1 . Local bamboo plantations (种植园) in Europe have ensured that giant pandas in Belgium and the United Kingdom have been fed with enough fresh bamboo during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to zookeepers.
Every week, there are about 1,000 kilograms of fresh bamboos delivered from a French bamboo plantation called La Bambouseraie to the Belgian zoo of Pairi Daiza where two giant pandas and their three babies live.
Mathieu Goedefroy, spokesman of the zoo, said “It is very important for us to be assured that we always and at every time are able to provide fresh bamboo of the highest quality for our dear pandas. That’s why we decide to buy this growing house.”
Since 1856, when a botanist Eugene Mazel began his first plantings by acclimatizing exotic types from different parts of the world, La Bamhouseraie has developed into a park growing more than 240 varieties of bamboo now.
Of the 1,000 kilograms of bamboo delivered to the zoo each week, only a small part is eaten by the pandas. The other animals can consume the rest of it so that none is wasted.
The story is similar in the U. K.’s Edinburgh Zoo, where the fresh bamboo has been shipped from the Netherlands. Jo Elliot, the animal collection manager at the zoo, said, “We have made sure that our stores have enough supplies. The pandas need their bamboo. Most of it gets shipped in from the Netherlands, and at the moment that is fine. We are still getting deliveries. ”
In early May, Canada’s Calgary Zoo said it would have to send back two giant pandas to China, since fewer flights, as a result of COVID-19, were causing a lack of bamboo for the pandas. An adult giant panda eats about 35 kilograms of bamboo shoots, or kilograms of fresh bamboo and bamboo leaves daily. There was no locally grown bamboo in Calgary, so supplies of bamboo had relied on the shipments from China.
“We have also contacted our workmates from Calgary, Canada,” Goedefroy said. “We’ll see if we could be of any help for them with our bamboo supplies. ”
1. Where does Pairi Daiza get bamboo for their pandas?| A．From a zoo in China. | B．From a French plantation. |
| C．From a zoo in Belgium. | D．From a plantation in the Netherlands. |
| A．mixing | B．researching | C．collecting | D．spreading |
| A．They make full use of the bamboo. | B．They have enough bamboo supplies. |
| C．They have to return pandas to China. | D．They got bamboo from the same place. |
| A．It could grow some bamboo soon. | B．There will be no more pandas living in it. |
| C．It will give less bamboo to pandas. | D．Pairi Daiza may send bamboo to it. |
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3 . There have been precious few positives during the Covid pandemic but British academics may have unearthed one: people look more attractive in protective masks.
Researchers at Cardiff University were surprised to find that both men and women were judged to look better with a face mask covering the lower half of their faces. In what may be a blow for producers of fashionable coverings and the industry, they also discovered that a face covered with a single-use surgical(外科的) mask was likely to be deemed the most appealing.
Dr Michael Lewis, an expert in faces, said research carried out before the pandemic had found that medical face masks reduced attractiveness because they were associated with disease or illness. “We wanted to test whether this had changed since face coverings became common and understand whether the type of mask had any effect,” he said.
The first part of the research was carried out in February 2021 by which time the British population had become used to wearing masks in some circumstances. Forty-three women were asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 10 the attractiveness of images of male faces. The participants said those wearing a cloth mask were significantly more attractive than the ones with no masks or whose faces were partly covered by a book. But the surgical mask — which was just a normal, disposable kind — made the wearer look even better. “The results run counter to the pre-pandemic research where it was thought masks made people think about disease and the person should be avoided,” said Lewis. Lewis said it was also possible that masks made people more attractive because they directed attention to the eyes. He said other studies had found that covering the left or right half of a face also made people look more attractive, partly because the brain fills in the missing gaps and exaggerates(夸大) the overall impact.
A second study has been carried out, in which a group of men look at women in masks; it has yet to be published but Lewis said the results were broadly the same.
1. Why is the finding a blow for producers of fashionable coverings?| A．It takes even more money for producers to make fashionable masks. |
| B．Surgical masks outperform fashionable ones in making wearers attractive. |
| C．It does great harm to the environment to produce fashionable masks. |
| D．Both men and women look better with half of their faces covered. |
| A．People look more attractive with protective masks. |
| B．People look better with the lower half of their faces covered. |
| C．People look less appealing without masks. |
| D．People look less attractive with medical face masks. |
| A．Confused. | B．Doubtful | C．Acceptable | D．Unacceptable |
| A．A cloth mask covering the left or right half of a face. |
| B．A surgical mask with the upper half of a face covered. |
| C．A book covering the area which a face mask would hide. |
| D．A medical face mask covering the lower half of a face. |
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5 . As the coronavirus pandemic spread out, the demand for smell training therapy stepped up, as potentially millions of those who had COVID-19 experienced losing their sense of smell.
Unlike some other viruses that can cause the loss of smell by directly infecting cells involved in detecting smell, the virus that causes COVID-19 spares them. Instead, the coronavirus infects surrounding support cells. To defend the body against the virus, immune cells rush to this site of infection and generate antiviral proteins, which then lead to the loss.
Approximately 80% of COVID-19 patients who had lost their sense of smell regained it without any treatment within one to four weeks. But as three months went by, patient Chris Rogers’ situation barely improved, so he started to seek out smell training therapy.
Twice a day for 10 weeks, Rogers sniffed four kinds of essential oils — rose, lemon, eucalyptus, and clove — to potentially strengthen the survival of newly formed smell-detecting cells or speed up their production and rebuild the connection between his nose and brain. To assess whether this smell therapy was effective, the doctor asked Rogers to distinguish between a number of additional smells before and after the smell training. Rogers did the therapy for 10 weeks and started noticing improvements at week six. At least five months since the smell training ended, the improvements can be more like 75%.
While scientists have recorded improvements in some individuals’ ability to smell, it has been difficult to show how much of that improvement comes from the therapy itself or natural recovery occurring over time, said Eric Holbrook, a doctor at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Hospital. “But I continue to recommend the therapy because such training could speed up the healing process. Also, it’s one of very few and often the only therapeutic options that’s available to millions of COVID-19 patients who haven’t been able to regain their sense of smell for months,” Eric Holbrook added.
Although the benefits of smell training can vary considerably among patients, depending on their starting point, “it is generally not considered harmful,” says Bradley Goldstein, a specialist studying at Duke University. “But we still need to find specific, more effective drug therapies. It’s really an unmet need.”
1. Why did the doctor ask Rogers to identify additional smells before and after the treatment?| A．To estimate the effectiveness of smell training. |
| B．To improve the sensitivity of Rogers’ sense of smell. |
| C．To make Rogers remember the smell of common oil. |
| D．To rebuild the connection between Rogers’ nose and brain. |
| A．Favorable. | B．Indifferent. |
| C．Ambiguous. | D．Disapproving. |
| A．Encouraging patients to recover naturally. |
| B．Developing better drug therapies for patients. |
| C．Conducting the smell training on a large scale. |
| D．Providing long-term health guidance for patients |
| A．The ways of restoring the sense of smell. |
| B．The significance of smell training therapy. |
| C．Main symptoms of coronavirus infection. |
| D．Smell training therapy for COVID-19. |
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While the pandemic has prevented people from traveling afar, there’s a silver lining to that dark cloud: micro-tourism, or mini-vacations
Micro-tourism refers to short-distance travel,
Mark Hou from Shanghai is one of them. Before the pandemic, the 28-year-old
With the new trend, young tourists no longer look to get ‘distance’,
8 . Research by the Policy Institute at King’s. College London and Ipsos MORI showed that around 54% of British people will miss some parts of lockdown (封城), including family time. 19% of the 2,442 adults said the last year had been better than they expected it to be when the first lockdown started. The research also found that 32% of people felt the past year had been similar to or better than usual for them personally. People have enjoyed being closer to their family, friends, and neighbours throughout to pandemic (流行病), with 28% feeling closer to their family, 19% to their neighbours, and 31% to their friends.
Professor Bobby Duffy, director of the Policy Institute at King’s College London, said: “There is no doubt that the public would rather the pandemic hadn’t happened at all — but that doesn’t mean it’s been all bad for everyone, or that people see it deeply influencing their future. What’s surprising about the findings is that for a group of people the last year turned out better than expected, or even better than a normal year.”
He added “Of course, many have been badly influenced. The findings draw attention to a key area of the pandemic, that while action to control the pandemic has been taken, its influence depends hugely on your own circumstances.”
Almost half of the public felt the last year had been worse than expected and 43% expected its mental health because of the pandemic.
The research found that some people plan to continue with some habits they formed in lockdown, with saying they will shop locally more and 38% saying they plan to walk more post-pandemic. Gideon Skinner, research director at Ipsos MORI, said British people expect the pandemic will lead to long-term changes but bold different opinions on what the changes could be.
1. What did the research mainly find?| A．About half of British people would like to keep some parts of lockdown life. |
| B．Most British people thought they were disconnected from their friends. |
| C．Life during lockdown was better than British people’s normal life. |
| D．Lockdown was much worse than British people had thought. |
| A．The pandemic deeply influenced people’s future. |
| B．The public would miss some parts of lockdown. |
| C．The public would prefer there had been no pandemic. |
| D．The pandemic seemed to be out of control last year. |
| A．The changes brought by the pandemic are still unclear. |
| B．People will pay more attention to their family life. |
| C．The pandemic is helping people form good habits. |
| D．People are losing their confidence in the future. |
| A．Ways to spend time during lockdown. |
| B．Bad influences of the pandemic on people’s life. |
| C．People’s social relationships during the pandemic. |
| D．A research result on people’s life during lockdown. |
9 . Lindsay couldn’t go to her gym after Beijing shut down indoor sports facilities in May because of a coronavirus outbreak. So she started cycling and soon fell in love with the sport. “I realized a racing bicycle was quite different from a regular bike,” she said. “It’s very fast and exciting, and I couldn’t stop anymore.”
Bicycles have long been a means of transport in China and once outnumbered cars on city streets. Now cycling is also increasingly seen as a sport by the urban middle class that has benefited from China’s growth into the world’s second largest economy. Biking events organized by Beijing cycling club Qiyi totaled about 10,000 participants over the past year, with about 50% of them regulars. Nationwide, at least 20 million people are participating in the sport, according to the Chinese Cycling Association.
The pandemic has played a role, with authorities moving quickly to close non-essential businesses, including gyms, during outbreaks under a strict zero-COVID approach. Cycling, which can be done individually as well as in groups, has largely been free from restrictions that limit gathering. For cyclist Yang Lan, the reason why she loves cycling is that the sport provides an escape from the daily life in the coronavirus era. “With the pandemic, it seems to be the only way for us to run away from the terrible city life and pace,” she said.
People will have more choices for sports and entertainment when the pandemic is over. But Feng Baozhong, the vice president of the Chinese Cycling Association says that he expects cycling to remain popular. Because it’s driven by China’s growing economy, growth of the sports industry and increasing concern about health due to COVID-19. “The pursuit of health will not disappear,” he said, “and the popularity of cycling is also a sign of the public’s awareness of environmental protection and pursuit of a low-carbon lifestyle.”
1. How many people in the Qiyi club take part in cycling activities regularly?| A．More than 10,000. | B．Around 10,000. |
| C．Around 5,000. | D．Around 20,000,000. |
| A．She enjoys cycling alone. |
| B．She likes participating in cycling activities. |
| C．She can get a break from the city life. |
| D．She saves money by riding to work. |
| A．People are paying more attention to health issues. |
| B．China’s economy is getting worse due to the pandemic. |
| C．The sports industry is in crisis during the lockdown. |
| D．Other sports will replace cycling when the pandemic is over. |
| A．Pandemic Harms Cycling | B．Pandemic Fuels Cycling |
| C．Cycling Boosts Sports Industry | D．Cycling Means a Low-carbon Lifestyle |
10 . It’s uncertain when many offices may reopen, but it’s clear the virtual work revolution that began with the pandemic isn’t going away.
Alexia Cambon,research director at Gartner, says finding the right combination of in-person and virtual work will take creativity and experimentation. Managing director Deborah Lovich stresses that companies should consider that flexibility is not only about location, but also about the hours employees work.
Alexia also points out the importance of finding solutions for a whole team. “What COVID-19 taught us is that flex work cannot be for an individual. It has to be for the team,” she says. “When the whole team is together online versus a whole team together in person,it works.”
Progressive organizations are also reconsidering their workplace culture. “They’re thinking about changing culture and leadership to be much more trust-based, impact-based, instead of input-based,like,I see you,so I think you’re productive,’ compared to, ‘Wow, I see what you’ve accomplished,and I know you’ve been productive,””Lovich says.
Lovich sees remote work as a “win-win” for cmployees who get more flexibility and employers who can hire people from anywhere in the country or even the world. She views it as creating equality in terms of allowing small towns to attract talent and offering more opportunity for women to climb the corporate ladder without having to relocate their families, something that she says often takes a back seat in a dual-career houschold.
Companies that require a return to a fully on-site model could lose one in three employees.Lovich agrees that employers need to be careful. “It’s an employee’s market right now. The world is short of workers,and because of that we should really think about what we need and feel confident and courageous to speak up. And a lot of companies are getting that, and so it’s a real opportunity to either shape the place you work to be the place it needs to be or go someplace else that does,”Lovich says.“For decades,we’ve been contorting(扭曲)our lives to fit around work， and COVID-19 forced work to fit around lives．”
1. What does Alexia emphasize according to the text?| A．How to make virtual work go away soon. |
| B．How to create virtual work cooperatively. |
| C．How to combine virtual work with science. |
| D．How to find the best location for virtual work |
| A．To take control of the development of virtual work. |
| B．To compare company culture with firm leadership. |
| C．To make employees feel trusted and develop positively. |
| D．To persuade more companies to choose virtual work soon. |
| A．It is attractive to all employees. | B．It is just beneficial to employers. |
| C．It is popular among small firms. | D．It benefits both bosses and workers. |
| A．Virtual work is here to stay. | B．Advantages of virtual work. |
| C．Be far away from flexibility. | D．A“win-win“ change for business. |
