1 . In the UK, the government showed throwaway cups should be forbidden altogether by 2023 if they are not all being recycled. As a result, Starbucks said it would try out a 5p (5 pence) cup charge in 20 to 25 central London shops. “We will begin it next month and at first it will last for three months,” the company said, adding that it continued to offer a 25p (25 pence) discount to customers who brought their own reusable cups.
The government agrees plastic waste is a problem and will consider taxing disposable (一次性的) plastics. The committee’s chair, Mary Creagh, said, “The UK throws away 2.5 billion disposable coffee cups every year. Almost none are recycled. Coffee cup producers and shops haven’t taken action to change this. So we need to kick-start a change in recycling.”
The Liberal Democrats said they had been suggesting a charge on coffee cups since September 2016. The party’s spokesman, Tim Farron, said, “The result is clear that the tax works. The 5p charge on plastic bags has largely cut down the usage and helped protect our environment.”
The 5p tax is being against by the makers of paper cups. Mike Tuner, of the Paper Cup Alliance, said paper cups were the safest solution for drinks. “The paper cups we produce in the UK can be recycled, and are being recycled. We are trying to increase recycling rates. Taxing the morning coffee run won’t solve the problem, but it will hurt consumers,” he said.
Disposable coffee cups are technically recyclable, but most are not because the UK has just three machines that can split the paper and plastic parts for recycling. The committee has called on the government to require coffee cups from cafes without in-store recycling systems to carry “not recycled” marks to remind customers. Cafes with in-store recycling systems should print their cups with “recyclable in store only”.
1. About the throwaway cups, Starbucks will ________.| A．offer a half-price discount to customers with their own cups |
| B．support the idea of forbidding throwaway cups till 2023 |
| C．charge customers 5p per throwaway cup in some shops |
| D．stop to offer throwaway cups in its shops right now |
| A．Coffee cup makers will take action to recycle the water. |
| B．The use of the disposable plastics is a nationwide problem. |
| C．Coffee cup users pay much attention to the plastic problem. |
| D．The UK government will ban all disposable coffee cups by 2023. |
| A．More people will fight against the charge. |
| B．There will be little change in our environment. |
| C．Fewer people will use the disposable coffee cups. |
| D．There will be a competition between coffee shops. |
| A．will be supported by the makers of the paper cups |
| B．will affect the consumers instead of solving the problem |
| C．can give a hand to increasing recycling rates of the makers |
| D．can be the best solution for the government to cut down waste |
| A．There are not enough professionals in this area. |
| B．There is not enough professional equipment. |
| C．Consumers don’t have recycling knowledge. |
| D．Cafes don’t have recycling systems at all. |
2 . Losing an arm means losing the ability to grab, as well as losing the sense of touch. Scientists have been working on mind-controlled prostheses (义肢) and have successfully built a few to help patients regain their ability to grab. But restoring the sense of touch has been quite a challenge – until now.
Seven years ago, a group of Swedish scientists created a new type of prostheses, which has since then been tried out on three patients to see how they perform in people’s daily lives. The study result was recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
According to the study, this is the first time that people who have had an arm amputated (截肢) can experience sensations of touch in mind-controlled arm prostheses.
The new product is named “neuromusculoskeletal” prosthesis. As the name indicates, the prosthesis is connected directly to a user’s nerves, muscles and skeleton. The sensation of touch becomes possible by stimulating nerves that used to be connected to the biological hand before the amputation.
When a patient grabs an object, for example, force sensors planted in the prosthetic thumb would measure contact and pressure. The collected information would then be transmitted to the patient’s nerves that lead to the brain. In this way, the patient can “feel” the characteristics of the object being touched and perceive (感知) its pressure against the prosthetic hand, which can be crucial when handling delicate objects – an egg, for example.
“The ability of the patients to discern (觉察) smaller changes in the intensity of sensations has improved,” Max Ortiz Catalan, Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, who is the leader of the study, told Science Daily.
According to Catalan, the new study has demonstrated that their prosthesis is qualified as a “clinically viable replacement for a lost arm”.
“The sensors are not the obstacle for restoring sensation,” Catalan added. “The challenge is creating neural interfaces (接口) that can seamlessly (无缝地) transmit large amounts of artificially collected information to the nervous system, in a way that the user can experience sensations naturally and effortlessly.” And they did it.
With the development of prosthesis technology, people who suffer from limb loss will have a greater chance of getting their normal lives back.
1. Neuromusculoskeletal prosthesis’ unique advantage is helping people with arm amputations to _____ .| A．carry heavy objects again | B．regain the ability to grab objects |
| C．move their prostheses as they wish | D．experience the sense of touch again |
① user’s nerves ② user’s brains ③ user’s muscles ④ user’s skeleton
| A．① ② ③ | B．① ③ ④ | C．② ③ ④ | D．① ② ④ |
| A．They collect information about objects and process it. |
| B．They stimulate the cut nerves to restore the sense of touch. |
| C．They measure the size of objects and send the information. |
| D．They detect the material of objects and send the information. |
| A．The intensity of an object. | B．The structure of an object. |
| C．The pressure from an object. | D．The changes inside an object. |
| A．Measuring the pressure of objects. | B．Connecting the sensors to nerves. |
| C．Creating good neural interfaces. | D．Building responsive sensors. |
| A．Optimistic. | B．Neutral. |
| C．Critical. | D．Unconcerned. |
3 . When Benjamin Cherkasky was in eighth grade, he quit the swim team. It wasn’t because he lacked the passion; he just couldn’t accept failures in matches. “I’m not Michael Phelps, why am I even on the team?” he said.
A US therapist (治疗专家) who researches perfectionism at Northwestern University realized years later what had happened. Cherkasky’s perfectionism was creating unrealistic standards. Unable to meet them, he quit.
“My perfectionism prompted (导致) very high expectations, and that caused real suffering,” he said.
Cherkasky is not alone in feeling that perfectionism can breed anxiety. So many millennials (千禧一代) suffer from the ills of perfectionism that psychologists are issuing warnings and schools are emphasizing the need to accept failure.
Northwestern had held several seminars that offered tips on how students could deal with a perfectionism problem.
Jessica Rohlfing Pryor, a psychologist leading the events, said every generation is a sponge for the messages it receives.
“Millennials, more than any other generation in American society, are receiving clear messages around achieving,” she said. “There’s an absence of messaging that trying your hardest is still OK.”
The American Psychological Association also found out that recent generations of college students have reported higher levels of perfectionism than earlier generations.
This “desire to achieve along with being overly critical of oneself and others” affects young people’s mental health, according to its research, which analyzed data from over 40,000 college students.
Researchers noted that social media adds comparative pressure, along with the drive to earn money and achieve career goals. Perfectionists often create even higher goals, which can lead to a higher risk of failure.
In college, Cherkasky found himself surrounded by so many intelligent people that he felt he should have been achieving a higher level than he was. “It makes you feel kind of crazy,” he said.
This type of thinking can lead people to putting in less effort, which, as they fall behind, can create more anxiety. “It makes people feel kind of isolated.” Cherkasky added, “And that can cause students to drift away from their school”. Northwestern is not the only school eager to help students.
Brown University includes perfectionism in its counseling (咨询) services, asking students if they ever feel that what they accomplish isn’t good enough.
1. Why did Cherkasky quit the swim team in eighth grade?| A．He wanted more time to study. | B．He found he had no passion for swimming. |
| C．He couldn’t reach the goal he set for himself. | D．He always did badly in swimming competitions. |
| A．Millennials are unwilling to work hard. |
| B．Young people should accept being imperfect. |
| C．Young people should learn to deal with pressure. |
| D．Perfectionism can benefit individuals and society. |
| A．Social media users were more likely to be perfectionists. |
| B．Perfectionism could have a negative impact on physical health. |
| C．Few universities offered help to students with mental problems. |
| D．College millennial students suffer more perfectionism problems than ever. |
| A．the harm of being a perfectionist | B．the effect of isolation on perfectionists |
| C．the pressure college students experience | D．the challenges underachievers have to overcome |
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| A．CHIMU ADVENTURES | B．PIONEER EXPEDITIONS |
| C．ABORIGINAL JOURNEYS | D．SEA WOLF ADVENTURES |
| A．you can only see pandas in limited areas as they are vulnerable to visitors |
| B．pandas are not endangered any more thanks to the efforts of many conversation |
| C．the panda is still an endangered species though its population has increased a lot |
| D．ON THE GO TOURS can help the Chengdu Panda Research Base save more pandas |
| A．Orcas. | B．Lemurs. |
| C．Pandas. | D．King Penguins. |
| A．They are born guides. | B．They are gentle animals. |
| C．They live alone after growing up. | D．They enjoy a close relationship. |
| A．You can enjoy the Kwakwaka’ wakw culture in ABORIGINAL JOURNEYS. |
| B．Orcas will depart the family once they become mature enough to feed themselves. |
| C．SEA WOLF ADVENTURES will present more than whales and wildlife to visitors. |
| D．Both SEA WOLF ADVENTURES and ABORINAL JOURNEYS set off in British, Colombia. |
| A．To attract readers to start a wildlife trip. |
| B．To introduce different kinds of animals. |
| C．To encourage people to protect animals. |
| D．To tell us that the animals are endangered. |
When a special occasion arrives, a colorful gift bag or a box often finds its way to a doorstep, an office desk or a mailbox. But once in a while, a present arrives at an unexpected moment to remind us that someone is thinking about us.
Wanda Anderson of Richland, US, remembers such a gift.
The rosebushes were finally in full bloom on that day in spring.
Seeing roses always brings to mind Wanda’s childhood memories. To this young girl, those flowers were extra special. “We never had money to buy extra things, so even a tired rose was something to cherish,” Wanda said.
Nowadays, to have a garden filled with many different roses is pure enjoyment. Wanda especially loves the very first blooms.
Her husband, Dale, devotedly takes care of the roses and knows this little fact about his wife. So, on this special morning, he picked the very first flowers of spring, fresh from the garden. But as Dale came back into the house, he was met by a neighbor who had stopped in for a quick visit. As the woman turned to go, Dale handed the roses to her. And even though their visitor insisted she didn’t want to take them, she was repeatedly told that the flowers were hers to keep.
“I told her I was happy for her to have the roses, but I really wasn’t,” Wanda said, remembering the emotions she was feeling right then.
Seeing her very precious first blooms go out the door filled her with regret, and a bit of selfishness.
Throughout the rest of the morning, Wanda argued with herself, knowing it was “better to give than to receive.” Nevertheless, she wished she could have kept the roses for herself.
Later that day, the couple headed to the post office, where Wanda waited outside in the car. Then, without warning, an older woman suddenly appeared at the car’s open window, with a bunch of roses in her arms.
“These are for you,” she said, giving the flowers to Wanda. “They’re my first blooms this spring.”
Totally surprised, Wanda thanked the woman and took a moment to smell the roses’ rich fragrance. When she looked up, the mysterious visitor was gone.
To this day, that “special delivery” changed Wanda. Now, her very first blooms always go to someone else, as a reminder that someone is thinking of them.
1. Why does Wanda love roses so much? (no more than 15 words)2. What does the underlined word “devotedly” mean in Paragraph 6? (no more than 5 words)
3. How did Wanda feel after the neighbor left? (no more than 10 words)
4. What changed Wanda’s opinion of giving gifts? (no more than 10 words)
5. What’s your opinion about the saying “It was better to give than to receive”? Please explain. (no more than 25 words)
6 . When I tell people I wrote a book with my dad, they usually say, “It must be nice to think of the legacy (留下来的东西) you created with someone who means so much to you.”
This was a beautiful idea, but it was not the way I, or my dad, ever thought about the cooperation. Though we created something we’re proud of, “nice” is not the word either of us uses to describe the process.
“It was more confrontation than cooperation,” my dad likes to say. I agree. When we landed a book deal, we began a writing journey that was more difficult than either of us had anticipated, but also far more rewarding.
For almost three years, we met once or twice a week at my parents’ house and talked daily to plan and outline each chapter. After these meetings, one of us would write a rough draft that the other would build on. I wanted the book to focus on positive vices (不良习惯), such as moderate chocolate. However, my dad felt the book should include chapters dealing with things like walking and spending time with family. Ultimately, I saw it his way. He said the book was about more than just good vices. It was about encouraging people to enjoy life in healthy ways.
Writing this book was a reminder that our family members share not only our faults but also our strengths. My dad is smart, funny, critical and caring. He has a strong passion for the truth. I hope I share these great qualities. For this book, he researched each topic with an enthusiasm I’d never seen from him, and he insisted that we constantly question and critically analyze every piece of information — even our own conclusions. He was determined to cooperate with me on a book, not because he couldn’t write one on his own, but because he believed that we could create something better together than we could alone.
I’m not sure if our cooperation led to better writing, but I’m sure it led to a better writing experience. Writing this book was difficult, sometimes more difficult than past projects, but it was never lonely.
1. How would the author describe the writing process according to the first three paragraphs?| A．Nice. | B．Struggling. |
| C．Relaxing. | D．Disappointing. |
| A．chapters focusing on positive vices |
| B．chapters focusing on having much chocolate |
| C．chapters focusing on enjoying life in healthy ways |
| D．chapters focusing on reading the interesting legends |
| A．A healthy lifestyle. |
| B．The theme of the book. |
| C．Why the author wanted to write a book. |
| D．How the author and his father worked together. |
| A．He is not good at writing. |
| B．He lacks confidence in himself. |
| C．He likes to criticize others’ works. |
| D．He likes to get to the bottom of things. |
| A．It’s important to make a plan before work. |
| B．Communicate more when there is an argument. |
| C．It’s worthwhile to work with someone close to you. |
| D．Their cooperation resulted in a better book than the author expected. |
7 . From amazing modern buildings, like Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, to classic designs, like London’s Westminster Abbey, our world is full of wonderful architecture. Such landmarks give cities character and bring communities together.
With this in mind, the Guardian recently listed their 25 favorite building designs of the 21st century.
Instead of focusing on grand designs, the list emphasizes buildings with creative concepts. Top of the list was London’s Tate Modern. Built on a small budget, the design showed it was OK to be different. The architects changed a 1950s power station into an art museum. They kept many aspects of the original building, simply adding new elements with glass, steel and raw concrete. Its designer, Jacques Herzog, told the Guardian: “We had to keep it raw. We didn’t want to go for charm or add decorative elements or formal details. Poor materials and ugliness are powerful aesthetic (美学的) elements.”
Another museum that followed the restoration principle was the Neues Museum in Berlin, Germany. Initially built in 1855, the museum was heavily bombed during World War II. In 1997, planning for the rebuilding project brought it back to life by combining both old and new architecture. When it re-opened in 2009, visitors could see the original Greek-style courtyard and restored wall paintings alongside a modern central stairwell (楼梯井) and glass roof. At the time, The New York Times wrote, “A modern building inhabits the ghost of an old one.”
Apart from these creative Western museums, two Chinese buildings were also included on the Guardian’s list: the Xiangshan Campus of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou and Beijing National Stadium.
Beijing National Stadium was selected for its special steel design. According to the Guardian, the stadium was built using 42,000 tons of steel, weaving through one another in the shape of a bird’s nest and embracing the bowl-shaped seating area. Despite the random appearance of these steel pieces, the stadium is nearly symmetrical (对称的). Due to its complexity, its architects said it presented “brilliant aesthetic and structural challenges”, the New York Post noted. These buildings are loved for their innovative architecture.
According to US architect Frank Lloyd Wright, “Architecture is the triumph (胜利) of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth.”
1. What is the purpose of this article?| A．To compare Western and Chinese architecture. |
| B．To show the importance of landmarks to a city. |
| C．To inform readers about popular architecture concepts. |
| D．To describe innovative building designs recognized by the Guardian. |
| A．It was built on the site of an old bus station. |
| B．It put together different decorative elements. |
| C．Architects used London’s history as inspiration. |
| D．Raw materials were used to create a unique look. |
| A．They both have modern glass roofs. |
| B．They were both damaged during World War II. |
| C．Their designs combine both old and modern elements. |
| D．Both were first built in the middle of the 19th century. |
| A．Its symmetrical design. |
| B．Its complicated steel design. |
| C．Its bowl-shaped seating area. |
| D．The brilliant design of its main gate. |
| A．They are creative. |
| B．They were expensive. |
| C．They restored old buildings. |
| D．They use steel as the main material. |
Two years ago, I watched the film Everest, in which adventurers get stuck on the mountain during a snowstorm. I immediately knew I had to start climbing. It’s not the reaction most people have to that film; maybe I just needed more adventure in my life. And six months later, I climbed my first mountain, Mount Whitney, in California – North America’s highest peak.
In the summer of 2017, I decided to climb the highest peak in every European country.
Growing up in Sweden, I was encouraged by my father to be outdoors all the time, but I wasn’t a serious adventurer. I wanted to see if someone ordinary like me could climb mountains.
I didn’t do any preparation for the first mountain, which was Mount Elbrus in Russia. It was exhausting, but I thought I would get fit climbing the rest, and I did.
Climbing mountains is an experience that is hard to put into words. You are in a beautiful environment and, when you reach the top, you feel incredible. But you also have to climb down, which is when most accidents happen. I don’t climb mountains that I am not ready for, but each one I climb takes me to the next step.
I wanted to end the project at home, on Sweden’s highest peak (2,097 m). It has two peaks: the north is rocky, and the south is icy. So alongside my camera assistant, I climbed both while wearing a superhero suit. It didn’t feel as special as I’d hoped when I reached the top, but when I posted on Instagram, people started congratulating me, I felt proud.
In total, I spent about €50,000, which is double what I had planned, but I eventually climbed 61 mountains in Europe.
You have to work on your weak sides while climbing. I don’t like not being in control, but you cannot control anything on a mountain. It’s made me a better person. When you’re on a mountain for hours alone with your thoughts, it’s like meditation. It makes you so much stronger, physically, and mentally.
My goal now is always to have a mountain in my calendar. One day I will climb Mount Qomolangma when I’m ready for it.
1. What made the author start climbing? (no more than 15 words)2. How did the author feel after her first climb of her 2017 project?(no more than 15 words)
3. What’s the meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 5? (no more than 5 words)
4. What does the author think of her mountain climbing experience according to Paragraph 8? (no more than 10 words)
5. How do you like mountain climbing? And Why? Please explain.(no more than 25 words)
9 . When people learn to play video games, they are learning a new literacy. Of course, this is not the way the word “literacy” is normally used. Traditionally, people think of literacy as the ability to read and write. Why, then, should we think of literacy more broadly?
Nowadays, language is not the only important communication system. Images, graphs, diagrams and many other visual symbols are particularly significant. Thus, the idea of different types of “visual literacy” would seem to be an important one. For example, being able to read the images in advertising is one type of visual literacy.
Furthermore, very often today words and images of various sorts are juxtaposed in a variety of ways. In newspapers and magazines as well as in textbooks, images take up more and more of the space alongside words. In fact, in many modern high school and college textbooks, images not only take up more space, they now carry meanings that are independent of the words in the text. If you can’t read these images, you will not be able to understand their meanings from the words in the text as was more usual in the past.
Now there are different ways to read different types of texts. Literacy is multiple, then, in the sense that the legal literacy needed for reading law books is not the same as the literacy needed for reading physics texts or cartoon books. And we should not be too quick to dismiss the latter form of literacy. Many cartoon books are full of images that would make a modern literary critic’s heart beat fast and confuse any otherwise normal adult.
Once we see this multiplicity of literacy, we realize that when we think about reading and writing, we have to think beyond print. Reading and writing in any field, whether it is law, rap songs, academic essays or cartoon books, are not the only ways of decoding(解密) print. Video games are a new form of art. They will not replace books; they will sit beside them, interact with them, and change them and their role in society in various ways, as, indeed, they are already doing strongly with movies. We have no idea yet how people “read” video games, what meanings they make from them. Still less do we know how they will “read” them in the future.
1. What is the broad meaning of literacy?| A．The ability to read, write and view. |
| B．The ability to read, listen and play. |
| C．The ability to speak, write and think. |
| D．The ability to listen, speak and think. |
| A．Put together. | B．Pulled out. |
| C．Taken away. | D．Replaced with. |
| A．Proud. | B．Upset. |
| C．Grateful. | D．Curious. |
| A．are too violent to risk experimenting with for the purposes of understanding literacy |
| B．are unrealistic and should not fall into the same categories as the other texts he describes |
| C．are not yet entirely understood in terms of literacy, but are already impacting other forms of expression such as filmmaking |
| D．are irrelevant in academic discussion because no one has yet determined how to explain the ways that people understand them |
| A．A historical explanation of the very first video game and its evolution. |
| B．A technological definition of video games, how they are made, and how they are played. |
| C．Examples of the way that some people currently interpret video games and what they mean to them. |
| D．A price comparison of video game consoles and whether or not quality has a direct impact on literacy. |
| A．Education. | B．Health. |
| C．Advertisement. | D．Traveling. |
In June 2011, my life changed and so did my family’s. I remember the day like it was yesterday. I came downstairs all ready for the family swim. Right before I got into the pool, my mom called me inside. She sat me down and waited for my dad and brothers to come to join us. Then, our parents told us the worst news imaginable-- my dad had been diagnosed with Stage III Colon Cancer(结肠癌).
The news hit hard of course. However, in my head, my dad was a superman. As his daughter, I knew that cancer wasn’t going to beat him. I just went out and swam.
As weeks went on, life didn’t change much within our house. My mom still went to work; my brothers and I still went to school; and my dad still worked while also meeting his doctor. However, I didn’t realized how much this new diagnosis was going to change my life.
As treatment progressed with my dad’s cancer, I couldn’t depend on him for things he usually did. And with my brothers being away at college, I had to take on a lot more responsibility. But that was not the hardest part of this new journey. It was the fear. The fear that I could lose my Dad. The fear that I could get a call saying that he was in bad condition. The fear that I could never talk to him again. Yet with all these fears, there was never a doubt in my mind that my dad would beat this cancer. He was a superman.
The day of my dad’s surgery finally came. It was Father’s Day and I had my soccer game that day. I won my battle on the field and my dad won his in the hospital.
May 2013, my dad was completely cancer free. Though this journey proved to be a few of the hardest years of my life, it also proved to me how wonderful my dad really is.
1. What happened to the author’s family in June 2011? (no more than 10 words)2. How did the author behave after hearing the news from her mother? (no more than 10 words)
3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “surgery” in Paragraph 6? (no more than 5 words)
4. When did the author’s father completely recover from cancer? (no more than 5 words)
5. What’s your father like? Please explain. (no more than 25 words)
