1 . Generally speaking, women are expected to stay home and raise families. But some brave women are determined to take off on amazing adventures around the world. They go to space or sail around the world. In all, they can make all kinds of outstanding achievements.
Jeanne Baret (1740—1807) was a French scientist. She studied plants. And, she was the first woman to sail around the world. In 1766, Baret wanted to set sail with a group of scientists. But they were all men. Women weren’t allowed to travel on French navy ships. So, Baret disguised herself as a man. And she sailed away!
Hester Stanhope (1776—1839) was from England. Ambitious, brave and determined, Hester Stanhope was never cut out for a traditional life. She wanted to travel. She traveled throughout the Middle East by herself. And she led an archaeological dig there. As the greatest female traveler of her age, she was the first Western woman to cross the Syrian desert, where she was honored as the “Star of the Morning” by the Bedouin.
Nellie Bly (1864—1922) was a journalist. In 1887, she wrote a story about hidden problems at a mental hospital. She disguised herself as a patient at the hospital. Then she wrote an alarming six-part report. The story made Bly well-known. It also led the way for other women journalists. Two years later, Bly set a world record. She traveled around the globe in 72 days!
Louise Boyd (1887—1972) was the first woman (at the age of 68) to fly over the North Pole and was regarded as the “Ice Lady” by the media. During her early Arctic voyages, she hunted polar bears with European nobles, and went to the Arctic to study the effects of the polar magnetic field. She enjoyed a degree of fame. King Haakon of Norway awarded Boyd the Knight’s Cross of St. Olaf for her bravery and competence.
1. Who was the first woman to go around the world by ship?| A．Nellie Bly. | B．Hester Stanhope. | C．Jeanne Baret. | D．Louise Boyd. |
| A．Pretending to be a mental patient. | B．Researching hidden problems. |
| C．Writing an alarming report. | D．Disguising as a famous journalist. |
| A．Modest and clever. | B．Creative and cautious. |
| C．Brave and capable. | D．Humorous and wise. |
| A．Women Journalists | B．Women Adventurers |
| C．Women Sailors | D．Women Scientists |
2 . Historic Arts & Antiques
Territorial Indian Arts & Antiques
This Arizona gallery is excited to offer pottery from Pi Posh and Mojave Indians. “We specialize in estate collections of historic pottery of all the tribes, with emphasis on the Matriarchs.”owners Deb and Alston Neal say about their offerings. Available materials include the Vesta Bread Maricopa effigy vase and Annie Fields Mojave effigy jar.
(480)945-5432
www .territorialindianarts.com
Ethnographic Antique Gallery
The Ethnographic Antique Gallery is offering the superb Oglala Teton Sioux Man’s Quilled Vest from 1903. Measuring 17 by 20 inches, the vest is among a group of other rare items collected more than 100 years ago by Charles Raymond. “This beautiful vest is artfully decorated with dyed porcupine quills,“ the gallery notes.
(403) 708- 9369
www .ethnographicantiquestore.com
Jesse Robbin’s Jewelry Store
Jesse Robbin is not only a talented jewelry artist on his own, he is also offering high quality historic material, including the Morris Robinson bracelet. “This silver Morris Robinson bracelet features 11 high-grade nugget-cut Fox Turquoise cabochons,” Robbin says about the work.
(928)713-6847
www .jesserobbinsjewelry.com
Tammy Garcia’s Pottery Shop
Tammy’ s pottery shop over the past 30 years has been renowned for its fantastic exhibits. It provides a chance for visitors to look back further to the Mimbres pottery of the 1100s, which is famous for aesthetic quality, visual impact, iconographic variety and historical importance. The delicacy of her collections reflects her love of pottery.
(432)642-3782
www .santacarapueblo.com
1. Where can visitors enjoy historic pottery collections of the Matriarchs?
| A．Tammy Garcia’s Pottery Shop. | B．Ethnographic Antique Gallery. |
| C．Jesse Robbin’s Jewelry Store. | D．Territorial Indian Arts & Antiques. |
| A．www.territorialindianarts.com | B．www .jesserobbinsjewelry .com |
| C．www .ethnographicantiquestore.com | D．www.santacarapueblo.com |
| A．An art magazine. | B．A novel. | C．A science book. | D．An encyclopedia. |
3 . It’s a beautiful fall day. Before we camp near the river, the children dashed along the water’s edge, leaping off the bank into the slow current, pushing through the mud. The scene is happily familiar. We’ve been coming to rivers since our daughters were babies. In the beginning we went to the wilderness because my husband and I loved it and selfishly wanted them to love it, too. Now we go because we can’t live without it.
According to a report released in February, teenagers in the U.S. are in the midst of an alarming mental health crisis. A survey conducted in fall 2021 found that 30% of teen girls have seriously considered suicide, a jump of 60% in the past decade. Boys are struggling, too. The CDC report calls for greater school involvement in supporting at-risk kids, better access to mental-health services and higher standards for health education. As the mother of two teenage girls, these statistics are terrifying. What can we as parents do?
For our family, the answer has always been nature. After they started school, wilderness trips became our way of disconnecting from our digitized lives, and reconnecting with each other ourselves and the natural world. What began as a family experiment was now a cornerstone in our parenting philosophy: a way of raising healthy, curious, kind, resilient (对困境有承受力的) kids in an increasingly messy world.
I’ve seen firsthand how even a few nights out a few times a year have taught our daughter valuable life skills like cooperation, compassion, resilience, problem-solving and adaptability, which is relevant to everything we do in life.
Will our strategy work? We’re still in the thick of the experiment, so it’s too soon to tell. All we can do is pay attention, keep talking, keep trying and keep going.
1. What might be the initial reason for the couple to take their daughters to nature?| A．They loved going to the wilderness. |
| B．Their daughters liked camping. |
| C．It was a beautiful day for an outing. |
| D．It started as a family experiment. |
| A．Americans are suffering mental crisis. |
| B．Girls tend to be more helpless than boys. |
| C．The findings have aroused social concern. |
| D．No mental-health services could be accessed. |
| A．Why she loves taking her daughters to the wild. |
| B．What they experience in the outdoor adventures. |
| C．How the daughters’ growth has been transformed. |
| D．How the daughters balance schooling and recreation. |
| A．How to play in the wild. | B．How to be positive. |
| C．How to conquer nature. | D．How to see connections. |
4 . After their three children grew up and left home, Margaret Thompson and her husband, Kenneth, stretched their legs together on walking holidays in Switzerland. In Interlaken, year after year, they would head up the mountain and watch the paragliders (空中滑翔) launch themselves into the sky. Back in town, in a large park, they watched them return to earth. “Some day I’d love to do that,” Thompson told Kenneth.
But there was always so much to do in Interlaken. So she continued to watch the gliders take flight and land. Kenneth died in 2005. Eleven years later, and three decades after those walking holidays, Thompson finally took to the skies herself, in a paraglider with an instructor. Thompson was 80.
Recently, Thompson heard from an instructor that grown men, when airborne, sometimes cry and beg to be brought down. But what she remembers is “feeling free. You feel weightless. It’s quite windy. It blows you around. You sail along and look around you, and see all the toy houses down below. You feel like you are up in heaven somewhere there, watching everyone down below.”
Thirty years seems a long time to hold on to a dream. “It was,” she says. Why did it take so long? “I wanted to do it, but I felt somebody should benefit from it.” She did not think of just enjoying the experience? “I don’t think so. There had to be a cause at the end of it all,” she says. With her first paraglide, she raised ￡1,500 for Moorfields eye hospital in London, most of it with the aid of social clubs run by the Presbyterian church she regularly attends.
Is she scared of getting older? “Fear? No. People say: ‘Isn’t getting old awful?’ I say: ‘No. You are free to do more things that you want to do.”
Thompson felt no fear paragliding. “I mean, you sort of say to yourself: Well, if anything happens to me now, I’m OK. People might worry about falling, it being the end of them. But that didn’t bother me at all. When it’s your time, it’s your time. No matter where you are.”
1. Why didn’t Thompson take up paragliding after her children left home?| A．She was engaged. | B．She preferred walking. |
| C．She was afraid of heights. | D．She had to tend her husband. |
| A．She lost his direction. | B．She was scared to death. |
| C．She regretted paragliding. | D．She had a sense of freedom. |
| A．She got support from social clubs. | B．She wanted to make it meaningful. |
| C．She hoped to contribute to the church. | D．She had a good cause to experience fun. |
| A．Terrified. | B．Helpless. | C．Calm. | D．Doubtful. |
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I strongly call on everyone to stop feed animals improperly in natural scenic areas. My family and he just went on a trip to the city park which there are beautiful lakes, streams and plants. Therefore, I found that many tourists fed the ducks, fish and other animals in the park with snacks they bring. In my an opinion, such behaviour will have a negative effect with both the animals and the environment.
Food made for human-beings may contain too many salt and fat, which can cause seriously health problems if animals eat too much. Also, food thrown into the lakes or left on the ground could regarded as pollutants and it will further destroy the living condition of animals.
Over the past two decades, Mei Yalong has participated in excavations(发掘) at many archaeological sites and fixed more than 5,000
A field technician
Receiving his senior high school diploma in
Besides the digs and assisting with fieldwork, Mei does someday-to-day activities, such as photography and sketching of relics, mapping of sites and
7 . If you’re not sure which relationships to prioritize (优先考虑), here are some types of people to keep close.
It’s essential that we can trust the people around us. Honesty is not just about someone refraining from lying or coming forward when they screw up. It’s also about finding a way to tell us truths that we don’t want to hear. It’s important to be around individuals who will call us out when we are wrong or heading down a path that they know is not leading to a destination we want.
People who make space for your emotions. Many people are good at having stimulating conversations but lack the emotional availability needed to make space for how we feel. We all need individuals who respect our feelings understand that sometimes all we need is to be heard.
People who model qualities you admire, understand and accept you, and show up authentically are also valuable.
Let’s remember to apply these criteria to every type of relationship in our life.
| A．People who tell us lies |
| B．People who tell us the truth |
| C．People who encourage and support you |
| D．Find people who are not satisfied with everything you do |
| E．They will sit with us through the hard or painful moments |
| F．Our time is valuable, so spend it with people who deserve it |
| G．Find people who areas happy about your wins as they would be about their own |
8 . A spoonful of pickles (榨菜) can sometimes make a meal taste way better. Recently, a new type of pickle is being discussed: “digital pickled vegetables”. It refers to the videos which people watch while eating. And these videos will make their food more delicious.
The topic received more than 16 million clicks on Sina Weibo and about 100,000 people participated in the discussion. Instead of being accompanied by friends and family during a meal, many young people in China are kept company by TV shows or short videos. Many believe that their food is tastier with the “digital pickles”.
Can this habit affect your diet? According to a research paper published in 2019, you may eat more unconsciously. The international research team asked 62 volunteers to follow different eating patterns on four different days. The patterns included eating while looking at the mobile phone, reading magazines and without distraction. After analyzing their diets, the team discovered that eating with a distraction increased caloric ingestion (卡路里摄入) by about 15 percent.
To explore the reason, the team also invited two groups of people：one group ate while listening to an audio clip about another person eating and the other listened to a clip that helped them imagine themselves eating. The results showed that the second group ate less since they were more focused on their meals. When eating with the “digital pickles”, our attention can be –distracted, which leads to eating more than expected.
This works not only for eating meals but other demanding tasks as well. A research project led by the University of Sussex, UK, pointed out that activities which require lots of attention tick many participants into overeating. The team invited 120 participants to do various tasks while providing them with drinks and snacks. “Our study suggests that if you’re eating or drinking while your attention is distracted by a highly engaging task, you’re less likely to be able to tell how full you feel,” one of the authors Martin Yeomans explained.
1. What are digital pickles according to the first paragraph?| A．Vegetables which are made at home. |
| B．Videos that make people eat more. |
| C．Nice pickles young people prefer. |
| D．Audio clips that teach people to cook. |
| A．They are not accepted. | B．They are being tested. |
| C．They are very popular. | D．They are very delicious. |
| A．Events. | B．Technology. | C．Food. | D．Research. |
| A．Learn to Cook Digital Pickles | B．Pickles Ready to Sell |
| C．Digital Pickled “Vegetables” | D．Pickles Nice to Eat |
9 . Photography has been my passion ever since I was old enough to pick up a camera, but today I want to share with you the 15 most treasured photos of mine, and I didn’t take any of them. There were no art directors, no stylists, no chance for re shoots, not even any regard for lighting. In fact, most of them were taken by random tourists.
My story begins when I was in New York City for a speaking engagement, and my wife took this picture of me holding my daughter on her first birthday. We’re on the corner of 57th and 5th. We happened to be back in New York exactly a year later, so we decided to take the same picture.
Approaching my daughter’s third birthday, my wife said, “Hey, why don’t you take Sabina back to New York and make it a father-daughter trip?” This is when we started asking passing tourists to take the picture.
You know, it’s remarkable how universal the gesture is of handing your camera to a total stranger. No one’s ever refused, and luckily no one’s ever runoff with our camera.
Back then, we had no idea how much this trip would change our lives. It’s really become sacred to us. This one was taken just weeks after 911, and I found myself trying to explain what had happened that day in ways a five-year-old could understand.
So, these photos are far more than a specific trip.They’re also ways for us to freeze time and reflect on our times and how we change from year to year, and not just physically, but in every way. Because while we take the same photo, our views change, and she reaches new milestones, and I get to see life through her eyes, and how she interacts with and sees everything. This very focused time we get to spend together is something we treasure and expect the entire year. One of the most important things we all make is memories.
So, I want to share the idea of taking an active role in consciously creating memories. I want to encourage everyone today to get in the shot, and don’t hesitate to go up to someone and ask, “Will you take our picture? Thank you.”
1. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?| A．To encourage us to take photos. |
| B．To inform us of the author’s life. |
| C．To introduce the topic of the passage. |
| D．To tell us the skills of photography. |
| A．Their daughter’s coming third birthday. |
| B．Their attending a speaking engagement. |
| C．Their asking passers-by to take photos. |
| D．Their appreciation for strangers’ help. |
| A．These photos were taken by strangers. |
| B．These photos carry valuable memories. |
| C．These photos show just a usual trip. |
| D．These photos were expensively taken. |
| A．Disapproving. | B．Positive. | C．Uncertain. | D．Fearful. |
Preserving more habitats for China’s giant pandas is providing a giant payoff.
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