1 . The TV series Wolf Pack starring Sarah Michelle Gellar is centered around the lives of a group of Los Angeles teenagers, whose lives are changed forever when a supernatural creature is freed after a series of unexplained wildfires break out.
Not much is known about Gellar’s character on the show, except for the fact that she is playing Kristin Ramsey, an expert who moves to Los Angeles to find the person who started the wildfires. She spoke to Fox News Digital about her big return to TV, and explained why she thought she was drawn to projects featuring monsters (怪物).
“For me, it’s always about the stories, and in talking today, we have discovered that the superhuman allows you to tell the most human stories because it really allows you to use these monsters to explore emotions, fears and anxieties that you can’t experience in other worlds,” Gellar explained.
“I think it’s a really important conversation that people will be along for the ride, but then realize what the meaning is behind all of it,” she added. Gellar’s co-star, Rodrigo, agreed with her, saying he hoped audiences could look at the deeper meanings behind the monsters on the show and realize they were all metaphors (隐喻) to discuss in our own inner monsters.”
Gellar recently told SFX Magazine she was very proud of the show.
1. What is the first paragraph mainly about?A.The cause of wildfires. | B.A creature’s activity. |
C.A group of teenagers’ lives. | D.The plot of Wolf Pack. |
A.Rich experiences. | B.Monsters in the story. |
C.Wildfires in a show. | D.Discussion with each other. |
A.Satisfied. | B.Frightened. | C.Moved. | D.Disappointed. |
A.Lifestyle. | B.Nature. | C.Science. | D.Entertainment. |
2 . On a typical day, off the coast of a small Brazilian island, Joao Pereira de Souza, who was a fisherman, headed out fishing. He was sad to find a lot of oil on the water. Staring at the waves with the oily shine, he decided it was not a good day to fish. But walking along the beach that day, he found a struggling penguin(企鹅), covered with oil and going to die because of hunger.
Pereira took the penguin home, gently cleaned it and spent the next week nursing it back to health. He named it Dindim, a Portuguese word meaning “ice pop”.
Dindim is a Magellanic penguin, a species known for living in the seas of South America. In order to breed(繁殖), he must return to Patagonia, 8,000 kilometers from Pereira’s home. Pereira took Dindim back to the ocean and taught him how to swim again. Soon, it was time for Dindim to return to life in the wild. Pereira watched Dindim swim away, believing it would be the last time to see him.
But the next June, Dindim returned. The two shared a gentle mouth-to-nose greeting (问候), and Dindim stayed for a month, swimming around Pereira’s house. The time to leave arrived, and Pereira thought this surely would be the last time he would see Dindim. But 11 months later, the penguin returned again.
Pereira was unsure whether the returning penguin year after year was the same one. He put a tracking device on Dindim. To his surprise, it was Pereira’s Dindim, returning year after year, for more than a decade.
Pereira and Dindim share a friendship that bridges human life and the natural world.
1. What can we know from paragraph 1?A.A penguin was freed. | B.Pereira caught a lot of fish. |
C.The water was polluted heavily. | D.Fish and penguins lived peacefully. |
A.He took Dindim to a doctor. | B.He trained Dindim to swim again. |
C.He shared a greeting with Dindim. | D.He made Dindim stay for a month. |
A.Patient and caring. | B.Brave and honest. |
C.Self-confident and humorous. | D.Outgoing and active. |
A.To record how penguins breed. | B.To search for more penguins. |
C.To find the source of the pollution. | D.To find out if the returning penguin was Dindim. |
3 . Over the last half century, obesity (肥胖症) rates have skyrocketed. In 1962, 46 percent of adults in the US were considered overweight. By 2010, that figure had jumped to 75 percent.
Obesity is a complex problem with many causes. But among the likely suspects, sugar is high on the list. A variety of research has drawn a link (联系) between sugar consumption (消耗) and overweight. As sugar consumption has increased, so has our waistline.
“I don’t think we have enough evidence yet to suggest that sugar is the reason for obesity,” says Johns Hopkins, a cardiologist. “But there is enough evidence to say that too much sugar consumption is an important contributor to weight gain.”
All those sweet snacks seem to be affecting the heart as well. In a study published in JAMA: Internal Medicine in 2014, researchers compared people who consumed a lot of added sugar accounting for 17 to 21 percent of their total daily calories with people who ate less sugar — just 8 percent of their total calories. Those in the high-sugar group had a 38 percent greater risk of dying from heart disease.
Excess weight increases the risk of many diseases like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and Type 2 diabetes. Research by the team of Ndumele has shown that those factors usually explain the link between obesity and heart disease. “All of those factors make it more likely that someone will develop heart disease,” says Ndumele.
In other words, there are many reasons to aim for a healthy weight. And cutting back on sugar is a good place to start.
1. What does the underlined word “skyrocketed” in paragraph 1 mean?A.Risen quickly. | B.Dropped rapidly. |
C.Led to many diseases. | D.Caught much attention. |
A.Unsure. | B.Negative. | C.Unconcerned. | D.Supportive. |
A.Obesity can cause heart disease. | B.Sugar contributes to weight gain. |
C.Heart disease is linked to sugar intake. | D.Overweight increases high blood pressure. |
A.Obesity—The Heart Killer | B.Less Sugar—A Good Start for Health |
C.What to Do with Disease | D.How to Take Care of Your Sweet Teeth |
4 . The world’s most famous tire (轮胎) graveyard (坟地) of 42 million tires in the sands of Kuwait is finally being cleaned up and recycled. This news in itself would be a major relief to locals who have to suffer from the clouds of black smoke arising during fires. But the government isn’t stopping there. They are aiming to create a green city of 25,000 homes in line with a post-oil Persian Gulf, with a focus on sustainability and tourism.
The first step is to clear the ground. The Salmiya area, nicknamed “Rubber (橡胶) Mountain”, is formed from hundreds of small mountains of spent tires — a reaction from the one million cars which were added to Kuwait’s roads over the decade.
EPSCO Global General Trading recycling company has opened a recycling plant for the tires, where they’ve been collected, sorted, cut up, and pressed into other materials like rubbery coloured flooring tiles (铺地砖). The plant opened in January of 2021, and can recycle up to 3 million tires a year. The recycled material is then exported out to nearby gulf neighbours and Asia. In the place of the tires will be South Saad Al-Abdullah City, a green city characterizing a new era in the Middle-Eastern country.
Spent tires are a major environmental problem worldwide due to the room they take up and the chemicals they can release.
“We have moved from a difficult stage that was characterized by great environmental risk,” says Oil Minister Mohammed al-Fares. “Today the area is becoming clean and all tires are being removed to begin the launch of the project of Saad Al-Abdullah city.”
Expected to cost €3.3 billion and require 30 years to complete, the city hopes to feature green technology, probably like the kind one can see in other cities on the Persian Gulf, both existing and not. Saudi Arabia is planning to build a zero-emissions, car-less future city that’s centered around access to big data rather than water or crops.
1. Why is the Salmiya area called “Rubber Mountain”?A.It is rich in rubber. | B.It has too many waste tires. |
C.It used to be a mountain. | D.It has been a tradition. |
A.A recycling company. | B.The purpose for removing tires. |
C.How to build a green city. | D.What is done with the spent tires. |
A.To make a prediction. | B.To explain an idea. | C.To present a fact. | D.To analyze a cause. |
A.The Transformation of a Huge Landfill | B.Spent Tires, a Big Threat to the Environment |
C.The Salmiya Area’s Measures to Kick Pollution | D.Kuwait Tire Mountain to Be into a Green City |
5 . The Best School Camps in Victoria
Burnside Camp
Located on the Surf Coast near Anglesea, Burnside Camp is set over 4-hectare beautiful bushland (灌木丛) close to opollution-free peaches, Running throughout the year, Burnside Camp serves as a fantastic base for groups of up to 88 students. Camp programs centre on outdoor adventure activities. These include biking, canoeing, and exciting bush night hikes.
Mill Valley Ranch
Mill Valley Ranch is one of the best school camps in Victoria for large groups of students. It can accommodate up to 100 students. At Mill Valley Ranch, activity programs typically centre on confidence and character building. When outdoors, this sees young people given the opportunity to experience everything from horse riding to archery (射箭). However, it is also possible to organize a wide range of other team games and activities.
Camp Wilkin
Set in Anglesea, Camp Wilkin covers a 15-acre area home to resident kangaroos, which is in easy reach of quiet bushwalks and fantastic beaches. It offers the best school camp accommodation in Victoria for large groups, accommodating up to 163 students. And it also offers a variety of outdoor activity programs. Camp facilities include large meeting rooms suitable for everything from presentations to group learning activities.
Halls Gap
Halls Gap can hold up to 56 students. One of the best school camps in Victoria for natural sightseeing, it features reserved activities taking the form of short journeys to experience some of the largest waterfalls in Victoria. Halls Gap Camp students can also join in rock climbing. Such activities are in the company of local tour guides.
1. What can students do at Burnside Camp?A.Learn to repair bikes. | B.Run their own startups. |
C.Attend archery lessons. | D.Go on bush night hikes. |
A.Halls Gap. | B.Burnside Camp. | C.Camp Wilkin. | D.Mill Valley Ranch. |
A.It is the best camp in Victoria. | B.It requires advance booking. |
C.It features outdoor activities. | D.It centres on character building. |
1. 活动时间;
2. 活动内容;
3. 前往你家的交通方式。
注意:
1. 词数不少于80;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;
3. 信件的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Dear Joana,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
8 . In 2018, Julie Silverman developed a bad cough. She went to her primary care doctor, who
Over the next few years, the cough got
“She was really
But Alison’s response was different, and she did care about Silverman. When Silverman came in for one of her weekly appointments, Alison
The diagnosis gave Silverman the information she needed to find a specialist who could
A.sent | B.drove | C.joined | D.invited |
A.price | B.date | C.cause | D.symbol |
A.hotter | B.fewer | C.better | D.worse |
A.hurt | B.missed | C.met | D.called |
A.angry | B.concerned | C.hopeful | D.excited |
A.jobs | B.words | C.roles | D.choices |
A.treatments | B.hospitals | C.replies | D.letters |
A.forgot | B.noticed | C.expected | D.decided |
A.hear about | B.result in | C.pass by | D.look at |
A.prove | B.report | C.tell | D.require |
A.hard | B.strange | C.right | D.costly |
A.breathe | B.cry | C.jump | D.run |
A.funny | B.serious | C.quiet | D.easy |
A.properly | B.slowly | C.kindly | D.typically |
A.watches over | B.waits for | C.picks up | D.thinks of |
Like many nature reserves in Kenya, Borana used to be a cattle ranch (牧场). For thousands of years, cows were
Borana now aims
Borana put all profits (收益) into efforts like this one, and it has made a