Why doesn't the boy use the method the woman gave?
A.He doesn't understand it. B.He doesn't have it yet. C.He doesn't like it.
What will the boy do tonight?
A.Study for an exam.
B.Practice debating.
C.Watch a basketball game.
How does the woman check the weather?
A.She uses her phone.
B.She listens to the radio.
C.She watches television.
假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你的英国朋友Jim要来中国学习和生活。为了帮助他尽快适应，请为他推荐一款手机app(如WeChat, Alipay, Baidu Map等)。内容包括:
1. 欢迎他来中国；
2. 推荐一款手机app；
3. 推荐的理由。
注意: 1. 词数不少于50；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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What’s the one thing that the world’s leading innovators (创新者) share with children? They both learn through asking questions. It’s the simplest and most effective way of learning.
Not asking good or even enough questions has a direct impact on the quality of choices we make. Getting into the habit of asking questions helps us gain deep insight and develop more innovative solutions.
Brilliant thinkers and scientists never stop asking questions. “Asking questions is the single most important habit for innovative thinkers,” says Paul Sloane, the UK’s top leadership speaker on innovation.
* Newton: “Why does an apple fall from a tree but, why does the moon not fall into the Earth?”
* Darwin: “Why do the Galapagos Islands have so many species not found elsewhere?”
* Einstein: “What would the universe look like if I rode through it on a beam of light?”
Asking these kinds of basic questions started the process that led to their great breakthroughs. And asking questions is as relevant today. Only by constantly asking why can you find better products. Yet somehow, we just don’t value questioning as much as we should as we get older. In his book “A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas”, Warren Berger used the example of Edwin H. Land, who invented the Polaroid camera in response to his 3-year-old daughter asking why the camera that they used couldn’t produce a photo immediately. There are plenty of other cases: Airbnb exists as a response to the question “why should you be stuck without a bed if I’ve got an extra air mattress (床垫)?” The list is endless, as many companies and even entire industries can be traced back to a single question.
How do we master the art and science of asking effective questions and how do we make it a habit? Here are some suggestions:
1. Create an environment where curiosity is welcomed and rewarded.
2. Become a keen observer of everything you see, hear and experience.
3. Look at the world with fresh eyes, question the familiar, and assume nothing is obvious.
4. Understand the power of different types of questions—how they should be used and when.
5. Keep asking why till you can go no further.
Asking questions can help us learn, explore the unknown, and adapt to change. Do as listed above and start your journey of practicing effective questioning. Now, are you ready to ask your questions?
1.What is the simplest and most effective way of learning? (不多于2个单词)
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2.What is the advantage of getting into the habit of asking questions? (不多于10个单词)
______________________________
3.How does the attitude towards questioning change as we get older? (不多于9个单词)
______________________________
4.What is the purpose of this passage? (不多于5个单词)
______________________________
Elon Musk, perhaps the world’s most famous businessman, has a habit of making statements that stretch the bounds of believability.
On July 16th, 2019, he introduced a new type of brain-machine interface (BMI), starting from the design of a “neural lace (神经织网)”, a net of thin electrodes (电极) that capture the information from the brain. However, the electrodes must be flexible, so that they do not damage brain tissue and will last for a long time. And to make the implantation (植入) of so many electrodes safe, painless and effective, the process has to be automated.
Mr. Musk’s team does indeed seem to have made progress towards these goals. Its presentation included videos of a robot that is best described as a sewing machine. This robot grabs “threads”, and shoots them deep into the brain through a hole. The firm has also designed a chip that can handle signals from as many as 3,072 electrodes.
With all these technological breakthroughs, the firm now hopes to help people overcome such illnesses as blindness and paralysis. They designed a small device that would sit behind someone’s ear, picking up signals from the implanted chip and passing them on as appropriate. In a few years, using a brain implant to control your devices may be as prevalent as wearing wireless earphones today. Finally, Musk predicts neural lace will allow humans to be combined with AI systems, thus enabling the species to survive.
Though, as this announcement shows, Mr. Musk does have a habit of presenting himself as the hero of the human race, the idea that some machines at least will come under the direct control of human brains seems possible to be carried out. The biggest barrier to this happening will probably not be writing the software needed to interpret brainwaves, but rather persuading people that the necessary surgery, whether by sewing machine or otherwise, is actually a good idea.
1.We can learn from the first two paragraphs that _____.
A.electrodes should be flexible to extend life
B.Elon Musk constantly comes up with unexpected ideas
C.a neural lace is used to store information from the brain
D.electrodes are implanted by top surgeons for safety reasons
2.What does the underlined word “prevalent” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?
A.Useful. B.Common. C.Professional. D.Appropriate.
3.What is the hardest part of carrying out BMI?
A.Convincing people to accept the surgery.
B.Developing devices to perform the surgery.
C.Writing the software to interpret brainwaves.
D.Informing people of the success of the surgery.
4.What is the best title of this passage?
A.The Neural Lace, A New Type of BMI.
B.Elon Musk, the Hero of Human Beings.
C.Artificial Intelligence, the Way to Survive.
D.A Brain Implant, A Step to Control Machines.
