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What did the woman use the stamps for? A.She mailed some bills. B.She mailed some cards. C.She mailed some letters.
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What does the man mean? A.The movie isn’t interesting at all. B.He wants to avoid a traffic jam. C.He had a nightmare.
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What will the man probably do? A.Continue reading. B.Make some coffee. C.Go out with some friends.
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How old is the man? A.About 20. B.About 30. C.About 48.
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What does the man advise the woman to do? A.Go for a run. B.Study in the library. C.Attend the concert.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Who might the woman be? A.A waitress. B.A broadcaster. C.A singer. 2.What do people call David? A.Jack. B.Elvis. C.Tennessee.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What does the man want to do with the vacuum? A.Return it. B.Have it repaired. C.Get a new one. 2.What’s the man’s phone number? A.731-786-0234. B.713-768-0234. C.713-786-0234. 3.What does the woman advise the man to do first? A.Give the office a call first. B.Drive to 878 Fennel South. C.Write down her phone number.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.How long will it take to get to the Eagle Lake? A.Two hours. B.Three hours. C.Four hours. 2.Which route is the shortest? A.The northwest route. B.The north route. C.The northeast route. 3.What will the man do after the trip? A.Meet a friend in the parking lot. B.Have a meal with his friend. C.Drive to town with the woman.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What are the speakers talking about? A.Travel plans. B.Famous adventurers. C.Extreme climates. 2.What does the man say about mountain-climbing? A.It’s quite exciting. B.It’s quite boring. C.It’s quite dangerous. 3.What has the woman paid close attention to? A.Weather reports. B.Historical events. C.Mountain-climbing tips. 4.What can we learn from the conversation? A.The man once was a professional trainer. B.The man liked taking photos. C.The man visited Pakistan.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.What is more common in the West than in China according to the speaker? A.Using credit cards. B.Using mobile payments. C.Using cash. 2.What does the speaker say about Alipay and WeChat Pay in China? A.All people are using them. B.Nearly everyone who has a smart phone is using them. C.They will never equal PayPal. 3.How are mobile payments described in the talk? A.Simple and free of charge. B.Popular but awkward to use. C.Easy and convenient.
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Jane Austen's final novel, Persuasion, is the story of Anne Elliot and her love for Frederick Wentworth. Persuaded to refuse his suggestion of marriage, Anne spends eight years unhappy until he re-enters her life. Details Stock(现货) Out of stock Prize Uncertain ( no recent updates from the publisher) Publisher Pan Macmillan Publishing House Macmillan Collector' s Library Library of Congress England- Social life and customs novel Description What happens when we listen to others instead of our heart? That is the theme of Jane Austen's final novel, Persuasion. After Anne Elliot follows the advice of her dearest friend and breaks off her engagement to Frederick Wentworth, a handsome man with neither good luck nor rank, happiness escapes from her. Eight years later, Anne remains unmarried, and her father spends money carelessly, which has brought her family poverty. When a newly wealthy Frederick returns from the Napoleonic Wars, Anne realizes her feelings remains unchanged. But will Frederick forgive her and offer Anne a second chance at love? The novels of Jane Austen will transport readers imaginary worlds and provide excitement, inspiration and entertainment for years to come. All of these novels have attractive pictures and will brighten our life. Author' s Introduction Born in 1775, Jane Austen published four of her six novels anonymously ( 匿名地), and she passed away in 1817. Her work was not widely read until the late nineteenth century, and her fame grew from then on. Known for her amusing, clever and sharp insight into social traditions, her novels about love, relationships, and society are popular. In novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Emma, she developed her careful analysis of life back that time through descriptions of the middle class in small towns. Her sharp descriptions of ordinary people have given her novels timeless popularity. She has earned a place in history as one of the most loved writers of English literature. 1.The novel Persuasion is________. A.a love story B.no longer published C.mainly about advice on speaking skills D.based on Jane Austen’s real experience 2.Why does Anne Elliot choose not to marry Frederick Wentworth? A.Because she doesn't like him anymore. B.Because she is convinced to do so by her friend. C.Because she is afraid that he will die in the Napoleonic Wars. D.Because she doesn't think he is rich enough to support her family. 3.We know from the passage Jane Austen's works_________. A.have disappeared from the market B.are about the life of the middle class in big cities in England C.focus on the life of the middle class in small places in her days D.have brought her great popularity she always wanted to have
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Some people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them. Take my family’s last vacation or example. It was my six-year-old son’s winter break from school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked, and Delta, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day. I had meetings in New York, so I had to get back. But that didn’t mean my husband and my son couldn’t stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home. The next day, my husband and son were offered more credits to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouraged - okay, ordered them to wait it out at the airport, to “earn” more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh? Now some people may think I’m a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up. I’ve made a living looking for the best deals and exposing the worst tricks. I have been the consumer reporter of NBC’s Today Show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks of the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in. I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your money’s worth. I’m also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But I wouldn’t hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps longer, and it’s the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts. 1.Why did Delta give the author’s family credits? A.They had early bookings. B.They took a later flight. C.Their flight had been delayed. D.Their flight had been cancelled. 2.What can we learn about the author? A.She rarely misses a good deal. B.She seldom makes a compromise. C.She is very strict with her children. D.She is interested in cheap products. 3.What does the author do? A.She’s a housewife. B.She’s a writer. C.She’s a media person. D.She’s a business woman. 4.What does the author want to tell us? A.How to expose bad tricks. B.How to reserve airline seats. C.How to make a business deal. D.How to spend money wisely.
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Low self-esteem makes us feel bad about ourselves. But did you know that over time it also can cause the development of serious mental conditions such as depression? Self-esteem is, very simply, the set of feelings you have about yourself. It’s developed by your experiences, thoughts, feelings, and relationships. Unlike self-knowledge, which refers to how much you know about yourself, the core of self-esteem is formed around whether you like yourself or not. Depression is much more than just feeling sad. It consume your energy, makes everyday activities difficult and interferes with your eating and sleeping patterns. Psychotherapy and/or medication are highly effective in treating depression. There are several types of depressive disorders, including major depression, persistent depressive disorder, psychotic depression, postpartum depression, and seasonal affective disorder (SAD). Clinicians use low self-esteem as one possible symptom when they diagnose the psychiatric condition of major depressive disorder. They don’t necessarily care whether low self-esteem causes the depression or vice versa. However, personality researchers have long wondered about the chicken-and-egg problem of self-esteem and depression. Certainly, if you dislike yourself, you’ll be more likely to be depressed. Conversely, if you’re depressed, you’ll be more likely to feel bad about who you are as a person. The only way to disentangle the highly related concepts of self-esteem and depression is through longitudinal research, in which people are followed up over time. A study on depression, conducted by University of Basel researchers Julia Sowislo and Ulrich Orth, contrasted the competing directions of self-esteem to depression vs depression to self-esteem. The findings almost all overwhelmingly support the vulnerability model of self-esteem and depression. Over time, low self-esteem is a risk factor for depression, regardless of who is tested and how. The study indicated that low self-esteem causes depression but not vice versa. Therefore, if a person has low self-esteem, there’s an increased risk of developing depression. This is a very important discovery because it shows that improving a person’s self-esteem can make him or her feel better. 1.According to the article, which of the following statements is true? A.Self-esteem can make us feel bad about ourselves. B.Low self-esteem is a series of feelings about yourself. C.The core of self-knowledge is formed around whether you like yourself or not. D.Depression consumes your energy and interferes with your daily life. 2.Which of the following words is closest to “the chicken and egg problem” mean? A.Mother child relationship. B.Cooking relationship. C.Causal relationship. D.Primary and secondary relations. 3.What can we infer from Julia Sowislo and Ulrich Orth’s research? A.Clinicians don’t necessarily care whether low self-esteem causes the depression. B.Low self-esteem must lead to depression. C.Having a strong self-esteem is an important factor in avoiding depression. D.There are many ways to improve one’s self-esteem. 4.If a person wants to get rid of the low self-esteem control, which of the following methods is wrong? A.Establish the right mindset and believe that you can do it. B.Compare yourself with someone who is much better than yourself all the time. C.Establish the goal, step by step toward the goal. D.Look at the world in your spare time and feel the beauty around you.
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Following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP), also named COVID-19 by WHO, there is a general fear of the unknown virus as its full effects remain to be seen. Fever, coughing, sore throat, difficulty breathing —the NCP’s symptoms are similar to the common cold or the flu, but it’s potentially more dangerous.
Viruses could be deadly, like HIV and Ebola. But what are viruses? How can they cause so much trouble? Viruses are non-living organisms (有机体) approximately one-millionth of an inch long. Unlike human cells or bacteria, they can’t reproduce on their own. Instead, they invade the cells of living organisms to reproduce, spread and take over. Viruses can infect every living thing – from plants and animals down to the smallest bacteria. For this reason, they always have the potential to be dangerous to human life. Sometimes a virus can cause a disease so serious that it is fatal. Other viral infections trigger no noticeable reaction. Viruses lie around our environment all of the time, waiting for a host cell to come along. They can enter our bodies by the nose, mouth, eyes or breaks in the skin. Once inside, they try to find a host cell to infect. For example, HIV, which causes AIDS, attacks the T-cells of the immune system. But the basic question is, where did viruses first come from? Until now, no clear explanation for their origin exists. “Tracing the origins of viruses is difficult”, Ed Rybicki, a virologist (病毒学家) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, told Scientific American, “because viruses don’t leave fossils and because of the tricks they use to make copies of themselves within the cells they’ve invaded”. However, there are three main hypotheses (假说) to explain the origin of viruses. First, viruses started as independent organisms, then became parasites (寄生者). Second, viruses evolved from pieces of DNA or RNA that “escaped” from larger organisms. Third, viruses co-evolved with their host cells, which means they existed alongside these cells. For the time being, these are only theories. The technology and evidence we have today cannot be used to test these theories and identify the most plausible explanation. Continuing studies may provide us with clearer answers. Or future studies may reveal that the answer is even murkier (含糊不清的) than it now appears. 1.What can we learn about viruses from the text? A.Viruses have nothing to do with the common cold. B.Viruses are really small living organisms. C.Viruses can’t reproduce unless they find a host cell. D.Viruses enter our bodies mainly through the mouth, nose and hair. 2.Which of the following might explain the origin of viruses? A.They evolved from the fossils of large organisms. B.They evolved from parasites into independent organisms. C.They evolved from the T-cells in animals. D.They evolved along with their host cells. 3.The underlined word “plausible” in the last paragraph probably means ________. A.reasonable B.common C.creative D.unbelievable 4.What can we conclude from the text? A.Viruses live longer in human host cells than in animals’. B.Viruses will become more like bacteria as they evolve. C.It may take a long time to understand the origin of viruses. D.The author is optimistic about future virus research.
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1. In fact, the idea of walking at least 10,000 steps a day for health goes back decades to a marketing (推销) campaign (计步器) launched in Japan to promote a pedometer. And, in subsequent years, it was adopted in the US as a goal to promote good health.2. “The original basis of the number was not scientifically determined,” says researcher I-Min Lee of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She was curious to know how many steps you need to take a day to maintain good health and live a long life, so she and her colleagues designed a study that included about 17,000 older women. Their average age was 72.3. It turns out that women who took about 4,000 steps per day got a boost in longevity(长寿), compared with women who took fewer steps.4. In fact, women who took 4,400 steps per day, on average, were about 40 percent less likely to die during the follow-up period of about four years compared with women who took 2,700 steps. The findings were published Wednesday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Another surprise: The benefits of walking maxed out at about 7,500 steps.5. A.The women all agreed to clip on wearable devices to track their steps as they went about their day-to-day activities. B.Walking 10,000 steps a day can make a lot of people happy. C.It’s nothing unusual to walk 10,000 steps a day. D.“It was sort of surprising,” Lee says. E.In other words, women who walked more than 7,500 steps per day saw no additional boost in longevity. F.There is no direct relationship between life span and steps. G.It’s often the default setting on fitness trackers, but what’s it really based on?
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The passengers on the bus watched with sympathy as Susan made her way carefully up the steps. She paid the driver and then, using her hands to____the seats, settled in one of them. It had been a year since Susan became blind. As the result of an accident she was suddenly thrown into a world of_____ Susan’s husband Mark watched her____into hopelessness and he was____to use every possible means to help his wife. Finally, Susan felt ready to____to her job, but how would she get there? She used to take the bus, but she was now too____to get around the city by herself. Mark____to ride the bus with Susan each morning and evening____she could manage it by herself. For two weeks, Mark____Susan to and from work each day. He taught her how to rely on her other____, specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and how to adapt to her new____. At last, Susan decided that she was ready to try the trip____. Monday morning arrived. Before she left, she hugged her husband____, her eyes filled with tears of gratitude. She said good-bye and, for the first time, they went their____ways. Each day went perfectly, and a wild excitement took____of Susan. She was doing it! On Friday morning, Susan took the bus to work____. As she was getting off the bus, the driver said, “Miss, I sure____you.” Curious, Susan asked the driver____. “You know, every morning for the____week, a fine-looking gentleman in a military uniform has been standing across the corner watching you until you enter your office building safely,” the bus driver said. Tears of happiness poured down Susan’s cheeks. She was so lucky for he had given her a gift more powerful than____. That is the gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness. 1.A.touch B.feel C.count D.grab 2.A.weakness B.sickness C.darkness D.sadness 3.A.run B.step C.jump D.sink 4.A.determined B.inspired C.honored D.pleased 5.A.adjust B.return C.contribute D.stick 6.A.sacred B.astonished C.frightened D.depressed 7.A.struggled B.attempted C.continued D.volunteered 8.A.until B.as C.when D.after 9.A.drove B.accompanied C.directed D.sent 10.A.feelings B.organs C.senses D.skills 11.A.position B.role C.status D.environment 12.A.on her own B.in person C.to her benefit D.on foot 13.A.politely B.tightly C.briefly D.calmly 14.A.opposite B.fixed C.separate D.secure 15.A.charge B.place C.advantage D.hold 16.A.as usual B.as a consequenc e C.as a rule D.as well 17.A.respect B.envy C.defend D.support 18.A.what B.how C.why D.who 19.A.next B.same C.first D.past 20.A.sight B.virtue C.courage D.wisdom
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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：在错的词下划一横线，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 live in a typical Chinese family of four generations lived together under same roof. Everyone has funs with each other here. Every night, we will have dinner together, talking or laughing around the dinner table so that all the worries of the day will be swept away. At weekends, Dad will take Grandpa, that likes outdoor activities a lot, to the countryside to fish. Mom and Grandma will cook delicious food for ourselves. When the weather is fine, I will push my 95-year-old great grandmother in a wheelchair to sunbathe in the yard. My family is such harmonious that I have been grown up into a person with love and responsibility. I will definite teach what I had already learned to my future children.
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假定你是李华。近日收到美国朋友Nancy的邮件，说她下周六晚上7点在市图书馆报告厅作题为“美国风俗与文化”的讲座，邀请你来观摩。请给她写封回信，要点如下： 1．婉拒邀请； 2．陈述理由； 3．表达感谢。 注意：1.词数100左右； 2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Nancy， I'm so glad to receive your invitation __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours， Li Hua
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