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2 . There are many wetlands（湿地） in China and some of them have become the world’s important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are among them. They are in Yancheng，Jiangsu Province. They are home for many different kinds of birds and animals. The world’s largest Milu Deer Nature Reserve（自然保护区) is in them. More than 700 milu deer live freely there. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world, but every winter you can see some in the Red-crowned Cranes Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands.
The temperature in the wetlands is usually neither too high nor too low. There is a lot of rain and sunshine，too. They are really good places for wildlife（野生生物）. Offering food and home for some special kinds of animals and birds is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent flood. But some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and buildings. This means there will be less and less space for wildlife.
Luckily, more and more people are beginning to realize the important of wetlands and wildlife. Every year，on February 2nd，many activities are held to tell people more about wetlands.
1. Usually the weather in the wetlands is ________.| A．hot | B．pleasant | C．cold | D．dry |
| A．April 22 | B．June 25 | C．February 2 | D．March 22 |
| A．they are home for wildlife | B．they can prevent flood |
| C．they can offer food to the animals and birds | D．all of the above |
| A．China’s Wetlands Have All Entered the World’s List |
| B．Wetlands—Home for Wildlife and Human Beings |
| C．Special Animals in the Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands |
| D．Wetlands—Valuable Recourses（珍贵资源）of Land on the Earth |
3 . How about changing your body language and facial expressions, depending on the background of the person in front of you? Would you sit or stand differently and pay attention to your hand gestures?
These are just a handful of the small changes in behaviour that can contribute to what is known as your “cultural intelligence”, or CQ-and there is growing evidence that suggests they are well worth learning.
“The number one predictor of your success in today’s borderless world is not your IQ, not your resume (简历), and not even your professional skills,” writes social scientist David Livermore in his book The Cultural Intelligence Difference. “It’s your CQ.”
Much of the research on CQ has been done by Soon Ang, a professor of management at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. In the late 1990s, her job was updating computer systems in Singapore to deal with a software problem that would possibly bring down the world’s computer networks. Ang put together an international team of programmers to solve the problem.
They were some of the brightest minds in the business, yet she soon found that they just couldn’t work together. The programmer failed to work together effectively. Often, the members would appear to agree on a solution, but then carry it out in completely different ways.
Clearly, it wasn’t a question of expertise or motivation. Instead, she saw that these highly gifted employees were stumbling over each other’s cultural differences, leading to a breakdown in communication and understanding.
These insights would lead Ang to team up with the organizational psychologist P. Christopher Earley. Together they built a comprehensive theory of CQ, which they described as “the capability to function effectively in a variety of cultural contexts”.
Typically CQ is measured through a series of questions that assess four distinct components. The first is “CQ Drive”—the motivation to learn about other cultures. Then there is “CQ Knowledge”, which is an understanding of some of the general cultural differences you may face. “CQ Strategy”, examines how you make sense of those difficult confrontation and learn from them while “CQ Action”, involves your behavioral flexibility-whether you are able to adapt your conduct flexibly.
1. What’s the function of the first paragraph?| A．To introduce what CQ is. | B．To explain why people need CQ. |
| C．To show how to improve CQ. | D．To encourage people to make changes. |
| A．It’s an anti-traditional element. | B．It’s decisive for one’s success. |
| C．It’s impractical. | D．It’s no different from IQ. |
| A．They spoke different languages. | B．Some of them were not experts. |
| C．They lacked passion for teamwork. | D．They had barriers for mutual understanding. |
| A．How CQ works | B．CQ determines success | C．IQ or CQ? | D．How to measure CQ |
4 . After months of expectation and secrecy, the official mascot (吉祥物) of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games－a giant panda-inspired cartoon character－made its first public debut with cheers at Beijing's Shougang Ice Hockey Arena.
The panda is named “Bing Dwen Dwen” in Chinese. Bing means “ice” in Chinese, while Dwen Dwen suggests “health and cleverness”－characteristics also shared by pandas. Pandas are perhaps the most recognized animal species in China, organizers said.
“Pandas combine China's traditional culture and its modern appearance together with winter sports elements in a fascinating image (形象) that shows our great expectations for the Games and shows that we welcome the world,” said Beijing Mayor Chen Jining, who also serves as an executive president on the organizing committee.
“I have already seen the mascot and from what I've seen, it’s a wonderful choice,” IOC President Thomas Bach said before introducing the character.” “The mascot really takes in the best elements and characteristics of China and the Chinese people. It will be a great ambassador (大使) for the country and the 24th Winter Olympics.”
The ring of light surrounding the mascot’s face is suggestive of ice and snow tracks, as well as the flowing “ribbons” of the National Speed Skating Oval. The oval is one of two new competition sites in downtown Beijing expected to become a landmark of the Games, according to its chief designer Cao Xue.
The introduction of the mascots marks the key point of a journey that began in August 2018, when Beijing organizers started a global design competition for the mascots. A total of 5,816 designs were received from 35 countries, and were reviewed by Chinese and international experts in a comprehensive evaluation and selection process.
The new mascot will serve as spirited symbol of the Games that will take place in the three zones of downtown Beijing, the suburban district of Yanqing and co-host city Zhangjiakou in surrounding Hebei province.
1. What does the underlined word “debut” in paragraph1 mean?| A．Design. | B．Appearance. |
| C．Understanding. | D．Attention. |
| A．Surprising. | B．Entertaining. |
| C．Satisfying | D．Interesting. |
| A．The origin of the mascot image. |
| B．The introduction to the mascot designer. |
| C．The hard work behind the mascot design. |
| D．The hidden meaning of the mascot image. |
| A．The Mascot of the 24th Winter Olympic Games |
| B．A Historical Moment of the Winter Olympic Games |
| C．Bing Dwen Dwen: a Lovely Panda Welcomes the World |
| D．Comments on the Mascot of the 24th Winter Olympics |
5 . Your kids may be unhappy about the end of summer and the beginning of another school year but you can cheer them up with something fun. Here are 4 fantastic places for them to go this fall.
Frist Art Museum
Tickets: $15 adults, free ages 18& younger
One of the most famous children's authors of all time, Eric Carle, is the creator of more than 70 picture books. In the exhibit of Eric Carle's Picture Books: Celebrating 50 Years of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, you and your kids will be offered the chance to explore Carle s personal history and interests, different subjects and artistic techniques.
Grand ole Opry House
Tickets: $24.99 (children 3 younger are free)
This fantastic musical, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, is a live-action stage version of the based 1964 animated（动画的）TV special. The 70-minute stage adaptation holds true to the TV version, and it’s great excitement to watch Rudolph flying in the air over the stage. Your kids are going to be excited when the larger-than-life Abominable Snowman takes the stage!
First Tennessee Park
Tickets:23.99adults: 15.99 ages 3-16: (On Tuesday or Wednesday, 12.79ages3-12: Tickets: $ 20.79 adults or ages over 12
Nashville is getting a brand-new holiday experience at the stadium, GLOW, which will soon feature 4 million lights, the South's largest Christmas tree (at more than 100 feet tall)and other decorations related to the coming Christmas.
Bridgestone Arena
Tickets: $100
There have been other “Jurassic” live shows with life-size robotic dinosaurs, but this is the very first time that the Jurassic World movie has set free its ancient creatures in an arena（竞技场）experience. Your kids can look forward to a whole new Jurassic World.
1. What can kids get from a visit to Frist Art Museum?| A．A chance to promote one's art works. | B．A tip on having a performance in a musical. |
| C．A chance to explore a well-known author. | D．A copy of The Very Hungry Caterpillar for free. |
| A．47.97 dollars. | B．54.37 dollars. | C．62.37 dollars. | D．63.97 dollars. |
| A．Frist Art Museum | B．Grand Ole Opry House. |
| C．First Tennessee Park. | D．Bridgestone Arena. |
Everything about moving day was a puzzle. I didn't know anything about our new building on a new street. Our old life was broken into pieces and packed up in piled boxes. I wondered if it would ever fit back together again.
Mom introduced me to our new neighbours, the Chens. Mrs Chen worked with Mom at the job she'd just started. Mr Chen was a famous craftsman(匠人) from China.
Mom said it was a fresh start, but it felt broken to me. I just wanted things to go back to how they had been before.
After the first day at my new school, I walked home alone. Mom had told me she had to work. I was still hoping she'd meet me after the bell. I had to open the door myself with the new key. I felt a bit hungry and went straight into the kitchen, ripping tape from the packed boxes while I searched for a clean plate. My fingers slipped, and something went crashing to the ground.
“Benjamin” cried Mom from the doorway. I didn't hear her come in. “What just broke?” she asked, kneeling to pick up the pieces. In her hands, I recognized the shattered pieces. It was Grandma's bowl. “I can't believe you broke this,” she said.
“Well, I can't believe we have to live here now! I can't believe I have to switch schools, and I can't believe you didn't even meet me after my first day” I ran into my room, slamming the door behind me.
The broom swept across the kitchen floor. Then the click of Mom's bedroom door closed behind her. I sneaked out into the kitchen and found the fragments in the dustbin. There were so many pieces in here, but maybe I could put them back together. Turning the pieces, I tried to match them,but this bowl would never look the same again.
“I'm sorry I yelled,” said Mom, as she opened her door. “Please just throw out the pieces. We can't make a fresh start with broken things.”
As I wandered down the hall, Mr Chen was emptying his garbage.
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“Are you sure you want to throw that out?” he asked.
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I brought the repaired bowl into her room.
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7 . Please take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal. Imagine telling someone you meet today what you’re going to do. Imagine their congratulations and their high image of you. Doesn't it feel good to say it out loud? Don’t you feel one step closer already? Well, bad news: you should have kept your mouth shut, because that good feeling will make you less likely to do it.
Any time you have a goal, there is some work that needs to be done to achieve it. Ideally, you would not be satisfied until you’d actually done the work. But when you tell someone your goal and he acknowledges it, psychologists have found it's called a "social reality". The mind is kind of tricked into a feeling that it's already done. And then. because you’ve felt that satisfaction. you’re less motivated to do the actual and necessary hard work. This goes against the traditional wisdom that we should tell our friends our goals, right?
In 1982, Peter Gollwitzer, a professor of psychology, wrote a whole book about this. And in 2009, he did some new tests, which were published. It goes like this: 163 people across four separate tests—everyone wrote down their personal goal. Then half of them announced their commitment to this goal to the room, and half didn't. Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work that would directly lead them towards their goal, but they were told that they could stop at any time. Finally, those who kept their mouths shut worked the entire 45 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said they felt they had a long way to go to achieve their goal. But those who had announced it quit after only 33 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said that they felt much closer to achieving their goal.
1. What do the words "social reality" in Paragraph 2 mean?| A．Necessary hard work. | B．Completion of a goal |
| C．A sense of satisfaction. | D．People’s judgement. |
| A．Writing down the goal is very helpful. |
| B．Achieving the personal goal needs more time. |
| C．Keeping the goal secret makes people work harder. |
| D．Making the goal public makes people less satisfied. |
| A．By giving figures. | B．By giving examples. |
| C．By making a survey. | D．By making comparison tests |
| A．You'll be more confident |
| B．You will not gain satisfaction. |
| C．You'll be less likely to realize it. |
| D．You'll be much more motivated. |
8 . Jadav Payeng lives on Majuli in Assam, India—the world's largest river island. In 1979, flooding(洪水) took away a large part of forest along the Brahmaputra River. Wildlife were left without enough shade(荫), and Payeng watched helpless animals begin to die off from the heat.
Deeply saddened, then the 16-year-old decided he would plant a young tree in the barren(贫瘠的) land every day for the foreseeable future and now, 39 years later, his woodland covers 1, 360 acres and it is home to Bengal tigers, rhinos, vultures and 115 elephants.
Amazingly, the work didn’t come to light until the autumn of 2007, when he was accidentally discovered seeding(播种) his forest by wildlife lover Jitu Kalita.
Kalita had borrowed a boat to take pictures of birds around the Brahmaputra River, which runs around Majuli Island, and while travelling through the waters he saw something unusual. Kalita recalls: “I saw something strange ... it looked like a forest far in the distance. I began walking towards it. When I reached it, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I had found a forest in the middle of a barren wasteland.” He was amazed by Payeng’s story and spent time learning about his lifetime’s work.
Payeng, who makes money with his wife selling cows’ milk to local villages, still works hard taking care of his forest and says he will continue to plant young trees and seeds until the last moment of his life. He said at first that planting was very time－consuming(耗时的) but now it’s much easier because the trees seed themselves.
Payeng’s work has been recognised far and wide and in 2015 he received one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Shri.
Payeng says his dream is to fill up Majuli Island with forest again. Standing next to the first tree that he planted, he said: “People from around the world come here now because this forest amazes them.”
1. What happened to Payeng’s homeland in 1979?| A．It was destroyed by flooding. |
| B．Wildlife were being killed by humans. |
| C．Forest was cleared to make way for farming land. |
| D．Many people lost their lives because of the high temperature. |
| A．To take a boat trip. |
| B．To interview Jadav Payeng. |
| C．To take pictures of wildlife. |
| D．To search around Majuli Island. |
| A．It made the Brahmaputra River clear. |
| B．It has brought Payeng lots of money. |
| C．It helped Payeng win an award in 2007. |
| D．It didn’t become known to the public until 2007. |
| A．A man who planted a forest. |
| B．A way to protect the natural world. |
| C．How a special woodland was discovered. |
| D．How a wasteland became a tourist attraction. |
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Dear Steven，
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Yours，
Li Hua
10 . Over the last decade, Grandpa Ron, as the students call him, has volunteered thousands of hours every year to be with local school children—but it wasn’t until classes moved online due to COVID-19 that Ron Jacobson realized his impact. That impact reached far deeper than being a school volunteer. And those students were now missing the hugs he gave them every mornings.
Back in March 2020, Jacobson had already volunteered for 900 hours during the 2019-2020 school year by the time Cle Elum-Roslyn Elementary in Ronald, Washington, closed its doors and turned to online teaching.
“These kids who relied on me being there for them had suddenly lost me,” Jacobson said. “When they started doing their schoolwork online, several said that they missed Grandpa Ron. ”
The school received so many requests for Grandpa Ron that it added Jacobson’s email address and home address to the school’s online directory (通讯录), allowing students to keep in touch with Jacobson. Students immediately began sending Jacobson emails and letters and even coming to his home to check up on him and offer to walk his dog.
Jacobson now responds to each of the students, adding a bright spot to the students’ days and his own.
“I am happy to listen to the kids’ problems as well,” Jacobson said. “I have heard from school teachers and parents how much this regular communication has changed the kids’ attitudes.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars has honored Jacobson—a Vietnam veteran (老兵) —by naming him a spokesman for their campaign, StillServing, which shows many ways America’s veterans continue serving even after leaving the army.
“The Marine Corps taught me the two important things: finish the task and take care of your troops (军队). I’m still taking care of the troops,” Jacobson said.
It’s just that they are 75 years younger than he is.
1. How did the school react to the school kids’ requests?| A．It sent Jacobson to visit them in person. |
| B．It asked Jacobson to write to all of them. |
| C．It showed every student’s email address. |
| D．It offered Jacobson’s contact information. |
| A．Pleased. | B．Worried. |
| C．Tired. | D．Confused. |
| A．He still served in the army. | B．He trained many volunteers. |
| C．He continued to serve others. | D．He encouraged kids to serve. |
| A．School teachers. | B．Vietnam veterans. |
| C．Local school kids. | D．Young volunteers. |
