The Youth Science Discovery Experience (YSDE) teams students and teachers with practicing scientists to pursue semester-long (整个学期) projects in fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Goals
Introduce new scientific topics, especially those not typically covered in traditional courses in high schools.
Encourage lifelong learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Develop science reasoning skills and an understanding of the scientific research process.
Prepare students to face challenges of college, career, and continuing education.
Develop creativity, build self-confidence, and promote friendship among the youth.
Program Overview
The YSDE program uses a project-based learning model. Each research team consists of six tenth-grade students, one teacher, and one practicing scientist. Together the team investigates an area of current scientific concern.
The program integrates in-residence experiences with continuing education activities conducted in the students’ and teacher’s school setting. YSDE begins with a five-day residential session in the center where students will learn principles of scientific inquiry. Each research team works with its scientist to plan an approach to its project. Session in residence allows YSDE members to participate in the magnificent outdoor natural laboratory provided by the surrounding national forests. Then the teams return to their home institutions and continue working on research projects throughout the semester.
YSDE concludes with a final session in residence where teams present their research.
Program Features
Physical Environment
YSDE facilities include science laboratories, a computer center, and arts and music studios. The area provides an outstanding natural laboratory for teaching and experimentation. Being separated from the usual disturbances of cities provides a nurturing atmosphere.
Intensive (集中的), Cooperative Learning
The residential part of YSDE offers near “around-the-clock” learning opportunities in a challenging yet friendly setting. Cooperative learning encourages teamwork and cooperative skills, using science as a common language to allow students to learn from peers, staff, and visiting experts.
Professional Partnerships
YSDE’s relationship with partner organizations helps complete the program. Partner organizations are selected and invited on their interest in developing project-based learning activities for students in high school. YSDE’s partnerships with organizations like the Canaan Valley Institute and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory provide unique access to world-class facilities and human resources.
For more information about YSDE, please visit our website at www.nysf.com, or write to us at Post office Box 715, Charleston, WV 15358-352.
1.One of the purposes of YSDE is to ______.
A.provide young scientists with assistance
B.promote the mode of science thinking
C.introduce new university courses
D.encourage education research
2.The YSDE program participants will ______.
A.do research in the natural environment
B.spend five days organizing the program
C.live in the center throughout the semester
D.present research result in their own schools
3.What makes the YSDE program special?
A.Competitive learning atmosphere.
B.Access to various physical activities.
C.Methods of acquiring science language.
D.Support from cooperative organizations.
Colleen and her husband were part of a group walking the Overland Track. It was the fifth day of a 6-day walk. The guide, who was waiting for them at the nearest camp, had ______ them about the slippery and potentially dangerous conditions. Colleen, an experienced adventurer from Sydney, was a naturally ______ walker. She walked in front of her husband and carefully checked the safety of the track when they were going down a steep slope (陡坡). Suddenly she heard a cracking sound from ______.
“When I realized what was happening, I was ______ to a deep ditch (沟壑), my pack on my back.” Colleen’s fall was only ______ by the presence of a branch that stretched across the ditch and ______ her from a fall that could otherwise have been deadly.
Colleen hit her head badly and went into ______. She soon woke up and turned around to see her husband sitting stunned on the side of the track. He had ______ fallen from the top. He had first slipped above Colleen, and his full weight, with his pack, ______ down on top of her. He was uninjured, and Colleen was suspended on the branch. He ______ out to grab Colleen’s arm. Colleen felt so ______, the worst physical suffering she had ever felt in her life. She knew ______ that her arm was broken.
Her husband took her pack along with his own and together they ______ for the final three kilometers to the camp. Once they reached the camp, the guide gave her first aid and called for the rescue helicopter immediately.
Colleen was ______ to the nearest hospital by helicopter. She was ______ in the hospital and was told that her head and neck were okay, but her arm had been broken in four places.
Later, Colleen ______ with emotion. “After this personal ______ of near-death and being saved, I realized that in some situations there’s absolutely no ______ to get to hospital, and the rescue helicopter was the only way. At that moment, the most ______ noise was hearing the helicopter come. The helicopter rescue workers were so generous, so highly skilled as well. When they arrived with the policemen, I was never more ______ to see anyone in my whole life.”
1.A.interviewed B.warned C.asked D.taught
2.A.curious B.independent C.cautious D.patient
3.A.opposite B.ahead C.faraway D.above
4.A.jumping B.heading C.turning D.walking
5.A.broken B.caused C.followed D.protected
6.A.hid B.released C.kept D.pulled
7.A.shock B.action C.silence D.panic
8.A.consequently B.immediately C.accidentally D.eventually
9.A.lay B.settled C.bent D.crashed
10.A.looked B.ran C.spread D.reached
11.A.fearful B.painful C.regretful D.pitiful
12.A.straight away B.after all C.at times D.without hesitation
13.A.prepared B.struggled C.searched D.competed
14.A.forced B.guided C.rushed D.invited
15.A.consulted B.cured C.assessed D.examined
16.A.recalled B.declared C.advised D.responded
17.A.experience B.training C.evaluation D.feeling
18.A.possibility B.privilege C.alternative D.necessity
19.A.familiar B.unexpected C.deafening D.wonderful
20.A.honored B.grateful C.motivated D.confident
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The Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes is a world heritage (遗产) site 1. (locate) in Gansu Province, Northwest China. In 2016, the first phase of Digital Dunhuang resource database went online. Now people from all over the world can enjoy high-definition images and panoramic (全景的) tours of 30 caves on the Digital Dunhuang website. Digital Dunhuang 2. (integrate) all kinds of data, including videos, 3D data, pictures and others, into digital images that can be shared globally over the Internet, Although the Digital Dunhuang project has a long way 3. (go), it has significant meaning to 4. (culture) heritage protection.
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According to a recent study, dolphins have displayed certain characteristics of human conversation in their communication. Two dolphins, Yana and Yasha, 1. (study) as they communicated with each other. Researchers found that they would stop talking in order to listen to 2. the other had to “say”, just like a conversation between two humans. Dolphins have been known to be one of the most intelligent 3. (animal). We have studied dolphins for decades, but this new evidence on their communication patterns is one of the most exciting.
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Christmas was near. I walked away from my school and followed the worn path through the trees onto the street 1. Cole’s grocery store stood. In my pocket was a collection of coins and bills I 2. (earn) the summer before. Cars ran down the street as I opened the door to the store. The noise of the cars disappeared when the door closed 3. me. I was a kid who felt out of place and on a mission. For the first time, I was going to buy a Christmas gift for my mum and dad.
假定你是李华，你校将举办文学艺术节(Literature and Art Festival)。请给你校外教Phil写邮件，邀请他做讲座。邮件内容包括:
1.主题:美国文学;
2. 时间: 12月28日，下午4点;
3.地点: 艺术馆大厅(Art Gallery Hall)。
注意:
1. 词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节， 以使行文连贯；
3. 书写占5分。
Dear Phil,
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Looking forward to hearing from you son
Yours,
Li Hua
