1 . Cool Summer Camps for Teens

Whether just for the day or overnight, your kids will love spending time at any of these fun summer camps for teens.

Camp Chief Ouray

This over 100-year-old camp, located about an hour and a half from Denver, Colorado, first hosted campers in the summer of 1908. Camp Chief Ouray’s program emphasizes five core values: caring, honesty, respect, responsibility, and faith. Day camps include activities like swimming, arts, hiking, rock climbing and more.

Sur La Table 5-Day Teen Series

Teens aged 12 to 17 who are culinary masters may enjoy five-day programs held at Sur LaTable locations nationwide. Teens can choose from classes focusing on general cooking skills to more specialized options, like exploring global flavors or baking. The menus are teen-friendly and inspire confidence in cooking skills. Plus, most end with a sweet finish to look forward to.

Mountain Adventure Tours (M. A. T.)

This camp is part of Idaho Basecamp, located in Ketchum, Idaho. It teaches kids important values and life skills through the use of entertaining activities in the Idaho wilderness. M. A. T. runs several camps per summer, and each camp has a theme, along with accompanying age groups. There are themed camps like river rafting, survival skills, and rock climbing.

ID Tech Camp

ID Tech runs summer camps at over 65 college campus locations across the country. The camp has been the top tech camp for over 20 years. The program offers teens the chance to participate in hands-on STEM learning and preview college campus life. Plus, the camp equips teen campers with real-life tech skills they can add to their resume (简历).

1. Which of the following might interest a teen enthusiastic about cooking?

A．Camp Chief Ouray.	B．Sur La Table 5-Day Teen Series.
C．Mountain Adventure Tours (M. A. T.).	D．ID Tech Camp.

2. What do Camp Chief Ouray and Mountain Adventure Tours have in common?

A．They have a long history.	B．They offer art experience.
C．They have themed camps.	D．They provide outdoor activities.

3. Where is the text most probably from?

A．A travel brochure.	B．A column about lifestyle.
C．A textbook on education.	D．A website intended for parents.

2 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

The paper was hidden in a brown bag. It was her late father’s bucket list, written on three pages torn from a notebook. Laura Carney looked down at it, then she glanced up at her husband. Without a word spoken, they both knew: “I needed to finish it,” says Carney, 46.

Her brother, David, was the first to spot it. He uncovered the treasure in 2016—13 years after their father, Michael Mick Carney, was tragically killed when he was 54 by a distracted driver.

The list, Carney says, was written in 1978, the year she was born. It had 60 tasks, five of which had already been checked off. One was marked “failed”. That left 54 items for Carney to complete. The tasks ranged from relatively simple tasks, like “grow a watermelon,” to more complicated ones like “correspond with a famous celebrity”. Several tasks were seemingly impossible. Still, Carney was not discouraged. For Carney, the bucket list was an unexpected opportunity to work through her pain and reconnect with her dad.

“The first couple ones that I did happened organically,” Carney says. She had already signed up for a marathon, which allowed her to check “run 10 miles straight” off the list.

Another item she completed early on was “talk with the president.” She learned that former President Jimmy Carter—who would have been president when Carney’s father wrote the list—taught Sunday school in Georgia. She and her husband flew there to meet him.

While Carney completed many of the bucket list tasks on her own—including a two-week trip to Europe— “it didn’t really feel like I was doing things alone, because I knew my dad was with me,” she says. “I feel like my relationship with him is very present.”

Carney’s brother and mother accompanied her for some activities, and her husband joined her for others. “After about the first year or two of doing this project, he would say to me that the person he had always seen in me was coming out,” Carney says. “I had all these layers of sadness and fear that I was leaving behind.”

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There was only one last task left on the list: “Have five songs recorded”.

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So she decided to write her own bucket list.

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3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Celebrity giant panda He Ye, who     1     (believe) to be male after it was born in July 2020, is in fact female, according to a recent post from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

“When He Ye was born, her gender     2     (characteristic) leaned toward being male, such as high urination (排尿), lively personality, and tall figure. However, as He Ye grew up, her male features did not develop     3     (according)” a keeper named Tan said.

Hearing the news, Chinese netizens expressed surprise and heatedly discussed the     4     (complex) of identifying the gender of a giant panda. Some called on researchers to conduct similar investigations into other giant pandas. Some others felt happy and had fun     5     (get) creative with photos of the girl.

In fact, it is not the first time a giant panda     6     (have) its gender misidentified. Tan, the keeper who has been taking care     7     He Ye, explained: “because the gender of the panda is a little bit complicated, and there have been cases in the past     8     the gender of the panda was mistaken.” Out of many large mammals, giant pandas are     9     (challenging) to distinguish between males and females. It is difficult to determine their gender without     10     DNA test. This is mainly because young giant pandas do not exhibit obvious secondary sexual features.

4 . At 33, I did something brave, or some would say stupid. I _______ Congress (国会). For years, I had existed safely _______ the scenes in politics as an organizer, but in my heart, I always wanted to run. The polls (投票), however, told a very _______ story. I only got 19 percent of the vote. Despite the result, this was the first time in my entire life that I had done something that was truly brave, where I didn’t worry about being _______.

In 2012, I started a company to teach girls to code. We immediately see our girls’ _______ of not being perfect. When the girls are first learning how to code, she’ll say, “I don’t know what _______ to write.” and shows a _______ text editor. But if the teacher presses undo a few times, she’ll see her student wrote code and then _______ it. Instead of showing the _______ that she made, she’d rather show nothing at all.

Some people worry about our budget deficit (赤字), but I worry about our ________ deficit. Most girls are raised to ________ risk and failure. This is ________ women are underrepresented in STEM, in Congress, and pretty much everywhere you look. We have to socialize our girls to be comfortable with ________, and we’ve got to do it now. We have to teach them to be brave in schools and early in their careers, when it has the most potential to ________ their lives, and we have to show them that they will be loved and ________ not for being perfect but for being courageous.

1.

A．ran for

B．lied to

C．voted against

D．traded with

2.

A．on

B．off

C．inside

D．behind

3.

A．classic

B．simple

C．different

D．complex

4.

A．risky

B．perfect

C．stupid

D．beautiful

5.

A．fear

B．effort

C．trouble

D．struggle

6.

A．code

B．answer

C．deficit

D．character

7.

A．random

B．blank

C．marked

D．broken

8.

A．used

B．saved

C．cracked

D．deleted

9.

A．mess

B．success

C．progress

D．difference

10.

A．honesty

B．bravery

C．generosity

D．determination

11.

A．face

B．avoid

C．admit

D．expect

12.

A．why

B．how

C．when

D．where

13.

A．doubt

B．danger

C．uncertainty

D．imperfection

14.

A．earn

B．risk

C．impact

D．enjoy

15.

A．inspired

B．accepted

C．tolerated

D．protected

5 . Some songs might speak to your soul even if you don't know the words. The almost magical way that music reflects and influences our emotions led American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to declare it the “universal language of mankind”. But how universal is it really?

A team of more than a dozen researchers and countless undergraduates set out to collect and interpret descriptions and recordings of musical performances around the world. Their first finding: Music is indeed universal. Or at least statistical modeling strongly suggests that more than 99% of societies have music. Then, they analyzed the song descriptions for sixty very different societies and looked at different qualities related to song performance.

As they classified the songs, they found that three dimensions (方面) accounted for more than a quarter of the variability between songs. The first was how formal or informal a song was. Songs high in formality had large audiences and lots of instruments, often involved ceremonial events, and frequently had adult-only audiences. Informal events had smaller audiences, including children, or no audience at all. The second was how arousing a song was to its listeners. Lively events involving lots of dancing were high on this dimension, while a low value reflected a calmer event, like someone singing to themselves or a baby. The last was how religious song was. Songs used in ceremonies were high in religiosity, while those without a spiritual context scored low.

The researchers applied their findings to four widespread categories of music: lullabies (摇篮), dance songs, love songs and healing songs, and found clear trend. Most dance was highly arousing and formal, but low in religiosity. Lullabies were mostly low in formality and low in arousal. And healing songs scored high in all dimensions while love songs were low in all dimensions. Even more interesting, the distribution of these behaviors was similar in all societies studied.

Scholars say that their database could fuel future research into even more inspiring questions about music universals. And their method might be used to pick out patterns in other hard-to-analyze fields, like storytelling or visual art.

1. How was the research conducted?

A．By making comparison and contrast.	B．By finding similarities.
C．By collecting and analyzing data.	D．By illustrating examples.

2. Which kind of music may involve the most audiences and instruments?

A．Lullabies.

B．Dance songs.

C．Love songs.

D．Healing songs.

3. How is the future of their research findings according to the scholars?

A．Promising.

B．Unpredictable.

C．Impractical.

D．Limited.

4. What can be concluded from the passage?

A．Songs can speak to your soul only if you know their words.

B．Differences in formality lead to the variability between songs.

C．Music is classified by the number of audience and instruments.

D．Research on the universals of music can help explore other fields.

6 . In an attempt to explore unknown environments, a Chinese team created an octopus (章鱼) — inspired flexible robotic arm capable of sensing and controlling objects in limited spaces and underwater.

According to the study published in the latest edition of Science Robotics, the robot allowed blindfolded human operators to guide its arm, using suckers (吸盘) to pick up various objects, including a toy shark and a smooth metal ball, via a single-finger glove.

This new invention created by a team of researchers, led by Wen Li from Beihang University was inspired by the octopus, which moves its soft arms to catch its games with sensitive suckers.

A simple strategy like this can be used as a model for robotic grasping, controllable with a few inputs, as well as a highly deformable arm with sensing capabilities.

Wen’s team fixed electronics and circuits into the robots while maintaining their deformability. The researchers presented a stretchable electronics-integrated soft octopus arm with 16 air-driven devices and multiple degrees of freedom.

The robot's stretchable, liquid-metal-based electronic circuit can stand super stretching force to perform tasks autonomously in a limited environment, findings from the study showed.

The soft arm with two rows of sensory sucking cups that connect with the wearer's finger can perform a reaching-grasping-returning motion across a range of up to 1.5 times its original arm length, similar to the biological counterpart (对应方), the study revealed.

“This robotic model provides new prospects and development ideas for the future interactive applications of flexible robots, including medical robots, seabed exploration robots, and so on” said the expert.

1. What inspired the invention of the robotic arm according to the passage?

A．The limited spaces underwater.

B．The special biological structure of the octopus.

C．The desire to explore the living environment of octopus.

D．The team work of the researchers from Beihang University.

2. What's the meaning of the underlined word “deformable” in paragraph 4?

A．Powerful.

B．Changeable.

C．Steady.

D．Active.

3. Which device is integrated into the robot?

A．Plastic circuits.	B．Suckers of octopuses.
C．Electronic sensors.	D．Arms of octopuses.

4. What do the experts imply in the last paragraph?

A．Octopus is a very magic underwater creature.

B．Creativity plays a very important part in science.

C．The unknown world offers possibility for innovation.

D．One invention can bring about a chain reaction of breakthroughs.

7 . Amy was a dear little girl, but she often tended to waste time in getting ready to do her tasks, instead of doing them at once as she ought to.

In the village in which she lived, Mr. Thornton kept a store where he sold fruit of all kinds, including berries in their season. One day he said to Amy, whose parents were quite poor, “Would you like to earn some money? ”

“Oh, yes,” replied she, “for I want some new shoes, and papa has no money to buy them with. ”

“Well, Amy,” said Mr. Thornton, “I noticed some fine, ripe blackberries in Mr. Green’s field today, and he said that anybody was welcome to them. I will pay you thirteen cents a quart (度量单位) for all you will pick for me”

Amy was delighted at the thought of earning some money; so she ran home to get a basket, intending to go immediately to pick the berries.

Then she thought she would like to know how much money she would get if she picked five quarts. With the help of her slate (书写板) and pencil, she found out that she would get sixty-five cents.

“But supposing I should pick a dozen quarts,” thought she, “how much should I earn then?” “Dear me!” she said, after figuring a while, “I should earn a dollar and fifty-six cents.”

Amy then found out what Mr. Thornton would pay her for fifty, a hundred, and two hundred quarts. It took her some time to do this, and then it was so near dinner time that she had to stay at home until afternoon.

As soon as dinner was over, she took her basket and hurried to the field. Some boys had been there before dinner, and all the ripe berries were picked. She could not find enough to fill a quart measure.

1. Why did Mr. Thornton invite Amy to pick berries?

A．To help her buy new shoes.	B．To help her make some money.
C．To help her get rid of bad habits.	D．To help her enter the fruit business.

2. What should Amy do if she wanted to earn the money?

A．Calculate how much she earned.	B．Make use of her slate and pencil.
C．Ask for permission from her parents.	D．Get a basket and pick berries quickly.

3. Which of the following words can best describe the character of Amy?

A．Considerate and smart.	B．Reasonable and realistic.
C．Idealistic and impractical.	D．Unselfish and independent.

4. Which one can be the best title of the story?

A．Lost Blackberries.	B．A Girl Picking Berries.
C．How Much Amy Can Earn.	D．The Money Amy Didn’t Earn.

8 . Post of Executive Director of the AEC Committee

Asia Economic Cooperation (AEC), with 21 Member Economies, is a unique cooperative economic forum that has been successful in promoting regional economic growth through trade and investment liberalization, and capacity building since its foundation in 1989. It has achieved this through open dialogue, trust building and voluntary commitments.

The AEC Committee, based in Singapore, fulfils an important role is supporting the AEC process, including policy, technical and communications services to an extensive range of shareholders.

AEC is looking for a dynamic Executive Director for a 3-year term (with the option for a 1-3year extension) to lead the Committee from January 2025.

The successful candidate should be from an AEC Member Economy and must possess strong leadership qualities, public sector experience, senior management experience, and organizational development experience, high political sensitivity and multilateral work experience, preferably in trade or economic related areas. The candidate should also have managed multi-cultural work environment. The candidate must indicate how their experience and qualifications match those required.

Extensive travel is expected.

More information on AEC can be found at our website www. aec. org. Applications should reach us no later than 15 July 2024 via e-mail hr-recruit@aec. org or mailed to the Human Resource Director, AEC Committee, 35 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, Singapore119616.

Your application must indicate how your experience and qualifications match those required.

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

1. What do we know about the The AEC Committee?

A．It is based in Singapore.	B．It leads the AEC process.
C．It deals with political issues.	D．It has 21 Member Economies.

2. What is required of a qualified candidate?

A．Strong political background.	B．High-level leadership expertise.
C．Advanced multi-linguistic skills.	D．Sharp environmental awareness.

3. In which section of a magazine may this text appear?

A．Cover Story.	B．News Updates.
C．Career Opportunities.	D．Volunteering Information.

9 . A great poem can be there for you — just like other works of art you hold dear.     1    . Or make you feel happy or excited. Franny Choi, an educator and co-host of the poetry podcast VS, says some poems make her want to “get out of my chair and shout it from the rooftops.”

But if you haven’t flexed (活动) your poetry muscle in a while, those feelings might be a little hard to get. Here are some tips to help you meaningfully connect to a poem.

Don’t approach poetry like it’s school

The way poetry is taught in school can be a barrier (障碍) to entry. “People are taught that the way to engage with a poem is by trying to understand it, master it and write an essay about it,” says Choi. “    2    .” So rest easy as you read a poem — there’s no quiz at the end!

Read it out loud

“Poetry was an oral art form before anything else,” says Choi. “And a lot of information can be gained from reading poems out loud.” As an exercise, try reading a poem aloud a few different ways: like you’re savoring every word and every syllable or like you’re explaining something really difficult to someone else.     3    .

Visualize the poem

A poem might offer visual imagery (意象) — or may not.     4    . Think of the poem like a movie or a play and you’re the director. “What colors would you use? What kind of setting is there? If there’s light, what kind of light would it be? Twilight? Dusk?     5    ? Can you imagine the speaker?” These brain pictures will illuminate whatever it is you seem to be getting out of the poem.

A．Would it be indoors or outdoors

B．What ideas float around in your mind

C．It can help you process sadness, anger or fear

D．It may help further your understanding of the poem

E．It is a cherished art form that appeals to our motions

F．If not, go ahead and fill them in with your imagination

G．That keeps us from developing personal relationships with poetry

10 . Happiness is an idea that has been woven (编织) into the fabric of humanity, going back to ancient civilizations.

Although we’ve struggled with it for hundreds of years, the concept of happiness and how to attain it remains pretty complex. Some might see it as having a sense of general well-being. For others, it might be feeling a spark of pure joy. Yet others might find happiness chasing a dream and reaching it. It might be some combination of these — or something else entirely.

A challenging question is, what are the best ways to pursue happiness? Are we born with a stable, set level, or is it something we can develop, increase and strengthen? If it’s the latter, how can we successfully go about it?

Even though “the pursuit of Happiness” is built into the country’s founding, it seems that many Americans are just not that good at it. In the most recent World Happiness Report, America dropped to No. 23 (from No. 15 the previous year), marking the first time in the report’s 12-year history that the US was not in the top 20 happiest countries.

It’s not just Americans. As it turns out, humans as a species may not excel at happiness. This may surprise you, but happiness is not necessarily something that we are genetically primed to get. We have to really work at it.

“If anything, natural selection kind of doesn’t really care about our happiness that much. I mean, natural selection’s job is just to keep us alive and keep us around to reproduce. And I think it does that not by making us feel these moments of contentment but maybe just the opposite,” cognitive (认知的) scientist Dr. Laurie Santos said recently.

“It does that by building in a negativity bias (偏见). So we’re just a little bit worried that there could be a tiger around the corner. And we’re kind of constantly on the alert for that,” she said.

1. What do we learn about happiness from paragraph 2?

A．It is hard to define.	B．It is difficult to attain.
C．It is central to health.	D．It is a shared goal.

2. Why does the author mention America in paragraph 4?

A．To prove Americans are not good at pursuing happiness.

B．To stress that life satisfaction is a general trend.

C．To show the influence of social development.

D．To reveal the truth of human unhappiness.

3. What does the underlined word “primed” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Taught.

B．Prepared.

C．Intended.

D．Encouraged.

4. How does natural selection affect us according to Dr. Laurie?

A．It brings about fierce competition.	B．It strengthens our ability to feel joy.
C．It increases our moments of contentment.	D．It ensures our survival through negative biases.