Time Travel
If you could travel in time,where would you go?Perhaps you would watch a performance of a Shakespeare's play in Elizabethan England?What about hanging out with Laozi in the Spring and Autumn Period?Or maybe you'd voyage far ahead of the present day to see what the future holds.
The possibility of time travel is indeed appealing.Stories exploring the subject have been around for hundreds of years.Perhaps the best known example is science fiction novel The Time Machine,which was written by H.G.Wells and published in 1895 for the first time.It was adapted into at least two feature films of the same name,as well as two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations.It is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively.The term"time machine",coined by Wells,is now universally used to refer to a vehicle transporting people into the far future.
But could time travel actually be possible?Some scientists say yes,in theory.They propose using cracks in time and space called"wormholes",which could be used as shortcuts to other periods.Einstein's theory of relativity allows time travel in extreme circumstances. And British physicist Stephen Hawking says you could travel into the future with a really fast spaceship-going at nearly the speed of light.Though building such a spaceship would of course be no simple task.
Even if you could travel into the past,there is something called the"grandfather paradox".It asks what would happen if a time traveler were to go back in time and have his own grandfather killed for some reason,and therefore prevent himself from being born.If the time traveler wasn't born,how would he travel back in time?
And would you really like to visit the future?In H.G.Wells' book,the main character travels into distant time where he arrives at a beach and is attacked by giant crabs.He then voyages 30 million years into the future where the only living thing is a black object with tentacles(触角）。
If that's what's in store,maybe we are better just living in the present day after all.
1.The novel The Time Machine mentioned in Paragraph 2 aims to show______.
A.the long history of time travel
B.the contribution of H.G.Wells
C.people's interest in time travel
D.the story's different features
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.The Time Machine is one of the bestselling science fiction novels.
B.It was H.G.Wells who invented the term “time machine”.
C.Works of Literature about time travel first appeared one hundred years ago.
D.There are films,comic books and dramas adapted from the novel The Time Machine.
3.Einstein's and Hawking's theories______.
A.have similarities because both are based on experiments
B.suggest the possibility of time travel
C.have been proved wrong by some time travelers
D.have pushed the invention of the first spaceship
4.In Paragraph 4,"grandfather paradox”probably refers to the idea that______.
A.the reunion of the traveler and his grandfather brings happiness
B.the traveler is prevented from meeting his grandfather
C.the traveler goes back in time to seek for his grandfather
D.the grandfather's death makes the traveler's birth impossible
When we talk to our friends online,typing can become a little boring.More often than not,we turn to memes(表情包）to make our conversations more fun. But sometimes, sending the wrong meme can mean trouble.
At least 10 students who were admitted to Harvard University lost their chance to study there after posting offensive memes in a private Facebook group, the university’s student newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, reported on June 5.In fact, this was not the first time Harvard had dealt with a case like this. Instead of regular jokes, the memes “went to truly dark and ugly places, joking about Orthodox Jews, the Holocaust and Mexican children,” reported CNN.
At first,the group was meant for would-be Harvard freshmen to get to know each other before they began university.But later,some students set up another group where they traded several offensive memes.When Harvard University found out about the group, it took back the students’ offers.
The incident has caused fierce debates, both in the university and around the world.
“I appreciate humor, but there are so many topics that just should not be joked about.” incoming freshman Jessica Zhang told the Harvard Crimson. “I do not know how those offensive images could be defended.”
However, others believe the university overstepped the boundaries. “It sounds like Harvard is intruding too deeply into the private lives of students, ”Alan Dershowitz, a retired Harvard Law School professor, told The Guardian, “It may affect them for life.”
The university didn’t explain the decision to withdraw the offers,saying it doesn’t comment publicly on the admission of individual applicants.But one of Harvard’s own policies says it has the right to withdraw offers of acceptance if “an admitted student engages in behavior that brings into question his or her honesty,maturity,or moral character”, according to the Harvard Crimson.
1.From the text we can know that .
A.people send memes to make fun of friends during conversations
B.some Harvard students set up a group to get familiar with university courses
C.Harvard University had never dealt with similar cases before
D.Alan Dershowitz thinks it wrong to take back these students’ offers
2.Harvard withdrew the students’ offers probably because .
A.they sent memes online
B.their moral characters were questionable
C.their behavior affected their private lives
D.they joked about Harvard’s policy.
3.What is the writer’s attitude toward the decision?
A.Supportive.
B.Objective.
C.Subjective.
D.Indifferent.
4.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A.Harvard Hopefuls Pay Tough Price
B.Harvard Freshmen Face Charges
C.Harvard Draws the Public’s Attention
D.Harvard Focuses on Students’ Privacy
Selena Gomez and I were scheduled to meet at a low-key coffee shop in Encino. Not wanting to keep the superstar waiting, I arrived at nine, 20 minutes early. As I was catching up on e-mails, Selena quietly scooted into the seat next to me. No bodyguard. Not even a drop of makeup. She was ten minutes early and so inconspicuous that no one else in the restaurant looked up so much. Selena was wearing Bebe shorts. She had a baby face and ordered a hot chocolate.
After making small talk about what she wore for the shoot, she dived into the subject of her career. Selena declared 2012 the year of movies. She filmed three: Spring Breakers, a drama; The Getaway, an action flick; and Hotel Transylvania, a comedy. Each is a marked move away from the teen style that made her a household name.
Now that her Disney days are behind her, Selena is at that unstable point in a child star's career where she is trying to grow up-both as a person (she turned 20 in July) and as an artist. “Being part of the Disney Channel was a blessing, and I'm super happy with what my show accomplished, but acting is something I would like to take on more seriously.” She continued, “I don't necessarily feel accomplished. I want to create a whole different persona when it comes to acting.”
Selena has been working full time since she was seven years old and scored a role on Barney & Friends. In 2007, when she was offered the lead in Wizards of Waverly Place, Selena, her mother, and her stepfather uprooted from Grand Prairie, Texas, to LA, where they are settling now.
1.When did Selena arrive at the low-key coffee shop?
A.At 10:00.
B.At 9:10.
C.At 8:50.
D.At 9:30.
2.The underlined word in the first paragraph probably means .
A.unconcerned
B.graceful
C.not easily seen
D.always thinking of others
3.We can learn from Paragraph 2 that .
A.three famous films made in 2012 have shown her teen style
B.Selena went into her film career as soon as we met in the coffee shop
C.each of the three films marks Selena's move away from her teen style
D.the film Hotel Transylvania is an action flick made in 2012
4.What did Selena think of Disney days which were behind her?
A.She thought of playing in Disney as an unstable point in her career.
B.She considered her being part of the Disney Channel a blessing.
C.She didn't feel very satisfied with her show in Disney.
D.She found herself not accomplished in her performance in Disney.
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Last year, our city called on the citizens to sort and recycle rubbish, but I became a volunteer in my neighbourhood. After dinner, I got to the place that different rubbish should be thrown into different bin. Then came an old lady, carrying a bag of kitchen waste with plastic bottles in them. I helped her pick out of the recyclable bottles with patient. After that, more people came and I show them how to classify the rubbish mixing in their bags. When the kitchen waste was taken away, I finished my job. Although tired, I felt happily and went home with strong sense of achievement.
