Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Oppenheimer (《奥本海默》), reached American cinemas at the end of this July and proved to be more than worth the wait. It tells the story of Oppenheimer,
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He was a journalist (记者) and a political critic (评论家). But to most people, he is the most influential martial arts novelist in the Chinese-speaking world.
During his lifetime, Louis Cha Leung-yung, better known by his pen name Jin Yong, wrote 15 martial arts novels. Over 300 million copies of his books have been sold around the world. He also created some of the most famous characters in the history of Chinese literature, including Guo Jing, Wei Xiaobao and Linghu Chong.
Jin Yong was not the first person to write about the martial arts world known as jianghu, but it is believed that he has written some of its best stories. His works were not only a joy for people to read, but also helped to shape Chinese people’s spirit and values in recent years.
Jin Yong once said, “Wuxia (martial arts novels) is not so much about wu (kung fu), but mainly about xia, something of bravery, justice (正义) and self-sacrifice (自我牺牲).” These values have been passed on to generations of Chinese through his books as well as the countless movies and TV series that have been adapted from his novels.
Jin Yong’s books are not only about heroes who fight for justice. They also show people the beauty of almost every aspect of Chinese culture.
“It is difficult to talk about Jin Yong’s cultural influence. He turns novels into an encyclopedia of Chinese history, medicine, geography, mathematics...” Boston University professor Petrus Liu said.
Jin Yong once said that he hoped people would still read his books even 100 or 200 years after his death. It is probably safe to say that as long as the noble (高尚的) qualities mentioned in his stories never die out, neither will his great works themselves.
1. From this passage, we can know Jing Yong is better known as a ________.A.writer | B.critic | C.teacher | D.news worker |
①enjoy interesting stories of jianghu ②know and do Chinese kung fu
③learn Chinese culture and history ④form good values and qualities
A.①②③ | B.①②④ | C.①③④ | D.②③④ |
A.People will still value Jin Yong’s books with good qualities. |
B.Jin Yong has such noble qualities that we will never forget him. |
C.Jin Yong’s values of Wuxia make great sense to Chinese culture. |
D.Jin Yong’s books will have less cultural influence after his death. |
A.To shape the value of Wuxia. | B.To introduce the kingdom of kung fu. |
C.To show justice and bravery. | D.To remember a writer of great works. |
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Falling down in public is not welcomed for most people. However, can you believe that people fall down for something fun and meaningful?
The “Falling Stars Challenge” began in Russia. On the
In China, it has a new meaning. People are f
Some people speak highly of the action while others think it’s just another example of showing off on the Internet.
decide fair suffer technology store |
1. Time is considered to be
2. Some animals would like to
3. The poor boy
4. She always makes her own
5. It’s certain that the development of
Our graduation (毕业) party was coming soon, and the girls started talking about their graduation presents. Everyone seemed to get a graduation present.
I also expected to get one. I had seen a beautiful pink dresser set at Mr. Schiller’s store. I dropped hint (暗示) after hint in front of Mama, until Nels, my brother, reminded me, “Katrin, we do not have money for that kind of thing.”
“I don’t care,” I cried recklessly, “I must have a graduation present.”
Nels got impatient and said he thought I was turning into a spoiled brat (被宠坏的孩子).
When Mama and I were alone one day, she asked me how I would like her silver brooch (胸针) for a graduation present. Mama thought a lot of that brooch, because it had been her mother’s. Grandmother had left us for a long time, and Mama always kept the brooch on her dress. I shook my head and told her what I wanted. Mama looked worried, but she didn’t say anything.
Graduation night was a flurry of excitement. And when I got home, there was the pink dresser set! Mama and Papa beamed at my delight, but Nels seemed not. He followed me to my room.
“Are you happy now?” Nels said, “Ask Mama what she did with her silver brooch.”
I looked at Nels with horror. “What? You mean...did Mama...?” he just walked away. I grabbed up the dresser set and ran down the stairs to the kitchen. Papa was there.
“Papa, oh, Papa!” I cried. “Did Mama...Nels says ________” I started to cry then.
“There now,” he said, and patted my shoulder. “There now.”
“I never wanted Mama to do that, Papa. If I had known... I would never have let her...”
“It was what Mama wanted to do. Mama had wanted your happiness more than she had wanted the silver brooch, Katrin.”
I stood up slowly. I knew what I must do. I went to Mr. Schiller’s store. I begged Mr. Schiller that I would come in and worked for him every single day, even Saturdays only if he agreed to call the deal off.
At last, I walked out of Mr. Schiller’s store not only with Mama’s brooch, but with a job that started the next morning. I felt proud. The dresser set suddenly seemed like a childish and silly thing.
1. What did Nels try to tell Katrin at first?A.The present was silly. | B.Their family was very poor. |
C.She was not a good girl. | D.Mama wouldn’t buy the gift. |
A.It’s a great treasure from her family. | B.It’s a symbol of her hometown. |
C.It’s a valuable gift made by her mom. | D.It’s a memory of her graduation. |
A.Mama sold her silver brooch to Mr. Schiller. |
B.Mama bought the graduation present I wanted. |
C.Mama was sad that her silver brooch was gone. |
D.Mama was upset because the gift cost too much. |
How do people think differently? This has always been unusual. To search an answer, a scientist named J. P. Guilford started a famous study of creativity in the 1970s, known as the nine-dot puzzle (九点谜题). He asked the participants (参与者) to connect all nine dots using only four straight lines, without lifting their pencils from the page. All the participants looked for solutions within the square they imagined. Only 20 percent managed to break out of the square and continue their lines in the white space around the dots, while the rest of them were blinded by the boundaries (边界) of the square.
The results of Guilford’s study led him to a conclusion: creativity needs you to go outside the box. The idea was widely spread soon. Overnight, it seemed that creativity experts everywhere were teaching managers how to think outside the box. The idea was so popular that no one thought of checking the facts. No one, that is, before two different research teams— Clarke Burmham with Kenneth Davis, and Joseph Alba with Robert Weisberg—did another experiment.
To make sure that Guilford’s study is correct, both teams divided participants into two groups. The first group was given the same instructions as the participants in Guilford’s experiment. The second group was told to draw the lines outside the imagined box. Guess what? Only a little more than 20 percent solved the puzzle, which is no big difference from the result of Guilford’s experiment.
Let’s look a little more closely at the surprising result. Solving this problem requires people to think outside the box. However, direct and clear instructions to “think outside the box” do not help participants improve their performance. The widely spread idea that out-of-the-box thinking makes people more creative can, in some way, be dangerous. After all, with one simple but brilliant experiment, researchers had proved that the connection between thinking outside the box and creativity was a misunderstanding.
1. The nine-dot puzzle study is mainly focused on ________.A.how people do things in real life | B.what people see in the experiment |
C.how people think in different ways | D.what knowledge people have learned |
A.To discover the main idea of Guiford’s study. | B.To show different views against Guiford’s study. |
C.To collect supporting details for Guiford’s study. | D.To double-check the correctness of Guiford’s study. |
A.boundaries sometimes make people think less creatively |
B.clear instructions influence how people solve problems |
C.few people performed better with the clear instructions |
D.the methods of nine-dot puzzle study need to be improved |
A.Puzzle Solving: A Key To Creativity | B.Nine-Dot Puzzle: A Magic Test |
C.Thinking Outside the Box: A Misleading Idea | D.Creative Thinking: An Unusual Topic |
8 . Mobile apps are great and they can do so much to improve our lives. Here, we picked out three of our favourites that we hope you will enjoy too.
Around Me The app can tell where you are like Baidu but it shows you any nearby points of interest within a certain area. Are you feeling hungry? Click on the “restaurants” and it will show you all your nearby choices. You can even book a hotel or find the movie time of a nearby theatre. | |
Moji Maker Now emojis (表情符号) have become an important part of online conversations. Moji Maker is here to help people design their own. The app can let you build your own emojis to express your emotions to friends. You can look through thousands of designs and put together your own emojis. The app also allows users to trade their special designs with one another. | |
Timeblocks Is your calendar always so messy that you can’t even see it clearly? Perhaps you should try Timeblocks, which could help you manage your time in a simpler and more organized way. Timeblocks is a mobile planner that adds a calendar, to-dos and notes together. It is able to show all of your things on one screen as if you were using a desk calendar. The app not only allows users to add different things, but also write them with one touch. |
1. According to the passage, the apps are __________.
A.easy | B.free | C.common | D.helpful |
A.Baidu. | B.Around Me. | C.Moji Maker. | D.Timeblocks. |
A.We can’t send our emojis to friends at Moji Maker. |
B.We can buy or sell some new emojis at Moji Maker. |
C.We don’t know what film is on nearby at Around Me. |
D.We can see only one thing on one screen at Timeblocks. |
Sports are the base of my life.
I have been into sports since I was six years old. I have known many coaches, but they usually focus on drills (演练) to
When I was in Senior Two, I met the new school basketball coach, Brian Pawloski. Soon
For the following months, I spent a lot of time practising and
I will never forget my coach as well as my high school basketball days in my life.
1.A.realize | B.test | C.believe | D.improve |
A.nothing | B.anything | C.something | D.everything |
A.brave | B.certain | C.careful | D.kind |
A.because | B.unless | C.though | D.if |
A.chance | B.decision | C.mistake | D.question |
A.suddenly | B.finally | C.hopefully | D.secretly |
A.caught | B.missed | C.practised | D.got |
A.or | B.so | C.and | D.but |
A.best | B.easiest | C.most common | D.most popular |
A.As | B.For | C.Unlike | D.With |
A.depended on | B.kept up with | C.talked about | D.slowed down |
A.lucky | B.serious | C.surprised | D.disappointed |
A.praised | B.punished | C.influenced | D.controlled |
A.where | B.when | C.how | D.what |
A.concert | B.classroom | C.playground | D.match |
There is a saying that, “Earthquakes don’t kill people, but buildings do.” It seems sadly true. Tens of thousands of people died under bricks(砖)of the damaged(毁坏的)buildings in Turkiye and Syria during the recent earthquakes. Is there a way to build earthquake-proof buildings? Engineers have some life-saving ideas.
To prevent earthquake waves from going through the building, one way is to “lift” the building’s foundation(地基)above the ground. The building can be built on top of pads(热状物), which are usually made up of steel and rubber (橡胶). During earthquakes, only the pads move and the building stays steady.
Earthquake proof materials must be easy to ben(弯曲)without breaking. Some of these materials include steel, wood(合金)and bamboo. In Japan, most traditional houses are built with wood instead of concrete(混凝土), wooden buildings bend to avoid building up stress.
Triangles(三角形)are very strong shapes. When a force comes to one of the corners of a triangle, it will be reduced by going down each side. When the two sides of the triangle are squeezed(挤压)), they lean(倾斜)on each other. During earthquakes, triangles can hold the building together when it shakes. Many earthquake-proof buildings use this shape in the design, both inside and outside the structure.
US company Arx Pax is developing magnetic field(磁场)technology that can raise houses above ground when earthquakes happen. When the sensors in the home feel earthquakes, they will tell “hover engines(悬停引繁)”. These will create an opposing(相反的)magnetic field to lift the house off the ground. Maglev trains use similar technology, so the company believes it can be used in buildings as well.
Japanese company Japan Dome House has made dome shaped(四顶状的)houses with Styrofoam(泡沫塑料). Styrofoam is a very light material. The whole house weighs only 80 kilograms. So when earthquakes happen, the house will not hurt people.
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