thought he should concentrate on his studies, Yego persisted and he became national junior champion.
Combining his job as a policeman with training, Yego turned to the Internet, studying the technique and strength exercises the top javelin throwers employed.
Neither being just 5 feet and 7 inches tall nor weighing 13 stone held Yego back. In 2011, he became the first Kenyan to win a field event medal at a continental meet with gold at the All-Africa Games.
A year later in London he became the first African javelin thrower to reach an Olympic final, finishing 12th a historical moment.
"To be an Olympian is something you will never forget," he said. "So when I was named in the Olympics, I was just so happy. Luckily enough I was in the finals and that just changed all my life."
He was fourth at the 2013 World Championships and won the 2014 Commonwealth tide before being crowned world champion in Beijing, China, a year later with what is the fifth-longest throw in history of 92.72m.
Rio 2016 arrived and Yego was leading after three throws only to suffer an ankle injury on his fourth attempt which forced him to retire, and he looked on as Thomas Rohler of Germany overtook him to seize gold. However, he is not defeated and he will have a chance to improve on that at the next Olympic Games.
1. Why did Yego choose to study the javelin on the Internet?A.Because he disliked his coach's training method. |
B.Because there were no qualified trainers for him. |
C.Because no one knew the javelin in his country. |
D.Because studying on the Internet was free. |
A.His failure in study at school. |
B.His parents' encouragement. |
C.His growing love of the javelin. |
D.His discouragement in running. |
A.In 2013. | B.In 2014. |
C.In 2015. | D.In 2016. |
A.Yego was defeated by Thomas Rohler and became a failure. |
B.Yego was forced to retire because of his injured ankle. |
C.Yego continues fighting despite his failure in 2016. |
D.Yego will surely win at the next Olympic Games. |
8 . Robert Jarvik, born on May 11, 1946 in Michigan and raised in Stamford, is a medical scientist and researcher, who played an important role in the invention of the artificial heart. He was interested in medicine from a young age. He watched his father perform operations and gained a patent (专利权) for a machine applied in the medical operation before he graduated from high school.
Jarvik attended Syracuse University and considered a career in art. When his father developed heart disease suddenly, he decided then to work on a medical career. He applied to medical schools, but was not admitted to any schools in the US. Before long, he was admitted to the medical school in Italy and stayed there for two years. He returned to get a degree in medicine from New York University in 1971.
After working for a period of time, Jarvik got a job in the organ transplant (器官移植) program at the University of Utah in 1972. He worked with the director of the program, Willem Kolff, who invented the kidney dialysis (肾透析) machine.
By the time Jarvik came to the University of Utah, the organ program had already developed the primary artificial heart. He improved it by creating a diaphragm (横膈膜), which solved many issues with the heart. Eventually, he created the first artificial heart in 1981, the Jarvik-7, to be placed in a human patient, which was considered one of the most important inventions in human history.
Barney Clark, a retired dentist suffering from serious heart disease, received the Jarvik-7 transplant on December 2, 1982. He lived for 112 days after the operation, but the transplant was considered a success. Though receiving criticism for the risk referred to transplant an artificial heart, the Jarvik-7 still became very important for patients who were waiting for a heart. In 1987, Jarvik moved to New York City and formed Jarvik Research Inc. He began developing a new heart — the Jarvik 2000. This smaller machine fits inside a patient’s heart rather than replacing the entire organ.
1. What method does the writer use to develop the passage?A.By discussing research experiments. |
B.By following the natural time order. |
C.By presenting some research results. |
D.By comparing opinions from different fields. |
A.items | B.incidents |
C.problems | D.debates |
A.His father developed heart disease suddenly. |
B.He received a patent for the medical operation. |
C.He took part in the organ program at the University of Utah. |
D.He was refused to be admitted to any medical school in the US. |
A.He invented the kidney dialysis machine. |
B.He created the first artificial heart in 1981. |
C.He created a diaphragm to fit inside a patient’s heart. |
D.He did the first heart transplant operation for a heart patient. |
9 . Mary Anning was an English fossil collector, dealer and paleontologist(古生物学家). Her fossil-hunting helped change the way people thought about the world.
Mary was born into a poor family in England on May 21, 1799. She lived in the seaside town of Lyme Regis, in Dorset. The family had nine children. Only Mary and her brother Joseph grew up. Mary’s father took his children along the beach. They picked up shells and stones to sell to visitors. Mary did not go to school much. Her family was too poor. And schools did not teach children about fossils. Mary could read and write. She taught herself. She learned about rocks and how bodies are made.
In 1811 when Mary and Joseph were fossil hunting, Joseph saw a bone sticking out of the rock. Mary had a hammer to chip away at the rock. Very carefully she uncovered it. She found the first complete fossil of the ichthyosaur(鱼龙).
Since then, Mary became crazy about fossil hunting. She liked to hunt on the beach after a storm. The wind, rain and waves made the rocks crumble It was easy to spot fossils. Most days Mary went fossil hunting with her dog, Tray.
Rich friends helped Mary by selling fossils for her. They sent her money. Scientists wrote letters and came to see her. One good friend was William Buckland, a professor at Oxford University. Mary also opened a shop to sell fossils, stones and shells. She chatted with visitors.
Mary Anning died inl847. How evolution(进化)works was explained by Charles Darwin not long after Mary died. Her fossils had helped scientists understand how things began.
1. Why did Mary’s father take his children along the beach?A.To enjoy life. | B.To make a living. |
C.To look for fossils. | D.To teach them about fossils. |
A.Her father was a paleontologist. | B.Her father educated her at home. |
C.She had nine brothers and sisters in all. | D.She might be popular at that time. |
A.Charles Darwin. | B.Mary’s dog. | C.Mary. | D.Joseph. |
A.break | B.shake | C.float | D.dive |
10 . Artie Shaw was born in New York City in 1910. His parents were poor persons who had come to the United States from Eastern Europe. At the age of fourteen, he began to play the saxophone(萨克斯管) and then the clarinet(竖笛). From very young age, Artie Shaw wanted to play his clarinet better than anyone. He wanted his sound and music to be perfect, so he began working as a professional musician when he was fifteen, and he left home and began playing in bands across the United States.
In 1927, young Artie Shaw traveled to Chicago, Illinois to hear the great trumpet (小号) player, Louis Armstrong. He immediately understood that Armstrong’s great jazz sound was the beginning of something new and exciting. Artie left Chicago with a growing interest in jazz music. Soon after, he moved to New York City. He got work playing the clarinet for the Columbia Broadcast System radio network in1936. He was given chance to found his band and play at New York’s famous Imperial Theater on Broadway. His group was not the top band in the show. But the crowd loved his music. This proved to be a major step in his career.
In 1938, Artie Shaw and his band recorded what would be one of their most popular songs. It sold millions of records. It still sells several thousand each year. Shaw was surprised that it became so popular. The song is "Begin the Beguine" written by Cole Porter. However, the fame caused problems for Shaw. He could not go anywhere without being recognized. He no longer had a private life.
On Dec. 13th, 2004, Artie Shaw died after a long sickness. He was ninety-four years old. He was the last great musician and bandleader of what has been called the “Big Band Era”.
1. When was Artie Shaw born?A.In 1936. | B.In1927. | C.In 1938 | D.In 1910. |
A.Twenty-six. | B.Twenty-seven. | C.Seventeen. | D.Twenty-eight. |
A.Artie Shaw knew his records would be popular. |
B.Artie Shaw wanted the fans to recognize him. |
C.Artie Shaw's records sold well. |
D.Artie Shaw recorded his first record in 1938. |
A.Artie Shaw-a Famous Musician | B.Artie Shaw Made Band Famous |
C.Artie Shaw and His Bands | D.Artie Shaw Recorded Many Songs |