Once upon a time, there lived a wise man. Everyone respected him. His son, however, was very___________and did nothing every day.

The wise man was worried about his son’s future. One day, he said to his son, “I want you to find some treasure. I have drawn a map to___________you.” Then he handed his son a bag. Inside the bag were clothes, some food, a little money and the___________.

The son set out on his long journey the next day. Along the way, he met a lot of people. He sometimes was_________by some with food and by some with a room to live in. However, he also came across robbers (强盗)who tried to rob him.

_________, after a long year, he reached the place where the treasure was. He spent two days looking and digging for the treasure, but found___________. He felt so disappointed. Then he went back to his home. On his way back, he learned to make meals and fix his own clothes _________.He also met the same people who had helped him_________. This time, he helped them in order to repay(报答)them.

When he reached home, he said___________ to his father for not finding the treasure. “There wasn’t any treasure in the very first place, my son.” the father answered____________, “But I think you have found your life’s true meaning.”

1.A.lazy B.busy C.hard-working

2.A.meet B.disappoint C.guide

3.A.key B.map C.knife

4.A.fooled B.praised C.helped

5.A.Finally B.Unluckily C.Suddenly

6.A.anything B.nothing C.everything

7.A.herself B.myself C.himself

8.A.before B.later C.now

9.A.thanks B.sorry C.goodbye

10.A.happily B.sadly C.angrily

It Is Never Too Early to Think—and Communicate—like a Scientist

Who is a scientist and what is his job? A chemist doing experiments? A geologist out studying rocks? When most people think about science, they imagine characters making discoveries or finding cures (治疗方法)for new diseases. However, these leave out an extremely important part of the scientific process: communicating—sharing the results of that work.

Imagine if someone discovered something important about a disease. Other scientists need to understand the work well enough to use these new developments to make even more discoveries in the future. The public, too, needs to understand how these discoveries might influence their lives. But none of this will be possible if the work is not shared. Being a scientist goes far beyond the moment of discovery.

Without clear communication, scientists would not be able to use the work that has already been done. So how do scientists tell others about the work that they have done? How do they make sure that everything that they share is as clear and correct as possible?

Researchers publish their work in scientific journals(期刊).These journals can be read by other researchers around the world. It is very important for these journals, and for the scientists who read them, to make sure that the research included is as correct as possible. In order to do that, articles given to scientific journals before publication first go through a process called peer review. Other scientists who do research in areas related to the work in an article are asked to read through it. Scientists also provide feedback to the writers. They bring up new questions the writer may not have considered, recognize limitations to the results being described, and also make sure that no mistakes were made during the process.

Frontiers for Young Minds is a scientific journal written for—and reviewed by young people. All of the articles in it are based on works already published in a peer reviewed scientific journal. However, while scientists are good at making sure that articles are understandable for other scientists, there are no better experts to make sure that something can be understood by young people than the young people themselves. By working together with an experts young reviewers read the article to see if any part of the article is hard to understands make it clear why the experiment was done in the way it was done and check whether the figures (数据)clearly explain the point of the article.

Basically, these young reviewers learn to think like scientists. It is never too early to start! Ask questions, learn new things, and don't forget the importance of communicating your findings.

1.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A.What is required to be a good scientist.

B.Who should understand a scientist’s job.

C.Why sharing the results of scientific work is important.

D.How scientists make sure their work is clear and correct.

2.From the passage we can know that________.

A.scientists are good at working together with others

B.young people usually enjoy reading scientific journals

C.in peer review, other scientists bring up questions to readers

D.young reviewers help make articles in Frontiers for Young Minds more readable

3.What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?

A.To introduce how scientists do their jobs.

B.To offer practical advice on how to ask scientific questions.

C.To explain the effects of peer review on scientific journals.

D.To encourage young people to think and communicate like scientists.

When you travel abroad and meet foreigners who speak English well, you may think that they are Americans or British people. However, they can be non-native(非母语的) speakers of English. 1. For example, a number of Germans are good at English even though English isn’t their mother tongue.

Learning English is not a boring journey. 2. 据说许多学习者在日常生活里学英语。 Eric is a Russian actor. He used to have problems in pronouncing. Through TV programs, movies and music from English-speaking countries, he learned English in an interesting way with confidence built up. 3. “English songs and movies make me happy when I am blue,” he said. “It is always good to have something inspiring and cheerful in the learning process.”

4. Sometimes your effort may end up driving yourself mad. If so,asking for help is necessary and of great importance. No one is expected to learn something well without difficulties. When we find learning English hard, turn to others in time. And we are supposed to work with other English learners to support each other and encourage each other. 5. 此外,我们可以尽可能多参加社会活动。 For example, we can be voluntary guides to help foreign visitors, which is a chance to practice English.

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5.__________________________________________________________________

Have you ever experienced such a day when your grandparents, your mom, your dad, your aunts, your uncles, your sisters and yourself ... are all facing the same test: _______ is studying hard to learn how to sort garbage(垃圾). No matter how old they are, how experienced they are, nobody has any _______ and there are cleaning ladies watching over people who seem to get near the garbage cans. Some people sigh(叹气) and say it’s _______ to be a human-being, when the cleaning ladies ask them “What garbage are you?”

People in Shanghai nowadays are not talking about stocks(股票) or housing price, or even dating. They pay full attention _______ sorting garbage. Except eating and sleeping, they spend the rest time _______ for answers to the questions _______ “What kind of garbage is ...?” It’s quite an impressive(令人敬佩的)(actually funny) thing to see the locals working so hard to sort garbage.

It is always a big _______ for parents to answer the old question—“Where did I come from?” But now people in Shanghai have an easy and also modern answer—“I _______ you from a garbage can.” “Then, was I in the dry or wet garbage can?” “When I don’t need to _______ your homework, you are recyclable garbage; but when I’m tutoring(辅导) you, you are ________ garbage!”

1.A.Anybody B.Everybody C.Somebody

2.A.weakness B.problem C.advantage

3.A.difficult B.proud C.relaxing

4.A.on B.to C.at

5.A.recalling B.discovering C.searching

6.A.like B.for C.with

7.A.request B.challenge C.influence

8.A.packed B.picked C.processed

9.A.help with B.compete with C.work with

10.A.uncomfortable B.harmful C.ugly

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