1. In winter what do the road workers work for?
2. Do the workers build the roads only for the airport?
3. What machines can clean up snow on the roads easily?
4. Where must snow be pushed?
5. Why can you take an easy trip in the winter time?
One spring, I was hired as groundskeeper at a Country Inn, a famous bed-and-breakfast located in Washington state. The grand house is in a beautiful place. Many famous people have visited and even had their own rooms there. The owners, Philip and Cecelia, have done a perfect job for the house. However, the gardens were very overgrown. Worse yet, there was another problem: a very persistent doe (母鹿).
Every day when I came to work, there was new evidence of the deer’s big appetite. I tried many preventives: spray, human hair, soap, you name it-but none of those things had effect. Often when I was weeding, I’d look over and there she’d be, munching some tasty pieces. Worst of all, she feasted on the roses, in which Cecelia took great pride. I became so frustrated that I named her “Dinner”— and wanted to serve her on plates.
One morning, I was on my hands and knees pulling out vines and bushes when I caught a movement out of the corner of my eye. There was Dinner, not five feet away, munching a large leaf and staring at me. I felt a connection with this animal. We did have something in common-we were both mothers. I got the crazy idea of communicating with her and it seemed she wanted the same thing.
What’s up? I asked in my head.
I’m here because I feel safe, was the gentle reply I felt I heard. I have my fawns (幼鹿) bedded down nearby, and there is plenty to eat. When the twins are older after summer, I will move them deeper into the forest.
I understand that, I assured her. People come here too, from far away. I guess they’ll be interested to see you. I promise that nobody will harm you or your children. I don’t mind sharing the vegetation but Cecelia loves roses, too. She is very upset when they are all eaten.
A loud crash broke the magic. Our eyes met again briefly before she leaped off across the driveway, disappearing into the forest. Has I really communicated with the deer?
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I went into the kitchen where Cecelia was preparing the evening meal.
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Every day, I enjoyed watching Dinner with the twins and my presence never bothered them.
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1. What is the primary cause of a rainbow after rain?
| A．Moonlight. |
| B．Sunlight and water droplets. |
| C．Streetlights. |
| A．It disappears. |
| B．It gets refracted into different colors. |
| C．It turns into rain. |
| A．Thunderstorms. |
| B．Lightning. |
| C．A beautiful sunset. |
| A．Reflection. |
| B．Refraction. |
| C．Diffraction. |
| A．Water droplets in the air. |
| B．Clouds in the sky. |
| C．Pollution in the atmosphere. |
| A．They absorb sunlight. |
| B．They reflect sunlight. |
| C．They act like tiny prisms. |
| A．Thunder. |
| B．Lightning. |
| C．A beautiful rainbow. |
| A．5 days. | B．6 days. | C．7 days. |
Postcards from the World
While the sun washed over the grass of my grandmother’s front garden, I sank into one of her armchairs familiar to me. Life, as I knew it, had changed. My beloved grandmother, my Nanny, as a ”parent“ in the absence of my father, had cancer. It was terminal (晚期的).
As she watched Getaway, a Sunday afternoon TV program, she remarked to me that she’d never left Australia and that now she never would. Seeing her restricted to ”travel" by watching TV, I swallowed the sadness that came with knowing that chapters of her life were to be left unwritten.
At work, feeling helpless, I wiped tables and took orders and thought. Hard. The Saturday afternoon lunch rush was not enough to stop me from my thoughts. Collapsed with growing sorrow, I was reminded of the power of Facebook and the collective strength of human sympathy. I raced from the end of my shift to ask strangers on the Internet for help.
My Nanny Del has cancer. It’s terminal and she will never see the world. Please send her postcards so she can see the world from her armchair. I can offer nothing but gratitude.
I resolved not to breathe a word of this; if nothing came, I couldn’t bear to carry her disappointment along with my own. . And if something should wander into our humble little letterbox, I vould consider it a blessing and embrace it gratefully.
Days turned to weeks: Nothing. And Nanny’s health declined rapidly. I was trying to balance my full-time study, babysitting and waiting tables with the tiring responsibility of caring for my grandmother. As I helped Nanny in the early hours of those mornings, she would chat to me, sometimes reflections of her lifetime, and other times, the disturbance caused by medication. She seldom talked about her regret of being unable to travel, but I was still hoping for something.
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One afternoon, about six weeks after my Facebook post, a travel-worn postcard arrived in our letterbox.
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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6 . Every year, millions of monarch butterflies migrate 3,000 miles to Mexico from North America. “Everybody knows about the monarchs’ migration,” says Andy Davis, an animal ecologist at the University of Georgia. “But one of the things that we still don’t understand is how they’re capable of making such tremendous flight while being such small animals with limited energy.” Amazingly, some of the monarch’s continent-spanning magic may be owed to the size of its wing spot, according to a study published in PLOS One.
The question of how color influences the monarch’s flight began when Mostafa Hassanalian, a professor of mechanical engineering, published a paper about how the colors on the wings of the albatross (信天翁) might help it fly for longer distances. The black on the top of the bird’s wings absorbs more solar energy, creating a pocket of warm air; the white on the bottom absorbs less. Together, the opposite colors create more lift and less drag, helping the albatross to fly up more efficiently.
Motivated by Hassanalian’s paper, Andy Davis contacted him and they teamed up with three other experts to investigate whether the orange, black. and white patterns on North American monarch butterflies’ wings influenced their flight distance. Specifically, they explored whether these color patterns determined how far the butterflies could fly. They discovered that surviving migratory monarchs had 3% less black pigment (色素) and 3% more white pigment a surprising contrast from the albatross. They also observed larger white spots on Eastern monarchs, which migrate farther than Western and Floridian populations, along with deeper shades of orange. The team assumed that these color patterns might offer an aerodynamic (空气动力) advantage, although the reason for the larger white spots remains unknown.
Should the connection between white markings and flight performance prove true, they plan to apply it to drone technology. “If small coloration (自然色彩) effects can improve like 10% of your efficiency, that’s a lot,” Hassanalian says, “Another aspect is that your drone would be able to carry more, because this coloration helps it gain extra lift.” The enhancement could also benefit other aircraft, but he points out one warning: planes fly at a much faster speed than butterflies, so coloration may not be as relevant to them.
Other butterfly scientists have reacted to their work with both enthusiasm and skeptlesm. “It is a totally new idea and it’s quite exciting,” says Marcus Kronforst, an evolutionary biologist. “I’ve worked on butterfly color patterns my whole life, basically, and never, never considered this. It’s never crossed my mind that it might influence how the butterflies fly.”
1. According to Andy Davis, what remains a mystery of the monarchs’ migration?| A．How the monarchs manage the migration. |
| B．Why the monarchs make the migration. |
| C．Why the monarchs migrate to Mexico |
| D．How the monarchs choose the route. |
| A．To reveal the mechanism of the albatross’ flight. |
| B．To show Hassanalian’s achievements in albatross study. |
| C．To indicate where the researchers drew their inspiration. |
| D．To introduce common color patterns of the albatross’ wings. |
| A．They reduce orange pigment. | B．They limit migration distance. |
| C．They resemble albatross spots. | D．They offer extra lift for migration. |
| A．By conducting an experiment. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By doing field research. | D．By studying models. |
| A．Scientifically curious. | B．Cautiously optimistic. |
| C．Technologically skeptical. | D．Environmentally concerned. |
The Gratitude Jar(感恩)
Emily, a young woman with a golden hair, lived in a small, busy town. She was in her early thirties and was unfortunate. She was known for her negative feelings and pessimistic characters. When facing life’s challenges, she always thought the God never blessed her and felt a sense of desperation, which made the people around sad as well.
One day, Emily met with an old, dust y jar in the corner of an antique shop. Curious, she picked it up and noticed a small label that read, “The Gratitude Jar. ”The shopkeeper explained that the jar was meant for collecting moments of gratitude—tiny notes that illustrated the essence of thankfulness.
Excited by the idea, Emily decided to start a journey of gratitude. She placed the jar on the shelf near her desk. Each day, before the sun dipped below the horizon (地平线), she would si t down with her Gratitude Jar and reflect on the blessings of the day. From the warmth of the morning sun to the laughter of children playing in the park, Emily found joy in the simple things.
As the days turned into weeks and the weeks into months, Emily’s jar began to fill with an amount of gratitude: She was amazed by how her attitude to life had shifted. Instead of dwelling on(强调)what she lacked, Emily focused on the richness of what she had—the love of family, the support of friends, and the beauty of the world around her.
Gradually, Emily became a sunny and positive person who loved life and was grateful to others.
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One cold autumn evening, Emily was told she lost her job.
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| A．Windy. | B．Sunny. | C．Rainy. |
| A．Over five inches. |
| B．Over seven inches. |
| C．Over ten inches. |
| A．By late Wednesday evening. |
| B．By early Friday morning. |
| C．By late Friday evening. |
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1. 对创刊十周年表示祝贺；
2. 建议新增栏目的名称、内容和推荐理由。
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Yours,
Li Hua
| Attribute | Details |
| Construction Time | Over |
| Capacity | |
| Number of Floors | 5 above ground, 2 underground |
| Design | Environmentally friendly with materials that can |
| Material | Made from wood sourced from trees across |
| Theme | Forest stadium concept, |
| Greenery | Approximately 50,000 plants planted around the stadium for |
| Cooling System | Relies on natural ventilation; main space does not have |
| Olympic Schedule | Originally planned for |
| Location | |
| Significance | First summer Olympic event in Asia since the |
