1．对你的观点进行简单阐述；
2．分析该观点合理的原因（内在美更加重要等），并举身边的例子证明；
3．提出倡议。
注意：1.词数不少于100词，可适当添加细节，使文章流畅。
2．参考词汇：真诚的sincere and honest 勤劳industry n. industrious adj.
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2 . Before you head out to a fun event where there will be many people, you should be aware of the dangers of a crowd crush (拥挤的人群), whose possibility adds up during the festivals or on some celebrating occasions.
Though the risk of crowd crush is rare, it can be deadly when it happens. Crowd crush occurs when many people are packed together and begin to fall over one another. In the past, such instances have caused horrible injury and even death.
Before attending a crowded event, look up a map of the venue.
Helping others is another great way to keep everyone safe. Once one person falls down, more people tend to fall over them.
A common cause of death in a crowd crush isn’t being crushed but rather losing air. It’s best to hold out your arms in front of your chest.
There is usually fun where the crowds are, so enjoy yourself. But meanwhile, it is also important to remember to stay alert and take care of your family members when you sense the smell of danger.
| A．If you do end up in a crush, here’s how you can stay safe. |
| B．This allows space between you and the person in front of you. |
| C．So if your neighbor in the crowd falls to the ground, help them up. |
| D．Seeking for a safer place takes some time and is sometimes challenging. |
| E．To avoid such an outcome, it’s best to escape the crush before it happens. |
| F．The shortage of air means less oxygen, which will lead to serious consequences. |
| G．This will give you an idea of the surroundings—pay special attention to any exits. |
3 . In this age of social media, everyone has followed the review trend. Nearly every business or website persuades customers to leave reviews as they can drive traffic to the site or business. The online business directory Yelp, which gets 178 million monthly visitors, invites anyone with a cellphone to leave a review of a business or restaurant. But by no means are negative reviews always honest. Some people threaten to give a bad review to extort (敲诈) discounted or free food from a restaurant. Some then follow through when their demands are not met.
But there are two sides to every story. One Denver chef decided to respond to bad reviews at his restaurant. As it turned out, some customers who left bad review s deserved bad reviews themselves. One customer’s terrible review claimed that the food at the restaurant was so awful that he didn’t eat a single bite. The chef looked through the monitor and found clear evidence that he had eaten every bite! In response, the chef called out the dissatisfied customer in his own negative review. Since the chef started responding to all his negative reviews, business at his restaurant has nearly doubled.
Telling people what you think of them as the result of a bad review can backfire on you, especially when a bad review is justified. Reviews are important because 94 percent of diners read online review s before they decide where to eat.
But bad reviews appear for many reasons. The reviewer may be having a bad day, or the chef may be sick and the substitute (代替者) couldn’t fill his shoes, so the cuisine suffered. Or perhaps the service wasn’t as good as usual. The worst-case scene is that the reviewer wants to punish the restaurant on purpose for some slight, real or imagined. So one or two bad reviews need to be taken with a grain of salt. Many negative reviews, however, indicate a problem.
So what is a restauranteur to do? First give an honest assessment of any negative reviews. Take a step back and ask if the writer has made any valid points. Are there areas for improvement? If the answer is yes, make adjustments. Reviewers themselves need to be honest and constructive. The goal should be to improve the situation, not just blow off steam.
1. The author mentions Yelp in Paragraph 1 to ______.| A．introduce the topic | B．predict the ending |
| C．evaluate an argument | D．support a statement |
| A．positive | B．objective | C．negative | D．doubtful |
| A．Philosophical. | B．Identical. | C．Reasonable. | D．Legal. |
| A．Who to Be Responsible for Bad Reviews? | B．When to Respond to Bad Reviews? |
| C．How to Criticise Bad Reviews? | D．What to Do with Bad Reviews? |
4 . “I spilled soup all over the table, but it wasn’t my fault”. “I got into trouble at school, but it wasn’t my fault.” Such statements are often heard. “It’s not my fault” is actually a common response for so many people and especially teenagers. Parents complain that they’re tired of the “excuses”.
The reason why variations of “it’s not my fault” are so popular is that they get us out of guilt, blame and anger. Those emotions may come from others’ reactions or our own self-talks. In the case of adolescents, they are often trying to escape responsibility and punishment for mistakes.
Some teens would benefit from decreasing their self-blame. Those who blame themselves for things that they can’t control tend to be highly self-critical and are more likely to be anxious.
Many teens overly rely on “it’s not my fault”. However, overuse of the phrase can result in feelings of helplessness to control their own lives. Besides, “it’s not my fault” focuses a teen’s attention on what is done as opposed to what needs to be done. In trying to get them to assume responsibility, many parents attempt to convince their children that something is their fault, but the approach tends to be ineffective. A more effective approach is to face up to drawbacks to find solutions to the drawbacks actively.
People may not have caused all their problems, but they have to solve them anyway. Getting stuck in sharing blame often keeps people from moving forward effectively. What does one do if he is pushed into a deep lake? One could certainly stay in water, yelling, “It’s not my fault.” However, that is not going to get him out of water. At some point, he needs to swim to shore, regardless of the fault.
Like most things in life, freeing ourselves from blame has its advantages and disadvantages. The question isn’t what is “right”, but what is most effective in moving forward.
1. Who is likely to rely on “it’s not my fault”?| A．A highly self-critical teenager. |
| B．A teenager unwilling to admit a fault. |
| C．A teenager facing up to his responsibilities. |
| D．A teenager anxious about uncontrollable things. |
| A．Letting them focus on what is done. |
| B．Persuading them to admit their fault. |
| C．Making them correct the mistake actively. |
| D．Helping them analyze the reason for the mistake. |
| A．To put forward a new solution to drawbacks. |
| B．To show handling problems should come first. |
| C．To explain why teenagers get stuck in sharing blame. |
| D．To analyze what kind of problem is caused by others. |
| A．To help teenagers out of self-blame. |
| B．To tell parents how to educate children. |
| C．To help teenagers face mistakes properly. |
| D．To tell children to do self-talks consciously. |
5 . American Jason Stark’s two young sons talked excitedly for months about seeing the The Super Mario Bros. Movie. When the film opened this month, Star k decided to make a special event of taking his boys to the show.
Star k took a day off from work and drove his boys, ages 9 and 6, about a half-hour from their Connecticut home. They went to watch the movie at an AMC theater with a large special screen called an IMAX.
“We got lunch, we went to the movies and had a fun day together,” said Stark. “They loved it. They were amazed by how big (the screen) was.”
Filmmakers and theater business leaders say movie watchers are seeking such new, interesting experiences. American and Canadian ticket sales of traditional movies this year are 16 percent below 2019. However, people have attended movies in large numbers for films and showings that use special effects, including Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water.
Theaters are employing technology to create improved experiences. Changes include larger screens, special sound systems, seats that move in connect ion with action in a film and other environmental effects.
Market researcher Comscore visualizes these special shows will make up 16.7 percent of U. S. movie ticket sales. The company says that number was 9.2 percent in 2019.
Theater companies continue to build large, special viewing screens known as premium format (高级格式). The total number of premium format screens in North America reached 1,940 in 2022, says Omdia, another research company. It says the new number represents an increase of 4.4 percent over the year before.
The average ticket price to see a movie in the U. S. is around $11. Premium screenings usually cost five to seven dollars more.
B&B Theatres operates 531 screens in 14 states and offers large format screens as well as heated chairs that can be raised and lowered, immersive (亲临其境) audio and seats timed to move with a movie’s action.
1. What impressed Star k and his two sons most about the movie?| A．Its large screen. | B．Its moving story. |
| C．Its famous actors. | D．Its excited audience. |
| A．They are out of date. | B．They will disappear in the future. |
| C．They are less popular now. | D．People no longer like to see them. |
| A．Warns. | B．Expects. | C．Doubts. | D．Announces. |
| A．They are costly and difficult to build. | B．They have lost their traditional style. |
| C．They only attract the young to watch. | D．They cost more for people to enjoy. |
6 . It was January 2016, when dark clouds hid the day. Jeremy and his girlfriend, Molei Wright, were
Henry, an officer on holiday trained in emergency medicine, was driving on the same road not far behind Jeremy and
| A．hiking | B．driving | C．flying | D．camping |
| A．like-minded | B．absent-minded | C．healthy-minded | D．open-minded |
| A．remarkable | B．cautious | C．experienced | D．active |
| A．organised | B．mannered | C．trained | D．matched |
| A．acknowledged | B．investigated | C．expected | D．imagined |
| A．hit | B．passed | C．blocked | D．approached |
| A．controlled | B．stopped | C．rolling | D．accelerating |
| A．jumped | B．turned | C．screamed | D．whistled |
| A．thought | B．despair | C．silence | D．sleep |
| A．drove away | B．turned over | C．hid away | D．pulled over |
| A．determined | B．frightened | C．grateful | D．peaceful |
| A．impatiently | B．swiftly | C．joyfully | D．effortlessly |
| A．checked | B．clicked | C．covered | D．pounded |
| A．in time | B．in turn | C．in vain | D．in place |
| A．tale | B．record | C．miracle | D．comedy |
7 . When you try a new restaurant or book a hotel, do you consider the online reviews? Do you submit online reviews yourself? Do you pay attention if they are filtered (过滤) and moderated? Does that influence your own online review submissions? A team examined these in recently published research.
In a world where businesses thrive or die by online reviews, it’s important to consider the meaning of a platform’s review moderation policies, the transparency (透明度) of those policies, and how that affects the submitted reviews.
In 2010, Yelp showed a video for the first time to help users understand how its review filter works and why it is necessary. Then, Yelp added a section to show filtered reviews. Previously, Yelp didn’t unveil information about its review filter. This change presented the perfect opportunity to examine the effect of policy transparency on submitted reviews.
The team compared reviews of over 1,000 restaurants on Yelp to those of the same restaurants on TripAdvisor, which wasn’t transparent about its review filter with its practices unchanged. They used a difference-in-difference (DID) approach. They found the number of reviews submitted to Yelp decreased. Those submitted were increasingly negative and shorter in length compared to TripAdvisor. Also, the more positive a review, the shorter it was.
Platforms are pressured to have content guidelines and take measures to prevent fraud (欺诈) and ensure that reviews are legal and helpful. However, most platforms aren’t transparent about their policies, leading consumers to suspect that reviews are handled to increase profits. Whether or not to be transparent about review filters is an important decision for platforms with many considerations.
Users may put less time and effort into their reviews if they suspect that they have a significant chance of being filtered, or they may do the opposite to make their review s less likely to be filtered. Since most fake (假的) reviews are overly positive, users may assume that positive review s are most likely to be filtered and act accordingly.
However, with a transparent policy, those who submit fake reviews may be incentivized (激励) to change their ways.
1. How does the author lead in the topic?| A．By describing a phenomenon. | B．By putting forward questions. |
| C．By comparing online reviews. | D．By mentioning recent research. |
| A．make something public | B．consider something practical |
| C．make something perfect | D．consider something important |
| A．Their number was on the rise. | B．Their length was increasing. |
| C．Longer ones meant less positivity. | D．More positive ones were submitted. |
| A．Purposes of applying online review filters. |
| B．Suggestions on how to treat online reviews. |
| C．Methods of preventing review s from being filtered. |
| D．Effects of review filters without transparent policy. |
8 . A 17-year-old teenager who got lost while on a snowmobiling (摩托雪橇) trip in the Canadian wilderness was safely rescued on Saturday evening. He was found in good
Robert went snowmobiling that afternoon with his father James and his brother Peter near Mahood Lake. At some point, James stopped to
Trying to find a temporary
“This young man made our task a little less
| A．taste | B．faith | C．company | D．condition |
| A．tough | B．ordinary | C．silent | D．crucial |
| A．treated | B．honored | C．mistaken | D．identified |
| A．help | B．greet | C．encourage | D．protect |
| A．warming | B．guiding | C．following | D．blaming |
| A．crowded | B．even | C．magic | D．unfamiliar |
| A．checked | B．trapped | C．wounded | D．rescued |
| A．match | B．field | C．process | D．shadow |
| A．job | B．shelter | C．volunteer | D．partner |
| A．vehicle | B．message | C．key | D．package |
| A．hesitantly | B．eventually | C．randomly | D．secretly |
| A．showed up | B．turned around | C．looked up | D．hung around |
| A．rewarding | B．boring | C．significant | D．difficult |
| A．concepts | B．knowledge | C．chances | D．equipment |
| A．unrealistic | B．noble | C．extreme | D．mature |
9 . Digital reading appears to be destroying habits of “deep reading”. Amazing numbers of people with year of schooling are in effect illiterate (不识字的). Admittedly, some people have been complaining about new media since 1492, but today’s complaints have an evidential basis, Ljubljana Reading Manifesto says, “The digital area may lead to more reading than ever in history, but it also offers many attractions to read in a shallow and scattered (碎片化的) manner — or even not to read at all. This increasingly endangers higher-level reading.”
Digital literacy has changed reading. When you read a book on paper, you can be entirely inside the experience, absorbing hundreds of pages to capture the world’s complexity. Online, says Maryanne Wolf of UCLA, we are “skimming, scanning, scrolling”. The medium is the message: doing deep reading on your phone is as hard as playing tennis with your phone. Recently, a bright 11-year-old told me I was wasting time on books: he absorbed more information faster from Wikipedia. He had a point. But digital readers also absorb more misinformation. And they seldom, absorb nuanced (微妙的) ideas.
In the white paper that underlies the Ljubljana Reading Manifesto, experts catalogue the passive parts of digital reading: “Recent studies of various kinds indicate a decline of... critical and conscious reading, slow reading, non-strategic reading and long-form reading.” In the 2021 international PISA survey, 49 percent of students agreed that “I read only if I have to”, 13 percentage points higher than in 2000.
As professors from Northwestern University foresaw in 2005, we are returning to the days when only an elite (精英的) “reading class” consumes long texts — despite more people spending longer in education and book sales remaining robust.
People who lose higher-level reading skills also lose thinking skills. That’s horrible, because “higher-level reading” has been essential to civilization. It enabled the Enlightenment, and an international rise in sympathy for people who aren’t like us.
1. What is the advantage of the digital reading?| A．It makes more people start to read widely. |
| B．It makes more people begin to think deeper. |
| C．It helps the young to make use of the Internet. |
| D．It helps people take advantage of their spare time. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Opposed. | C．Objective. | D．Unconcerned. |
| A．Teens should change the critical and conscious reading. |
| B．Nearly half of the teens never read at all. |
| C．They don’t believe what the experts indicate. |
| D．The trend of reading books is increasingly declining. |
| A．More and more books are purchased. |
| B．It’s unnecessary for people to buy books. |
| C．More and more people like to visit the bookstores. |
| D．The sales of books keep still for a really long time. |
10 . The award-winning documentary “Feeding Tomorrow” explores the American food system’s shortcomings and the urgent need for change. Directed by Oliver and Simon English, the film dives deep into the complex web of issues surrounding food, climate change, and agriculture, leaving viewers with a clear realization of the challenges ahead.
At its core, “Feeding Tomorrow” raises fundamental questions about humanity’s relationship with the planet and the consequences of our consumption patterns. As the global population reaches up to 10 billion, the film shows the serious reality that our current methods of food production are unsustainable. With agriculture already occupying half of the habitable land and consuming 70% of freshwater resources, the harm on the environment is reaching critical levels.
The documentary reveals the interconnectedness of food, climate, and health, weaving together narratives from diverse voices in the fields of farming, health, and education. Through the stories of innovators like Mark Shepard, Clare Fox, and Lisa McDowell, “Feeding Tomorrow” highlights the urgent need for systemic change.
One of the central themes of the documentary is the importance of regenerative farming practices. By promoting biodiversity and topsoil growth, regenerative agriculture offers a promising path towards sustainability. The film emphasizes the need to transition from conventional, monoculture (单一) farming to more overall approaches.
Moreover, “Feeding Tomorrow” shows the significance of adopting plant-forward diets and reducing meat consumption. With animal agriculture being a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and environmental degradation (恶化), the documentary advocates for a shift towards more sustainable dietary habits.
Ultimately, “Feeding Tomorrow” serves as a cry for collective action and social change. It challenges viewers to reevaluate their relationship with food and embrace sustainable practices that benefit both people and the planet. The documentary reminds us that the power to shape a better future lies in our hands. In the words of Mark Shepard, “What are you going to eat for dinner tonight? Start asking the questions.”
1. What do we know about our current food production methods?| A．They are suitable to feed the increasing population. |
| B．They are inefficient and harmful to the environment. |
| C．They are too focused on producing large quantities of food. |
| D．They are all outdated and need to be replaced with new ones. |
| A．To praise their achievements. | B．To indicate different opinions. |
| C．To stress the necessity of change. | D．To give examples of farming methods. |
| A．Keep the balance of nature. | B．Take up sustainable practices. |
| C．Prioritize economic interests. | D．Invest in agricultural innovations. |
| A．To briefly introduce an award-winning film. | B．To explore American agriculture’s issues. |
| C．To present new food production methods. | D．To show the impact of climate on agriculture. |
