China has once again showed its ability to change the world with its “four great new
China’s new-generation high-speed train, the Fuxing Hao, is now one of the
Bike sharing, for example, is not new itself. But China has made
And back in China, when riding a shared bike, you can stop
As for Alipay, it was designed to serve the online shopping at first,
2 . For 30 years, Eddie Rankin has been driving his truck before dawn each Saturday, coming to create a treasured weekly routine for people who populated Woodley Park and who became his devotees.
The tradition ended Saturday, when Rankin unloaded his last truck filled with fresh fruit and vegetables.
“People will probably keep coming, but it won’t be the same,” said Kate Shawcross, one of Rankin’s first customers. “He knows your children’s names and where they go to school—he’s just the classic good neighbor, and here in Washington, we need some of that.”
Rankin was a farmers market pioneer, who got into farming by accident, said Bernadine Prince, executive director of FreshFarm Markets. Rankin is the co-owner of Twin Springs Fruit Farm and has witnessed the explosion of American interest in fresh produce and locally grown food.
“He’s just one of those people who are interested in you as an individual and your tastes,” said Bernadine Prince. “Think about when you go to the supermarket: Who do you talk to? Nobody. ”
In 1984, a “farmers market” consisted of some peaches, apples and cherries that the typical American might have considered as overpriced. But Rankin drew customers charmed by his huge smile and agricultural knowledge. He remembered to set aside things you asked for, would cash your check if you needed bills and gave your 10-year-old child his or her first job.
The people who came to Saturday’s market sang to Rankin, presented him with poems about his influence on their lives and told stories of good deeds he had done for them.
Many described coming to Rankin's market as a routine in their lives.
Rankin said he is retiring because he wants to spend more time traveling to see his children and a sister back in Ireland. The children of one of Rankin’s partners are taking over Twin Springs.
He has a “fantasy,” he said, of using his knowledge to help fruit-growers elsewhere in the world.
He has faith that others can keep the Woodley Park market going, that the role of a farmers market is now established.
1. People love Rankin mainly because he ________.| A．cares about customers | B．always appears on time |
| C．sells cheap and fresh goods | D．offers whatever customers need |
| A．Because he wants to travel around the world. |
| B．Because it’s time for him to realize his fantasy. |
| C．Because he wants to have more time with his family. |
| D．Because it’s time for new generations to take charge. |
| A．Smile, when you meet each other |
| B．Goodbye, the apple of market’s eye |
| C．The big fish in the small-farmer pond |
| D．We need good neighbors in Washington |
3 . Compean was no stranger to Los Angeles National Forest. He’d hiked the park several times. But after hiking along a
As dusk
Compean climbed to a higher
Sixty miles away in Ventura County, Ben Kuo was reading a tweet
“There’s an amazing amount of information you can get from satellites, ”says Kuo. The first thing he
Thanks to Kuo’s
| A．new | B．familiar | C．old | D．primitive |
| A．burst | B．came | C．fell | D．sank |
| A．turned out | B．turned to | C．turned up | D．turned down |
| A．maintaining | B．remaining | C．presenting | D．restoring |
| A．spot | B．basin | C．peak | D．top |
| A．power | B．signal | C．battery | D．sign |
| A．exhibited | B．conveyed | C．exposed | D．attached |
| A．slowly | B．steadily | C．frequently | D．quickly |
| A．about | B．in | C．from | D．of |
| A．looking for | B．deciding on | C．pointing out | D．counting on |
| A．predict | B．release | C．comprehend | D．identify |
| A．trees | B．flowers | C．grass | D．woods |
| A．precise | B．accurate | C．surrounding | D．subsequent |
| A．noticed | B．thought | C．mentioned | D．watched |
| A．while | B．so | C．instead | D．because |
| A．continued | B．accelerated | C．deepened | D．proved |
| A．original | B．clear | C．perfect | D．complete |
| A．entered | B．matched | C．finished | D．differed |
| A．specific | B．rough | C．special | D．sustainable |
| A．thank | B．envy | C．owe | D．contribute |
4 . 尽管历史跌宕起伏，中国因其古代文明一直延续至今而闻名于世。（despite）（汉译英）
| A．use | B．effect | C．difference | D．result |
| A．deliberately | B．confidently | C．firmly | D．cautiously |
7 . Friends should always be honest with you, right? So when they lie, it can be really hard to take. You want to trust your friends and that means knowing that they’ll tell it to you straight no matter what it is.
One of the biggest reasons friends lie is simply to avoid hurting your feelings. Some people don’t understand the difference between being gently honest with a friend and being so straightforward that they leave a verbal wound. They choose to avoid these two extremes in the form of a lie.
They feel embarrassed.
Sometimes friends will lie about things in their life because they are too embarrassed to admit the truth. Maybe they are going through a rough time and they just don’t want you to know about it. Avoid trying to badger ( 纠 缠 ) your friends into telling you what’s wrong.
Avoid an argument with you.
Perhaps your friends know that if they tell you the truth, you’ll get angry with them. Make sure that if a friend tells you something unpleasant, you don’t overact.
Exclude you.
Lying isn’t always a sign that friends are trying to protect you, however.
| A．Protect your feelings. |
| B．They want to be your closer friends. |
| C．But a friend who lies isn’t always trying to hurt you. |
| D．Consider what’s being said and why your friend is telling you this. |
| E．Being honest and making a sincere effort can keep the friendship strong. |
| F．Sometimes they lie because they don’t want you to be included in their plans. |
| G．Instead, make it clear that you are there for them when and if they are ready to talk. |
Billy was 15 years old then. He grew up in a very poor neighborhood. No one in his family had gone to college before. Actually, few people around him had received higher education. They all struggled to live a good life. Therefore, Billy knew nothing about colleges or scholarships and he never thought he would go to college one day. Although he was a smart boy, he didn’t study hard al school and often got into trouble with other teenagers in his neighborhood.
One day, while Billy was walking on the playground, a boy of his age started making fun of him. Then that boy pushed him hard and Billy fell onto the ground. Billy became so angry that he stood up and beat that boy. So a fight began.
It happened that Billy’s English teacher Mr. Smith was walking nearby. He immediately ran to the boys to stop the fight. Billy was a bit worried because he knew his teacher was very strict with students. He was afraid his teacher would punish him. However, to his astonishment, his teacher didn’t do that.
“Billy, let’s have a talk,” said his teacher.
Billy, not knowing what his teacher wanted to do, was very worried. But he nodded. So they went to a bench nearby and sat down. After they sat down, Mr. Smith began, “Billy, I know you’re a smart boy, but you’re wasting your life now. Why don’t you study hard to go to college so that you can change your life and have a bright future?”
Hearing that, Billy didn’t know what to say. He had never thought about it. Billy was in silence. Mr. Smith continued, “I know you may have never thought about going to college. But everything is possible. When I was at your age, I was a troublemaker just like you and never thought I’d be able to go to college, either. It was all because of the support and encouragement of Mr. Howard, my math teacher in high school.”
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Then, Mr. Smith began to tell Billy his story.
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Billy was greatly touched by Mr. Smith’s story.
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9 . Life for almost anyone is increasingly influenced by screens. Not only are screens themselves cheap to make, but they also make things cheaper. Any place that can fit a screen in can cut costs. And any activity that can happen on a screen becomes cheaper. The physical experience of learning, living and dying is becoming smooth glass. All of this has led to a curious new reality: Human contact is becoming a luxury good (奢侈品).
“What we are seeing now is the luxury of human engagement,” Milton Pedraza, the chief of the Luxury Institute, said. Expected spending on experiences such as enjoyable travel and dining is outpacing spending on goods, according to his company’s research, and he sees it as a direct response to the rapid increase of screens.
Screens exposure starts young. And children who spent more than two hours a day looking at a screen got lower scores on thinking and language tests, according to early results of a landmark study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The study focuses on brain development of more than 11,000 children. Most disturbingly, the study is finding that the brains of children who spend much time on screens are different. For some kids, their cerebral cortex (大脑皮层) would become thinner before expected time. In adults, one study found an association between screen time and depression.
There is also the reality that in our culture of increasing separation, in which so many of the traditional gathering places and social structures have disappeared, screens are filling a vital gap.
For normal people, running away from the screen becomes impossible. It’s not a luxury, and it’s easy to get. It is normal for more people to need the network constantly. In addition, it has become an important part of social interaction.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 1?| A．Screens make everything in life cheaper. |
| B．People’s life is totally controlled by screens. |
| C．It is difficult for people to contact each other. |
| D．Face-to-face communication is decreasing nowadays. |
| A．More social interaction. | B．Depressive state of mind. | C．Different brain structures. | D．Poorer academic performance. |
| A．Favorable. | B．Skeptical. | C．Concerned. | D．Opposed . |
One winter Sunday, my little sister, Colleen, and I built the greatest snowman ever. We gave him a carrot nose, beautiful hat, cozy scarf and gloves. He was a masterpiece.
The next morning when looking outside, we smiled lovingly at him over our meal. We gave him a high-five (击掌) as we passed by on our way to school. A lot of kids went past our house, so he was the hot topic at our school that morning. It was our pride!
The day dragged on until finally we could rush home. But as our yard came into sight, we saw something wrong. The snowman was gone! We only found a broken stick here, a torn glove there and balls of snow everywhere. Worst of all, the snowman’s once-proud carrot nose lay limp(无力的) and half-eaten.
What had happened? We were both astonished and angry. But then, we were only kids, who wouldn’t have anything take away our happiness. Actually we knew only one thing: Our snowman would rise again. And so we rebuilt him.
The next day we came home to find another mess on the front lawn(草坪). For the rest of the week, the destruction was repeated daily. Each afternoon we’d return to find our snowman had fallen apart, and then we built again.
By Saturday morning, we had a plan. We borrowed a really big bucket(水桶) from Mom, filled it with water and left it outside. The next morning, it was frozen solid. We packed snow all around the ice block as the base(底座) of the snowman. Then we built the other parts of it once again. The trap was set. and we waited for the snowman bullies(破坏者) to come.
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Monday morning, hiding behind the window, we soon saw what we were waiting for.
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Seeing their pained look, we couldn’t help laughing.
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