An extremely enthusiastic truth seeker who runs the YouTube channel Bright Insight claims（声称）to have found the mysterious city of Atlantis and insists that its true location has been hiding in plain sight for thousands of years.
In a video, YouTube blogger Jimmy Bright argues that the Richat Structure, a geologic dome（穹状物）in northwest Sahara also referred to as the Eye of the Sahara, is the most likely location of Atlantis.
He mentioned measurements from the famous Dialogues of Plato, which gave birth to the mystery. The Greek philosopher（哲学家）claimed that Atlantis was a long-gone kingdom, which stretched into Europe as far as Italy and into Africa as far as Egypt thousands of years ago. The giant island was said to be wiped off the face of the planet by a natural disaster“in a single day and night of misfortune”.
At first sight, this has nothing to do with the land-based Richat Structure, but Jimmy claims that the so-called Younger Dryas theory could be a possible explanation. According to it, a massive change in global temperatures caused unexpected climate change and sea level to rise.
In what can be viewed as another proof to the Sahara theory, the diameter（直径）of the Richat Structure’s outer circle is 23.5 km according to Google Map’s measurements, which matches those mentioned by Plato — 127 stadia, which is roughly 23.5 km in today’s terms.
Another thing that helps solve the mystery is a theory that the Eye of the Sahara closely matches the description from Plato’s dialogues. The ancient philosopher wrote that the main city of Atlantis consisted of circles of water and land, which, Jimmy said, looks very similar to the circular form of the Richat Structure.
Although the majority of researchers believe that Plato’s story was nothing but a moral story used to describe a failed idea of seeking power and searching for fortune, it has raised quite a few theories, Since the Middle Ages, explorers have been pointing fingers at different places around the world, including the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, with the most amazing theories linking the location of Atlantis to the Antarctic and the North Sea.
1.What does Jimmy Bright claim to have discovered?
A. The most likely location of Atlantis.
B. The formation of the Richat Structure.
C. The measurements in the Dialogues of Plato.
D. The reasons behind the Younger Dryas theory.
2.How did Jimmy Bright do research into the location of Atlantis and arrive at a conclusion?
A. By studying the history of ancient Egypt.
B. By analyzing the research into Plato’s life story.
C. By explaining the Younger Dryas theory in a scientific way.
D. By comparing the Richat Structure with the famous Dialogues of Plato.
3.What’s the purpose of mentioning the Younger Dryas theory in Paragraph 4?
A. To stress the importance of the Richat Structure.
B. To present the influence it had on Atlantis.
C. To prove that Jimmy Bright might be correct.
D. To show Jimmy Bright’s opinion is unique.
4.What can be learned from the article?
A. The Eye of the Sahara is a mystery mentioned in the Dialogues of Plato.
B. The Richat Structure is where the mysterious city of Atlantis used to lie.
C. The Younger Dryas may have caused the disappearance of Atlantis overnight.
D. The Plato’s Story is meant to inspire explorers to locate the exact position of Atlantis.
Before I came to China, I had been somewhat unlucky in love. Days before my ___for Shanghai in 2016, my cousin made a ___without the slightest bit of irony（讽刺）,“You’ll fall in love in China.”
I met my husband at a Chinese ___.It was an embarrassing place to meet him approaching me ___I attempted to lift free weights. He spoke English poorly, trying to correct my form. I more or less ___him, figuring such a relationship was ___as we had little means to communicate. But I was very much ___.He ran after me for the next couple weeks and his persistence（坚持不懈）___won me over, and I was head over heels in love with him.
The challenges we faced were ___—deciding where to live, ___over visas, dealing with my parents’ doubts. In time, these problems got settled without too much work on our part. When others would ___on how tough it must be to marry someone from a foreign country, I quickly made my ___,trying to convince my questioner that marrying cross-culturally is really no different from ___within one’s own circle.
Our son was born in the spring of 2018. He was a very easy baby to care for—he cried little and slept well at night. My struggles in caring for a newborn were unimportant ___the other pressures I faced. By Chinese tradition, I was ___from taking the baby outside until he was 100 days old, for reasons I still don’t fully understand.
Since giving birth, I’ve learned that compromise（妥协）is more ___than it seems. If you give up too much of yourself, you may ___resentful（怨恨的）. If you compromise too little, you may be ___in a frequent battle. In a relationship, our values or beliefs often ___with our partner’s, but with patience, most difficulties can be overcome. For that reason, I keep on working to better understand his background and beliefs while ___forgetting my own.
1.A. plan B. departure C. reservation D. destination
2.A. decision B. suggestion C. request D. prediction
3.A. gym B. cinema C. restaurant D. museum
4.A. since B. as C. unless D. before
5.A. thanked B. admired C. ignored D. praised
6.A. priceless B. worthless C. pointless D. faultless
7.A. broken B. beaten C. drunken D. mistaken
8.A. gradually B. eventually C. simply D. keenly
9.A. natural B. legal C. typical D. international
10.A. worrying B. arguing C. looking D. taking
11.A. comment B. decide C. insist D. focus
12.A. remark B. conservation C. apology D. defense
13.A. adjusting B. dating C. wandering D. behaving
14.A. in relation to B. in addition to C. in comparison to D. in response to
15.A. protected B. disabled C. excused D. forbidden
16.A. constant B. challenging C. cautious D. cultural
17.A. end up B. put up C. turn up D. take up
18.A. taken B. absorbed C. stuck D. resulted
19.A. deal B. meet C. conflict D. combine
20.A. therefore B. finally C. yet D. never
—Hey, do remember we are going to Mr. Black’s office tomorrow.
—Oh, I have almost forgotten, but_____.
A. not really B. never mind
C. no problem D. no doubt
You ____your depression for long, and now it’s time to relax yourself.
A. masked B. will have masked
C. have been masked D. have been masking
Young people are seeking excitement and challenges, and going where big companies are is ____ leads to so many old people being left alone in villages.
A. where B. when
C. what D. who
Though lacking the necessary working experience, my cousin got the job____ her confidence and flexibility.
A. in terms of B. with respect to
C. in response to D. on account of
