A new coffee culture is forming in and around San Francisco, California. A growing number of coffeehouses there are barring paper cups. Instead, they are using glass containers or creating “bring your own cup” policies. The movement started among neighborhood cafes in an effort to reduce waste. Now it is gaining support from large businesses in the city—and around the country.
Famous cook Dominique Crenn is opening a cafe in San Francisco next year that will not use to-gabags, throw-away coffee cups or any plastic. Diners who plan to buy a to-go drink from boutique Crenn will be asked to bring their own coffee cups, a spokeswoman said.
The Blue Bottle coffeehouse company uses about 15,000 to-go cups each month at its 70 shops across the U.S. The company recently said it wants to “show our guests and the world that we can get rid of disposable (一次性的) cups”.
Blue Bottle plans to stop using paper cups at two of its stores next year. The move is part of a promise to produce “zero waste” by the end of next year.
Larger coffee and fast-food businesses around the U. S. are feeling a sense of urgency (紧急) to be more environmentally friendly, said Bridget Croke. She is with the New York-based investment company Closed Loop Partners. It is working with Starbucks and McDonald’s to develop a substitute (替代品) for the disposable coffee cup.
Today’s to-go cups for hot drinks are not only made from paper, they also have plastic to prevent leaking. This makes them hard to recycle, Croke said. She admitted that it is not likely that large national food and drink companies will stop using disposable cups totally or ask all customers to bring their own.
So, her company is looking for other solutions. In partnership with Closed Loop, Starbucks and McDonald’s paid $10 million to develop the “single-use cup of the future”. The result is expected to be recyclable and to break down naturally.
1. What does the underlined word“barring”in the first paragraph mean?| A．Using. | B．Inventing. | C．Improving. | D．Banning. |
| A．They will desert throw-away cups. |
| B．They’ve decided to improve service. |
| C．They want to attract more customers. |
| D．They will open some new coffee shops. |
| A．They are made from wood. |
| B．They are needed in great quantity. |
| C．The hard to recycle. |
| D．They encourage people to drink more coffee. |
| A．Refuse to offer cups to consumers. |
| B．Invent environmentally friendly cups. |
| C．Run together with another company. |
| D．Spend a lot on the development of new coffee. |
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【推荐1】Tropical (热带的) rainforests are disappearing at a surprising rate, and according to a new report by Rainforest Foundation Norway, humans are to blame. The world’s dependence on coal, farming, soy, palm oil and mining has resulted in two-thirds of Earth’s tropical rainforests being completely destroyed.
Tropical rainforests once covered 14.5 million square kilometers of Earth’s surface, but now, just one-third of that remains undamaged. Of the original area tropical rainforests once occupied, 34% is completely gone and 30% is suffering from damage. All that remains is roughly 9.5 million square kilometers, and 45% of that is in a poor state, the report says.
Researchers blame human consumption for the loss. While agriculture has always been a main factor of rainforest loss, the report said that energy consumption, international trade and the production of beans and palm oil, logging (伐木) and mining have been the largest threats over the past century. A significant number of U.S. products rely on resources from tropical rainforests. The country heavily relies on palm oil, rubber and cocoa, all of which come from forests around the world.
Tropical rainforests are home to more than half of the Earth’s biodiversity and have more carbon in living organisms than any other ecosystem. Along with supporting significant animal life, tropical rainforests are also necessary for slowing down global warming. “We expect that upcoming UN climate and biodiversity summits (峰会) provide specific targets and measures to protect tropical rainforests,” said Anders Krogh, who wrote the report.
The researchers also believe that the loss of tropical rainforests puts the whole world at the risk of future pandemics (流行病). The outbreak of COVID-19 should bring rainforest protection to the top of the agenda of all policy makers.
1. What can we know from the figures in paragraph 2?| A．The severe destruction of rainforests. |
| B．The forest coverage rate on Earth. |
| C．The process of rainforest loss. |
| D．The reason for the disappearance of rainforests. |
| A．To emphasize the effects of farming on tropical rainforests. |
| B．To display the richness of rainforest resources. |
| C．To show human’s consumption of rainforest resources. |
| D．To explain the relationship between humans and nature. |
| A．Global climate. | B．Human diet. |
| C．Economic development. | D．Social structure. |
| A．How to Protect Rainforests | B．Reduce Human Consumption |
| C．Tropical Rainforests are Disappearing | D．Rainforests and Global Warming |
【推荐2】The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it. In fact, no single one can. We ourselves must walk the right path and make a difference. We should start by doing what's necessary, then doing what's possible and will certainly achieve what may seem impossible!
Some environmentalists desire the pleasure in the pathless woods and the happiness in the lonely shore. This is a true account of an organization, called Nurture Nature, which offers a lot of opportunities and avenues to enrich not just one's surroundings but the one himself.
To many, it may seem that it brings about just another forum to save the planet, and it does. However, there is something bigger that it brings to you, an opportunity to redefine yourself, and a wish to make sure that you believe that you are indeed part of it. Being identified by the UN Environmental Programme, it lives up to the dreams we have dreamed.
Nurture Nature is an organization not only to educate the citizens of our nation and world-wide but also to spread awareness about the various atrocities (暴行) of humans towards our planet. Staff at Nurture Nature deal with the aim of making each and every person aware of their specific duties and responsibilities towards the planet and doing the needful before it's too late.
By organizing campaigns and spreading our reach through social media, staff at Nurture Nature surely do their best to fulfill the aim. This initiative has received an incredible response from funders worldwide and funds for the campaign and other tasks were collected. The funds which were put to good use were more than sufficient.
1. What should we do to protect the earth according to the text?| A．Call for discussions. | B．Ignore the threats. |
| C．Get everything ready. | D．Start from ourselves. |
| A．A thrilling experience. | B．A beautiful dream. |
| C．A chance to know themselves. | D．A sense of belonging. |
| A．The functions of Nurture Nature. | B．The expectations of Nurture Nature. |
| C．The reasons why Nurture Nature was set up. | D．The efforts the staff in Nurture Nature made. |
| A．It has finished its goal. | B．It has drawn much attention. |
| C．It is organizing tasks to raise money. | D．It is accepted by all the people in the world. |
【推荐3】In the hands of a skilled stylist, your hair can help you boost your self-confidence, express your unique personality, and maybe even attract a romantic partner. In the hands of Matter of Trust, however, your hair might be able to do something even more meaningful: help save the environment.
For more than 20 years, Matter of Trust has been collecting hair and fur from hair salons, and farmers around the world for the purpose of making “hair mats” that can assist with oil spill cleanups.
Typically, oil spills on land are cleaned up using polypropylene (聚丙烯) mats that are effective but might cause environmental problems. After all, polypropylene is a non-biodegradable (不可生物降解的) plastic that’s made from fossil fuels; using it to clean up oil therefore requires drilling for even more oil. Hair and fur, on the other hand, are of no poison, biodegradable, sustainable, and can absorb more oil.
To date, Matter of Trust has produced more than 40,000 hair mats and more than 300,000 booms, reports CNN. Matter of Trust’s products have been used to clean up not only oil spills, but also non-emergencies like oil leaks from vehicles and machines. In both cases, oil can flow into soil and water, which can harm people, plants, and wildlife, according to Matter of Trust.
Although it’s an elegant solution, it isn’t perfect. Hair mats can only be used once, for instance, and can only be dealt with through incineration (焚化) or composting (堆肥). And in the case of composting, the resulting compost isn’t suitable for growing food.
Still, hair mats are a surprisingly effective tool in the fight for a cleaner planet. And because Matter of Trust hasn’t patented its designs, all that’s needed to produce them are hair cuttings—of which there are plenty, according to Gautier, who says there are about 900,000 qualified hair salons in the U.S. alone, each of which can easily cut at least a pound of hair per week.
“Anyone can make a hair mat,” she told CNN. “It creates green jobs, it cleans water, it reduces waste, and it’s promoting sustainable resources.”
1. Which of the following is NOT the function of your hair based on this text?| A．It can help you keep healthy. | B．It can promote your social contact. |
| C．It represents your personal image. | D．It can help protecting environment. |
| A．Polypropylene mats are poisonous. |
| B．Hair mats are cheaper than polypropylene mats. |
| C．Hair mats are sustainable and environmentally friendly. |
| D．The raw materials for polypropylene mats are hard to find. |
| A．It’s impractical. | B．It’s of short-term effects. |
| C．It’s worthy to be applied. | D．It increases global employment. |
| A．Gautier will apply for a patent for Matter of Trust. |
| B．More and more hair salons will be opened in America. |
| C．Everyone will take action to make hair mats to clean the earth. |
| D．Hair mats have good prospects for development. |
【推荐1】Coffee is an essential part of Italian culture and since arriving here over six months ago, I have definitely drunk a lot of it!
Of course, coffee is also very popular in the UK but coffee culture in Italy is a completely different story. In Italy, when you order a coffee in a cafe or bar, you are presented with a tiny, bitter espresso. This is' normal coffee for Italians and they are not so interested in the huge coffees that we drink in the UK. In addition, while take-away coffee is extremely popular among the British, it is not very common at all in Italy, especially in non-touristy areas. Generally, Italians prefer to drink their tiny coffees while standing at the bar and,for many, this short break is an important part of their day.
Typically, breakfast in a bar in Italy involves a coffee and a pastry. I have been attracted by the lovely cafes in the Italian town I'm living in. These cafes sell all sorts of mouth-watering pastries, either plain or filled with cream, chocolate, jam or Nutella, as well as delicious coffee. Cappuccinos are very popular at breakfast time and, for me, a creamy cappuccino and a pastry full of Nutella is the perfect way to start the day. I think it's nice to head to a bar to grab a coffee and pastries for breakfast before work and it's luxury to take more time to enjoy such a breakfast at the weekend.
Finally, I have found that coffee in Italy is so much cheaper than coffee in the UK. Normally, an espresso or a macchiato(an espresso with a small amount of milk added)costs around a euro and a cappuccino about 1.50! They are small, of course, but this means that in Italy it is possible to go out for coffee regularly without breaking the bank.
1. What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 2?| A．Espresso is very popular in Italy. |
| B．Italians prefer small coffees to large ones. |
| C．Coffee culture in Italy is very different from that in the UK. |
| D．Italians have more time spent in cafes than the British people. |
| A．a container to provide cream | B．some attractive fruit |
| C．a powder to be mixed with coffee | D．a dessert served for breakfast |
| A．Drinking coffee in cafes is expensive. |
| B．Coffee is not allowed to be taken out. |
| C．Italian coffee is mainly imported from the UK. |
| D．Coffee often comes along with other food as breakfast. |
| A．Positive. | B．Disapproving. | C．Doubtful. | D．Uncertain. |
【推荐2】As a volunteer, John Apollos is losing weight - the old-fashioned way - by eating less. Apollos has lowered his daily caloric intake 25% over the past eight months. The fat, not surprisingly, has melted away. But that’s not the real reason Apollos and the other participants in the program are eating only three-quarters of what they used to. The researchers are trying to determine whether restricting food intake can slow the ageing process and extend our life span. “I feel better and lighter and healthier,” says Apollos. “But if it could help you live longer, that would be pretty amazing.”
The idea is counterintuitive: If we eat to live, how can starving ourselves add years to our lives? Yet decades of calorie-restriction studies involving organisms ranging from microscopic yeast to rats have shown just that. Last July a long-term study led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin, found that calorie restriction seemed to extend the lives of humanlike rhesus monkeys (恒河猴) as well. The hungry monkeys suffered from diabetes, heart and brain disease and cancer much less frequently than their well-fed fellows did.
Scientists have suspected that calorie restriction could extend the life span of animals since at least1935, when researchers at Cornell University noticed that severely food-restricted lab rats lived twice as long as normal ones and were healthier. Other investigators began exploring the idea and learned that the secret is not merely a matter of body weight.
One theory is that a state of slight hunger acts as a mild but constant stressor that makes an organism stronger and more resistant to the ills of ageing. Taking in fewer calories also slows metabolism (新陈代谢), and some data indicate that humans with a slower metabolism live longer. But even if these theories are correct, simply defining the mechanism is not the same as identifying the molecular pathways behind it. If researchers could determine those pathways, they might be able to pharmacologically mimic (模仿) the effect of calorie restriction. That could be the ultimate benefit of the CALORIE study. “Calorie restriction is pretty much the only thing out there that we know will not just prevent disease but also extend maximal lifespan,” says Dr. Marc Hellerstein, a nutritionist at the University of California.
1. The purpose of keeping diet for John Apollos and other participants is to ________.| A．lose weight in order to keep slim |
| B．prove how long people can survive if they lack food |
| C．prove if eating less food can extend life span and keep young |
| D．just keep a good mood and live a healthier life |
| A．Unconventional. | B．Incorrect. |
| C．Comprehensible. | D．Meaningless. |
| A．people who are thin can survive longer than those who aren’t |
| B．effective calorie restriction makes us healthier and live longer |
| C．keeping diet cannot help people keep fit or live longer |
| D．a state of hunger is beneficial for our health |
| A．People should be slim in order to live longer. |
| B．Keeping calorie restriction effectively makes one live longer. |
| C．Eating too much is really harmful to our health. |
| D．People should form a good diet habit in daily life. |
【推荐3】A new study in the journal of Tourism Analysis shows frequent travelers are happier with their lives than people who don’t travel at all.
Chun-Chu Chen, an assistant professor at Washington State University, conducted a survey to find out why some individuals travel more frequently than others and whether or not travel and tourism experiences have a lasting effect on happiness and wellness.
The results of his analysis show individuals who pay more attention to tourism-related information and frequently discuss their travel plans with friends are more likely to go on regular vacations than those who aren’t constantly thinking about their next trip. Additionally, participants in the survey who reported regularly traveling at least 75 miles away from home also reported being about 7% happier when asked about their overall well-being than those who reported traveling very rarely or not at all.
“While things like work, family life and friends play a bigger role in overall reports of well-being. The accumulation (积累) of travel experiences’ does appear to have a small yet noticeable effect on self-reported life satisfaction,” Chen said.
Participants in the study were asked about the importance of travel in their lives, how much time they spent looking into and planning future vacations, and how many trips they went on over a year. They were also asked about their life satisfaction. Out of the 500 survey participants, a little over half reported going on more than four pleasurable trips a year. Only 7% of respondents did not take any vacations.
As travel restrictions (限制) due to COVID-19 pandemic begin to relax in the future, the research could have important effects on both tourists and the tourism industry. Based on the results of the study, Chen said travel companies, resorts and even airlines, could launch social media campaigns, such as creating signs about the scientific benefits of vacation, to spark people’s interest in discussing their opinions about travel.
1. What is the benefit of frequent travelling according to the study?| A．Getting more tourism information. | B．Making more friends. |
| C．Bettering tourism industry. | D．Improving one’s well-being. |
| A．Why the professor carried out the study. |
| B．How the participants felt about the survey. |
| C．What the participants were interviewed about. |
| D．What the participants panned to do in the future. |
| A．Tourism industry should improve their service. |
| B．The results of the study will benefit tourism industry. |
| C．COVID-19 pandemic will be more serious in the future. |
| D．People will live a happier life after COVID-19 pandemic. |
| A．Travel more and be happier | B．Make good use of travelling |
| C．Prepare for the tourism development | D．Make travel plans with friends |
【推荐1】A young Mexican-born stood up for her community and fought for a cause that many thought was worthless because of whom she was going up against. Her name is Erica Fernandez.
Erica was born and raised in Michoacán, Mexico until the age of 12. At that time, her family migrated to the United States to the agricultural city of Oxnard, California. After a few years of living there, she developed a strong sense of community through familiar experiences and relationships with the people in Oxnard.
One clay. Erica got word of the proposal of BHP Billiton, the richest mining corporation in the world, to build a natural liquefied gas facility off the Coast of Ventura County. This proposal would have had a 36-inch pipeline routed through low-income neighborhoods in Oxnard. The proposal was first presented to richer communities but was rejected. The company then added 1 0 miles to the project so that it can go around the richer communities and only affect Oxnard. This pipeline, had it gone through, would have caused 280 tons of air pollution each year, not only affecting the health of Oxnard residents, but also causing their crops and farmland to be affected largely.
Seeing that her community was going to be taken advantage of, Erica decided to do something about it. Erica joined forces with local community organizations to stand up to BHP Billiton and stop this proposal from going through, organized protests at the BHP Billiton offices, led marches through the neighborhoods that were going to be affected the most, and reached out to the media to get coverage on this injustice.
All of Erica's efforts became worthwhile after her passionate speech before the California State Lands Commission. The project was asked to be vetoed and the Commission urged the Governor to do the same. It also led to the creation of SB41 2 , a bill introduced in the California Senate that entitles（给 予权利） communities to have a say in coastal construction proposals.
1. Why was Erica against the proposal of BHP Billiton?| A．She wanted her neighborhood protected. |
| B．She wanted rich neighborhoods influenced. |
| C．She wanted a sense of community developed. |
| D．She wanted a natural liquefied gas facility built. |
| A．Delivering a speech. | B．Reporting the proposal. |
| C．Leading marches. | D．Organizing protests. |
| A．Allowed. | B．Refused. | C．Completed. | D．Created. |
| A．Ambitious and careful. | B．Humorous and considerate. |
| C．Courageous and determined. | D．Responsible and easy-going. |
【推荐2】It was decades ago, but it's still one of the most memorable conversations of my life. On a long, slow train rattling north, with nothing to do but watch the rain, the guy sitting opposite began trying to talk to me. Like most young women who have learned the hard way to be cautious of strangers, I reacted coldly. But curiosity took over when he said that he was just bored, and liked talking.
So that's what we did, for hours and hours, since he turned out to be very talkative. When the train eventually pulled in, we didn't swap numbers—it was a conversation strictly of its time—but I still think about it occasionally on long, boring journeys, before getting a phone out and scrolling silently like everyone else. Rarely can a person cheerfully break the social taboo（禁忌）about talking to strangers without any trace of ill intention but life would be more interesting if more of us knew how to do it
And that's why I feel it ridiculous about a campaign launched this week to heal bitter national divides by encouraging Britons to talk to each other. Obviously, it takes more than a small talk over garden fences to unite a divided nation now. More people live alone than they did a generation ago, and we socialise increasingly through screens instead of bothering to call. In reality, social media platforms designed to bring people together have unknowingly fueled the division.
It is true that the "tube chat" campaign of a few years back failed in its attempt to make Londoners talk to each other on public transport. But even city residents who would normally die rather than make eye contact with strangers still happily join the large crowds of people by the Thames for the New Year's Eve fireworks. They would get a far better view at home on TV—it's not really about the fireworks, but being part of social engagement.
There's no guarantee that this latest attempt to reconnect will succeed, but I hope that my temporary train friend then is still talking, wherever he is now.
1. What led the author to start the talk with the guy on the train?| A．Her growing interest in communication. |
| B．Her typical easygoing personality |
| C．Her habit of chatting with strangers. |
| D．The intention of the train journey. |
| A．A lack of basic communicating skills. |
| B．The absence of common topics. |
| C．The concern for personal safety. |
| D．The addiction to social media |
| A．It is bringing people together in a larger sense. |
| B．It is positively helping break the national boundaries. |
| C．It has made people more divided than connected. |
| D．It is the key driving force of removing divisions. |
| A．Tube chat campaign can never make it. |
| B．TV programs at home are not appealing. |
| C．The charm of the fireworks is hard to resist. |
| D．People's desire to connect is still alive. |
【推荐3】Though I know that I can do little to help the animals, I often check dog rehoming websites. Looking through page upon page of pitiful faces looking up, you might be forgiven for thinking that the only dogs to be abandoned in this country are fierce-looking or large and unruly dogs.
Recently, it seems there are some new additions in dog homes. Dogs Trust — the country’s largest dog welfare charity-says that in the past year over 400 “toy dogs” were handed in, a 44% increase on the year before.
“Toy dog” is the traditional term for all little dogs, but in recent years they’ve increasingly been referred to as “handbag dogs” after the ridiculous manner in which famous people like Paris Hilton carry them around in their $ 1,000 handbags, making these dogs the most wanted for impressionable teens. As the popularity of Hilton has waned, however, these dogs are being rudely tipped out of the handbags and given up to charity.
In spite of the sad ending that this trend brings for some of these dogs, it can only be a good thing if people become aware that the toy types are still dogs, not dolls to be carried around. If you really are prepared to stick with them, a small dog is just as capable of bringing joy without the need to dress him or her up. A large dog won’t sit on your lap while you read the papers or travel happily on the train with you. And a park full of pugs (哈巴狗) would be a happier and safer place than one full of teenage boys and badly trained large dogs. As Edith Wharton said, “My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet.”
1. What is the author’s new finding in the dog rehoming websites?| A．More “handbag dogs” are given up. |
| B．Some dogs in Dogs Trust are large dogs. |
| C．Teens are likely to play with their “toy dogs”. |
| D．The number of abandoned dogs is increasing. |
| A．Grown. | B．Weakened. | C．Begun. | D．Worked. |
| A．Large dogs and children make a good park. |
| B．Keeping small dogs can bring joys in a way. |
| C．“Handbag dogs” should be forbidden in public places. |
| D．Ifs good to dress dogs up before carrying them around. |
【推荐1】Arjun's Apps
One stormy day, twelve-year-old Arjun Kumar was late getting home from school. It had been raining heavily near his school in Chennai, India. This delayed his school bus, and when he finally arrived, Arjun’s parents were worried.
His parents’ concern gave Arjun an idea — he’d create an app, which can tell parents the location of their children’s school bus. While researching different ways to write apps, Arjun located an online programming tool on the website of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. MIT was making the tool, called App Inventor, available to anyone who wanted to use it. As the motto on MIT's website states, “Anyone Can Build Apps That Impact the World.”
Arjun got to work doing just that. Using App Inventor, he created an app called “Ez School Bus Locator.” If a school introduced this app into its bus system, parents could log on to see the locations and estimated arrival times of their children’s school bus. Like other mapping apps, Ez School Bus Locator relied on GPS. GPS helps users determine their location, based on signals from a set of twenty-four satellites that orbit Earth. GPS-based apps calculate the location of a device by measuring the distances from three different GPS satellites. That's how Arjun's app determined where the buses were located.
The app could also confirm whether individual children were on the bus. Ez School Bus Locator used a specific bar code to identify each student. Students checked in when they got on and off the bus by using bar codes on their phones. As the bus driver drove, the app sent automatic messages to parents.
Does Ez School Bus Locator sound like a good idea? MIT thought so. In 2012, MIT held a contest to honor the best apps that had been created using App Inventor. Arjun's app won first place in the K-8 division, and in 2013, the app was available for purchase online.
Arjun didn't stop there. He continued developing new apps and he even started his own software development company. When asked for pointers for other young inventors, Arjun advised, “Look for problems around you, and get inspired from them. You’ll see a lot of opportunities to use your skills to make this world a better place to live!”
1. What is the passage mainly about?| A．The life of inventor Arjun Kumar. | B．A student's invention of a bus locator app. |
| C．How App Inventor helped Arjun write an app. | D．How the rainy weather in India affected traffic. |
| A．It could be downloaded online for free. |
| B．It helped the children know where they were. |
| C．It was introduced by Arjun into the school bus system. |
| D．It used bar codes to track which children were on board. |
| A．To inspire more young inventors. | B．To win many awards for his inventions. |
| C．To solve problems that he saw in the world. | D．To earn money to continue his education at MIT. |
| A．Youth means limitless possibilities. | B．A man owes his success to his family support. |
| C．If you don't aim high, you will never hit high. | D．Good problem solvers are problem finders first. |
【推荐2】On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg heard the words every parent dreads: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins--a girl and a boy--were born 14 weeks premature, weighing just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His heartbeat was nearly gone, and he’d stopped breathing. The baby had just moments to live.
“I saw him gasp, but the doctor said it was no use,” Kate said. “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of life. I wasn’t going to give up easily.”
Still, the couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to cherish her last minutes with the tiny boy, Kate asked to hold him.
“I wanted to meet him, and for him to know us,” Kate said. “We’d resigned ourselves to the fact that we were going to lose him, and we were just trying to make the most of those last, precious moments.”
Kate unwrapped the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to take his shirt off and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as warm as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would improve his condition. They also talked to him.
“We were trying to have him,” Kate said. “We explained his name and that he had a twin and how hard we had tried to have him.”
Then something miraculous happened. Jamie gasped again—and then he started breathing. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. The couple’s lost boy had made it.
Eight years later, Jamie and his sister, Emily, are happy and healthy.
1. From what can we tell that Jamie was still alive?| A．His heartbeat. | B．His pulse. | C．His gasp. | D．His underweight. |
| A．The family wanted to stay together and keep warm. |
| B．The family wanted to have their private space. |
| C．The parents were so tired and wanted to rest. |
| D．The parents wanted to spend the last minutes with Jamie. |
| A．Premature Twins | B．Life-giving Touch |
| C．First-time Parents | D．Last Precious Moments |
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Cruise Lake Thun to the town of Spiez. Explore the castle here, where children can become “Knights in Training”.
Climate Change in New Orleans: A meeting and observation
The impact of climate change and extreme weather is all too noticeable in the disastrous changes that are happening along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. Spend four days in New Orleans immersed in the issues around global climate change and its impact on human health, and natural ecosystems.
Journey Highlights
Take a special tour of the levee system on the Mississippi River surrounding New Orleans to see its importance in protecting the area.
Learn how climate change affects New Orleans and the Gulf region from scientists.
Active Argentina and Patagonia
Argentina is the active adventures’ dream destination. From cathedral-like peaks to icy glaciers, this active, multisport route invites you to explore the Lake District, hike in view of the Fits Roy Massif, sail to glaciers and ride horses.
Journey Highlights
Go kayaking on Lago Gutierrez and hike to surprising lakes in Nahuel Huapi National Park.
Cruise by boating to the face of the Perito Moreno Glacier.
Visit a working ranch for a closer look at farmer life.
1. Which activity will make you feel thrilled?| A．Visiting a working ranch in Argentina |
| B．Walking on the bank of the Mississippi River |
| C．Listening to the true story of Ireland’s history |
| D．Exploring First Cliff Walk in Grindelwald. |
| A．Historians. | B．Adventurers. | C．Sailors. | D．Environmentalists. |
| A．Swiss. | B．Argentina. | C．Ireland. | D．New Orleans. |
