The little girl stuck her finger in mouth. Something felt different. When she touched her bottom teeth, one of them moved. Cali looked at her face in the bathroom mirror. Her teeth were all there, but that front one on the bottom looked funny. “Aunt Lisa!” she called. Cali lived with her aunt and uncle. “My tooth looks strange!”
Her aunt joined her and looked in her mouth. “Don’t worry,” said Aunt Lisa. “You have a loose tooth. That means you are growing up!”
“I don’t know if I like that,” said Cali. She loved the idea of growing up, but thinking about one of her teeth coming out make her feel a little anxious. “Then I will have a hole in my head.” That seemed strange.
Cali’s uncle walked by and stopped when he saw them. “Cali, my dear, you already have a few of those! Think about your ears and your nose and your mouth. One tiny baby tooth won’t make much difference. Do you want me to pull it out for you?” laughed Uncle George. “Then it would be gone in a flash! Maybe I should tie a string (细线) around it, tie the other end to the door and slam it?” he asked.
“That’s a terrible idea, Uncle George!” Cali yelled.
“What if we get our dog to play tug-of-war (拔河) with you, but you use your mouth like he does? Then your tooth would pop out!” suggested her uncle.
“Maybe I’ll just leave it in for a while,” decided Cali. Having enough of her uncle’s crazy plans, she felt a little anxious about her loose tooth and she immediately ran to Aunt Lisa who was cutting up an apple into slices in the kitchen. The little girl picked up an apple slice and bit into it. It was sweet and juicy.
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As she crunched (嚼) into it, Cali felt something strange.
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2 . Thousands of lives have been saved by giving blood-thinning drugs to people with a heart condition that leaves them at risk of a stroke(中风), according to the head of the NHS.
Since January 2022 about 460,000 people in England who suffer from atrial fibrillation(AF)- a dangerously irregular heart rate-have begun taking one of four anticoagulant(抗凝血剂) drugs that are proved to reduce stroke risk. Speedy introduction of the drugs has kept 4,000 people alive who would otherwise have died and prevented about 17,000 strokes, according to Amanda Pritchard. Strokes kill about 27,000 people a year in England and lead to about 120,000 being taken to hospital.
A drive to encourage take-up of the drugs means 90% of the 1.5 million people in England with AF are using them. That should result in fewer strokes, which are a leading cause of death and disability, given that AF causes about one in five strokes.
“The rapid introduction of these drugs is a big step forward in providing the best possible care for patients with heart disease”, Pritchard, the leader of NHS(National Health Service) England, will say in a speech today at the King’s Fund health experts’ yearly conference.
The drugs, called direct oral anticoagulants, help stop blood from clotting(凝血), therefore reducing the risk of a clot developing and causing a stroke. In 2021 the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended that doctors use four anticoagulant drugs.
Dr Maeva May, the Stroke Association’s director, thought the widespread use of the drugs as “fantastic news”, because AF accounts for one in five strokes and strokes in people with AF are more likely to result in death or serious disability.
NHS England has used its spending power to cut deals with the makers of the four drugs, which has made them much more widely available. The British Heart Foundation praised the NHS’s “great progress towards its goal of reducing stroke deaths”.
1. What is the purpose of listing numbers in paragraph 2?| A．To attract the readers’ attention to strokes. |
| B．To introduce the specific information about AF. |
| C．To show the effects of four anticoagulant drugs. |
| D．To summarize the steps towards reducing deaths. |
| A．To identify signs of strokes. | B．To reduce blood pressure. |
| C．To keep heart beating. | D．To prevent blood clotting. |
| A．They have reached some agreements. | B．They have provided free treatment. |
| C．They have established disease funds. | D．They have reminded of stroke deaths. |
| A．Recognising Signs of A Heart Attack | B．A Breakthrough in Stroke Prevention |
| C．Exploring Kinds of Anticoagulant Drugs | D．NHS England’s Life-Saving Conference |
3 . Each year, the discovery of new shark species underlines how little we know about ocean biodiversity. In a recent report conducted by Sibert and Rubin, they reported an unexpected finding: a large-scale extinction of sharks in the pelagic ocean, the largest ecosystem on Earth, about 19 million years ago. Their discovery suggests that some extinctions in the open sea of the past may have been mysterious.
The study of Sibert and Rubin takes advantage of a system by using tiny, hard bits of shark skin and bony fish teeth that naturally fall from their bodies to the seafloor. These extremely small fossils provide a rich record of ancient oceanic sharks and their abundance for thousands of years. By studying fossils from many regions, the diversity patterns can give major insights into evolution (进化) of the open sea that would be otherwise unknown.
Sibert and Rubin quantified(量化)a past extinction of sharks, reporting a 90% decline in number and >70% drop in diversity. They found that nearer-shore sharks appear to survive, but migratory ones go extinct. The finding of this study is that sharks had undergone a widespread extinction that reorganized their communities from 16 million to 20 million years ago.
Sibert and Rubin narrowed the disappearance of sharks to a window of time under 100,000 years around 19 million years ago, but the causes of this event remain unclear. Because this time period does not stand out as a period of major climatic change, the authors do not attribute(归因于) environmental factors as an extinction driver. As for other causes, the loss of shark diversity is directly linked to overfishing.
The loss of sharks from the oceans has profound, complex, and unavoidable ecological consequences because their presence reflects the stability of marine ecosystems. Yet, one-quarter of the global diversity of sharks is currently threatened with extinction. Despite recent improvements in conservation actions, shark communities never recovered from a mysterious extinction event 19 million years ago; the ecological fate of what remains is now in our hands.
1. What did Sibert and Rubin find?| A．The negative impact of the extinction of sharks. |
| B．The mysterious reasons behind the disappearance of sharks. |
| C．The most recent advances in the study of the largest ecosystem. |
| D．The large-scale decline in the number of sharks about 19 million years ago. |
| A．By collecting and analyzing shark fossils worldwide. |
| B．By quantifying the movement of near-shore sharks. |
| C．By using a system to study the naturally fallen bits from sharks. |
| D．By keeping track of ancient oceanic sharks and their activities. |
| A．Overfishing is partly to blame for the loss of shark diversity. |
| B．The number of sharks has recovered to its previous level. |
| C．Scientist have figured out the exact causes of sharks’ extinction. |
| D．Sharks had undergone a widespread extinction due to the climate change. |
| A．Sharks: The Stories behind Them | B．Sharks: The Marine Masters |
| C．Sharks: Killers or Misunderstood? | D．Sharks: The Mysterious Extinction |
4 . A young man called Jerry King attended a show in his hometown of Tampa, Florida in 1918 and was deeply impressed by the unicyclists (独轮车手).
Mr. King first taught his 6-year-old son Charles how to ride unicycle in the hallway of their house. When the weather turned nice they moved outside to the local park where Charles showed his skills to the other kids in the neighborhood.
In 1958, with the purpose of getting more people in the community involved, Jerry King started a unicycle club. The club, based out of the South Bronx, was made up of 100 kids, and Mr Jerry used it as an opportunity to build their character.
The first try of the troupe took place in 1961 on a sidewalk outside Madison Square Garden.
Now, on its 5th generation, the troupe has performed to over 100 million fans. “
| A．What he experienced that day sparked (触发)a dream. |
| B．Their excellent skills are not achieved overnight. |
| C．From this club, The King Charles Troupe was born. |
| D．Combining unicycles with basketball was a common attempt at that time. |
| E．Mr. King shared his talents with other kids who wanted to learn how to ride. |
| F．This troupe is all about living the ideals of the character that Mr. Jerry taught us. |
| G．There, the team showed their unicycling and basketball passing skills successfully. |
5 . Working for a big company in London on a salary (薪水)of over £100,000, you might expect Grayden Reece-Smith to have a luxurious (奢侈)lifestyle, going on expensive holidays or driving a sports car around south London, where he lives. In fact, the 28-year-old lives a very different existence from his colleagues. He gives away everything he earns over £42,000–a figure that he thought he could comfortably live on.
Over the past five years, Reece-Smith has handed over more than £250,000 to organizations such as International Care Ministries, which helps poor families in the Philippines, and the Against Malaria Foundation. He is part of a growing number of young professionals described as “effective altruists”. Effective altruists typically donate regularly to a charity which they think will have a great impact (影响). Some change careers to make more money, which can then be given away.
Reece-Smith considered working in the charity sector after graduating from university, but thought that he could make a bigger difference by donating a large part of his salary. He had volunteered as a teacher at a school in Tanzania, but then realized that earning and giving would be more effective. “The cost of my flights there could have paid the salaries of two teachers for an entire year,” he says. Instead, he could “stay at home, living a nice life and still make a huge difference in the world”.
He is not mean with money-last year he went to Cuba on holiday, and spent several thousand pounds on a new sofa. But his lifestyle isn’t as luxurious as some of the people he works with. “I usually don’t buy supermarket-branded food products, but I don’t own a car. Other people on my salary might have a bigger house. Some of my colleagues have four-bedroom houses, but we only bought what we needed-a two-bedroom flat.£42,000 is more than enough to live on and still save,” he says.
1. How much money does Grayden spend on donation every year?| A．Less than £42,000. | B．Over £100.000. |
| C．£50,000. | D．Any income over £42,000. |
| A．Donate to impactful charities. | B．Make more money to enjoy lives. |
| C．Create a good public image. | D．Enter a teaching profession. |
| A．To access his inner life. | B．To create a stronger effect. |
| C．To give away all of his salary. | D．To be a teacher at a school. |
| A．He leads an expensive lifestyle. | B．He buys food produced by supermarkets. |
| C．He lives in a four-bedroom house. | D．He balances his life and donation. |
6 . In the past few weeks, Richard Eckersley has noticed a change in the type of people who come into his shop. In 2017, the former Manchester United footballer set up Earth. Food. Love in Tones, Devon, with his wife, Nicola. It’s the UK’s first “zero waste” store—the food is in big jars and boxes and people bring their own containers. “A lot of new people are coming in-people who have not necessarily been interested in environmental issues before”, he says.
Recently, the government called for supermarkets to introduce plastic-free passageways. But Eckersley says many customers are already way ahead of politicians. He and Nicola have helped people set up similar stores in Wales, Birmingham, and Bristol. Ingrid Caldironi had a similar idea. She set up a plastic-free shop in London last year, which has been so popular that it is soon moving to a bigger site.
Eckersley and Caldironi are members of an anti-plastics movement in the UK that has been growing as a result of the BBC’s Blue Planet series and a general worry about the damage plastic is doing to the environment. But big supermarkets have so far not tried very hard to reduce their plastic waste. Sian Sutherland, founder of the movement “A Plastic Planet”, says, “The most exciting thing is that politicians and industry are no longer saying that recycling will solve the problem. Banning the use of plastic packaging for food and drink products is the only answer.” Walking down the passageways of the supermarket where everything from pizza to fresh fruit and vegetables is covered in plastic. Sutherland says immediate action is needed.
Plastic pollution is causing widespread global damage. More than one million plastic bottles are bought around the world every minute, and most end up in landfill or the sea. The contamination is so wide that tap water around the world also contains plastic.
1. What is special about Earth. Food. Love?| A．It gives away boxes of food. | B．It is a store without plastic bags. |
| C．It has few new customers. | D．It is the UK’s first supermarket. |
| A．Its popularity. | B．Its products. | C．Its profits. | D．Its similarity. |
| A．Pollution. | B．Acceptance. | C．Influence. | D．Application. |
| A．The impact of BBC’s Blue Planet series on anti-plastics movements. |
| B．Rising anti-plastics movement alongside increasing environmental concerns. |
| C．A guide to setting up plastic-free stores to promote recycling in the whole UK. |
| D．Richard Eckersley’s personal journey in waste reduction and pollution prevention. |
7 . Torbjorn Pedersen is a Danish traveler who recently finished a trip around the world. But this wasn’t just any trip. Mr. Pedersen spent nearly 10 years
As he began to plan his trip, he made a few
It took him far longer. The first part of his trip was pretty easy. He
But he also had many good
On July 26, 2023 Mr. Pedersen arrived back in Denmark after a 33-day boat ride. He was
| A．checking | B．visiting | C．recognizing | D．contacting |
| A．attempts | B．guesses | C．wishes | D．rules |
| A．town | B．city | C．country | D．continent |
| A．check out | B．make up | C．apply for | D．live on |
| A．traveled | B．cut | C．drove | D．hiked |
| A．challenge | B．awkwardness | C．responsibility | D．honour |
| A．got | B．moved | C．turned | D．focused |
| A．sillier | B．stranger | C．crazier | D．harder |
| A．reminded | B．concerned | C．held | D．attended |
| A．actually | B．unavoidably | C．seriously | D．obviously |
| A．experiences | B．emotions | C．traditions | D．proposals |
| A．make out | B．die out | C．refer to | D．give up |
| A．back | B．open | C．big | D．secret |
| A．met | B．blocked | C．waved | D．observed |
| A．quote | B．donate | C．preserve | D．share |
8 . Fly like superman!
Have you ever imagined how it feels when fresh air is in your face? Or to see the beauty of nature from the top? You can do it in a hot air balloon ride.
Hot air ballooning is the activity of flying in a basket hanging over a hot air balloon. Attractive parts of ballooning include the unusual quiet, the lack of a feeling of movement, and the bird’s-eye view. Since the balloon moves with the direction of the winds, the passengers feel absolutely no wind, except for brief periods during the flight when the balloon climbs or falls into air currents of different directions or speeds. Hot air ballooning has been recognized by the World Aeronautical Federation(WAF)as the safest air sport, and accidents seldom happen. However, you must follow some rules such as:
* You have to respect the limit of passengers allowed in the ride. A catlán has drawn new attention to the danger of ballooning. Four years ago, 1 1 people were injured and 2 were killed when their hot air balloon basket struck in line and caught fire.*The pilot must check the weather and select a suitable take-off point. The current and forecast weather must have good visibility for the pilot to see, and slow winds to allow take-off and landing.
* Children aged under twelve have to be with their parents all the tour.
* Pilots must not carry passengers who have participated in scuba dive (蛙潜) the day before.
There are many regular (定期) gatherings of balloons and balloonists in Hidalgo around the year, which provide both a place for balloonists to interact as well as a place for visitors to entertain. You must try this activity at least once in a lifetime.
1. What is an attraction of hot air ballooning?| A．Hearing the sound of the wind. | B．Enjoying a breathtaking view. |
| C．Experiencing different weather. | D．Having a feeling of movement. |
| A．13 passengers are allowed on board at most. |
| B．It allows take-off or landing in strong winds. |
| C．A person aged 12 and older can ride alone. |
| D．Any scuba divers are allowed as passengers. |
| A．A news report. | B．A scientific research. |
| C．A travel guide. | D．A technical document. |
9 . Feeling refreshed is essential for overall health. Usually, great importance is attached to making your body feel refreshed.
Think positively.
Perform activities that bring you joy.
If you have a stressful job and feel tired after a long day, jumping into an activity you see as a pleasure can help you feel refreshed.
Make sure you laugh.
Laughing is good for you, no matter how you look at it.
Staying in contact with the outside world is important for your mental health as well as a key to feeling refreshed. Talking to other people about their issues rather than your own is a good way to forget your worries and get strength.
| A．Avoid isolating yourself. |
| B．Performan act of service. |
| C．It is a direct way to restore your mind. |
| D．It’s important to feel refreshed throughout your day. |
| E．Do something like reading a book to change your mindset and have fun. |
| F．However, finding ways to keep your mind refreshed is of equal significance. |
| G．It has a positive effect on your heart, activates muscles, and promotes relaxation. |
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