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Dear Sir or Madam,
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Yours,
Li Hua
Every week I save all the change and $1 bills I have in my purse. Then every Christmas I cash it in for as many $100 bills as the saved money gets me. I then wait for a family in need. I split the money in half and give half to the family in need and the other half to my nine-year-old son, Say’ Veon, who puts it in his savings account, to teach him about delayed satisfaction. Then he helps me get gifts or give the money to the family.
I adopted Say’ Veon after his mother, a close friend of mine, passed away from cancer before his fifth birthday. Even though Say’ Veon has dealt with great loss and sadness at such a young age, his generous spirit and loving heart shine through. He has given money to someone else who needs it more, such as his friends or classmates. Say’ Veon’s acts of kindness always blow me away and I feel blessed to have him in my life.
This week I got a call from a friend, DeeDee, who is 77 years old. She was upset because she had been cheated, and the cheaters took all the money out of her checking account which she lives on, and now she didn’t have the money to pay her rent and bills.
This morning, I took the money and showed Say’ Veon how much I saved this year. I told him what happened to DeeDee, and then asked him if he would be willing to give his half along with my half and donate it to her as our person in need this year.
He said, “Yes, of course.” This year our total was $400.
We went to visit DeeDee and my son handed her a Christmas card with the money. She opened it and said, “Thank you.” She then looked again and stared at the $100 bills.
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DeeDee froze there with her eyes wide open.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Suddenly, Say’ Veon said to DeeDee, “You are our family!”
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On Chinese New Year, a Yingge team
The dance team’s commitment
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4 . Robert Mendez Jr. is a football coach. Despite being born without limbs (四肢), he has spent his life on what he can
This year, Robert
As Robert accepted the
He said, “If there’s any
When talking of
Robert may have been born without arms or legs, but he was
A.imagine | B.do | C.tolerate | D.benefit |
A.sponsored | B.valued | C.created | D.received |
A.deserving | B.demanding | C.formal | D.fortunate |
A.player | B.individual | C.match | D.witness |
A.donation | B.challenge | C.proposal | D.award |
A.shared | B.obtained | C.repeated | D.proved |
A.chance | B.joy | C.message | D.warning |
A.intelligent | B.far | C.respectful | D.fit |
A.write down | B.talk about | C.advocate for | D.focus on |
A.competing | B.coaching | C.giving | D.learning |
A.potential | B.shortcoming | C.question | D.secret |
A.comfortable | B.enthusiastic | C.pleased | D.sure |
A.last | B.happen | C.change | D.spread |
A.eventually | B.similarly | C.obviously | D.merely |
A.persuade | B.understand | C.defeat | D.motivate |
5 . When it comes to happiness, our present selves habitually get deprived (剥夺).
When we are doing these, it’s as if we put true happiness in a package addressed to us at some future time when circumstances will be just right for it to happen. Yet, the package keeps getting lost.
What causes this? How can we avoid this result? We should know the reason why we make such choices and why our future selves seem like strangers to us is partially due to the abstractness of tomorrow. The solution is to make the future more vivid and create an emotional connection between the present and future selves. Here are several ways to strengthen the connection.
Visualize the best version of yourself.
Imagine yourself in old age. Looking back at now, what do you wish you would have done more or differently with your time?
Once you do such things, you will make choices that will benefit both your present self and future self.
A.Start a conversation between the selves. |
B.What will your future self thank you for? |
C.We often put feeling happy to the future us. |
D.Learn to communicate with others through letters. |
E.What impression did you leave on those around you? |
F.This can make what you do today for the future more worthwhile. |
G.As a result, we are left without enjoyment of the moment in front of us. |
6 . Chinese researchers have revealed the anti-cancer characteristic of neutrophils (中性粒细胞) — a type of white blood cells—and the related molecular regulation mechanism, providing new insights into cancer diagnosis and treatment. The discovery, made by researchers at the Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection under the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fudan University, was published in Cell on Tuesday.
Neutrophils are the most abundant white blood cells in the human body. As the first line of defence against infections, they play a key role in anti-infection immunity. The researchers collected neutrophils from 143 patients with 17 different types of cancer and analyzed them. They revealed that neutrophils can adopt at least 10 highly specialized and distinct functional states related to inflammation (炎症) , blood vessel formation and—most excitingly—presenting antigens (抗体) to activate powerful cancer-killing T cells.
“We were surprised to find such complexity and different roles within neutrophils, which have been ignored for so long,” said Zhang Xiaoming, a researcher at the Institute. “What is especially remarkable is their newly discovered capacity to act as antigen-presenting cells, gathering T cells against cancer. In addition, the abundance of antigen-presenting neutrophils is associated with improved condition across many cancer types revealed in this study,” he said.
“This completely changes how we perceive neutrophils in the context of cancer,” said Gao Qiang, a professor at Fudan University. “Now we know we could employ the diverse hidden identities of neutrophils to strengthen the effectiveness of immunotherapy (免疫疗法). We’re thrilled to further explore the potential benefits of these newly uncovered mechanisms in clines.”
The study emphasizes the value of single-cell sequencing approaches to reveal new functional dimension even within seemingly well-understood immune cells. Tapping into the hidden potential of neutrophils may provide new insights into cancer diagnosis and treatment.
1. How was the anti-cancer function of neutrophils discovered?A.By referring to previous research. |
B.By collecting and analyzing data. |
C.By seeking guidance from experts. |
D.By observing patients with inflammation. |
A.Getting together T cells when needed. |
B.Preventing the formation of antigens. |
C.Speeding up the blood flow. |
D.Distinguishing different types of cancer. |
A.Positive. | B.Doubtful. | C.Worried. | D.Unclear. |
A.Blood Cells Successfully Fight Against Severe Cancer |
B.China Makes Great Progress in Fighting Against Diseases |
C.Further Research Is Needed to Fight Against Cancer |
D.Researchers Discover New Cancer-fighting Mechanism |
7 . Imagine a horizontal line. The very left is marked one thousand and the very right is marked one billion. On this line, where would you add a marker to represent one million? If you said somewhere in the middle, you answered the same as the roughly 50 percent of people who have done this exercise in a number line study. But the answer is actually much closer to one thousand since there are one thousand millions in one billion.
This error makes sense because “our human brains are pretty bad at comprehending large numbers,” says Elizabeth Toomarian, an educational neuroscientist at Stanford University. Our brain is built to understand how much of something is in its environment. But comprehending the national debt or imagining the size of our universe? “We certainly can use our brains in that way, but we’re recycling these sorts of evolutionarily (进化地) old brain architectures to do something really new,” she says. In other words, it’s not our fault that we have trouble wrapping our heads around big numbers.
So what can we do about the struggle to understand big numbers? It is suggested to use metaphors, analogies (类比) and visualizations. These techniques bring big numbers down to a more comprehensible scale (比例) and ideally make it relevant to something in our daily lives. For example, it may be difficult for most people to accurately place the extinction of the dinosaurs on a timeline between the Big Bang and humans because the first two both seem to be placed to the distant path. But when conceptualizing (概念化) these events using a “calendar”, it becomes easier. The Big Bang occurred at 12 a.m. on January 1st on the calendar. Dinosaurs were only present for roughly the last week of the year. And humans only emerged in the last eight sends December 31st, at 12:59:52 p.m. It’s clear now that dinosaurs are much closer to humans than the Big Bang on a timeline.
These metaphors and analogies are important if people are to really weigh the costs and benefits of events in their lives. The concept not only applies to long-term decisions, but public policies.
1. Why does the author mention the example in the first paragraph?A.To introduce the topic. | B.To explain the main idea. |
C.To make a summary of the text. | D.To make comparisons with other topics. |
A.The lack of conceptual techniques. |
B.The unwillingness to learn something new. |
C.Our low ability to evaluate and compare. |
D.Our inborn nature due to evolutionary factors. |
A.Making them related to each other. |
B.Wrapping our heads around them. |
C.Using techniques to put them to a smaller scale. |
D.Applying a calendar to present them. |
A.How to make long-term decisions. |
B.How metaphors and analogies help solve public problems. |
C.How to weigh the costs and benefits in our life. |
D.How important public policies are in our life |
8 . During the last week of Fu Bao’s public viewing earlier this month, visitors endured waiting for 5—6 hours just to give a glance at the panda for only five minutes, as Everland Panda World restricted viewing time to manage the flood of visitors.
Born to parents Ai Bao and Le Bao in July 2020, Fu Bao is South Korea’s first naturally-born panda. In the days following her birth, Everland’s social media channels offered fans a steady diet of Fu Bao videos, pulling in more than 1.2 million subscribers and, as of February, over 500 million accumulated views. The most recent videos are now filled with warm and sincere messages from viewers.
Thanks to Fu Bao’s widespread popularity, her zookeeper has also found himself in the spotlight, becoming a bit of a social media star himself. Often referred to as her grandpa, Kang Chul-won offered hi own farewell message to Fu Bao, noting that the South Koreans’ special love for her all began with social media videos shared during the pandemic when the zoo was closed. She brought help and happiness to a society in many ways that was having a difficult time due to the virus. He said people visited the social media sites every day so it felt like he was raising her together with them. They cared so much for her and shared the same emotions of raising a baby panda together during such difficult times.
Fu Bao will be transferred to China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province. Everland says that she will be kept alone at Everland Panda World for a month to prepare her to adjust to her new environment before her overseas transfer, which will be carried out in accordance with international rules.
1. What can we learn about Fu Bao from the first two paragraphs?A.She has a balanced diet. | B.She is five years old. |
C.She is very popular in South Korea. | D.She came from Sichuan, China. |
A.She is a live symbol of luck and fortune. |
B.She is an animal who can resist any virus. |
C.She is an inspiration to overcome difficulties. |
D.She is their common possession and business. |
A.She will go on show in Everland. | B.She will be separated for adjustment. |
C.She will leave Everland Panda World. | D.She will be moved to a research center. |
A.On behalf of. | B.In terms of. |
C.In company with. | D.In agreement with. |
9 . Top Family Vacation Destinations Everyone Will Love
Think of taking a vacation and need some inspiration for where to travel? We have you covered. Here are some of our top picks for kid-friendly destinations.
Anaheim, California
California is a great family vacation destination that you will remember forever. Additionally, there are many other places to visit around the Anaheim area besides Disneyland Park. Other attractions like Knott’s Berry Farm, a water park and museums are close by as well, so you are sure to have lots of family adventures.
Panama City, Florida
If you’re looking for some family beach fun, why not try Panama City in Florida? You’ll find white sand and a beautiful tropical climate. It is the perfect place to relax and enjoy yourself.
Salzburg, Austrian Alps, Austria
One of our top family vacation destinations outside of the United States is Salzburg. You can visit Mozart’s home and catch a concert show. Or, if you’re looking for a snowy outdoor adventure, then Austria is also a great place to go during the right time of year. Austria has some great family hotels. Some even offer baby monitors and child care available.
Dublin, Ireland
If you’re looking for peace and quiet, and beautiful surroundings, why not go to Dublin? It’s a place where your kids can run around wild and free and it also has a romantic feel. There are attractions to visit as well, such as Clara Lara Amusement Park, located in the Wicklow mountains and many other outdoor activities kids can take part in.1. Which of the following destinations is suitable for kids fond of coastal life?
A.Anaheim, California. | B.Panama City, Florida. |
C.Salzburg, Austrian Alps, Austria. | D.Dublin, Ireland. |
A.White sand. | B.Wildlife. | C.Music. | D.Water. |
A.They both feature theme parks. |
B.They both offer child care service. |
C.They are both perfect places for museum lovers. |
D.They both provide visitors with a romantic feeling. |
10 . Wilber stole Staci Greene’s heart years ago. The donkey (驴) was an unusual gift that left quite an impression.
Years later, after
Hee Haw Place has had as many as thirteen
She makes sure the new
Donkeys require little
But they need more than
Donkeys are relatively easy to train for riding and for pulling things. Staci
Staci’s animals always walk in the parade held during Mule Days every May in Bishop, California. They also
A.moving | B.looking | C.dropping | D.changing |
A.getting in | B.taking in | C.putting in | D.turning in |
A.neighbors | B.farmers | C.friends | D.animals |
A.owns | B.knows | C.makes | D.needs |
A.palaces | B.homes | C.gardens | D.schools |
A.worried | B.curious | C.honest | D.serious |
A.catch up | B.work out | C.break down | D.run over |
A.water | B.care | C.sleep | D.effort |
A.eat | B.keep | C.cut | D.grow |
A.money | B.trust | C.space | D.advice |
A.dreams | B.names | C.jobs | D.gifts |
A.calls | B.leaves | C.misses | D.trains |
A.courage | B.peace | C.comfort | D.purpose |
A.pay for | B.show off | C.focus on | D.go through |
A.thanks | B.chances | C.prizes | D.projects |