Last night it snowed heavily. Ned opened his window, coughing from the effort, and stuck a ruler into the snow.
“Four inches,“ he said. “Four!”
As he said it, he heard cheers from downstairs. The school headmaster must have a ruler too, he thought. His brother Jack and sister Sara were glued to the school news, and they happily shouted that school was canceled. Ned’s school usually had one snow day each year. A snow day is a rare and beautiful thing, something special, something not to be missed.
Ned pressed his hand to his forehead (前额). It didn’t feel hot. He got so excited. He took out all the heaviest clothes he could find, and put on two sweaters.a pair of sweatpants and snow pants, and a woolen hat. He wanted to go outside to play, but his mom stopped him. She checked his temperature, and it was 38 5°C She assured (向……保证) him that once it dropped to 37°C, he could play in the snow. She asked him to eat soup and rest while she took Jack and Sara to the park Ned, though upset, watched them leave and eventually ate his soup before going to bed as he was very tired.
Ned woke up to see snow still falling outside his window, He wasn’ t sweating. He was feeling pretty good! He took his temperature, and it was 37.8°C. Better Much better! Excited, Ned pulled on his pants, sweaters and hat. He told his mom the good news, but she said he could play in the snow only when his temperature dropped to 37°C.
Feeling disappointed, Ned suddenly came up with an idea. He went into the kitchen secretly, filled a glass with ice water, and then put the thermometer (温度计) into it.
Afterward, he excitedly announced to his mom, “I checked my temperature again! The fever is gone!” Hearing his mom approaching, even though the thermometer hadn’t completed its reading, Ned quickly placed it in his mouth just as she entered the room. The thermometer beeped (发出嘟嘟声), signaling completion, and he handed it to her.
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Ned’s mom found Ned had a temperature of 30°C.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Feeling ashamed, Ned began taking off his hat until he felt his mom’s hand stopping him.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . Our friends Nick and Carol moved to Australia in 2017. My husband and I finally saved up enough money to visit them in Sydney.
From the very first day, I had this feeling that here was a place where I could imagine fitting in. We had left England in the cold and rain, and arrived to find Sydney warm and sunny. We spent our days relaxing on the beach, or going into the city to explore.
Slowly, we started talking about the idea of moving to Australia. We’d had enough of short, cold, wet days and small houses in England. The crowds and queues of people at home were too much.
Immigration (移民) to Australia is a long process and expensive. It was very exciting when our applications were finally accepted. When we arrived, and flew over the city of Perth, I saw the bright sunshine and the spacious houses and swimming pools below.
There are things I miss about England of course, but I do enjoy all the space in Australia, and the relaxed outdoors lifestyle.
| A．It was time for a change. |
| B．I saw forests and countryside, too. |
| C．Will we be going back to England? |
| D．We had hour-long journeys by car to get to work. |
| E．We would just step outside into the garden and swim in the pool. |
| F．In the evening, we’d have a barbecue in Nick and Carol’s garden. |
| G．The only thing I was concerned about was missing English culture. |
1. When is Sweetest Day?
| A．The second Saturday in October. |
| B．The third Saturday in October. |
| C．The third Sunday in October. |
| A．To make friends. | B．To make someone happy. | C．To make cities more beautiful. |
| A．His friends and relatives. |
| B．The aged and his neighbors. |
| C．The city’s orphans and patients. |
| A．By offering hugs. |
| B．By giving away small gifts. |
| C．By distributing some cash. |
1. Which behavior may get the most serious punishment?
| A．Smoking in the cars. |
| B．Not wearing the helmet. |
| C．Bumping into other cars on purpose. |
| A．A warning. | B．A fine. | C．Being asked to leave. |
| A．3. | B．4. | C．5. |
| A．Start their first race. | B．Sign the insurance forms. | C．Have a check on their cars. |
“Did you write your thank- you notes?” I asked my younger son, Jon.
“No, not yet, Mom,” Jon replied, rolling his eyes. “I’ll do it when I get back from Kim’s house.”
“Sorry, that’s not going to happen!” I said seriously. “You’d better write a note to everyone you came into contact with during your interview before leaving.”
“Even the receptionist who was rude to me?” Jon asked with a confused expression.
“Especially her!”
Jon was home on summer holiday from college and had just finished interviewing with his first- choice company in Cleveland, Ohio.
The power of a thank- you note is something I developed in my boys from the time they were old enough to hold a pencil. No matter what festival it was, every gift had to be acknowledged with sincere gratitude within twenty- four hours. It was my hope that writing thank- you notes would change their life.
After an hour, Jon appeared from his room and handed over eight thank- you notes. To my delight, they were all sincere and heartfelt— even the one to the receptionist who had been less friendly.
Before Jon left to visit his friend Kim, he turned to me and announced, “Mom, I’m pretty sure that a thank- you note to the manager or the receptionist isn’t going to land me this job. But if it makes you happy, then it’s worth it.”
“We’ll see about that,” I said, smiling at Jon, who was twenty- one years old.
Ten days after the thank- you notes were mailed, Jon received a call from the company that he had interviewed with. When his cellphone rang for the second time, I asked, “Jon, why aren’t you responding?”.
“They’re just calling to let me know that I didn’t get the job,” Jon said.
“They don’t offer that politeness,” I explained. “They only give you a call when you get the job.”
For days, Jon had been wandering around the house, feeling the weight of his school loans coming due after graduation and not having a job lined up. He had completely convinced himself that he didn’t get the job, but I knew better.
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“Jon, it’s almost 5:00 pm and you need to call back as soon as possible,” I reminded in the afternoon.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________I tried to pretend like I hadn’t known what he said on the phone, but I’m not that good of an actress.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________On the other hand, the Chinese Spring Festival is a festival marking the turn of the calendar year. It’s a time
However, despite these apparent differences, both cultures have something in common: their festivals are all in celebration
In conclusion,
7 . UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering Prof. Y. Shirley Meng’s Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC)has created the world’s first anode-free sodium (无阳极钠) solid-state battery. With this research, the LESC has brought the reality of inexpensive, fast- charging, high-capacity batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage closer than ever.
”Although there have been previous sodium, solid-state, and anode-free batteries, no one has been able to successfully combine these three ideas until now,“ said UC San Diego PhD candidate Grayson Deysher, first author of a new paper outlining the team’s work.
The paper demonstrates a new sodium battery architecture with stable cycling for several hundred cycles. By removing the anode and using inexpensive, abundant sodium instead of lithium(锂), this new form of battery will be more affordable and environmentally friendly to produce. Through its innovative solid-state design, the battery also will be safe and powerful. This work is both an advance in the science and a necessary step to fill the battery scaling gap needed to shift the world economy off fossil fuels.
The lithium commonly used for batteries isn’t that common. It makes up about 20 parts per million of the Earth’s crust(地壳), compared to sodium, which makes up 20,000 parts per million. This scarcity, combined with the rising demand for the lithium-ion batteries for laptops, phones and EVs, have sent prices skyrocketing, putting the needed batteries further out of reach.
Sodium, common in ocean water and soda ash mining, is an inherently more environmentally friendly battery material. The LESC research has made it a powerful one as well.
”Sodium solid-state batteries are usually seen as a far-off-in-the-future technology, but we hope that our work can encourage more push into the sodium area by demonstrating that it can indeed work well, even better than the lithium version in some cases,“ Deysher said.
The ultimate goal? Meng expects an energy future with a variety of clean, inexpensive battery options that store renewable energy, scaled to fit society’s needs.
1. What do we know about the new sodium battery?| A．It’s on sale now. | B．It’s advanced. |
| C．It charges slow. | D．It’s expensive. |
| A．It will make batteries more expensive. |
| B．It will shift the form of world economy. |
| C．It will meet the need for EVs. |
| D．It will reduce dependence on fossil fuels. |
| A．shortage | B．storage | C．strategy | D．source |
| A．Find more sources of material for battery. |
| B．Put sodium battery technology to market. |
| C．Offer diverse clean cheap battery choices. |
| D．Scale to fit society’s need for development. |
1. What are the speakers talking about?
| A．The supply distribution. |
| B．The city marathon. |
| C．The changeable weather. |
| A．Around 10:00. | B．Around 8:00. | C．Around 12:00. |
| A．Windy. | B．Sunny. | C．Cloudy. |
| A．Work as a volunteer. | B．Run a race. | C．Join the law office. |
1. Why did the man fail to reserve a room?
| A．There were too many people due to the festival. |
| B．The prices of the hotels were too high. |
| C．The hotels refused his request. |
| A．He went to another hotel. | B．He traveled to another place. | C．He went to a colleague’s home. |
| A．Ordinary Angels. | B．Bob Marley: One Love. | C．Kung Fu Panda |
