of the occasion, museums and universities around the world will be celebrating the life of Einstein.
But from Einstein’s death emerges （出现）a different chapter. Just eight hours after the famous physicist passed away on April 18th , 1955,Dr. Thomas Harvey in Princeton Hospital did the unthinkable: he stole Albert Einstein’s brain.
Harvey didn’t steal the brain for the fascination of keeping a part of history. Instead, Harvey was hoping to learn whether or not Einstein’s brain wired differently from ours.
For the next several decades, Harvey kept the nearly three-pound brain and stored it in beer coolers, cookie jars, and eventually, a Tupperware （塔珀塑料制品） container. Harvey’s actions were sung in the song Stealing Einstein’s Brain by the British heavy metal band Attic of Love.
While Harvey’s research never fully materialized, scientists in 2020 did discover Einstein’s brain was indeed distinct. Their study found the association between the left and right hemisphere of brain was atypical, with strong connection between these two parts.
Then in 1997, a young journalist named Michael Paterniti convinced the retired doctor that it was time to return the brain to the rightful owner—Evelyn Einstein, the physicist’s granddaughter.(Einstein’s brain was, then ,118 years old).
So the two men, along with Einstein’s brain in a Tupperware container resting on the back seat, drove to California and went on what has to be one of the most fantastic American road trips of all time.
Harvey passed away in 2020 at the age of 94. History buffs（发烧友）hoping to catch a glimpse of Einstein’s brain are in luck. Pieces of it,
mounted on microscopic slides, are now part of a permanent exhibition at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. 25. What is the text mainly about? A. The achievement of Thomas Harvey. B. The story of the Einstein’s life.
C. The story of the man who stole Einstein’s brain. D. The difference between Einstein’s brain and others’. 26. Why did Harvey steal Einstein’s brain?
A．He wanted to sell it for money. B. He wanted to keep it as a souvenir.
C. He envied Einstein for his achievement. D. He wanted to study it. 27. When was Albert Einstein born?
A. In 1915. B. In 1879. C. In 1889. D. In 1895.
28. Harvey and Michael Paterniti went to California so as to_______. A. return Einstein’s brain to his granddaughter B. give a speech about their new findings C. send Einstein’s brain to the museum D. make an exhibition tour around the world C
Recent studies have shown that challenging your brain, by spurring (刺激) the brain to create new patterns, is very important to keep your brain active and healthy as you age. Lifelong learning is a healthy club for our minds, bodies and spirits. This is why we parents should also teach our children to be lifelong learners. Dr. Marilyn Price-Mitchell, an American
psychologist, and youth development expert, shares some ways for us to do this.
1. Ask questions.
When your child asks you a question, don’t answer it straight away. Instead, help him or her bring up “questions that pique their curiosity (being curious).” This way, we help children make connections between what they’re learning at school and the world beyond their classroom. We also show them that learning does not, and should not, end when one is “done with school”-----it’s actually a lifelong process! 2. Let them fail
Our kids love learning about different scientific concepts via The Magic Bus videos on YouTube. And one of the characters, Miss Frizzle (the science teacher) always says this phrase: “Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy.” I always quote (引述) her when the kids say they’re afraid to do or learn something because they might do it wrong or make a mistake. If we don’t allow our kids to fail, they won’t be able to learn to “use mistakes and failures to make lifelong learning easier,” as Dr. Price-Mitchell says. 3. Learn through experience
This is very true for all of us, especially children. In the words of Dr. Price-Mitchell, “Learning through experience, not just from books, is one the best ways to give the youth the skills they need for lifelong learning, living, and working in the 21st century.”
Of course, we should also set an example for our children -----by learning continuously, and expanding our knowledge and experiences.
29. What does the underlined word “pique” in the text probably mean? A. Change. B. Awaken. C. Balanced. D. Prevent. 30. What’s the author’s attitude to what Miss Frizzle always says?
A. Worried. B. Doubtful. C. Uncaring. D. Supportive
31. Which of the following shows the importance of learning through experience?
A. Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain. B. It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer. C. If you don’t learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. D. Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.
32. In which part of a newspaper will the text most probably appear? A. Health. B. Culture. C. Education. D. Popular science D
This past weekend, students from around the world faced off（对决） in a competition to test mock Mars rovers (模拟火星车) designed to explore the surface of the Red Planet.
“ Scorpio Team” from Kielce University of Technology, also in Poland scored first place; “Impuls Team” from Wroclaw University of Technology in Poland, placed second; and the “ Lunar and Mars Rover Team” from Cairo University in Egypt rounded out third place. “Robocol Team”, from the University of the Andes in Colombia, won a special bonus award. Bonus points were awarded for completing additional task to the main challenges.
The nongovernmental organization Mars Society Polska launched the challenge as a way to give university students an opportunity to learn how to design, build and test a rover that could assist with a future manned mission to Mars.
Twenty-four teams registered for the competition, including teams from Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, India, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States. Of these teams, 17 made it to the second phase (阶段)by sending in final confirmation, and 10 advanced to the three- day competition. In total, nine teams took park in all the tasks and completed the competition.
During the contest, the rovers attempted to complete five tasks in mock Martian environment. For the first task, they had to gather samples of rock, surface soil and deeper soil, and transport them back to the rover base. The second task involved navigating (导航) to three specified locations, without using a camera. For the third task, teams had to repair a mock reactor system. The fourth task involved finding a spare part from storage and transporting it to a repair site. Lastly, the teams presented their rover to a group of judges.
The organizers set a maximum budget of $15,000 for each rover, which the teams had to raise themselves. The rover challenge coincided with a conference on “Humans in Space”, held the same weekend in Poland. 33. Which of the following teams did additional task?
A. Lunar and Mars Rover Team. B. Impuls Team. C. Scorpio Team. D. Robocol Team. 34. What is the purpose of the European Rover Challenge? A. To attract students to major in space exploration. B. To challenge students’ courage and determination.
C. To let students know more about the manned mission to Mars. D. To help students improve communication skills.
35. Which of the following task was mainly aimed at examining the rovers’
sense of direction?
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