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In our English class yesterday, we had a lesson, during what we learned about how body language is crucially in communication. Body language includes various type, like facial expressions, gestures, postures, and eye contact. Facial expressions like smiling or frowning show our emotions, while gestures like waving or pointing helps us express ourselves. Our postures, eye contact also send messages.
Body language is important because it assists us to understanding others better. It adds meaning to what they say and can show our feelings. Moreover, it’s important to be aware to cultural differences in body language. Paid attention to body language, we can not communicate more effectively and avoid misunderstandings.
In the Ming Dynasty, a Chinese man Wan Hu made the world’s first rocket (火箭), but
China also announces new plans to make a space station and go to Mars and further space. The space station will be finished
By now, China
Liam, a fifth-grader, moved with his mum for a new apartment in a relatively cheaper area of the city after his father’s unexpected death, and began attending a neighbourhood school.
Since he was an introvert (内向的人), the thought of making friends always made him feel nervous, and moving into a new neighbourhood meant he had to face his fears. On his first day, he didn’t talk to anyone or try to make friends, and during the mealtime, he sat at the corner table in the cafeteria and ate his lunch alone. No one in the class stepped forward to welcome him. Instead, they ignored him and refused to sit next to him in class.
The next day, he was sitting alone in the classroom when a boy approached him and asked, “Can I sit next to you?”
“Sure,” Liam smiled.
“I’m Joel. And you? ”
“Liam.”
“Is it your first day today?”
“No, it’s my second day. I recently moved into this neighbourhood.”
“Oh, I didn’t know that. I skipped (逃避) school yesterday, so I thought it was your first day today.”
As days passed, Liam and Joel discovered that they lived on the same street. After school, they often played catch in the nearby park, a game they both loved playing. It only took Liam a few weeks to become best friends with Joel.
One day, Joel skipped school, and Liam had to sit alone in class, wondering why. Feeling worried, he went to ask his class teacher.
“Liam, I’m so sorry, but your best friend got into an accident last night,” the teacher put her hand on Liam’s shoulder. “He lost his parents in the car crash.”
“Oh no!” Liam covered his face with his hands.
Two months later, Joel was allowed to go home after a spinal (脊柱的) surgery. However, he couldn’t walk and was restricted to a wheelchair. The day he arrived home with his grandmother, Liam rushed to Joel's house with a candy bar and the ball they used to play catch with Joel’s eyes lit upon seeing Liam. The boys talked to each other for hours before Liam’s mother came to pick him up at night.
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While he was happy to see his friend after months, he felt terrible knowing Joel could never walk again.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Ten days later, Liam asked Joel to play catch with him outside and he agreed.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________4 . People may typically think of memory as the recollection of the past. Memory enables people to learn from past experiences and apply that knowledge in present cases. It is an important part of our identity. So is culture, the way of life specific to a group of people.
Cultural memory is the constructed understanding of the past that is passed from one generation to the next through text, oral traditions, monuments and other symbols. Cultural memory is often amassed in objects, such as museums or historical monuments. To understand culture, humans access a mass of cultural symbols, such as books. Artifacts (历史文物) of the past provide insights into where we came from. Libraries and the Internet keep a seemingly boundless amount of data on what it means to be part of a culture. Cultural memory is the longest-lasting form of memory.
Like all forms of memory, cultural memory has important functions. For example, it makes the experiences a nation owns clear. It provides us with an understanding of the past and the values of the group to which we belong. Besides, it creates a form of shared identity and a means for communicating this identity to new members. The most powerful forms of cultural memory may involve memories of past disastrous experiences undergone by groups of victims. For example, in Russia, their role in World War II —in which tens of millions of Russians were killed — is still an important part of modern Russian identity. Because all groups have cultural memory, it can bring about a spirit of resistance or survival among threatened groups.
The main function of cultural memory is not to recall the past, whether it is good or bad. Rather, it is to use knowledge of past experiences to avoid making the same mistakes again and again. Aleida Assmann, a professor who has worked on memory theory since the 1960s, calls this “remembering forward”. Cultural memory enables people to adapt to their culture; it enables cultures to adapt to new circumstances by keeping traces (痕迹) of what worked in the past.
1. What is the function of the first paragraph?A.Reporting a discovery of cultural memory. |
B.Leading to the concept of cultural memory. |
C.Introducing the importance of memory in identity. |
D.Making a connection between memory and culture. |
A.Stored. | B.Ignored. | C.Damaged. | D.Created. |
A.the features of cultural memory | B.the formation of cultural memory |
C.the role of big events in Russian identity | D.the impact of cultural memory on identity |
A.Pass previous wisdom down. | B.Keep traces of history. |
C.Get people to know about the past. | D.Remind people of their identity. |
5 . Gardening changed how I see myself as a disabled woman. When I started gardening in 2018, I didn't know anything about plants, let alone how to grow things we can
That first season, I visited my
Gardening has
Over the years, gardening has made me feel more
A.trick | B.eat | C.gather | D.represent |
A.unique | B.pleasant | C.physical | D.urgent |
A.change | B.function | C.improve | D.break |
A.anxious | B.energetic | C.merry | D.guilty |
A.set aside | B.hear from | C.speed up | D.figure out |
A.drill | B.garden | C.flashlight | D.alarm |
A.readily | B.unluckily | C.hesitantly | D.angrily |
A.observation | B.ambition | C.discussion | D.guidance |
A.merciful | B.dizzy | C.proud | D.annoyed |
A.bakeries | B.produces | C.patents | D.sharpeners |
A.impacted | B.ruined | C.canceled | D.interrupted |
A.plot | B.winner | C.burden | D.threat |
A.fact | B.imagination | C.mistake | D.theme |
A.weakness | B.atmosphere | C.education | D.nutrition |
A.appreciate | B.challenge | C.fault | D.forgive |
A.forget | B.expand | C.stare | D.expose |
A.funnier | B.closer | C.farther | D.lower |
A.confident | B.disappointed | C.confused | D.negative |
A.abusing | B.checking | C.planting | D.writing |
A.justice | B.stress | C.weight | D.power |
A total of 12 areas across China have been required to innovate, protect and develop
Folklore is an important treasure of Chinese civilization, so it is essential to strengthen the
While
At the opening ceremony, Zhang Jianchun, vice-minister of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, called for greater efforts to fully advance high-quality development and
7 . A team from Newcastle University and Northumbria University in the UK has found that the thin, root-like threads produced by many fungi (真菌) can potentially be used as a biodegradable, wearable material that’s also able to repair itself.
In their tests, the researchers focused on the Ganoderma lucidum fungus, producing a skin from branching thin threads, which together weave into a structure called a mycelium (菌丝体). With a little more work, the fragile skins could serve as a substitute for leather, satisfying environmental and fashion tastes.
“The results suggest that mycelium materials can survive in dry and unfavourable environments, and self-repairing is possible with minimal intervention after a two-day recovery period, ” write the researchers in their published paper. However, the process used to produce these materials tends to kill off the fungal spores (孢子) that help the organism regenerate itself.
A new approach involving a mix of mycelia, proteins, and other nutrients in a liquid encouraged the growth of a skin. The results are currently too thin and delicate to be turned into a jacket. However, the researchers are confident that it’s possible that future innovations could turn it into a tougher skin, possibly by combining layers or plasticizing in glycerol. Crucially, the production process didn’t kill off the fungal spores. Tests on the material showed that it was indeed able to replace holes made in it. The material was as strong as before, though it was still possible to see where the holes had been.
“Due to their functional properties, the ability of this regenerative mycelium material to heal micro and macro defects opens interesting future prospects for unique product applications in leather-goods replacements such as furniture, automotive seals, and fashion wear,” write the researchers.
There’s a long way to go here before you’ll be wearing clothes made out of fungus. The growing and healing processes take several days to happen at the moment for example, something which could be sped up over time.
1. What did the team find in their tests?A.An alternative to fungal spores. | B.Thin threads shaped like roots. |
C.Many different fungi. | D.Mycelium materials with self-healing function. |
A.The recovery period of fungal spores. |
B.Crises of mycelium materials’ survival. |
C.Imperfection in producing mycelium materials. |
D.The method of intervening organisms’ regeneration. |
A.It speeds up the creation of mycelia. | B.It keeps fungal spores from destruction. |
C.It makes the holes in materials invisible. | D.It combines the liquid with layers of skin. |
A.A flash in the pan. | B.Promising but challenging. |
C.Inspiring but unachievable. | D.A growth and decline cycle. |
8 . Polar bears normally need sea ice to hunt seals, but an isolated group of polar bears living on the mountainous coast of southeast Greenland have figured out how to make a living, even though the sea ice there melts away early in the year.
These bears have found a way to supplement their limited sea ice supply by hunting on freshwater ice that comes from glaciers on land. The glacial ice falls off in pieces into fjords, where the pieces get together into a floating platform that the polar bears use to catch seals, according to a report in the journal Science.
Climate change is making sea ice more and more scarce. Loss of sea ice is “the primary threat to polar bears,” says Kristin Laidre of the University of Washington, lead author of the new study. But, she says, this new work suggests some bears might be able to cope with a decreased amount of sea ice — at least for a while — in places like Greenland where they can take advantage of floating glacier ice.
While local people have long known that bears live in southeast Greenland, it’s a remote, challenging environment that’s not frequented by humans. “It’s a coastline with huge mountain peaks, lots of winds, extreme conditions and plenty of fogs,” says Laidre, who has spent years working with colleagues to survey polar bears living on Greenland’s 1,800-mile-long east coast.
To see what they could find in southeast Greenland, the team had to take helicopters from the nearest settlement and fly for two hours in a straight line to the coast, “We arrived in these fjords, very isolated fjords, and there’s essentially no sea ice or very poor sea ice offshore,” says Laidre, explaining that the researchers expected to find few bears.
“But there were a lot of bears in these fjords,” she says. “It was clearly just a unique habitat.”
The sea ice persisted in these fjords for only around a hundred days a year, she notes, meaning that bears don’t have much time to use it as a hunting ground.
1. What does the underlined word “supplement” in Paragraph 2 mean?A.Keep up with. | B.Look forward to. |
C.Look down on. | D.Make up for. |
A.They will form various fjords. |
B.They will exist in fjords for only two hundred years. |
C.They will gather to be a platform for polar bears to hunt. |
D.They will float into cold places and never disappear. |
A.Severe. | B.Crowded. | C.Pleasant. | D.Windless. |
A.Polar bears are on the edge of dying out. |
B.Polar bears have another way to hunt with little sea ice. |
C.Polar bears no longer need sea ice to hunt seals. |
D.Polar bears can replace sea water with fresh water. |
9 . Norman Lear, a genius producer and screenwriter, passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles at the age of 101.“Lear’s hit comedy shows changed television forever,” said Darnel Hunt, a leading artist on TV.
Lear grew up in an ordinary family in Connecticut, where an unexpected accident brought about his father’s business collapse. So he had to drop out of college and joined the army. In his late 20s, he moved to Los Angeles where he struggled hard for several years, selling furniture door to door. Later on, unsatisfied with his life, he eventually turned to writing for a nightclub comedy act.
By 1971, when he was almost 50, Lear had produced and directed some shows, among which was the hit show All in the Family. In the beginning, it didn’t get on the air smoothly. However, once it did, this show made it to the top 10 for eight of its nine seasons, promising Lear’s life was to change.
This successful show was just the beginning of Lear’s dominating position in comedy shows. Then came The Jeffersons, about a family on its way up. It ran for eleven seasons, one of the longest running comedy shows on television, becoming another successful story. When interviewed about the hit of his shows, Lear said, “Our team read two or three newspapers a day, paid a lot of attention to our families, and came in to talk about everything that was affecting us in our daily lives.” Therefore, it came as no surprise that viewers had a sense of Lear’s own family after watching All in the Family.
“Routinely, Lear’s shows might get fifty or sixty million viewers. He was in direct contact with the living rooms and families of the country,” says Marty Kaplan, founding director of the Norman Lear Center. “Lear did everything with humor and sympathy.”
1. What can we learn about Lear from the first two paragraphs?A.His shows had little impact on television. |
B.He led a challenging life in his twenties. |
C.His father expected him to be a screenwriter. |
D.He received good education despite his father's business failure. |
A.His shows featured surprise endings. | B.His shows went on the air immediately. |
C.His shows dominated the comedy industry. | D.His shows reflected real daily life. |
A.Lear promoted his shows to families directly. |
B.Lear carried out face-to-face interactions with viewers. |
C.Lear won widespread popularity for his shows. |
D.Lear never focuses on the theme of family. |
A.A newspaper. | B.A comedy script. |
C.A novel. | D.A health magazine. |
10 . English businessman Richard Branson made history on July 11, 2021 as he and three other crewmates became the world’s first space tourists. The flight was made by a spacecraft named VSS Unity that was built by Branson’s company, Virgin Galactic. The flight lasted slightly more than an hour, and took Branson and crew to an altitude (海拔) of 53.5miles above the Earth, just a little above the boundary (边界) of space which lies 50 miles above the Earth.
At that height, the atmosphere turns into the black of outer space and the Earth becomes a bent ball of blue. Travelers also exhibit weightlessness as there is no gravity, the force that keeps our bodies walking on the Earth’s surface. Therefore, Branson and his fellows were able to float around in VSS Unity while enjoying the views. They were able to do that for three minutes before the spacecraft began its downward journey. It landed back at Virgin Galactic’s space port in New Mexico, United States, which is the same place from where it had taken off 90 minutes before.
On landing back, Branson said, “I have dreamt of this moment since I was a kid but honestly, nothing could prepare you for the view of the Earth from space. It was just magical. I’m just taking it all in, and it’s unreal.”
July 11’s flight is the start of space tourism for one and all. In early 2022, customers who can afford a ticket for a quarter of a million dollars can line up for a seat on a trip to space. And guess what — they will have a choice of spacecraft. Jeff Bezos, who owns a famous company, is all set to launch himself into space on July 20 on board a spacecraft built by his new branch company Blue Origin. Blue Origin will also carry tourists to space.
1. What is Richard Branson famous for?A.His success in tourism. |
B.His company of Virgin Galactic. |
C.His spaceship named VSS Unity. |
D.His first commercial space travel in history. |
A.Unbelievable. | B.Adventurous. | C.Regrettable. | D.Worthless. |
A.Take a spacecraft of Virgin Galactic. |
B.Pay $250,000 for the rocket tour. |
C.Pass the fitness test for astronauts. |
D.Line up for a position in Blue Origin. |
A.Humans will move to other livable planets. |
B.Ordinary people will soon land on the moon. |
C.Private rocket space travel is growing gradually. |
D.Some companies abandon their proper business. |