The robot lawn mowers (割草机)
First, they are environmentally friendly. With global warming now
Second, they work very
Third, rain sensors in our robot lawn mowers warn the robot
Fourth, bump sensors in our robot lawn mower protect the lawn mower from running over items
Last but not least, they are
2 . As cities balloon with growth, access to nature for people living in urban areas is becoming harder to find. If you’re lucky, there might be a pocket park near where you live, but it’s unusual to find places in a city that are relatively wild.
Past research has found health and wellness benefits of nature for humans, but a new study shows that wildness in urban areas is extremely important for human well-being.
The research team focused on a large urban park. They surveyed several hundred park-goers, asking them to submit a written summary online of a meaningful interaction they had with nature in the park. The researchers then examined these submissions, coding (编码) experiences into different categories. For example, one participant’s experience of “We sat and listened to the waves at the beach for a while” was assigned the categories “sitting at beach” and “listening to waves.”
Across the 320 submissions, a pattern of categories the researchers call a “nature language” began to emerge. After the coding of all submissions, half a dozen categories were noted most often as important to visitors. These include encountering wildlife, walking along the edge of water, and following an established trail.
Naming each nature experience creates a usable language, which helps people recognize and take part in the activities that are most satisfying and meaningful to them. For example, the experience of walking along the edge of water might be satisfying for a young professional on a weekend hike in the park. Back downtown during a workday, they can enjoy a more domestic form of this interaction by walking along a fountain on their lunch break.
“We’re trying to generate a language that helps bring the human-nature interactions back into our daily lives. And for that to happen, we also need to protect nature so that we can interact with it,” said Peter Kahn, a senior author of the study.
1. What phenomenon does the author describe at the beginning of the text?| A．Pocket parks are now popular. | B．Wild nature is hard to find in cities. |
| C．Many cities are overpopulated. | D．People enjoy living close to nature. |
| A．To compare different types of park-goers. | B．To explain why the park attracts tourists. |
| C．To analyze the main features of the park. | D．To find patterns in the visitors’ summaries. |
| A．Walking is the best way to gain access to nature. |
| B．Young people are too busy to interact with nature. |
| C．The same nature experience takes different forms. |
| D．The nature language enhances work performance. |
| A．Language study. | B．Environmental conservation. |
| C．Public education. | D．Intercultural communication. |
3 . It’s the year 2140 and two kids ride their surfboards in the heart of Manhattan, near the point where Sixth Avenue meets Broadway. If you are familiar with this junction you will know it is far from the US’s current coastline. But in Kim Stanley Robinson’s novel New York 2140, Manhattan is flooded after continuous climate change causes the sea level to rise by 15.25 m.
Robinson’s 2017 climate fiction novel belongs to a new kind of novel, which tells “the story of the next century”. It might be helping readers across the world comprehend the situation in which we currently find ourselves.
Climate change is an indescribable crisis to make sense of. Drop some poisonous chemicals in a river now and you will see dead fish within days, but what do you witness when you release (释放) carbon dioxide (CO2)?
“This is where fiction comes in: it brings the abstract data closer to home by focusing on the face sand stories in these futures. Show readers a detailed account of a climate-changed future,” says Robinson, and they have an easier time imagining it. “Science fiction gets people thinking in a way that another report on climate change doesn’t,” says Shelley Streeby, a professor of Literature and Ethnic Studies at UC San Diego. “It helps people feel not only about what might be coming, but also about the present. It is about taking certain conditions that exist nowadays, extending them into the future and throwing a bunch of characters into their midst.”
In the search to adopt climate change as a topic, writers are doing what they do best: trying to tell a good story. Sometimes they write with a touch of optimism as they negotiate the current crisis. But even with this optimism, these writers want to make sure the world knows they, at least, are paying attention.
1. What is the function of the first paragraph?| A．To give background on a story. |
| B．To promote the novel New York 2140. |
| C．To lead to the topic of climate fiction. |
| D．To show the influence of climate change. |
| A．By inferring. | B．By comparing. |
| C．By analyzing. | D．By imagining. |
| A．Approving. | B．Cautious. | C．Negative. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．Climate Crisis: No Longer a Forecast |
| B．The Future World: More Promising |
| C．New York 2140: A New Type of Novel |
| D．Climate Fiction: A Reminder of Climate Change |
5 . Conscious (有意识的) living is not just a trend.
●Be conscious about your time.
Time is the most precious thing because there is no way to live a moment again.
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You cannot achieve them unless you understand your needs and intentions. It is easier said than done because most people fail to make an effort to know themselves. Spend time thinking over and knowing your strengths and weaknesses. Once you know yourself better, you can create a plan to work towards becoming more patient, honest, and forgiving.
●Learn to be grateful.
Gratitude takes you a long way towards conscious living. It opens you up to a happier and a fulfilled mindset. Most people are unhappy because they see only the negatives in life. However, everyone has something to be grateful for. Writing a gratitude journal is a good start for counting your blessings.
●Believe in yourself.
It is the key to making the right choices, yet not regretting the wrong ones.
Conscious living is a skill you need to learn as you go, so be willing to make the effort and master it. You will absorb it soon and be a happier person in the long run.
| A．Know yourself better. |
| B．Accept the person you are. |
| C．Life can be a lot better with the right decisions. |
| D．It is a healthy choice that enables you to be happy. |
| E．Pick it as a daily habit, and you will notice the difference. |
| F．The way you spend your time determines the course of your life. |
| G．The best way to build self-belief is by reflecting on your own thoughts. |
6 . What if a city bench (长凳) could provide a place not just to sit but also to breathe a little easier? That is the idea behind CityTree, a 14-foot-high energy-efficient bench covered with moss (苔藓).
CityTree is the invention of Peter Sanger, 29, a gardening expert and the CEO of Green City Solutions. The company seeks to answer a challenging question: How can we bring nature into the city and use its positive effects on the atmosphere at scale?
The idea struck Sanger when he learned about the cleaning effects of various plants, particularly moss, as a university student. “That’s what got me excited — finding that the solution to air pollution lies in nature, he says. “After all, nature has millions of years of experience in making air pure (纯净).”
From the outside, the CityTree looks like a bench with a tower covered in moss. But inside is a fully automated system that provides enough water for moss to grow. The built-in IOT (物联网) technology monitors its performance and conditions, as well as providing environmental data from the surrounding area.
According to Green City Solutions, the CityTree improves the air quality around it by up to 53% and can cool the surrounding air by 4℃. The unit can provide a pleasant period of breathable air in places where people tend to stay.” Think of a bus stop on a busy street, a street cafe, even an inner-city schoolyard.” he says.
However, the CityTree is just the beginning. Its next generation is a slimmer model that contains a digital screen on one side and a moss wall on the other.
1. What is the text mainly about?| A．An air-cooling product. | B．An idea for purer city air. |
| C．Sanger’s life experiences. | D．The problems of air pollution. |
| A．The application of moss. | B．Humans’ dependence on nature. |
| C．Nature’s solution to air pollution. | D．The diversity of air-cleaning plants. |
| A．At the seaside. | B．In a rose garden. |
| C．In a street market. | D．On top of a mountain. |
| A．a science magazine | B．a travel guide |
| C．a medical journal | D．a biology textbook |
7 . Over the last seven years, most states have banned texting by drivers, and public service campaigns have tried a wide range of methods to persuade people to put down their phones when they are behind the wheel.
Yet the problem, by just about any measure, appears to be getting worse. Americans are still texting while driving, as well as using social networks and taking photos. Road accidents, which had fallen for years, are now rising sharply.
That is partly because people are driving more, but Mark Rosekind, the chief of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said distracted（分心）driving was "only increasing, unfortunately."
"Big change requires big ideas." he said in a speech last month, referring broadly to the need to improve road safety. So to try to change a distinctly modern behavior, lawmakers and public health experts are reaching back to an old approach: They want to treat distracted driving like drunk driving.
An idea from lawmakers in New York is to give police officers a new device called the Textalyzer. It would work like this: An officer arriving at the scene of a crash could ask for the phones of the drivers and use the Textalyzer to check in the operating system for recent activity. The technology could determine whether a driver had just texted, emailed or done anything else that is not allowed under New York's hands-free driving laws.
"We need something on the books that can change people's behavior,” said Félix W. Ortiz, who pushed for the state's 2001 ban on hand-held devices by drivers. If the Textalyzer bill becomes law, he said, "people are going to be more afraid to put their hands on the cell phone."
1. Which of the following best describes the ban on drivers' texting in the US?| A．Ineffective. | B．Unnecessary. |
| C．Inconsistent. | D．Unfair. |
| A．Where a driver came from. | B．Whether a driver used their phone. |
| C．How fast a driver was going. | D．When a driver arrived at the scene. |
| A．Advice. | B．Data. | C．Tests. | D．Laws. |
| A．To Drive or Not to Drive? Think Before You Start |
| B．Texting and Driving? Watch Out for the Textalyzer |
| C．New York Banning Hand-Held Devices by Drivers. |
| D．The Next Generation Cell Phone: The Textalyzer- |
This morning, I got up earlier than ever because of a funny feeling. Today I had to give a report in my class. Though I had been doing this for a long time, I was not sure whether I could make it a success. At that moment, Mom came in and asked, “Are you ready, Sam?”
“Yes.” I answered quietly. To be honest, I could feel my heart beating fast. I hated this, but I couldn't stop it. Thinking of what I would talk in class, I went into Mrs. Owens' class. She was smiling sweetly and saying hello to all her students as she did every morning.
“Hi, Sam,” she said to me as I walked into the classroom. “Hi!” I said and quickly rushed to my seat, feeling my heart beating faster and even my body shaking. I looked at the clock, which told me the class was about to begin. Then Mrs. Owens started, “Sam, it's your turn to give us your speech.” Stand up in front of everyone? Oh, no!
I got up slowly, not daring to look at other things but the ground, as I walked to the front of the classroom. Then I took a deep breath, forcing myself to look up and everyone was looking at me. Mrs. Owens knew I was nervous, so she came beside me and put her hand on my back.
She said to the class, “Sam has worked very hard on his report and I know it is a very interesting report.” After that, she turned to me and asked, “Sam, what did you like best about the report on Hawaii?”
I thought about the funny things I had about surfing, and I started to talk as if I had returned to beautiful Hawaii, watching the white seabirds dancing in the blue sky. I talked and talked proudly in front of the whole class. It was great fun. How strange it was for me not to be nervous and frightened at all! The class burst into claps as I finished and Mrs. Owens was smiling.
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At this moment, words failed to describe my feeling of pride and excitement.
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In the following hours that day, I couldn't wait to go home.
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I am fond of wild animals, which existence makes our world lively and colorfully. However, many wild animals in nature are in the danger. It is believed that human beings mainly lead the terrible problem. Thanks to many governments’ and organizations’ efforts, much attention from the world are paid to the protection of wild animals. As a member of human beings, I am sure willing to protect the wildlife. So far, I had launched two activities to show the public the great achievements make in the protection of the wildlife. Many of my classmates have joined myself. I hope that more people can participate in the activity to advertise the importances and benefits of environment protection.
