阅读欣赏 | Baked earth Sculpture 陶器塑像 ——V. M.希利尔(仲秋译) TERRA COTTA means earth baked. A flower pot and a brick are terra cotta— that is, earth or clay baked t...
潮流天下 | Could Humans Hibernatein the Future? 未来人类会冬眠吗? With low temperatures and a lack of food, winter is a harsh season for animals. Many animals enter hibernation to get th...
潮流天下 | Is It Good for You to Sleep with a Pet? 和宠物一起睡好不好? That may be true for many of us, but studies have shown that pets in the bedroom could be beneficial for some of us. Peo...
环球采风 | Four Ways to Reduce MicroplasticsGetting intoYour Body 四种减少微塑料摄入的方法 塑料为人类带来了很多便利,我们现在早已习惯了用塑料,穿塑料,玩塑料,吃塑料。没错,我们几乎每天都在吃塑料。 Microplastics are “one of the greatest man-made disasters of our t...
环球采风 | What's the Difference Between 1.5℃ and 2℃ofGlobal Warming? 全球升温1.5℃和2℃有什么不同? 联合国气候报告反复强调,要把全球升温幅度控制在1.5℃以内。此前《巴黎协定》提出的目标是,要把升温幅度控制在2℃以内,同时尽力不超过1.5℃。那么,全球升温1.5℃和 2℃的区别到底有多大? Over and over at the UN ...
环球采风 | Storing Seeds for the Future 为未来储存种子 The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species (GBOWS) is a research and preservation facility for rare and endanger ed plant s ...
技能训练 | Reading Comprehension 阅读理解 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A 、B 、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。 (一) A Home delivery meal kits have been one of the bits of the pandemic: they have e...
技能训练 | Reading and Optional Choices 阅读七选五 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 1 Cold weather during winter months may keep many people from leaving home and...
技能训练 | Cloze 完形填空 阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A 、B 、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 1 It was just after sunrise on an August morning. Ivan, a florist, who wa...
技能训练 | Reading and Blank-filling 语法填空 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 1 A yellow teddy bear, found in a dustbin half a century ago, 1 (become) a star exhi...
技能训练 | Proof-reading 短文改错 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(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线...
技能训练 | Writing 书面表达 1 假如你校正在开展主题为“Making Reading a Way of Life”的活动,请你写一篇倡议书,倡议大家积极参与该活动。内容包括: 1﹒活动目的; 2﹒读书的益处; 3﹒提出倡议。 注意: 1﹒词数100左右; 2﹒可以适当...
技能训练 | KEYS参考答案 阅读理解 (一) 1—5 DDCDC 6—10 DBABD 11—15 CCBDB (二) 1—5 DBDDA 6—10 CBCAD 11—15 BDDAB (三) 1—5 ACAAC 6—10 BABCA 11—15 BBADC (四) ...