The unusual whistle language used as a means of communication by villagers in the remote and mountainous northern Turkey has been added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
The language is a highly developed high-pitch system of whistling to communicate in rugged（崎岖的）areas where people mostly cannot see each other. It can allow people to communicate across great distances, up to 5 kilometers. Compared with other similar whistle languages in Spain’s Canary Islands, in Mexico, or in Greek villages, it has a higher tone and larger vocabulary.
This unusual form of communication, which dates some 500 years ago, to the Ottoman Empire, was born from sheer necessity and widespread across the Black Sea regions.
But 50 years ago, it suffered the impact of the progression of technology and nowadays the rapid growth of cellular mobile systems has put this cultural heritage（遗产）under serious threat.
For centuries, the language has been passed on from grandparent to parent, from parent to child. Now, though, many of its most skilful speakers who use their tongue, teeth and fingers are aging all becoming physically weak. Young people are no longer interested in learning the language or in finding ways to update its vocabulary with new words, and in a few generations it may be gone for good.
“Our bird language is very convenient and efficient to communicate across the valleys. It has many benefits over yelling, which is bad for our throats.” said Avni Kocek, head of the bird village adding that despite setbacks because of technology, “Bird language is still used by many of us. Whistle language is transmitted from our elders to us and we have the duty to transmit it to our children. We are making efforts to keep our culture alive through the annual Bird Language Festival.”
Besides, the bird language has been required to be taught at primary schools since 2014 by district authorities in order to instil（逐步实施）the practice in younger generations.
1. What is the bird language’s advantage over other similar whistle languages?| A．It is used as a means of communication. |
| B．It is older and has a larger number of users. |
| C．It can send more messages to farther places. |
| D．It is a completely different system of whistling. |
| A．Other whistle languages are more effectively protected. |
| B．The need to use it in everyday life is disappearing. |
| C．Many of its most skilful speakers are growing old. |
| D．Young people find it too difficult to learn well enough. |
| A．It has become a subject at primary schools. |
| B．Bird Language Festival is celebrated every month. |
| C．Cellular mobile systems are not allowed in the area. |
| D．All parents are required to transmit it to their children. |
| A．Preserving the Endangered Bird language |
| B．The Story of a Bird Language Speaker |
| C．Celebrating the Bird Language Festival |
| D．The Disappearance of Bird Language |
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【推荐1】Students’ Journey to Empower Rural Heritage
From Aug. 18 to 22 a team of 15 Tsinghua University students, representing diverse backgrounds from China, South Korea, Malaysia, and Indonesia, set foot on an overseas research exploration focusing on rural revitalization(振兴) in Indonesian villages, particularly within Nusa Tenggara Barat(NTB).
With the diverse cultural heritage, Indonesia is home to over 83,000 villages, each radiating its own charm and character.
The research mission took the students to Sukarara and Sade villages, two of NTB’s tourist destinations.
As the journey came to an end, the students carry with them not only the memories of their experiences there, but also the responsibility to make a positive impact on these remarkable places.
| A．While these villages possess undeniable fascination, many remain underdeveloped. |
| B．This effort includes the knowledge exchange between the students and local villagers |
| C．Both were selected for revitalization efforts led by the Village Revitalization Team. |
| D．In Sukarara, a local tradition requires girls master weaving skills before marriage |
| E．They decide to be a bridge between tradition and progress, united for their growth |
| F．It’s about preserving the cultural heritage and ensuring traditions being passed down |
【推荐2】It’s a race against time, as generations of cultural heritage conservators at the Dunhuang Academy make a great effort to protect the artistic charm of the Mogao Caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, despite erosion (侵蚀) by sand and wind.
The team is dedicated to protecting the 45, 000 square meters of murals (壁画) and more than 2, 400 painted sculptures of the 735 caves of the site, the construction of which spans about a thousand years, from the 4th century to the 14th century. The cultural relics are the product of the cultural exchanges that took place over centuries on the ancient Silk Road. “Our work, repairing murals and painted sculptures, is to better preserve the caves, which promotes the great Dunhuang spirit of inclusiveness (包容) to the world and inspires modern people,” says Su Bomin, director of the Dunhuang Academy.
Commonly seen “diseases” affecting the murals include cracking and flaking (剥落), as well as erosion that is caused by changes in temperature and humidity of the caves, and the deposition of salts. To restore (修复) a mural requires an all-rounder. Restorers should know painting, master the skills of a mason (石匠) and have some knowledge of chemistry and physics, to be able to recognize the problems and their corresponding (相应的) causes and deliver a solution. They must also select proper materials and tools, and conduct experiments, before formally carrying out the restoration and evaluating the effect afterward.
The restoration (修复) should respect the original work and aim to maintain the status quo (现状) of the murals rather than repainting them. When the restorers find some parts of murals missing or fading away, they never repaint them to create a “perfect” appearance in restoration. “Cultural relics are witnesses of history,” explains Su. “When you pursue the so-called intact (完好无损的) look for artistic reasons, you will lose their key meaning.”
Cave conservation is about continuously solving problems. “It needs a long-term research to better preserve the caves, over a much wider time span that goes beyond our lifetimes,” Su says. But at least, they can keep the existing look of the murals for as long as possible.
1. What is the main purpose of paragraph 2?| A．To show the popularity of Dunhuang murals. |
| B．To explain the history of the ancient Silk Road. |
| C．To stress the significance of the restoration work. |
| D．To present the ways of protecting cultural heritage. |
| A．Creative. | B．Well-paid. | C．Interesting. | D．Demanding. |
| A．Spotting the faded murals in time. |
| B．Fixing the missing parts of murals. |
| C．Making preservation(保护) of the murals as they are. |
| D．Repainting to perfect the appearance of murals. |
| A．The Artistic Charm of Mural Paintings. |
| B．The Mural Restoration in the Mogao Caves. |
| C．The Successful Experiment on Cave Conservation. |
| D．The Role of the Dunhuang Spirit in Chinese Culture. |
【推荐3】Vegemite (维吉米特黑酱) has been produced in Port Melbourne since the 1920s, with the former Kraft factory recently given heritage protection. The National Trust wanted the Vegemite smell that came from the factory to be included in a “statement of significance” on the site. “The smell is an excellent example of intangible (非物质的) cultural heritage and allows the purpose of the building to be understood.”
However, the City of Melbourne council stopped short of declaring the Vegemite smell “significant”. This is in an effort to ensure no “future development of Fishermans Bend” is put in danger, said the mayor. The historic Fishermans Bend district is being transformed in a project that will see the area house up to 80,000 residents and host tens of thousands of jobs.
He acknowledged the “attachment many people have towards the special smell of the beloved spread (酱)” that comes from the Fishermans Bend factory, but said the council sought to avoid tying “a smell to the ongoing use of the land”. “Vegemite might be the spread that starts the nation, but it shouldn't be the smell that stops the future development of Fishermans Bend.” But he said the smell would be recorded as a “recognised part of the site's history” in the City of Melbourne's heritage study.
“We see this as an appropriate outcome. We are pleased the smell will still be recognised,” said Felicity Watson, head of advocacy at the National Trust. “Our campaign for the smell to be recognised is about acknowledging that the significance of this place goes beyond the bricks of the factory building.”
The idea of recognising smells as having heritage significance was unusual, Ms Watson conceded, and it was the first time the Trust had proposed it in relation to a heritage place.
Internationally, however, the importance of intangible aspects of cultural heritage such as smell is being recognised through the emerging field of “olfactory (嗅觉的) heritage”. Ms Watson said that in recent years countries such as Japan and France had acted to protect areas of “fragrant scenery” and certain sounds and smells of the countryside.
1. Why did the council turn down the National Trust's request?| A．Vegemite has not received official recognition as a heritage. |
| B．The Vegemite smell makes some people feel uncomfortable. |
| C．The former Kraft factory would not produce Vegemite any more. |
| D．They want to secure the future development of Fishermans Bend. |
| A．Puzzled. | B．Disappointed. | C．Reserved. | D．Satisfied. |
| A．Complained. | B．Predicted. | C．Admitted. | D．Recommended. |
| A．Vegemite smell is recognised for its heritage value |
| B．Emerging fields of intangible cultural heritage |
| C．Vegemite's popularity in Fishermans Bend |
| D．The former Kraft factory is transformed |
Half of 110 participants were told to stop telling major or minor ("white") lies for 10 weeks, while the other half (the control group) was given no special instructions about lying.
The 110 people ranged from ages 18 to 71 and came from both sexes and all income levels. All came to a laboratory each week to complete health and relationship questionnaires and to take a test showing the number of major and minor lies they had told that week.
When those in the no-lie group told three fewer white lies than in other weeks, they complained less of headaches, tenseness, anxiety and other problems than those in the control group. In addition, they reported that their close personal relationships had improved and their social interactions(交往) had gone more smoothly.
“The link was that clear," said study author Anita Kelly, a professor of psychology at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. "Lying less was clearly associated with better health for those people."
Previous research indicates that Americans average 11 lies per week, from the little white lies to save face or falsely praise others to major lies about serious matters. Kelly said her study differs from former studies because it didn't focus on how to detect a liar, but on the potential health consequences of telling lies.
“People might recognize the more harmful effect lying can have on relationships, but probably don't recognize the extent to which it can cause a lot of stress," said Dr. Bryan Bruno at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.
At the end of the study, some participants had created smart ways to avoid lying. Kelly noted that some realized they could simply tell the truth about their daily achievements rather than exaggerate(夸张), while others responded to a troubling question with another question to take the person’s attention away. They also stopped making false excuses for running late or failing to finish tasks.
“People usually think white lies are acceptable. In fact, white lies are trouble, not just major lies," Kelly said. "As long as you like, you can find effective ways to avoid lying in many cases. It depends on you.”
“But the goal doesn’t have to be the absolute absence of lies … the goal would be a reduction in lies,” she added.
1. According to the author, doing the following things is good for health EXCEPT .
| A．eating fruits and vegetables | B．exercising regularly |
| C．lying as seldom as possible | D．watching TV |
| A．the effect lifestyles have on health. |
| B．the link between lying and health. |
| C．how to improve relationships |
| D．how to discover a liar. |
| A．All the participants were adults. |
| B．The control group was asked to stop lying. |
| C．The participants had ten physical examinations. |
| D．All the participants were of the same income level. |
| A．white lies help to improve relationships. |
| B．few people realize lying harms their health. |
| C．Americans tell 11 lies per week on average. |
| D．Lying less results in better health mentally and physically. |
【推荐2】More and more travellers in China nowadays prefer homestays rather than traditional hotels, as they seek private living experiences. The house-sharing model was first introduced by the website Couchsurfing.com in 2003. It is still the largest website for travellers to find accommodation (住宿) without much money to spend.
Encouraged by her great experience of homestays in France, Maggita, 30, considered short-term hire as her first choice in her future trips. She later went back to her hometown Shanghai and ran a "shared accommodation" business.
The short-term hire idea has been a win-win business model. For travellers, they can rent a special room at a reasonable price and also enjoy a firsthand experience of the local culture, compared with traditional hotels. For owners, they can gain much with daily rental. Now Maggita has quit her last job in an IT company and become a host of some 20 homestays, which enables her to earn a monthly income of around 40,000 — 50,000 yuan.
In recent years, China has seen many homestay booking websites such as Xiaozhu and Tujia. Chen Chi, the founder and CEO of Xiaozhu, said the model is to share rooms or apartments that are not in use with people who need them. Instead of the traditional view that Chinese people feel uncomfortable living with strangers, Chen found that a large number of travellers got along well with house owners.
However, experts have pointed out a series of problems brought about by the fashion. Lacking supervision (监管) to those accommodation sharing websites, the service quality and accommodation safety cannot be guaranteed (保障).Experts suggest that the online websites should closely work together with communities and local police stations to improve the services.
1. What can we learn about homestays from the first paragraph?| A．They started in China. | B．They offer the best service. |
| C．They can be money-saving. | D．They are popular with the youth. |
A．Taken up.  | B．Given up. |
| C．Looked for. | D．Gone for |
A．Useless.  | B．Relaxing. |
| C．Well-accepted. | D．Uncomfortable. |
| A．Homestays need to be improved. |
| B．Some experts don't support homestays. |
| C．Lacking supervision is the biggest problem of homestays. |
| D．The police should manage the homestay services. |
【推荐3】As newer, more advanced technologies come out, huge amounts of electronics (电子产品) are thrown away, instead of being reused. These goods often end up in landfills, where the chemicals inside them may be a danger to the environment. Electronics can contain harmful materials. If these materials get into the ground or water, the pollution can cause serious problems. Most electronics require metals. These metals must be mined from the Earth. Often the mining process creates serious pollution.
A group known as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Forum is trying to make people more aware of the problems of e-waste. Recently, the WEEE Forum asked researchers from the United Nations (UN) to study a kind of e-waste that’s often not noticed because people don’t consider the goods to be electronics. The WEEE Forum calls this kind “unable-to-be-seen” e-waste.
The UN study shows that about 1/6 of all e-waste is “unable-to-be-seen”. Though it’s “unable-to-be-seen”, it’s certainly not a small amount. The “unable-to-be-seen” e-waste weighs about 9 billion kilograms. The WEEE Forum says that if this e-waste were put into 40-ton trucks and the trucks were then lined up, the line of trucks would be about 5,630 kilometers long.
The surprising kind leading the “unable-to-be-seen” e-waste group was toys. Worldwide, roughly 7.3 billion electronic toys are thrown away each year. These include goods like car racing sets, electric trains, and musical toys. They also include toys with electronic parts, like dolls that speak or games with electronic timers. In all, toys make up about 35% of “unable-to-be-seen” e-waste. But the problem is far larger than just toys. The report also shows that other everyday goods like home alarms, smoke alarms, power tools, and computer cables (电缆) are also big sources of “unable-to-be-seen” e-waste.
The WEEE Forum is hoping that as more people and governments become aware of e-waste, they will make a much greater effort to make sure electronics get reused.
1. What is paragraph 1 mainly about?| A．The amount of electronics. | B．The development of electronics. |
| C．The ways of reusing electronics. | D．The pollution of electronics. |
| A．People’s interest in electronics’ character. |
| B．People’s impression on electronics’ package. |
| C．People’s misunderstanding of electronics. |
| D．People’s struggle to adapt to electronics. |
| A．By showing numbers. | B．By providing examples. |
| C．By making a summary. | D．By making a comparison, |
| A．Designing advanced electronics. | B．Making electronics get reused. |
| C．Stopping giving away electronics. | D．Reducing electronics’ production. |
【推荐1】My youngest son has a severe form of autism (自闭症). Even though he is in his twenties now, he still has the mind of a young child.
He speaks only a few words. He is lost in his own world most of the time. Things I find silly delight him and little changes that wouldn’t bother me at all bother him greatly. He will tear things up and cry for no reason that I can see. He will even hit himself.
It always hurts me to see him suffer this way especially when there is little I can do. This morning was particularly trying for him. He tore up a new shirt I’d bought him and cried on and off for an hour. Finally he calmed down again. However, I was still feeling stressed and exhausted. I sat down before my computer to see if I could get a little work done.
As I was turning it on, though, I heard my son laugh for the first time all day. I turned my head and saw him standing directly under the glass angel hanging from our ceiling fan. The light from our house lamps seemed to shine all around him like a gold ring. His eyes shone too as the little angel swung gently above his head. He laughed again and smiled at me, saying, “Mom, I love you”.
At that moment my heart opened. I could see that the miracle (奇迹) was reminding me that my son was more than his autism. I instead saw the shining soul within. I saw the love and light of his spirit and knew he was here for a purpose. My eyes watered and I feel grateful for this minor miracle and gentle reminder of his love for me.
Miracles are all around us，but we can’t always see them with our eyes. We often have to see them with our hearts. Keep your heart open to them then. And let yourself be the miracle you were meant to be!
1. What do we know about the author’s son?| A．Little changes seldom bother him. |
| B．His physical condition is very good. |
| C．He treats others rudely and impolitely. |
| D．He isn’t mature for his age. |
| A．Interesting. | B．Puzzling. |
| C．Annoying. | D．Embarressing. |
| A．Because she saw her son’s love for her. |
| B．Because the little angel comforted her son. |
| C．Because the light from lamps seemed to shine. |
| D．Because she heard her son’s laughter for the first time. |
| A．The glass angel is swinging | B．Disease can be cured accidentally |
| C．The happiness lies in waiting | D．Miracles come with open heart |
【推荐2】A research paper recently reported that the Chinese paddlefish (中华鲟) — one of the world’s largest freshwater fish — has been declared extinct.
Scientists say the Chinese paddlefish and its close relatives have been around for at least 200 million years. The species, reaching up to seven meters in length, survived unimaginable changes, such as the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs. But there’s one phenomenon this ancient species, sometimes called the “panda of the Yangtze”, could not survive humans.
Their huge size and plentiful flesh made them a popular target for fishermen and a welcome addition to inner tables in China. In the 1970s, 25 tons of paddlefish were harvested per year on average.
But the construction of the Gezhouba Dam on the Yangtze forever changed the Yangtze River habitat of paddlefish, because it was constructed without a fish ladder or sideway and cut off the paddlefish from their only breeding (繁殖) grounds upstream. Populations of the fish continued to decrease after the completion of the dam in 1981, but nobody had yet figured out how terrible the situation was. As is often the case, there can be a significant delay between major disturbances and their consequence. The researchers say the fish had become functionally extinct by 1993, meaning there were not enough fish to meaningfully reproduce.
Pan Wenjing is an ocean expert with Greenpeace East Asia. She told The Associated Press the extinction of the Chinese paddlefish was “a huge loss” for nature. She said the development confirms that the Yangtze River is experiencing major environmental damage.
“The ecosystem of the Yangtze River is close to its breaking point due to human activity in past decades.” Pan said. “The paddlefish’s extinction should serve as a wake-up call to protect other freshwater species. Moving forward, we need to balance the needs of humans with the needs of life in rivers and seas. Humans should not live alone on this planet.”
1. What can we say about the Chinese paddlefish?| A．It is the largest fish. |
| B．It appeared earlier than dinosaurs. |
| C．It is a kind of ancient fish. |
| D．It was a welcome dish for the fishermen. |
| A．The design problems of the Gezhouba Dam. |
| B．The worsening ecosystem in the Yangtze River. |
| C．The population development of the Chinese paddlefish. |
| D．The main reason for the dying out of the Chinese paddlefish. |
| A．Angry. | B．Doubtful. |
| C．Worried. | D．Unconcerned. |
| A．Environment. | B．Science. |
| C．Culture. | D．Tourism |
【推荐3】As doctors performed surgery on Dagmar Turner's brain, the sound of a violin filled the operating room. The music came from the patient on the operating table. In a video from the surgery, the violinist was moving her bow(琴弓)up and down as surgeons behind a plastic sheet worked to remove her brain tumor(肿瘤).The King's College Hospital surgeons woke her up in the middle of the operation in order to ensure they did not damage parts of the brain necessary for playing the violin and keep her hand's functions intact.
Turner, 53, learned that she had a slow-growing tumor. Later doctors found that it had become more aggressive and the violinist decided to have surgery to remove it. Turner recalled doctors telling her, "Your tumor is on the right-hand side, so it will not affect your right hand, it will affect your left hand. "Staring down at her left hand, she said, “This is my most important part. My job these days is playing the violin, which is my passion. ”
" We knew how important the violin is to Turner, so it was vital that we preserved function in the delicate areas of her brain that allowed her to play, "Keyoumars Ashkan, a doctor at King's College Hospital, said in a press release.
Before Turner's operation, Ashkan and his colleagues spent two hours carefully mapping her brain to identify areas that were active when she played the violin and those controlling language and movement. Waking her up during surgery then allowed doctors to monitor whether those parts were suffering damage. The surgery was a success. Ashkan said, "We managed to remove over 90 percent of the tumour, including all areas suspicious of aggressive activity, while retaining full function of her left hand."
Brad Mahon, expert at Carnegie Mellon University, said the basic features of an "awake craniotomy"-the type of brain surgery where patients are awake in order to avoid damage to critical brain areas--have remained largely unchanged for decades. For example, doctors have long used simple tests such as asking a patient to name what they're seeing in pictures to make sure language ability is preserved.
But he said that doctors are now able to map the patient's brain activity in great detail before the surgery, using an imaging technique called functional MRI. That means surgeons are coming into the operating room with tar more information about a specific patient's brain. That kind of information helps doctors tailor tests to a patient's particular needs.
1. What does the underlined word “intact" mean in the first paragraph?| A．strong | B．sound |
| C．talented | D．influential |
| A．To keep her brain more active when she played the violin. |
| B．To monitor whether her brain had suffered damage severely. |
| C．To recognize the areas related to music and movement precisely. |
| D．To remove the tumor while keeping all function of her brain. |
| A．Doctors are using an imaging technique to monitor the surgery. |
| B．Patients are asleep to protect critical brain areas in a surgery. |
| C．A patient's language ability couldn't be preserved before. |
| D．Surgeons can personalize a patient's operation by mapping his brain. |
| A．Musician joined in her own brain surgery |
| B．Mapping a brain is realized after surgery |
| C．The violinist suffers from a brain tumor |
| D．Doctors perform surgery on a brain |
【推荐1】Two years ago, Microsoft sank a data centre off the coast of Orkney in a wild experiment. That data centre has now been retrieved from the ocean floor, and Microsoft researchers are assessing how it has performed, and what they can learn from it about energy efficiency. Their first conclusion is that the container packed with servers（服务器）had a lower failure rate than a conventional data centre. When the container was pulled out of the seabed around half a mile offshore after being placed there in May 2018, just 8 out of the 855 servers on board had failed, which compares very well with a conventional data centre.
As more and more of our data is stored in the cloud, there is growing concern about the vast energy demands of data centres. This experiment was an attempt to learn broader lessons about energy efficiency in cloud computing（云计算）. All of Orkney’s electricity comes from wind and solar power, but there were no issues in keeping the underwater data centre supplied with power. “We have been able to run really well on what most land-based data centres consider an unreliable electric-power network,” says Spencer Fowers, one of members in the technical team.
Underwater data centres might sound like an unusual idea, but David Ross, who has been a consultant to the data centre industry for many years, believes the project has great potential. He uses examples where it would be beneficial, such as organisations facing a natural disaster or a terrorist attack. “You could effectively move something to a more secure location without having all the high costs of constructing a building. It’s flexible and cost-effective,” he says.
Microsoft is cautious about saying when an underwater data centre might be a commercial product, but the company is confident that the experiment has proved the idea has value. “We think that we are past the point where this is a science experiment,” says Ben Cutler. “Now it’s simply a question of what do we want to engineer — would it be a little one, or would it be a large one?”
1. What did Microsoft researchers find according to paragraph 1?| A．The advantage of the underwater data centre. |
| B．The safety of the traditional data centre. |
| C．The novel feature of the traditional data centre. |
| D．The computing power of the underwater data centre. |
| A．To make Orkney’s environment better. |
| B．To explore a greener way of data storage. |
| C．To display the strength of cloud computing. |
| D．To improve the energy efficiency of computers. |
| A．It is not practical due to high costs. |
| B．It protects people from different disasters. |
| C．It faces an uncertain future in the data centre industry. |
| D．It outweighs the traditional data centres in several aspects. |
| A．Seek cooperation with other engineers. |
| B．Decide the scale of underwater data centres. |
| C．Perform another experiment on cloud computing. |
| D．Design marketing strategy for underwater data centres. |
【推荐2】You know the saying “You’re as young as you feel." Well, there may be some truth to that, according to researchers at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Ellen Langer, a Harvard psychologist who studies how the mind influences the body, and colleagues reviewed the scientific literature for evidence that a person’s perception of their age might influence their health. They published their results in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science.
In one study that Langer led, 47 women had their hair done. The women who thought their new hairdos made them look younger did look younger to objective observers, who were shown before-and-after pictures. The women who thought they looked younger also showed a drop in blood pressure. Another study involving 4,421 men found that those who became bald at a relatively young age were more likely to get cancer and heart disease than men who did not. Similarly, another study involving 2,017 men found that those who lost their hair early were more likely to develop heart disease. “We believe that the feelings associated with being older than one’s real age account for some of these health outcomes,” the researchers wrote.
The researchers also described studies that found that women who had children later in life were more likely to be healthier and live longer than those who had children early, which they attributed to the fact that these mothers tend to spend more time with younger women. Similarly, people who marry younger partners tend to live longer than those who marry older partners, according to other studies.
Taken together, the research “supports the general mind-body hypothesis (假说) that when a younger mind is prepared, a younger body can accompany it.” While the mechanism(机制) remains unclear, the researchers figured that suggestions associated with aging can “make one unconsciously or consciously aware of old age and set in motion a series of physiological processes that can have real effects on short-term and long-term health."
1. What’s the author’s attitude towards the research results?| A．Negative. | B．Indifferent. |
| C．Supportive. | D．Objective. |
| A．Blood pressure is highly related to hairdos. |
| B．Getting cancer or heart disease is the cause of hair losing. |
| C．Feeling older than real age may be tied to health problems. |
| D．The women who love hairdos look younger than those don’t. |
| A．often staying with younger people can benefit people's health |
| B．the younger one of a couple lives much longer |
| C．a younger mother is more likely to live longer |
| D．people who want to live longer need to marry |
| A．Getting bald too early is not good for health |
| B．People’s feeling of their age may have an effect on their own health |
| C．Feeling younger to a couple is very important to their health |
| D．Women had better give birth later in their life |
【推荐3】Rick Guidotti put aside his career as a fashioned Photographer to turn his lens (镜头) to people living with genetic, physical and behavioral differences.
He says what changed his perception of beauty was a chance encounter with an albino (白化病) girl .“1 was just tired of people telling me who was beautiful. Every season that face would change but1 was always told who was beautiful. As an artist, I don't see beauty just on covers of magazines. I see it everywhere. So that kind of was my initial kind of - that opened my eyes a little wider in the wider.”
Guidotti has created Positive Exposure, a not-for-profit organization that uses photography and video to transform public perceptions and promote a world where differences are celebrated. Guidotti and Positive Exposure are featured in a new documentary called On Beauty.
One of the women featured in the film is Jayne Waithera.“I never thought I was beautiful because nobody said that to me, but my meeting was my profound moment. I remember that particular day. He took my picture and I felt so good like I felt there s somebody who, really like, loves me and sees me for who I am and who sees me more than my condition.”
Rick is traveling from city to city to promote On Beauty. He says his tour is not about money, it's about the message:“As I travel from community to community, I'm taking photographs and I'm empowering individuals with a positive sense of who they are. They're seeing beauty in their reflection but I'm also empowering their families and they in turn are empowering their communities as well. All is based on the philosophy of change - how you see, see how you change.”
1. Why did Rick change his career?| A．Because he couldn't earn enough money from his former career. |
| B．Because the beauty on covers of magazines are not beautiful. |
| C．Because he wanted to create his own company. |
| D．Because his comprehension of beauty changed owing to an albino girl. |
| A．It brings a lot of money for Rick. |
| B．It makes the public more beautiful. |
| C．It welcomes differences in the world. |
| D．It makes photography more popular. |
| A．Jayne was beautiful indeed. |
| B．Photographs gave Jayne a positive sense of who she was. |
| C．It was unfair nobody discovered Jayne's beauty. |
| D．Jayne's picture was more beautiful than herself. |
| A．We should travel frequently. |
| B．Community has a great influence on everyone. |
| C．We should make contributions to our community. |
| D．Your attitude to seeing the world decides your behavior. |
