Here's a list of books I'm looking forward to this fall season. Not all of them will rise to the level of the advertisement, but it's an abundant crop.

"Home After Dark" by David Small (Liveright, Sept. 11 )

In 2009, Small published a celebrated graphic memoir (回忆录) called"Stitches". Now the Caldecott Medal winner is back with a graphic novel about a motherless 13-year-old boy brought up in an unhappy home in California. This is a tale told in few words and many striking images. On Sept. 11 at 3p.m., Small will be at Amazonbooks at Union Market. More information at www. amazon.com/graph-tale.

"Waiting for Eden" by Elliot Ackerman (Knopf, Sept. 25)

This brief novel is related by a dead soldier who is watching over a horribly burned partner in a Texas hospital. That sounds embarrassingly emotional, but Ackerman, who served in a Navy in Iraq and Afghanistan, is one of the best soldier-writers of his generation. More information at www. amazon. com/military-essay.

"All You Can Ever Know" by Nicole Chung (Catapult, Oct. 2)

Chung, the editor of the literary magazine Catapult, was adopted as a baby by a white family in Oregon. In this memoir, she writes about her childhood, her Asian American identity and her search for the Korean parents who gave her up. More information at www. amazon. com/politics-prose.

"Unsheltered" by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper, Oct. 16)

Alternating between past and present, this novel tells the story of a woman investigating a late-19th-century science teacher who was caught up in the controversy over Darwinism. Like her other novels, this one promises to explore social and scientific problems. Visit www. amazon. com/tech-science for more information.

1.If you hope for a signature of the author, you will probably buy a copy of ________.

A.All You Can Ever Know

B.Waiting for Eden

C.Home After Dark

D.Unsheltered

2.Who joined the army and was sent to the Middle East?

A.Elliot Ackerman.

B.David Small.

C.Barbara Kingsolver.

D.Nicole Chung.

3.If you want to read books about non-fiction, you can surf________.

A.www. amazon. com/graph-tale

B.www. amazon. com/politics-prose

C.www. amazon. com/military-essay

D.www. amazon. com/tech-science

假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter希望成为2022年北京冬奥会志愿者，他向你写信询问冬奥会相关情况，并求助怎样学好汉语。请给他回信，要点如下：

1. 收到来信，获悉求助；

2. 冬奥盛会，北京张家口合办；

3. 学好汉语的两条建议。

Dear Peter,

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

单句改错

1.Have you adapted to live in a different country?

2.Although he was well aware of the danger to his own health, he found this difficult to quit smoking.

3.It was not until I got to the office then I found I left the key at home.

4.From the flats we have an easy access to shops and schools.

5.With several problems remained to be solved, we still needed to hold another meeting as soon as possible.

When _______ the two countries, we’ve found they have much in common.

A.compared B.compare C.being compared D.comparing

The long-lasting war, filled with blood and deaths, ended in people’s sadness, _______no result.

A.reached B.to reach

C.would reach D.reaching

We are going to spend the Spring festival in Guangzhou, _____ my grandparents and some relatives.

A.which live B.that lives C.where live D.who lives

Sales director is a position _______ communication ability is just as important as sale skills.

A.which B.that

C.when D.where

It is said that body language ________ 55 per cent of a first impression while what you say just 7 percent.

A.lies in B.accounts for

C.consists of D.goes with

    Being jobless for the last three months, I am upset nowadays. My son has lost his ______ from a good school and he might have to go to a less qualified school. I have moved from a spacious (宽敞的) apartment to a small one in order to ______ my living expenses. My wife has built extra stress. On top of that, my father in-law ______ a week ago, which has added fuel to fire, ______ our family into a more terrible state.

In these circumstances I have two mental ______: either to feel upset and keep losing my peace of mind, or ______ my negative thoughts with super mental powers about self-confidence and consistency, and ______ applying for new jobs with positive attitude.

I choose the second option because I believe that the pain I am ______ today will build up my ______ . My strengths will then increases my confidence and make me a good times make me a ______ man one day. I understand that good and bad stages are part of ______ . While good times make me happy, bad times ______ the ‘inner’ me.

Two months later, ______ , I have finally landed on a job which is very exciting and offers a nice salary. Time has healed my wife’s mental stress ______ the death of her father. My son has already been accepted by another good school because the admissions for new academic year were still ______ !

As I am back on the track of normal life, I can ______ say that the most important things that helped me ______ the crisis (危机) were my consistent character of patience, and ______ attitude towards life. So, while I wish you all the best life can ______ you, I would highly recommend taking the same attitude towards life ______ you are trapped in any of such situations.

1.A.admission B.benefit C.diploma D.permission

2.A.share B.reduce C.break D.raise

3.A.showed up B.set off C.fell down D.passed away

4.A.putting B.finding C.forming D.lifting

5.A.problems B.concerns C.choices D.activities

6.A.link B.replace C.mix D.exchange

7.A.regret B.stop C.keep D.risk

8.A.practicing B.suffering C.producing D.relieving

9.A.intelligence B.body C.character D.reputation

10.A.carful B.hard-working C.easy-going D.successful

11.A.life B.wealth C.time D.health

12.A.hide B.destroy C.strengthen D.kill

13.A.desperately B.unwillingly C.hopefully D.fortunately

14.A.regardless of B.due to C.instead of D.apart from

15.A.occupied B.empty C.open D.closed

16.A.disappointedly B.surprisedly C.deliberately D.confidently

17.A.fight B.meet C.change D.delay

18.A.general B.positive C.friendly D.honest

19.A.offer B.expect C.manage D.send

20.A.as if B.in that C.now that D.in case

    Imagine a child standing on a diving board four feet high and asking himself the question: “Should I jump?” This is what motivation or the lack of it can do. Motivation and goal setting are the two sides of same coin. 1. Like the child on the diving board, you will stay undecided.

2. More than that, how should you stay motivated to achieve the goal? First, you need to evaluate yourself, your values, your strengths, your weaknesses, your achievements, your desires, etc. Only then should you set your goals.

You also need to judge the quality and depth of your motivation. This is quite important, because it is directly related to your commitment. There are times when your heart is not in your work. 3. So, slow down and think what you really want to do at that moment. Clarity(清晰) of thoughts can help you move forward.

Another way of setting realistic goals is to analyze your short and long term objectives, keeping in mind your beliefs, values and strengths. Remember that goals are flexible. 4. They also need to be measurable. You must keep these points in mind while setting your goals.

Your personal circumstances are equally important. For example, you may want to be a pilot but can’t become one because your eyesight is not good enough. 5.You should reassess your goals, and motivate yourself to set a fresh goal.

You will surely need to overcome some difficulties, some planned, but most unplanned. You cannot overcome them without ample motivation. Make sure that you plan for these difficulties at the time of setting your goals.

A.This can affect your work.

B.So how should you motivate yourself?

C.However, this should not discourage you.

D.So why should we try to set specific goals?

E.They can change according to circumstances.

F.Motivation is what you need most to do a good job.

G.Without motivation, you can neither set a goal nor reach it.

    In 1941, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov stated the Three Laws of Robotics. These laws come from the world of science fiction, but the real world is catching up. A law firm gave Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University $10 million to explore artificial intelligence. Peter Kalis, chairman of the law firm, K&L Gates, said the development of technology had led to questions that were never taken seriously before. What will happen when you make robots that are smart, independent thinkers and then try to limit their freedom?

Researcher Kalis said, “One expert said we’ll be at a point when we give an instruction to our robot to go to work in the morning and it turns around and says, ‘I’d rather go to the beach.’” He said that one day we would want laws to keep our free-thinking robots from running wild.

With the law firm’s gift, the university will be able to explore problems now appearing within automated industries. “Take driverless cars for example,” Kalis said. “If there’s an accident concerned with a driverless car, what policies do we have in place? What kind of insurance policies do they have?” In fact, people can take a ride in a driverless car in Pittsburgh where an American online transportation network company uses the city as a testing ground for the company’s driverless cars.

The problems go beyond self-driving cars and robots. Think about the next generation of smartphones, those chips fixed in televisions, computers, fridges, etc., and the ever-expanding collection of personal data being stored in the “cloud”. So can Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics be used in reality? Is it necessary to have a moral guideline that everyone can understand? Whatever it is, doing no harm should be the very first one.

1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A.Robot should have more freedom.

B.Technology is running ahead of laws.

C.The Three Laws of Robotics are practical.

D.Peter wants to explore artificial intelligence.

2.What makes humans worry about robots?

A.Robots may be out of control.

B.Robots can do something illegal.

C.Robots can become angry easily.

D.Robots may have many requests.

3.What is the third paragraph intended to tell us?

A.It’s hard for robots to obey rules.

B.A law on robotics is really a must.

C.Driverless cars can cause accidents.

D.Driverless cars are being tested out now.

4.What should the basic law on robotics be according to the text?

A.Robots should be cautiously used in life.

B.Robots should obey Asimov’s Three Laws.

C.Robots should be easy for people to operate.

D.Robots should help with people’s life and work.

    By the end of the century，if not sooner，the world’s oceans will be bluer and greener thanks to a warming climate，according to a new study.

At the heart of the phenomenon lie tiny marine microorganisms(海洋微生物) called phytoplankton. Because of the way light reflects off the organisms，these phytoplankton create colourful patterns at the ocean surface. Ocean colour varies from green to blue，depending on the type and concentration of phytoplankton. Climate change will fuel the growth of phytoplankton in some areas，while reducing it in other spots，leading to changes in the ocean's appearance.

Phytoplankton live at the ocean surface，where they pull carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) into the ocean while giving off oxygen. When these organisms die，they bury carbon in the deep ocean，an important process that helps to regulate the global climate. But phytoplankton are vulnerable to the ocean's warming trend. Warming changes key characteristics of the ocean and can affect phytoplankton growth，since they need not only sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow，but also nutrients.

Stephanie Dutkiewicz，a scientist in MIT's Center for Global Change Science，built a climate model that projects changes to the oceans throughout the century. In a world that warms up by 3℃，it found that multiple changes to the colour of the oceans would occur. The model projects that currently blue areas with little phytoplankton could become even bluer. But in some waters，such as those of the Arctic，a warming will make conditions riper for phytoplankton，and these areas will turn greener. “Not only are the quantities of phytoplankton in the ocean changing. ”she said，“but the type of phytoplankton is changing. ”

1.What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?

A. The various patterns at the ocean surface.

B. The cause of the changes in ocean colour.

C. The way light reflects off marine organisms.

D. The efforts to fuel the growth of phytoplankton.

2.What does the underlined word “vulnerable” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. Sensitive. B. Beneficial

C. Significant D. Unnoticeable

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. Phytoplankton play a declining role in the marine ecosystem.

B. Dutkiewicz's model aims to project phytoplankton changes

C. Phytoplankton have been used to control global climate

D. Oceans with more phytoplankton may appear greener.

4.What is the main purpose of the passage？

A. To assess the consequences of ocean colour changes

B. To analyse the composition of the ocean food chain

C. To explain the effects of climate change on oceans

D. To introduce a new method to study phytoplankton

    Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer who helped shape the course of American literature. His life was full of tragedies, but he had the great influence on the 19th-century American literature and continues to influence writers to this day.

The early life of Edgar Allan Poe was quite unhappy. Born in 1809, Poe was not yet three years old when his parents died. Adopted by a wealthy family, he got into trouble at school. He entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, but he dropped out without graduating. His misery (不幸) continued to his adult life. Later, because of a failed marriage, he suffered from mental illness. He was so upset about real life that he turned to writing. Expressing himself in an unreal and imaginary world was his only comfort.

The tragedies in Poe’s life influenced the tone, style and contents of his writing. His stories usually include death, which help build his reputation as a master of “dark” literature. In his The Tell-Tale Heart, the main character goes crazy and kills his roommate while in The Black Cat, the main character kills his cat in a fit of madness.

Poe died at the age of 40 in 1849. His life is short, but his influence is very great. Poe is credited with (被誉为) creating crime fiction, and many say he contributed greatly to the appearance of science fiction. Fascinated (着迷) by the scientific theories and new inventions of his time, he wrote about imaginary societies in the future. Writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of Sherlock Holmes, regarded Poe as the father of detective fiction. Jules Verne, a French writer who helped popularize science fiction, said Poe’s work had a direct influence on the stories he wrote.

1.Poe began to write to _________.

A.earn his living B.find comfort in writing

C.build a good reputation D.create a beautiful world

2.It can be learnt that Poe’s works often reflect ________.

A.soldiers’ life B.his own life stories

C.a sense of peace D.some political problems

3.Which can best show Poe’s influence on literature according to the last paragraph?

A.His creation of crime fiction. B.His unique writing experience.

C.His creation of scientific theories. D.His contribution to new inventions.

4.What’s the best title of the text?

A.American literature and writers B.Escape from real life and find comfort

C.Edgar Allan Poe: a misunderstood poet D.Edgar Allan Poe：a tragic yet talented writer

    Welcome to the Mercedes-Benz Museum!

Discover at first hand what has been moving the world for over 125 years. Take a fascinating stroll (闲逛) of automotive history.

Carried by lift to a height of 34 meters, you will travel back in time to the year 1886. This is when the Mercedes-Benz legend was born with the pioneering invention by Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz — the automobile.

Be fascinated by the history, present and future of mobility — on 9 levels and 16,500 square meters. Experience the automotive legends in the Legend rooms on level 4 and cross-epochal (划时代的) topics in the Collection rooms on level 3.

Both tours will finally take you to the innovations for the future in the “Fascination of Technology”.

Enjoy with all your senses: take the Mercedes-Benz legend home. The museum shop in the passage on Level 10 offers more than 1,000 products and gifts.

Try our own home-made museum cake or satisfy yourself with regional dishes at the restaurant — before or after your tour through the museum.

Opening hours

Tuesday to Sunday from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. — ticket desk closes at 5 p. m. Closed on Mondays.

Contact and reservations

Mercedes-Benz Classic Customer Center

Phone: +49(0)711-17 30 000

Fax: +49(0)711-17 30 400

E-mail: classic@daimler. com

Address

Mercedes-Benz Museum, Mercedesstraße 100 70372 Stuttgart, Germany

Restaurant

Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a. m. to 7 p. m. Closed on Mondays.

Cafébar

Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Closed on Mondays.

Museum Shop

Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Closed on Mondays.

Online shopping

You can shop online in comfort 24 hours a day at www. mercedes-benz-classic. com/store

1.What can tourists do in the Mercedes-Benz Museum?

A.Experience the history on Mondays. B.Have dinner after 7 o’clock p. m.

C.Watch museum cake making. D.Enjoy an automotive collection.

2.On which level can you buy gifts?

A.Level 9. B.Level 10.

C.Level 3. D.Level 4.

3.Where does this passage most probably come from?

A.A museum guide. B.A tourist map.

C.A science textbook. D.A news report.

假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Alice用中文给你写信表示对中文和中国的喜爱。请写一封回信，内容包括：

1. 对来信的感谢。

2. 学中文的优势

3. 对未来的希望。

注意：

1.词数：100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Alice,

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该词下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

One day, my English friend Tom and I had planned to make a dragon kite. First we find two straight stick of the same length. We tied them with a piece for string into the shape of a cross. Then we tied the four ends of the sticks together. After that, we drew a beautifully dragon on a piece of cloth, spread it, glued it around the string. At last, we stuck a tail making of paper to one of the corners and tied a long string to a centre. On the next wind day we took the kite to a hill near their house and flew it.

阅读下面的材料，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。

I’ve noticed many people having a cold, and it's not even officially fall yet. Why does the cold occur more frequently during the fall and winter 1. (month)? It’s actually not the cold weather 2. (it) that causes the cold. But rather, it is most likely to be caused by people spending 3. (much) time indoors close to each other, making the spread of germs (微生物) more readily. This is another reason 4. children in day care or school are more likely to pick up the cold.

When I worked in a doctor’s clinic a few years back, it was one of the 5. (lead) reasons to visit the doctor in fall and winter. 1 billion people suffer from the cold each year. As a result, school 6. (absent) is frequently reported, with around 22 million days annually.

How can you avoid getting a cold? Among the commonly 7. (recognize) tips, washing your hands is 8. most important one. The cold is spread either by directly touching infected (受感染的) secretions (分泌物), or by taking 9. the airborne particles (悬浮粒子). Also, cold and flu viruses get into the body via the eyes, noses, or mouth. So, 10. (try) to avoid touching your face, especially without first washing your hands.

    On a December morning in 1951, Malone left his home in downtown St. John’s in Newfoundland, to buy some butter for his mother. When he _________ the corner to Central Street, he saw _________ coming from one of his three-storey houses. A woman at its window _________, “Save the children! Save the children!” Malone _________ toward the burning house, through the front door and up a flight of _________, where he found a five-year-old girl. “I grabbed (抓住) the child,” he says, “but she _________, ‘No, no, my sister! You’ve got to get my sister!’” Malone _________ felt compelled (必须) to cross the hall and check the other bedroom. He reached under the bed and found the girl’s _________, silent three-year-old _________. As the ____________ intensified (增强), Malone carried the children safely out to the street and the waiting people. Then he ____________ pushed off — he was late for ____________ the butter for his mom!

Over the years, Malone thought about the fire and the children he had ____________ and wondered what had happened to the girls.

Malone and his wife, Liz, spent four ____________ in Ontario until last October, when they ____________ to Newfoundland. The couple settled in Conception Bay South, 30 kilometers from St. John’s, in a house ____________ the water.

Shortly after they moved in, two of their new neighbors ____________ with a housewarming ____________ —frozen cod and salt fish. Malone and Liz invited Fowler and her husband in for a ____________, which is how Malone and Fowler, who are both in their seventies, ____________ a connection.

1.A.made B.got C.turned D.cut

2.A.fog B.smoke C.steam D.water

3.A.spoke B.whistled C.whispered D.yelled

4.A.raced B.drove C.flew D.jogged

5.A.roads B.stairs C.streams D.mountains

6.A.screamed B.relieved C.complained D.interrupted

7.A.temporarily B.originally C.properly D.suddenly

8.A.disappointed B.excited C.frightened D.calmed

9.A.sister B.baby C.cousin D.neighbor

10.A.sense B.flames C.relationship D.abilities

11.A.sympathetically B.selflessly C.roughly D.regretfully

12.A.lighting up B.taking up C.holding up D.picking up

13.A.met B.rescued C.raised D.recalled

14.A.years B.stages C.decades D.months

15.A.returned B.left C.immigrated D.contributed

16.A.storing B.obtaining C.refreshing D.overlooking

17.A.stopped by B.passed by C.stood by D.put by

18.A.party B.part C.image D.gift

19.A.ball B.check C.chat D.match

20.A.lost B.discovered C.advocated D.created

    Are you one of the increasing number of students who are struggling for college education online? Follow these tips to help you be a successful online learner?

Many students assume that online classes require less work and are easier than traditional classes. 1.

Arrangement according to class schedule is important. Log on to your course according to the required schedule. Manage your time just as you would in a traditional course.

2.You may not be able to turn in papers, view videos, or participate in groups if you don't have the proper technology. Make sure that you have the proper Internet connection and software programs installed (安装).

During class, you are advised to be focused. Read and practice everything. 3.Don’t run through a course skipping videos, animations (动画), and ungraded self-assessment activities. Be comfortable communicating through text. Most communication in an online course occurs through the written word. Discussion board posts, written assignments, and email are all common modes of communication in online courses. 4. Be prepared to read and write a lot in online courses.

Remember to be active. If you have questions or don’t understand an assignment, tell your instructor. 5. Don’t wait until after you’ve turned in an assignment to let the instructor know that you have struggled. If you email or call the instructor before an assignment, quiz, or exam, you’ll prevent the struggle, and avoid having your grade suffer.

A.Go through every screen.

B.Online classes require less work

C.You’ll understand the instructor better.

D.Be sure you have the required software and hardware.

E.Your instructor can help you better if you tell him or her.

F.In reality, they’re designed just as demanding as traditional courses.

G.This is different from traditional classes, where a lot of communication is oral.

    Plastic is the workhorse material of the modern economy (经济). Lightweight and durable, it’s been used to make a vast number of products since its introduction over 100 years ago.

However, a study carried out by the World Economic Forum, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and McKinsey Company showed the status of the breakdown in the global plastic system. A full 32% of the 78 million tons of plastic packaging produced annually is left to flow into our oceans.

The Ocean Cleanup, a start-up founded in 2013, is the brainchild of Boyan Slat, who came up with the idea for the company when he was just 17 years old. Since then, it’s received more than $2 million in funding(基金). The company plans to use a large array (列阵) that will be fixed to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. This will have arms that spread out over 100 km, getting all of the plastic garbage pushed into its nets. This is then collected by a 10,000-metre-cube container that will be emptied monthly.

Most recently, the Ocean Cleanup launched a team of explorers aboard a specially refitted C-130 Hercules aircraft heavily loaded with specialized sensor equipment. It discovered that the problem was worse than expected with an abundance of plastics measuring up to 1.5 m across and at a higher density than previously thought. The organization will continue to pilot the array and will start cleaning the pile before the end of the decade.

Once the plastic is out, what should we do with it? The foundation (基金会) hopes that the plastic from the ocean will have a commercial value which can help to fund the project. Ocean plastic is not easy to use, it’s mixed by nature consisting of everything from intact PET bottles to micro plastics. However, some of the world's biggest companies also see the chance to market oceans plastic products.

Transforming today’s plastics economy from its present form (take-make-waste) to a zero waste circular economy (take-make-take-make) is a difficult challenge. However, with cooperative action from producers, recyclers, governments and consumers alike and continuing innovation (革新) it can be done.

1.What’s Boyan Slat’s idea about?

A.A way to collect ocean plastic waste.

B.A new product made of ocean plastic.

C.A machine to recycle plastic garbage.

D.An organization to research into plastic.

2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “density” in Paragraph 4?

A.Flexibility. B.Thickness.

C.Width. D.Strength.

3.What do some biggest companies expect of the ocean plastic?

A.It’ll be turned into treasure. B.It’ll sponsor the foundation.

C.It’ll cooperate with the government. D.It’ll take the form of take-make-waste.

4.Where is this text most likely from?

A.A diary. B.A guidebook.

C.A novel. D.A magazine

    On winter, a fisherman — Jim Savage — was braving the freezing temperatures when he noticed a baby dolphin struggling to free herself from another fisherman’s traps — the netting. Jim spoke to her and she calmed down as he cut her free from the line. Seeing she was too tired to swim away, he called the Wildlife Conservation Commission and they rescued the dolphin, named her Winter and took her back to the center to get treatment.

Winter was placed in a holding tank and the team put a feeding tube in her throat. Soon, though, Winter learned how to eat from a bottle. But the line wrapping around Winter’s tail had caused her tail to fall off piece by piece. Eventually all that was left was a fleshy stump (残肢). Though Winter did eventually start to swim, she taught herself an entirely original way — to swing her tail stump from side to side like a fish.

She learned very well and learned how to trust and love the people who cared for her. And she made a new non-human friend — Panama, another rescued dolphin. The two became lifelong friends, completely inseparable.

But her trainers were worried, her original moving way prevented her from growing properly. Then Kevin Carroll, a dolphin lover and maker of prosthetic limbs (假肢) for people, stepped in. With a team of experts, vets, and trainers, Kevin developed a new tail for Winter. Winter was retrained to use the device (装置) to swim properly, but with lots of hard work she did it!

Word about the disabled dolphin got it and everyone could relate to the dolphin. Now she seems to connect with everyone - from adults with prostheses to a little girl who didn’t want to wear her hearing aid until she met Winter.

1.What made Winter calm down?

A.The netting.

B.Jim’s words.

C.The rescue team.

D.The new tail.

2.Why did Jim phone the Wildlife Conservation Commission?

A.To cure the baby dolphin.

B.To deal with the fishing net.

C.To rescue the other fisherman.

D.To look at the baby dolphin.

3.What made the trainers worried?

A.Winter’s relationship with Panama.

B.Winter’s popularity with visitors.

C.The effect of the damage on Winter.

D.Winter’s moving style like other dolphins.

4.How would the author feel about the outcome of the event?

A.It’s beautiful.

B.It’s controversial.

C.It’s humorous.

D.It’s discouraging.

    I’ve spent two decades observing what makes people lucky and trying to help people increase their luck. I teach entrepreneurship (社会学). We know many new enterprises fail, and innovators (创业者)need luck.

With my students, I spend much time encouraging them to get out of their comfort zone and take some risks. I do this myself all the time. About a dozen years ago, during a flight, I decided to take a little risk. I started a conversation with the man sitting next to me. I introduced myself, and I learned that he was a publisher. I learned all about the future of the publishing industry and we exchanged contact (联系) information. So about three quarters through the night, I decided to take another risk. I showed him a book plan I was doing in my class. Although he was very polite, he said it wasn’t right for us.

A couple of months later, I told him I was doing a project on transforming the book, the future of publishing and invited him to come to my class. So he gladly came to my class. We had a great experience. A few months later, I wrote to him again, sending a bunch of video clips (剪辑) from another project my students had made. He was so stricken by one of them that he thought there was a book in it. I was a little bit hurt, but it was all right. So I invited him and his colleagues to have lunch together. Later, one of his editors asked me if I had considered writing a book. And I pulled out the exact same plan I had showed his boss a year earlier. Within two years, my book had sold over a million copies.

1.We can infer from the author’s experience on the plane that        .

A.the publisher was stricken by his book

B.that was his first experience by plane

C.the first risk during the night didn’t work out

D.the experience made him transform his book

2.Why did the author send the students’ video clips?

A.To have their book published. B.To help to increase his luck.

C.To assess their writing skills. D.To help them see their strength.

3.Which can be the best title for the passage?

A.Take the Lead B.Everything is Possible

C.Win in Danger D.Luck and Risk

4.What does the author think resulted in his luck?

A.Publishing books. B.A series of small risks.

C.Being turned down frequently. D.Meeting with the stranger on the plane.

    Are you driven to create change in bettering kids’ futures? Here are a few options.

Education

Going after a career in education is sometimes overlooked. Yet teaching is an important path to creating change. You will educate the young minds responsible for the future. In addition to presenting basic school subjects, you can teach them to be leaders. You can motivate them to want to make a difference themselves.

A career in education doesn’t have to mean leaching in a classroom. You can help them to learn in a way that works for them and be a friend to them as well.

Social work

As a social worker, you can directly change the lives of children in need as well advocate for services for drug abusers, family-violence survivors, mental-health patients, and more. You will provide them with the necessary resources to succeed and advise them through trauma (精神创伤), unemployment, education difficulties, addiction and poverty.

Many social workers are associated with governmental agencies, but there are also jobs in schools, nonprofit organizations and hospitals.

Child psychology

Studying child psychology may lead to a career option. Psychologists can provide support for children with mental-health problems and give them a place to be open about their feelings.

You may wish to become a school psychologist and guide children (and their parents) through the education system while dealing with mental illness or trauma. As a psychologist, you will help your patients find the source of trauma or stress and discover ways of reducing or removing the problem. You may even conduct your own research on new treatment methods.

1.Which educational concept does the author support?

A.Working with students’ group leaders.

B.Teaching children according to their interests.

C.Keeping teaching children in the classroom.

D.Encouraging students to make a change themselves.

2.Who will social workers help most probably?

A.Governmental officials.

B.Local business agents.

C.Children with education difficulties.

D.Women suffering from family violence.

3.Which career mainly deals with children with mental illness?

A.Educators.

B.School leaders.

C.Social workers.

D.School psychologists.

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Running individual official accounts on social-networking app WeChat has become a new channel for Chinese people to express themselves, according to a survey.

At present, many media organizations, companies and individuals in China have launched official accounts on WeChat, making efforts to attract more subscribers to expand their reach. Over 66 percent of 2,001 respondents said they were willing to set up individual official accounts while 27.2 percent said they had already started such accounts.

The survey, published by the China Youth Daily, also said expressing feelings and views, as well as gaining popularity, was the top reasons why people wanted individual official accounts. More than half of individual official accounts offered content concerning personal views and feelings, as well as entertainment and recreation information, the survey said.

Of more than 540 respondents that have individual official accounts on WeChat, 5 percent claimed that they had built popular ''self-media'' brands using the accounts, while 12.2 percent said they had made money from the accounts through advertising. Meanwhile, 42 percent said their accounts had limited influence with only a few subscribers.

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There are times when you want to know how to make friends. Maybe you are just not confident because you're afraid that people may not react the way you want them to. But it is not very hard to make friends; it is just what you think it is that makes you not willing to do it. Continue reading to find out how!

Don’t be mean or rude; you do not want to lose any potential friends. Be nice and friendly. If you want to make friends, you first need to put yourself out there somehow in order to meet people. If you just sit alone, friends might come to you, but the odds are much smaller. If you're still in school, sit somewhere with other people. It doesn’t have to be the ''popular'' or ''cool'' table, or a crowded one, but one with at least two other people. Hang out with many others. The popular kids won’t matter when you’re older, but a true friend will be there for you forever.

There is no necessary need to have a lot of common interests with people in order to make friends with them. But if you like a specific topic, try searching for just an organization or a club where you can find people who are also interested in it and become a member of it. It's a great way to meet new local people.

Volunteering is also a great way for people of all ages to meet others. By working together you build bonds with people, and you might meet others who have a passion for changing things the way you do, that is, a common cause.

There are many ways to start a conversation-a comment about your immediate environment (The weather is a classic: ''At least it's not raining like last week! ''), a request for help (''Can you help me carry a few boxes, if you have a minute? '' or ''Can you help me decide which one of these is a better gift for my mum? '') or a compliment (''I love your shoes. ''). Follow up immediately with a related question: Do you like this warm weather? What kinds of gifts do you normally buy for your mums? Where did you get shoes like that? Also, make a small talk. Remember the 30% talking and 70% listening ratio during small talk.

You've probably heard of fair-weather friends. They're the ones who are happy to be around you when things are going well, but are nowhere to be found when you really need them. Part of being a friend is being prepared to make sacrifices of your time and energy in order to help your friends out. If a friend needs help with an unpleasant chore, or if he or she just needs a shoulder to cry on, be there. If your friend tells a joke, laugh with him or her. Never complain about a friend. If you and your friend agree to meet somewhere, don’t be late, and do not stand him or her up. If you're not going to make it on time or make it at all, call him or her as soon as you realize it. Apologize and ask to reschedule. Be someone who people know that they can count on.

In a word, when you get along with people around you, it's important for you to actively approach others, start a small conversation freely and then develop a close relationship with others.

    The age of adulthood is by definition arbitrary. If everyone matured at the same, fixed rate, it wouldn’t be a human process. Indeed, maturation happens at varying speeds across different categories within the same individual, so I’d say I was easily old enough to vote at 16, but nobody should have given me a credit card until I was 32, and I’ve got the county court judgment to prove it.

However, we broadly agree that there's a difference between a child and an adult, even if we might argue about the transition point. So the political theorist David Runciman's view that six-year-olds should be allowed to vote goes against any standard argument about the age of civic responsibility. Nobody would say that a six-year-old could be held criminally responsible, could be sent to war, could be capable of consent, could be given responsibility for anything. So allowing them the vote-along with, unavoidably, seven-year-olds who are even sillier, if anything-is quite an amusing proposal.

Runciman's argument is that this is the only way to rebalance political life, which is currently twisted in favor of the old, who don't (he added) ever need to demonstrate mental capacity, even long after they've lost it.

The first part of his case is self-evident: pensions are protected while children's centers are closed, concepts such as sovereignty(最高权威) are prioritized over the far more urgent business of the future: climate change. Nostalgia(怀念) for a past the young wouldn't even recognize plays a central role, which is completely unfair.

Most of the arguments against giving six-year-olds a vote are that children would end up voting for something damaging and chaotic, if someone made unrealistic promises to them, which could never be realized.

Well, it's not children's fault.

Having said that, children do tend towards the progressive, having a natural sense of justice (which kicks in at the age of six months, psychologists have shown, by creating scenes of great unfairness to babies, and making them cry) and an underdeveloped sense of self-interest. My kid, when he was six, made quite a forceful case against private property, on the basis that, since everybody needed a house, they shouldn't cost money, because nobody would want anyone else not to have one. Also, food should be free. It was a kind of pre-Marx communism, where you limit the coverage of the market to only those things that you wouldn't mind someone else not having.

On that particular day, when we were registered as voters, my kid was quite far to the left of me, but in the normal run of things, we're united, which brings us to the point of the problem: children obey you on almost nothing, but they do seem to believe in your politics until they're adolescent. So giving kids the vote is really just a way of giving parents extra votes. And what can stop us having even more children, once there's so much enfranchisement(选举权) in it for us?

Now, if parents could be trusted to use their influence wisely, and hammer into children the politics it will take to assure a better future, then I wouldn't necessarily have a problem with that, apart from, obviously, that culture is already wildly twisted towards parents, and I can imagine a few non-parents boiling with fierce anger. But that's not worth talking about anyway, because parents can't be trusted, otherwise we'd all already vote Green(绿党).

In short: no, six-year-olds should not get the vote; but while we're here, if any votes come up in the near future, which will have an impact on the next five decades of British political life, alongside EU migrants,16-year-olds certainly should be enfranchised.

1.The author refers to his age of adulthood to prove that  .

A.people mature at different rates in various aspects

B.there's a common standard for the age of adulthood

C.a credit card is more difficult to get than the vote

D.certain rights are granted at different stages of life

2.People reject David Runciman's proposal because  .

A.they don't think a child can grow into adulthood earlier

B.they are uncertain whether children can assume responsibility

C.they believe children are far from mature in many ways

D.they know the age to get the vote is not to be questioned

3.The author talks about his kid to indicate that  .

A.children are good-natured and like to help people in need

B.children are simple-minded and can fall for an adult's trick

C.children are innocent and don't want to be involved in politics

D.children are in favor of a just society and tend to be idealistic

4.The author thinks allowing children the vote may lead to  .

A.twisted culture B.misuse of rights

C.parents' objections D.unusual maturation

5.What is the main point of the passage?

A.Allowing children the vote is not altogether absurd.

B.There is a difference between adults and children.

C.Parents should introduce politics to their children.

D.The definition of adulthood is quite controversial.

    In the United States, experts are calling for major changes to the admission process in higher education.

The National Center for Educational Statistics (or NCES) reported that U.S colleges and universities received more than million applications between 2013 and 2014 and admitted more than 5 million students. But the problem is not in the number of students, a new report says. The report is called ''Turning the Tide-Making Caring Common. ''

The report argues that the process schools use to choose students causes major problems. David Hawkins is the Executive Director for Educational Content and Policy. He says that most colleges and universities require many things from students when they apply.

Schools usually require an essay describing a student's interests or why they want to study at that school. The schools also ask for letters from teachers describing why a student is a good candidate. But, Hawkins says, schools are most concerned with a student's high school grades and standardized test results.

The Education Conservancy is an organization that fights to make higher education equal and available. Lloyd Thacker is the Executive Director of the Education Conservancy, saying that the college admission process has changed a lot.

''Over the past 30 years, college admissions have become more complex. '' He says that ranking systems for colleges and universities are a big part of the problem.

U.S. News and World Report is a media company that creates a list of what it calls ''America's Best Colleges''. The company bases the list on information collected from colleges and universities across the country. This information includes results of standardized tests like the SAT from all of a school's students. Higher average test results help put schools higher on the list.

Thacker claims, ''Too many students are learning to do whatever it takes in order to get ahead, even if that means sacrificing their own individuality, their health, their happiness and behavior…''

''The impact on students and on parents is that college is all about where you go. The rank has nothing to do with the quality of education that goes on at the college''.

The Harvard report states that the best way to change the admission process is by changing college applications.

1.When choosing students, colleges and universities attach greatest importance to  .

A.their teachers' opinion B.their personal interest

C.their academic performance D.their reasons for application

2.The media company ranks the schools on the basis of  .

A.peoples' attitude towards the schools

B.employment rate of its graduates

C.the schools' teaching quality

D.information like test results

3.Which of the following does Lloyd Thacker probably agree with?

A.Colleges are supposed to admit more and more students.

B.It is necessary to apply for a proper university by referring to the rank.

C.There is little relationship between colleges rank and the quality of education.

D.The better the applicants grades are, the more likely they will be admitted.

4.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A.Higher Rankings Matter a Great Deal

B.Colleges Look to Change Admission Process

C.Colleges Admission Process Makes a Difference

D.Testing Results Determine Students' Fate

    Many electronic parts are made of hard materials that break easily. That makes them tough to use in products that need to bend. Now, Sam Yoon and his team have developed a thin mesh (网状物) that can both bend and conduct electricity.

His team started out with something called acrylonitrile, a clear liquid often used to make thin plastic fibers. Yoon and his team mixed this material with another liquid, which acted as a solvent. A solvent is something that can make other substances into liquids. Then, they squeezed the mix through a very tiny pipe: As the mixture was sprayed through the air, the solvent evaporated(挥发)and the acrylonitrile molecules linked up to make long chains, creating a type of plastic known as PAN. The researchers continually squeezed the mixture through the pipe. A single long PAN fiber was created. The scientists moved the pipe back and forth as the PAN was squeezed out. It ended up creating a layer that looked something like a spider’s web.

PAN, like most plastics, doesn’t conduct electricity. So the team’s next step would normally be to add a coating of metal so that electricity could flow through it. But it could be tough sticking such coatings on PAN. So the researchers added an extra step. They sprayed a thin coating of an inert metal onto the PAN. Inert metals, like gold, typically don’t react with other materials. The researchers then added another layer of PAN fiber at the top of the first, web-like layer. They provide temporary support, helping the metal-sprayed base resist sinking during the next step.

The researchers connected the fiber-covered frame to a negatively changed electrode. Then they dipped the fiber-covered frame into a solution that included the liquid copper. The team turned on the electric current for about one minute to make it run through the solution. The copper in the solution was attached to all of the fibers. But it stuck only to those that wore a metal jacket. Besides adding a thin layer of copper that conducts electricity, this process helped bond the PAN strands together at places, where they touched each other, Yoon notes.

The researchers then attached all of the fibers to a thin, clear layer of plastic, which had sticky backing, like a Band-Aid. Finally, the team dipped all of these into a liquid that made any of the PAN fibers that lacked a copper jacket into liquids. Only those that can be used to conduct electricity were left. Because the fibers were very thin and widely separated, light waves easily travel through the mesh. The copper coating acted just like a wire, permitting electricity to flow freely across it.

1.The team used another liquid in the process to  .

A.make acrylonitrile evaporate B.turn acrylonitrile into plastic fibers

C.make acrylonitrile conduct electricity D.conduct electricity instead of acrylonitrile

2.What should the team do first when using PAN?

A.Make it easy to break. B.Make it react with other materials.

C.Make it conduct electricity. D.Find a way to make it into a liquid.

3.What does the underlined word those in the last paragraph refer to?

A.The thin plastics. B.Just the copper coatings.

C.All the PAN fibers. D.All the copper-coated fibers.

3D TV, Without the Glasses

If you’re thinking about buying a 3D TV, you might want to wait a while. Researchers have developed new 3D technology that doesn’t need any special glasses to work its magic. The new technology could advance the development of 3D on mobile devices, too.

Bioethics Panel Gives Yellow Light to Anthrax Vaccine Trial in Children

A U.S. bioethics committee has said that the country may consider testing the anthrax vaccine in children. The panel advises that the vaccine be tested in progressively younger age groups and includes the caveat(警告) that testing should only take place if risks are “minimal.”

Evolution via Roadkill

We usually think of evolution happening over thousands or millions of years, but it can be surprisingly speedy-literally. In just 3 decades, highway-dwelling swallows(燕子)have evolved shorter wingspans(翼展) to better dodge oncoming cars.

Patients Should Get DNA Information, Report Recommends

Would you want to know if you were at risk for cancer? What about a fatal heart condition? A group of genetics experts, along with the influential American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, have recommended that anyone whose genome is sequenced for any medical reason must be told about their genetic susceptibility to serious health problems, regardless of whether they want to know.

Congress Completes Work on 2013 Spending Bill

This week, the U.S. Congress passed a bill to fund the government until the end of the fiscal(财政的) year, and research agencies now know how much to spend in 2013. The so-called continuing resolution retains the sequester and its $85 billion cut in discretionary spending. The bill throws NASA’s planetary programs a lifeline and gives the National Science Foundation a bit of a boost, but the National Institutes of Health’s funding stays  flat at 2012 levels-bad news for biomedical research.

Making Moonshine Safe to Drink

Home-brew drinkers in developing countries often risk blindness or even death from methanol poisoning when they drink. Now, scientists have made a reusable wireless chip that can analyze a drink’s methanol content and warn users of any danger. In 2 years, they hope to develop a product that can send results directly to a cell phone.

1.If you are concerned about your future health, you will probably be interested in  .

A.3D TV, Without the Glasses

B.Patients Should Get DNA Information, Report Recommends

C.Congress Completes Work on 2013 Spending Bill

D.Making Moonshine Safe to Drink

2.Which of the following can replace the underlined word dodge?

A.Fly. B.Avoid. C.Move. D.Leave.

3.Most probably, you will read the above information in  .

A.a product introduction B.a tour guide

C.a web page D.a newspaper

    An expert suggested that certain criminals should be sent to prison in their own home. When the scheme was first put forward publicly, many people_________to it or had serious _________about it. One very experienced social worker opposed the scheme in a television interview. When_________ to explain the basis for his opposition, he thought for a moment and_______confessed, ''Well, I guess, because it's novel. That's my_______reason. ''

Advocates of the scheme pointed out that courts frequently sentenced first offenders to community service of some kind ___________send them to prison. The shame of having a criminal___________was an adequate deterrent(威慑), and nothing_______was achieved by sending some types of condemned people to prison.

Some critics rushed to take extreme cases. ''_______a murderer is allowed free in the community like this, what is to prevent him from__________somebody else? ''This argument__________the fact that nobody proposed to allow condemned murderers to use the bracelet(手镯)system. One criticism put forward was that an offender could ________his bracelet and leave it at home or give it to a friend to__________while he himself went off to     commit another crime. The________to this was that the bracelet would be made________the computer could immediately detect any attempts to take it off or tamper with (胡乱摆弄) it.

A most serious objection to the scheme was that the________life of prison was intended to be part of the deterrent to crime. A prisoner who was allowed to live at home would suffer no particular____________and thus not be deterred from repeating his crime.

No immediate________was taken on the proposal. It was________too revolutionary and needed to be examined very carefully. However, the idea was not rejected. Several governments ________experts to investigate the scheme and make recommendations for or against it.

1.A.disapproved B.objected C.disagreed D.opposed

2.A.reservations B.thoughts C.wonders D.suggestions

3.A.asked B.forced C.allowed D.encouraged

4.A.immediately B.deliberately C.bravely D.finally

5.A.first B.only C.special D.personal

6.A.other than B.more than C.better than D.rather than

7.A.record B.punishment C.sentence D.service

8.A.creative B.negative C.positive D.impressive

9.A.If B.When C.Though D.As

10.A.robbing B.stealing C.killing D.cheating

11.A.denied B.ignored C.questioned D.objected

12.A.put on B.set aside C.give away D.take off

13.A.wear B.hide C.play D.use

14.A.reaction B.reply C.approach D.agreement

15.A.in case B.even if C.so that D.or else

16.A.easy B.disgusting C.harsh D.desperate

17.A.injury B.discomfort C.illnesses D.tests

18.A.determination B.decision C.reaction D.action

19.A.more B.far C.enough D.even

20.A.regulate B.undertook C.appointed D.submitted