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Many small American towns are known for their beautiful scenery, but very few have something special to offer. The following are known for their unique styles.

Scottshoro, Alabama

This attractive town is known as "The Lost Luggage Capital of the World" thanks to the unclaimed luggage center, where lost items such as snow skis, instruments and engagement rings are for sale. In addition to the store, which has become one of Alabama's top tourist and shopping attractions, the city's parks and heritage centers are popular places to visit.

Hope, Kansas

Hope is a city in southern Dickinson County, Kansas, with a population of 317. It's the home of Klipsch Museum of Audio History, President William Jefferson Clinton's birthplace and several antique shops. Hope's motto, which is also the name of the town's song, is "There will always be 'Hope' in Kansas".

Branson, Missouri

Although its population is just over 10, 000, Branson hosts over 9 million visitors each year. When the best-selling novel, The Shepherd of the Hills, written by Harold Bell Wright, was released in 1907, readers rushed to the Ozark hills to experience its famous views. Now tourists also get to visit the World's Largest Toy Museum, the world's largest Titanic Museum Attraction and the record-breaking theme park, Silver Dollar City.

Leavenworth, Washington

Leavenworth is a European-inspired destination, offering a collection of outdoor activities all year long. It welcomes almost 2million tourists each year and is home to the Nutcracker(胡桃夹子)Museum, which has more than 7,000 nutcrackers from around the world. Many of its visitors travel to the village in December during its annual holiday festival to see it light up with more than one million Christmas lights.

(1) Why is Scottsboro called "The Lost Luggage Capital of the World"? A. It sells unclaimed lost items. B. It has fancy heritage centers. C. It features amusing city parks. D. It offers top shopping attractions.
(2) What can visitors do in Branson, Missouri? A. Take part in festivals. B. Shop at antique shops. C. Visit theme museums. D. Watch light shows.
(3) Which of the following might be the most attractive to outdoor fans? A. Hope, Kansas. B. Branson, Missouri. C. Scottsboro, Alabama. D. Leavenworth, Washington.
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The body gives off many gases. Although some smells may signal a need to bathe or that you ate a certain meal, other gases might point to serious disease. Now, researchers have come up with a system that uses earmuffs to catch the disease-signaling gases. Doctors could get the information as patients wear a set of earmuffs. Results could be ready within minutes. 

"The ear is a good place to monitor," explains Johnson, a biomedical engineer. The ear's skin is fairly thin, he notes. So gases don't have to travel far to get out of the blood and escape through skin pores(毛孔).

To collect the gases,  Johnson and his team selected earmuffs that make a tight seal(密封)with the head. These are the type people often wear to protect the ears from loud noise. His team made two holes in the muff covering one ear. A tube slowly pumped air in one hole. Another tube pulled air out of the second hole and sent it to a sensor. 

In their tests, the team found that they could measure changes in the amount of alcohol coming from the skin of the ear. It could work much like a Breathalyzer that police use to test people for driving drunk. The team invited three men. Each had to avoid drinking alcohol for at least three days before taking part. Once in the lab, these men wore the earmuffs and sat for 10 minutes as the system recorded normal gas levels leaving their ears. Afterward, the men drank a big amount of alcohol. About 7 minutes later, the earmuff system tested out a rise in alcohol leaving the skin. After 50 minutes, alcohol levels reached the peak and continued falling until the test was over. 

The team then measured other gases by changing out the sensor. With the right sensor, their earmuff system could test out disease. Later, they replaced the earmuffs with a one-eared version to make it a bit more comfortable. 

Johnson imagines another possible benefit. The earmuff system could help doctors tell whether a child's ear infections (感染) have been caused by bacteria or a virus. How? Each type of infection exudes different gases. That, in turn, could guide how doctors cure the disease. 

(1) What makes the ear a good place to monitor? A. Its small size. B. Its thin skin. C. Its clean surface. D. Its blood flow.
(2) What did Johnson and his team find in their tests? A. Sensors should be examined in time. B. Drunk-driving tests were ineffective. C. Serious diseases were difficult to identify. D. Their system could be used to tell diseases.
(3) What does the underlined word "exudes" in Paragraph 6 most probably mean? A. Collects. B. Gives off. C. Cuts off. D. Uses.
(4) In which section of a magazine is this passage most likely to appear? A. Politics. B. Business. C. Science. D. Entertainment.
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The taste of champagne as we know it could change beyond recognition in the coming years. As global temperatures continue to rise, the climate crisis poses a threat to the production of wine. 

The supply of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier, among other popular wine-making grapes, are at risk. By 2050, about 85% of the lands that we grow good wine grapes on will no longer produce suitable wine grapes. 

Grapes are susceptible to even the most subtle changes in weather. "Wine is kind of the canary (金丝雀) in the coal mine for climate change impacts on agriculture because so much of the character of wine is tied to the local climate. said Benjamin Cook, a climate scientist. He published a paper in 2020 examining the effects of climate change on agriculture and how the diversity of grapes can increase their resilience to such changes. 

He adds that scientists are "seeing pretty much all plants, including wine grapevines, start their lifecycle in the growing season earlier, and often finish up earlier. You basically ripen your fruit earlier and typically you harvest earlier. In the Champagne region of France, these changes can alter the distinctive personalities of grapes grown there. "If it matures too quickly, the ratio of acidity and sugar might be different. "Cook said. 

A grape's qualities are dependent on its environment. With a warming planet, it's harder to produce grapes that make champagne taste sweeter and boozier (酒精浓度高的). "For instance, in a chardonnay grape, what you're looking for in a cooler climate is generally an apple taste, whereas in a warmer climate the warmth can change the grapes qualities to be more like a tropical fruit, or even banana-like. "said Spiess. 

One of the many ways farmers and winemakers are trying to alleviate the effects of climate change on grape production is site selection. "Places like Belgium and the Netherlands and Sweden, they're experiencing positive effects of climate change as the planet is warming. Spiess said. As different regions in the world experience the effects of climate change differently, they may start to have more ideal climate conditions for wine making. 

The downside for those Swedish winemakers? If those champagne grapes aren't grown in the Champagne region of France, you can't call it champagne, which is a protected designation of origin. 

So how do you say "bubbly" in Swedish? 

(1) How does the climate change threaten the production of wine? A. By increasing the diversity of grapes. B. By increasing the cost of wine making. C. By intensify the competition between winemakers. D. By reducing the production of suitable wine-making grapes.
(2) What does the underlined word "susceptible" in paragraph 3 probably mean? A. Sensitive. B. Resistant. C. Adaptable. D. Tolerant.
(3) Which of the following statements is true? A. The lifecycle of wine grapevines is becoming longer. B. A chardonnay grape may taste like banana in cooler climate. C. Grapes' ratio of acidity and sugar influences champagne's taste. D. Wine making in Sweden faces the same challenge as that in France.
(4) Which can be the best title of the text? A. Will champagne become sweeter? B. Why is champagne called champagne? C. Could Champagne soon stop producing champagne? D. What impact does climate change have on agriculture?
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Face blindness, a mystifying condition that can trick us into believing we recognize people we've never met or make us fail to recognize those we have, has been previously estimated to affect between 2 and 2.5 percent of people in the world.Now, a new study by researchers at Harvard Medical School (HMS) and the VA Boston Healthcare System is providing fresh insights into the disorder, suggesting it may be more common than currently believed. 

Published in February 2023 in Cortex, the study findings indicate that as many as one in 33 people may meet the criteria for face blindness, or prosopagnosia (面孔失认症)."This translates to more than 10 million Americans," the research team said. 

The study found similar face-matching performance between people diagnosed with prosopagnosia using stricter vs looser criteria, suggesting that diagnostic criteria should be expanded to be more inclusive. That could lead to new diagnoses among millions who may have the disorder but don't realize it. 

The study results are based on a web-based questionnaire and tests administered to 3,341 individuals.First, the researchers asked participants whether they experience difficulties recognizing faces in their everyday lives.Then they administered two objective tests to determine whether they had difficulties learning new faces or recognizing highly familiar famous faces. 

The results showed that 31 individuals out of the 3,341 had major prosopagnosia, while 72 of the 3,341 had a milder form. The researchers also observed that there were no neatly divided separate groups of people with poor or good ability to recognize faces. Rather, the ability to recognize faces appeared to lie on a continuum (连续体). 

Finally, the researchers compared face-matching scores among people with prosopagnosia diagnosed using different criteria and found that using stricter diagnostic cutoffs did not correspond with lower face-matching scores. 

In the new study, the researchers provide diagnostic suggestions for identifying mild and major forms of prosopagnosia based on guidelines for major and mild neurocognitive disorders in the DSM5, the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

(1) Which of the following indicates a person has face blindness? A. Failing to identify his belongings. B. Being able to recognize his friends. C. Mistaking a stranger for an acquaintance. D. Misunderstanding ones' facial expressions.
(2) What question is sure to be included in the questionnaire? A. Do you have trouble recognizing faces? B. Do you know what face blindness means? C. Do you know anybody with face blindness? D. Do you experience difficulties in everyday life?
(3) What do we know about the DSM5? A. It came up based on the new study. B. It has experienced four revisions. C. It is only used to identify face blindness. D. It participated in and funded the new study.
(4) Where is the text most likely from? A. A fiction novel. B. A fashion website. C. A health brochure. D. A science magazine.
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