Doug Falter, an American photographer, returned home, teary-eyed and exhausted. He pouted online that evening, "I lost my baby." That "baby" referred to a surfboard that had been custom-made for him. Hours earlier, a big wave had separated Falter from this prized possession.
Months passed with no sign of the surfboard. Falter saved money to buy a new surfboard for $ 1,500. But Falter never completely forgot the surfboard, which - six months later and more than 5,000 miles away from where it disappeared-floated to the southern Philippines.The local fisherman who found it didn't have much use of his unusual catch of the day, so he sold the board for s 40 to Giovanne Branzuela, an elementary school teacher. Branzuela hoped to learn to surf and one day share the skill with his students,who regularly accompany him on beach clean-ups.
The once-blue board had faded to a pale straw color during its journey, but its distinctive markings were still there: two elephants, one at either end. Underneath the elephants were the words "Doug Falter Surfboard".
Branzuela couldn't believe it on realizing how far the surfboard had traveled. He reached Falter online and sent him a photo of the surfboard. Falter was shocked to learn that his "baby"had drifted(漂流) across the world's largest ocean and survived. He was overjoyed.
But the story was far from over. Falter wanted to thank Branzuela with some surfing supplies for his kind act, but the teacher asked for school supplies instead, such as backpacks for his students and materials to help them learn English.
Falter said it made him raise money for the kids. So far, he has collected $ 2,500,which he has used to buy and ship maps, puzzles, classroom posters, textbooks, and workbooks.
1. What happened to Doug Falter that afternoon?| A．His baby was lost on the beach. | B．The sea carried away his surfboard. |
| C．He took excellent photos of the surf. | D．His custom-made camera was damaged. |
| A．He liked the pale straw color of it. |
| B．He found it belonged to Doug Falter. |
| C．He found the fisherman charged low for it. |
| D．He wanted to learn a new skill to teach his students. |
| A．Branzuela kept it as a prized possession. |
| B．Branzuela's students learned surfing with it. |
| C．It was returned to its owner after a long journey. |
| D．Falter sold it to help Philippine children. |
| A．Selfless. | B．Merciful. |
| C．Generous. | D．Knowledgeable. |
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【推荐1】Sewing is an art. It is one that takes patience, time, and true talent. Julia,a woman from Chicago, is the definition of a talented tailor.
Julia’s inspiration for her designs comes from her grandma’s sketches (草图) from the 1940s. Julia’s grandma went to fashion school in her late teens and dropped out but she kept many of her sketches. Grandma showed Julia the designs she made back in fashion school, and Julia’s mind was blown.
When Grandma expressed her regret for not having the opportunity to see her sketches come to life, Julia decided not to have Grandma wait to witness it.
After sewing her grandma’s designs, Julia has been posting the final products on social media one by one, which has made popular. One of the most excellent designs she made was a beautiful gold cocktail dress, which took Julia about two months to finish.
Julia taught herself how to sew and has no professional training. Every month or so Julia continues to make her grandma’s designs a reality. Julia says,“She was very happy. I think she loves getting to connect with me and have something to do because she’s at a stage in life where, you know, many people don’t have many things to do. I think she is really proud and excited that I have completed it.”
From the social media, Julia has even gotten offers from people willing to buy her dresses, Julia is very pleased, but she claims since she isn’t an expert, she doesn’t feel comfortable selling them. However, seeing Julia teach herself how to sew with social media videos and design these dresses is giving her viewers the confidence to attempt something of their own!
1. How did Julia like Grandma’s sketches?| A．She was excited about them |
| B．She thought they were out of fashion. |
| C．She felt regretful for their poor preservation |
| D．She thought they were inspirational to other designers. |
| A．To prove her talent. |
| B．To test her patience. |
| C．To attract people’s attention. |
| D．To help realize Grandma’s wish. |
| A．She consulted professionals. |
| B．She attended a fashion school. |
| C．She learned from social media videos. |
| D．She followed Grandma’s instructions |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Admiring. | C．Indifferent. | D．Grateful. |
【推荐2】Ahlam Sarai,a 54-year-old Syrian woman,finally realized her dream of opening the first vegetarian(素食的)restaurant in her hometown of Sweida.
Sarai’s dream began more than 1l years ago, when she was inspired by her two children, who had decided to become vegetarians, and tried to cook appealing food without meat or other animal products. After becoming a master cook of vegetarian dishes, an idea came to her mind, which was “Why don’t I open a restaurant to cook vegetarian dishes for people?”
However, Sarai tried running the business from home at first due to a lack of money and resources needed to open a restaurant. She promoted her home-made vegetarian dishes on social media and delivered the food by bus. When Sarai’s business grew, she met her current partner and opened a restaurant which has grown larger in the past year and attracted more customers. She also brought in a young dessert chef, a vegetarian who makes desserts with natural sweeteners(甜味剂)such as grapes and molasses(糖浆). Now every morning,Sarai comes to the kitchen, puts on a head covering and gloves,and cooks various vegetarian dishes for her customers.
The Syrian woman hopes to spread the idea of vegetarianism in her country, where meat is the main ingredient in the majority of the local cuisines, by creating a special place for vegetarians who may feel uncomfortable when dining out with friends.
Zeir Atrash, a 22-year-old regular customer of Sarai’s restaurant, said that she felt a sense of belonging after the vegetarian restaurant was opened in Sweida, as she used to feel embarrassed when going to normal restaurants with her friends.
Nowadays, even restaurants in the capital Damascus have started to order food from Sarai’s restaurant in Sweida to cater to(迎合)the vegetarians and other customers curious about this kind of food. It is worth noting that non-vegetarian eaters are attracted partly by the much lower prices Sarai’s restaurant offers, since many are struggling with their livelihoods in the tough economic situation.
1. Why does the author write the second paragraph?| A．To explain what food a vegetarian tends to consume. |
| B．To emphasize how Sarai would open a vegetarian restaurant. |
| C．To reveal the inspiration for Sarai to open a vegetarian restaurant. |
| D．To praise Ahlam Sarai for her determination to realize her childhood dream. |
| A．By following the time order. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By analyzing causes and effects. | D．By giving examples. |
| A．To increase her children’s appetite. |
| B．To expand her business in a short time. |
| C．To improve the health of the local population. |
| D．To raise awareness of vegetarianism in Syria. |
| A．It charges much less money. | B．It offers online reservations. |
| C．It provides a home delivery service. | D．It serves desserts with natural sweeteners. |
【推荐3】What will you do when one of the few bookstores in your neighborhood shuts down? If you’re Latanya DeVaughn, you will make a new and improved one! As a mom and writer, she had always dreamed of opening her own bookstore, so after watching another close its doors for good, she saw her chance.
While Latanya said every neighborhood deserved a bookstore, actually making it happen simply wasn’t possible. What she came up with instead was to turn a bus into a bookmobile! With the help of her community, she raised money for her dream and, at the end of 2021, it came true! Bronx Bound Books rolled out in style as a bus with orange cube bookshelves. “People love the way it smells,” Latanya added. “One woman said the wood smell makes her feel like she’s at home.”
Although the bookstore on wheels carries around 30,000 new and used books, it has more room than you might expect! Latanya also makes sure to prepare books with a variety of characters, so all readers can see themselves in the pages. Of course, her collection also features works of noted Black authors like James Baldwin and Alice Walker. “It’s meant to be that way,” she explained, “because I remember going to bookstores and having to look through books just to find someone I felt I could identify with.”
Setting up her bookstore in a new spot each day, Latanya is doing her part to make sure that everyone in the neighborhood has books to read. That’s what Bronx Bound Books is for. “I can’t open up a bookstore on every corner, but I can probably pop up on tons of different corners,” she said.
Thanks to Latanya and her Bronx Bound Books, the town is becoming a heaven for book lovers day by day. I’m sure that the little bookstore will continue to develop quickly!
1. How did Latanga DeVoughn respond to the shutdown of bookstores?| A．She took over and reopened them soon. | B．She set up her own special bookstore. |
| C．She opened bookstores on every block. | D．She called on neighbors to open a new one. |
| A．it’s hard to store books with various characters. | B．all readers can identify with Black authors. |
| C．Latanya cares for individual readers’ need. | D．Bronx Bound Books has limited room. |
| A．To recycle old books around the neighborhood. |
| B．To raise money for Latanya DeVaughn’s dream. |
| C．To make reading accessible to everyone in the neighborhood. |
| D．To open up a bookstore on every comer across the world. |
| A．Alarming. | B．Affordable. | C．Creative. | D．Promising. |
【推荐1】In February-25-year-old Hallam Chitty graduated from his modeling training course. Just hours later, he fell from 15 meters out of a tree and became a paraplegic(下身麻痹患者). Not one to give up, he is now Australia’s first wheelchair model.
At first, the young man immediately thought his modeling dream was over, but looking back now, he said he was lucky to even be alive. “I have my good days and my bad days dealing with what’s happened” he said.
Hallam spent two weeks in a complete bed rest. In early March, Hallam was moved to the Hampstead Recovery(康复) Centre where he broke the record for his quick recovery. He was out in just eight weeks –a huge improvement on the four to six months he was told it would take.
“I was crazy about getting myself into shape, moving and being able to do things for myself again,” he said. While he was recovering, Hallam was visited by Ute and Vivienne from Ute and Powell Models, which encouraged him to keep going.
“I honestly thought that my modeling dream was completely over, but they told me I could still sell my top halt,” he said. On Monday, the 25-year-old worked his first photo shoot as Australia’s first wheelchair model with respected photographer Nectario Karolos Papazacharias.
Hallam said that though he was nervous at the beginning, he was proud of the final result. “Nectario gave me a lot of advice. He said ‘the wheelchair is part of you now. Just be comfortable in it and play around in it －make it you own’. He gave me a lot of confidence.”
The support is something Hallam is excited to pass on to other people who are going through a similarly difficult situation. “If I could help someone else through what I’m doing, that would be very wonderful. Life doesn’t end because you’ve got an injury. It’s important to cheer up.”
1. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?| A．Hallam Chitty’s Quick Recovery |
| B．Hallam Chitty’s Pain and Suffering |
| C．Australia’s First Wheelchair Model |
| D．Australian Man’s Modeling Dream |
| A．Hallam tried hard to build a good shape |
| B．Hallam rested on bed for nearly six months |
| C．Hallam won the respect of his photographer Nectario |
| D．Hallam managed to make his wheelchair part of him |
| A．Never give in to difficulties | B．Cheer for a new start of life |
| C．Always do wonderful things | D．Life is upset sometimes |
Still one of the best things about such pictures — despite their obvious narrow appeal — is that they can’t help but tell us a great deal about the people who took them.
So I shouldn’t have been surprised when I got the roll of film back from my 5-year-old son’s first camping trip. I opened the envelope, naively expecting to see pictures of the nightly campfire, the sun setting over the forest, and possibly even a deer or two.
Instead, I saw an off-center picture of tennis shoes. Not even his tennis shoes, mind you, but a pair someone had lost and left in the cabin. Mystery shoes. And that’s not all.
As I went through the stack, I found that my son had also taken a picture of his sleeping bag, a penny he found in the gravel next to the car, a leaf, an orange sock, a close-up of his father’s ear, a burned hot dog, his thumb, a piece of gum, and many other similar things.
There was barely one sign of nature in the whole stack. I couldn’t help thinking that if he’d wanted pictures of assorted junk, it would’ve been cheaper had he spent the weekend in our back-yard.
AT LEAST that is what I thought until I showed the photographs to my ceiling-snapping friend, the mother of three teenagers, who said simply, “There’s nothing wrong with these.”
But of course, this is just the type of answer you’d expect from someone who photographs ceiling.
Then she told me about the time her daughter went to Yosemite Valley and returned with rolls of photographs of the hotel, restaurant, and gift shop. She also told me about the time her son took his camera to a Major League Baseball game and returned with 24 pictures of cloud formations.
I had a feeling she was just trying to make me feel better.
Then again, to a 5-year-old boy, finding a penny is more exciting than seeing a squirrel. And why would he waste good film on something like, say, some endangered water buffaloes, when he could take a picture of cool tennis shoes? Or his shiny new green sleeping bag?
Face it: Things like beautiful sunsets and campfires can’t compare to a bag of extra-large marshmallow.
So I did what any good mother would do: I marked the date on the back of the pictures and slid them into our family vacation photo album — right after the five pages of ice sculptures I took last year on our cruise to the Bahamas.
1. Who might have taken a picture of the back seat of the family car in his or her trip mentioned in this passage?
| A．The author’s friend. |
| B．The author’s son. |
| C．The author. |
| D．The author’s friend’s daughter. |
| A．her friend persuaded her to do so |
| B．her son’s pictures finally struck her |
| C．she realized the truth by herself inspired by the surrounding examples |
| D．it suddenly occurred to her that she herself had also taken unique pictures before |
| A．Different people perceive the world from different angles, which may vary according to their age,gender, life experiences and so on. |
| B．The author’s friend is a better mum in terms of educating children. |
| C．The author will educate her son to take pictures of nature instead of some boring things. |
| D．The author will take vacation pictures of different kind from her past ones. |
【推荐3】I started in the profession of journalism in an age of typewriters and telex machines. The technology is totally different now but the principles of honest journalism remain the same.
My first job was at the Bradford Telegraph and Argus (T&A). The news editor, Don retaught me how to get the balance between information and entertainment and to respect the readers, who could always write in to complain.
Later, I went to London Reuters as a trainee, where we had a slang expression — GSIT — which meant “good story, if true”. And it was our job to make sure the stories were true. At Reuters, four senior editor s drilled into us that we were the witnesses of the world. Accuracy and balance were to journalists what basic hygiene was to medics. So as one of very few women in the newsroom, I never felt that my gender held me back. Instead, I realised that competence “being a good operator” — was all that mattered.
I increasingly learnt subtle things about the craft of journalism. As essential as it was to be prepared, it was vital to keep an open mind because you never knew what you would find when you went out into the field. What you found was what you had to report, not what you imagined or wanted to be true. Once, I went to Stavanger in Norway with a fixed idea in my head: American oil workers had come to the city to take advantage of the North Sea oil boom. I was convinced that they would end up raising hell in the area, and, before leaving, sold the story to my editors with that angle. In reality, it turned out to be the other way round. I had to recast my planned story. It was a good lesson for me.
In journalism, you never know who your readers are going to be, and you cannot guess their response. How they respond is their right. You state the facts and leave them to draw their own conclusions. Truth can be bitter. But truth can’t be replaced. “Beauty is truth, truth beauty that is all you know on earth, and all you need to know,” as the poet Keats put it, so beautifully truthfully.
1. What do we know about the author’s work experience?| A．She stood out at T&A for her wonderful performance. |
| B．She respected the readers despite their dissatisfaction. |
| C．She learned most of her professional skills from Don Alred. |
| D．She received many complaints from the readers at Reuters. |
| A．She should improve her competence. | B．She was not treated as equally as men. |
| C．She was quite confused as a trainee. | D．She would have a promising career. |
| A．be very sensitive to unexpected events | B．be prepared before covering an event |
| C．maintain communication with the editors | D．not judge before actually looking into it |
| A．Balance. | B．Independence. | C．Truthfulness. | D．Responsibility. |
【推荐1】Attractive lakeside cottages and cabins
Lafitte’s Landing Guest Quarters, Uncertain, Texas
There are five cottages featuring high ceilings and spacious bedrooms. Lafitte’s is a certified Backyard Wildlife Habitat, so you don’t have to go far for bird-watching. Explore the lake on a steamboat, or head to Caddo Lake State Park for night adventures such as Owl Nights and Bat Watches.
Rates: Summer nightly rates range from $559 to $1,899
Lake Placid Lodge, Lake Placid, New York
With 17 cabins sitting along the shores of Lake Placid, the arts-and-crafts-style Lake Placid Lodge offers an exciting summer lake experience. Lakefront cabins come outfitted with hand-built beds and stone fireplaces. Go for a hike, or hit the lake for swimming, fishing, or boating.
Rates: Rates are $120 per night for double occupancy; each additional person is $20 per night.
Lake Crescent Lodge, Olympic National Park, Washington
Its cottages and cabins are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Choose between one-and two-bedroom Singer Tavern Cottages, or stay in the always favored (and often booked) Roosevelt Fireplace Cabins. Spend your days hiking in the surrounding Olympic National Park, or exploring Lake Crescent by boat.
Rates: Nightly rates for cottages and cabins range between $317 and $398.
Tamarack Lodge Resort, Mammoth Lakes, California
It is on the peaceful shores of the Twin Lakes. Choose between recently built Deluxe Cabins and old wood-and-stone cabins. Swimming, fishing, boating, biking, and hiking are popular pastimes.
Rates: Summer cabin rates range from $369 to $999 per night.
1. Where can you observe bats at night?| A．At Caddo Lake State Park | B．At Lake Placid |
| C．At Olympic National Park | D．At the Twin Lakes |
| A．$60 | B．$120 | C．$140 | D．$360 |
| A．Cottages at Lafitte’s Landing Guest Quarters | B．Cabins at Lake Placid Lodge |
| C．Deluxe Cabins | D．Roosevelt Fireplace Cabins |
【推荐2】Jenifer Mauer has needed more willpower than the typical college student to pursue her goal of earning a nursing degree. That willpower bore fruit when Jennifer graduated from University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and became the first in her large family to earn a bachelor's degree.
Mauer, of Edgar, Wisconsin, grew up on a farm in a family of 10 children. Her dad worked at a job away from the farm, and her mother ran the farm with the kids. After high school, Jennifer attended a local technical college, working to pay her tuition(学费), because there was no extra money set aside for a college education. After graduation, she worked to help her sisters and brothers pay for their schooling.
Jennifer now is married and has three children of her own. She decided to go back to college to advance her career and to be able to better support her family while doing something she loves: nursing. She chose the UW-Eau Claire program at Ministry Saint Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield because she was able to pursue her four-year degree close to home. She could drive to class and be home in the evening to help with her kids. Jenifer received great support from her family as she worked to earn her degree: Her husband worked two jobs to cover the bills, and her 68-year-old mother helped take care of the children at times.
Through it all, she remained in good academic standing and graduated with honors. Jennifer sacrificed(牺牲)to achieve her goal, giving up many nights with her kids and missing important events to study. ''Some nights my heart was breaking to have to pick between my kids and studying for exams or papers,'' she says. However, her children have learned an important lesson witnessing their mother earn her degree. Jennifer is a first-generation graduate and an inspiration to her family-and that's pretty powerful.
1. What did Jennifer do after high school?| A．She helped her dad with his work. |
| B．She ran the family farm on her own. |
| C．She supported herself through college. |
| D．She taught her sisters and brothers at home. |
| A．To take care of her kids easily. | B．To learn from the best nurses. |
| C．To save money for her parents. | D．To find a well-paid job there. |
| A．Her health. | B．Her time with family. |
| C．Her reputation. | D．Her chance of promotion. |
| A．Time is money. | B．Love breaks down barriers. |
| C．Hard work pays off. | D．Education is the key to success. |
【推荐3】I used to ride my bike to work on quiet Sundays，and then gave it up when my work schedule changed. Concerns about traffic on the streets of Washington, D.C took away my confidence, but National Bike to Work Day made me try again.
This morning, at 6:45. I wheeled my bike out of the garage and joined a nation of first-timers and old-timers on National Bike to Work Day.
I bought a new bike last year with the intention of cycling regularly to the office. I started riding right away, but set the goal realistically low: just once a week.
In my favor was the fact that I worked on Sundays, a perfect riding day because of the low traffic. And so I enjoyed a series of nearly deserted morning rides from my bungalow in a Washington. D. C. neighborhood to the Monitor’s bureau., just two blocks from the White House.
But then I no longer needed to work on Sundays. And my bike stayed parked in the garage. The last part of my cycle route covered busy urban streets, and I worried about traffic.
Today made me give bike commuting (通勤) a second try. However, some of the cyclists roared (呼啸而行) down the path quite fast, and I nearly caused an accident; downtown, I made a wrong turn, and ended up on a busy street; unlike Sundays, I had to pack a change of work clothes; besides, there was no shower.
Bike commuting is on the rise in America, but I’m a fair—weather rider, easily influenced by rain or snow. This morning did little to calm my worries about commuter traffic. One of the problems is my inexperience, and I’m willing to learn from that. But I can see now that if commuter biking is to really take off, cities and workplaces need to encourage it, from bike lanes (车道) to workplace showers.
1. What did the author say about cycling to work on Sundays?| A．It made her a regular cyclist. | B．It took too much time. |
| C．It was very pleasant. | D．It made her nervous. |
| A．The long—distance cycling. | B．Her poor skill at cycling. |
| C．Terrible weather. | D．Heavy traffic. |
| A．Ashamed. | B．Shocked. | C．Confused. | D．Discouraged. |
| A．Cycling—friendly environment. | B．Rain or snow on workdays. |
| C．More freedom. | D．A new bike. |
【推荐1】The world's best largest bicycle park
Ector Hoogstad Architecten has completed a three-storey bicycle park to store 12,656 bikes below Utrecht Central Station in the Netherlands.
The project begins as part of a wider redevelopment of the area surrounding the city's railway station, and is designed to enable cyclists to ride from the street level to the bike store, from which they can quickly access the station. It is hoped that the project will encourage locals to commute (通勤) using bikes and public transport instead of cars and make Utrecht a more sustainable(可持续的) city.
''Our comfortable bicycle parking is the answer to a major problem in the inner cities worldwide：pollution,'' explained the Rotterdam architecture studio. ''We created such a park that favors cyclists and pedestrians and make scar useless attractive.''
Ector Hoogstad Architecten won a competition to design the bike park at Utrecht Central Station in 2011.The first phase was finished in August of 2017, opening with space for 6,000 bikes. Now completed, the bike park accommodates three levels of underground stores for 12,656 bicycles-overtaking the world's former largest bike parking lot in Tokyo that houses 9,000.
Besides the storage, the project has a repair service and a bicycle hire shop. It also relies on a digital system to guide cyclists to a parking spot that provides the quickest access to the platforms.
The three-storey bike parking sits directly below Utrecht Central Station, accessed by pink cycle lanes(车道) that continue down inside and wraparound the edges of the structure.
The bike lanes connect to the parking across three levels. They are also color-coded(用颜色区分的) to guide cyclists through the space and to their parking lot.
Each parking spot branches off from the cycle paths, designed to provide plenty of space for people to dismount from their bikes without getting in the way of other cyclists. The concept is about speed and safety.
''The building is more than just the basic service system,'' added Ector Hoogstad Architecten. ''It adds an exciting and surprising architectural aspect to the city. Cycling through the garage has become a unique experience-not just another part of everyday life in the city, but almost an attraction in its own right. ''
1. Why do the Netherlands build the bicycle park?| A．To cut down on car use. |
| B．To promote sales of bikes. |
| C．To create more public parks. |
| D．To provide unique public services. |
| A．It guides cyclists to a parking lot. |
| B．It offers easy access to bike repair service. |
| C．It enables people to hire a bicycle. |
| D．It provides plenty of space for car drivers. |
| A．Get on. | B．Get off. |
| C．Keep from. | D．Remove from. |
| A．There are three large bike stores below the station. |
| B．Cyclists can park their bikes wherever they like. |
| C．Each parking spot forks off from the bike paths. |
| D．The bike park opened with space for 6,000 bikes in 2011. |
【推荐2】In recent decades，countries around the world have made great progress against malaria．However a new report from the World Health Organization（WHO）says that progress is at risk．
This WHO annual report looks at the global fight against the disease．It says that malaria cases are on the rise in several countries．
Many countries are moving toward eliminating malaria，among them Madagascar，Senegal and Zimbabwe．However，the WHO report warns that in others，progress has stalled．
Malaria cases increased by more than 20 percent from 2015 to 2016 in eight African countries﹣including Rwanda，Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo．
At the same time，funding for malaria prevention and treatment has leveled off，reaching﹩2.7 billion in 2016．This amount is less than half of the 2020 target．
Professor David Conway is from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine．He says money for fighting malaria has plateaued，meaning it has not increased in a long time．
Overall，Africa continues to suffer the most from malaria．In 2016，just over 400，000 people died from the disease．This is slightly less than in 2015.However，in Africa the malaria parasite does not yet appear to be developing drug resistance．
The same cannot be said for Southeast Asia．
Conway explains that there are renewed concerns that in Southeast Asia malaria will become drug﹣resistant in the future．
The WHO is calling for improving the coverage of existing methods of malaria prevention as well as an urgent investment in new tools﹣﹣namely a malaria vaccine．
Professor Conway said，"More research is needed to develop an effective malaria vaccine that could cover the populations that at the moment have high malaria rates and that perhaps don't use the available interventions even when they are being funded．"
Several malaria vaccines are under development．Starting in 2018，the WHO is planning a major trial of the RTSS vaccine in Kenya，Ghana and Malawi．
But this latest report from the WHO warns that the world is at a crossroads．Without better funding and more effective tools to fight malaria，the progress made in recent decades could be undone．
1. Which of the following statements is not true？| A．A bit more than 400，000 people died from malaria in African countries． |
| B．More and more money has been put in malaria prevention and treatment． |
| C．Fewer and fewer people are suffering from malaria in the past decade． |
| D．Malaria cases decreased less than 20 percent in eight African countries in 2016． |
| A．malaria |
| B．the available interventions |
| C．the populations |
| D．malaria rates |
| A．Progress of fighting malaria is greatly short of money and effective tools． |
| B．More and more people cannot get treatment for malaria in time． |
| C．No countries are likely to have got funding and effective tools from the WHO． |
| D．Some malaria sufferers in Africa have refused to get treatments from the WHO． |
【推荐3】I saw my first tree today. Dad used to tell me stories about the trees that still existed when he was a boy. There weren’t very many even then, with the urbanization program in full swing.
The O’Brien home was one of the few examples of old-style wooden structures that hadn’t been destroyed in Boston’s urban-renewal campaign. The family had been able to avoid this because of its wealth and political influence, and the house was passed on through generations to the present. Old man O’Brien had no children, so when he died, the Urban Center bought it. Then an official discovered that the house had a backyard-in the yard was a live tree!
When the news of the tree’s discovery leaked out, quite a few sightseers stopped by to have a look at it, and the local government, realizing the money-making potential, began charging admission and advertising the place. By now it had become a favorite spot for family trips like ours.
Dad paid the fee and we walked through a doorway hidden in a bookshelf and into the backyard. I just couldn’t help noticing the tree!
It was located at one end of the yard, with a fence around it for protection. It was similar in form to the plastic trees I’d seen, but there was much more. You could see details more delicate than in any artificially made plant. And it was alive. But best of all was the smell-fresh, living smell, unfamiliar to the world outside with metal, plastic, and glass. I wanted to touch the bark, but the fence prevented me from doing so.
On the way back, I read through the brochures. One part said the O’Brien home would be torn down next year to make room for some insurance building, and the tree will have to go, too.
I just sat still, fingering the object in my pocket that I had picked in the O’Brien’s backyard. I think it’s called an acorn (橡子).
1. Why could the tree in the O’Brien’s backyard survive till today?| A．It possessed some special characteristics. |
| B．It had a very strong fence around to protect it. |
| C．It was preserved together with the house by its owner. |
| D．It got the local government’s attention as a tourist attraction. |
| A．Annoyed. | B．Calm. | C．Excited. | D．Upset. |
| A．Social progress and urbanization come at a cost. |
| B．Social progress should give way to nature protection. |
| C．Humans value nature protection over social progress. |
| D．Urbanization has more advantages than disadvantages. |
