When itcomes to a meaningful life, we might think of love, happiness and health. Alife filled with meaning is what most of us want for ourselves. Then, whatmakes a meaningful life?Manyresearchers agree that a meaningful life comes down to three factors (因素): havinglong-term goals, believing that one’s life matters, and feeling that one’s lifefits together and “makes sense”.But we believe there is more to consider. Sometimeslife enables us to experience small moments of beauty. When people are open toappreciating (欣賞) suchexperiences, these moments may improve how they see their own life. We callthis experiential appreciation (EA).
三峽酈道元①自三峽七百里中,兩岸連山,略無闕處。重巖疊嶂,隱天蔽日,自非亭午夜分,不見曦月。②至于夏水襄陵,沿溯阻絕?;蛲趺毙?,有時朝發(fā)白帝,暮到江陵,其間千二百里,雖乘奔御風(fēng),不以疾也。③春冬之時,則素湍綠潭,回清倒影,絕??多生怪柏,懸泉瀑布,飛漱其間,清榮峻茂,良多趣味。
首先,林冠層就像一把大傘,能夠?qū)Υ怪苯涤赀M(jìn)行再分配。一部分降水被林冠截留,直接蒸發(fā)到大氣中;一部分順著枝葉、樹干流到林地,形成樹干徑流。據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì),我國主要森林生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的林冠截留率平均值為11%~34%。
王某曰:古之學(xué)者,雖問以口而其傳以心雖聽以耳而其受以意。故為師者不煩,而學(xué)者有得也??鬃釉唬骸安粦嵅粏?,不悱①不發(fā),舉一隅②不以三隅反,則不復(fù)也?!狈蚩鬃迂M敢愛其道,驁③天下之學(xué)者,而不使其蚤④有知乎!以謂其問之不切,則其聽之不專;其思之不深,則其取之不固。不專不固,而可以入者,口耳而已矣。吾所以教者,非將善其口耳也。
Choose the best choice fromA to F to finish the dialogue. You have one more answer. Each choice should beused only once.A: Hello, I’m a schoolnewspaper reporter. May I ask you some questions?B: ____46____
Electric cars may seem like a recent invention,but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were ___16___ electric cars on the road than gasoline(汽油)cars,because at that time, gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels(燃料)
Electric cars may seem like a recent invention,but they have been around for years. In the early 1900s, there were ___16___electric cars on the road than gasoline(汽油)cars, because at that time,gasoline was expensive compared with other fuels(燃料), electriccars were more popular.
B: It’s about theexperiments three astronauts are doing on the space station.A: That’s great. I’minterested in space, so I want to be an astronaut like them.
Melatonin(褪黑素) is produced by the body to control when you get sleepy and whenyou wake up. As night falls, the levels of melatonin rise, telling the bodythat it’s time for bed. And the levels naturally fall as daylight comes near,getting you ready to greet the day.
Flying kites Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made ofwood, instead of paper. Nowadays, the three most famous kites are the Beijingkite, Tianjin kite, and Weifang kite. And they are quite different from eachother. For example, the swallow-shaped kite is a well-known Beijing style.
Once upona time, two brothers lived in a village. They were both famers and grew corn.The elder brother had many children to feed. The younger brother also had a bigfamily to look after. Although the brothers were poor, they lived happily.
Lu Junling, a security guard from Hebei University, became popularon the Internet. As an ordinary (平凡) person, though Lu Junling is more than 50 years old, hememorizes English vocabulary for CET 6 under the street lights every day justto improve himself. When he is free, he also writes novels and sings operas.That’s not all! Painting, music, kongfu, ancient poems, etc. are all hishobbies. So a number of people call him “treasure security guard (寶藏保安)”. Lu Junling said, “If I want to become an artist, I will alwayswork hard for my dream!” Mr. Lu’s words live in many people’s memory.
TheChinese knot, a folk art, has a long history. People first made them to recordinformation and send messages before they started to use words. The knots wereused for decoration (裝飾) and to express thoughts and feelings in theTang Dynasty. They were later popular in the Ming and Qing dynasties. But thisart wasn’t really accepted by the common people until the Qing Dynasty.
Antarctica is a continent (大陸) of ice. There is hardlyany rain in Antarctica, so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert inthe world. It is also the world’s largest desert by area.
彭德懷接著說:“我正從他家門前經(jīng)過,停止著觀看這種示威。我看這些人一多半已餓個半死,而且我知道這個富人在他的倉里有一萬石以上的米??墒撬耆芙^幫助這些饑餓的人們。我激怒起來了,領(lǐng)導(dǎo)著農(nóng)民攻打并且沖進(jìn)他的家里。農(nóng)民運(yùn)走了他的倉里的一大半糧,食。以后我想到這件事情時,我不知道當(dāng)時為什么要那樣做。我只知道他應(yīng)該把米賣給窮人的,而且如果他不肯這樣做的話,那他們從他這里把米搶走,是很對的。”
(二)(4分)閱讀下面詩歌,完成下面小題。瀑布聯(lián)句李忱千巖萬壑不辭勞,遠(yuǎn)看方知出處高。溪澗焉能留得住,終歸大海作波濤。14. 首句運(yùn)用了什么手法?有什么表達(dá)效果?15. 請簡要分析最后兩句寄寓了作者怎樣的情懷?
莫言,原名管謨業(yè),1955年生于山東高密,著名作家,2012年獲得諾貝爾文學(xué)獎。據(jù)高密管氏族譜記載,高密管氏是從龍泉遷過去的。2010年,莫言到龍泉尋根問祖時表示,自己是高密管氏的第二十四代子孫、龍泉管氏的第三十六代子孫,祖上是北宋名臣、龍泉人管師仁。莫言曾題詩表達(dá)對龍泉之行的感想:“龍泉祖居地,山水呈瑞祥。詩成白云巖,根系石馬崗。寶劍生紫氣、青瓷吐幽光。慚愧我來晚,千里獻(xiàn)心香?!?/p>
The December day started like any other. Papacame back with his boat full of fish. Mama made breakfast for the family.Seven-year-old Joonas was doing his homework, while his two little brothers ranaround the yard.
Mr. Zhang was a cook in Canada. He ___11___in Guangzhou, and he learned to cook in Hong Kong. He moved to Canada for workwhen he was 26 years old. Everything was good till COVID-19(新冠病毒)brokeout. Last year, he returned to China because the economy(經(jīng)濟(jì))inCanada began ___12___ down.
In ourdaily lives, we are often given some boring or tiring tasks. What’s in yourmind when your mom tells you to clean the floor? Have you ever wanted tocomplain(抱怨)? I think most people have.