A recent short video series Escape from the British Museum,
Directed by two Chinese vloggers, the three-episode series, spanning just under 10 minutes each, talks about the personification of a Chinese jade teapot, which escapes from the British Museum and embarks on (开启) a hard journey
The vloggers wrote in
2 . A dozen years after the disaster at the Fukushima(福岛) nuclear plant, it still casts a covering over life in Japan. Many of over 100,000 residents moved from around the nuclear plant at the time of the accident remain displaced. Abroad, Fukushima’s legacy(遗留问题) is now worsening the region’s infamous and disputatious (有争议的)geopolitics.
The enormous task of making the damaged plant safe continues. At the heart of the cleanup is a question of what to do with the polluted water used to cool melted fuel and fuel pieces— or which has fallen as rain, or flowed into the site as groundwater. An advanced filtration(过滤) process known as ALPS removes 62 of 64 radionuclides (放射性核素)from the water to acceptable levels. Of the two remaining radionuclides, the main concern is tritium(氚), which can damage DNA. But TEPCO, the Fukushima plant’s operator, says the levels are very low. It wants to release 500 Olympic-sized pools’ worth of the water into the ocean over three decades. Japan’s government backs it.
So what’s the problem? Local fishermen and tourism operatives fear another knock to the old Fukushima brand. Even as it is, China and South Korea ban seafood from Fukushima and neighbouring areas. If the water release goes ahead, China, the biggest importer of Japanese seafood, may go further—and impose a total ban on Japanese seafood imports. One Chinese hothead has said releasing the water would amount to “crimes against humanity”. The government’s chief spokesman accuses Japan of treating the ocean as its “private sewer”. In South Korea, the issue is more complicated. The conservative government of Yoon Sukyeol, which is committed to rebuilding South Korea’s unfriendly ties with Japan, is playing down the risks. Worried South Korean consumers are meanwhile panic-buying sea salt.
Yet even in Japan there is precious little trust in the nuclear industry, which has a history of messes and covers. Even after post-disaster reforms, TEPCO was forced in 2018 to admit its ALPS system had failed to work and the water would need to be reprocessed. And trust, notes Jeff Kingston of Temple University in Tokyo, is “not a renewable resource”. At home the nuclear industry lacks it. Abroad so does Japan.
1. What can we learn from paragraph two?A.ALPS is capable of removing main radionuclides from the water to acceptable levels. |
B.Japan’s government support TEPCO’s releasing processed polluted water into the ocean. |
C.According to ALPS, tritium won’t damage DNA and it isn’t a concern at all. |
D.The polluted water is used to cool melted fuel and fuel pieces in broken plant. |
A.optimistic | B.pessimistic | C.supportive | D.seriously |
A.Japanese people are accepting of releasing Fukushima water. |
B.The nuclear industry lacks trust from Japanese people with a series of trouble. |
C.Japanese government can earn trust from international community with its water release. |
D.The polluted water needs to be reprocessed |
A.How to cope with Fukushima nuclear wastewater |
B.The Fukushima’s radiological impact on humans and the environment |
C.East Asia’s disagreement about Fukushima nuclear wastewater turns poisonous |
D.New international regulations are on the way |
A.By car. | B.By bike. | C.On foot. |
1. What will Todd Messegee be responsible for?
A.Writing a play. | B.Directing a play. | C.Starring in a play. |
A.Practice the play. | B.Attend a lecture on acting. | C.Perform on stage formally. |
A.Advertising an acting program. |
B.Drawing up a plan for a program. |
C.Announcing arrangements for a play. |
The history of Chinese cinema dates back to late 1905. The film Shadow Magic (2000) trains its lens on this
In 1931, Sing-Song Girl Red Peony marked the first sound movie in China. The horror film made its first public
Beginning in the mid-1980s, China enjoyed another golden age of cinema
6 . Patriotic Zhang Weili won her historic fighting championship in Shenzhen on August 31, 2019. The 30-year-old fighter from Hebei Province produced a huge upset to knock out Brazilian Jessica Andrade and became China’s first UFC world champion.
Zhang entered the straw weight bout as a big loser to Andrade, who is tied with the most UFC wins(11) by a woman. However, after a series of devastating knee kicks and punches(重拳), Andrade was floored in the 42nd second of the first round and the challenger was declared winner by TKO. “Last year in Beijing I vowed(发誓)to become the first Chinese champion, and I did it!” said Zhang. “As a Chinese, I feel so proud. Today, I want to dedicate this victory to my motherland,” she added.
UFC boss Dana White declared Zhang “the most vicious woman on the planet right now” and revealed he is already planning the new champion’s next fight in the United States. Zhang appealed to White to smooth out some reasonable concerns she has about a US fight. “Please make sure all my corners can come because last time they couldn’t come for visa issues,” she said. “But all my coaches are here with me, supporting me and I won the belt.”
With six years’ experience in UFC, Andrade has a reputation for crucially seeing off opponents. But Zhang, who is known for her fierce “buzz saw” attacking style, never allowed Andrade to get going. “I think the keys to my win were my calm mindset and the strategy defined by my coaches. All the strategies were practical and predicted every move to help me seize every opportunity,” Zhang said.
She was the first Chinese fighter to even get a title shot from the UFC, which is now pushing hard into a Chinese market where interest in MMA is growing rapidly. Afterwards, Zhang hoped to inspire more young Chinese women to take up MMA and to be a source of inspiration for women, both in MMA and everyday life.
1. What can be inferred from paragraph 2?A.Andrade is a great opponent. | B.Andrade has 9 UFC wins so far. |
C.Zhang owed her victory to her efforts. | D.Zhang was afraid of Andrade’s attacks. |
A.Opponents. | B.Coaches. | C.Relatives. | D.Friends. |
A.strict teaching of her coaches |
B.support from her coaches and friends |
C.her strong body shape and enthusiasm |
D.her mindset and strategies developed by her coaches |
A.Women can make a big difference as well. |
B.Women should not ignore their appearance. |
C.Women should compete with men to show their abilities. |
D.Women can change their fate by winning UFC. |
The opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games was held on September 23 in Hangzhou. The mascots (吉祥物) of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou stand
The torch of the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou is named “Eternal Flame”, of
The medal of the 19th Asian Games is named Shan Shui. The backside
8 . One day, Tim came home from school. His face was filled with sadness and
“Once, in a dense forest, there lived an oak tree,” said John. “One day, a fierce storm
Tim asked his grandfather, “What does this story mean?”
John smiled and said, “In life, we face difficulties and
Tim understood and faced
The wise grandfather taught his grandson the
A.hope | B.confidence | C.improvement | D.anger |
A.confusing | B.attracting | C.causing | D.assisting |
A.dreams | B.proposals | C.measures | D.complaints |
A.formed | B.folded | C.floated | D.calmed |
A.survived | B.poured | C.gathered | D.circulated |
A.Worried | B.Serious | C.Careful | D.Curious |
A.argued | B.expanded | C.approached | D.spun |
A.quarrelled | B.pressed | C.appealed | D.replied |
A.hear | B.understand | C.doubt | D.fear |
A.patterns | B.blanks | C.troubles | D.talents |
A.conflicts | B.permits | C.theories | D.voyages |
A.convincing | B.temporary | C.direct | D.true |
A.greetings | B.accusations | C.challenges | D.attempts |
A.grew up | B.showed up | C.came in | D.set off |
A.root | B.importance | C.output | D.discovery |
Dad got me to play football when I studied in high school. I did enjoy throwing the ball around with friends, but I never thought I had what it took to play on a team. “I'm not a football player,” It old my dad. “You'll never know what you are able to achieve unless you give it a try, Sam,” he told me. So, I did. It gave me a strong sense of belonging and some confidence. I still remember how proud he was when I won some awards and the hug be gave me after I received my congratulation letter. There was no such game where Dad wasn't on the sidelines, cheering me on.
Four years' pre-season football camps finally came down to my last game. I asked my dad to bring our video camera.
I waved at my parents before the opening kick-off, and then put on my face seriously. I grabbed at the clothes of the opposing team's running back (跑卫) and dragged him to the field. Aloud cheer came from the sidelines. There was my dad with the camera, cheering crazily. By the end of the game, I had stopped seven players and a sacking(擒杀)—my best performance ever. I ran into my dad's arms. I was sweaty and smelly, but be hugged me anyway. I couldn’t wait to watch the tape(录像带) to experience every moment again.
As soon as we got home, I took the tape out of the camera and played it on the TV screen. My dad, mum, sister and I sat down in the living room together in front of TV. I pressed the “Play” button, and the video started. The two teams, lined up before the game, then the running back taking the handoff(传球), running up to the line, me reaching out, and then...the sky and clouds! I could hear my dad screaming “Way to go, Sam!” as images of the sky shook up and down on the screen.
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I moved forward closer to the screen to see the next big play.
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The tape ended and Dad was quiet.
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10 . Personalized medicine changes conventional medicine which typically offers blanket recommendations and offers treatments designed to help more people than they bam but that might not work for you. The approach recognizes that we each possess unique characteristics, and they have an out size impact on our health.
Around the world, researchers are creating precision tools unimaginable just a decade ago: superfast DNA sequencing(排序); tissue engineering, cell reprogramming, gene editing, and more. The science and technology soon will make it possible to predict your risk of cancer, heart disease, and countless other illnesses years before you get sick. The work also offers prospects for changing genes in removing some diseases.
Last spring, researchers at the National Cancer Institute reported the dramatic recovery of a woman with breast cancer, Judy Perkins. The team, led by Steven Rosenberg, an immune(免疫的) treatment pioneer, had sequenced her cancer cells’ DNA to analyze the sudden change. The team also removed a sampling of immune cells and tested them to see which ones recognized her cancer cells' genetic faults. The scientists reproduced the winning immune cells by the billions and put them into Perkins to attack her cancer cells. More than two y cars later. Perkins, a retired engineer from Florida, shows no signs of cancer.
Thirty years ago, scientists thought that it would be impossible to understand our genetic rules and sequence the 3.2 billion pairs of different elements in our DNA. “It was like you were talking fairytales,” Kurzrock said. “The conventional wisdom was that it would never happen. Never And then in 2003, never was over.”
It took the Human Gene Project 13 years, roughly one billion dollars, and scientists from six countries to sequence one gene complex. Today sequencing costs about a thousand dollars. The latest machines can produce the results in a day. The technology, combined with advanced cell analysis, clarifies the astonishing biochemical variations that make every human body unique.
1. What can we know about personalized medicine?A.It has emerged a decade before. |
B.It offers blanket recommendations. |
C.It uses genetic information to help patients. |
D.It administers treatment intended for most people. |
A.Promising. | B.Highly risky. | C.Fruitless. | D.Strictly confidential. |
A.Sequencing her immune cells. |
B.Reprogramming her cancer cells |
C.Analysis of her life style changes. |
D.Identification of cancer-fighting cells. |
A.Its wide applications. | B.Its recent advances. |
C.Its major disadvantages. | D.Its attractive prospects. |