My Ph.D. adviser called me into his office and started by saying, “Anurag, this conversation isn’t going to be easy.” My mind was instantly ________ into a burst of thoughts about what was to follow. He looked me in the eye and announced, “You are fired from the lab.” I stared back in ________, “Is he joking?”
I ________ my Ph.D. adviser, and my experiments progressed as planned. Though I made a few mistakes in the lab, I wasn’t ________ that my adviser noticed them, and he never spoke to me about any concerns. That’s why I was caught ________ in his office that day. I suspect he fired me because of those mistakes. He wasn’t ________ that I could complete my research.
I tried to change his mind with ________ results, but he remained unchanged. I was soon thrown into a state of ________, and I could not break the news to my family.
________ I collected myself. I thought of a movie, one line from which ________ to me: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade (柠檬汁).” What kind of “lemonade” could I make out of my current ________?
My desire to complete a Ph.D. was never in doubt. After much ________, I reminded myself that one ________ attempt was not the end of the world, and that I needed to give it another try. I emailed potential advisers and ________ to other programs. Within 2 months, I received a(an) ________ from a Ph.D. program in Italy—my goal of completing a Ph.D. was ________ once again.
I’m ________ that I didn’t give up on my dream and that I found another ________ professor who accepted me. So, if you find yourself in ________ situations and life gives you lemons, ________ yourself: “How can I make lemonade?”
1.A.sent B.changed C.steeled D.broken
2.A.silence B.anger C.disbelief D.response
3.A.got along with B.argued with C.put up with D.dealt with
4.A.discouraged B.ashamed C.afraid D.aware
5.A.beyond control B.without delay C.off guard D.on purpose
6.A.delighted B.satisfied C.confident D.tolerant
7.A.annoying B.promising C.disappointing D.amusing
8.A.tiredness B.anxiety C.confusion D.terror
9.A.Somehow B.Indeed C.Instead D.Otherwise
10.A.drew up B.stuck out C.came across D.went down
11.A.situation B.job C.dream D.dilemma
12.A.appreciation B.hesitation C.reflection D.instruction
13.A.planned B.failed C.mistaken D.ignored
14.A.contributed B.appealed C.adjusted D.applied
15.A.offer B.refusal C.appointment D.call
16.A.ruined B.achieved C.perfect D.alive
17.A.convinced B.determined C.regretful D.thankful
18.A.generous B.famous C.strict D.willing
19.A.awkward B.urgent C.similar D.absurd
20.A.believe B.ask C.tell D.persuade
Are you an angry bird? When you’re angry, your body becomes tense. 1. Here are some other simple tricks to chill and think before you act.
Understand your anger
Think like a detective and track down clues about the kinds of situations, people, and events that set off your anger. 2. Even if you can’t get away from them, at least you’ll have more time to prepare for them so they don’t affect you so negatively. You can also think of the situation as an opportunity to practice not getting mad.
Go for a walk
When you get really angry, walk away from the source. A 5-minute walk outside or another calming activity like yoga are both great strategies for dealing with anger. If your anger arises from the traffic jam you’re stuck in, turn up the radio and sing at the top of your lungs. 3.
Write letters
4. So if you’re trying to calm down fast, grab your journal and write it all out. You can simply write your own feelings or try writing a letter to the person who upsets you. You never have to send it and just writing it will help you feel better.
Talk about your anger
It’s not just writing that helps relieve anger. 5. The trick is not to unload your anger on the person making you upset but to release your pressure by talking with a neutral (中立的) friend, family member, or specialist. A neutral observer can bring reasonable judgment to the situation. You can even try talking out loud to yourself about it.
Now that you’ve learned how to keep your anger in check, try some of these little changes that will make you a happier person.
A.Expressing it orally can also be incredibly calming.
B.Once you’re aware of them, try to avoid them if possible.
C.Writing out your feelings really does help you feel better.
D.The idea is to create a mental or physical escape from the situation.
E.Losing your temper makes you look like the bad guy to everyone else.
F.Deep breathing is just one of the ways you can instantly turn a bad mood around.
G.Exercise can help people lower their levels of anger and other negative emotions.
Nowadays medical technology seems to be advanced enough for doctors to perform brain transplants (移植). Though this procedure has only been successfully performed on animals so far, doctors are still hoping to perform this procedure on humans. However, in my opinion, brain transplants should not be performed at all, especially not on humans because of the large number of problems and side effects that could come along with. Hopefully these dangerous side effects will convince doctors not to perform this procedure on humans.
Despite many benefits technology brings, I do not think this medical technology of brain transplants will help. We were all born with one brain and through childhood to adolescence our mind developed into who we are, so if with a different brain we would no longer be unique. A person with a different brain would seem to be a total stranger and in many ways they would be. No one should steal our identity from us, even if we are seriously injured, and change it to a completely new one. Also for the people who have died with healthy brains, that was their identity and it should not be given to anyone else.
Another problem with brain transplants is how doctors can choose what are “healthy” or “normal” brains. An elderly person who has died would have an aged brain that would not be as efficient as a younger person’s brain. Then would doctors have to find healthy brains of the same age as the person who needs it? This could also bring up other factors such as intelligence, gender, or physical problems that a person might have had before death. Also another problem might be how long a brain can be kept “alive” after death and how it can be kept “alive” without damage.
Overall, my feelings about this surgery are that it should not be done on humans until doctors have overcome all the problems and obstacles (障碍) that stand in their way of making human brain transplants successful.
1.Why does the author think brain transplants should not be performed at all?
A.The cost of the surgery is extremely high.
B.Doctors are not able to perform brain transplants.
C.A good many problems and side effects may arise.
D.This procedure has only been successful on animals.
2.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.People shouldn’t give their healthy brains to others.
B.Having a brain transplant means losing one’s identity.
C.Transplanting brains is changing old brains into new ones.
D.Having brain transplants indicates stealing identity from others.
3.What do we know about “healthy” brains?
A.Aged brains aren’t healthy brains. B.Young brains are always healthy.
C.Healthy brains cannot be kept “alive”. D.It’s very difficult to tell healthy brains.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To encourage brain donation.
B.To stress the importance of brain operation.
C.To argue against brain transplants on humans.
D.To introduce the technology of brain transplants.
When life gives you pineapples—and hundreds of millions of tons of pineapple waste—what do you do? Engineers in Singapore and Vietnam decided to tum all the waste into something useful—the heat barrier for their pineapple juice. Not only does their new material keep drinks cool better than many commercial coolers, but it could also offer a final resting place for the world’s pineapple waste.
To find a use for those leftovers, the researchers mixed pineapple fibers, which they cut up in an electric device, with a sticky agent as a solvent. They then treated the mix with sound waves at frequencies greater than 20 kHz and heated it in an oven at 80℃ for 2 hours. The suspension that formed was then cooled before being freeze-dried.
The result was a pale yellow aerogel (气凝胶) that is lightweight, flexible, and more than 96% porous (多孔的)—qualities that make it an ideal material against both heat and sound.
When the researchers wrapped a sheet of the pineapple aerogel around a military-style canteen bottle, they found that the aerogel could provide three times the heat exchange reduction of commercially available alternatives—they reported this month in Materials Chemistry and Physics. The gel-wrapped bottle kept -3℃ water cooled below 0℃ for 6 hours and liquid heated to 90℃ above 40℃ for 2.5 hours. What’s more, the pineapple gel also acted as a sound barrier; in another test, the gel did a better job of preventing noise from getting in or out than Basmel, a popular kind of sound barrier.
The findings provide a new, eco-friendly approach to recycling agricultural cast-offs—and a good excuse to get a better electric device for your kitchen.
1.Why do engineers come up with the idea of the heat barrier?
A.To lower the cost of heat barriers. B.To make good use of pineapple waste.
C.To find a better cooler for pineapple juice. D.To turn pineapples into something more useful.
2.What is the last step of making the pineapple aerogel?
A.Freeze-drying the suspension. B.Cooling the formed suspension.
C.Cutting up the pineapple leftovers. D.Treating the mix with sound waves.
3.What can we learn about the pineapple aerogel from paragraph 4?
A.It kept the liquid heated to 130℃ for about 2.5 hours.
B.It kept the water cooled below -3℃ for nearly 6 hours.
C.It could be three times as effective as other heat barriers.
D.It did a better job as a sound barrier than as a heat barrier.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A.A Better Way to Keep Drinks Cool. B.An Alternative Way to Recycle Waste.
C.Pineapple Waste, a Wonderful Drink Cooler. D.Pineapples, One of the Most Common Fruits.
As temperatures approached 90 degrees in New York City last July 4th, three police officers hurried into a Whole Foods Market to get something cold to drink. What they walked into was a heated human drama.
Once inside, the cops (警察) , Lt. Louis Sojo and Officers Esanidy Cuevas and Michael Rivera, were approached by a store security guard who asked for help with a suspected thief. The woman in question didn’t have the look of a career criminal. She was obviously scared, and her cheeks were wet with tears.
The cops looked quickly inside her bag. “Al1 we saw was containers of food. We didn’t see anything else,” Cuevas told CBS New York.
“I’m hungry,” she explained quietly.
Caught red-handed, the woman no doubt expected to be cuffed (带上手铐) and put into prison for the crime of being hungry while poor. But the cops had other ideas. “We’ll pay for her food,” Sojo told the surprised security guard.
There’d been no discussion among the three men, no need to see whether they were all in. It went unsaid. Instead, they picked up the woman’s bag and escorted (护送) her to a cash register, where each contrilbuted $10 to pay the bill. She would not be arrested today.
All the woman could do was weep in thankfulness. Covering her face with a handkerchief and drying her eyes, she repeated, “Thank you, thank you.”
She wasn’t the only one touched by this act of sympathy and understanding. “It was a very beautiful, genuine moment,” says Paul Bozymowski, who was at the store. He was so taken by what he’d witnessed that he posted a photo on Twitter for all to see.
But attention was never what the officers sought. They were driven by a far more common emotion. As Sojo told CNN, “When you look at someone’s face and see that they need you and they’re actually hungry, it’s pretty difficult as a human being to walk away from something like this.”
1.Why did the woman weep at first?
A.She was scared of being arrested. B.She was wrongly accused of stealing.
C.She was too poor to pay for the goods. D.She was touched by the act of these cops.
2.What does the underlined word “red-handed” in paragraph 5 refer to?
A.In the act of committing a crime. B.For lack of knowledge or experience.
C.Because of the blood-covered hands. D.On account of her pretended innocence.
3.We can infer that the cops paid the bill for the woman to __________.
A.seek attention of the public B.gain both fame and wealth
C.solve the problem as soon as possible D.help the hungry and poor woman out of trouble
4.Which of the following best describes the three cops?
A.Patient. B.Caring.
C.Humorous. D.Ambitious.
Go to college or university in Ontario, Canada
Come and learn the relevant information about Ontario’s 20 public universities, 24 colleges or 400+ registered private career colleges.
Admissions standards and what to offer
In most cases, you need a high school diploma to go to college or university in Ontario. If you are 19 or older without a diploma, you can still apply to most, if not all schools.
Colleges offer certificate programs, diplomas, and degrees. Universities offer under-graduate and graduate degrees and other professional programs. All programs vary in length and preconditions—the pre-work or qualifications you need to be eligible (符合条件) for a program.
Check a school’s website or contact them directly for specific information about admissions.
How to apply
The process depends on where you want to go to school and your personal situation. If you live in Ontario, anywhere else in Canada or abroad, you apply through 1 of 2 places:
Colleges: www.ontariocolleges.ca
Universities: www.ouac.on.ca (the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre)
You will need to apply directly through a school if you are:
● planning to study part time
● a mature student (generally of a certain age and away from formal education for some time)
● an international student
● applying for graduate studies (e.g., a Masters or Doctoral degree)
● planning to attend a private career college
Loans, grants (补助金), scholarships
Canada Student Loans, Grants and Scholarships are open to all Canadians.
Canadian citizen and Ontario resident for at least 12 months: you could be eligible for OSAP (the Ontario Student Assistance Program) and other financial aid programs.
Canadian students living outside of Ontario: you can apply for financial aid through your home province or territory.
International students: you can apply for scholarships offered through the federal (联邦的) government, community agencies and colleges and universities directly.
1.What do universities in Ontario offer students?
A.Honors degrees. B.Associate degrees.
C.Certificate programs. D.Professional programs.
2.Where can international students apply for scholarships?
A.Through community agencies. B.Through their home governments.
C.Through other provinces in Canada. D.Through the Ontario Student Assistance Program.
3.From which is the text probably taken?
A.A scientific journal. B.A research paper.
C.A travel brochure. D.An official website.
