【推荐1】Does your local high school have a student newspaper? Only 1 in 8 of New York’s public high schools has student newspapers – and many of those are published just a few times a year. A few more are online, which can leave out poorer schools.

Rebecca Dwarka, an 18-year-old senior who works for her student paper said, “Facebook is the new way of finding out what happened. Nobody wants to actually sit down and read a whole article about it. This makes a ‘whole article’ sound a little like a long sentence in lonely places.”

I am not nostalgic about high school student newspapers and never worked for mine. I put out what was then called a personal magazine with a group of friends because we wanted to write about peace, war and rock ’n’ roll without school officials warning us not to make jokes about the local officials.

School newspapers are in decline because students now find out what happened on social networking websites. This is a little discouraging because it proves that for millions of Americans, journalism is becoming a do-it-yourself thing. Every citizen can be a reporter.

When something happens, we look for social media messages. Facebook posts and Tweets have become the means by which citizens and reporters can prove, deny, pass on stories and express opinions without the press’ challenging, researching or slowing the message.

But truly good journalism is a craft, not just a blog post. It requires seeing something carefully and it uses an eye for details to help prove a larger view. And even journalism that conveys an opinion tries to be fair. If school newspapers begin to disappear, I hope there are other ways for students to learn that.

1. What can we infer from Rebecca’s words?

A．Students like reading detailed articles.

B．School newspapers are becoming unpopular.

C．Facebook is the quickest way of spreading news.

D．Long sentences are becoming popular in lonely places.

2. What does the author think of social media messages?

A．They make journalism become a craft.

B．They represent the power of small voices.

C．They are usually discouraging for readers.

D．They are coming without careful research.

3. What should good journalism do according to the author?

A．Ignore some details.

B．Spread a message quickly.

C．Convey an opinion in a fair way.

D．Act as blog posts in modern times.

4. Which might be the most suitable title for the passage?

A．Social media or newspapers?

B．Everyone can become a reporter at present

C．Social networking brings about new journalism

D．High school newspapers – an endangered species.

【推荐2】As the novel coronavirus outbreak interrupts businesses and everyday life for billions around the globe, massive conferences have moved online. The new form creates numerous technical and organizational challenges, but it also offers opportunities--for reaching wider audiences, reducing the carbon footprint of meeting travel and improving diversity. For some meetings, the switch may be lasting.

The scientific community is “making lemonade out of lemons,” an expert says. “Scientists are making use of a situation that’s really quite horrible and providing people a way to connect.”

In many ways, virtual conferences offer a better experience, says Altman, associate director of the Stanford Institute for AI. Altman’s institute had planned an inperson conference in April, but COVID-19 forced organizers to change it. They threw together a virtual conference to discuss how AI can help scientists fight the ongoing pandemic (流行病). The event was a great success. The original conference would have drawn a few hundred attendees, but 30,000 people watched the online version.

Altman says the virtual environment allowed hosts to better control the flow of discussion and questions from the audience. By privately messaging one another behind the scenes, they were able to make adjustments (调整). During the audience question period, the hosts didn’t open up the virtual floor for anyone to speak. Instead, they asked the audience to type their questions and screen the most insightful (有深刻见解的)ones.

Scientists acknowledge that virtual conferences can’t completely replace the conference experience. Virtual meetings might lose some of their appeal once stay-at-home requirements loosen. Even so, the success of some scientists further strengthens the society’s march toward virtual meetings.

1. What does the underlined phrase “making lemonade out of lemons” refer to?

A．Working tirelessly to fight the pandemic.

B．Taking advantage of the difficult situation.

C．Doing research on how to make lemonade.

D．Committing themselves to their conferences.

2. What could prove the virtual conference mentioned in paragraph 3 successful ?

A．A larger audience.	B．Better arrangement.
C．Environmental friendliness.	D．Beating the ongoing pandemic.

3. What does the author intend to do in paragraph 4?

A．Provide some advice for the hosts.	B．Summarize the previous paragraphs.
C．Introduce a new topic for the audience.	D．List some advantages of virtual conferences.

【推荐3】Most people agree that eating healthy food is important. But sometimes making good food choices can be difficult. Now, there are apps that can help people learn about the food they eat to improve their health and their dining out experience.

Open Table app

Open Table app helps people choose restaurants when they want to go out to eat. It is a free service that shows users restaurant available based on where and when they want to dine. It gives users points when they make reservations (预定), which can add up to discounts on restaurant visits.

Max McCalman's Cheese &Wine Pairing app

Wine and cheese can be a great combination. But which wines go best with which cheeses? Max McCalman's Cheese & Wine Pairing app can help. It provides information about hundreds of different cheeses and suggests wines to pair with each. Max McCalman's Cheese&. Wine Pairing app is free.

Happy Cow app

Vegetarians do not eat animal meat. Vegans do not eat any animal products. The Happy Cow app is made for both groups. Users can search for vegetarian-vegan restaurants and stores around the world.

Local Eats app

Restaurant chains, like McDonalds, can be found almost anywhere a person might travel. But sometimes travelers want to eat like locals. The Local Eats app is designed for that. It can help you find local restaurants in major cities in the US and in other countries. It costs about a dollar.

Where Chefs Eat app

“Where Chefs Eat” is a 975 page book. Most people would not want to carry that around. But there is a much lighter app version of the same name for just $ 15. Six hundred chefs provide information on 3, 000 restaurants around the world on the Where Chefs Eat app.

1. What do the first two apps have in common?

A．They are both free of charge.	B．Discounts are provided on both.
C．Best wines can be reserved on both.	D．They tell you where to find the best restaurant.

2. Who is Happy Cow app probably designed for?

A．People who love drinking wine.	B．People who don't t eat meat or animal products.
C．People who enjoy meat very much.	D．People who often eat in restaurant.

3. Where can we most likely see the text?

A．On a tourism guide.	B．In a students' textbook.
C．In a cellphone application introduction.	D．On a scientific discovery TV program.

【推荐1】Imagine being able to go to your local park and pick some tomatoes, potatoes or even bananas to take home for dinner. Sounds too good to be true, right? For residents of Andernach, a German city, it’s not just a Utopian dream — it’s their reality. In 2010, Andernach began its “edible city” project, planting 101 varieties of tomatoes in public green spaces around the city centre. Its 30,000 residents are free to help themselves to whatever grows, as are any other visitors. Every year a new type of plant is introduced. In 2011, 100 types of beans were planted, while 2012 saw the introduction of 20 onion varieties. The town’s motto (座右铭) is, “Picking is encouraged — help yourself!”

It’s a community effort, as local citizens are encouraged to help plant and maintain the gardens. This offers an opportunity to socialize as well as to learn about planting, cultivating and harvesting food. “I often drop by to pick some herbs that I’m missing at home. Everything is easily accessible. There aren’t any fences. You just take what you need. The only thing is you have to be quick once the fruits are ripe or they’ll all be gone!” said a local historian.

Andernach may be the first, but it isn’t the only edible city. It’s part of the Edible Cities Network, an EU-funded project connecting green urban food initiatives (倡议) around the world. Other edible cities include Carthage in Tunisia, Havana in Cuba and Šempeter-Vrtojba in Slovenia. In February 2022, the first Edible Cities Network Conference took place. Dr. Ina Säumel, Principal Investigator of the Edible Cities Network, called it, “a unique opportunity to invite researchers and practitioners (从业人员) of Edible City Solutions to the same table and unite theory with practice”.

Ultimately, the Edible Cities Network aims to create “greener, more edible and, above all, more livable cities”. It is a response to the pressures of climate change, and a cause for hope.

1. What is paragraph 1 mainly about?

A．The process of Andernach’s growth.

B．The green food project in Andernach.

C．Methods of planting vegetables in Europe.

D．The popularity of Andernach’s city design.

2. What is the attitude of the local historian mentioned in paragraph 2 towards the project?

A．Doubtful.	B．Indifferent.
C．Positive.	D．Negative.

3. What can be inferred from paragraph 3?

A．Green urban food has drawn more attention.

B．German rural areas will follow the trend too.

C．Asia will join the Edible Cities Network soon.

D．Edible cities hold meetings on a regular base.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A．Start a Green Food Campaign Now

B．Gain Easy Access to German Food

C．Quick Response to Climate Change

D．An Incredible “Edible City” Initiative

【推荐1】Music can calm the soul and inspire creativity, but it won’t, according to researchers from Harvard, improve intelligence.

“More than 80 percent of American adults think that music can improve children’s grades or intelligence, “said Samuel Mehr, a Harvard Graduate School of Education doctoral student in a statement. “Even in the scientific community, there’s a general belief that music is important to children’s development — but there is very little evidence（证据） supporting the idea that music classes improve children’s intelligence.”

The view that music improves intelligence can date back to a study published in 1993 in the journal Nature, which describes the “Mozart effect” as the ability for people who play instruments to perform better at spatial（空间的） problems. The study later was proved wrong, but the idea that music could make you smarter remained.

To test the connection between music and intelligence, researchers studied 29 parents and their four-year-olds. It turned out that music training did not improve the children’s intelligence. The children who had music training performed only slightly better at one spatial problem.

The researchers then did the study again, but with 45 parents and children. Half the group were given music training and the other half didn’t receive any. As with the first study, the second round produced no evidence that music training made the participants any smarter.

The researchers limited their research to classical music, and didn’t show whether different types of music made any difference. And while they concluded that the idea that music makes you smarter is a myth（谬见）, they argue that teaching children music is still important, and may have other advantages that aren’t all connected with intelligence.

1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?
①Music can encourage creativity.
②Most American parents take music seriously.
③Most scientists believe music has no advantages to children’s development.
④The idea that music can improve intelligence is not true.

A．①②③	B．②③④
C．①③④	D．①②④

2. What can we know about the “Mozart effect” from the passage?

A．It was brought up by Mozart.

B．It proved that music could make children smarter.

C．The idea has been completely accepted.

D．It is the origin of the idea that music can improve intelligence.

3. According to the researchers, ______.

A．music can help one become much cleverer

B．music lessons should be stopped in school

C．music is important to children’s development

D．students should learn different kinds of music

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Music — the Key to Your Success

B．The Advantages of Learning Music

C．The Connection Between Music and Creativity

D．Music May Not Make You Smarter

【推荐2】In much society, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin; Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressures even within the same group, if some members are darker than others.
The result is that skin lightening has become very common across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world and more people with dark skin are using skin-lighting products, even if it means they may face health risks. They believe that having whiter skin will improve the quality of their lives. Many people think they will have a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful.
Some beauty care(美容) products and soaps contain chemicals that make skin lighter. However, some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural barrier(障碍) to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolored. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, which just makes things even worse. Doctor Ly says some chemicals are so dangerous that they may lead to blackened fingernails, infections(感染) and serious skin damage.
And these are not the only problems. Experts say some people who change their skin color suffer emotional damage. They feel regretful and sad. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to live and accept their skin color as it was.
1. What’s the result of the wrong understanding of darker skin?

A．Many people with dark skin try to make their skin whiter.

B．Many people with whiter skin live a better life than others.

C．People with darker skin try to marry people with light skin.

D．People with darker skin try to protect themselves against social pressures.

2. The third paragraph is about ________.

A．some medical effects that skin-lightening products have brought about

B．the mental damage that skin-lightening products have caused

C．the physical damage that skin-lightening products have caused

D．the causes why skin-lightening products can make skin whiter

3. Why are chemicals in beauty care products dangerous?

A．They can damage the skin’s color producing progress.

B．They can control people’s emotions and feelings.

C．They can make the fingernails and skin black.

D．They make more people decide to change their skin colors.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Different Colors of Skin

B．The Dark Side of Skin Lightening

C．What Is Beauty?

D．Light Skin or Dark Skin?

【推荐3】Deveza’s mother was on the waiting list for a kidney transplant (肾移植). Deveza wanted to donate one of her own kidneys, but she was turned down because she might develop the same health problems as her mother in later life.

Deveza came up with a different plan. In 2017, she started the world’s first paired exchange of different organs between living donors, exchanging half her liver (肝) for someone else’s kidney. A case study of the organ exchange has now been published. And the surgeons who were involved are calling for more exchanges like this. “You can imagine the enormous impact for mixed organ extended chains,” says John Roberts, a surgeon at University of California, San Francisco.

Most organ transplants come from people who have died, but there are never enough organs. As most people can manage with just one of their kidneys, people with kidney failure are increasingly receiving donated organs from relatives or friends. If someone wants to donate but their immune (免疫的) system is unsuited, doctors may be able to find pairs of would-be donors who can each give a kidney to the other’s relative.

When Deveza was looking into such chains, she came across research describing the idea of trading a kidney with the only other organ generally taken from a living donor—the liver. She suggested the idea to many hospitals before she finally contacted Roberts, who saw the idea’s potential.

Deveza was assessed to be in good enough health to donate part of her liver. It then took 18 months to find Annie Simmons, in Idaho, whose liver was unsuitable to use as a transplant for her sister with severe liver disease. They drew up a plan: Simmons would donate a kidney to Deveza’s mother, and in return, Deveza would give half her liver to Simmons’ sister. The hospital gave the go-ahead and the four operations took place on the same day successfully.

The team hopes that the ground-breaking case will inspire more people to consider doing the same. Roberts says that direct exchanges involving two donors could enable up to thirty extra living donor liver transplants a year—a ten per cent increase.

1. What did Deveza do to save her mother?

A．Carrying out a case study.

B．Calling for kidney donations.

C．Launching a medical experiment.

D．Trading half her liver for a kidney.

2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．Patients’ hopelessness to survive.

B．Several sources of organ donation.

C．Current situation of organ transplants.

D．Doctors’ efforts to improve organ transplants.

3. What can be inferred about the organ exchange between Deveza and Simmons?

A．It discouraged organ donation.

B．It brought two families together.

C．It met with widespread approval.

D．It produced a desirable outcome.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．My Liver, Your Kidney

B．Mother’s Love, Our Happiness

C．Organ Transplant: Blessing for Patients

D．Organ Exchange: Major Medical Advances