1 . When I was a kid, I took traveling with my parents for granted. Sure, they paid for everything. But they were basically no different from teachers taking us to a field trip.
Of course, some 20 years later, I consider traveling with my parents, now both in their 60s, to be the utmost privilege.
Together my dad and I have looked for the Loch Ness monster in Scotland, photographed wildlife in Grand Teton National Park, and most recently, survived the famously dangerous Drake Passage. Meanwhile, my mom and I have stayed at a $9/night treehouse hostel in Mexico, eaten at a Michelin-starred vegetarian restaurant in Vienna, and most recently, road-tripped through three states.
“Our parents are our earliest attachment bonds,” says Katie d’ Autremont, a licensed professional adviser based in Bozeman, Montana. “It can be healing and fun to rekindle that bond in our adult years and as our adult selves.” She sees traveling together as the perfect opportunity for getting to know each other for who we are now, with “now” being the key word.
| A．Those memories are golden |
| B．I know they’re no longer unbeatable |
| C．After all, as humans, we’re always evolving |
| D．That’s not to say that all of our trips have been without flaws |
| E．To my brothers and me, they seemed to be bent on limiting our fun |
| F．Planning a vacation can be considerably tricky when it involves demanding parents |
| G．There are always challenges as we are dealing with different physical abilities and interests |
2 . Mica came into my life in 2012. When I heard that a
After all, I may have adopted Iske, but actually she’s the one that rescued me—through a heartbreaking
A few e-mails and a transport miracle later, Mica arrived. Unlike Iske, Mica had a tough time adjusting—She refused to be
After a few weeks of training and bonding, I decided to take her for a short hike. She had
As soon as I took off the leash (狗绳) in the forest, she
After that, we committed ourselves to completing the highest 35 mountains in the Catskill region. It would have been amazing for any dog to hike at this level of
| A．lucky | B．senior | C．young | D．special |
| A．reserved | B．preserved | C．abandoned | D．accompanied |
| A．revealed | B．linked | C．made | D．meant |
| A．breakup | B．cleanup | C．checkup | D．backup |
| A．Agreement | B．Rescue | C．Adoption | D．Respect |
| A．look head | B．give back | C．step down | D．hold on |
| A．pulled | B．commanded | C．petted | D．ignored |
| A．awful | B．awesome | C．familiar | D．similar |
| A．swell | B．hurt | C．sink | D．heal |
| A．loved | B．learned | C．forgotten | D．heard |
| A．observed | B．raced | C．hesitated | D．wandered |
| A．monitored | B．occupied | C．tracked | D．surveyed |
| A．secure | B．loose | C．close | D．tense |
| A．intensity | B．complexity | C．accuracy | D．severity |
| A．chapter | B．day | C．street | D．chain |
3 . People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed. It’s not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.
Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of questions. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from one another, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents (倡导者) of each theory. The controversy is often conveniently referred to as “nature/nurture”.
Those who support the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors. That our environment has little, if anything to do with our abilities, characteristics, and behavior is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behavior is predetermined to such a great degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts.
Proponents of the “nurture” theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists, claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. A behaviorist, B.E. Skinner, sees humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. The behaviorists’ view of the human being is quite mechanistic; they maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli as the basis of their behavior.
The social and political implications of these two theories are profound. In the United States, for example, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligence tests. This leads some “nature” proponents to conclude that blacks are genetically inferior to whites. Behaviorists, in contrast, say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often deprived of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result, they do not develop the same responses that whites do.
Neither of these theories can yet fully explain human behavior. In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes. That the controversy will continue for a long time is certain.
1. What will the proponents of the “nurture” theory agree with?| A．Peter loves talking to strangers because he is friendly. |
| B．Peter loves maths because his father is a maths professor. |
| C．Peter loves detective stories because he enjoys suspense and thrill. |
| D．Peter loves tea because his mother gave it to him since childhood. |
| A．flexible | B．rigid | C．common | D．new |
| A．He wanted to show how the theories have deeply affected the society. |
| B．He tried to prove that both theories need further discussion and research. |
| C．He intended to demonstrate why the blacks need more education and support. |
| D．He attempted to introduce the result of intelligence tests from blacks and whites. |
| A．To introduce some theories. | B．To explain a social issue. |
| C．To solve a racial problem. | D．To give further suggestions. |
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1. What education background is needed for a student to become a chemist?| A．Evening school of Sciences. | B．Self study of chemistry. |
| C．College education of Maths. | D．High school optional course of Physics. |
| A．Attend some job hunting fairs. |
| B．Give detailed personal information. |
| C．Chat with chemists via social media. |
| D．Pursue further education in related sciences. |
| A．A website. | B．A magazine. |
| C．A newspaper. | D．A brochure. |
5 . The lights go down, music plays, and a young woman on a bike at the front of the class encourages students to spin faster and harder. When the lights go back on, the students on the bikes pullout their notebooks, and it’s clear that this is not Soul Cycle. Instead, it’s a first-of-its-kind business school course at Fordham University that is taught on spin bikes in a university.
“It’s the first class that I mention to anybody when anybody asks me what classes I’m taking,” said Amanda Vopat, 22, a business administration major. “I think people are really excited about it.”
The 75-minute, twice-weekly course is the brainchild of Jul it a Haber, a business school professor at Fordham. “I have been introducing movement and fitness in my classes for the past seven years,” she said. “I found the spin class would really allow students to exercise while a professor lectures at the same time.”
The course the students are taking while cycling is no joke. Managing Professional Relationships is an upper-level business school course taken primarily by juniors and seniors. The students are fully instrumental in each class, selecting the music, leading stretches before and after class and leading the intervals during the class.
Haber stops her lecture every 20 minutes throughout the class. While one student turns off the lights, another student turns up the music and a third student goes to a bike in the front of the class to lead their classmates in high-intensity interval that lasts two to three minutes, just enough to re-energize the students.
“It’s a fantastic way of engaging students and as a professor, as a teacher, that’s really gratifying.” she said. “They don’t have their smartphones, and they don’t have laptops so they are physically engaged and also mentally engaged in what is being said.”
The course is the first of its kind at Fordham, and Haber believes it is also a first across the United States. She has authored research on the unique classroom approach, which she calls fitness integrated learning.
Donna Rapaccioli, the head of Fordham’s Gabelli School of Business, described how students were “energized” by the class and said Fordham was open to expanding it to other courses. “Definitely,” Rapaccioli answered when asked if Haber’s course represents the future of learning.
1. Why are the lights adjusted now and then during the session?| A．To create a tense atmosphere. |
| B．To warn the students to work harder. |
| C．To remind the students of their activity. |
| D．To call the students’ attention on notebooks. |
| A．Ambitious and smart. | B．Hardworking and cheerful. |
| C．Creative and open-minded. | D．Confident and humorous. |
| A．Arousing the students’ interest. |
| B．Grabbing the student’s full attention. |
| C．Conducting a national research. |
| D．Creating a new future of learning. |
| A．To tell the future of Haber’s course. |
| B．To show the success of Haber’s course. |
| C．To compare Haber’s course with others’. |
| D．To promote the popularity of Haber’s course. |
China plans to start building a lunar base in about four years,
China has previously said its lunar base will likely be powered by nuclear energy, and will include a lander, hopper, orbiter and rover, all of
“Eentually, building habitation
The moon is believed
Yu Dengyun, from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, provided an
The summer finally came. That afternoon, the hot sun was shining brightly, making the tree leaves almost burn and making people’s bodies seem to be on fire. Having nothing interesting to do at home, I decided to go to the pool to enjoy the coolness instead of going swimming. The reason was simple — I still couldn’t swim. I was impatient, and I always failed to do something and suffered losses. So the swimming lesson was put off again and again.
Upon arriving at the gym’s pool, I was greeted by a lively scene. Some people just jumped into the water, with hands entering first and the body following in a smooth motion. Some were kicking their legs rhythmically below the surface. All were happy. That was infectious, and I couldn’t help but feel deep admiration. Then I made a decision!
Taking a deep breath, I followed their example, closing my eyes and jumping into the “vast water” with a plop (扑通声).
At this moment, my head was pointing to the ground and my feet to the sky. When I “plopped” to the bottom, my whole body was swinging hard and my hands and feet lost their ability to feel. I just felt water rushing towards me, and my nose was filled with water. It was very terrible. Suddenly, I was hit by something. I struggled out of the light blue water bit by bit as if being dragged.
“That’s horrible!” I shouted 1oudly, and while I was complaining, I suddenly realized that I couldn’t swim in the first place, so why should I be shocked? Just when I decided to stay away from water, someone gently patted my shoulder and said, “Don’t be discouraged, little girl. Look, swimming requires...” The lady introduced herself as Allison. She gave me a “1ecture” on how to hold my breath, how to kick gently, and how to start with floating with the help of a swimming ring, being patient while giving me a demonstration.
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“Why not try one more time?” said Allison.
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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________9 . A traditional Chinese medicine has been shown to be effective at reducing complications following a heart attack after a large-scale, clinical trial. The medicine, known as tongxinluo, is made of extracts derived from seven herbs and various animals. The compound, whose name means “to open the network of the heart,” has long been used as a traditional Chinese treatment for patients who have had heart attacks and／or strokes (中风).Based on promising results in cellular (细胞的) and animal models， the State Food and Drug Administration of China approved its use for the treatment of stroke and angina pectoris—a heart condition characterized by reoccurring chest pain-in 1996.
The latest study, which has been published in JAMA, represents one of the first times that a traditional Chinese medicine has been tested in a large-scale, Western-style clinical trial.
The authors of the study, who include researchers from several Chinese universities and hospitals, in collaboration with experts from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center-found that tongxinluo reduced the risk of heart attacks (known as myocardial infarctions), deaths and other major cardiovascular complications for at least a year after a first heart attack.
Matthew Saybolt, a cardiologist with the Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center who was not involved in the latest study, told Newsweek that he found the latest research “compelling” after reviewing the paper. “I am not aware of any other large, well-run trials like this studying traditional Chinese medicine. This is a rarely run type of study, and I congratulate the authors for their work and publication in such a prestigious medical journal,” Saybolt said. The study involved 3,777 patients at 124 clinical centers in China who had suffered the most severe form of heart attack-known as ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, or STEMI.
Saybolt said he also observed some weaknesses in the way the study was conducted, one of which was that the participants were entirely Chinese citizens and predominantly male. “Thus the findings may not be generalizable throughout the world or to women,” he said. “Furthermore, the patients were less frequently-compared to the United States, for example-treated with traditional proven medicine after their myocardial infarctions. Therefore, the effect of the Chinese medicine may have been enlarged, by the lack of patient exposure to proven therapies.
Further research will be needed to address these matters, and the benefits shown in this study would need to be copied in other populations before the treatment could get approved by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration.
1. Why did the Chinese authority approve the use of tongxinluo?| A．Because it is made of the essence from seven herbs and animals. |
| B．Because it has already been used in traditional Chinese medicine. |
| C．Because it has been published in Western-style journals and magazines. |
| D．Because it has had effective results in treating patients with heart attacks and strokes. |
| A．The authors have only worked with one university. |
| B．The research subjects are mainly Chinese male. |
| C．The American patients used the unproved medicine. |
| D．The expert Matthew Saybolt did not participate in the study. |
| A．Objective. | B．Optimistic. |
| C．Concerned. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．Improvements of the study. | B．Weaknesses of the study. |
| C．Results of the study. | D．Benefits of the study. |
1. What will the weather be like later today?
| A．Rainy. | B．Cloudy. | C．Windy. |
| A．10°C. | B．18° | C．C. 28°C. |
| A．Take an umbrella. | B．Follow the forecast. | C．Put on more clothes. |
