1 . China’s second female astronaut to enter space delivered a lecture to more than 60 million students across the country on Thursday, while aboard the Tiangong-1 space module (舱) 340 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, in the first attempt at this kind of lecture by a Chinese astronaut.
Wang Yaping, one of the three crew members in the Shenzhou-X class spacecraft, delivered the lecture through a 40-minute live video broadcast, nine days after the successful spacecraft launch.
Assisted by the other two astronauts Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang, Wang showed students how movement occurs in a zero-gravity environment through a series of physics experiments to help students understand basic physics concepts. Observers say the creative lecture is not only good for science and patriotic W1 education of the younger generation but also shows national confidence in China’s maturing (成熟) W2 space technologies.
Via the video feed system, the three astronauts interacted with some 300 curious students in Beijing on Thursday after the lecture, who raised questions about their daily life in the space module.
“I’m extremely excited to see the magical effects of the experiments. I feel like I’m close to space while watching the live broadcast,” a primary school student in Beijing told the Global Times after the lecture. The lecture became one of the most popular topics on Weibo Thursday, with some Web users saying this visually W3 impressive method of education has made them interested in space science.
The lecture also drew international attention. After the lecture, Wang replied to a letter of greeting from Barbara Morgan, a female US astronaut who participated in a space teaching program in 2007. “We would like to join the effort, as you have done, to bring science-loving youth around the world closer to their dreams of exploring the universe,” Wang said in the reply, Xinhua reported.
1. What do we learn about Wang Yaping?| A．She did the experiment on her own. |
| B．She holds the lecture only to amuse the students. |
| C．She is the only person who participated in the lecture. |
| D．She did the experiment in an environment without gravity. |
| A．Data. | B．Idea. | C．Tissue. | D．Signal. |
| A．Educational but boring. | B．Creative but impractical. |
| C．Interesting and educational. | D．Impressive and intelligent. |
| A．Wang Yaping’s space class | B．China’s outstanding astronauts |
| C．The Shenzhou-X class spacecraft | D．The global effect of China’s space exploration |
In December, 2021, a draft revision (修正草案) to the Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests
Over the past 30 years, the law,
The revision adds a definition
1. Why is the bag used?
| A．To carry the textbooks. |
| B．To lock students’ phones. |
| C．To be rewards for students. |
| A．12. | B．18. | C．30. |
| A．They were lost on phones. |
| B．They were busy with study. |
| C．They tended to communicate on their phones. |
| A．He feels terrified. | B．He doesn’t care. | C．He agrees with it. |
4 . Plastic is man-made and can be produced from natural materials like coal and oil. Plastic is really useful and we use it every day. But what happens after we throw it away is causing a big problem for our planet. It’s thought that more than five trillion pieces of plastic are in the world’s oceans and it can take years for them to break down.
Why is plastic a problem?
The problem with plastic is that most of it isn’t biodegradable(可生物降解的). It doesn’t rot, like paper or food, so instead it can exist for hundreds of years. Each year, 400 million tons of plastic is produced and 40% of that is single-use plastic, such as carrier bags, drinks bottles and crisp packets. More than 8 million tons of plastic enters the world’s oceans each year. It can be blown into the sea from ships and beaches, or carried there by river. Some also gets flushed(冲走) down the toilet.
Another issue is that not all plastic can be recycled. This might be because of the way it is made up or because it is too expensive or difficult to do. Some coffee cups, for example, have a waterproof plastic lining which can make them difficult to recycle. Every day seven million cardboard coffee cups are thrown away but only one in 400 are recycled.
How does plastic harm animals?
Experts think that by 2050, the amount of plastic in the ocean will weigh more than the number of fish in the ocean. All animals, whether they live on land or in the sea, can be impaired by plastic. They can get trapped in bigger items such as carrier bags or food packaging.
Birds, fish and shellfish can mistake plastic for food when it has broken down into smaller pieces. One in three sea turtles, and around 90% of seabirds, have eaten it. They can’t digest(消化) plastic so their stomachs can become full, meaning they don’t have room for actual food. Each year, 100,000 animals in the sea are killed by plastic.
1. What is the function of the first paragraph?| A．To attract readers. | B．To lead in the main topic. |
| C．To define the main concept. | D．To summarize the passage. |
| A．By using data. | B．By describing the processes. |
| C．By explaining definitions. | D．By making comparisons. |
| A．Helped. | B．Hurt. | C．Scared. | D．Ignored. |
| A．Ways to solve the plastic problem. | B．The importance of animal protection. |
| C．Reasons for upgrading plastic material. | D．Environmental damage caused by plastic. |
If you are like most young people, you’ll have been online
A recent study of more than 4,000 children found that those who
If you are worried that you are spending too many hours scrolling (滚动) through social media feed, glued to the television or
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6 . Lonely? You’re hardly alone. That’s the finding of a new study. And that appears throughout industrial nations across the globe. The study linked rising loneliness to a greater use of smartphones and the Internet over the same years.
Jean Twenge, a psychologist, took part in the study. Her team has found that since 2012, US teens have been spending less time together face to face.
“Smartphones can help keep us connected with friends,” says Twenge. “But they can also make people feel excluded (隔离).” Girls, especially, may feel this way. One reason may be that they like to post more photos and selfies than boys. Studies have shown that if those images don’t get a lot of “likes”, it can affect a teen’s mental health.
And there’s “phubbing”, a mixture of “phone” and “snubbing (冷落)”. It’s that moment in which a friend or family member takes out a phone and keeps looking at it，paying no attention to everybody else, including you. Phubbing is one way that technology can affect you, even when you’re not the one using it.
The new study pulled its data from a survey. Some 1 million 15-and 16-year-old students from 37 countries took this survey in 2000, 2003, 2012, 2015 and 2018. Its questions mostly dealt with education. But they also included six statements about loneliness, such as “I feel awkward and out of place in my school”. Students could strongly disagree, disagree, agree or strongly agree with each statement.
If technology causes loneliness, should we stop using it? “No, not at all,” argues Twenge. “Everybody of all ages is trying to figure out how we can best use these technologies and stay mentally healthy.” Her advice is to “use your smartphone for what it’s good for. Then put it away.” That includes putting it away overnight—ideally in another room.
1. How do girls differ from boys in smartphone use?| A．They prefer to post pictures with it. | B．They depend on it to keep in touch. |
| C．They use it as a learning tool. | D．They need it to stay in style. |
| A．To introduce a new term of the smartphone. |
| B．To give an example of communication. |
| C．To introduce an embarrassing situation. |
| D．To show the harm of the smartphone. |
| A．Smart phones only do harm to teenagers. |
| B．Parents should buy phones for their kids. |
| C．Boys are in greater need of phones than girls. |
| D．We can use our smartphones to benefit ourselves. |
| A．The Smartphone—the Focus of a Study |
| B．The Smartphone—a Friend of Teenagers |
| C．The Smartphone—a Source of Loneliness |
| D．The Smartphone—a Communication Tool |
7 . Do you remember the name of your kindergarten teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs White. I don’t remember much about what we learned in her class, but my mother once told me that we used to write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and see there were so many mistakes. But no red corrections. And always a star. It worried my mother, so one day she went to meet Mrs White and asked her why she never corrected my mistakes or pointed out grammatical errors.
Mrs White said, “The children are just beginning to get excited about using words and forming sentences. I don’t want to dampen (使受挫折) that enthusiasm with red ink. Spelling and grammar can wait. The wonder of words won’t…” She maybe didn’t say it exactly like that. My mother gave me what she could remember. I added in the rest. I grew up learning to use words like that.
And it occurred to me that if Mrs. White had used her red pen more, I probably wouldn’t be telling you about this now. I look back now and think she must have been a rather extraordinary teacher to allow the joy, wonder and excitement of expression to flower like that. Because to bloom is better than not to bloom.
I used to misspell ‘beautiful’ a lot. Pretty is easier to spell but it doesn’t hold as much as you mean sometimes. I kept on using ‘beautiful’. Eventually the letters settled into their right places. And thanks to Mrs White, I had been writing what I meant even if I couldn’t quite spell it out. Life isn’t Pretty. It’s Beautiful.
1. What worried the author’s mother?| A．The author’s learning little. | B．The author’s not getting a star. |
| C．The teacher’s not using red pens. | D．The author’s uncorrected mistakes. |
| A．She didn’t have a red pen. | B．She was too busy to do that. |
| C．She wanted to protect their excitement. | D．She just ignored the children’s mistakes. |
| A．Grateful. | B．Doubtful. | C．Regretful. | D．Respectful. |
| A．Humorous. | B．Caring. | C．Demanding. | D．Generous. |
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10 . The wish to capture the wonder of nature on a smartphone or camera is understandable. People like the beauty of nature and also want to share with their followers, friends and family, but our relationship with the outdoors should not be centered around social media. The “do it for the ‘gram’” thought needs to be reconsidered.
Social media has undoubtedly helped attract more visitors to wild places. There are both good and bad sides that come with an increased visitation to these sites. Visiting nature and observing wildlife can help people feel more connected to wild plants and animals. These experiences may encourage more protection of natural spaces. Yet increased traffic to these sites has also caused them harm. Spaces that are ill-equipped to deal with too many visits experience environmental degradation, which in turn can endanger those who take photos by putting them in dangerous situations. Search and rescue cases have increased by 38% in the last few years in LA County, some of which were connected to adventurers trying to capture photos for their social media. Deadly falls in the outdoors can and should be avoided with less photographing for social media.
Recently, one highly visited natural site stopped photography-only tours. Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona, will no longer be allowing visits that are centered around cameras. Handheld phones will still be allowed, but large tripods(三角架) and monopods(独脚架) will not be. This is a great first step that should be brought to other natural settings, especially in places that have already been completely photographed by professionals.
It is necessary to free ourselves from technology every once and a while. The unhealthy attachment to photography and social media feeds has created problems for humans and nature, and should be replaced with practicing mindfulness while in the outdoors.
1. What does the underlined word “degradation” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?| A．Change. | B．Destruction. | C．Construction. | D．Depression. |
| A．Serious traffic problems. | B．Unnecessary travel costs. |
| C．Some unexpected deaths. | D．Their watching fewer scenes. |
| A．Limit the number of visitors. | B．Follow Antelope Canyon’s lead. |
| C．Warn visitors to take fewer photos. | D．Just allow professional photographing. |
| A．Learn from professional photographers |
| B．Nature will punish those who damage it |
| C．Photos of nature are popular on social media |
| D．Don’t endanger yourself and nature for social media |
