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2 . “Robot, stand up” — Oscar Constanza, 16, gives the order, and slowly but surely a large frame (支架) lifts him up and he starts walking. Fixed to his shoulders, chest, waist, knees and feet, the exoskeleton (外骨骼) allows Oscar — who has a genetic neurological condition that means he was unable to move — to walk across the room and turn around.
“Before, I needed someone to help me walk ... this makes me feel independent,” said Oscar, as his father Jean-Louis Constanza, one of the co-founders of the company that makes the exoskeleton, looked on.
“One day Oscar said to me: ‘Dad, you’re a robotic engineer. Why don’t you make a robot that would allow us to walk?’” his father said in Paris. “Ten years from now, there will be no, or far fewer, wheelchairs,” he said.
Other companies across the world are also making exoskeletons, competing to make them as light and usable as possible. Some are focused on helping disabled people walk, others on applications, including making standing less tiring for factory workers. Wandercraft’s exoskeleton, an outer frame that supports but also simulates (模仿) body movement, has been sold to many hospitals in France, Luxembourg and the United States, for about 150,000 euros a piece. It cannot yet be bought by private individuals for everyday use — that is the next stage the company is working on. A personal skeleton would need to be much lighter, Wandercraft engineers said.
Just outside Paris, 33-year-old Kevin Piette, who lost the ability to walk in a bike accident 10 years ago, tries one on, walking around his apartment, remote controller (遥控器) in hand. “In the end, it’s quite similar: instead of having the information going from the brain to the legs, it goes from the remote controller to the legs,” he said, before making his dinner and walking with it from the kitchen to the living room.
1. What difficulty did Oscar face?A.He didn’t get along well with his father. | B.He didn’t get the right treatment. |
C.He failed to invent a robot. | D.He lost his ability to walk. |
A.Support his dream of being an engineer. | B.Help him get away from the wheelchair. |
C.Stop limiting his freedom. | D.Set up a robot company. |
A.Other companies. | B.Exoskeletons. |
C.Disabled people. | D.Factory workers. |
A.They are affordable for most disabled people. | B.They will have a big market. |
C.They have reached the common family. | D.They are not as useful as expected. |
A.It is difficult to control. | B.It is worse than real legs. |
C.It can satisfy his daily needs. | D.It helps him follow his dreams. |
3 . It all started with a tweet from a social media influencer Jérôme Jarre on March 15 after he was on a call with a volunteer in Somalia who had just seen a 6-year-old girl die after walking 90 miles with her mother in search of water. In Somalia alone, 6.2 million people are in need of help.
In his video, Jarre says that everyone is on social media from food and water companies to airlines. What if they could find an airline willing to send food and water to Somalia?
With Turkish Airlines being the only airline that flies to Somalia, he started a GoFundMe campaign (活动) called “Love Army for Somalia” and challenged viewers to post on social media #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia to get them to set aside one of their flights to Somalia for food.
The campaign took off, and other social media influencers joined the movement to help spread the word. Within days, many famous people joined the cause. Turkish Airlines listened and came back with an answer, saying they would keep donating (捐赠) a plane to be filled with food until the end of the famine (饥荒). This campaign received $1 million within 24 hours with the average (平均的) donation being around $28 — the highest donation of $50,000 came from Alex and Ani, a jewelry company.
The goal was to reach $1 million in 10 days and the amount (数量) of money raised in such a short time by so many people surprised Jarre. However, they don’t want this to be a one-off campaign, and to keep the campaign going they’ve come up with another hashtag, #NominatedForSomalia, and ask each donor to encourage three friends to donate through social media.
Jérôme Jarre is in Somalia right now and sharing wonderful images that will put a smile on your face and make sure help is reaching the right people.
1. What happened to the 6-year-old girl?A.She lost her way. | B.She lost her life. |
C.She failed to be a volunteer. | D.She failed to stay close to her mother. |
A.To set up an organization. | B.To give up using social media. |
C.To raise money from the public. | D.To apply for a job in an airline. |
A.Paragraph 2. | B.Paragraph 3. | C.Paragraph 4. | D.Paragraph 5. |
A.It was a great success. | B.It drew little attention. |
C.It fell short of its goal. | D.It was questioned by viewers. |
A.Hopeful people in bad situations |
B.Huge social influence of famous people |
C.The big change social media makes in our life |
D.A powerful story on using social media for good |
4 . In January 2016, I was eighteen years old at the time. I was going through a
I rewatched “The Nanny” and then I met a lovely girl named Hannah in an online community. We shared how much we loved the
I started to
In March 2017, the
Life, however, had other plans and I
I can’t describe the feeling of our first hug (拥抱) — it was
She is my best friend, and
A.reasonable | B.long | C.hard | D.different |
A.failed | B.finished | C.changed | D.wanted |
A.waiting for | B.looking for | C.giving up | D.picking up |
A.understood | B.praised | C.warned | D.attracted |
A.sitcom | B.girl | C.Internet | D.job |
A.forget | B.care | C.write | D.talk |
A.stop | B.love | C.avoid | D.teach |
A.common | B.easier | C.new | D.stronger |
A.landed | B.needed | C.left | D.created |
A.treated | B.supported | C.hurt | D.challenged |
A.tough | B.private | C.eventful | D.unexpected |
A.memory | B.importance | C.cost | D.possibility |
A.publicly | B.jokingly | C.quickly | D.honestly |
A.visit | B.follow | C.check | D.thank |
A.refused | B.helped | C.managed | D.hoped |
A.boarded | B.sent | C.built | D.owned |
A.free | B.boring | C.fearful | D.magical |
A.team | B.connection | C.network | D.habit |
A.calling | B.inviting | C.telling | D.seeing |
A.work with | B.hear from | C.ask for | D.stay with |
5 . My name is Jaimic Eckert and I’ve been into volunteer work since childhood. As a girl, I volunteered at animal shelters, played music at nursing homes, and helped with community cleanup after disasters. In college, I volunteered heavily at a large yearly conference for young adults, which is where I fell in love with my husband-to-be, who was on my team of co-volunteers. Since getting married in 2013, we’ve been living in Beirut, Lebanon. I actually have an online coaching business but I’ve had many opportunities to volunteer with projects for Syrian refugees (难民) and youth education.
I enjoy volunteering because most of the time, I do feel that I’m making a difference. Once I was leading out a project that provided food boxes to Syrian refugee families. When it was nearing Ramadan, the biggest holiday season in Islam, I literally stuffed the food package with extra treats...dates, nuts, olive oil and sweets. We took the package unannounced and ended up arriving just as the Syrian family was sitting down on their floor for breakfast. They had nothing more than a few pieces of bread and a pot of tea. The mother was in tears as she received us. I’ll never forget their gratitude.
Another time, back when I was in college in the US, a group of friends and I volunteered to drive to a distant church that was way out in the suburb and had only a few elderly members. The building was in disrepair and the churchyard needed attention. We stayed the weekend in the home of one of these old ladies so we could clean and repair the church. I’ll never forget how new life sparkled in her eyes. She couldn’t repair broken doors or pull weeds, but her love for us was unmatched. It breaks my heart to remember this old lady’s broad smile for such small efforts that we made. Sometimes, volunteer work is fulfilling not because of the actual job you get done, but because of how your presence impacts the people around you.
Volunteering makes me a better person because it gets me outside of myself. It puts my focus on others. It makes me grateful for what I have.
1. In writing Paragraph 1, the author aims to .A.provide an explanation |
B.introduce a topic |
C.reach a conclusion |
D.propose a definition |
A.We brought food to Syrian families. |
B.Ramadan is the most important holiday season in Islam. |
C.Volunteering affects people in some way. |
D.Volunteering reminds Eckert of people’s gratitude. |
A.Because finally someone came to comfort them in the church. |
B.Because she could clean and repair the church with us. |
C.Because of our presence and help. |
D.Because we made efforts to entertain her. |
A.Critical. | B.Objective. |
C.Indifferent. | D.Positive. |
A.What volunteering means to me. |
B.My volunteering dream. |
C.My efforts as a volunteer. |
D.Volunteering for Syrian refugees. |
6 . There is an older homeless woman who sometimes is sitting near where I am living, begging for money. Unfortunately, the inner city places are often being strongly
Whenever I see her, I make sure to give her something, and at least to talk to her for a few seconds if I have a tight
Today I was again
She
I still don’t know why she is on the street, and maybe one day she will
A.refused | B.requested | C.supported | D.ignored |
A.change | B.paint | C.enlarge | D.occupy |
A.finance | B.opportunity | C.break | D.schedule |
A.sit | B.look | C.hang | D.live |
A.hope | B.fear | C.case | D.way |
A.noticing | B.phoning | C.passing | D.demanding |
A.ran | B.stopped | C.nodded | D.spoke |
A.encouraged | B.inspired | C.interrupted | D.surprised |
A.money | B.kindness | C.patience | D.advice |
A.denied | B.argued | C.mentioned | D.forgot |
A.work | B.beg | C.sit | D.move |
A.prepared | B.hesitated | C.struggled | D.stayed |
A.minding | B.teaching | C.treating | D.supporting |
A.occasionally | B.willingly | C.gladly | D.rarely |
A.ashamed | B.worried | C.upset | D.proud |
A.living | B.walking | C.standing | D.driving |
A.rest | B.solution | C.conversation | D.share |
A.act | B.praise | C.reward | D.gift |
A.move away | B.start out | C.break down | D.open up |
A.agenda | B.lookout | C.ground | D.course |
7 . From talking robots and video phones to rovers (探测器) on Mars, technology has become so advanced that the previously impossible seems to occur on a daily basis. And yet—we still have no cure for the common cold.
Why can’t we stop the common cold? According to Peter Barlow, a scientist at Edinburgh Napier University in the UK, the main challenge lies in the many different types of cold viruses that are produced by the rhinoviruses (鼻病毒), Scientific American reported. There are at least 160 types. They mutate so easily that they quickly become resistant to drugs, or learn to hide from our immune systems. In other words, a single cure isn’t likely to work on every type of cold.
However, researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco, have found a possible answer. They discovered a protein that the viruses need. Without it, they can’t spread inside your body.
To identify the gene which produces the specific protein needed by the viruses, researchers used a gene-editing technique to test all genes in the human genome (基因组) one by one for thousands of cell.
These modified cells were then exposed to a range of enteroviruses (肠道病毒), including the rhinoviruses which cause the common cold. All the viruses were unable to replicate inside cells without a gene that produces a specific protein, called methyltransferase (甲基转移酶) SETD3. Then, they tested genetically modified mice, which were completely unable to produce the protein. The mice were able to live healthy, normal lives without the protein. “Lacking that gene protected the mice completely from viral infection,” associate professor Jan Carette, from Stanford, told the BBC.” These mice would always die, but they survived and we saw a very strong reduction in viral replication and very strong protection. “Carette said the plan is to find a drug which can temporarily suppress the protein, instead of producing genetically modified humans.
“We have identified a fantastic target that all enteroviruses and rhinoviruses require and depend on. Take that away and the virus really has no chance,” said Carette. “This is a really good first step—the second step is to have a chemical that mimics this genetic deletion,” he added.
1. What does the underlined word ”mutate” mean in English?A.To change a new form. |
B.To identify a new gene. |
C.To check a modified cell. |
D.To cure a viral infection. |
A.Why it is so hard to cure the common cold. |
B.The possible link between rhinoviruses and the common cold. |
C.A possible way to stop viral infections that cause the common cold. |
D.The functions of a protein needed by viruses. |
A.It helps the viruses replicate inside our bodies. |
B.It allows the viruses to change easily. |
C.It helps the viruses become resistant to drugs. |
D.It increases the spread of the viruses. |
A.Genetically modified mice died because they lacked the protein. |
B.The modified cells seemed to protect the mice against viral infections. |
C.More methyltransferase SETD3 was produced after the cells were modified. |
D.The gene-editing technique was more effective against enteroviruses than rhinoviruses. |
A.Conduct experiments on genetically modified humans. |
B.Identify a drug that can help reduce the protein. |
C.Apply this gene-editing technique to control other viruses. |
D.Find a chemical that can cure all enteroviruses and rhinoviruses. |
8 . My mother spent at least 12 hours every day rolling country cigarettes to support our family. One day she showed me her wage book,
As I watched her finally
When I was 13, I read the autobiography of Helen Keller. I
At the age of 22, I came back to my village to set up an institution that
Of course, to change people’s mind is challenging. The quickest way to
A.pointing | B.asking | C.testing | D.giving |
A.keep | B.break | C.play | D.remember |
A.order | B.suppose | C.teach | D.advise |
A.try | B.refuse | C.manage | D.pretend |
A.agreement | B.complement | C.development | D.excitement |
A.difference | B.plan | C.mistake | D.decision |
A.dream | B.trouble | C.curiosity | D.demand |
A.priceless | B.careless | C.fearless | D.worthless |
A.abandoned | B.admired | C.conveyed | D.inspired |
A.hometown | B.community | C.downtown | D.college |
A.hesitated | B.applied | C.hated | D.agreed |
A.activity | B.program | C.library | D.campaign |
A.give out | B.turn out | C.step out | D.break out |
A.changed | B.finished | C.fulfilled | D.connected |
A.beautiful | B.joyful | C.useful | D.careful |
A.supported | B.arranged | C.protected | D.introduced |
A.recognition | B.invitation | C.examination | D.education |
A.debate | B.question | C.argue | D.convince |
A.gift | B.treat | C.job | D.bargain |
A.affecting | B.receiving | C.suffering | D.improving |
A self-service flower shop operated by a college student in Beijing is attracting many young customers, Chinese media reported.
Different from traditional shops in the capital, the young storekeeper surnamed Wang opened the first self-service flower shop where people can select flowers and pay via mobile payment systems including Wechat and Alipay.
Born after 2000 and a lover of literature, the young man said “he begins the startup (创业) because it will not take up his time”. “Besides, people can go to flower shops at any time,” he added. “I cannot focus on reading when I have to serve customers.” So Wang opened the self-service flower shop after doing market research.
Most young customers like shopping in a free environment, and hate promotion (推销) from clerks, he explained, adding that customers can have their questions answered about the names of flowers through mobile apps.
Even though there is no shopkeeper, the operation has attracted many young customers and proved to be a success, at least for now.
Although he does not sell flowers in the shop in person, Wang said he would go to the shop at odd intervals to take care of the flowers though he couldn’t afford it full time.
“It is a business with a little money, and it can’t cause a huge loss if a burglary (偷盗) happens,” he said, adding that he trusts people.
1. How do people pay for flowers? (no more than 8 words)2. Why does Wang open the self-service flower shop? (no more than 20 words)
3. How can customers have their questions answered about flowers? (no more than 10 words)
4. What does the underlined phrase “at odd intervals” most probably mean? (no more than 4 words)
5. What do you think of the self-service flower shop? Tell your reasons. (no more than 25 words)
10 . When I was young, a friend and I came up with a “big” plan to make reading easy. The idea was to boil down great books to a sentence each. “Moby-Dick” by American writer Herman Melville, for instance, was reduced to: “A whale of a tale about the one that got away.” As it turned out, the joke was on us. How could a single sentence convey the essence (精髓) of a masterpiece with over five hundred pages?
Blinkist, a website and an app, now summarizes nonfiction titles in the form of quick takes labeled “blinks.” The end result is more than one sentence, but not by much. Sarah Bakewell’s “At the Existentialist Café” is broken into 11 screens of information; Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” fills 13.
Blinkist has been around since 2012. It calls its summaries “15-minute discoveries” to indicate how long it takes to read a Blinkist summary. “Almost none of us,” the editors assure us, “have the time to read everything we’d like to read.” Well, yes, of course, “So many books, so little time,” declares a poster I once bought at a book market. But I judge the quality of someone’s library by the books he or she has yet to read.
That’s because a book is something we ought to live with, rather than speed through and categorize. It offers an experience as real as any other. The point of reading a book is not accumulating information, or at least not that alone. The most essential aspect is the communication between writer and reader. The idea behind Blinkist, however, is the opposite: Reading can be, should be, measured by the efficient uptake (吸收) of key ideas. No, no, no. What’s best about reading books is its inefficiency.
When reading a book, we need to dive in, let it take over us, demand something of us, teach us what it can. Blinkist is instead a service that changes books for people who don’t, in fact, want to read. A 15-minute summary misses the point of reading; speed-reading with the app isn’t reading at all.
1. What does the underlined part “the joke was on us” in Paragraph 1 mean?A.We were actually joking. | B.We were laughed at by others. |
C.We were underestimating ourselves. | D.We were just embarrassing ourselves. |
A.What Blinkist is. | B.Why Blinkist is popular. |
C.How to use Blinkist. | D.Where you can use Blinkist. |
A.There are few new books of quality. | B.Many books are hard to understand. |
C.People do not have enough time to read. | D.People do not like reading as much as before. |
A.Obtaining key ideas efficiently. | B.Further confirming our beliefs. |
C.Accumulating in formation quickly. | D.Deeply involving ourselves in books. |
A.Positive. | B.Negative | C.Uncaring. | D.Tolerant. |