How do you kill your time when you go to work? Most of us stare at our cell phones, and refuse to make eye contact with others. We just read, chat with others online or play games online. Or maybe we’re using the time between stops to do our makeup, catch up on emails, or read a few chapters of a book. However, Dina Alfasi takes a very different approach.
Each day she has to travel hours on buses and trains to get to her engineering job at a hospital in Israel. Rather than look at her cell phone in silence, she uses one very special way to have connection with strangers. It is portraits of the people she meets on public transport every day that she is taking. The photographs catch those quiet and personal moments of people readying themselves for the day ahead. Some people lean (倚靠) their head against the window and go to sleep, some stare into space and have a daydream, and others sit quietly to read their documents or books. Each picture catches one tiny moment in people’s lives, ripe with potential for your imagination. It is wonderful for her to look at someone’s commute (上下班) and make up an entire story about the rest of their daily existence, from the father travelling with a baby to the woman welcoming a change.
“What inspires me very much are the little moments that happen every day,” Dina told My Modern Met. “My work is to tell stories through a single portrait, and it proves that all you need is just to look around and find those magic moments.”
1.What will most people do when going to work?
A.Enjoy reading a book loudly.
B.Make eye contact with others.
C.Have face-to-face talks with others.
D.Concentrate on their mobile phones.
2.What makes Dina different from others?
A.Staring into the space and having a daydream.
B.Leaning against the window and relaxing herself.
C.Using her mobile phone to appreciate pictures she draws.
D.Drawing people while travelling on buses and trains to work.
3.Which word can best describe Dina Alfasi?
A.Cool. B.Careful.
C.Generous. D.Considerate.
4.What is the main idea of the text?
A.Little moments make Dina special.
B.Cell phone is used to take special portraits.
C.Dina takes portraits of others when commuting.
D.People go to work with different ways to kill time.
Pre-College Program Admissions
The Pre-College Program is now accepting applications for summer 2020.
QUALIFICATION FOR 2020
The admissions committee is looking for mature, academically motivated students who meet both of the following criteria：
1. Will graduate in 2021 or 2022
2. Are at least 15 years old by Dec. 1，2019，and will not turn 19 years old before Jul. 31，2020
HOW TO APPLY
Complete an online application and provide supplemental materials, including：
1. The $ 75 nonrefundable (不可归还的) application fee.
2. Counselor report：you can request a link be sent to your counselor（辅导员）in the application.
3. Transcripts (成绩单)from 9th grade to fall 2019 grades：this can include progress reports, report cards, and educational summaries from your high school.
4. If English is not your native language，submit scores from the TOEFL iBT or IELTS language proficiency exam along with your application.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Early application deadline Submit your application by this date to receive a decision before course registration begins. | Friday，February l，noon |
Regular application deadline Submit your application by this date to receive a decision before the full-payment deadline. | Friday，March 15，noon |
Late application deadline Full payment is due upon registration for all accepted students. | Wednesday，May 15 at noon，or earlier if all course waitlists are full. |
Financial aid application deadline Submit both your program and financial aid application by this date. | Friday，February l，noon |
1.Who would probably be admitted by the program?
A.Terry, a boy born on October 2, 1999.
B.Steve, a teenager to graduate in 2020.
C.Cathy, a student aged 16 years old now.
D.Lucy, a girl turning 15 on January 3, 2020.
2.What is unnecessary for native English speakers to provide when applying?
A.The $ 75 nonrefundable application fee.
B.Transcripts from 9th grade to fall 2019 grades.
C.Progress reports and educational summaries from high school.
D.Scores from the TOEFL iBT or IELTS language proficiency exam.
3.When should a student submit his regular application?
A.Before Friday, March 15, noon.
B.Before Friday, February 1, noon.
C.Before Wednesday, May 15, noon.
D.Before Friday, January 1, noon.
AIDS may be one of the most undesirable diseases in the world. Luckily, there is now hope for AIDS patients.
According to a recent paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine，Chinese scientists have successfully used CRISPR technology -a method of gene editing-to treat a patient with HIV. While it may not have cured the patient fully, it still represents a huge step forward in fighting the disease.
The patient was a 27-year-old Chinese man who was diagnosed with both AIDS and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (淋巴母细胞白血病), a type of blood cancer. Despite his bleak situation, doctors offered him a little hope: a bone marrow (骨髓) transplant to treat his cancer and an experimental treatment for his HIV. They used this chance to edit the DNA in bone marrow stem cells (干细胞) from a donor before transplanting the cells into the patient.
Specifically, the treatment involved using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to delete a gene known as CCR5, which encodes (给…编码) a protein that HIV uses to get inside human cells. Without the gene, HIV is unable to enter cells. Talking about the gene, lead scientist Deng Hongkui told CNN, “After being edited, the cells and the blood cells they produce have the ability to resist HIV infection.” Nineteen months after the treatment, the patients leukemia was in complete remission( 缓 解 ) and donor cells without CCR5 remained, according to the research paper.
Though the transplant didn't cure the man’s HIV, it still showed the effectiveness of gene-editing technology, as there was no indication of any unintended genetic changes-a major concern with past gene-editing treatment experiments. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in the United States, who was not involved in the study, praised the treatment. “They did a very creative experiment, and it was safe,” he told Live Science. “It should be viewed as a success.”
Deng believes gene-editing technology could “bring a new dawn” to blood related diseases such as AIDS and sickle-cell anaemia ( 镰 状 细 胞 贫 血 ). “Thanks to this new technology, the goal of a functional cure for AIDS is getting closer and closer,” he said.
1.The underlined word “bleak” in Paragraph3 probably means “______”.
A.hopeless
B.unstable
C.embarrassing
D.unique
2.How did the treatment fight against HIV?
A.By identifying and killing HIV.
B.By changing the structure of HIV.
C.By preventing HIV entering cells.
D.By removing a protein HIV feeds on.
3.What is the result of the treatment?
A.Gene-edited cells are able to resist HIV infection.
B.The number of cells infected by HIV has decreased.
C.CCR5 and other genes in the patient's cells are changed.
D.Unintended genetic changes have taken place in the patient's cells.
4.What can we know about the experiment?
A.It pointed out the problems of gene treatment.
B.It provided a new way to cure AIDS patients fully.
C.It could offer a safe treatment for blood-related diseases.
D.It was the first example to use gene-editing tool to treat AIDS.
Something strange has been happening to me lately: Women in the street have been telling me I'm brave.
My act of courage isn't much-I just stopped coloring my hair. I had brown hair that started going gray when I was 30. So, like a lot of women, I started dyeing (染)it. It was expensive and time-consuming. And my hair grows fast, so I needed to go back to the hair salon(美发厅) every 5 weeks.
Many people seem to enjoy holding onto their youth for as long as possible, giving off the impression that they don' t have much wisdom or many accomplishments. But our hair starts to turn gray and suddenly we start spending $500 or more a year to cover something our male colleagues don’t need to cover.
Of course, People should do what they want with their own body -my mother is 91 and still has "blond" hair, and why not? I just wish more of us would feel that it was OK to be ourselves, because going gray has done more for me than saving me time and money.
I like my natural hair, just as it is. I like how it has got curly and full again. It is recovering after years of being damaged by chemicals. I also like that it has given me some needed attitude in a society that makes youth seem so important, while being against maturity. It reminds me that I'm not a kid anymore - and this isn't a bad thing. Not being a kid anymore means I read the books I want, and not the books i feel I should read. It means not wasting my time at events I don' t need to attend when I’d rather be with my family and friends.
When I see my hair in the mirror, it's a reminder that my time is limited, and I should spend it doing what matters. There's nothing shameful about growing older And pretending it's not happening is a way of giving up our power.
I see my gray hair as a little act of rebellion(反叛)against the idea that people lose value as they age, instead of gaining it. I see gray hair as my "flag" and I'm letting it fly proudly.
1.How does the author feel about coloring hair?
A.It shows people’s great courage.
B.It is a good way to hold onto youth.
C.It shows wisdom and accomplishments.
D.It is not worth the time and money spent on it.
2.What should we do when we grow old according to the author?
A.Give up our power.
B.Pretend to be still young.
C.Accept it and act positively.
D.Read as many books as possible.
3.What is the authors main purpose in writing this passage?
A.To explain why youth is valued.
B.To share her opinion on growing older.
C.To stress the importance of different attitudes.
D.To analyze the advantages and disadvantages of aging.
4.Which can be the best title for the passage?
A.Holding Onto Youth
B.Dyeing Your Hair
C.Gaining Value With Age
D.Valuing Wisdom Of Age
If there was a subject at school that made me anxious, it was science. Maybe that’s because in my tenth grade, I couldn't understand my physics teacher's instructions, causing me to accidentally set fire to the classroom. So, when my husband and I decided to home-school our daughters, we made a deal: he would teach science, while I would handle everything else. But that’s not how things have been going these past few weeks, since my husband has been too busy to teach the girls.
Recently, while out on my morning hike before starting lessons, I noticed that the sky was a beautiful blue, and the air was filled with the sweet smell of flowers. That s why I decided that the day’s lessons would be taught outside, although I remembered that my daughters hadn't had any science classes from my husband for a while.
I returned to the house to get the girls ready. We headed up into the forest, settling ourselves by a pond that rarely has any visitors. My daughter Saoirse started to pick up pond weeds and catch frogs, while my other daughter Ula looked at me, waiting to be instructed. I handed her a drawing board and colored pencils. "We wait, "I told her, " and see if something comes along. In the meantime, just draw what's around you.”
We worked for more than an hour, hardly speaking. A bird flew across the water, and then settled in a front of a fallen tree. I quickly told Ula, worried that she’d not seen the creature. But she had, and she started drawing it. An hour later, she’d not finished her picture and I stared down at it. She drew the bird on her paper with amazing accuracy. But there was one other interesting fact about this drawing: she also drew me, sitting beside her.
I realized, as I stared at this child's drawing of us watching a bird, how I'd lived for 40 years, gathered 10 years of higher education, and never understood the foundation of science before this moment. The foundation of science is a sense of wonder; it isn't about accurately reciting words from a textbook. It is first and foremost about stepping outside our busy lives and amazing at the world around us.
1.How did the author feel about science when in school?
A.She was nervous about it. B.She was fond of it.
C.She was confused about it. D.She was eager for it.
2.The underlined word“it” in Paragraph4 refers to“ ”
A.the fallen tree B.the forest
C.the bird D.the picture
3.Which of the following best describes Ula?
A.She's very outgoing. B.She's good at observing.
C.She's very hard-working. D.She shares interests with her sister.
4.What is the foundation of science in the author's opinion?
A.Attention to accuracy.
B.Curiosity about the outside world.
C.Determination to find out the truth.
D.Ability to understand teachers' instructions.
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Job Posted: 2 days ago
Wage: $27 – 30 per hour
Job Type: Part-time
Schedule: Afternoons, evenings, weekdays, weekends
Job description:
We're looking for tutors to join us before the next school year starts.
Our suitable candidate will be able to assist middle and high school students with test preparation and academic work in Math, Science and / or Humanities.
We'll pay for your training before this fall and can also offer flexible summer tutoring chances, including teaching group classes.
Once our fall semester starts on August 21, we’ll have even higher demand for tutoring sessions on Sundays from 1 p. m. to 8 p.m. as well as from3 p. m. to 9 p. m. Monday-Thursday.
What we offer:
※ Flexible scheduling. Tutors work from 15 to 30 hours per week depending on availability and student demand.
※ Free Sunday dinners during the academic year.
※ Fun staff gatherings
※ Health insurance reimbursement (补偿) for staff working over 30 hours per week.
※ We are 5 minutes’ walking distance from the Menlo Park Caltrain Station.
Applicants must：
※ Have a good command of the subjects they tutor.
※ Be willing to tutor students through the full academic year.
Application instructions:
※ Email us your resume (简历)
※ Tell us why you want to join Academic Trainers and describe your experience of tutoring students if you have any.
※ Let us know your scheduling preferences and potential start date.
※ Tell us which of the subjects you are able to tutor-Math, Science and / or Humanities.
1.Which period of time needs the most tutors during the academic year?
A.Saturday and Sunday mornings.
B.Friday afternoons and evenings.
C.Monday and Thursday mornings.
D.Sunday afternoons and evenings.
2.What can a tutor enjoy who works more than 30 hours per week?
A.Comfortable accommodation.
B.Free job training every month.
C.Health insurance reimbursement.
D.Free meals during the academic year.
3.What qualification should a suitable candidate have?
A.He / She must tutor all the subjects part-time.
B.He / She must be good at the subjects they tutor.
C.He / She must have a previous tutoring experience.
D.He / She must work every evening through the academic year.
