Foods of the Future
We asked young scientists to write an advertisement that answers this question: How will food options, food availability, and individuals’ food choices change in the future? A selection of their suggested marketing campaigns is below. Read previous NextGen Voices survey results at http://science.sciencemag.org/collection/nextgen-voices. — Jennifer Sills
Personalized Meal Plans
Send us your DNA, and we will predict your food preferences! Receive your personalized food basket, with a day-by-day diet program. We will send you full meals and personalized smoothies (水果奶昔) based on your genetic taste tendency.
Ada Gabriela Blidner
Twitter:@adagbb
Fresh Fruit
If you miss sweet temperate fruits, welcome to our Moon Farm. Our fruit trees are planted in hybrid-soil and artificial air that reproduce Earth’s environment from 5000 years ago. Pick fruits with your family or ship to your doorstep with MoonEx. Freshness guaranteed.
Yongsheng Ji
Email: jiyongshengkey@hotmail.com
Meat
Our steaks are sourced from natural grasslands, where cattle now fill the ecological roles. With FoodFootprint feeding system, we enhance natural grazing (放牧) to improve animal growth effectively while minimizing methane production and water consumption. At only $219.00/kg (including carbon taxes and ecological taxes), our steaks are affordable for the whole family.
Falko Buschke
Email: falko. buschke@gmail. com
1.Which of the following needs you to provide the information of your genes?
A.Meat. B.Fresh Fruit.
C.NextGen Voices. D.Personalized Meal Plans.
2.Who should you contact if you want to have fun with your family?
A.Jennifer Sills. B.Yongsheng Ji.
C.Falko Buschke. D.Ada Gabriela Blidner.
3.Which of the following best describes the steaks in Meat?
A.Fresh. B.Green.
C.Expensive. D.Personalized.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡上。
Lasa Bailey took her gloves off when 1.（take）her dog for a long walk on a winter day and didn’t notice anything until that evening. She was shocked when she realized her beautiful anniversary ring was missing. She 2.（hurry）back to look for it but couldn’t find anything. Her husband kept going on a website where people sell jewelry, 3. never found it.
All that changed, however, thanks to a recent Facebook post 4.（write）on their local police department’s page. A woman police officer posted, “If anybody knows of anybody losing a diamond ring, please contact us.” One of her friends read it and wrote on it “Lisa Bailey”.
The police station happened to find some unidentified 5.（jewel）in a local pawn shop (当铺) and took them away. When Bailey learned from her friend that her ring might 6.(find), she couldn’t believe it.
The police called Bailey and asked her to describe it. She sent a picture of it to 7. and then they asked if she could come to the police station. When the police officer in the station 8. had written the Facebook post handed her the ring the next day, she was very thrilled and started to tear up. She could wear her anniversary ring home where it belongs 9. (final) after three years’ wait.
Bailey’s husband had offered to replace the ring after it went 10. (miss), but she refused because she thought it wouldn’t be the same.
单词拼写
1.The children’s mother was _______ (担心的) about their safety when they didn’t come back from school at the usual time.
2.The driveless cars will help ______(减少) traffic accidents caused by human drivers’ mistakes.
3.The green development means the development of the economy should be in _______ (和谐，融洽) with the protection of the environment.
4.Today, over half of the panda’s _______(栖息地) are under protection, and we feel confident that this species will have a bright future.
5.After discussing with her parents, she ____ (打算) to work as a volunteer in the earthquake-hit area last year.
6.The 5G technology is expected to make the _______(利润) of Huawei on the increase.
7.It is _______ (非法的) for anyone to be fired because of pregnancy.
8.Some couples see single women as a _______ (威胁) to their relationships.
9.Go to a part of the world you’re unfamiliar with and _______ (观察) how people live there.
10.He may break up under all this _______ (压力).
11.He got into the driving seat and started the _______ (发动机).
12.There was a small ______(溪流) at the end of the garden.
13.She had got something _______ (卡住) between her teeth.
14.The police soon established his true _______(身份) and he was quickly found.
15.Scientists have only recently been able to gain _______ (接近的机会) to the area.
16.It was a very _______(艰难的) decision but we feel we made the right one.
17.The _______ (会议) will be a celebration of women’s achievements.
18.They are often available at a _______ (折扣).
19.There was stuff in that _______ (文件) that was private between me and Dr.Denny.
20.We were still right on _______ (目标) for our deadline.
I believe even the smartest people have to work hard to achieve success, because there is no such person as a born winner. People make themselves into winners by their own _____.
I learned this lesson from a(n) _____ many years ago. I took the head _____ job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.
It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the ____ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to _____ the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn’t _____ I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to _____ that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were _____ me. I had to change my _____ towards their ability and potential.
I started doing anything I could to help them build a little _____. Most importantly, I began to treat them like _____. That summer, When the other teams enjoyed their ____, we met every day and ____ passing and kicking the football.
Six months after suffering our ____ on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to ____. Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a ____ for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me the greatest ____ of my life!
From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can ____ the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and ____ them. I helped them to see themselves ____, and they built themselves into winners.Winners are made, not born.
1.A.tests B.luck C.efforts D.nature
2.A.experiment B.experience C.visit D.show
3.A.operating B.editing C.consulting D.coaching
4.A.successful B.excellent C.strong D.new
5.A.cheer for B.prepare for C.help with D.finish with
6.A.agree B.believe C.describe D.regret
7.A.realize B.claim C.permit D.demand
8.A.reacting to B.looking for C.depending on D.caring about
9.A.decision B.attitude C.conclusion D.intention
10.A.pride B.culture C.fortune D.relationship
11.A.leaders B.partners C.winners D.learners
12.A.rewards B.vacations C.health D.honor
13.A.risked B.missed C.considered D.practiced
14.A.defeat B.depress C.accident D.mistake
15.A.expand B.improve C.relax D.defend
16.A.shame B.burden C.victory D.favor
17.A.chance B.joy C.concern D.offer
18.A.surprise B.relate C.interest D.affect
19.A.encouraged B.observed C.protected D.impressed
20.A.naturally B.individually C.calmly D.differently
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1. Never give out your full name, address and phone number, unless it is a safe site or it is a well- known site.
Protect your money. Do not give out your card information unless it is a secure site. You can tell if the site is safe by looking at the lower pan of your screen.2. If it is locked, the site is secure. “Unlocked” means that you should not give a card number.
Don’t believe “Get Rich Quick!” If it sounds too good to be true— it is! If you get an e-mail that says you can make thousands of dollars in a few days, it isn’t true. Most likely it will cost you in the end.3.
A good virus scan (杀毒软件). Update your virus scan.4. When you buy a virus scan, it may have been on the shelves for months, so you need to update it frequently.
5. Do not open e-mail attachments (附件) that are programs. Receiving these programs in e-mail is harmless, but opening and running them can be dangerous.
A. There is a small lock.
B. Stay away from these offers!
C. New viruses come out daily.
D. There are always some unsafe sites.
E. Protect yourself from dangerous e-mail viruses.
F. Don’t give out personal information.
G. Keep your main e-mail address private
Breakdancing is close to becoming an Olympic sport after the organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics suggested its being included in 2024. The other three sports—surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing—will all debut (面世) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The organizers said the four sports had been chosen because they would reflect the city’s identity and help take the Olympics to the street. They said they wanted to deliver a Games that were in keeping up with the times and encouraged new audiences and attracted young people. Breakdancing is an example of a sport which can be played without the limitation of time and places in urban and other environments.
Breakdancing was one of the sports at the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires in 2018, and now could see its popularity greatly raised. But the International Olympic Committee (IOC) needs to approve (批准) the French suggestion before it can be formally added to the 2024 Paris Olympics sports programme.
Under new IOC rules first introduced to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Olympic host cities can select sports and propose them for inclusion in those Games if they are popular in that country and add to the Games’ appeal.
Antonio Espinós Ortueta, the president of the World Karate Federation said, “Our sport has grown rapidly over the last years. We believed that we had met all the requirements and that we had the perfect conditions to be added to the sports programme. However, we have learned today that we still haven’t had the chance to prove our value as an Olympic sport.”
1.What is mentioned about the coming 2020 Tokyo Olympics?
A.They will be much better organized.
B.They will include more sport events.
C.They will attract more foreign audiences.
D.They will spread the local culture worldwide.
2.What can we learn about breakdancing?
A.It is the symbol of Paris.
B.It attracts people of all ages.
C.It can be played anytime and anywhere.
D.It was performed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
3.What does IOC do in selecting sports?
A.Give useful advice.
B.Make final decisions.
C.Offer enough support.
D.Give detailed explanations.
4.What do Antonio Espinós Ortueta’s words mean?
A.He didn’t expect the final decision of IOC.
B.He was confident about the future of breakdancing.
C.It is too difficult for a new sport to be included in Olympics.
D.It is impossible for breakdancing to be performed in Olympics.
