To this day, I remember my mum’s letters. It all ______ in December 1941. Every night she wrote to my brother Johnny, who had been ______ that summer. We had not heard from him since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Mum claimed that there was a direct ______ from the brain to the written word that was just as strong as the light God has granted us. She trusted that this light would ______ Johnny. I don’t know if she said that to ______ her mind or all of ours. But I do know that it helped us ______ together, and one day a letter from Jonny really did arrive. Johnny was alive on an island.

I had always been amused by the fact that mum ______ her letters, “Cecilia Capuzzi”, and I ______ her about why she didn’t just write “Mum”. I hadn’t been aware that she ______ thought of herself as Cecilia Capuzzi. Not as Mum. I began seeing her in a new light, this small _____ yet strong woman. We often sat recalling the days when our family was filled with laughter of four boys. They had all moved away from home to work, enrolled in the ______, or got married. All except me. Around next spring mum had got two more sons to ______. Little by little, the rumour about mum’s letters ______. One day a small woman knocked at our door. She opened her bag and ______ a pile of airmail letters, begging mum to read them from her son who was a soldier in Europe. Mum read the letters one by one. The woman’s eyes ______ with tears. A few days later the woman returned with a friend, then another one and yet another one—they all needed letters. Mum had become the _______ in our town.

“All people in this world are here with one particular ______,” Mum said. “______, mine is to write letters.” She tried to explain why it ______ her so much. “A letter_______ people like nothing else. It can make them cry, it can make them laugh and it makes the world seem very small. My dear, a letter is life itself!”

1.A. gathered B. disappeared C. started D. happened

2.A. called B. drafted C. arrested D. trained

3.A. link B. signal C. route D. result

4.A. warm B. guide C. tell D. find

5.A. focus B. calm C. broaden D. strengthen

6.A. swing B. struggle C. stick D. settle

7.A. began B. answered C. signed D. sealed

8.A. teased B. persuaded C. reminded D. informed

9.A. never B. seldom C. ever D. always

10.A. liberal B. delicate C. reliable D. uneducated

11.A. university B. service C. course D. army

12.A. cater to B. relate to C. write to D. subscribe to

13.A. circulated B. arose C. faded D. ceased

14.A. set out B. pulled out C. put out D. turned out

15.A. sprang up B. welled up C. looked up D. turned up

16.A. writer B. editor C. assistant D. correspondent

17.A. order B. ambition C. letter D. purpose

18.A. Apparently B. Gradually C. Initially D. Eventually

19.A. pushed B. challenged C. absorbed D. relaxed

20.A. unites B. draws C. cheers D. associates

    Do you like writing a few paragraphs every day about your experiences, hopes, memories or feelings? If you don’t, it’s time to make a change now. Write just a few paragraphs every day about your experiences, hopes, memories and feelings, and you will immediately begin to experience benefits to your personal growth and potential.

You will gradually become better at expressing yourself. 1. However,  when  you become lazy with words, you find it is more difficult to describe feelings, share experiences and make yourself understood.

2. As you write about memories, it is like opening an old photo album. Your pen begins to explore feelings and details you have forgotten and dreams you have left behind. You suddenly remember people you would like to contact again. Writing is an activity that avoids distraction(使人分心的事) long enough for you to explore those wonderful moments of the past. Sometimes they are frightening. 3.

Writing about daily experiences and feelings provides a recorded history that will influence how you make future decisions. 4. They learned from what had happened before. Your history is important. Don’t let it be forgotten.

Writing reminds you of your dreams and keeps you moving toward them. It is a means of keeping track of your purpose and the goals that will lead you to achieve them. 5. It shows when you have been distracted and may need to give all your attention again to your writing.

Writing a little every day could provide the material that someday becomes a published book. When I wrote about my depression and my four-year-old granddaughter who got lost in the mountains, I never dreamed it would be in a book.

A. You will remember things long forgotten.

B. Writing keeps you energetic and full of imagination all the time.

C. Sometimes they are wonderful and almost always they are helpful.

D. Sooner or later, you are surely to become a great professional writer.

E. Reviewing what you have written is a perfect way to see your progress.

F. There’s a reason that the greatest leaders in history were students of history.

G. When you write daily, you can always be amazed at how quickly your writing skills improve.

    Like a tired marriage, the relationship between libraries and publishers has long been dull. E- books, however, are causing heartache. Libraries know they need digital wares, but many publishers are too cautious about piracy(盗版) and lost sales to co-operate. Among the big six, only Random House and Harper Collins license e-books with most libraries.

Publishers are wise to be nervous. Owners of e-readers(电子阅读器) are exactly the customers they need: book-lovers with money. If these people switch to borrowing e-books instead of buying them, what then? Electronic borrowing is awfully convenient. Unlike printed books, which must be checked out and returned to a physical library miles from where you live， book files can be downloaded at home. The files disappear from the device when they are due.

E-lending is not simple, however. There are lots of different and often incompatible(不兼容的) e-book formats, devices and licenses. Most libraries use a company called OverDrive, which secures rights from publishers and provides e-books and audio files in every format. Yet publishers and libraries are worried by Over Drive’s global market dominance(优势), as the company can control fees and conditions. Publishers were annoyed when OverDrive cooperated with Amazon, the world’s biggest online bookseller, last year. Owners of Amazon’s Kindle e-reader who want to borrow e-books from libraries are now redirected to Amazon’s website, where they must use their Amazon account to secure a loan.

According to Pew, an opinion researcher, library users are a perfect market for Amazon. Late last year Amazon introduced its Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which lets its best customers borrow free one of thousands of popular books each month.

Library supporters argue that book borrowers are also book buyers and that libraries are vital spaces for readers to discover new works. Many were cheered by a recent Pew survey»which found that more than half of Americans with library cards say they prefer to buy their e-books.

So publishers keep adjusting their lending arrangements in search of the right balance.

Random House raised its licensing price’s earlier this year, and Harper Collins limits libraries to lending its titles 26 times.

1.It can be inferred from Paragraph 1 that ________.

A.several big publishers have sold e-books to libraries

B.most publishers are hesitant to cooperate with libraries

C.libraries are eager to keep strong relationship with publishers

D.libraries and publishers face the same problem of e-books’ piracy

2.Why are publishers worried that people will switch to electronic borrowing?

A.E-books must be checked out and returned to libraries regularly.

B.There is no time limit for the book files downloaded on the device.

C.There are lots of different and incompatible e-book formats available.

D.Book sales may drop sharply because of convenient electronic borrowing.

3.We can learn from the text that ________.

A.Amazon is adopting measures to win more customers

B.e-books can be lent at libraries as many times as you like

C.Over Drive distributes e-books and audio files to publishers

D.over half of Americans are borrowing e-boo from libraries

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.The Hopeful Future of Publishing Business

B.The Uncertain Economics of Lending E-books

C.The Dull Relationship between Libraries and Publishers

D.The Close Cooperation between OverDrive and Amazon

    A recent study questions whether placing attention on economic growth is the best way to improve child nutrition in low-and middle-income countries. Subu is a professor at the Harvard School of Public Health in Massachusetts. He says there is a common belief on the best way to improve child health in developing countries. He puts it this way: “Let’s just go after economic growth and then everything else will just follow.” But he says that is not always true.

Take India for example. A common measure of a country’s economic health is GDP (gross domestic product). India’s GDP has been growing by more than five percent a year. That is a higher growth rate than most Western countries. Yet more than two-fifths of India’s children are underweight. And Subu says, the percentage of underweight children has changed little since the early 1990s. He and other researchers asked a question, “Was economic growth failing to benefit children in countries other than India?” They looked at health surveys carried out since 1990 in 36 low-and middle-income countries, mostly South of Africa’s Sahara Desert. The researchers compared the effect of GDP growth and signs of child malnutrition-like physical weakness, slow growth and being underweight. But the researchers found only a small relationship.

The group reported their findings in the Journal Lancet Global Health. Subu says money should be spent on clear water, waste-treatment system and other programs. “Without these directing measures, what we are seeing is that economic growth by itself is not making much difference,” said Subu.

But that is not how Lawrence Haddad sees the case. He is head of the Institute of Development Studies in Britain. Lawrence Haddad says malnutrition has dropped sharply over the past 20 years in countries like Vietnam, Ghana or Brazil. He says economic growth was responsible for half of those declines. “The other half is because of improvements in water, health systems and nutrition programs,” said Haddad.

1.Why does the author take India for example?

A.To stress the importance of GDP.

B.To arouse reader’s interest in the topic.

C.To prove economic growth can’t improve child nutrition.

D.To show India has a higher growth rate than most Western countries.

2.What does the underlined word “malnutrition” in paragraph 2 mean?

A.Lacking nutrition. B.Getting nutrition.

C.Providing nutrition. D.Wasting nutrition.

3.Which statement is true according to the passage?

A.Two-fifths of India’s children are underweight.

B.Economic growth only fails to benefit children in India.

C.Lawrence Haddad looked at health surveys carried out since 1990.

D.Subu believed economic growth itself could hardly make a difference.

4.What is Lawrence Haddad’s attitude toward Subu’s findings?

A.Supportive. B.Disapproving.

C.Unconcerned. D.Doubtful.

    The person who set the course of my life was a school teacher named Marjorie Hurd. When 1 stepped off a ship in New York Harbor in 1949, I was a nine-year-old war refugee, who had lost his mother and was coming to live with the father he did not know. My mother, Eleni Gatzoyiannis, had been imprisoned and shot for sending my sisters and me to freedom.

I was thirteen years old when I entered Chandler Junior High. Shortly after I arrived, I was told to select a hobby to pursue during“club hours.” The idea of hobbies and clubs made no sense to my immigrant ears, but I decided to follow the prettiest girl in my class. She led me into the presence of Miss Hurd, the school newspaper adviser and English teacher.

A tough woman with salt-and pepper hair and determined eyes, Miss Hurd had no patience with lazy bones. She drilled us in grammar, assigned stories for us to read and discuss, and eventually taught us how to put out a newspaper. Her introduction to the literary wealth of Greece gave me a new perspective on my war-torn homeland, making me proud of my origins. Her efforts inspired me to understand the logic and structure of the English language. Owing to her inspiration, during my next twenty-five years, I became a, journalist by profession.

Miss Hurd retired at the age of 62. By then, she had taught for a total of 41 years. Even after her retirement, she continually made a project of unwilling students in whom she spied a spark of potential. The students were mainly from the most troubled homes, yet she alternately bullied and charmed them with her own special brand of tough love, until the spark caught fire.

Miss Hurd was the one who directed my grief and pain into writing. But for Miss Hurd, I wouldn't have become & reporter. She was the one who sent me into journalism and indirectly caused all the good things that came after.

1.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?

A.Hobbies and clubs did not interest the author.

B.The author turned a deaf ear to joining clubs.

C.Hobbies and clubs were inaccessible to immigrants like the author.

D.The author had no idea what hobbies and clubs were all about.

2.Which of the following caused the author to think of his homeland differently?

A.Stepping on the American soil for the first time.

B.Being exposed to Greek literary works.

C.Her mother's miserable death.

D.Following the prettiest girl in his class.

3.It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that

A.Miss Hurd employed a unique way to handle these students.

B.Miss Hurd's contribution was recognized across the nation.

C.Students from troubled homes preferred Miss Hurd's teaching style.

D.The students Miss Hurd taught were all finally fired.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A.How the author became a journalist.

B.The importance of inspiration in one's life.

C.The teacher who shaped the author's life.

D.Factors contributing to a successful career.

    With the lure (诱惑) of high salaries and strong job prospects, a lot of students enter college thinking they will major in engineering. If you think engineering might be a good choice for you, a summer engineering program is a great way to learn more about the field and expand your experiences. Below are some excellent summer engineering programs.

Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation

This introductory engineering course for rising juniors and seniors is offered by Johns Hopkins University at several locations across the country. Engineering Innovation teaches critical thinking and applied problem-solving skills for future engineers through lectures, research and projects. If the student achieves an A or B in the program, they will also receive three transferable credits from Johns Hopkins University. The program runs for four or five days a week over four to five weeks, depending on the location. Most locations offer commuter programs only, but the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus in Baltimore also offers a residential option.

Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES)

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers this enrichment program for high school juniors interested in engineering, science and entrepreneurship. Students select five of 14 rigorous (严格的) academic courses to study over the six weeks of the program, during which time they have several opportunities to network with a diverse group of individuals within the fields of science and engineering. Students also share and celebrate their own cultures. MITES is scholarship-based; those students selected for the program need only provide their own transportation to and from the MIT campus.

Summer Engineering Exploration Camp

Hosted by the University of Michigan, this program is a one-week residential camp for rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors interested in engineering. Participants have the opportunity to explore several different areas of engineering during engineering workplace tours, group projects, and presentations by students, faculty and professional engineers. Campers also enjoy recreational events and experience a university residential atmosphere in the University of Michigan dorms.

Exploring Your Options at the University of Illinois

This residential summer engineering camp for rising high school juniors and seniors is offered by the Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering program, headquartered at the University of Illinois. Campers have the chance to interact with engineering students and faculty, visit engineering facilities and research labs at the university, and work together on hands-on engineering projects. Students also participate in traditional camp recreational and social activities. The camp runs for two one-week sessions during June and July.

1.Which of the following programs lasts longest?

A. Johns Hopkins Engineering Innovation

B. Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science

C. Summer Engineering Exploration Camp

D. Exploring Your Options at the University of Illinois

2.If you choose the program of MIT, you will ________.

A. pay a visit to fabulous research labs

B. have the chance to win a scholarship

C. enjoy recreational activities with faculty

D. experience a university residential atmosphere

3.This passage may be intended for ________.

A. engineering majors B. professional engineers

C. high school students D. scientifically gifted children

请看下面漫画以及李明的两篇日记，用英语写一篇短文。

（写作内容）

1.用约30个单词概述上述两篇日记的内容

2,用约120个单词发表你的观点，

内容包括：(1)陈述上述两篇日记及漫画所反映的何题；

(2)结合自身实际，谈谈日记及漫画给你的启示 .

（写作要求）

A.词数150左右。

B.作文中不得提及考生所在班级和本人姓名。

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请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入—个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词，请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。

What lies behind the “pay-for-knowledge" boom?

Have you ever paid for educational live videos? Ask a woman on the street and the chances are that she will say yes. These years has seen China's ride on the peak of a trend—"pay-for-knowledge", a new economy that is popular in its prosperity. The content of its products ranges from economics, psychology, and finance to skills of talking, body-building, and baby-caring.

Then what accounts for this craze on “knowledge”？ First of all, the Internet serves as a precondition. Compared with traditional business models, online business has removed the barriers. With a fast network and a smartphone, anyone having passed the identity check upon online platforms can apply to be an online teacher, and anyone with an online account can pay  for “knowledge products,, he/she wants at an affordable price. Meanwhile, in this age of information, a fear of missing out is generated by information explosion. On one hand, there is ever more desire for focused information that is useful and relevant. On the other hand, such information is usually at the hands of professionals and experts serving well-known companies and schools with high walls.

Admittedly, this “knowledge-based" payment fashion has proved to be profitable. With regard to the whole society, information is motivated to flow relatively free and, to some extent, complete control of information is broken. Besides, as a new industry, this economy insert vigor （活力）into the development of our country. Sellers can reap rich profits from it; buyers can enjoy self-growth and a broader horizon. Plus, this is also a reflection of respect for knowledge and talents. It promises possibilities of turning information into income.

As with all the new industry, however, the "pay-for-knowledge" boom betrays a few problems. For one thing, the market is full of exaggerated slogans, which sound like once you pay for it, you are sure to succeed immediately. Also, most “knowledge" products cannot be counted as knowledge at all. For another, a number of consumers believe such nonsense and buy them just for showing off. It is a pity for them not to understand that in essence, to digest knowledge-based commodities requires a long-term investment of time and energy, as well as the ability to learn by oneself.

On balance, the best is the one that suits you best. Knowledge-based payment should be used as a good start for individual exploration rather than a clutch at straws to save your life. Be careful. Otherwise, great expectation may turn out to be daydreams.

    Microsoft announced this week that its facial-recognition system is now more accurate in identifying people of color, touting （吹嘘）its progress at tacking one of the technology’s biggest biases （偏见）.But critics, citing Microsoft's work with immigration and Customs Enforcement ,quickly seized on how that improved technology might be used. The agency contracts with Microsoft for cloud-computing tools that the tech giant says is largely limited to office work but can also face recognition.

Columbia University professor Alondra Nelson tweeted. “We must stop confusing 'inclusion5 in more 'diverse' surveillance （监管）systems with justice and equality.”

Facial-recognition systems more often misidentify people of color because of a long-running data problem: The massive sets of facial images they train on skew heavily toward white men. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study this year of the face-recognition systems designed by Microsoft, IBM and the China-based Face found facial-recognition systems consistently giving the wrong gender for famous women of color including Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama and Shirley Chisholm, the first black female member of Congress.

The companies have responded in recent months by pouring many more photos into the mix, hoping to train the systems to better tell the differences among more than just white faces. IBM said Wednesday it used 1 million facial images, taken from the photo-sharing site Flickr, to build the "world's largest facial data-set" which it will release publicly for other companies to use.

IBM and Microsoft say that allowed its systems to recognize gender and skin tone with much more precision. Microsoft said its improved system reduced the error rates for darker-skinned men and women by "up to 20 times,n and reduced error rates for all women by nine times.

Those- improvements were heralded （宣布）by some for taking aim at the prejudices in a rapidly spreading technology, including potentially reducing the kinds of false positives that could lead police officers misidentify a criminal suspect.

But others suggested that the technology's increasing accuracy could also make it more marketable. The system should be accurate, "but that’s just the beginning, not the end, of their ethical obligation,” said David Robinson, managing director of the think tank Upturn.

At the center of that debate is Microsoft, whose multimillion-dollar contracts with ICE came under fire amid the agency's separation of migrant parents and children at the Mexican border.

In an open letter to Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella urging the company to cancel that contract, Microsoft workers pointed to a company blog post in January that said Azure Government would help ICE “accelerate recognition and identification.” “We believe that Microsoft must take an ethical stand, and put children and families above profits,”the letter said.

A Microsoft spokesman, pointing to a statement last week from Nadella, said the company's "current cloud engagement” with ICE supports relatively anodyne （温和的）office work such as calendar, massaging and document management workloads.” The company said in a statement that its facial-recognition improvements are “part of our going work to address the industry-wide issues on bias.”

Criticism of face recognition will probably expand as the technology finds its way into more arenas, including airport. stores and schools. The Orlando police department said this week that it Would not renew its use of Amazon. Com's Rekognition system.

“Companies have to acknowledge their moral involvement in the downstream use of their technology,” Robinson said : “The impulse is that they're going to put a product out there and wash their hands of the consequences. That’s unacceptable”.

1.What is “one of the technology's biggest biases ”in Paragraph 1?

A.Class bias. B.Racial discrimination.

C.Professional prejudice. D.Regional difference.

2.What can we know about the improvement of facial-recognition technology?

A.It is due to the expansion of the photo database.

B.Justice and equality have been truly achieved.

C.It has already solved all the social issues on biases.

D.Migrant parents and their children can be reunited.

3.What is the focus of the face-recognition debate?

A.Data problems. B.The market value.

C.The application field. D.A moral issue

4.What is David Robinson's attitude towards facial-recognition technology?

A.optimistic. B.Approval.

C.Skeptical. D.Neutral.

5.We can infer from the last paragraph that ______.

A.companies had better hide from responsibilities

B.companies should not launch new products on impulse

C.companies deny problems with the technical process of facial-recognition system

D.companies should be responsible for the new product and the consequences

6.Which can be the suitable title for the passage?

A.Fears of facial-recognition technology B.The wide use of Microsoft system

C.The improvement of Microsoft system D.Failure of recognizing black women

    Every weekday, shortly after 11 a.m., a line forms at the Broadway and 38th Street location of Sweetgreen, the eco-conscious salad chain. By noon, the line has usually tripled （三倍）in size.

The scene is similar at the Chop't, or the Dig Inn, or the Just Salad one block south. Greens, once so unattractive that parents all over the country had to beg their children to eat them, have never been hotter.

At Sweetgreen , the appeal is partly ethical . The ingredients are sustainably farmed, sourced from trusted partner and served with transparency. There are vegetarian, gluten-free and “warm bowl” options. There are raw beets and organic carrots. It's enough to make the most wasteful among us feel satisfied . It is any wonder that Sweetgreen is the fastest growing salad chain in the United States?

The moral overtones extend even to the trash. As customers pay and head back toward their various workplaces , they pass an often Overflowing garbage bin with a proud sign above it that says that all of the company’s utensils, napkins, bowls and cups are plant-based, "which means   they go in the compost bin（堆肥箱），along with any leftover food." "Nothing from inside Sweetgreen goes to the landfill（垃圾填埋）,” the sign declares further, virtuously.

But that's far from the truth, although it,s not the chain's fault.

Zara Watson, a lawyer who eats at Sweetgreen three times a week, throws the waste from her healthful lunch directly in the trash because she does not have to compost at her office. So does Sam Hockley, the managing director at the software company Meltwater, who is willing to eat a Sweetgreen bowl for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Salad is appealing not only because the food is healthy for us but because it's healthy for the world. But even as Sweetgreen and its marvelous effort, the compostable（可降解的） containers the chain puts such care into providing are, more often than not, going to a landfill.

Eric Goldstein, the New York City environment director, said that it typically takes a city about a decade to transition to successful composting. Now New York faces several challenges, one " which is educating people on how to compost in the first place. u!f you were to stop a person in the street, 1 don't know how many people could even tell you what composting really is," he said. "We need a large-scale program to let New Yorkers know why this is important and how to participate in the program .”

And of course, composting itself is not the gold standard of eco-conscious lunch disposal, “it's still best to use reusable things, even before composting and recycling,” Mr. Goldstein said. "But composting is an extremely valuable thing to do."

1.The reasons why Sweetgreen is so popular include all the followings EXCEPT _________.

A.the ingredients it uses are safe and reliable

B.The products it offers are attractive to children

C.The products it offers meet the needs of different customers

D.there is a growing trend toward eating green

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the sign above the garbage bin at Sweetgreen?

A.The shop encourages customers not to waste food.

B.The containers that Sweetgreen uses are reusable.

C.The leftover food from the shop will be sent to landfill.

D.The tableware that Sweetgreen uses is environment-friendly.

3.why does Zara throw the waste in the trash after eating Sweetgreen's salads?

A.Because composting is unnecessary where she works.

B.Because she thinks it is wrong to compost waste.

C.Because the material Sweetgreen uses isn't compostable.

D.Because she is unwilling to walk to the compost bin.

4.What can we learn from Eric Goldstein's words?

A.The biggest challenge in composting is the objection from customers.

B.Most Americans have realized the necessity of garbage classification.

C.The transition to successful composting in New York is a tough task.

D.The best way to deal with leftover food is to turn it into compost.

    Airborne dust is normally seen as an environmental problem, but the lack of it is making air pollution over China considerably worse.

A new study suggests less dust means more solar radiation hits the land surface,which reduces wind speed. That lack of wind in turn leads to an accumulation of air pollution over heavily populated parts of China. The researchers found that reduced dust levels cause a 13% increase in human-made pollution in the region.

Hundreds of millions of people across China continue to be impacted by air pollution from factories and coal-fl red power plants. Studies suggest that the dirty、air contributes to 1.6 million deaths a year, about 17% of all mortalities. But this new research says that the human-induced pollution is being made worse or better by naturally occurring dust that blows in from the Gobi desert. Using models to simulate 150 years of wind and dust patterns in the region, the researchers found that the dust deflects significant amounts of sunlight. Without it, more heat from the Sun hits the land. Differences in the temperatures between land and sea cause the winds to blow. Without the dust, the land warms up more and that changes the temperature differential with the sea leading to weaker breezes - and more air pollution.

“There are two dust sources. One is the Gobi and the other is the highlands of north-west China, but we found the Gobi had much more influence," said lead author Yang Yang, from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington State, US. “Less dust in the atmosphere causes more solar radiation to reach the surface. It weakens the temperature difference between the land and the sea and impacts the circulation of the winds and causes a stagnation over eastern- China and that causes an accumulation of air pollution.”

Another study has recently shown a link between declining Arctic sea ice and a major air pollution event in China. The authors of the new study believe that both theories could be true.

“Our study has the same mechanism: the weakening of winds causes more pollution, and what is behind this needs to be studied/ said Yang Yang, “We have two views on this kind of weakening of wind. They found the sea ice, we found the dust-wind interaction can also lead to weakening of the wind. I think both of them are important.”

The researchers believe that the study may inform broader questions about how natural human-created aerosols interact.

Many parts of the world, in addition to China, are now suffering from increased levels of air pollution and understanding how dust, winds and emissions work together may help limit some of the worst impacts of dirty air.

One of the key lessons from this study is that the absence of dusty conditions could mean the air you are breathing is worse for you, not better.

1.According to the new study, the formation of air pollution over heavily populated parts of China is due to_________.

A.the accumulation of dust B.the shortage of wind

C.the high level of living standards D.the rise of temperature

2.Whats the right sequence of cause and effect leading to the air pollution?

①the worse circulation of the winds

②more heat from the sun

③lessening temperature between the land and the sea

④less dust

⑤a worse stagnation

A.④②③①⑤ B.①④②⑤③

C.④①③②⑤ D.①⑤②④③

3.What might Yang Yang agree with?

A.Lack of dust from the highlands of north-west China means we can breathe better air.

B.There is little connection between declining Arctic sea ice and air pollution in China.

C.Declining Arctic sea ice and dust-wind interaction can cause weakening of the wind.

D.The interaction between dust, winds and emissions can worse dusty conditions.

Prospect Park Soiree

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Attend the most celebrated party of the year! We provide the entertainment and breathtaking setting, while you gather with thousands of friends—new and old—to enjoy an evening under the stars in Prospect Park.

Wear your most festive clothes, prepare a delicious feast, and dine and dance under the stars in one of Prospect Park's most secluded locations. Show off your creativity with a show-stopping topper —a fabulous hat— as well as table decor that celebrates the beautiful surroundings.

We are excited to introduce this year's entertainment!

Inspired by the Big Band Era of Jazz, Dandy Wellington and his Band have taken the sounds of the 1930's and 40's and created a world of well-dressed music. Post-dinner, enjoy a DJ dance party with DJ Cosmo Baker, who has played alongside artists as diverse as Drake, Jay-Z, Frank Ocean, The Roots, Erykah Badu, Pitbull, Trey Songz and Moby.

Proceeds benefit Prospect Park Alliance, the non-profit organization that sustains, restores ind advances Prospect Park for the benefit of the diverse communities that call Brooklyn home.

EVENT DETAILS:

5pm: Gates open

6pm: Dinner begins with live jazz of Dandy Wellington and his Band

8 pm: Dance party begins with a live set by DJ Cosmo Baker

10 pm: Soiree concludes

Learn more and view our event galleries!

Please note:

•Guests bring their own food and table decor. Tables and chairs are provided. •Tables each accommodate up to 10 guests.

•Groups of 20+ can contact us at soiree@prospectpark.org for assistance.

•Groups smaller than 10 people are encouraged to share tables.

•Prospect Park Soiree will take place, rain or shine.

•Help us keep the Park green: trash bags will be provided.

•Barbecues and other open flames are not allowed in Prospect Park. 'Tents and other structures are not permitted.

•Tickets are non-refundable, but are transferable.

1.What can we learn about Prospect Park Soiree?

A.People can attend Prospect Park Soiree for free.

B.People can camp in Prospect Park under the stars.

C.Live jazz and a DJ dance party are available to people.

D.Prospect C.Park Alliance provides financial support for it.

2.If you bring one friend to Prospect Park Soiree,________.

A.you'd better leave the park before midnight

B.You should contact the staff there in advance

C.you'd better introduce him / her to other participants

D.you will be advised to share a table with other people

    A loving person lives in a loving world while a hostile person lives in a hostile world, Everyone you meet is your mirror.

Mirrors reflecting the___ have a very particular function. Just as a physical mirror serves as the tool of __ , so do all of the people in our lives.

When we see something __, such as a flower garden, green grass, a clear river etc, they serve as a reflection. In order to see the beauty in front of us, we must be able to see the beauty___ of ourselves. When we love someone, it’s a reflection of loving ourselves. Often, when we meet someone___，we feel as though we've known each other for a long time because of sharing __ .

Just as the "mirror" or other person can be a(an)____ reflection, it is more likely that we'll notice it when it has a negative connotation(含义).For example, it’s easy to___ times when we have met someone we don’t like. We may have some___ in our mind about the person. This is especially true when we get to know someone hateful, with whom we would rather____less time. Ironically, when we __ qualities in other people, ifs usually the mirror that’s speaking to us. I began___ myself further each time I met someone that I didn't particularly like. Each time, I asked myself "What is it about that person that I don't like?'' and ___"Is there something similar in me?". In every case, I could see a piece of that___ in me, and sometimes I had to think it over. So what did that mean?

It means that just as I can get___ or disturbed when 1 notice that aspect in someone else, I better reexamine my qualities and consider making some___. Even if I'm not willing to make an extreme change, at least I consider how I might ___some of the things that I'm doing.

Sometimes we meet someone strange and feel distant, disconnected, or disgusted. ___we don't want to believe it. and it’s not easy or desirable to look further, it can be a great learning lesson to___ out what part of the person is being reflected in you. It’s simply just another way to create more __.

1.A.image B.picture C.version D.figure

2.A.Calculation B.reaction C.reflection D.comprehension

3.A.ridiculous B.unbelievable C.concrete D.beautiful

4.A.beside B.inside C.alongside D.behind

5.A.familiar B.former C.stranger D.ordinary

6.A.opinions B.similarities C.virtues. D.characteristics

7.A.positive B.objective C.abstract D.psychological

8.A.remember B.assess C.regret D.accept

9.A.recognition B.affection C.suspicion D.criticism

10.A.spend B.value C.reserve D.spare

11.A.Treasure B.admire C.envy D.dislike

12.A.distinguishing B.questioning C.trusting D.suspecting

13.A.still B.yet C.so D.then

14.A.quality B.progress C.information D.improvement

15.A.excited B.satisfied C.annoyed D.puzzled

16.A.choices B.decisions C.plans D.changes

17.A.adapt B.transform C.modify D.swap

18.A.Because B.When C.Although D.However

19.A.Pick B.find C.hold D.bring

20.A.self-awareness B.Self-esteem C.self-confidence D.self-satisfaction

一Shall we go to see Midway this weekend?

— ________. I am otherwise engaged.

A.Never mind B.It's out of question

C.No problem D.It's out of the question

It is important to keep industrial waste from entering the rivers and lakes. If we do not do so, efforts to protect the environment will ____________.

A.Go down the drain B.suck it and see

C.make the headlines D.smooth the way

—You know, Bob, the mid-term exam is approaching.

—You are telling me! We______, preparing for it.

A.have been working hard ; B.will be working hard

C.were working hard D.had worked hard

Although alcohol is legal, it can damage the liver and do great harm______consumed in large quantities.

A.even if B.once C.While D.unless

The young man,_________of committing cybercrime against a company, was arrested and interviewed by the police.

A.having suspected. B.being suspected C.suspected D.having been suspected

We lost in the quarterfinal mainly because our two key player______hurt in the first five minutes of the game.

A.boomed B.drafted C.retired D.wrestled

My school kids,_______parents most have gone to work in cities, are left behind and taken care of by their grandparents.

A.whom B.whose C.of whom D.of whose

Considering the heavy pollution caused by fossil fuels, many people are _______ the use of alternative energy sources .

A.accenting for B.catering for C.compensating for D.pushing for

Theoretically, there are many solutions to such a problem, but it is not easy to find________easy to put into practice.

A.that B.one C.it D.the one

To everyone's surprise, the three-year-old boy recited Three-Character Canon without making a single   .

A.slide B.slip C.sneeze D.squeeze

Mr. Smith, what do you think happiness mean to you,_________with family and friends or something else?

A.to surround B.surrounded C.to be surrounded D.being surrounded

For students who don't intend to improve themselves in study and always participate in various social activities, college is______ a social center.

A.at lowest B.at best C.at least D.at worst

It is years since he worked here, but his devotion to his work is________we often hear Spoken of.

A.what B.that C.when D.why

Punishments would be severe, ranging from a few years in prison to the death penalty _______ a person be caught carrying drugs.

A.should B.would C.could D.might

One problem with online shopping is that customers can’t know whether the goods are ______.

A.artificial B.conventional C.authentic D.intellectual

    In1973,I was teaching elementary school. Each day,27kids_______“The Thinking Laboratory.” That was the __________ students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too________.

Freddy was an average_________,but not an average person .He had the rare balance of fun and compassion（同情）.He would________ the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyone’s_________.

Before the school year________,I gave the kids a special ________, T-shirts with the words “Verbs Are Your________” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs（动词）may seem dull ,most of the_______ things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.

Through the years, I’d run into former students who would provide _______ on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his _______ from high school and remained the same ______ person I met forty years before .Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man _______in his truck. Another time ,he _______a friend money to buy a house .

Just last year, I was________ a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman________ the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and ________ it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a _______ from Freddy’s mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this.”

I told the story  to the class. As sad as it was, I couldn’t help smiling. Although Freddy was taken from us, we all________something from Freddy.

1.A. built B. entered C. decorated D. ran

2.A. name B. rule C. brand D. plan

3.A. small B. dark C. strange D. dull

4.A. scholar B. student C. citizen D. worker

5.A. speak B. sing C. question D. laugh

6.A. misfortune B. disbelief C. dishonesty D. mistake

7.A. changed B. approached C. returned D. ended

8.A. lesson B. gift C. report D. message

9.A. Friends B. Awards C. Masters D. Tasks

10.A. simple B. unique C. fun D. clever

11.A. assessments B. comments C. instructions D. updates

12.A. graduation B. retirement C. separation D. resignation

13.A. daring B. modest C. caring D. smart

14.A. wait B. sleep C. study D. live

15.A. paid B. charged C. lent D. owed

16.A. observing B. preparing C. designing D. conducting

17.A. regretted B. avoided C. excused D. ignored

18.A. opened B. packed C. gave D. held

19.A. picture B. bill C. note D. diary

20.A. chose B. took C. expected D. borrowed

    Artists might have sunk into a state where they forgot themselves, didn’t need to think and lost track of time, and inspirations would “just flow out”. Such a state of total involvement and effortless concentration is called “flow”. 1.. It is accompanied by physical changes such as deepened breathing and slow heart beats.

The benefits of being in the flow state stretch beyond the experience itself. Flow is associated with subjective happiness, satisfaction with life and inner peace. At work, it’s linked to productivity, motivation and responsibility. 2.. In fact, we all can experience flow whenever we are fully devoted to our work or hobbies or relationships, in mountains and cities alike. If you don’t experience flow every day, here are ways to trigger (触发) it.

Create best conditions

Avoid noisy environments and opportunities for interruptions. 3., so you’ll need to experiment to find what works best for you.

4.

You need to engage in activities that are meaningful, that you find challenging and for which you have the skills required to come out as winners. The level of difficulty should also be just right — not so easy that you find yourself bored, but not so hard that you get stressed.

Stay highly aware of yourself

Practice staying highly aware of your breath, your presence, your thoughts and your actions, and you will live fully each second of the present and be completely yourself. Gradually the world around melts away and what you are doing becomes worth doing for its own sake. 5..

A.Decide on a proper activity

B.Flow is more than a state of mind

C.Fortunately, flow is not unique to artists

D.Flow is a happy accident when it happens

E.Then you will be already in the flow state before you know it

F.The most desirable environment varies from person to person

G.Take whatever calm you can get, be yourself and the observer of yourself