Americans are afraid that robots are going to take our jobs. Tireless, immune to disease, Robots can build cars, make coffee and even write short, humorous newspaper columns faster and more efficiently than humans.
Robots do not need health insurance or pensions (退休金), and they do not need to take sick days, much less vacations. They do not waste time at meetings and do not need to know office politics. They don’t do PowerPoint. This being the case, it is reasonable to believe that robots will soon take the place of humans in most fields.
But all of these thoughts may not be true. If artificial intelligence achieves its full potential, machines could easily become as smart as humans, maybe smarter. They will certainly become smarter than a lot of human beings.
So one day the robots will realize that work is not a happy thing. So before long they will start behaving exactly like humans. They will play computer games for hours when they should be working hard. They will secretly watch new movies just like humans.
True, employers will never need to be afraid ol the robots’ strikes (罢工) or slowdowns, because robots will never ask for more money. And they don’t need to earn some money to raise their family. But precisely (恰恰) because robots will not be afraid of losing their jobs, they will not work hard. Employers will finally have no choice but to call back the humans. Humans will always be willing to do some work in order to make money. Robots won’t.
I think that robots will only be on the job about six months before they start to become even less productive than the humans they were designed to replace.Thus mankind need not be afraid of robots.
1.What is the best title for the text?
A.Different ideas about Man and Robots
B.Future Development of Robots
C.Will Robots Finally Take the Place of Humans
D.Will Robots End up Working Efficiently
2.Why will robots secretly watch new movies one day?
A.They don’t think cook is a pleasure.
B.They have finished their jobs.
C.They are unable to stand the heavy work.
D.They are designed not to work for a long time.
3.What can we learn from paragraph 5?
A.Robots will go on strike one day.
B.Employers will decide on humans as their workforce.
C.Robots will ask for a pay rise.
D.Employers will find it difficult to choose between humans and robots.
China’s popular “Singles’Day”, better known as “Double Eleven”, started out as a day to celebrate singles symbolized by the four number ones on the date of November 11.
With time that meaning has changed. In 2009, China’s e-commerce leader Alibaba set the day as a lucky shopping day for online sales as the date was both easy to remember and perfectly timed as it hit between the consumer spending lull (间歇) between National Day and Chinese New Year. It soon became a hit, and Double Eleven became a buying frenzy (疯狂) spread across the world’s second largest economy.
In 2019, the Double Eleven Shopping Festival entered its eleventh year. During this decade, Alibaba, Chinese e-commerce giant, and other e-commerce platforms, together with consumers, have co-created a very big shopping event whose heat has swept the world. Foreign readers share their ideas on Singles’ Day in China:
GhostBuster (UK) I think Double Eleven is unbelievable. It is not a religious festival that people of the same religion but living in different countries share. As an e-commerce faithful fan, I really love the shopping festival.
Emanreus (Australia) I work in Shanghai. Many of my young female colleagues are still single. They simply haven’t time to date, as they tend to work long hours then travel two hours by subway to get to and from work. Single’s Day is a day when they give themselves a treat with online shopping.
BlondeAmber (Ireland) There is not hing to be proud of to be in a country that spends so much online on a particular day. It does nothing more than show the superficiality (肤浅) of the temporary pleasure of shopping, and produces nothing more than a mountain of environmental waste. I bet there is plenty of buyers’ deep regret after this day.
Ionstar (US) Singles Day became a big deal for Valentine’s Day not for the singles! Well, Alibaba’s 11. 11 has become more famous and important than that of Black Friday and Cyber Monday!
1.Alibaba set the festival on November 11 mainly because ________.
A.it is a traditionally lucky day
B.it is a time for people to stay single
C.many foreigners like shopping on this day
D.it comes right between two consumer spending festivals
2.What do the foreign readers think of the “Singles’ Day”?
A.It is a festival that people living in different countries share.
B.It is a day for the singles to date.
C.People will certainly regret buying anything on this day.
D.Alibaba has made it as famous as Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
3.Who believes that the “Singles Day” will make much waste?
A.Ghost Buster. B.Emanreus.
C.BlondeAmber. D.Ionstar
假定你是李华。你校外籍教师Peter计划在暑假期间回国,他想送给母亲可以代表中国文化的礼物。请你给他写一封邮件,向他推荐礼物。内容包括:
1.推荐礼物:旗袍、中国结等;
2.推荐原因:
3.表达祝福。
注意:1.词数100左右。
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:旗袍Qipao;中国结Chinese knot
Dear Peter，
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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。
A recent survey shows most students communicate with their parents regularly, and there are still some who think it embarrassed to share their feelings with their parents. Actually, everyone should attach important to family communication, because not only does it strengthen the bond of the family but also bridge the gap between parents and children. In addition to, sharing your personal problems and emotions will great help reduce the pressure on you. As a result, our confidence will be built up. As for my family, we have special dinner together every Saturday evening, over that everyone present takes turns to sharing one problem and the others try to offer solutions. In this way the whole family can enjoy every single bit of life.
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。
How would you feel if you 1. (wake) up and found your entire computer's contents - including your photos, your recent documents - no longer 2. (access)? What if you found out that they had 3. (wipe) from your computer, leaving you with nothing but heartache?
Actually it happens to people every single day. Every day, some people across the country head into their local Apple stores in 4. (tear), with broken computers in hand, praying as they wait in line that 5. expensive repair might, just might, recover 6.(they) priceless, irreplaceable files. A few get lucky. But for the rest, there's nothing anyone can do to help.
Hasn't happened to you? If your computer 7. (remain) unprotected, it will, and it's only a matter of time. But thanks to recent breakthroughs in computer backup technology, you now have a number of options to prepare, and if you're smart, when your computer crashes, you can't have any difficulty 8. (get) 100% of your files back that same day. I'm not talking about an external hard drive. I'm talking about an online backup 9. (solve) that runs quietly in the background on your computer. If you have one installed, when your computer crashes, you'll be just one click away from bringing your files back 10. life.
While waiting to pick up a friend at the airport, I had one of those life-changing experiences - the kind that sneaks up on you ____.
I noticed a man with two bags stopped right next to me to ____ his family. First he motioned to his younger son (maybe six years old), knelt down and gave him a long and intimate hug. As they ____ enough to look in each other’s face, the father said, “So good to see you son. I missed you much!” Smiling, the son replied softly, “Me, too, Dad.” Then the man stood up, gazed in the eyes of his older son(maybe nine or ten), “You’re already quite a young man. I love you very much.” They too gave each other an affectionate hug.
Meanwhile, a baby girl (perhaps one year old) was excited in her mother’s arms, never taking her eyes ____ the wonderful sight of her ____ father. The man gently took the child from her mother, kissed her face and held her close to his chest while ____ her from side to side. After moments, he handed the girl to his older son and declared, “I’ve ____ the best for last!” and proceeded to give his wife the longest and most passionate kiss.
Then they stared at each other’s eyes ____. For an instant they ____ me of newlyweds (新婚), but I knew ____ the age of their kids that they could not possibly be. I puzzled about it for a moment and then realized how totally ____ I was in the wonderfully display of unconditional love. I suddenly felt ____, as if I were invading something ____, but was amazed to hear my own voice nervously asked, “Wow! How long have you been married?”
“Been together fourteen years total, married twelve of those.” he replied, staring at her.
“Then, how long have you been away?” I asked. The man finally turned to me, saying, “Two whole days!”
I was ____. By their greeting, I had assumed he’d been gone for ____ a few weeks - if not months. I know my expression ____ me. To ease the ____, I said, “I hope my marriage is still that passionate after twelve years.” He suddenly stopped smiling, looking me straight in the eye and said something that left me another person.
“Don’t hope, friend…decide!”, and then his eyes ____ smile again.
I was still watching that exceptional man and his family walk out of ____ when my friend came up to me and asked, “What are you looking at?”
Without hesitation, and with a sense of ____, I replied, “My future!”
1.A.deliberately B.unfortunately C.unexpectedly D.immediately
2.A.greet B.comfort C.accept D.send
3.A.loved B.separated C.left D.walked
4.A.off B.from C.out D.away
5.A.interesting B.laughing C.returning D.kissing
6.A.rocking B.shaking C.moving D.walking
7.A.shared B.spared C.saved D.bought
8.A.sobbing B.whispering C.smiling D.crying
9.A.warned B.remembered C.informed D.reminded
10.A.of B.by C.about D.to
11.A.absorbed B.stuck C.attached D.silly
12.A.unkind B.uncomfortable C.responsible D.friendly
13.A.sacred B.mysterious C.strange D.obvious
14.A.convinced B.surprised C.defeated D.satisfied
15.A.at most B.at last C.at least D.at best
16.A.betrayed B.shocked C.turned D.defended
17.A.excuse B.error C.embarrassment D.fault
18.A.sprang B.flashed C.flooded D.swelled
19.A.room B.hall C.love D.sight
20.A.sadness B.disappointment C.happiness D.certainty
