1 . Umar Fox searched his whole life to look for the firefighter who saved him and his sister from a house fire in 1978. The search
Umar was 3 when the
Umar had always hoped to
Umar said that he and his sister “wouldn’t be
As for Joseph, he considered he was
A.finally | B.normally | C.really | D.easily |
A.change | B.action | C.accident | D.adventure |
A.scene | B.floor | C.surface | D.ground |
A.speed | B.power | C.distance | D.safety |
A.injury | B.rescue | C.loss | D.task |
A.interview | B.meet | C.assist | D.join |
A.related to | B.dealt with | C.resulted in | D.applied for |
A.relaxing | B.satisfying | C.similar | D.enough |
A.visited | B.found | C.accompanied | D.urged |
A.attend | B.organize | C.sponsor | D.chair |
A.listened | B.cared | C.joked | D.worried |
A.special | B.retired | C.alive | D.delightful |
A.explain | B.compare | C.believe | D.agree |
A.brave | B.proud | C.suitable | D.willing |
A.roughly | B.curiously | C.hopefully | D.simply |
2 . Given that cancer is one of the deadliest diseases out there, any new development in our fight against it is highly praiseworthy. The latest breakthrough was made by Heman Bekele in 2023, a 14-year-old student from Virginia. The student has created a bar soap to treat skin cancer. Now, his findings have earned him the title of America’s Top Young Scientist.
Bekele remembers he always saw people who were constantly hit by the glaring sun as a child. As he grew up and began to realize the risks like skin cancer were associated with sun exposure, the boy decided to come up with solutions.
While similar treatments are available, Bekele hoped to work on a more affordable alternative, especially for those in developing countries. “I wanted to make my idea something that not only was great in terms of science but also could benefit as many people as possible,” Bekele says. It is often the simple solutions that are the most effective because soap is a daily routine for most people.
With the guidance of Deborah Isabelle, a product engineering specialist, Bekele made his soap by mixing regular soap with compounds (化合物) that slowly reactivate dendritic (枝状的) cells. When the soap is applied, it releases toll-like receptors into our skin. These receptors attach onto dendritic cells which reactivate them. The reactivated dendritic cells then join with TN io12 cells to fight cancer cells. Rather than a cure, Bekele’s soap aims to help people’s immune cells stay active while fighting skin cancer.
For now, the young scientist hopes to improve his invention and create a non-profit to distribute the soap among those who need it most. “I believe that young minds can make a positive impact on the world,” Bekele said. “I have a strong desire to know how the physical world works and how to improve the lives of its inhabitants, and this challenge gives me the perfect platform to showcase my ideas.”
1. Why is Bekele’s childhood experience mentioned in paragraph 2?A.To show his genius for scientific creation. |
B.To express people’s eagerness for his soap. |
C.To explain his motivation to create the soap. |
D.To remind people of their similar memories. |
A.It can be admirable for the design. |
B.It can be available to more people. |
C.It will be effective in curing any cancer. |
D.It will be pioneering in terms of science. |
A.The treatment principle of the soap. |
B.The damage caused by skin cancer. |
C.The prevention measures of skin cancer. |
D.The professional evaluation of the soap. |
A.Creative and loyal. | B.Ambitious and plain. |
C.Curious and adaptable. | D.Sympathetic and curious. |
3 . Last year, my younger brother Darrin tore the old engine out of his Dodge Challenger. Then he
Later, I asked him about this
Our
Never
A.discovered | B.rebuilt | C.donated | D.reserved |
A.detected | B.preferred | C.occupied | D.had |
A.figure out | B.give away | C.bring up | D.rule out |
A.property | B.campaign | C.guide | D.project |
A.correct | B.serious | C.simple | D.funny |
A.luck | B.option | C.requirement | D.relaxation |
A.expected | B.forced | C.convinced | D.motivated |
A.communicated | B.competed | C.experimented | D.disagreed |
A.sure | B.afraid | C.curious | D.satisfied |
A.permission | B.courage | C.advice | D.reward |
A.amazing | B.common | C.confusing | D.strange |
A.anxiety | B.capacity | C.income | D.impatience |
A.rarely | B.necessarily | C.originally | D.mostly |
A.seeking | B.offering | C.affording | D.avoiding |
A.admit | B.stop | C.fancy | D.keep |
4 . The days of just teaching kids their ABCs are long gone. Modern educators are tasked with the seemingly impossible responsibility of ensuring that today’s youth are academically prepared for life outside the classroom: being self-aware, self-managing, socially aware, relationship-building and responsible decision-makers who positively contribute to society. That is quite an ask!
Social-emotional learning (SEL) answers this call and delivers upon this tall order. It is a method to improve students’ intrapersonal (内心的), interpersonal, and cognitive competence. This process improves individual students’ skills and makes for a community of successful learners willing and able to positively contribute to society. This theory truly allows individuals to develop well.
SEL has effectively predicted positive school adjustment in the school setting, promoted learning engagement, minimized discipline problems, increased high school graduation rates, and promoted future employment and adult health. A core component of SEL is helping children understand their emotions. Further, not only is it vital that youngsters can identify various emotions, but they must also be able to manage the emotions they experience.
Developing an identity is necessary for maturing adults, and SEL satisfies this requirement, In assisting students in developing their identity, SEL helps to increase self-confidence, self-compassion, identification of strengths and needs, and recognition of needs, values, and judgments.
In the classroom. SEL has been shown to positively impact students’ attitudes, behaviors, and academic performance. Further, it decreases negative behaviors, such as being off-task or aggressive, and substance abuse. SEL enhances the learning environment and makes it a safe place for learning.
Not only is SEL critical for students’ mental health, but it is also important for teachers’ mental health. SEL increases teacher-reported effectiveness for behavior management and decreases reports of teacher burnout. Ultimately, SEL creates a calmer classroom environment, which makes educating students much easier.
1. What does the underlined word “That” in Paragraph 1 stand for?A.Teaching kids their ABCs. | B.Preparing students for life beyond class. |
C.All the hopes placed on students. | D.Teaching students self-management. |
A.How to be a successful learner. | B.How to meet the students’ needs. |
C.What is needed for a community. | D.What is social-emotional learning. |
A.Giving students a definite identity. | B.Allowing students to predict their future. |
C.Guaranteeing students’ future employment. | D.Helping students understand and manage emotions. |
A.It is a win-win method. | B.It is criticized by students. |
C.It may make teachers tired. | D.It is a magical tool for teachers. |
When I woke up, I felt pains all over. A pool of sticky blood surrounded my head. I lay trapped in the bottom of n smooth-walled pit (坑) with an empty water bottle.
I thought of what had happened. I was climbing down the mountain as I was admiring the beautiful scenery. Accidentally. I stepped on a loose rock. Then I slipped, fell with the rock and got stuck somewhere below the top. It was getting dark in the pit. Only my mother knew where I’d gone. I promised to have lunch with her. Thinking of this. I took my phone out and dialed her number with shaking fingers. No service. The silence, which earlier I’d valued, was now horrible.
With a sharp pain in my head, I was terrified. I knew I’d fallen far, but I wasn’t sure where I was. I called 911 because I knew by the pain that my back was severely injured, if not broken. My ear was torn badly. There was still no service. I dug through my bag to assess my supplies and found a whistle and some wipes.
I put the whistle around my neck and blew, though I knew no one would hear me. It was 1:15 pm and I was miles from the town where I lived. I used the wipes to clean off as much blood as I could. I rested. Then I screamed, blew my whistle, and let myself think the unthinkable. What if they can’t find me? What if this is it?
I decided to get moving. I climbed through a small opening, but when I peered over the next edge, my heart sank: there was a 30-foot drop. There was no way down. I was trapped.
I knew with that extreme Arizona heat in the day and bitter desert cold at night, I wouldn’t last long. But I thought my mother was sure to call the police for help if she couldn’t get in touch with me. With a little hope, I prayed the police would send a helicopter (直升机) to my resecu.
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Around five hours later, a growing buzz (嗡嗡声) in the air broke the silence.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Though the pilot saw me, it was difficult for the team to get to me.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The ZQ-2 Y3 rocket, developed by Chinese privately-owned aerospace company LandSpace,
It is the second successful flight for the company with the ZQ-2 series rocket, the
The ZQ-2 Y3 has
Now China is home
7 . NIH Summer Internship (实习生) Program in Biomedical Research (SIP)
This program is to provide a developmental training experience for promising high school students who have expressed a strong interest in or are studying disciplines related to biomedical sciences.
Applicants must be:
* 17 years of age or older
* high school seniors at the time of application
* able to pass the Federal background check
* within 40 miles of the NIH campus on which they will intern if they are 17 years of age (this requirement does not apply to applicants who are 18 and older)
* having American citizenship or permanent residency
For minors under 18 years of age, if required by state or local government law, work permits must be obtained. A written agreement of a parent or guardian is also required.
Complete your application
You must use the NIH Application Center to apply for this program:
1. After you complete the required sections of your profile, you will be asked to select a preferred program. Choose “Summer internships for high school students”.
2. You must select “Apply” next to “High School Summer Internship Program” for your application to be considered for this program.
3. To complete your application, import any relevant information from your profile.
You must also submit:
* Coursework & Exams—a list of coursework and grades
* CV/Resume (简历)—a list of your education, experience, and other relevant history
* Letter/Statement—a cover letter broadly describing your prior research experience, your current interests and career goals
* References—letters containing the names and contact information of two referees
1. What is the purpose of the program?A.To provide training chances. | B.To offer teenagers job positions. |
C.To inspire students’ interest in science. | D.To select promising high school students. |
A.Having intern experience. | B.Majoring in biomedical science. |
C.Living on or near the NIH campus. | D.Being U.S. citizens or permanent residents. |
A.Application fee. | B.Reference books. |
C.Personal photos. | D.Recommendation letters. |
1. What do we learn from the conversation about Miss Rowling’s first book?
A.It was about a little animal. |
B.It took her six years to write. |
C.It was about a little girl and her pet. |
A.She knows how to write best-selling novels. |
B.She started writing when she was very young. |
C.She can make a living by doing what she likes. |
9 . Recent experiments exposed four common disease-causing bacteria to a Mars-like environment with its lack of water, insufficient atmospheric pressure, deadly radiation and poisonous salts. The bacteria remained alive for various periods of time, researchers report in the January Astrobiology.
In 2020, a team of scientists found that several bacterial species that live on or inside the human body were able to grow in a medium like the nutrient-poor conditions. That made some of the researchers wonder how such bugs would hold up under the unforgiving environment of Mass. So several members of that team, along with microbiologist Tommaso Zaccaria, did the experiment about four microbes (微生物), which usually live harmlessly on or in us but can lend to diseases when stressed.
“At the beginning, we thought that the environment on Mars would have a harmful effect on the cells so it would limit their growth.” says Zaccaria, a microbiologist in Cologne. “But instead, we saw that it was the opposite.”
He and his colleagues are now trying to figure out just how the microbes held on. Perhaps on Mars, the bacteria managed to find small areas with enough water, nutrients and protection from the deadly UV radiation. Zeccaria says. The researchers are also interested in determining how the human body will respond to bugs that have gone through such hard conditions.
The results suggest that human missions to Mars should bring plenty of different antibiotics (抗生素) to deal with disease-causing bacteria surviving on the Martian surface. And since we don’t want to accidentally mistake a terrestrial (地球上的) bug for a native Martian one while searching for life on Mars, Zaccaria also recommends that areas of the Red Planet be set aside like national parks, where humans would send only robotic vehicles and not our bacteria-carrying bodies.
Waters, a scientist who was not involved in the experiments, points out that human intelligence will hopefully find ways to solve such problems, which shouldn’t scare us away from sending people beyond our planet.
1. What is the purpose of the experiment?A.To show the similarity between the earth and Mars. |
B.To prove that some microbes have strong ability to live. |
C.To find out how some bacteria survive tough environment. |
D.To explain how harmless microbes lead to diseases under stress. |
A.Amazed. | B.Disappointed. | C.Satisfied. | D.Concerned. |
A.High stress. | B.Certain radiation. | C.Salty water. | D.Much heat. |
A.Setting up more national parks on the earth. |
B.Continuing to search the whole Mars for life. |
C.Bringing more microbes to Mars for further research. |
D.Leaving special areas for robotic vehicles on Mars. |
10 . Super communicators are people who are consistently able to create real connections with others just by listening and talking. The following are four habits of super communicators.
They know what kind of conversation they’re having. Super communicators are usually able to respond accordingly. If you’re having a practical conversation, your friend might ask you to help make hard decisions.
They prove they’re listening. There are plenty of ways to appear like you’re listening, like making eye contact or nodding. To do that, experts suggest a technique called “cycle for understanding”. Ask a question and listen to the response. Repeat what they just told you. Ask your conversation partner if you got what they said correct.
They ask a lot of the right questions. Research shows that highly effective communicators tend to ask 10 to 20 times as many questions as everyone else. They may simply be follow-up questions like “What happened next?”. Super communicators also ask questions that get people to open up.
A.They aim to understand. |
B.Experts call them “deep questions”. |
C.They are persuasive communicators. |
D.The decisions should be easy to carry out. |
E.This practice sounds simple but is powerful. |
F.Then you should be ready to give good advice. |
G.And that is actually the most magical thing that can happen. |