1 . One evening, a man was injured in an accident and rushed to a hospital. Already in shock, he was found with multiple injuries,
At 9:00 pm, the operation started and was supposed to be
The nurse watching the monitor sensed the
Everything in the operation room was
“Calm down! Calm down!” the medical staff
Many people are
A.seemingly | B.especially | C.actually | D.extremely |
A.surgery | B.relief | C.explanation | D.delivery |
A.arranged | B.reported | C.completed | D.improved |
A.irreplaceable | B.familiar | C.confusing | D.unexpected |
A.mistake | B.abnormality | C.behavior | D.failure |
A.scared | B.tired | C.concentrated | D.curious |
A.repeated | B.recalled | C.returned | D.withdrew |
A.shaking | B.piling | C.sinking | D.disappearing |
A.lifted | B.open | C.covered | D.bare |
A.believed | B.comforted | C.respected | D.promised |
A.updating | B.obtaining | C.checking | D.tracking |
A.assess | B.repair | C.equip | D.stabilize |
A.confidence | B.friendliness | C.calmness | D.independence |
A.on purpose | B.by luck | C.for sure | D.in time |
A.touched | B.amused | C.reminded | D.accompanied |
2 . Certain brands and products can be easily recognized at a glance by people worldwide.
Most business owners who are just starting to understand how vital advertising is to their growth. Putting in the time and money to market your company can help it grow over time.
A.Is advertising necessary? |
B.After all, shouldn’t their global success speak for itself? |
C.This same principle holds true for older successful brands. |
D.Therefore, television advertising gives companies access to more people. |
E.Another major question companies must find the answer to is how to advertise. |
F.The money invested in these advertisements could be used for more worthwhile businesses. |
G.Almost everyone is familiar with the red labeling of Coca-Cola or the symbolic flower logo of Huawei. |
I remember wondering if we should even be friends when I found out that my new friend Karina did not share my opinions about some stuff. It was hard to imagine disagreeing with her about anything, because when we first met, we got along so great.
It was as if we’d known each other forever. Whenever we got to pick a partner at camp, we picked each other. Whenever we had a break, we hung out together. And the more time we spent together, the more we realized how amazingly alike we were. We both had two lovely cats. We both liked baking extra-creative cookies.
But then something happened. The tent camp was next to a piece of beautiful land that had a bunch of giant old trees on it. Whenever it was nice out, we’d get to eat our lunch at picnic tables that were right by some of those trees. “Whoa!” said Karina one day. “Look at the millions of holes all the way up and down this trunk.”
“That’s amazing,” I said. “A special kind of woodpecker (啄木鸟)makes those holes to store acorns (橡子).”
“Pretty cool! ”said our counselor, Miguel. “Now, let’s all be sure to keep this magical forest as clean and perfect. Don’t forget to put your trash and recyclables in the bins.”
And that’s when things got complicated. “Hey,” said our friend LeVar. “Have you guys heard that shopping-mall rumor (传闻)? They want to cut down a bunch of those trees to make room for a shopping center.”
“That’s terrible!” I said. “We have to stop that.”
“I disagree,” said Karina. “My parents said the shopping center would make new jobs for people.”
“But think of all the birds and squirrels that would lose their homes!” I said. “I want people to have jobs, but not if it means cutting down trees.”
“Don’t you think people’s jobs are more important than trees?” Karina asked.
“Can’t we figure out how to make jobs without destroying nature?” I answered.
“You know,” Karina said, super seriously, “maybe we’re not quite as alike as we thought.”
I sighed sadly.
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Maybe two people with opposite points of view just aren’t meant to be friends, I was thinking. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
We ended up having much more fun at the tent camp. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. What does the woman think important about the apartment?
A.The transportation. | B.The price. | C.The size. |
A.$2, 000. | B.$2, 700 | C.$7, 200. |
5 . Automation has pioneered innovation, your phone is probably in your pocket or your hands at all times, and it’s easier now, more than ever, to communicate with anyone in the world. Technology is everywhere these days. What are your thoughts on technology, social media, or your phone? Do you feel excited every time you get a message, or do you feel trapped by these digital chains?
However you feel, we want you to represent technology in artwork — paintings, college (剪贴), digital art, photography, etc. You may even see your art work in future issues of our magazine, so keep your eyes wide open!
Deadline: June 21, 2024.
Rules:
·You must be a teen (aged 13 — 19) with our website account to enter.
·No inappropriate content.
·Submissions must focus on the topic: Technology.
Guidelines and Details:
·Your entry must be art work created by yourself for the first time.
·There is no limitation on the number of art work you can submit.
How to Submit:
·Submit entries through our website. All entries submitted to us are automatically considered for the contest. See our submission guidelines for more information.
·Submit your work to the appropriate art category. Include “technology” in your submission’s labels. You can do this by using the “additional labels” field in your submission form.
Prizes:
·The winner and the nominees (被提名者) will have their entries published in our magazine.
·The overall winner will receive a $25 Amazon gift card and also three months’ free access to our magazine.
1. What subject should the entry be related to?A.Collage. | B.Photography. | C.Technology. | D.Communication. |
A.A contestant is 16 years old. | B.An entry is submitted by post on June 25. |
C.An entry is created by only one person. | D.A contestant submits as many as 20 entries. |
A.A $25 gift card. | B.Free magazine subscriptions. |
C.A label named after them. | D.Having their entries published. |
6 . Staying motivated is key to achieving personal and professional success. However, it’s common to experience waves in motivation levels. To overcome these challenges and maintain a high level of motivation, we’ve compiled practical tips that can help you stay on track and achieve your goals.
*Set clear and specific goals. Having clear and specific goals is essential for keeping motivated. Define what you want to achieve and break it down into smaller tasks. This way, you’ll have a clear road map.
*Stay inspired with role models. The people you spend time with greatly affect your mindset. Get yourself close to individuals who are supportive, positive, and motivated themselves.
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*Break tasks into manageable parts.
*Celebrate milestones and progress. Acknowledging your achievements, no matter how small, is key to staying motivated. Celebrate milestones and progress along the way.
Staying motivated requires intentional effort and self-reflection. With the right strategies, you can overcome obstacles and maintain your drive towards success.
A.Find your why |
B.Pay attention to people around you |
C.Their energy and encouragement can inspire you |
D.Overloaded tasks can quickly beat your motivation |
E.It could be treating yourself to something you enjoy |
F.Imagine the positive emotions and sense of accomplishment |
G.It can fuel your motivation as you achieve each milestone |
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Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Li Hua
When you find someone made a mistake, which would you choose, being right or being nice?
At ages five and eight, Bobby and I would spend our usual Saturday with Grandpa, cleaning his house.
Grandpa was only in his late fifties. His own dad had died early, so he didn’t go to school but ran the family farm to raise his family. Because of that, his skills consisted of being able to sign his name, read his grandchildren’s names, and do simple sums in his head.
Then I didn’t understand the poverty and limited opportunities Grandpa lived with. A little food was the only items in his small refrigerator. He worked as a night guard for several companies, and the highlight of his week was the reward he gave my brother and me for cleaning.
After we were done, Grandpa would put on his only suit, and we’d head to town. As we walked, Grandpa would greet every person he met along the way. Everyone had a story to share, and Grandpa would stand quietly, always smiling, and listen with great appreciation.
When we’d finally arrive at Grandpa’s favorite diner, the waitresses would all greet him as a long-lost elder. Bobby and I split an adult plate, and Grandpa either had a cup of soup or a cup of coffee, talking about how well we cleaned his place, telling anyone who would listen every step of every task we accomplished. Every waitress would make sure they came up to say “hi” to Grandpa and congratulate his grandkids on their work. It may have been a diner, but it was our another home.
When dinner was over, the waitress would bring the check and slide it over to Grandpa. One day it was Gloria, and like always she bent close to him and told him the amount of the check (knowing that he couldn’t read the paper).
Grandpa carefully dug into the pocket and brought out a broken coin purse. He carefully laid out the bills and coins. Then he gave Gloria a very very small tip. I was ashamed that he had got it wrong and that he—we—would be embarrassed.
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I was about to say something to Grandpa when Gloria grabbed my hand.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________The words “being nice” played over and over in my mind.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________China plans to expand its space station to six modules(舱)from three in coming years, a researcher at the China Academy of Space Technology said on Wednesday.
The space station will play
China’s self-built space station, also
It will have a weight of 180 tonnes after expansion, about 40 percent of the mass of the ISS,
Regarding the expansion, another module is also in the plan. Other plans, including the development of large space telescopes, 3D printers, intelligent robots
Chinese state media said last year that China would be matchless as the ISS was approaching
10 . Some songs tend to get stuck in our heads more easily than others. When a song becomes super popular, we say it’s “gone viral”. Those words might be more accurate than we ever imagined.
David Earn is an applied mathematician. One day, he talked with musician and scientist Matt Woolhouse. Woolhouse found some songs had been downloaded thousands of times over just a few weeks or months. Those patterns looked familiar to Earn, who studies disease epidemics. And those download data resembled the kind of data he saw with disease transmission (传播). They wondered whether that kind of spread from person to person could be how people decide that they like particular songs.
Earn had been working with a mathematical model to predict how diseases spread during an epidemic. His team now used the same model with the song data. They looked at the 1,000 most downloaded songs in the United Kingdom, dividing them by type.
For popular songs, downloads increased rapidly over time, much like a contagious (传染性的) disease infecting a group of susceptible people. Some types were more contagious than others, the team reported in 2023. “The group of people who connect and like folk music isn’t the same as the group of people who like heavy metal or dance music. They’re different social groups,” Earn says. “And some of those social groups are much more likely to share things quickly.”
Surprisingly, pop music wasn’t the most contagious. It spread, but not as quickly as some other types. Electronic music, on the other hand, was super contagious. Earn thinks these listeners are probably super connected on the web and share things more than people who prefer other types of music.
“We think of contagion as a strictly negative thing,” Earn says. “But that same process of contagion functions for other things in life,” he now concludes, “like sharing favorite songs with your closest friends.”
1. Why did Earn and his team conduct their research?A.To analyze the pattern of song spread. |
B.To investigate the ways songs are grouped. |
C.To count the times that the songs were downloaded. |
D.To study the characters of the people who downloaded songs. |
A.With a strong will. | B.Preferring new ideas. |
C.Sticking to traditions. | D.Likely to be influenced. |
A.Electronic music covers all music types. |
B.Its fans are skillful at surfing the Internet. |
C.Electronic music can impress people easily. |
D.Its lovers like sharing things with others better. |
A.Contagion of Music | B.Music Spreads Online Wildly |
C.How a Song Becomes Attractive | D.Frequency of Downloading Songs |