1 . We all notice bright colors. People who opt for striking attire (服装) and shiny decorative items, hear everything from, “No one is going to miss you at the party” to, “I would never have the guts to wear that.” But according to research, those comments may be both accurate and expected.
Adam D. Pazda and Christopher A. Thorstenson examined how we perceive people at first impression who wear bright colors. They specifically examined the effect of chroma, which means color intensity in a practical way. They found that targets, both male and female, who were wearing or surrounded by high-chroma colors were perceived as more open and extraverted (外向的) than in a low-chroma setting. They concluded that chroma is a variable of perception that can influence first impressions of personality. Drilling down further, they found that high-chroma colors enhanced some viewer perception on personalities, but not other traits: such as emotional stability, agreeableness, reliability, responsibility or innovation. These observations are important because some job capitalize on some of the traits (特征) inferred through bright colors.
Pazda and Thorstenson recognize what job seekers no doubt consider as they look for a career to match their personal disposition: in some occupations, success is fueled by possessing certain personality traits. They give examples of industries such as sales and marketing as well as customer service where individuals with outgoing personalities tend to excel. Accordingly, applicants for these positions may be viewed more favorably and judged as more competent if they wear highly chromatic clothing.
Regarding the generality of their results, Pazda and Thorstenson note that one of the drawbacks of their study was their use of participants living in the United States, which means their findings may not predict results in other cultures. They note the possibility that chroma may influence the perception of personality traits differently in non-Western countries, and that high-chroma clothing may be perceived as varying from social norms in other cultures.
1. What does the underlined word “guts” mean in paragraph 1?| A．Sensitivity. | B．Appearance. | C．Courage. | D．Elegance. |
| A．Innovation and creation. | B．Openness and extraversion. |
| C．Responsibility and reliability. | D．Emotional stability and agreeableness. |
| A．The possible limitation of the research. |
| B．The explanation of the research methodology. |
| C．The benefits of high-chroma colors in various jobs |
| D．The universality of high-chroma colors across cultures. |
| A．Critical and skeptical. | B．Informative and objective. |
| C．Persuasive and promotional. | D．Evaluative and judgmental. |
As the cold of winter loosened its hold and spring was approaching, I found myself in the quiet process of recovery. The world outside my window, once full of life, now seemed like a distant, unreachable place. Each day was a repetition of the last, a cycle that mirrored my own struggle to regain my strength and find hope in a future that felt dark and uncertain.
One afternoon, as I sat mindlessly by the window, a flash of movement caught my eye-a swallow (燕子) under the roof. It was a delicate creature, with its elegant wings. For a moment, it seemed to look at me, its eyes bright and curious, as if it recognized a fellow soul.
“A swallow,” I whispered, looking at the lovely creature, whose liveliness formed a contrast with the silence of the room.
The swallow’s daily visits became a comforting rhythm, as steady as the dawn’s arrival. Each time it appeared on that branch, it wasn’t just a sign of spring; it was like a friend. I found myself looking forward to its daily appearances. Its presence became a flicker (闪现) of warmth in my otherwise lifeless days.
One day, the swallow was not alone; it had been joined by a mate. Together, they began the merry work of building a nest under the roof. Inspired by their joyful spirit, I decided it was time for me to take control of my own life. I began to set small, achievable goals, mirroring the swallows' tireless work on their nest.
However, life can be unpredictable. Just when the nest was almost done, a storm blew in out of nowhere, tearing the nest apart. I watched from my window, my heart aching for the swallows and their broken dream.
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I was worried I would never see the beautiful creatures come back.
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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3 . Every May, the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hosts Air Quality Awareness Week with the goal of sharing information on air quality and how it affects health, as well as encouraging people to apply knowledge of air quality to their daily lives. Here are some events that may help you be air aware and prepared.
Asthma (哮喘) and the Impacts of Climate ChangeIn honor of World Asthma Day, EPA Asthma Program welcomes Jenna Riemenschneider, the Director of Advocacy and Special Projects at the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. She will present the event and talk about the cause of Asthma and how to prevent it.
When: October 3, 2: 00 pm
Where: Click here to join the meeting
Screening of UnbreathableThe District of Columbia Department of Energy and Environmental Air Quality Division will cooperate with multiple universities to host a screening of Unbreathable. The event will include a screening of the movie and a discussion of academic experts and advocates.
When: November 13, 2: 00 pm
Where: Click here to join the meeting
Sun Tran Transit WorkshopA Transit Workshop will be led by Sun Tran for downtown employees and residents to learn about bus, shuttle (班车) and street car options for travel. Other travel reduction resources will also be available.
When: November 25, 2: 10-2: 50 pm
Where: Basement Conference Room C, 201 Stone Avenue, Tucson
Change is in the Air: A Community ConversationThe program is designed to discuss on some questions. What challenges have asthma patients faced? How to prevent? What is unjust about the air quality in my community? How are air sensors used to inform the public and engage with public health and local government?
When: December 4, 2: 00-5: 00 pm
Where: The Cleveland Public Library, 525 Superior Avenue, Cleveland
1. When can you attend the Screening of Unbreathable event?| A．October 3. | B．November 13. | C．November 25. | D．December 4. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．See a movie concerning air quality. | B．Talk about the usage of air sensors. |
| C．Know about travel reduction methods. | D．Acquire some knowledge of climate change. |
4 . Today’s Olympic Games are a technological marvel. Slow-motion cameras capture the milliseconds-long difference between first and second place. Wearable sensors detect clean hits in fencing or tae kwon do.
Technology and sport are tightly linked, but controversy (争议) arises when technology enhances athletic performance, sometimes called “technological doping (兴奋剂).” This refers to using apparel (服装) or equipment to gain an unfair advantage.
Unlike drug doping, monitored by an international agency, legal apparel and equipment are decided by each sport’s governing body. It’s up to these bodies to put in place technical requirements for equipment use in their sport and enforce these requirements. But there’s no standardized rules across sports to disqualify an item based on its degree of enhancement, cost or exclusivity (排他性). Consequently, decisions to ban an item from competition are often made retroactively.
At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 94% of swimming gold medals were won by athletes wearing the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuit, engineered to reduce drag. It was worn by athletes who set 23 new world records. Many labeled it technological doping, so World Aquatics banned full-body swimsuits from competition.
The running equivalent (对等物) of the LZR Racer, Nike’s tailored shoe for Eliud Kipchoge, helped him achieve a sub-two-hour marathon in 2019. Its commercial version, Nike Vaporfly, led to numerous long-distance world records. These super shoes feature energy-returning midsole foam, a curved rigid plate, and a shape that rolls a runner forward, improving running economy by 4% on average. Other brands have since released super shoes, but some research suggests they don’t match Nike Vaporflys in performance. Differences in access to the best equipment have long been a source of inequality in elite sport (高水平竞技体育), worsened by technological doping, where brand exclusivity and high costs limit access.
Andy Miah, a professor at the University of Salford, believes this technological race is natural in elite sport. “Resisting technology in athletics may be fruitless, as elite performances are a combination of biological capability and technological training.” Miah says, “In fact, being a genius athlete is a very unnatural way of life — but that doesn’t make it bad.”
1. What does the underlined word “retroactively” in the third paragraph most likely mean?| A．Afterwards | B．Ineffectively | C．Ahead | D．Temporarily |
| A．It was allowed in all swimming competitions after 2008. |
| B．It was designed to reduce drag force and improve performance. |
| C．It was banned before any Olympic records were broken. |
| D．Its fabric played the most significant role in the drag reduction. |
| A．Skeptical, fearing it could harm the integrity of sports |
| B．Supportive, seeing it as a natural progression in elite athletics |
| C．Indifferent, viewing it as a natural part of modern sports |
| D．Concerned, believing it might create an uneven playing field |
| A．Nike, the Biggest Winner ever in History |
| B．The Very Two Sides to Technological Doping |
| C．Technology, an Unfair Competitive Advantage |
| D．A Form of Doping, or a Reality of Modern Sport? |
5 . In 2019, Coleman started taking online classes in a lesser-known language: Owens Valley Paiute. But it was not easy. Coleman is a member of the Big Pine Paiute Tribe of Owens Valley — and Paiute is his father’s ancestral language.
“My dad didn’t grow up speaking the language — like many families, it was forced out of use by boarding schools where speaking the language was forbidden. And there was no language-based language models (LLMs) to help me. But I’m lucky my great-grandparents sat down with scientists to document the language and to create recordings so I can hear their voices and words,” said Coleman.
ChatGPT and other LLMs exhibit human-level performance on many natural-language tasks in English, because one-fifth of the world speaks English. But Paiute is regarded as a “no-resource language”, meaning there are no publicly available Paiute sentences translated into English on which to train a machine learning model.
In a new paper, Coleman and his professor Krishnamachari propose a machine translation approach called LLM-RBMT (Rule-Based Machine Translation) to help people learn no-resource languages. In their method, the LLM does not translate into or from Owens Valley Paiute. Instead, it gives guidance to the rule-based translators, which rely on grammatical and vocabulary rules to translate between languages.
This method, said Coleman, mirrors how language learners naturally speak by mixing known and unknown words, making it a practical tool for real-world use. LLM’s remarkable general-purpose language skills make them a promising tool in helping revitalize (复兴) critically endangered languages.
Coleman also built and maintains a suite of digital tools related to language revitalization, named Kubishi or “brain” in Paiute, including an online dictionary, and a sentence-builder and translation system enabled by this research. For his part, Coleman credits his tribe’s members, past and present, for paving the path. “A lot of people in my tribe have been working for a long time on different language revitalization efforts, including classes, dictionaries, recordings,” said Coleman.
1. How did Coleman learn Paiute initially?| A．By turning to an LLM. |
| B．By taking a course at school. |
| C．By referring to printed documents. |
| D．By hearing the created recordings. |
| A．To indicate the progress of Al. |
| B．To show the popularity of English. |
| C．To recommend a language learning tool. |
| D．To stress the challenge of developing LLM-RBMT. |
| A．It bases its performance on grammar rules. |
| B．It helps to guide the rule-based translators. |
| C．It corrects grammar mistakes during translation. |
| D．It directly translates Paiute into other languages. |
| A．The cooperation between individuals. |
| B．Coleman’s talents and learning goals. |
| C．Coleman’s contributions and gratitude. |
| D．The main task of language revitalization. |
6 . At the “I Am Mbare” community school near Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, over 30 children sat in neat rows in the small schoolyard. Their eyes were wide with curiosity as I unrolled my calligraphy work, displaying the Chinese characters “sheng sheng bu xi” as my encouragement for the kids to grow healthily.
I read the words aloud and explained their meaning. I was touched as the children excitedly tried to imitate (模仿) me, showing their interest in my calligraphy and the Chinese language. The small yard was filled with their enthusiasm.
This happened during a field trip I took from July 1 to 9 as part of the Tsinghua University Global Competency Overseas Practicum Course. The course sent four teams to various countries as part of a summer program in 2024, and I was selected as a member of the team visiting Zimbabwe.
This small-scale, in-depth course wants to help students to have a global vision, facilitating future people-to-people connections.
During my time in Zimbabwe, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my calligraphy talents played a significant role in cultural exchanges. One of the highlights was a forum (论坛) where we engaged in a series of activities with local artists. While my fellow team members sang Welcome to Beijing, I created four calligraphy pieces and presented these pieces on stage at the end of the song, receiving an enthusiastic response.
In addition to my performance at the forum, I devoted time each evening to creating calligraphy tailored for the people we were to visit the next day. My efforts were well-received, as the Zimbabweans’ initial surprise at my calligraphy turned into delight, recognition, and gratitude after I explained the meanings to them. This gave me a sense of achievement and firsthand experience in cultural exchanges.
This experience in Zimbabwe has made me realize the power of art to bridge differences. These valuable connections will stay with me, inspiring me to continue sharing Chinese culture while remaining open to others.
1. How did the author feel about the children’s reaction?| A．Curious. | B．Interested. | C．Impressed. | D．Grateful. |
| A．To develop students’ life skills. |
| B．To connect with other universities. |
| C．To help students obtain a global vision. |
| D．To do voluntary work in poor countries. |
| A．Chinese songs. | B．Teaching experience. |
| C．A sense of achievement. | D．Chinese calligraphy. |
| A．To share an unforgettable experience. |
| B．To call on people to care for children. |
| C．To stress the importance of international help. |
| D．To introduce a program of Tsinghua University. |
This is the first cross-provincial ecological restoration project in China,
Additionally, this design honors the water culture of the Yangtze River. The project was created so as not to disturb the natural patterns of the fish and provide a place for native plants
Moreover, there’s a hidden flood control walkway, which combines the shoreline with plants, terrain (地形) and the
Meanwhile, the walking path
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