At the core of ever-evolving technology industry, there are a few key individuals who have left a deeper mark and changed the lives of many, giving them motivation and the will to persevere to the end.
·Sunder Pichai–– the current CEO of Google
Sunder Pichai was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. However, his story never fails to remind all that with determination and hard work, one can beat the odds. During his time as CEO, Pichai led the launch of Google Chrome, Google Drive and Google Maps, which are features that have revolutionized modern lifestyle.
·Steve Jobs –– the late CEO of Apple
The life of Steve Jobs can be compared to that of a rollercoaster. He was fired from the company that he co-founded (known as Apple now), then he went on to start up two other successful companies, before returning to Apple, where he created the iPhone, a most significant invention of this century.
·Elon Musk—the founder of Spacex and Tesla
Elon Musk used to be a major shareholder in PayPal and was also its CEO but was dismissed due to disagreements with the company leaders. He left PayPal and went on to establish Spacex and Tesla, both of which turned out to be successful companies. Currently, he has set his sights on ways to reduce global warming, including keeping a lookout for new sources of renewable energy, and has an exciting ambition to establish a human colony in Mars.
·Sal Khan—the pioneer of online education provider
He may not be as famous, but his contribution to education deserves as much credit. Using his website, anyone can have unlimited access to educational videos that teach just about anything for free without attending a formal course. In fact, it was not an easy process. There were a lot of dying moments when he was stressed out, but anyway he made it.
1. Who is currently paying attention to eco-friendly cause?A.Sunder Pichai. | B.Steve Jobs. |
C.Elon Musk. | D.Sal Khan. |
A.Elon Musk established PayPal, Spacex and Tesla. |
B.Sal Khan was the first to launch formal courses online. |
C.Sunder Pichai had the ambition to change modern lifestyle. |
D.Steve Jobs was once dismissed by the company he founded. |
A.Every cloud has a silver line. |
B.Failure is the mother of success. |
C.A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
D.Success is not served on a silver platter. |
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【推荐1】According to University World News, there are around 200 million students who are affected due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, great minds did not let the hours go for nothing. As online education was already familiar, chances of establishing the mainstream policy of conducting classes through online increased greatly.
A huge response from all over the world is seen. Many universities and schools started conducting their classes through Ding Talk TV, CCTalk or other conferencing portals (入口). It is known that this procedure will not last if situation becomes stable again as what is now going on is only a “Better than nothing” option, but the appeal and impact of “E-Learning” will definitely remain.
Undoubtedly the online education will make a huge impact on the lifestyle and time consumption of the people as life will become even faster and more comfortable than now. Also the transportation problem of the country will be solved as students will be able to conduct the classes from home. More precisely, wastage of time will be removed completely, which would help the students to become more concentrated and hardworking. Another major problem is the accommodation problem which will be settled completely as anybody can access the classes sitting in their own home.
However this E-Learning method may result in some possible problems in future. Even for the time being, though the credit (学分) hours are counted and the students are graded on the basis of online exams, some courses and subjects should be left out for later to be conducted physically. For example, subjects which do not require practical experiments or are computer related, such as literature, history, law, computer science, mathematics, etc. are completely okay to be conducted in both the classroom and E-Learning. Whereas, chemistry, biology, agricultural science, all the medical departments, etc. or in short, whatever the course is, if that requires practical application, practice and fieldwork, shouldn’t be conducted in the virtual class.
Therefore, all the courses which require lab work or practical application, should be separated and designed as a “Lab Year” and conducted those classes physically when situation becomes normal. Even some of the theoretical courses, such as law, journalism, should have a few courses conducted later for the students’ own benefit in future. In other words, there should be a balanced way of handling the situation.
1. According to the passage, E-Learning is very likely to ________.A.settle the transportation problem | B.help students find a house to live in |
C.cause students to waste more time | D.make people’s life less comfortable |
A.Students can’t be graded fairly based on online exams. |
B.Some courses requiring practice can’t be conducted physically. |
C.Computer Science and history have to be conducted online. |
D.Some subjects should be left out for later to be conducted online. |
A.Online education will replace the traditional one. |
B.The effects of “E-Learning” exist for the time being. |
C.The theoretical courses needn’t be conducted physically. |
D.Traditional Education will still have a place in the future. |
A.Online Education: Impact and Practice |
B.Online Education: Benefits and Problems |
C.Online Education: Problems and Solutions |
D.Online Education: Opportunity and Possibility |
【推荐2】With a love and fascination for traditional culture, many young Chinese have begun to use their creativity to innovate (创新) using elements from China’s intangible cultural heritage.
Papercutting, the traditional Chinese art of paper design, has been adopted in many creative arts, including food and clothing. On the Chinese lifestyle-focused social media platform Xiaohongshu, a video of cookies featuring a paper-cut styled dragon pattern received over 2.6 million views and 130,000 likes. Liu Shan, a stay-at-home mother who loves Chinese papercutting, is the baker behind the cookies. Liu started designing her dragon pattern last November and spent five days making the cookies before the Spring Festival. She said she would complete all the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac (生肖) since they are so well-received.
Young craftswoman Chen Lingling created a cloak featuring Chinese paper-cut patterns. As an intangible cultural heritage enthusiast, Chen has made a variety of different clothing and headwear, with the aim of making cultural heritage part of young people’s daily lives. She chose auspicious patterns like phoenix and golden fish to deliver her Spring Festival greetings. People believe these patterns will bring good luck. Her video featuring the cloak has received around 750,000 views and earned her fans from both China and abroad, encouraging her to continue her interest in intangible cultural heritage.
According to the new report published by Xiaohongshu, users of the platform uploaded nearly one million posts with the topic “recreation” between February 9, the Chinese New Year’s Eve, and February 16. Analysts say these recreations demonstrate (表现) young people’s creativity and enthusiasm for life, and the innovations that use elements of intangible cultural heritage reflect their growing cultural confidence.
1. What can we learn about Liu Shan from the passage?A.She got inspiration from her friends. |
B.She began her innovating practices to achieve fame. |
C.She has been motivated to continue her creation. |
D.She has completed all the Chinese zodiac cookies. |
A.Fortunate. | B.Unusual. | C.Simple. | D.Complex. |
A.Users of Xiaohongshu are addicted to uploading posts. |
B.Xiaohongshu enjoys great popularity home and abroad. |
C.Young Chinese are showing their creativity on social platforms. |
D.Young Chinese are increasingly confident about their own culture. |
A.Craftsmanship Never Dies | B.Innovations Through Traditions |
C.Creative Young Chinese | D.Papercutting Combined with Food |
【推荐3】Each year on December 10, the Alfred Nobel Foundation (诺贝尔基金) presents six prizes. These prizes are named after Alfred Nobel, the man who invented dynamite (火药). It was Mr. Nobel’s idea to create the prizes. During his life, Mr. Nobel made a lot of money from his invention. He put his money in a bank, and the money earned more money through interest (利息) from the bank. The money grew to be a very large amount.
Mr. Nobel decided to use his money to help scientists, artists, and people who worked to help others around the world. He created the Nobel Prizes to do this.
The prizes set up by Mr. Noble include physics, medicine, chemistry, literature, and peace. These five Nobel Prizes were first given out in 1901. Later, the Central Bank of Sweden(瑞典) made the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic (经济) Science in1968 to celebrate the bank’s 300th year of business. All of the prizes are handed out in Stockholm (斯德哥尔摩) except for the Peace Prize, which is presented in Oslo (奥斯陆).
Each person who receives a Nobel Prize is given a cash prize, a medal, and a special paper which explains the prize the person won. The amount of money that each person receive is calculated from the interest earned from all of Me Nobel’s money which is still in the bank. This interest is divided equally between the five prize winners in physics, medicine, chemistry, literature, and peace. The Central Bank of Sweden then pays an equal amount to the winner of the prize in economics.
1. The Nobel Prizes are presented ______.A.at different time | B.In December | C.Every two years | D.Every six years |
A.5 | B.6 | C.7 | D.we don’t know |
A.Economics | B.Medicine | C.Literature | D.Physics |
A.A medal | B.Money | C.An invention | D.A special paper |
【推荐1】Frank Woolworth was born in Rodman, New York, in 1852. His family were very poor farmers, and there was never enough to eat. Frank decided not to be farmer. He took a short business course, and went to work as a salesman in a large city.
Woolworth realized he had a natural skill for showing goods to attract people’s interest, but he soon learned something more important. One day his boss told him to sell some odds and ends (小商品) for as much as he could get. Frank put all these things on one table with a sign which said “five cents each” People fought and pushed to buy the things and the table was soon cleared.
Soon afterwards, Woolworth opened his own store, selling goods at five and ten cents. But he had another lesson to learn before he became successful. That is, if you want to make money by selling low-price goods, you have to buy them in large quantities directly from the factories. Once, for example, Woolworth went to Germany and placed an order (订单) for knives. The order was so large that the factory had to keep running 24 hours a day for a whole year. In this way, the price of the knives was cut down by half.
By 1919, Woolworth had over 1000 stores in the US and Canada, and opened his first store in London. He made many millions and his name became famous throughout the world. He always run his business according to strict rules. The most important one was: “The customer is always right”.
1. Frank took a short business course in order to ________.A.earn more money for his family | B.learn something from a salesman |
C.get away from the farm | D.get enough to eat |
A.he knew how to get people to buy his goods |
B.he cut down the price by half |
C.he had put the goods on a table in a very nice way |
D.the sign he put on the table was well designed |
A.the factory workers worked 24 hours a day |
B.knives were ordered in large quantities directly from the factory |
C.the knives were made in Germany, where labour was cheap |
D.the knives were produced in one factory |
A.whenever there is a quarrel between the customer and shop assistant, the customers are always right |
B.If you want to succeed, the rule is the only way |
C.stores must always follow the customer’s orders if they want to make more money |
D.stores should do their best to meet the customer’s needs if they want to be successful |
【推荐2】The world’s richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The self-made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.
Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online forum Reddit(红迪网), the Microsoft founder said that he wished he spoke French, Arabic or Chinese.
He said, “I took Latin and Greek in high school and got A’s and I guess it helps my vocabulary. I keep hoping to get time to study one of these—probably French because it is the easiest. I did Duolingo for a while but didn’t keep it up. ”
Gates, who is worth $79.3billion, praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for surprising an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Chinese.“Mark Zuckerberg amazingly learned Chinese and did a Q&A with Chinese students—unbelievable, isn’t it? ” he said.
This isn’t the first time for Gates to admit his regret over language. He also showed his habits at home and personal insights.
Last February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himself—to his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife, Melinda, would likely want Samuel L. Jackson to play her husband in a biopic(传记片).
He also admitted that he would pick up a $100 bill if he found it on the street.
As he took the top spot on Forbes 28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time, he said he is pretty basic when it comes to spending on clothes and food, but that he enjoys investing in shoes and racquets(球拍)when he plays tennis.
When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way, the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break. “Don’t stay up too late even if the book is really exciting.You will regret it in the morning. I am still working on this problem, ” he said.
1. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A.Bill Gates is also the founder of Facebook. |
B.Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times. |
C.Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high school. |
D.Bill Gates’ wife wanted Samuel to play a game with Gates. |
A.Avoid staying up too late. |
B.Be a good language learner. |
C.Do the dishes yourself at home. |
D.Pick up the $100 bill in the street. |
A.it is important to lay a good foundation of life |
B.food and clothing are basic needs for people’s life |
C.he doesn’t spend much money on food and clothes |
D.he never cares about buying food and clothing |
A.An Interview with Bill Gates |
B.How Bill Gates Succeeded |
C.Bill Gates’ Regret |
D.The Richest Billionaire |
【推荐3】Sancho Pancho owner Daria has turned her apartment into a small family business operation that makes unprocessed food waste from restaurants and markets into delicious and nutritional dog treats. When she started 2 years ago in 2020, it was the first of its kind in Portugal.
She was making dog biscuits out of leftovers and sold them in Santos Collective, a weekly farmer’s market in central Lisbon. At the same time, restaurant owner and friend Édson had opened a restaurant and was challenged with using up the fish he bought. This sparked (引发) the idea of using fish wastes for making dog treats and started a new business to deal with food waste.
On average 30% to 40% of the fish that Édson buys for his restaurant cannot be used. However, they are perfect for animals. Using cooking equipment, Daria can make fish parts into mouth-watering dog snacks. “From collected materials we are making dog biscuits, dried meat, skin fish chews and even fish oil,” states Daria. “All the products are 100% natural and made by hand. From being just a hobby ‘Sancho Pancho Shop’ has become a functioning business.”
Daria collects around 20kg of fish waste every week from Peixaria Veloso and around 50kg every month from Talho Naco and Intercoelho. These businesses are thrilled (激动) as Daria can take the waste off their hands.
Sancho Pancho’s influence doesn’t just stop at their food waste collection. Customers have also been inspired to do their bit by collecting leftovers from local markets to make food for their pets. Everyone can play a role in creating a future that tends to reuse and repurpose precious resources, rather than wasting them.
Sancho Pancho has caught the attention of French supermarket chain Auchan. They have asked Sancho Pancho if their food waste can be processed to be dog treats for their stores.
1. What does Daria’s business do?A.It makes food waste. | B.It collects dog waste. |
C.It produces dog food. | D.It does dog operations. |
A.The problem with a restaurant. | B.The sales for self-made products. |
C.The solution to waste treatment. | D.The beginning of a new business. |
A.Daria has developed a hobby. | B.More resources have been saved. |
C.Consumers buy more pet food. | D.The shop has stopped food waste. |
A.Its business will greatly grow. | B.It will move to another country. |
C.Its owner will be changed soon. | D.It will open its own chain stores. |