When we say that residents in the Chicago suburb of North Riverside, Illinois, “wrote the book” on how to be good neighbors, we are not exaggerating. The residents of North Riverside really did write a book on neighborliness that has helped make their town a remarkable place.
Neighbors All: Creating Community One Block at a Time is a 65 - page manual filled with friendly suggestions and inspiring stories, all designed to build “family bonds” among neighbors. Every household gets a copy, delivered by a volunteer “block captain” tasked with welcoming new arrivals, helping seniors, making sure kids play nice, and more. It’s a big job, but the 90 captains across the town of 6,700 don’t do it alone. They are organized by their own captain, Caro Saple, and the neighborhood Services Committee, which appoints leaders of all ages, including a team of school - age “angels”.
If all this seems somewhat bureaucratic（宫僚制度的）, in practice Neighbors All has very much lived up to its title. One captain got to chatting with an elder couple who revealed that they couldn’t afford to replace their broken stove. Before long, the Neighborhood Services Committee had collected enough money to buy them a new one.
Another resident, a woman from Poland, told her captain that she was having trouble sorting out the paperwork to get her citizenship. The captain told the committee, which told the mayor, who got the help of their local congressperson, and soon the woman’s paperwork was all in order.
“ I have been in North Riverside over 34 years and am very proud of the small-town caring the community demonstrates every day,” said Vera Jandacek Wilt. “Waters rising in the river, ready to flood nearby homes? Residents and officials are filling sandbags to hold back the floods. Lonely seniors have not stepped out of the house? A block captain shows up to invite them to a block party. This community truly looks out for one another.”
Does all this mean that North Riverside is perfect? No -- neighbors still quarrel. Kids still fight. But the community spirit that is part of North Riverside’s DNA appears all over town.
1.In paragraph 1, the phrase “wrote the book” is closest in meaning to _______.
A.showed expertise B.learned a lesson
C.put down in writing D.revealed secrets
2.Which of the following is true of the book Neighbors All?
A.It includes inspiring stories written by Caro Saple.
B.It gives advice and instructions on how to be nice.
C.It is a historical record of the North Riverside.
D.It is for the Neighborhood Services Committee.
3.What among the following are the responsibilities of a block captain?
(1) Spreading copies of the book Neighbors All;
(2) Appointing school - age kids as volunteer “angels”;
(3) visiting and accompanying lonely seniors.
A.(1) and (2) B.(2) and (3)
C.(1) and (3) D.All of above
4.According to the passage, Vera Jandacek Wilt felt really proud of _______.
A.the neighborliness in North Riverside
B.the block parties for senior residents
C.living in a perfectly safe community
D.becoming a captain for those in need
In the food industry, it seems, the robot revolution is well underway, with machines mastering skilled tasks that have always been performed by people.
In Boston, robots have displaced _______ and are creating complex bowls of food for customers. In Prague, machines are _______ waiters and servers using an app. In Denver, they’re taking orders. Robots are even making the perfect loaf of bread these days, taking charge of a(n) _______that has remained in human hands for thousands of years.
Now comes Briggo, a company that has created a fully _______, robotic coffee machine that can push out 100 cups of coffee in a single hour -- equaling the _______ of three to four baristas（咖啡师）, according to the company.
Using a mix of Latin American beans, the machine creates _______ cups of coffee that can be ordered via an app, giving customers control over ingredients, flavorings and temperature without any human interaction. The company says no other business in the world has applied as much _______ to “specialty coffee.”
Removing the _______ element from ordering a cup of coffee is one of the company’s primary selling points. “No more lines, no more counter confusion, no more misspelled names,” Briggo’s website says.
Kevin Nater, Briggo’s president and chief executive, said the machine would best fit locations in which _______ is highly valued, like airports and office buildings, where several of the machines currently operate.
“Imagine you’re coming into the security line at the airport, your flight is coming up, and you know that if you want a coffee you’re going to stand in a long line,” said Nater. “From the security line, you can simply order your cup of coffee and pick it up at the coffee haus and make it to your flight ________.”
“I’ve never found anyone who wants to stand in line a long time,” he added. “We’ve just changed the ________.”
But Olive Geib, a 24-year-old barista in Annapolis, Md., remained ________. As coffee is being made by a barista, he said, subtly（细微地）adjusting the ratio of water to coffee bean as flavor develops through refined taste tests, is a crucial part of the process. “All the numbers and data in the world can’t actually tell you how the coffee ________,” Geib said.
Asked whether he was worried about losing his job to a robot, Gerb said, “absolutely not.” He said there’s a ________ group of people who will always seek out the slower, interactive experiences at coffee shops.
“A lot of customers really appreciate watching a barista carefully pouring water or steaming the milk,” he added. “This ________ aspect, the atmosphere and the interaction with the barista, is a big part of the experience of drinking coffee.”
1.A.waitresses B.baristas C.cooks D.machines
2.A.replacing B.recruiting C.restoring D.resisting
3.A.room B.art C.school D.oven
4.A.typical B.inaccessible C.challenging D.automatic
5.A.quality B.output C.time D.cost
6.A.sugar-free B.fruit-flavored C.customized D.professional
7.A.inspiration B.technology C.correction D.strictness
8.A.safety B.stress C.human D.design
9.A.service B.preparation C.reliability D.convenience
10.A.on time B.for real C.in advance D.without notice
11.A.game B.price C.fact D.myth
12.A.nervous B.sad C.annoyed D.doubtful
13.A.looks B.changes C.sells D.tastes
14.A.distinguished B.difficult C.loyal D.lazy
15.A.cultural B.social C.skillful D.mindful
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
May Day in India
Each May 1, workers in India join others around the world to mark May Day, depending on local customs.
It’s quite appropriate that India celebrates with an official holiday in some of its 29 states and seven union territories. After all, the country has an 1. (estimate) 522 million workers, more than the entire population of the United States.
Here’s a Q&A on May Day in general:
Isn’t May Day about dancing around a pole?
You are correct — dancing is involved. That’s because “May Day” actually does double duty, celebrating two different things.
May Day originally started out as a celebration with roots in roman traditions. By the Middle Ages, May Day also 2. (involve) the maypole, which is made of wood and covered with decorations. Those are held by dancers 3. circle around the pole.
That 4. be the May Day you remember from your childhood, and that’s one of the two ways May Day is celebrated.
What does that have to do with workers?
This is where May Day’s double duty comes in.
In May 1886, US activists organized a national strike 5. (seek) an eight-hour workday. In Chicago’s Haymarket Square, the protest turned violent with around 11 to 15 deaths 6. police and participants.
7. (honor) the workers in the Haymarket disturbance, the International Socialist Conference declared May 1 would be a day labeled for labor, to be called International Workers’ Day. The holiday 8. (establish) at a meeting in 1889 and eventually spread to many parts of the world.
And that’s 9. maypoles, labor parades and protests are all part of May 1.
So where does India fit in with all of this?
India’s first Labor Day was celebrated in 1923 in Madras, now called Chennai. Over time, the holiday spread to other parts of the country.
According to Hindu.com, organizations and trade unions arrange parades and “children enter contests 10. they can understand the importance of fairness for workers.”
假定你是李华，学校英语俱乐部负责人。俱乐部计划举行经典英文电影赏析会( Classical English Film Night)，请你给美籍外教Liz写一封电子邮件邀请她参加。内容包括：
1．赏析会时间、地点；
2．活动内容介绍；
3．邀请Liz并请她推荐电影。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可适当增加细节，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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
A total of 3.41 million people have applied for the postgraduate entrance examination, that will begin on Saturday and last until Monday. Data releasing by an information website showed the number of students taking the exam have doubled in Jiangsu, Sichuan, and other province in the past five years.
The increase in postgraduate applicants is that the demand for higher education in China remains strongly. Xiong Bingqi, vice-director of the 21st Century Education Research Institute, said manystudents apply to postgraduate studies mainly to find a better job."Many people pursue highly education not only to enhance their know ledge or skills, and to get a good job. This may reduce the general quality of graduates. As result, companies may find it harder to get the employees they want," he said.
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
At present, I am 1. (extreme) happy because I am doing what I love. As 2. senior three student, I study hard every day and live it to the full. 3. feels good to study hard with all my determined 4. ( classmate) to realize our dreams. When I recall the happy things 5. happened to me, the experience of 6. (receive) the scholar ship in middle school topped them all. It was a time when my family was going through financial burdens, So I 7. (make) up my mind 8. win the scholarship, hoping to reduce my parents' financial burdens. After making tons of hard work, I succeeded. At the ceremony, 9. my mom was the most poorly-dressed woman, she had the brightest smile on 10. (she) face
