1 . L.A. Science Weekend: Natural History and Space
Join in The New York Times Journeys for three days of scientific leaning in Los Angeles. This program includes visits to the city’s most fascinating sites for natural history, zoology and space with experts helping you gain relevant knowledge.
Your New York Times experts:
Kenneth Chang is a science reporter for The New York Times. With a background in physics, he specializes in writing about the physical sciences. His articles have included the mysteries of neutrinos(中微子), and the discovery of a planet around a distant star.
Cornelia Dean is a lecturer at Brown University, a science writer and a former science editor of The New York Times. When she worked in the paper’s science department, members of its staff won every major journalism prize as well as the Lasker Award for public service. She is at work on her fourth book about how to make the best of the land in coastal areas.
John Schwartz is a reporter at The New York Times who writes about climate change. In his career at The New York Times, he has also covered the space program, which took him to half a dozen shuttle launches, two zero-gravity flights, and Space City in Russia, where astronauts train together to fly to the International Space Station.
Anahad O’Connor, who joined The New York Times in 2003, covers consumer health, medicine, science and other topics. As a graduate of Yale University with a degree in psychology and a focus on child studies, he is the author of four books, including the best-selling Never Shower in a Thunderstorm. His work has been featured in The Best American Science Writing, a collection of articles selected by Atul Gawande. Anahad is a frequent guest on national media programs, including PBS Newshour, Good Morning America, and NPR’s All Things Considered.
1. What do we know about Cornelia Dean?| A．She used to be a science reporter. |
| B．She got a personal award as a volunteer. |
| C．She specializes in the study of coastal land use. |
| D．She remains an editor of The New York Times. |
| A．Climate. | B．Psychology. | C．Space. | D．Health. |
| A．Kenneth Chang. | B．Cornelia Dean. |
| C．John Schwartz. | D．Anahad O’Connor. |
2 . As you walk around the UK in March, you might notice that some people are wearing a daffodil(水仙花) on their coats. The British wear these yellow flowers to show they support one of this country’s best-known charities: the Marie Curie Cancer Care.
The Marie Curie Cancer Care tries to ensure everyone diagnosed with cancer is cared for in the best possible way. It also helps fund research into possible cures through other organizations. Founded in 1948, it has been continuing with its goal ever since.
The charity was named after Marie Curie, a renowned scientist. She experimented with newly-discovered elements to create the theory of radioactivity. Unfortunately, over-exposure to the radioactive elements made her develop a disease and die in 1934. Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in two different fields. Because of her pioneering work which led to chemotherapy (化学疗法), the charity shared the name of Marie Curie.
The daffodil is one of the first plants to flower during spring in the UK, which marks the return of flowering plants to the ecosystem after winter. Because of this, the charity uses the daffodil as a metaphor for bringing life to other people through charitable giving.
Everyone you see wearing a daffodil has donated money to the charity, but each daffodil is worth only what you want to pay for it. The charity does ask that you stick to a minimum amount of £1.
The charity encourages people to start wearing their daffodils at the start of March, when the “Great Daffodil Appeal” kicks off. But that doesn’t mean you can only wear them in March. People are sometimes seen walking around with daffodils on their clothes all year round.
1. What does it mean when the British wear a daffodil on their coats?| A．They support a charity. | B．They are recovering from cancer. |
| C．They’ve been helped by a charity. | D．They’ve been diagnosed with cancer. |
| A．Beautiful. | B．Modest. | C．Famous. | D．Humorous. |
| A．Because patients required that. | B．Because it was launched by her. |
| C．Because she greatly supported it. | D．Because it could show respect for her. |
| A．It can be used as medicine. | B．It’s thought to stand for hope. |
| C．It’s widely worn worldwide. | D．It’s sold to the wearers at a high price. |
3 . The Cambridge University Library in Britain received a “gift” in early March. 2022. Someone
The university talked about the
British investigators notified police around the world, and a
Cambridge University Librarian Jessica Gardner said she was
The notebooks will be on
| A．presented | B．left | C．provided | D．abandoned |
| A．satisfied | B．interested | C．renowned | D．devoted |
| A．gifts | B．bags | C．works | D．notebooks |
| A．incident | B．amusement | C．librarian | D．conflict |
| A．covered | B．taken | C．photographed | D．copied |
| A．destroyed | B．surviving | C．buried | D．missing |
| A．hidden | B．removed | C．stolen | D．purchased |
| A．search | B．research | C．conservation | D．trial |
| A．changed | B．claimed | C．returned | D．offered |
| A．belonged to | B．led to | C．appealed to | D．resulted to |
| A．concerned | B．embarrassed | C．anxious | D．relieved |
| A．equal | B．home | C．reduced | D．limited |
| A．balance | B．public | C．display | D．disgrace |
| A．look into | B．respond to | C．happen to | D．prepare for |
| A．contents | B．news | C．images | D．information |
Tu Youyou, a famous female chemist and
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As we all know, such scientists as Tu Youyou has made great contributions to our country and set a good example to them.
Tu Youyou, awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, made the discovery of qinghaosu. It is one of the world’s most effective malaria-fighting drug, therefore greatly improved the health of numerous people. Besides, she shows many good qualities. For instance, despite of failure, she still worked hardly to overcome the difficulties, and she remains modest after gaining worldwide recognise. All these are how we can learn from her.
In conclusion, she is an admirable scientist and I hope we will be inspiring.
Syed Shams ul-Hassan was born in a town in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, where there is a growing Chinese population.
When
Apart from Shanghai, Hassan has also been to other cities including Hangzhou, Zhengzhou, Nanjing and Qingdao, where he was
“The science of traditional Chinese medicine, which has a history of thousands of years,
Looking ahead, Hassan believes
Born in 1930, Yuan Longping graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953,
He is such a determined person who has struggled for millions of Chinese farmers for the past five decades. And he works on the land to do his research, which makes it possible to grow more rice in
In a word, he has contributed his whole life to
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John was an America’s artist and scientist
who studies birds. He was born in Haidi
and received his educate in France.He came
to the USA in 1804, which he devoted
nearly all his life in watching, studying and
painting wild birds.
After have completed his book, John went to
England in 1826 to get it publishing.
The beautiful of his pictures of Kentucky birds
made his book Birds of America big success.
And he became famous. John returned to
America in 1842 and lived in New York City Until his dead in 1851.
9 . World-famous scientist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He was often called the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Albert Einstein. But his amazing career actually started as a young man who struggled to get around to doing his homework at Oxford University where he studied physics. He then went on to Cambridge to research cosmology, the study of the origin of universe.
When he was 21, Hawking's life hit a big hurdle. He was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. The disease causes the brain to stop sending messages to a person's muscles. At the time, doctors said he would only live for around 2 years, but he proved them very, very wrong.
And with the help of a special wheelchair and speech computer, Hawking spent much of his time researching the beginning of the universe and black holes. His most famous discovery was probably when he demonstrated that black holes emit some radiation, which has since become known as Hawking Radiation. He also spent a lot of time thinking about what existed before the big bang.
Hawking wrote books that explained his big ideas in ways that could be understood by the average person. In 1988 he published A Brief History of Time. It became really popular and sold more than 10 million copies. However, he wasn't just known for his books. He also had a lot of fun becoming a regular on TV screens around the world. He even had a big Hollywood film made about his life.
Throughout his life Stephen Hawking inspired people to look beyond our planet and expand our knowledge of the universe. His family says that he'll be greatly missed and the legacy of his amazing ideas will live on.
1. Why does the author mention Albert Einstein in Paragraph 1?| A．To tell us Hawking was a great physicist. |
| B．To compare the two famous people. |
| C．To show he was Hawking's teacher. |
| D．To identify a special period further. |
| A．He did many experiments. |
| B．He made some comparisons. |
| C．He tried to send signals to his muscles. |
| D．He lived for long like other common people. |
| A．Big bang. |
| B．Black holes. |
| C．Radiation from the black holes. |
| D．A big Hollywood film about the universe. |
| A．He'll be forgotten soon. |
| B．His idea of the universe is valuable. |
| C．He won't be understood completely. |
| D．He won't be found by others any more. |
10 . Charles Darwin lived an unusually quiet life. In 1842, Darwin and his wife Emma moved from London to Kent in southern England to have as little disturbance（烦扰）as possible. They already had two children then, and would go on to have eight more in the country.
Darwin, had very regular habits. He rose early and went for a walk, After breakfast he worked in his study until 9:30 am, his most productive time of the day, and then read his letters lying on the sofa before returning to work.
At midday he would go for another walk with his dog, stopping at his greenhouse to check his experiments. Then he would go for another walk around an area of woodland. While walking on his “thinking path”, Darwin would consider his unsolved scientific problems.
After lunch he read the newspaper and wrote letters. His network of friends provided information from all corners of the world.
The Darwins were not very strict parents and the children were always seen running wild. Their father worked patiently with a background of happy shouts and little footsteps walking past his study door.
After dinner Darwin played backgammon（a game for two people to play）with his wife. He once wrote, “Now the result with my wife in backgammon stands like this: she… has won only 2,490 games, while I have won, hurrah（a cheer of joy or victory）, hurrah, 2,795 games!”
Although he had poor health, Darwin continued to publish a lot of creative works until his final book in 1881. He died the following year, aged 73.
Rather than a quiet space in the local churchyard, which he called “the sweetest place on Earth”, Darwin was given a state funeral（国葬）in London’s Westminster Abbey.
1. Why did the Darwins move to Kent?| A．To do more experiments. | B．To cut their cost of living. |
| C．To enjoy more peacefulness. | D．To be together with their children. |
| A．He studied in the forest. | B．He started to work at 9:30 am. |
| C．He wrote letters in the morning. | D．He examined his experiments. |
| A．Strict. | B．Kind. |
| C．Cold. | D．Brave. |
| A．Darwin’s scientific achievements. | B．Darwin’s unusual state funeral. |
| C．Darwin’s personal life. | D．Darwin’s large family. |
