Even though vaccination (接种疫苗) is a powerful defense against disease, some voices are against it. In a recent letter, the American Medical Association (AMA) urged big social media including Amazon, Facebook and Google to take action to defend medical science on their platforms.
It said that vaccine -preventable diseases that do harm to the public health like measles (麻疹) are on the rise. Measles cases worldwide jumped more than 30% in 2017 compared to 2016, with the largest increases seen among nations in the Americas, Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean. Vaccine-preventable diseases are increasing largely because many people are unwilling to get vaccinated. And some of these people even encourage others to refuse vaccination. So this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the anti-vaccination movement a top 10-health threat.
“Vaccination is one of the most cost-effective ways of avoiding disease—it currently prevents 2-3 million deaths a year, and a further 1.5 million could be avoided if global coverage of vaccinations improved,” WHO said.
A research article published in 1998 in a medical journal suggested a link between a vaccine and the development of autism (孤独症) in young children. Although the research has been suspected and many other studies have proved that vaccinations do not cause autism, the article is still impressing people strongly today. Another reason for the growth in the anti-vaccination movement is widespread misinformation on social media, which can turn people against vaccination.” If a concerned parent consistently sees information in their Newsfeed that casts doubt on the safety of vaccines, it could cause them to disregard the advice of their children’s physicians and public health experts and refuse to follow the recommended vaccination schedule. So access to true information about vaccine safety is badly needed.
1.What does the AMA require social media to do on their platforms?
A.Stop vaccine misinformation.
B.Unite to develop new vaccines.
C.Give up the anti- vaccination movement.
D.Introduce Vaccine-preventable diseases.
2.Why does the author mention the measles cases?
A.To declare measles can be prevented,
B.To show the result of anti-vaccination.
C.To prove some countries refuse vaccination.
D.To explain the reason for avoiding vaccination.
3.Which of the following play an important role in the anti- vaccination movement?
A.The costs of vaccination. B.The social media platforms.
C.The concerns of vaccine safety. D.The articles about autism.
4.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A novel. B.A brochure.
C.A diary. D.A magazine.
The regular world presented to us by our five senses—you could call it reality 1.0—is not always the most user-friendly of places. We get lost in unfamiliar cities; we meet people whose language we don’t understand. So why not try the improved version: augmented reality (AR) or reality 2.0? AR technology adds computer-produced images (图像) on the real world via a mobile phone camera or special video glasses.
Early forms of AR are already here. With the right downloads, smart phones can deliver information about nearby ATMs and restaurants and other points of interest. But that’s just the beginning. A few years from now the quantity of information available will have increased hugely. You will not only see that there’s a Chinese restaurant on the next block, but you will be able to see the menu and read reviews of it.
This is where the next revolution in computing will take place: in the interface (界面) between the real world and the information brought to us via the Internet. Imagine bubbles floating before your eyes, filled with cool information about anything and everything that you see in front of you.
Let’s jump ahead to ten years from now. A person trying to fix their car won’t be reading a book with pictures; they will be wearing a device that projects animated 3-D computer graphics onto the equipment under repair, labelling parts and giving step-by-step guidance.
The window onto the AR world can be a smart phone or special video glasses. But in ten years’ time these will have been replaced by contact lenses (隐形眼镜) with tiny LEDs, which present something at a readable distance in front of the eye. So a deaf person wearing these lenses will be able to see what people are saying.
The question is, while we are all absorbed in our new augmented reality worlds, how will we be communicating with each other?
1.What does the text mainly talk about?
A.The next information technology revolution.
B.Early forms of augmented reality technology.
C.The differences between reality 1.0 and reality 2.0.
D.The relationship between people living in reality 2.0.
2.What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 2?
A.The menu. B.The block.
C.The revolution. D.The restaurant.
3.What are tiny LEDs used to do?
A.Protect people’s eyes. B.Show text and images.
C.Warn users of dangers. D.Replace video glasses.
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards AR technology?
A.Doubtful. B.Disapproving.
C.Favourable. D.Ambiguous.
Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the world to know exactly where she’s been while she’s on her worldwide vacation in a special way. The traveler, who was born with a bone disease, had her right leg amputated (截肢) at the age of four. Although the amputation caused inconvenience for Gallagher early on, she now sees it as nothing short of inspiration for living her best life.
To spread that message. Gallagher has gone to social media, where she shares photos of her travels across the world, but instead of simply using a geo-tag(地理位置标签), she writes her location on her artificial leg before taking a picture.
Now she has been taking pictures across the Continent, which show her cycling over the canal in Amsterdam relaxing on a wall overlooking the city of Barcelona, posing with a waffle in Brussels, taking in the beautiful Parthenon temple in Athens and enjoying a river ride in Budapest, all with the well-known locations written on her artificial leg.
“I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden thought to get a chalk-board,” Gallagher said. “My mum and grandmother didn’t like the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.”
Gallagher said people often stare when she’s writing on her leg, but once she shares the photos, she receives only positive feedback(反馈), “My leg hasn’t stopped me from doing anything I’ve wanted to do,” she said. “I don’t know if it’s my determination to prove to myself that I can do it, anyway, I’ve been able to keep up with people at my age and lead a pretty great life.”
Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the way of your dreams. And if life gives you an artificial leg, make art.
1.What message did Gallapher want to spread in her special way?
A.She enjoys her travelling across the globe.
B.She suffers little from her leg’s amputation.
C.she looks on her misfortune as another form of blessing.
D.She has exactly fallen in love with posting photos online.
2.What does the word “which” underlined in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.the continent B.the pictures C.the leg D.the location
3.Gallapher can best be described as ________.
A.helpful and ambitious B.friendly and generous
C.determined and creative D.independent and sensible
4.Which of the following might be the best title for the text?
A.Never Too Late to share B.A Special Artificial Leg
C.An Outstanding Photographer D.Gallagher’s Summer Holidays
I bet you can't wait to grab your Disneyland tickets, and then rush to Paris. For those in a hurry, you can go directly to the official Disneyland Paris website, and buy your Disneyland Paris tickets online. There are a few options to consider when you buy your Disneyland tickets:
Standard Disneyland Tickets
These tickets are available from either one of the parks or both (Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park). These are issued for 1 day, 2 days, 3 days, 4 days or 5 days. These types of tickets can be used within a year from the purchase date, which gives the flexibility to choose the date of the visit later.
Magic Disneyland Tickets
These are 1-Day/2-Park tickets. They can be used within six months from the purchase date, and are valid for one day in both Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park.
Party Disneyland Tickets
The Parly Disneyland tickets are multi-entry tickets. They are valid for six months from the date of purchase, and must be used within a period of seven days from the first day of use.
Disneyland Packages
Disneyland Resort Paris offers holiday packages which include one or more of the following — entrance tickets to the parks, hotel accommodation, travel to and from the resort, and meals.
Disneyland Paris Ticket Prices
Prices of Disneyland Paris tickets vary with the type of the tickets. Euro are required.
1-Day/1-Park ticket:59 euro (adult), 53 euro (child)
1- Day/2-Park ticket:71 euro (adult), 64 euro (child)
2- Day/2-Park ticket: 123 euro (adult),111 euro (child)
3- Day/2-Park ticket: 153 euro (adult), 138 euro (child)
4- Day/2-Park ticket: 180 euro (adult), 162 euro (child)
5- Day/2-Park ticket:200 euro (adult), 180 euro (child)
1.Which type of ticket allows visitors to visit anytime during a year from the buying?
A.The Disneyland Package.
B.The Party Disneyland Ticket.
C.The Magic Disneyland Ticket.
D.The Standard Disneyland Ticket.
2.How much should a couple with a kid pay for a 2-day visit to both parks?
A.123 euro. B.246 euro.
C.357 euro. D.400 euro.
3.What's the main idea of this passage?
A.Four options for Disneyland tickets are available.
B.Party Disneyland tickets are valid for seven days once used.
C.Magic tickets can be bought with different kind of money.
D.Holiday packages provide free flights to Paris.
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
An anxious call came into Jimmy Gilleece’s bar. A newly married woman, who had spent the afternoon at the bar, couldn’t find her wallet. She didn’t care about her ID, credit cards, or $150 in cash—but her wedding ring was inside.
Gilleece didn’t like the idea that a theft could have occurred at his place. So he set out to find the wallet. He spent hours looking through security-camera videos, watching the woman’s every step in the bar until she went to sit on a chair outside and left when her ride arrived. Within minutes, a young man approached the bench, slipped something into his pocket, and walked off. Gilleece posted a clip (剪辑) on the bar’s Facebook page. “I didn’t want to punish him,” he said. “I just asked if anybody knew who the guy was.”
Within hours, Gilleece got a text from 17-year-old Prather, who admitted having taken the wallet and told Gilleece he’d done it because he hadn’t eaten in two days. He said he saw the ring but thought it was fake(假的), so he took the money and threw the wallet off the dock (码头) into the ocean. Then he bought a sandwich.
Gilleece, unsure whether he believed Prather, told the teen to meet him at the dock, where they got talking and Prather revealed that he wasn’t getting along with his family and had been living in the woods for a week. Judging from Prather’s small body and red cheeks, Gilleece saw him for what he was: more of a kid than a criminal.
But the police were already on the case, and because of the missing ring, Prather could be facing charges. “He would be going to big boy prison. I have to help him somehow,” Gilleece thought.
Para. 1：Gilleece paid two divers to search the waters where Prather had thrown the wallet.
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Para. 2: Then suddenly a diver came up to the surface of the water.
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假定你是李华，你所在的学校要征集一封英文感谢信，以致敬奋战在抗击新型冠状病毒第一线的医护人员。请你写一封感谢信参与投稿，内容包括：
1. 表达谢意；
2. 个人感受；
3. 表达信心。
注意：1.词数：80左右；
2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：传染病 epidemic 新型冠状病毒 novel coronavirus
Dear medical workers,
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Yours,
Li hua
