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1.What is the purpose of this email? A. To introduce the hotel to the guest. B. To tell the guest how to cancel the reservation. C. To show the hotel’s appreciation for the reservation. D. To inform the guest of cancellation rules and request confirmation. 2.Which of the following is true about cancellation policy? A. You can’t cancel the reservation. B. You can call to cancel the reservation. C. You can’t get any refund if you cancel the reservation at arrival. D. You can get full refund if you cancel the reservation before arrival. 3.What do we know about the reservation status(状态)? A. It has been confirmed. B. It needs to be confirmed within 3 days. C. It has been cancelled. D. It will be cancelled within 3 days.
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In recent years I have had two very good roles on television: Florence, the wisecracking maid on the series The Jeffersons, and Mary, the mother who holds things together on 227. But 17 years ago, in 1972 when I was just getting started in theater work, I thought I’d never make it as an actress. For that matter, I couldn’t even hold my life together or afford a home of my own. Back then I had about as much self-confidence as a chicken in a fox’s nest. I was recovering from surgery and had been off work for six months from my job as a United Airlines reservations agent. I’d had some bit parts in local theater groups, but those came and went, not leading to anything bigger. Worse, as a single mother with three youngsters, I had no place to live. My children were staying with their father while I recovered in an aunt’s apartment. Lying in bed, staring hopelessly at the wall, I didn’t know what to do or where to turn. Then one Sunday morning I aimlessly turned on the television set, and there were actor Robert Young and his wife talking about their faith. I sat right up in bed. They said, “ When one door closes, a better one opens,” Well, I wasn’t going to just sit staring at the closed one. So I got up and trudged(跋涉) on. Even if my shoes wore out, I decided, my faith wouldn’t. Later, when I began filling small parts in television productions, that self-confidence showed. I’d always done my best to play the role as I thought the director wanted, but now I found myself freer to interpret it, I was more natural, more me. 1.What do the underlined words “ hold my life together” in paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Enjoy my life B. Support myself C. Abandon my life D. Fight against my life 2.How did the author feel when she worked in the local theater? A. Confident B. Excited C. Nervous D. Disappointed 3.What can we learn about the author from paragraph 3? A. She lived in her own apartment B. She had to stay with her father C. She was confused about her future D. She was looked after by her kids 4.What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage? A. To share her understanding of faith with us B. To prove her success in the TV acting C. To show thanks to her respected aunt D. To tell how hard she brought up her children.
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It began as a game: High school and college students studying computer technology figured out they could use personal computers to break into telephone company computers and make free, long-distance telephone calls. These young computer talents soon gained the name "hackers". Police arrested a few hackers, but many went on to even more complex hacking. One of them was arrested for making illegal telephone calls and later he used a phone to change a police officer's credit records to get back at the officer for arresting him. He also used a computer to change his college records to give himself better grades. As hackers gained experience, they began invading computers at banks, airlines and other businesses. In one case a hacker instructed an airline' s computer to give him free airplane tickets. The U.S. government is worried that hackers may break into its networks of defense computers. The government's secrets are easily attacked because thousands of government computers are connected by telephone lines that hackers can get into. In November 1988, a college student entered a U.S. Defense Department computer network called Arpanet. The hacker injected a computer program that made copies of itself throughout Arpanet. Some hackers use viruses to destroy all the data in a computer. But in this case, government officials shut down the network before the program reached every computer in the system. Shutting down the system angered many researchers who were using the computers. The hacker turned himself in to the police and he was charged with a crime. The incident put the spotlight on computer hacking in the United States. Many companies have hired experts to protect their computers from hackers, and many computer experts now advise companies on how to protect their computers. The U.S. government believes foreign governments have hired hackers to try to break into top-secret defense computers. Experts disagree over whether a computer network can ever be safe from hacking. But in the future, some of the most outstanding minds in the U.S. will be working to frustrate the attempts of computer hackers. 1.What did the first hackers do? A. They broke into government computers. B. They destroyed airplane ticket systems. C. They played computer games. D. They made free phone calls. 2.Why can U.S. government computers be easily hacked into? A. They have no defense systems. B. They are connected by telephone lines. C. They are partly accessible to the public. D. They lack complex processing programs. 3.What happened to the government computers in November 1988? A. They lost all of the important data. B. They were shut down by researchers. C. They were invaded by a college student. D. They got totally ruined by a computer program. 4.What did companies decide to do to protect their computer systems? A. Employ computer talents. B. Build secret defense systems. C. Ask the government for help. D. Collect and analyze the data of hackers.
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The clock always seems to be ticking rather too fast in the doctor’s office and the queue of patients outside the door seems to be pressing rather too hard. Some say it’s high time for the model of short, sharp one-to-one appointments to give way to shared medical appointments (SMAs共享医疗预约). SMAs are doctor-patient visits in which a group of patients receive patient education and counseling(咨询), physical examination and medical support in a group setting. Typically SMAs are designed to have one or more doctors attend to a group of patients who share a common illness or medical condition. In contrast to one-to-one visits, SMAS provide a longer appointment time-frame as well as the opportunity for patients to have improved access to their physicians and meanwhile pick up additional information and support from peers. However, doctors who have pioneered the shared appointment approach report that there are significant challenges involved. Dr. Sumego, director of shared medical appointments, Cleveland Clinic,identifies culture change as the most significant challenge. Physicians and nurses are trained in a model of personal service and privacy; the SMA approach is a fundamental challenge to those fixed ideas. They need shared goals and a way of testing the innovation against agreed standards. Dr. Sumego says, “The physicians may be worried about the possible chaos and efficiencies that are marketed. They also have to make the patients understand what their appointment is, and what the expectation is.” “So, if an organization was looking to start shared medical appointments, I would advise them to start the buy-in from a few champion physicians, develop the work-flow and develop some experience. Provide some support behind what that best practice should look like. Create some standards so that, as the concept spreads, you can employ that experience to start the next shared medical appointments and the next.” 1.What is the purpose of the SMA approach? A. To improve medical service. B. To promote doctors’ reputation. C. To conduct medical research. D. To meet patients’ expectation. 2.According to Dr. Sumego, what prevents the SMA approach from being widely adopted? A. Personal service. B. Fixed ideas. C. Lack of equipment. D. Shared goals. 3.What can the underlined “buy-in”in Paragraph 4 be replaced by? A. practice. B. organization. C. purchase. D. support. 4.What can be learned about the SMA approach in the last paragraph? A. It is currently being questioned. B. It is impractical in some areas. C. It will enjoy wide popularity soon. D. It should be carried out step by step.
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Live Every Day Like It’s A Holiday We feel great on holiday because we let go of everyday stresses and strains. 1. So whether or not you’re going away this summer, there’s plenty you can do to make sure you benefit from that holiday feeling. Sleep like a holidaymaker Sleep like a baby when you’re on your holidays but stay awake when you’re in your usual routine? 2. To reset your sleep pattern, avoid bringing problems to bed. That includes your phone, TV or laptop. Make sure the room is dark and cool. Aim for at least seven hours’ —just as you would on holiday. Get moving 3. Given that exercise is cheap, healthy and reduces stress, it makes absolute sense to build it into your day. A walk will release happy hormones, and eases anxiety and mild depression. 4. Part of the joy of going away is lingering over delicious food with families. Take up the holiday habit of sitting down as a family for at least one meal a day. Families who eat together experience less anxiety, less depression and less obesity, research has found. Be a tourist in your own city Part of the thrill of a holiday is the novelty of discovering a new place and doing new things. 5. At weekends, check out a new music venue, visit a different museum or have a drink in that interesting-looking pub you’re always walking past. It will get you out of routine and make you feel alive. A bit like a holiday, really. A. Make your meals a celebration. B. Carve out some dedicated quiet time. C. If so, you might need to examine your sleep habits. D. Just make sure you schedule it into your day or week. E. But it’s also easy to be a holidaymaker in the place you live. F. Research has even shown that vacations help health and well-being. G. When you’re travelling, you walk around new cities without a second thought.
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As my husband, Doug, stood on the busy New York city street to stop a taxi, I tried to protect my daughter from the cold December wind and rain. I put my head down to kiss her______face. Frustrated and wet, my husband gave up his attempt to hail a taxi. I knew the feeling. Just after her first birthday, we were told our daughter Katie has a ________ brain illness. Since that moment, Doug and I felt like _______ in a marathon race where the finish line kept disappearing. We knew Katie was running out of ________. It had taken months before we finally had a name for the ________, but we were told only a few specialists in the world knew how to ________ it. Now, as we finally found a brilliant doctor to ________ our girl, we were in a strange city in the cold rain. Just at the moment, a middle-aged woman _______ and said, “Pardon me? May I offer you a(n) _______? Before we could say ________, she continued, “It’s really no ________ for me. Just get in.” It was then that I noticed her thick Irish ________, which ________ me up like hot soup. We ________ said, “Thanks! Roosevelt Hospital, please,” as we got in her car for the ride. “Are you going for the baby?” she asked us. I nodded my head, holding back my _______. At the hospital, we _______ her a dozen times for the ride. As the woman hugged me, I noticed her face was ________ with tears. She promised to pray for us before she left. After three more visits to New York and two more _______ surgeries (手术), Katie is cured. But the voice of the Irish Angel still rang as a constant________ of a tiny ray of light that appeared in our ______ days. 1.A. smiling B. tiny C. round D. beautiful 2.A. rare B. simple C. normal D. natural 3.A. passers-by B. judges C. lawyers D. runners 4.A. money B. confidence C. time D. courage 5.A. race B. illness C. doctor D. challenge 6.A. fix B. check C. reach D. explain 7.A. protect B. meet C. encourage D. save 8.A. pulled over B. put up C. turned down D. stood by 9.A. ride B. seat C. car D. umbrella 10.A. nothing B. anyone C. anything D. someone 11.A. difference B. question C. trouble D. loss 12.A. appearance B. accent C. custom D. hair 13.A. picked B. called C. woke D. warmed 14.A. normally B. simply C. angrily D. regularly 15.A. tears B. anger C. smile D. surprise 16.A. respected B. praised C. thanked D. accepted 17.A. annoyed B. disappointed C. happy D. wet 18.A. eye B. brain C. kidney D. heart 19.A. warning B. effort C. reminder D. exercise 20.A. busiest B. luckiest C. happiest D. darkest
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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。 Almost all the ice covering the Bering Sea has melted(融化), scientists have confirmed, 1.(throw) communities living around 2.(it) shores into disorder. The region’s ice cover 3.(normal) lasts for at least another month, and this year it has disappeared earlier than any other year except 2017. Living in 4. northern Pacific Ocean between Alaska and Russia, the Bering Sea is experiencing the climate change and has drawn attention this year for record-breaking levels of winter melting. In February, rising Arctic temperatures 5.(lead) to around half the region’s disappearing in the space of two weeks. A report 6.(send) by the International Arctic Research Centre at the University of Alaska Fairbanks has outlined the real-world effects of these surprising environmental 7.(change) on the many communities 8. live in the Bering Sea region. In their report, the International Arctic Research Centre scientists wrote that while not every year will be as bad as this one, ice 9.(form) is likely to remain low if the Bering Sea’s waters remain warm. They also warn that communities will need to “prepare for more winters 10. low sea ice and stormy conditions”.
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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。 I’m happy to know about that you are interested in Spring Festival couplets(对联), symbol of traditional Chinese culture. The tradition of put up Spring Festival couplets dates back to the Song Dynasty. Therefore, not until the Ming Dynasty did Spring Festival couplets become popular nationwide. With black or golden character written on red paper, they are sticking on doors or walls. They are made up of positive words what convey wishes for love, health, success, wealth, happy and so on. A common theme of Spring Festival couplets is people’s desire for a better life in the coming year. In addition, praising your motherland is another popular theme. Hopefully, you can have a better understanding because of my carefully explanation.
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假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Trevor对中国俗语很感兴趣，前些天给你发了一封邮件，向你请教“良言一句三冬暖，恶语伤人六月寒”的含义，请你结合以下要点给他回封邮件： 1.该俗语的含义; 2.你从中得到的启示。 注意：1.词数100左右; 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯; 3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Trevor, Glad to receive your email and willing to explain to you the saying you mentioned in your email. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Hope my explanation will be helpful to you. Yours, Li Hua
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