EQ : IQ
a. When they see other students doing better than them, they usually believe that those students have a higher IQ and 1.. However, 2. success is not simply the result of a high IQ.
b. And 3.means that schools need to make sure that 4., and know that their futures are not entirely determined by their IQs.
Survival of the Fittest
a.You don’t need to become a computer expert, but 5..
b. Working like this allows you to live where you want, to continue your studies and 6..
c. For citizens of these nations, 7..
April Fools’ Day
a.Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell me that 8.this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished 9..
b. Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory 10..
结合语境，填入适当的单词补全句子。
1.I’m writing in response __________ your letter of September 6.
2.It’s serious. We’ll have to operate__________ him immediately.
3.The twins are so alike that their parents mistake one __________ another.
根据所给首字母和英文解释，用适当单词的正确形式填空。
1.He __________ towards me and whispered in my ear. (弯腰)
2.Our problems __________ since last year. (倍增)
3.The discovery is creating a buzz throughout the __________ science. (天文学)
4.The task requires a good c__________ of complex instructions. (the ability to understand something)
5.I don’t think you’ve quite g__________ the seriousness of the situation. (to completely understand)
What I _________ most about visiting my boyfriend’s parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we _______ ate our meal. With so little conversation I was quick to _______ his family as cold. When we got into the _______to go home, his father suddenly appeared. _______, he began to wash his son’s windscreen. I could feel he was a caring man through the glass.
I learned another lesson about love a few years later. My father often _______ me early in the morning, “Buy Xerox. It’s a good sharp price,” he might say when I answered the phone. No pleasant _______or inquiry about my life, just financial instructions. This manner of his _______ me and we often quarreled. But one day, I thought about my father’s success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his _______ morning calls. The next time he called and told me to buy a stock, I ________ him.
When my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, I’ve often felt __________. For example, I always return phone calls ________ and regularly contact with my friends. I expect the same from them. I had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. I rushed to the ________: She wasn’t a good friend! My anger grew ________ the holidays approached. But then she came to a gathering I ________ and handed me a beautiful dress I had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. I was ________ at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how I’d considered her to be ________. Clearly I needed to change my expectations of friends.
Far too often, I ignored their __________ expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my ________. Over the years, however, I’ve learned to read other persons’ love__________.
1.A. remember B. enjoy C. value D. admire
2.A. excitedly B. nervously C. silently D. instantly
3.A. regard B. confirm C. take D. think
4.A. bus B. train C. car D. plane
5.A. Punctually B. Carefully C. Proudly D. Coldly
6.A. visited B. interrupted C. warned D. called
7.A. greeting B. meeting C. apology D. explanation
8.A. interested B. angered C. encouraged D. surprised
9.A. long B. short C. warm D. polite
10.A. praised B. remembered C. blamed D. thanked
11.A. content B. guilty C. curious D. disappointed
12.A. in order B. in turn C. without delay D. without difficulty
13.A. feeling B. suggestion C. judgment D. belief
14.A. while B. as C. before D. though
15.A. opened B. refused C. hosted D. invited
16.A. depressed B. upset C. fascinated D. shocked
17.A. uncaring B. dishonest C. unhappy D. uncooperative
18.A. unique B. common C. pleasant D. familiar
19.A. opinion B. way C. mind D. life
20.A. symbols B. signs C. letters D. stories
Have you ever heard of a Cucamelon? If not, you’re missing out on the cutest fruit on earth!
Cucamelons look like baby watermelons and taste like cucumbers mixed with lemon. 1. You can grow them in a pot, plastic bag or directly into a garden. These plants are fast growers and have a maturity of 80 days, which means you can grow them when it starts to get colder, too. 2. You’d have to look online and purchase them. Generally speaking, you can receive them within 7 days.
If you choose to plant them directly into your garden, you can plant them as soon as the chance of frost is gone. 3. You can put wood sticks into the ground for the roots to grow on, or use bamboo sticks as an alternative. After your first season of growing Cucamelons, you’ll notice that the root is very long. You can dig up these roots and store them in a cool, dry place and re-pot them at the start of the next growing season. 4. It will be a big harvest! By the way, you can use Cucamelons in food dishes or in drinks. The thought sounds pretty excellent!
5. Your neighbors might even feel inspired to grow Cucamelons themselves!
A. This means you can eat fruit all the year round.
B. However, you won’t find these seeds in a store.
C. They’ll need a lot of water and a little support with growing.
D. They’re from Mexico and are known as “Sandíitas de Raton”.
E. That’s because the young plants can’t stand the cold weather.
F. If you’re looking for a new, exciting fruit to try out, try Cucamelons!
G. This will give you ten times as many Cucamelons the next time around!
Smile, you’re on body cam
As camera technology gets smaller and cheaper, it isn’t hard to imagine a future where we’re all filming everything all the time, in every direction.
Would that be a good thing? There are some obvious potential upsides. If people know they are on camera, especially when at work or using public services, they are surely less likely to misbehave. Another upside is that it would be harder to get away with crimes or to escape from blame for accidents.
Body-cam data could also create a legal minefield. Arguments over the truth and interpretation of police footage(影像) have already surfaced. Eventually, events not caught on camera could be treated as if they didn’t happen. Alternatively, footage could be faked or doctored (伪造) to avoid blame or do wrong to others.
Of course, some people think that if you are not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear. But most people have done something embarrassing, or even illegal, that they regret and would prefer hadn’t been caught on film. People already remove their social media feeds or avoid doing anything wrong in public — for fear of damaging their reputation.
The always-on-camera world could even threaten some of the qualities that make us human. We are natural persons who enjoy talking about other people’s private lives and while those might not be desirable behaviours, they oil the wheels of our social interactions. Once people assume they are being filmed, they are likely to keep silent.
The argument in relation to body-cam ownership is a bit like that for guns: once you go past a critical threshold(临界值), almost everyone will feel they need one as an insurance policy. We are nowhere near that point yet- but we should think hard about whether we really want to say lights, body cam, action.
1.What does the underlined word “upsides” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. advantages. B. rules. C. shortcomings. D. dangers.
2.Why do people argue about police footage?
A. Police footage can show the truth. B. Events caught on footage are treated unfairly.
C. Police footage could be changed on purpose. D. Footage should not be filmed by police.
3.What does the author believe?
A. People behave well with cameras on.
B. People’s private lives should be respected.
C. Talking about others’ private lives promotes social interactions.
D. People keep silent before cameras when talking about themselves.
4.What is suggested in the last paragraph?
A. We don’t need a critical threshold. B. We should be cautious in adopting body-cam.
C. We need body-cam as an insurance policy. D. We haven’t decided whether to take action.
