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What a Scoop! Readers’ Favorite Ice-Cream Shops
From pear and cheese in Edinburgh to pomegranate ripple at Ventor, our reporters show off the coolest licks.
Mary’s Milk Bar in the Grassmarket is popular with locals and visitors, and is the perfect pit stop for people dashing between fringe festival shows. Flavors change every day, with pear and cheese among the regulars. You can grab your ice and walk up the Vennel Steps for breathtaking views of Edinburgh castle.
Aisha
“Che buono! The best gelato (ice cream) outside Naples!” exclaimed my son’s Italian girlfriend on her first visit to Delphini’s. Giovanni grinned and gave her an extra, free scoop. Every day there’s a queue outside this shop in this progressive south Devon town. Delphini’s gelato is made out of organic local milk and cream. What’s more, it is dairy-free, making it a good option for vegans in Totnes. Flavors change daily and they do free tasting.
Kate
Shepherds Ice Cream Shop in Abergavenny is a Wes Anderson-styled drop-in. It’s all made locally from goat-milk, the business is run by two generations of a family that has some sort of tradition around a golden scoop. Shepherds often pop up with a vintage ice-cream trailer at festivals and events around the UK. It’s my family’s year-round Friday treat.
Alexia Tucker
Crave Ices at Ventnor invents new flavors constantly. Always over 20 choices, plenty of sweet, creamy ones, but also salty, alcoholic and non-dairy delights. Recent highlights include pomegranate ripple, whisky marmalade (over-18s only!). Once I mentioned a flavor I’d enjoyed the previous year. They made some especially for me so I could have it again before I left for home.
Lucy Marder
21. What are the similarities between Mary’s Milk Bar and Delphini’s?
A. They both serve milk-free ice cream. B. They offer customers a taste for free.
C. They update the menu of ice cream on a daily basis. D. They set up a great many mobile stands at festivals.
22. What do we know about Shepherds Ice Cream Shop?
A. It is a family-run business with a unique tradition. B. It’s a must-visit shop for vegetarians.
C. It offers customers lots of choices. D. It attaches great importance to customers’ feedbacks.
23. Where can you get the ice cream with alcohol?
A. At Mary’s Milk Bar. B. At Delphini’s. C. At Shepherds Ice Cream Shop. D. At Crave Ices.
B
CHAITANYA Tamhane’s The Disciple (produced by Netflix) could just as well have been titled “discipline”. This is the quality that the hero named Sharad (Aditya Modak) has to organize his life around, and we witness both his patience and frustrations as he comes to terms with the possibility that he might never find a proper position in the world he loves. Is he good enough, as a singer or as a student? It is a question unanswered in the film.
It is a story about the relationship between art and artists. It shows us the confusion Sharad, an Indian classical music fan, is faced with after years of pursuit of music dream. Even though he is anxious about his poverty and ordinariness, he continues to study day after day. He shows great respect for his teacher, a distinguished old musician, treating his teacher like his father. However, when he finds out his teacher is not as respectable as he thought, he begins to question whether it is worth his efforts or not.
Slow-paced as this Marathi film may seem, it becomes a hypnotic experience as you become invested in the central character and his journey. The narrative moves around in time, giving us glimpses of Sharad’s poor childhood and the present day, where he tries to draw help from audio recordings of talks by the late teacher named Maai (voiced by Sumitra Bhave). Tamhane’s long takes and almost-unchanging shots—characteristic of his earlier feature Court—work wonderfully for this subject matter. In the musical performances, the camera sometimes moves only very slightly forward, as if mindful of disturbing the performers’ space.
The Disciple is also driven by its attention to detail and its many little vignettes (简介)—the mildly regretted look on Sharad’s face when his teacher tells him, mid-performance and in front of a seated audience, “No, you aren’t listening”, or the slow upgrade to hostility (敌意) when the mother of one of his students asks that her boy should be allowed to take time off to perform with a “rock” band.
24. Why can the film also be titled “discipline”?
A. The film questions the significance of discipline.
B. The film talks about the role that discipline plays in music.
C. The hero is a self-disciplined person and has experienced a lot.
D. The hero doubts whether discipline can lead to his dream.
25. What does the underlined word “hypnotic” mean in the third paragraph?
A. Dull. B. Fascinating. C. Tough. D. Heart-breaking.
26. What has Sharad NOT experienced in the story?
A. The deep love for classical music. B. The depression of not realizing his dream.
C. The poverty in his childhood. D. The praise from his teacher.
27. In which section of a newspaper can the text appear?
A. Education. B. Entertainment. C. Science. D. Lifestyle.
C
Many linguists (语言学家) predicted in the 1960s that accents would disappear in America. As Americans moved across the country, they said English would become standardized, meaning that it would be spoken the same way everywhere. But sociolinguist William Labov of the University of Pennsylvania says, while some accents in America are disappearing, others are growing stronger.
One of these regional accents is Native American English, known as the “rez accent”. It is spoken in many Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada. The word “rez” is shortened from the word “reservation”. Reservations are areas of land in the United States and Canada that are kept separate for Native Americans or Indigenous people to live in.
Kalina Newmark is from the Sahtu Region in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Her ancestors were called the Dene people, but she does not speak her tribe’s language of Slavey. “My mom can understand and speak it, but she didn’t pass it on to us. She learned it from her great-grandmother. My grandmother chose not to pass along the language because she wanted to make it easier for her children when they went to school,” Newmark said. Newmark went to Dartmouth College in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The school is known for its Indigenous student population. There, she met other Indigenous students from all over North America. Newmark noticed something very interesting about everyone’s pronunciation. The English they spoke shared some similar qualities, although they came from different language backgrounds. These especially could be heard during times of socializing. The accent was even present for students who had not learned their ancestral language. Indigenous communities speak different English dialects, but these ways of speaking shared prosody (韵律学) patterns.
The rez accent possibly came from different Native tribes interacting in the 1880s when Indigenous peoples were placed on reservations. The Native American and First Nations children were forced into school and had to speak English. The rez accent also might have had its beginning in the 1950s and 1960s when the US government closed some reservations and sent Native American into cities. The children were forced to speak English and interact with each other. “They were all learning English together,” said Newmark, “and making an English of their own.”
28. What can we infer from Kalina Newmark’s experience?
A. She learnt her tribe’s language from her mother.
B. Her ancestors spoke English with rez accent.
C. Native American students account for a considerable percentage in her school.
D. Indigenous students speak English in exactly the same way in the school.
29. Which statement is TRUE about the “rez accent”?
A. It is a shared pattern of speaking English among the Indigenous population.
B. It originated from the Native Americans’ ancestral languages.
C. Us government is worried about the tendency of speaking English with rez accent.
D. The reason for the continuing growth of rez accent has been confirmed.
30. How does the author introduce the topic of the text?
A. By making a comparison. B. By analyzing a reason. C. By giving an example. D. By having an argument.
31. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Accents of American English are disappearing.
B. Native Americans speak English with a similar accent.
C. Indigenous people obtain rez accent from their ancestors.
D. The majority of Americans don’t speak standardized English.
D
Frederik Duerinck isn’t a jeweller, but his next project is a necklace. This piece, though, doesn’t feature a precious stone as a decoration, but rather a small box. Inside the cube is a battery and scenting system designed to deliver a puff of fragrance on demand that Duerinck describes as a “scent bubble”. Duerinck acknowledges that its current size and battery life are barriers, as is the quality of the scent and the projection. But he remains optimistic. The next step, he hopes, is to improve it enough to win over investors and secure funding for further development on a wearable version.
Duerinck, of course, isn’t the first to try to deliver scents on demand to people’s noses in an attempt to create a more immersive sensory experience. In the movie era, attempts to add scent began as early as 1916. Then came Smellovision, unveiled in 1939, it was equal to a series of pipes attached to viewers’ chairs through which a projectionist could deliver smell and show the images at the same time. Smellovision itself, was a failure, largely because the scent technology worked so poorly—the scents were too diffuse (弥漫的) to give a satisfactory experience. Clearing a particular scent in time for the next to move freely was also troublesome. A rival system, known as Aromarama, displayed similar shortcomings.
The filmmaker John Waters tried scratch and sniff cards in the early 1980s, but no other filmmaker copied his trick.
Even now, though, as the world of entertainment has become more high-tech, and immersive with virtual reality headsets, scent remains the one element that is difficult to find and hard to copy. Perhaps the most fundamental problem is that we don’t yet fully understand how our sense of smell functions.
32. What’s the function of paragraph 1?
A. To tell us the story of Frederik Duerinck. B. To promote a new product.
C. To introduce the topic. D. To share the story of a “scent bubble”.
33. What is the disadvantage of the special necklace?
A. Its short battery life. B. Its particular scent. C. Its demanding environment. D. Its high price.
34. What can be inferred from this text?
A. Duerinck’s project is in need of financial support. B. In 1916, viewers’ chairs could deliver smell.
C. Many filmmakers copied John’s trick. D. Aromarama worked better than Smellovision.
35. What is the biggest challenge while making films with scent?
A. The scent technology doesn’t offer a satisfying experience.
B. Researchers don’t know how our sense of smell works.
C. Clearing scent in time is still a puzzle.
D. The operation is too complex.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
While we enjoy the convenience the modern technology has brought to us, there has been a growing realization that while we may have innumerable followers and friends on social media, those in the real world are far more limited. Sharing feelings and problems in real conversations and confrontations is increasingly hard. Therefore, we feel lonely. The only way to break away from it is to reconnect with the self and the people who surround us. 36 . Here’s what we can do.
Connect with your own self
37 . Developing a conscious and mindful approach is an essential element towards ensuring there is no disconnectedness from people who surround you and the life you build for yourself.
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Learning to say ‘no’ to the people and activities that are beyond your ability. Doing this does not mean you are being unfriendly or irresponsible. It is a necessary reallocation of energies to provide emotional help to oneself and others.
Do the things you love
Invest in yourself by engaging with your interests and passions. 39 , but taking care of what you need is also essential.
Make time.
40 . Learn to make full use of it and invest time in the people you love and care about. Career goals are often not enough to provide complete fulfilment. Building meaningful relationships is vital.
A. Draw boundaries
B. Offer help whenever possible
C. Do not allow time to become something missing
D. This requires us to relook, reconsider and adapt
E. Life is always full of opportunities and challenges
F. Self-awareness is a key to understanding your needs and desires
G. It is significant to work towards being available for people around you
阅读理解
21-35 CADCB DBCAC BCAAB
A篇应用文
21. 细节理解题。由文中第二段的“Flavors change every day”和第三段的“Flavors change daily”可知冰淇淋口味每天都变化，答案选C。
22. 细节理解题。由文中第四段的“the business is run by two generations of a family that has some sort of tradition around a golden scoop”可知答案选A。
23. 细节理解题。由文中第五段的“Always over 20 choices, plenty of sweet, creamy ones, but also salty, alcoholic and non-dairy delights.”可知，Crave Ices有含酒精冰淇淋，答案选D。
B篇影评
24. 细节理解题。由文中第一段的“This is the quality that the hero named Sharad (Aditya Modak) has to organize his life around, and we witness both his patience and frustrations as he comes to terms with the possibility that he might never find a proper position in the world he loves.”可知discipline既指的是主人公自律的性格，也指的是他所经受的磨砺和考验。所以选C。
25. 词义猜测题。由文中“Slow-paced as this Marathi film may seem, it becomes a hypnotic experience as you become invested in the central character and his journey.”的意思和其中的转折关系可以判断hypnotic的意思是“迷人的”。所以选B。
26. 细节理解题。由文中第二段中的“an Indian classical music fan”、“he is anxious about his poverty and ordinariness”和“he begins to question whether it is worth his efforts or not”可以排除A、B、C选项，D项文中未提及，所以答案选择D。
27. 推理判断题。这是一篇影评，应该出现在娱乐版。所以答案选B。
C篇说明文
28. 推理判断题。由文中第三段中的“Newmark went to Dartmouth College in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. The school is known for its Indigenous student population.”可以推断该校学生有不少Indigenous students，即native American students. 所以答案选C。
29. 推理判断题。由文中第二段中的“regional accents”和“It is spoken in many Indigenous communities in the United States and Canada.”可知答案选A。
30. 推理判断题。文中第三段举例Kalina Newmark的经历阐述了rez accent的现状。所以答案选C。
31. 主旨大意题。由文中第一段中的“But sociolinguist William Labov of the University of PennsyIvania says, while some accents in America are disappearing, others are growing stronger.”和下文讲述可知本文主要介绍rez accent的形成和现状。所以答案选B。
D篇说明文
32. 推理判断题。第一段旨在导入话题，引出本文所讨论的话题——有味道的电影。所以答案选C。
33. 细节理解题。由文中第一段“its current size and battery life are barriers”可知电池寿命短是其问题之一。所以答案选A。
34. 推理判断题。由文中第一段“The next step, he hopes, is to improve it enough to win over investors and secure funding for further development on a wearable version.”可知Duerinck希望有投资者注入研究资金，所以他需要经济支持，所以答案选A。
35. 细节理解题。由文中最后一段“Perhaps the most fundamental problem is that we don’t yet fully understand how our sense of smell functions.”可知答案选B。
36-40 DFAGC
36. 前句提出摆脱孤独的方法。后句是引出具体做法。那此空就应该是继续阐述这个方法。再结合第一段是以第一人称行文的，所以答案选择D。讲述这个方法对人们的要求。
37. 本段主旨句是Connect with your own self，下问又有conscious and mindful approach，所以F项中的self-awareness既接主题句，又承接下文。
38. 分析文章结构可知，设空处的内容是白我和解的第二个方法，是第三段的小标题。所以答案应该在A、B中选择。结合第三段的第一句：学会对别人和超出自己能力以外的事情说不。所以应该选择A，设置界限，了解什么能做，什么不能做。
39. 结合本段的小标题和空后的but转折关系的提示，以及essential和significant的近义词提示，选择G。
40. 根据小标题的主题词time可以定位C，后一句的it代词指代时间，此句和下文形成对比关系。不要让时间偷偷溜走，而应该充分利用它，花在你在乎的人身上。
