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◆Thefastestassembly（组装）of10,000LegopiecesandthelongestLegochain

AgroupofschoolkidsinNewJerseywentfortheirworldrecordstoincreasepublicawarenessaboutafellowstudentwhoissufferingfromarareanddeadlydisease.Thegroupputtogether10,000Legopiecesinjustthreehours,breakingtheoldonebyfivehours.TheyalsosettherecordforthelongestLegochain,whichendedupat947meters,beatingtheoldrecordby40.

（1）Whoisdevotedtocharity?

A 

OratilweAJHongwane. 

B 

Evan. 

C 

DJArchJnr. 

D 

JulianPavone.

（2）Whatdoweknowabouttheyoungestdrummer?

Hehasrecorded20realsongs. 

Hegaveatleast20concertsatfive. 

Hemustearnalotofmoneybyrecording. 

HewasqualifiedfortheGuinessWorldRecordsatfour.

（3）Whydidtheschoolkidssettheworldrecord?

Tohelpasickschoolmate. 

Toinspireteamspirit. 

Topreventararedisease. 

Tomaketheirschoolfamous.

2. 

On 

a 

Saturdayafternoon,TasiLamahadjustfinishedlunchandwasgoingtowashhishandswhenthegroundunderhisfeetstartedshakingviolently.Objectsbegantofalldownfromoverheadandrisingabovethecrashes,hecouldhearterrifiedscreamsallaroundhim.Severalmonthslater,thepainterfromNepal'

sKathmanduValleyremembersthatdaymorevividlythanhisweddingdayorthebirthofhisson.

It 

wasonApril25,2015thatanearthquakehitNepal,theformerHimalayankingdomoutofsightbetweenitsgiantneighborsChinaandIndia,81yearsafterasimilardisaster.Thiskillerquakeandaftershocksthatcontinuedformorethanamonthafterwardkilledover8,000people,destroyedthousandsofhouses,andruinedaneconomyalreadydamagedbymanyotherreasons.

wasalsoofconsequencefortheancientartstyleNepalipainterssuchasLamahavebeenpracticingforgenerations.“Weleftourhomesandlivedintheopenfieldsoutsidethecity,undertarpaulins（防水油布）foramonth,"

Lamasaid.Manyofthehouses,builtofmudandbricks,wereinruinsandtheaftershockscontinued,thoughlessfrequently.Oneday,IwenttomyshowroomtogetsomeofthepaintingsoutandtheEarthstartedshakingagain.Idroppedeverythingandranoutformylife.”

DineshLama,a32-year-oldartistfromNepal'

scapitalcity,Kathmandu,saidhisBoudhaStupaThangkaCenter,whichfunctionsashisshowroomaswellashisstudio,hasremainedshutsincetheearthquake,ashisartisans（工匠）aretootraumatized（心理受到创伤的）totakeupthebrushagain.“Welivedintemporarytentsformorethanamonth,"

hesaid.“Whentheytrytositinsidethestudioandpaint,fearmakestheirhandsshake.Luckily,wehavegotalotofaidfromChina.Ibelievewewillcomebacktoourhomesoon.”

（1）Whatcanweconcludefromthesecondparagraph?

TheApril25earthquakemadeNepaldisappearforlong. 

Thisquakecausedmoredeathsthantheone81yearsago. 

Nepalalsosufferedaseriousdisasterduetothe1934quake. 

TheearthquakeistheonlyreasonforNepalbeingbackward.

（2）WhatcanweknowaccordingtoTasiLama'

swords?

ManyNepalipainterslosttheirlivesinthequake. 

Onlythehousesbuiltofmudandbricksbrokedown. 

Hisshowroomfellintoruinsafterthequake. 

Hehadnochoicebuttostopworkingforlong.

（3）WhatmadeDineshLamaworriedmost?

Thathisshowroomhadbeentotallydestroyed. 

Thathisartisanswereincapableofworking. 

Thathecouldn'

tsellhisworksasusual. 

Thathewouldneverpickuphisbrushtodraw.

（4）Whichofthefollowingisthepropertitleforthetext?

EarthquakeBringsDamagetoAncientArt 

EarthquakeCausesManyArtistsOutofJob 

ChinaGivesaTimelyHandtoNepal 

NepalSuffersfromTwoNonstopQuakes

3. 

Australianexpertshaveexpressedconcernsthattoomanymillennials（千禧一代）arehopingtousetheirsocialmediaaccountstobuildtheircareers.

Theirconcernsfollowthesuddenrisein"

insta-celebrities"

whomakemoneybypostingsponsoredphotosonline.Fortheluckyfewwhoarenotonlytalentedphotographersbutalsogood-lookingandbusiness-savvy（有商业头脑的）, 

makingmoneyoffsocialmediaisn'

timpossible.

Instagramisfloodedwithsocialmediaprofessionalspaidtopromoteproductsandservices.However,socialscientistDrLaurenRosewarne,fromtheUniversityofMelbourne,saysthatinreality,therearefarfewerpeoplemakingmoneyofftheplatformsthanonemaythink.

She 

saidmanyyoungAustraliansweregettingsuckedinbytheappealofmakingmoneyonplatformslikeInstagram,describingitas"

totallyunrealistic"

andextremelydifficulttodo.

"

Youngpeoplearehopingtobefamousinnumbersthatweresimplynotthere20yearsago,"

RosewarnetoldtheAustralianBroadcastingCorporation（ABC）onSaturday."

Therearesomepeoplewhocanmakefortunesoutofmonetizing（使具有货币性质）theirInstagramposts,butthatisnotthenorm."

saiditwasuptoparentsandschoolstodiscouragestudentsfromseekingInsta-fame,asmanybelieveitisapossiblecareerchoice."

There'

sthewarningforparents;

thisisnotanormalorevencommonoccurrencethatyoucanmonetizeyourInstagramaccount."

MeanwhileToniEagerfromAustralianNationalUniversitysaidsocialproblemscouldarisefromspendingtoomuchtimewithsocialmedia.

Wheredotheinsta-celebritiesgo...toseparatethelifepeopleseeonInstagramfromtheiractualnormallife?

Eagersaid."

Allofasudden,peopleownyourprivatelife."

（1）Whyisthereasuddenrisein"

?

Manyyoungpeoplewanttobephotographers. 

Manypeopleseeitasashortcuttomakingmoney. 

Peoplewanttosocializebysharingphotosonline. 

Instagramoffersyoungpeoplemorecareerchoices.

（2）Theunderlinedphrase"

gettingsuckedin"

inParagraph4probablymeans"

______"

.

benefitingfromsomething 

becominginvolvedinsomething 

takingadvantageofsomething 

beingsatisfiedwithsomething

（3）WhatmessagedoestheauthorconveybyquotingDrLaurenRosewarne?

Youngpeopletodayaremorebusiness-savvythanever. 

YoungpeoplearebecominglessinterestedinInternetfame. 

Instagramisnotagoodplatformtopromotenewproducts. 

It'

sabadideaforyoungpeopletotryearningmoneyonInstagram.

（4）WhatproblemdoesToniEagerthinkoveruseofsocialmediacouldcause?

Anover-relianceonInstagram. 

Alossofpersonalprivacy. 

Lessinteractionwithpeopleinreallife. 

Thedesiretomonetizeone'

sInstagramaccount.

4. 

If 

youbelievethatscientistsandartistsaremostcreativewhenthey'

reyoung, 

youaremissinganimportantpartofthestory．AnewstudypublishedinDeEconomistlookedatNobelPrizewinnersinthefieldofeconomics．Itfoundtherearetwodifferentpeaksofcreativity．Onecomesearlyinaperson'

scareer, 

whileanothercomeslater．

The 

researchsupportspreviousworkbytheauthorsthatfoundsimilarpatternsintheartsandothersciences．

We 

believewhatwefoundinthisstudyisn'

tlimitedtoeconomics, 

butcouldapplytocreativitymoregenerally, 

saidBruceWeinberg, 

leadauthorofthestudyandprofessorofeconomicsatTheOhioStateUniversity．

Manypeoplebelievethatcreativityisexclusivelyassociatedwithyouth, 

butitreallydependsonwhatkindofcreativityyou'

retalkingabout．"

In 

thestudy, 

thosewhodidtheirmostgroundbreakingworkearlyintheircareerstendedtobe"

conceptual"

innovators（创新者）．

Thesetypeofinnovators"

________"

challengingconventionalwisdomandsuddenlycomingupwithnewideas．Conceptualinnovatorsarenotyetimmersed（沉浸于）intheacceptedtheoriesoftheirfield, 

Weinbergsaid．

But 

thereisanotherkindofcreativity, 

hesaid, 

whichisfoundamong"

experimental"

innovators．Theseinnovatorsaccumulateknowledgethroughtheircareersandfindnewwaystounderstandit．

longperiodsoftrialanderrorforimportantexperimentalinnovationscomelaterinaNobellaureate'

s（荣誉获得者的）career．

Whetheryouhityourcreativepeakearlyorlateinyourcareerdependsonwhetheryouhaveaconceptualorexperimentalapproach, 

researcherstookanovel, 

empirical（经验主义的）approachtothestudy, 

whichinvolved31laureates．Theyarrangedthelaureatesonalistfromthemostexperimentaltomostconceptual．

This 

rankingwasbasedonthelaureates'

mostimportantwork, 

classifyingtheminto"

or．"

ex