【推荐3】International Women’s Day gives us all the chances to take a look at how much women have achieved. Show your solidarity (团结) and celebrate with one of our suggestions below:

Attend a festival that will inspire and entertain people. Famous female artists, writers and activists, including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, will unite for the annual Women of the World Festival. Together they will celebrate the influence and achievements of women in a festival that will prove inspiring and uplifting.

Join Harper’s Bazaar for an evening of feminist celebrations. Celebrate International Women’s Day with Bazaar’s editor­in­chief Justine Picardie and a host of inspirational female guest speakers, including artist Gillian Wearing, creator of the Millicent Fawcett statue in Parliament Square, and Detective Superintendent Tor Garnett, the co­founder of Police Now.

Be entertained while eating cakes and drinking champagne (香槟). To celebrate International Women’s Day, a fund­raising charity Future Dreams is hosting a Ladies Afternoon Tea at The Arts Club on 8 March. The event, which will include live entertainment as well as sandwiches, cakes and champagne, is supported by The Estee Lauder Companies UK & Ireland’s Breast Cancer Campaign. Among the speakers on the day will be Bazaar’s own editor­in­chief, Justine Picardie.

Celebrate with a themed, late night dinner and dancing. For an alternative (代替的) way to mark IWD, head to Tel Aviv­inspired restaurant Bala Baya where guests will be treated to a special, late night menu with wine and cocktails based on a wonder Woman theme. Expect delicious sharing dishes in a lively environment — think of it as a party with excellent food. Afterwards, a DJ will start an evening of dancing that will go on until 4 am. Bring your comfortable shoes.

1. What’s the author’s attitude to the annual Women of the World Festival?

A．Positive.	B．Negative.
C．Worried.	D．Anxious.

2. Who produced the Millicent Fawcett statue in Parliament Square?

A．Tor Garnett.	B．Gillian Wearing.
C．Justine Picardie.	D．Chimamanda.

3. The Ladies Afternoon Tea at The Arts Club will be hosted by ________.

A．Police Now

B．Harper’s Bazaar

C．Future Dreams

D．Breast Cancer Campaign

4. Why does the author advise bringing comfortable shoes in the last paragraph?

A．The restaurant requires guests to do it.

B．The ground in the restaurant is not smooth.

C．The evening will be spent outside the restaurant.

D．It’s an evening of dancing that will last late into the night.

【推荐1】As new year approaches, crowds around the world may be expecting fireworks to light up the sky. But the fireworks could finally lose their appeal with the growing use of drones (无人机) for light shows. One obvious example was drone light show in the opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics.

Ollie Howitt, a technician at SkyMagic, which used 300 drones to create a display for London’s new year celebration, said demand had increased substantially. She added that drones were increasingly able to fly in greater density and for longer. Howitt also said there were benefits of drones, “They give out no pollutants, they’re reusable, and there’s no fallout or that kind of thing. So in that sense they are a very sensible choice.”

Robert Neff, the general manager at Mercia Harbor, also said the decision to use a drone display at the harbor was down to a number of factors, including the impact of fireworks on animals — from wildlife to the pets of boat owners. “They’ve often commented on how much suffering is caused to their pets by the fireworks,” he said.

But not everyone agrees. Hans Rosling, a spokesperson from the British Fireworks Association said drones could also pose environmental problems. “Suggestions are that drones have less of an impact on the environment, but we have concerns about electrical demand and use of lithium (锂) batteries which are known not to be all that ‘green’,” he said. “The impact of firework use on the environment has been shown to be minor and very short-lived and recent studies have suggested that there is likely to be more pollution from a couple of cars driving to an event than caused by fireworks at an event.”

And there are issues with drone light displays, which need to receive specific safety approval from certain authorities. Some suggest the use of drones doesn’t mean shutting off fireworks. The bangs of fireworks create a sound feeling that is hard to replace. Meanwhile, others prefer the chance to tell stories in the sky by using a series of image.

1. Why does the writer talk about the Tokyo Olympics in Para 1?

A．To attract readers’ attention to the Olympics.

B．To advocate setting off fireworks in the new year.

C．To introduce the popular use of drones for light shows.

D．To highlight people’s celebration of this opening ceremony.

2. What did Ollie Howitt think of drone displays?

A．They bring environmental problems.

B．They cause little suffering to the pets.

C．They add color to the new year celebration.

D．They are economical and environmentally-friendly.

3. Which of the following did Hans Rosling agree with?

A．Firework displays last shorter than drone displays.

B．The pollution from fireworks isn’t as much as people think.

C．Drones have less impact on the environment than fireworks.

D．People should abandon the drone displays because of lithium batteries.

4. What are people’s attitudes towards drone light displays?

A．Controversial.

B．Favorable.

C．Cautious.

D．Neutral.

【推荐2】A study has found that elephants possess a sense of smell that is likely the strongest ever identified in a single species, according to a study by Japanese scientists last week.

The African elephant’s genome (基因组) contains the largest number of olfactory receptor (嗅觉感受器) genes—nearly 2, 000—says the study in the journal Genome Research.

Olfactory receptors are aware of smells in the environment.

That means elephants’ sniffers (嗅探器) are five times more powerful than people’s noses, twice that of dogs, and even stronger than the previous known record-holder in the animal kingdom: rats.

“Apparently, an elephant’s nose is not only long but also superior, ”says lead study author Yoshihito Niimura of the University of Tokyo.

Just how these genes work is not well understood, but they likely helped elephants survive and navigate their environment over the ages.

The ability to smell allows creatures to find mates and food—and avoid predators.

The study compared elephant’s olfactory receptor genes to those of 13 other animals, including horses, rabbits, guinea pigs, cows, rodents and chimpanzees.

Primates (灵长类) and people actually had very low numbers of olfactory receptor genes compared to other species, the study found.

“This could be a result of our decreased reliance on smell as our sight improved, ” Niimura says.

1. Why do African elephants have the strongest sense of smell?

A．Because their noses are very superior.

B．Because they have more olfactory receptor genes.

C．Because they are very strong.

D．Because they have long noses.

2. Whose sniffer is the most powerful?

A．Human.

B．Dog.

C．Rat.

D．Elephant.

3. What makes elephants survive and guide their environment over the years?

A．Their genes.

B．Their noses.

C．Their legs.

D．Their ears.

4. Which is NOT the purpose of the ability to smell of the elephants?

A．To find mates.	B．To have fun.
C．To find food.	D．To escape from hunters.

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．People find elephants are very useful.

B．People like elephants’ noses.

C．Elephants possess “superior” sense of smell.

D．Elephants are smarter than other animals.