Kenny Lake School in Copper Center, Alaska, is small. Jennifer Hodges is a third, fourth and fifth grade teacher. She says her three-grade class sits only at desks for 20 minutes a day. They do a lot of practical learning, such as raising Coho salmon (鲑鱼) from egg to young fish and then releasing them into a lake.
It’s through a program called Salmon in the Classroom, established by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Many students already have experience fishing salmon, which is a staple (主食) in Native Alaskan communities. “It’s really a delicate balance because we are dealing with traditions and culture of the Native people,” Hodges says. “This is their land, this is their salmon. And so we have to really be part of that.”
During the months when the salmon are in the classroom, students like to sit by the tank to observe. They like to calculate when the salmon will turn from eggs to young fish based on the temperature of the tank. To them, it’s not practicing math problems: it’s predicting the future.
“We always take a guess at when they will hatch from their eggs first,” says Liam, a student. “It takes math because you have to keep track of their temperature and calculate. I’m good at math so I usually get it right.”
Since Hodges and her students live in such a rural area, there aren’t many field trips. But each year in May, she takes her students on the Salmon Field Trip, where they get to release the salmon they’ve raised in class.
They will name the fish, then release them into the wild and never see them again. But it’s not sad: it’s the highlight of the year. “The best part is getting to release them after watching them hatch from eggs, grow up and take care of them,” says Fisher, a student.
“The salmon have turned from being just fish that they catch to eat, to fish that they are connecting to,” says Hodges. “With this project, they have a whole different perspective.”
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?| A．Hodges supports learning from practice. |
| B．Hodges teaches an hour a day. |
| C．Kenny Lake School is in the city centre. |
| D．Coho salmon usually lives in the sea. |
| A．To help students better understand local traditions. |
| B．To get the youth involved in community activities. |
| C．To attract more visitors to experience native cultures. |
| D．To meet the demand of all schools in Alaskan area. |
| A．Offering the fish names. | B．Freeing the salmon into the wild. |
| C．Sitting at desks for 20 minutes. | D．Calculating when eggs will hatch. |
| A．Students Had a Field Trip | B．A Busy and Successful Teacher |
| C．Learn Lessons Through Raising Salmon | D．The Salmon in Alaskan Communities |
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【推荐1】University Room Regulations
Approved and Prohibited Items
The following items are approved for use in residential (提供住宿的) rooms: electric blankets, hairdryers, personal computers, radios, televisions and DVD players. Items that are not allowed in student rooms include: candles, ceiling fans, fireworks, waterbeds, sunlamps and wireless routers (路由器). Please note that any prohibited items will be taken away by the Office of Residence Life.
Access to Residential Rooms
Students are provided with a combination (组合密码) for their room door locks upon check-in. Do not share your room door lock combination with anyone. The Office of Residence Life may change the door lock combination at any time at the expense of the resident if it is found that the student has shared the combination with others. The fee is $25 to change a room combination.
Cooking Policy
Students living in buildings that have kitchens are only permitted to cook in the kitchen. Students must clean up after cooking. This is not the responsibility of housekeeping staff. Kitchens that are not kept clean may be closed for use. With the exception of using a small microwave oven to heat food, students are not permitted to cook in their rooms.
Pet Policy
No pets except fish are permitted in student rooms. Students who are found with pets, whether visiting or owned by the student, are subject to an initial fine of $100 and a continuing fine of $50 a day per pet. Students receive a written notice when the fine goes into effect. If, one week from the date of the written notice, the pet is not removed, the student is referred to the Student Court.
1. Which of the following items are allowed in student rooms?| A．Wireless routers and radios. | B．Hairdryers and candles. |
| C．Ceiling fans and waterbeds. | D．TVs and electric blankets. |
| A．A microwave oven can be used. |
| B．Cooking in student rooms is permitted. |
| C．A housekeeper is to clean up the kitchen. |
| D．Students are to close kitchen doors after cooking. |
| A．a fine of $350 | B．parent visits |
| C．the Student Court | D．a final warning |
| A．textbook | B．newspaper |
| C．admission note | D．fashion magazine |
【推荐2】Should exams be abolished or not?
“Exam” is a word that most students are fearful of. It is a big part of school that all students have to go through.
Others think that exams should be abolished. Because exams are stressful and they do not show real results of the student’s hard work.
There are always going to be people who are with or against taking exams. It is a controversial issue in all countries.
| A．There are advantages to exams. |
| B．There are people who hate exams. |
| C．Some people say that exams should not be abolished. |
| D．However, I believe in regular testing throughout the year. |
| E．I think schools shouldn’t let students take so many exams. |
| F．So, they think of exams as a self test to see where students are and how well they do. |
| G．Another reason is that the student should not be judged on his performance on one day. |
【推荐3】Medicine, law, engineering are noble pursuits, and necessary to sustain life.
I grew up with a family that valued academics over all else, who gave me a little extra love when I was doing great in my classes, and took it away when I didn’t.
It is obviously a fact that everyone who puts themselves through college sees it as a means to an end- making a living.
| A．Everything will work out as well as expected. |
| B．We may still feel confused about academic progress. |
| C．No wonder a majority of students are truly at college. |
| D．Poetry, romance, love though are what we stay alive for. |
| E．In reality, it is we who make the choice to kill creative spirit. |
| F．As a result, my self-worth became tied to my academic success. |
| G．Live with the fact that failure and loss are sometimes unavoidable in life. |
【推荐1】Lomography was first officially introduced to China when the Lomography World Congress was held in Beijing in July, 2004. The Lomography World Congress is the greatest annual event of the Lomographic Society. It has been held in Madrid, New York, Tokyo, Cologne and Vienna, etc. The 2004’s great affair (盛会) took place in Beijing and ran a full week.
The first non-official affair of Chinese Lomographers was held in August, 2005 and it attracted much attention. A lot of energetic young people got together under the banner of “I Loma you” which was the slogan of this big party. In China Lomo is more of a symbol of fashion and youth, and most of the Lomographers are stylish young people who work with or study art. The organizer told the editor that the oldest Lomographer who came here is in his forties while the youngest one is about nine years old, but most of the people who are into Lomo are about 20 years old. In China the concept of Lomography is not only about Lomographyer taking photos with Lomo camera, but also a kind of spirit. “I think, generally, the Lomo spirit is everyone trying to love one’s own life and discover the beauty of everyday life,” the organizer said, “what I think more important is the idea of freedom and creativity. The 10 th Golden Rule is ‘don’t worry about any rules’, I think it introduces to us a concept: It’s you who make the rules and it’s you who break the rules. So free your mind and let your creativity work, and your life will be fantastic.”
1. People who are into Lomo are mostly _________________.| A．about 9 years old | B．in their forties |
| C．teenagers | D．about 20 years old |
| A．everyone should make rules in your life |
| B．no one can break the rules |
| C．freedom and creativity can enrich your life |
| D．the beauty of life is easy to discover |
| A．to search for the beauty of life |
| B．to take photos with Lomo camera and a kind of spirit |
| C．to make your life wonderful and amazing |
| D．to free your mind and break rules |
| A．a newspaper | B．a textbook |
| C．a notebook | D．an advertisement |
【推荐2】It is presently harvest season for Christian Nacht Wey, who operates an apple farm, or orchard, in the western German town of Gelsdorf. Besides apples, Nacht Wey’s farm also produces a second harvest: electricity. Many of the farm’s trees grow under solar panels(太阳能电池板)that have been producing power during this year’s unusually sunny summer. Putting solar equipment on the same land as crops is becoming increasingly popular in Europe and North America. Farmers are finding that this method can make the most of their land, while creating a second way to earn money.
But getting the right mix of crop and solar is difficult. Most fruit requires specific growing conditions. Even small changes in the environment can harm crops and cause money losses. Even if the fruit survives, it might turn the wrong color or be less sweet and may be difficult to sell.
For these reasons, Nacht Wey is working with researchers to test which kinds of apples do well under a solar cover. For testing purposes, Nacht Wey covered some of his trees with a traditional netting material. It is normally used to protect sensitive crops from serious weather events.
Juergen Zimmer is an expert with the area’s agricultural services department. He told the AP that apples grown under the solar covers were a little less sweet this year than those under the nets. But almost no solar-shaded apples got damaged in the strong sunlight that hit the area on July 24. In the non-shaded group, about 18 percent of apples suffered sun damage that day, Zimmer said. Researchers hope the tests will show that fruit crops perform well under solar panels. This could help prevent renewable energy production from competing for valuable agricultural land. That competition has become an increasing question as the need for renewable energy increases to fight climate change and rising food prices.
1. What does the author try to tell us in Paragraph 2?| A．The method of the test. | B．The disadvantage of solar panels. |
| C．The importance of solar panels. | D．The difficulty of growing crops under solar panels. |
| A．Speed up the growth of apples. |
| B．Test what apples are suitable for a solar cover. |
| C．Examine why some crops are sensitive to heat. |
| D．Keep some crops from being damaged by terrible weather. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Supportive. |
| C．Unclear. | D．Uncaring. |
| A．German Farmer Grows Fruit Under Solar Power Equipment |
| B．Researchers Find Out New Way to Produce Renewable Energy |
| C．Solar Energy Could Play Big Part in Valuable Agricultural Land |
| D．Increasingly Popular Way of Operating Orchard Among German Farmers |
【推荐3】After orbiting the earth for six months, the three crew members of China’s Shenzhou XIII mission departed from the Tiangong space station and returned to the mother planet on Saturday morning.
Major General Zhai Zhigang, who was the mission commander, and his crewmates spent 183 days in an orbit about 400 kilometers above the earth since their Shenzhou XIII spacecraft was launched on Oct 16 by a Long March 2F carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. They were the second inhabitants of China’s permanent space station named Tiangong. More importantly, the crew has set a new record for China’s longest spaceflight, almost doubling the previous record of 92 days created by their peers in the Shenzhou XII mission who travelled with Tiangong from mid-June to mid. September last year.
During the Shenzhou XIII mission, the astronauts carried out two spacewalks that totaled more than 12 hours. They went up components on the station’s robotic arm and used it to practice extravehicular (舱外的) maneuvers, checked the arm’s capabilities and its compatibility with the crew’s needs, examined the safety and performance of support devices for extravehicular activity and also tested the functions of their extravehicular suits. The crew members also carried out two science lectures for Chinese students. In those lectures, which were livestreamed worldwide by China Media Group, the astronauts showed viewers how they live and work inside the huge space station and showed physical phenomena only possible in microgravity such as “disappearing buoyancy” and a “water ball”. In one experiment, Wang used a Bing Dwen Dwen toy to display how objects fly in weightless environment.
The Shenzhou XIII’s space-based lessons marked the start of the Tiangong Class series, China’s first extraterrestrial (地球外的) lecture series that aims to popularize space science and inspire youngsters to pursue their “science and space dreams”.
1. In what way does the Shenzhou XIII mission achieve a record-breaking performance?| A．The duration of spaceflight. |
| B．The value of the mission. |
| C．The way of orbiting the earth. |
| D．The importance of the space station. |
| A．The space life of the astronauts. |
| B．The theme of the science lectures. |
| C．The specific tasks of the taikonauts. |
| D．The efforts astronauts have made. |
| A．To show more details about space life. |
| B．To encourage more people to be astronauts. |
| C．To promote the development of China’s space program. |
| D．To motivate the younger generation to explore space science. |
| A．The Science Lectures by Shenzhou XIII Crew Members |
| B．China’s Space Exploration Sets an Example for the Globe |
| C．Crew Members of the Shenzhou XIII Mission Return to Earth |
| D．Shenzhou XIII Mission: a huge success in testing tech for Tiangong |
