假定你是李华。你结识了一位喜欢中国书法的英国新朋友Eric。你准备赠送他一本英文版《中国书法鉴赏》。请给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 简介该书；（如收集了各类作品；介绍了中国书法特点等）
3. 询问邮寄地址。
注意：1. 词数100左右，邮件的开头与结尾已给出；
2. 适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：
3. 参考词汇：《中国书法鉴赏》：Appreciation of Chinese Calligraphy
Dear Eric,
How is everything going?
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Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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。
China and Western country may have different cultural beliefs about certain animals. But when it comes to pigs, we somehow reach an agreement that pigs are lazy, ugly, stupidly and shameless. Neither of these words describing pigs are exactly positive. Moreover, the truth is what pigs have some good qualities. And there’s probably no good time to clear their names than now, with the arrival of the Year of the Pig on Chinese Spring Festival, which fell February 5 this year. According to a paper publishing in 2017, pigs can tell between those who treat them well or those who don’t. Perhaps these are the qualities of pigs to keep it in mind—their intelligence, cuteness and patience.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
For the first time in 94 years, the Palace Museum has extended its opening hours, allowing the public to celebrate the Lantern Festival at night in the ancient palace.
About 3,000 lucky visitors received free tickets from the government, among 1. was Zhang Zhifu, a 77-year-old public security volunteer. It’s a mark of gratitude for her volunteer work. “It is 2. (true) an honor to be granted this special privilege,” Zhang said.
To guarantee the 3. (safe) of the palace, festival organizers 4. (plan) this year’s Lantern Festival event used LED lights rather than traditional paper lanterns and red candles. It’s a fascinating event for visitors to absorb 5. (they) in the festive atmosphere in the museum. Discussion of the Palace Museum’s new look lit up social media following Tuesday’s display.
Since he became director of the Palace Museum, Shan Jixiang 6. (bring) many changes to the world’s 7. (large) imperial complex (建筑群). Once in a speech the 64-year-old director shared his idea about how to make traditional 8. (treasure) come alive again. He said, “9. matters to a museum is not how many visitors they have, but how close they are 10. people’s daily lives.”
Recently I met a guy named Leonard Gilbert on a trip. Leonard is the kind of people you could pass on the street and never _____ but he is, in my view, a very special person who _____ recognition.
Leo lives in a _____ rural area, so when his wife had cancer several years ago, Leo was faced with a four-and-a-half-hour drive to where she could be treated. That _____ lots of expense for meals, fuel, hotels and so on. But in the end the cancer took his wife _____.
Evidently Leo was very _____ by his wife’s passing, but he was also very angry, for he realized other people were facing the same sorts of _____. Rather than giving money to charities, what he did was start to throw _____.
Every other Saturday evening, there is a party in Leo’s garage. Neighbours, friends and relatives come and bring snacks and drinks; many bring _____, there is music and dancing, and at some point during the evening Leo _____ a family he has found who are having difficulties _____ the cost of supporting a cancer patient undergoing _____ far from home. Then a honey-jar is passed around and the money _____, every cent of it, goes _____ to that family. The people at the party have a good time. The family _____ that someone, probably someone they have never met knows what they are going through and _____ enough to help.
Leo’s _____ to help the families of other cancer patients was born out of his grief but, from the perspective of those who have received the money, it is an act of love. His personal _____ has resulted in an act of kindness that honours the_____ of the wife he has lost. Wouldn’t it be nice if we had more people in the world like Leonard Gilbert? I’m glad I met Leo. He makes the world a _____ place.
1.A. know B. notice C. forget D. love
2.A. requires B. needs C. deserves D. avoids
3.A. convenient B. peaceful C. remote D. nearby
4.A. meant B. spent C. showed D. reduced
5.A. otherwise B. instead C. somehow D. anyway
6.A. stricken B. shocked C. pleased D. mourned
7.A. happiness B. hardships C. cancers D. expenses
8.A. coins B. honey C. medicine D. parties
9.A. jars B. cards C. instruments D. flowers
10.A. tells about B. argues about C. comments on D. chats about
11.A. cutting B. meeting C. increasing D. calculating
12.A. charities B. depression C. treatment D. support
13.A. saved B. paid C. owed D. collected
14.A. partly B. exactly C. properly D. directly
15.A. understands B. pretends C. ignores D. confirms
16.A. earns B. cares C. struggles D. plans
17.A. demand B. motivation C. expectation D. consideration
18.A. donation B. opinion C. loss D. belief
19.A. cancer B. memory C. wish D. recovery
20.A. better B. worse C. more peaceful D. more terrible
A recent survey shows that roughly 85 percent of people feel physical symptoms of stress. 1. , and they will help you feel more energetic tomorrow:
• Double your chews
Chewing is a super-important part of the digestion process. Chewing makes it easier for your body to break down food and turn it into energy. The most proper number of chews per bite is unclear. 2.. It will be easy for your body to break down the food and store energy.
• Drink one less cup of coffee
Although caffeine in coffee blocks your brain from receiving adenosine, which causes tiredness, it doesn’t stop your body from producing it. So once the caffeine disappears, it’s the buildup of adenosine that causes you to crash and reach for more caffeine, creating a bad circle. 3., but drinking less coffee can help you feel more energetic over the long term.
• Take a few deep breaths
By not breathing deeply enough, you end up sending a signal to your nervous system that increases your anxiety even further. Changing your breathing habits by taking a few long, slow breaths throughout the day reduces the stress response while energizing your cells. 4.: Simply breathe in through your nose for a count of three and out through your mouth for a count of three. Repeat as necessary.
• 5.
Take some time to reflect on the positive by writing down three things that went smoothly during your day or just items you feel grateful for. This exercise can prepare your mind for what’s going right in your life, hitting the brakes on stress increases while helping to protect your energy reserves.
A. Set down what went well today
B. Try an exercise to achieve this
C. Reflect on your day sometimes
D. Reducing your reliance on it sounds scary
E. Take a look at the small changes you can make today
F. Shallow breathing is one of the annoying side effects of stress
G. However, it’s been suggested that 25 to 40 times will be beneficial
In 2015, a man named Nigel Richards memorized 386, 000 words in the entire French Scrabble Dictionary in just nine weeks. However, he does not speak French. Richards’ impressive feat is a useful example to show how artificial intelligence works—real AI. Both of Richard and AI take in massive amounts of data to achieve goals with unlimited memory and superman accuracy in a certain field.
The potential applications for AI are extremely exciting. Because AI can outperform humans at routine tasks—provided the task is in one field with a lot of data—it is technically capable of replacing hundreds of millions of white and blue collar jobs in the next 15 years or so.
But not every job will be replaced by AI. In fact, four types of jobs are not at risk at all. First, there are creative jobs. AI needs to be given a goal to optimize. It cannot invent, like scientists, novelists and artists can. Second, the complex, strategic jobs—executives, diplomats, economists — go well beyond the AI limitation of single-field and Big Data. Then there are the as-yet-unknown jobs that will be created by AI.
Are you worried that these three types of jobs won’t employ as many people as AI will replace? Not to worry, as the fourth type is much larger: jobs where emotions are needed, such as teachers, nannies and doctors. These jobs require compassion, trust and sympathy—which AI does not have. And even if AI tried to fake it, nobody would want a robot telling them they have cancer, or a robot to babysit their children.
So there will still be jobs in the age of AI. The key then must be retraining the workforce so people can do them. This must be the responsibility not just of the government, which can provide funds, but also of corporations and those who benefit most.
1.What is the main purpose of paragraph 1?
A. To introduce the topic.
B. To mention Nigel’s feat.
C. To stress the importance of good memory.
D. To suggest humans go beyond AI in memory.
2.Which of the following best explains “outperform” underlined in paragraph 2?
A. Be superior to B. Be equal to
C. Be similar to D. Be related to
3.Which of the following jobs is the most likely to be replaced?
A. The writer. B. The shop assistant.
C. The babysitter. D. The psychologist.
4.What does the text suggest people do about job replacement of AI?
A. Limit the application of AI to a certain degree.
B. Get more support from the government.
C. Apply for the donation from companies.
D. Upgrade themselves all the time.
