【推荐1】The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design student is to receive financial support to produce eco-friendly tents made of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home.

Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with a material that can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof.

Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr. Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs.

The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr. Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business.

To raise money for the idea, he toured the city's private companies which fund new business and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mint's directors and won their support. Mint has committed around £ 500,000 to Myhabs and taken a share of 30 percent in Mr. Dunlop's business. The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year.

Mr. Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics.

For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhabs team before the festivalgoers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior advertising space.

The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.

1. “Ecofriendly tents” in Paragraph 1 refer to tents ________.

A．economically desirable	B．favorable to the environment
C．for holding music performances	D．designed for disaster relief

2. Mr. Dunlop established his business ________.

A．independently with an interest free loan from Mint	B．with the approval of the City's administration
C．in partnership with a finance group	D．with the help of a Japanese architect

3. It is implied in the passage that ________.

A．the weather in the UK is changeable in summer

B．most performances at British festivals are given in the open air

C．the cardboard tents produced by Mr. Dunlop can be user-tailored

D．cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users

【推荐1】This is the SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, I'm Barbara Klein.

Animal experts say one of the world's most beautiful and rare kinds of big cat is close to disappearing from the wild. A study earlier this year found that about thirty Amur leopards (豹) still live free. The cats are also called Far Eastern leopards.

Recently, their number has been reduced by one, Some person shot a female Amur, then beat her to death. The animal's body was discovered last month in the Barsovy National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Russia.

An official of the World Wildlife Fund, Darron, said this was the third such killing in the area in the past fives years. Mr, Collins said the death of even one adult female is a huge loss for the endangered cat, He noted that the killing reduces the possibility for cubs (幼兽) or young.

It is not clear how many Amur leopards still live free. One population count was performed in February and March. Wildlife expert Dmitry Pikuuov led this study. It found evidence of seven to nine males. The study identified three to seven females without cubs, Four leopards were identified as females with cubs. In all, five or six cubs were recorded, Six to eight animals could not be identified.

Most of the land where the Amur leopard once lived was in China.New roads and climate change there threatened the animals. So did hunters who kill big cats for their body parts.

Mr. Pikuuov says adult Amurs need about five hundred square kilometers with good forests to survive. He said they also need a large and continuing supply of animals like deer for food. He believes the answer to saving the Amur leopard is for governments to provide protected spaces for wildlife.

1. This passage is probably from           .

A．a magazine	B．a newspaper report
C．a TV report	D．a film

2. Why is the killing of an adult female a huge loss?

A．It could lead to the death of an adult male.

B．It means it can not give birth to the young any more.

C．11 is worth more money than a male.

D．There is only one adult female in the world.

3. The number of the Amur leopards in China is becoming smaller because of all the following EXCEPT           .

A．new roads	B．climate change
C．human hunting	D．rare diseases

4. According to the experts the Amur leopards          .

A．are living on plants	B．are living in the zoo
C．are well protected by people	D．are endangered

【推荐2】A cancer diagnosis no longer means what it used to. Just a few decades ago, the survival rate beyond five years was less than 50%. Now, nearly 70% of those who get cancer survive that long. Why? Because, chemotherapy (化疗) and radiation (放疗) , once the only heavy hitters of cancer treatment, are being paired with or replaced by a slate of new drugs and treatments.

For example, the first medication for what was previously considered an “undruggable” lung cancer mutation was recently approved in the United States, Canada, Europe and the U. K.

And a brand-new precision chemotherapy drug delivered directly to breast cancer tumor cells is giving hope to patients.

An even bigger newsmaker has been the promise of a treatment called immunotherapy (免疫疗法) , as researchers around the world have discovered ways to harness the body’s own immune system to battle cancer cells.

Also driving hope is a focus on prevention. Decades of research and public education have led to greater awareness of how lifestyle changes can reduce our risk of developing cancer. According to an article from the journal Pharmaceutical Research , 90% to 95% of cancers can be attributed to environment and lifestyle, rather than to genetic factors.

Here are some of the advances scientists are making against cancer.

PREVENTION

Cervical cancer was once one of the most common women’s cancers. In recent decades, Pap test screening led to a decline. But a preventive tool in use for more than a decade— a vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV) , which is responsible for more than 95% of cervical cancer cases-has been a game changer. Here’s how:

Since 2006, when the vaccine was introduced in North America, HPV infections have dropped more than 80% among teen girls and young women in the United States.

A study published in 2021 found that in England, where the immunization program was introduced in 2008, cervical cancer has been almost completely eliminated in women born since 1995 (those who were vaccinated at ages 12 or 13) .

An 11-year Swedish study of 1. 7 million women published in 2020 indicated that women vaccinated before age 17 were 90% less likely to get cervical cancer.

In March 2022, Australia announced that it was on track to become the first country to eliminate the cancer.

The World Health Organization’s goal is for 90% of girls to be vaccinated globally by 2030, eventually eliminating cervical cancer entirely.

1. How does the author mainly develop paragraph 1?

A．by listing figures	B．by giving examples
C．by making comparisons	D．by providing facts

2. Which of the following contribute to higher survival rate of cancer patients?

A．chemotherapy and radiation	B．immunotherapy and prevention
C．a well-known chemotherapy drug and prevention	D．immunotherapy and radiation

3. Which of the following is probably true according to the passage?

A．Most cancers may be result from genetic factors.

B．England has nearly eliminated cervical cancer in women born since 1995.

C．A study showed women vaccinated before age 17 were unlikely to get cervical cancer.

D．Australia had become the first country to be free of cervical cancer.

4. What will be discussed after the passage?

A．More countries’ information about treating cancer.

B．How to achieve the WHO’s goal.

C．Some more types of vaccines.

D．Other progresses in fighting against cancer.