1. 学习中国古诗词的意义;
2. 学习中国古诗词的建议;
3. 表达愿望和祝福。
注意:1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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2 . Sometimes trees can be a little too respectful of one another’s boundaries. Or maybe they just stop growing when they get too close. The phenomenon is called crown (树冠) shyness-the tops of individual trees do not touch each other, creating a visible gap between the tree crowns.
Experts aren’t exactly sure why the naturally occurring phenomenon happens, but they’ve been studying it for decades and have a few theories. In 1955 a biologist Putz noticed that the trees, which grow close together, can rub against each other when the wind is strong enough. The resulting abrasion (磨损) helps form and maintain the shyness gaps. In 1986, this theory was backed up by Dr. Miguel Franco, who noticed that the branches of Picea sitchensis and Larix kaempferi trees suffered physical damage during abrasion, which killed the leading branches. The presence of broken tips at the points where branches meet lends support to the abrasion theory.
However, one Malaysian scholar suggests that shyness gaps result from the influences individual trees have on one another. Trees cannot move, so if they have nearby neighbors, they are forced to compete for resources, especially light. According to this theory, each tree forces its neighbors into a pattern that maximizes resource collection and minimizes harmful competition. Trees grow in the direction of light, so branches would naturally try to avoid other plants that could shade them or prevent their growth, creating a gap between the tree crowns.
Another possible reason for crown shyness is to prevent the spread of harmful insects, which could eat the tree’s leaves. Still someone believes the best scientific explanation so far is that the leaves of the tree release certain chemicals to stop other trees from growing too close.
The answer could be just one of the above, or a combination of more. But some species have been adapted to take advantage of crown shyness to grow into shapes that go well with nearby trees and therefore economic profits can be maximized out of the phenomenon.
1. What is crown shyness according to the text?A.A behavior exhibited by insects in the crown of trees. |
B.A disease that affects the leaves of certain tree species. |
C.A phenomenon where trees grow taller than surrounding ones. |
D.An occurrence where crowns of trees avoid touching each other. |
A.Supportive. | B.Critical. | C.Tolerant. | D.Uncertain. |
A.The blowing wind effect. | B.The release of a special chemical. |
C.A natural way of shade avoidance. | D.An adaptation to stop insect spreading. |
A.A further explanation of the theoretic framework. |
B.Supporting evidence for the research conclusions. |
C.A reasonable doubt about the research implications. |
D.Practical application of crown shyness phenomenon. |
3 . Van Gogh painted sunflowers for the first time in the summer of 1886. Two years later, his interest appeared again after he settled in Arles. After he had invited the French artist Paul Gauguin, whom he admired, to join his Studio of the South, he began painting sunflowers to brighten up the whitewashed walls of the yellow house he was living in, not far from the town’s railway station.
Gauguin accepted Van Gogh’s invitation. When he began dragging his heels, Van Gogh painted the last two of the four original Sunflowers for the modest bedroom where his guest would sleep following his arrival that autumn. “Van Gogh saw the Sunflowers for Gauguin’s bedroom as a way of attracting his friend to come from Brittany,” says Bailey.
According to Martin Gayford, “Gauguin was very surprised by the Sunflowers, which he repeatedly praised and asked for as a gift. Years later, Gauguin himself painted some sunflower pictures.”
Van Gogh’s Sunflowers stand for his relationship with Gauguin. “I think he painted them for the joy of it,” says Jansen. “Van Gogh was at the height of his powers in the summer of 1888,” explains Bailey. “He painted the Sunflowers quickly and with great energy and confidence.” Van Gogh wrote to his brother Theo in late August, “I’m painting quickly now, which won’t surprise you when it’s a question of painting large Sunflowers.”
Van Gogh recognized at once that he had created something important and that his sunflowers were so different. As he told Theo in January 1889, while other artists were known for painting other flowers, “The sunflower is mine.” This, in fact, explains the reason for the popularity of Van Gogh’s Sunflowers today.
1. Van Gogh painted sunflowers in 1888 in order to ________.A.give them to Gauguin | B.make his living |
C.decorate his house | D.show his artistic talent to others |
A.In the British museum | B.In Gauguin’s bedroom |
C.In the town’s railway station | D.In a rich businessman’s house |
A.Putting up his paintings. | B.Packing up his baggage. |
C.Preparing for his departure. | D.delaying his coming. |
A.Van Gogh was not good at painting large Sunflowers |
B.Van Gogh had much trouble in painting the Sunflowers |
C.Van Gogh didn’t like his Sunflowers at all at that time |
D.Van Gogh realized the Sunflowers would make him known |
4 . How do we make good things out of bad? How do we look at ourselves? Can there be a
There was an elderly woman who needed to walk down to the river every morning to
One of the buckets was newer, perfectly sealed (密封) and
One day, on the walk down to the river, the cracked bucket that had always felt like it wasn’t as good as the other bucket said to the elderly woman, ‘‘I want you to know that water has been
We all have a few cracks, but choose to see how it’s exactly those
A.riper | B.wiser | C.broader | D.brighter |
A.order | B.fetch | C.drop | D.boil |
A.carried | B.repaired | C.searched | D.lost |
A.store | B.school | C.cottage | D.farm |
A.purified | B.held | C.hid | D.heated |
A.leak | B.absorb | C.pollute | D.empty |
A.reasonably | B.suddenly | C.amazingly | D.typically |
A.running | B.escaping | C.spilling | D.climbing |
A.ordinary | B.comfortable | C.boring | D.difficult |
A.mark | B.replace | C.reward | D.combine |
A.smiled | B.sighed | C.shouted | D.defended |
A.wall | B.tree | C.path | D.border |
A.abandoned | B.saved | C.booked | D.planted |
A.picked | B.watered | C.removed | D.spread |
A.characteristics | B.buckets | C.cracks | D.strengths |
5 . Reunions offer a chance to reflect on how much has changed. One happened in Hollywood when Here premiered (首映), bringing together the actors, director and writer behind Forrest Gump 40 years later for a new film. The stars were “de-aged” using new AI tools, making them more youthful in some scenes and enabling the filmmakers to see the transformation in real time while shooting.
With the use of generative AI in film making come things worth watching. The first is how AI will be used to tell new types of stories, as storytelling becomes more personalised and interactive. No one is quite sure how the nature of storytelling will change, but it is sure to. David Thomson, a film historian, compares generative AI to the advent of sound. “When movies were no longer silent, it changed the way plot points were made and how deeply viewers could connect with characters.” Cristóbal Valenzuela, who runs a company providing AI-enhanced software, says AI is like a “new kind of camera”, offering a fresh “opportunity to reimagine what stories are like”. Both are right.
Another big development to watch is how AI will be used as a time-saving tool. Generative AI will automate and simplify complex tasks like film-editing and special effects. For a glimpse of the future, watch Everything Everywhere All at Once, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2023. It featured a scene that used a “rotoscoping” tool to edit out the green-screen background and make a talking rock more believable. It shortened into hours what might have otherwise taken days of video-editing.
What is also noticeable is more dramatic conflicts between creators and those running AI platforms. This year is likely to bring floods of lawsuits (诉讼) from authors, musicians and actors about how their works have been used to train AI systems without permission or payment. Perhaps they can agree on some sort of licensing arrangement, in which AI companies start paying copyright-holders.
It will probably be a few years before a full-length film is produced entirely by AI, but it is just a matter of time.
1. What can we learn about the film Here?A.It relates a story about youth. | B.The theme of the film is reunion. |
C.AI tools are employed in the film. | D.It is adapted from Forrest Gump. |
A.Available. | B.Impressive. | C.Representative. | D.Transformative. |
A.To show the high efficiency of AI tools. |
B.To demonstrate the influence of the film. |
C.To analyse a novel way of video-editing. |
D.To praise the hard work behind the scenes. |
A.Conflicts between man and machine. | B.AI’s huge effects on film production. |
C.Drawbacks of dependence on AI tools. | D.Hot debate on the use of technology. |
The China Cultural Center in Paris hosted the “Nihao! China” Lantern Festival Culinary (食物的) Night at the Jardin Acclimatation amusement park in Paris on
Guests also
The “Nihao! China” Lantern Festival Culinary Night served
In the 12th century, the Southern Song Dynasty moved its capital to Lin’an. Near Lin’an, on the banks of Lake Tai is the city of Suzhou. Given its location near the capital and its
Since it is such a large garden, no simple
A.Volleyball. | B.Basketball. | C.Baseball. |
A.A drawing. | B.A novel. | C.A photo. |
10 . In the rich countries of the West, the electric vehicle revolution is well occurring. Climate-conscious consumers drive Teslas or Polestars for reasons of morality (道德) and fashion. Poorer countries are also experiencing a wave of electrified trend. In Bangladesh, electric three-wheeler taxis, known as tuk-tuks, are rapidly replacing gas-powered ones on the streets. Such electric vehicles are climate friendly, cost effective, and help reduce air pollution.
Yet a glance under the hood (引擎盖) of these vehicles shows a poisonous secret: each tuk-tuk runs on five massive lead-acid batteries (铅酸电池), containing almost 300 pounds of lead (铅) in total. Every year and a half or so, when those batteries need to be replaced and recycled, about 60 pounds of lead leaks into the environment. Battery recycling, often at small-scale unregulated factories, is a highly profitable (高利润的) but deadly business.
Lead is dangerous, and any exposure to it is harmful to human health. Lead that has entered the environment hurts people on an unexpected scale. The numerous ways lead enters air, water, soil, and homes across the developing world and the enormous damage it does to human health, wealth, and welfare cause one of the biggest environmental problems in the world yet receives little attention.
The World Bank estimates that lead kills 5.5 million people per year, making it a bigger global killer than AIDS, malaria, diabetes, and road traffic deaths combined. On top of the shocking deaths, the social burden of lead poisoning is heavy, as is its contribution to global inequality — our research on the cognitive (认知的) effects of lead poisoning suggests that it may explain about one-fifth of the educational achievement gap between rich and poor countries.
But unlike many challenges faced by developing countries, lead poisoning is a problem that can be resolved through financial investment (财政投入). Better monitoring, research, and rules can help protect children all over the world from the unpleasant effects of lead poisoning and reduce the massive global costs it brings.
1. How does the author describe the lead problem in paragraph 2?A.By listing some numbers. | B.By analyzing hidden causes. |
C.By making an interesting comparison. | D.By explaining its working principle. |
A.Lead enters poor countries in one way. |
B.Lead leaking has been avoided in all the countries. |
C.Lead will definitely not harm anymore. |
D.Lead poisoning may make poor societies poorer. |
A.Fixing these used batteries. | B.Reducing the cost of recycling lead. |
C.Ignoring the illegal use of lead. | D.Putting certain effort and money. |
A.The Impacts of Lead Poisoning on Man. |
B.The Global Lead Poisoning Problem. |
C.The Ways to Solve Lead Problem. |
D.The Benefits of Using Electric Vehicles. |