1 . The way Jason Momoa describes Hawaii’s beloved inactive volcano, Mauna Kea, makes you understand why it’s considered sacred(神圣的).
"It’s kind of the umbilical cord(脐带) to earth," the actor tells CNN. "You know, if you think about the Hawaiian islands, that’s the biggest mountain in the world, right? All the way up. So Mauna Kea is the most sacred. We call it the belly button, too. That’s like our birthplace. That’s how our islands were formed. So how can that not be sacred?"
He would know. Jason, a native of Hawaii, has had a near-constant presence there when he’s not working, fighting with local protestors to stop the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope, or TMT, which would drill directly into the mountain and invade its precious water supply. So far, protestors have successfully blocked the only road crews seeking to go up the mountain in order to build the billion-dollar observatory.
"It started in 2015. What’s happening over there was just not right," Jason says. "And I went over there to meet with everyone to bring the point to the world." Jason joins the protests when he can. He cared so deeply about the preservation of the land that when he had spare time to lend his support, he was there. "You also have to remember, that’s our water source. So having an 18-story building built on top of the tallest mountain from the sea level on our water level is terrible."
The Game of Thrones star says he feels the movement is working and describing his part in it as a calling to do what he feels right in his soul. "There’s massive progress that’s bringing our people together," he says, adding, "I think there are a lot of problems in Hawaii. There are a lot of things that have happened in our history, a lot of injustice, and so we’re shining a light on it. People like myself or Dwayne Johnson, Bruno Mars are trying to spread the concern all around the world. For my soul I need to be there."
1. Why is Mauna Kea sacred according to Jason?
| A．It’s still growing upwards. | B．It looks like the belly button. |
| C．It’s the birthplace of Humans. | D．It brings the islands into being. |
| A．The project of building TMT. | B．The event of blocking the road crews. |
| C．The shooting of Game of Thrones. | D．The movement of preserving the land. |
| A．Bringing Hawaiian people together. | B．Witnessing the history of Hawaii. |
| C．Bringing Hawaii problems into focus. | D．Making Mauna Kea better-known. |
| A．Travel. | B．Celebrity. |
| C．Culture. | D．Technology. |
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(海鸥) 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(鸟叫), I’m sure we would’ve struck up some bright and harmonious relationship. They liked to hover(盘旋) 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(永恒).
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 closed and squawk-proof double-glazing 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(鸟食) 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．a shotgun used for fowling(捕鸟) |
| B．a cage used for keeping birds |
| C．birdseed used to feed the seagulls |
| D．a window used to keep noise out |
| 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．Birds Can Welcome | B．Birds in London |
| C．Bite the Hand that Feed You | D．Feed What You Want to Kill |
| A．a magazine about birds | B．a book about London |
| C．an advertisement attracting visitors to London | D．a magazine about travelling |
3 . There are many colors in nature. But do you think that a color has weight? I think you'll say "no". But I'm afraid you are wrong. If you don't believe it, you may do a small experiment.
First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the boxes. Third, wrap one box with a red piece of paper, the other one with white piece of paper. OK. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one. It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.
Why do you think so? A scientist found that different colors have different weights in man's mind. That is to say, every color has its own weight in our mind.
The scientist told us that colors also have smell. Can you smell the color? Of course not. Then why did the scientist say so? That is because every color stands for kind of light with a certain wavelength（波长）. It reaches our brain through sense organs.
According to this discovery scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colors you like. Or you'll be nervous or even get ill. For example, you like blue and hate red. If you stay in a room with red windows, wallpaper and furniture for two hours, you'll feel you have been there for four hours. But if the room is blue, you'll feel you have been there for only an hour. And if a person walks out of a blue room and into a red room, his temperature will rise. That means our body temperature will change with different colors.
1. What can we know from the experiment?| A．The two boxes have the same weight. |
| B．Colors can change the weight of an object. |
| C．The red paper is heavier than the white paper. |
| D．Colors have different weights in people's mind. |
| A．The meal of colors is changeable. |
| B．People can sense the light from colors. |
| C．People can smell the colors through the nose. |
| D．All the colors have the same smell for the blind. |
| A．White color is heavier than red color. |
| B．People nay get ill if they refuse the colors they don't like. |
| C．People can stay longer in red rooms than in blue rooms. |
| D．People's body temperature will change with different colors. |
| A．short novel | B．news report |
| C．science report | D．advertisement |
4 . Anecdotal evidence has long held that creativity in artists and writers can be associated with living in foreign parts. Rudyard Kipling, Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, Paul Gauguin, Samuel Beckett and others spent years living abroad. Now a pair of psychologist has proven that there is indeed a link.
As they report in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, William Maddux of INSEAD, a business school in Fontainebleau, France, and Adam Galinsky, of the Kellogg School of Management in Chicago, presented 155 American business students and 55 foreign ones studying in America with a test used by psychologists as a measure of creativity Given a candle, some matches and a box of drawing pins, the students were asked to attach the candle to a cardboard wall so that no wax would drip on the floor when the candle was lit. (The solution is to use the box as a candleholder and fix it to the wall with the pin.) They found 60% of the students who were either living abroad or had spent some time doing so, solved the problem, whereas only 42% of those who had not lived abroad did so.
A follow-up study with 72 Americans and 36 foreigners explored their creative negotiating skills. Pairs of students were asked to play the role of seller of a petrol station who then needed to get a job and a buyer who would need to hire staff to run the business. The two were likely to reach a deadlock because the buyer had been told he could not afford what the seller was told was his minimum price. Nevertheless, when both negotiators had lived abroad 70 % struck a deal in which the seller was offered a management job at the petrol station in return for a lower asking price. When neither of the negotiators had lived abroad, none was able to reach a deal.
Merely travelling abroad, however, was not enough. You do have to live there. Packing your beach towel and suntan lotion will not, by itself make you Hemingway.
1. What is the purpose of mentioning the famous names in the opening paragraph?| A．To show the relationship between creativity and living abroad. |
| B．To indicate the link between artistic creation and life experience. |
| C．To emphasize how great these artists are. |
| D．To impress the importance of creativity. |
| A．William Maddux and Adam Galinsky have carefully designed the test. |
| B．Negotiators who had lived abroad are more flexible in negotiating. |
| C．American business students are less creative than those oversea students. |
| D．One's creativity is associated with the length one has spent abroad. |
| A．There exist sharp differences between travelling and living abroad. |
| B．You shouldn't lie on the beach when travelling. |
| C．Only real experience of living abroad can help drive creativity. |
| D．Living abroad is more meaningful than just travelling abroad. |
| A．A diary. | B．A magazine. |
| C．A novel. | D．A guidebook. |
