In the space of just two years, the app Douyin, created by Beijing-based company ByteDance, has gathered more than half a billion users—around 40％ of them outside China—who share short videos of themselves lip-syncing （假唱）, cooking, dancing or just being silly. What sets ByteDance apart is its success in the social media category, which is controlled by Facebook, Twitter and Snap—all Western companies.
ByteDance calls itself an artificial intelligence company. It uses machine learning and algorithms （算法） to figure out what people like most and give them more of what they want to see. On Douyin, people can edit and beautify 15-second videos before posting them online. The app has even made a phrase to describe people glued to their customized feeds: “shua Douyin” or “scrolling through Douyin”. Last year, the company released TikTok, the overseas version of Douyin. ByteDance’s growing video empire has made it the world’s fifth biggest app maker. ByteDance says TikTok and Douyin together have more than 500 million monthly active users.
Investors like ByteDance because its hundreds of millions of users attract a lot of advertising money. The video apps are lucrative because they attract a lot of users in their teens and 20s, who are more generous with the money. ByteDance also makes money through income sharing deals. People on TikTok, for example, can buy digital coins to give to other people on the app—like throwing money in a performer’s tip jar. ByteDance takes a cut of those earnings.
ByteDance’s founder and CEO is Zhang Yiming, a 35-year-old former Microsoft employee. People who have worked with Zhang describe him as someone who thinks deeply about technology and spends much of his free time writing code.
Like Facebook and Twitter, ByteDance is also battling fake news and inappropriate content. ByteDance promises to add thousands more employees to review the content on Douyin.
1.What makes ByteDance so special?
A. Its app challenges similar companies’ rule in Western world.
B. It invented the social media app initially in the world.
C. It is the biggest artificial intelligence company on the earth.
D. It has controlled Facebook, Twitter and Snap.
2.Why is Douyin so popular?
A. It is a new generation hi-tech product.
B. It has both home and overseas version.
C. It is easy and totally free to operate online.
D. It meets the demand of people individually.
3.How does ByteDance make a profit?
A. By charging the users. B. By charging the advertisement.
C. By forcing the users to donate. D. By selling its artificial intelligence.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A. Douyin, a Popular App
B. ByteDance, a Successful Company
C. Facebook Together with Douyin Is Batting Fake News
D. Twitter Is Helping Douyin Attract More Advertising Money
In the western Los Angeles sits the famous city of Hollywood, known as the global center of movie studios and film stars.
The Selig Film Manufacturing Company was the first major film company to come to Hollywood, shooting its first film entitled The Heart of A Race Tout in 1908. The next year the film company built the first permanent film studio.
Although electric lights existed at that time, none were powerful enough to adequately expose film. The best source of illumination for movie production was nature sunlight. Besides the sunny weather, film producers were also drawn to Hollywood because of its open spaces and wide variety of natural scenery.
Another reason was the distance of Southern California from New Jersey, which made it more difficult for Thomas Edison to enforce his film patents. At that time, Edison owned almost all the patents relevant to film production. As a result, in the East, movie producers acting independently out of Edison’s Motion Picture Patents Company were often accused by Edison. But in Los Angeles, things were different. If he sent his men to California, word would usually reach Los Angeles before they did and the movie makers could escape to nearby Mexico.
In 1911, a second movie studio—Nestor Studios, was founded. At about the same time, many film production companies from New York and New Jersey started moving to sunny California because of the good weather.
The first Academy Awards presentation ceremony took place in 1929 in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Tickets were $10 and there were 250 people attending the ceremony.
From about 1930, five major “Hollywood” movie studios in Hollywood, Paramount, RKO, 20th Century Fox, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Bros, owned almost all large theatres throughout the country for the exhibition of their movies. The period between the years 1927 to 1984 was considered the “Golden Age of Hollywood”.
1.The word “illumination” in the third paragraph can be replaced by ________.
A. light B. story
C. patent D. film
2.According to the text, film producers were drawn to Hollywood for the following reasons EXCEPT ________.
A. open spaces B. various scenery
C. unique culture D. sunny weather
3.What can we infer from paragraph 4?
A. Thomas Edison moved his office to Hollywood to enforce his film patents.
B. Movie producers working on the West Coast were never accused by Edison.
C. Edison’s Motion Picture Patents Company owned many studios in Hollywood.
D. Movie makers in Los Angeles could work independently out of Edison’s control.
4.What do we know about the first Academy Awards presentation ceremony?
A. It was held in a restaurant.
B. There were 250 people receiving the awards.
C. There were 250 people present at the ceremony.
D. It was held by five major “Hollywood” movie studios.
If you have never been on a cruise （乘船游览）, it can seem like its own world—with its own rules and secret language. So here we are going to lay out the very basics of going on a cruise.
Do I need a passport to go on a cruise?
You may need a passport, but you should take one anyway. Besides the fact that you are going to need an ID card to board the ship in the first place, a lot of ports require one.
How much luggage can I take on board?
For the most part, cruise ships aren’t like planes—there isn’t a strictly regulated amount of luggage you can take with you, and you are not going to be charged for bringing too much. Keep in mind that cabin storage space can be tight. Everything, including your empty luggage, is going to have to fit inside and you don’t want to be tripping over it for your whole vacation.
Things like guns and knives are banned, but regulations vary from ship to ship about things like irons （generally a no） and hair dryers （generally a yes）. Some ships allow you to bring a bottle of wine, but nearly all ban bringing your own hard alcohol.
What’s the process for boarding a cruise ship?
Boarding a cruise ship is like boarding a plane—there are regulations or when to arrive, how to check-in, and what security you have to go through. Most cruise lines have transportation available from the airport; otherwise they normally own a paid parking lot where you can leave your car.
1.What will you have to show when you board a ship in the first place?
A. A credit card. B. A post card.
C. An ID card. D. Luggage.
2.What can you take when you are on a cruise?
A. As much alcohol as you can. B. More luggage than on a plane.
C. Less luggage than on a plane. D. As many guns and knives as you can.
3.Where does the text probably come from?
A. A storybook. B. A guidebook.
C. A book review. D. A science report.
你校美国交换生 Clement很喜欢中华成语故事，看到下面的图片，想了解关于此图片的具体信息，请你用英语给他写一篇短文。内容包括：
1. 描述画面；
2. 概述其含义；
3. 谈谈个人感想。
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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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处；每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
The Yangko Dance is a traditional Chinese folk dance creating by the farmers hundred of years ago. Many Chinese people take it as for an important method of relaxing, no matter when there is a spring festival and when there are some special celebrations.
Before the Yangko Dance starts, the music performed to build the dancers a festival atmosphere. As the dance’s content come from special folk legends, men and women performing the dance are dressed in colorfully clothes.
During the dance, the dancers are wagging to present old stories to the audience in the new style. The dance also shows our happy mood and life.
While the dancers are dancing on the ground, there is usually a big crowd around them, appreciated and sharing the feelings of the dancers there.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Chinese Bullfighters Bring Martial Arts (武术) to Their Sport
Several times a week. Ren Ruzhi battles an opponent (对手)that is five times 1. (he)weight and strong enough to kill him. He is skilled in fighting bulls (公牛), an animal known 2. its aggressive behavior.
Ren teaches the Chinese martial art of kung fu. The 24-year-old’s mixing of martial arts and bullfighting 3. (worry) his mother. However, Ren has never been hurt. He says that 4. (battle) the bull makes him feel energized. “It symbolizes the 5. (brave) of a man,” Ren told the Reuters news agency in the city of Jiaxing, China.
Bullfighting may be more famous in Spain, 6. it is usually very bloody, while the Chinese form of bullfighting is not so 7. (violence). Instead it combines moves from the sport of wrestling with the skill and speed of kung fu 8. (bring) down animals weighing up to 400 kilograms.
Han Haihua, a former wrestler, teaches bullfighters at his Haihua Kung Fu School in Jiaxing. Han said the 9. (physical) demanding sport requires fighters to train intensively and they usually have short careers. Han described 10. form of bullfighting he teaches as the explosive power of hard “qigong”, saying it combines the skill and speed of martial arts with traditional wrestling moves.
