1 . The Aquarium(水族馆) of the Pacific is Southern California’s largest Aquarium. Beyond its world-class animal exhibits, the Aquarium offers monthly events for people of all ages. Here are the upcoming events for this November.
Photographers Night
On this night only, the Aquarium is accessible to photographers for the purpose of getting their dream photos without having to worry about being disturbed by the general public.
DATE: Saturday, NOVEMBER 4, 6:00—10:00 pm
COST: $44.95 per person, $41.95 for members. Ticket sales will be limited.
* Exhibits that will not be lit: Lorikeet Forest & Diving Birds because they will be getting their rest.
Seniors Day
The Aquarium will open its doors for free to people aged fifty and above on Seniors Day. It will feature special presentations, door prizes, and 20% off in the gift store for our senior guests.
DATE: Monday, NOVEMBER 13, 9:00 am—2:00 pm
COST: FREE to ages 50 and over with a valid photo ID. Advance reservations required.
Autism(自闭症) Families Treat
Spend a special evening at the Aquarium only for families with adults or children with autism. On this evening, guests can enjoy the peacefulness of the Aquarium’s exhibits.
DATE: Sunday, NOVEMBER 19, 6:00—9:00 pm
COST: $12 per person, and free for Aquarium members and children under age three. Advance reservations required.
STEAM Fest
Spend the morning surrounded by STEAM science, technology, engineering, art, and math!
This event will feature interactive booths where you can learn about the ocean and the environment, make observations, and ask our animal care staff lots of questions.
DATE: Saturday, NOVEMBER 25, 9:00 am—1:00 pm
COST: $44.95 per adult(ages 12+), $29.95 per child(ages 3—12), and free for Aquarium members and children under age three. Advance reservations required.
1. What can photographers do at Photographers Night?| A．Take photos without disturbance. |
| B．Buy as many tickets as they want. |
| C．Get their dream photos of diving birds. |
| D．Enjoy the event with the general public. |
| A．On November 4. | B．On November 19. |
| C．On November 13. | D．On November 25. |
| A．$74.9 | B．$29.95 | C．$89.9 | D．$44.95 |
2 . Sugar shocked. That describes the reaction of many Americans this week that, 50 years ago, the sugar industry paid Harvard scientists for research that shifted the focus away from sugar’s role in heart diseas — and put the spotlight (注意的中心) squarely on dietary fat.
What might surprise consumers worldwide is just how many present-day nutrition studies are still funded by the food industry. Nutrition scholar Marion Nestle of New York University spent a year informally tracking industry-funded studies on food. “Roughly 90% of nearly 170 studies favored the sponsor’s interest,” Nestle tells us. For instance, studies funded by Welch Foods — the brand behind Welchs 100% Grape Juice — found that drinking Concord grape juice daily may boost brain function. Another, funded by Quaker Oats concluded, as a Daily Mail story put it, , that “hot oatmeal (燕麦粥) breakfast keeps you full for longer.”
Last year, The New York Times revealed how Coca-Cola was funding well-known scientists and organizations promoting a message that, in the battle against weight gain, people should pay more attention to exercise and less to what they eat and drink. Coca-Cola also released data detailing its funding of several medical institutions and associations between 2010 and 2015.
“It’s certainly a problem that so much research in nutrition and health is funded by industry” says Bonnie Liebman, director of nutrition at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. “When the food industry pays for research, it often gets what it pays for.”
Given this environment, consumers should be skeptical when reading the latest finding in nutrition science and never fully trust the latest study that pops up on your news feed. “What we should do is to rely on health experts who’ve reviewed all the evidence,” Liebman says, “pointing to the official government Dietary Guidelines, which are based on reviews of hundreds of studies. And that expert advice remains pretty simple,” says Nestle. “We know what healthy diets are — lots of vegetables, not too much junk food balanced calories.”
1. What may surprise the global customers?| A．How much sugar they take every day. |
| B．How much harm can sugar do to them. |
| C．The food industry affects many studies. |
| D．The food industry brings more harm. |
| A．Coca-Cola might lead to weight gain. |
| B．Coca-Cola has nothing to do with fatness. |
| C．Coca-Cola company advocates exercising. |
| D．Coca-Cola is an expert in advertising. |
| A．confident | B．doubtful | C．optimistic | D．objective |
| A．To convince people of the importance of healthy diets. |
| B．To introduce some food companies and their strategies. |
| C．To advise people to adopt a right attitude towards life. |
| D．To persuade people to be critical about nutrition studies. |
3 . Become a global citizen without leaving home
As an undergraduate student, I often dream of traveling the world and experiencing various cultures; I dream of having a better perspective and contributing politically, socially and economically towards the world.
Here are some tips on tackling the feeling of being separated from the international community simply because you can’t afford to travel.
Join an international club.There are different international clubs, especially at many universities, which allow you to make connections with people from around the world. For example, AIESEC is the world’s largest student-run organization that offers opportunities for students to go on international internships (实习).
Paying attention to international news broadens your sense of current events outside your borders, which can lead to reflection about your local environment.
Having a pen pal is all about creating relationships with others that can allow you to learn about and embrace cultural differences. Strong friendships can have lasting effects.
| A．Education is the best way to gain new perspectives |
| B．Demonstrating your understanding of current events is a way to be involved |
| C．It also offers local students the chance to help facilitate these internships |
| D．There are several websites that offer the service of volunteering without borders |
| E．However, financial stress makes these plans difficult and traveling takes time I may not have |
| F．Learning about different aspects of a country allows for a greater understanding of our global world |
| G．If you end up traveling in the future, there’s a chance that you can meet your international friend |
4 . Pickled (腌制的) vegetables, fish and meat preserved in salt, and bread baked in a circle with a hole in the middle (e.g. bagels), were once the foods for the poor of all backgrounds in central and eastern Europe. But it was Jewish immigrants (犹太移民) who brought these recipes to the West, particularly to America, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Bagels and pickled foods became mainstays of Jewish deli (熟食店) cuisine,which are the subject of an exhibition at the New-York Historical Society called “I’ll Have What She’s Having”. The exhibition implicitly (含蓄地) asks whether a cuisine that has been enjoyed by millions and helped define the taste of New York City continues to be lively today.
There is a distinctly sad tone to it. Though some foods exist over several decades, the number of Jewish delis in America has dropped sharply. Black-and-white pictures of long-gone people eating at long-gone places line the exhibition’s walls. After all, the Jewish deli is a product of a bygone era,shaped by immigration, discrimination and inner-city life. As immigrants’ children fit in with the locals and moved away, the deli became one of many dining choices — less a center of communal Jewish life and more a pleasant place to occasionally chat and talk about the past.
Meanwhile, deli food itself has crossed its limits. For a while, McDonald’s in Germany offered a “Grilled Texas Bagel”. That is a senseless phrase to a deli expert: a decent bagel belongs nowhere near a grill and has nothing to do with Texas. But it suggests that bagels — like pizza, hot dogs and other foods once only consumed by particular ethnicities — now come across less as specifically Jewish than as broadly American.
The most hopeful part of the exhibit is at the end: a case of menus from modern delis across the country. They were founded by young Jewish chefs determined to keep their culinary (烹饪的) traditions alive — not because discrimination left them no other way out, but because the food is delicious, inspiring, and an irreplaceable part of America’s culinary landscape.
1. What is the theme of this exhibition?| A．The history of New York. |
| B．The foods of Jewish delis. |
| C．The recipes for Jewish foods. |
| D．The Jewish communities in New York. |
| A．They cannot provide delivery service. |
| B．They have lost their original special flavor. |
| C．They don’t suit the tastes of young Jewish people. |
| D．They can bring back memories of Jewish immigrants. |
| A．Deli experts aren’t big fans of meaningless names. |
| B．People think bagels are more of an American food. |
| C．Texans aren’t very good at baking satisfactory bagels. |
| D．McDonald’s in Germany prefers American foods to Jewish ones. |
| A．Proud. | B．Worried. | C．Carefree. | D．Disappointed. |
5 . Gymnastics Summer Camps 2023
Morning and afternoon camps give students the opportunity to acquire and practice gymnastics skills. Team building exercises, climbing ropes, fun games, and art projects will keep your child active throughout the summer!
Camps run Monday through Friday during the following dates and times:
Half-Day AM Camp: 9:30 am—12:00 pm at $259/week
Half-Day PM Camp: 12:30 pm—3:00 pm at S259/week
WEEK 1: July 10th—July 14th
WEEK 2: July 17th—July 21st
WEEK 3: July 24th—July 28th
WEEK 4: July 31st—August 4th
WEEK 5: August 7th—August 11th
*Siblings (兄弟姐妹) signed up for the same weeks will receive a 10% discount. Discount will be applied whether siblings are in dance or gymnastics camp.
While we are not offering full-day camp, families looking for extended hours can sign up for both an AM and PM session. If you enroll (登记) your child in both a morning and afternoon session of camp in the same week, your child will need to bring lunch from home.
Camp sign-up is on a WEEKLY basis! You can register your child for camp directly through your account on the parent portal (入口站点) or by emailing info@vikinggymnastics.com.
To guarantee your spot in camp — a 25% non-refundable (不能退款的) payment is due at the time of registration for all weeks that you register your child. Therefore, a credit card must be on file at the time of sign-up. By April 1st, 50% of your camp payment must be made, non-refundable. Your final camp payment is due no later than June 1st.
We look forward to having a great time with your child at Camp!
1. How much should a parent pay in total if he enrolls his two children into an AM session of WEEK 3?| A．$233.1. | B．$259. | C．$466.2. | D．$518. |
| A．Bringing his lunch. |
| B．Joining a competitive team. |
| C．Being accompanied by a parent. |
| D．Choosing between the dance and gym camp. |
| A．Before April 1st. | B．Before June 1st. |
| C．On July 10th. | D．On August 11th. |
I was awakened by the sound of heavy boots hitting the floor as my grandfather walked across the wooden floor to the fireplace. He added wood to the fire. Soon, the small wooden house felt warm.
It was 5: 30 on a cold January morning, deep in the mountains of central Pennsylvania. I, a12-year-old boy, was here with my grandfather and four other men on an annual deer-hunting trip. My grandfather wanted me to take the adventure to increase my courage and fun.
Looking at me, he smiled, “Could you make some coffee?” To prove that I was qualified to join this male club, I got up and started the work.
After breakfast, we left the warm and safe house and headed out into the dark, snowy morning, walking through deep snow. When we climbed over a mountain and crossed frozen streams, my grandfather told me to be mindful of where we had been and where we were headed. I tried to keep track of our route, but later had no idea.
About mid-afternoon, we made our way down the side of a new mountain to the stream bed below. My grandfather told me to head to the top of the next mountain, walk along the ridge (山脊) for a few hundred feet, and then come back down. If there were any deer on that part of the mountain, I would need to threaten them down to the bottom where my grandfather waited. So, off I went with a gun.
It took me 20 minutes to climb to the top. I walked along the ridge and then headed back down. I didn’t realize I had crossed over the top and had started back down the other side of the mountain. I headed in the wrong direction. After walking for 45 minutes, I realized I was lost in the woods. I was shocked.
After finally calming myself, I sat down and worked out a plan. I would first fire the gun and then start a fire, hoping my grandfather would know where I was by the sounds and smoke.
I looked at my watch. It was 4: 00. The sun would set down soon.
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I held my gun and immediately fired three shots.
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Finally, I found my grandfather and other men walking in my direction hurriedly.
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3. 发出倡议。
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Dear fellow students,
I’m Li Hua, president of the Students’ Union.
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The Students’ Union
November 17th , 2023
In the coming era of budget cuts to education, distance learning could become the norm.
The temptation for those in charge of education budgets to trade teachers for technology could be so strong that they ignore
Those policy-makers are often fascinated by the latest technology in education and its potential to transform education overnight.
9 . It’s good to be smart. After all, intelligent people earn more money, accumulate more wealth, and even live longer. But there’s another side to the story. The brightest people and strongest leaders sometimes make errors others don’t, especially in situations that require common sense.
Travis Bradberry, president at TalentSmart, explained in his post Why Smart People Act So Stupid that “Rational thinking (理性思维) and intelligence don’t tend to go hand in hand. Intelligent people are more likely to make silly mistakes because of blind spots in how they use logic. These blind spots exist because smart people tend to be overconfident in their reasoning abilities.” They are so used to being right and having quick answers that they don’t even realize when they’re making a mess by answering without thinking things through.
A lifetime of praise leads smart people to develop too much faith in their intelligence and abilities. They often fail to recognize when they need help, and when they do recognize it, they tend to believe that no one else is capable of providing it.
“It’s hard for anyone to graciously accept the fact that they’re wrong. It’s even harder for smart people because they grow so used to being right all the time that it becomes a part of their identity,” Bradberry wrote. “For smart people, being wrong can feel like a personal attack, and being right, a necessity.”
Smart people also have a hard time accepting feedback. They tend to undervalue the opinions of others, which means they have trouble believing that anyone is qualified to give them useful feedback. Not only does this tendency slow their growth and performance, it can lead to harmful relationships, both personally and professionally.
Smart people develop overachieving personalities because things come so easily to them. They simply don’t understand how hard some people have to work to accomplish the same things, and because of that, they push people too hard. They set the bar too high, and when people take too long or don’t get things quite right, they assume it’s due to a lack of effort. So they push even harder.
1. What do we learn from the passage about the brightest people?| A．They can differ in their personalities. |
| B．They are admired by people around them. |
| C．They usually face their own weaknesses calmly. |
| D．They can make silly mistakes in straightforward situations. |
| A．Their irrational way of thinking. | B．Too much concern about their work. |
| C．Too much faith in their ability to think. | D．Their ignorance of behavioral science. |
| A．They may experience a lot of emotional stress. |
| B．They may commit more errors than ever before. |
| C．They may lose faith in their administrative abilities. |
| D．They may suffer in their professional and private life. |
| A．They are under increasing pressure. | B．They set higher goals for themselves. |
| C．They put a lot of effort into their work. | D．They take less time to get things done. |
10 . I was driving when my phone alerted me to a new email. Filled with eager anticipation, I pulled over, turned on my hazard lights, and opened it. My emotions quickly changed as I learned, for the sixth and final time, that I had been denied a promotion to full professor. My institution didn’t seem to value what I brought to the table. But when I told my family that night, my children offered a surprisingly positive response. They were excited to see what I was going to do next, they said. They apparently knew long before I did that losing my bid for a promotion would turn out to be the best thing that could have happened for me.
This had been the final step in a long process spanning 15 months and involving so much effort. I had started by studying successful promotion bids and asking senior scholars for frank discussions about my readiness. I had carefully prepared my application packet, summarizing everything I had achieved in my career. For more than a year, I had spent hours every day trying to prove my worth to my university.
To my surprise, having a final answer brought a welcome sense of closure. As a first step toward healing, I decided to prioritize my own values and follow my own internal compass. I disconnected from people in my life who violated my values, cultivated my relationships with those who share my priorities and bring out the best in me, and spent more time with my family. I founded a nonprofit that helps first-generation and low-income students and young professionals advance in the workforce while serving their community. The initiative had long been a dream of mine, but I never pursued it because typical academic hiring and promotion don’t reward such efforts. Now, such considerations were no longer my North Star.
Five months after that email from top leadership, I found myself in the car again, experiencing another career-defining moment. I may have lost my bid for a big promotion, but in the end, it brought me to the right place.
1. What did the author feel after he read the email?| A．Anxious and annoyed. | B．Embarrassed and ashamed. |
| C．Relieved and peaceful. | D．Disappointed and sorrowful. |
| A．What contributions the writer had made. | B．What preparations the writer had made. |
| C．How successful the career had been. | D．How tiring the process had been. |
| A．Success is more than a title or a rank. |
| B．One’s internal compass is to be developed. |
| C．Serving the community may heal a broken heart. |
| D．One’s real value first lies in his family interaction. |
| A．Emails: my North Star |
| B．Full professor: a double-edged sword |
| C．A career setback becomes a great opportunity |
| D．An academic career witnesses a failed promotion |
