1 . Recent the news a school in Ganzhou, Jiangxi, serves pre-made meals to its students have sparked heated discussions across the country. People doubt if pre-made meals, despite being convenient, are healthy and nutritious enough for growing teenagers.
Pre-made meals refer to half-finished or finished dishes that are already cooked or prepared, according to the China Cuisine Association. There are several types of pre-made foods, including ready-to-eat food, such as canned food or cooked food in packages, and ready-to-heat or ready-to-cook food, which requires heating or cooking before being served.
Many people tend to think that ready-to-heat and ready-to-cook foods are less nutritious because they usually need to be kept in refrigerators. “Actually freezing does not cause a loss of nutrients,” Liu Junya, a 33-year-old dietitian in Beijing said. “Nutrient loss typically occurs during the heating or frying process.”
Vitamins from the B group and vitamin C found in meat and vegetables are heat-sensitive and can be lost during the process. By being heated or cooked twice or more, “pre-made foods can be less nutritious than freshly prepared and cooked foods,” Liu said.
Meanwhile, “many pre-made food companies prioritize taste over nutrition,” said Liu. This leads to higher levels of salt and sugar in the food, which may lead to health problems, such as high blood pressure in the long term.
Additives (添加剂) are also a major concern related to pre-made food. In China, there are strict standards for food additives. Currently, China’s food industry has well-developed techniques to preserve pre-made food without the excessive use of additives. Some food can be sterilized (消毒) and then sealed (密封) after cooking, followed by low-temperature storage, allowing for a longer shelf life. However, it’s essential that customers buy pre-made meals from qualified food companies or supermarkets.
It is hoped that regulations on pre-made meals can be strengthened to better ensure nutrition and hygiene (卫生). This way, “pre-made meals will be more accepted by the public,” Liu said.
1. What can we learn about pre-made meals from the article?| A．They are typically costly and flavorful. | B．They are rich in a large numbe of vitamins. |
| C．They taste better than homemade food. | D．They are already partially or fully cooked. |
| A．During freezing. | B．During cooking. | C．During packaging. | D．During sales. |
| A．Buy from reliable sources. | B．Check the cooking instructions. |
| C．Keep pre-made meals frozen. | D．Pay attention to the additives used. |
| A．They are a convenient choice for all. | B．They are suitable for daily life. |
| C．They can be nutritious if properly regulated. | D．They are best avoided for long-term health. |
A young and successful manager had a new Jaguar (捷豹), whose side door was dented (凹陷的). The damage was very noticeable, but the manager never bothered to repair it. He kept the dent there to remind him of one afternoon as well as this message: Don’t go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!
The manager was traveling down a neighborhood street on his way to work, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He noticed kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick crashed into the Jaguar’s side door! He braked sharply and drove the Jaguar backward to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, seized the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, “What was that all about and who are you?”
The young boy apologized. “Please sir…please, I’m sorry…I didn’t know what else to do,” he begged.
“I threw the brick because no one else would stop…” With tears rolling down his face, the little boy pointed to a spot just around a parked car.
“My elder brother fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up,” he said.
Still crying, the boy asked the angry manager, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.”
After hearing his words, the manager hurried to the spot with the boy. Another boy was lying on the ground bleeding. A quick look told him that the wound was serious, the disabled (丧失能力的) must be taken to the hospital at once. But before that, he had to do something to stop the bleeding.
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Suddenly, he remembered that he always kept a first-aid kit in the car.
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From “pocket parks” between communities to forest parks in the outer cities, local governments are
From 2021 to 2022, Shanghai transformed 62 woodlands into leisure spaces. These leisure spaces open up forests,
Apart from meeting people’s needs, parks can also do good to the environment. Take Beijing’s Central Green Forest Park
5 . Have you ever had to wait in line at a store and found yourself avoiding eye contact, whether with employees or other customers? You may hope it is easier to meet new people or feel at ease at a party.
●Stop worrying about the outcome.
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Remember that being true to yourself is more important than what strangers think. Who you are is no less important than who anyone else is. Every person has their own story and journey, and yours is just as important as anyone else’s.
●Don’t share too much too quickly.
It can sometimes be easy to share a little too much information about yourself, especially if you are excited or anxious when engaging with strangers.
| A．Share your important stories. |
| B．This helps to advance your friendship. |
| C．Don’t care what strangers may think of you. |
| D．So be proud of yourself and be honest with yourself. |
| E．Learning to talk to strangers can be challenging but fun. |
| F．But oversharing information may lead to an uncomfortable situation. |
| G．A conversation is a common way to start a relationship with strangers. |
6 . Since 2001, robotic tools have greatly affected the practice of surgery (外科手术). They have reduced the stress and physical demands normally placed on surgeons and have made certain procedures possible.
One example is“keyhole surgery”, which normally requires surgeons to stand at awkward angles and make difficult movements with their hands to make a cut inside the patient. But in June 2022, surgeon James Ansell used 3D glasses and two joysticks (操纵杆) to control four robotic arms to perform a procedure to remove a cancerous tumor (癌症肿瘤). “My colleague said that this feels like cheating,” Ansell said to The Guardian.
Another area of surgery that has had major technological breakthroughs in recent years is telesurgery. Telesurgery, or remote surgery, is the use of technology that allows a surgeon to perform a procedure on a patient not in the same physical location.
Normally, telesurgery relies on a wired connection for fear that a wireless connection drops during surgery. But China has made several advancements in wireless telesurgery based on 5G technology.
China achieved the first 5G-based remote operation in March 2019 involving a brain surgery procedure between a surgeon in Sanya and a patient in Beijing, a distance totaling nearly 3,000 kilometers, reported CGTN. More recently, a team of surgeons successfully completed remote micron-level eye surgery on rabbits located in a different city, reported China Daily. The rabbits were at the Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, but the surgical team who operated on them via a 5G robot were at the Hainan Eye Hospital in Haikou, Hainan province.
Looking to the future, people hope that remote surgery could become common to help heal injured soldiers on the battlefield while keeping surgeons at a safe distance. Some even believe that robotic systems, combined with AI, could one day surpass (超过) human surgeons.
But, in consideration of current technological limitations and the high costs of these robots, the complete robot takeover of surgery may still have a long way to go.
1. What does the “keyhole surgery” example intend to show?| A．The difficulty of robotic surgery. |
| B．The progress achieved by robotic tools. |
| C．The need for advanced 5D technology. |
| D．The physical challenges surgeons face. |
| A．Achieving remote surgery using a wired connection. |
| B．Completing remote eye surgery on humans successfully. |
| C．Doing the first wireless brain surgery with 5G technology. |
| D．Conducting the first 5G-based remote operation on rabbits. |
| A．They still need improving. |
| B．They have been widely adopted. |
| C．They are currently in great demand. |
| D．They have surpassed human capabilities. |
| A．The benefits of robotic surgery. |
| B．China’s achievements in surgery. |
| C．The development in medical robotics. |
| D．The use of 5G technology in robotic surgery. |
7 . Kew Gardens is not only a popular tourist destination in London, but also a botanical garden and a research center that has the largest collection of living plants at a single site. So, let’s explore the Royal Botanical Gardens with CGTN’s reporter Robyn Dwyer.
Palm House
The first stop is the Palm House, a giant indoor rainforest with a wide range of plants. Visitors can enjoy these unique plants while researchers can study the secrets of these plants. Eatable plants such as cocoa tree and African oil palm are all preserved here to keep the diversity of food resources. At the same time, it houses many medical use plants, including some that are used to treat cancer.
Temperate House
Known as the world’s largest Victorian glasshouse, the Temperate House is home to 1,500 species of plants from temperate regions of the world. Some of the species kept here have gone extinct in the wild, such as Encephalartos woodii, a cycad from South Africa. And some are already extinct like Saint Helena olive, but the Kew has stored its DNA.
Mediterranean (地中海) Garden
In the Mediterranean Garden, one can see plants from the Southern Europe, such as rosemary, olives and cork oak. Walking in the garden, one can feel the non-indoor vibe (氛围) of the Mediterranean and learn about the economic as well as scientific uses of these plants.
On International Day for Biological Diversity this year, join CGTN to travel around the world’s national parks and reserves across seven continents. Our next program is to visit penguins and seals in the Antarctic Ice Aquarium Norway.
1. What do the three places have in common?| A．They all store plants for medical use. |
| B．They all have plants of economic value. |
| C．They all house plants of seven continents. |
| D．They all own plants for scientific research. |
| A．Palm House. | B．Temperate House. |
| C．Mediterranean Garden. | D．Antarctic Ice Aquarium. |
| A．A TV travel program. | B．A biodiversity essay. |
| C．A travel advertisement. | D．A botanical dictionary. |
8 . It was 5 p.m. at the market, the worst time of day to shop. I was there to pick up a few
I’d been rushing all day doing jobs for people, so I did not
The market wasn’t as
I’ve
I was still full of
Want to change the world? Try smiling. Someone will smile back at you. I guarantee (保证) it. If you’re
| A．presents | B．essentials | C．favorites | D．luxuries |
| A．agree | B．hesitate | C．intend | D．wait |
| A．firmly | B．secretly | C．ultimately | D．gradually |
| A．grabbed | B．prepared | C．selected | D．emptied |
| A．modern | B．special | C．convenient | D．crowded |
| A．attracted | B．related | C．introduced | D．exposed |
| A．promise | B．habit | C．celebration | D．routine |
| A．terrible | B．urgent | C．heartbreaking | D．life-changing |
| A．work | B．fade | C．return | D．stay |
| A．learned | B．clarified | C．predicted | D．proved |
| A．customers | B．employees | C．strangers | D．witnesses |
| A．hid away | B．froze up | C．turned away | D．lighted up |
| A．astonishment | B．expectation | C．certainty | D．joy |
| A．mention | B．need | C．resist | D．deny |
| A．fortunate | B．optimistic | C．outstanding | D．patient |
9 . Recently, my husband and three kids were playing in the Mediterranean, swimming and floating in the picture-perfect sea. It was extremely beautiful in Majorca, Spain. The way the sun danced across the water and how the blue horizon was dotted with storybook sailboats were such beautiful scenes. I almost couldn’t believe my eyes.
My husband and I always dreamed about taking our kids on a trip around the world. It was something we always wanted to do “one day”. It was one of the things we talked at length about, when we imagined our life with the children we hoped we would have.
Fourteen years later, we had three boys who were growing up faster by the day. It was time to make good on those plans.
We spent dozens of hours discussing, researching and planning. We had to learn how to “road school” our kids and arrange time off from work. We renewed our passports, and then packed our bags. We showed our kids the world. It was about experiencing the dozens of flights and trains and taxis together. We showed them how wonderful, how diverse, and how amazing the world is. We wanted them to learn all that we had learned ourselves, through our own travels as young adults.
But there was something more than that: What we really wanted is to slow down time. We wanted the days to last a bit longer, and the weeks to take their time. The years with our children are going too fast. We wanted to put the brakes on (阻止) our busy lives for a year, and just be with our kids. We wanted a break from the daily morning routine of making lunches, eating breakfast and rushing out of the door in time for school. We needed a family time-out.
It was a wonderful two-month trip in Europe, full of incredible moments. And when we look back at our lives, I know we’ll be glad we did it. I know we’ll be happy that this is a chapter of the story of our family.
1. What was the author’s attitude toward the trip when planning it?| A．Worried. | B．Calm. | C．Stressed. | D．Eager. |
| A．Change. | B．Realize. | C．Improve. | D．Cancel. |
| A．To teach her children to value life. |
| B．To allow her children to see the world. |
| C．To enjoy a family breakaway from their life routine. |
| D．To enable her children to learn something out of class. |
| A．Tired. | B．Satisfied. | C．Inspired. | D．Disappointed. |
10 . When friendships fall apart, it can feel like it’s impossible to repair them.
Start by calling or writing a note to communicate one message: “Our friendship is valuable to me, and I miss you. Is there any way to settle what stands between us?” This simple step is a way to open the doors to reconciliation (和解). Set the ground to see if your friend is willing to seek solutions as well.
Forgive as best you can.
It’s tough to let go if you’ve been wronged. Feeling the need for revenge (报复) is natural. However, the problem with revenge is that it could become a bad cycle. How can you stop this? By forgiving.
Find out the problem.
Finding out what went wrong is important. Don’t pretend there is no problem.
Rebuild respect.
The final step is to rebuild respect.
| A．Say sorry honestly. |
| B．It puts an end to all. |
| C．Make meaningful contact. |
| D．Get to the bottom of it together and move forward. |
| E．Some broken friendships may just remain that way. |
| F．If hurt, think about your friend’s most admirable qualities. |
| G．Repaired relationships give us new ideas on our experiences. |
