1 . A 23-year-old woman has achieved an unbelievable feat that many of us dream of —visiting every country on Earth.
Lexie Alford was born into a family of travel agents, which gave her the opportunity to
“I also loved visiting Northern Pakistan, for the natural beauty of the mountains and kindness of the locals were astonishing,” Lexie Alford said. “The most pleasant surprise about traveling to all these misunderstood areas of the world was that the countries that I had the
“My
A.remark | B.settle | C.tour | D.love |
A.quit | B.fund | C.switch | D.register |
A.powerful | B.ideal | C.developed | D.remaining |
A.followed | B.modified | C.ranked | D.criticized |
A.understand | B.grill | C.inspire | D.accompany |
A.occasionally | B.temporarily | C.completely | D.simply |
A.button | B.dream | C.family | D.observation |
A.process | B.agency | C.platform | D.country |
A.dull | B.official | C.natural | D.challenging |
A.adult | B.bosses | C.youth | D.agents |
A.most | B.least | C.greatest | D.worst |
A.ended up | B.showed off | C.started with | D.searched for |
A.warn | B.compromise | C.belief | D.advice |
A.make | B.appreciate | C.worsen | D.save |
A.honor | B.time | C.career | D.assessment |
2 . A small sensor (传感器) worn on the neck containing wires can monitor how much we move while sitting too long, and encourage people to get up and exercise.
Nowadays more and more people experienced neck and shoulder pain — a problem of the changing way we work. But moving regularly while sitting can prevent problems.
Zhengbao Yang at City University of Hong Kong and his colleagues have developed small, stretchable sensors that are powered by electricity-charge that is generated through squeezing or stressing suitable materials.
The sensor monitors the movement of the neck and is powered by two layers of piezoelectric (压电的) material folded in a structure from kirigami, which is related to the art of paper folding. When the wearer moves, the sensor changes its shape and sends charge to a microcontroller that can register the movement with an accuracy of 95 percent, displaying this on a computer. “We can use this material to change stress into voltage (电压), then we can measure the joint motion by using that,” says Yang. If the wearer doesn’t move his/her neck or shoulder more than 10 times in every half hour, a prompt is displayed on the computer.
“The sensor offers a new and novel design within a small package which is perfect for the placement on the body,” says Jonathan Aitken at the University of Sheffield, UK. “The sensor clearly succeeds in the general aim to indicate inactivity, although it would be interesting to research further into its characteristics, reliability and sensitivity.” Aitken says this could help generate more accurate monitoring of motion that would make the sensor more powerful.
For Yang, the sensor could move from the lab to real life as it is. “We already have a patent (专利) on this technology,” he says. “We’re thinking about how to license this patent to local industry, to bring benefits to society.”
1. Why did Yang develop the sensor?A.To change the way people work. | B.To improve the effect of exercise. |
C.To cure neck and shoulder pain. | D.To remind people of inactivity. |
A.It can function smartly. | B.It is driven by hand |
C.It has a fixed shape. | D.It is completely reliable. |
A.A problem. | B.A sign. |
C.A procedure. | D.A virus. |
A.The sensor provides perfect information. |
B.The sensor is traditionally designed. |
C.The sensor is a successful invention. |
D.The sensor needs to be improved immediately. |
3 . Erin Alexander’s sister-in-law recently died, and she was having a hard day. A barista (咖啡师) was too. The coffee machine had broken down and she was clearly stressed. Ms. Alexander ordered an iced green tea, and told her to hang in there. After picking up her order, she noticed a message on the cup: “Erin,” the barista had drawn next to a heart, “your soul is golden.” “I’m not sure I even necessarily know what ‘your soul is golden’ means,” said Ms. Alexander, who laughed and cried while recalling the incident. But the warmth of that small and unexpected gesture, from a stranger who had no idea of what she was going through, moved her deeply. “Of course, I was still really sad,” Ms. Alexander said. “But that little thing made the rest of my day.”
New findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, prove just how powerful experiences like Ms. Alexander’s can be. Researchers found that people who perform a random (随意的) act of kindness tend to underestimate how much the receiver will appreciate it. And they believe that miscalculation could hold many of us back from doing nice things for others more often.
A recent study consisted of eight small experiments that varied in design and participants. In one, for example, people were told they could give a cupcake away to strangers, and were asked to rate their own mood as well as how they believed the receiver would feel. The researchers found that those who got a cupcake as a result of a random act of kindness felt better than the person on the giving end thought they would. “People tend to think that what they are giving is kind of little; maybe it’s relatively unimportant,” Dr. Kumar, an assistant professor of marketing and psychology at the University of Texas, Austin, said. “But receivers are less likely to think along those lines. They consider the gesture to be significantly more meaningful because they are also thinking about the fact that someone did something nice for them.”
If you are not already in the habit of performing random kind acts—or if it does not come naturally to you—Marisa Franco, a psychologist, said to start by thinking about what you like to do. “It’s not about you being like, ‘Oh man, now I have to learn how to bake cookies in order to be nice.’ It’s about: What skills and talents do you already have? And how can you turn that into an offering for other people?”
1. What is the function of paragraph 1?A.To provide some background information on the study. |
B.To introduce the topic. |
C.To praise the random acts of kindness. |
D.To illustrate the power of kindness. |
A.By stating the facts. | B.By listing examples. |
C.By comparing the feelings. | D.By listing statistics. |
A.Do whatever they like to do. | B.Learn how to bake cookies. |
C.Do what they can to help others. | D.Try to gain some new skills and talents. |
A.Nothing is impossible for a willing heart. | B.Well begun is half done. |
C.One good turn deserves another. | D.Practice virtue however little it is. |
4 . In a post shared on Twitter last Monday, the woman, Amy Clukey, explained that her dad, Rick, a beekeeper, died of lung cancer about nine years ago. But, before passing away, he wrote a note that he hoped one of his children would later find, and finally after so long, her little brother, who is now 16 years old, found it in his father’s beekeeping clothes.
The note said, “I hope one of my children is curious about beekeeping. Beekeeping is actually pretty easy and you can learn everything online. Bees make more products than just honey; it can be a source of extra income. So don’t be afraid, have courage. Good luck. Love Dad.”
The bee population in 2019 consisted primarily of wild bees, and North Dakota has the highest honey production with over 38 million pounds.
Clukey explained that her father bought a farm when he was in his 40s, and it was then that he took up beekeeping and other hobbies like raising cattle and horses. She added, “When he was diagnosed (诊断) with stage 4 lung cancer, the doctors told him that he had 18 months to live. He was a fighter: He lived 5 years and a week after his diagnosis.”
The post has attracted a lot of readers on the platform and has received over 42,800 likes, 2,333 comments, and 749,000 re-shares in less than 24 hours, and in the comments, the woman added that while she doesn’t do beekeeping herself, two of her brothers are interested in it.
One user commented, “I lost my dad in 2018. This post makes me cry.” And another user said, “My dad is in the last few weeks of his life battling cancer. I’ll come back to the post in a couple of months when I need it again.” And one also shared the story of her personal loss, writing, “I lost my husband half a year ago. He used to leave little notes all over the house. I can’t bring myself to move anything.”
1. What did the father wish according to the text?A.His children could make big money. |
B.One of his children could find the hidden note. |
C.One of his children could be interested in keeping bees. |
D.His children could make great contribution to the honey production. |
A.Hard-working and brave. | B.Wealthy and healthy. |
C.Easy-going and intelligent. | D.Generous and wise. |
A.They are all beekeepers. | B.They are all moved by the note. |
C.They all lost their loved ones. | D.They all found the family member’s notes. |
A.A father’s death touched people’s hearts. |
B.People made comments on a father’s death. |
C.A father’s note posted online attracted attention. |
D.Beekeeping is important for many families. |
There are various reasons why people compose poetry. Some poems tell a story or describe a certain image in the readers’ mind. Others try to convey certain f
Some of the first poems a young child learns in English are nursery r
6 . I have struggled with feelings of unworthiness since forever. My most painful moments were at parties. My friends made fun of me because I was rhythmically (有节奏地)
Around age 12, I decided that the way to
After several years of spiritual growth, it
The
A.adjusted | B.bothered | C.challenged | D.compromised |
A.twisted | B.annoyed | C.limited | D.awkward |
A.belong | B.appeal | C.match | D.deserve |
A.solve | B.cure | C.release | D.arouse |
A.sustain | B.work | C.hatch | D.dismiss |
A.included | B.excluded | C.inspired | D.appreciated |
A.internally | B.academically | C.professionally | D.contemporarily |
A.occurs to | B.happens to | C.calls on | D.knocks on |
A.desires | B.strengths | C.accomplishments | D.harmony |
A.as well as | B.as soon as | C.as much as | D.as far as |
A.Still | B.However | C.Meanwhile | D.Rather |
A.definition | B.resolution | C.sense | D.pose |
A.discovery | B.access | C.journey | D.experience |
A.emphasis | B.burden | C.demand | D.conditions |
A.valley | B.forest | C.dance | D.balcony |
7 . Have you ever thought about what determines the way we are when we grow up? Remember the TV program Seven Up? It started following the lives of a group of children in 1963. We first meet them as wide eyed seven year olds and then catch up with them at seven year intervals (间隔): nervous 14 year olds, serious 21 year olds and then grown ups.
Some of the stories are inspiring, others sad, but what is interesting in almost all the cases is the way in which the children’s early hopes and dreams are shown in their future lives. For example, at seven, Tony is a lively child who says he wants to become a sportsman or a taxi driver. When he grows up, he goes on to do both. How about Nicki? She says, “I’d like to find out about the moon.” And she goes on to become a space scientist. As a child, soft spoken Bruce says he wants to help “poor children” and ends up teaching in India.
But if the lives of all the children had followed this pattern, the program would be far less interesting than it actually was. It was the children whose childhood did not prepare them for what was to come that made the program so interesting. Where did their ideas come from about what they wanted to do when they grew up?Are the children influenced by what their parents do, by what they see on television, or by what their teachers say?How great is the effect of a single important event? Many film directors, including Stephen Spielberg, say that an early visit to the cinema was the turning point in their lives. Dr Margaret McAllister, who has done a lot of research in this area, thinks that the major factors are parents, friends, and the wider society.
1. What does the text mainly discuss?A.New ways to make a TV program interesting. |
B.The importance of television programs to children. |
C.Different ways to make childhood dreams come true. |
D.The influence of childhood experiences on future lives. |
A.different groups of people at different periods of their lives |
B.different groups of people at the same period of their lives |
C.the same group of people at different periods of their lives |
D.the same group of people at the same period of their lives |
A.Many people’s childhood hopes are related to their future jobs. |
B.There are many poor children in India who need help. |
C.Children have different dreams about their future. |
D.A lot of people are very sad in their childhood. |
A.going to a movie at an early age helps a child learn about society |
B.a single childhood event may decide what one does as a grown up |
C.parents and friends can help a child grow up properly |
D.films have more influence on a child than teachers do |
8 . In the 19th century the novel came into its own. Thousands upon thousands of novels were published. Of those novels, very few are remembered today. However, there are exceptions: the works of Jane Austen—Pride and Prejudice (《傲慢与偏见》),Sense and Sensibility (《理智与情感》)—for example. They achieved only modest success at first but grew and grew in fame (名声) and reputation.
How did Jane Austen become so popular? Of course, the novels are romantic (浪漫的). Everyone knows the love story of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett (in Pride and Prejudice), and how they overcome their own pride and prejudice to live happily ever after. The lovers are almost as famous today as Romeo and Juliet.
But there is more to Austen’s popularity than the fact that she wrote about love. The books are very witty (机智的) and ironic (讽刺的), and show a great understanding of society and of people. Pride and Prejudice opens with what must be the most famous sentence in the English novel: “It is a truth universally acknowledged (认可), that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
The truth, of course, is the opposite: wealthy, unmarried young men are extremely attractive to young women. And women—especially penniless (身无分文) or nearpenniless ones—are the subjects of Austen’s tales.
Women nowadays may be more equal to men than they were in Jane Austen’s day. However, a sense that women still basically live in a world dominated (控制) by men ensures that Austen still has many keen readers.
1. What is the point of the article?A.To describe the status of women in Jane Austen’s time. |
B.To promote Jane Austen’s novels among teenagers. |
C.To explore the characteristics of Jane Austen’s novels. |
D.To analyze why Jane Austen’s novels have such a lasting appeal. |
A.Jane Austen wrote a total of four novels in her lifetime. |
B.Most of the novels written in the 19th century are romances. |
C.Jane Austen is one of the most successful novelists of the 19th century. |
D.Jane Austen’s novels were a hit when they were first published. |
A.are poor and young |
B.are happily married |
C.marry wealthy men |
D.are penniless but witty |
a.They are mostly love stories.
b.Most of them have a happy ending.
c.They are full of wit and irony.
d.People can still relate to them today.
e.They explain how to succeed in a maledominated society.
A.a,b,c | B.a,c,d |
C.c,d,e | D.b,c,e |
9 . Although I love watching Olympic diving, I’ve never understood why athletes hurry off to the showers and then proceed to relax in a hot tub (热水浴池) after each dive. They’re already wet. They’re only in the pool for a handful of seconds, so it’s not like they need to get cleaned up. And doesn’t taking a shower serve the same purpose as sitting in a hot tub?
Actually, that’s what Olympic divers usually do between dives as they know very well about the importance of warm-ups and cool-downs. So, what’s the actual reason?
As it turns out, showers and hot tubs are used pretty interchangeably by the swimming pool. However, there is a need for both. First, let’s start with why divers need to take a shower between dives. It has to do with body temperature and keeping their muscles relaxed. As you can imagine, practicing dives in the pool, then having to keep your body warm in a shower, and then jumping off a 10-meter platform and into cold water couldn’t be comfortable for anyone. Going back and forth between these warm and cool temperatures can cause a diver’s muscles to tense or cramp up (痉挛), which can lead to injuries to the muscles. Showers allow an Olympic diver to recover and prevent that.
In that way, showers and hot tubs serve the same purpose. A hot tub is generally used if you have a bit more time between dives and have already stretched. The shower walls on the pool deck can typically provide enough space for more divers at the same time, and they’re especially helpful for athletes who need to stretch or who only have a few minutes between dives. Just like Olympic swimmers depend on thick clothes to keep their muscles warm, Olympic divers rely on these methods to stay loose. If you ask me, it’s not a bad way to pass the time!
1. What does the underlined word “proceed” in Paragraph 1 mean?A.Prefer. | B.Continue. | C.Tend. | D.Stop. |
A.To fully clean their body. | B.To rest and wait for the results. |
C.To avoid possible muscle injuries. | D.To stop themselves from catching a cold. |
A.Hot tubs are as important as showers for divers. |
B.Olympic swimmers need to stay warm using hot tubs. |
C.Hot tubs are often used by divers having little time between divers. |
D.The shower walls are designed for divers who have already stretched. |
A.To provide some diving advice for us. |
B.To compare cold showers with the hot bath. |
C.To explain the difference between warm-ups and cool-downs. |
D.To tell us why divers take a shower and sit in a hot tub after diving. |
Mr. Barnes was a very wealthy man who lived in the early days in the United States. It was one of his chief pleasures to walk through the countryside near his home, and as he walked, he often noticed a particularly fine group of cattle. One day he stopped to visit the rancher (牧场主) who owned the cattle and purchased a cow from him with the agreement that the cow would be delivered to his house the following day.
The next day as Mr. Barnes was out for his morning walk, he saw a young boy trying his hardest to lead the cow over to Mr. Barnes’ field. The boy, who did not know Mr. Barnes, called to him, “Please sir, would you come and help me with this cow? It is so stubborn!”
Mr. Barnes readily agreed and went over to help. As they walked along together, he asked the boy, “How much do you expect to get for delivering the cow?”
“I… I don’t know,” the boy said, “but I think I’ll get something because the people who are buying the cow live in that house, and those people are very kind to everyone.”
By now the stubborn cow was walking along nicely, so Mr. Barnes excused himself and took a path through a wooded area that led to his back door. As soon as he got into the house, he gave one of his trusted workers a fifty-dollar bill and told him to give it to the boy who was delivering the cow. After the cow had been left at the house and the boy was returning to the ranch, Mr. Barnes went out again and met the boy on the road.
“Well, how much did you get?” asked Mr. Barnes.
“Five dollars,” answered the boy.
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Mr. Barnes felt surprised when hearing the answer.
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The boy agreed, and they walked back to the house together.
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