1. How long will Mr. White’s talk last?
A.About a quarter. | B.About half an hour. | C.About an hour. |
A.The director of studies. | B.The student adviser. | C.The principal. |
A.To the Main Hall. | B.To the language lab. | C.To classroom 521. |
A.Daily schedules for freshmen. |
B.A test timetable for freshmen. |
C.Next day’s arrangements for freshmen. |
1. What problem does the woman have?
A.She will be late for her history lesson. |
B.She is struggling with her project. |
C.She worked late last night. |
A.A teacher. | B.A headmaster. | C.A student. |
3 . When looking for some vacation ideas to spread out and get some time and space to yourself, check out these great resorts (度假胜地) options.
Hyatt Ziva Cap CanaLocated in Punta Cana, this family-friendly vacation at an all-inclusive resort offers something for everyone in your party. Parents can enjoy relaxing by one of the resort’s swim-up bars in an infinity pool or head out for some deep-sea fishing. Kids, meanwhile, can head over to the kids’ club for a number of activities. Plus, all of the drinks and food across the 14 restaurants and bars is included.
Beaches Turks & CaicosThis resort has become the Caribbean’s popular go-to when it comes to all-inclusive family vacations that provide great value since there’s so much to do for guests of all ages. There’s a 45,000-square-foot water park, 24 restaurants, unlimited PADI-certified scuba diving and water sports, a 12-mile beach, a spa, 10 pools—whew!
The Alisal Guest RanchIf you live in the city and want to get back to nature, this luxury farm over nearly 11,000 acres in California’s Santa Ynez Valley is a perfect fit for a family. All that wide-open space means activities like horseback riding, scenic cycling, hiking, fishing, kayaking and, for the body-and-spirit-minded traveler in your group, yoga.
Montage Palmetto BluffThe 20,000-acre community includes a nature preserve with walking trails, but the real stars of the show here are the over 300 species of birds. The resort’s resident naturalist takes families on walks to Bird Island, sharing a history of the area. Plus, kids will love the kayak tours that get up close to the dolphins that live there year-round.
1. Which attracts those interested in horseback-riding?A.Hyatt Ziva Cap Cana. | B.Beaches Turks & Caicos. |
C.Montage Palmetto Bluff. | D.The Alisal Guest Ranch. |
A.They promise good food services. | B.They include various kids’ clubs. |
C.They provide parent-child activities. | D.They have large historic buildings. |
A.To organize some family parties. | B.To highlight some tourist resorts. |
C.To introduce some nature reserves. | D.To stimulate some domestic needs. |
Among the Han people, which make up a vast majority of
This ceremony started from the clan society (氏族社会) and continued to be held until the Qing Dynasty. The Manchu rulers then felt that this ceremony was
When a young man reached 18 or 20 years old, the capping ceremony,
There are other interesting customs concerned. For example, boys of the Yao nationality have to pass about ten dangerous tests and take oaths (宣誓)
Sichuan cuisine, one of the eight major cuisines in China, is now popular all over the world. In February 2010, Chengdu
Start your
6 . Imagine the perfect baguette — a kind of French bread, crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside. Sri Lankan-origin baker Tharshan Selvarajah made one just like that. He was given the title of “king” of the baguette in Paris, winning the city’s oldest baguette competition in France in May, reported CNN.
At this year’s 30th edition of the contest, 176 bakers came from across the city to enter their tasty baguettes. They faced an 18-person group of judges, which consists of former winners, baking industry officials, food bloggers, and six local citizens.
The loaves must be “traditionally made”, not industrially made. They are judged on their appearance, smell, baking technique and flavor. However, 40 of them were eliminated early. Their baguettes were either too long, short, heavy, light or used the wrong flour, said CNN.
For Tharshan Selvarajah, winning the top prize was extra special. “I cried because we are foreigners and we came here to learn how to make traditional French bread,” Selvarajah told AFP. “I didn’t have the slightest idea that I could win the prize.”
That was not all that contributed to Selvarajah’s emotions. As the winner, he got 4,000 Euros (about 30,380 yuan) in prize money and the right to make baguette for the official home of the Frenchpresident for one year.
Selvarajah who owns a simple bakery in eastern Paris said his bakery’s secret is baking a certain amount every 20 minutes so it’s always hot and fresh, reported CNN.
The baguette is a cultural symbol in France. In November 2022, UNESCO recognized baguette as world heritage, reported AP. French bread can be found in every neighborhood in Paris. Oliver Polski, the mayoral deputy for commerce and artisanship, told CNN. “Industrial baking has pretty much disappeared in Paris.”
1. What does the underlined word “eliminated”in paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Chosen as final competitors. | B.Commented carefully. |
C.Refused to enter the competition. | D.Given special recognition. |
A.Shocked. | B.Confused. | C.Overjoyed. | D.Anxious. |
A.The use of traditional French flour. | B.The freshness of bread. |
C.The support of the local community. | D.The unique taste of fresh bread. |
A.It is no longer popular in the city. |
B.It has become more common recently. |
C.It is being revived due to increased demand. |
D.It will continue to exist with traditional bakeries. |
Word came that the annual school sports meet would take place next Friday through Saturday. At the exciting news, the whole class burst into cheers. Without any hesitation, we set about making
With the sports meet approaching, we could hardly concentrate on our daily routine. Every day, we spent much of our spare time
Time was ticking away. Before I knew it, it was my turn to step onto the track. But all of
Now two weeks have passed, but the memory still stay fresh in my mind. Disappointed as I am, I never regret taking part in the race. After all, being part of the sports meet is what I really care about.
8 . You may have read that light coming into your eyes sets the body’s clock. Similarly, food changes the clocks in tissues in your liver, muscles, and fat. Human beings developed to eat only during daylight, which lasted 12 hours. That meant we didn’t eat for 12 hours a day. Sticking to that plan may help you stay healthier as well as thinner. However, it’s a surprisingly bad idea to ignore breakfast, eat lunch or dinner late, eat a big bedtime snack, or eat in the middle of the night.
In a study with 776 participants, people who ignored breakfast were 80 percent more likely to have obesity (肥胖症). People who ate lunch after 12:30 (or dinner after 21:00) were 60 percent more likely to have those extra pounds. That was true for both men and women at different ages and regardless of other factors that affect weight including your diet and exercise habits.
Odd hours seem to contribute to uncontrollable eating. When you eat late at night, you tend to eat more. Perhaps driven by hormone (荷尔蒙) increases, we long for sweeter, saltier food at night, research suggests. In one study, night eaters ate about 300 more calories each day.
“Eating late in the day aggravates reflux, writes Jamie A. Koufman, who specializes in voice disorders and acid reflux (胃酸倒流). Many of my patients find that eating late makes them suffer more from their allergies and diabetes symptoms,” he says. “Give your stomach at least three hours to digest before sleeping,” advises Jonathan Aviv, another specialist in acid reflux.
Eating breakfast late may also increase your breast cancer risk by about 17 percent for every hour you delay, according to a study of nearly 1,200 women with breast cancer in Spain, compared to more than 1,300 women who didn’t develop breast cancer. If you eat late at night, another research suggests, you may up the chance of breast cancer occurrence. While researchers work out the details of how our body clocks affect digestion and their downstream effects, one point is clear: Early is better.
1. What can be learned from the first two paragraphs?A.What you eat makes no difference to your clocks. |
B.Not eating for a half day may do good to your health. |
C.Eating late may be more harmful than ignoring breakfast. |
D.People gain weight because of their diet and exercise habits. |
A.Worsens. | B.Comforts. | C.Causes | D.Improves. |
A.By experimenting on people of different ages. |
B.By summarizing the data from various surveys. |
C.By comparing the studies about the eating disorder. |
D.By concluding some researches concerning eating habits. |
A.Ignore Breakfast to Lose Weight. | B.Night Eaters Are Much Healthier. |
C.Eating Late Is Really Bad for You. | D.Eating More Damages Body Clock. |
9 . While driving in a small Colorado town, I stopped as a group of people crossed the road. As I watched, I
She managed to carry it for a few yards before setting it down on the ground. After trying several times, she was still
Having experienced similar
She stopped, gave me a
“Well, all right,” she answered in a
Surprised, I said, “Nothing. I was glad to be able to help.”
Her expression changed immediately, and she stared at me unbelievably. “Well, thank you, lady. No one has ever done me a(n)
A.visited | B.spotted | C.caught | D.minded |
A.beautiful | B.light | C.valuable | D.overweight |
A.communicating | B.breaking | C.battling | D.competing |
A.struggles | B.conflicts | C.consequences | D.adventures |
A.slowed down | B.tracked down | C.pulled up | D.ended up |
A.rest | B.map | C.companion | D.ride |
A.grateful | B.suspicious | C.disappointed | D.shining |
A.drop | B.carry | C.send | D.keep |
A.relatively | B.awfully | C.slightly | D.entirely |
A.firm | B.warm | C.cold | D.sharp |
A.settled | B.enjoyed | C.found | D.collected |
A.success | B.blow | C.stupidity | D.failure |
A.grabbed | B.shook | C.dug | D.raised |
A.afford | B.owe | C.award | D.return |
A.kindness | B.service | C.honour | D.injury |
10 . Certain areas near the moon’s poles stay everlastingly in shadow, never receiving direct sunlight. Recent studies suggest these so-called permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) contain rich ice resource that could show details about the early solar system; they could also help future visitors make fuel and other resources. But these areas are hard to photograph from satellites moving around the moon and thus are a challenge to study. The few photos PSRs reflect are often flooded by camera noise and quantum effects (量子效应).
Now researchers have produced a deep-learning algorithm (算法) to cut through the interruption and to see these dark zones. “Our images enable scientists to identify the features of craters and boulders (陨石坑和巨石),” says Valentin Bickel, a planetary scientist at the Max Planck Institute of Solar System Research in Germany and lead author of a Nature Communications study testing the new algorithm.
The researchers used more than 70,000 images of completely dark lunar areas — with no light signal — together with details about the camera’s temperature and position in orbit to train their algorithm to recognize and remove camera noise. Next they dealt with the rest noise through information learned from millions of sunlit lunar photos, together with copied versions of the same images in shadow. Ignacio Lopez-Francos, a study co-author and engineer at the NASA Ames Research Center, says using such man-made shadow was necessary because sunlit PSR images do not exist. A similar technique is also used in low-light digital camera photography.
The researchers used their algorithm to analyze the size and number of craters and boulders in several PSRs that might be explored by NASA’s Artemis moon program. They also found the likely origins of some boulders and established a potential route for an astronaut through a PSR on the moon, avoiding obstacles and slopes steeper than 10 degrees.
“It’s an interesting application of machine-learning technology, and the noise model seems realistic and useful for this real case,” says computer scientist Chongyi Li, who uses similar strategies to enhance underwater images at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and was not involved in the study.
1. Why is exploring the PSRs a challenge?A.Because satellites are remote. | B.Because the solar system is complex. |
C.Because the photos are often covered. | D.Because the moon has abundant resources. |
A.They trained it through photos and images. |
B.They trained it by cutting through the interruption. |
C.They trained it through numerous images of sunlit lunar areas. |
D.They trained it by using low-light digital camera photography. |
A.Doubtful. | B.Objective. | C.Indifferent. | D.Favorable. |
A.To appeal to us to explore lunar areas. | B.To promote our understanding of moon. |
C.To introduce an application of technology. | D.To describe the reasons of lunar shadow lands. |