1 . Gymnastics Summer Camps 2023

Morning and afternoon camps give students the opportunity to acquire and practice gymnastics skills. Team building exercises, climbing ropes, fun games, and art projects will keep your child active throughout the summer!

Camps run Monday through Friday during the following dates and times:

Half-Day AM Camp: 9:30 am—12:00 pm at $259/week

Half-Day PM Camp: 12:30 pm—3:00 pm at S259/week

WEEK 1: July 10th—July 14th

WEEK 2: July 17th—July 21st

WEEK 3: July 24th—July 28th

WEEK 4: July 31st—August 4th

WEEK 5: August 7th—August 11th

*Siblings (兄弟姐妹) signed up for the same weeks will receive a 10% discount. Discount will be applied whether siblings are in dance or gymnastics camp.

While we are not offering full-day camp, families looking for extended hours can sign up for both an AM and PM session. If you enroll (登记) your child in both a morning and afternoon session of camp in the same week, your child will need to bring lunch from home.

Camp sign-up is on a WEEKLY basis! You can register your child for camp directly through your account on the parent portal (入口站点) or by emailing info@vikinggymnastics.com.

To guarantee your spot in camp — a 25% non-refundable (不能退款的) payment is due at the time of registration for all weeks that you register your child. Therefore, a credit card must be on file at the time of sign-up. By April 1st, 50% of your camp payment must be made, non-refundable. Your final camp payment is due no later than June 1st.

We look forward to having a great time with your child at Camp!

1. How much should a parent pay in total if he enrolls his two children into an AM session of WEEK 3?

A．$233.1.

B．$259.

C．$466.2.

D．$518.

2. What is required of a child if he signs up for both an AM and PM session in the same week?

A．Bringing his lunch.

B．Joining a competitive team.

C．Being accompanied by a parent.

D．Choosing between the dance and gym camp.

3. When should parents pay the final camp payment?

A．Before April 1st.	B．Before June 1st.
C．On July 10th.	D．On August 11th.

2 . Billy Ragsdale was 23 years old when they invaded the island of Saipan in June 1944 during the Pacific Theater of World War II. Almost a year later, his wife, Eloise, was informed that her husband lost his life. Billy had no children, and left behind his wife of three years, mother, brother and two sisters. Now, 78 years later, and thanks to DNA testing, Billy is home.

Billy was one of about a hundred unidentified soldiers buried in a military cemetery in the Philippines after the battle. Five years after the invasion, the American Graves Registration Service (AGRS) disinterred (掘出) the remains on Saipan in an effort to recover missing American marines (海军陆战队员). But Billy was not identified and he was considered as non-recoverable.

In January 2020, remains marked as “Unknown X-6” were disinterred from the cemetery and taken to a lab in Hawaii. The remains, they thought, had a good chance of being identified now with advances in technology. That’s when Waggener got a call from the Marines.

“They got my name and asked if I’d be willing to do a DNA test,” Waggener said. With his DNA, and that of a cousin, the lab positively identified the unknown remains as belonging to Billy. “They asked if we’d accept the remains and of course we said yes,” Waggener said. “It means the world to bring him home and bury him next to his family.”

Bringing Billy home was the first goal. The second was burying him close to family in a plot of land, almost all of which has been sold out for decades. The second goal might be out of reach.

And yet, it’s as if one of those unsold plots has been waiting for Billy for 78 years. Next to a large shade tree in the cemetery, Billy’s mother, Harriett, and father, William, rest. In front of them are Charlotte, their eldest daughter, and Mary Jane, their youngest. To Charlotte’s right will be Billy, reunited with his family once again.

1. Why did AGRS dig the remains out of the military cemetery in the Philippines?

A．To identify the soldiers buried there.

B．To bring the remains back to America.

C．To find the remains marked as “UnknownX-6”.

D．To count the number of marines killed in the battle.

2. The Marines called Waggener in 2020 _________.

A．to invite him to Hawaii	B．to ask him to do a DNA test
C．to purchase a plot of land for Billy	D．to bring back Billy’s remains back home

3. What can we learn about Billy Ragsdale?

A．He died at the age of 23 years old.

B．His remains returned to America in 2022.

C．He lost his life in the invasion of the island of Saipan.

D．He was the only unidentified marine at the beginning.

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．The remains of an American marine returned home.

B．DNA technology found its use in identifying remains.

C．How AGRS recovered soldiers’ remains in World War II.

D．Billy’s dream of being reunited with his family came true.

3 . Research has linked urban environments with the increased risk for anxiety, depression, and other mental health problems. Fortunately, research also finds a solution: Visiting wilderness, even briefly, is associated with a variety of mental and physical benefits, including lower blood pressure, reduced anxiety and depression, improved mood, better focus, better sleep, better memory and faster healing.

Numerous studies have supported this association, but we still have a lot to learn. Can just walking in a forest really cause all these beneficial changes in the brain? And if so, how? One good place to look for clues is the amygdala (杏仁核), a small structure in the center of the brain involved in stress processing, emotional learning, and the fight-or-flight response. Research indicates the amygdala is less active during stress in rural residents compared with city dwellers.

To address that question, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Development designed a new study, this time with help from functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI). The subjects were randomly assigned to take a one-hour walk in either an urban setting (a busy shopping district in Berlin) or a natural one (Berlin’s 3,000-hectare Grunewald forest). Researchers asked them to walk a specific route in either location, without going off-course or using their mobile phones along the way. The FMRI scans showed reduced activity in the amygdala after a walk in the woods, the researchers report, which supports the idea that nature can cause beneficial effects in brain regions involved with stress.

The researchers also learned something interesting about subjects who took urban walks. While their amygdala activity didn’t decrease like those who took nature walks, it also didn’t increase, despite having spent an hour in a busy urban setting. “ This strongly argues in favor of the positive effects of nature as opposed to urban exposure causing additional stress,” the researchers write.

In any case, the new study offers some of the clearest evidence yet that stress-related brain activity can be reduced by taking a walk through a nearby forest, just like our ancestors might have done.

1. Of the following situations, which is good to human’s health?

A．Going to the city.	B．Getting out of wilderness.
C．Having a love for nature.	D．Being close to nature.

2. What’s Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．Changes in the human brain.	B．Clues supporting the amygdala.
C．Structure in the middle of the brain.	D．Research evidence for this association.

3. What’s the result of the new study according to the subjects?

A．Walking in the woods is helpful to human brain.

B．Going to the urban areas is good for human brain.

C．Using scans is thought highly of by the researchers.

D．Taking a one-hour walk is essential to reduce stress.

4. What’s the author’s attitude towards our ancestors’ deed?

A．Doubtful.

B．Favorable.

C．Unclear.

D．Intolerant.

4 . Jeff spent time in and out of the hospital as a child. Now that he’s a nurse, he wants to make patients’ stays in hospital a bit happier. So, he uses the healing power of music.

“You know, when I was there, the thing I think back on the most was how the nurses really took care of me — really made me feel like family, really made me feel like I was at home,” Jeff told CBS News. “Really helped me forget the troubles of being in a scary environment, you know and not always having my family there with me.” “And so, growing up, I decided I wanted to do the same thing and give back, and so that’s why I became a nurse,” he said.

Thanks to the nurses, Jeff looks back on that time fondly. He’s determined to give a good memory to kids at New York’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center.“ One of the things that I learned throughout my time — both in life and my experiences in the hospital as a patient and a nurse—is that music is a very powerful tool that we can employ to really help people become relaxed,” he said.

Jeff sings all children’s songs to the kids, from nursery rhymes to modern music. “I’m not always familiar with the most popular music that kids are listening to these days. But, you know, you put it on, you give me some lyrics and I’ll catch on so that I can sing the song eventually,” he said.

Jeff recently joined a group of other musical healers: The Northwell Health nurse choir and he said he realized the choir was using music to heal themselves during the dark days of COVID-19. Making it to the finals of America’s Got Talent lets them share the healing power of music with millions of other people watching at home. He hopes his hospital bedside singing inspires other nurses to bring joy to their patients — and he hopes the choir brings joy to the world.

1. What made Jeff decide to become a nurse?

A．His passion for music.	B．His family’s expectation.
C．His childhood experiences.	D．His training in medical profession.

2. What can we learn from the last but one paragraph?

A．Jeff likes pop music best.	B．Jeff is good at learning new kinds of music.
C．Jeff has a good relationship with his patients.	D．Jeff always wants to bring joy to his workmates.

3. Which of the following can best describe Jeff?

A．Caring.

B．Diligent.

C．Generous.

D．Straightforward.

4. Why did Jeff join the Northwell Health nurse choir?

A．To improve his singing skills.	B．To raise funds for sick children.
C．To spread the power of music as a healing tool.	D．To provide health service for the group members.

5 . Some of us are better at helping others than we are at looking after ourselves. Maybe you are like this. Maybe you know someone who is. These are people who-are easy to have Super-Helper Syndrome (综合征) where you feel it is a must to help others but don’t look after your own needs.     1    , so that you can take action before you reach a state of breakdown.

    2    . Many helpers are keen on helping others despite extreme tiredness and take this for granted. Are you tired all the time? Do you have no time for yourself? Do you suffer muscle tension or headache? Do you feel weight down?

It may bring hate. It’s easy to say you don’t want anything in return, but the reality is that it’s hard going indefinitely if you get little reward. At least you deserve thanks and recognition.     3    .

It may bring exploitation(剥削). If you never express any needs, then it’s easy and convenient for other people to act as if you don’t have any.     4    . If you give the impression that you want nothing in return, you get nothing in return. That’s why it’s important to take a hard look at whether some of the people you are helping are exploiting you.

It may bring self-criticism.     5    . Do you criticize yourself for not helping enough? Do you criticize yourself for experiencing the other three negative impacts of the Super-Helper Syndrome: for feeling tired, hateful, or exploited?

A．It may bring burnout

B．It’s vital to spot the signs early

C．It may result in serious diseases

D．Helpers’ guilt typically operates on two levels

E．You will feel angry about others if you receive none

F．And it’s also convenient for other people to take advantage of your help

G．It’s important to take care of your own mental health as well as helping others

6 . How many gallons of gas are put into the car?

A．15.

B．45.

C．50.

7 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Well-salt has a long and fabulous history in Sichuan. Located in Daying County of Suining City, Sichuan Province, according to historical     1    (record), the world-renowned Zhuotong Well dates back to the Qingli Reign (1041-1048) of the North Song Dynasty, 800 years     2    (early) than the first salt well in the West. Zhuotong well, not a name of a particular well, refers to     3     technical process. All wells made by this process are called Zhuotong well. At one time Daying County was dotted with 1711 salt wells in total. Much     4     our amazement, there are still 41 ancient salt wells     5     (leave) in Daying county today.

The salt-making process of the Song Dynasty     6    (include) well-drilling, acquiring brine(卤水), drying brine, and frying salt. The deep drilling technique emerged     7     the development of the salt-making industry prospered. So far people in Daying     8    (produce) salt for almost 1000 years. The complete production method is now considered as the     9    (five) invention of the ancient times in China and an international living fossil of deep well drilling techniques. This deep well drilling technique was listed in the first batch of state-level directory of intangible     10    (culture) heritage in 2006. And Zhuotong Well was listed as the seventh batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 2013.

8 . 136 types of seeds, including crops, forest vegetation, flowers, and microorganisms will be carried on board the Shenzhou-16 manned spacecraft to start their space breeding journey. These seeds will contribute to the advancement of China’s agricultural science and technology and enhance food security, the China Manned Space Engineering Office announced on Wednesday in a statement.

The seeds were selected through a four-month application and review process and have been chosen from 53 institutions across the country. The project, conducted by manned spaceflight, is of a public welfare nature and does not charge any carrying fees. It has been 36 years since China’s first space seed breeding effort in 1987, the country has sent the seeds of hundreds of plant species into space on dozens of retrievable satellites (返回式卫星) and Shenzhou spaceships. Nearly 1,000 new species have been created, of which 200 have displayed outstanding performances, according to media reports.

Space seed breeding uses cosmic radiation (宇宙辐射) to mutate the genes of seeds sent into space, in order to create new species for greater variety. “Space peppers and watermelons” commonly found in supermarkets in China are successful varieties of space breeding. China ranks first in the world in the number of cultivated varieties and the range of popularization and application of space breeding. The area under cultivation for grains, vegetables, fruits and other plants developed by space seed breeding has surpassed 4 million hectares, and generated economic benefits of over 200 billion yuan ($30.51 billion), media earlier reported.

The seeds need further improvement, especially in disease resistance, through conventional breeding methods and space breeding, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Space breeding involves exposing seeds and strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity during a spaceflight mission to mutate their genes.

China’s space seed breeding level also reflects the nation’s advancing aerospace technology, Li Guoxiang, a researcher at the Rural Development Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times. And he added, “There are only a few countries in the world with mature aerospace technology, and China’s level of space seed breeding technology is world-class.”

1. What does the underlined word “mutate” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Change.

B．Destroy.

C．Infect.

D．Enhance.

2. What do Chinese authorities need to do to further improve the seeds?

A．Increase the number of seeds sent into space.

B．Cultivate new species through genetic mutation.

C．Combine space breeding with traditional breeding methods.

D．Use more advanced aerospace technology to breed seeds in space.

3. What achievement is an example of China’s space seed breeding project?

A．The seeds are now capable of resisting diseases.

B．It has successfully cultivated over 1,000 new species.

C．The project has mutated thousands of plant genes in space.

D．China’s space seed breeding technology is the world’s best.

4. What is the best title for this article?

A．Space Breeding: China’s Leading Role in Agricultural Science

B．Space Breeding: A breakthrough in China’s genetic technology

C．Space Breeding: Benefits and Risks for China’s Future Agriculture

D．Space Breeding: A contribution to China’s agricultural technology and food security

9 . 假定你是攀枝花中学高三学生李华。上周你参加了学校举办的主题为“Stories of China Told in English”的英语演讲比赛。请你在兴奋之余，根据以下要点写封邮件给你的英国笔友John，介绍本次活动的情况：
1.演讲比赛基本情况（主题，时间，地点等）；
2.你的参赛情况；
3.你的收获。
注意：1.词数100词左右；
2.可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
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10 . When Dr. Henderson was assigning project mates for his psychology class, I never expected he would assign me to work with the fiercely competitive, extremely serious fellow who always wore _________ clothes and apparently had a _________ to match.

When I went up to him, he looked at me _________ I weren’t there. He wasn’t _________, but he just gave me the impression that he could do better whatever project we dreamed up if he did it _________.

The project required each team to develop a hypothesis (假说), set up an experiment to _________ the hypothesis, do the statistical analysis and _________ the findings. Whatever grade the team received would be _________ by both students.

When we met to discuss our project, I felt _________. He had a reputation for single-mindedness and __________ grades-the exact opposite of me. I was outmatched. I even considered dropping out, but __________ because I didn’t want to give him the satisfaction of my __________ out.

After long discussions we somehow agreed to do a study on the __________ well-being of teenagers. We started to meet regularly to draw up our plans. He kept his brain __________ in the project, leaving me standing by as if I were a __________. “What a dull project it is!” I murmured to myself. However, something changed gradually as I knew more. Thanks to the serious fellow, the project went close to the final stage __________.

One day he was __________ to hospital for a disease. Without delay, I packed up my school bag, took all the statistics and __________ to the hospital. Seeing the pale fellow wearing pure white clothes instead of the annoying dark clothes, I felt a sense of __________. With his guidance, I finished the project and presented the findings. It turned out to be such an amazing and persuasive study that we won the best grade. Now, we have been the most reliable cooperative __________ ever since!

1.

A．fashionable

B．dark

C．red

D．cheap

2.

A．personality

B．score

C．regulation

D．sight

3.

A．even if

B．until

C．because

D．as though

4.

A．thin

B．friendly

C．smart

D．mean

5.

A．slowly

B．carefully

C．alone

D．apart

6.

A．test

B．observe

C．discuss

D．record

7.

A．present

B．conclude

C．review

D．publish

8.

A．cooperated

B．divided

C．improved

D．shared

9.

A．thrilled

B．uneasy

C．challenging

D．curious

10.

A．bad

B．good

C．unusual

D．correct

11.

A．ran short

B．checked out

C．stopped short

D．checked in

12.

A．facing

B．swallowing

C．sticking

D．chickening

13.

A．physical

B．psychological

C．outstanding

D．unknown

14.

A．occupied

B．addicted

C．trapped

D．conneeted

15.

A．professional

B．fool

C．danger

D．inspector

16.

A．occasionally

B．hardly

C．smoothly

D．swiftly

17.

A．required

B．permitted

C．admitted

D．adopted

18.

A．drew

B．dashed

C．pushed

D．rushed

19.

A．pride

B．sympathy

C．confidence

D．discouragement

20.

A．partners

B．groups

C．pioneers

D．scientists