1 . The kitchen, often referred to as the heart of the home, is a place where delicious meals are prepared, cherished memories are made, and families are united.
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Remember, an organized kitchen is not just pleasing but also crucial for safety. Avoid accidents by keeping countertops, stovetops, and floors clean. Always store knives out of children’s reach to prevent injuries. By maintaining organization in the kitchen, you create a safer environment for everyone in the household.
●Prevent burns
When handling hot cookers or touching any hot surfaces, always wear oven gloves to avoid burns. Moreover, heat oil slowly and monitor it closely to prevent it from splattering (泼洒), which can cause serious injuries.
●Handle food safely
● Watch children in the kitchen
It is important to educate children about kitchen safety and make them aware of the potential risks in the kitchen. Keep them away from hot surfaces, sharp tools, and electrical appliances to prevent accidents. Encourage them to engage in safe cooking activities under the eyes of an adult to develop their interest in cooking.
A.Be careful with fire and heat |
B.Keep the kitchen clean and organized |
C.Hands must be washed to prevent cross-infection |
D.Anyway, don’t leave the children alone in the kitchen |
E.Be careful when opening hot containers to avoid steam burns |
F.Always keep your body and fingers off the sharp edge of knives |
G.However, it’s also a place where accidents can happen without safety awareness |
2 . Julian is a 26-year-old grassroots artist. With a bold and humorous style, his creations have earned more than 6 million
However, Julian’s
Some media called Julian as “the Grassroots Picasso”, but he modestly rejected the
Julian hopes to engage in more exciting adventures, including organizing exhibitions at home and abroad to encourage more young people to
A.fans | B.friends | C.teachers | D.authors |
A.addiction | B.response | C.introduction | D.path |
A.knock | B.draw | C.write | D.build |
A.difficulty | B.poorness | C.danger | D.failure |
A.Similar to | B.According to | C.Thanks to | D.Close to |
A.check | B.practice | C.collect | D.share |
A.harder | B.weaker | C.bigger | D.farther |
A.interview | B.inspire | C.invite | D.involve |
A.overcoming | B.decreasing | C.preventing | D.building |
A.timeless | B.helpless | C.endless | D.useless |
A.topic | B.favor | C.title | D.faith |
A.reflect | B.obtain | C.change | D.pursue |
A.urgent | B.essential | C.serious | D.smart |
A.wisdom | B.emotion | C.knowledge | D.effort |
A.laying | B.preparing | C.serving | D.creating |
3 . Since living in China, I’d always heard that Sichuan province had the spiciest cuisine. I finally made my way to Chengdu to satisfy my eagerness.
With 45% of its local people aged between 14 and 45, making it one of China’s most youthful places, it boasted an energetic atmosphere dotted with trendy shops, cafes, and live music. People wandered leisurely along the streets, enjoying the free time with those who don’t work overtime.
As the sun sets, Chengdu truly comes alive. The city buzzes (充斥着) with countless bars and music venues. I chose a bar to hear myself think. My waiter brought me a cocktail with Sichuan peppers and I asked where I could taste the most special hotpot. She suggested Long Sen Yuan Hotpot. I made a reservation. Afterwards, I took a walk along the amazing Jinjiang River. I’m not a person for solo walks typically, but I was curious about the Jiuyan Bridge, the highlight of the area, which bears the architectural style of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
The next day, I went to Long Sen Yuan. Having ordered some food, I asked for the spicy broth(火锅锅底) and learned I could choose from three levels of spiciness. I ordered the spiciest broth available. The waiter made eye contact to warn about how spicy it was. “Bring it on,” I challenged. The hotpot lived up to its reputation. I found the first bite bearable. However, any experienced spicy food expert will tell you that spice builds as you eat, and I had a lot of broth to get through. By the end of the meal, I was sweating all over. The experience was perfect, and I would highly recommend it, I even shot a selfie with the waiter as a memory of my spicy adventure.
1. Why is Chengdu one of China’s most youthful places?A.Chengdu is a lively city in China. |
B.People in Chengdu don’t work overtime. |
C.The city has countless bars and music venues. |
D.Nearly half of the people are between 15 and 45. |
A.People lead a busy life. |
B.People’s life there is diverse. |
C.The highlight of the area is Jinjiang River. |
D.The restaurant can make people hear themselves think. |
A.The three levels of spiciness. | B.The process of ordering food. |
C.The experience of trying hotpot. | D.The reason of recommending the city. |
A.Admirable. | B.Doubtful. | C.Uncertain. | D.Worried. |
4 . Known for its beautiful natural environment, Guizhou contains a total of four World Heritage Sites, which is more than any other province in China.
The Fanjing Mountain, known as the “City of the Sky”, is famous for its Buddhist culture and the complex of temples. Compared with the world’s other mountains in the same latitude (纬度) zone, the Fanjing Mountain features the best-preserved animals and plants. It was listed in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2018.
Libo Karst, listed in the UNESCO World Heritage in 2007, is located in the southern borderland of Guizhou. Walking into Libo is a feast for the eyes. You would be amazed by one breathtaking sight after another, such as the Wolong Pond and the Laya Waterfall.
The Yuntai Mountain stands out like a piece of green agate (玛瑙) in its latitude zone. It is the oldest and best-preserved dolomite (白云石) karst landform in the world, which is extremely rare and highly valuable for scientific research. In 2014, the Yuntai Mountain was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List for its “uniqueness and typicality”.
Chishui Danxia is home to the largest Danxia landform area. The highlight of the tourist area, named Foguang Rock, is regarded as the greatest example of a Danxia landform in the world. When the afternoon sunlight hits it, it seems to glow like fire. There is a waterfall that is 42 meters wide and 269 meters high, which looks like a graceful white dragon. It was added to the UNESCO Wodd Heritage List in 2010.
1. What makes the Fanjing Mountain special in the same latitude?A.Its high value for scientific research. | B.Its being called the “City of the Sky”. |
C.Its rich Buddhist culture and temples. | D.Its best-preserved animals and plants. |
A.Dolomite karst. | B.Danxia landform. |
C.Laya Waterfall. | D.Foguang Rock. |
A.The Fanjing Mountain. | B.Libo Karst. |
C.The Yuntai Mountain. | D.Chishui Danxia |
5 . In the calm and traditional world of classical music, composer Tan Dun is something of a rock star. Born in 1957 in a village near Changsha, Tan Dun worked as a rice planter in his early years. While music was strongly discouraged within the rice-planting communities, Tan learnt to play traditional Chinese stringed instruments with his friends and eventually joined a local band.
But the transition from hobby to career came about through a tragic (不幸的) tum of events. After several members of a Peking Opera troupe (剧团) drowned in a boat accident, Tan was hired to work as an arranger and violinist. The time at the troupe proved successful and Tan got the attention of Central Conservatory of Music (CCOM) where he was accepted as a student in 1977. Years later, he further studied at New York’s Columbia University.
Under the teaching of famous composers around the word, Tan launched his international career through a series of modern operas. With the knowledge of eastern and western classical music, he composed Marco Polo, an abstract retelling of the 13th-century Venetian explorer’s life through eastern and western instruments.
Tan has composed symphonies and operas that have been performed in some of the world’s most famous theaters. He has also contributed the scores (配乐) to six films, including 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, as well as several experimental multimedia projects. Such achievements have brought him great rewards, including Oscar, Grammy and Bafta awards, as well as the honor of Composer of Year, presented by classical music magazine Musical America.
1. What was Tan Dun’s job in his early years?A.Farmer. | B.Arranger. | C.Violinist. | D.Composer. |
A.His study in New York. | B.His success in the troupe. |
C.His achievement in scores. | D.His experience in Changsha. |
A.By making comparison. | B.By making classification. |
C.By following the order of space. | D.By following the order of time. |
A.He contributed scores to four films. |
B.He directed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. |
C.He combined Eastern and Western musical styles. |
D.He launched his international career through symphonies. |
6 . Have you ever been hungry and sleepy and wished you could solve both problems at once? If you were a reindeer (驯鹿) , it would be easy. According to a new research, these talented deer can have a snooze while they eat their food.
Reindeer live in the Arctic and other northern regions where the winters are extremely dark and cold. Food can be rare in winter, so during the warmer months the deer must eat as much as they possibly can.
Like cows, reindeer use a process called rumination (反刍) to break down the tough plant they eat. This process involves passing the food back and forth between their mouth and the four “stomachs”, chewing it repeatedly until all the nutrients (营养) have been absorbed. In summer, all that chewing seems to leave very little time for sleep.
To find out their secret to getting enough rest, scientists fitted four reindeer with devices that monitored their brain waves. While the reindeer were ruminating, their brain waves were similar to the patterns shown during sleep. The animals sat or stood quietly with their eyes closed, and they were less likely than usual to react to. the movements of a neighbouring deer. “They were in a very relaxed state, ” researcher Melanie Furrer said.
The chewing movement made it hard for the researchers to tell whether, the animals’ brain waves were truly in sleep mode. But when they tested the deer again after rumination, the animals' brain activity showed that they felt rested.
If reindeer are kept awake for too long, they need extra “recovery sleep” to catch up. After ruminating, however, the deer did not need as much recovery sleep. Study co-author Gabriela Wagner said that ruminating serves two different purposes at the same time —eating and sleeping.
1. What does the underlined word “snooze” most probably mean?A.Quick drink. | B.Short walk. | C.Light sleep. | D.Bad dream. |
A.To keep awake. | B.To practice chewing. |
C.To taste better plants. | D.To prepare for winter. |
A.They sleep when drinking. | B.They sleep when ruminating. |
C.They sleep when not moving. | D.They sleep when not thinking. |
A.A health magazine. | B.A book review. |
C.A science report. | D.A research plan. |
When I was young, a car accident left a scar (伤疤) on my face. I was used to people staring at it. I never understood why people judged others by their physical appearance.
Years later, I went to a new school. On the first day, our teacher introduced me to the whole class. “Please welcome the new student Rina. Let's be friendly and help her fit into our school.”
Our teacher then started the lesson, which was about first aid. She asked if anyone knew anything about it. Silence filled the classroom. As a daughter of two doctors, I had leaned CPR (心肺复苏) before. I slowly stood up and started sharing what I could remember. Before I could finish, a girl started saying to herself “What a way to show off! Scar face! ” The teacher heard it and shouted, “Respect! Ruby. ” Ruby stopped, looking at me like I was her enemy.
Ruby and her friends made trouble for me at every chance they got. One day, when I was walking home from school, someone tripped (绊倒) me from behind and I fell. That gave me a bleeding nose. When I got up, I found Ruby laughing wildly with two of her friends. The anger in me was fighting to get out but some how I got it contained, which made Ruby laugh even louder. All of a sudden, the laughing stopped. I saw her standing there breathing painfully.
“Help! Help…” her friends shouted, “She is having an heart attack!”
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I stood there with mixed feelings.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________When Ruby came back from the hospital, she came to me after school.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________8 . Thailand is to ban smoking on some of the country’s most popular tourist beaches, with the prospect of up to a year in prison for those caught lighting up, according to reports by local media. The move follows a recent survey of litter on Patong beach, Phuket — visited by millions of foreign tourists each year — which found an average of 0.76 cigarette butts (烟头) per square metre in a sample area, which would amount to 101,058 butts on the 2.5km-long stretch of sand.
The survey was undertaken by the country’s department of marine and coastal resources, which described it as a “serious problem”. Discarded cigarette butts accounted for a third of rubbish collected by the department.
“Cigarettes have a direct effect on the natural environment,” director general Jatuporn Buruspat told the Phuket Gazette. “The butts clog (淤积) the drains contributing to floods. When the cigarettes stay under the beach sand for a long time, it also negatively affects the eco-system. And then when the chemicals from the cigarette butts reach the water, it also releases cadmium, lead, arsenic and some acid from insecticide which are poison to the natural food chain.”
The ban, which will come into play in November, will affect 20 beaches including Patong, Koh Khai Nok, Koh Khai Nai (Phuket); Hua Hin, Cha-Am, Khao Takiab; Pattaya, Jomtien, Bangsaen and Samila.
After a trial period, the ban is expected to be enforced on all Thai beaches, as well as on passenger and tourist boats, to deal with the problem of butts damaging the underwater environment. Anyone found to be breaking the law will face one year in jail or a maximum 100,000 baht fine, or both.
1. The underlined word “Discarded” in paragraph 2 means “________”.A.grown | B.lighted | C.thrown away | D.cared for |
A.Cigarette butts may endanger natural food chain. |
B.Cigarette butts will lead to floods directly. |
C.Cigarettes positively affect the eco-system. |
D.Foreign tourists may not visit beaches with cigarette butts. |
A.face two years in jail | B.face a minimum 100,000 baht fine |
C.be in prison or fined | D.be educated in a training center |
A.Cigarette butts damage the underwater environment. |
B.Thailand bans smoking on 20 popular tourist beaches. |
C.Smoking is forbidden on all Thailand beaches. |
D.Thailand local media pays attention to smoking problem. |
9 . How to yum cha in Hong Kong
For Hong Kongers, a quality restaurant could become a family haunt that’s visited for generations to come. Here are some of the best places for chowing down on these steam-basket goodies.
ForumFounded by a legendary abalone (鲍鱼) master, this three Michelin-star restaurant serves classic Cantonese dim sum with an attention to detail that can only be described as impeccable (无瑕疵的). If you want to know what perfect dim sum tastes like, head to Forum.
Sun HingAs the chefs begin kneading (捏) dough and wrapping buns in the middle of the night, neighbors slowly fill the seats and wait for its freshly made dumplings and stir-fried milk puffs. There is no menu or ordering sheet here. Diners choose their dim sum from the display towers located at the counter.
Golden ValleyGolden Valley offers two styles of Chinese cuisine — Cantonese and Sichuanese — on one dim sum menu. Golden Valley’s dumplings are a refreshing and sumptuous (豪华的) pocket of shrimp, mushrooms, pork and water chestnuts, while its Sichuanese dan dan noodles are flavorfully spicy.
Veggie KingdomVeggie Kingdom boasts a pretty impressive meatless dim sum experience that even non-vegetarians wouldn’t feel lacking. Helmed by a veteran dim sum chef, Veggie Kingdom makes fresh vegan dishes using traditional cooking techniques. Specially-treated vegetable oil is used to replace lard (猪油) and butter. Mushrooms are added to replace the usual pork fillings.
1. What is Sun Hing’s feature?A.It was founded by a famed master. | B.It offers special kinds of noodles. |
C.It offers dim sum to night owls. | D.It offers menus to order food. |
A.Golden Valley. | B.Veggie Kingdom. |
C.Forum. | D.Sun Hing. |
A.Business. | B.Travel. | C.Entertainment. | D.Health. |
Since last year a fascinating new phenomenon
The pacesetter has been the Shanghai Night School, which offers 12 classes
These night schools do not just provide standard academic content,
For ambitious yet overworked urban professionals, these schools also promise self-cultivation, community bonding, and most importantly, a happy environment