The Internet
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2 . I’m now at a special university where 46 speech and hearing impaired (受损) students graduate each year. Every morning, I made it a practice of setting the intention (意图) in my heart of “May I be a tool for them to get what they need right now?”.
Today, one girl came and sat down. I started with how we usually do. She can speak but cannot hear and lip-read. I asked one question, and she went on for 10 minutes straight, and in Tamil (泰米尔语). I understood a couple of words here and there, so I understood that she was not saying anything connected with what I asked. I just kept on listening to her without speaking a word. This went on for an hour and a half! Then, after a long pause, I told her to get back on track with another question. And then she shared for another half an hour straight! The whole time I was just looking in her eyes which would go here and there but come back to me. In the end, I just got up and hugged her and she was smiling wider.
Then I invited her to have juice with me. She said yes. What put me in a state of fear was realizing, just a few minutes later, that treating my new friend to some juice was the first celebration of my very first salary! A month ago, I started my first job, and what a blessing to have this important moment in my life be rooted in generosity.
1. What was the writer’s intention according to Paragraph 1?| A．A doubt. | B．A wish. | C．A struggle. | D．A guess. |
| A．required her to speak in English | B．discovered something strange about her |
| C．asked her questions as usual | D．began to teach her to lip-read |
| A．She asked the writer to speak. |
| B．She listened most of the time herself. |
| C．She stared at the writer’s eyes all the time. |
| D．She went on talking for 1.5 hours before a long pause. |
| A．Glad. | B．Regretful. | C．Bitter. | D．Grateful. |
3 . Restaurants
Dan De Lions is a small self-service vegetarian restaurant.It serves home-cooked food including soup,pizzas, salads and wonderful desserts. It is close to the city centre and is popular with office workers at lunchtime. Open: 11:30-14:30 |
Gordon’s is a restaurant with a garden, and it has tables in the garden for sunny days. It’s known for pizzas, fried chicken and hamburgers.Gordon’s has special prices on Wednesdays. Excellent food but service can be slow. A little far from the city centre. Open: 12:00-20:00 |
Tiny Tea Room serves tea, coffee, good home-made cakes and pastries. Perfect for a rest and there is a game room for children.It’s close to the city centre and is very crowded at lunchtime. Open: 9:00-16:30 |
Silver Palace serves Chinese food at low prices.The atmosphere is warm and friendly. It’s close to the city centre, with a parking lot. Open: 12:00-14:00; 17:30-2:00 |
| A．Dan De Lions. | B．Gordon’s. | C．Tiny Tea Room. | D．Silver Palace. |
| A．Children | B．Office workers. | C．Sports players | D．The elderly. |
| A．It serves rice | B．Its service is faster |
| C．It has a parking lot. | D．It’s farther from the city center |
| A．It is cheap. | B．It is children-friendly. |
| C．It is warm in winter. | D．It is near a park. |
4 . Over 5 million shared bikes in China are using services offered by Beidou Navigation Satellite System (北斗卫星导航系统).These shared bikes all use Beidou-based positioning chips (芯片).
The chips have high qualities. They can deal with information accurately and quickly. They feature low power consumption They provide a better user experience and easier management for the local companies. Now,several new models of shared electric bikes with Beidou-based chips have also started to be produced and put into market. Besides positioning and navigation, the chips will help users and shared bike companies record users’ speed and battery condition of an electric bike. The possible crimes during the bike using will also be recorded.
In fact,years ago, shared bike companies began to use positioning chips which worked well with both GPS and Beidou services.After the Beidou system became fully in use in the summer of 2020,shared bike companies started installing (安装) Beidou-based chips on more bikes in more areas.The latest chips which are popular with shared bike companies are smaller and have more advantages over the old types.
Since 2000,a total of 59 Beidou satellites have been lifted from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province. After the final satellite was lifted in 202the system was completed and started providing global services.Beidou Satellite System is designed and developed by China and it is one of four global navigation networks,along with the United States’ GPS,Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo.
According to a research in 2022, by the end of 2021 the total value connected with satellite navigation and positioning services in China was 469 billion yuan，a 16.3%increase year-on-year. More than 500,000 Chinese people now work at around 14,000 China’s companies and organizations doing business connected with Beidou and other satellite navigation and positioning services.
1. What can users benefit from the new models of shared electric bikes with Beidou-based chips?| A．They can speed up while riding |
| B．They can record crimes. |
| C．They can know their speed. |
| D．They can get the batteries charged |
| A．4. | B．5. | C．6. | D．7. |
| A．More and more people take shared bikes to work. |
| B．Employment has risen because of new technology |
| C．Shared bikes will be more and more popular in China |
| D．We must rise to the challenges of new technology |
| A．Application of chips in China, |
| B．Development of shared bikes in China. |
| C．Promotion of new technology and its products. |
| D．The Applications of Beidou Navigation Satellite System |
Beijing Opera is one of the traditional Chinese drama art forms with a history of more than 200 years.
Beijing Opera mixes different art forms, including
Beijing Opera has spread to many other places. Mei Lanfang, a famous performer, was the first
Beijing Opera is China’s national opera
Nowadays many people want to have a more interesting experience when arriving in a new city or country. Here are some better ways to travel, both for you and for the environment.
Get out of the car and walk.
If you have to take transport in a city, try to take public transport. Most cities now offer lots of information and very cleat maps about the public transport at the city’s websites.
7 . One day, Bella Broadley and Elyse Partridge were enjoying a picnic on Angels Beach in Australia when a woman approached their group. “We were just having a little picnic at the beach with some friends and this woman came up to us and said, ‘I can’t swim and my girls are drowning(溺水)’and we just jumped into action.” Partridge, now age 20 said.
The two 11-year-olds, Chloe and Violet, got caught in the water and were overwhelmed by the waves. To make things worse, it was around 8 p.m. and getting dark. “It was so rough and it was crazy,” Broadley, 19, said. “I was just swimming out and thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, how am I going to get back in? This is bad.’ But luckily I had the cooler lid(盖子) for part of the way to keep my head above the water and once I got to Chole I just swam hard,” she said. Broadley handed the cooler lid off to Chloe and swam further out to get Violet. Partridge was close behind, and swam Chloe back to shore.
“I remember just throwing my arms around her and trying to swim in, but we ended up hitting the rocks,” Partridge said. “I ended up being quite bruised(青肿) and had lots of cuts all over my hands from the rocks but obviously I’m fine and it would have been scarier in the water.”
Eventually both girls were guided back to safety. Later, Chloe and Violet described how they swallowed seawater and were increasingly exhausted by their fight to keep their heads above water. Violet needed to spend the night in hospital.
Bystanders and police told Broadley and Partridge that without their help, the younger girls would likely not have survived. On Wednesday , Broadley and Partridge were named on the Bravery Honours List, which recognized 66 Australians for acts of bravery.
1. What can we know from the first paragraph?| A．The woman’s two girls couldn’t swim. |
| B．Partridge didn’t hesitate to offer help |
| C．The drowning girls’ mother didn’t take action. |
| D．The mother was having a picnic with her children. |
| A．The water. | B．The wind. | C．The weather. | D．The darkness. |
| A．Because waves faded away |
| B．Because her friend came to help her |
| C．Because they reached the rocks. |
| D．Because the storm stopped. |
| A．Selflessness is Rewarding |
| B．Courage is the Enemy of Death |
| C．Two Quick Minds in Emergency |
| D．Two Girls Hit the Bravery Honours List |
Luo Yan and his wife and son travelled back to their hometown for the Spring Festival. Their journey
On their arrival, they found Luo’s parents eagerly waiting for
With midnight
9 . Nature Adventure Camp
Get adventurous this summer! Each week has a new theme to keep you busy as you develop new skills, explore nature, and meet new friends.
| Under the Sea Dive in as we discover the fascinating creatures (生物) that live in the ocean. Whales, sharks, and sea turtles will catch our eyes as we explore the ocean together through activities and games. Fee: $150 Opening time: 9: 00 am-5: 00 pm, Jun 16-18 | Stone Age Let’s go back to the Stone Age! Learn about all of your favorite dinosaurs from the prehistoric era and find out what it was like to be a caveman. Fee: $100 Opening time: 9: 00 am-5: 30 pm, Jun 21-23 |
| Things with Wings From birds to butterflies, bats to bees, find out about many amazing creatures that fly from the ground to the trees. We’ll search for birds’ nests, catch bugs with nets, and make our own winged creatures to take home. Fee: $75 Opening time: 8: 30 am-4: 30 pm, Jun 30-Jul 2 | Nature Tail Theater Create your own story, character, scenery, props, and costumes. Then it’s lights, camera, action as you perform your original play on the last day of camp for family members. Fee: $136 Opening time: 10: 00 am-6: 00 pm, Jul 7-9 |
| A．Jun 16-18. | B．Jun 21-23. | C．Jun 30-Jul 2. | D．Jul 7-9. |
| A．Get close to sea creatures. | B．Learn about dinosaurs. |
| C．Catch winged creatures. | D．Perform an original play. |
| A．Under the Sea. | B．Stone Age. | C．Things with Wings. | D．Nature Tail Theater. |
| A．$ 75. | B．$100. | C．$136. | D．$150. |
10 . Doctor Eleanor Love knows that weddings create a lot of leftover (遗留) flowers, and that means more chances for her to collect the after-wedding flowers and give them to her lonely hospital patients, many of whom don’t often get visitors, not to mention expensive flowers. The flowers are still in good shape, and the patients are very happy to have them.
Love worked at the Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital as a medical student. She wondered how she could help relieve (减轻) their suffering and how to treat them as a student doctor.
“One of the challenges of being a medical student is that it can be very difficult to contribute to the care team,” said Love. “You are there as a learner, but you want to make an impact on your patients, and you don’t have the same knowledge as physicians. How can I at this stage in my training make an impact on patients?”
So in 2022, she started The Simple Sunflower in Richmond, and so far she has delivered more than 760 bunches of flowers to patients. She brought fellow students and other people into her project, and now has more than 200 volunteers on the email list. When Love began the project, she called businesses such as wedding venues (场馆) and florists and asked them what events were scheduled. For each wedding, she organized a team of eight volunteers who helped pick up the flowers when the party was over and then spent time delivering them to individual patients.
People beyond the VCU community have heard about Love’s project and got involved.
“It’s so satisfying to see the patients who receive our flowers,” she said. “It reminds me why we do what we do.”
1. Why did Eleanor Love collect the flowers?| A．To sell them to volunteers. | B．To treat patients’ diseases. |
| C．To decorate a wedding venue. | D．To help relieve the patients’ suffering. |
| A．Eleanor Love started The Simple Sunflower in 2022 |
| B．Eleanor Love became a student doctor in Richmond |
| C．200 volunteers were needed for each wedding |
| D．760 bunches of flowers were bought for patients |
| A．Humorous. | B．Warm-hearted. | C．Honest. | D．Strict. |
| A．No Pain, No Gain | B．Hard Work Leads to Success |
| C．Deliver Flowers, Deliver Love | D．Love Me, Love My Dog |
