Opening day at the nation’s second-largest school district unfolded with a mix of emotions: frustration over long waits, anxiety over health protocols and concern for how things would go for children who have been learning online for a year and a half. But for many, the sense of joy and relief at being together again eased the worries.
In the early morning at John Marshall High, lines of students waiting to enter extended two blocks. By 9 a.m., some students were still waiting, having missed part of the first class.
What’s the meaning of underlined word “protocols” in paragraph 3?
A.Benefits. | B.Test reports. | C.Problems. | D.Physical strengths. |
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What does the underlined word “it” refer to in paragraph 4?A.Considerable migration of grease and water. |
B.PFAS transmission from packaging to food. |
C.Wrapper exposure to high food temperature. |
D.Regulatory limits concerning food packaging. |
A.In fact, people are more likely to be lonely in a big city.
B.They also don't know how friendly people in country towns and villages can be.
C.Some city people think country life is lonely because you're cut off from the outside world.
D.They don't know how peaceful it is to be away from crowded streets and busy shopping centres.
E.I made more friends in a week in the country than I made during my first three months in London!
What makes an open office unwelcome to many people?
A.Personal privacy unprotected. |
B.Limited working space. |
C.Restrictions on group discussion. |
D.Constant interruptions. |
【推荐1】Vancouver has had a crazy property (房地产) market since it hosted the winter Olympics in 2010. The downtown area is forested with new apartment blocks. Prices have risen by nearly 60% in the past three years. But until recently developers have largely avoided Chinatown. It is an underdeveloped area. Many Chinatown residents are old and poor.
Developers now have Chinatown in their sights. Two years ago one built a 17-storey apartment building on its edge. This alarmed many residents, who had formed a group to stop the high-rise advance, now called SaveChinatownYVR. Ms. Melody Ma is its leader. Recently it has been successful.
The main theatre of battle is a car park known as 105 Keefer, where Beedie Living plans to build a nine-storey brick-and-glass apartment block. The developer promises 111 luxury flats, with rooftop landscaping and shops below.
105 Keefer is in an area rich with cultural associations. Just to the south is a monument to Chinese-Canadian builders of the Canadian Pacific Railway and veterans of the Second Word War. Across the street is the Sun Yat-sen Classical Chinese Garden and the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum. “A lot of people were frightened” because of the building’s “closeness to sacred sites in the heart of Chinatown,” says Ms. Ma. Some residents also fear that it will push up rents.
Conservationists hope that the parking lot is where they can stop development, which they say has spoilt the charm of other Vancouver neighborhoods such as Mount Pleasant. The dispute (分歧) is part of a debate about the city’s identity, says Andy Yan, an urban planner. Vancouverites, he says, are asking themselves, “Who are we? And what are we building for?” The people who might want to buy the flats that do not yet exist are, of course, not being consulted.
What does the author intend to do in paragraph 4?A.To state some reasons. |
B.To offer some advice. |
C.To make some comparisons. |
D.To introduce a new topic. |
【推荐2】China Science and Technology Museum has teamed up with space experts to spark students’ interest in the final frontier by opening an experience center to share knowledge about the country’s Tiangong space station.
The museum says it hopes to help young people understand how the space station works and foster greater interest in China’s manned space program. The experience center’s first event on Monday attracted space enthusiasts of all ages. To satisfy the students’ curiosity, the museum even had a replica (复制品) of the Tiangong space station’s core module on exhibit.
“I learned that the core module of Tiangong actually has three parts. I thought it was just one,” said Lang Xujun, an eight-year-old student from Yuxin School in Beijing.
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1. Why has the museum cooperated with experts?
A.To open an experience center in space. |
B.To develop students’ interest in space. |
C.To display China’s great achievements in space. |
D.To attract more people to take part in the event. |
A.Differently. | B.Critically. | C.Curiously. | D.Enthusiastically. |
【推荐3】Twenty-four trains, nine countries, 13, 500 miles. They are the numbers behind the heroic round trip one man took from Southampton in the UK to eastern China.
Roger Tyers, 37, used over $2, 500, which was almost twice more than the cost of a return flight, to travel to the Chinese port city Ningbo for academic research in May, 2019. The man spent a month on board 15 trains during the first leg of his round trip. It was the climate crisis, not a love of trains, that drove the sociologist to choose this complicated route over a return flight. He stopped flying when UN climate experts warned that the world had less than 11 years to avoid terrible levels of global warming. Tyers calculated that his train journey to China produced almost 90% less emissions than a return flight.
Tyers is not the only person to avoid air travel in response to climate change. Thousands of people worldwide have publicly promised to stop flying. Activist Maja Rosen launched the “Flight Free” campaign in Sweden with the goal of encouraging 100,000 people not to fly for one year. Although only around 14,000 people signed the online “#flightfree2019” pledge (保证), Rosen, who stopped flying 12 years ago, says that the campaign had made more people worry about the climate crisis and aware of harm of travel by air and motivated them to try new ways of travelling.
According to a survey released in May 2019 by Swedish Railways (SJ), 37% of respondents chose to travel by train instead of by plane where possible, compared to 20% at the start of 2018. An SJ spokesperson said: “Rail travel has been augmented due to the worries.” Domestic passenger numbers in July fell by 12% compared to the previous year, according to Swedavia, a company which operates Sweden’s 10 busiest Airports.
“The collective pledge helps fight the sense of hopelessness many people feel when it comes to tackling climate change”, Rosen said. “One of the problems is that people feel there’s no point in what you do as an individual. The campaign is about making people aware that if we do this together, we can actually bring changes.”
What do you know about the “Flight Free” campaign?A.It impacted the development of tourism. |
B.It was strongly supported by the Swedish. |
C.It aimed to warn of the danger of flying. |
D.It inspired people’s confidence to make a difference. |
【推荐1】Recently, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Park Service, and the Yurok Tribe came together to announce a final rule. This rule will help to facilitate the creation of a new California condor release place for the reintroduction of condors to Yurok Ancestral Territory and Redwood National and State Parks. Considering the date of the completion of the condor release place may be ahead of schedule, the actual release of condors would be spring of 2022.
What does the underlined word "facilitate" mean in Paragraph 4?
A.Protect. | B.Build. | C.Design. | D.Speed. |
【推荐2】A new study has found no evidence that sunscreen, commonly used to reduce the risk of skin cancer, actually increases the risk.
Researchers from the University of Iowa based their findings on a review of 18 earlier studies that looked at the association between sunscreen use and melanomas(黑素瘤). They said that they found flaws in studies that had reported associations between sunscreen use and higher risk of melanoma.
Most health experts believe that by protecting the skin from the harmful effects of the sun, sunscreen helps prevent skin cancer, which is increasing in incidence (发生率) faster than any other cancer in the United States.
But questions have been raised about sunscreen and whether it may have the opposite effect, perhaps by allowing people to remain exposed to the sun longer without burning.
The researchers said that among the problems with some earlier studies is that they often failed to take into account that those people most at risk for skin cancer—people with fair skin and freckles(雀斑), for example—are more likely to use sunscreen. As a result, it may appear that sunscreen users get cancer more often.
The studies, which generally relied on volunteers to recall their sunscreen use, were also unable to prove how well the products had been applied, said the new study.
What is the meaning of the underlined word “flaws” in the 2nd paragraph?
A.Evidences | B.Facts | C.Faults | D.Failures |
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The flock to cities ranged “from birds like hawks and eagles all the way down to small songbirds and even hummingbirds” says Michael Schrimpf, study co-author and postdoctoral flow at the University of Manitoba’s Natural Resources Institute.
What does the underlined word “dip” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.Decrease. | B.Increase. | C.Effect. | D.Change. |
【推荐1】The novel coronavirus is a horrible virus that has caused many deaths, so we must take it seriously.
Firstly, never go to the crowded places.
Secondly, wash our hands often and correctly with soap and running water for at least 15 seconds before eating and keep the shared places always having fresh air.
Last but not least, exercise regularly while staying at home.
I believe with the efforts of the people, we’re sure to win the battle.
A.Please don’t be terrified |
B.Stay outside to have fresh air |
C.Stay indoors as much as possible |
D.Exercise helps us strengthen our immune system and stay away from any infection |
Earlier this month, China announced that it was discontinuing its strict dynamic zero-COVID policy to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. Many people, using 20-20 hindsight, tried to second guess the decision. Many “Monday morning quarterbacks” asked why China didn’t open up earlier and why it would risk putting its economy in a temporary medically induced coma? The answer is: at its core, the mission of the Communist Party of China is to serve the people.
Question: Why did China discontinue its strict dynamic zero-Covid policy?
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