The Chinese Taipei delegation participating in the 19th Asian Games said that they were deeply touched by the warmth and kindness of local people, which made them feel “at home”.
In the women’s semi-final of kabaddi, Chinese Taipei beat Iran, securing a score of 35 to 24 to get a spot in the final. This achievement went beyond its previous best record of a bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games.
In a post-match interview, Feng Hsiu-chen of Chinese Taipei’s kabaddi women’s team said that the exciting cheers from the audience left her with “a feeling of being at home”. “While competing, I could hear the cheers and calls of support from the stands,” Feng said. “Hearing the crowd encouraged me to persevere and never give up during the match.”
Another kabaddi athlete, Hu Yu-chen, expressed deep gratitude for the enthusiastic local fans cheering them on. “Having the crowd firmly in our corner provided enormous motivation,” Hu said, adding that her team was encouraged by the lively encouragement throughout the match.
Chinese Taipei gymnast Lee Chih-kai, who took gold in the men’s pommel horse, expressed his gratitude for the support. “I want to extend my heartfelt thanks for the audience’s continued cheering.”
Chinese Taipei table tennis player Chen Szu-Yu, who competed in a women’s doubles match, told the journalist that the local stadium is more spacious than where she had played before, allowing for a larger number of audience. The enthusiastic crowd created a really heated atmosphere, Chen said.
Hsiao Shu-feng, a sports researcher with the Chinese Taipei delegation, said that everyone she encountered, from volunteers to staff members and local residents, displayed a remarkable politeness. “Their warmth left a lasting impression on me,” Hsiao said.
Sun Jie, a 40-year-old science teacher from Xiaoshan, Zhejiang province, said he has been a long-time fan of Chinese Taipei’s kabaddi due to its past achievements in this sport and hoped “They can feel the support of their compatriots (同胞) for them.”
1. What quality of local people in Hangzhou were NOT mentioned by the interviewed athletes?| A．Friendly. | B．Enthusiastic. | C．Ambitious. | D．Earnest. |
| A．3. | B．4. | C．5. | D．6. |
| A．They didn’t make it to the final of the women’s kabaddi. |
| B．They were greeted with enormous enthusiasm in Hangzhou. |
| C．They received warm welcome in the homes of local people. |
| D．They felt out of place due to continuous cheers from the audience. |
| A．To introduce the special hobby of Sun Jie. |
| B．To show the growing popularity of kabaddi. |
| C．To emphasize the kindness of Chinese people. |
| D．To provide more background of the Asian Games. |
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【推荐1】A terrible competition is going on in England, with billions of dollars and hundreds of lives at risk. OK, that’s not true. But competitors from around the world gathered on Thursday for the annual competition to compete for the world’s biggest person who tells lies.
Each participant is given up to five minutes to make up the best fib in the contest, which was founded in honor of 19th-century Bridge Inn landlord Will Ritson, who was reportedly famous for his lies. Competitors gather at the Bridge Inn every year for the competition, a small pub in northwestern England. Anyone but lawyers and politicians can take part in the competition.
A study found that nearly all lies are detectable (可检测的) through visible facial muscle reactions in the person telling a lie. “Thus, while interpersonal cheat often is highly successful, signs of hidden emotional states are communicated clearly to the informed observer,” the study concluded.
A churchman of Carlisle reportedly holds what may be the greatest lie of all time in the competition, simply stating, “I have never told a lie in my life.”
In 2003, Abrie Krueger from South Africa became the first one to win the competition. In 2006, comedian Sue Perkins became the first female to win the competition, telling a tale about people riding camels to work as a result of climate change.
1. Why does the author tell a lie at the beginning of the passage?| A．He likes telling lies. |
| B．He intends to talk about a contest. |
| C．Lies can be detected by someone. |
| D．Nearly everyone has told lies. |
| A．Experience. | B．Story. | C．Lie. | D．Plot. |
| A．Lawyers & politicians. | B．Reporters & editors. |
| C．Doctors & teachers. | D．Students & managers. |
| A．To explain how to deal with lies. |
| B．To invite people to take part in the competition. |
| C．To discuss how to avoid telling lies. |
| D．To introduce a strange competition. |
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1. What should you share to join in the contest?| A．Your experiences of using cameras. | B．Your memories of Photoshop World. |
| C．Your unforgettable travel experiences. | D．Your images processed with Photoshop. |
| A．Posts made on Instagram. | B．Posts uploaded at 10 a. m. on July 8. |
| C．Posts with the hashtag #MyPhotoshopWorld. | D．Posts of years-old memories of Photoshop World. |
| A．A photography event. | B．A photography program. |
| C．A piece of photography advice. | D．A piece of photography software. |
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| Soho Flea Market, 25th May (free) Ideal for Bank Holiday weekend, this pop-up yearly market features designers and artists as well as a music/entertainment stage, including the local legend The Soho Hobo. Look out for the delicious street food which will also be making an appearance. Perfect for the artsy among us, this event features the best of alternative, up-and-coming talent. Visit www.londonpopups.com/2014/05/soho-flea-market-2014.html |
| World Naked Bike Ride, 14th June (free) Possibly the most daring form of critical mass, this international event starts at various points around London before finishing at Wellington Park. Now taking place in more than 74 cities across 17 countries, the main aims of the ride are to promote cycling, advocate(提倡) the power of the human body and protest against oil dependency. It often creates some creative body art, and past slogans have included “my energy’s renewed” and “burn fat not oil”. Come rain or shine, the London Naked Bike Ride is expected to attract over 1,000 participants. Visit www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/ for more information and go “as bare as you dare”… |
| The Crap Film Club, 17th June (£3.50 / £4.50) If you’re feeling down for some low-quality entertainment, there’s nothing better than the Crap Film Club. Films are selected for terrible acting skills, poor script and silly plots. The crapper, the better. Crap Film Club’s next event is 17 June at 7pm, and entry is £4.50 on the door, or £3.50 advance. For more information or to book a table, visit their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/crapfilmclub |
1. Which of the following website will John visit if he is crazy about delicious food?
| A．www.londonpetshow.co.uk |
| B．www.worldnakedbikeride.org/uk/ |
| C．www.facebook.com/crapfilmclub |
| D．www.londonpopups.com/2014/05/soho-flea-market-2014.html |
| A．It will be put off if it rains. |
| B．This kind of activity is only held in London. |
| C．People take part in it to show they are strong. |
| D．Slogans will focus on environmental protection. |
| A．£3.50 | B．£4.50 | C．£14.0 | D．£18.0 |
| A．Adults. | B．Students. |
| C．Parents. | D．The elder people. |
【推荐1】Daniel Devlin lives in the same house as his children and sees them every day — yet he is unable to recognise them at all.
Mr. Devlin, 46, from London, is living with a strange condition called prosopagnosia (脸盲症), also known as face-blindness, meaning he struggles to recognise faces — even those of his own family. He has to memorise his family’s voices and body language in order to know who they are. But reading voices and body language doesn’t always work. He has even mistaken another boy for his son when picking his children up from school before.
Mr. Devlin said, “Humans have a special ability to recognise people by seeing their faces. I really don’t have this ability.”
Maybe a good way to imagine what it’s like to have prosopagnosia is to try and recognise people by what their hands look like. Every person has different hands, but if someone showed you a photo of someone’s hands, you might struggle to recognise who the person is, even if that person turns out to be someone you know very well.
“I just thought that everyone was the same, or maybe I just wasn’t putting in as much effort as others to remember people. If I saw my wife somewhere unexpected and she pretended not to know me, then I’m not sure whether I would know it was her.”
Though Mr. Devlin now knows he has had the condition all his life, his disease was only found a few years ago by chance. He said, “I heard a programme about face-blindness on the radio and realised that was what I had.”
It is thought that the condition affects up to one in 50 people. Some people with prosopagnosia may only struggle to recognise a familiar face, but in more severe cases sufferers cannot distinguish a face as being different from an object.
1. What is the problem that Daniel Devlin has?| A．He often mistakes other boys for his son. |
| B．He has difficulty recognising people’s faces. |
| C．He can’t remember the faces of many strangers. |
| D．He can’t distinguish the voices of different people. |
| A．situation | B．feature | C．illness | D．characteristic |
| A．is always able to recognise his wife |
| B．once thought he was the same as others |
| C．had face-blindness after he was badly hurt |
| D．knew a lot about face-blindness from the very beginning |
| A．Science fiction. | B．A news report. |
| C．A medical report. | D．Popular science. |
【推荐2】On the important occasion of the 20th anniversary of China’s first manned spaceflight the Shenzhou-5, the spacecraft soared into the sky from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Thursday morning at 11:14 am.
Sitting atop the Long March-2F Y17 carrier rocket, the spacecraft, carrying taikonauts Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie, and Jiang Xinlin, set off on the journey toward the China Space Station. Following a smooth flight of around 10 minutes, the Shenzhou-17 spacecraft entered its planned orbit, marking a successful launch, according to the official release by the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA).
Shenzhou-17 is a manned spacecraft with long-term space residency (驻留) capability. The spacecraft adopts the latest aerospace technology and has high autonomy and precise navigation capabilities, providing strong support for the development of China’s aerospace industry.
The main aim of the mission is to rotate (轮换) the crew in orbit with the Shenzhou-16, and then continue with a stay in space for about six months until April 2024. Also the astronauts will conduct a variety of scientific experiments and technological verification (技术验证) in space, including life sciences, physics, materials science, and other fields. These experiments will provide important scientific data and technological experience for human exploration of space. A significant highlight of the Shenzhou-17 mission, as revealed by the spokesperson, is the pioneering experimental extravehicular (舱外的) repair operations to be undertaken on the space station. The increasing presence of space debris (碎片) has led to long-term operational spacecraft enduring unavoidable impacts from tiny space particles.
1. What does the word “taikonauts” mean in the second paragraph?| A．Astronauts from China | B．Spacecraft engineers |
| C．Mission control operators | D．International space travelers |
| A．It can accommodate a crew of three astronauts for long-duration missions. |
| B．Astronauts can conduct scientific experiments in micro-gravity environments. |
| C．The pioneering extravehicular repair experiment has already been conducted on the space station. . |
| D．It has high autonomy and accurate navigation capabilities. |
| A．To celebrate the 20th anniversary of China’s first manned spaceflight. |
| B．To conduct scientific experiments and technological verification in space. |
| C．To develop long-term space residency capability. |
| D．To rotate the crew in orbit with the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft. |
| A．Entertainment. | B．Technology. | C．Finance and business. | D．Culture. |
【推荐3】Louise Gluck has been no stranger to awards over her long and storied career, since her first publication in 1968. In 1993, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her collection of poems, The Wild Iris. And on Oct 8 she became the 16th woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature with the Nobel prizes first awarded in 1901.
Gluck was honored for her unmistakable poetic voice that, with simple beauty, makes individual existence universal. Often said to be an autobiographical poet, drawing from the inner parts of her life, “Gluck is not to be regarded as a confessional (忏悔) poet. She seeks the universal,” Nobel Committee Chair Anders Olsson said in a statement.
Gluck, 77, the author of 12 poetry collections, has been able to turn her life experiences into universal themes covering life, loss and isolation (孤独). Because of this, readers have often found her poetry to be “dark”. However, there is much more than darkness in her voice, as noted by Olsson. “It is direct and ... also a voice full of humor,” he said.
For example, in her poem Snowdrops, she uses the coming of spring after winter to show rebirth of life after death. She leads readers down a depressing path only to reconnect with the light at the near end. At the conclusion of the poem, readers are left to feel the “cool wind of the new world” as they watch a new spring. This is often the case in Gluck’s poetry, being able to feel joy even after not having done so for a long time.
Although she’s already a well-known writer, experienced in exploring pain and healing (愈合), Gluck did feel honored to be given the famed Nobel award. However, when asked what the prize means to her, the lyric poet responded by saying, “It’s too new… I don’t know really what it means.” Her only hope is that she can preserve her daily life.
1. What do we know about Louise Gluck?| A．She had her first collection published in 1993. |
| B．Her poems are based on life experiences. |
| C．The Wild Iris won her the Nobel Prize. |
| D．She is a successful confessional poet. |
| A．They are too dark for readers. |
| B．They focus on individual existence. |
| C．They are frank and humorous in style. |
| D．They are mainly about human personality. |
| A．To show the features of Gluck’s poetry. |
| B．To introduce the main plots of this poem. |
| C．To describe Gluck’s creativity in choosing themes. |
| D．To explain Gluck’s purpose in writing Snowdrops. |
| A．She is not qualified for the prize. |
| B．She can’t believe she got the prize. |
| C．It makes a difference as expected. |
| D．It may disturb her daily life. |
