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2 . When a bowl or teapot falls and breaks into pieces, we throw them away regretfully. Yet there is an alternative, a traditional Chinese practice that
This traditional technique uses a precious metal like liquid gold or liquid silver to
With this technique, it’s
The technique
| A．delivers | B．highlights | C．predicts | D．offers |
| A．adding | B．removing | C．comparing | D．adjusting |
| A．produce | B．seek | C．display | D．join |
| A．differs from | B．wants for | C．lies in | D．competes with |
| A．new | B．strange | C．basic | D．similar |
| A．necessary | B．difficult | C．possible | D．familiar |
| A．regardless of | B．thanks to | C．instead of | D．except for |
| A．remove | B．hide | C．get | D．leave |
| A．suggests | B．requires | C．denies | D．earns |
| A．pay for | B．throw away | C．hold onto | D．pick up |
| A．appearances | B．breakages | C．functions | D．designs |
| A．remember | B．report | C．repair | D．represent |
| A．decorative | B．ordinary | C．reasonable | D．valuable |
| A．small | B．general | C．traditional | D．positive |
| A．unique | B．polite | C．honest | D．smart |
3 . Tips to Exercise When It’s Really Hot Outside
Exercising in the fresh air might seem like a good idea.
Drink promptly (及时地). Regardless of how fit we are, exercising outside will pose a significant danger to our body when it’s hot. Drinking water is probably the most basic part of exercising in the sun.
Dress appropriately. Wear material that will help our body breathe. Consider wearing light colored clothing.
| A．Choose the right time to exercise. |
| B．Drink as much water as possible. |
| C．So be sure to take enough water with us. |
| D．That’s not to say we can’t exercise in the midday. |
| E．Light colors absorb less heat than darker colors. |
| F．Overall, the key to exercising is to listen to our body. |
| G．It’s dangerous, however, to exercise outside in hot weather. |
When Sam and I were first married, we lived in a quiet neighborhood. Across the street, there was a big house with a six-foot high hedge (树篱) that blocked all but a small path to its yard. It was clear that our neighbors wanted privacy and weren’t interested in any “neighborly” behavior. Sam had discovered that a brother and sister lived in the house. The house belonged to the sister, and the brother helped around the house with things like getting the mail and setting the rubbish cans out on the day when the rubbish-collecting truck would come. The sister and brother were both very old. And we considered them unfriendly because they had called the police when Sam played music with his band in our yard one afternoon.
Not realizing it was we who were in the wrong, we thought our neighbors caused trouble to our already difficult life. At the time, Sam and I were quite short of money. We felt sad when Christmas was around the corner. It was our first Christmas as a married couple, and we didn’t have much money to celebrate it. There were no gifts or parties. We didn’t even have any special holiday treats to share at home.
“I wish we could have enough good stuff on Christmas Day. When I was a kid, my family would always have cheese, meat, cookies, candies, etc. It always felt like a feast (盛宴) to me as a kid,” I told Sam. I understood that Christmas wasn’t all about nice things, but it just didn’t feel like Christmas with only a few foods. Sam seemed to feel the same way. “Things will get a lot better next year,” he said, trying to be cheerful.
Three weeks before Christmas, we got to know our “unfriendly” neighbor, the brother, had a bad disease and passed away. One morning after that, we noticed our neighbor—the tiny sister Mary—trying with all her strength to pull her rubbish cans to the roadside alone. She looked so weak and lonely.
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Sam couldn’t stand it and rushed to her, saying, “May I help you?”
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When we answered the door, there was nobody but a big bag of goods.
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Suodiu is an unusual type of Chinese street food that consists of small river stones stir-fried (被煸炒) with a mixture of ingredients (配料) . The practice involves sucking (吮吸) on the stones and then
Suodiu is believed to have been invented hundreds of years ago by boatmen
The traditional dish
A series of videos showing the preparation of Suodiu has recently gone viral on Xiaohongshu, a social media platform, exciting the
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6 . Fish farming is the fastest-growing form of food production worldwide. Seafood accounts for around 17% of the world’s protein intake. It’s estimated that global consumption of fish will reach 180m tonnes by the end of the decade. The World Bank thinks that 90% of the world’s fisheries are being fished over their capacity. Aquaculture (水产养殖) has therefore accounted for nearly all the growth in fish consumption since 1990. It’ll account for almost all the growth to come, too.
As with farming on land though, aquaculture has some problems. Many farmed fish are grown in net pens (网栏) either in rivers or the open ocean. Uneaten food and fish waste can pollute surrounding waters. When net pens break, escaped farmed fish can damage the local ecosystem. Inland “flow-through” farms require continuous streams of fresh water from rivers, competing with those who might need to drink it.
Therefore, newer fish farms, like Salten Smolt, came into being. They adopt a technology called RAS (recirculating aquaculture systems). Rather than relying on a constant flow of water to keep fish healthy, a RAS farm grows fish on land in tanks whose water is continuously cleaned and recycled. Standard salmon farming consumes about 50,000 litres of water for each kilogram of salmon produced. A RAS farm might need just 150 litres. Besides, it takes better care of the fish, and allows picky species to be raised anywhere. However, the pipes, pumps and monitoring systems mean that costs are higher. And these systems need to be monitored regularly by skilled personnel in case of a loss.
The RAS tanks are climate-controlled tanks, which can provide ideal temperature, without the need to worry about terrible weather. Reel Data, a company in Nova Scotia, uses data from cameras and sensors in tanks to estimate how hungry fish are, how much they weigh and even how stressed they are. The firm says the technology can raise its productivity by up to 20%.
For now, the RAS farm remains small fry (鱼苗). Just as Kathrin Steinberg, head of research at the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, said, less than 5% of the farms certified by her organization make use of it. But with the world’s demand for fish rising rapidly, she believes that market share will definitely grow soon.
1. What does the author highlight in Paragraph 1?| A．The benefit of consuming seafood. | B．The rapid development of fisheries. |
| C．The difficulty of increasing food production. | D．The significance of developing aquaculture. |
| A．They may bring about a waste of land. | B．They may lead to declined fish diversity. |
| C．They may cause environmental concerns. | D．They may struggle to meet local demand. |
①expense-saving ②water efficient ③flexible site selection ④fewer disease outbreaks
⑤highly productive ⑥complete auto-monitoring system
| A．①②④⑤ | B．②④⑤⑥ | C．①③④⑥ | D．②③④⑤ |
| A．The future of fish farming is on land | B．We will have more choices for our dinner |
| C．The global seafood consumption is on the rise | D．We will witness a great reform in food production |
7 . In late 2017, California-based fine arts photographer Norma Quintana was planning a trip down to her native Puerto Rico to document Hurricane Maria’s destruction. Instead, she and her family found themselves caught in another natural disaster much closer to home. Beginning in early October, the Atlas Fire swept through Napa County and lasted weeks. When Quintana and her family were finally able to return to their property, everything was gone: her home of nearly 30 years, her studio, her photographs, her prints and her collection of over 100 cameras.
Ever an artist at heart, she began photographing the remains of her home and possessions. Those photos would eventually become a series, Forage from Fire. Now, the project can be viewed as part of “Fire Transforms”, a new exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center. The exhibition mainly explores the following themes: living with fire, learning with fire, and creating with fire. It features photography, paintings, ceramics (陶瓷), sculptures, textiles (纺织品) and digital media.
One of the artists on the exhibition is Linda Gass, a textile artist and environmental activist, who sewed a map of the damage from the 2013 Rim Fire, the largest recorded fire in the Sierra Nevada. Brian Fies’ A Fire Story is a graphic (图表的) novel and an account of the artist’s losing his home in the 2017 Tubbs Fire, along with 6,000 others. At the time, it was California’s most destructive fire, though the Camp Fire in 2018 would be worse.
“Art offers a safe place of comfort after the firestorm has passed,” says Rina Faletti, who is in charge of the exhibition. “How can we learn to transform our fear, sadness, loss, anger and confusion into something more comforting and clear? How can we rest from climate change, even as we face the real losses that fire causes in the face of global change? Thankfully, we have artists to help us.”
1. What happened to Quintana in October 2017?| A．She lost her family members forever. |
| B．Her home and belongings were destroyed by a fire. |
| C．Her trip to Puerto Rico was interrupted by a hurricane. |
| D．She failed to achieve her dream of becoming a photographer. |
| A．It mainly deals with seven central themes. |
| B．It is part of a series called Forage from Fire. |
| C．It covers a wide range of artworks and media. |
| D．It is an annual exhibition at the Palo Alto Art Center. |
| A．Both are known as environmental activists. |
| B．Both recorded wildfires through their works. |
| C．Both played a key role in the 2017 Tubbs Fire. |
| D．Both experienced the 2013 Rim Fire first-hand. |
| A．The role of art in fighting climate change. |
| B．The permanent losses that fire has caused. |
| C．The progress we’ve made on controlling fire. |
| D．The influence of artists on preventing global change. |
It was one hot afternoon. As a cultural festival would be held in school, all the students were making preparations for it. Holden and his classmate Andrew were going to paint some flowers on a wall. They had to carry the necessary tools to the wall first. However, when they were walking across the basketball court, Holden dropped two paint cans by accident. The paint in them flew onto the floor and made it very dirty. He was shocked to see the mess he had made on the floor.
“Come on, Holden! Let’s go! Let’s go!” Andrew said anxiously. They picked up the cans and ran away. Holden thought it was lucky that no one discovered what he had done. An hour later, he passed by the basketball court alone and saw the school’s old cleaner Flex was cleaning the paint up. And he heard the principal (校长) talking with the cleaner.
“We have a meeting here tomorrow. This needs to be cleaned up immediately!” the principal told the poor old man, who was hanging his head and trying hard to clean up the mess. However, the paint was oil-based, and a large area of the floor was covered with paint; cleaning it was clearly a very difficult task.
But Flex replied he’d make sure it was ready for the next day and kept cleaning, with sweat (汗) flowing down his face. Before he left, the principal reminded Flex, “By the way, please don’t forget to cut the grass around the basketball court today.”
Holden felt terrible while watching the old man trying to make up for his mistake. But he decided to turn a blind eye to it. However, on his way home, the picture of the old man struggling to deal with his mess kept coming to his mind. It made Holden so regretful.
When he returned home, Holden decided that he needed to be responsible for his own mistake. He quickly put down his schoolbag and told his mother that he needed to go back to school
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Before his mom asked him the reason. Holden had already left.
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Then Holden told Flex, “Let me help you cut the grass in return for your help!”
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Tips on setting effective goals
Setting goals is important in many ways. The following tips may help us set effective goals.
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