1 . As a high school student, you’re likely used to learning through reading textbooks.     1     This lies at the heart of “experiential (由经验得来的) appreciation”, a philosophy that encourages you to engage directly with the world around you. It’s about learning from real-life experiences, and discovering a more profound and engaging way to learn.

To practice experiential appreciation, you can start by getting involved in hands-on activities related to your subjects. They will provide a firsthand understanding of the concepts you’re studying, making learning active and meaningful. So, try joining a sports team, picking up a paintbrush, or taking part in a local charity event.     2    

As you dive deeper, immerse (沉浸) yourself fully in the surroundings and activities. When you’re in nature, don’t just look around.     3     Touching the leaves, feeling the wind and listening to the birds can enrich your learning and make each moment more memorable.

    4     After trying something new, ask yourself what you learned and how it made you feel. Write in a journal or discuss it with friends. This self-discovery turns experiences into life lessons and offers a deeper understanding of the world.

Experiential appreciation transforms learning from a task to be completed into a journey to be treasured.     5     So, explore the world around you, let every experience shape you, and discover the endless possibilities that await. This is the core of true learning, where every moment is a step towards a richer, more enlightened life.

A．Now consider expanding your learning from just reading to actively participating.

B．It extends learning far beyond textbooks.

C．Instead, activate your senses for a stronger tie with it.

D．Mind the impact of your actions on the environment.

E．Take your experiences further by reflecting on them.

F．Textbooks offer a systematic introduction to essential concepts and principles.

G．These activities bring learning to life.

2 . Mark Temple, a medical molecular (分子的) biologist, used to spend a lot of time in his lab researching new drugs for cancer treatments. He would extract DNA from cells and then add a drug to see where it was binding (结合) along the chemical sequence (序列). Before he introduced the drug, he’d look at DNA combination on a screen to see what might work best for the experiment, but the visual readout of the sequences was often unimaginably large.

So Temple wondered if there was an easier way to detect favorable patterns. “I realized I wanted to hear the sequence,” says Temple, who is also a musician. He started his own system of assigning notes to the different elements of DNA — human DNA is made of four distinct bases, so it was easy to start off with four notes — and made a little tune out of his materials. This trick indeed helped him better spot patterns in the sequences, which allowed him to make better choices about which DNA combinations to use.

Temple isn’t the first person to turn scientific data into sound. In the past 40 years, researchers have gone from exploring this trick as a fun way to spot patterns in their studies to using it as a guide to discovery. And the scientific community has come to realize that there’s some long-term value in this type of work. Temple, who from that first experiment has created his own algorithmic software to turn data into sound, believes the resulting music can be used to improve research and science communication.

So Temple decided to add layers of sound to make the sonification (可听化) into songs. He sees a clear difference between “sonification” and “musification”. Using sound to represent data is scientific, but very different from using creative input to make songs. The musical notes from DNA may be melodic to the human ear, but they don’t sound like a song you’d listen to on the radio. So when he tried to sonify the virus, he added layers of drums and guitar, and had some musician friends add their own music to turn the virus into a full-blown post-rock song.

Temple sees this work as an effective communication tool that will help a general audience understand complex systems in biology. He has performed his songs in public at concert halls in Australia.

1. What is Mark Temple’s purpose in turning DNA data into sound?

A．To aid the process of his experiments.	B．To develop his creative ability.
C．To make his drug more powerful.	D．To help him fight boredom.

2. What can we learn about Temple’s system?

A．Its effect remains to be seen.	B．It has produced satisfying results.
C．It is too complicated to operate.	D．It failed to work as expected.

3. Why did Temple try to make the virus sound like real music when sonifying it?

A．To enhance people’s understanding of science.

B．To show his talent in producing music.

C．To get rid of public fear of the virus.

D．To remind people of the role of science in art creation.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Why music can be the best way to present science.

B．How scientists help the public understand science.

C．Why scientists are turning molecules(分子) into music.

D．How music helps scientists conduct their research.

3 . 亚马孙河接近6400千米长。
The Amazon River is close to 6,400 kilometers ______ ______.

6 . 成千上万的人堵住了街道，抗议新法规。
Thousands of people blocked the street, ______ ______ the new legislation.

9 . 我们需要摆脱那种必须一直受人爱戴才有价值的观念。
We need to ______ ______ ______ the idea that we must be liked all the time in order to be worthwhile.

10 . 他为政策辩护所说的话不是很有说服力。
His speech ______ ______ ______ the policy didn’t carry much conviction.