The 9th ASEM Summit, held in Laos in November 2012, was aimed at developing Asia-Europe cooperation to world economic growth.
A.demonstrate B.promote C.dominate D.proceed
Drug taking and gambling affect all_________of family life.We should stay away from them since young.
A.strengths B.directions C.aspects D.advantages
请根据以下提示,并结合事例,用英语写一篇短文。
Difficulties arise in the lives of us all. What is most important is dealing with the hard times, coping with the changes, and getting through to the other side where the sun is still shining just for you.
注意:①无须写标题,不得照抄英语提示语;
②除诗歌外,文体不限:
③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称;
④词数为120左右。
阅读下列各小题,根据汉语句子,用括号内的英语单词完成句子。
1.But for his help, we. the program in time.(finish)
要是没有他的帮忙,我们就不可能按时完成这个项目了
2.With he didn't know what to do next.(arise)
随着很多问题的出现,他不知道下一步该做什么了。
3. before we take the college entrance examination.(be)
要不了多久我们就要参加高考了。
4.He aloud in the study when he heard his father open the door.(pretend)
当他听到爸爸的开门声,他假装在书房大声读书。
5.Having spent some time in the city, he had no trouble the History Museum. (find)
他在这个城市已经呆了一段时间,因此毫不费力就找到了去历史博物馆的路。
6.So with my work that I haven't had time for social activities.(occupy)
我一直忙于学习,以至于没有时间去参加社交活动。
7.When we went shopping last week, Mary spent as I did.(much)
我们上周去购物的时候,玛丽花掉的钱只有我花掉的一半。
8.Now that she is out of work, Lucy to school, but she hasn't decided yet.(consider)
因为Lucy失业了,她一直在考虑重回学校,但还没最后决定。
9.Charlie Chaplin made the people laugh at a time so they could feel more content with their lives.(depress)
在人们感到沮丧的时候,卓别林可以使他们开怀大笑,于是人们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。
10.It was more important to me to know how people thought, because that gave me insight into the way .( work )
对我来说更重要的是去了解人们的想法是怎样产生的,因为这能让我洞察到与他们最好的合作方式。
Nicole Delian, 17, suffers from a condition that makes her sleep up to 19 hours a day and as much as 64 days in a row. Nicole Delian is tired of sleeping.
This 17-year-old teenager from North Fayette, Pa., has a rare condition called Kleine-Levin Syndrome -- or "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome" -- that makes her sleep 18 to 19 hours a day.
And when she does wake up, she is often so tired out that she is in a sleepwalking state and doesn't remember doing basic things like eating, according to KDKA-TV.
Nicole's sleepwalking state has been so severe that she once slept through the holidays, awaking one day in January when she finally opened Christmas gifts alongside her family, according to ChartiersValley.Patch.com. .
"She's never really adjusted to it," her mother, Vicki Delien told the website. "She's 17 now and it really upsets her. She's missed out on a lot."
Delien told talk show host Jeff Probst that the teen has at times slept 32 to 64 days in a row, waking only in sleepwalking mode to eat.
Kleine-Levin Syndrome is incredibly rare, only affecting about l,000 people worldwide, and very hard to diagnose.
In Nicole's' case, it took 25 months for doctors to diagnose her, according to ChartiersValley.Patch.com, and everything from a virus, to epilepsy(癫痫) to West Nile was mentioned, including, unfortunately, the possibility she was faking it for attention..
When a typical episode of Sleeping Beauty Syndrome begins, the patient becomes progressively drowsy(昏昏欲睡的) and sleeps for most of the day and night, waking only to eat or go to the bathroom, according to the Klein-Levin Syndrome Foundation website. "When awake, the patient's whole behavior is changed, often appearing “stupid" or childlike. When awake he experiences confusion, complete lack of energy, and lack of emotions."
Patients also report that everything seems out of focus, and that they are hypersensitive to noise and light. Some patients also have intense food cravings(渴望).
The Delians did not say whether Nicole has experienced these symptoms.
There is no known cure, but Nicole's family is using a combination of epilepsy and narcolepsy(发作性嗜睡病)medication to minimize the incidents to just two a year.
1.What's the reflection of Nicole's sleepwalking state?
A.Being forgetful. B.Missing Christmas.
C.Sleeping around the clock. D.Being exhausted and bad-tempered.
2.According to the passage, Kleine-Levin Syndrome .
A.is not impossible for doctors to diagnose
B.affects approximately l,000 people all round the country
C.is also known as Sleeping Beauty Syndrome which only affects females
D.makes those suffering this condition sleep as much as 64 days in a row without eating
3.Frorn the passage we can infer that .
A.the disease will change the patients' behavior for good
B.the case of Nicole has been covered several times by different media
C.the.patients of this kind are more and more sleepy when the syndrome begins
D.the patients of this kind become too sensitive to being exposed to any noise and light
4.According to the passage, Nicole .
A.was once suspected of lying about her condition
B.has a good appetite for food because of the disease
C.has adapted to the condition and can well cope with it
D.will be cured of the disease by using the combined medication
It is "one of the few bright spots in the Chinese economy," says Zeng Ming. He is talking about e-commerce. Mr Zeng, the chief strategy officer for Alibaba, a giant Chinese Internet firm, predicts that digital transactions on his firm's platforms will top l trillion yuan ($159 billion) this year-more than Amazon's and eBay's combined. That is a bold claim, but consider what happened on Singles Sunday.
Invented a few years ago by students and seized upon by digital marketers, this festival for lonely hearts falls annually on the llth day of the llth month (since l is the loneliest number).It is like St Valentine's Day, only worse. Singletons shower each other with tender gifts: a barrage of pearls; a storm of sweets.
This November llth they spent a surprising 19 billion yuan on Alibaba's online platforms-a fourfold increase on a year ago, and more than double what Americans spent online last Cyber Monday (the Monday after Thanksgiving, when retailers urge Americans to shop online). About 100m purchases were logged, accounting for 80% of the packages shipped that day. Couriers(怏递员) were buried in parcels.
So life is good for China's e-tailers, then? Not exactly. The number of digital marketers is increasing and online sales are booming. Consumers are enjoying lower prices, better service and more variety. The problem? The pressure on profits in Chinese e-commerce is worse than in America, reckons Elinor Leung of CLSA, a broker. "Almost no one makes money," she says.
The fiercest battles are being fought between online retailers and their bricks-and-mortar(实体的) rivals.Dangdang, a firm. that resembles Amazon,.and 360buy, another online retailer, have cut prices fiercely. Tencent, a cash-rich online giant known for its instant-messaging software, is splashing out to win market share. 360buy has also just raised $400m from investors to do the same. But it is unclear how much longer such firms can burn through capital.
1.What's the best title of this passage?
A.The Ambition of Alibaba
B.Fierce Competition between Retailers
C.A Newly Sprung Festival for the Singles
D.Chinese Booming and Developing E-commerce
2.According to Zeng Ming, this year Alibaba will .
A.outweigh Amazon and eBay in worldwide influence
B.rank top among all the Internet firms
C.have more than 159 billion dollars' sale
D.create another sales miracle just like the one on Singles Day
3.How many packages were shipped on November ll th from Alibaba's online platforms?
A.About 80 million. B.About 100 million.
C.About 125 million. D.About 180 million.
4.What's the author's attitude towards online retailers in China?
A.Optimistic. B.Concerned.
C.Sympathetic. D.Indifferent.