A camera has captured footage of two wild giant pandas in a national park in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The clips, taken in the Xuebaoding section of the Giant Panda National Park, include two pandas wandering in the daytime and moving alone at night. It is particularly rare to see two wild giant pandas walking together, the administration of the park said on Friday.
In the video, a giant panda walked up to a tree and sniffed it carefully. Then a second panda, looking like a quiet “little girl”, approached, looking at the ground, perhaps in search of food. Later, the first panda turned around, rubbing its bottom back and forth as if scratching or dancing, a typical marking behavior in animals. After that, it lay on the ground, waving its hands and feet around, as if to amuse its companion.
According to a staff member at the administration, the camera was set up on Dec. 23, 2019 in a location that was often visited by the furry animals.
Wildlife protection experts said the video was likely taken in April, the breeding(繁殖) season for wild giant pandas. The two adult pandas were very harmonious together, with no fighting, leading to the conclusion that they were probably a male and a female engaged in courting and playing.
In 2017, China announced a plan to build the Giant Panda National Park to help the endangered animals strengthen their relations, bringing together pandas on six mountains in three provinces, Gansu, Shaanxi and Sichuan.
1. The underlined word “clips” in Paragraph 2 probably means “__________”.| A．cameras | B．national parks |
| C．giant pandas | D．videos |
| A．To help itself lie on the ground. |
| B．To attract the female panda. |
| C．To ease the discomfort. |
| D．To search for food. |
| A．Pandas often like to fight in April. |
| B．Only adult pandas can live in harmony. |
| C．Giant pandas were better protected after 2017. |
| D．China started to help all the endangered animals in 2017. |
| A．In a fashion magazine. | B．In a travel brochure. |
| C．In a storybook. | D．In a newspaper. |
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【推荐1】Humans aren’t the only animals that move to music. Parrots have been known to do it. And now rats have been observed moving their heads in time with the tunes of Mozart, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson and others, according to a new paper from the University of Tokyo. What’s more, the rats seems to respond (回应) to the same beats that get humans’ feet tapping (轻踩).
The researchers played a sonata by Mozart for lab rats at different changes of the original speed: 75%, 100%, 200% and 400%. Wireless sensors (感应器) on the rats, bodies tracked their movements. Meanwhile, 20 people took part in it and listened to the same music through motion sensor- equipped headphones.
It was observed that the rats’ head movements were the most obvious when the music played at its normal speed, which was around 132 bpm (beats per minute). The same was true for the people taking part in it. The researchers then changed to some pop songs such as Lady Gaga’s “Bora This Way” and Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”，As with Mozart’s, rats moved their heads along the rhythm (节奏) of pop songs, similar to how people do, at about 120 to 140 bpm.
The study showed that both rats and humane moved their heads along to the beat in a similar rhythm. The level of head moving from both humans and rats decreased as the music sped up. The study suggests that there is something similar about the way human and rat brains respond to rhythm, but rats do not match their motions to the beat like humans do. Humans can tell the timing of a beat in advance and move predictably to it.
Aniruddh Patel, a psychologist who studies brain response to music, says humans and parrots respond to beats with big, voluntary movements such as head shaking, dancing or foot tapping. Patel also stresses that this study does not show that rats have the same emotional associations with music as humans do. Yet he believes it could help show how humans and some other animals developed a sense of rhythm.
1. What does the study focus on?| A．How music influences rats’ brains. |
| B．Whether rats can respond to human music. |
| C．Which types of music is attractive to rats. |
| D．Why rats respond to music like human do. |
| A．75 bpm. | B．100 bpm. | C．132 bpm. | D．150 bpm. |
| A．They seem more interested in pop music. |
| B．They are unable to tell the beat of music in advance. |
| C．They prefer moving their heads with the beat of music. |
| D．They make similar movements to different rhythms. |
| A．Positive. | B．Doubtful. | C．Uncaring. | D．Negative. |
【推荐2】Honeybees can’t swim, and when their wings are wet, they can’t fly, either. But Chris Roh and other researchers at the California Institute of Technology found that when bees drop into bodies of water, they can use their wings to produce little waves and slide toward land—like surfers who create and then ride their own waves.
As with many scientific advances－Isaac Newton’s apple or Benjamin Franklin’s lightning bolt—Dr. Roh’s experiment began with a walk. Passing Caltech’s Millikan Pond in 2016, he observed a bee on the water’s surface producing waves. He wondered how an insect known for flight could push itself through water.
Dr. Roh and his co-worker, Morteza Gharib, used butterfly nets to collect local Pasadena honeybees and observed their surf-like movements. The researchers used a wire to restrict each bee’s bodily movement, allowing close examination of their wings. They found that the bee bends its wings at a 30-degree angle, pulling up water and producing a forward force. Bees get trapped on the surface because water is roughly three times heavier than air. But that weight helps to push the bee forward when its wings move quickly up and down. It’s a tough exercise for the bees, which the researchers guess could handle about 10 minutes of the activity.
The researchers said the surf-like movement hasn’t been documented in other insects and most semiaquatic insects use their legs for propulsion, which is known as water-walking. It may have evolved in bees, they predicted.
Dr. Roh and Dr. Gharib have imagined many practical applications for bees’ surfing. One plan is to use their observations to design robots able to travel across sky and sea. “This could be useful for search and rescues, or for getting samples of the surface of the ocean, if you can’t send a boat or helicopter,” Dr. Gharib said.
1. What does the author intend to show by mentioning Newton and Franklin?| A．Roh’s admiration for them. | B．Roh’s chance discovery about bees. |
| C．Their outstanding talent for science. | D．Their similar achievements in discovery. |
| A．The air weight. | B．Its leg extension. |
| C．The water movement. | D．Its continuous wingbeat. |
| A．Fast flight. | B．Driving force. | C．Pulling speed. | D．Explosive power. |
| A．designing robots with the ability to travel across both sky and sea. |
| B．Rescuing ships or saving sailors trapped in the ocean. |
| C．Acquiring knowledge of moving samples of the surface of the ocean. |
| D．Making helicopters in the shape of bees. |
| A．Honeybees can surf to safety. | B．Bees help scientists make inventions. |
| C．Insects can adapt to the environment. | D．Nature is a helpful guide for discovery. |
【推荐3】Young sunflowers turn and swing every day. New findings add to evidence that the plants are animal-like.
Harmer, a professor in the University of California at Davis, Department of Plant Biology, carried out a series of experiments on sunflowers in the field, in pots outdoors and in indoor growth chambers.
By staking plants so that they could not move, Harmer showed that he could destroy their ability to track the sun. He also noticed that sunflowers prevented from moving were not as tough and leafy as those that were free to move. When plants were moved indoor with a settled overhead light, they continued to swing back and forth for a few days.
The indoor plants did start tracking the “sun” again when the apparent source of lighting was moved across the room. The plants could reliably track the movement and return at night when the artificial day was close to a 24-hour cycle, but not when it was closer to 30 hours.
When sunflowers track the sun, the east sides of their stems grew more rapidly than the west sides. At night, the west sides grew faster as the stem swung the other way. The team identified a number of genes that were expressed at higher levels on the sunward side of the plant during the day or on the other side at night. A plant growth-regulating hormone (激素), called auxin, appears to be a key driver.
The “dance” to the sun cycle obviously slows when the sunflower matures (成熟) and its flowers open up. At that point, the plants stop moving during the day and settle down facing the sun in the east.
“Bees like warm flowers.” Harmer said, adding that the bees are cold-blooded, so landing on a warm flower saves them energy and perhaps feels really good.
“The morning warmth changes the flowers in a way to make them more appealing to insects, perhaps causing them to release more attractive scents earlier in the day.” he said “We’re currently testing this idea.”
1. Why did Harmer do the experiment on sunflowers?| A．To see how sunflowers grow up. |
| B．To show what sunflowers’ genes are. |
| C．To study why sunflowers track the sun. |
| D．To check if sunflowers swing in cloudy days. |
| A．Tracking. | B．Fining. |
| C．Growing. | D．Searching. |
| A．They will produce a number of new genes. |
| B．They will grow faster than usual. |
| C．They won’t swing back though set free. |
| D．They won’t grow well. |
| A．They attract more insects. | B．They save more energy. |
| C．They mature more rapidly. | D．They produce more flowers. |
【推荐1】Sky Drive Inc. conducted a successful test drive of its new flying car on August 25 at the Toyota Test Field, one of the largest in Japan and home to the car company’s development base. The car, named SD-03, manned with a pilot, took off and circled the field for about four minutes. It was the first public demonstration for a flying car in Japanese history.
“We are extremely excited to have achieved Japan’s first-ever manned flight of a flying car in the two years since we founded SkyDrive... with the goal of commercializing such aircraft,” CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said. “We want to realize a society where flying cars are an accessible and convenient means of transportation in the skies and people are able to experience a safe, secure, and comfortable new way of life.”
The SD-03 is the world’s smallest electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle and takes up the space of about two parked cars, according to the company. It has eight motors to ensure “safety in emergency situations”. “In designing an unexplored, new type of transportation known as the flying car, we chose the keyword ‘progressive’ for inspiration,” Design Director Takumi Yamamot said. “We wanted this vehicle to be futuristic, charismatic and desirable for all future customers, while fully including the high technology of SkyDrive.”
The company hopes to make the flying car part of normal life and not just a product. More test flights will occur in the future under different conditions to make sure the safety and technology of the vehicle meet industry standards.
The success of this flight means that it is likely that the car will be tested outside of the Toyota Test field by the end of the year. The company will continue to develop technologies to safely and securely launch the flying car in 2023. However, no price has been announced so far.
1. What’s the feature of SD-03?| A．Green and energy-saving. | B．Secure and multi-function. |
| C．High-tech and user-friendly. | D．Expensive and unmanned. |
| A．They are the pioneer of flying cars. |
| B．Flying cars will soon be commercialized. |
| C．Flying cars will set a new trend in society. |
| D．They target flying cars on high-end consumers. |
| A．Flying cars fail to reach industry standards. |
| B．Flying cars will be sold at affordable prices. |
| C．The safety of flying cars needs strengthening. |
| D．Tests are now limited to the Toyota Test Field. |
| A．Flying cars will be on the market by 2023. |
| B．Flying cars are no longer just a flight of fancy. |
| C．SkyDrive’s SD-03 is the flying car of tomorrow. |
| D．SkyDrive demonstrates its first piloted flying car. |
【推荐2】The creativity TikTok stimulates allows for a broad range of content that encourages users to participate in trends that integrate their passions and hobbies. Specifically, content related to literature on TikTok has generated its own domain. Commonly referred to as “BookTok,” this side of the platform focuses on all things about books: book recommendations, tips for pleasing bookshelves and edits related to literature-based fandoms (粉丝圈).
With heightened demand for new media to comfort themselves during the pandemic period of severe challenges, many young adults have regarded literature as a form of escape. Restarting former literary passions, BookTok users have turned their attention to the app to praise the novels that have helped serve as a brief getaway to worlds within bound pages.
Through a revival of novels that shaped the childhoods of many who are now young adults, even younger generations on the app have been exposed to foundational novels in young adult literature. Along with this emphasis on nostalgic (怀旧的) fandoms, BookTok takes advantage of TikTok trends in order to attract those who may not be familiar with literature to read. The popularity of BookTok and the novels that are recommended to young adults on the app have had a direct effect on bookstores and book sales, with both independent bookstores and chains such as Barnes & Noble taking notice of the broader range of readers that are influenced by TikTok and updating their stock to appeal to users.
As of March 2021, BookTok has over 6 billion views and will only continue to grow larger. Though the popularity of BookTok brought many significant questions regarding the future of the book industry and the books that receive mass attention on social media, the importance of the BookTok phenomenon perhaps lies mainly with the readers who claim their love for books and the creative channels through which they express this admiration. TikTok has demonstrated, at least through BookTok, that brilliant literature is written for a broad audience — the perfect book for you is waiting somewhere on a shelf and, through BookTok, you will surely discover it.
1. What can users do on BookTok?| A．Share favorable books. | B．Buy pretty bookshelves. |
| C．Make profits from editing. | D．Create their own platforms. |
| A．TikTok has lost quantities of users. |
| B．The elderly take up children’s books. |
| C．The bookstores change their books accordingly. |
| D．Youths start treasuring their memories of childhood. |
| A．Its bright future. | B．Its big challenges. |
| C．Its amazing function. | D．Its minor disadvantages. |
| A．Why BookTok had an effect on bookstores |
| B．How BookTok expanded its range of audience |
| C．Why BookTok gained popularity among elderly |
| D．How BookTok repopularized young adult fiction |
【推荐3】Popularly known as the environmentalist and founder of the international tree-plant, Felix Finkbeiner is only 25 years old but he has been urgently at work for over a decade.
In 2006, Finkbeiner was asked to give a presentation on climate change in his class. Inspired by Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai, who led an effort to plant 30 million trees, Felix spoke about deforestation and its effect on the planet. At the end of his talk, he followed with his own fearless idea that a million trees should be planted in each country to fight climate change. He challenged his classmates to help him. One year later, the project named “Plant-for-the-Planet” was born. It wasn’t long before his fearless dream was realized.
When he was just 13, He was invited to speak at a United Nations conference and made the call for others to join him. “We cannot trust that adults alone will save our future, “he said in the speech. “We have to take our future in our own hands.”
Finkbeiner is now in his twenties, and Plant-for-the-Planet is an organization with around 70, 000 members. It works to teach people about climate change and to encourage the planting of more trees. Finkbeiner has taken over the United Nations’ Billion Tree Programme, planning to plant another trillion trees instead.
Finkbeiner continues to give talks on climate change to world leaders. “I don’t think we can give up on this generation of adults,” he says, “and wait 20 or 30 years for our generations to come to power. We don’t have that time. All we can do is to push present world leaders in the right direction.
1. Which of the following words can best describe Finkbeiner?| A．Active and friendly. | B．Active and outgoing. |
| C．Successful and funny. | D．Ambitious and strong-willed. |
| A．It was set up in 2007. |
| B．It has many thousands of members. |
| C．Its aim is to plant one million trees. |
| D．It teaches people about deforestation. |
| A．Removal of forests. | B．Planting of forests. |
| C．Advantages of forests. | D．Disadvantages of forests. |
| A．If today’ young people have more power, they will make changes easily. |
| B．Young people need to push those in power to make changes. |
| C．Today’s world leaders set up a good example for young people to follow. |
| D．Young people can stop getting the support from this generation of adults. |
【推荐1】Called the 4th industrial revolution, 5G will likely bring huge changes to our daily lives. Most importantly, it seems set to revolutionize healthcare.
One of the most exciting and publicized uses of 5G is telesurgery (远程手术). This is when a doctor remotely performs surgery on a patient. They may not be in the same room, nor even the same country! In January 2019, the world’s first remote surgery was performed in Fujian province. A doctor controlled robotic arms through a 5G network to remove the liver of a laboratory test animal. Two months later, China completed its first 5G-based human brain surgery between a doctor and a patient located more than 4,000 kilometers away.
Team leader Tian Wei told Xinhua News Agency, “The combination of 5G technology with surgical robots is a huge technological advance that will help us share our skills with more patients in distant regions.”
“People across society can now have access to top medical resources. In the future, using robots and 5G will be common. The medical community will be smarter,” he added.
These advances were only possible with 5G. The high speed of the network means there is no meaningful latency between a doctor’s movements in one place and a robot’s in the other. This allows doctors far more precision than on a 4G network. It’s the same as playing a computer game online. Slow connections mean trembling shaking and unpredictable movements.
5G will also bring everyday benefits to healthcare. Before treatment, 5G will support a high number of high-definition (高清晰度的) video calls with doctors and provide immediate advice to those who can’t visit hospital. After being treated, wearable devices will send data in real-time to doctors, allowing hospitals to monitor recovering patients from their homes.
5G technology aims to ensure everyone has access to good healthcare. But as 5G is rolled out, we may realize world where robot operations and home healthcare become common.
1. Which of the following best describes 5G technology from Tian Wei’s words?| A．5G will make good healthcare available to more patients. |
| B．It is hard to say whether 5G will be widely used in the future. |
| C．5G has great potential in various fields including community. |
| D．It remains doubtful about using robots and 5G for surgeries. |
| A．Rush. | B．Delay. | C．Speed. | D．Mistake. |
| A．Its precision allows patients to recover more quickly. |
| B．It provides doctors with more personalized treatments. |
| C．It is more convenient both for patients and doctors. |
| D．It will save a lot of energy to go to the hospital in advance. |
| A．How to use 5G technology to perform an operation. |
| B．The importance of using 5G technology. |
| C．The significance of using 5G in telehealth. |
| D．How different countries apply 5G in healthcare. |
【推荐2】A China’s face-swapping app that allows users to superimpose their own likeness over characters in movies or TV shows has rapidly become one of the country’s most download apps.But it has also triggered concerns about the issue of privacy.
Released on Friday, the Zao app went viral as Chinese users pursued the chance to act out scenes from well-known movies. This is done using “deepfake” technology, which has already caused concerns elsewhere over its potential misuse.
Users provide a series of selfies in which they blink, open their mouths or assume other expressions. The app will then realistically change the person’s animated likeness onto movies, TV shows or other similar content.
But this has also resulted in privacy concerns as the app’s policy reportedly gave it “free, permanent, transferable, and re-licenseable” rights to all user-generated content.
Apart from worrying that their personal information can be disclosed, users are also concerned that the app, through facial recognition technology, can compromise their online payment accounts.
On Sunday, the app issued a statement promising to modify its privacy policy. It also assured users that the app will not result in any compromise to their payment accounts. The app has since changed its terms to ensure that it will not use headshots or videos uploaded by users other than to improve the app. It also promised to remove from its servers any content that was uploaded but subsequently deleted by users.
Zao is owned by Momo Inc, a Tinder-like Chinese dating service that is listed on the Us Nasdaq. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology spoke to the developer of the AI face-changing app on Wednesday. The Ministry’s department of network security said it demanded the company sick to relevant laws regarding the collection of personal information. Apart from calling on the company to standardize its terms of agreement it also made it clear that the company should do its utmost to ensure the protection of user data.
1. What’s the main idea of this passage?| A．The face-changing app is becoming popular. |
| B．The Zao app has revealed personal information. |
| C．Deep fake technology is applied in a new app. |
| D．There’re potential worries about face-changing app. |
| A．Users provide smiling photos to act out scenes from famous movies. |
| B．The app can find likeness between users and actors in the movies. |
| C．The technology applied in the app can be misused in other places. |
| D．The app can have access to users’ online payment accounts. |
| A．Privacy policy uploaded by users | B．Privacy policy to assure the safety |
| C．Any private content deleted by users | D．The compromise with users' accounts |
| A．give some possible solutions to the problem | B．give some particular reasons for the phenomenon |
| C．present some current difficulties of the concern | D．present some simple tips on payment accounts |
【推荐3】No longer in the pink
Corals are comeback creatures. As the world froze and melted and sea levels rose and fell over 30,000 years, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, which is roughly the size of Italy, died and revived five times. But now, thanks to human activity, corals face the most complex condition they have yet had to deal with.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change, a rise in global temperatures of 1.5oC could cause coral reefs to decline 70-90%. The planet is about 1oC hotter than in the 19th century and its seas are becoming warmer, stormier and more acidic. This is already affecting relations between corals and the single-celled algae (海藻), which give them their color. When waters become unusually warm, algae float away, leaving reefs a ghostly white. This “bleaching” is happening five times as often as it did in the 1970s. Meanwhile the changing chemistry of the oceans makes it harder for corals to form their structures.
If corals go, divers and marine biologists are not the only people who will miss them. Reefs take up only a percent of the sea floor, but support a quarter of the planet’s fish diversity. The fish that reefs shelter are especially valuable to their poorest human neighbors, many of whom depend on them as a source of protein. Roughly an eighth of the world’s population lives within 100km of a reef. Corals also protect 150,000km of shoreline in more than 100 countries and territories from the oceans buffeting, as well as generating billions of dollars in tourism revenue.
Coral systems must adapt if they are to survive. They need protection from local sources of harm. Their eco-systems suffer from waste from farms, building sites and blast fishing. Governments need to impose tighter rules on these industrials, such as tougher local building codes, and to put more effort into enforcing rules against overfishing.
Setting up marine protected areas could also help reefs. Locals who fear for their livelihoods could be given work as rangers with the job of looking after the reserves. Visitors to marine parks can be required to pay a special tax, like what has been done in the Caribbean.
Many reefs that have been damaged could benefit from restoration. Coral’s biodiversity offers hope, because the same coral will grow differently under different conditions. Corals of the western Pacific, for example, can withstand higher temperatures than the same species in the eastern Pacific, which proves a way forward to encourage corals to grow in new spots.
1. According to the passage, what may happen to corals when waters become warm?| A．Turning white | B．Getting pink |
| C．Being active | D．Becoming colorful |
| A．live with | B．escape from |
| C．die in | D．recovery from |
| A．carry out stricter rules on industries around the coast |
| B．call on volunteers to look after the marine reserves |
| C．reduce the number of visitors to the marine parks |
| D．ban people from fishing in the coral reef areas |
| A．To present the importance of coral reef to the world. |
| B．To introduce the severe effect on coral reef brought by climate change. |
| C．To propose governments to take action immediately to save coral reef. |
| D．To attract more attention to coral reef protection. |
【推荐1】Most Helpful Apps for Students
There's almost an app for everything nowadays, and this can make student life easier, cheaper, safer and more fun. Whether you want help with taking notes, revising, waking up on time or keeping fit， read on for our student app picks．
Lecture recording apps
Just a few years ago, students attending lectures would have to spend the entire time writing wildly on notepads, in order not to miss any vital bit of information. Then along came technology, and now， lecture recording apps are a reality.
Sound Note is a popular lecture recording app for iPad users. You can store an entire lecture in both visual and audio form. Other good quality lecture recording apps include Notes Plus and Audio Memos Free—The Voice Recorder.
Student planner apps
Organization is key for success and well-being at university, and student planner apps are becoming increasingly popular. As well as saving on paper, many student planner apps also send reminders and warnings straight to your phone or device. Popular student planner apps include Timetable, My Class Schedule and Class Timetable.
Student safety apps
A number of apps for students have been developed promoting personal safety if out alone at night. The Circle of Six app is particularly useful for locating lost friends on nights out and also allows users to send their circle of six friends an instant call for help at the touch of a button. The GPS tracker will mark your location on your friends" devices, ensuring you'll always be able to find one another if necessary. Other student apps that promote safety include bSafe and React Mobile.
Healthy eating apps
If you're interested in eating healthily while keeping to a student budget, consider downloading a few healthy eating apps. Examples I've come across which are perfect apps for students include Rockin Ramen， a student app featuring a number of nutritious recipes with Ramen as a main ingredient, and MealBoard, an app which plans healthy meals, grocery shops and recipes based on what you've got in the fridge.
1. Which apps send reminders to users?| A．Student planner apps. | B．Lecture recording apps. |
| C．Student safety apps. | D．Healthy eating apps. |
| A．It allows users to seek help during an emergency. |
| B．It encourages users to communicate with friends. |
| C．It enables users to store an entire lecture. |
| D．It helps users to lead a healthy life. |
| A．categorize apps | B．introduce apps |
| C．evaluate apps | D．compare apps |
【推荐2】My first performance in front of the audience was coming up soon.
I tried as hard as I could to remain calm but my heart was racing. I stared down at my sweat-covered shaking hands.
I looked up again at the audience realizing that these were real people. They were not just my mum and dad who would say “Good job!” even if I messed up the entire piece.
What if I had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes?
As it turned out, I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight (聚光灯)was waiting for me. I grasped my hands tightly together drying off the sweat.
Slowly I walked to the mud-brown piano in the center of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys which were waiting impatiently to be played. I swallowed the golf-ball-sized lump (隆起部分) in my throat and sat down. Slowly I opened the music. Next I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory (象牙色的) keys.
As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more unsure of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my years of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece so many times that I could play it backwards if requested.
Although at one point, I accidentally played two keys instead of the intended one, I continued to move my fingers automatically (自动地).
My eyes burned holes into the pages in front of me. There was no way that I was going to lose my concentration. To keep this to myself, I leaned forward and focused carefully on the music.
When I came to the end of the page a warning went off inside my head: DON’T MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE!
Needless to say I obeyed myself with all my heart and mind. And proud of my “page-turning” feat (技艺) I finished the rest of the piece without making a single mistake.
After the final note died away, a celebration went into action inside my head. I had finished. I had mastered the impossible.
1. How did the author feel before the performance?| A．Over the moon. | B．On pins and needles. |
| C．As cool as a cucumber. | D．Hot under the collar. |
| A．The author had never performed in public before. |
| B．The author didn’t make a single mistake while playing. |
| C．The author’s parents were present at the performance. |
| D．The author hadn’t made full preparation before the performance. |
| A．He tried to fix his eyes on the pages. | B．He wanted to tear the pages into pieces. |
| C．He lost interest in the pages. | D．He was dissatisfied with his performance. |
| A．He/She thought he/she played through the piece carefully but light-heartedly. |
| B．He/She thought it was comfortable and successful. |
| C．He/She thought he/she was too nervous to have a good performance. |
| D．He/She thought it was very difficult but successful. |
【推荐3】Washington is home to lots of trees, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves (炉子) too. But what if you lived there and couldn’t cut wood or couldn’t afford to pay someone to do it? Luckily, Shane McDaniel and his twin sons, Harrison and Henry McDaniel, 21, are happy to give a hand. The three men cut truckloads of wood (数货车木头) and then give it to those in need.
It was too much for the McDaniels to use themselves, and when the weather turned cold that November, Shane started thinking of others. He posted (发帖子) on Facebook: “If you are in need of firewood and cannot afford it, please message me personally! If you know someone who burns wood, and they’re living in a cold house this holiday season, please help me and my boys make sure no one goes cold in our neighbourhood.”
The response (反响) was quick. One man offered to give a wood-burning stove. Others raced over to add wood for the McDaniels. Single mom Katelyn Ticer, 29, and her four-year-old daughter depend on a wood-burning stove as their only way of heat, so it was a great help to receive a truckload of firewood from the McDaniels before the holidays. “To get that much wood brought me to tears,” she told msn.com. “So much pressure and worry is off my shoulders. I couldn’t be more thankful.”
1. Why does the McDaniels cut wood?| A．To sell it for money. | B．To build up their bodies. |
| C．To help those in need. | D．To post on Facebook. |
| A．He wants to spread his help. | B．Wood is expensive in Washington. |
| C．He advertises his wood for sale. | D．Wood is necessary in a holiday season. |
| A．It has much smoke. | B．It brings her pressure. |
| C．It makes her worried. | D．It makes her thankful. |
