When I was boarding a bus, I saw a young black woman standing in line. As we climbed on, she _______ the silver bracelet (手镯) I was wearing.
“I like your bracelet,” she said.
“Thanks. I bought it in Mexico recently.” I_______.
She told me that this thin silver chain was _______ the type of bracelet she’d been looking for. I _______ to give it to her.
“Oh, no, I couldn’t” was her _______ answer.
“It’s okay.” I comforted her, “It wasn’t expensive.” “Maybe I can _______ it from you,” she suggested.
“Look,” I said, “what would be_______ fun – buying a bracelet from a total stranger or receiving a _______ from a total stranger?”
She _______ that the gift would be much better. I took the bracelet off my wrist and put it on hers. It looked great. _______ the bus, the _______ woman handed me a piece of note. I thanked her and _______ it in my pocket. A few hours later I remembered the paper_______ read it. In pencil she had written:
Dear Miss,
Today was a(n) _______ day for me. You see, I am going out into the world without the _______ of my family to see _______ it is like. Soon I will be going off to college, and today I am trying being _______ away from home. Thank you so much for being the first person I was to _______. God bless you.
I have her _______, which has been one of my favorite possessions (财产), _______ on my wall.
1.A. observed B. examined C. glanced D. noticed
2.A. explained B. added C. told D. spoke
3.A. only B. just C. ever D. even
4.A. provided B. presented C. offered D. supplied
5.A. immediate B. positive C. honest D. serious
6.A. borrow B. buy C. get D. rent
7.A. much B. ver C. pretty D. more
8.A. gift B. favor C. share D. benefit
9.A. explained B. suggested C. admitted D. told
10.A. Getting on B. Getting off C. Getting into D. Getting to
11.A. old B. beautiful C. ugly D. young
12.A. place B. packed C. lay D. reached
13.A. then B. and C. but D. or
14.A. strange B. pleasant C. important D. normal
15.A. message B. money C. roof D. aid
16.A. who B. how C. which D. what
17.A. on my own B. of my own C. to my own D. in my own
18.A. know B. appreciate C. communicate D. meet
19.A. tip B. word C. note D. notice
20.A. hanged up B. turned in C. put up D. fitted in
1. But science may have just proved them right – because beautiful women are more likely(可能的) to have daughters than those who are ordinary-looking, according to a study.
As parents often pass on genes(基因) that determine(决定) looks, this could result in fewer handsome men on the ground. 2. For example, Yasmin Le Bon is signed to the same modelling company as daughter Amber, and Jerry Hall’s daughters Elizabeth and Georgia Jagger have both taken to the catwalk.
Dr Satoshi Kanazawa, of the London School of Economics, surveyed( 调查 ) 17,000 babies born in Britain in March 1967 and followed them throughout their lives. 3. When they reached 45, they were asked about the gender(性别) of any children they had.
Those considered to be attractive have the same chance to have a son or daughter as their first child –but the unattractive ones were more likely to have a son. 4.
A previous study of 2,000 Americans suggested that women are becoming more beautiful over the generations because attractive women have more children than unattractive ones – and a higher percentage of their children are girls.
Dr Kanazawa believes that parents are more likely to produce children who benefit( 得益) from their own features. 5. So it pays for attractive women to have daughters. But couples with strength and aggression rather than looks are better off having boys, as these characteristics are of more use to males.
A. Famously good-looking parents like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are more likely to have girls than uglier couples.
B. Single girls have always complained that good-looking men are difficult to find.
C. Beauty is of more benefit to a woman than a man.
D. At the age of seven, their attractiveness was rated(评估) by their teachers.
E. In other words, beautiful women were more likely to have daughters than unattractive ones.
F. And it may also explain why many models have daughters who follow them.
G. Women are becoming more beautiful over the generations because attractive women have more children than plain ones．
Researchers at the University of Chicago have trained an artificial intelligence( 人工智能) system, to write fake( 伪 造 的 ) reviews( 评 论 ) on Yelp, a website showing customers reviews on shopping or something else, and it's pretty hard to tell them apart from a human review.
Their study, which will be presented at the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security in October, aimed to throw attention onto how easily these systems can write reviews like humans and how damaging they can become if they’re not monitored properly.
Since many small businesses depend on online reviews to help grow and keep their reputation, a future where someone—like a rival or angry customer—could crazily fill their page with negative reviews written by a machine is pretty worrying.
And, according to the research team, the threat goes far beyond fake reviews on Yelp. “In general the threat is bigger,” Ben Y. Zhao, one of the authors of the study, said. “I think the threat towards society is large and it really misleads users and shakes our belief in what is real and what is not. I think that' s going to be even unimaginable.”
To test how believable these reviews are, the researchers invited 40 volunteers and had AI make five fake reviews for 40 actual restaurants. The volunteers were asked how useful they thought the review was and whether or not they thought it was fake. The AI reviews was regarded as “effectively unrecognizable ” from real reviews，according to the study. Further, the fake reviews were given a 3.15 "usefulness" rating, compared to a 3.28 rating for human reviews.
1.What can the new artificial intelligence system do according to the passage？
A. It can help train new reviewers.
B. It can tell the real reviews from the fake ones.
C. It can write human-like reviews.
D. It can easily damage the businesses.
2.What does the underlined word "rival'' mean in the passage?
A. A person who respects you deeply.
B. A person who is against you.
C. A person who loves to give fake reviews.
D. A person who can control you from distance.
3.What can we infer from Ben Y. Zhao's remarks?
A. Artificial intelligence can put the society in danger.
B. The artificial intelligence is only used by the researchers
C. Ben Y. Zhao is optimistic about the further development of artificial intelligence.
D. The artificial intelligence will help people shake.
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. Tips on Giving Reviews. B. How to Tell the Fake Reviews.
C. Development of AI in Review on Yelp. D. AI is coming to Steal Your Reviews.
When it comes to generation gap ( 代沟), we usually think of different tastes in music, or games. But now the generation gap is handwriting. After one teacher in Tennessee discovered that she had students who couldn't read what she was writing on the board, she posted it on the Internet saying that handwriting should be taught in schools.
Others who are against it argue that handwriting has become out of time in our modern world. Typed words have become a main form of communication. Once a practical skill, handwriting is no longer used by most of Americans. It is no longer taught in schools, and some claim that the time that it would take to teach it could be put to better use, for example, by teaching the technical skills.
But even in today's world there are still plenty of reasons to pick up a pen and write on the paper. In America, signatures (签字) by hand are still often requested, for example, signing for a registered letter and buying a house. And original signatures are much more difficult to fake (伪造).
There is also strong evidence that writing by hand is good for the mind. It makes a different part of the brain active and improves fine moving skills in young children. People are also more likely to remember what they write by hand than what they type, and the process of writing by hand has been shown to stimulate ideas. Not only those, studies have shown that kids who write by hand learn to read and spell earlier than those who don't.
Yes, we live in a modern world, but we live in a modern world of basic and important values.
1.What did the teacher find in her class?
A. Her students were too lazy to follow her class. B. Her handwriting was too terrible to understand.
C. There was something wrong with some students’ eyes. D. Some students could not recognize her written words on the board.
2.Some people are against handwriting teaching because they think ________.
A. technical skills are more important than handwriting. B. handwriting is no longer used in society
C. it's difficult to fake typed signatures D. nobody can practice good handwriting in school
3.How many advantages does handwriting have for the mind?
A. 3 B. 4
C. 7 D. 8
4.The underlined word“stimulate”in Paragraph 4 probably means_________.
A. cause B. collect
C. exchange D. influence
Louis Armstrong was born on 4th July in New Orleans, Louisiana. He grew up without a father and he and his sister were raised by his grandmother. When he was 11, Louis dropped out of school. He formed a quartet with three other boys, and they sang in the streets to earn money.
He also used to get into trouble. He was put into prison and sent to live in a home for troubled boys. He talked the band director into letting him join the band, and that’s where he learned to play the cornet (短号), an instrument very much like the trumpet (喇叭).
Louis Armstrong became one of the greatest jazz cornet players that ever lived. He was also an accomplished composer and singer. His nickname was originally “Satchel-mouth”, because some people said his mouth was like a satchel (挎包) where he could hold so much air to blow the trumpet. But one day someone called him “Satchmo” instead of “Satchel mouth”. Louis liked it, and the name stuck. Louis became famous for playing the cornet in clubs and on riverboats.
He was best known for his ability to improvise, which means to make up music as he plays it. He also sang “scat”, which was a style of music in which the singer sings meaningless words instead of real lyrics. Over his career, Louis played in many recordings, and appeared in television shows and movies.
1.How did Louis Armstrong make money when he was eleven?
A. By playing the cornet. B. By stealing money in the streets.
C. By singing in the street. D. By playing the trumpet in a band.
2.What kind of instrument did Louis Armstrong play?
A. He played the guitar. B. He played the drum.
C. He played the cornet. D. He played the trumpet.
3.After getting to know about Louis Armstrong, we can draw the conclusion that ______.
A. he was cleverer than other boys B. he was talented in music
C. he was good at making up music D. he was gifted with playing instruments.
Only about one third of American seniors have correct habits, according to the Health Organization. Here are some findings and expert advice.
1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?
Finding: A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.
Step: Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day.
2. How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?
Finding: Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30% wash their hands only 4 times a day - half of the number doctors recommend.
Step: We touch our faces around 3,000 times a day - often inviting germs( 病菌) to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.
3. How often do you think about fighting germs?
Finding: Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.
Step: Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge (海绵) that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.
1.What is found out about American seniors?
A. Most of them have good habits.
B. Nearly 30% of them bathe three days a week.
C. All of them are fighting germs better than expected.
D. About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day.
2.Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands _________ .
A. twice a day B. three times a day
C. four times a day D. eight times a day
3.Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. We should keep from touching our faces.
B. There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth.
C. A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.
D. We should wash our hands before touching a door handle.
4.The text probably comes from .
A. a guide book B. a popular magazine
C. a book review D. an official document
