1 . Entering a new environment can be scary for students of any age. Anxiety can become an unpleasant disorder that interferes with daily life for some people. If you are struggling with anxiety at school, you are not alone.
Display confident, open body language.
Set out your outfit (全部用品) and pack your bag before you go to bed.
Get to school a little early. You’ll probably need to find your classroom. If you’re running behind, you might feel stressed out. Try to get to school at least 10 minutes early so you can hang out a little before class starts.
Be ready to introduce yourself. Most teachers do an icebreaker exercise so everyone learns names. You’ll probably have to share something interesting so think about what you’d like to share about yourself.
| A．Be true to yourself. |
| B．First, lay out your clothes. |
| C．Your body language tells a lot about your feelings. |
| D．This is a great chance to say hi to classmates or ask for directions |
| E．It’s really not hard to make a good first impression on your teacher. |
| F．Millions of students around the world deal with this issue every day. |
| G．You might talk about your hobbies, favorite sports or where you’ve traveled. |
2 . Recently, the topic “Chinese people can eat such a sweet melon but can’t do without this grandma” has topped the hot search list. The grandma is 92-year-old Wu Mingzhu called “Queen of Chinese Melon”, a melon-growing expert and academician. Among Wu Mingzhu’s classmates was Yuan Longping, who later became the “father of hybrid rice”.
Wu Mingzhu was born in 1930 into a scholarly family in Wuhan City. After her graduation in 1953, she was assigned to work in the Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in Beijing. Wu declined. “What I studied was the science of fruit and vegetables. I wanted to work in the field not in an office,” said Wu.
In 1955, Wu voluntarily went to work in Shanshan County. Turpan Basin surrounded by the very famous Flame Mountain, where working conditions were quite harsh. She found that the Hami melon, a rare specialty fruit which was once common in the area, was in danger of becoming extinct if not properly cultivated. Wu spent a full three years visiting over 300 production teams, picking out 44 varieties. She overcame varieties of setbacks to produce particularly delicious melons in a scientific way, winning over the local farmers accustomed to folk cultivation methods. Then the promotion area covered 80 percent of Xinjiang’s main commodity areas, and a group of melon-rich villages emerged.
In 1973, in order to speed up the breeding process and shorten the cultivation cycle, Wu, 42 then, decided to go to Hainan for melon breeding. She wanted to develop Hainan as a pilot area to improve the speed and efficiency of breeding. so that the south area of China could also grow melons, and realized the dream of three-matured or even four-matured melons. After numerous difficulties, finally in the 80s, the melon variety selected by Wu succeeded.
For more than 60 years, Wu Mingzhu has cultivated more than 30 varieties, dedicated the sweetness of melons to the people, and promoted the melon series with Chinese characteristics and a complete breeding innovation system to the world. When first hearing her nickname of “a pearl in the Turpan Basin” Wu said, “In Xinjiang, there are thousands of science and technology workers like me. They have worked hard for decades on the frontline of agriculture. I’m just one of the ordinary ones.”
1. Why did the author mention Yuan Longping in the first Paragraph?| A．To let us get a further glimpse of Wu. |
| B．To inform us that she lives longer than Yuan. |
| C．To prove her success resulting from Yuan’s help. |
| D．To tell us she graduated from a world-rate university. |
| A．She had studied science for years. |
| B．The Flame Mountain in Xinjing fascinated her. |
| C．Making money easily in Xingjing is what she love. |
| D．She had a preference for working in the field rather than in the office. |
| A．By persuading them into taking her advice. |
| B．By providing enough financial assistance. |
| C．By presenting high-quality melons scientifically. |
| D．By recommending the local government to adopt favorable policies. |
| A．Efficient and energetic | B．Devoted and modest |
| C．Flexible and frank | D．Positive and tolerant |
3 . By human standards, a few vertebrate (脊椎动物) species have incredible longevity. Some tortoises live for nearly 200 years. Bowhead whales can live even a decade or two longer. But now there’s a new champion: the Greenland shark — which has been swimming in the seas for almost three centuries according to conservative estimates. The shark which grows to more than 6 meters (20 ft) can live up till 272 years, and possibly a hundred years more than that.
Julius Nielsen is a marine biologist and PhD student at the University of Copenhagen. While on a research vessel in Greenland where such sharks were accidentally caught, Nielsen became curious about the creatures.
“And perhaps the biggest of all the mysteries was how long these sharks actually live. Because it has been expected that they can get very old, and that’s based on some observations of very, very slow growth… so the longevity could be exceptional and extreme, but it has just never been possible to investigate.”
That’s because Greenland sharks don’t have the same body structures used for valuing the age of most fish or even other sharks. So Neilsen and colleagues used a new technique based on the lens of the eye. The centers of the lenses can be analyzed by radiocarbon (放射性碳) dating to determine about when the shark was born. They tested 28 female sharks.
“And what we found was that the biggest shark in our analysis, and also the oldest shark, was estimated — the most likely single year age was almost approximately 390 years,” Nielsen said. “That makes the Greenland shark the longest-living vertebrate known to science.” And at the upper limit, it’s possible that the shark is more than 500 years old. The study is in the journal Science.
Also shocking: the researchers estimate that the sharks live at least a century before they reach sexual maturity. “And of course it is absolutely amazing and difficult for a human mind to understand that sexual reproduction begins so late in life.”
In the paper Nielsen and his colleagues said, “And the thing about Greenland sharks is just we don’t know how many sharks are out there.” With a century to do it, humans could accidentally wipe out the entire next generation of these sharks during their long, slow adolescence.
1. What does the first paragraph mainly show?| A．Sea tortoises is called the star of longevity. |
| B．All vertebrate species have incredible longevity. |
| C．Bowhead whales can live longer than a hundred years. |
| D．The Greenland shark can live much larger than we thought. |
| A．It has been confirmed that the Greenland shark can live over 3 centuries. |
| B．The longevity of the Greenland shark confused Julius Nielsen most. |
| C．It is hard to estimate the longevity of the Greenland shark for the same body structures with other animals. |
| D．Humans have understood that sexual reproduction begins so late in life. |
| A．Concerned. | B．Positive. | C．Ironic. | D．Amazed. |
| A．Uncover Existing Longest Sharks |
| B．Global Warming Makes Longest Sharks |
| C．King of Longevity — the Greenland Shark |
| D．Champion of Hunting—the Greenland Shark |
4 . Best Outdoor Activities in Orlando
Organ Pipe Cactus (仙人掌) National Monument
This national monument in Arizona is located within the Sonoran Desert, which spans more than 330,000 acres and is one of the few places in the US where you can see the country’s largest cacti. This “green desert” gets its name from the organ pipe cactus, whose branches mimic the musical instrument. Visitors can explore 31 cactus species and wildflowers through the monument’s many hikes, including the Nature Trail, a short and accessible paved trail. Take your camera, because the area is also home to the Sonoyta mud turtle, desert bighorn, and birds such as the Gila woodpecker and cactus wren.
Red Rock State Park
Located in the center of the state, Red Rock State Park is a popular road trip destination and a must-see attraction during a multi-day trip to the Sedona area. The nature preserve features a visitor center and picnic areas that invite visitors to enjoy the scenic beauty of the Arizona red rocks that surround them. With environmental education and conservation top of mind, Red Rock State Park is a primary place that asks visitors to hike lightly, pack out what they pack in and stick to the trails.
Sedona
Sedona is regularly described as one of America’s most beautiful places. Nowhere else will you find a landscape as dramatically colorful. The towering red rocks and jagged sandstone hills matched against an almost always blue sky have attracted professional and young artists for years. Plus, filmmakers have chosen these burning rock formations in north-central Arizona as the backdrop for such box-office hits as “3:10 to Yuma,” “Broken Arrow” and “Midnight Run.”
Orlando Watersports Complex (OWC)
On top of all that exciting lake-borne action, those looking for something exciting can take part in OWC’s Aquapark, a group of LEGO-inspired ships with climbing barriers, slides and more that will wear you and more importantly, your kids out! No special skills are required, life jackets keep things super safe, and hours of fun are virtually guaranteed. The minimum age for the Aqua park is six and reservations are definitely recommended.
1. What can you do at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument?| A．Play musical instruments. | B．Explore unknown tracks. |
| C．Harvest unusual roses. | D．Take photos of wild animals. |
| A．Colorful scenery. | B．Touching legends |
| C．Burning hot weather. | D．Steep mountains. |
| A．Red Rock State Park | B．Sedona |
| C．OWC’s Aquapark | D．Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. |
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We meet at the school gate at 9 o’clock as scheduled. Upon arrival, we were divided into seven groups, each take charge of an area. Besides, we put up a slogan to call on visitors protect the environment
With summer approaching, more and more people along with their kids spend their time in the forest park which some people leave behind them a trail of rubbishes. Unfortunately, our activity successfully drew much attention from a public in the park. Some gave us the thumbs up, and some joined in us voluntarily. How a successful and meaning activity he was.
It’s rare for an unusually smelly dish to become a national favorite, which is exactly
Luoshifen, known for its infamous smell, is
Thanks to the efforts of people and government officials in Guangxi. Luoshifen
7 . Which ones are quick language learners, adults or young children? It is not hard to answer, because there is new evidence showing kids really can learn things much
A study published in Current Biology
The team used neuro-imaging
“In continuous behavioral experiments, we found that children
These results, the authors argue, should
In future studies, the team plans to
| A．deeper | B．slower | C．faster | D．longer |
| A．infers | B．finds | C．dedicates | D．responds |
| A．messenger | B．brain | C．study | D．team |
| A．strengthen | B．guarantee | C．enrich | D．control |
| A．happiness | B．relaxation | C．anxiety | D．comfort |
| A．arms | B．abilities | C．techniques | D．furniture |
| A．Adults | B．Subjects | C．Researchers | D．Pupils |
| A．set up | B．set aside | C．set down | D．set off |
| A．processes | B．provides | C．shrinks | D．interrupts |
| A．arranged | B．took | C．suffered | D．digested |
| A．floating | B．booming | C．collapsing | D．sleeping |
| A．consistent | B．reliable | C．ambiguous | D．arbitrary |
| A．partly | B．doubtfully | C．indeed | D．vaguely |
| A．proves | B．predicts | C．opposes | D．ignores |
| A．similar | B．equal | C．familiar | D．superior |
| A．key | B．ridiculous | C．poisonous | D．random |
| A．force | B．encourage | C．reserve | D．allow |
| A．revolution | B．teens | C．childhood | D．voyage |
| A．inquire | B．comprehend | C．immerse | D．explore |
| A．characters | B．descriptions | C．certificates | D．types |
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9 . In the poverty-stricken neighborhoods in and around Manila, Philippines, millions of people live in darkness in their homes — even in the daytime. Electricity is often too expensive, and windows are a building expense that many cannot bear. To change this, a local social entrepreneur has created a program called A Liter of Light that shines the homes of underprivileged families by creating solar-powered light bulbs from a resource some may find surprising: used plastic soft drink bottles.
Volunteers for A Liter of Light begin by gathering abandoned, clear plastic bottles. The volunteers then fill each bottle with water and a few drops of chlorine bleach that can hold back algae (藻) growth. They then fit the bottle tightly into a custom-cut hole in the roof of a home, with the bottom of the bottle extending down into the room below. This allows the clear plastic bottle and water to reflect the sun’s rays and scatter light into the house. A silicone (硅酮) plastic sealant applied to the roof and bottle prevents water leaks during rainy.
On a sunny day, this simple device can produce approximately 50 watts of light in an otherwise dark room. Because plastics are lightweight and durable, the bottle lights are easy to install and are expected to last more than five years. And the materials to produce the lights cost very little — or nothing, in the case of abandoned bottles gathered by volunteers — which makes it possible for A Liter of Light to help many, many people.
This simple technology was originally the brainchild of Alfredo Moser from Brazil, a mechanic in SAA Paulo, Brazil, to light his workshop when his neighborhood was suffering energy shortages. Later it was updated largely by MIT students who use lead acid batteries coming with a 30-watt solar panel that can withstand strong winds.
This grassroots movement has spread to 32 countries, involving 2,800 young volunteers from around the world. Liter of Light is rethinking solar lighting for the developing world, using inexpensive and readily available materials. The technology is simple and creates local jobs, teaches green skills and empowers energy-poor communities.
1. What leads to so many people still living in darkness in Manila?| A．The lack of sufficient wood and stone to build houses. |
| B．Unaffordable electricity and building materials. |
| C．The extreme weather caused by global climate. |
| D．The highest rate of unemployment. |
| A．The principle behind the lights. | B．The hardships the volunteers face. |
| C．The process of producing the lights. | D．The greatness of the selfless volunteers. |
| A．The mechanic. | B．The plastics they use. |
| C．The technology. | D．The workshop. |
| A．to explain the reasons to choose plastic bottles as lights |
| B．to urge us to donate to those in need on earth |
| C．to show us ways to fight against poverty |
| D．to introduce a program A Liter of Light |
Summertime is lots of fun, but when it’s too hot it can instead be very uncomfortable and dangerous.
When the temperature rose to 38°C in Fort Worth Texas several years ago it was especially difficult for those who didn’t have an air conditioner (空调). 95-year-old World War I soldier Julius Hatley was one of those who have to stand the burning heat. His air conditioner had broken and he was completely burning up.
Still, even at 95, he was doing everything he could to get by without help. Julius tried spending time under the trees in his garden—but at one point, he just couldn’t take it any more. So he took action. Not knowing what else to do about the extreme heat, 95-year-old Hatley called his local Fort Worth, Texas police department.
William Margolis, was the officer on duty that day. He knew this was a common 911 call. For the police, Hatley’s request was not an urgent call because there were more important and bigger event waiting for them to do. Still, Margolis and his partner Christopher Weir managed to spare time for a visit.
When they got there around 8:30 am, they found his house was 38°C to 39°C already. And the temperature was still rising. After checking the room for a little while, Margolis and Weir quickly discovered that both Hatley’s central air conditioning and window unit were broken, leaving the man to suffer alone.
The two men didn’t have a solution to Hatley’s problem right then, but they promised they would find it out. It didn’t take long, however, for Margolis to realize that he just couldn’t shake the image of the poor, old man out of his head . He requested that he and Weir make a stop at a shop, where they could buy Hatley a new air conditioner themselves.
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But the kindness didn’t stop there.
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The 95 year old was touched by all that they had done.
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