In 1973, I was teaching elementary school. Each day, 27 kids entered “The Thinking Laboratory.” That was the name students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too dull.
Freddy was an average student, but not an average person. He had the rare balance of fun and compassion（同情）. He would laugh the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone’s misfortune.
Before the school year ended, I gave the kids a special gift, T-shirts with the words “Verbs Are Your Friends ” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs（动词）may seem dull , most of the fun things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.
Through the years, I’d run into former students who would provide updates on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his graduation from high school and remained the same caring person I met forty years before . Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man sleep in his truck. Another time, he lent a friend money to buy a house.
Just last year, I was conducting a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman excused the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and opened it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a note from Freddy’s mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this. ”
I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn’t help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all took something from Freddy.
1. What do the underlined words “The Thinking Laboratory” in paragraph 1 refer to?| A．The elementary school where the kids studied. |
| B．“Room104”in which the kids studied. |
| C．The workshop in which the kids carried out experiments. |
| D．The high school which was fun as well as dull. |
| A．She hardly kept in touch with her former students. |
| B．She wrote the passage in 2013 or so. |
| C．She was very strict with her students. |
| D．She gave the kids special gifts after the school year. |
| A．modest and daring. | B．outstanding and calm. |
| C．generous and creative. | D．warm-hearted and caring. |
| A．Cautious. | B．Disapproving. |
| C．Uninterested. | D．Appreciative. |
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【推荐1】In the fall of 2009, as the theater reporter for The Times, I called Angela Lansbury to confirm a sensitive piece of information. I was writing a story revealing the kinds of special assistance that some actors used to remember their lines.
I had heard that Ms. Lansbury, who was then 84, had used an earpiece earlier that year while playing on Broadway. I remember being nervous as I dialed her number. Nervous about whether I could persuade her to open up to me. Most nervous about interviewing a star who meant something to me and my father. However, Angela Lansbury, filling me with great admiration, was game to talk, quick with a laugh, frank and honest. I’d assumed that aging and memory were vulnerabilities (弱点); she saw them as facts and addressed them confidently.
Of using an earpiece on Broadway, she told me: “If we’re going to play important roles at our age, we’re going to ask for some support if we need it.”
Ms. Lansbury brought a combination of dignity and frankness to her life and work. She may have lacked the classic good looks and voice of her era, as she openly acknowledged, but being who she was, she found stardom and a large number of fans through raw talent and risk-taking.
By the time I interviewed Ms. Lansbury, my father was in his 70s and showing signs of dementia (痴呆). I was overly sensitive to the facts of aging and tended to see it as a vulnerability better kept private, as my father did. After interviewing her, I mentioned her earpiece story to my father as I persuaded him to wear the hearing aids that he had refused several times. When it came to persuading him to accept a caregiver — a measure of special assistance, no doubt— star-powered inspiration did also help me win the argument, which gave me an even deeper appreciation for Ms. Lansbury.
1. Why did the author call Ms. Lansbury?| A．To interview her for an article. |
| B．To invite her to perform on Broadway. |
| C．To learn from her how to remember lines. |
| D．To inform her of new kinds of special assistance. |
| A．She was rather nervous. |
| B．She talked freely and openly. |
| C．She took her vulnerabilities seriously. |
| D．She had a good memory despite her age. |
| A．Her unique voice. |
| B．Her classic good looks. |
| C．Her attractive personality. |
| D．Her abilities to balance life and work. |
| A．To prove Ms. Lansbury’s opinion on aging. |
| B．To show Ms. Lansbury’s impact on him and his father. |
| C．To explain the relationship between him and his father. |
| D．To call on more people to show respect for Ms. Lansbury. |
【推荐2】Getting mixed families together isn’t always an easy task and some children can be left feeling hurt or angry when their parents remarry. But one woman has made sure her new stepson knows exactly how much she appreciates him, by dedicating part of her wedding vows (誓言) to him.
Vanessa Lynch, 30, became stepmum to nine-year-old Henry when she tied the knot with Craig Lynch and after making her vows to her new husband, she turned her attention to the young boy. Her vows said, “Henry, I know I wasn’t there for your first steps or your first words, but I promise I will be there for many more of your firsts. I promise to love you as if you were my own and lastly I promise I will be the best wife for your dad and I promise to be the best stepmum I can be for you.”
And Vanessa insisted she wanted to dedicate some of her vows to Henry because she didn’t want him to see her as just a “woman his dad was married to”. She explained, “I’m glad I decided to do it because Henry told me that they meant a lot to him and that he feels even closer to me than before.”
Vanessa also had a stepdad growing up and chose to walk down the aisle with both her biological dad and her stepdad to show that family doesn’t just mean blood relatives. She said, “I come from a mixed family, so I wanted to show how stepparents should treat stepchildren as though they were their own children. You don’t share blood with someone, but it does not mean you cannot be a family. It all comes from love you hold for a person and what you commit to one another.”
1. How did Vanessa show her care for her stepson？| A．By allowing him to live with her. | B．By vowing to him at her wedding. |
| C．By purchasing his favourite toys. | D．By promising to give him freedom. |
| A．Got married to. | B．Got familiar with. |
| C．Got engaged in. | D．Got involved with. |
| A．Worse than ever. | B．As close as before. |
| C．Greatly improved. | D．No closer than before. |
| A．Sensitive and skeptical. | B．Ambitious and gentle. |
| C．Talented and intelligent. | D．Kind and considerate. |
One day, feeling very sad and lonely, she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘） bush. The young girl carefully released the butterfly. Instead of flying away, the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.
“For your wonderful kindness,” the good fairy said to the girl, “I will give you any wish you would like.” The little girl thought for a moment and then replied, “I want to be happy.”
The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.
As the little girl grew up, there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer, “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”
When she was very old and on her deathbed, the neighbors all gathered around her, and feared that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us, please,” they begged, “Tell us what the good fairy said.” The lovely old woman simply smiled and said, “She told me that everyone, no matter how secure they seemed, no matter how old or young, how rich or poor, had need of me.”
1. ______ the girl felt sad and lonely.
| A．There were many friends but |
| B．There was nobody to love her so |
| C．There was nothing to do |
| D．Seeing the butterfly was caught |
| A．helped the butterfly escaped from the thorn |
| B．felt sorrow,but she didn’t go up to help it |
| C．fell down on it too |
| D．failed to help it release from the thorn |
| A．to be rich | B．to have her own parents |
| C．to have a lot of friends | D．happiness |
| A．they loved this woman deeply and they didn’t wanted her to die |
| B．the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she died |
| C．they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happiness |
| D．they wanted to pray for her after her death |
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Who do you count as your friends? From our best friend forever to a work mate, it’s good to have someone to chat with or offer comfort and support. But when it comes to friendship, is it more important to have quantity or quality?
The recent isolation we have experienced due to the coronavirus pandemic(冠状病毒流行病) has made some of us question our friendships. We’ve fallen out of touch with friends and acquaintances(熟人), and it may feel awkward, but do we actually have to reawaken every relationship we once had? It might be time to think about who you kept in touch with, who you missed talking to, and who you didn’t. In short, maybe it’s time to reset your list of real mates.
There’s no duty to stay friends, and writing for BBC Worklife, Bryan Lufkin says: “While people have known for years that friendships are unquestionably good for your health, experts say it’s only natural for acquaintances and even friends to lose contact with each other as time goes on – and it’s nothing to feel guilty about.”
Of course, it can be hard to choose who’s in your friendship circle. This is what Suzanne Degges-White, professor at Northern Illinois University, calls our ‘friendscape(朋友圈)’. She says, “in life, as we go through certain stages and ages, our attention changes, and we want to be around people who are like us.”
So, changing friends is normal, but we still need those special friends who’ve known us long term. These are friendships we spend time on. According to Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology at the University of Oxford, these are your inner circle of friends — your “shoulders to cry on” — and you have to see them at least once a week to keep them. He adds the friends that do keep at a distance are mostly “friendships of convenience”. But the advice for maintaining a good friendship is to share how you feel with someone you trust — this can help strengthen your friendship as well as giving you both a chance to support each other.
1. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?| A．It was awkward to fall out of touch with friends. |
| B．People need to rethink who are their real friends. |
| C．The coronavirus made people question friendships. |
| D．It is necessary to reawaken all the lost relationships. |
| A．Positive. | B．Negative. | C．Unclear. | D．Indifferent. |
| A．Try to stay friends whenever we like. |
| B．Regain every friendship we once owned. |
| C．Share how we feel with our trusted friends. |
| D．Feel guilty when losing contact with others. |
| A．A friend is a second self. |
| B．Is there a friend for life? |
| C．A friend in need is a friend indeed. |
| D．Need a friend keep a certain distance? |
【推荐2】What kind of relationship do you think will provide you with more life satisfaction, better health and overall well-being? A romantic relationship? A familial (家庭的) one? Surprisingly, the answer is friendship.
However, it’s not possible to have true friends without first making regular friends. Have you ever thought about how long it takes to turn an acquaintance (认识的人) into a true friend?
Well, a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships might have the answer to that question. According to lead study author Jeffrey Hall, a communications professor at the University of Kansas in the US, we need to spend at least 80 hours with another person to create a true friendship with them.
Hall surveyed two groups as they began new chapters in their lives. One group consisted of 429 adults who had recently relocated (搬家), while the other was made up of 112 freshmen from the University of Kansas.
The results showed that the more time each person spent together, the faster friendship formed in both groups. But it seemed that Hall wasn’t satisfied. He wanted to find out exactly how many hours it takes to form a friendship.
According to the survey, “casual” friends are generally formed after spending about 30 hours together. And people will go from casual friends to regular friends after another 50 hours.
However, it takes a lot longer to get really close to someone: A “close” friendship takes about 140 hours to create and “best friends” need about 300 hours.
But spending time together isn’t the only factor (元素) when it comes to making friends. “It’s not enough to just be in the company of someone… it matters how you spend the time,” Hall told the Daily Mail.
For one thing, as Hall noted, the way we communicate matters. “Catching up, joking around and having meaningful conversation promote intimacy (亲密) and closeness, while small talk actually decreases closeness in the relationship,” he said.
And since time is precious, Hall suggested taking advantage of our school years by making as many friends as we can.
Hall’s relationship tips:
·Watch a TV series together
·Share jokes and laughter
·Have long, meaningful conversations
·Watch a movie together
·Engage (参与) in friendly competition by playing video games
1. What is the article mainly about?| A．Factors that influence the forming of a friendship. |
| B．How people’s personality influences the time it takes to make friends. |
| C．The role that friendship plays in our life. |
| D．The necessity to make true friends in modern society. |
| A．They are of the same age. |
| B．They are good at making friends. |
| C．They study at the same university. |
| D．They just moved to a new environment. |
| A．About 30 hours. | B．About 50 hours. |
| C．About 80 hours. | D．About 140 hours. |
| A．Joking around with their friend. |
| B．Having more small talk. |
| C．Spending more time together in silence. |
| D．Discussing serious topics. |
【推荐3】I am Peter Hodes, a volunteer stem courier. Since March 2012, I've done 89 trips of those , 51 have been abroad, I have 42 hours to carry stem cells（干细胞）in my little box because I've got two ice packs and that's how long they last, in all, from the time the stem cells are harvested from a donor(捐献者) to the time they can be implanted in the patient, we’ve got 72 hours at most, So I am always conscious of time.
I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America. I picked up the stem cells in Providence, Rhode Island, and was meant to fly to Washington then back to London. But when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence, the lady on the desk said: “Well, I’m really sorry, I’ve got some bad news for you-there are no fights from Washington.” So I took my box and put it on the desk and I said: “In this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient-please, please, you’ve got to get me back to the United Kingdom.” She just dropped everything. She arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for mere-routed(改道)me through Newark and got me back to the UK even earlier than originally scheduled.
For this courier job, you’re consciously aware than that box you’re got something that is potentially going to save somebody’s life.
1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “courier” in Paragraph 1?| A．provider | B．delivery man |
| C．collector | D．medical doctor |
| A．He cannot stay away from his job too long. |
| B．The donor can only wait for that long. |
| C．The operation needs that very much. |
| D．The ice won’t last any longer. |
| A．To London | B．To Newark |
| C．To Providence | D．To Washington |
【推荐1】The joy of giving is real, according to a study. Research presented in the Journal of the Association for Psychological Science shows that those who give gifts are happier — and happier for longer — than those who receive gifts.
Researchers conducted two studies last year. In one，participants were given $5 every day for five days and were required to spend the money on the same thing each day. Some participants were required to spend the money on themselves, while others were required to give to make a donation to charity. In a second experiment that was done online, participants played 10 rounds of a word puzzle game and each won 5 cents per round, which they could keep or donate.
In both experiments, participants reported their overall happiness. Those who donated their money showed that their happiness declined at a much slower rate than those who kept the money or spent it on themselves.
The researchers note that when people focus on an outcome, they can easily compare outcomes, which may diminish their sensitivity to each experience. When people focus on an action, they may focus less on comparison and instead experience each act of giving as a unique happiness-inducing event. Further analyses ruled out some potential alternative explanations, such as the possibility that participants who gave to others had to think longer and harder about what to give, which could promote higher happiness.
The results are especially interesting because according to one of the researchers, Ed O’Brien of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, they conflict with past research. “If you want to sustain happiness over time, past research tells us that we need to take a break from what were currently consuming and experience something new. Our research reveals that the kind of thing may matter more than assumed: Repeated giving, even in identical ways to identical other，may continue to feel relatively fresh and relatively pleasurable the more we do it,” O’Brien said.
So for all the holiday gifts you give this season, expect to feel happy and know that feeling is going to stick around for a while.
1. What’s the function of the first paragraph?| A．To lead to the topic. |
| B．To highlight the importance of the study. |
| C．To recommend a journal. |
| D．To persuade people to give gifts regularly. |
| A．To challenge the past research. |
| B．To rule out different experimental data. |
| C．To show the benefits of donation. |
| D．To make the conclusion more convincing. |
| A．Develop. | B．Show. | C．Reduce. | D．Lack. |
| A．Gift giving will result in longer happiness than receiving. |
| B．Thinking longer and harder on giving will promote higher happiness. |
| C．The feeling of happiness will disappear soon if people just give holiday gifts. |
| D．Taking a break from what were currently consuming will sustain happiness. |
【推荐2】Will your happiness differ if you are doing a kind action without any expectation of rewards or with an expectation of rewards? A study by University of Sussex, headed by Dr. Daniel CampbellMeikeljohn, tried to answer that question. He and his partners analyzed over 1, 000 brain scans from other studies related to reactions to making a decision based on kindness. They split the studies based on who was making a decision for altruistic (无私的) reasons and who was making a decision due to the expectation of an obvious reward. The results were interesting.
In both instances, the reward center of the brain lit up on the MRI scans (磁共振成像扫描). Yet, for those who made their decision without any rewards, other areas of the brain lit up as well. Specifically, it lit up the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex (前扣带皮层区域), which scientists believe plays a role in emotional regulation. Also, it might aid in maintaining excitement related to an event that creates a positive emotional state.
In one study about the subgenual anterior cingulate cortex, it is believed that this brain region could be related to depression if it isn’t developed properly or is dysfunctional. The fact that this part of the brain lights up during acts of generosity and caring without expectation of rewards shows that the altruistic individuals are getting more sustainable pleasure than those motivated by rewards. It also could aid in explaining how it helps depressive individuals feel happier after doing a kind deed.
We live in a society, and no man is a lonely island. We all need each other. For those who genuinely desire to help others regardless of repayment, maintaining a balance of helping others and yourself is very important. It is healthy and necessary to be kind to yourself, as well as to others.
1. Why did the author think the results interesting?| A．There are no differences as to the litup area of the brain. |
| B．The reward center of the brain lit up in one case alone. |
| C．The subgenual anterior cingulate cortex makes no difference. |
| D．The reward center of the brain lit up in both cases. |
| A．It might help keep calm. | B．It may make a difference to controlling emotion. |
| C．It can create positive emotion. | D．It has nothing to do with depression. |
| A．Help others regardless of yourself. | B．Treat others and yourself with kindness. |
| C．For the sake of yourself, lend a hand. | D．Practise kindness at all costs. |
【推荐3】"It took me a year to complete,all at night.I used almost 500 liters of paint.It was the biggest illegal graffiti（涂鸦）piece ever.
These are the words of a man named Saber from the United States.Saber is talking about a piece of colourful graffiti that he painted in Los Angeles.Saber did not have permission for this painting.It was on city property.Was the graffiti a piece of art?Or was Saber a criminal because he painted it illegally?
Abdal Ullah,a councilor in London,told TIMES magazine,"Graffiti is a crime.It ruins the environment.It makes our neighborhoods feel less safe.And it costs thousands of pounds each year to clean."
Graffiti artists often use high technology paint.This is hard to remove or paint over.Large cities spend millions of.dollars a year to remove graffiti.Graffiti is also often done in places where other criminal behaviour takes place, including violence and the use of illegal drugs.
Some people say that some kinds of graffiti can be considered art.Saber from Los Angeles said,"My painting shows 22 years of intense art making.And I think art is the number one goal for myself.Graffiti is the way I learn.Art gets a bad name because it is considered something only for a few people in society.It is seen as something only a rich or highly educated person can understand.And that is not true.Every single child in the world drew a picture once and had that excitement."
Luckily,there is a group called Writerz Blok in San Diego,California.They set up 12 walls where people can legally paint graffiti.Marcus Tufono,who works at Writerz Blok,explains,"Our goal is to move the illegal graffiti to a legal wall,and then put it on a computer screen and some software,so hat they can take their art and use it around the community.Then graffiti artists have a chance to succeed through their art."
1. Saber's painting was illegal because .| A．it was painted at night | B．it was on public property |
| C．its creator was a criminal | D．it was of poor quality |
| A．The advantages of graffiti. | B．The bad effects of graffiti. |
| C．The cost of removing graffiti. | D．The materials used for graffiti. |
| A．Graffiti is a type of art. |
| B．Only a few people understand art. |
| C．Graffiti is not a good way to create art. |
| D．Children should be encouraged to draw graffiti. |
| A．help artists paint graffiti legally |
| B．encourage people to paint graffiti freely |
| C．punish people for painting graffiti |
| D．remove illegal graffiti in their city |
【推荐1】Len Collingwood, a clinical nurse specialist, retired on his 65th birthday. He told his wife,Sally, he would“start out as an adventure cyclist.”
Four months later, he set off on a 13,000 km cycle ride from Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia to Edinburgh, much of it roughly shadowing Marco Polo’s Silk Road. No sooner had he started out than a snowstorm hit. He hid in his tent, wearing every item of clothing he had packed. At -18℃ it was too cold to go outside to cook. He survived the next 48 hours by eating a massive bag of chocolates.
So it is a surprise to hear Collingwood say that he has never feared for his life. “Never. There’s always something to be curious about,” he says.
In 2018, he rode from Edinburgh to Istanbul to earn a place in Guinness World Records. “There are very few records a man over 60 can break,” he says. During the trip, he got a dozen flat tyres. But he fixed each one. “I’ve always been serious about purpose. If something is to be done, it is to be done properly. People go forwards and people go backwards.The difficult bit is managing the times when people go backwards,” he says. “Don’t let the moment ruin the whole thing.”
He turns 71 this year. He is about to begin the 1,407 km trip to John O’ Groats. It sounds tough but he insists “it’s just a matter of spinning (转) the wheels.” Still, they don’t spin on their own. His daughter — a yoga teacher — has suggested weights to maintain muscle mass. His son, a cyclist, keeps him up to speed on the latest technology.
Collingwood is planning new rides in France next year, and beyond that hopes “to spread my wings further. There is peace on a bicycle,” he says. “The joy is the actual doing of the activity. Going further means you’re just doing more of something you enjoy.”
1. What happened to Collingwood when his first journey had just started?| A．He lost his way in Mongolia. | B．He got trapped in heavy snow. |
| C．He had nothing to satisfy his hunger. | D．He had no clothes to protect himself from the cold |
| A．Courageous and determined. | B．Generous and demanding. |
| C．Curious and imaginative. | D．Unusual and scholarly. |
| A．By checking his physical condition. | B．By planning the routes for him. |
| C．By giving him technical support. | D．By accompanying him on the way. |
| A．It contributes to his health. | B．It helps him kill boring time. |
| C．It calls for careful planning. | D．It carries his joy forward. |
【推荐2】Our first welcome to the UK wasn’t from the staff of Heathrow Airport or the coach driver who entered into our lives to take us to our new city and new home for the next three weeks. It was, in fact, the noisy and energetic seagulls full of songs that flew down to us. When left from the planes’ exits passage, we still could hear their loud and clear songs through the glasses. It was amazing that they lifted our spirits and cheered us up after our stupidly long and awful journey.
These seagulls welcomed my Chinese people into their home with open wings and if they could speak instead of merely squawk, I’m sure we would have struck up some bright and harmonious relationship. They liked to hover overhead around with childlike greetings they sang or just simply walk fearlessly close to our feet. Some of us saved bread our host family prepared in the lunchboxes for these friends. And lovely, we would like to share what we have for the rest of eternity.
But Julie, the mother of my host family, who then I stayed with, does not think so. Strangely as well, she could not give any reasons. The squawk-proof double-glazing that is closed explains. Perhaps she prefers to sleep with her windows open but she always fails to do that, because those birds seemed to like staying up till next morning, wholly screaming for her on and on. And they decide to keep doing so every single night. Furthermore, every time she has to wash the marble floor of the gardens, Julie would look up around and swear to the droppings (鸟粪) shortly followed by a smile on her face towards me and said: “They are friendly to you.”
But stop thinking that she hates the creatures and never plans to have a change. Because there is another side to her evident feelings towards the birds. We will do some shopping at weekends and every time there Julie doesn’t forget to put a big bag of wild birdseed into her carriage which costs quite more than milks or juices for one week. I can see what it goes for since she refills the wild bird feeder (喂食器) before a big hurry to drive to work every morning and when working she knows what is happening back at home — seagulls are enjoying the seed and leaving for next morning.
I’m leaving soon and not likely, I guess, though I hope not, to get back to see my friends here in England in the future. I said I would miss all friends living here including the seagulls. And when Julie was refilling the feeder again, she said: “They’re nice but they are not my friends.”
1. According to the first paragraph, we can know that __________.| A．they felt disappointed at not being welcomed by any local people as they landed |
| B．they felt surprised to find seagulls there shortly after they landed |
| C．they didn’t like to be welcomed by the seagulls because they were noisy and stupid |
| D．those birds were more energetic and friendly than the local people |
| A．the seagulls disturbed her every night | B．the seagulls dirtied her garden |
| C．the birdseeds were not cheap | D．the seagulls were friendly to her guests |
| A．a magazine about birds | B．a book about London |
| C．an advertisement attracting visitors to London | D．a magazine about travelling |
【推荐3】Djukic is a biology and chemistry student at John Carroll University. She never thought that one day she would be in a classroom where an English teacher asked her to play a board game in order to learn about climate change.
Debra Rosenthal is the professor of the class. At first, Djukic said she was uncertain about Rosenthal’s board game idea. “I was just like: ‘this is interesting, but how much are we actually going to take away from it?”
Rosenthal thought her students would gain a greater understanding about how their own ideas and experiences affect climate change. Students do not compete against each other. They work together to choose the best plan of action. The game is different from board games such as Monopoly, where the goal is to win. Rosenthal said she hoped the games would give students a chance to talk about climate change in a new way.
“By playing the games, it’s a way to be social, to engage in conversation. There has to be a lot of energy around the table. It’s very collaborative. And in the game that I chose to play, they really were able to work together and try to come up with a solution so that the planet was not destroyed.”
During the class, she said, students laughed, disagreed and had to call for votes as a way to decide how to move forward in the game. Djukic said it was a “way to have fun...while also learning about such a serious subject.”
The games are global, Djukic said. That is because she and her classmates said they were able to see how one player’s decision about agriculture affected another player on the other side of the world.
She said the games showed her that “in the game of climate change and the climate crisis, no individual wins.” “It’s either we all suffer from this, or we all somehow collaborate to work our way out of this and turn the clock back on climate change.”
1. What is the purpose of Rosenthal’s class arrangement?| A．To inspire the competition among students. |
| B．To entertain the students with the board game. |
| C．To stress the damage caused by climate change. |
| D．To encourage student’s viewpoints about climate change. |
| A．Cooperative | B．Competitive | C．Creative | D．Exclusive |
| A．Agriculture is of vital importance to the world. |
| B．The world is a community of shared future. |
| C．Man with strong will can conquer nature. |
| D．Climate change is a tough problem to solve. |
| A．Climate change calls for teamwork. |
| B．Climate change leads to global impact. |
| C．A board game helps students understand climate issues. |
| D．A good teacher gives students lifelong benefits. |
