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Born on May 27,1907 in Springdale, Pennsylvania, Rachel Carson became an avid explorer as well as reader, and took an interest in writing stories. By age 10, she had published her first story in St. Nicholas. She would often read this magazine, as well as many others that concerned the natural world. In 1925, she finished at the top of her class in high school in a class of 45 students. Carson would go on to attend the Pennsylvania College for Women, which is known as Chatham University now. This is where she would end up pursuing the sciences, in this case biology. She would eventually attend Johns Hopkins University in 1929, continuing her studies in zoology and genetics. Carson completed her Master’s in zoology in June of 1932, and went to work at a local radio station. Here she would write educational broadcasts for a weekly radio show called Romance Under the Waters. This led her to her job at the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, and she became just the second woman to be employed by the bureau. In 1951, Carson had her book The Sea Around Us published, which explains the complexity of the ocean to non-scientists. Carson wrote the book with poetry and science, and she intended to spark in her readers a sense of the fragility of the world’s ecosystem. The Sew Around Us made Carson the voice of public science in America, an internationally recognized authority on the oceans, and established her reputation as a nature writer of the first rank. In 1962, Carson became well-known when her most famous book Silent Spring was published. This book described the negative effects of pesticides on the environment. Her concern with pesticides dated back to the 1940s, but no one would take her seriously until this book was finally published On April 14th, 1964, Carson passed away due to a heart attack but her work towards preserving the environment has continued to this day. Silent Spring was even republished in 1994 with an introduction from then vice-president Al Gore. 【1】What do we know about Carson’s early life? A.She was a great fan of St. Nicholas. B.She worked me at a radio station. C.She pursued the sciences in high school. D.She moved to Springdale at the age of 10. 【2】According to the text, The Sea Around Us ________. A.is a science book for professionals. B.was published after Carson passed away. C.aimed to raise public environmental awareness. D.has made Carson a fiction writer of international significance. 【3】What might be Al Gore’s attitude toward Silent Spring? A.Critical. B.Ambiguous. C.Skeptical. D.Approving. |
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If you are aiming to master anything quickly, you can learn from Albert Einstein and Richard Feynman. They offer practical advice you can use to improve your learning. According to Einstein, improving your intellectual capacity should be fun and enjoyable-happy learners are quick learners. In 1915, he wrote a letter to his 11-year-old son (HansAlbert) who was learning the piano and said. “I am very pleased that you find joy with the piano. This and carpentry are in my opinion for your age the best pursuits, better even than school, because those are things which fit a young person such as you very well. Mainly play the things on the piano which please you, even if the teacher does not assign those. That is the way to learn the most when you are doing something with such enjoyment that you don’t notice that the time passes.” To learn anything faster or better choose topics you will enjoy — you have control over what you are learning. Make the learning relevant. You should be able to answer the question “Why am I learning this?” at any point. Richard Feynman won a Nobel Prize and always wanted to know more and to learn more Known as the “Great Explainer”, he was famous for his ability to explain complex topics in simple ways. The Feynman Technique, his approach to improving learning, features explaining or teaching what you learn to others. It can help you learn better and keep more of what you learn. According to Feynman, it is significant to have the ability to explain things simply — so simple, in fact, that you could explain it to an eight-year-old. Einstein agrees. He once said, “t you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” For thousands of years, people have known that the best way to understand a concept is to explain it to someone else. “While we teach, we learn.” said the Roman philosopher Seneca. Learners keep a greater percentage of what they learn when they explain or teach the concept to someone else, or use it immediately. Your ideas will never be more effective than your ability to-make others grasp them. When you share, you remember better. 【1】Einstein wrote the letter to his son in order to________. A.encourage Hans to play the piano well. B.share some useful advice on how to play the piano. C.support Hans’ learning the piano with enjoyment. D.suggest Hans taking teachers seriously. 【2】Why is the Roman philosopher Seneca mentioned in the last paragraph? A.To provide advice on how to teach concepts. B.To illustrate the significance of teaching others. C.To impress the readers with his meaningful quotes. D.To show people’s exploration of concepts in history. 【3】Which of the following might be the best title for the text? A.Secrets of Learning Faster. B.Benefits of Teaching Others. C.Contribution of Great Explainers. D.Importance of Learning with Enjoyment. |
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Hardware in general, and smartphones in particular, have become a huge environmental and health problem in the Global South’s landfill sites(垃圾填埋场). Electronic waste (e-waste) currently takes up 5 percent of all global waste, and it is set to increase rapidly as more of us own more than one smartphone, laptop and power bank. They end up in places like Agbogbloshie on the outskirts of Ghana’s capital, Accra. It is the biggest e-waste dump in the world, where 10,000 informal workers walk through tons of abandoned goods as part of an informal recycling process. They risk their health searching for the precious metals that are found in abandoned smartphones. But Agbogbloshie legally should not exist. The Basel Convention, a 1989 treaty, aims to prevent developed nations from unauthorized dumping of e-waste in less developed countries. The e-waste industry, however, circumvents regulation by exporting e-waste labelled as “secondhand goods” to poor countries like Ghana, knowing full well that it is heading for a landfill site. A recent report found Agbogbloshie contained some of the most dangerous chemicals. This is not surprising: smart phones contain chemicals like mercury(水银), lead and even arsenic(砷). Reportedly, one egg from a free-range chicken in Agbogbloshie contained a certain chemical which can cause cancer and damage the immune system at a level that’s about 220 times greater than a limit set by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Most worryingly, these poisonous chemicals are free to pollute the broader soil and water system. This should concern us all, since some of Ghana’s top exports are cocoa and nuts. Some governments have started to take responsibility for their consumers’ waste. For example, Germany has started a project that includes a sustainable recycling system at Agbogbloshie, along with a health clinic for workers. However, governments cannot solve the problem alone, as there is an almost limitless consumer demand for hardware, especially when governments’ green policies are focused on issues like climate change. Only the manufacturers can fix this. A more economically sustainable and politically possible solution is through encouraging hardware manufacturers to make the repair, reuse and recycling of hardware profitable, or at least cost-neutral. 【1】What can we infer from Paragraph 2? A.Electronic waste requires more landfill sites. B.Electronic waste is too complex to get fully recycled. C.Electronic products need to be improved immediately. D.Electronic pollution is a burning question in Agbogbloshie. 【2】What does the underlined word “circumvents” in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Relaxes. B.Abolishes. C.Avoids. D.Tightens. 【3】What should be the biggest concern according to the text? A.The violation of EFSA’s standards. B.The threat of polluted food worldwide. C.The lack of diversity in Ghana’s exports. D.The damage to chicken’s immune system. 【4】What does the author think is the best solution to the e-waste problem? A.Letting governments take on the main responsibility. B.Reducing customers’ demands for electronic products. C.Governments adjusting their green policies about e-waste. D.Manufacturers’ developing a sustainable hardware economy. |
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Many years ago， I was a college graduate with a degree but no job. My substitute teaching work ended and I got desperate. I had a family to feed. 【1】While I was grateful， my first day there was quite a blow to my ego(自尊). The job at the local wood mill paid less but was hard and back-breaking. It was full of bending， lifting， and carrying heavy wood for eight hours a day. 【2】 When winter arrived my gloves tore and my fingers split and bled in the cold air. I found myself using more band aids than I ever thought I would just to keep my hands working.【3】 At the end of two years only four other people had worked there longer than I had. Every morning I pulled myself out of bed and went to work knowing it was going to be another difficult day. I tried my best to keep my spirits up but many times during those years I asked， "Why me? Why am I having to go through this? Why has my life not turned out the way I dreamed it would?" 【4】 I think maybe in a way I needed those tough times. I needed them to shrink my ego. I needed them to become more caring， sympathetic， and loving. 【5】 It is these times that make us mature. If you are going through some "Why Me?" times， don’t give up. Use them to become stronger， kinder and more loving. A.Fortunately， my brother got me a job. B.Now many years later I got the answer. C.Every day I went home aching and tired. D.The resigning rate at the mill became very high. E.Maybe no one knew when the tough times would end. F.Day after day， I wondered when I could realize my dream. G.I think it is the "Why Me?" times of our lives that make us grow the most. |
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When do you stick with something even if you’re not the best at it? When people find out my son Sam is a(n) ________ mathlete, they usually ask if my husband and I are “math people”. The answer is definitely not. Sam’s done pretty well ________ his parents aren’t math people. But sometimes I wish I was a math person so I could help him or at least give him better ________. Ninth grade was ________ for Sam, math-wise. He left the ________ of middle school math, where he was kind of a big fish, and started ________ with the high school kids. In the most recent competition, he didn’t do as well as he’d hoped and was ________ by a math camp he’d applied to. He’d set a high goal for himself and hadn’t quite ________ it. He ________ into my office one day last week, clearly discouraged. “I don’t know why I didn’t do better,” he said, ________ on a chair. “Maybe I should just ________. I’m not good enough.” I knew how he felt. The thought ________ us all-that we just aren’t good enough, and that all our hard work won’t ________ in the end and we can’t turn our ________ into success. I don’t have an answer for Sam. I am still ________. How to ________ difficulty, disappointment, rejection, boredom. How to commit ourselves to something because it’s beautiful and worth our while, not because we’re ________ we’ll succeed. “Maybe you’re not,” I said, looking at my son. To me, he is incredible and accomplished, but I know he is ________ by doubt just like anyone. “But I, for one, don’t think that’s been decided yet.” To devote time to something with no guarantee of its ________ is risky and terrifying. But, then again, ________ is everything. And we don’t need to be a math person to know that. 【1】A.competitive B.sensitive C.generous D.anxious 【2】A.unless B.because C.considering D.providing 【3】A.life B.advice C.solution D.taste 【4】A.interesting B.attractive C.boring D.tough 【5】A.principle B.world C.test D.age 【6】A.running B.travelling C.swimming D.hunting 【7】A.admitted B.received C.caught D.rejected 【8】A.scored B.reached C.pursued D.managed 【9】A.stole B.marched C.wandered D.jogged 【10】A.sinking B.lying C.sliding D.hiding 【11】A.struggle B.experience C.try D.quit 【12】A.interrupts B.discourages C.limits D.suits 【13】A.mind B.occur C.matter D.differ 【14】A.effort B.luck C.support D.belief 【15】A.practicing B.risking C.suffering D.learning 【16】A.bring up B.go over C.push through D.turn down 【17】A.certain B.happy C.optimistic D.anxious 【18】A.warned B.troubled C.destroyed D.guided 【19】A.quality B.shelter C.virtue D.success 【20】A.so B.nor C.such D.it |
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Have you ever given a thought to inspiration？In fact, inspiration can be a strange thing. You never know when it might_________, and sometimes, it can come from the most_________places. I recently read about an author named Nnedi Okorafor. When she was in college, she had a serious spine disorder. Okorafor was told that a simple operation could_________it. But when she woke up from her_________, she found that she couldn’t move her legs and was in great pain. Okorafor got_________later. But before she did, she saw strange things in her hospital room. She imagined her _________as a beast that hunted her from the shadows. But she also_________a woman-a woman who could fly, in fact. This_________woman inspired her and helped her_________her pain. “I felt myself become__________,” she wrote in her book Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected. We__________know where we might find the inspiration to create. As a__________, most of my inspiration comes from other people’s music. But I also find__________in other places. Books, movies and__________just moments in everyday life can lead to new creations. __________, I recently rewatched the film Blade Runner. I’ve seen it plenty of times before; it’s one of my favorite movies. But this time, for some reason, I saw it__________.I decided to make music that could create the same feeling as the__________. It’s not done yet, but the music I’m working on now is heavily__________by the movie’s setting and characters. Anything can__________us. You just have to be__________to catch inspiration when it hits. 【1】A.work B.hit C.exist D.pass 【2】A.interesting B.ordinary C.unexpected D.dangerous 【3】A.fix B.make C.remove D.control 【4】A.dream B.shock C.recovery D.operation 【5】A.well B.bad C.worried D.annoyed 【6】A.curiosity B.pain C.anger D.fear 【7】A.asked B.met C.imagined D.visited 【8】A.confident B.smart C.honest D.magical 【9】A.forget B.recognize C.describe D.practice 【10】A.richer B.better C.busier D.quieter 【11】A.always B.never C.sometimes D.still 【12】A.director B.dancer C.musician D.writer 【13】A.tips B.messages C.examples D.ideas 【14】A.even B.again C.not D.only 【15】A.In short B.In addition C.For example D.After all 【16】A.differently B.perfectly C.vividly D.smoothly 【17】A.story B.song C.play D.film 【18】A.changed B.supported C.disturbed D.influenced 【19】A.impress B.inspire C.amuse D.challenge 【20】A.free B.thankful C.ready D.careful |
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 By the end of June this year, 55 BeiDou satellites 【1】 (send) up, meaning the of completion of China’s self-developed BeiDou Navigation（导航）Satellite System (BDS). 【2】 BDS appears later than America’s GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and EU’s Galileo, it can equal them. As one of the four global navigation satellite systems, BDS involves combined efforts of over 400 agencies and 300,000 research personnel and technicians. Originally 【3】 (draft) in the 1980s, the project represents a milestone in China’s space effort. BDS is comparable to GPS in terms of the 【4】 (accurate) of positioning, which has been applied 【5】 shared Hellobikes in Daqing. It also offers, short message communication, thus 【6】 (provide) emergency communications in areas 【7】 fail to pick up clear conventional communication signals occasionally. In an effort 【8】 (improve) the quality of their positioning services, Apple and Samsung phones, among others, are already using BDS’ signals, and so is every Chinese brand. The construction of complete BDS is 【9】 huge technical achievement for China and can 【10】 (true) pay off in the near future. Meanwhile, BDS’s remarkable contribution to promoting the world’s economic and social development as well as peaceful use of space has attracted the world’s attention. |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the “Hand of God” goal in 1986 and 【1】(lead) his country to that year's World Cup title, has died. He was 60. Maradona’s spokesman, Sebastián Sanchi, said he died Wednesday of heart attack, two weeks after being released from a hospital in Buenos Aires 【2】 (follow)brain surgery. The office of Argentina’s president said it will decree(颁布法令) three days of national mourning, and the Argentine soccer association expressed 【3】(it) sorrow on Twitter. Maradona captivated 【4】 (fan) around the world over a two-decade career with a fascinating style of play. Although his reputation 【5】 (influence)by an ill-fated spell in charge of the national team, he remained idolized(偶像) in Argentina 【6】 “Golden Boy”. “You took us to the top of the world,” Argentine President Alfredo Fernández said on social media. “You made us 【7】(incredible)happy. You were the greatest of all.” The No.10 he wore on his shirt became synonymous with(同义)him, as it also had with Pele, the Brazilian great with 【8】 Maradona was regularly paired as the best of all time. “What sad news,” Pele said Wednesday. “I lost 【9】 great friend and the world lost a legend. May God give 【10】(strong) to family members. One day, hope we can play ball together in the sky.” |
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假设你是李华，你校英语口语社将换届选举，你欲参选社长，请你写一篇英语竞选演讲稿，进行口头竞选演讲。内容包括： 1. 竞选职位； 2. 个人优势； 3. 当选设想。 注意：1. 词数80左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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