1 . Art and science may seem like opposite things. One means the creative flow of ideas, and the other means cold, hard data-some people believe. In fact, the two have much in common. Now, a study finds art can help students remember better what they have learned in the science class.
Mariale Hardiman, an education specialist at Johns Hopkins University, noticed that students who used art in the classroom listened more carefully. They might ask more questions. They might volunteer more ideas. What’s more, students seemed to remember more of what they had been taught when their science lessons had involved(涉及) art. To prove that, Hardiman teamed up with some researchers and six local schools.
In the experiment, the researchers worked with teachers in 16 fifth-grade classrooms. They provided traditional science lessons and art-focused ones. In a traditional science class, for example, students might read aloud from a book. In the art-focused one, they might sing the information instead.
The team randomly assigned(随机分配) each of the 350 students to either a traditional science classroom or an art-focused one. Students then learned science using that way for the whole unit-about three weeks. When they changed to a new topic, they also changed to the other type of class. This way, each student had both an art-focused class and a traditional one. Every unit was taught in both ways, to different groups of students. This enabled the researchers to see how students did in both types of classes.
The team found that students who started off in a traditional class performed better after they moved into an art-focused class. But those who started off in an art-focused class did well even when they went back to a traditional science class. These students appeared to use some of the art techniques(技巧) after going back to a traditional class. Classroom teachers reported that many students continued to sing the songs that they learned after finishing the unit. “The more we hear something, the more we retain it,” Hardiman says. “It suggests that the arts may help students apply creative ways of learning on their own.”
1. Why did Mariale Hardiman do the study?| A．To prove the importance of art at school. |
| B．To see if art might improve science learning |
| C．To find a way to help her students learn better. |
| D．To know how to encourage students to ask questions. |
| A．Take two types of classes. | B．Learn three units in total. |
| C．Learn two topics for three weeks. | D．Choose what they’d like to learn. |
| A．Finish. | B．Express. | C．Improve. | D．Memorize. |
| A．Art helps students develop creativity. |
| B．Art-focused classes interest students a lot. |
| C．Art can make science easier to remember. |
| D．Art has something in common with science. |
2 . Here are some charities for you. It’s a good time for you to give people love. If you are a loving person, go ahead.
Family Promise of NewRock
It is in need of household supplies including paper products, cleaning products, laundry detergent (洗衣粉), and dryer sheets. For more information on how you can donate, please call 770-262-7816. If you would like to make a financial donation please visit www.familypromiseofnewrock.org.
Rockdale Emergency Relief (RER) Community Food Bank
It needs your help in donating food items to help those in need within the community. The most needed items are: canned meat. Hamburger Helper, instant mashed potatoes, pork & beans, and canned tomato products.
The RER Community Food Bank
It is also looking for part-time volunteers who can help this summer when some of our regular volunteers will be on vacation. If you have time available to work in the warehouse area where you would receive donations of food, we could use your help! Volunteers need to be at least 18 years of age and able to lift 20-25 pounds on occasion. Please call Susan Clark at 770-922-9210 for more information. We would love to have you help us serve our community this summer!
Refuge Pregnancy Center
It is a non-profit organization here in Old Town Conyers. Currently they are in need of baby car seats with base, baby food, diapers (尿布) and baby clothes.
If you are a part of a local charity and wish your immediate needs to be published on our website at www.emetrotimes.com/share-the-love, please email info@emetrotimes.com. We will update this list monthly.
1. If you want to donate money, you should ________.| A．call 770-262-7816 |
| B．email info@emetrotimes.com |
| C．call Susan Clark at 770-922-9210 |
| D．visit www. familypromiseofnewrock. org |
| A．Refuge Pregnancy Center. |
| B．Family Promise of NewRock. |
| C．The RER Community Food Bank. |
| D．Rockdale Emergency Relief (RER) Community Food Bank. |
| A．To advertise products. |
| B．To show what the community needs. |
| C．To introduce some food and clothes to people. |
| D．To provide some charities for people to give love. |
3 . Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and
“Why are you in college at such a(n)
At the year’s end Rose finished the college
| A．persuaded | B．challenged | C．questioned | D．required |
| A．laugh | B．book | C．hand | D．hug |
| A．actively | B．reluctantly | C．enthusiastically | D．passionately |
| A．retired | B．old | C．young | D．senior |
| A．jokingly | B．seriously | C．hurriedly | D．happily |
| A．involved | B．engaged | C．married | D．touched |
| A．forced | B．motivated | C．cheated | D．caught |
| A．lacked of | B．thought of | C．consisted of | D．dreamed of |
| A．made | B．bought | C．found | D．shared |
| A．instant | B．strong | C．permanent | D．loyal |
| A．join | B．have | C．leave | D．quiz |
| A．nonstop | B．frankly | C．merrily | D．first |
| A．lesson | B．memory | C．snack | D．wisdom |
| A．course | B．school | C．state | D．exam |
| A．secretly | B．shyly | C．closely | D．easily |
| A．period | B．degree | C．campus | D．tour |
| A．dinner | B．graduation | C．ceremony | D．congratulation |
| A．at risk | B．in person | C．by example | D．with joy |
| A．late | B．early | C．much | D．little |
| A．efficient | B．natural | C．difficult | D．optional |
4 . A 70-year-old Chinese woman has been called “Super Grannie” after it was reported that she is
Most people
“This lady is as old as my grandmother, how can she run so fast? That’s
So
Wang Guilan
| A．crazy | B．angry | C．nervous | D．sorry |
| A．refuse | B．promise | C．choose | D．remember |
| A．normally | B．certainly | C．especially | D．partly |
| A．task | B．rule | C．lesson | D．way |
| A．progressed | B．stopped | C．succeeded | D．cheered |
| A．prettiest | B．healthiest | C．oldest | D．cleverest |
| A．lucky | B．surprising | C．important | D．funny |
| A．in | B．for | C．with | D．against |
| A．husband | B．neighbor | C．teacher | D．friend |
| A．even if | B．because | C．so that | D．unless |
| A．herself | B．itself | C．myself | D．yourself |
| A．how | B．when | C．why | D．where |
| A．height | B．age | C．weight | D．size |
| A．loves | B．imagines | C．suggests | D．avoids |
| A．hardly | B．easily | C．seriously | D．strongly |
5 . Do Yao Ming, Liu Xiang or Guo Jingjing have anything in common with people like us? You will probably answer “NO!” It seems that top athletes live in a world that is totally different from ours. They don’t have to worry about homework or exams. There are fans everywhere they go, constantly cheering them on. However, if we could see into their minds, it would be clear that they are actually just like us.
We may not all be sports stars, but we have to face similar problems. We set goals and seek self- development. We have to manage our fears before important exams. We worry about our relationships with classmates... Like sportspeople, we try to be mentally strong and do our best on a daily basis.
However, how an athlete becomes a success teaches all of us a lesson. To achieve their goals, sportspeople not only have to prepare physically, but also mentally. They have to get to know themselves, highlight their strong points, manage stresses and develop their powers of concentration. Here is some advice on how to achieve success from China’s top athletes.
China’s top woman badminton player Zhang Ning shows us the importance of motivation. It’s the first step to success. It is her love of badminton and sense of responsibility that contribute to her success.
Teng Haibin’s experience shows that “planning” exactly what should be done in your mind is as important as physical preparation. Give yourself a few minutes before a speech contest, for example. Close your eyes and picture things like your posture. It helps a lot!
How important is concentration? Hurdling star Liu Xiang knows. Focus is not only important for Liu Xiang, but for you too. If you can’t focus in class, you won’t get good grades.
A clear objective encourages a person to pursue their dream. Diving star Xiong Ni won a silver and a bronze in two Olympics. But his goal of winning an Olympic gold medal drove him on.
Top athletes show us that success isn’t simply down to chance and that all people can steer their life’s journey.
1. According to the passage, to achieve their goals, sportspeople should do the following EXCEPT________.| A．get to know themselves well | B．manage stresses |
| C．develop powers of concentration | D．stop being tough with themselves |
| A．success of top athletes largely depends on chance |
| B．ordinary people don’t need to become strong-minded |
| C．one needs to be physically and mentally prepared to achieve success |
| D．sportspeople have similar fears before important exams |
| A．medal | B．goal | C．dream | D．decision |
| A．Top athletes’ stories of success. |
| B．Problems that ordinary people have in common with top athletes. |
| C．The importance of physical and mental health. |
| D．Lessons drawn from top athletes’ success. |
6 . We all know that some animals adapt to living in very cold environment, like polar bears in the frozen Arctic. But what about the opposite situation? How do animals become adapted to the life in very hot places? A great example of animals beating heat is the camel living in deserts.
A major problem for camels in deserts is the temperature. It’s hot and dry during the day and can be very cold at night. So their fur can not only protect them from the burning sun at daytime, but also help keep warm at night. Another thing is that camels have long necks and legs, so they have large surface area to lose heat easily. They can stand body temperature above41℃, which would be really damaging to living creatures like us humans. And how can they manage to travel a long distance without water at all in deserts? They have large flat feet to spread their weight on the shifting sand. They store fat in their humps to keep them from getting hungry or dehydrated. This helps when they’re not able to find food or water for long periods of time.
In addition to these, camels have other ways to adapt to their environment. In a desert, it can sometimes get very dusty. However, camels don’t mind since they have extremely thick and long eyelashes which protect their eyes from blowing sand. Sand up the nose can be a problem, but not for camels. They can shut their nostrils during sandstorms.
1. What do we know about camels living in deserts?| A．Their fur can help keep cool at night. |
| B．They have long necks to protect them from blowing sand. |
| C．They have large flat feet to walk on the sand. |
| D．They can stand body temperature up to 41℃. |
| A．Being lack of water. | B．Being lack of food. |
| C．Being lack of fat. | D．Being lack of direction. |
| A．The Camel —the Best Traveller in Deserts | B．The Camel Needs More Water |
| C．The Harder, the Better | D．Be the Best in Deserts |
7 . While the cool weather and bright clear sky may make us want to go outside, the world’s major museums are offering amazing exhibitions to draw us inside. We have selected two must-see museum exhibitions in the city this autumn. Take a look.
Picasso Sculpture, Modern Art Centre
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) is one of the most famous painters the world has ever known. But right now, at the Modern Art Centre, it’s his sculptures that are taking centre stage.
Running from 14 February to 7 September, the exhibition shows around 140 pieces created from 1902 to 1964. Large or small, the sculptures made from every kind of material can be found — bronze, steel, wood, and even cardboard.
For those who have never seen Picasso’s art before, this is the place to go, claims the centre’s curator (博物馆馆长). According to him, through this exhibition, people can clearly feel the way Picasso wanted to try new things and how he did it.
The World Goes Pop, Williamson Gallery
You may think of pop art as a way to show US materialism — advertising, television, cola bottles, and soup cans. But Williamson Gallery’s autumn exhibition, held from17 September to 24 January, shows what pop art looks like in different countries. “I’m surprised to find that many of pop art’s famous qualities — flat, bright colours, graphic design, and a playful way of showing stars — went right round the world,” said one visitor after seeing the exhibition.
And the exhibition doesn’t just offer an international view of pop art’s style. It also corrects the idea that pop art is just for men by including 25 female artists, many of whom have never had their work shown in a gallery before.
1. Which place will you choose if you want to see bronze statues created by Picasso?| A．Modern Art Centre. | B．Williamson Gallery. |
| C．Both A and B. | D．Neither A nor B. |
| A．Modern Art Centre. | B．Williamson Gallery. |
| C．Picasso Sculpture. | D．The World Goes Pop. |
| A．There are only two exhibitions in the city this autumn. |
| B．Picasso Sculpture might be too complicated for visitors who have never seen Picasso’s art before. |
| C．Visitors can see artworks of some female artists shown for the first time. |
| D．The exhibition at Williamson Gallery this autumn shows US materialism. |
| A．In a comment on artworks. |
| B．In a brochure for tourists. |
| C．In a collection of short stories. |
| D．On a popular science website. |
8 . Movies and TV shows see dolphins as helpful, playful creatures. “The world loves a good dolphin story,” Blake Morton, a scientist who studies animal behavior, told TIME. “And I think one reason for that is we see a lot of ourselves reflected in their behavior.”
Morton used scientific methods to test this. The result of this work is a new report showing that humans and dolphins share certain personality traits (个性特点).
The study included 134 bottlenose dolphins in eight countries. Each dolphin was observed and rated by several people, using a “dolphin personality questionnaire (调查表).” The questionnaire had more than 40 items. It included adjectives such as “playful” and “intelligent”. Scientists gave every dolphin a score from 1 to 5 for each item, based on how well it described the animal’s behavior.
From these ratings, Morton and his team were able to find personality traits that are common in dolphins. The results show that dolphins and humans have some similar personality traits. Most obviously, the two species (物种) share traits related to curiosity and sociability.
Morton’s dolphin study and others like it help us learn about other species. But they also help us learn about ourselves. “My kind of work comes from the spirit of trying to understand what made humans the way we are,” Morton says. “One way we can do that is to compare our behavior to other species.”
Scientists around the world are researching different animal species. Their research raises important questions that future scientists will work to answer. “It’s all a big puzzle (迷宫),” Morton says. “It takes thousands of careful papers being printed before you start to see the puzzle coming together.” He compares scientific research to pointillism. That’s a painting style in which an artist makes a picture using lots of tiny dots (点). “If you take a step back and look at all those little single points of work,” Morton says, “you’ll see a big picture come into view.”
1. What did Morton’s dolphin study find?| A．Dolphins are more popular in TV shows than other animals. |
| B．Dolphins have personality traits very similar to humans. |
| C．Dolphins are helpful and playful creatures. |
| D．Dolphins are more curious than humans. |
| A．The importance of studying dolphin behavior. |
| B．Why Morton’s team created the questionnaire. |
| C．How Morton’s team carried out the study. |
| D．The methods of observing dolphins. |
| A．Finding the similarities between dolphins and humans. |
| B．Having a deeper understanding of humans. |
| C．Protecting dolphins more scientifically. |
| D．Learning about other animals. |
| A．Progress in science is made little by little. |
| B．Scientific research should be taken seriously. |
| C．Art plays an important role in scientific research. |
| D．Scientists around the world should work together. |
9 . In her new book, Kate Leaver explores modern friendship. If the Internet is the cause of loneliness, she writes, it’s also the cure (解决方法).
Scientists have done studies that suggest a connection between social media and loneliness. But even they have to admit (承认) we do not know what came first: loneliness or social media. Does Twitter make us lonelier, or do we pick up our phones when we’re already lonely, looking for some kind of connection?
I’ve spoken to many people, both my own friends and strangers from the Internet, who would simply not have the same social life without social media. I know a woman who met all three of her bridesmaids ( 伴 娘 ) on Twitter. She says she feels her most real self when she’s online and the friends she’s made there are her closest friends. I met the woman on Twitter, did this interview online and now we’re also friends.
This is perhaps exactly the point: we can no longer quite so easily tell our online selves from what we’d call our in-real-life selves. We are becoming confident enough to put our online and offline selves together as we realise that using social media is an important way to develop friendships.
My best friends in the world live in Melbourne, New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans. I am, at any time, at least 5, 000 km away from them. Catch-ups (谈论近况) over dinner are not possible for us. And so, we spend most of our friendship exchanging stories and emojis on WhatsApp and Facebook.
Our group has become home to career advice and moral support (精神支持). I am saddened by anyone who would suggest our largely online friendship is in any way less important than people who have the chance to sit in the same room. We live in a world where technology is everywhere. So embrace it and you’ll get more than you expect.
1. What is the purpose of paragraph 1?| A．To explore the reasons for loneliness. |
| B．To introduce Kate Leaver’s new book. |
| C．To bring up the topic of modern friendship. |
| D．To discuss the negative influence of the Internet. |
| A．She helps her online friends find their true selves. |
| B．She considers her social life very different. |
| C．She has lots of short-term online friends. |
| D．She speaks highly of online friendship. |
| A．She tries hard to have face-to-face catch-ups. |
| B．She pays more attention to her online friends. |
| C．She uses the Internet to maintain friendships. |
| D．She writes stories to stay in touch with her friends. |
| A．Stop. | B．Accept. |
| C．Change. | D．Discover. |
10 . Here is the information about the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass Series.
Annual Pass
Cost: $80 annual pass Available for: Everyone How to purchase:
In person: Purchase at a local federal recreation site. Online: Buy from the USGS store.
By phone: Call 1-888-275-8747. Additional Information:
This pass is non-transferable to another person.
Senior Pass
Cost: $80 Lifetime Senior Pass;$20 Annual Senior Pass
Available for: U. S. citizens or permanent residents ages 62 or over. How to purchase:
In person: Purchase at a local federal recreation site. Online:Buy from the USGS store.
Additional Information:
The Senior Pass may provide a 50 percent discount on some fees charged for facilities and services such as camping, swimming, boat launch, and special services.
Volunteer Pass
Cost: Free annual pass
Available for: Volunteers with 250 service hours with federal agencies that participate in the Interagency Pass Program
How to get: Volunteers should contact their volunteer coordinator (协调员) for more information.
Additional Information:
The Volunteer Pass is available for 12 months from the date of issue.
Access Pass
Cost: Free lifetime pass
Available for: U. S. citizens or permanent residents with permanent disabilities. Applicants must provide documentation of permanent disability and residency or citizenship.
How to get:
In person: Purchase at a local federal recreation site. Online: Buy from the USGS store.
Mail: Purchase using an application form that can be exchanged through mail. Note: Processing and shipping fees will be charged for online and mail orders. Additional Information:
The Access Pass generally does not cover or reduce special recreation permit fees or fees charged by concessioners.
Golden Access Passports are no longer sold. However, these passes are still honored according to the provisions of the pass.
Passes may not be purchased as gifts.
1. Which pass can be ordered by phone?| A．Annual Pass. | B．Senior Pass. | C．Volunteer Pass. | D．Access Pass. |
| A．$0. | B．$20. | C．$40. | D．$80. |
| A．It can be bought and given to others as a present. |
| B．All forms of purchase don’t charge processing fee. |
| C．It has replaced Golden Access Passport completely. |
| D．A discount in other related fees can be enjoyed with it. |
