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Some Texans are trying to relieve the loneliness and isolation that many elderly Americans are feeling during the coronavirus pandemic by creating safe "hugging booths."
Amber Crenshaw and her husband Steve Crenshaw own a business called Handle With Care and work with Unlimited Care Cottages, an assisted living facility. Amber said she and her husband designed and built the hugging booths after one of the nurses suggested the idea.
"The residents have been, just so filled with joy," Amber said. "It was one of our resident's birthdays. We were able to set the booth up for their birthday, and family members were able to come in and give birthday hugs. It has really lifted the spirits of the assisted living residents."
Buck Buckholtz, the owner of Unlimited Care Cottages, where the hugging booths have been used, said that the families were also excited.
He said, "The families, there was a pretty quick response of, 'When can you bring it to this house? When can you bring it to this house? When are we going to have one?"
Amber said that she and her husband designed it to fit into a standard door without gaps, and built it with materials that coronavirus cannot transmit through, allowing family members to hug each other safely.
"Just the power of touch is so important because it's been since March since these family members and the residents at the homes have been able to touch and hug," she said. "Through this, we've been able to create an opportunity for them to reach out and have a touch. It's huge, it brings lots of joy."
The Crenshaws have just worked with Unlimited Care so far, but they said other assisted living facilities in Texas have contacted them with interest.
1. Who gave the idea of building the hugging booths?
A. Amber Crenshaw
B. Buck Buckholtz
C. Steve Crenshaw
D. A nurse of Handle With Care
2. What might happen next according to the text?
A. The Crenshaws may continue to work with other assisted living facilities in Texas to build more hugging
booths.
B. The Crenshaws will make the hugging booths better.
C. Other assisted living facilities in Texas will help Handle With Care
D. The Crenshaws will prevent coronavirus from transmitting.
3. The Crenshaws put the hugging booths to use____ .
A. on one of their resident's birthdays
B. to reduce the residents’ panic during the coronavirus pandemic
C. to help the family members celebrate birthdays together.
D. because of the the coronavirus
B
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Desperately trying to keep a smile on your face will only make your depression worse, a new study suggests.
Feeling content has become the sole goal for many in recent years, but embracing your sadness may be more beneficial.
University of Melbourne researchers said that society's downright shunning回避of being sad could be harmful for sufferers of the blues.
Dr Brock Bastian, a psychologist behind the study, said: 'Depression rates are higher in countries that place a
happiness.'
'Rather than being the by-product of a life well-lived, feeling happy has become a goal in itself. This reinforces the message that we should aim to maximise our positive emotions and avoid our negative ones' Society needs to change its attitude on depression if the disorder is to be tackled effectively, Dr. Bastian hinted.
He added that people have become so used to not showing signs of vulnerability脆弱due to social media being used to celebrate achievements.
For the study published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, the researchers assessed 112 depressed patients. Each volunteer was asked to rate their symptoms of the blues and how much pressure they faced to be happy. They were tracked over a period of one month.
4. From the text we know that ____ .
A. People are usually used to hiding their weaknesses and their feelings of depression.
B. Social media used to celebrate achievements.
C. All the sufferers of the blues place a premium on happiness
D. Depressed patients never tackle their pressure effectively,
5. Which of the following can be the best title of the text ?
A. Keeping a smile on your face will only make your depression worse
B. Don't try and be happy - it will only make you sad.
C. Society's downright shunning of being sad makes people stronger.
D. We should aim to maximise our positive emotions
6. According to the text, the beneficial way to deal with depression is to ____ .
A. avoid our negative emotions
B. hide signs of vulnerability
C. celebrate achievements
D. embrace our sadness
C
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Visitors enjoying a quiet breakfast at the Singita Ebony Lodge, a luxury hotel in South Africa’s Sabi Sand Game Reserve, were treated to a rare encounter with a leopard in early September 2020. The handful of guests watched in awe —and a little trepidation惊恐— as the majestic animal, who appeared to be searching for a tasty morsel, calmly explored the various areas of the restaurant. Fortunately for the humans, nothing on the “menu” seemed to catch the leopard’s fancy, and it left as abruptly as it had arrived.
Erika Wiese, who captured the footage of the leopard walking through the restaurant, told Kruger Sightings that she and the other guests were alerted to the predator’s arrival by the alarm calls sounded by surrounding vervet monkeys. Also known as savanna monkeys, the smart mammals communicate the presence of each of their four-known predators — leopards, eagles, baboons, and pythons — with a unique call, allowing other members of
their species to respond accordingly. For example, the short tonal call signaling a leopard is nearby cause the monkeys to scramble into trees, while the low-pitched grunts, indicating the presence of eagles, warns them to keep an eye on the skies.
The leopard, however, was not interested in the monkeys, but instead appeared to be in search of a bushbuck, or African antelope, that it had been stalking in a nearby riverbed earlier in the day. Wiese says, “The sighting ended with the leopard strolling calmly away from the deck area and out of sight towards the bushbuck who you can hear alarm calling at the end.”
Wiese says that thanks to the lodge’s well-trained staff, who are experienced at dealing with wild animal visits, and the strict safety rules in place, the guests all remained calm. She gushes, “We felt complete awe, reverence, respect, and gratitude. What a rare experience to have such an encounter with a leopard. The situation proved that wildlife and people can live and interact with each other in harmony and respect.”
Located adjacent to Kruger National Park in South Africa, the Sabi Sand Game Reserve is home to a wide variety of animals, including over 144 mammal, 500 bird, 30 amphibian, and 110 reptile species. However, the area’s main attraction is the presence of the Big Five — lions, leopards, elephants, buffaloes, and rhinos — which roam the game park in abundance.
7. What is the general idea of the text?
A. Wildlife and people can live and interact with each other in harmony and respect.
B. Savanna monkeys can communicate the presence of each of their four-known predators.
C. Guests at south African Lodge get a surprise visit from a leopard.
D. The lodge’s well-trained staff are experienced at dealing with wild animal visits.
8. Which of the following is NOT right?
A. Visitors at the Singita Ebony Lodge often encounter with a leopard.
B. The leopard was not interested in the monkeys.
C. The leopard was seen walking calmly away from the deck area towards the bushbuck
D. Kruger National Park is close to the Sabi Sand Game Reserve.
9. What did the leopard come here for ?
A. To explore the various areas of the restaurant.
B. To be in search of a bushbuck, or African antelope
C. To prove that wildlife and people can live and interact with each other in harmony and respect
D. To search for those monkeys.
10. How did Erika Wiese and the other guests know that a predator was coming?
A. They saw it themselves.
B. By the low-pitched grunts sounded by surrounding vervet monkeys
C. Erika Wiese captured the leopard at the restaurant.
D. By the alarm calls sounded by surrounding savanna monkeys
11. The underlined word in the second paragraph refers to______ .
A. monkey
B. leopard
C. bushbuck
D. baboon
D
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If businesses are to get reluctant workers back into the office, finding ways to maintain social distancing will be key. An Israeli company thinks it can help, using smart sensors mounted on workplace ceilings.
PointGrab developed its technology before the pandemic to help workspace managers optimize优化how employees use office space. About the size of a smoke alarm, the sensors can record the exact number and location of people in buildings including offices, hotels and restaurants.
One of the company's first clients was Deloitte, which installed the system at its flagship London office last year. PointGrab's sensors were connected to screens in the building to
show the availability of desks and shared areas in real time. PointGrab
CEO Doron Shachar says it was one of a range of innovations that helped
Deloitte fit 30% more people into 3% less space.
Now PointGrab has adapted the technology so the sensors can also
monitor social distancing by keeping track of how far apart people are,
and whether they're traveling in one direction around a building.
Workspace managers can set up alerts for when two people are closer
than two meters for more than 30 seconds, for example.
The sensors have been included in the "six feet office" concept created by real estate房地产services company Cushman and Wakefield to encourage employees to practice social distancing. They are currently being used in this way at a university in the Netherlands, and at an innovation hub in Belgium.
While the social distancing innovation is new, PointGrab has deployed more than 10,000 sensors for workspace optimization, including in the offices of Coca-Cola, Facebook and Dell.
Workers might not like the idea of being monitored, but PointGrab says no images or identifying features are recorded. Instead, each employee is represented as an anonymous无名的dot on a dashboard.
"The sensor does not violate people's privacy," Shachar says. "This is extremely important in the workspace."
12.When did PointGrab develop the technology?
A. during novel coronavirus
B. soon after novel coronavirus broke out
C. before novel coronavirus broke out
D. last year
13. The technology was first used by Deloitte to ____ .
A. optimize how employees use office space
B. keep track of how far apart employees are
C. violate people's privacy
D. encourage employees to practice social distancing
14. Which of the following is NOT right?
A.the offices of Coca-Cola, Facebook and Dell also installed smart sensors
B. Images and identifying features can be recorded clearly.
C. The sensor does not violate people's privacy
D. The using of PointGrab's sensors helped Deloitte fit 30% more people into 3% less space.
15. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Smart sensors will help maintain social distancing
B. Getting reluctant workers back into the office is not easy.
C. How an Israeli company develop smart sensors
D. Social distancing is extremely important in the workspace
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Water on the Moon
Scientists have announced the breathtaking news that there is water on the Moon. They said the Moon may hold water in more places and in ___16___ (large) amounts than they previously thought. The scientists are from NASA in the USA. Based ___17___ a detailed analysis of two separate studies, they confirmed the presence of water molecules on the side of the Moon we can see. Ice ___18___ (think) to exist on the dark side of the Moon, ___19___ is permanently blocked from sunlight. However, NASA said it found water on the sunlit parts of the lunar surface. The space agency says it identified a ___20___ (three) of a litre of water in one area. This was not enough to form ice as the molecules were trapped in a cubic metre of rock.
NASA's discovery could pave the way for more space exploration. It could be a game-changer in the quest to explore the heavens. It could accelerate the building of permanent bases on the Moon as it opens up the ___21___ (possible) of there ___22___ (be) a sustainable source of drinking water. This could ___23___ (turn) into rocket fuel one day. A NASA spokesperson explained the significance of the discovery. He said: "Water is extremely critical for deep space exploration. It's a resource of direct value for our astronauts. Any time we don't need to pack water for our trip, we have an opportunity to take other useful items with us." That means astronauts could transport ___24___ (material) to be used to carry out bigger ___25___ (science) experiments.
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B: 4-6 ABD
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