[素材选自Keynote Book 1]
网购的两种支付方式
Do you shop online with websites like Taobao? When you make an order on Taobao, the money you pay doesn't go directly to the seller. Instead, it goes through Alipay,1. keeps your money for a while. Then Alipay gives the money to the seller.
This is called "third party online payment".2. is a transfer station between sellers and buyers to make online shopping safe. Alipay is 3. biggest payment service company in China. It has more than 270 million users.
But WeChat payment is not the same. It doesn't have a transfer station. When paying through WeChat, the buyer's money goes directly to the sellers. That's why so many people 4. excited about receiving and handing out hongbao.
In 5. word, the two forms of payment are trying to make online shopping easily. Which one do you prefer? Show us your answer!
[素材选自One Story A Day Book 6]
在失败中提高自己的能力
My dad decided that he wanted to be a handyman. He said that the man of a family had to be a handyman. In his mind, it's a duty and part of a man's nature to be able to _____ things around the house. My mom loved that idea. She gave him full _____ whenever he wanted to fix something.
Dad's handyman work started _____ our bicycles. We have two bicycles. One is new, and the other is old. Some parts of the _____ bicycle were wrong. Dad decided to take parts from the old bicycle, to make a _____ one for me. He spent the whole morning doing the thing. But at last, neither of the _____ worked.
It was discouraging for Dad. He stopped thinking about _____ handyman work for a while. Not long after, he noticed that a wall in the living room had some dirty marks on it. He decided to _____ the wall. That seemed like an easy job. After _____ tools and paint, he started painting the wall.
Once he began painting, Dad discovered that the brushes left more _____ on the wall no matter how careful he was. Instead of painting the whole room, he did only one wall, _____ brush marks here and there.
Dad's dream doesn't die_____. He is still trying to become a handyman. Recently, he _____ the bulb in the kitchen after removing the glass cap. He was so _____ with his success.
_____ he always fail, we love Dad dearly. And we love the way he tries to be the head of the household even if his handyman skills need a bit of improvement.
1.A.build B.fix C.use D.wash
2.A.agreement B.care C.support D.comfort
3.A.from B.about C.inside D.with
4.A.new B.old C.good D.bad
5.A.broken B.perfect C.terrible D.famous
6.A.cars B.buses C.bikes D.planes
7.A.your B.my C.her D.his
8.A.paint B.repair C.pull D.write
9.A.buy B.buying C.to buy D.bought
10.A.words B.pictures C.ways D.marks
11.A.leaving B.covering C.developing D.introducing
12.A.difficultly B.certainly C.really D.easily
13.A.accepted B.chose C.refused D.changed
14.A.sad B.happy C.upset D.kind
15.A.Because B.When C.Although D.Unless
Brooke wanted a dollhouse and some sugar cookies. So he asked Alexa to get them. It was a voice-activated home assistant powered by AI. A few days later, a $170 dollhouse and four pounds of cookies showed up.
Alexa isn't the only AI willing to serve you. Apple HomePod has Siri, and the upcoming Galaxy Home device will have Bixby. People who have these devices use them mainly for listening to music, checking the weather, and setting timers. According to a report from The Information, nowadays voice shopping is rare. But many scientists predict a boom in voice shopping in the near future.
Convenience is the main advantage of voice shopping. You can shout out an order as soon as you think of it. In addition, people with disabilities who are unable to use a keyboard or mouse can shop without any help.
But voice shopping has its disadvantages. Unwanted dollhouses aren't the biggest problem. It's usually very easy to cancel an order or return products. The thing that worries some people is that these assistants are always listening. They have to be able to respond when you want them. Some have worried about what happens to these recordings. The CIA found a way to hack smart TVs to turn them into spies that listen. Others could do the same with any smart device. What do you think? Are you ready to start voice shopping?
1.From the passage, we know that Alexa ________.
A.can look after the baby B.can cook delicious food
C.is a toy doll sold online D.is one kind of AI device
2.What does the underlined word "rare" mean in Chinese?
A.罕见的 B.昂贵的 C.有害的 D.不可能的
3.What's the main advantage of voice shopping?
A.Its speed. B.Its price. C.Its quality. D.Its convenience.
4.Which paragraph tells us that personal information might be hacked when people try voice shopping?
A.Paragraph 1. B.Paragraph 2. C.Paragraph 3. D.Paragraph 4.
5.What's the best title for the text?
A.The Advantages and Disadvantages of Voice Shopping
B.The Voice-activated Home Assistant—Alexa
C.The Convenience of AI
D.Brooke's Wishes
Every April, there is a special day in China.1. On that day, people remember and honor their ancestors. Qingming is a traditional Chinese festival. It has a long history.2. A famous poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu describes the day “Rain falls heavily as Qingming comes, and passersby with lowered spirits go.”
TombSweeping Day has been a public holiday on the Chinese mainland since 2008.3. They put food like cakes and fruit in front of the tombs.4.Why do Chinese people do this? That's because people think that visiting tombs is to show respect to their dead family members.
However, TombSweeping Day is not only about this. During that time, the weather is becoming warmer.5.Families often get together for outings or to fly kites at this time.
Word Bank
ancestor祖先mainland大陆outing远足
A.It began over 2,000 years ago.
B.People are able to garden and enjoy outdoor activities.
C.It is Qingming Festival, which is also called TombSweeping Day.
D.On this day, families bring flowers, food and wine to their ancestors' tombs.
E.After that, they sweep the dirt off the tombs and remember their dead family members.
繁忙而充实的一学期结束之后,寒假是每个同学都很期待的假期,你也一定有过很棒的寒假。请以“My wonderful winter holiday” 为题写一篇英语短文,讲述你美好的寒假。
要求：
1. 文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称；
2. 词数100左右。
My wonderful winter holiday
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Nowadays, as the world's climate changes, extreme weather is becoming more and more. For example, in Britain,1.are more than 50 tornadoes a year now. However, tornadoes are just one sign of the world's climate changes. In many countries, there are more floods. In some other places, it2. much hotter than before in summer. Why do these happen? Because the global temperatures are rising.
However, scientists still don't know enough 3. reasons. Some believe the climate changes naturally. But most scientists think the real reason is human activities, such as cutting down trees, driving cars too much and so on. If we can not stop the temperatures from increasing,4. ice will melt completely one day. As a result, sea levels will rise and many islands will disappear forever. So we 5. work together to save the earth, and to save ourselves. Let's take action now!
Word Bank
tornado龙卷风
