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The way of Chinese people’s life has been changed through the China’s “New Four Great Inventions”. What are “New Four Great Inventions”? They are High-speed rail, Shared bike, Online shopping and AliPay.
What did the China’s “New Four Great Inventions” bring to us?
High-speed rail—Modern transportation makes everybody neighbors. The invention of the high-speed railway makes it easy to thousands of miles a day. Today China’s rail transit technology is the best, the China’s daily average of 4, 000 trains, sending about 4.6 million passengers.
Shared bike—Short walks become more convenient and faster, and carbon missions are reduced, which is friendly to the environment. You can download the APP about shared bikes, pay some money, then you can use bicycles everywhere in the street. The Chinese shared bicycle programs have been becoming more and more popular.
Online shopping—Don’t need to go out to find the needs for living. Online shopping, as the name implies, is to pay money online. Purchases(购买物) can be sent home. China has 751 million internet users, 724 million mobile phone users; total transactions (销售额) on November 11 and December 12 hit a record high every year. Online shopping lets Chinese internet users enjoy “shopping carnival” every day.
Alipay—A software which can replace cash payment. With intelligence phones’ popularization, AliPay has become an indispensable (不可或缺的) APP. Through scanning the “QR code”, AliPay wants to realize the ambition of “replacing cash payments” gradually. On 11 November 2018, both the mobile payment account and the transaction reached 213.5 billion.
There is no doubt that China has already used its own power of “New Four Great Inventions” to become the great powerful technological country, showing the power of China once again.
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假定你是李华，在美国作交换生，得知当地为庆祝端午节要举办赛龙舟活动，你想邀请好友Louise一起报名参加，请给她写一封信，要点如下：
1. 写信目的；
2. 活动意义；
3. 赛前准备。
注意：1. 词数80左右。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 龙舟节 the Dragon Boat Festival
为了纪念 in memory of
提前看视频 watch some videos in advance
分享经验 share experience
Dear Louise,
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Yours,
Li Hua
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。
Diets have changed in China — and so too has its top crop. Since 2011, the country 1.（grow）more corn than rice. Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over 2. past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.
A taste for meat is 3. (actual) behind the change: An important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle. Another reason for corn's rise: The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice 4. (improve) water quality. Corn uses less water 5. rice and creates less fertilizer(化肥) runoff. This switch has decreased 6. (pollute) in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.
According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total 7. (globe)fertilizer consumption. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005—when the government 8. (start) a soil-testing program 9. gives specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers - and 2011, fertilizer use dropped by 7.7 million tons. That prevented the emission(排放) of 51.8 million tons of carbon dioxide. China's approach to protecting its environment while 10. (feed) its citizens "offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide." says the bank's Juergen Voegele.
Our families lived more than 450 miles away. So a few weeks before New Year’s Day one year, my husband and I decided to _______someone for the holiday. I called a senior center and they _______Ilse, a 78-year-old lady, a woman I guessed would be _______and soft-spoken.
That day, Ilse came to our house, talkative and loud-spoken. My _______was wrong. By the end of the evening, we felt as if this _______woman were an old friend. We had kept a _______relationship for years since then. One evening, she phoned me and I _______it. The following day, I returned her call but couldn’t _______what she was saying. I drove her to the _______room, where the doctor confirmed a serious stroke (中风) __________her. At the end of the week, I __________an early-morning call from her caregiver, “She’s passed away.”
The morning after Ilse’s __________, I opened my drawer and read through her __________she’d insisted I take a year earlier. I stopped when seeing my name. She left me $50,000! But I couldn’t __________what she had left me on myself. Ilse was a friend I’d helped out of sincerity and __________, not with the expectation of being __________. I opened an investment account in __________of her. Over the next 20 years, Ilse’s gift grew, __________giving me opportunities to donate money in her name to a cause she __________deeply: children. Meeting Ilse made my life __________absolutely.
1.A.visit B.invite C.sponsor D.tend
2.A.employed B.recognized C.convinced D.suggested
3.A.quiet B.brilliant C.lovely D.dynamic
4.A.intention B.worry C.assumption D.attitude
5.A.stubborn B.lonely C.strange D.unfortunate
6.A.temporary B.close C.rare D.loose
7.A.ignored B.answered C.regretted D.missed
8.A.remember B.forget C.catch D.repeat
9.A.emergency B.waiting C.conference D.living
10.A.hurt B.attacked C.faced D.fought
11.A.refused B.expected C.postponed D.received
12.A.death B.call C.recovery D.arrival
13.A.novel B.article C.will D.newspaper
14.A.spend B.focus C.impress D.base
15.A.interest B.hope C.curiosity D.respect
16.A.recorded B.paid C.admitted D.praised
17.A.advance B.charge C.honor D.search
18.A.instantly B.constantly C.occasionally D.obviously
19.A.took on B.gave up C.set off D.cared about
20.A.richer B.busier C.safer D.simpler
If you like ordering pizza from your local pizzeria, you’ll love making it at home. No pizza will ever taste as fresh as it does when you eat it straight from your own oven.1.Here are some tips.
Preheat the oven to 400℉ (204℃). The oven should be piping hot before you start cooking the pizza.
Prepare the crust (酥皮). 2.Place it on a round baking sheet or any other shape, depending on what you have on hand. Use a brush to spread a thin coating of olive oil over the top of the crust.
Spread pizza sauce (果酱) on the crust. 3.If you love a lot of sauce, go ahead and slather (涂抹) it on. If you prefer your pizza on the dry side, spoon a little in the middle and spread it around in a thin layer. If you want to make a white pizza, add a little extra olive oil and skip the pizza sauce.
Add seasonings (佐料). Layer your favorite seasonings over the sauce. Add as many or few seasonings as you want. Put the heavier seasonings, like onions, chicken or sausage, on the bottom layer, and add lighter seasonings, like spinach leaves or peppers, on the top layer. 4.
Bake the pizza. 5. Then, have it bake for about 20 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted. Remove it from the oven. At last, allow it to cool for a few minutes before slicing.
A.Place the pizza in the oven.
B.But where can we get fresh pizza like this?
C.Remove the unbaked crust from the packaging.
D.Fry the paste and tomatoes together over low heat.
E.However, how do we make hot, fresh pizza in a fast way?
F.How much pizza sauce you add is purely a matter of personal preference.
G.Continue until your pizza is loaded with the amount of seasonings you like.
Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according to a Common Sense Media report published Monday.
While the decline over the past decade is steep for teen readers, some data in the report shows that reading remains a big part of many children’s lives, and indicates how parents might help encourage more reading.
According to the report’s key findings, “the proportion (比例) who say they ‘hardly ever’ read for fun has gone from 8 percent of 13-year-olds and 9 percent of 17-year-olds in 1984 to 22 percent and 27 percent respectively today.”
The report data shows that pleasure reading levels for younger children, ages 2-8, remain largely the same. But the amount of time spent in reading each session has declined, from closer to an hour or more to closer to a half hour per session.
When it comes to technology and reading, the report does little to counsel (建议) parents looking for data about the effect of e-readers and tablets on reading. It does point out that many parents still limit electronic reading, mainly due to concerns about increased screen time.
The most hopeful data shared in the report shows clear evidence of parents serving as examples and important guides for their kids when it comes to reading. Data shows that kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in the home, more books purchased for them, parents who read more often, and parents who set aside time for them to read.
As the end of school approaches, and school vacation reading lists loom (逼近) ahead, parents might take this chance to step in and make their own summer reading list and plan a family trip to the library or bookstore.
1.What is the Common Sense Media report probably about?
A.Children’s reading habits. B.Quality of children’s books.
C.Children’s after-class activities. D.Parent-child relationships.
2.Where can you find the data that best supports “children are reading a lot less for fun”?
A.In paragraph 2. B.In paragraph 3.
C.In paragraph 4. D.In paragraph 5.
3.Why do many parents limit electronic reading?
A.E-books are of poor quality. B.It could be a waste of time.
C.It may harm children’s health. D.E-readers are expensive.
