1 . A Happy Birthday for All
For her ninth birthday, Mary asked for some unusual birthday gifts such as soap, schoolbags and Towels. But Mary didn’t want these
At school, Mary’s teacher
After finding out what supplies the shelter
Mary hopes other children will hear about her
A.books | B.bikes | C.toys | D.gifts |
A.knew | B.liked | C.taught | D.punished |
A.look for | B.laugh at | C.think of | D.keep off |
A.return | B.collect | C.destroy | D.refuse |
A.my | B.her | C.your | D.our |
A.found | B.missed | C.left | D.closed |
A.wasted | B.exchanged | C.discovered | D.needed |
A.graduation | B.dress | C.birthday | D.office |
A.seldom | B.still | C.perhaps | D.never |
A.cleaned | B.repaired | C.stopped | D.filled |
A.smile | B.pity | C.sigh | D.lie |
A.remain | B.increase | C.drop | D.burn |
A.robots | B.supplies | C.armchairs | D.paintings |
A.When | B.Before | C.Until | D.Since |
A.frightened | B.worried | C.surprised | D.remembered |
A.made | B.sold | C.lent | D.touched |
A.watch | B.ticket | C.card | D.menu |
A.unhappy | B.forgotten | C.common | D.special |
A.good | B.bored | C.afraid | D.hungry |
A.asking | B.calling | C.visiting | D.helping |
2 . In the UK, there is a popular route for cyclists: the road from Land’s End in England to John O’Groats in Scotland, about 874 miles long. It covers almost the full length of Great Britain. The 12-year-old boy named Laurence Chandler became the youngest cyclist to finish the route.
Chandler took 20 days to finish the challenge. Each day, he cycled between 40 to 60 miles. He spent six hours on his mountain bike daily. Chandler had to push through rainy and windy days. Cycling uphill was also hard. “It was much harder than I thought. I wasn’t expecting so many hills and how busy the roads were,” Chandler said. “But if you put your mind to anything, then no matter how big, you can do it.”
Chandler first thought of trying the route when he read an article about it two years ago. Later, as his father’s 50th birthday came around, he decided to go for it. He was already used to cycling around his village and to school before starting his journey.
During his ride, Chandler raised 600 pounds for Smile Train, a children’s organization that pays for treatment for children in developing countries who have deft lips (兔唇).
1. What do we know about Laurence Chandler?A.He is a cycling lover. | B.He is fond of reading. |
C.He cycled through England. | D.He is a green hand in cycling. |
A.Chandler was challenged by the trip. |
B.Few people chose to cycle the route. |
C.The journey was really disappointing. |
D.Chandler rode the same distance every day. |
A.A related article. | B.The voluntary work. |
C.His father’s birthday. | D.The disabled children. |
A.A teenager finishing a great trip |
B.A popular cycling route in the UK |
C.A road leading England to Scotland |
D.A children’s organization for cyclists |
3 . When a chunk of ice fell from a collapsing glacier(冰川)on the Swiss Alps’ Mount Eiger in 2017, part of the long deep sound it produced was too low for human ears to detect. But these vibrations held a key to calculating the ice avalanche’s(崩塌)critical characteristics.
Low-frequency sound waves called infrasound that travel great distances through the atmosphere are already used to monitor active volcanoes from afar. Now some researchers in this field have switched focus from fire to ice: dangerous blocks snapping off glaciers. Previous work has analyzed infrasound from snow avalanches but never ice, says Boise State University geophysicist Jeffrey Johnson. “This was different,” Johnson says. “A signature of a new material has been detected with infrasound.”
Usually glaciers move far too slowly to generate an infrasound signal, which researchers pick up using detectors that track slight changes in air pressure. But a collapse—a sudden, rapid breaking of ice from the glacier’s main body—is a prolific infrasound producer. Glacial collapses drive ice avalanches, which pose an increasing threat to people in mountainous regions as rising temperatures weaken large fields of ice. A glacier “can become detached from the ground due to melting, causing bigger break— offs,” says University of Florence geologist Emanuele Marchetti, lead author of the new study. As the threat grows, scientists seek new ways to monitor and detect such collapses.
Researchers often use radar to track ice avalanches, which is precise but expensive and can monitor only one specific location and neighboring avalanche paths. Infrasound, Marchetti says, is cheaper and can detect break—off events around a much broader area as well as multiple avalanches across a mountain. It is challenging, however, to separate a signal into its components (such as traffic noises, individual avalanches and nearby earthquakes) without additional measurements, says ETH Zurich glaciologist Malgorzata Chmiel. “The model used by Marchetti is a first approximation for this,” she says. Isolating the relevant signal helps the researchers monitor an ice avalanche’s speed, path and volume from afar using infrasound.
Marchetti and his colleagues are now working to improve their detectors to pick up more signals across at-risk regions in Europe, and they have set up collaborations around the continent to better understand signals that collapsing glaciers produce. They are also refining their mathematical analysis to figure out each ice cascade’s physical details.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3?A.Infrasound has a major role to play in discovering new materials. |
B.Ice avalanches are a bigger threat to people than volcanic eruptions. |
C.Researchers are trying to use infrasound in detecting ice avalanches. |
D.Scientists employ infrasound more in mountain areas than in other places. |
A.The combination with other relevant signals. |
B.The accuracy in locating a certain avalanche. |
C.The ability in picking up signals in wider areas. |
D.The sensitivity in tracking air pressure changes. |
A.distinguishing different components of a signal |
B.detecting multiple avalanches at the same time |
C.calculating the speed and path of ice avalanches |
D.monitoring the specific location of ice break—offs |
A.From Fire to Ice | B.Glacier Whispers |
C.Nature is Warning | D.Secret of Ice Avalanches |
4 . You should see the photo. I’m sitting in red dirt,
It was a strange choice for a holiday. I like sitting by the pool with a cola, not flies and frogs. I like being
But here’s the thing about that photo: I am smiling!
The trip sounded good when I
In Darwin we got onto a bus. It quickly became tiresome. The kids were
But later when I looked out at the large empty land, I was surprised at and moved by its
Finally we reached our
It didn’t matter. The next nine days were
On our last night, a water pipe (管子)
Indeed, it was
Yes, the coffee was bad, but I was too focused on keeping crickets off my face.
I love that photo of me in the dirt. I look messy but happy. Sometimes it’s another way of traveling. There is beautiful
A.washing | B.wearing | C.waving | D.watching |
A.noisy | B.busy | C.alone | D.shy |
A.shortly | B.cautiously | C.freshly | D.clearly |
A.signed up | B.showed up | C.stood up | D.woke up |
A.guide | B.business | C.culture | D.resource |
A.silent | B.encouraged | C.moody | D.excited |
A.coldness | B.beauty | C.enthusiasm | D.emptiness |
A.goal | B.agreement | C.destination | D.decision |
A.killed | B.packed | C.wasted | D.booked |
A.cut | B.expanded | C.shortened | D.broke |
A.scared | B.complained | C.laughed | D.saddened |
A.normal | B.strange | C.unbelievable | D.perfect |
A.impossible | B.probable | C.easy | D.important |
A.tested | B.stored | C.valued | D.experienced |
A.dress | B.weather | C.scenery | D.room |
Asad was a 13-year-old boy who was very honest and hardworking. Recently, he had entered a new school, so he had no friends yet. On Monday morning, he was nearly late for school. The night before, his family attended his cousin’s wedding and reached home late, which was why he couldn’t get up on time as usual.
At school, Asad could not pay attention to anything and wanted the bell to ring so that he could buy something to eat. After a few hours, when the bell rang, Asad quickly opened his schoolbag to find his money, but just then he remembered that he had left for school in a hurry in the morning and forgotten to take money. He looked under his books, hoping to find some money but there was nothing.
Not knowing what to do, he walked out of the classroom and sat on a bench in front of the canteen. He saw a few of his classmates there, among them was Fahad. He was one of the richest kids in his class, but he was a very arrogant(傲慢的)boy who thought everyone else was a loser. But as Asad was new, he didn’t know much about Fahad.
When he went towards Fahad and asked if he could borrow some money for his lunch, Fahad laughed a lot and said, “I knew you were a loser, maybe a beggar?” Fahad laughed out so loud that other kids also heard and made fun of the situation. He didn’t answer Fahad, and slowly walked back towards an empty bench.
When he reached the bench, he noticed something lying near it. It was a wallet. He picked it up and recognized it as Fahad’s, as he remembered Fahad showing it to his friends and telling that his uncle bought it for him from the UK. There was quite a lot of money inside for a kid.
At first, Asad wanted to keep it a secret and punished Fahad.
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2. 该节日期间人们的主要活动或该节日的特色。
Lunar Calendar 农历Spring Festive gala 春晚 firecracker鞭炮
注意:写作词数应为100左右。
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7 . Li Jianguo, a 49-year-old teacher at the Tianjin Vocational Institute, is set to be named as one of the “2022 most beautiful teachers” — an annual public award sponsored by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Ministry of Education.
Li has stood out by taking the lead in the training of students in vocational skills, gaining a number of honors including being named a national role model teacher. He has mentored seven national-level technique experts and a team of 14 technique “masters”. One of his students, Guo Jinpeng, who graduated from the institute in 2007, became a college teacher at the Chengdu Auto Vocational and Technical School and was named a national role model teacher in 2019.
Li’s nomination as one of the “most beautiful teachers” reflects that China is focusing on the importance of vocational education and aims to foster more leading personnel with the spirit of craftsmanship in the manufacturing industry.
At an international vocational and technical education conference in Tianjin last month, Li noted that there is no difference between vocational education and ordinary education, and “vocational education is not “secondary” nor should it ever be treated as less than ordinary education”. “Vocational education has the mission of fostering a quality workforce and technical experts for the country. The hardworking spirit is the key to building any ordinary people into leading personnel,” he said.
Li joined the institute in 1993 and later founded a machinery engineering practice center, providing free training to 7,500 people a week. In 2015, he led a team of teachers to work for 40 days to renovate 124 machine tools in the center. Li has devoted himself to building the country’s first additive manufacturing technique and application center at the institute to satisfy the thirst for the country’s human resources in 3D printing.
1. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A.China Sponsoring Annual Award for Teachers |
B.China Aiming to Develop More Leading Personnel |
C.Vocational Teacher to Be Awarded as “Most Beautiful Teachers” |
D.Different Education Training Different Kinds of Students |
A.To make a comparison with Li Jianguo. | B.To show the achievements of Li Jianguo. |
C.To praise national-level technique experts. | D.To publicize national role model teachers. |
A.It is a good way of winning awards. | B.It is not as good as ordinary education. |
C.It should develop qualified and skilled talent. | D.It has nothing to do with hardworking spirit. |
A.Boring. | B.Well-paid. | C.Difficult. | D.Creative. |
8 . The world’s craziest festivals
Crazy festivals all over the world are out there just waiting to be celebrated. Join Cornelia Kumfert on a trip to the most unusual events taking place around the globe.
Burning Man Festival
Every year in Nevada (US) there is artwork and cunosities galore to marvel at when the Black Rock Desert changes into a mammoth art exhibition.
In August and September, some 70,00 people come here to celetrate the Burning Man Festival.
San Diego Comic Con
Surely superheroes don’t queue? Well, at San Diego’s Comic Convention they do. Each July hey open their dos to fans of Superman and other comic figures. More than 100,000 annual visitors have paid homage to their mythical heroes.
Crying Baby Festival, Tokyo
At the Crying Baby Festival in Tokyo (Japan), sumo wrestlers do what they can to bring babies to tears.
Sadists run riot? Certainly not! It’s a 400-year-old tradition based on a Japanese proverb, which says that crying babies grow fastest and parents believe the event brings good health to their children.
Palio Contest, Siena
Fame and honour await the winner of the Palio contest in Siena (Italy).
In July and August, ten inhabitants of different districts of the city jockey for first place in a spectacular horse race.
The trophy goes to the contestant whose horse crosses the finishing line first—whether he’s still in the saddle or not.
1. Which of the festivals offers a view of art?A.Burning Man Festival. | B.Palio Contest, Siena. |
C.Crying Baby Festival, Tokyo. | D.San Diego Comic Con. |
A.On the basis of a proverb. | B.Based on a phrase. |
C.According to a story. | D.At the request of the public. |
A.A burning man show. | B.A comedy play. |
C.A horse race. | D.A baby-crying show. |
9 . I was in the second year of my PhD program when a colleague asked what I would do if I had a 25th hour every day. Without much
A short time later, I started to
I was a bit
I started to volunteer about 3 hours every weekend — time I otherwise would have wasted
A.thinking | B.attending | C.worrying | D.working |
A.charged | B.compared | C.awarded | D.occupied |
A.research | B.adventure | C.ceremonies | D.hobbies |
A.Otherwise | B.Besides | C.Still | D.Therefore |
A.valuable | B.dull | C.important | D.extra |
A.pay | B.prepare | C.apply | D.volunteer |
A.entertainment | B.transportation | C.accommodation | D.treatment |
A.surprise | B.puzzlement | C.embarrassment | D.relief |
A.calm | B.cause | C.inspect | D.tolerate |
A.mad | B.anxious | C.sad | D.curious |
A.agreed | B.concerned | C.interacted | D.competed |
A.reached for | B.heard from | C.called on | D.picked up |
A.confused | B.amused | C.frightened | D.disappointed |
A.education | B.salary | C.background | D.ambition |
A.class | B.worship | C.celebration | D.court |
A.Courses | B.Gatherings | C.Appointments | D.Connections |
A.trained | B.convinced | C.inspired | D.allowed |
A.experiencing | B.oversleeping | C.reflecting | D.comparing |
A.challenging | B.shocking | C.rewarding | D.depressing |
A.countable | B.manageable | C.reliable | D.enjoyable |
10 . Humans have a way of understanding others’ goals, desires and beliefs, a crucial skill that allows us to anticipate people’s actions. Taking bread out of the toaster? You’ll need a plate. Sweeping up leaves? You’ll grab the green trash can. This skill, often referred to as “theory of mind”, comes easily to us as humans, but for robots it still has a high mountain to conquer.
In a recent study, computer science researchers made the robot “watch” the human complete the task using a camera placed directly above the assembly(组装)area, looking down. To detect the parts operated by the human, the system used AprilTags, similar to QR codes, attached to the parts. Then, the system used machine learning to learn a person’s preference based on their orders of actions in the task. “Based on how a person performs the small assembly, the robot predicts what that person will do in the larger assembly,” said Nemlekar. “For example, if the robot sees that a person likes to start the small assembly with the easiest part, it will predict that they will start with the easiest part in the large assembly as well.”
In the researchers’ user study, their system was able to predict the actions that humans will take with around 82% accuracy. “We hope that our research can make it easier for people to show robots what they prefer,” said Nemlekar. “By helping each person in their preferred way, robots can reduce their work, save time and even build trust with them.”This technology could also be useful in industrial settings where workers are tasked with assembling products in large numbers, saving time and reducing the risk of injury or accidents. Additionally, it could help persons with disabilities to more easily assemble products and maintain independence.
“Our goal is not to replace humans on the factory floor. I expect similar findings in other applications as well,” said Nikolaidis. “A robot that can quickly learn our preferences can help us prepare a meal, rearrange furniture or do house repairs, having a significant impact on our daily lives.”
1. What does the underlined part mean in Paragraph 1?A.It’s refreshing. | B.It’s challenging. |
C.It’s unachievable. | D.It’s ridiculous. |
A.To predict human preferences. | B.To get the tasks finished easily. |
C.To think on their own. | D.To avoid human errors. |
A.They can replace humans. | B.They’ve been widely used. |
C.They’ve improved their accuracy. | D.They can do good to the disabled. |
A.In a lab guidebook. | B.In a computer textbook. |
C.In a science newspaper. | D.In an academic paper. |