1 . The Biggest National Parks on Continents
North America
Covering nearly half of the world’s largest island, Northeast Greenland National Park is currently the globe’s single largest national park and biggest land-based protected area. It covers 972,000 square kilometers. The vast Greenland Ice Sheet makes up most of the park, but there’s also a long coastline that is home to musk oxen, polar bears and many other Arctic creatures.
Oceania
Covering 36,000 square kilometers, the Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert National Park was set up in2021 to protect the beautiful desert landscapes of far northern South Australia. It includes one of the world’s largest dune (沙丘) fields. As well as more than 150 bird species, the park provides a habitat for many animals.
Asia
Founded in 2021, China’s Sanjiangyuan National Park is now the largest in Asia, covering 123,100square kilometers of snow-covered Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that provides the headwaters of the Yangtze, Yellow and Lantsang rivers. Rough and remote, the highlands harbor a range of rare, endangered animal species. The park also includes cultural sites.
Africa
Some of the world’s highest and biggest sand dunes are the centerpiece of western Namibia’s Namib-Naukluft National Park, Africa’s largest at 49,768 square kilometers. Easy to explore with your own vehicle, the main park road leads to the vibrant Sossusvlei dunes and photogenic Dead Vlei with its ghostly forest. Hot-air balloon flights offer a bird’s-eye view of the whole park. It is also known for plants and animals that have adapted to one of the Earth’s driest places.
1. On which con tinent is the world’s largest national park located?| A．Asia. | B．Africa. | C．North America. | D．Oceania. |
| A．The large ice sheet. | B．Highest sand dunes. |
| C．Rare Arctic creatures. | D．Cultural scenic spots. |
| A．By driving a car. | B．By flying on a plane. |
| C．By taking a boat. | D．By riding a hot-air balloon. |
1. How long will the cycling holiday last?
| A．Fourteen days. | B．Ten days. | C．Eight days. |
| A．Breakfast. | B．Lunch. | C．Supper. |
| A．Take her own bike. | B．Cycle in the dark. | C．Visit a theater. |
1. What do we know about Radio Caroline?
| A．It closed down in 1964. |
| B．It was popular with the young. |
| C．It was started by a ship owner. |
| A．Several DJs of Radio Caroline. |
| B．Books signed by The Beatles. |
| C．Letters from music fans. |
| A．In April. | B．In May. | C．In June. |
4 . How to Get More Sleep
It’s common in today’s stress-filled world to get by on six hours of sleep or less a night. For most of us, lacking sleep harms more than just the brain.
Create a good sleeping environment. Keep it cool—the temperature between 16℃ and 20℃is best for good sleep.
Rethink coffee in the afternoon, evening wine or medicine before sleep. Coffee can make it hard to sleep. Using alcohol to sleep will cause you to wake up within a few hours. When you fall asleep anyway, it’s typically of poor quality.
And don’t be annoyed. It never puts anyone to sleep. Keep training your brain, and it will respond in some way that you need.
| A．Don’t watch TV |
| B．Don’t lie in bed not sleeping |
| C．Make a sleep schedule and stick to it |
| D．Moreover, you had better forget sleeping pills |
| E．It is important to consider sleep and physical activity together |
| F．Short sleepers have more risks of many diseases and even death |
| G．But in reality, only people with a short sleep gene have that ability |
5 . “The only way to accomplish something is through hard work,” says actor Greg Tarzan Davis. “The first step is to get started.”
In a virtual interview, I asked Davis about his life and career. He grew up in a large family in New Orleans, Louisiana. After earning a degree in elementary education at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Davis became a teacher. He always encouraged his young students to follow their dreams.
One day, he decided to take his own advice. Although he enjoyed teaching, he had been enthusiastic about acting. “The first step is always the hardest,” Davis said. “But once you get past it and stay consistent, I promise, you will achieve your goal.”
At the age of 29, Davis had roles in Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One. He also starred in Grey’s Anatomy, a TV series about a group of young doctors. For 2022’s Top Gun, the actor learned how to fly a fighter jet in order to play the role of Lieutenant Javy “Coyote” Machado.
Davis sees the connection between acting and teaching. “As an actor, you’re required to dig deep into the depths of your childlike imagination when playing different roles,” he said. “What I learned the most as a teacher was how to be free with my mind and imaginative with my thoughts by simply observing my first-grade students and listening to the big ideas they had, which were so real to them.”
Davis still keeps an eye on the future. He is motivated by a desire to help the next generation follow their dreams. “The people who come after me inspire me,” he said. He wants to show others, especially kids, that anything is possible. He hosted movie screenings in New Orleans as a way to give back to the community that nurtured him as a child.
1. What did Davis encourage his students to do?| A．Value time and energy. | B．Become film stars. |
| C．Go after their goals. | D．Work hard at their lessons. |
| A．No pains, no gains. | B．It is the first step that costs. |
| C．Think carefully before you act. | D．Where there is a will, there is a way. |
| A．They need a lot of patience. | B．They are related to imagination. |
| C．They bring a sense of achievement. | D．They help realize the author’s dream. |
| A．Brought up. | B．Watched over. | C．Looked for. | D．Took control of. |
Public attention will often be focused on the collective stories of soldiers on the anniversary (纪念日), which
However, this year,
For instance, Tian Wei, a 90-year-old CPV soldier, returned to China in 1954 and learned that his comrade-in-arms (战友) Wei Jiamin,
The purpose of the documentary is to encourage today’s younger generation
7 . If you desire to write for magazines, you’ll have to adapt to a medium that’s been rapidly transformed by digital technology. Many of today’s magazines are primarily consumed online.
Become a specialist.
Consider the magazine’s target audience. A magazine’s most important relationship is with its readers. If you meet those readers on their terms, you could have a long career in magazine journalism. For instance, if you’re writing pop astronomy articles for national magazines like Wired or Discover, you cannot weigh down your prose with technical terms that interfere with your storytelling.
| A．But before you begin |
| B．Today’s media world values specialization |
| C．Do more research than you think you need |
| D．Keep track of personnel changes during writing |
| E．If you writing for trade magazines in the telescope industry |
| F．On the other hand, new online publications are seeking new writers |
| G．Follow a publication’s submission guidelines while expressing ideas |
8 . Nearly every family trip we went on when I was a kid was spent flying across the plane from Boston to Rio de Janeiro, and then driving to the tiny town where my grandparents grew up in Minas Gerais. There you’ll find rolling hills as far as you can see. That’s where my cousins live, work and grow coffee. That trek — a five-hour flight, then an eight-hour flight, and then a road trip — was always just the lead-up to the last leg of the journey.
I here we’d drink the coffee out of little glass cups and get to catching up by the wood stove. My brother and I would sometimes wander out while the adults were talking. Coffee in Minas Gerais is usually served sickly sweet, but never with milk, and never iced, even in the middle of summer.
Most of the highest-quality beans in Minas Gerais are sold abroad. When I was a kid especially, there wasn’t really a coffee culture in Brazil the way there is in New York or Boston.
But in college, I worked at a cafe. There I was taught to notice all those things I’d never learned about coffee, even though I’d seen the coffee fruit on the trees and watched firsthand as my cousins spread the fruit onto big, wavy multicolored sheets under the sun to dry.
I learned then that my cousins’ process for preparing coffee was just one of many ways to do it — you could dry it in the sun or in a big machine, or it could be fermented, or washed first. All these methods could change the way the coffee tasted. I also learned that different regions have different taste profiles. I learned to think about tasting coffee as playing a word-association game. What does it make you think of? What memory comes up for you?
Today when I get up and make my first cup of coffee, I do it like performing a sacred ritual. I know that those beans traveled far, and were cared for. They were grown, and watered, and dried, and then roasted. Someone probably lost sleep over them when frost was in the forecast. And when I take my first sip, I make sure to let my brain go blank, listen to the coffee and see where it takes me.
1. What was the author’s family journey to Minas Gerais like?| A．Short but tiring. | B．Long but exciting. |
| C．Long and wearing. | D．Short and appealing. |
| A．What effect the coffee culture had on the author. |
| B．Why coffee from different regions tastes different. |
| C．How the author’s cousins’ farming differs from other regions’. |
| D．What the author obtained during his dealing with coffee. |
| A．It’s a kind of coffee culture. |
| B．It is his daily routine. |
| C．The coffee comes from his hometown. |
| D．It takes great effort to grow and produce coffee. |
| A．Live to learn. | B．Love what you do. |
| C．Cherish something after knowing it. | D．Prepare before acting. |
Daniel, a young architect, had recently moved to a new city for a promising job opportunity. Although excited about his new life, he found it difficult to adjust to the busy pace and distance from his family, particularly his younger brother, Vincent. Growing up, the two brothers had been inseparable, sharing a close bond despite their six-year age difference. Daniel had always taken on the role of Vincent’s protector and friend, guiding him through the ups and downs of childhood and adolescence, and supporting him in his pursuits.
One evening, after a particularly challenging day at work and feeling homesick, Daniel received a phone call from his mother. She told him that Vincent had been struggling with school and his personal life, and she believed that he needed his older brother’s guidance now more than ever. Feeling a sense of responsibility and concern for his brother, Daniel decided to take some time off work and return home for a surprise visit.
Upon arriving in his hometown, Daniel was greeted with a sense of nostalgia (怀旧) and familiarity. He immediately noticed the changes that had taken place in Vincent’s life during his absence, as well as the undeniable signs of his brother’s distress. Determined to help, Daniel took Vincent under his wing, spending hours talking and reconnecting with him. Together, they revisited their favorite childhood spots, looking back upon the happy memories they had shared and the lessons they had learned together.
Through their conversations, Daniel discovered that Vincent had been facing significant academic pressure and was struggling with feelings of loneliness and isolation. The once-confident and outgoing teenager now seemed lost and unsure of himself. As the brothers continued to spend time together, they openly discussed their fears and aspirations, strengthening the bond they had always shared, and finding comfort in each other’s company.
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As the days went by, Daniel could see the positive impact their time together was having on Vincent.
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On the last day of his visit, Daniel had a heart-to-heart conversation with Vincent.
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10 . Matt and Leah Prior have quit their jobs and set off on a round-the-world overland journey with their two children: Jack, 3, and Charlotte, 1.
The couple once ran into the Zapp family, who had traveled globally for 22 years, which
The Priors had been prepared for their journey. Leah worked as a teacher and Matt held many roles. Then something unexpected happened,
While weighing their options, they still
By including their kids in the journey, the Priors hope to
Now the journey is on. The Priors will travel through 100 countries over the next five years.
1.| A．Travel | B．Education | C．Charity | D．Exchange |
| A．planted | B．removed | C．selected | D．distributed |
| A．extraordinary | B．similar | C．real | D．typical |
| A．encouraging | B．forcing | C．persuading | D．forbidding |
| A．replace | B．renew | C．repeat | D．reconsider |
| A．showing off | B．giving up | C．looking at | D．getting over |
| A．impression | B．disaster | C．decision | D．sacrifice |
| A．individually | B．temporarily | C．desperately | D．perfectly |
| A．applied | B．preferred | C．continued | D．struggled |
| A．evaluate | B．calculate | C．dedicate | D．save |
| A．success | B．conservation | C．power | D．connection |
| A．accounting | B．photographing | C．interacting | D．storytelling |
| A．adapt | B．change | C．shine | D．follow |
| A．submit | B．apply | C．attach | D．expose |
| A．advanced | B．effortless | C．unprepared | D．priceless |
