It was a January afternoon. My wife, Savitri and I sat on the Sahyadri Express. As the train pulled out of the station, we could barely hide our excitement. We were finally on the way to a honeymoon to Matheran! This was the first time we had enough savings to go on a trip together.
The train stopped at Neral, where we were forced out of our reverie (白日梦). As we stepped out and started making inquiries, we realized it was unlikely that we would find a train to take us to the misty hill station we had been dreaming of for months. The afternoon gradually settled into a pink dusk as we sat in a corner at the station, waiting for news of the train services as the cold winter breeze rattled (使紧张)our bones. We unwrapped some biscuits when a little girl, no more than five or six, went past us, screaming, “But I want food! I am hungry!”
Savitri's eyes turned to the girl’s family. Smiling, she called out-her name was Mehrunisa，we overheard-and asked her to seek her parent’s permission to accept biscuits from us. Left with no option, her family accepted, And we began chatting.
After several hours, the train finally arrived. We entered alongside. As the short uphill journey progressed, Savitri and I softly discussed our trouble. It seemed unlikely that our reservation at Ragdi Hotel would still be held. As the train arrived and we rose to bid the family goodbye, Mehrunisa’s father, Viraaz, suggested that he would accompany us to make sure that we had a place to spend the night. He had overheard our anxious exchange.
His family headed to their guesthouse and Viraaz came with us to look for a hotel. To no one’s surprise, Ragdi Hotel was packed with people. The manager offered assistance by placing a few beds in the coal storage room but the cold made it uninhabitable. A gradual dread(恐惧)started to appear in my mind.
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Sensing our helplessness, Viraaz offered to put us up in their accommodation for the night.
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Our friendship has since continued for decades.
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One of China’s wandering elephants has finally made it home.
The herd of wild Asian elephants shot to fame last month while going on
Last week, a lone (单独的) elephant who broke away
Authorities said the 1. 8-ton male had lingered (逗留) near populated areas and posed a risk to public safety, leading to the
Meanwhile, the rest of the herd is still marching on
The dawn had yet not broken, but the chirping and twittering of birds was telling the early risers that it was about to. Two squirrels wrestled over a nut on the narrow lane, with overgrown grasses on both sides. These squirrels were to be the first to be photographed that day and…click! A tender-looking boy examined the taken picture closely. ’Good enough’ he thought and then shared the picture excitedly.
The boy is Vinay. He is seventeen. One morning on his usual stroll down the lane, his phone vibrated（振动）. He checked it to find some beautiful pictures of flowers and sunrise and little animals. The pictures were of course wrongly sent but it paved the way for a special friendship between Vinay and Vani. They didn’t know where the other lived. They would share with each other the photographs of the most beautiful things they came across during their morning walk. They would occasionally share each other’s photograph but made it sure that it revealed nothing about their residence. Vani was twenty-five. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to meet…it was just that they wanted to make it as special as their unique relation was…
A short sweet tune on her smartphone told Vani that Vinay had found something interesting because that early in the morning it could be no one else but him. She swiped to unlock, and then tapped on the picture Vinay had shared. She smiled broadly at sight of two squirrels wrestling. She then texted back, “Today I’ve chosen a new place to go for a walk. ” "I’ll send you pictures as soon as I find something interesting. ”
There were two message alerts on Vinay’s phone. He checked the messages. Then he typed, “I’ll wait. ”A drop of dew（露水）fell on Vinay’s head. He stepped aside and looked up. The dew drops settling on the vibrantly green leaves caught his eyes. He clicked a picture in no time and shared it with Vani. He added a caption. It read—’For You’.
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Vani still couldn’t find something interesting to share with Vinay.
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Now Vinay would turn to his way back home like every day.
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5 . If you look around your city, you might spot girls wearing hanfu in subways or people wearing T-shirts with Chinese characters on the streets. A new trend is taking hold in China — guochao, or “China-chic”.
It means the rise of China’s native fashion trends. It has expanded the concept of “Made in China”, which has been recognized as the representation of Chinese culture offered by homegrown Chinese brands. China chic came into the spotlight in 2018. During the 2018 New York Fashion Week, Li-Ning introduced its Taoism-inspired Wu Dao collection. The collection not only had a fashionable look, but also included elements of traditional Chinese culture. It immediately obtained attention at home and abroad. As a result, the company recorded 20 percent income growth in 2018, marking the first time the brand had hit the 10-billion-yuan mark since its founding.
Since then, the trend to hug home brands has spread rapidly to various sectors (领域) and products, from food and drinks to clothing, mobile phones and electric vehicles. For example, White Rabbit, whose sweet candy brings back childhood memories for many, launched its milk, cosmetics (化妆品) and so on. “We want White Rabbit to be a brand that young people want to share,” said Shen Qinfeng, the company’s marketing manager.
This March, several Western brands refused to use Xinjiang cotton. To show national pride and cultural confidence, the “I support Xinjiang cotton” campaign spread across the country, Many Chinese turned to Chinese home brands that support Xinjiang cotton, like Li-Ning and Anta. No matter how the guochao trend changes, there’s one thing that won’t change; Behind the story is people’s positive attitude toward the country’s development and their recognition of and growing confidence in national culture.
1. What is China-chic according to the text?| A．Increase in Chinese culture in fashion. |
| B．Young Chinese people’s preference for ancient culture. |
| C．The international popularity of products made in China. |
| D．The growing role of Chinese home brands in developing economy. |
| A．It took the lead in the world market. |
| B．It adopted Western design in its sportswear. |
| C．Its products had a trendy look with Chinese elements. |
| D．Its income hit the 10-billion yuan mark that year. |
| A．It upgraded its packaging. |
| B．It expanded into other fields. |
| C．It increased the variety of its candies. |
| D．I used childhood memories in advertisements. |
| A．Chinese products are better than Western ones. |
| B．Cheap and quality native materials are more popular. |
| C．Chinese home brands are facing a big problem. |
| D．Chinese people’s cultural confidence drives the guochao trend. |
6 . The Swedish Academy announced on Thursday, 7 October that the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 is awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah. The 73-year-old author of 10 novels including well-renowned works such as Paradise and Desertion, received 10 million Swedish crowns.
After getting the award, Gurnah not only said he was grateful to the academy but added, “It’s just great—it’s just a big prize, and such a huge list of wonderful writers—I am still taking it in... I really had to wait until I heard it announced before I could believe it. ”
Born in 1948, Gurnah mainly grew up on the island of Zanzibar in the Indian Ocean. Gurnah was forced to leave his farmily and his country in December 1963 just because he belonged to the victimized (受害的) ethnic group, Then he arrived in England as a refugee (难民) at the end of the 1960s, Until his recent retirement, he has been the Professor of English Literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury and he mainly focused on writers including Wole Soyinka and Salman Rushdie. In total he has published 10 novels along with short stories. The Royal Academy has noted that the theme of the refugee’s suffering runs throughout Gurnah’s work.
While Swahili was his first language, English became his tool for literature. His first novel was Memory of Departure in 1987 and it is about the failed uprising in the African continent. His second work. Pilgrims Way was published in 1988 in which the newest Nobel winner explored the various reality of life in exile. His third novel was Dottie in 1990 which is a portrait of a Black woman with immigrant background. His other works include Paradise in 1994. Admiring Silence in 1996, Gravel Heart in 2017. His latest novel is Afterlives which was published in 2020 and it takes up where Paradise ends. “I just want to write as trustfully as I can, without trying to say something noble,” he said.
1. How did Gurnah feel when he received the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021?| A．Surprised. | B．Confident. |
| C．Worried. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．The refugee’s miserable life. | B．The uprising life in England. |
| C．The rough road to writing. | D．The Friendship with other writers. |
| A．Admiring Silence. | B．Dottie. |
| C．Afterlives. | D．Gravel Heart. |
| A．Gurah’s writing career and his famous novels. |
| B．Gurah’s tough life experience as a refugee. |
| C．Gurah’s contribution to the literature world. |
| D．Gurah’s winning the Nobel Prize in Literature. |
7 . Having worked in the space station core module Tianhe for three months-the longest-ever human space mission in the Chinese history, three “taikonauts” of the Shenzhou-12 crew returned to Earth on Friday, hitting a new milestone in China's space exploration.
China's first self-developed space station, Tiangong, is independently constructed and operated by the country, demonstrating the country's breakthroughs in technologies concerning the astronauts' long-term stay and health care, recycling and life support system, supply of space materials and operations, as well as in-orbit maintenance.
As scheduled, the Tianzhou-3 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-13 manned spaceship will also be launched later this year todockwith the Tianhe module, and another trio of astronauts will stay in orbit for six months. For 2022, China is considering over a blitz of space missions, including the launch of the Wentian and Mengtian lab modules, two cargo spacecraft and two crewed spaceships, for the building of Tiangong, which is planned to be completed next year.
The two decades saw China launch seven manned spacecraft, two cargo spacecraft, Tiangong-1 experimental space lab and Tiangong-2 space lab, and send 12 astronauts into space, with the first “two steps” achieved, and the construction of Tiangong will mark a new peak of China's space technology.
The China Manned Space Agency has worked with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs to invite UN members for scientific experiments aboard the Tiangong station. As the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)chief scientist for human exploration and operations Julie Robinson put it, “Increased scientific access to space is of scientific benefit globally, no matter who builds and operates platforms.”
There is no limit for the vast universe, nor for humanity's exploration endeavors. Tiangong, as a new outpost(前哨)in space and a platform for cooperation, will be China's gift and contribution to all humankind.
1. What's the name of the China's space station?| A．Tianhe. | B．Tiangong. | C．Shenzhou. | D．Tianzhou. |
| A．Help. | B．Work. | C．Deal. | D．Connect. |
| A．China failed to achieve the first “two steps”. |
| B．There are many Tiangong experimental space labs. |
| C．Chinese scientists are still making Tiangong completed. |
| D．12 astronauts and 9 cargo spacecraft have been sent into space. |
| A．A China's space station. |
| B．China advances closer to ‘space station times’. |
| C．The construction of Tiangong. |
| D．Shenzhou XII crew returns to Earth successfully. |
8 . Amy Wright, founder of a non-profit coffee shop received an award for her work to help people with disabilities. Except two managers, everyone at the first coffee shop she
Last December, 10 incredible people were honored for their work helping others at “CNN Heroes: An All Star Tribute”. Amy Wright was
In the midst of her acceptance speech, she had a special message for her two youngest children, both of whom have Down syndrome and are the
Two months later, Amy was
For most of these 17 new employees, this is their first job. They've been learning about how to
People with intellectual disabilities aren't valued. And so, this coffee shop has
| A．sold | B．opened | C．bought | D．found |
| A．disability | B．responsibility | C．possibility | D．flexibility |
| A．adopted | B．received | C．recognized | D．organized |
| A．hires | B．monitors | C．saves | D．provides |
| A．ambition | B．inspiration | C．foundation | D．determination |
| A．brave | B．sure | C．free | D．ready |
| A．stuff | B．staff | C．agent | D．career |
| A．Frankly | B．Finally | C．Hopefully | D．Frequently |
| A．traditional | B．personal | C．additional | D．emotional |
| A．protect | B．supply | C．greet | D．tolerate |
| A．promising | B．asking | C．warning | D．showing |
| A．explored | B．searched | C．created | D．gathered |
| A．overlooked | B．overestimated | C．overburdened | D．overemphasized |
| A．possession | B．admission | C．mission | D．permission |
| A．look | B．view | C．cry | D．smile |
9 . With summer in full swing and excessive heat waves rolling through parts of the country, taking a dip in water can be a refreshing way to cool off. Every year people risk their lives in and around water as they don't follow simple safety guidelines.
Never swim alone—even in public pools or beaches where lifeguards are watching, always use the buddy system.
Always observe safety signs-be familiar with what water safety signs mean, you may see different signs at the beach or the pool. If you are unsure what these signs mean, ask a life- guard.
Don't take risks—let's play it safe when in and around water.
Always swim between the flags when at the beach—lifeguards place the flags in the safest swimming area on the beach for that day. Swimming between the flags also means that if you need help, you can signal a lifeguard by raising your arm above your head.
Learn CPR and First Aid—everybody should have some basic knowledge in first aid and CPR.
| A．Check the water conditions |
| B．Don't push or jump on others |
| C．Know what to do if you are in trouble |
| D．If you have never learnt it, 2021 might be your year to learn |
| E．We ask everyone, this summer, to be safe in water and follow these tips |
| F．Protect your children's safety around water with these tips in summer |
| G．Even very strong and confident swimmers should never swim on their own |
