【推荐1】Art and science may seem like polar opposites. One involves the creative flow of ideas, and the other cold, hard data. In fact, the two have much in common. Both require a lot of creativity. Mariale Hardiman, an education specialist at Johns Hopkins University, teamed up with other Johns Hopkins researchers and six local schools and researched into this. The study finds art can help students remember better what they learn in science class.

The researchers worked with teachers in 16 fifth-grade classrooms. They took the traditional science lessons and created art-focused versions of them. In a traditional science classroom, for instance, students might read aloud from a book. In the art-focused class, they might sing or rap the information instead. Another example: traditional science classes often use charts and graphs(图表). The art-focused classrooms instead had students create collages(拼贴画) and other types of art.   Everyone would get the same information—just learn it in different ways.

The team then randomly assigned each of the 350 students to either a traditional science classroom or an art-focused one. Students then learned science using that approach for the entire unit about three weeks. When they switched to a new topic, they also changed to the other type of class. Every unit was taught both ways to different groups of students.

Before and after each phase of the experiment, researchers tested students on how much they could remember what they had learned. The test result indicated students who started off in regular classes performed better after they moved into an art-focused class. But those who started in an art-focused class did well even when they switched back to a regular science class. These students appeared to use some of the art techniques after switching back to a traditional class. Some continued to sketch or sing to help them remember information. Researchers and teachers also find there’s a broader benefit to using art in the classroom. Students in art-focused classes develop more creativity and learn to collaborate(协作) better skills.

1. What method does a teacher often apply to traditional science lessons?

A．Creating collages.

B．Using charts and graphs.

C．Switching between topics.

D．Singing the information of the textbook.

2. What happened in the research?

A．Researchers assigned students different learning tasks.

B．Teachers coached students on choosing learning styles.

C．Experiments were conducted among different age groups.

D．Each student had both an art-focused class and a traditional one.

3. How was the research carried out?

A．By sorting data.

B．By making comparisons.

C．By analyzing cause and effect.

D．By testing solutions to a problem.

4. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A．Art Helps Collaborate Skills

B．Art and Science Have Much in Common

C．Art Can Make Science Easier to Remember

D．Art Education Should Be Taken More Seriously

【推荐2】Nowadays more and more Chinese parents invest large sums of money to send their children to study abroad. With countless difficulties to face and solve while studying abroad, overseas students should pay attention to the following things.

● Adjust mental attitudes. Experts consider psychological preparation as the most important thing for students studying abroad to consider.    1    

● Adapt to new learning methods. Chinese students have got accustomed to the domestic exam-oriented education style. They will face changes in the educational system while studying abroad.     2    

● Be willing to communicate. With no relatives or friends by their sides, the first feeling of Chinese students is loneliness, which makes it especially important to learn to develop relationships with people around them.     3    Foreigners really like children of this kind and are willing to help them.

●     4    Students should ask related teachers to help make plans consistent with their practical condition. Learning plans require students to hold on to the primary direction of their overseas studies and arrange learning content for each course and semester. After the plan is made, they should strictly keep to it.

● Develop self-motivation for learning. Foreign children are used to learning by themselves in or after class.     5    So studying abroad requires that they should adapt to overseas studies as soon as possible and try their best to learn actively and independently.

A．Students must know they are going abroad to study and not for leisure.

B．Try to find more solutions to adjusting to the open education.

C．Make and stick to learning plans.

D．However, Chinese children are used to teacher-centered education.

E．They should go out of their way to be friendly and strike up conversations.

F．Help children with financial planning.

G．Students should prepare themselves for the attitudes.

【推荐1】Each year the Hay Festival attracts some of the world’s leading writers, artists and thinkers, to talk, share their thoughts and ideas and meet audiences. Ensuring guests are warmly received and well looked after during their stay has always been a top mission and one of the Festival’s key jobs.

All events management student volunteers need to be attentive and helpful. In return, they get the chance to meet some amazing, creative people, and experience the daily running of a fast-moving international festival, where time-keeping is important and, above all, performers and audience leave having had a thoroughly enjoyable, stimulating (启发性的) and thought-inspiring day.

We require volunteers in two areas:

Events Management

Events management student volunteers help out with a wide range of duties including meeting and greeting authors, assisting with book signings, accompanying artists to events, stage management assistance and manning reception desks.

Creative Workshops

Creative workshops student volunteers assist authors, illustrators and workshop leaders in the setting up and running of workshops. These roles may interest those who have a particular interest in visual arts and/or illustration.

Dates

The 2020 festival dates are Thursday 21 May–Sunday 31 May. Applicants will need to be available for the duration of the festival.

Who can apply?

We are looking for 24 young people between the ages of 18 and 25, who can demonstrate a passion for the arts and interest in events management.

Please send a CV and a short covering letter to ellen@hayfestival.com (for Events Management), or adrian@hayfestival.org (for Creative Workshops).

The closing date for both applications is 28 February 2020, and we will let applicants know whether they’ve been successful as early as possible in March 2020. Please indicate which role you are applying for or express a preference. If shortlisted (入围), you’ll need to be available for a short Skype interview.

1. What is the priority of the Hay Festival’s duty?

A．To meet creative people.	B．To exchange ideas.
C．To receive more visitors.	D．To serve guests well.

2. What must be mentioned in the application letter?

A．Available Time.	B．The desired role.
C．A covering letter.	D．Personal interests.

3. What is the deadline for the application?

A．20 March, 2020.	B．21 May, 2020.
C．28 February,2020.	D．31 May, 2020.

【推荐2】There is an old Chinese proverb that states “One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade,” and this is how it should be with mothers and daughters. The relationship between a mother and a daughter is sometimes confusing. The relationship can be similar to friendship. However, the mother and daughter relationship has unique characteristics that distinguish it from a friendship. These characteristics include responsibilities and unconditional love, which preclude mothers and daughters from being best friends.

Marina, 27 years old, said, “I love spending time with my mom, but I wouldn’t consider her my best friend. Best friends don’t pay for your wedding. Best friends don’t remind you how they carried you in their body and gave you life! Best friends don’t tell you how wise they are because they have been alive at least 20 years longer than you.” This doesn’t mean that the mother and daughter relationship can’t be very close and satisfying. This generation of mothers and adult daughters has a lot in common, which increases the likelihood of shared companionship. Mothers and daughters have always shared the common experience of being homemakers, responsible for maintaining(保持) and passing on family values and traditions. Today contemporary mothers and daughters also share the experience of work and technology, which may bring them even closer together.

Best friends may or may not continue to be best friends, but for better or worse; the mother and daughter relationship is permanent, even if for some unfortunate reason they aren’t speaking. Sometimes this is not an equal relationship. Daughters don’t always feel responsible for their mother’s emotional well-being. But mothers never stop being mothers, which includes frequently wanting to protect their daughters and often feeling responsible for their happiness. The mother and daughter relationship is a relationship that is not replaceable by any other. Mothers always “trump(胜过)” friends.

1. What does the underlined word “preclude” in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A．differ.

B．benefit.

C．prevent.

D．change.

2. What can we learn from what Marina said?

A．Best friends will not spend money on her wedding.

B．Best friends will not remind her of important issues in life.

C．Her mother is wiser on account of her age.

D．Her mother is definitely not her best friend.

3. Why can a mother and a daughter build a even closer relationship today?

A．Because they share advanced technology with each other.

B．Because they work together to support the whole family.

C．Because they experience the same values and traditions.

D．Because they have common experience in life and work.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．How to build a good mother and daughter relationship.

B．A mother-daughter relationship is irreplaceable.

C．Mothers want to be daughters’ friends.

D．A daughter is a mother’s best friend.