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What did the man order? A.Steak. B.Spaghetti. C.Vegetables.
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Why is the woman nervous? A.She didn’t study for her test. B.She didn’t get a good grade. C.She doesn’t know her grade.
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What place did the woman get? A.First. B.Second. C.Third.
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What woke up the speakers? A.A person. B.An animal. C.A clock.
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Where is the conversation taking place? A.In an office. B.In a restaurant. C.In a cake shop.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Where did the man get the information about the disaster? A.From TV. B.From a friend. C.From her family. 2.What happened to the town this weekend? A.A bridge broke. B.A storm killed people. C.A flood ruined many houses.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What is the man’s challenge in learning French? A.Practicing speaking. B.Finding time to study. C.Learning the grammar. 2.What do the speakers plan to do together in the future? A.Watch French movies. B.Join a French class. C.Go on a trip.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What is the woman’s speech mainly about? A.Storms. B.Rising sea levels. C.Dying ocean plants. 2.Which part of the speech is the woman worried about? A.The introduction. B.The general speech. C.The question and answer period. 3.What advice does the man give the woman? A.To research her topic. B.To give the speech to others. C.To look for speech tips on the Internet.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Where are the speakers? A.In Toronto. B.In Vancouver. C.In Manila. 2.How many inches is the snow now? A.About seven. B.About two. C.About five. 3.What did the man do yesterday? A.He watched the snow fall. B.He made a snowman. C.He cleared the road. 4.What does the woman dislike about the snow? A.Missing school. B.Losing electricity. C.Driving in the snow.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.Who got a new phone? A.Daniel. B.The man. C.The man’s father. 2.What was the main problem of Daniel? A.He wanted to have a phone like the speaker. B.He didn’t want the speaker to leave for college. C.He was sad that the speaker spent less time with him. 3.How old was the speaker when he realized his mistake? A.15 years old. B.17 years old. C.19 years old. 4.What did Daniel probably want the speaker to do? A.Think about what he was missing. B.Turn his phone off for a day. C.Stop playing games on the phone.
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I’m originally from Orange County, California, where I had the pleasure and honor of serving as a Newport Beach ocean lifeguard. Whenever I could, I got shifts working the Point. The Point was known for its massive rip currents(退潮流). So, late in a shift, I was working Tower 15. Two blocks to my right was another guard named Mike, working Tower 17. He called me, “Hey, I got a couple of kids. I gotta go and give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” I said, “Sure.” And sure enough, as soon as he hung up the phone and grabbed his buoy(航标), a rip was snapped up under these two kids, and they were getting sucked out. All I saw was two small noses bobbing in the water. Mike was dashing toward the ocean. By now, the mother of the two kids realized what was happening. She was screaming. I started rushing toward her, but before I was even halfway there, Mike reached the kids. Mike swam sideways out of the rip current into the clear water and started bringing them in. When I reached their mother, Mike was in waist-deep water. The kids were so exhausted, so Mike was carrying them, one under each arm. I turned to their mom, “Hey, it’s OK. They’re safe.” I saw her terror start to fade. She glanced back and got her first good look at Mike. He had a number of really scary tattoos( 纹身), and his shaved head showed the scar he got from a broken beer bottle.Then a crazy thing happened. I saw a new kind of panic wash over her as though there was some new, equally dangerous threat on her kids’ lives. She rushed up to Mike and snatched her kids. Not even a thank-you. Mike just glanced at me, shrugged, and jogged back to his tower. If any other guard had worked at that night, including me, there would be a very real chance that that mother wasn’t going home with both her kids. 1.Which of the following words can best describe “ Mike’s reaction to the two kids in danger” ? A.Rude and aggressive. B.Quick and brave. C.Careless and risky. D.Slow and cautious. 2.Why didn’t the woman say “ thank you” to Mike? A.He was rude to her kids. B.She was too exhausted to say any words. C.He got tired of being highly thought of. D.He looked like a threatening guy with tattoos and scars. 3.What information does the author want to convey in the story? A.Be a friendly and easy-going lifeguard. B.Watch out for your kids playing on the beach. C.Don’t let fear or prejudice prevent you recognizing a hero. D.Never judge a hero by his way of rescuing.
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Feeding bread to the ducks is a fond pastime for many of us, reminding us of our happy childhood trips to the local park. But did you know that bread actually poses a danger to birds, as well as the environment? Eating it can cause our feathered friends to develop a condition called Angel Wing, which is when too much bread makes birds’ feathers grow too quickly. This additional weight puts a strain on their muscles, causing their wings to twist and drop open, and if not treated fast, they can lose the ability to fly. “Angel Wing can be remedied if we reach birds before it has developed too severely,” says Caroline Simpson, a trustee of UK charity Swan Lifeline, which has rescued and treated more than 30,000 birds over the last 20 years. “Otherwise the consequence can be awful—such as amputations(截肢)of the wing.” Adult swans can also develop gut and heart disease, so it’s important we do our bit to prevent this by feeding wild birds with the right kind of food. Bread can also cause harmful changes to the natural ecosystem. Rotting bread at the bottom of rivers and lakes allows bacteria to breed, spreading disease and attracting rats and other vermin to our waterways. It can result in algal(藻类的)blooms and the presence of a mould(霉菌)called Aspergillus too, which has the potential to kill waterfowl(水禽)and other wildlife if it gets into their lungs. But this doesn’t mean we have to stop fun trips to feed the ducks. Giving birds the right food-like frozen peas, sweetcorn and lettuce leaves-is good for both them and the environment. So, next time you visit your local park, take a healthier alternative with you and do your bit to protect our precious wildlife. 1.The underlined word “remedied” in Paragraph 2 probably means . A.reduced B.expected C.caused D.corrected 2.Which of the following is NOT a consequence of feeding waterfowl with bread? A.Harmful creatures will be drawn to waterways. B.Water birds will be overfed and risk losing their bodily functions. C.The water will be enriched thanks to the nutrients in bread. D.The eco-balance at the bottom of rivers or lakes will be disturbed. 3.The purpose of writing this passage is to . A.stop people from feeding waterfowl. B.instruct people how to raise waterfowl. C.warn people of the danger threatening waterfowl. D.promote a safe and healthy way to feed waterfowl.
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Across the United Kingdom, as the COVID-19 crisis has bitten deeper, its citizens have started a new practice: Emerging from self-isolation every Thursday night at 8 p.m. to clap, cheer, and bang pots and pans to show support for the country’s front-line doctors and nurses. But as the death toll today hit a single-day U.K. record of 980-and with the peak death rate still estimated to be two weeks away-the crisis caused by the scale of the pandemic has been worsened here by a new degree of political uncertainty. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was admitted to the hospital on Sunday and has spent his days and nights in intensive care fighting the virus, surrounded by the doctors and nurses of the National Health Service. The U.K. is not alone in showing new found public affection for key workers, nor in facing an unprecedented public health emergency that has, in Europe, especially affected Italy, Spain, and France. A recent U.K. government appeal for 250,000 volunteers to help the NHS (National Health Service) yielded an army of 750,000 would-be helpers. But the pandemic finds the U.K. at a politically uncertain moment, as a nation finally emerging from three and a half years of political issue over its chaotic departure from the European Union. A December election that gave a decisive victory to Mr. Johnson and the ruling Conservative Party added clarity to a Brexit mandate and was seen by many as a potential first step in healing deep divisions in Britain’s political and social structure. Acknowledging the impact of the coronavirus on daily lives, Queen Elizabeth II, in a rare address on Sunday, praised the “national spirit” and thanked NHS and care workers, whose “every hour” of hard work “brings us closer to a return to a more normal time.” Calling on citizens to “remain united and resolute” to overcome the pandemic, she sought to provide comfort. “While we may have still more to endure, better days will return We will meet again,” she said. 1.What contributed to worsening the current crisis in the U.K? A.The pandemic of COVID-19. B.Political instability. C.The vote for Brexit. D.The December election. 2.The British showed widespread support to the fight against coronavirus EXCEPT by . A.clapping, cheering, and banging pots and pans every Thursday night B.advocating volunteers to help the NHS C.organizing 750,000 helpers to join the army D.praising the “national spirit” in Queen’s speech 3.It can be inferred from the passage that . A.The death toll set a new single-day record and the peak death had arrived B.Prime Minister Boris Johnson was receiving good medical treatment C.the COVID-19 has been found in European history D.Conservative Party has healed the deep political and social divisions 4.Where might the passage come from? A.A noticeboard. B.A private e-mail. C.A research paper. D.A newspaper.
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Culture Shock Moving to a new country can be an exciting experience. In a new environment, you somehow feel more alive. Soon, however, the new and delightful feeling turns into stress and discomfort.1. Although not everyone experiences culture shock in exactly the same way, many experts agree that it has roughly five stages. In the first stage, you are excited by your new environment. Your feelings about the new culture are positive, so you are eager to make contact with people and to try new foods. 2.This is the second stage of culture shock. Because you do not know the social customs of the new culture, you may find it difficult to make friends. For instance, you do not understand how to make “small talk,” so it is hard to carry on a casual, get-acquainted conversation. These are not minor challenges; they are major frustrations. In the third stage, you no longer have positive feelings about the new culture. You feel that you have made a mistake in coming here. Making friends hasn’t been easy, so you begin to feel lonely and isolated. 3. You begin to spend most of your free time with students from your home country, and you eat in restaurants that serve your native food. You know that you are in the fourth stage of culture shock when you have negative feelings about almost everything. 4. You become critical, suspicious, and irritable. You believe that people are unfriendly, that your teachers do not like you, and that the food is making you sick. Finally, you reach the fifth stage. As your language skills improve, you begin to have some success in meeting people and in negotiating situations. 5. After realizing that you cannot change your surroundings, you begin to accept the differences and tolerate them. A.Your self-confidence grows. B.You’ll regret making the decision. C.These are the causes of culture shock. D.In this stage, you actively reject the new culture. E.This is the phenomenon known as culture shock. F.Now you want to be with familiar people and eat familiar food. G.Sooner or later, differences in behavior and customs become noticeable to you.
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Michael Evans was standing in line at the Treasurer’s Office last August, waiting to pay his taxes, when he heard a(n)____sound ahead of him. The elderly woman at the window was crying. He heard the cashier ____the woman that her house was in foreclosure( 丧失抵押品赎回权) and headed for auction(拍卖). He also heard the woman tell the cashier that her daughter had recently died. Evans, a businessman who had just buried his father, couldn’t____the idea of this woman losing her home ____after losing her child. He ____the window. “I don’t mean to butt in,” he said to the cashier, “but ____you can get her house back, I’ll pay for her taxes.” The amount added up to $5,000. The old woman was shocked. Her despair turned to ____. The cashier left for a moment to___ that it was all right for Evans to pay it. Evans promised to go ____to the bank and come back with the money. But when he returned to the treasurer’s office, he asked someone else waiting in line to hand the $5,000 check to the cashier. Evans was trying to ____quietly and, preferably, anonymously(匿名地). “I didn’t want this attention,” he explained. ___, attention found him. It’s not every day that someone pays a stranger’s tax bill. As is reported, Evans often finds himself on the giving end of charitable situations, though for years he went unrecognized for it. ____ paying the elderly woman’s taxes, Evans said he did it for ____ but to make sure the lady stayed in her own house. A few weeks after the tax____, Evans received the Spirit of Detroit Award for his lifetime of ___. Again, he didn’t want the attention, but his son felt the honor was overdue. “It was good to see my dad finally get the____ he deserves,” his son said. Michael Evans is nearing 60 and will retire soon. Before he does, he hopes that his son will ____ him in a fund-raiser to pay for a wheelchair for a boy with an incurable bone disease. And he’ll continue to___ the local youth football league team, paying for their equipment, uniforms, and out-of-state travel. His son is willing to___ the business, saying that he ____ his life after his father. 1.A.disturbing B.frightening C.appealing D.exciting 2.A.ensure B.inform C.talk D.state 3.A.hand B.stomach C.eye D.finger 4.A.even B.quite C.right D.only 5.A.approached B.passed C.accessed D.marched 6.A.because B.unless C.if D.before 7.A.disbelief B.sorrow C.guilt D.fright 8.A.conduct B.confirm C.compensate D.comprehend 9.A.constantly B.frequently C.outside D.straight 10.A.run away B.slip away C.pass away D.put away 11.A.Consequently B.Unfortunately C.Otherwise D.However 12.A.As for B.According to C.Owing to D.In case of 13.A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything 14.A.accident B.coincidence C.incident D.event 15.A.generosity B.courage C.optimism D.modesty 16.A.concentration B.recognition C.passion D.pride 17.A.attend B.instruct C.serve D.join 18.A.train B.promote C.sponsor D.offer 19.A.get on B.hold on C.go on D.carry on 20.A.copies B.models C.imitates D.reproduces
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Being a doctor, you may think I would always suggest a bottle of something for what makes you ill. 1., first and foremost, I believe in the “do no harm” motto when it comes to health care. For example, you may first try music before2. (take) a pill. It is safe and it does no harm to your money. For most people, music is already an important part of daily life. Some rely on music 3. (get) them through the boring journey to work, while others turn up their favorite music to stay pumped during a ke wan gworkout. Many even have the stereo on when they4. (cook), taking a shower, or folding the laundry. Music is often linked to mood. 5. certain song can make us feel relaxed, happy, 6. (energy), or sad. Because music can have such an impact 7. mindset and well-being, it should come as no surprise 8. the connection between music and health has been studied for use in managing different 9. (condition). Music 10. (believe) to have healing effects, but types of music differ in the feelings they arouse. For example, classical music has been found to cause comfort and relaxation while rock music may lead to discomfort.
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假定你是高三学子李华。因新冠疫情，高考延迟了一个月。面对新形势，你对学习感到迷茫，所以写信给心理学家 Dr. Smith 询问缓解压力的方法。 内容包括: 1. 写信目的；2. 咨询内容；3. 期待回复注意: 1. 词数 80 左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。 Two years ago, Li Yuhua's daughter taught her how to shop online. Since then, the 51-year-old farmer in Wushan has been a regular online shopper. Shoppers like Li Yuhua are the new target for China's ecommerce giants, including Alibaba Group, which operates the Taobao platform, and JD.com. Rural China added 3 million more Internet users in the first half, taking the total number to 225 million, or 26.3%, of the country's total Internet population of 854 million, according to a report on rural ecommerce development released last week by the China International Electronic Commerce Center. That helped improve rural online sales in the first half of the year by 21% to 777.1 billion yuan (US$109.6 billion), outpacing the national growth rate by 3.2 percentage points. ''However, it is a little bit early to say that China's ecommerce battlefield is moving to rural China, '' said Chen Tao, a senior analyst at consultancy Analysys. Unlike urban residents, most rural Chinese haven’t experienced ecommerce shopping. While that provides online platforms with one of the last undeveloped markets for ecommerce, progress has been slow due to the lack of infrastructure(基础设施)and logistics(物流)support. To address that problem, China's second-largest ecommerce operator, JD.com hired more deliverymen and tested drone(无人机) delivery services to improve service in rural China. Alibaba Group, China's largest ecommerce player, announced in April last year that it had invested US$717 million in Huitongda Network Co., which helps to boost sales in 15,000 towns across 18 provinces. Another inhibiting factor in the development of rural ecommerce is the income gap. In 2018, annual per capita disposable income(人均可支配收入)in rural areas was 14,600 yuan (US$2,065) compared with 39,300 yuan (US$5,559) in cities. ''Lower disposable incomes in rural areas limit the consumption,'' said analyst Chen. ''It also takes time to educate rural residents to accept ecommerce services as most of them are new to online. There is still a long way to go to popularize online shopping in rural China.'' ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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