Though thousands of adventurers have climbed up Mount Everest, the highest and most famous of the world’s 14 tallest mountains, only 40 climbers have conquered them all. Nepalese mountaineer Purja became one of them after he reached the 8028-meter peak of China's Mt. Shishapangma on October 29, 2019. Purja made the extraordinary achievement in just six months and six days.
“I am very excited and proud to have reached this final peak and achieved my goal of climbing the word's 14 tallest mountains in record time,” Purja said. “It was extremely hard during the six months, and I hope to have proven that anything is possible with some determination self-belief and positivity.”
Purja's “Project Possible” started becoming a reality on April 23, 2019, when he successfully peaked Nepal's 8091 meters tall Mt. Annapurna. The climber then rapidly completed the next five mountains, including Mt. Everest, within only four weeks! Five more peak were conquered in July and the last three during September and October.
The adventurer, who was joined by teams of Nepalese climbers on each of his adventures, met with many memorable and critical moments. On April 23, 2019, while going down Mt. Annapurna, Puja and his team heard about a Malaysian climber who had been separated from his group with no food, water, or oxygen for over 40 hours. They managed to find him and got him airlifted to a hospital. On May 15, 2019, Purja's team similarly helped three trapped climbers on Mt. Kanchenjunga by giving them oxygen.
Purja said his primary purpose for undertaking this enormous task was to show the world that anyone can attain greatness if they put their minds to it. “By achieving this goal, I knew I could inspire people from all generations across the world,” he said.
1. Which of the following did Purja climb up last?| A．Mt. Everest. | B．Mt. Annapurna. | C．Mt. Shishapangma. | D．Mt. Kanchenjunga. |
| A．Purja and his team are willing to assist climbers in trouble. |
| B．The number of climbers should be limited to ensure safety. |
| C．It is impossible to rescue trapped climbers on high mountains. |
| D．Necessary preparations must be made before climbing mountains. |
| A．Capable and honest. | B．Brave and traditional. |
| C．Creative and popular. | D．Determined and caring. |
| A．Purja: A World-Famous Nepalese Climbing Pioneer |
| B．Difficulties Climbers Had in Climbing up Mt. Everest |
| C．Mountaineering: A Challenging but Popular Sport Loved by the Young |
| D．Nepalese mountaineer Conquers the World's 14 Highest Peaks in Six Months |
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【推荐1】It seems a red squirrel has been causing some trouble for Bill Fischer of Fargo, North Dakota.
The salesman returned from a four-day trip in early September and opened the hood (引擎盖) of his truck, only to find lots of walnuts (核桃) stored inside.
Fischer knew who did that. Since 2013, the red squirrel has been hiding walnuts in his truck every two years when his neighbor’s tree produces walnuts. Fischer said last year’s walnut collection was the most the squirrel had ever filled in the hood of his truck.
Every walnut season, Fischer had to empty the hood of his truck and gave the walnuts away. “The squirrel will sit in the tree and watch me clean up the nuts almost like, ‘That’s mine, friend,’ as it’s watching me clean up his winter storage,” Fischer said.
Fischer also said the squirrel overlooked other cars. “There are other cars very close to that tree, and it’s always my truck,” he said. “I’ve even parked purposely out on the street-as far away as I can from the walnut tree-but it still finds my truck and hides them there.”
“It’s very possible that this funny squirrel considers Bill Fischer’s truck to be part of its home,” Aliperti said, who led a study that found that ground squirrels’ personalities are tied to risk-taking. Aliperti added that the hood of a truck is a perfect hiding place to a squirrel because it’s concealed and dry. Since the squirrel has taken over Fischer’s truck again and again, while Bill has thrown the walnuts away year by year, Aliperti laughed and said this one might be very forgetful.
1. What trouble did the squirrel cause for Bill Fischer?| A．Storing walnuts in his truck. | B．Building a home in his truck. |
| C．Opening walnuts in his truck. | D．Breaking the hood of his truck. |
| A．They were returned to the squirrel. | B．They were hidden in another place. |
| C．They were collected for the winter. | D．They were cleaned up from the hood. |
| A．The truck is red, clean and empty. | B．The truck is the closest to the tree. |
| C．The truck is considered as its home. | D．The truck is convenient for transporting walnuts. |
| A．Open. | B．Quiet. | C．Large. | D．Secret. |
【推荐2】Diana Ross, American pop singer and actress, achieved international popularity, first as the leader singer of the Supremes and later as a solo(独唱的) artist. Diana Ross was born on March 26, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan. She was the second of six children of Fred and Ernestine Ross, who lived in one of Detroit’s poor districts. Because her family were closely connected with each other,Ross almost didn't notice the difficult life as she grew up.
Ross professional career began in 1959, when she joined several neighborhood friends to form the Primettes. The group was renamed the Supremes after signing a recording contract (合同) with Motown late the following year. The group produced many number-one hit singles (热门单曲) on the US Billboard hot 100, including Baby Love, Stop! In The Name of Love and Someday We Will Be Together. In 1967, the group was renamed Diana Ross and the Supremes, foreshadowing（预示） Ross’solo career,which she started in 1970.
Beginning with Ain’t No Mountain High Enough from her first solo album, Ross enjoyed more than ten years of great success with her hit singles. Ross also developed a film-acting career in the 1970s, beginning with a starring role as blues singer Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues and continuing with Mahogany, for which she also recorded the theme song Do You Know Where You’re Going To.
However, in the mid-1980s, Ross saw her career begin to wane. Most of her albums were re-recordings of earlier material. In 2006, she produced I Love Y ou, a collection of love songs by many artists, and she started an energetic concert tour the following year to make the album publicly known. Although you can’t find her songs on the US Billboard Hot 100 now, Ross remains popular as one of the leading musical performers of all time.
1. According to the passage, the Supremes ____.| A．had to break up in 1967 |
| B．used to be named the Primettes |
| C．was made up of Ross and her classmates |
| D．signed a contract with Motown in 1959 |
| A．Baby love. |
| B．Stop! In the name of love. |
| C．Ain’t No Mountain High Enough. |
| D．Someday We’ll Be Together. |
| A．It was the theme song of Mahogany. |
| B．It was one of Ross’No.1 hit singles. |
| C．It was sung by a blues singer. |
| D．It was from Ross’first film. |
| A．Develop faster. |
| B．End quickly. |
| C．Start again. |
| D．Become weaker. |
【推荐3】Good things will occur if parents always support their children and their natural talents. When 9-year-old Joe Whale’s parents encouraged their son to keep drawing, that’s what exactly they thought, even though he got into trouble for doodling (涂鸦) during class.
Joe’s artistic abilities were quickly noticed by those around him after he was sent to an after-school art class. In fact, Joe was invited to decorate the dining room of the “Number 4” restaurant in Shrewsbury, England. Now, Joe is known as The Doodle Boy and has his own website, as well as social media pages showing off his awesome art.
According to Greg, Joe’s dad, his son has always loved drawing and “was added to the Gifted register in primary school aged 4”. Greg also mentioned how long it took Joe to finish his drawings on the dining room walls in the restaurant. “Joe spent about 12 hours painting the wall.”
What’s more, Greg had some advice for parents who want to encourage their kids to develop their talents: “I would advise parents to encourage their children to always follow their passion and dreams and they should be there and offer help whenever their children need them.”
Joe’s teacher recognized his talent and posted his work on Instagram. Then his drawings caught the eye of the “Number 4” restaurant which asked him to come over and decorate their walls with his doodles. Now, his dad drives him there so he can draw his heart out. Who knew that drawing in an after-class program would lead Joe to get his first job at barely 9 years old?
1. What did Joe do in his class?| A．He learned how to doodle. |
| B．He drew pictures in the class. |
| C．He decorated the dining room. |
| D．He solved trouble by doodling. |
| A．To send children to the art class. |
| B．To set up websites for their kids. |
| C．To offer enough support for the children’s dreams. |
| D．To force the children to put all the effort in their dream. |
| A．Joe was a famous figure in the community. |
| B．Joe’s teacher recommended Joe to the restaurant. |
| C．Joe’s work on social media caught the eye of the restaurant. |
| D．The restaurant learned about Joe’s ability through the art class. |
| A．Parents. | B．Children. | C．Teachers. | D．Restaurant owners. |
【推荐1】When your dream is to become a footballer and play for Barcelona, nothing should get in your way―even if you have no feel.
An 11-year-old schoolboy Gabriel Muniz, who was born without feel, will fly from his home in Brazil to take part in the Spanish club’s summer training camp. Although he is disabled, Muniz is one of the top players at the school and captain of his gym class. He can run, dribble, pass and strike the ball as well as any of his able-bodied teammates. He spends all his spare time on the football pitch.
His best friend Lucas Santos spoke about his abilities on a video for the Sun, “He is skillful, he goes after it, he is fearless and he knows how to organize plays. He also makes good passes.” Mum Sandra was thrilled that her son would achieve his dreams. She said, “He started walking before he was one. We would go after him, expecting him to keep falling, but he never fell.” Muniz’s gym teacher added, “He is challenging the social norms. When he arrived there, no one believed in him.” But he showed to everyone that he could play as well as any other boy. So he was invited to go to Spain to show his talent.
The Spanish La Liga soccer club has offered to fly Muniz to Spain in September, where he’ll be able to show off his “fancy footwork” and meet his idol, Barca soccer player Lionel Messi.
Muniz wears a prosthetic ankle and foot to keep him get around in rainy weather. He knows that his disability means he’ll never be able to play for a professional football team, so Muniz is hoping that football will one day become a Paralympic sport.
1. What did Lucas Santos think of Muniz’s football abilities?| A．Just so-so. | B．Excellent. | C．Very bad. | D．Skilled. |
| A．He has a hope that playing football will be part of Paralympic Games. |
| B．His biggest dream is to play for a professional football team. |
| C．He has great difficulty in living a normal life. |
| D．He is going to play football for the Spanish La Liga soccer club. |
| A．A good beginning is half done. | B．All is well that ends well. |
| C．Never put off tomorrow what we can do today. | D．Where there is a will, there is a way. |
【推荐2】Steven Spielberg never fails to blow us away with his imagination.
The US director’s latest film Ready Player One （头号玩家），which was released in Chinese cinemas on March 30, is a story set in the year 2045, when people escape their hopeless everyday lives by putting on a VR mask and entering a virtual（虚拟）world named Oasis. This fantasy land is filled with characters and settings right out of classic films and videogames. At the age of 71, Spielberg is still at the top of his game.
Indeed, Spielberg has always been a “gamer” himself- or more precisely, a “game changer”.
When his thriller Jaws（大白鲨）came out in 1975, it struck a chord （引起共鸣）with audiences all around the world and even kept people from going swimming for fear of the “teeth in the sea”. The film was also an example of what we know as summer hits. And again in 1982 his alien film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Spielberg challenged people’s belief that aliens are something to be feared by telling a story about a loving friendship between a space culture and a little boy.
Now comes Ready Player One. When Wade Watts, the film’s teenager leading figure, finally prevents Oasis from falling into the wrong hands, he is given ownership of the virtual world by its late designer James Haliday. But Watts makes a decision that he hopes will make people want to appreciate their real lives, instead of spending all their free time escaping reality in Oasis, which is a real-life message that Spielberg is trying to deliver to the audience.
1. Which movie mentioned in the passage is not a science fiction?| A．Ready Player One | B．Jaws |
| C．E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | D．All the above |
| A．because his movies are very thrilling. |
| B．because he could still make a breakthrough at the age of 71. |
| C．because he tries to convey an important message to his audiences. |
| D．because his movies are always leading the trend. |
| A．He holds an optimistic view about human’s future. |
| B．VR technology will be widely used in our society in the future. |
| C．We shouldn’t escape from reality. |
| D．There might be friendships between aliens and human beings. |
| A．A leading director | B．Remember Reality |
| C．Classical movies | D．A game changer |
【推荐3】London native, Bodhana first became interested in chess to beat back boredom. Just five years old at the time, she quickly surpassed (超越) her father’s chess playing ability and began playing, and winning, in online chess games. Three years later, Bodhana made history as the top female chess player in Europe after she defeated grandmasters many times her age at the European Rapid & Blitz Chess Championship in December 2023.
Sivanandan Velayutham, Bodhana’s father, said that his daughter first became fascinated with chess at the age of five, when he brought home a second-hand chess set. Bodhana happened to see the knight (武士) lying around and it caught her interest. “I want the horse,” she told her father.
Bodhana’s father was happy to help and he taught her the chess basics that he’d learned in India. But it didn’t take long for his preschool daughter to beat him. “At the start, I might have won one or two games, but she soon knew the rules better than me and the tables quickly turned,” Velayutham said.
From the beginning, Bodhana strengthened what her father was teaching her with games and methods that she learned from YouTube videos. But when it became clear that she had a lasting interest and an unusual talent, her father enrolled in a local chess club for her, where she soon fell into the habit of practicing daily for an hour or more.
Last year, at one of Bodhana’s first ever tournament experiences, which was hosted by the English Chess Federation, she defeated a number of grandmasters.
A year later, Bodhana won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Under-8 Girls category. After defeating kids at her age, a few months later she went back to beating adults.
BBC shared Bodhana’s win at the European Blitz Chess Championship in December of 2023. There, she earned the title of best female player, scoring8.5/13, and earning widespread praise from other game masters.
1. What can be learned about Bodhana in paragraph 1?| A．Her considerate family. | B．Her amazing chess talent. |
| C．Her great luck in her career. | D．Her powerful self-study ability. |
| A．Her father’s encouragement. | B．The interesting rules of chess. |
| C．An animal-shaped chess piece. | D．Education received in preschool. |
| A．Bodhana made her father lose face. | B．Bodhana’s father collected used chess. |
| C．Bodhana was sent to India to learn chess. | D．Bodhana’s father used to live abroad. |
| A．Joining a local chess club. | B．Learning chess rules online. |
| C．Defeating a number of grandmasters. | D．Meeting with a second-hand chess set. |
