China is the first country to clone a monkey using non-reproductive cells. The first two clone monkeys named “Zhong Zhong” and “Hua Hua”
Sun Qiang, in charge of the project, said most of the drug trials are done on lab mice. However, drugs that work on mice might not work or even have severe side effects on humans because the two species
For drug and other lab tests, scientists have to purchase monkeys from all over the world,
2 . For Beth Terry, when she read an article about how seabirds are being killed by discarded plastics, she realized that it was time to give up plastics.
First, she focused on her kitchen and got rid of the shopping bags and other plastic products. Then she turned to her bathroom. Toothpaste without plastic packaging was extremely hard to find, so she started making her own with baking soda.
Sometimes her personal war on plastics created awkward moments. During a vacation to Disneyland in California to run a half-marathon, Ms Terry and her husband left their reusable cloth bags in the hotel, soon discovering that the local supermarket only had plastic bags. How should they carry her fruits like apples, oranges, pears and melons?
“We just rolled them up in our T-shirts and carried them that way,” said Ms Terry, 54, recalling how she crab-walked back to the hotel to stay true to her principles. “ If I let myself off the hook this time, it would be easier for me to take plastics next time,” she said.
Treating plastics like a drug habit that needs to be kicked is a lifestyle promise being shared by more and more consumers, horrified by tens of millions of tons of plastics created worldwide each year, much of it in the form of single-use items like straws that end up in landfills(垃圾填埋场）or,worse, the oceans.
If you gathered up all your plastic waste each week, as Mr. Terry once did, you would have a small hill on the floor. How should we begin? “The one thing I want to make people know is to go step by step. Don’t try to do everything at once,” said Ms. Terry, who is the author of Plastic-Free:How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too.
1. What made Beth Terry give up plastics in her life?| A．Seeing some horrible scenes. |
| B．Reading about some terrible news. |
| C．Finding piles of plastic waste in her room. |
| D．Knowing about the annual creation of plastics. |
| A．Difficult. | B．Absurd. | C．Relaxing. | D．Terrible. |
| A．Allow myself to ask a favor. |
| B．Remind myself to keep on trying. |
| C．Remind myself to make a change. |
| D．Allow myself to get out of trouble. |
| A．To remember your original aims. |
| B．To stay true to your principles. |
| C．To make gradual progress. |
| D．To keep your word. |
3 . It’s time for our annual 100+word-story Contest again. How do we pick out the winners? Read our final choices last year below. After reading these, head over to Facebook and submit your own story to Reader’s Digest.
WINNER: $1000 Lynne Momple South Africa
Mavis took one end and I the other and together we carefully moved the old bed through the bedroom door and the open balcony doors.We lifted it over the balustrade (扶手) into the hands of family members waiting below. Carrying it under the low Albizia branches, then past the loses, they gently put it down in the middle of the freshly mown lawn.
Chantelle carried out the cotton sheets, the embroidered pillows, and finally the multi-coloured blanket her great-grandmother had knitted for me.
Tonight, on her 90th birthday, my mother wants to sleep out under the stars.
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID:
“We thought this story had a strong visual impact thanks to the rich selection of words. It is a deserving winner.”
RUNNER-UP: $250 Ritu Hemnani Hong Kong
Cope and Meera played together every day. “Race you to the garden !” Meera won. “I’m one step ahead!”
Cope chased Meera around the trees. Then she wept “We’re moving away.” Cope’s heart broke. “I will write to you.”
For years they remembered. Then life pulled them apart. Yet neither one forgot.
“It’s time for you to marry.” Cope’s father said one day, “I have chosen a girl.”
“I hope she’s sweet.” Cope prayed.
Later, he lifted her veil (面纱). “Meera, it’s you!” “I guess I’m still one step ahead!”
Meera smiled.
WHAT THE JUDGES SAID:
“This entry tells a complete story. It conveys a rich tenderness and intimacy that has a lasting impact on the reader.”
1. What is the purpose of the passage?| A．To display some funny stories. | B．To encourage readers to contribute. |
| C．To advertise two awarded stories. | D．To promote a story-telling contest. |
| A．variety in word | B．creativity in style |
| C．humour in language | D．flexibility in expression |
| A．It is a funny joke. | B．It is a fairy tale. |
| C．It is a classic comedy. | D．It is a romantic story. |
4 . The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is part of a small forest, it creates a considerable cooling effect. According to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, trees play a big role in keeping our cities cool.
According to the study, the right amount of tree cover can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And the effect is quite noticeable from neighborhood to neighborhood, even down to the scale of a single city block. “We knew that cities are warmer than the surrounding countryside, but we found that temperatures vary just as much within cities,” says Monica Turner, a professor in the department of Integrative Biology, Wisconsin-Madison University and a co-author of the study.
With climate change making extreme heat events more common each summer, city planners are working on how to prepare. Heat waves drive up energy demands and costs and can have big human health impacts. One potentially powerful tool, the study's authors say, are organisms that have been around long before human civilizations could appreciate their leafy benefits. And those trees may be the secret to keeping the places we live livable.
Essentially, says Turner, roads, sidewalks and buildings absorb heat from the sun during the day and slowly release that heat at night. Trees, on the other hand, not only shade those surfaces from the sun's rays, they also release water into the air through their leaves, a process that cools things down.
To get the maximum benefit of this cooling service, the study found that tree cover must be more than 40 percent. In other words, an aerial picture of a single city block would need to be nearly half-way covered by a leafy green network of branches and leaves.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?| A．Temperatures in cities mainly depend on their green coverage. |
| B．People living and working in cities must plant trees in summer. |
| C．Cities are warmer than the countryside because they don't have trees. |
| D．An area with more trees can be cooler than the other parts within a city. |
| A．Severe damage of city facilities. | B．Serious human health problems. |
| C．Residents' growing demands for plants. | D．Unnecessary waste of energy resources. |
| A．They help shade and cool the cities. | B．They make urban scenery beautiful. |
| C．They build up city cooling systems. | D．They essentially block and release heat. |
| A．They should publish the study in a newspaper. |
| B．They should educate citizens to protect forests. |
| C．They should plant trees on roads and sidewalks. |
| D．They should cover nearly half the city with trees. |
5 . Have you ever done something for someone else—knowing that your actions would solely benefit THEM and not YOU? Maybe you opened a door or donated blood or volunteered in a hospital’s ER during the pandemic. This is called a prosocial behavior. Humans engage in these types of behaviors all the time.
But a question remains in science: Are we the only species who do this? As one of out closest relatives, chimpanzees have long been studied for signs of this. So far, research has provided mixed results on the question.
Some studies show that chimps cooperatively hunt, share food and comfort each other. But one study came to a very different conclusion. The study used a controlled lab experiment where chimpanzees in enclosures were given two options: push a button to give food to themselves or push the button to give food to themselves AND a partner chimp. If they chose the latter, it was seen as a prosocial behavior. But the result is that chimps showed no special preferences for feeding themselves and a friend over feeding just themselves. Another study conducted by DeTroy, however, discovered a totally different result.
Compared to previous controlled lab-based experiments, the setup for DeTroy’s research was very naturalistic. “We installed a button and a fountain into the chimpanzees’ outer enclosures. When an individual pushes the button, it releases juice from the fountain. However, since the button and fountain are approximately five meters apart, the individual pushing cannot directly drink from the fountain. And if any other chimpanzees are at the fountain when the button is pushed, they, and not the pusher, will be able to drink the juice.
In this experiment, chimpanzees showed a willingness to act in the interest of others, with individual chimpanzees prepared to push the button without benefiting themselves.
“It is really fascinating to see that many of the chimpanzees were willing to prosocially provide valuable resources to the group members even if they couldn’t benefit themselves from their behavior.” said DeTroy.
Further research may reveal what lies behind their prosocial motivation. But for now, it’s safe to assume that chimpanzees are not simply aping human behavior.
1. Which of the following belongs to prosocial behaviors?| A．Jack participated in voluntary work in the library just to earn credits. |
| B．Mark turned to his classmate for help when feeling stressful in study. |
| C．Tim guided a lost child back home on his way to an important job interview. |
| D．Rose often interrupted the teacher to ask questions actively in the math’s class. |
| A．Sharing food. | B．Making a choice. |
| C．Comforting others. | D．Showing sympathy. |
| A．It was based on controlled lab experiment. |
| B．It gave juice to the chimpanzees as a reward. |
| C．It offered the tested chimpanzees a natural surrounding. |
| D．It provided a chance for chimpanzees to help their partners. |
| A．Chimpanzees can develop abilities to help others. |
| B．Chimpanzees have acquired many human behaviors. |
| C．Chimpanzees in the wild is cleverer than those in the lab. |
| D．Chimpanzees displayed prosocial behaviors for certain rewards. |
6 . May 18th marks the World Museum Day. Have a look at some of the world's strangest museums.
Washington Banana Museum
Ann Mitchell Lovell really loves bananas. In fact, she loves them enough to not only run the Washington Banana Museum, which features almost 4,000 items related to the world's best-selling fruit, but to also upload photos of her favorite items from the museum online so those who can' t make it to the physical location can still enjoy the virtual Banana Museum.
Roswell UFO Museum
Exhibits include information on the Roswell incident of 1947, crop circles, other UFO sightings, Area 51, and abductions (劫持). Regardless of your personal opinion about UFOs, there's no denying that the museum has been quite successful: Since it opened its doors in 1992, it has outgrown two different locations, and now occupies an old movie theater.
Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum
The Ramen Museum is only an hour away and offers delicious, delicate ramen noodles from some of the top ramen restaurants in Japan. As you might expect, this is one tasty tour, as the museum allows you to taste some of the most famous noodles from throughout the country.
Beijing Tap Water Museum
One of the key ingredients(原料)you need to make ramen is water, so when you're done with strange museums in Japan, maybe you should head to China to learn more about tap water, specifically the history of the first water plant in Beijing. Here you can study over 300 items to better familiarize yourself with the 100 year-old history of tap water in China. The best thing about this museum is that any of its drinking fountains can provide you with a lasting gift of your trip.
1. What is special for Washington Banana Museum?| A．Tasty food. | B．Online exhibition. |
| C．Physical location. | D．Convenient transport. |
| A．Washington Banana Museum. | B．Roswell UFO Museum. |
| C．Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum. | D．Beijing Tap Water Museum. |
| A．The 300 objects displayed in it. |
| B．The drinking fountains of tap water. |
| C．An ingredient to make Japanese ramen. |
| D．The development of tap water in China. |
7 . One day, Phosphorus (启明星) felt sad. She felt she was very small and ordinary while other stars in the sky were
“Why are you so
Seeing this, the North Star came to her and asked for the
Then the Sun knew this and decided to
This time, Phosphorus thought and thought. Suddenly, she didn’t feel herself
Dear friends, just like Phosphorus, most of us are little stars, but we should find a(n)
| A．smaller | B．cleverer | C．bigger | D．easier |
| A．excited | B．nervous | C．frightened | D．sad |
| A．imagined | B．noticed | C．challenged | D．decorated |
| A．advance | B．exchange | C．work | D．quit |
| A．help | B．opinion | C．explanation | D．reason |
| A．star | B．dream | C．day | D．reply |
| A．help | B．support | C．watch | D．order |
| A．true | B．awkward | C．useless | D．bad |
| A．warm | B．hurt | C．keep | D．clean |
| A．light | B．size | C．height | D．beauty |
| A．movement | B．goal | C．birth | D．topic |
| A．do harm to | B．take care of | C．take the place of | D．look forward to |
| A．important | B．clever | C．beautiful | D．small |
| A．happily | B．quickly | C．nationally | D．curiously |
| A．impression | B．position | C．talent | D．challenge |
Ann loves dogs, but she doesn’t have time to keep even one. Her husband died from an accident, leaving little money but a 10-year-old son, Jack, who was recovering from a heart operation. She had to work all day to support the whole family. One morning, Ann found a lost dog wandering around the local school. She waited there for half an hour but nobody came back to look for it. She had no choice but to take it home and asked her sons to keep an eye on the dog on the day while she was working.
Ann took photos of the dog and printed off 400 FOUND fliers as soon as she came back from work. After a quick supper , Ann, with Jack went out and put them in mailboxes. The next day, Ann went to the dollar store and bought some pet supplies, asking the boy to look after it for another day, and she hoped it would be the last day. She didn’t forget to warn her son not to fall in love with the dog, for they had no money or time.
Four days later no one called to claim, so Ann’s family was still looking after the dog, whom they had started to call Riley. One day when she arrived home from work, the dog barked madly at her and dashed into the boy’s room where Ann found Jack suffering from a heart attack.
“If you had come to me ten minutes later,” the doctor said, “Jack would have not been saved.”
Still no one had called to claim the dog, and it had been the best friend of her son. Ann decided to keep it, although she knew it would bring so much difficulty.
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9 . Susan had always loved making clothes, spending her teenage years fashioning Vogue Patterns to wear to parties. However, life got in the way of taking her fashion dreams any further.
Susan worked as any staff from a waitress to a cook in an old people’s home, before getting a job at a charity.
“For some reason, the charity had to reduce my days. I thought I’d use the opportunity to take up an A-level on my extra day off, and of course I chose textile,” she said. “At last, I knew what I wanted to do with myself; I wanted to be creative.”
At the age of 61, Susan quit her job to follow her passion. “I loved learning all the different techniques like quilting, batik (蜡染), pattern making,” she said. “I felt I was in my element, and getting my hands dirty with bleach (漂白剂) and dyes; I’d never felt happier.”
After an open day at the University of Northampton, she signed up to get a degree in fashion. Susan was a hit at university, and the teachers were impressed with her designs, which she described as female. Being picked for the Graduate Fashion Week show was the cherry on the cake. She said, “It was an unbelievable experience and I loved every minute of the show. It’s given me a taste of what I want to do next, and that’s to work in the fashion industry.”
To anyone else who has a dream they’ve never had the chance to complete, she has an important message. “I want to tell people to just have a go,” she said. “One step at a time, the journey of 1,000 miles starts with one step. Do what you can with what you’ve got and don’t let age be a barrier. I’m so glad I did the course—it’s given me a new lesson of life and shows you can really do anything.”
1. When Susan was young, she _______.| A．determined to become a designer | B．knew nothing about fashion |
| C．liked to design clothes very much | D．dreamed to work at a charity |
| A．I made a big decision in life. | B．I was used to the environment. |
| C．I made myself feel uncomfortable. | D．I did what I was good at. |
| A．They are connected with women. | B．They are different from those of others. |
| C．They reflect her attitude towards life. | D．They show the signs of natural beauty. |
| A．Find your own dream. | B．Never give up your dream. |
| C．Start your life one step at a time. | D．A step is the beginning of a journey. |
10 . If you're at the early stages of your career and you're not yet sure the path you want to take but you know you want to help people, you're in the right place. There are so many different ways in which we can have a positive influence through the work we do. So keep reading if you want to learn more about these ways.
Family Social Worker
A family social worker role allows you to work directly with young people and families who are going through challenging situations. It's a job that presents great variety and gives you the opportunity to help people repair damaged situations and relationship breakdowns, supporting everyone involved in the way that's best for them moving forward.
Defense Lawyer
If you have a legal background or it's something you're interested in, entering the field of defense law and helping people who are in need of affordable representation might be the career you're looking for. Lots of people suffer from a lack of adequate legal representation and there are ethical （道德的）lawyers out there who aim to fill that gap for them and provide them with the legal advice and representation they require.
Consultant or Youth Worker
Consulting or youth work is an important field of work, and you can get started on that career path with a degree in consulting. These career paths involve guiding and helping young people who are in need of direct support, and it requires a sympathetic nature and the ability to communicate very well. It's certainly an important and worthwhile line of work to enter.
Dietician or Nutritionist
If you're someone who's interested in health and food, you combine those interests with your desire to help people and pursue a career as a dietician or nutritionist. More and more people are turning to these kinds of specialists in order to live healthier and longer lives. It's a branch of healthcare that's becoming more important and more in demand.
1. What's the purpose of the passage?| A．To give job information to people who haven't landed jobs. |
| B．To instruct people on how to find a career which interest them. |
| C．To provide career options for people who want to help others. |
| D．To persuade people to combine work with serving the community. |
| A．Family Social Worker and Defense Lawyer. |
| B．Family Social Worker and Consultant or Youth Worker. |
| C．Consultant or Youth Worker and Dietician or Nutritionist. |
| D．Defense Lawyer and Dietician or Nutritionist. |
| A．Repair damaged situation and relations. |
| B．Guide people to enter a field of defense law. |
| C．Fill the gap between the rich and the poor. |
| D．Provide people with legal representation and advice. |
