The main reason
1. How does the woman feel when asked about her offer price of the flat?
A.Anxious. | B.Uncertain. | C.Embarrassed. |
A.Its location. | B.Its condition. | C.Its size. |
A.Her parents. | B.Her neighbour. | C.Her husband. |
1. Where will the woman go for her holiday?
A.Dalian. | B.Dali. | C.Lijiang. |
A.By car. | B.By air. | C.By train. |
4 . The Week Contest
This week’s question: The U.S. will be short of an estimated 550, 000 licensed plumbers by 2027, as a result of r sing retirements and ash or age of young trainees. In seven or fewer word come up with a slogan for a recruitment poster that will inspire a new generation to enter the profession and save America’s bathrooms.
Last week’s contest: Police responding to a report of an “elderly male walking with a shotgun” in rural Minnesota came upon a man listening to music and carrying a stick, which he’d been using to play air guitar. If a classic rock band were to write a song about this law enforcement encounter, what would it be titled?
THE WINNER: “Johnny B. Woode”
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pa.
SECOND PLACE: “Rock You With a Carry Cane”
James Pearson, Anaheim, Calif.
THIRD PLACE: “Dancing With the Bark”
Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.
For runners-up and complete contest rules, please go to the week.com/contest.
How to enter: Submissions should be emailed to contest @ theweek.com. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type “Plumbing poster” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, East m Tie, Tuesday, April 9. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page next issue and at thewee.com/puzzles on Friday, April 12. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit.
The winner gets a one-year subscription to The Week.
1. What are the participants required to do in this week’s contest?A.To make a poster. | B.To think up a slogan. |
C.To inspire people. | D.To answer a question. |
A.An Elderly Male Walking With a Shotgun |
B.Johnny B. Woode |
C.Rock You With a Carry Cane |
D.Dancing With the Bark |
A.April 6. | B.April 8. | C.April 9. | D.April 12. |
5 . It was previously assumed that all irrational fears are learned through personal experience or taught to us by others. If somebody nearly drowns while swimming in these a, for instance, it wouldn’t be surprising if they develop aqua phobia (恐水症), the fear of water. The brain makes a connection between the situation and the feeling of pain and panic, and commits it to memory.
However, it is now thought that some phobias have a genetic origin. Experiments with mice have shown that fears they develop can be passed down to their children and even their grandchildren. The mice were conditioned to fear the scent of acetophenone-a sweet-smelling chemical. Researchers found that the pups, and even the grand-pups, of the conditioned mice were startled by the scent too.
One explanation for this could be that parent mice communicate with their pups to effectively teach them what to fear. Studies have found that when mice are scared, they release pheromones that act as an alarm signal to other mice. However, in the acetophenone experiment, the pups proved to be sensitive to the scent from the very first time they encountered it. What’s more, some le pups; of conditioned mice were fostered by non-conditioned mice. The non-conditioned foster parents were not a fad of the scent, but the pups were, suggesting the fears origin was genetic rather than social.
It is not clear exactly how the conditioned fear is passed on to future generations of mice, but the current theory is that it is down to something called epigenetic inheritance (表观遗传). The original conditioning process leads to chemical modifications that change gene expression, without changing the DNA sequence itself. The researchers found that he conditioned mice and their offspring developed more scent receptors in their brains compared to non-conditioned mice. With more of these receptors they can detect the presence of acetophenone at lower concentrations and so are alerted to it more easily.
Epigenetics is a relatively new area of research, but it stands to reason that fears and other memories may well be inherited this way in humans too.
1. What does the underlined word “conditioned” in paragraph 2 refer to?A.Trained | B.Inherited. | C.Displayed. | D.Evolved |
A.The scent of acetophenone is inherently frightening to mice. |
B.Parental behavior has no influence on the fears of offspring in mice. |
C.Learned fears can be genetically transmitted across generations in mice. |
D.Pups of conditioned mice are unable to adapt to the scent of acetophenone. |
A.By altering the DNA sequence. | B.Through changes in gene expression. |
C.Through social learning from parent mice. | D.By increasing the number of scent receptors. |
A.Aqua phobia: A Case Study on Learned Fears |
B.Pheromones: The Communication of Fear in Mice |
C.The Genetics of Fear: Epigenetic Inheritance in Mice |
D.Phobia Development: The Role of Personal Experience |
1.活动的时间和地点;
2.活动过程;
3.活动的意义。
注意:1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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Chilis (辣椒) weren’t always in China, says Brian Dott, a history professor at Whitman College and author of The Chile Pepper in China: A Cultural Biography.
The first
But while elite Chinese enjoyed chili peppers in their decorative gardens, the masses began eating and enjoying the hot plants. By 1765, local historians noted that chi is were used
8 . Leadership is not just the ability to lead a team, it is a journey of selflessness.
“Alright, class! We are going to work in groups to create a mind map!” Mrs. Low said. “This is a great
for our group leaders to prove themselves worthy of that
Taking a deep breath and
A.task | B.place | C.opportunity | D.reward |
A.title | B.name | C.headline | D.subtitle |
A.arms | B.lips | C.eyebrows | D.hands |
A.cheering | B.clapping | C.laughing | D.chattering |
A.surprisingly | B.casually | C.proudly | D.aimlessly |
A.wrist | B.uniform | C.school bag | D.waist |
A.approve | B.react | C.obey | D.protest |
A.complained | B.asked | C.added | D.blamed |
A.illumination | B.reflection | C.observation | D.illustration |
A.explode | B.pour | C.fire | D.tremble |
A.selfless | B.meaningful | C.excellent | D.awesome |
A.sweeping away | B.giving away | C.throwing away | D.putting away |
A.consuming | B.swallowing | C.removing | D.digesting |
A.stood for | B.took on | C.brought out | D.turned into |
A.equal | B.tolerant | C.harmonious | D.balanced |
9 . Shakespeare once wrote, “Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loses both itself and friend.” It’s often paraphrased and used as a warning about the dangers of lending, and how you could risk a friendship through it.
If our friend or family member comes to us for hard cash, it can be very difficult to turn them away. You feel under pressure to help. And if that money doesn’t comeback, it can lead to fights or even legal battles. So how can we, as the lender, avoid these complications?
Understanding why there is an inevitable risk to lending anything to a friend is the first thing.
Finally, for some, it’s best to just see the money as a gift and be pleasantly surprised if something comes back.
A.If you really need money |
B.Here are some steps you can take. |
C.If you can’t afford to lend something, don’t. |
D.If you do want to preserve your friendship |
E.Don’t lend money to your friend as possible as you can. |
F.But why can lending money be so harmful to our friendships? |
G.It’s not just the risk of losing the money, but the friend ship could also be in danger |
10 . Emest Owusu was 13 in 1980 when he was given the opportunity to appear in the audience of a BBC show, and ask Thacher how she felt about being called the Iron Lady. This encounter re-emerged in a BBC’s programme recently.
At the time of their meeting, Owusu was on free school meals, living on a public housing in Brixton, south London, where he and his sister were being raised by their mother Rose, a struggling hairdresser.
Now 57, Owusu looks remarkably similar even with a graying beard. But his life has been transformed. The father of three is a human resources director, and the first black captain of the Addington golf club in its 110-year history. As a black guy, it is about breaking the glass ceiling. Speaking in its clubhouse, Owusu describes his rise in social status as a “Thatcherite Journey. And he says it began by asking the woman herself. “To this day it still has an impact. My confidence changed from that sliding-door moment. Something about her connected with me. Thatcher told Owusu she enjoyed being called their on Lady. “I think is rather a praise, don’t you,” she said, “Because so often people have said to me if you’re in your job you’ve got to be soft and warm and human, but you’ve got to have a touch of steel.” Owusu recalled the moment, I just remember her eye contact. She was answering me, not the camera. She welcomed the question saying you’ve got to be firm in this world. And that stuck with me.”
After the show was broadcast, Owusu said he became “a little heroin Brixton for a good three months”. Owusu added, “It all gave me extra confidence. Doors might not have opened so quickly. It was one of those key moments to make you do things maybe you wouldn’t otherwise have done.”
1. What did Owusu describe as the beginning of his “Thatcherite Journey”?A.His meeting with Thatcher in 1980. | B.His promotion to HR director. |
C.His question to Thatcher on TV. | D.His moment on the BBC show. |
A.Because it boosted his confidence. |
B.Because it earned him a good reputation. |
C.Because it contributed to his high social status |
D.Because it made him the first recognized black man. |
A.Ambitious and moderate. | B.Wise and approachable. |
C.Capable and positive. | D.Inspiring and generous. |
A.Every man has his price. | B.Suffering is the wealth of life. |
C.Fortune favors the prepared mind. | D.If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow. |