1 . Here are some pet-friendly universities in the UK and US.
University of Illinois
Students are allowed up to two pets in each apartment, as well as a fish tank of no more than 50 gallons.
To keep a pet, you will need to get approval from the Family & Graduate housing department at the University of Illinois. You will have to provide proof that your pet is up to date with its vaccinations(疫苗), and pay a monthly US$30 pet fee, which is non-refundable(不可退款的).
Your pet can’t be left for extended periods of time, and if there’s evidence that you’ve left it alone due to vacation or illness, the university may remove it.
Harvard University
With as many as 12 pet-friendly apartments, Harvard is a very pet-friendly university. It allows students to have fish in a tank of no more than 50 gallons, except for Harvard’s Cronkhite Graduate Center.
In Harvard’s pet-friendly apartments, you’re allowed: one cat or one dog, which can’t be over 40 pounds when fully grown. At most, two pet birds.
University of British Columbia Students can take advantage of the university’s B. A. R. K program, which uses the calming power of therapy dogs to help them.
B. A. R. K started at the University of British Columbia, after an assistant professor called Dr. John-Tyler Binfet noticed that he couldn’t walk across campus without students running over to play with his dog, Frances. The students told him they were homesick and missed their pets, which encouraged Binfet to establish B. A. R. K as a way of fighting their loneliness.
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is famous for its resident pets, who happily wander around college grounds. Many Oxford colleges have their own tortoise and take part in the annual Corpus Christi tortoise race.
Although you are not allowed to keep your own pet as a student, several Oxford colleges hold dog petting and walking therapy sessions.
1. What is one of the rules for keeping pets at the University of Illinois?| A．Pet keepers should pay a monthly US$ 30 pet fee which will be returned. |
| B．Pets can’t be left alone in the apartments due to vacation or illness. |
| C．Students have to keep fish in a fish tank of no more than 20 gallons. |
| D．The cat or dog can’t be over 40 pounds when fully grown. |
| A．To help students to fight against homesickness. |
| B．To do research on dogs and train them to be pets. |
| C．To help more professors to do exercise on campus. |
| D．To give assistance to the pet dogs by offering them foods. |
| A．Harvard University. |
| B．University of Oxford. |
| C．University of Illinois. |
| D．University of British Columbia. |
Amy is good at making pies, which got her hired at the Good Times restaurant months ago. And she was often regarded as the best worker there. Recently, she became the supervisor at the restaurant. She was kind and friendly to all the other workers and the customers.
One morning, Amy was taking orders when she overheard a conversation. “What you did there was great, Mason! It was hard to carry the old lady safely out of the fire. For a moment, I thought you were gone, my friend,” one man said. To this, the other man replied, “Yeah, it was difficult, but that’s our job. And you were the hero today, Gordon. You carried that girl on your shoulder and her dog in your hand. It’s going to be on the front page tomorrow, I’m telling you.”
From their clothing and conversation, Amy knew they were firefighters. And she quickly realized that they had been talking about the previous night’s fire at the old motel on the other end of the road. Then the man named Gordon continued, “I don’t care about being in the papers. The little girl and her dog reminded me of my own daughter. She’s constantly asking for a dog, too.” Amy was moved by the courage and sincerity of the two men. She wanted to show her appreciation for their selfless service.
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“How about helping pay for their meal?” she wondered.
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Then she went to the cashier and secretly paid for their meal.
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Elephants are one of the most intelligent creatures on the earth. Across Africa they have inspired respect from people
During the dry season, elephants use their tusks
When forest elephants eat, they create gaps in the vegetation. These gaps allow new plants to grow and create pathways for smaller animals to use. They’re also one of the major
Wherever they live, elephants leave dung (粪便) that is filled
Sadly, we’re losing elephants worldwide, especially in Africa, due to illegal hunting. Action should
4 . I visited my sister’s family yesterday. When I arrived there, my 14-year-old nephew looked quite
I know it is commonplace to
As a society which now believes firmly in
Comparing ourselves with others brings a lot of fear in our mind and prevents our
| A．energetic | B．happy | C．confused | D．uneasy |
| A．willing | B．disappointed | C．grateful | D．surprised |
| A．experience | B．deny | C．remove | D．read |
| A．cheat | B．motivate | C．discourage | D．threaten |
| A．explanation | B．wish | C．performance | D．expectation |
| A．difficulty | B．hope | C．regret | D．harm |
| A．competing | B．relaxing | C．helping | D．understanding |
| A．eagerly | B．kindly | C．wrongly | D．luckily |
| A．prove | B．forget | C．discover | D．accept |
| A．results | B．benefits | C．requirements | D．characteristics |
| A．unless | B．because | C．until | D．if |
| A．warn | B．prevent | C．remind | D．promise |
| A．action | B．sense | C．progress | D．talent |
| A．stimulate | B．possess | C．attempt | D．drop |
| A．improve | B．teach | C．express | D．behave |
Spenser’s First Web
Spenser was a small black spider (蜘蛛). Like all of his brothers and sisters, he had eight legs to help him walk and run. He was now big enough to know how to move all his legs together and not trip over them. Spenser was getting bigger every day.
Today Spenser felt nervous. It was time for him to learn to spin (织) a web on his own. He had watched his mother build beautiful, soft webs from the silk she made herself. His mother’s webs were lovely. They took a long time to make, and in the morning, they were covered with drops of dew that made them look like castles.
“OK, Spenser,” said Ms. Spinney. “It’s time to spin your first web. Let’s begin by making a big plus sign.” Ms. Spinney was Spenser’s teacher. She was old and small but very strong. She quickly used her silk to make a plus sign between two nearby leaves.
Spenser was able to make silk, but he had trouble attaching it to anything. No matter how hard he tried, the threads (丝) slipped away and fell to the ground. Spenser tried hard, but he was getting tired.
“Take a break, Spenser,” said Ms. Spinney. “You’re trying very hard, but I can see that you’re getting frustrated (沮丧的).”
“I’m not frustrated!” said Spenser. “I’m mad that I’m not good at it, and I’m sad that I can’t do it. ”Spenser felt like he was going to cry.
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Ms. Spinney smiled kindly.
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Spenser went back to his web making spot to see if he could do it again.
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6 . Living in a different country can be a culture shock for many people, so make sure you know about the food, customs and culture of the place you are planning on moving to.
The first thing that I did when I got out of the airport was to cross the road, but I looked the wrong way! In the UK the cars drive on the lefthand side of the road whereas in Spain they drive on the right. I almost got run over because I was still thinking I was in Spain. You have to be very careful when you move to another place.
Drink water
Time is different
If we are going for a proper night out at the weekend in Spain we might not meet until 10 or 11 pm at night or even later sometimes. This means we might not actually get home until 5 or 6 o’clock the following morning.
Greet everyone with a kiss
In the UK most men use a handshake to greet other men.
| A．Be careful on the road |
| B．Drive on the left side of the road |
| C．In the UK that is already past the bedtime |
| D．Different places have different cultures and rules |
| E．In Spain, most people buy large bottles of water to drink |
| F．In Spain, the days are warmer, the sun shines brightly and everyone is relaxed |
| G．If they are good friends they may give each other a quick hug but that is about it |
7 . A new study, just published in Scientific Reports, has provided surprising results about how quickly gifted dogs can learn new words. Two gifted dogs—one named Whisky from Norway and a Yorkshire terrier named Vicky Nina from Brazil, participated in this experiment.
“We wanted to know under which conditions the gifted dogs may learn new words. To test this, we exposed Whisky and Vicky Nina to the new words in two different conditions: in a social playful context with their owners and during an exclusion (排除) based task. Importantly, in both tests, the dogs heard the name of the new toy only four times,” explains Claudia Fugazza, first author of the study.
In social condition, the dogs simply played with their owners, who gave them the new toy. The owner would say things like “This is a lunchbox.” or “Get the lunchbox.” This process was repeated with a second toy. After hearing each new toy’s name only four times, the two dogs were able to choose the correct toy when asked.
The other condition was even more complex. The dogs were sent into another room to get the new toy, which was mixed with seven other toys that they already knew. To solve this puzzle, they had to understand that the new word had to be the only toy that they didn’t already know the name of. Though the dogs were able to handle the challenge, it didn’t turn out to be a good way to teach the dogs the name of the toy.
“Such rapid learning seems to be similar to the way human children acquire their vocabulary around two to three years of age,” says the researcher.
To test whether most dogs would learn words this way, another 20 dogs were tested in the same condition, but none of them showed any evidence of learning the toy names.
1. What did the owners do to the dogs in the experiment?| A．They repeated the toy name four times to them. |
| B．They taught them new words for a few days. |
| C．They pointed out the toy for them by gestures. |
| D．They provided familiar smell with the toy for them. |
| A．8 toys were placed in each room in both tests. |
| B．One test is harder than the other. |
| C．The dogs could play with their owners in two tests. |
| D．The exclusion-based task is a good way to learn new words. |
| A．Ordinary adults’. | B．Linguistic experts’. |
| C．Lower grade students’. | D．2-to 3-year old children’s. |
| A．Gifted Dogs Can Learn Words Quickly |
| B．A New Study About Dogs’ Memory Is Carried Out |
| C．Dogs Are Found to Have the Ability to Identify Toys |
| D．Smart Dogs’ Learning Ways Are Different From Normal Dogs’ |
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1. What can we know about Fit For Sport?| A．It improves children’s communication skills. |
| B．It provides a lifelong learning experience. |
| C．It gives students chances to be leaders. |
| D．It offers an early bird discount anytime before camps open. |
| A．By visiting the website. |
| B．By writing a letter. |
| C．By sending an email. |
| D．By calling your friend. |
| A．Calling for students to exercise. |
| B．Spreading sports knowledge. |
| C．Introducing a fitness center. |
| D．Advertising summer holiday camps. |
The quadrennial (四年一次的) soccer carnival is kicking off! Chinese elements are spotted all over the place at Qatar World Cup 2022.
The FIFA World Cup 2022, which kicked off on Sunday, has attracted more than 1 million soccer
Even without a home team
10 . It can be a bit of a puzzle for bird lovers. If you feed birds, will that make them unwilling to search for food elsewhere? Each year, millions of people feed birds, driving a $4 billion industry based on bird food, feeders, etc. Bird feeding is especially popular in northern countries during winter, when cold, stormy weather and minimal daylight reduce the time that birds have for locating natural foods.
Bird feeding has positive effects, such as enhanced body conditions and increased reproductive output of birds. On the negative side, it can facilitate disease transmission and change bird migration. A recent mysterious illness, for example, has been blinding and killing birds in several states.
According to Rivers, a scholar of wildlife ecology, not much is known about whether birds become reliant on the feeders. “The only experiment to test that, using the black-capped chickadee (黑冠山雀), was 30 years ago,” he said. “It found no reduction in apparent survival after the removal of bird feeders that had provided extra food for 25 years, leading to the conclusion that bird feeding did not promote feeder dependency.”
Rivers studied the bird feeder using habits of 67 black-capped chickadees subjected to one of three flight-feather-clipping (翼羽修剪) treatments: heavy clipping, light clipping, or no clipping. The birds were tagged with RFID chips (射频识别芯片), and 21 bird feeders along a 3.2-km riverside zone were filled with sunflower seeds and equipped with chip readers to measure feeder visits by the tagged birds.
It turned out that the feather-clipped chickadees did not increase their rates of visits to the feeders. Instead, the feather-clipped birds actually decreased their feeder use for a couple of weeks, possibly to reduce exposure to being hunted. But after that they used the feeders to the extent similar to the unclipped birds’. The findings suggested that foods in the environment were sufficiently available to allow birds to cut back on feeder use.
“Many people are concerned that if we don’t fill our feeders up before big storms, birds can be in trouble. I don’t think so,” Rivers says. “We’re not going to be harming birds and birds aren’t going to starve just because we don’t fill up our feeders. Besides, this can prevent diseases spreading among them.”
1. What’s the main driving force behind bird feeding in northern countries?| A．The expansion of the related industry. |
| B．The tough weather conditions for birds. |
| C．The officials’ appeal for wildlife protection. |
| D．The reduction in birds’ reproductive output. |
| A．It’s a double-edged sword. | B．It makes an unnecessary move. |
| C．It does more good than harm. | D．It’s challenging but worthwhile. |
| A．Both observed the birds for many years. |
| B．Both proved no feeder dependency of birds. |
| C．Both cut flight feathers of birds to test them. |
| D．Both used hi-tech chips to measure birds’ visits to the feeders. |
| A．Concerned. | B．Negative. | C．Favorable. | D．Indifferent. |
