1 . Lately, I’ve been traveling around the world. No longer am I waking up far away from my home, tired from a late night of writing down the stories I collected the day before. Things are different now, and each day my travels begin like this: I sit down at my dining table, usually early in the morning or late at night when nobody else is awake, and I listen to the radio.
The radio station is always from somewhere that isn’t here in New York, and most often it comes from a free-to-use website called Radio Garden. Move your mouse and maybe you will land in Bujumbura, Burundi; in Dibrugarh, India; or on the edge of the South Pacific. Seemingly no matter how large or small the broadcaster is, if it sends out a signal online, it can appear on the site and you can listen to it.
During the pandemic, Radio Garden, which is now available as an app, at times attracted as many as 15 million monthly listeners. “We received many heartwarming emails from people stuck at home expressing their gratitude for the service,” said Jonathan Puckey, the site’s founder.
Radio Garden began as a project of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, where designers and computer programmers overlaid (覆盖) station streams with their geographical locations on a 3-D map of the world. As a result, there is more than one way to transmit. Visiting a country like Colombia brought back memories of past trips - - romantic accordion music reminding me of bus rides on the rural roads.
Where will you visit first on the Radio Garden globe? For me, thrilling as it is to drop in on Ouagadougou or Ulaanbaatar or the Azores, it’s all about personal history: I was born and raised in New York, but my family is from everywhere—Latin America, the Middle East, and places in between. My ancestors were merchants who traded in goods and cultures. Now, because of their wanderings, pieces of six languages still fly across our dinner tables. Thanks to Radio Garden, my family can cross planes of space and time without worry!
1. What does the first paragraph focus on?| A．The joys of radio travel. | B．A scene of traveling by radio. |
| C．A popular way of traveling. | D．The difference in this travel. |
| A．It is affordable. | B．It is widely accepted. |
| C．It is easy to maintain. | D．It is based in New York. |
| A．Simplifying travel schedules. | B．Making tourism popular again. |
| C．Improving the traveling experience. | D．Promoting the virtual reality travel. |
| A．Radio Garden is expanding quickly. |
| B．Radio Garden increases global connections. |
| C．Radio Garden benefits from global awareness. |
| D．Radio Garden facilitates the development of tourism. |
1. When can people hear the speaker?
| A．In the morning. | B．In the afternoon. | C．In the evening. |
| A．News Today. | B．Nighttime. | C．The Children’s Room. |
| A．11. | B．6. | C．3. |
| A．A newspaper reporter. | B．A TV host or hostess | C．A radio manager. |
3 . The Forbidden City is well known for being full of Chinese cultural and historical relics. But Masters in the Forbidden City does not just focus on the stories of the past.
Instead, the documentary movie, which came out in Chinese cinemas on Dec. 16, focuses on ordinary people — the restorers of relics and antiquities.
The stories are told at a slow and relaxed pace, reflecting the restorers’ work. Restoration of cultural relics and antiques can be time-consuming, and sometimes boring. Yet these restorers’ patience and peace of mind are especially precious in a society where everything is changing so fast.
“If you choose this job, you have to stand hours of work sitting on a chair. You need to be quiet and get used to being quiet,” says Wang Jin, an ancient clock repair expert.
A touching part of the documentary is the spirit of craftsmanship (工艺) in the restorers. “Years of humdrum work requires not only skill, but also faith and spirit,” China Daily commented. “Looking for preciseness and perfection, devoting yourself to work, patience, loneliness... All these qualities come from the craftsman spirit.”
But unlike the popular idea of serious experts who sit around being serious, the documentary shows off the enthusiasm of the restorers. They play their guitars and make jokes about each other after a long day of restoration work.
One scene that has been very popular with Internet users features a young female restorer riding a bicycle through the empty Forbidden City on a Monday. While she is doing this, a narrator says, “The last person to do this was Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty.”
Masters in the Forbidden City has proved wrong many people’s ideas about antique restorers, allowing them to realize that they are not old, dull professors, but people in their 40s, 30s and even 20s who can be quite pleasing to the eye.
1. According to the text, what’s the main purpose of the documentary Masters in the Forbidden City?| A．To draw attention to Chinese antique restorers' lives. |
| B．To show people how antiques are restored. |
| C．To display relics seldom seen by ordinary people. |
| D．To praise the craftsmanship of Chinese antique restorers. |
| A．he often gets tired with his work. |
| B．antique restorers need to be patient and peaceful. |
| C．there is no need to do restoration work fast. |
| D．it takes years of hard work to adapt to antique restoration. |
| A．Different. | B．Relaxing. |
| C．Unusual. | D．Boring. |
| A．To remind the audience of the last Qing emperor. |
| B．To show the strange hobbies of young antique restorers. |
| C．To show that the documentary breaks from (摆脱) the old, dull image of antique restorers. |
| D．To encourage the young to consider a career in antique restoration in the future. |
Beijing had 204 museums, including 18 first-class ones, by the end of 2021,
Recently, Beijing Radio & Television Station launched a cultural programme named “The City of Museums’’,
Until now six episodes of the programme
Many “treasures” of those museums appeared for the first time, such
Through the exploration and exhibition, the audience would enter the “hidden world” of those museums by following the hosts’ steps, learning the broadness and
1. What is the man doing?
| A．Hosting a program. | B．Attending a meeting. | C．Making a presentation. |
| A．Connecting kids. | B．Giving a public speech. | C．Singing a song on stage. |
| A．Education. | B．Politics. | C．Business. |
| A．He thinks highly of it. |
| B．He doesn’t like it. |
| C．It lasts too long. |
| D．Its content is not good. |
A New Hero is Here to Save the Day
It’s thought that when a hero like Batman is blessed with great power, he or she must endure loneliness and suffering as a result. The Flash(闪电侠), however, makes a fun, lightning-quick and optimistic superhero. After the wild success of TV series Arrow, a TV network launched The Flash,
Like Spiderman, who gained the ability to make webs and climb walls after he
Naturally, Allen slips on a colorful suit and becomes the Flash, a hero
In line with superhero series standards, The Flash features action and eye-popping special effects. There’s nothing terribly innovative here, but
A big surprise for me was that The Flash cast Prison Break star Wentworth Miller as a bad character, who uses a gun that
| A．A puzzle show. | B．A football match. | C．A film. |
The relationship between food and love is quite
It’s through this theme that the romantic comedy Delicacies Destiny appears extremely
The series, set in ancient China, tells about a talented cook working hard to become the best royal chef in the palace. At the same time, she tries her best to win the
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10 . It might have been Jimmy Kimmel, or any other sharp-tongued talk show hosts of late-night TV. In this instance, it was Samantha Bee, stating her opposition to childhood vaccinations humorously. “Who are you going to believe?” she asked. “Leading authorities on medical science, or 800 comments on your cousin’s Facebook page?”
Joking about science can have serious effects, according to studies by communication scholars. Accordingly, since 2013, Paul, a psychological professor, has conducted studies of how satire (讥讽) can influence people’s beliefs about science, which have shown that if you want to interest people in science and shape their views on hot-button science issues, satirical humor can work better.
Many Americans pay little attention to science. Even people who regularly watch TV news receive only scraps of science information in their media diet, because mainstream media outlets devote so little airtime to the subject. On top of that, some Americans may regard science as inaccessible.
Yet satirical humor can reach viewers who would never watch NOVA or read — well, National Geographic. Millions of people watch late-night television programs live, and videos of these shows get millions of views on streaming services. In 2016, a vote conducted by the University of Delaware Center indicated that nearly one in 10 said they learned about science from late-night television shows.
Late-night hosts may occasionally poke fun at scientists. More often, however, the hosts promote a positive image of science. By making science entertaining to audience with little knowledge of the topic, late-night television could spark science engagement. Furthermore, the researchers concluded that satirical shows had the biggest impact among the least educated viewers, thus helping to narrow a gap in attention to science. Though late-night satirical humor can boost science interest and awareness, it has its limits. Science is complex, and conveying that complexity in a few minutes while telling jokes can be a challenge.
1. What does Paul’s studies of joking about science indicate?| A．It may do serious damage to science. |
| B．It can effectively popularize science. |
| C．It totally changes people’s attitude to science. |
| D．It will shift people’s attention from entertainment to science. |
| A．Because they enjoy watching entertainments. |
| B．Because science is not easy to come up with. |
| C．Because they find no interest in science issues. |
| D．Because science is scarcely seen on mainstream media. |
| A．The hosts get used to playing tricks on scientists. |
| B．The hosts’ aim is to build a positive image of science. |
| C．Education gap can be bridged through late-night shows. |
| D．Science participation can be promoted among their viewers. |
| A．Critical. | B．Objective. | C．Positive. | D．Negative. |
