Bobby Wilson is retired. Well, he’s supposed to be. But the Georgia farmer, “The Garden Man” named by his community, used his retirement savings to buy and operate a nonprofit farm — the Metro Atlanta Urban Farm — and he hasn’t slowed down since.
Years ago, Bobby Wilson saw a need for fighting hunger in his community. He worked hard all his life, but when it came time to retire, he knew his job wasn’t over yet. So he poured his time, money and energy into stepping up to fill that need and combat food insecurity. He dedicated his life to helping his community and to creating a healthier, more sustainable world for his grandchildren.
Wilson is on a mission. He’s on several missions, actually. While working for the University of Georgia for twenty years in gardening education, he saw a real need for affordable, nutritious food in his under-served community in the Atlanta metropolitan area. As food prices rise, the need has only increased. Families across the nation are feeling the pinch. It’s getting harder and harder for people to afford nutritious food. According to U.S. Hunger, one in ten households faces food insecurity. In Georgia, where Bobby Wilson lives, the problem is even more terrible, with one in eight people facing hunger. So Bobby Wilson is on a mission to help families in his disadvantaged neighborhood grow their own food on small tracts of land using sustainable practices. At a time when thousands of households are struggling to make ends meet, Wilson insists that people can save thousands of dollars if they grow their own vegetables. And he has set up a teaching farm on five acres of land in College Park, in the heart of the city, to show people how to do just that. Numerous volunteers are educated on the agriculture industry, including how to best acquire land and resources.
Asked about the principle of the farm, Wilson said, “It’s more than just a farm. It’s about justice, diversity, and inclusion. We are working for the community.”
1. Why did Bobby Wilson buy the Metro Atlanta Urban Farm?| A．To continue to work after retirement. | B．To provide healthy food for the community. |
| C．To show his grandchildren how to grow food. | D．To educate volunteers on the agriculture industry. |
| A．Struggling financially. | B．Suffering mentally. |
| C．Emotionally disturbed. | D．Physically challenged. |
| A．Committed and adventurous. | B．Generous and devoted. |
| C．Ambitious and knowledgeable. | D．Responsible and modest. |
| A．A Retired Farmer Spreads Knowledge of Farming |
| B．The Metro Atlanta Urban Farm-More Than a Farm |
| C．A Mission of Creating a Sustainable Agricultural World |
| D．The Garden Man Feeds a Community with Retirement Money |
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【推荐1】You don’t need to get in a time-travelling machine to see how technology will reshape our lives,such as the way we shop.Several new technologies that are to change your buying habits already exist.Let’s see what’s in store for your future shopping.
Try it on,virtually (虚拟的).Want to shop online for a new pair of eyeglasses?You don’t need to guess which pair looks best on you — use the eBay Fashion iPhone app (程序) to try a pair of eyewear you’re checking out on a picture of your face.But what if you want to buy something bigger?Thanks to Microsoft Kinect’s motion tracking camera,you can cover clothes on your screen body.You can even choose the background of your virtual fitting room to enrich your shopping experience.
Get a perfect,custom fit.Everyone’s body is shaped differently.To get a perfect fit,you sometimes have to get your clothes changed.But by using 3D scanning technology,all the clothes you buy will fit your body perfectly.Some companies scan your body using high-tech to get the most accurate measurements,so they can make special clothes just for you.
High-tech shopping carts and checkout counters.High-tech shopping carts could,in time,be a common sight in malls and supermarkets.Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts are currently under test.The cart can follow you along the aisles (通道),controlled merely by your movement and your voice.In China,a supermarket chain introduced tablet-equipped carts that guide shoppers around the stores’ aisles.
In the United States,several supermarkets use a device called Scan It that gives buyers the freedom to scan purchases on their own while they shop.While it’s great not having to line up at a checkout counter,we wouldn’t mind it if the store used Toshiba’s new Object Recognition Scanner.The machine identifies a product as soon as it’s placed in front of a camera just by its shape and color,even if it has no bar code.
1. According to paragraph 2,the eBay Fashion iPhone app can .| A．only make pictures of our faces |
| B．help us sell more clothes online |
| C．create us a virtual dressing room |
| D．choose suitable glasses for us |
| A．Object Recognition Scanner. |
| B．The eBay Fashion iPhone app. |
| C．3D scanning technology. |
| D．Microsoft Kinect-enabled carts. |
| A．Checkout counters will disappear from supermarkets in future. |
| B．High-tech shopping carts will be widely used in malls and supermarkets. |
| C．“Scan It” cannot be used by buyers themselves. |
| D．The new technologies are only dreams that are impossible to come true. |
| A．a new time-travelling machine |
| B．the influence of new technologies |
| C．some inventions to change habits |
| D．the ways for future shopping |
【推荐2】Before the discovery of DNA profiling (分析) in the 1980s, fingerprints were the easiest way to solve serious crimes. It’s believed that each one of us has our own unique fingerprints. But did you know that our fingerprints could actually reveal a lot more about us than just our identity? According to Melanie Bailey of The Conversation, fingerprints can indicate lifestyle and environment, eating habits, possible medical problems and even the job of a person.
So how can we figure all this out from just a simple fingerprint? Well, a fingerprint is formed when a finger makes contact with a surface. Most fingerprints are invisible to the naked eye (裸眼) and require a chemical development process in order to make them visible. Stuck between the ridges (隆起的纹路) of a fingerprint, however, are substances(物质) that can tell a story about who we are. Things like traces of sweat, blood, and food reveal a lot of information about us — what we’ve touched, what we’ve eaten and even what drugs we’ve taken.
At the moment, the technique used to detect these substances are mostly used in crime detection, but its application could be much wider, according to Bailey. For example, she and her fellow researchers were able to tell what medicines people were taking from their fingerprints, which may be of great help in the future to doctors treating their patients.
A fingerprint check may also tell a doctor whether a patient is properly absorbing a drug they’ve been prescribed (开药). In the treatment of some of the most serious illnesses, it’s vital that the body is taking in these medicines. As Scientific American noted, this is particularly important for patients undergoing treatment for heart conditions and mental disease, as these people might struggle to absorb the drugs or forget or choose not to take them.
And while it’s commonly believed that our fingerprints never change, in fact, they do — and the way they change can provide a lot of very useful information. In the future, fingerprint science won’t be restricted to the crime lab but could help doctors keep us in the best possible health.
1. What is the function of Paragraph 1?| A．To make known a common sense. | B．To introduce the theme of the passage. |
| C．To summarize the whole passage. | D．To serve as a topic explanation. |
| A．How a fingerprint was formed. | B．Who the criminal might be. |
| C．How a doctor should prescribe. | D．What drug the patient had taken. |
| A．The change of fingerprints is of little value. |
| B．We can see a fingerprint with our naked eyes. |
| C．Fingerprints are the easiest way to solve crimes. |
| D．Things stuck between fingerprints’ridges tell a lot. |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Skeptical. | C．Positive. | D．Negative. |
【推荐3】Researchers from Arizona State University (ASU) published their latest report. When men expressed their opinions with anger, people considered them more believable. But when women expressed anger, they were viewed as more emotional and, thus, less convincing. In other words, a man could benefit from using anger in power and persuasion. A woman, however, could be ignored or hurt by her group if she expressed anger.
The study was based on the responses of 210 students. They were shown evidence online from a murder (谋杀) trial. A man was said to have murdered his wife. The students were asked to decide if the man was guilty or not. Before making their decisions, the students discussed the case online with five jurors (陪审员). But these jurors were computers generating responses and comments. Some of the jurors had made identities. Others had female identities.
Some male jurors were anger about the verdict (裁决). When this happened, the students reacted by doubting their own decisions about the case. Confidence in their responses on the verdict dropped. However, when female jurors seemed angry, the students became more confident in their original verdicts.
Jessica Salerno, a psychologist and co-author of the study, said, “Our results provide something important for any woman who is trying to have an influence on a decision in her workplace and everyday life.”
In a political debate, a female candidate might have less influence if she shows anger. In the entertainment world, actor Jennifer Lawrence recently wrote that women and men in Hollywood get the opposite reactions when expressing their opinions angrily. “All I hear and see are men speaking their opinions,” she wrote. “When I give mine in the quite similar manner, you would have thought I said something annoying.”
1. What’s the new finding from the ASU report?| A．Men usually do harm to angry women. | B．Women are more likely to become angry. |
| C．People prefer to believe the angry women. | D．Angry men appear to gain influence in a group. |
| A．male jurors agreed with them | B．they became angry with the jurors |
| C．angry female jurors didn’t agree with them | D．angry male jurors showed opposite opinions |
| A．helps women avoid losing influence | B．asks men to get away from angry women |
| C．causes men to change their attitude to women | D．shows men and women should be treated equally |
| A．presenting research findings | B．setting down general rules |
| C．making comparisons | D．giving examples |
【推荐1】Jeff Jensen was in a dilemma(困境). He was hobbled(跛行) by painful nerve damage in his leg and foot. He needed surgery, but he doubted if he could afford it, even with insurance. “There’s nothing more depressing than seeing a bill for 182,024,000 dollars and going, ‘How much of this will my insurance cover and how much is mine to cover?’” Jensen told WWAY-TV.
Luckily for Jensen, his doctor is Demetrio Aguila. The nerve specialist gives patients at his Healing Hands of Nebraska practice in Papillion the option to pay for surgery through volunteer work. He calls it his M25 Program, inspired by the words from a famous book.
“We can’t ignore the people in our own backyard,” Aguila told CBS. “We want to be able to offer hope to patients who have lost hope medically.”
Using an algorithm(算法), the clinic calculates community service hours based on the price of the surgery. In Jensen’s case, the $12,000 operation equaled 560 hours of helping out at one of the local charitable organizations registered with the M25 Program.
Like 10 percent of Aguila’s patients, Jensen chose the community service. And because hundreds of hours of community service can seem depressing, Aguila, 50, not only lets others help, but he encourages it. “I had this hope that we would remotivate our neighbors and ourselves a sense of volunteerism,” he told CNN.
Jensen, whose surgery was completed in February 2020, was helped by more than 100 friends and strangers who volunteered at Orphan Grain Train, which donates food, clothing, and medicine nationally and globally.
Count Dave Harvey, founder of the homeless aid organization Least of My Brethren, is the one who is admired by Aguila, “He’s helping us by sending volunteers our way.” he told KMTV in Omaha. “What a cool thing.”
1. What put Jeff Jensen in a dilemma?| A．The nerve damage. | B．The medical insurance. | C．The price of the surgery. | D．The community service. |
| A．A way to help cover his medical bills. | B．Financial help to cover his medical bills. |
| C．A chance to help serve his communities. | D．A free surgery to treat his nerve damage. |
| A．To advertise for the hospital. | B．To win respect from his patients. |
| C．To promote the concept of donation. | D．To sow the seeds of voluntary work in people. |
| A．Critical. | B．Negative. | C．Doubtful. | D．Supportive. |
【推荐2】About 20 years ago, while on the way to visit a student’s house, Zhang Guimei, then a rural teacher in Huaping county, Lijiang, Yunnan province, noticed a girl sitting on the hillside. The girl, 13, told Zhang she was about to get married though she wanted to go to school. It was arranged by her parents.
Zhang went to her house and tried to persuade her parents to let the girl return to school and promised to pay for her tuition herself. However, they didn’t agree. Zhang felt sorry not being able to help, “We always say, each child should stand on the same starting line, but these girls didn’t even have a chance to get on the track.” Zhang said.
It persuaded Zhang to build a free high school for girls, aiming to help break the cycle that saw women drop out of education, marry early and spend their whole life in the remote mountain. After years trying to raise funds, in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls, a free public high school, was founded, where Zhang is the principal. Over the decades, Zhang walked thousands of kilometers, visiting students’ families in the deep mountain, talking to villagers, persuading girls to go back to school. It has been worth it. More than 1,800 graduates have been admitted to college, which is regarded as a “miracle” in the remote area, as most students didn’t perform well in academic study before the school was established.
Though lacking full health, Zhang, now 63, insists on a daily routine-get up at around 5 a. m. to call students to get up with a loudspeaker, accompany students to classes and sleep after senior students’ study ends at midnight. Zhang’s husband died in the 1990s. She doesn’t have children or a house, so she lives at the student dormitory. Besides girls in her school, Zhang also donates all her income to help rural education and poor people.
In early December, she was given the honor of the country’s “role model for teachers” and “outstanding woman”. Her moving stories inspire thousands of people.
1. Why did Zhang feel sorry when the girl’s parents refused to let the girl return to school?| A．The girl’s family was too poor to pay for her tuition fee. |
| B．The girl had to marry a man who was much older than her. |
| C．The girl didn’t even have the chance to complete her education. |
| D．The girl was unable to find a high school nearby to continue her education. |
| A．Not many girls want to attend this school. |
| B．Few parents support their girls’ going to school. |
| C．The local government didn’t offer the land for the school. |
| D．It was not easy for Zhang to get enough finance to build the school. |
| A．Education for the remote areas. | B．Education for girls |
| C．Education for those poor people. | D．Education for the unloved children. |
| A．Teacher shows girls how to reach the top | B．Let girls stand on the same starting line |
| C．Inspiring stories of girls’ education | D．Huaping High School for Girls |
【推荐3】With less than half a mile to go at a recent 5K race, Western Boone High School student Levi LaGrange twisted(扭伤) his ankle. “I was running up this little rolling hill... and I rolled my ankle and felt something go ‘pop’,” he told the Indy Star.
LaGrange saw Sheridan High School senior Axel Aleman pass him, but at that moment, the race became a secondary concern for Aleman. “I was able to see he was in a lot of pain,” Aleman recalled.
Rather than running ahead, in an extraordinary act of true sportsmanship, Aleman refused to leave LaGrange behind. “As soon as I saw him, I knew I had to do something right,” Aleman said. “That mattered more than the race.”
Placing an encouraging hand at his competitor's back, Aleman went along with LaGrange for the rest of the race. The two were the last to cross the finish line. Aleman even made sure LaGrange went first.
LaGrange's mother, Becky, was more than a little bit impressed by Aleman's thoughtful gesture—especially since the two had never met before. “It takes a lot for an 18-year-old to give up his spot,” she said. “Aleman never left his side. It really speaks to Aleman's character. It was really a great moment of sportsmanship.”
Aleman's own mother, Nikki, was not at all surprised by her son's natural show of goodwill. “He's a really kind person and he's always thinking more of others than himself,” she said.
After reports of the incident began to make the rounds on social media, Aleman received lots of positive feedback. While he might have enjoyed the praises from others, for him, the reward was invaluable. When you're standing at a crossroad—or running by it—you can choose the path of self-interest, or you can go the extra mile for someone in need. For this teen athlete, the choice was clear-cut.
1. What can be known from the text?| A．Aleman used to be champion in 5K race. | B．LaGrange was the last to finish the race. |
| C．Aleman valued sportsmanship over race. | D．Aleman and LaGrange were schoolmates. |
| A．Grasped LaGrange's hand. | B．Accompanied LaGrange forward. |
| C．Took LaGrange to have a rest. | D．Carried LaGrange on his back. |
| A．Helpful and selfless. | B．Positive and hardworking. |
| C．Humorous and easygoing. | D．Determined and outgoing. |
| A．An injured competitor lost the race. |
| B．A true friend helped his companion in need. |
| C．Sportsmanship was shown by a teenager's strong will. |
| D．A teen athlete gives up race to help an injured competitor. |
