The Shenzhou XVI crew members shared their space stories with the public on Friday since their return from space last October after the
“I felt particularly happy to fly with the diverse crew members, which
Jing also revealed that, unlike his previous space missions, he actually gained weight by the end of this one. “We strictly followed our exercise and dietary plans, which is
Flight engineer Zhu Yangzhu said that his primary
Professor Gui Haichao, said he was so proud, as the first civilian astronaut
Jing also expressed his long-lasting passion for his career. “Since 2003, Chinese astronauts
2 . Colour Of The Season: Sky Blue
Bring the outdoors into your home this year with the colour of the season: sky blue. This timeless hue (色彩) works well throughout the home, whether it’s to lighten up a hallway or add a sense of calm to a bedroom.
Big on blue, colour specialist Melanie Archer shares her interiors (室内装饰) expertise, from why we should adopt the blue trend to how we can easily integrate it into our home.
Blue is a brilliant interior colour; it comes in a wide range of shades and works well layered into existing schemes to give a fresh, new feel.
As the colour blue has a connection to nature, it works well in a hallway, linking outdoor and indoor spaces.
Uplifting and calming, lighten your home with this beautiful shade.
| A．It is perfect to welcome your guests |
| B．It’s a colour that feels modern and fresh |
| C．Blue pairs well with a variety of building materials |
| D．Additionally, pale shades are particularly effective in bedrooms |
| E．There’s no surprise then, that it’s seen massive popularity lately |
| F．He has introduced a family of blues this season |
| G．Adding touches of warmth will make your space feel welcoming to the eye |
3 . Dror Angel, a marine ecologist seeks to fight climate change by purposely sinking waste wood to the sea floor, where carbon that the trees stored up while living can remain locked away for centuries. This initiative, led by Israeli company Rewind, is part of a growing trend in carbon capture technologies seeking to draw carbon out of the atmosphere.
Whereas some carbon capture schemes require expensive machines and complex chemistry, burying terrestrial biomass (地球生物量) at sea is extremely simple: All it takes are tugboats, barges, and woody waste from forestry and agriculture. The approach is favoured over other ocean-based carbon capture methods, such as growing and sinking scawced. The advantage lies in the fact that the plant material is grown on land, reducing the risk of robbing the surrounding waters of nutrients. Additionally, the existing infrastructure (基础结构) for terrestrial biomass production makes it more practical at scale. And because woody plants are tough and unlikely to degrade (降解), they can effectively store carbon.
In the Black Sea, Rewind has one of the world’s great carbon burial sites. The sea is much saltier at the bottom than at the top, so the two layers don’t mix much at all — one reason why very little oxygen makes it to the sea floor. And because the layers don’t mix, any greenhouse gases that are produced will be locked in the depths for hundreds or thousands of years.
However, critics raise concerns about potential drawbacks. The transportation of biomass on earth globally may not be environmentally practicable. And removing terrestrial biomass from land could steal soil nutrients over time. Additionally, as new uses for terrestrial biomass emerge, such as sustainable building materials or biochar (生物炭), the most environmentally friendly approach must be considered.
Dror Angel agrees that sinking terrestrial biomass has its limitations and challenges. But the urgency of carbon removal demands that every possible scheme be explored thoroughly, and he says, “I think every idea deserves $1 billion of support to test it out.”
1. What is the purpose of the Rewind’s project?| A．To develop new marine ecosystems. | B．To explore unknown marine species. |
| C．To trap carbon at sea. | D．To store carbon for future use. |
| A．A decreased impact on marine ecology. | B．A slim chance of breaking down. |
| C．Increased absorption of carbon. | D．Great practice on a large scale. |
| A．The transportation of terrestrial biomass is harmless to the environment. |
| B．Carbon capture efforts need to be balanced with other environmental goals. |
| C．Terrestrial Biomass has no significant use other than carbon capture. |
| D．Burying terrestrial biomass is the best way to keep carbon. |
| A．Skeptical. | B．Objective. | C．Ambiguous. | D．Indifferent. |
4 . There’s nothing more refreshing than finding a young musician who talks about her developing career without any artifice (欺骗) or anxiety. It’s simply a question of playing hard and persuading others that the journey is worth taking.
As the first saxophonist to reach the final of BBC Young Musician in 2016, Jess Gillam was pleased to find her school friends watched and enjoyed her performance. Without her, they wouldn’t have heard a note and probably wouldn’t have known the competition existed.
When she first joined the Carnival Band, a small town band, at 7, she realised it was a meeting point for people from many different backgrounds. Saxophone in hand, she saw that there was a pathway to be followed that would take people on a journey together who otherwise might not find common cause, and who — without the thrill of music-making —couldn’t exploit (充分利用) their nature for music.
But here’s the bad news. Local authority funding fell away and there was no one to pick up the pieces. For the generations behind her, there’s none of that opportunity she had to develop a love for music. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why she is so passionate about music education, which is to her a necessity.
“Music needs to be a given. It is part of education, but not an add-on.”
For anyone who gets tired of the head-scratching arguments about where music is going—and whether or not audiences are going to shrink—a musician like Jess Gillam is an energising inspiration. She mentions her excitement at performing with an orchestra which illustrates the richness of opportunity for talented young players. Its 15th anniversary concert this year is living proof of the magic that can be reminded when young players get together to express themselves with all the uninhibited (不受拘束的) enthusiasm of talented people who haven’t yet been beaten down by too much career advice, or over-eager agents anxious to change them in a particular way.
When talking about music education in schools, she is incredible that anyone could think that it shouldn’t be at the heart of the curriculum. She knows what it has done for her and hopes to pass it on.
1. What do we know about Jess Gillam?| A．She created a chance for her friends to approach music. |
| B．She believed only a band could unite music lovers. |
| C．She considered music-making an inborn competence. |
| D．She took over after her band was financially challenged. |
| A．Must. | B．Bonus. | C．Gift. | D．Chance. |
| A．Further evidence is needed to support music education. |
| B．Music can only be individually appreciated. |
| C．Music allows young players to voice themselves freely. |
| D．Musicians are under the obligation to spread music. |
| A．Ambitious and generous. | B．Warm-hearted and modest. |
| C．Sensitive and devoted. | D．Responsible and inspiring. |
5 . Children’s Books
My Winter City by James Gladstone
A kid, his dad and their dog happily brave a downfall to go sledding across town. The boy notes the “windows gone all steamy” on the bus, the “wilderness of footprints, crisscrossing, disappearing” on the sidewalks, the “light powder pillows” when they make snow angels. Through the illustrations (插图) of the book, little children can find each well-observed de tail of wintertime city life.
40pp.$19.95.(Ages 4 to 8.)Bear Is Awake! An Alphabet Story by Hannah E. Harrison
A “big bear” wakes up in the middle of winter, leaves her den and shows up at a “cozy cabin,” where a girl is annoyed, then inspired to take the bear into town to figure out how to help the creature get back to hibernation (冬眠). The final page has no words, just a proud look on the girl’s face: mission accomplished. The book lets even pre-readers follow the alphabetical story through the expressive illustrations.
40pp.$17.99.(Ages 3 to 6.)I Am Polar Bear by J. Patrick Lewis.
The book captures the majesty of the polar bear. Lewis has the creature tell us what he’s called in different cultures, from the Inuit(“I am Nanuk”) to the Sami, who “refuse to speak my name for fear of offending me.” The ending shows the polar bear float on a shrinking bit of ice, “losing hold.”
32pp. $18.99.(Ages 4 to 8.)Snowy Race by April Jones Prince.
A girl gets to ride on her dad’s giant snowplow in this delightful rhyming tale. They race through the heavy snow, but it’s not clear where they’re going until they arrive at the airport, where her mother is waiting. Prince’s (“What Do Wheels Do All Day?”) text is intriguingly spare, letting Davenier’s (“The First Thing My Mama Told Me”) soft lively wintertime scenes shine.
40pp.$18.99.(Ages 3 to 6.)1. Which of the following books unfolds the winter city life?
| A．My Winter City. | B．Bear Is Awake! An Alphabet Story. |
| C．I Am Polar Bear. | D．Snow for Everyone. |
| A．James Gladstone. | B．Hannah E. Harrison. |
| C．J. Patrick Lewis. | D．April Jones Prince. |
| A．The stories are about celebrating snow. | B．Each book costs a lot. |
| C．Each book has 40 pages. | D．They are intended for little kids. |
I remember a time when I learned the true meaning of forgiveness. It was a period in my life that tested my patience and my ability to understand others.
It all started when I was in middle school. I had a close friend named Emily, and we spent a lot of time together. One day, Emily introduced me to a new girl in our class, named Olivia. Olivia was quiet and shy, but we quickly became friends as well.
One afternoon, after school, we were all working on a project in the classroom. As we were discussing our ideas, Olivia suddenly exclaimed out something that completely contradicted what I had been saying. I was shocked and felt a little embarrassed. I tried to explain my point of view, but Olivia was very stubborn and insisted on her own idea.
Emily, who was sitting next to me, tried to mediate (调节) the situation. But Olivia got angry and said some unkind words to me. I was hurt and angry, and I couldn’t believe that Olivia would treat me like that. I stormed out of the classroom, leaving Emily and Olivia behind.
The next few days were very difficult for me. I avoided Olivia as much as possible, and our friendship with Emily seemed to be stressed. I felt like I had been betrayed by Olivia, and I couldn’t understand why she would do such a thing.
One day, I asked Emily why she was still friends with Olivia after what she had done. Emily looked at me with a sad expression and said, “You know, Olivia has been through a lot lately. Her parents are going through a divorce, and she’s really struggling. Maybe she was rude to you because she was feeling overwhelmed and insecure.”
Hearing this, I felt a surge of guilt. I realized that I hadn’t taken the time to understand Olivia’s situation. I had been too quick to judge her and too focused on my own feelings of hurt. I decided to talk to Olivia and apologize for my behavior.
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When I found Olivia, she was sitting alone in the hallway.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Olivia accepted my apology and we had a long conversation.
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8 . A father saw that his 11 year old son was crying silently. He asked him, “What’s the matter, son?” The young boy replied, “My rich classmates laughed at me and called me son of the
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Later on, the father brought his son to the garden and said to him, “Look at the two flowers and tell me your
| A．explorer | B．salesman | C．gardener | D．biologist |
| A．waited | B．paused | C．cried | D．sighed |
| A．walked | B．admitted | C．drove | D．exposed |
| A．carry out | B．work out | C．bring out | D．make out |
| A．secretly | B．casually | C．patiently | D．separately |
| A．cold | B．dirty | C．warm | D．clear |
| A．fruit | B．outcome | C．benefit | D．effort |
| A．delighted | B．qualified | C．satisfied | D．determined |
| A．lesson | B．feeling | C．observation | D．expectation |
| A．necessary | B．available | C．vital | D．possible |
| A．protect | B．stop | C．remove | D．save |
| A．serves | B．ends | C．starts | D．passes |
| A．warn | B．persuade | C．move | D．affect |
| A．force | B．persuade | C．encourage | D．cheat |
| A．conflict | B．tension | C．negativity | D．dilemma |
9 . Travellers arriving at or leaving from Stuttgart’s main railway station should be warned. They must allow an extra 10-15 minutes to get out of the building or get to the platforms to catch a train, because of an ugly maze of detours (绕路) around Germany’s biggest construction site. “It has been like this since I was at school 13 years ago,” shrugs the barista at a nearby coffee shop.
The ambitious plan for a new station in the capital of Baden-Württemberg, one of Germany’s most prosperous states and home to Daimler-Benz, Bosch and Porsche, was to be an advertisement for the state’s engineering prowess. By relocating tracks and platforms largely underground, it was supposed to speed up journeys to other places in Germany and all over Europe, while reclaiming (开拓) space for shops, housing and parkland in the centre of town. The city picked a design by Christoph Ingenhoven, a cool modernist architect from Düsseldorf, and the late Frei Otto, winner of the prestigious Pritzker prize for architecture.
But its fate has been similar to that of Berlin’s new airport, which was completed after a nine-year delay in 2020, having exceeded its budget by more than €4bn ($4.7bn). “Stuttgart 21” (named for the 21st century) was meant to be completed by the end of 2019 at a cost of €4.5bn. It is now forecast to be finished by 2025, and the cost may rise to nearly €12bn. The mega-site currently employs some 6,000 construction workers, who even have their own priest, Peter Maile, to provide (much-needed) pastoral care. The bosses of Deutsche Bahn may need the consolation of religion too. The loss-making German railway operator is in court, fighting the state, city, region and airport over who will cover Stuttgart 21’s exorbitant additional costs.
For some, Stuttgart 21 remains an awesome engineering masterpiece in the making; for others it is a bottomless pit wasting more and more taxpayers’ cash. In June the station could have celebrated the topping-out ceremony of its main building. Oddly enough, no one felt much like an underground party, or indeed any party at all.
1. What phenomenon does the author describe at the beginning of the text?| A．Security checks at the station are very strict. |
| B．Trains in Stuttgart are often about ten minutes late. |
| C．Cafes near the station are very popular with travellers. |
| D．The construction of the station has presented inconvenience. |
| A．To emphasize the urgent need for the new airport. |
| B．To explain the potential function of the new station. |
| C．To stress the additional large price of the new station. |
| D．To introduce the outstanding designers of the new airport. |
| A．Punishment. | B．Comfort. | C．Influence. | D．Memory. |
| A．Critical. | B．Objective. | C．Approving. | D．Unclear. |
10 . Were you to join a marathon, you might think you’d wander into a nightmare. Mouths kept shut, runners cover miles breathing just through their noses — sometimes holding their breath for quite a while.
Beyond adopting a new technique, marathon runners can expect to see an improvement by reviewing on the breathing basics. Studies suggest that 10 percent to 14 percent of women are shallow breathers, over-breathers or mouth-breathers, all of which could restrict movement of the ribcage and create a build-up of tension in the upper body and tightness in the chest. And while this may not bother you when you’re sitting at your desk, it’s a different story when you begin a workout. The biggest mistake that Professor Dickinson sees is when athletes want to maintain-or pick up- speed. “When you’re working harder, you don’t tell your heart to beat faster. It just knows that it needs to,” he says, adding that the same is true of your breathing. He explains that your body is built with neurons called chemoreceptors, which tell your muscles when they need to breathe more.
So how should you be breathing during an intense workout? Professor Dickinson recommends athletes take basic breath pattern mastery, before moving on to respiratory muscle training.
“Some people accept that the breathlessness they experience when exercising is just their norms and that they’ve reached the limit they can push themselves to in their workouts,” says Professor Dickinson. But committing to these techniques, he explains, could be impactful on your performance. However, those who have high blood pressure, should check their conditions before getting to work on their breath. “In some cases, it could be that you’re only breathing at 80 percent of your capacity, so increasing that percentage by practicing breathing exercises can have a huge impact on your fitness performance,” Professor Dickinson adds. The results just might be breathtaking.
1. Why does the author compare a marathon to a nightmare?| A．Because they are both long in distance. |
| B．Because they are both time-consuming. |
| C．Because people in both situations need a new technique. |
| D．Because people in both situations breathe in similar ways. |
| A．You will make the biggest mistake. |
| B．You will adjust your heartbeat intentionally. |
| C．Neurons will tell your muscles to breathe more. |
| D．The heart will know it needs to work. |
| A．Have a health check. | B．Make a workout plan. |
| C．Track their performances. | D．Check their blood pressure meters. |
| A．People with high blood pressure. | B．Marathon enthusiasts. |
| C．Office ladies. | D．Health consultants. |
