【推荐2】A restaurant owner’s remarkable act of heroism saved many lives during a storm in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, which destroyed a local restaurant.

Tracy Harden, the owner of Chuck’s Dairy Bar, rushed her staff into a walk-in cooler moments before a tornado hit the establishment on Friday.

Harden spoke to Good Morning America reporter Robin Roberts on Monday alongside two employees, Barbara Pinkins and Carolyn Washington, who were both in the restaurant when the tornado hit.

As the horrible tornado tore through the local area, Harden said she only had a minute of advance notice before it came moving rapidly through the restaurant.

“I got two text messages back-to-back from my sister and my daughter in Vicksburg and they both said, “There’s a tornado down, get to a safe place.’ At the same time I had my teenage cashier came running towards the back of the building saying, ‘My mother is on the phone and she said there is a tornado down here.’ At that point, most of us were towards the back of the building and the lights flickered(闪烁). And I just shouted, ‘Cooler!’ And my husband opened the cooler door and started pushing us in.”

Harden said that once her husband got them all inside, including himself, “he lost control of the door, the wind took the door and somehow he was able to get the door back.”

“Just before it shut, he looked up and he said, ‘I see the sky,’ so that let us know that this was way worse than anything we could have imagined,” she continued. “And the roof was gone.”

Pinkins, meanwhile, recalled the chaos(混乱场面)before the tornado touched the restaurant, as Harden led people to safety. She said she remembered hearing Harden say,“Calm down. Everybody gets to the cooler!”

“By the time we got to the cooler, I couldn’t hear anything but the ceiling falling,” Pinkins said through tears, hugging Harden.

1. Where was Harden when the tornado struck?

A．In Chuck’s Dairy Bar.

B．In Vicksburg.

C．In Good Morning America station.

D．In Robin Roberts’ restaurant.

2. What can we infer about the tornado?

A．It was slow but frightening.

B．It was the worst in local history.

C．Harden lost her husband because of it.

D．Harden received an advance notice about it.

3. Which of the following best describe Harden?

A．Ambitious and energetic.

B．Brave and calm.

C．Optimistic and determined.

D．Selfless and tough.

4. What can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Methods to Survive a Tornado

B．Damage Brought by a Tornado

C．Restaurant Owner Saved her Staff from Tornado

D．Horrible Tornado Destroyed a Local Restaurant

【推荐1】When you think about ways to fight pollution, you likely don’t think about bacteria. However, researchers led by Northwestern University and Lanza Tech have discovered a type of bacteria that can break down waste carbon dioxide to make valuable industrial chemicals, according to a press release by Northwestern published Monday. The breakthrough could revolutionize how we deal with carbon dioxide and climate change.

“The accelerating climate crisis, combined with rapid population growth, pose some of the most urgent challenges to humankind, all linked to the continuous release and accumulation of CO₂ across the entire biosphere,” said Northwestern’s Michael Jewett, co-senior author of the study. “By partnering with biology to make what is needed, where and when it is needed, on a sustainable and renewable basis, we can begin to take advantage of the available CO₂ to transform the economy.”

In their work, the researchers engineered a bacteria strain that can transform CO₂ into acetone and Isopropanol (IPA), avoiding traditional methods that use fossil fuels for the creation of these chemicals. Better yet, the new gas fermentation (发酵) process also removes greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The researchers undertook a life-cycle analysis and found that their process could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 160% as compared to conventional processes if this method were to be broadly adopted.

“This discovery is a major step forward in avoiding a climate catastrophe,” said Jennifer Holmgren, Lanza Tech CEO. “Today, most of our industrial chemicals are obtained absolutely from new fossil resources such as oil, natural gas, or coal. Acetone and IPA are two examples with a combined global market of $10 billion. The acetone and IPA pathways developed will accelerate the development of other new products by closing the carbon cycle for their use in multiple industries.”

The researchers believe their process will translate to industrial scale and could even be applied to create streamlined processes for developing other valuable chemicals.

1. What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A．The bacteria can produce CO2 and industry chemicals.

B．A revolutionary way was found to deal with climate crisis.

C．The researchers focus primarily on how to deal with bacteria.

D．The discovery changed people’s attitude towards climate change.

2. What does Michael Jewett say about the study?

A．Challenges to humankind cause climate crisis.

B．We can make what we need at will using CO2.

C．CO2 can play a positive role in transforming economy.

D．The way of releasing CO2 is changed by partnering with biology.

3. What’s an advantage of the new method compared to traditional ones?

A．It will have a potential market of $10 billion.

B．It will accelerate the development of other new products.

C．It will develop other valuable chemicals on large scales.

D．It will reduce greenhouse gas emissions without using fossil fuels.

4. Where can the text be found?

A．In a biology textbook.	B．In a Lab guidebook.
C．In an academical paper.	D．In a science newspaper.

【推荐3】Paris is full of cultural significance. Yet, despite its wealth of cultural hotspots and architectural delights, some tourists who explore the City of Light experience “Paris syndrome (巴黎综合征), a psychological condition that often results in nausea (恶心) and increased heart rates. An interesting phenomenon is that Paris syndrome is “most common among Japanese tourists”. Why?

Many Japanese visitors go with a deeply romantic picture of Paris----the beauty of French women, the high culture and art. But when the reality of the modern city of Paris sets in, with its seemingly unfriendly service and confusing public transport, some tourists simply find their hope falling through.

“An encounter with a Parisian waiter who shouts at customers might be laughed off by those from other Western cultures. But for the Japanese —used to a society where politeness is valued and voices are rarely raised in anger-----the experience of their dream city turning into a nightmare (噩梦) can simply be too much,” said Rodanthi Tzanelli, a professor of cultural sociology.

So Paris syndrome should be regarded as an extreme form of culture shock, which is an illness resulting from the loss of meaning when people find themselves in a different symbolic reality, according to Rachel Irwin, a senior researcher. The symptoms (症状) associated with culture shock are similar to those experienced by someone who is feeling anxious. According to the analysis (分析) of Calm Clinic, a mental health resource platform, when someone is experiencing anxiety, signals that are related to the fight or flight response will be sent to the stomach. The signals change the way the body processes food, causing nausea.

Besides, Tzanelli points out that the syndrome is not specific to Paris and nobody can be free of culture shock as long as they go to new places. The syndrome is likely a “general phenomenon”, as younger generations tend to travel to different countries, and are likely to be more aware of what they’ll encounter at a destination. Therefore, they’re unlikely to be bitterly disappointed when they’re there.

1. Why do Japanese tourists experience great discomfort in Paris?

A．Paris lacks real historical and cultural hotspots.

B．Paris fails to meet their romantic expectations.

C．They find Paris’ public transport less modern.

D．They cannot adapt to the local climate.

2. What does Rodanthi Tzanelli aim to explain in paragraph 3?

A．How culture influences the behavior of tourists.

B．How Japanese tourists react to Paris syndrome.

C．Why Paris syndrome particularly strikes the Japanese.

D．Why the Japanese value politeness and avoid conflicts.

3. What does Calm Clinic’s analysis stress?

A．People’s inability to adapt to new cultures.

B．The methods of overcoming culture shock.

C．People’s varied attitudes to different cultures.

D．The physical discomfort caused by culture shock.

4. What will be the author’s advice on overcoming Paris syndrome?

A．To be prepared for new encounters in advance.

B．To focus on the positive aspects of a destination.

C．To visit new places together with young people.

D．To avoid going to unfamiliar destinations.