Europe's Most Beautiful Libraries
Libraries hold a special charm. Here's a brief introduction of some of the most amazing libraries across Europe.
Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark
Built in 1999, it is an extension of the old library, whose terrace（露台） can accommodate large crowds for events such as concerts and plays. Apart from the main functions of a library, the building houses a bookshop, a cafe and a restaurant.
Warsaw University Library in Poland
Located in the city center, it was founded in 1816, although the new building was completed in 1999. Its entrance contains blocks with writings in various languages, including a writing of Plato's in Ancient Greek and also one in Ancient Polish.
Wirtschaftsuniversität Bibliothek in Vienna, Austria
Parts of the site were originally built in 1898, but the library was repaired following a fire in 2005. The innovative decoration gives the impression that they came from another planet. It also boasts the title of the biggest library in German-speaking countries.
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice, Italy
It is located off San Marco Square and was completed in the late 1500s. Designed by Jacopo Sansovino, it has an elegant and somewhat unusual style for the period in which it was built. The interior beauty can really hold your breath.
When 89-year-old Li Jinrong heard someone calling her "mom" at an event in Wuhan, Hubei Province, she immediately rose from her seat. s A foreign woman ran toward her before hugging her tightly and saying, "Mom, mom. "
The woman, Bouammouch Kheira, is from Algeria. She underwent a total nasal reconstruction operation（全鼻再造手术）—the first of its kind in Africa—that was done by Li and other members of a Chinese medical team 40 years ago. In 1984, Li joined the 11th Chinese medical aid mission to Algeria. She helped a hospital in the North African country carry out oral（口腔的） and facial operations. In 1985, 12-year-old Kheira visited the hospital to seek treatment for a stomach infection. Doctor Li happened to notice Kheira's badly disfigured（容貌受损的） nose, the tip of which was bitten off by a donkey when she was just 2 years old.
"Had she not been disfigured, she would have grown up to be a great beauty," Li said. Then she devised a detailed treatment plan and decided to transplant the skin from one of Kheira's upper arms to reconstruct her nose, because it matched her facial skin tone and would not leave noticeable scars.
Though scared at first, Li's sincere attitude and caring words reminded her of her mother and gave her hope. The reconstruction of Kheira's nose required four operations over a period of two months. After its perfect completion, Kheira ran from ward（病房） to ward, telling everyone that she now had a nose, a gift from her "Chinese mother".
Kheira travelled 10,000 kilometers from Algeria to Wuhan. "This is my first visit to China, but I don't feel the journey was hard at all, because I am so excited to meet Professor Li, my Chinese mother," Kheira added, "Without my Chinese mother, my life would be darker than death,"
The Paris Olympics are getting ready to defend against cyberattacks（网络攻击）, with the threat possibly coming from criminals.
"We are worried about everything from the broadcasters to the sponsors, transport infrastructures（基础设施） and support, and competitions. Any kind of attack is on the table," said John Hultquist, an analyst at Mandiant Consulting, a US cybersecurity consultancy firm.
His concern is reasonable, as cyberattacks are surprisingly common during the Olympic Games. The first cyberattack on the Olympics was in Montreal in 1976. Many events had to be postponed or moved because of the 48-hour electrical disruption. Tokyo Olympics in 2021 reported 450 million cyberattacks—which doubled the number experienced during the 2012 London Olympics.
However, it's important to note that the Paris Olympics will make the first attempt to take heavy advantage of artificial intelligence （AI） in its operation. "AI will have a huge impact on us," a senior French military official stated. "It will allow us to rearrange data faster and extract key events, which will help fight back. " However, he also warned that there are many enemies and the resources may not be enough to deal with all possible attacks.
These attacks could target gyms, local transportation such as trains and subways, Paris' electricity and water systems, phone networks, and media reporting of the Games. The highest risk involves disruption of infrastructures and broadcasts. Furthermore, attacks could extend beyond the Games with the spread of fake videos about the events. Deepfake videos could be used to distract from the reality of particular events. "
Hultquist also warned that competition results could be tampered （篡改） with, highlighting the potential for interference（干扰） with cameras, timekeeping devices, and scoreboards. Talking about the importance of data security, he recommended keeping systems isolated （隔离的） and using paper backups for scores to ensure their security.
Have you ever wondered about the universal layout （布局） of supermarkets? Smart designers are behind it, subtly tempting you to walk through each aisle and fill your shopping cart without even realizing it.
Grocery store design is a carefully crafted art from both psychological and marketing standpoints, according to Reeves Connelly, who studied architectural design at the Pratt Institute. He explained there is a specific reason why fruit and vegetables are often located at the front of the store, "You'll grab the fruits and vegetables first and then hopefully feel less guilty about buying junk food later on. " Meanwhile, essential items such as milk and eggs are placed at the back of the store to ensure customers walk through other aisles with many unhealthy options like snacks and sodas, potentially increasing the likelihood of impulse purchases.
There's also a reason why you often feel lost in local supermarkets. Shockingly, they move things around. Reeves explained, "They are very much aware that these strategies become less effective after you visit the store a few times and get a better sense of where everything is, so they'll regularly move the products to different aisles to con fuse you. The practice is not limited to a specific store but is employed across various retail chains. "
"Their little tricks always work on me," one regular shopper admits, "I walk in to get three things and end up spending $300; that's why I hate grocery shopping," he said. On the other hand, some shoppers are proud to declare they have never fallen into the trap. "That's why I always keep a shopping list on me," another shopper shared. "I've started having my groceries delivered. If I have to go to the store, I never grab a trolley. If I can't carry it, I'm not buying it," he added.
π（Pi） Day falls on March 14. This is the day when mathematicians and geometry（几何学）lovers around the world get together and celebrate the mathematical constant（常数） of Pi.
Firstly, the date which can be represented numerically in the format 3. 14represents the first 3 digits of π. Besides, one of our greatest physicists Albert Einstein was born on March 14,1897. In 2018, the famous physicist Stephen Hawking passed away on Pi Day.
The earliest known celebration of Pi Day was organized by the physicist Larry Shaw at the San Francisco Exploratorium in 1988, featuring eating different kinds of fruit pies. The museum staff marched around a circular room, sang songs, and ate pie. News stories about the celebration spread the idea to schools, museums, and communities. In 2009, US House of Representatives officially named this special day—"Pi Day".
Many people celebrate Pi Day with family and friends. People make pizzas （round ones, of course） and bake cream pies. Some people even use a special pie pan shaped like the Greek letter π. They are also willing to drink pi-neapple juice.
Over thousands of years, people tried to unfold the puzzle behind this magic number. Before the appearance of modern computing technologies, mathematicians all over the world have made their efforts on calculating the approximation of Pi. While Indian mathematician
Aryabhata approximated Pi to using the circumference of a polygon（多边形） with 384 sides. On 2019's Pi Day, Google announced that the calculation of Pi has already reached 31. 4 trillion decimal（小数的） places.
A. The most popular way is by eating pi-themed foods.
B. March 14 seems to be tightly connected with Science.
C. It was because "Pi" and "pie" sounded same in English.
D. The world record for memorizing pi is held by Chao Lu from China.
E. Chinese ancient mathematician Zu Chongzhi extended Pi to 7 decimal places.
F. Another celebration is to recite this amazing number with countless decimal places.
G. Pic an also be used to calculate the volume of something shaped like a ball or a tube.
Douglas Smith is a competitive guy. So when he turned his attention to the vegetable garden behind his home, he was devoted to it so much, in fact, that his casual hobby grew to 1 .
The British gardener has 2 a nearly 7-pound tomato, a 624-pound pumpkin and a 20-foot-tall sunflower. Recently, though, he has changed his focus from size to 3 . Twice in a row, Smith broke the Guinness World Record for the most cherry tomatoes grown on a single stem. 4 , he broke the previous record of 488 cherry tomatoes—which had been 5 for more than 10 years—after he grew 839 cherry tomatoes on one stem in September,
2021. Then, in 2022, Guinness World Records 6 that Smith had actually beaten his own world record, growing 1,269 cherry tomatoes on a single stem.
Growing huge vegetables presented a（n） 7 opportunity to "push your gardening knowledge to do something different," Smith said. "If you're trying to grow for a competition, you learn a lot more about 8 to grow them best through an exercise like this. "
9 the prospect of earning prizes and praise, what inspired Smith most, he said, was the learning process and the strong sense of 10 among fellow growers. Although it's competitive in nature, the community cooperate. "Competitive vegetable-growing is actually knowledge sharing," Smith said. For Smith, the process of growing supersize 11 is scientific.
To 12 his cherry-tomato-growing operation, he spent countless hours reading research papers, sending soil samples to be tested in labs, trying out seed 13 and investigating the many tomato types.
Now, Smith has his sights 14 on a new mission. He hopes to win the record for "most cherry tomatoes on a single plant". He also intends to 15 at growing the world's heaviest potato and eggplant. "It's just a bit of fun," he said.
Mankind's desire to explore the universe never fades away. They attach great importance to carrying on space exploration the huge risks. The impossible dream of travelling to space was finally realized by some great scientists with （determine）.
In 1957, the Sputnik 1 satellite was launched by the USSR and （success） orbited around Earth. In 1961, the first Russian stepped into space. Over eight years later, American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon, （claim）"That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind". Since then, many more goals （achieve）. The International Space Station the scientists can live and do research in space is a good example to show man's joint efforts and ongoing work.
Though China's space programme started later than of Russia and the US, it has made great progress in a short time. China was the third country （send） humans into space independently. The Shenzhou series have been launched, performing many important tasks. The completion of the Tiangong Space Station was also landmark in China's space development. In spite of the difficulties, the future is bright. More countries will make （far） studies about other planets and more valuable discoveries.
1. school bullying的形式和伤害；
2. 提出可行的建议和措施。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯；
3. 短文题目已给出。
Say No to School Bullying |
There was a time in my life twenty years ago when I was driving a taxi to earn a living. I encountered people whose lives amazed me, made me laugh and made me weep. But none of those lives touched me more than that of a woman I picked up late on a warm August night.
That night, I was called at 2:00am to pick someone up. When I arrived, the building was completely dark except for one light in a window. In this case, many other drivers would just honk（按喇叭） once or twice, wait a short minute, then drive away.
But I always went to the door to find the passenger. It might, I reasoned, be someone who needed my assistance. I walked to the door and knocked. "Just a minute," answered a weak and elderly voice. After a long wait, the door opened. A small woman in her 80s stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
"Would you carry my bag out to the car?" she said. I took her suitcase and gave her my arm. We walked slowly to the street. She kept thanking me for my kindness.
"It's nothing," I told her. "I try to treat my passengers how I want my mother treated. "
"You're such a good boy," she said. When we got in the taxi, she gave me an address. Then she asked, "Could you drive through the downtown?"
"It's not the shortest way", I answered.
"I don't mind," she said. "I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice（临终安养院）. " I saw her eyes shining with tears.
"I don't have any family left, she continued. "The doctor says I should go there. He says I don't have very long. "
I quietly turned off the meter（计程器）. "What road do you want me to take?" I asked.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Paragraph 1: For the next two hours, we drove through the city.
Paragraph 2: I did not pick up any more passengers that day, driving aimlessly, lost in thought.
