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2 . Jack threw the papers on my desk. “Next time you want to change anything, ask me first,” he said. I had changed a long sentence and corrected its grammar — something I thought I was paid to do.
Several days later, he made me angry again. I went to his office, prepared to lose my job if need be, but not before I let the man know how I felt. “What?” he said nervously.
Suddenly I knew what I had to do. “Jack, the way you’ve been treating me is wrong. And it’s wrong for me to allow it to continue,” I said. “I want to make you a promise. I will be a friend.” The next day I brought some cakes to Jack’s office. Every time I saw Jack in the hall, I smiled at him. After all, that’s what friends do.
One year after our talk, I was told that I had breast cancer . When I was in hospital, my friends tried to find the right words to say, but no one could. The last day of my hospital stay, the door opened and Jack walked over to my bed. “Tulips (郁金香),” he placed some bulbs beside me and said, “If you plant them when you get home, you’ll be there to see them when they come up.” Tears filled my eyes.
In a moment when I prayed for just the right words, a man with few words said the right thing. After all, that’s what friends do. Now, I have seen those tulips push through the soil every spring for over ten years.
1. Why did Jack throw some papers on the author’s desk?| A．She gave him the wrong papers. | B．He thought her report was very bad. |
| C．He wanted her to check them again. | D．He didn’t agree with her correction. |
| A．She would work harder from then on. | B．She would treat him like a friend. |
| C．She would bring him some cakes. | D．She would treat him the same way. |
| A．love | B．honor | C．hope | D．thanks |
| A．Friends must help each other to correct mistakes. |
| B．Friends should give advice to each other at the right time. |
| C．Friends should do anything for each other. |
| D．Friends should treat each other with respect and kindness. |
3 . Many of us remember being in awe(敬畏) when we saw cloned dinosaurs running wild in the film Jurassic Park. And the idea of using technology to revive(恢复) extinct species has long fascinated not only writers and directors, but scientists as well.
According to The Telegraph, woolly mammoths(长毛猛犸象), which featured in the popular Ice Age animated movie series, “may walk the earth once more” now that scientists have taken another step toward realizing a long-held dream—recreating their DNA.
Mammoths became extinct around 10,000 years ago. However, since the discovery of near-perfect preserved remains in Arctic permafrost(北极冻土带) in May 2013, a variety of research studies have been carried out since.
Geneticists from Harvard University analyzed DNA from the remains, looking for genes which separated mammoths from elephants, such as hairiness and ear size. They then used the results to reproduce exact copies of 14 mammoth genes. “It is the first time that mammoth genes have been alive—although so far it has only been done in the lab,” George Church, lead researcher of the project, told the Sunday Times.
Church then used a new technique which allows scientists to edit DNA carefully, replacing sections of elephant DNA with the mammoth genes. So “we now have functioning elephant cells with mammoth DNA in them,” he said.
However, Church ruled out the possibility of bringing the mammoths back to life via cloning from frozen remains. He said he “preferred to focus on rebuilding the full mammoth genome(基因组) by analyzing DNA from preserved remains and putting it into the cells of its closest living relative – the Asian elephant,” reported The Telegraph.
Church argued that the return of the woolly mammoth—or rather, the return of something very similar—could help bring back fragile(脆弱的) ecosystems. However, some scientists believe that bringing back the mammoth would be unethical.
Professor Alex Greenwood, an expert on ancient DNA, said: “We may face the extinction of African and Asian elephants. Why bring back another elephant from extinction when we cannot even keep the ones that are not extinct around?” he told the Sunday Times. “What is the message? We can be as irresponsible with the environment as we want. Then we’ll just clone things back?”
“Money would be better spent focusing on conserving what we do have than spending it on an animal that has been extinct for thousands of years,” he said.
1. We can learn from the article that ______.| A．cloned mammoths followed cloned dinosaurs to get revived |
| B．the technology to revive mammoth genes is already mature |
| C．George Church and his colleagues tried to reproduce mammoth DNA |
| D．Church and his team managed to list all the genes that separate mammoths from elephants |
| A．It could help prevent the extinction of the Asian elephant. |
| B．It could help people better tell elephant DNA from mammoth genes. |
| C．It could help bring back some extinct species and save fragile ecosystems. |
| D．It could help bring mammoths back to life via cloning from frozen remains. |
| A．unacceptable | B．misled |
| C．impractical | D．illegal |
| A．there is no need to worry about the extinction of African and Asian elephants at present |
| B．it’s necessary to bring back species that are beneficial to human beings from extinction |
| C．the return of the woolly mammoth would help to balance ecosystems |
| D．it’s more important to protect present species than to bring back extinct ones |
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There are a number of volunteer organizations out there that deal in things like clothing donation and the sale of used books. Retired schoolteacher Cathy has been a member of such an organization, VNSA, since 2012. Her duties involve working throughout the year to help prepare the books for their February sale and acting as personnel manager for the sale. That means she helps coordinate (协调) all the other volunteers who help out before, during, and after the event.
It was before the 2019 book sale and Cathy once again found herself sitting among a towering pile of books and sorting through them to ensure that they would be in good enough condition to resell. As she was sorting, she came upon a book, wrinkled and broken. Though she didn’t like doing it, the only remaining choice for her was to throw it away.
A greedy book lover herself, Cathy felt guilty about throwing away any book. Before she threw it away, she decided to check for more serious damage inside that might justify her giving it up. She opened the cover and went through the pages when she noticed something unusual.
Going through the pages, Cathy was surprised to see that a part had been hollowed out (挖空)inside the book. Obviously, something was hidden in that rather expertly hollowed space. She looked down and saw that the book’s previous owner had hidden four packages in the space, each containing ten $100 bills. Cathy’s first thought was that the bills were toy money that perhaps a kid had hidden inside as part of some childish game or something.
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But Cathy soon realized that these were real $100 bills.
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Luckily for Cathy, the book also contained the name of the book owner.
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6 . Have you ever heard of the Internet of Things(IoT)? It’s a term that is being used more and more often lately.
In many cases, these devices share data with each other.
Exactly how big is the IoT? In 2020, it is estimated that about 34 billion devices will be connected. Just think of all the ways those devices can work together to make life easier!
| A．But what does it actually mean ? |
| B．But of course, there are drawbacks |
| C．Their universality might surprise you. |
| D．The smart oven can heat up their favorite snack |
| E．Too many IoT devices give little thought to the basics of security |
| F．The IoT bridges the gap between the digital world and the physical world. |
| G．By sharing data, devices on the loT work together to make some parts of life easier. |
Zigfried was a little mouse who used to live with a happy family. The children of the family would hug him in the arms and discussed about their Christmas gifts. Zigfried enjoyed every hour of them, especially when he was drinking hot chocolate.Suddenly he was woken up by the noise coming from his own stomach. He stretched himself and rubbed his eyes.Slowly and feebly he climbed to the windowsill. Zigfried blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside. Still nobody came. Maybe today, he thought hopefully. It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle.
This farmhouse had been empty too long.All the equipment was covered with dust and dirt. Everything looked like dead ashes. It needed a family. Only a family’s moving in could light up the house. Again Zigfried’s stomach made a noise. He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday. He jumped from the windowsill, took a bag from his home, and went next door to Farmer Mike’s. He wished to get something to eat for the present. If lucky enough, he could store some sandwiches, cheese or chocolates for the coming of his granny who would arrive on Christmas Eve to celebrate with him, bringing a Christmas gift.
Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse until the farmer married a wife who had a cat. The cat was in and out of the window constantly and meowed horribly into the bargain. Zigfried trembled when he thought of that narrow escape with the cat. He looked around carefully as he stole into the room where grain was stored and was quite nervous as he filled his bag with wheat.
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He was turning to leave when suddenly he felt a hot breath about his ear.
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The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news：
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8 . Up to 40% of all food in the United States is wasted. Producing food that people don’t consume swallows up roughly 20% of America’s cropland and agricultural water, and produces greenhouse gas emissions(排放物) equal to 37 million passenger vehicles each year. Yet, 37 million Americans lack consistent access to adequate and nutritious food.
NRDC’s Food Matters Initiative partners cities to confront food waste. Food Matters is piloting all-round, cutting-edge strategies that are easy to follow and share. The first two strategies--and arguably the most critical ones--are to estimate a local baseline level of food waste and then assess the potential for rescuing surplus food. A baseline is necessary in order to understand the scale and natural of the problem. It is also a prerequisite(先决条件) to assessing any progress made, which will help inform future program development.
Using a calculator tool NRDC developed based on the Food Matters research models ,the Atlanta’s Mayor’s Office of Resilience had a better understanding of the qualities of wasted food and where it was likely occurring. This allowed the city to focus the attention on the solutions that were more closely related to the situation in Atlanta.
As in many cities across the U.S., much of the food wasted in Atlanta occurs in households and consumer-facing businesses such as restaurants. Armed with this information, the Mayor’s Office of Resilience, creates a restaurant challenge encouraging restaurants to work on the entire system of reduction, rescue, and recycling. After 90 days and participation from 6 restaurants at Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson airport, the program rescue 21,000 meals and saved owners over $62000.
Atlanta’s restaurant challenge is one of a handful of examples where cities have engaged(吸引) consumer-facing food businesses to reduce their food waste. New York led the charge with a Mayor’s challenge to restaurants .Denver recently completed a series of neighborhood restaurant challenges. Nashville has an ongoing Mayor’s Food Saver Challenge including not just restaurants but other food businesses as well. Several other cities and countries throughout the country have similar business engagement success stories.
1. What are the data mainly about in paragraph 1?| A．the harm of food waste | B．the cause of food pollution |
| C．the importance of food safety | D．the solution to food waste. |
| A．It makes new plans for banning food waste |
| B．It helps the city better work on the solutions. |
| C．It tests the work efficiency of the government |
| D．It increases the potential for recycling food waste. |
| A．Inspiring customers to order food based on actual need |
| B．Teaching waiters to deal with food waste in the greener way. |
| C．Encouraging restaurants to reduce food waste in every process . |
| D．Making restaurants compete with each other in waste recycling. |
| A．Restaurant challenges only work in America |
| B．More and more cities are focusing on food waste . |
| C．Food businesses are the main sources of food waste . |
| D．It is difficult to complete the restaurant challenges. |
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10 . Shows that are all about movies.
“Filmspotting”
“Film spotting” has been producing weekly programs of insightful film analysis since 2005. Episodes typically begin with an in-depth discussion of one major new theatrical release. A reliable highlights is a Massacre Theater, in which the hosts gamely re-enact(重演) a scene and invite listeners to guess which movie it is from.
“How did these get made?”
The actors Paul Scheer , June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas host this discussion that doesn’t aim to pile hate on bad films so much as make detailed fun of them but try to figure out how they came to be. The hosts are so attractive that the commentary doesn’t come off as negative; even when they discuss true duds, their real love of movies shines through.
“The Rewatchables “
“The Rewatchables “ taps into the universal joy of revisiting a favorite movie-and the less universal joy of doing it with a bunch of deeply knowledgeable friends. Each episode finds Bill Simmons, host of the show, and a cast of guests examining a movie that may not be an obvious classic, but is a culturally significant film that you have likely seen at least once.
“Scripetnotes”
Billed as a show about “ screenwriting and things that are interesting to screen writers”, “Scripetnotes” offers specific advice on screenwriting. The show’s regular Three Page Challenge, in which the two hosts, Craig Mazin and John August, comment on the sample of an audience- submitted screenplay, is invaluable whether you are an ambitious screenwriter or a curious film fan.
1. What is the most interesting part of the “FilmSpotting”?| A．Re-enacting a new theoretical release |
| B．Involving people in guessing movies |
| C．Reviewing culturally significant films |
| D．Acting with the audience-submitted screenplay |
| A．Revisiting popular films |
| B．Making remarks on bad films |
| C．Recommending worth-watching classics |
| D．Exploring the way the film business works.m |
| A．”Scripetnotes” | B．”Film spotting” |
| C．”The Rewatchables “ | D．“How did these get made” |
