5 . Recreational Sports Membership
Ohio State University has some of the best recreation facilities (设施) in the country. Our Recreation and Physical Activity Center (RPAC) has opened in the past 10 years, whose facilities and programs are designed to fit all your needs and schedule.
RPAC Membership Rights
A membership is your ticket to take advantage of all the facilities and programs.
Classes and programs
Group fitness, sport clubs and outdoor adventure programs are only available to current RPAC members. You can attend unlimited free group fitness classes as part of your membership. An extra payment will be required if you prefer personal training classes.
Guests and Family Participation
Members may sponsor up to two guests during a visit. A daily guest pass is required for each guest to enter RPAC, and members must be present at the time of buying a pass. The pass is accepted at all facilities for unlimited re-entries in a one-day period.
RPAC aims to offer a family-friendly environment. Members are able to enjoy quality time with their families free of charge in a variety of family-friendly accommodations, including family changing rooms, the Lounge game room, and Leisure pool.
Locker and Towel Rental
RPAC offers full-service men’s and women’s locker rooms featuring large and medium size lockers, which can be rented either monthly or yearly. RPAC towel service is available in addition to day lockers at various locations throughout the facility.
RPAC Membership Responsibilities
In an effort to create a welcoming and safe environment for all members, you have the responsibility to follow the following policies:
Filming and photography in the facilities must be approved in advance.
Cell phone photography and video are not permitted in locker rooms.
Fighting and rough play are not permitted in all facilities.
Shoes are required in all public areas of all indoor facilities, except for locker rooms and swimming pools.
All equipment checked-out from RPAC must be returned at the required check-in time. You may be charged for the equipment returned late or damaged.
Please contact member services if you have any other questions about your RPAC membership.
1. What can a RPAC member do for free?| A．Enjoy family time in Leisure pool. |
| B．Attend personal training classes. |
| C．Use a locker for a whole year. |
| D．Take a guest to all facilities. |
| A．Wearing shoes in all public areas. |
| B．No cell phone use in locker rooms. |
| C．No filming and photography in all areas. |
| D．Returning checked-out equipment on time. |
| A．a university website | B．a research paper |
| C．a science magazine | D．a government report |
6 . A child science genius(天才)has wowed his professors and classmates by becoming a college graduate at the age of 13. Elliott Tanner recently graduated from the University of Minnesota with a bachelor’s (学士) degree in physics, with a minor in mathematics.
Elliott’s parents are very proud of the hard work and devotion he showed to get his degree at such a young age and are pleased that he has become an inspiration to lots of people. Elliott’s mom said, “He also inspires us to be better people every day.”
Elliott’s parents first realized their son was gifted at the age 3, when he displayed amazing language and math skills. It became clear that a traditional education experience would not be a good fit for him. Elliott was then homeschooled by his parents. “Elliott ended up learning and using information quicker than we could provide it,” his mother added.
By age 9, Elliott had already completed most of the normal high school courses, and his parents were struggling to keep up with him. So they sent him to the local community college, where Elliott really developed his passion (热爱) for physics. “For a long time, I wanted to be a mathematician,” Elliott said. “Then I was introduced to a physics class, and that really inspired me to learn more about the secrets of the world.”
When he was 11 years old, Elliott moved to the University of Minnesota to start studying physics and math. Although his college experience is a little different from that of his classmates, Elliott still hangs out with his peers in the student lounge, discussing homework, debating physics topics or watching movies. Being with people that are just as passionate about physics as he is has been pleasing enough for him.
One of the biggest challenges Elliott and his family have faced is criticism online from people who make judgments about what his life must be like. Many people believe he can’t have many social skills. However, Elliott has always enjoyed interacting with kids his own age. He loves playing with other neighborhood children, and just like the other kids, Elliott goes trick-or-treating on Halloween, but in an academic way: He dresses up as Albert Einstein, his favorite scientist.
Elliott has been accepted into the University of Minnesota’s PhD program and will start his study next year. In the future, Elliott aims to be a professor at the University of Minnesota and become an expert in physics. “I can’t wait to get started,” he said.
1. What did Elliott’s parents do when they realized he was gifted?| A．They sent him to a normal high school. |
| B．They asked for advice from universities. |
| C．They taught him by themselves at home. |
| D．They helped him fit into traditional education. |
| A．discovered his passion for physics |
| B．enjoyed staying with his classmates |
| C．dressed up as Albert Einstein in class |
| D．refused to play with kids his own age |
| A．Elliott has few social skills. |
| B．Elliott loves exploring the world. |
| C．Elliott has no talent for language. |
| D．Elliott hopes to be a mathematician. |
| A．physics is the most important subject |
| B．children should be educated at home |
| C．geniuses need support just as we do |
| D．the earlier kids start school, the better |
7 . If you’re tired of your phone, you’re not alone. People receive between around 60 and 80 daily notifications (通知) on average, and some of us may get as many as 200. These seemingly endless dings and buzzes can really affect our wellbeing. Research has linked them to depression and anxiety, and they may even cause problems associated with ADHD (多动症).
These outcomes may result from the fact that frequent phone interruptions increase our cognitive load (认知负荷), or the amount of information processed by the working memory. We only have so much mental capacity, and the extra effort it takes to switch between tasks can make us tired, less focused and disrupt (扰乱) emotional regulation. Additionally, in this state, we even experience a less accurate perception of time—we feel time is passing faster than in reality, which would eventually lead us to overlook results and cause hurried decisions, for example, buying a pricey dress without thinking it through.
With the fact that cell phone notifications can mess with our brains, scientists have sought out ways to counteract these effects. One possible solution: Scheduling notifications into batches (批次) that arrive at certain times of the day with the help of certain apps. For example, you could choose to keep things quiet except for at 7 am, noon and 5 pm to go with waking up, taking a lunch break and heading home from school. In a 2019 study, researchers assigned 237 participants (参与者) into three groups, including those who received all their notifications three times a day, hourly, or none at all. The three-times-a-day group said they felt more productive, attentive, in a better mood and in greater control of their phones than the other two groups, while the notification-free group experienced more anxiety and fear of missing out.
Besides, some researchers have argued that more personalized user design is possible. Developers should pay attention to how people interact with their devices. With the help of a machine learning model, our phone can automatically learn from our past behavior what types of notification we want to receive first, such as messages from relatives. Thus, certain notifications can be delivered at suitable times.
This highly individualized method could be beneficial, but more individuality means more phone monitoring, which introduces yet another problem: In the struggle to free ourselves from tech addiction, it isn’t clear whether more monitoring is the solution, or just adding more fuel to the fire.
1. What is the possible result of frequent phone notifications?| A．The working memory processes less information. |
| B．Time passes faster than what we are usually used to. |
| C．We tend to have distraction and emotional disruptions. |
| D．We weigh the possible results before making decisions. |
| A．The study lasted three years. |
| B．The comparative method was used. |
| C．The none-at-all group felt more productive. |
| D．Participants were addicted to their mobile phones. |
| A．Depression and anxiety lead us to rely on our phones. |
| B．Adding extra phone monitoring can free us from tech addiction. |
| C．The fewer phone notifications received, the better we control our phones. |
| D．Personalized user design helps phones decide what notifications come first. |
| A．To warn us against the phone overuse. |
| B．To draw our attention to the problems of ADHD. |
| C．To stress the importance of controlling our phones. |
| D．To discuss ways to handle frequent phone notifications. |
