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。
Summer is over, but there’s no reason to be upset as that means autumn is upon us, arguably the 1. (good) season of the year.
Beijing’s autumn is extremely short, so parks around the city fill up fast with people coming to see the season’s sight—a show of changing 2. (color) as the trees turn from dark green to deep red. There are plenty of places in the city center 3. (catch) the golden Gingko leaves, but I’m heading just outside of the Fifth Ring Road to see the season on 4. larger scale.
Despite parks like Xiangshan getting so busy 5. you need tickets a week in advance, there are still areas well-known and 6. _ (frequent) visited by the Beijing crowds, and Baiwangshan, one of such places, 7. (locate) 3km from the Summer Palace to the city’s North West. It offers hiking tails and beautiful views of the city and 8. (surround) forests.
I love coming to Beijing’s parks at this time of year because I can always enjoy 9. (I), bathing in the last of the good weather and golden colors. You never know 10. you’re going to find around every corner.
It was late, about 10:15 p.m. Janice Esposito jumped into her minivan (小货车) and began the 20-minute _________ home to her husband and seven-year old Son.She’d just returned from _________ her mother and had traveled the _________ so many times. Out of _________ on that awful night, a car knocked into Esposito’s minivan, pushing her backward _________ 100 feet onto the railroad tracks.
As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for bed._________ he heard the sharp clang (哐当声) of metal on metal and breaking glass coming from not far outside his bedroom window. A volunteer firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64, never _________ to think. He grabbed a flashlight and, still wore his pajamas (睡衣), _________ the door.
The first car he _________ , 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had hit Esposito. Once DiPinto ______________ the driver was OK, he looked around and ______________ Esposito’s minivan sitting on the railroad tracks. And then he heard the urgent sound: an ______________ train.
DiPinto ______________ to Esposito’s minivan and banged on the driver’s side window. She just looked at him and she seemed ______________ .
“Honey, you’re on the railroad tracks,” DiPinto shouted. “We have to get you ______________ right now!” He pulled the handle ______________ , but the door was jammed. A heavy train, ______________ at 65 miles per hour, was speeding up toward them. DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the door. Please, God, don’t let her be trapped, he thought. He pulled her toward him across the seat and rapidly walked her to ______________ a few feet away. Within Six seconds, the train ran into the minivan. “It was like a Hollywood movie.”
But this story had a(n) ______________ . “Last night.” South County Ambulance chief told CBS New York, “the ______________ arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck.”
1.A.walking B.arriving C.driving D.running
2.A.visiting B.treating C.assisting D.finding
3.A.field B.forest C.space D.route
4.A.somewhere B.nowhere C.anywhere D.everywhere
5.A.some B.only C.exactly D.enough
6.A.while B.after C.when D.until
7.A.failed B.began C.chose D.stopped
8.A.held on to B.ran out of C.stayed away from D.came up to
9.A.came upon B.waited for C.pulled up D.looked for
10.A.blessed B.informed C.concluded D.described
11.A.followed B.searched C.reached D.spotted
12.A.uprising B.oncoming C.ongoing D.outgoing
13.A.rushed B.returned C.wandered D.escaped
14.A.unlocked B.unaware C.unhealthy D.unhurt
15.A.around B.off C.in D.down
16.A.carefully B.roughly C.violently D.naturally
17.A.hurrying B.traveling C.riding D.operating
18.A.tracks B.home C.survival D.safety
19.A.end B.theme C.twist D.turn
20.A.hero B.teacher C.driver D.fighter
China’s General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) has issued a new Circular about Preventing the Teenagers from Online Game Addictions.
1. They will control the time and money spent by underage gamers to prevent Teenagers from getting addicted to video games. Further, a real-name registration system will be created to check the identity of gamers against the national database.
It was estimated about 620 million gamers had brought in as much as $38 billion in revenue (收入) ---out of which 60 percent came from mobile games.2. In the first half of 2018, China accounted for 26.1 percent of global revenues in this industry space.
According to a report last year, there are more than 800 million netizens in China and over 98 percent are smart phone users. Mobile games and PC games are the primary type of products in China’s gaming market, and account for 66 percent and 28.5 percent of revenues.
The new measures specifically target youth online gaming. It bans users aged under 18 from playing online games between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. 3. A maximum of three hours per day on weekends and public holidays.
The government is also targeting the profitable parts of online micro transactions (微交易). Gamers aged between 8 and 16 will only be able to add up to RMB 200 ($29) per month into their account. Gamers between 16 and 18 years old will be able to top up a maximum of RMB 400($57).
4. Regulators will be allowed to check the identity of users with the national database. Users will be required to register their accounts with their real name and phone number.
Commenting on the newest measures, the GAPP says it wants that Gamers aged between 8 and 16 will only be able to add up to RMB 200ts to clean up China’s internet space. 5.
A. Video games are harmful for the youth.
B. Some new measures have been proposed.
C. Breakdown on gaming industry is ongoing.
D. A real-name registration system is also in the works.
E. China was the world’s largest gaming market in 2018.
F. Teenagers will be able to play for only 1.5 hours on weekdays.
G. It also hopes to protect the physical and mental health of Teenagers.
BEIJING/SAO PAULO-Chinese traditions like cockfighting, like-flying and fireworks have been quite common in Brazil for many years.
Despite the thousands of kilometers between them, China’s historical and artistic mark on Brazil has existed for about 300 years, said Brazilian sinologist (汉学家) Jose Roberto Teixeira Leite in his book China in Brazil. “Influences from China can date from the colonial period, even up to the time after after Brazil’s independence.” The commercial relationship between the two countries has existed for a long time, he noted, adding that incoming ships would fill up Brazilian cities like Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Recife with Chinese products like porcelain (瓷器), silk and fans He also found Chinese influence not only in the arts and architecture of Brazil but also in the most diverse areas of Brazilian society, like the economy, medicine and popular culture. “At the end of the 19th century, in Pernambuco, (a state in northeastern Brazil), there was a custom that children slept with clothes decorated with Chinese dragons.” Teixeira added.
The book took him about 15 years to finish. “The impact of the book surprised me, though it was published by a university publisher and it had a print run of just 1,000 copies,” he said. “Some have said that the book represents a turning point in Chinese studies in Brazil.”
Besides, the sinologist did research on the mark and presence of China in the architecture and arts of Brazil. “It was through art that China awoke in me, first, curiosity, after that, interest, and finally, passion,” Teixeira said.
In 1992, the sinologist visited Macao to do research for his doctoral thesis about the marks and presence of China in Brazil, and that trip impressed him a lot. In 2013, Teixeira had a chance to visit the Chinese cities of Bejing, Shenzhen and Shanghai, and got to know “the past and present of the great country culturally, as well as its incredible material development.”
1.What does the underlined sentence imply?
A.Brazilian children’s love for dragons as Chinese children.
B.The development of China-Brazil frequent trade cooperation.
C.A further understanding of the cultures of the two countries.
D.China’s influence on most diverse areas of Brazilian society.
2.What marks a new stage of Chinese studies for Brazilian?
A.Children’s clothes. B.The sinologist’s traveling.
C.The sinologist’s book. D.China’s porcelain.
3.What fired the sinologist’s passion for Chinese studies?
A.Chinese art. B.Chinese customs.
C.The history of China. D.China’s development.
4.What is the best title for this passage?
A.The Impression of China on Sinologist.
B.China and Brazil in Eyes of Sinologist
C.An Introduction to Sinologist’s New Book
D.The Future of China-Brazil Trade Relations
New South Wales, Australia, is setting up cameras as part of an effort to reduce the number of people preoccupied with wireless devices while they drive. It will be the first area in the world to use the technology to punish drivers distracted (分心) with telephone calls, social media or text messages.
Road Safety experts are concerned about the growing number of accidents involving drivers using smart phones on the state’s roads. They say drivers who use phones while driving greatly increase their chances of being involved in an accident.
The New South Wales government plans to place 45 Mobile Phone Detection Cameras across the state by December. Each phone detection unit contains two cameras. One camera takes pictures of a vehicle’s registration plate (牌照). A second camera looks through the front windrow of a car or truck to see what drivers are doing with their hands.
The units use artificial intelligence to set aside drivers who are not touching their phones. Human beings then confirm if the pictures show illegal behavior before notice is sent to the vehicle’s registered owner. A violation (违反) carries fine of $232. Some cameras will be permanently set up on roadsides. Others will be moved, from time to time, around the state.
Two fixed cameras took photographs of 8.5 million vehicles as part of a six-month test earlier this year. The cameras took photos of more than 100,000 drivers with their hands on phones. One driver was using a phone and another electronic device, an Apple iPad, at the same time. Another driver had a passenger guide the vehicle while they both held phones, the state government said.
1.What is the real purpose to set up cameras in New South Wale?
A.To keep records of the accidents. B.To promote the latest technology.
C.To find illegal behavior of the drivers. D.To force drivers to focus more on driving.
2.What can we infer from the road safety experts?
A.Smart-phones are main killers on the road.
B.All accidents result from drivers’ using cell-phones.
C.Measures are badly needed to ban using phones while driving.
D.Carrying a smart-phone while driving will cause an accident.
3.How does the phone detection unit function effectively?
A.It corrects the drivers’ wrong behavior.
B.It has two cameras to record the plates.
C.It sends a notice to the legal diver autonomously.
D.It combines artificial intelligence with human’s efforts.
4.What did a six-month test show?
A.Electronic devices could help divers indeed.
B.Mary passenger helped operate the vehicles.
C.Many drivers used electronic devices while driving.
D.It was common to be busy with two wireless devices.
Eleven-year-old Ruby Kate Chitsey loves asking the question “If you could have any three things, what would you want?” at nursing homes in Harrison. Even more amazing, she then sets out to make the residents who live in the nursing home realize their dreams.
Last May, Ruby Kate noticed a resident named Pearl staring out a window. She seemed sad. “What are you looking at?” Ruby Kate asked. Pearl said her dog was led away by his new owner because she couldn’t afford to raise it. Ruby Kate and her mother, Amanda, asked around and discovered that many nursing home residents are unable to afford even the smallest luxuries. So Ruby Kate decided to do something about it.
She started by asking residents what three things they wanted most in the world. Amanda worried that people would ask for cars and other things an 11-year-old wouldn’t be able to provide. Instead, they asked for chocolate bars, McDonald fries, pants that ft properly and even just prayer. Using heir own money, the Chitseys granted the wishes of about 100 people in three months. Then they started asking for donations.
The good people of Harrison responded enthusiastically, so much so hat Amanda set up a GoFundMe page, Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents, hoping to collect %5,000. They hit their goal in a month. After GoFundMe named Ruby Kate a Kid Hero and promoted her story internationally this past January, Three Wishes raised $20,000 in 24 hours and more than $250,000 in five months.
Earlier this year, Three Wishes for Ruby’s Residents became a nonprofit and launched its first nationwide chapters. Ruby Kate doesn’t plan to stop there. “I consider kindness to be my hobby,” she says, “and I’m very good at it.”
1.What inspired Ruby Kate to help residents at nursing homes?
A.Pearl’s sadness for missing her dog.
B.The kindness of residents at nursing homes.
C.Many nursing home residents’ lack of luxuries.
D.Her experience of working in a nursing home.
2.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Three Wishes has set up its worldwide branches.
B.The Chitseys helped satisfy the residents’ wishes.
C.The nursing home introduced Ruby’s story around the world.
D.The Chitseys are wealthy enough to afford all residents’ wishes.
3.What do the numbers listed in Paragraph 4 indicate?
A.People were supportive. B.Ruby Kate was generous.
C.Raising money was quite easy. D.The programme was profitable.
4.Which of the following can best describe Ruby Kate?
A.Proud and enthusiastic. B.Creative and imaginative.
C.Warm-hearted and selfless. D.Ambitious and modest.
