1 . China has seen a boom in glamping, a combination of “glamorous (迷人的)” and “camping”, since 2020.
Camping, in earlier years, was mostly for those exploring the rough outdoors. The equipment they used was more for survival than for enjoyment. The image of camping thus was a pretty tough one.
Urban explorers, in recent years, have turned their sights to camping as they grew tired of hotel-stay travel style. The views of tents in a grassland or by a river soon attracted growing public interest in camping. Facilities that allow people to get close to nature while still able to enjoy the comforts of modern luxury have given wings to glamping.
There are many glamping grounds where facilities are ready to use. People just need to buy a ticket to get in and don’t have to buy any further equipment. It is suitable for new campers who want to get some experience of spending time outdoors.
Zhang Zheming, a photographer in Beijing, got his first taste of glamping in June2019 at a campground in suburban Beijing. It was a very spacious site and campers needed to bring their own kits (装备).
Zhang and his wife brought their 4-year-old son with them. As they didn’t have any experience in picking the right equipment, they didn’t prepare the canopy (遮阳篷), a camping must to protect oneself from strong sunlight. But this didn’t affect their first experience.
“In the past, my wife and I only chose to stay at hotels while traveling,” he said. “We are very happy to have discovered glamping and it is also a new way of socializing. My son used to be a shy boy, but now he gets along quite well with other people.”
Zhang is also surprised to see how popular glamping has become. The first time he went there in 2019, only 500 people joined in. But when he went there for the second time in 2020, he saw over 5,000 people.
1. What can we infer about glamping?| A．It’s tough and adventurous. | B．It’s comfortable and attractive. |
| C．It’s a kind of field survival training. | D．It has changed the hotel-stay travel style. |
| A．Get some camping experience. | B．Buy some necessary equipment. |
| C．Buy a ticket to the glamping ground. | D．Get some knowledge of nature exploration. |
| A．They forgot to bring their own food. | B．They were exposed to strong sunlight. |
| C．They failed to take good care of their kid. | D．They had to stay for a long time in the hotel. |
| A．He has learned to take photos. | B．He has improved his camping skills. |
| C．He has made friends with a shy boy. | D．He has become more outgoing and active. |
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Acupuncture is a treatment that aims to promote the body’s multiple self-regulating
Needle insertion(针刺), the most common method of acupuncture,
After staying at home and taking care of her baby for nearly two years, Rebecca found it hard to make a decision between accepting an attractive offer from her former employer and going on looking after her son Tony at home. She talked, with her husband David, about sending Tony to a childcare center. David gave it a careful thought and decided to leave his job for a year to take care of Tony before he could be sent to a kindergarten, promising to be a super Dad and househusband. It was good news for Rebecca but she knew her husband too well. It would take David some time to get used to finicky（细致的） jobs of taking care of Tony. So she told David she wanted hourly updates on how Tony was handling his day away from Mom.
David was adapting quickly. He texted updates throughout the day, getting hourly instructions from Rebecca. It seemed that David was enjoying his new role and Tony liked the company of Dad, although they often got the home messy. What Rebecca didn’t expect is that David became famous on social media as Super Dad, because people liked watching the videos he posted.
One day, he sent his usual text updates and included a photo of Tony in his car seat during their trip to Walgreens. Rebecca’s reply was to correct Tony’s position in the car seat. And she reminded David that the straps（肩带） were too loose and the chest clip was too low. David laughed at his nagging（絮叨的） wife and rolled his eyes before tightening the car seat and fixing the chest clip. Fifteen minutes later, Rebecca’s phone rang with a call from her husband, “Honey, we had a car accident. We are fine, but the car is going to be totaled（彻底毁坏）.”
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Less than three miles from their house, David told Rebecca, a woman had pulled into traffic to turn left.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Rebecca was so thankful that her husband took the extra one minute to put Tony in his car seat safely.
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . A gym membership can be nice.
Spend 5 to 10 minutes warming up before every workout. Not sure what to do? Try jumping jacks, leg or arm circles, or even dancing. Just get your blood pumping. Do a progressive aerobic (有氧的) activity that uses the same muscles you want to work out.
Do strength training twice a week to build muscles. Strength training, also called resistance training, makes you stronger and builds endurance (忍耐力).
Set achievable goals that you can break into smaller tasks. It’s one thing to say you want to get fit, but that means something different for everyone.
| A．After all, we work out to build our muscles. |
| B．Equipment is the key to carrying out a workout plan. |
| C．But you don’t have to have one to get into great shape. |
| D．For instance, slowly jog if you are going for a longer run. |
| E．Spend five to ten minutes cooling down after each workout. |
| F．Figure out what you plan to achieve and make that your goal. |
| G．Try to do exercises that work many parts of your body and make you feel stronger. |
5 . Mammoth Cave National Park, in the state of Kentucky, is a unique and historical natural wonder. It has the world’s longest cave system. There may be another 600 miles of cave passageways that have yet to be explored. In addition, more than 200 caves that are disconnected from the larger system can be found in the park.
The underground caves were created naturally by the process of limestone (石灰岩) erosion. Rain and rivers slowly dissolve (溶解) and shape soft limestone. The system is still being shaped today. Not only are they an amazing destination to visit, but the system also provides drinking water for about 40% of the US population.
The caves’ first explorers were Native Americans, who mined (采矿) the upper levels of Mammoth Cave. Later, the sites were left in great shape and began to draw public interest.
Mammoth Cave was made into a national park thanks to strong support. Back in the 1920s, the Southern Appalachian National Park Commission was set up in 1925. After years of work, as well as building roads and public facilities, the park was completed on July 1, 1941.
The park now receives around 2 million visitors a year, with about a quarter taking a tour of the caves—everything from a cultural tour to the more adventurous tours on offer. The cave supports more than 130 wildlife species (物种). The park is also much more than just a cave; the forest around has a diverse (多种多样的) range of species. There are miles of trails open for horseback riding, with canoe trails and great fishing spots. There are also more than 1,300 flowering species in the forest, and animals like wood warblers, thrushes, and bald eagles can regularly be seen.
1. What can we learn about Mammoth Cave from the first two paragraphs?| A．It was made by ancient people. | B．It has the length of 600 miles. |
| C．It is made up of 200 connected caves. | D．It has a large underground system. |
| A．Explorers mine the upper levels. | B．The government searches for drinkable water. |
| C．Water dissolves limestone. | D．People build roads and public facilities. |
| A．More than 1,300 flowers grow in the caves. |
| B．The park offers visitors diverse experiences. |
| C．Most visitors come to the park just for caves. |
| D．Two million people have visited the park till now. |
| A．Planning cave tours around the world |
| B．Exploring the world’s longest cave system |
| C．Learning about the explorers of Mammoth Cave |
| D．Predicting the future of Mammoth Cave National Park |
6 . My name is Arianna Traviglia and I’m a senior cultural and heritage researcher at the Centre for Cultural Heritage Technology at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy.
As head of the team, I encourage the development of new technologies to maintain and protect important archaeological (考古学的) findings. Right now, I am working in the field of Pompeii, an ancient Roman city which was destroyed and buried under 13 to 20 feet of ash and small rocks during a volcanic eruption in 79 AD. With the help of a robot, I try to carefully reconstruct (重建) the city’s 2,000-year-old broken frescoes (壁画). The project is called RePAIR.
There are thousands of fresco pieces in Pompeii, and it was nearly impossible for a human to reconstruct all the irregular pieces into big, meaningful paintings in the past. Technology now allows us to do it-the robot we use is running by artificial intelligence (AI). As it examines a piece, it searches a database for a match, and then sends the data back to its hands to fit matching pieces together, saving a lot of hours. Its soft human-like arms and hands allow it to hold and examine the easily broken pieces without damaging them. The technology is likely to allow many museums around the world to reconstruct large-scale broken frescoes or similar objects in the future.
In RePAIR, I’m studying the hyperspectral (高光谱的) images of the fresco pieces in storage and comparing them with the paintings on the walls of the House of the Painters at Work, part of a building in Pompeii. By comparing the resemblances in the images, we will be able to work out whether the broken pieces were from the same wall.
I studied history and archaeology in college. Archaeology helps us understand where we come from, and technology enriches that exploration. I’m glad I’m a translator of the two worlds. My mind runs wild when I think about the exciting Roman life that we are still missing because Pompeii’s frescoes were damaged and haven’t been reconstructed.
1. What is the author mainly responsible for now?| A．Repairing the damaged archaeological findings. | B．Designing robots used for archaeology. |
| C．Discovering ancient cities hidden beneath the ground. | D．Reporting on recent studies of historical ruins. |
| A．It may cause further damage to artworks. | B．It takes more time to the examine the artworks. |
| C．It doesn’t need human operators. | D．It has already been widely used in museums. |
| A．Mistakes. | B．Similarities. | C．Damages. | D．Documents. |
| A．Dangerous. | B．Meaningful. | C．Relaxing. | D．Successful. |
7 . Discover polar adventure and exploration on your doorstep. From penguins to paintings, Inuit art to explorers’ diaries and sleeping bags – come find out about exploration, science and survival at the extreme ends of Earth.
Collection Highlights
- Fossil ferns (化石蕨类) from about 140 million years ago.
- Snow goggles (护目镜) used by Ernest Shackleton on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-16 (Endurance) - given to him by Harald Nilsen.
- An unopened tin of pemmican (干肉饼) taken from the hut (小屋) of the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 (Nimrod).
- A folding camera, created by A.E. Staley & Co. and used by Robert
Falcon Scott at the South Pole, 1912, on the British Antarctic
Expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova).
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Family Visits
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Baby carriages are welcome, but cannot be left unattended. Please contact the museum before your visit with any questions.
Activities
Audio guides are available at the information desk, with one tour aimed at adults and one at younger visitors. A small charge applies.
Gallery routes: Discover the polar regions with a pack-a-polar suitcase route, an explorer route and other activities for children.
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1. What collection can visitors see in the museum?| A．Fossil ferns from about 1.4 billion years ago. |
| B．Snow goggles used by Harald Nilsen on an expedition. |
| C．A tin of pemmican left over a century ago. |
| D．A folding camera used at the North Pole in 1912. |
| A．It aims to promote polar tours. |
| B．It has baby carriages for rent. |
| C．It offers free audio guides to adults. |
| D．It prepares various themed routes for visitors. |
| A．By calling 01223 336540. |
| B．By contacting the Picture Library. |
| C．By emailing museum@spri.cam.ac.uk. |
| D．By visiting www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum. |
Food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and fruit and vegetables are especially problematic, as about 52% of them go bad before
You’ve probably seen stickers on fruit before, but not like the ones created by the Malaysian company. Those common stickers are typically
Stixfresh founder Zhafri Zainudin says that he thought of the idea for the stickers after visiting a friend
At first, Stixfresh stickers were only used to lengthen the shelf-life of mangoes, but the company later worked on other fruit, like dragon fruit, star fruit, apples and pears.
9 . We’ve got a list of teen scientists from a variety of fields.
Jack Andraka
Jack Andraka created a biosensor for cancer that he says is 168 times faster, 26,667 times less expensive and 400 times more sensitive than technology nowadays.
He’s the youngest person to have spoken in front of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Taylor Wilson
Taylor Wilson was the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion (核聚变). He was inspired by The Radioactive Boy Scout, a novel in which a kid tries and fails to build a nuclear reactor.
Taylor thought he could do better. Long story short, he wanted to build a small nuclear reactor. And he did it at the age of fourteen. He received a Thiel Fellowship, which gave him $100,000 to work on his own research.
Sara Volz
Sara Volz performed experiments in which she grew algae based on their oil output for the purpose of growing them as biofuel (生物燃料). This research is especially important as the world continues to search for a way to lessen our dependence on non-renewable energy. She won the top prize of $100,000 in the Intel Science Talent Search.
Daniel Burd
Plastic usually takes thousands of years to decompose (降解), but this high school student Daniel Burd managed to do it in three months.
In an experiment, he mixed plastic bags and a special kind of dirt together, and found that they did decompose faster. He then performed tests to find the bacteria responsible for decomposing the plastics.
His solution only produces water and small amounts of carbon dioxide. He says it could easily be used elsewhere.
1. Who designed a medical instrument?| A．Sara Volz. | B．Daniel Burd. |
| C．Jack Andraka. | D．Taylor Wilson. |
| A．A novel by a kid. | B．Plastic pollution. |
| C．Energy shortage. | D．A scientific novel. |
| A．It won him a $100,000 prize. | B．It is environmentally friendly. |
| C．It was completed in four months. | D．It is widely used for everyday waste. |
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