“Data is the new oil.” Like the sticky black thing, all those Is and 0s are of little use until they are processed into something more valuable. That something is you.
Five of the world’s ten most valuable companies are built on a foundation of tying data to human beings. Google and Facebook want to find out as much as possible about their users’ interests, activities, friends and family. Amazon has a detailed history of consumer behavior. Tencent and Alibaba are the digital wallets for hundreds of millions of Chinese; both know enough about consumers to provide widely used credit scores. Those with a good Zhima credit score, provided by Alibaba, enjoy discounts. Those without receive few offers. In other words, data are used to decide what sort of access people have to services.
That data are valuable is increasingly well-understood by individuals, too, especially because personal information is so often leaked（泄露）or stolen. The list of companies that have suffered some sort of data leak in 2018 alone reads like a roll call of household names: Facebook, Google, British Airways and so on. Such events have caused a switch in the public understanding of data collection. People have started to take notice of all the data they are giving away.
Yet few people have changed their online behavior or exercised what few digital rights they possess. Partly this is because managing your own data is time-consuming and complex. But it is more because of a misunderstanding of what is at risk. “Data” is an abstract concept. Far more solid is the idea of identity. It is only when “data” is understood to mean “people” that individuals will demand responsibility from those who seek to know them.
The fossils of past actions fuel future economic and social outcomes. Privacy rules and data-protection regulations are extremely important in protecting the rights of individuals. But the first step towards ensuring the fairness of the new information age is to understand that it is not data that are valuable. It is you.
1.The example of Zhima credit scores is mentioned to show __________.
A.data help companies target their services
B.credit scores change people’s way of life
C.Alibaba gains popularity among customers
D.people prefer to be offered discounts
2.What has caused a change in the public understanding of data collection?
A.The development of companies. B.The history of consumption.
C.Cases of data leak and theft. D.Lists of household names.
3.People don’t protect their data well mainly because __________.
A.they find it time-consuming and complex
B.they are not fully aware of its importance
C.they have no access to their personal data
D.they are afraid of taking responsibility
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To defend companies’ use of data.
B.To show the economic value of data.
C.To call for more regulations to protect data.
D.To advocate a new way of thinking about data.
A British friend told me he couldn’t understand why Chinese people love eating sunflower seeds(嗑瓜子) as a snack so much. “I’ve met a lot of older Chinese and many have a crack in their front teeth; I believe that’s from cracking the seeds,” he said.
I had never noticed the habit, but once he mentioned it, I suddenly became more aware. I realized that whenever I’m watching TV or typing a report, I always start mindlessly cracking sunflower seeds. My friend doesn’t like sunflower seeds, and, to him, it seems unnecessary to work so much just to get one small seed.
When we were young, the whole family would usually get together for Chinese New Year. Then, we all lived close to one another, usually in a small city, and sometimes even neighbors would go door-to-door on Chinese New Year’s Eve to check out what every household was making.
I remember my parents would be in the kitchen cooking. Out in the living room , a large table would already be laid out, complete with fancy tablecloth, ready-made dumpling fillings, and dishes full of candy, fruits and sunflower seeds. Some of the dishes were to be offered to our ancestors later, while others were for neighbors and children to eat before the evening feast. I must have learned how to crack sunflower seeds back then.
I don’t think it’s right to criticize one’s choice in food or eating habits, no matter how strange they may seem.
It’s not only in China. When I went abroad, I found people had all sorts of strange habits when it came to food. In Denmark, they put salted red fish on bread and eat it for dinner, no matter how much it ruins your breath. They think it’s a delicacy(美味佳肴), and it’s connected to their certain culture. I think it’s a wonderful tradition.
1.What did the writer become aware of?
A. She had ever typed a report about seeds.
B. She had various snacks while watching TV.
C. She damaged her teeth by eating sunflower seeds.
D. She had a habit of cracking sunflower seeds.
2.What does the writer prove by mentioning Chinese New Year?
A. The traditions of celebrating it disappear.
B. Eating sunflower seeds is related to it.
C. The families get together for it.
D. Children can eat delicious food on that day.
3.The writer’s attitude to Denmark’s way of eating bread is _____.
A. neutral (中立的) B. critical (批评的) C. acceptable D. doubtful
4.What lesson can we learn from the story?
A. One kind of food doesn’t necessarily suit everyone.
B. It is good to form healthy eating habits.
C. Eating habits come from a certain culture.
D. Changing your eating habits will change your life.
Before he sailed round the world alone, Francis Chichester had already surprised his friends several times. He had tried to fly round the world but failed. That was in 1931.
The years passed. He gave up flying and began sailing. He enjoyed it greatly. Chichester was already 58 years old when he won the first solo transatlantic sailing race. His old dream of going round the world came back, but this time he would sail.His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. But Chichester was determined to carry out his plan. In August 1966, at the age of nearly 65, an age when many men retire, he began the greatest voyage of his life.
Chichester covered 14100 miles before stopping in Sydney, Australia. This was more than twice the distance anyone had previously sailed alone. He arrived in Australia on 12 December, just 107 days out from England. He received a warm welcome from the Australians and from his family who had flown there to meet him. On shore, Chichester could not walk without help. Everybody said the same thing: he had done enough; he must not go any further. But he did not listen.
After resting in Sydney for a few weeks, Chichester set off once more in spite of his friends' attempts to dissuade him. The second half of his voyage was by far the more dangerous part, during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Horn.After succeeding in sailing round Cape Horn, Chichester sent the following radio message to London: "I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare. Wild horses could not drag me down to Cape Horn and that sinister Southern Ocean again."
Just before 9 o'clock on Sunday evening 28 May 1967, he arrived back in England, where a quarter of a million people were waiting to welcome him.Queen Elizabeth II knighted(授以爵位) him with the very sword that Queen Elizabeth I had used almost 400 years earlier to knight Sir Francis Drake after he had sailed round the world for the first time.The whole voyage from England and back had covered 28,500 miles. It had taken him nine months, of which the sailing time was 226 days. He had done what he wanted to accomplish.
1.What can we learn about Chichester?
A.He failed the solo transatlantic sailing race in 1959.
B.He was a brave and determined man.
C.The second half of his voyage was not as dangerous as the first half.
D.The radio message expressed his concern about the sailing.
2.What did Queen Elizabeth II do after Chichester arrived back in England?
A.She called on the English to learn form him.
B.She was waiting to congratulate on his success in sailing.
C.She thought poorly of his achievements.
D.She knighted him for praising him.
3.We can infer from the text that ____
A.Anyone who had sailed alone traveled less than 7050miles before 1966
B.Chichester sailed round the Atlantic in 1931
C.Most of the English retire at the age of 65
D.Chichester died of lung cancer in 1967 after he went back to England
假定你是李华。你的英国朋友Peter寒假想来中国旅游，向你征求旅游线路，你建议他沿着长江（the Yangtze River）旅行。请你给他写一封邮件，内容如下：
1. 简单介绍长江；
2. 祝愿旅行愉快。
注意：1. 词数100字左右；
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。
When my sister was young, she likes to talk about her days at school with me. One day, she showed me five stars. She said a new teacher had given it to her. She seemed to really like this new teacher, that was a fresh graduate from one of the most famous university. My sister also mentioned that her new teacher was so good as her class adviser, or even better. In the fact, all her classmates liked the. New teacher because her kindness and friendliness. She also taught them beautifully songs. She sang very good and all the students admired her. Even before her graduation, she often went back to the school to visit her teacher.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Double 11 falls1.November 11 th each year. "Double eleven" in Chinese is the name of that date. Also the number “1”2.( mean) ‘singleness’ in Chinese culture, so the date with the3.(many) ones “11.11” is considered to be "Singles Day". Many4.choose to be singles choose this day to celebrate their lifestyle.
Double 115.(become) an online shopping festival in 2009. Tmall (formerly Taobao Mall), a B2C platform6.(belong) to Alibaba, has taken full advantage. In 2009, Zhang Yong, president of Tmall, saw the opportunity. He wanted7.(raise) sales and customer awareness of the Tmall brand. Only 278.(shop) took part in the first Double 11 festival. At that time, the online shopping festival was a new idea and a challenge for all people,9.its sales performance showed great potential in the Chinese market.
Each year Tmall has a different theme on Double 11. In 2019, Tmall's Double 11 theme is: "Make your dream come true." Recently, the rapid expansion of the e-commerce market10.(make) Double 11 busiest ever shopping festival in the world.
