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With my youngest, 11, it’s Tik Tok and FaceTime with her friends. With my middle one, 14, it’s SnapChat with his classmates. And with my eldest, 18, it’s Tinder with, well, God only knows.

What I do know, is that my kids’ reliance on their mobile phones is becoming pathological (病态的). They all wander around the house with smart phones permanently in their hands.

They walk in and out of the toilet staring at the screen, they come down to dinner staring at the screen and only put it down because they can’t feed themselves using the screen. God knows what their screen time weekly report notifications would read.

However, one house rule that I managed to enforce was that they weren’t allowed their phones in their rooms overnight and there was a bed time phone amnesty (赦免) in place where they would all, very reluctantly, hand over their device for overnight charging.

Now, I must confess that, occasionally, I “forgot” to charge one of the phones, so that at least I would get one of them to be a little more present the following morning at breakfast and I might hear something about their upcoming day, rather than being completely ignored.

I never forgot to charge the same phone twice in one week and so no one seemed to get wise to my tricks, however this emboldened me to take my cheating to new levels.

Any phone left unguarded would be quickly kidnapped and whisked away to an undisclosed location, only to mysteriously reappear when I deemed that its owner had engaged with the real world for a sufficient amount of time.

Then one night in February, it happened. A big storm hit our rural village and we had a power cut. “Dad!” They screamed, ignorant of the sudden lack of light and heat and only concerned with the sudden lack of Wi-Fi. It began to dawn on them that they were faced with the living hell of being off line and off their phones for an amount of time.

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What followed was a peaceful period without the addiction to their phones.

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And so I tried it a few weekends later to see what the reaction might be.

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2 . 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。

At SIAL Shanghai, a major international food and beverage exhibition launched on May 18. Mario Garcia, a cheese supplier from Spain,     1     (surround) by visitors inquiring about his products. Some of them surprised him with their knowledge about cheese     2     his country. “As many Chinese have made trips to Spain, they have a better understanding of my country’s cuisine, including     3     (we) cheese,” he says.

Garcia’s company specializes in producing cheese of different ages and flavors, and     4     (do) business in China for about seven years. He says, participation in     5     (event) like SIAL can help him better reach potential customers and help them understand different cheeses and ways of enjoying them —     6     (particular) those with strong flavors unusual in Chinese cuisine.

“Our importers here have been hosting cheese tastings and offering     7     (variety) recipes for our Chinese customers to learn how to use cheese, not just with bread and wine, but also how to cook with it,” he says. Over the years, Garcia has found that Chinese customers have developed a fondness for European products,     8     benefits his business.

“They will learn about it and appreciate it once they find     9     new or strong flavor,” he says, adding that he is optimistic about the future of his business in China.

At the event, the Swedish Trade and Invest Council also displayed the country’s distinctive products,     10     (range) from ice cream to plant-based drinks, wine and fruit jams.

3 . Flight disruptions have periodically made it difficult for people to reach their destinations. Here are three of the biggest potential flight disruptors and what you can do about them:

★ How could the weather disrupt flights this summer?

Wild weather can hinder air travel, whether it’s an Arizona monsoon storm or a hurricane over the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico. That can affect whether your flight is delayed or canceled.     1     Extreme climate conditions also can disrupt air travel, as the Canadian wildfires demonstrated recently.

▶ Tip: If bad weather is expected, monitor the conditions in your flight path and take advantage of airline offers to reschedule without change fees. Download your airline’s app and enable notifications.     2    

★ Is a pilot strike likely this summer?

In May, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines pilots’ unions voted to authorize strikes. While it appears unlikely that pilots will strike at either airline, a work stoppage could be a problem. The votes by the American and Southwest pilots’ unions to authorize a strike don’t necessarily mean a strike will happen.     3     A strike wouldn’t happen unless negotiations between the unions and the airlines’ management break down.

▶Tip: There is no reason to panic. If a strike appears likely, travelers can monitor the situation and consider switching to another airline.

★ What if my airline has a computer meltdown?

Southwest Airlines experienced two nationwide computer outages last year.     4     Southwest conducted an internal review of its technology and began implementing a three-part action plan to address service disruptions from computer glitches, including fast-tracking operational investments.

▶ Tip: When issues emerge at the airport, technological and otherwise, the best thing people can do is to be patient. Read your airline’s policy on compensation for canceled flights.     5     The more patient that passengers can be, the better it will make everything smoother as they try to fix everything.

A．And don’t forget to advocate for yourself.

B．In that way you don’t miss updates and offers.

C．But technology hasn’t always been up to the task.

D．And that can determine how smooth your plane ride is.

E．The votes are routine steps in their contract negotiations.

F．They can get overloaded because of helping to ease people’s stress.

G．That was a symptom of operating on outdated computer infrastructures.

4 . The ability to track animals and plants is up in the air — literally — thanks to help from an unexpected source.

Around the globe, many air quality control stations filter air through small paper disks on a daily or weekly basis, allowing scientists to ensure concentrations of hazardous pollutants such as heavy metals are below certain levels. But the filters also pick up plant and animal DNA having been scattered into the wind.

The eDNA, short for environmental DNA, on those filters could make air quality control stations a treasure house of samples cataloging local animals and plants. Such records could help researchers track biodiversity at a larger scale and more easily catch species declines or track how ecosystems are changing overall.

“We’re effectively piggybacking on it for a totally new use,” says Elizabeth Clare, a molecular ecologist at York University.

“It never occurred to us that these filters capturing particulate matter could even be analyzed for eDNA,” says James Allerton, an air quality scientist in England. That changed when Allerton read a news story about two studies where scientists vacuumed animal DNA out of thin air at two zoos, one in England — led by Clare — and another in Denmark.

Learning about the potential for capturing eDNA sparked a “light bulb moment,” Allerton says, and he reached out to Clare to collaborate.

Clare, Allerton and colleagues analyzed filters from the Teddington facility that were exposed to surrounding air for one hour, one day or one week. The team also examined eight-month-old filters from an air quality control station in Scotland that had each been exposed to air for a week.

Genetic material in the filters revealed the presence of more than 180 different types of local animal groups including pine trees, badgers, owls, fungi and news. That volume is surprising given that the filters and storage conditions weren’t set up with eDNA in mind. That the researchers recovered so much eDNA from a system designed to monitor air quality shows how prevalent airborne DNA is and how much biodiversity data could be up for grabs.

1. What were air quality control stations used to do?

A．Concentrate on effects of animals on climate.	B．Track the categories of animals and plants.
C．Study the links between man and animals.	D．Purify air by decreasing pollutants in it.

2. How does James Allerton react to the technology of capturing eDNA?

A．He felt doubtful and hesitant to use it.	B．He felt useful but reluctant to admit it.
C．He felt unimaginable but ready to accept it.	D．He felt amazed but refused to have an attempt.

3. Which word can replace the underlined word “prevalent” in the last paragraph?

A．Common.

B．Favourable.

C．Understanding.

D．Ambiguous.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．eDNA Technology Proves a Big Success in Air Detection

B．Air Pollution Monitoring May Help Track Biodiversity

C．Tracking Evolution of Living Things Benefits eDNA

D．Air Pollutants are Found in Animals and Plants

5 . When this year’s all-woman team arrived on Antarctica’s Goudier Island to run the world’s most remote post office, it was shovels they needed rather than stamps.

They’d traveled some 8,000 miles from the UK, by plane and boat, and Britain’s Royal Navy had helped them dig out their new home at the Port Lockroy scientific base, which was buried up to four meters deep under several tonnes of December snow.

It wasn’t just the frozen wastes that first struck postmaster Clare Ballantyne, who at 23 years old was the baby of the four-woman group. It was that “there’s penguins everywhere.”

More than a thousand Gentoo penguins live on this tiny island on the western side of the Antarctic peninsula (半岛), around the size of a soccer field. Since 1944, when the UK’s first permanent Antarctic base was established here, it’s also become a shelter for explorers, scientists and — in recent years — tourists.

Each year, a team is selected to run and maintain the site from November to March, or summertime in the southern hemisphere. Around 4,000 people applied for this job, but just four made the cut: Ballantyne, base leader Lucy Bruzzone, wildlife monitor Mairi Hilton and shop manager Natalie Corbett.

The job also involves counting penguins: The scientific data they gather on the Gentoos’ breeding patterns is part of a decades-long study of the colony.

When it comes to choosing candidates, “there is no recipe we can follow,” says Ballantyne. “It’s about your ability to work together as a team. Cheeriness goes a long way, being able to see the light in life and resolve problems quickly.”

Ballantyne notes that there has been “a bit of a decline in recent years in the breeding success” of the Gentoo penguins, but says “the causal connect ion is the tricky bit.” While climate change is probably “the biggest driver,” they also need to carefully examine if there’s a “human element” as well. In her opinion, Antarctica tourism has boomed significantly in the past couple of decades, but there aren’t legally enforced limits on tourism, which hopes to be a regulated industry.

1. What is the task of the all-woman team?

A．Making out all the living habits of penguins.	B．Serving as postmasters and environmentalists.
C．Designing stamps linked to the Antarctic peninsula.	D．Managing a post office including counting penguins.

2. What do we know about Goudier Island?

A．It’s situated on the eastern side of the Antarctic peninsula.

B．Some scientists use it as a soccer field in their spare time.

C．It’s fit for man to study the Antarctic and live temporarily.

D．The number of the penguins on it has risen sharply.

3. What kind of women can be chosen as a team member?

A．Being optimistic, competent and cooperative.	B．Being sensitive, courageous and determined.
C．Being hardworking, modest and empathetic.	D．Being independent, elegant and generous.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Climate change leads to the decline of penguins.	B．Polar tourism desires for improved management.
C．Humans and penguins live in peace in the Antarctic.	D．Antarctica tourism has influenced climate change.

6 . ▶Western Sydney University

The university undertakes ranges of sustainability-related research, including sustainable agriculture, soil biology and food security. It has a range of living labs on its campus to aid with teaching and research in areas such as renewable energy, water recycling and natural and cultural heritages.

▶University of Reading

The university offers a range of modules on environmental and social issues to all undergraduate students, regardless of which faculty they are studying in. There is also a free online two-week course where you can investigate the impact of climate change and the research being done into it. The university has a range of sustainability projects, including the Research Woodland and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme.

▶University of Manchester

The university has a range of sustainability measures on campus to reduce waste. The Want Not, Waste Not shop on campus sells a selection of zero-waste products including spices, pulses, cleaning products and beauty products. The university is also working to reduce plastic at all its events, by replacing balloons with paper bunting, using potato-based tokens instead of plastic ones and eliminating plastic water bottles and printed flyers.

▶Manchester Metropolitan University

In April 2021, the university launched the Give It, Don’t Bin It” campaign, which encourages students to donate unwanted items and leftover food to charity partners, including the British Heart Foundation and Manchester Central Food Bank. Donation banks and boxes are situated all over campus. Students wishing to get involved in sustainability can choose from a range of initiatives across campus, including the Sustainability Ambassador scheme and Climate and Social Action Week. Students also run a clothing swap shop and MetMUnch, a student network that focuses on training and pop-ups all around food, nutrition and sustainability.

1. Which university focuses on global climate?

A．University of Reading.	B．University of Manchester.
C．Western Sydney University.	D．Manchester Metropolitan University.

2. What do we know about Manchester Metropolitan University?

A．It aims to find more renewable energy.

B．MetMUnch focuses on air improvement.

C．It has earned a reputation in controlling poverty.

D．Its “Give It, Don’t Bin It” helps those in need.

3. What is the common purpose of the four universities?

A．Development and improvement.	B．Recycling and sustainability.
C．Kindness and generosity.	D．Science and technology.

7 . Robots have learned to drive on Mars, carry out brain surgery and defeat grandmaster chess players. But when it comes to baking, making tasty desserts is far from a piece of cake. But after multiple failed attempts, US researchers have successfully 3D printed a cherry cheesecake.

The sorry-looking flan resembles a slice of cottage pie, topped with blancmange. Nevertheless, scientists are hopeful that once mastered, 3D printing could replace conventional cooking, allowing food to be tailored to nutritional needs of children, athletes or those on dietary restrictions.

“We have an enormous problem with the low-nutrient value of processed foods,” said Professor Christen Cooper of Pace University Nutrition and Dietetics. “3D food printing will still turn out processed foods, but perhaps the silver lining will be, for some people, better control and tailoring of personalised nutrition. It may also be useful in making food more appealing to those with swallowing disorders by mimicking the shapes of real foods with the mashed texture foods that these patients require.”

In the latest experiment, researchers tried various cheesecake designs, consisting of seven key ingredients: a biscuit base, peanut butter, Nutella, banana puree, strawberry jam, cherry drizzle, and frosting. In early attempts, which involved simply layering up the ingredients, the team found that the cake quickly disintegrated, with jam and peanut butter leaking out onto the work bench.

They discovered through trial and error that a more architectural solution was needed. Walls of biscuit base were required throughout the cake to hold the softer ingredients inside, while internal triangular biscuit supports were necessary to keep the cake upright.

“The study highlights that printed food dishes will likely require novel ingredient compositions and structures, due to the different way by which the food is assembled,” said Cooper. “Much work is still needed to collect data, model, and optimize these processes.”

But the team said that laser cooking and 3D printing could allow chefs to create entirely new food experiences, with flavors and textures placed with millimetre precision. And, because the system uses targeted light for very localized cooking, it could save energy unlike ovens or hobs which heat a large area.

1. Why are robots mentioned in the first paragraph?

A．To compare to find the advantages of robots.	B．To show how to use robots to make cakes.
C．To introduce the topic of 3D printed food.	D．To prove 3D printers are better than robots.

2. What do we know about the 3D-printed cherry cheesecake?

A．It is designed to replace all processed foods.	B．It may help some people with special needs.
C．It looks more attractive than ordinary ones.	D．It is appealing to children having sweet teeth.

3. What does Cooper mean in the sixth paragraph?

A．Present 3D printed food are not perfect now.	B．3D printing technology needs improving.
C．Printed food dishes will be forbidden.	D．Swallowing disorders will disappear.

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．It’s time to save energy using 3D printers.

B．Without 3D printer the world would be less colorful.

C．3D printed food will make chefs out of work in future.

D．3D-printed cheesecakes predict ‘personalized nutrition’.

8 . 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。

Praised by international media as a “winter wonderland” and “China’s ice city”, the city of Harbin attracted a record number of     1     (visitor) over the New Year’s Day holidays. The city’s     2     (popular) continued after the holiday as the 40th China Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival kicked off. Tourists from home and abroad     3     (draw) to the city by its grand and exquisite snow and ice sculptures. Among them, the 11 preschool children from Nanning, the subtropical capital city of Guangxi, over 3,000 kilometers away, were surely one of the     4     (high) profile guests.

Their trip, overloaded with cuteness, has become     5     online hit. Aged between 3 and 6 years old and accompanied by three teachers, the kids were affectionately given the nickname “little sugar tangerines (柑橘)” by netizens.     6     (express) gratitude for the great care and hospitality the kids received, Guangxi sent nearly 200 tons of fresh tangerines to Heilongjiang     7     a thank-you gift. The story continued with Harbin’s     8     (send) back more gifts to Guangxi,     9     gradually evolves (演变) to a “gift” and friendship exchange craze sweeping across the country.

More and more regions are joining in the exchanges between the north and south. The wave of exchanges     10     (bring) by the tourism boom in Harbin is a good sign and very encouraging.

9 . 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。

On a cold winter day at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort, many skiers and snowboarders were skiing happily in the snow. Janet He and her husband, Joseph Lu, were among them, gliding gracefully through the snowy peaks with joy.

Unexpectedly, things took a scary turn. As they went down the mountain, a loud noise filled the air, making the skiers panic. A huge avalanche (雪崩) was rushing towards them with strong force.

Janet tried hard to keep up with her husband, skiing desperately to find safety. But the avalanche was too strong, and quickly covered her. She was swept down the mountain, unable to control her movements under the heavy snow.

The weight of the snow pressed down on her, ruining her hopes of pulling herself up. She was buried, her face buried in the snow. She was lucky she had the face mask and had some air in the face mask. She fought against the heavy pressure, thinking of her husband and their life together. Just as darkness was about to take over, she found her determination.

She focused on calming herself down, knowing that panicking would use up her air. With every passing moment, she held onto hope and found the strength to endure the cold.

Meanwhile, Joseph crazily looked for his wife, calling her name but with no response. Time seemed to go so slowly as he worried about what would happen if he couldn’t find her in time.

Just when he felt despair, a stranger’s voice cut through the chaos (混乱). The words “Don’t worry. I’ve got you,” filled Joseph with relief and hope.

The stranger fearlessly made his way through the dangerous snow, carrying the heavy responsibility. Guided by determination and skill, they finally found Janet buried in the snow.

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The stranger worked quickly to free Janet from the heavy snow.
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Once she was rescued, the couple walked down the mountain with no injuries.
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10 . Recalling names is a common task that many people struggle with. If you exchange names with someone but then forget theirs during your conversation, you can end up in an awkward or embarrassing situation later.     1    

Repeat the person’s name as soon as he or she introduces it to you. Saying it out loud a few times will help you commit to memory.     2     As you shake the person’s hand, you can say, “Hello, Theodore.” If a conversation follows, repeat his or her name throughout the time. Attempt to use the person’s name two or three times throughout the conversation so that you remember it better.

Ask them to spell their name. If their name is difficult to remember, asking for the correct spelling will give you a visual image.     3     As they spell it out, you will be able to envision the way the name spelled in your head. Also, this method will give you the chance to hear the correct pronunciation of their name again.

Make associations.     4     By doing this, you will be able to recall their name by viewing a mental image of the person and their personality or job. For example, if you meet a client named Tyler who sells printer toner (墨粉), say to yourself, “Tyler sells toner.” Although this sentence may sound simple, it will help you remember his name in the long run.

    5     Often, people forget names because their attentions are divided. Meeting someone with the intention to remember the name will increase your chances of doing so. Focus your attention on the person to whom you are being introduced to. Consciously think about how you care about the introduction, as well as the goal to remember his name.

A．Apply this method during introductions.

B．Care enough about the person to remember.

C．Mentally play with the name to help it stick.

D．Identify a person’s name with a fact about them.

E．This also applies to names that sound similar to a concept.

F．Fortunately, there are several methods to improve your ability to remember names.

G．This also works for names you have never heard before, such as “Honghui” and “Kichiro”.