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As of Tuesday, Chinese box office hit “Wolf Warrior 2” has earned more than 3.4 billion yuan ($507 million),1.（break）China’s all-time box office record，which 2.(set) last year by Hong Kong comedy “The Mermaid.”
The leading character is Leng Feng, played by Wu Jing, the film’s writer and director. Leng is a 3.(fear) former special forces soldier of the People’s Liberation Army. During a military rebellion(反叛) in4.African country, Leng almost single-handedly helps Chinese workers and African locals escape the war-torn nation. But the fighting scenes alone don’t explain the movie’s 5.(succeed)--it’s also the patriotism（爱国主义）and spirit of the film projects 6. have impressed Chinese audiences.
Tong Yemeng, a 32-year-old office worker from Beijing, “I felt so proud of7. ( I )country when I saw Wu Jing waving the national flag in the war zone,” she said. “It showed our8.(increase) national power.”
The movie’s patriotic reaction can be attributed to its timing. “Wolf Warrior 2” hit cinemas as India and China were involved 9. a border dispute, as the central government is promoting its international Belt and Road Initiative(倡议), 10. as the People’s Liberation Army celebrated its 90th anniversary.
Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the world to know where she’s been during her great worldwide vacation in a(n) ______way.
The traveler, who was ______ with a bone disease, had her right leg ______ at the age of four. ______ the amputation (截肢) caused hardships for Gallagher early on, she, at the age of 22 now, _____ it as an inspiration for making the ______ of her life.
To spread that ______, Gallagher has ______ to social media, ______ she shares photos of her travels across the world, but instead of ______ using a geotag (地理标签), she draws her location across her artificial leg before taking a picture.
Now she has been taking pictures ______ Europe. “I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden ______ that my new leg could be used as a blackboard,” Gallagher said. “My mum and grandmother weren’t too ______ the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.”
Gallagher said people often stare when she’s ______ on her leg, but once she shares the photos, she ______ only praise and encouragement. “My leg hasn’t ______ me from doing anything I’ve wanted to do,” she said. “I don’t know ______ it is my determination to prove to myself that I can do it, but anyhow, I’ve been able to ______ up with my peers and lead a pretty great life.”
Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the ______ of your dream. And if you meet with an obstacle (障碍), get ______ with it— if life gives you an artificial leg, make art.
1.A.common B.right C.simple D.special
2.A.born B.charged C.filled D.linked
3.A.cured B.treated C.cut D.kept
4.A.Unless B.Although C.Once D.Since
5.A.considers B.thinks C.treats D.looks
6.A.coolest B.best C.worst D.fullest
7.A.evidence B.news C.message D.schedule
8.A.applied B.belonged C.stuck D.turned
9.A.which B.that C.as D.where
10.A.simply B.officially C.enthusiastically D.reasonably
11.A.across B.through C.about D.for
12.A.attitude B.thought C.belief D.opinion
13.A.curious about B.fond of C.patient with D.afraid of
14.A.walking B.reporting C.writing D.standing
15.A.accepts B.takes C.likes D.receives
16.A.protected B.preserved C.stopped D.defended
17.A.why B.that C.if D.what
18.A.make B.come C.put D.keep
19.A.way B.corner C.course D.bottom
20.A.satisfied B.creative C.familiar D.connected
1. You probably think you will never be a top student. This is not necessarily so, however. Anyone can become a better student if he or she wants to. Here’s how:
Plan your time carefully. When planning your work, you should make a list of things that you have to do. After making this list, you should make a schedule of your time. First set your time for eating, sleeping, dressing, etc. Then decide a good, regular time for studying. 2. A weekly schedule may not solve all your problems, but it will force you realize what is happening to your time.
Find a good place to study. Look around the house for a good study area. Keep this space, which may be a desk or simply a corner of your room, free of everything but study materials. No games, radios, or television. When you sit down to study, concentrate on the subject.
Make good use of your time in class. 3. Listening carefully in class means less work later. Taking notes will help you remember what the teacher says.
Study regularly. When you get home from school, go over your notes, review the important points that your teacher is going to discuss next day, read that material. 4. If you do these things regularly, the material will become more meaningful, and you’ll remember it longer.
Develop a good attitude towards tests. The purpose of a test is to show what you have learned about a subject. They help you remember your new knowledge. The world won’t end if you don’t pass a test, so don’t be over worried.
5.You will probably discover many others after you have tried these.
A. Don’t forget to set aside enough time for entertainment.
B. There are other methods that might help you with your studying.
C. Take advantage of class time to listen to everything the teacher says.
D. No one can become a top student unless he or she works hard.
E. This will help you understand the next class.
F. Make full use of class time to take notes of what the teacher says in class.
G. Maybe you are an average student.
Imagine a town with crosswalks but no pedestrians, cars and trucks but no drivers. Welcome to Mcity, a fake “city” built by researchers who are testing out the driverless cars of the future.
The controlled test environment, which opened today (July 20, 2015) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, covers 32 acres (the size of about 24 football fields) and contains all the trappings of a real suburb or small city. There is an entire network of roads lined with sidewalks, streetlights, stop signs and traffic signals. There’s even a “downtown” area complete with fake buildings and outdoor dining areas.
The idea behind Mcity is simple: test out new driverless car innovations in a human-free environment before these technologies are unleashed in the real world.
"Mcity is a safe, controlled, and realistic environment where we are going to figure out how the incredible potential of connected and automated vehicles can be realized quickly, efficiently and safely," Peter Sweatman, director of the Mobility Transformation Center at U-M, said in a statement.
The roads of Mcity are built to stand up to “rigorous, repeatable” testing, according to MTC officials. While Mcity drivers don't have to compete with real pedestrians, there will be one mechanical foot-traveler (a robot-like machine named Sebastian) that steps out into traffic to see whether the automated cars can hit the brakes in time. The fake city also features a traffic circle, a bridge, a tunnel, some unpaved roads, and even a four-lane highway with entrance and exit ramps, according to a report by Bloomberg Business.
In addition to evaluating fully automated, or driverless cars, the researchers also hope to test out so-called connected vehicles within Mcity’s limits. Connected cars can either communicate with one another (vehicle-to-vehicle control, or V2V) or with pieces of equipment, such as traffic lights, that are located near roadways (vehicle-to-infrastructure control, or V2I).
Even the smallest details of Mcity have been planned out in advance to copy the conditions that connected and automated vehicles could face in the real world. For example, there are street signs covered up with graffiti, and faded yellow and white lane markings line the streets.
Mcity is just one part of a much larger project that MTC and its partner organizations are establishing in an effort to get a whole fleet of connected and driverless cars on the road in Ann Arbor by 2021. In addition to the fake city, MTC is also continuing to launch connected and semi-autonomous(半自动) cars on real roadways. Eventually, the University of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation said they hope to put 20,000 connected cars on the roads of southern Michigan.
1.According to the passage, Mcity ________.
A.is a real town used to evaluate the function of future cars
B.is a fake city with transportation system but no pedestrians
C.covers an area of 32 acres with as many as 24 football fields
D.owns a downtown area with a bridge and some unpaved roads
2.Why did researchers build Mcity?
A.To test new driverless cars.
B.To make a real suburb or small city.
C.To control road environment.
D.To build an entire network of roads.
3.It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A.some connected and semi-autonomous cars have been put into use
B.the researchers plans to create a robot-like machine to direct the traffic
C.the widespread use of driverless cars will soon come into reality in America
D.MTC is attempting to make connected and driverless cars available on real roads
4.How does the passage mainly develop?
A.By presenting descriptions of the design.
B.By describing a cause and its effects.
C.By providing the time order.
D.By comparing the opinions.
Working up a credit score for Walter Cavanagh has got to be a mathematical nightmare ﹣ the man has nearly 1，500 valid credit cards to his name and holds the Guinness Record for the most credit cards． Mr． Plastic Fantastic ﹣ a title given to him by Guinness World Records ﹣ is also the proud owner of the world's longest wallet， which can hold about 800 cards． But he uses it only to carry a few cards， while the rest are safely kept in bank safedeposit boxes．
Cavanagh started collecting credit cards in the late 1960s． "One of my best friends and I made a silly bet： the guy who could collect the most credit cards by the end of the year would win dinner，" he said． " I got 143 cards by the end of the year， and my friend gathered 138．" After winning that bet， Cavanagh decided to simply keep going with his unusual collection． He got credit cards from gas stations， airlines， bars， and even ice cream stores．
If there's one card missing from Cavanagh's collection， it's that from the Newberry Company． They repulsed his application for a card in the early 1970s， even though he'd collected over 100 by then． They said he had too much credit． Therefore， so far he hasn't had a Newberry card in his collection．
Cavanagh hasn't stopped applying for new cards ﹣ he's held the Guinness Record since 1971 and has no intention of letting go of it． He copies whole pages from a U．S． directory of businesses and keeps sending applications． If he receives a rejection， he writes back to the company explaining his goal and ambition． But he doesn't count useless cards in his total collection．
Thanks to all the cards to his name， Cavanagh has access to about ＄1.7 million at any moment． Despite this privilege， he has managed to maintain an excellent credit score．
The 72﹣year﹣old retired financial planner and credit expert has only one piece of advice to share： "Never use a card to buy anything you can't pay off in a couple of months． If you don't have the discipline， you shouldn't have the cards．"
1.Cavanagh began to collect credit cards when he ．
A. owned a very long wallet
B. made a bet with his friend
C. wanted to create a Guinness Record
D. was treated to dinner by his friend．
2.What does the underlined word "repulsed" in Paragraph 3 probably mean？
A. Rejected．
B. Recalled．
C. Repeated．
D. Recognized．
3.What do the underlined words "the discipline" in the last paragraph probably refer to？
A. Having many cards to your own name．
B. Buying things by card and paying off in time．
C. Managing to own more privileges for your card．
D. Using a card to buy things as many times as possible．
4.What do we know about Cavanagh's cards？
A. Some of them are useless．
B. They are safely kept in his long wallet．
C. They have brought him fame and privilege．
D. Fewer new cards are added to his collections．
Most people can't live to 100． Those who do live so long can hardly walk， let alone take part in any activities． A few people， however， take part in dangerous activities even though they are more than 100 years old﹣ They keep going and going! There is a great grandmother who likes challenging herself although she is 101 years old this year．
Mary Hardison believes that people should always be cheerful and more importantly， take on all kinds of adventures while they physically still can． So， instead of celebrating her 101st birthday with a boring party， she decided to go paragliding（滑翔跳伞）﹣ an idea she got from her 75﹣year﹣old son who recently took it up as a hobby．
So on her birthday， cheered on by her big family， she tied herself up together with expert instructor Kevin Hintze， and jumped down fearlessly from the sky near her home in Ogden， Utah． And， it was not just a simple jump either． According to Kevin Hintze， the grandmother encouraged him to turn around， as they made their way down．
This is not the first time that Mary has done something "wild" and "crazy"． For her 90th birthday she rode all the adult rides at Disneyland． And， she is not done yet﹣ For her 102nd birthday she hopes to go down the 3，000 feet Alpine Slide at Utah's Park City Mountain Resort!
Not surprisingly， this great action has made Mary Hardison very famous and also earned her a place in the Guinness World Records where she broke a 2007 record set by a 100﹣year﹣old British woman． What an amazing lady!
1.What do we know about Mary Hardison？
A. She took up paragliding as her hobby at the age of 75．
B. She is a 101﹣year﹣old lady who likes challenging herself．
C. She was recorded in the Guinness World Records in 2007．
D. She is the oldest woman in the Guinness World Records．
2.From whom did Mary get the idea of going paragliding？
A. A 100﹣year﹣old British woman．
B. Kevin Hintze．
C. Her grandson．
D. Her 75﹣year﹣old son．
3.How does the author feel about Mary's action？
A. Amazed．
B. Supportive．
C. Doubtful．
D. Worried．
4.The text is likely to appear in ________．
A. a news report
B. an advertisement
C. a novel
D. a science report
