When Republic of Korea(ROK) President Moon Jae-in said on Feb 3, "China's difficulty is also ours" to raise his nation's awareness of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus(COVID-19) in China, China was facing the difficult period of controlling the spread of the virus nationwide. 1.
Now it is the ROK that seems to be at the critical juncture of how China was then, as the country has the highest number of people infected with the virus outside of China; 1,261 as of Wednesday.
2. That the organizing committee for the Olympic Games in Tokyo has for the first time noted that whether the Games will be held as scheduled in the summer depends on how well the epidemic(传染病) is controlled in the next three months indicates that the country is at a crossroad in its efforts to contain the spread of the virus.
The ROK and Japan's advanced medical systems, solid economic foundations and unity of their people in the fight against the virus will prove indispensable to defeating the virus. 3.
Before vaccines are developed, it is good to see that the two countries have already heeded China's lessons and experience in dealing with the epidemic and they are trying to limit population mobility. 4.
Given the three economies' collective importance to the global supply chain, other countries should also prepare for the epidemic's likely aftermath on the world economy, and consider what they can do to support the three countries in their struggle.
5.
A.However, their closely-packed populations will put their governance systems to a tough test.
B.Japan too seems to be facing a similar situation with 170 people infected with the virus, not including 691 from the ship quarantined(被隔离的) at Yokohama port.
C.Their battle is also the world's.
D.Public health policymakers and institutes should step up their cooperation so as to better coordinate their war against a common enemy.
E.It deeply appreciated the moral and material support given by the ROK.
F.The detection, quarantine and hospitalization of those who are suspected of being infected must be done in a wait-for-nothing manner as the two countries are in a race to get ahead of the spread of the virus.
G.It is trying hard to minimize the influence of the epidemic.
“If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect,” the media giant Ted Turner supposedly said sometime in the 1990s. Why be modest? Aristotle said: “All men by nature desire to know.” Intellectual humility is a particular instance of humility, since you can be down-to-earth about most things but still ignore your mental limitations.
Intellectual humility means recognising that we don’t know everything. Actually, it means we should acknowledge that we're probably biased in our belief about just how much we understand and seek out the sources of wisdom that we lack.
The Internet and digital media have created the impression of limitless knowledge at our fingertips. But, by making us lazy, they have opened up a space that ignorance can fill. The psychologist Tania Lombrozo of the University of California explained how technology enhances our illusions (错觉) of wisdom. She argues that the way we access information is critical to our understanding — and the more easily we can recall an image, word or statement, the more likely we’ll think we’ve successfully learned it, and so withdraw from effortful cognitive processing. Logical puzzles presented in an unfriendly font (字体), for example, can encourage someone to make extra effort to solve them. Yet this approach runs counter to the nice designs of the apps and sites that populate our screens, where our brain processes information in a “smooth” way. What about all the information that presents online? Well, your capacity to learn from it depends on your attitudes. Intellectually humble people don’t hide or ignore their weaknesses. In fact, they see them as sources of personal development, and use arguments as an opportunity to refine their views. People who are humble by nature tend to be more open-minded and quicker to resolve disputes, since they recognise that their own opinions might not be valid.
At the other end of the scale lies intellectual arrogance. Such arrogance almost always originates from the egocentric bias – the tendency to overestimate their own virtue or importance, ignoring the role of chance or the influence of other people’s actions on their lives. This is what makes these people credit success to themselves and failure to circumstance. From an evolutionary perspective, intellectual arrogance can also be seen as a way of achieving dominance through forcing one’s view on others. Intellectually arrogant people hardly invest mental resources in discussion or working towards group consensus, thus making it hard for groups to work successfully.
The Thrive Center for Human Development in California, which seeks to help young people tum into successful adults, is funding a series of major studies about intellectual humility. Their hypothesis is that humility, curiosity and openness are key to a fulfilling life. “Without humility, you are unable to learn,” Laszlo Bock, Google’s Head of People Operations, notes.
1.The passage is mainly about ______.
A.the harm arrogance does to us
B.the key elements to a fulfilling life
C.the significance of intellectual humility
D.the way people access information online
2.Technology enhances our illusions of wisdom because it ______.
A.enables people to think critically
B.offers too much unreliable information
C.allows easy access to abundant information
D.makes it hard for people to recall information
3.According to Para.3, intellectually humble people ______.
A.value others’ opinions more than their own
B.use online information to better themselves
C.are unwilling to show their strengths
D.prefer to solve difficult problems
4.The author will probably agree that ______.
A.intellectual arrogance is the result of evolution
B.intellectually arrogant people often lack team spirits
C.successful people are often unaware of their limitations
D.circumstances don’t favor intellectually arrogant people
Researchers have recorded penguins making sounds underwater for the first time — the first time such behavior has been identified in seabirds. These animals, like other seabirds, are highly vocal on land. They are known to communicate when their heads are above the water in the ocean, possibly for the purposes of group formation.
However, until the latest study — published in the journal Zoological Science — it was not known whether penguins made sounds underwater, like some other air-breathing marine predators, such as whales and dolphins. For their research, a team of scientists led by Andréa from Nelson Mandela University in South Africa, wanted to investigate this issue. To do so, they fitted adult penguins from three species with video cameras featuring built-in microphones.
To the surprise of Andréa and her colleagues, the team recorded a total of 203 underwater vocalizations from the penguins in the underwater footage they captured over a month-long period in 2019. These are the first recordings of seabirds producing vocalizations underwater. “I couldn’t believe it. I had to replay it many times,” Andréa said.
The vocalizations that the team recorded — which sound like rapid whoops — were very short in duration, lasting about 0.06 seconds on average. And all of these sounds were emitted（发出）during dives in which the animals were searching for food. Currently, it is not clear why the penguins are making these sounds; however, they only produce them while hunting. In fact, more than 50 percent of the vocalizations were immediately preceded by an acceleration movement or followed by an attempt to hunt.
According to the researchers, this suggests that the sounds are related to hunting behavior — especially because the penguins tend to be alone when they make them, indicating that communication was not the purpose. The researchers guess that the penguins may be using the vocalizations to stun(使昏迷) their prey. However, much more research is required to determine why the penguins make these sounds, the scientists note.
1.How does Andréa’s team conduct the study about penguins?
A.By recording penguins’ sounds on land.
B.By fixing electronic devices on the penguins.
C.By observing penguins’ activities underwater.
D.By catching different kinds of adult penguins.
2.What can we infer from Andréa’s words in paragraph 3?
A.Penguins’ sounds are too low to hear.
B.She doubts if penguins could make sounds.
C.Penguins seldom make sounds underwater.
D.It’s not easy to obtain penguins’ sounds underwater.
3.When do penguins probably produce sounds underwater?
A.When they take a deep breath.
B.When they dive to hunt for food.
C.When they teach their babies diving.
D.When they communicate with their partners.
4.What is the scientists’ attitude towards the research results?
A.Cautious. B.Negative.
C.Supportive. D.Indifferent.
What is a hero? We may think of the fictional characters with supernatural powers or great people who can influence world events. Now, as the nation continues its all-out efforts to fight against the novel coronavirus pneumonia(COVID-19), medical staff have become heroes in the eyes of the public.
As of Feb 19, a total of 32,000 medical staff outside Hubei province have been working to treat patients around the center of the outbreak.
Zhang Dingyu, the president of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, is one of these heroes. Since the hospital received the first seven patients in December, Zhang has been so busy that he barely gets any sleep. Even suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (肌萎缩侧索硬化), the 56-year-old doctor is doing his best to quicken his pace to save precious time for infected patients. “I have to run, racing against time to save more patients from the deadly disease, because I don’t have much time left in my life,” Zhang told Xinhua News Agency.
With the duty of saving lives, many medical professionals like Zhang have been working long hours for days, despite their fear and worries.
Lu Jingjing from Wuhan Children’s Hospital also works at a temporary mobile hospital. She does not let her parents know that she is now working with novel coronavirus-infected patients.
When her parents ask for a video chat, Lu says she is working and lets her husband and children chat with them instead.
“It’s dangerous but we should win the battle with the virus as soon as possible, so that medical staff and patients can go back home,” she told China Daily.
US writer Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) once wrote, “Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but the manifestations of strength and resolution.” It’s true for the medical workers.
Everyone has fear, especially when it comes to deadly diseases. But for medical staff, saving lives comes first and is enough for them to be brave and stay on the front. They may look like ordinary people in daily life, but in these extraordinary times, they are heroes.
1.What is the author’s main purpose in writing this article?
A.To explain what makes a modern-day hero.
B.To praise medical staff for their efforts to fight the NCP.
C.To describe what measures China has taken to deal with the virus.
D.To show the difficulties faced by medical staff treating NCP patients.
2.What do we learn from Zhang Dingyu’s words?
A.His illness has turned him into an impatient man.
B.His illness makes him work without fear.
C.He feels sorry for himself because of his illness.
D.He wants to help as many patients as possible.
3.Why doesn’t Lu Jingjing answer her parents’ video calls?
A.She is too busy and has no time for video chats.
B.She doesn’t want her parents to worry about her.
C.It’s not allowed to make a video call from the hospital.
D.There is no WiFi signal at the temporary mobile hospital.
4.The underlined word “manifestations” in the second-to-last paragraph probably means “_______”.
A.results B.differences
C.indications D.advantages
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Another World Lies Beyond: Religious Arts of China at The Met
Thursday/ September 19, 2019
11:00 А. М.
Joseph Scheier-Dolberg, Oscar Tang and Agnes Hsu-Tang Associate Curator of Chinese Paintings, Department of Asian Art, The Met
Explore the vast diversity of the religious arts of China -- from lavish Buddhist ritual paintings to playful Daoist immortals and popular deities(神) printed for use in the home.
Presented in conjunction(联合) with the exhibition Another World Lies Beyond: Chinese Art and the Divine, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue August 24, 2019-February 2, 2020.
Tickets include same-day Museum admission.
The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy
Tuesday/ October 29, 2019
11:00 A. М.
Barbara Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Met
Internationally renowned medieval art historian Barbara Boehm, author of The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy, examines how a cache of medieval jewelry and coins found in 1863 in the Alsatian city of Colmar attests to(证实) the delicate art of the medieval goldsmith and provides a glimpse of life along the Rhine in the troubled 14th century.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy, on view at The Met Cloisters July 22, 2019-January 12, 2020.
Tickets include same-day Museum admission.
Play It Loud: Andy Summers, A Certain Strangeness
Saturday/ June 22, 2019
6:30 Р. М.
Guitarist Andy Summers demonstrates his dual musical and visual artistic practices with a multimedia presentation titled A Certain Strangeness. Summers weaves an audiovisual spell by combining surreal imagery and innovative guitar techniques. The evening culminates with a conversation between Summers and Jayson Dobney, Frederick P. Rose Curator in Charge, Department of Musical Instruments, The Met
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll.
Tickets include same-day Museum admission.
1.Who will be likely to attend the Another World Lies Beyond: Religious Arts of China at The Met?
A.People who are interested in sports.
B.People who are interested in religious arts.
C.Some Buddhists who are fond of tales.
D.People who are interested in Confucianism.
2.What can we know about The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy?
A.Medieval goldsmith were highly skilled.
B.The lecture is about the Jews.
C.The exhibition is on view for a year.
D.People can go to the lecture on August 23, 2019
3.What is the author's purpose in writing the text?
A.To introduce some exhibitions. B.To introduce some lectures.
C.To introduce some artists. D.To call on people to attend the lectures.
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At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people 1. ( speak) English. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world and because 2. that, English began to 3. (speak) in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or foreign language than ever before.
Native English speakers can understand each other even 4. they don’t speak the same kind of English. Look at this example:
British Betty: Would you like to see my 5.?
American Amy: Yes, I’d like to come up to your apartment.
So why has English changed 6. time? Actually all languages change and develop 7. cultures meet and communicate with each other. At first the English 8.(speak) in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was based more 9.German than the English we speak now.
Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150, English became less like German because those 10. ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary.
