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WELCOME TO ALPINE ASCENTS

For most people, Qomolangma is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. If you're considering giving it a shot, go with the best possible service provider. Alpine Ascents has been expert in providing training for Qomolangma mountaineering. From the guidance to the organization — we have the best in the international climbing community.

Our mission and goals

Using the best climbing talent, we offer the opportunity for climbers at all levels to achieve their personal desire through quality, challenging, safe and fun training sessions.

Training arrangements

●Physical training

Climbing training

What to do: Hike outdoors, gradually increasing the pack weight until you feel comfortable carrying a 50-60 lbs. pack.

A month from your climb: Feel comfortable hiking on days on end with at least 60 lbs. on the outings.

Strength training

What to do: Train with gym machines to build overall strength, particularly in the core, upper back, shoulders and legs.

In the beginning period: Build a foundation for tougher training. Always be sure to keep proper forms in order to prevent injury.

●Mental training

What to do: Manage stress, stay positive and keep on good terms with fellow climbers. Push your mental strength just as much.

Never give up: Going into Qomolangma with a weak mind won't get far. Mental toughness is the most significant to reaching the top. When you want to stop, don't.

❉ Please note the following:

Our absolute advantage: Small team sizes with our climber-to-guide ratio being 4: 1 or less.

Scheduled lead guides for 2023: Ben Jones along with Jangbu Sherpa and Eric Murphy.

You can find additional training resources at www. BodyResults. com for training articles, training books and DVDs, and pay fees for online mountaineering-specific training.

1. （1） What is Alpine Ascents?

   A . A hikers' community. B . A charity organization. C . An extreme-sports foundation. D . A mountaineering service center.
3. （2） Which of the following is key to reaching the summit according to the text?

   A . Climbing training. B . Strength training. C . Teamwork training. D . Mental training.
5. （3） What does Alpine Ascents feature in?

   A . Small-sized teams. B . Popular tour guides. C . Free online resources. D . Flexible arrangements.

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Nobel prize-winners, legendary(传奇的)authors, and famous scientists—you might think all these people were born to be creative. However, that's not always the case.

While well-known figures like Pablo Picasso and Albert Einstein did their most significant work in their youth, famous American poet Robert Frost and English-born natural scientist Charles Darwin were known as “late bloomers” —people whose talents were not noticeable until later in life.

This idea of “peaking” at different times inspired new research from the United States. “Many people believe that creativity is exclusively(独有地)associated with youth, but it really depends on what kind of creativity you're talking about,” said Bruce Weinberg, a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and co-author of the study.

According to the study, published earlier this month in the journal De Economist, there are two types of people: conceptual(概念的)and experimental thinkers.

To reach this conclusion, researchers took the 31 previous winners of the Nobel Prize in economics and arranged them according to when they did their most significant work, to identify their creative peaks.

Some peaked from ages 25—29. Classified as conceptual thinkers, these people think outside of the box, coming up with new ideas before they become used to the conventional way of doing things.

The second creative peak came with economists in their 50s. These are experimental thinkers who have been in their fields for a long time. This allows them to learn from errors and experiment with different processes, before eventually finding new solutions.

“Whether you hit your creative peak early or late in your career depends on whether you have a conceptual or experimental approach,” said Weinberg. He added that their study isn't limited to economics, saying it can apply to other creative disciplines(知识领域). So if you're struggling to come up with new ideas, don't panic. Your creative peak may be yet to arrive.

1. （1） What did the study from the US find?

   A . Young people are not necessarily more creative than old people. B . Most people take a conceptual approach when thinking. C . People's creative peak in their life is related to their job type. D . Conceptual and experimental thinkers hit their peaks at different times.
3. （2） What is the characteristic of conceptual thinkers?

   A . They tend to challenge conventional rules. B . They are creative due to their young ages. C . They are likely to follow traditional rules. D . They fail to come up with new ideas.
5. （3） What do we know about experimental thinkers?

   A . Their talents usually bloom in their 20s. B . They are good at doing experiments. C . They work out new methods based on experience. D . They are more successful than conceptual thinkers.
7. （4） What would Weinberg probably agree with?

   A . It's difficult to find one's talent in later years. B . More research needs to be done about creative peaks. C . Conceptual thinkers could be more successful in the art field. D . Experimental thinkers from other fields may succeed in their 50s.

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Bottlenose dolphins simplify and raise the pitch (音高) of their whistles to be heard above underwater shipping noise. Christopher Intagliata reports.

 The oceans are getting louder. And coastal areas are some of the noisiest, as in this underwater recording, covering 17 miles off the coast of Ocean City, Maryland.

 The noise could be a problem for underwater animals, which, like us, use sound to communicate. “Just like if we're in a raucous bar, we have to shout to each other. And they might have to do that too.” Helen Bailey is an underwater biologist at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

She and her colleagues recorded two months of underwater sounds, in that same area off the coast of Maryland. They used automated software to take out 200 bottlenose dolphin whistles from the noise, and visually compared the spectrograms (声谱图). Here's a normal whistle.

 But what they found was that dolphins simplified their whistles and raised their pitch when they were competing with shipping noise, which apparently helps, but could also hurt their ability to communicate.

“By using simpler calls, yes, there is a risk that they're not communicating as much in-formation as they would if it was quieter. Also for younger dolphins they actually learn these sounds from hearing other dolphins. So they're hearing this much simpler language.” The results and a few of those spectrograms are in the journal Biology Letters.

The survey site is the proposed future home of a wind farm - which could mean lots of noise as the huge towers are set up. Until then, it's the long-lasting roar of ships and boats that Bailey wants people to think about carefully. “I think people think about boats in terms of the emissions (排放), just like with cars. And I think what we need to think about is that sound is also an emission.”

1. （1） When will the bottlenose dolphins raise their pitch according to the text?

   A . When they have to compete with ship noise. B . When they want to catch more fish in the sea. C . When they want to sing loud songs with others. D . When they feel angry with the ships.
3. （2） What does the underlined word “raucous” in paragraph 3 refer to?

   A . Narrow. B . Noisy. C . Unique. D . Modern.
5. （3） What will happen to the bottlenose dolphins if the situation continues?

   A . More bottlenose dolphins will love to make loud noise. B . People will lose the bottlenose dolphins forever. C . They will have to make long journeys in the ocean. D . They will lose the ability to express much information.
7. （4） What is the best title for the text?

   A . How To Protect The Marine Mammals — Bottlenose Dolphins B . Bottlenose Dolphins Raise The Tune To Help The Wind Farm C . Bottlenose Dolphins Raise The Tune To Communicate With Ships D . Bottlenose Dolphins Make Easy Calls Above Under Ship Noise

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The 2022 Chinese Visual Ethnographic Photo Biennale(中国民族影像志摄影双年展)，which aims to collect and preserve the unique history, culture and cherished memories of China's various ethnic groups, opened in Beijing on Tuesday.

The exhibition combines a grand narrative of the contemporary lives of Chinese ethnic groups with vivid local scenery, connects ancient Chinese civilization to the new era and mirrors the evolution and rebirth of the traditional culture of the Chinese nation in modernization.

The photographers taking part in the exhibition come from all over China and from various backgrounds such as university students or migrant workers. Some are amateur photographers, while others are professionals.

Liu Hui is one of the photographers whose works are on display at the exhibition. His photos document his in-depth exploration of Daliyaboyi, a village in Yutian county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Over the past decade, Liu has recorded the lots of changes that have taken place in the village and the impact these have had on villagers' lives. He has taken more than 150, 000 photos of these villagers who originally lived in the desert. The photos at the exhibition focus on an old herdsman in the village. The herdsman and his family have benefited from local poverty-relief policies, moving from the desert to a new town with paved roads. Escaping from a tough environment, the herdsman establishes a new life for himself and his family that blends tradition and modernity.

Yan Shuzhen's works have also been selected for the exhibition. In a connected series of photos, the photographer creates a window for viewers to appreciate a special traditional ceremony of the Mongolian ethnic group. The cutting hair ceremony is one of the most important and grand ceremonies on the path to adulthood among ethnic Mongolians. During the ceremony, elders send their best wishes for the future to the children taking part, while songs and speeches of praise full of traditional values reveal the rich characteristics of the ethnic group.

At the Biennale, many realistic and moving works grabbed people's attention. These works demonstrate the progress of China's ethnic groups and show the backbone and full picture of the unified spirit that binds the country's diverse cultures.

As a spiritual home for the unity of China's 56 ethnic groups, the Biennale has demonstrated its profound significance in promoting mutual understanding and unity among different ethnic groups in the country.

1. （1） What do Liu Hui's works try to illustrate?

   A . The vivid local scenery of ethnic groups. B . The culture and customs of ethnic groups. C . The betterment of ethnic groups in Xinjiang. D . The contribution of modern ethnic groups.
3. （2） What can be learnt about Mongolians from Yan Shuzhen's pictures?

   A . They hold ceremonies frequently. B . They care a lot for their children. C . They've changed living conditions. D . They settle in a wild inhabited area.
5. （3） What has eased the poverty of the herdsman?

   A . The street exhibitions. B . The house reconstruction. C . The photographers' help. D . The government support.
7. （4） What is the author's attitude towards the exhibition?

   A . Opposite. B . Supportive. C . Doubtful. D . Unconcerned.

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Being a good friend isn't always easy, but taking time to develop a lasting friendship is worth the effort. As the years pass, you will realize that each friendship you keep is priceless. . To be a good friend and deepen a friendship, just follow these steps.

Don't ever make a promise that you can't keep.

If you say you'll hang out with a friend but an unexpected situation appears, explain the situation. Give your friend a gift and tell him you are sorry. Nobody is perfect, and it's okay if you break a promise once in a blue moon. .

Apologize when you've made a mistake.

. Though your friend won't be happy that you made a mistake, he will be very pleased that you admit it instead of just pretending that nothing is wrong.

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To be truly supportive, you will have to be able to watch out for your friend when he is having a hard time. If you feel that your friend is getting into some trouble, help him away from the situation by not being afraid to get involved.

Give your friend some space when he needs it.

Part of being supportive means supporting the fact that your friend won't always want to spend time with you. Learn to step back and give your friend space. Don't be jealous (妒忌的) if your friend has lots of other friends.

A. However, don't make it a regular thing B. Help your friend deal with his difficulties C. Learn to forgive your friend and move forward D. Of course, to have a good friend, you must be one E. If you want your friend to trust you, you can't act like you're perfect F. Take time to truly understand your friend when he is talking to you G. Try to understand if your friend wants to be alone or to hang out with other people

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Rosie Honeywood was happy to receive her new locks from a charity, Little Princess Trust. It provides wigs (假发) for children who have lost their own1through cancer treatment or from various other2reasons. The youngster, who suffered from alopecia (脱发症) at the age of two, has never felt embarrassed about her3of hair. It was only when she started4that she wanted to get a wig, so she could5like her fellow classmates as well as some of her favorite princesses.

Rosie said: “I was extremely6on the day before I got my wig. The Little Princess Trust knew that I had got alopecia so they7 me a wig to look as if my hair had grown8.”

When Rosie9her wig, she asked her mum why they didn't have to10it. Her mom explained how charities like the Little Princess Trust11.After hearing about the process, Rosie was keen to12other children in a similar position to her. Together with her mum, she wanted to13to complete the 5 km along the seafront (海边) to raise money for the charity.

The pair14their first 5 km practice last week and have already hit their fund raising target. Her mom added: “I was so impressed with everyone at the15and what they do, and it would be amazing to fund as many wigs as we can.

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Calligraphy, the art of writing, was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China. Painting was contemporary with calligraphy, sharing same tools—namely, brush and ink. Yet calligraphy was regarded a fine art long before painting.

The status of calligraphy reflects the importance of the word in China. makes the written words distinctive is its visual form. However, despite its abstract (appear), calligraphy is not an abstract form. Chinese characters are dynamic, closely connected with the forces of nature and the kinesthetic (运动) energies of the human body.

How can a simple character convey all this? The use of brush and ink (have) much to do with it. A calligrapher can control the (thick) of the ink by varying both the amount of water and the solid ink. Once he starts writing, by loading the brush sometimes with (much) ink or sometimes with less, he creates characters that resemble a shower of rocks here and a drop of dew (露珠) there.

The Chinese written language (begin) to develop more than 3,000 years ago and (eventual) evolved into five basic script types. Over the centuries, calligraphers were free to write in any of them, ( depend) on the text's function. The calligraphic tradition remains alive today.

假定你是李华，准备参加炎帝教育集团英语演讲比赛，主题为"用英语说未来"，你准备讲交通工具。请你写一篇演讲稿，内容如下：

1）你平常是怎样去上学的；

2）描述你最理想的交通工具：

3）交通工具的改进给人们带来了什么。

注意：1）词数100左右；

2）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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When my daughters reached the third and fourth grades, I occasionally allowed them to walk to and from school alone if the weather permitted. One warm spring day, a little dog followed them home after school. It had short legs and long lovely ears, with a fawn-colored coat. It was the cutest dog I had ever seen and the girls begged me to keep it.

The dog was barely twelve weeks old. It had no collar or identifying marks of any sort. I didn't know what to do. I thought about running an advertisement in the lost-and-found but I really didn't want to. It would break the kids' hearts if someone should show up. Besides, its owners should have watched it more closely.

By the end of the week the dog was part of our family. It was very intelligent and good with the girls. The following week something told me to check the lost-and-found section in the local paper. One particular advertisement jumped out at me and my heart pounded with fear at what I read. Someone was begging for the return of a lost dog in the neighborhood of our grade school. They sounded desperate. My hand shook. I couldn't bring myself to pick up the phone.

Instead, I pretended I hadn't seen the advertisement. I quickly put paper away in the drawer and continued with my dusting. I never said a word about it to the kids or my husband.

By now we had named the dog. It looked like a Molly, so that was what we called it. It followed the girls everywhere they went. When they went outside, it was one step behind them. When they did housework, it was there to lend a hand.

There was only one problem with this otherwise perfect picture: my conscience (良心) was bothering me. I knew in my heart I had to call that number and see if our Molly was the dog they were desperately seeking. It was the most difficult thing I've ever done.

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With mixed feelings, I finally picked up the receiver and dialed.

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One look at Molly and the woman's face lit up like a Christmas tree.