1. How will the listeners go to the Isle of Man from Heysham?
| A．By train. | B．By plane. | C．By ferry. |
| A．Do a little light shopping. | B．Meet the tour manager. | C．Have lunch in the hotel. |
| A．The town of Peel. | B．The mountain Snaefell. | C．The village of Laxey. |
| A．On day 3. | B．On day 4. | C．On day 5. |
Walter worked for a food store. He carried food to the homes that ordered it on the telephone. He wore the same clothes every day. He walked in a strange way. When we saw him coming down the street with the food, we would stop playing our games and follow him down the street, trying to walk as he did.
Walter did not bring food to our house. Mother was afraid of him. She went to a different store and brought the food home herself. When Grandmother came to live with us, things changed.
Grandmother liked all sorts of people. During her life, she had made friends with men who drank too much. women who ate too much, and people who were just very lonely.
Grandmother liked people for what they were. If she knew a man who drank too much, she would not tell him to stop drinking. She would tell him how to drink and still be a gentleman. The important thing to Grandmother was that things were done well in the right way and with control.
When Grandmother learned about Walter, she told my mother she wanted Walter to bring food to our house. Mother, of course, was strongly against it. But in vain.
The first time Walter came to our house, they became very close. He told Grandmother he wanted a real friend but did not know how to make friends. Grandmother seemed pleased, and she began to read books to Walter, a little from a book each time he came. The first book was called How to Dress When You Go out With a Friend. The next one was about the problems of early friendship and how to become better friends. Walter seemed to enjoy the readings. At least he listened.
Grandmother almost finished reading one day when Walter stopped her.
“Mrs. Gorman, I have a real friend,” he said. “I like her very much.”
“How wonderful!” Grandmother answered. “I hope you brush your hair and wear a coat when you see her. And you must promise me that you will always be a gentleman.”
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The next book Grandmother read to Walter was How to Respect Your Friend.
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Then one day, I saw Walter and he looked very different.
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| A．wish | B．secret | C．name | D．regret |
| A．smaller | B．stronger | C．harder | D．louder |
| A．eat | B．like | C．compare | D．buy |
| A．teach | B．play | C．sleep | D．practise |
| A．raised | B．adopted | C．discovered | D．injured |
| A．ignored | B．replied | C．noticed | D．suggested |
| A．hand | B．gift | C．book | D．try |
| A．occasionally | B．instantly | C．honestly | D．uncomfortably |
| A．cause | B．road | C．answer | D．joy |
| A．kind | B．strict | C．dead | D．sick |
| A．face | B．receive | C．see | D．refuse |
| A．selected | B．presented | C．honored | D．forgotten |
| A．leave | B．describe | C．represent | D．visit |
| A．therefore | B．however | C．otherwise | D．instead |
| A．due to | B．prior to | C．in reply to | D．in addition to |
5 . In this article, I’m going to show you certain aspects of the Chinese language and explain why they make learning the language a lot easier than you might think.
No verb conjugations (变化)
When you learn English, you need to remember how the verb changes with the subject and time. In Chinese, there are no verb inflections (词尾的屈折变化) at all.
No grammatical cases
In English, we make a difference between how pronouns are used depending on if they are the subject or the object of a sentence.
Flexible parts of speech
When learning English, you need to remember different forms of the words depending on what part of speech they belong to. For example, we say “ice” (noun), “icy” (adjective) and “to ice” (verb). These look different.
Word order in Chinese can be a little bit tricky, but it becomes much easier at more advanced levels. As a beginner, there are a few patterns you need to learn, and once you’ve done that, you can just fill in the words you’ve learnt and people will be able to understand. It also helps that the basic word order is the same as in English: subject—verb—object.
What all these boil down to is that learning Chinese needn’t be all that hard. Yes, reaching an advanced level takes a lot of time and effort.
| A．Relatively easy word order |
| B．The same subject—verb—object order |
| C．In short, it is very easy to learn Chinese well |
| D．We say “he talks to her”, while “him talks to she” is wrong |
| E．In Chinese, though, these could all be represented by one single word “ice” |
| F．For example, you can use “look” for any person and refer to any period of time |
| G．But getting to basic conversational fluency is easy for anyone who really wants it |
6 . A magic number is mentioned again and again during the climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland, 1.5℃.
It is a big number now but it wasn’t a major part of negotiations just seven years ago. The figure was put in near the end of negotiations into the historic 2015 Paris agreement because some small island nations insisted that it was a matter of survival for them. It is mentioned only once in the agreement, in which the primary goal is to limit warming to 2℃ above pre industrial levels. 1.5℃ is just a political suggestion.
“The 2℃ was chosen because it is the warmest temperature that the planet has ever seen in the last million years. To reach the goal, scientists say the world needs to cut its current greenhouse gas emissions (排放) by about half as of 2030,” said climate scientist Corinne LeQuere, who helped write the Paris agreement, “And the number is not another 1.5℃ from now. Instead, it stands for the international goal of trying to limit future warming to 1.5℃ since pre-industrial times. It’s actually only 0.4℃from now because the world has warmed 1.1℃ since pre-industrial times.”
After the Paris agreement threw in the 1.5 figure, the United Nations tasked the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to study what difference there would be on Earth between 1.5℃ of warming and 2℃ of warming. The 2018 IPCC report found that compared to 2℃, stopping warming at 1.5℃ would mean: 1) Seas would rise nearly 0.1 meters less; 2) Half as many animals and plants would die out; 3) There would be far fewer heat waves, downpours and droughts; 4) Half as many people would suffer from diseases, heat and lack of water.
“And we have more scientific evidence than ever that it gets worse and worse as we exceed (超过) beyond 1.5.” said Corinne LeQuere.
“It’s technically possible to limit global warming to 1.5℃. but I think it is close to politically impossible in the real world.” said Columbia University climate scientist Adam Sobel.
“As hard as it is. negotiators can’t give up on 1.5,” said Elizabeth May, one of the climate activists who demand that the world leaders keep 1.5℃ alive. “If we don’t hang on to 1.5 while it is technically possible, we are almost criminals.”
1. What can be learned about the 1.5℃ target?| A．It was suggested by the United Nations before 2015. |
| B．It is one of the major goals in the Paris agreement. |
| C．It is just a political suggestion adopted by negotiators. |
| D．It can be achieved by cutting current emissions by half. |
| A．0.4℃. | B．0.9℃. | C．1.1℃. | D．1.6℃. |
| A．The consequences of the global warming. |
| B．The scientific evidence of the global warming. |
| C．The possible reduction of losses and damages. |
| D．The serious challenges for small island countries. |
| A．It is technically impossible. | B．World leaders should stop talking. |
| C．Scientists should do more. | D．We should aim to the stricter target. |
7 . The European Space Agency wants to build an international “moon village” around 2050. Russia has also described plans for sending astronauts to the moon in 2030, although many doubt whether it can afford the costs. China also plans to send its astronauts onto the moon in 2030. In the United States, NASA announced the goal of putting Americans on the moon again by 2024, four years ahead of the previous schedule.
NASA’s efforts to reach the moon by 2024 will depend on whether Congress will give it the necessary money. NASA has asked for an additional $1.6 billion for the year of 2020. But if NASA wants to complete its project ahead of the schedule, it might cost a total of $20 billion to $30 billion. Recently, NASA says the price may not be so high, because a lot of commercial partners are willing to put money in the moon landing and lunar station building projects.
So why go back?
Moon is an obvious stop along the way to Mars. The ice discovered within polar areas where the sun never shines is not only a precious source of drinking water for future astronauts visiting the moon, but also for water that can be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen, which could be used as energy for the spacecraft before it heads out into the solar system.
Special scientific researches could be carried out at the far side of the moon because they would not face earthly interference (干扰) there. For example, it is possible to observe the low-frequency radio light coming from Sun or beyond because there is little radio noise interfering with it.
1. How many countries or organizations have planned to land on the moon in 2030?| A．1. | B．2. | C．3. | D．4. |
| A．They can share the station building costs. |
| B．The US government cannot afford the costs. |
| C．NASA wants to introduce more competitors. |
| D．They have unique and more advanced technologies. |
| A．By serving as energy stations for the spaceships. |
| B．By providing healthy food for future astronauts. |
| C．By sending out better signals to the solar system. |
| D．By exploring a new living place for human beings. |
| A．Updates on the Moon Landing Schedules |
| B．Money Needed for Different Space Programs |
| C．Plans and Reasons for Future Moon Landing |
| D．Countries Competing to Land on the Moon Earlier |
8 . Four female pioneers from different fields will soon appear on some US coins. Generations to come will look at the coins bearing these designs and be reminded of what can be accomplished with determination and a desire to improve opportunities for all.
Anna May Wong
Wong was the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood, appearing in more than 60 movies. Her coin shows her resting her head on her hand, surrounded by the round lights of a stage.
Maya Angelou
The late writer, performer and social activist has already received a Presidential Medal of Freedom, won a National Book Award, and published more than 30 bestselling poems.
Angelou’s coin will show her with her arms uplifted, in front of a bird in flight and a rising sun. Those images are inspired by her poetry and symbolic of the way she lived.
Sally Ride
The late astronaut, physicist and educator is best known as the first American woman—and youngest American—to travel to space. After her retirement, she devoted herself to inspiring young people, particularly girls, in science, engineering, technology and math.
Her coin design shows her standing next to a window on a spaceship, which is inspired by what she once said. “When I wasn’t working, I was usually at a window looking down at Earth.”
Wilma Mankiller
Mankiller was the first elected female chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1987, and is celebrated as an activist for Native American and women’s rights. During her two terms in office, she doubled her community’s employment and built new housing, health centers and children’s programs in northeast Oklahoma. Under her leadership, infant death rate declined and educational levels rose.
Mankiller’s coin shows her in a traditional dress in front of the seven-pointed star of the Cherokee Nation.
1. Which symbol is related to Maya Angelou?| A．A setting sun. | B．A flying bird. | C．A window. | D．A seven-pointed star. |
| A．Sally Ride. | B．Maya Angelou. |
| C．Anna May Wong. | D．Wilma Mankiller. |
| A．She cared about education. | B．She was a social activist. |
| C．She was an elected official. | D．She starred in many movies. |
9 . Some have assumed that she’s in a forbidden love. More likely, loneliness led her to seek company at Rio de Janeiro’s zoo. Either way, a blue-and-yellow macaw (美洲鹦鹉) that zookeepers named Juliet is believed to be the only wild bird of its kind left in the Brazilian city where the birds once flew far and wide.
Almost every morning for the last two decades, Juliet has appeared outside the network over the zoo. Sometimes she tries to brush the other birds’ feather. Sometimes she just sits there, enjoying their presence. But most of the time, she is quieter than her noisy friends.
Macaws live to be about 35 years old and Juliet should have found a lifelong mate years ago, according to Neiva Guedes, who manages a project that studies macaws in urban settings. But Juliet hasn’t coupled, built a nest or had chicks. “They’re noisy and social birds, and they need company. Juliet very probably feels lonely,” said Guedes. “Aside from Juliet, the last sighting of a macaw flying free in Rio was in 18l8 and there are no other wild macaws in the city.”
Guedes aims to reintroduce macaws into protected areas with an eye on rebuilding ecosystems. He has raised about 20 chicks that will receive training on forest food sources and other survival skills. Then the youngsters will be set free in Rio’s Tijuca Forest National Park. where Juliet has been sighted and is thought to sleep each night. “The chicks are expected to be released into the park by the end of 2022,” said Guedes. “Their role could be important for the ecosystem. They are big animals with strong beaks (喙) that can crack the biggest seeds and will help spread those seeds.”
After two decades of solitariness, Juliet will then have the chance to explore the forest with friends, or even find a love of her own.
1. What does Neiva Guedes say about macaws?| A．They are social birds. | B．They are good hunters. |
| C．They are very quiet. | D．They have died out since 1818. |
| A．To provide mates for the wild birds. | B．To help scientists to produce more birds. |
| C．To rebuild ecosystems in the forest park. | D．To attract more tourists to the Brazilian city. |
| A．Loneliness. | B．Freedom. | C．Peace. | D．Anxiety. |
| A．Technology. | B．Environment. | C．Tourism. | D．Literature. |
In gift shops, it is likely that many tourists would pass by what may be a symbol of Portugal: swallows made of glass. In Portugal, people gift the birds for weddings, anniversaries, housewarmings and going-away gatherings.
Farewells were on my mind when I met Apolinario in February 2020. At the time I was well aware of my oldest child’s upcoming graduation and departure for university in a city far from home.
Ethan, my oldest child, has been away from me before. There have been camps and school trips, but each time I have rested easy in the knowledge that he would come home. He always comes home.
But this time I feel less certain.
The feeling was at its peak when I entered Apolinario’s gift shop that specialized in Portuguese souvenirs. I was aimlessly walking among the shelves when I noticed the abundance of glass swallows.
“The swallow is connected to a lot of things that are dear to us,’’ explained Apolinario who stood behind me. The birds’ qualities —they mate for life and raise their babies together—make it a nostalgic (怀旧的) symbol. “They don’t leave the nest until all of the babies do and they always return.”
Apolinario also told me that the swallow also marked an important time in the country’s history when the Portuguese sailed around the world. A lot of people missed their homeland and wanted to come back. The swallow represented that there was a nest somewhere in Portugal, although people were living all over the world.
“The concept is best described as the feeling of connection you get when you taste your grandmother’s cooking or a familiar smell that takes you back to your childhood. The swallow is thought to be the embodiment (体现) of that feeling. When you have one in or on your home, it carries those good memories with it,” he added. “When you’re giving this as a gift, you’re basically giving a part of yourself that stays there. You’re creating a connection.”
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When Apolinario told me about the bird, I knew I needed one.
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This past September, my husband and I accompanied our son to his university.
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