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1、AClimbing Without RopesThe popular image of the mountain climber is of a person carefully climbing a steep cliff with a network of safety ropes, but it is not the only kind. Many climbers now enjoy bouldering. Its more accessible and better for the environment.What is bouldering?Bouldering is a spor

2、t that involves climbing on, over, and around boulders up to approximatelytwenty feet above the ground. Participants employ no safety ropes.Why boulder? improve your climbing skills byfocusing on basics places to climb, such as climbing wallsat gyms and parks, easy to find less time commitment to bo

3、ulderingthan to mountain climbing intellectual and physical enjoyment asone solves problemsBouldering Termscrimp: a very small handholdfoothold: a place where one may place a foot to aid inclimbing boulderjug: a very large handhold that is easy to useproblem: The path up a boulder is referred to as

4、the“problem” that one must solve. The “solution” is thesequence of moves one makes up and over a boulder.Here is an example of a climber addressing a bouldering problem.Figure 1: The climber has two routes she could take, one to the left and one to the right. The left one appears easier because it h

5、as a jug within easy reach, but look what happens if she chooses that direction. She gets stuck on the rock and has to go back down. Sometimes that is even more difficult than going up.Figure 2: The climber takes the one to the right this time. Using a foothold and placing her right hand in a crimp,

6、 she is able to lift herself up and locate other handholds. After only a few moves, she is able to throw her leg over the top of the boulder and pull herself up.21. Why does bouldering become popular?A. It challenges the limits. B. It costs less.C. It builds minds and bodies. D. It is a team game.22

7、. According to the example, the right route is .A. a shortcut B. a dead endC. tough but to the top D. lined with jugs23. The passage is likely to appear in . A. a book review B. a science reportC. a newspaper advertisement D. a sports magazineBOne of the greatest sources of unhappiness, in my experi

8、ence, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are.When we see something we dont like, we wish it could be different. We cry out for something better. That may be human nature, or perhaps its something ingrained（根深蒂固）in our culture. The root of the unhappiness isnt necessarily that we w

9、ant things to be different. However, its that we decided we didnt like it in the first place. Weve judged it as bad, rather than saying, “its not bad or good, and it just is it.”In one of my books, I said “You should expect people to mess up and expect things to go differently than you planned.” Som

10、e readers said its too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong. However, its only negative if you see it as negative and judge it as bad. Instead, you could accept it as the way the world works and try to understand why that is.This can be applied to whatever you do: how other people act at work, how

11、 politics works and how depressing the news media can be. Accept these things as they are, and try to understand why theyre that way. It will save you a lot of sadness, because youll no longer say, “Oh. I wish bad things didnt happen!”Does it mean you can never change things? Not at all. But change

12、things not because you cant accept things as they are, but because you enjoy the process of changing, learning and growing.Can we make this world a better place? You can say that youll continue to try to do things to help others, to grow as a person, to make a difference in this world. Thats the cor

13、rect path you choose to take, because you enjoy that path. Therefore, when you find yourself judging and wishing for difference, try a different approach: accept, and understand. It might lead to some interesting results.24. The author believes that we feel unhappy maybe because .A. it is our natura

14、l emotion in the lifeB. culture asks us to be different from othersC. everyone has their own opinions on thingsD. we dislike something in the beginning25. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. Acting well at work and in politics.B. Feeling depressed for the news media.C. Acce

15、pting and understanding what has happened.D. Saying something negative when bad things come.26. What are you advised to do according to the last paragraph?A. Help others make a difference.B. Enjoy what you have to do in the work.C. Judge yourself and make a wish for you.D. Try a new way when making

16、the world better. 27. What is the main theme of the passage?A. Expecting things to be different gives us hope.B. Accepting can make our life happier and better.C. Traditional culture becomes root of unhappiness.D. Judging good or bad is important for our world. CWhy do you go to the library? For boo

17、ks, yesbut you like books because they tell stories. You hope to get lost in a story or be transported into someone elses life. At one type of library, you can do just thateven though theres not a single book.At a Human Library, instead of books, you can “borrow” people. Individuals volunteer as hum

18、an “books” and participants in the event can “read” the bookmeaning they would have a one-on-one conversation with the volunteer and share in a dialogue about that individuals experience. “Books” are volunteers from all walks of life who have experienced discrimination based on race, religion, class

19、, gender identity, age, lifestyle choices, disability and other aspects of their life.For a certain amount of time, you can ask them questions and listen to their stories, which are as fascinating and as attractive as any you can find in a book. Many of the stories have to do with some kind of stere

20、otype. You can speak with a refugee（难民）, a soldier suffering from PTSD, a homeless person or a woman living with HIV. The Human Library encourages people to challenge their own long-held beliefsto truly get to know, and learn from someone they might otherwise make a quick judgment about.According to

21、 its website, the Human Library is “a place where difficult questions are expected, appreciated and answered” It provides the opportunity for the community to share and understand the experiences of others in their community.The Human Library Organization came to be in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000. R

22、onni Abergel, his brother Dany, and some colleagues hosted a four-day event during a major Northern European festival, hoping to raise awareness about violence among youth. After the success of this event, Abergel founded the Human Library Organization, which has been growing ever since.Though there

23、 are a few permanent human libraries, most arent places at all, but events. Though many do take place at physical libraries, you dont need a library cardanyone can come and be part of the experience. There have been human library events all over the globe, in universities and in pubs, from Chicago t

24、o Tunis to Edinburgh to San Antonio.The stories these “books” tell range from fascinating to heartbreaking and everything in between. And thats the very point of the organizationto prove that no person can be summed up in just one word. It seeks to show people that you truly cant judge a book by its

25、 coveror by its title or label.28. What are the “books” in human libraries?A. Long-held beliefs attracting individuals.B. Inspiring stones motivating people in trouble.C. Events in which people can talk to volunteers.D. Unfairly-treated people sharing their experiences.29. In human libraries, the re

26、aders are likely to .A. deepen their understanding of peopleB. enrich their own personal experiencesC. hear the stories from all over the worldD. make quick judgments about the “books”30. The event in Copenhagen is significant because it .A. aimed to help the young suffering from violenceB. attempte

27、d to replace traditional physical librariesC. laid a foundation for the Human Library OrganizationD. led to a pleasing development for the community with racism 31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Foundation of a New LibraryB. Sharing of Inspiring StoriesC. “Borrow” Peop

28、le Instead of BooksD. Never Judge a Book by its CoverDThere may come a day when human use robotic parts to enhance our abilities. But long before then, a seemingly opposite thing may take place, with robots being equipped with human tissue or other living cells to make them more lifelike.These “bioh

29、ybrid” robots could be given muscle cells to help them perform tiny movement. And on a microscopic scale, tiny robots could be combined with bacteria to carry them through the body for precise medical procedures.In a new review of studies, an international group of scientists and engineers described

30、 the state of biohybrid robotics - a field that is entering a “deep revolution in both the design principles and constitutive elements（构成要件）” of robots. The review was published in the journal Science Robotics.“In this field, we utilize the functions of living cells in artificial robots to make them

31、 perform better, said lead author Leonardo Ricotti of the BioRobotics Institute in Pisa, Italy.Scientist have created robbots of all shapes and sizes with increasing complexity in recent decades. Some robots function well in factories. Robots smaller than a millimeter are being developed to be placed in the body to kill cancer cells or heal wounds.But whats lacking among all these fascinating robots is the range of fine movement and energ