The glass pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France might be Pei’s most famous work. Back in the 1980s, the Louvre Museum was having trouble with traffic. To solve the problem, Pei planned to dig an underground hall and place a glass pyramid on top. Many people didn’t like the idea. They said it was too modern for the classical museum. However, the idea turned out to be a success. It is not only the museum’s main entrance, but also a huge skylight (天窗).
In 2006, Pei was invited to build a museum in his hometown Suzhou. He tried to include local and historical ideas in his design. He built small halls with traditional white walls and dark roofs, just like the classical Chinese gardens. Moreover, the lines and windows in the roof bring something modern to the museum.
★ The famous Lion Grove Garden (狮子林) in Suzhou used to be owned by Pei’s family. Pei spent some summers there as a child. Maybe that was when Pei developed his interest in architecture. Pei spent most of his adult years in the US, first studying at universities and then working in different places. Even though he was trained in the US, the beauty of Chinese Classics was well displayed in many of his designs. “I’ve never left China because home is a place your heart always belongs to,” Pei once said.
Over the last century, many building trends (潮流) have come and gone. But the works of Pei have not. “A lasting architecture has to have roots.” Pei once told The New York Times. That may explain why he and his works have stood the test of time.
1. The underlined word “these” refers to _________.
| A．architects | B．designs | C．museums | D．gifts |
| A．too modern for the classical museum. | B．more than the entrance to the museum. |
| C．welcomed by French people at first. | D．designed to solve the traffic problem in France. |
| A．It is in Pei’s hometown. | B．It has modern white walls. |
| C．It’s both classical and modern. | D．It is built in a beautiful Chinese garden. |
| A．His style may come from his life experiences | B．Designs in the US are important to him |
| C．Interest in architecture makes him successful. | D．Educational backgrounds bring him fame |
| A．compare different cultures. | B．show a special building trend. |
| C．suggest two famous museums. | D．introduce a great architect. |
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【推荐1】A Universty Professor Turns Into an Astronaut
Gui Haichao is a young professor at Beihang University. On May 30, 2023, he arrived at China’s space station by Shenzhou XVI spacecraft. He has become an idol for numerous people in China overnight. As a payload expert (载荷专家), he mainly conducted space science experiments. Gui’s story is very inspiring. It shows that dreams can be reached by efforts.
Gui grew up in a rural family in Shi Dian County, Yunnan Province. He loved science as a child. He kept a set of encyclopedias from which he gained a lot of knowledge about space. In his second year of high school, he listened to the campus radio and got the news of Yang Liwei’s first space flight for China. Suddenly, he felt excited, and his interest in exploring (探索) space began. After his college entrance examination, Gui placed first in science in his county, and he was admitted to Beihang University.
Gui studied aircraft design and engineering at university. He got a doctor’s degree after nine years of study. He then went overseas for further study. After returning to China, he taught at his alma mater (母校). He had a dream of moving his beloved scientific work into space.
“I wasted no time in applying,” Gui remembered the moment when he found the notice. In 2018, China made a plan to recruit its third group of astronauts. After several rounds of selection for more than two years, Gui stood out among about 2,500 candidates and became one of the four selected payload experts.
Over the past few years, Gui has got survival training (生存训练) in deserts and been trained to handle those complex equipment (设备). He learned to do experiments in the space environment. The training was a great challenge for him. “I felt very dizzy often,” said Gui. “So I added exercises and used some methods used by pilots.”
As a teacher, Gui was strict about studying. When reviewing essays for students, he would always give the right advice in detail. Gui would sometimes list 30 to 40 suggestions, even pointing out incorrect images. In the eyes of his students, Gui is positive (乐观的) and open-minded, seldom affected by a bad mood. In the face of setbacks (挫折), he quickly cheers himself up and gets back to his work with passion.
Gui has done space experiments in many fields. “I believe that we can finish the mission with our team’s efforts,” he said proudly.
1. What is Gui Haichao?
| A．A university professor. | B．An astronaut. | C．Both A and B. |
| A．绘本 | B．百科全书 | C．积木 |
| A．Strict and sometimes affected by a bad mood. |
| B．Seldom communicate with his students. |
| C．Positive, open-minded and can be quickly cheered up. |
| A．Besides Gui Haichao, another three more payload experts had been selected in the third group of astronauts’ recruiting. |
| B．Yang Liwei is Gui’s teacher who interests him in space scientific work. |
| C．As a payload expert, Gui had to get trainings of survival in deserts and doing experiments in the space environment as well. |
A statement on the actor's Facebook page said he was a passenger in a friend's car and that Walker was in the area to attend a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide. "We are shocked and sad beyond belief by this news," the statement said.
Walker was working on "Fast & Furious 7" at the time of his death. He also starred in the film "Hours" , which is set for release this month. "All of us at Universal are heart-broken," Universal Pictures said in a statement, "Paul was truly one of the most beloved and respected members of our studio family for 14 years, and this loss is very big to us, to everyone involved with the "Fast & Furious" film and to countless fans."
Walker grew up in a working class. He's the oldest of five children. Walker's mother began taking him to auditions（试镜）as a child. He was a child model beginning at the age of 2.
Walker has said the early coming into show business wasn't to start him on a career path, but as a way to help support the family.
After a lot of TV roles as a child in the 1980s, Walker played a main role in the 1998 comedy "Meet the Deedles" .Supporting roles in the films "Pleasant Ville" , "Varsity Blues" and "She is All That" followed.
His performance in "The Skulls" caught the eye of producer Moritz, who made him star in
"Fast & Furious" , and the film became an unexpected hit.
"Your humble spirit was felt from the start," said Ludacris. "Wherever you went you always left a mark—we were like brothers."
1. Paul Walker lost his life because of .
| A．a big fire |
| B．a charity events |
| C．a car accident |
| D．too much work |
| A．was driving his own car with a friend |
| B．was going to attend a charity event |
| C．was working on the film "Fast & Furious 6" |
| D．was starring in the film, "Hours" |
| A．Beloved. |
| B．Respected. |
| C．Pitiful. |
| D．Sad. |
| A．Walker grew up in a working class |
| B．Walker starred in many films |
| C．Walker's performance was excellent |
| D．it's a pity Walker died in a car crash |
a. Many people were sorry about Paul's death.
b. Paul was born as the oldest of five children.
c. Paul became a child model when he was two years old. d. Walker died in a car crash.
e. Walker starred in "Fast & Furious" after his performance in "The Skulls" .
| A．b-a-c-e-d |
| B．b-c-e-d-a |
| C．c-b-e-a-d |
| D．e-a-b-d-c |
【推荐3】In 1972, Richard Sears, a young American began learning Chinese because of his interest in traditional Chinese culture. Drawn to the ancient language, he went to China to study Chinese in the 1990s.
In 1994, Richard Sears decided to put the ancient Chinese characters online. Then, in 2002, he did it. That is the beginning of the Chinese Etymology（汉字源）website. “My website did not get much attention for the next few years. Until one day in 2011, it suddenly got a lot of attention. I got a few thousand emails, and a few million visitors and people started calling me ‘Uncle Hanzi’,” Sears said with a smile. Hanzi means Chinese characters. He has put more than 96,000 ancient Chinese characters onto the website. “When I study each character, I wonder what the ancient Chinese thought,” said Sears.
After visiting many Chinese cities, Sears learned more about China and ancient Chinese culture. He said when he came to China in the last century, few Chinese could speak good English. “However, you can hear English in many places in China now. Chinese language and culture were mysterious and not known by people in most countries then, but now, more and more people in the world are learning Chinese, even Chinese history, traditional Chinese medicine and so on.” Sears added.
At present, the 70-year-old American has made his home in China. “When I die, I hope my website will live on, and I’m planning to write a book about my research. This will be my gift to China,” he said.
1. According to the passage, Chinese Etymology website became popular in ________.| A．1972 | B．1994 | C．2002 | D．2011 |
| A．Chinese history. | B．Ancient Chinese characters. |
| C．The daily life of Richard Sears. | D．Traditional Chinese medicine. |
| A．Sears was good at ancient English. | B．Sears was interested in ancient Chinese. |
| C．Sears could speak ancient Chinese well. | D．Sears could draw Chinese characters well. |
| A．Great Changes in China | B．American “Uncle Hanzi” |
| C．Mysterious Chinese Language and Culture | D．A Young American and Traditional Chinese Culture |
【推荐1】The Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院) fire has been put out, but its wooden roof has been largely damaged. The terrible accident caused a sudden sharp pain to people around the world, “What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the wonder anymore.”
But the good news is that there is at least one way of seeing them, namely via a video game called Assassin’s Creed: Unity. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are in reality, and see Notre Dame as it was before the fire.
What’s more, with VR technology, which is already quite mature, one can even look around the undamaged Notre Dame as if it is still there. Maybe digital technology could help to better protect architectural cultural heritage (建筑文化遗产).
The idea of digitizing ancient buildings, making digital models of them so their data can be saved, dates back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to advance since then. By scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with hundreds of images, as well as measuring (测量) everything exactly, engineers can make a copy as “same” as the real one.
As computers and smartphones are hugely popular, the digital replica or digital copy has great practical value. First, it allows tourists to feel the cultural relics (文物) without touching them, which helps protect them. The virtual tour of Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu Province is a good example of this as tourists can view the paintings without standing near them. Furthermore, it can make the digitized cultural relics more famous by spreading awareness about them via the Internet. In 2000, a virtual tour of the Great Wall became very popular at the Hannover World Expo, which increased the number of foreign tourists visiting it in the following years. Above all, it saves all the information of the cultural relics. Even if the original ones are damaged one day, people can still know what they were like and can build a replica if desired.
Time is the biggest problem to architectural heritage. Maybe we will have better technologies in the future, but the digital technology offers a practical way to protect architectural cultural heritage at the moment.
1. What can we see about Notre Dame in the video game?| A．The big fire. | B．Its original look. |
| C．The damaged parts. | D．Its wooden shape. |
| A．Make digital models. | B．Build 3D models of full size. |
| C．Improve the cultural heritage. | D．Measure all the parts exactly. |
| A．By giving examples. | B．By comparison. |
| C．By reasoning things out. | D．By showing methods. |
| A．The Damage of Notre Dame |
| B．The Value of Digital Replica |
| C．Digital Technology Helps Protect Cultural Relics |
| D．VR Technology Helps Repair the Ancient Buildings |
【推荐2】Do you take good care of yourself? Last month, Hongxing Middle School had a survey (调查) about that. There are about 1000 students in the middle school. Here are the results.
Maybe you have a lot of homework. Maybe your parents always want your bedroom tidy. We have schoolwork and housework. Life is not always easy. There are a lot of things to do and there isn’t always time to do it all. But in your busy life, it’s important to do enjoyable things.
根据图片内容，选择正确答案，并将答案写在括号内。1. ________ students usually sleep before 9: 00 p. m.
| A．10 | B．50 | C．360 | D．580 |
| A．swimming | B．running | C．ball games | D．others |
| A．all the students usually smile |
| B．15% of the students hardly ever smile |
| C．bad relationship with others makes 15% of the students unhappy |
| D．9% of the students need to improve the relationship with others |
| A．to do something enjoyable | B．schoolwork |
| C．to do something easy | D．housework |
| A．a storybook | B．a diary | C．a teenage magazine | D．a school notice |
【推荐3】Heimaey is a small island off the coast of Iceland. Each spring, more than a million Atlantic puffins(海鹦) visit Heimaey and its neighboring islands. They go there to breed(繁殖).
The muffins build nest(巢) on seaside cliffs. When a small puffin, or chick, comes from an egg, it spends six weeks in its nest. Then it leaves the nest and flies to sea.
Instinct(本能) tells small puffins to follow the light of the moon to the ocean. But the birds can be confused(迷惑) by Heimaey’s bright lights. They fly toward the lights instead of the moon. Many small puffins get lost. These lost birds can be hit by cars. Some are eaten by animals. The birds need help.
Children in Heimaey have teamed up to help puffins. Each breeding season, the kids form search parties. They carry flashlights and cardboard boxes. They are known as the Puffling (small puffin) Patrol.
“When you see a bird at night, you try to corner it and put it into the box,” says Eldur Hansen, a 15-year-old boy. Eldur has caught several birds this way. Nobody knows how the Puffling Patrol started. But each year, it rescues thousands of chicks.
The Puffling Patrol takes rescued puffins to the beach. But first, kids take the birds to an aquarium(水族馆). There, the pufflings are weighed and tagged. This helps scientists learn more about puffins.
Puffins are a vulnerable species. That means they could soon become endangered. But Stephen Kress says the Puffling Patrol gives him hope. “People can make a difference,” he says.
1. Puffins visit Heimaey to breed in ________.| A．spring | B．summer | C．fall | D．winter |
| A．in the morning | B．at noon | C．at night | D．in the afternoon |
| A．对……讲话 | B．使……角相接 | C．把……垄断 | D．使……无路可走 |
| A．learn more about puffins | B．rescue puffins |
| C．eat puffins | D．get puffins lost |
