Remittance (汇款) increase living standards in the country of origin. Remittances m a large share of the GDP of many developing countries. A study on remittances to Mexico found that remittances lead to a considerable increase in the availability of public services in Mexico, surpassing government spending in some localities.
Research finds that emigration and low migration barriers have net positive effects on human capital formation in the sending countries. This means that there is a “brain gain” instead of a" brain drain to emigration.
One study finds that sending Countries benefit indirectly in the long run from the emigration of skilled workers because those skilled workers are able to innovate more in developed countries, which the sending countries are able to benefit as a positive externality. Greater emigration of skilled workers consequently leads to greater economic growth and welfare improvements in the long run.
Research also suggests that emigration, remittances and return migration can have a positive impact on political institutions and democratization in the country of origin. Research also shows that remittances can lower the risk of civil war in the country of origin. Return migration from countries with liberal gender norms has been associated with the transfer of liberal gender norms to the home country.
Research suggests that emigration causes an increase in the wages of those who remain in the country of origin. A 2014 survey of the existing literature on migration finds that a 10 percent emigrant supply shock would increase wages in the sending country by 2 % - 5.5 %. A study of emigration from Poland shows that it led to a slight increase in wages for high-and medium-skilled workers for remaining Poles. A 2013 study finds that emigration from Eastern Europe after the 2004 EU enlargement increased the wages of remaining young workers in the country of origin by 6%, while it had no effect on the wages of old workers. The wages of Lithuanian men increased as a result of post-EU enlargement emigration. Return migration is associated with greater household firm revenues(收入).
Some research shows that the remittance effect is not strong enough to make the remaining natives in countries with high emigration flows better off.
It has been argued that high-skill emigration causes labor shortages in the country of origin. This remains unsupported in the academic literature though. According to economist Michael Clemens, it has not been shown that restrictions on high-skill emigration reduce shortages in the countries of origin.
1. This passage mainly tells us that ______| A．people's living standards in the receiving countries have been greatly improved |
| B．emigration has both advantages and disadvantages to the sending countries |
| C．the reasons behind economic growth in the sending countries |
| D．the effect of migration on the sending countries |
| A．the emigration of skilled workers brings economic growth to developed countries |
| B．emigration means a kind of “brain gain” rather than "brain drain" |
| C．the government in Mexico should spend more on public services |
| D．highly qualified workers are bound to return to their home country |
| A．return migration makes the natives better off |
| B．a wage increase is associated with economic growth |
| C．enlargement brings welfare to all Europeans |
| D．emigration leads to a salary increase for remaining natives |
| A．The negative effects of high-skill emigration have shown up. |
| B．Remittances have a good effect on maintaining social stability, |
| C．High migration barriers can reduce shortages of skilled workers. |
| D．High-skill emigration may cause economic fall within a short time. |
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【推荐1】Everyone has a phone in their pocket nowadays, but how often do we really use them for their original purpose—to make a call? Telephone culture is disappearing. What brought us to this moment, and what are its effects?
“No one picks up the phone anymore,” wrote Alex C. Madrigal on The Atlantic. “The reflex (习惯性动作) of answering—built so deeply into people who grew up in 20th-centurytelephonic culture—is gone.”
The shift is of course due in large part to more communication options: Texting with photos, videos, emojis, reaction gifs, links and even voice messages can be a more attractive option.
Texting is light and fun, not nearly as demanding of your attention as a phone call. It can also be done with multiple people at the same time. Social media, email and video calls have also eaten away at traditional phone calls.
In recent years, another reason has caused people to ignore phone calls completely: robocalls. Robocalls are automated messages from organizations verifying (核实) your phone number or telemarketers trying to sell something. Americans received 22.8 billion robocalls halfway through 2020, equaling an annual rate of 45.6 billion, slightly below 2018 numbers, according to You-Mail, a robocall protection service and blocking app.
As telephone culture disappears, what is the loss of a singular family phone doing to the family unit? Early landline phones unified family members, whereas mobile phones isolate (使隔绝) them.
“The shared family phone served as an anchor (给以安全感的物品) for home,” said Luke Fernandez, a Weber State University computer-science professor and co-author of Bored, Lonely, Angry, Stupid: Feelings About Technology, From the Telegraph to Twitter. “With smartphones, we have gained mobility and privacy. But the value of the home has been diminished, as has its capacity to guide and monitor family behavior and perhaps bind families more closely together,” Fernandez said.
Of course, as technology progresses, lives always change for better or for worse. With the loss of telephone culture, families will need to find other ways to unite.
1. What has caused the traditional telephone to lose its appeal according to the text?| A．People’s addiction to social media. |
| B．People’s preference for robocalls. |
| C．People’s growing need for privacy. |
| D．People’s wide range of communication choices. |
| A．Reduced. | B．Strengthened. |
| C．Instructed. | D．Inherited. |
| A．Gain mobility. | B．Receive robocalls. |
| C．Send messages. | D．Tie family members. |
| A．The past and future of telephones. |
| B．The development of communication tools. |
| C．The downfall of traditional telephone culture. |
| D．The relation between phone use and family bonds. |
【推荐2】The U.S. is still out in front of global competitors when it comes to innovation(革新), but American universities-where new ideas often spread - have reason to look over their shoulders.
That's especially true for technologies like 5G phone networks and artificial intelligence. In President Donald Trump's opinion, they're exactly the fields where the U.S. has to lead-and also the ones where Asia, especially China, is catching up. Universities from China get more patents than their U.S. peers in wireless communications, according to a research firm named GreyB Services. In Al, 17 of the top 20 universities and public research organizations are in China, with the Chinese Academy of Sciences topping the list, says the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva.
There's a special place for universities in the development of science. Universities educate future scientists and can be incubators(孵化器) for pie-in-the-sky ideas - some of which turn out to be game-changers. The list ranges from Google's search engine to DNA technology that's behind a whole industry of gene-manipulating(基因编辑) treatments.
However, government aids to universities haven't been growing for more than a decade, meaning they've declined in real terms and as a share of the economy, leading to the cost increase for universities and meanwhile somehow discouraging the teaching staff from putting all their hearts into their scientific research.
“If you look at the federal dollars, they've not really changed considerably,” says Stephen Susalka, head of AUTM, a technology transfer association whose members include 800 universities. “Other countries are catching up. We can't be satisfied with what we have achieved?”
1. What does the underlined phrase “look over their shoulders” in Paragraph 1 mean?| A．Watch out. | B．Take off. |
| C．Stand up. | D．Hide away. |
| A．Chinese universities have obtained the most patents |
| B．Chinese universities get aids from the government |
| C．wireless communications have changed dramatically |
| D．U.S. may lose their lead in some high-tech fields |
| A．Pie-in-the-sky ideas can be revolutionary. |
| B．Universities can produce game programmers. |
| C．Gene-manipulation helps to develop DNA technology. |
| D．Universities play an important role in science development. |
| A．Worried. | B．Disapproving. |
| C．Positive. | D．Unconcerned. |
【推荐3】’Instead of corona virus, the hunger will kill us.’ A global food crisis appears.
In the largest slum(贫民窟) in Kenya’s capital, people desperate to eat cause chaos during a recent giveaway of flour and cooking oil, leaving scores injured and two people dead.
In India, thousands of workers are lining up twice a day for bread and fried vegetables to keep hunger away.
The corona virus pandemic has brought hunger to millions of people around the world. An estimated 265 million people could be pushed to the edge of starvation by year’s end. “We’ve never seen anything like this before,” said Arif Husain, chief economist at the World Food Program, a U.N. agency. “It wasn’t a pretty picture to begin with, and this makes it probably worse.”
The world has experienced severe hunger crises before, but those were regional and caused by one factor or another — extreme weather, economic downturns, wars or political instability. This hunger crisis, experts say, is global and caused by a variety of factors linked to the corona virus pandemic and the following interruption of the economic order.
There is no shortage of food globally, or mass starvation from the pandemic — yet. But problems in planting, harvesting and transporting food will leave poor countries exposed in the coming months, especially those dependent on imports, said Johan Swinnen, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington.
To lessen the impact of this crisis, some governments are fixing prices on food items, delivering free food and carrying out plans to send money transfers to the poorest households. Yet, communities across the world are also taking matters into their own hands. Some are raising money through crowdfunding platforms, while others have begun programs to purchase meals for needy families.
1. What can we know from the scenes of people getting food in Kenya and India?| A．Food shortage is becoming increasingly severe. |
| B．People in Kenya and India are rude and mean. |
| C．Food shortage causes people to go on strike. |
| D．People are afraid of being infected by corona virus. |
| A．Hopeful. | B．Doubtful. | C．Uncaring. | D．Pessimistic. |
| A．It is global and caused by various factors. |
| B．It has caused mass starvation regionally. |
| C．It is caused by natural disasters. |
| D．It is caused by the economic disorder. |
| A．Raising money. | B．Buying meals. |
| C．Giving out free food. | D．Setting prices on goods. |
【推荐1】Flocks of hundreds of regent honeyeaters（王吸蜜鸟）could once be spotted all over south-eastern Australia on a regular basis, but today the species is critically endangered, with only 300 believed to exist in the entire world. They were also known for the complexity of their mating songs, but as their numbers started declining, scientists started noticing male regent honeyeaters didn’t even sound like their species anymore. Today, there is enough evidence that regent honeyeaters have forgotten how to sing, which could cause the entire species to go extinct.
At one point, Australian scientists noticed that male regent honeyeaters were imitating（模仿）the songs of other bird species. Some experts believed that the imitation was a purposeful strategy to avoid attacks from their enemies. However, a recent study showed otherwise. Young regent honeyeaters learn their songs from adult members of their species, just like human children learn to speak, but because they are spread so thin in their habitat-they could occupy probably 10 times the size of the UK but are really small in quantity-many males don’t get to listen to the right songs, so they start adopting the tunes of other bird species. The problem is that these aren’t the songs female regent honeyeaters want to hear, so their chances of finding a mate are very slim.
Scientists are now planning to catch wild males that can sing and put them next to caged regent honeyeaters so that the young birds can learn the right song. They then plan to release them into the wild every few years, where they will hopefully be able to attract females and reproduce.
“This study shows how damaging population declines and habitat fragmentation（碎片）might be to this critical process in the life of songbirds,” said Dr Sue Zollinger, an expert in animal communication from Manchester Metropolitan University.
1. Why are regent honeyeaters faced with extinction?| A．They are short of food. | B．They are incapable of imitation. |
| C．Their habitats are badly destroyed. | D．Male birds fail to sing the right songs. |
| A．Analyse the reason. | B．Draw a conclusion. |
| C．Present the problem. | D．Add some background. |
| A．Broadcasting mating songs to the young birds. |
| B．Introducing wild birds to teach caged ones. |
| C．Training them to escape from the enemies. |
| D．Spreading them in different habitats. |
| A．To indicate the difficulty of catching wild birds. |
| B．To offer some strategies for animal communication. |
| C．To point out the critical tunes of the bird’s mating songs. |
| D．To stress the significance of an ideal population per habitat. |
【推荐2】The International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) added the Chinese paddlefish (白鲟) to its list of threatened species in July, 2022. People will never see a living Chinese paddlefish again as it has been declared extinct. For many people in China, this might be the first time they had heard the name of the fish that was once a denizen(栖息者) of the Yangtze River Basin.
The fish is thought to have been around since about 200 million years ago. It was among the world’s biggest freshwater species and could grow up to 7.5 meters in length. The last time the fish was spotted was in 2003 in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Yibin, Sichuan Province. It was an injured female sturgeon(鲟鱼). After local people treated its wounds, it was released into the river.
According to the IUCN, the global sturgeon reassessment found that 100 per cent of the remaining 26 sturgeon species in the world are now at risk of extinction, up from 85 per cent in 2009. Their decline over the past three generations is steeper than previously thought.
“The extinction of the Chinese paddlefish should be a warning to everyone,” said Zhou Fei, China’s chief program officer at the World Wide Fund for Nature. “It has provided an opportunity for conservation experts to raise public awareness about the urgency of protecting freshwater species in the Yangtze River Basin and educate the public on the need for more efforts to save other species living in the region from extinction,” he added.
To prevent further loss of freshwater species in China, people must act urgently. There is no time to waste. Also, long-term threats to their life and habitats must be eliminated by taking systematic protection measures. The protection of biodiversity will delay the extinction of some species. It’s not something that can be achieved by certain departments. Instead, it requires joint efforts from all sectors of society.
1. What did the IUCN announce in 2022?| A．The extinction of the Chinese paddlefish. |
| B．A ban on overfishing in freshwater lakes. |
| C．A new list of freshwater fish species in China. |
| D．The discovery of a rare species in the Yangtze River. |
| A．To present the diversity of freshwater species. |
| B．To stress the key role of sturgeon in the ecosystem. |
| C．To offer some information about the Chinese paddlefish. |
| D．To show the difficulty of protecting the Chinese paddlefish. |
| A．It is challenging for the public to save endangered species. |
| B．The loss of freshwater species results in serious consequences. |
| C．The extinction of the Chinese paddlefish reflects the need to protect freshwater species. |
| D．The number of sturgeon species has been decreasing sharply in recent years globally. |
| A．Ignored. | B．Removed. |
| C．Restored. | D．Protected. |
【推荐3】You're out to dinner. The food is delicious and the service is fine. You decide to leave a big fat tip. Why? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
Tipping, psychologists have found, is not just about service. Instead, studies have shown that tipping can be affected by psychological reactions to a series of different factors from the waiter's choice of words, to how they carry themselves while taking orders, to the billl's total.
Even how much waiters remind customers of themselves can determine how much change they pocket by the end of the night.
“Studies before have shown that mimicry （模仿）brings into positive feelings for the mimicker, "wrote Rick van Baaren, a social psychology professor. "These studies show that people who are being mimicked become more generous toward the person who mimicks.
So Rick van Baaren divided 59 waiters into two groups. He requested that half serve with a phrase such as, "Coming up!" Those in the other half were instructed to repeat the orders and preferences back to the customers. Rick van Baaren then compared their takehome pay. The results were clear-it pays to mimic your customer. The copycat （模仿者）waiters earned almost double the amount of tips to the other group.
Leonard Green and Joel Myerson, psychologists at Washington University in St Louis, found the generosity of a tipper may be limited by his bill. After research on the 1,000 tips left for waiters, cabdrivers, hair stylists, they found tip percentages in these three areas dropped as customers' bills went up. In fact, tip percentages appear to plateau （稳定期）when bills topped $100 and a bill for $200 made the worker gain no bigger percentage tip than a bill for $100.
"That's also a point of tipping," Green says. "You have to give a little extra to the cabdriver for being there to pick you up and something to the waiter for being there to serve you. If they weren't there, you'd never get any service. So part of the idea of a tip is for just being there."
1. Besides service, how many other fectors（因素）affecting the customers' tipping are mentioned in the passage?| A．1 | B．2 |
| C．3 | D．4 |
| A．tipping can be affected by physical reactions to many different waiters |
| B．the mimic waiters can get almost twice as much money as those who don't mimick others |
| C．people who are being mimicked usually tip less to the person who mimics them |
| D．mimicry makes the mimicker feel bad |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．object to Mr Green's idea about tipping |
| B．think part of Mr Green's explanation is reasonable |
| C．support the opinions of Mr Green and Rick van Baaren about tipping |
| D．give his generous tip to waiters very often |
【推荐1】Summer is that time of this year 2020 when everyone looks to escape from the boring activities of life. So bring your kids to join us to have fun in the summer camp.
Outdoor Word Game:
All you need to do is setting up many huge letters that can be easily moved. These letters will help kids spell out certain words. Teenagers would also love something like this as it gives them the opportunity to spend their time in learning new words.
Spray Painting:
To bring out the creativity in a person, an activity centered on spray painting is the perfect way to get those creative juices flowing. All you need to do is providing plain white T-shirt and some cans of colored spray paint. It will be quite surprising to see some of the original ideas that will flow from individuals.
Outdoor Twister:
A person will be in charge of monitoring the game and will call out colors which can be placed outdoors. Participants have the task of placing either their hands or legs on the same color. A fun and exciting game focuses on hand-eye coordination (协调).
The Maze (迷宫):
One of the most fun games is the hallway maze game where a maze is constructed from either toilet paper or strings of paper. The chosen participant is then asked to make his way through the maze within a limited time without touching paper. This is one of the best and entertaining summer camp ideas for kids and adults also.
1. What should you prepare for Spray Painting?| A．Some juice cans. | B．Some huge letters. |
| C．Some toilet paper. | D．Some white T-shirts and paint. |
| A．Participants must be teens or kids only. |
| B．Participants must do the game outdoors. |
| C．Participants must use either their hands or legs. |
| D．Participants must avoid touching the construction. |
| A．Parents. | B．Kids. | C．Teachers. | D．Teenagers. |
【推荐2】Undiscovered Countries to Visit
A world traveller who has visited every country under the sun thinks these unknown nations are worthy of a visit.
Nauru
Nauru is the smallest island country and the least-visited country in the world, with only 130 visitors in 2018. There are just two hotels on the island and driving a car on your own is the best way to get around. Visit Anibare Bay for white sandy beaches. A tourist visa is necessary and must be got by mail before you go there.
Tuvalu
Tuvalu is made up of nine islands. Just 800 people visited Tuvalu in 2018, so there are no tour guides. It’s helpful that most locals speak English and all signs are in English. Go to the Funafuti Conservation Area for swimming and watching all kinds of fish. A tourist visa is necessary but can be got on arrival in Tuvalu.
Equatorial Guinea
On Africa’s west coast, Equatorial Guinea is home to the Congo rainforest, the second largest rainforest in the world with varieties of wildlife. It received 2,400 visitors in 2018. Tour guides are offered but not necessary. Explore the capital city, Malabo. Later, take a swim in clear waters on blacks and beaches. For stays of fewer than 90 days, a tourist visa is not needed.
Turkmenistan
Central Asia’s Turkmenistan is on the Silk Road. It’s also the least explored, receiving just 7,000 visitors in 2018. Explore the white buildings with gold-painted roofs in the capital city, Ashgabat A tourist via is necessary and it’s one of the more challenging to get, so you must enter Turkmenistan part of a guided tour. The tour operator will secure a visa for you.
1. What do visitors have to do before going to Nauru?| A．Get their tourist visas. | B．Order a car on the island. |
| C．Buy beautiful swimsuits. | D．Book a hotel ahead of time. |
| A．It is made up of many islands. | B．There are white breaches there. |
| C．A tourist visa is not needed at all. | D．It is rich in trees and different wildlife. |
| A．Nauru. | B．Tuvalu. | C．Turkmenistan. | D．Equatorial Guinea. |
【推荐3】If your parents were to surprise you with a present on your birthday, which one would you prefer, a trip to the amusement park or a new pair of shoes?
According to Science Daily, about one-third of the people are likely to prefer shoes to a fun trip. These people are called "materialists", namely, those who value material goods more than experiences. But which of the two choices makes people happier?
Back in 2009, Ryan Howell, a professor at San Francisco State University, found that in the long run, experiences make people happier than possessions. This is because the joy of receiving a new object fades over time as you get used to seeing it every day. Experiences, on the other hand, can continue to bring you joy in the future through happy memories.
But materialists should at least be happy when they first buy something, shouldn't they?
To figure it out, Howell did another study. He classified a group of adults according to their personality types, ranging from less materialistic to more materialistic. Each person was asked different questions to see how they felt about spending money on material goods versus spending money on experiences.
As expected, the more materialistic participants got less happiness from purchases than the less materialistic, because such purchases didn't fit with their personalities and values. But to Howell's surprise, he found that materialists weren't any happier even if they spent money on material items.
This is because materialists worry that others may criticize or look clown on their choices. "There are certain value systems that are rejected by society," said Howell. "When we find out someone is materialistic, we think less of them, and that drives their happiness down.”
Another reason is that materialistic people always focus on what they don't have instead of what they have now. This makes them feel less satisfied and grateful.
If you happen to be a materialistic person, there's something you can try. "If materialists make more accurate purchases, rather than trying to impress others, they will be happier, “Howell said.
You should also remember what an ancient Greek philosopher once said, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for."
1. What did Ryan Howell find in his studies?| A．Material goods bring people less happiness than experiences. |
| B．About one-third of the people prefer material goods to experiences. |
| C．Materialists have more fun spending money on goods than on experiences. |
| D．Receiving a new object brings lasting joy while the joy of an experience fades soon. |
| A．How to judge whether a person is a materialist. |
| B．Why materialists are not happy with their purchases. |
| C．How materialists feel when they spend money on goods. |
| D．Whether materialists are happy when they first make purchases. |
| A．To advise materialistic people not to try to impress others. |
| B．To persuade people to be satisfied with what they have. |
| C．To prove it's unwise to be materialistic and desire too much. |
| D．To tell readers what they desire now might one day become theirs. |
| A．Are You a Materialist? |
| B．How To Acquire Happiness? |
| C．The Best Present For the Birthday |
| D．Which Can Make People Happier? |
【推荐1】A KFC in North Platte, Nebraska received a letter like on other in their mailbox last week. Owner Rocky said he was shocked to see someone had written his store to apologize for stealing chicken! Along with the note were two $1 bills in order to repay for the chicken this “thief” took from the buffet(自助餐) line! Wow! Talk about an honest cheat!
There was no return address on the envelop and Rocky says he wishes he knew who this fried chicken snatcher (小偷) was! Not so he could catch her and bring her to justice but rather because he’d like to give her some free food! Rocky said, “It seems as if her conscience got the best of her. I really wish I knew who it was. I would buy her a few meals.”
The unknown moral letter writer explained just what went down while she was visiting the fast food restaurant, admitting, “This $2 is for the piece of chicken I brought home with me on Tuesday. That’s stealing. Sorry! I took more on my plate than I could eat and I knew it would get thrown away there because it couldn’t get put back on the buffet, so I put it in my purse and brought it home. I do love your chicken!”
She then asked for the restaurant’s forgiveness, since she felt someone else had already forgiven her. She said, “Anyway, God has forgiven me and I hope you will too. I will not be so quick to take so much next time. ” Lady, you are MORE than forgiven! You are on your way to being great!
1. How did the “thief” apologize to Rocky?| A．She sent him an email. | B．She wrote a letter to him. |
| C．She visited him in person. | D．She made a call to him |
| A．Bring the lady to justice. | B．Find out who the lady was. |
| C．Reward the lady with money. | D．Give the two dollars back to the lady. |
| A．loved it very much | B．preferred to eat it home |
| C．didn’t want it wasted | D．didn’t want to pay for it |
| A．disliked the lady | B．didn’t forgive the lady |
| C．appreciated the lady a lot | D．had deep pity on the lady |
【推荐2】For most people, below-freezing temperatures generally put a stop to outdoor exercise, but Siberian native Boris Fyodorov is not most people.
Minutes after the calendar ticked over to this past 2014 New Year’s Eve, Fyodorov set off on a solo, out-and-back marathon run from his home in the Siberian village of Oymyakon, completing the 26.2-mile course — his first marathon — in just over five hours. During the run he experienced temperatures as low as -38℃. And that was just the way he wanted it.
“I heard about other marathons around the globe, naming themselves ‘the coldest’, like the most recent North Pole marathon with runners going at -28℃.” Fyodorov told the Siberian Times. “I thought surely this cannot be right. Our Oymyakon is the coldest inhabited place in northern hemisphere (半球). Why don’t we arrange a marathon here?”
Oymyakon is widely considered to be one of the coldest places on the planet, and its record — low temperature of -68℃, recorded in 1933, is tied for the coldest recorded temperature for any inhabited place on Earth. The average January temperature in the area is -50℃.
Not only did Fyodorov finish the marathon in high spirits, but he also wants it to be colder the next time he tries it. “I really want to organize the next Oymyakon marathon in January when the air goes down to -50℃ or -60℃.” he said.
Fyodorov is not the first person to take on a cold-weather athletic challenge like this. In addition to the North Pole Marathon, taking runners on an out-and-back tour from Russia’s Bellingshausen Station, the Antarctica Marathon is held every year in late February. A second Antarctica event — the Ice Marathon — has been held at -80F degrees south since 2006.
1. What’s the best title of the passage?| A．Sports in cold areas of the world |
| B．Freezing cold is not too cold for an ice runner |
| C．The North Pole Marathon |
| D．The Antarctic Ice Marathon |
| A．It is not cold enough. | B．The distance is a little shorter. |
| C．The runners are too slow. | D．It sets a new world record of marathon. |
| A．Because Fyodorov is more popular in Oymyakon. |
| B．Because Fyodorov loves Oymyakon and plans to live there. |
| C．Because Oymyakon is one of the coldest places in the world. |
| D．Because Oymyakon has the best route for a marathon. |
| A．the North Pole Marathon is held in Russia every year |
| B．the Ice Marathon is the biggest marathon in the world |
| C．Fyodorov is planning an Antarctica Marathon |
| D．similar marathons have taken place in cold parts of the world |
【推荐3】In times of crisis (危机), people can be truly amazing. Age, wealth, race, religion, politics and all the other things that make us who we are as individuals seem to matter a little less, and the fact that we are all humans in this world together comes to matter more.
Seni Felic owns a restaurant in San Francisco called Bistro SF Grill, and he is feeling optimistic despite the crisis caused by COVID-19 “We’re going to pool our resources and people will pull together, and it will have a strong effect on solving any problems,” he told Reader’s Digest. With this in mind, he decided to offer nonprofit lunches and dinners in his restaurant.
“We are inviting all to stop by Bistro SF Grill to take a lunch or dinner box with food prepared in advance. The price is only $5.50 and it covers our expenses. We’d like to give for free, but we can’t afford it. Our idea was: Let’s try to help.” he said.
Despite San Francisco’s “shelter-in-place” order, Felic said they still plan to offer meals. The move deals with three problems in the community: offering various high-quality food to people who may not be able to cook or who can’t afford Whole Foods prices; helping the business continue operating during the crisis; and paying some of the hourly workers who make the food so that they can earn enough money to get through the hard times.
He believes that working together and helping others will be the key to helping all to get through this. “This problem will be controlled, and I just feel optimistic,” he added. “When people come together and cooperate, I think we can overcome almost anything.”
1. What made Seni Felic optimistic during the time of COVID-19?| A．His religious belief. | B．His decision to offer meals. |
| C．People’s working together. | D．The government’s order. |
| A．People should take a box to pack the food. |
| B．The meals will be given for free. |
| C．Only poor people can get the food. |
| D．It can help its workers survive the crisis. |
| A．Kind and optimistic. | B．Brave and energetic. |
| C．Caring and humorous. | D．Helpful and patient. |
