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假如你是李华，美国一所学校将于今年暑假组织学生来你校访问。你作为一名志愿者，代表全家写信给你的朋友Linda ，欢迎她的到来，并邀请她住在你家，并告知有关事宜。信的要点如下： 1.上午：参加学校组织的活动：参观校园，观看毕业生典礼等。 2.下午：游览市区和名胜古迹。 3.晚上：看电视，玩游戏，聊天。 注意：1. 词数100左右。 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Linda, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, 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：在错的词下画一横线，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。 I’m terrible sorry to make you disappointing for not having finished my homework on time. In fact, I had something else to do, that made me have no time for my homework. My father was badly injured in a accident yesterday. Hearing the news, I hurried the hospital after school. I had a busy night, but I didn't do my homework. As what you know, I am an ordinary student in class and eager to improve your English. I find I have great difficulty concentrate on my study. Would you please give me some suggestions? Besides, I wish you could give me more chances to practise my English in class. I’m looking forward to hear from you early.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号单词的正确形式。 The Wandering Earth is a Chinese science fiction movie, 1. is based on the novel of 2. same name by Liu Cixin, and was released on February 5, 2019, the Chinese New Year’s Day. After learning the sun is dying out, people all around the world feel 3. (frighten), so they build giant planet thrusters (星球推进器) 4. ( move ) the earth out of its orbit and sail 5. to a new star system. The 2500 years’ journey comes with unexpected dangers, but in order to save humanity, a group of young people come out bravely and fight hard for everyone’s 6. (survive). We 7. (impress) to see the theme of this film. It doesn’t particularly show somebody’s ability to save our world 8. shows all the human beings are working together, 9. (spare) no effort to save this world. The Wandering Earth is seen by people as the dawn(开端) of Chinese science fiction movies. It means that China’s sci-fi movies have 10. (official) set sail.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I used to abandon myself to despair. Last year my mother _______ from stroke(中风) and had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no _______ what I could do to help her to relieve her _______. Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone. Last month I _______ a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt _______ about the loss. There have been many _______ like these in my life. I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things _______ I read “If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade” by American writer Dale Carnegie. “When the wise man is handed a lemon,” he says, ‘What _______ can I get from this? How can I _______ my situation? How can I turn this lemon into a lemonade?’”he wrote. I suddenly ________ that life is full of ups and downs, so I need to stay ________all the time. Now when I think of my past, I wish I could have handled things ________. When my mother was fighting for ________, I should have held her hands in mine, telling her things would get better instead of ________ and crying. Several weeks ago, I took part in a campus singing competition. I didn’t ________ a prize. If I had not ________ this article, I would definitely have felt ________ again. But instead, I smiled after the competition. I was happy that at least I had got some stage ________. Life is not just a bed of roses. There are thorns(刺) as well, but these thorns help us become________ and strong. When life ________ us a lemon, let’s try to make a lemonade. 1.A.resulted B.suffered C.survived D.escaped 2.A.hope B.wonder C.idea D.doubt 3.A.pain B.anxiety C.fear D.pressure 4.A.received B.sold C.fixed D.lost 5.A.unbelievable B.shameful C.angry D.terrible 6.A.diseases B.memories C.incidents D.difficulties 7.A.when B.until C.though D.since 8.A.lesson B.lemonade C.decision D.challenge 9.A.control B.accept C.improve D.avoid 10.A.realized B.thought C.discovered D.predicted 11.A.healthy B.independent C.serious D.positive 12.A.exactly B.differently C.easily D.practically 13.A.recovery B.life C.freedom D.happiness 14.A.shouting B.hiding C.quarreling D.regretting 15.A.expect B.miss C.win D.refuse 16.A.figured out B.written down C.found out D.come across 17.A.embarrassed B.discouraged C.excited D.concerned 18.A.performance B.experience C.progress D.effect 19.A.brave B.calm C.great D.clever 20.A.shows B.makes C.gives D.sends
The “Chong Yang Festival” is celebrated on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, which is also known as the Double Ninth Festival. 1. Climbing Mountains People like to climb mountains on this festival, so Double Ninth Festival is also called “Mountain-climbing Festival”. The 9th lunar month, with clear autumn sky and bracing air, is a good time for sightseeing. 2.. It is really refreshing to climb mountains and enjoy the beauty of nature at this bright and clear time in autumn. Climbing mounting also indicates “climbing to a higher position”. Another reason why climbing mountains are valued by people, especially by the elderly is that it has a meaning of “climbing to ligneous life”. Climbing mountains on Double Ninth Festival was already popular in the Tang Dynasty.3. Drinking Chrysanthemum Flower(菊花) Wine The chrysanthemum flower wine is unique in brewing. In ancient times, people usually picked fresh chrysanthemum flowers and leaves on the 9th of the 9th lunar month, and brewed the mixture of them and grains into the wine. 4.. The wine is said to have wholesome effects on sharpness of the eye, drop of high blood pressure, reduction of weight and removal of stomach trouble, thus contributing to longevity. 5. The Double Ninth cake is also known as “flower cake”. It dates back to the Zhou Dynasty. It is said that the cake was originally prepared after autumn harvests for farmers to have a taste of what was just in season, and it gradually grew into the present cake for people to eat on the Double Ninth Day. A. Eating Double Ninth Cake B. Making “flower cake” with friends C. A lot of poems were devoted to this custom D. So people love to go sightseeing this month E. It would not be drunk until the same day next year F. Here are some traditional customs of the Double Ninth Festival G. But few Chinese people are aware of the importance of the festival
A company in San Francisco, California, has found a way to turn used plastic bottles into women’s shoes. Every day, millions of Americans drink water and other liquids from plastic bottles. More than 60 million of them are thrown away each day. Many of the plastic bottles end up in landfills or are burned with other waste products. A San Francisco start-up company called Rothy’s, however, turns this plastic waste into environmentally friendly shoes. Roth Martin is the company’s co-founder. He explains how they turn plastic into soft material for women’s feet. They take the plastic, clean it, and break it down into small pieces. Then they press them through a device that makes soft fibers. Those fibers are then combined together. This is done by a 3D machine. It is designed to reduce waste while making the shoes. The knitted stuff and the inner part of the shoe are then attached to the shoe’s outer part, called the sole (鞋底). This outer sole is also made from environmentally friendly material: responsibly sourced no-carbon rubber. Rothy’s shoes are sold online. They are flat shoes, with either a rounded or pointed toe. They come in different colors and designs. They cost either $ 125 or $ 145 per pair, depending on the design. After American actress Gwyneth Paltrow discovered them last year, the demand for the shoes grew. Martin says there is no shortage of material to fill that demand. “We’re not going to run out of water bottles any time soon. So we have a limitless supply of material, and I think that is a good sign for our future.” When the environmentally friendly shoes wear out, customers can return them at no cost to a company that uses the recycled materials to make other products. For now, the shoes are only available to be shipped in the United States. However, the company says it will add international shipping in the near future. 1.How are used plastic bottles usually dealt with? A.They are buried or burned. B.They are used to make shoes. C.They are changed into soft materials. D.They arc returned to factories for reuse. 2.What does the underlined word knitted in the third paragraph mean? A.Attached. B.Fixed. C.Combined. D.Repaired. 3.Which of the following directly helped to increase the sales of Rothy’s shoes? A.The design and color. B.The reasonable price. C.The company’s advertisement. D.The star power of Gwyneth Paltrow. 4.What is the purpose of the text? A.To advertise a new kind of shoes. B.To describe the process of making shoes. C.To introduce a new way of recycling plastic waste. D.To stress the importance of environmental protection.
Skateboarding has become one of several non - traditional activities that PE teachers around America are introducing to inspire kids to exercise regularly. Some PE classes feature in-line (滚轮) skating, yoga, and even rock climbing. Experts have called those types of activities “the new PE”. Such activities are part of a larger effort to help kids develop lifelong fitness habits and to keep them from becoming overweight. Now, 9 million U.S. children and teens are overweight. Obesity (肥胖) can lead to health problems such as diabetes and heart disease later in life. “Our children and youth are becoming unhealthy and obese,” says Lindsey Johnson. “Skateboarding is a great activity that keeps kids doing physical movement and gives them new skills and interest.” Some schools don’t allow skateboarding because they say it is dangerous. Cendali, however, argues that regular practiceeliminatesa great deal of the danger. “We teach students how to do it and how to do it safely,” he says. Some people say skateboarding teaches life lessons. “Skateboarding teaches kids to believe that if they stick with something they will finally succeed,” says education expert Richard Sagor of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. Skateboarding inspires kids not to give up in learning difficult skills. “It’s natural for kids to want to learn and get better at things,” adds Sagor. “When it comes to skateboarding, they’ll try a trick hundreds of times before they succeed.” That same effort could be made in schoolwork. Eric Klassen agrees that skateboarding requires kids to stop saying a task is too hard for them. “A baby will attempt to walk 600 to 900 times before he or she is successful,” says Klassen. “We tell students that they shouldn’t say ‘I can’t do it’ unless they’ve tried 600 to 900 times.” 1.Skateboarding is introduced into American schools to ______. A.encourage students to compete bravely in competition B.teach students how to deal with risks C.prevent students suffering from heart disease later in life D.help students form the habit of doing sports 2.The underlined word “eliminates” in Paragraph 4 probably means “______”. A.reduces B.increases C.adds D.brings 3.What life lesson do kids learn from skateboarding? A.To succeed in life you have to learn skateboarding. B.You will succeed in life if you don’t give up. C.Only after failing 600 to 900 times can you succeed. D.There is no hard work after learning skate-boarding well. 4.What would be the best title for the passage? A.The dangerous PE B.Skills of skateboarding C.The new PE D.The change of PE
D There are an extremely large number of ants worldwide. Each individual (个体的) ant hardly weigh anything, but put together they weigh roughly the same as all of mankind. They also live nearly everywhere, except on frozen mountain tops and around the poles.For animals their size, ants have been astonishingly successful, largely due to their wonderful social behavior. In colonies (群体) that range in size from a few hundred to tens of millions, they organize their lives with a clear division of labor. Even more amazing is how they achieve this level of organization. Where we use sound and sight to communicate, ants depend primarily on pheromone (外激素), chemicals sent out by individuals and smelled or tasted by fellow members of their colony. When an ant finds food, it produces a pheromone that will lead others straight to where the food is. When an individual ant comes under attack or is dying, it sends out an alarm pheromone to warn the colony to prepare for a conflict as a defense unit. In fact, when it comes to the art of war, ants have no equal. They are completely fearless and will readily take on a creature much larger than themselves, attacking in large groups and overcoming their target. Such is their devotion to the common good of the colony that not only soldier ants but also worker ants will sacrifice their lives to help defeat an enemy. Behaving in this selfless and devoted manner, these little creatures have survived on Earth, for more than 140 million years, far longer than dinosaurs. Because they think as one, they have a collective (集体的) intelligence greater than you would expect from its individual parts. 1.We can learn from the passage that ants are ____________. A.not willing to share food B.not found around the poles C.more successful than all other animals D.too many to achieve any level of organization 2.Ants can use pheromones for______. A.escape B.communication C.warning enemies D.arranging labor 3.What does the underlined expression "take on" in Paragraph 3 mean? A.Accept. B.Employ. C.Play with. D.Fight against. 4.Which of the following contributes most to the survival of ants? A.Their behavior. B.Their size. C.Their number. D.Their weight
Four books that will inspire you to travel the world There's truly nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspectives and exposing yourself to other cultures. To get you in the adventuring mood, we asked Amazon Senior Editor Chris Schlep to help you come up with a list of books that transport readers to another time and place. Below, see his list of four books that will inspire you to travel the world. ITALY: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter This book by the popular author Jess Walter is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually concludes in contemporary Hollywood's screen. As the settings shift from Italy to Edinburgh and Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. Buy it on Amazon. Price: $28.90 SEATTLE: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Maria Semple's first novel is not exactly a love story in Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as selfinvolved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laughs. Buy it on Amazon. Price: $26.60 ENGLAND: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel You can't travel to Thomas Cromwell's England without a time machine, but reading Mantel's prizewinning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green grass of the English countryside, most of which are still there. Buy it on Amazon. Price: $25.10 NANTUCKET: Here's to Us by Elin Hilderbrand Elin Hilderbrand has built a writing career out of writing about her hometown island of Nantucket. Her latest book is Here's to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach book. Buy it on Amazon. Price: $30.80 1.Which book has been produced into a film according to the text? A. Here's to Us. B. Wolf Hall. C. Beautiful Ruins. D. Where'd You Go, Bernadette. 2.What is the feature of the Where'd You Go, Bernadette? A. Its low price. B. Its characters. C. Its content about love. D. Its storytelling and laughs. 3.Why is Here's to Us suitable for reading on the beach? A. Because it's about the author’s hometown island. B. Because it needs a time machine. C. Because it's about ancient buildings. D. Because it exposes yourself to other cultures.
语法填空 Charles Babbage was born in 1791 in Britain. He was in poor health in his 1.（young）so he had to be educated at home. Concerned 2.his health, his mother was advised that he should not be taught too much. However, the boy showed 3.early interest in mathematics and worked 4.（hard）at it than anyone else. Later he 5.（admit）into Cambridge University. In 1827 he became a professor of mathematics. He worked selflessly, 6.（devote）a lot of his wealth and energy to computing machines. In 1834 he 7.（invent）the Analytical Machine which is the prototype（原型）of a computer. This was a great achievement but Charles Babbage never produced a real computer. Finally in 1871, Charles Babbage, 8. is remembered as the "grandfather of computing", died 9. （peaceful）. However, his principles are still those on 10. modern computers are based.
Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn’t mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you’ll have to stand up and say—problem, I don’t want you in my life. 1. Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children—the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shapes and colors and feelings. But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems. Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help. 2. Talking helps you move on and let go. Write your problems.3. When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system.You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems.By doing this, imagine yourself throwing away the problems from your life. Don’t lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, don’t lose faith and hope.Even if you lose all your money, family...you should still have faith.4. Your problems aren’t the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, there are another one million people whose problems are huger than yours.5. Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed. Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out. A．But the truth is that when you talk about it，you’re setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you. B．When we have a problem，a pressing，critical，urgent，life－threatening problem，how do we try and solve it? C．Tell yourself：when they can deal with them，why can’t I? D．Of course，we’ve been fighting problems ever since we were born. E．We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack. F．Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you don’t want a real person to talk with. G．With faith and hope，you can rebuild everything that you lose.
Doris Lessing, a novelist whose books have swept across continents and reflected her concern about the social and political issues of her time, won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature. The award came with about $1. 6 million. Ms Lessing never finished high school and largely educated herself through reading. She has written dozens of books of fiction, as well as plays, non-fiction and two volumes of autobiography. She is the 11th woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Ms Lessing was born Doris May Tayler in 1919 in what is now Iran. Her father was a bank clerk, and her mother was trained as a nurse. Attracted by the promise of farming riches, the family moved to Zimbabwe, where Ms Lessing had what she had called a painful childhood. She left home when she was 15, and in 1937 she moved to Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia, where she took jobs as a telephone operator and a nursemaid. She married at 19 and had two children. A few years later, feeling as if she were put in prison, she deserted her family. Afterwards she married Gottfried Lessing, and they had a son. When she divorced Mr Lessing, she and her son, Peter, moved to London, where she began her writing career. Her first novel, The Grass Is Singing, was published in Britain in 1949. Ms Lessing's strongest influence may be that she inspired a generation of feminists（女权主义者）with her breakthrough novel, The Golden Notebook. The book was published in 1962, which wrote about the story of Anna Wulf, a woman who wanted to live freely and was, in some ways, Ms Lessing's secondary personality. She wrote about the inner lives of women and rejected the opinion that they should abandon their lives to marriage and children. 1.Ms Lessing's family moved from Iran to Zimbabwe because______________. A.farming could make them become well off B.her laid-off parents could find jobs C.she could receive a better education D.she could have a chance to take up writing 2.It can be learned from the passage that__________. A.Doris Lessing is Ms Lessing's pen name B.Doris May Tayler is the name of Ms Lessing's birthplace C.Anna Wulf is Ms Lessing's name used before D.Doris May Tayler is Ms Lessing's once-used name 3.Which of the following statements is true? A.Ms Lessing is the llth person to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. B.Ms Lessing got down to writing after graduation from high school. C.Ms Lessing married three times and had three children. D.Ms Lessing disapproved of women abandoning their lives to their marriage. 4.We can know from the passage that________. A.Ms Lessing's writing career took off in her twenties B.The Golden Notebook was about Ms Lessing's broken marriage life C.Ms Lessing's books are in connection with social and political issues of her time D.the failure of Ms Lessing's marriages was due to her devotion to her career
单词拼写 1.He was__________（好奇的）to know what was happening in the office. 2.By__________（碰巧）, we arrived here at the same time. 3.More and more citizens are suggesting ways to__________（保护）the historically important architecture. 4.Once this balance of nature is __________（扰乱）, it may result in a number of possibly unforeseen effects. 5.He is really a child of__________（运气）. 6.They put the food at the__________（入口）to the cave. 7.Chew your food well before you __________（吞咽）it. 8.The teacher made him clean the classroom for a week as a__________（惩罚）for breaking the school rules.
假定你是李华，你的澳大利亚朋友Mike本月底要来你市旅游，想让你为他推荐一个值得一游的去处。请你给他回信，要点如下: 1.收信时的感想； 2.推荐并介绍一个值得一去的地方； 注意:1. 词数80左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Vishweshwar Butt Saklani took his last breath on January 18, 2019, but he will live on in the memory of his countrymen as the “Tree Man of Uttarakhan”, who planted over 5 million trees. Saklani had been ______ of trees all his life. He planted his first tree at eight under his uncle’s ______, and kept it for the next seven decades of his life, until he was ______. People know he loved trees, but ______ know that he planted trees to ______ the sad situations in his life. When his brother died, the Tree Man disappeared into the forest every morning and ______ whole days planting trees. Then in 1958, his wife died and he did the same to do with the ______. It was like he ______ his life to planting trees as a tribute(致敬，悼念) to his ______ brother and wife. The people of his village grew to love him,______ it wasn’t always like this. In the beginning, villagers didn’t ______ him and even beat him, because he was covering common land. But he never ______. He continued planting trees and eventually got ______. Saklani kept ______ his forest until 10 years ago, when he lost his sight. In 1986, he received the Indira Priyadarshani Award for his ______ efforts to protect the forest. In the same year, Saklani suffered a(n) ______ blow, after a massive wildfire turned many trees to ______. Despite the efforts of the local community to control the ______, it still destroyed much of the Tree Man’s forest. Although ______ by the disaster, Saklani believed that the trees would grow back once the rains came. Saklani died at 96, but his ______ lives on in the forest. 1.A.rid B.fond C.proud D.confident 2.A.protection B.command C.guidance D.control 3.A.blind B.deaf C.exhausted D.bored 4.A.much B.many C.little D.few 5.A.deal with B.focus on C.come across D.carry on 6.A.wasted B.cost C.spent D.took 7.A.bond B.project C.fantasy D.pain 8.A.attached B.devoted C.adjusted D.applied 9.A.disappeared B.disabled C.late D.modest 10.A.but B.or C.and D.so 11.A.inspire B.encourage C.judge D.support 12.A.moved off B.cut in C.gave up D.lost face 13.A.paid B.understood C.prepared D.satisfied 14.A.growing B.equipping C.exporting D.expanding 15.A.continued B.expected C.worthless D.limitless 16.A.particular B.major C.subtle D.astonishing 17.A.ashes B.grains C.mess D.failure 18.A.leaves B.smoke C.flames D.dust 19.A.disturbed B.amused C.shocked D.hit 20.A.performance B.spirit C.effect D.personality
From time to time, even the most productive professionals procrastinate(拖延). When your tendency to procrastinate is starting to make your overall quality of work and life suffer, 1. Here’s what Forbes Coaches Council members recommend doing to stop racing the clock. 2. When you don’t feel motivated, take the smallest step possible toward your goal. After taking that step, you’re more likely to continue taking more steps toward that goal. Instead of telling yourself to work out for an hour, say you’ll go for 10 minutes. Give yourself a hard deadline, and then schedule it The best way to overcome a natural tendency to procrastinate is to create a hard deadline for yourself and then put it on the calendar.3.. Then perform it the same way you would if your boss were waiting for you to complete the task. Understand the underlying reasons you’re procrastinating 4.. Notice your thoughts, feelings, behaviors and the situation when you feel like procrastinating. Write these down. Often perfectionism, which we may experience as anxiety, is caused by the tendency to put off action. Once you understand your pattern, you can be responsible for yourself in a positive and self-compassionate (自我同情的) way. Give yourself a reward for each task you complete Make a list of things you need to do and do the one you don’t want to do first. 5. (piece of candy, a few minutes on social media, etc.). Then do something on your list that you want to do and continue making changes from there. This makes your tasks less depressing. A. Take the tiniest step possible B. Identity a positive outcome from your action C. Then give yourself a little reward for doing it D. find a way to make overcoming procrastination interesting E. It’s time to do a reality check and break yourself of the habit F. Treat the deadline the same as if your boss created it G. Become a detective or a scientist about your pattern of procrastinating
Walmart will soon use 360 robot cleaners across a few hundred of its stores. Using maps input by human employees, the AI-powered cleaners will travel in the store with no difficulty, sweeping the floor--just as human employees used to do. Perhaps the most striking thing about these robot workers is how not-striking they are. Sci-fi movies suggest a future full of human-like robots who appear with their horrible qualities. Now the future is coming into view, and it looks like a giant lie. It's easy to imagine walking past an Auto-C on a shopping trip without even noticing its presence. AI has already started to become a part of our everyday life. In New Jersey this week, dozens of workers were hospitalized after a robot at an Amazon fulfillment centre accidentally broke a can and enveloped workers in eye-and-lung-damaging gas. Days earlier in California, an auto-piloted Tesla drove a drunk, sleeping driver down a highway, which no doubt did some potential risk to the other drivers on the road. Highway patrol officers figured out on the spot how to stop the AI car. Of course, industrial accidents and drunk drivers existed well before AI. Tools with the power to release the burden of physical labor—horses, steam machines, self-driving cars—also come with the power to injure. And the presence of AI-powered machines just steps away from us is, for now, still a rare thing for most people. But the nature of robots’ coming into our daily life lives will make it harder to recognize—or object to—the bigger changes they bring later. Walmart insists that the robot cleaners give employees more time for customer service and other tasks. Critics point out that they could just as easily become an excuse to reduce staff and wages. 1.What is the difference between sci-fi movies and the reality? A.Now the human-like robots is hard to recognize. B.Now people don’t go to see the sci-fi movies. C.Now the human-like robots can tell lies. D.Now it is easy to ignore the robots. 2.Why were some workers in hospital in New Jersey? A.They damaged the robot first. B.The robot caused an accident on purpose. C.The robot made a mistake by chance. D.The robot driving them on the highway had an accident. 3.What is the attitude of the author to AI? A.Supportive B.Objective C.Doubtful D.Indifferent 4.What is the main idea of the passage? A.Artificial intelligence is bringing great effect to our daily life. B.Walmart will soon use 360 robot cleaners across its stores. C.We should say no to artificial intelligence. D.Artificial intelligence is dangerous to our life.
A new research, presented on Monday, suggests that parents who go down slides with their kids are actually making slides even riskier for their little ones. Led by Dr. Charles Jennissen, a professor at the University of Iowa, the research found that placing children (especially infants and toddlers蹒跚学步的小孩) on adult laps increases the risk of injury to their lower legs, including broken bones. "I've seen a lot of these injuries all through my career, and I hadn't seen anybody talk about this problem," says Jennissen. So Jennissen and his colleagues found that about 350,000 children under the age of six were injured on slides in the U.S. from 2002 to 2015. Injuries were most common among kids from 12-23 months of age, and the most common injury was lower leg fractures (骨折). The researchers found that 94 percent of 600 cases include lower leg injuries. This is important, because that's not how a kid falling off a slide alone would usually get hurt. The fact that so many kids are getting lower leg injuries—and that those injuries seem to get less common as kids get older—suggests something else is at play. Jennissen thinks that when children are sliding alone, they aren’t going fast enough or carrying enough body weight to hurt themselves. When they’re sitting on an adult’s lap and their foot gets caught, they have the added momentum of an adult body. "We think a lot of these lower extremity injuries are because they're on the lap," says Jennissen. "We don't know that for sure, because no parents say that. But from my experience, and the data that suggests it, we think almost all of these are kids are on the lap." Jennissen isn’t arguing that you should never go down the slide with your kid—he agrees that it’s fun and that he’s done it with his own kids—but he thinks adults should realize the risks. 1.What can we learn about the research from the passage? A.Many parents are hurt when going down slides with their kids. B.Dr. Charles Jennissen is the leader of the research team. C.More and more adult laps are found hurt in the accidents. D.Many people have discussed the possible reasons for the injuries. 2.The underlined phrase at play in Para.5 probably means _____. A.taking effect B.paying attention C.making efforts D.solving problems 3.What is Jennissen’s attitude towards parents’ going down slides with kids? A.He supports it. B.He is against it. C.He is careful about it. D.He doesn’t care about it.
It was an old day when I set out for a run in Moab, Utah, with my dog, Taz. As an athlete I often went for a run by myself. While running along a canyon (峡谷) road, I hit a piece of ice. I slipped down the rock face and fell 60 feet into the canyon, landing on a ledge (岩脊). Taz found his way to me, so I knew there must be a way out of the canyon, but I couldn’t stand, as I had broken an important bone. I shouted for help but then decided to move to the bottom of the canyon first. The ledge was too dangerous to stay. It took me five hours to go a quarter of a mile. Eventually it got dark, and I decided to stay where I was for the night, next to a puddle of water. All I had on me was a water bottle and some chocolates. At night, I avoided sleeping for fear of dying of hypothermia (低体温症). Taz stayed with me, providing some warmth. The next morning, I couldn’t move at all. But I was sure somebody would hear me screaming for help. The second night in the canyon seemed even colder. My feet were frostbitten (冻伤). On the third day, I accepted the fact that I might die. I called Taz over and told him to go and get help. Taz returned, alone. Then I heard an engine in the distance. I started shouting for help, and then I saw a man walking towards me. It turned out that my neighbor noticed I hadn’t come home, and Taz had found the rescue team. I was airlifted to hospital, where doctors found I was seriously wounded, having lost half of my blood. Five years on, I still think about the experience. I couldn’t run like I used to due to the after-effects of the accident, and cold weather brings back bad memories, but I’m married with two kids, and Taz is still alive. Realizing you have a second chance to live puts things into perspective. 1.Why did the author try to move to the bottom of the canyon? A.To reach a safe place. B.To climb back to the road. C.To come across some helper. D.To avoid being attacked by wild animals. 2.What was the biggest challenge the author faced during the nights in the canyon? A.Lack of food. B.Physical pain. C.Fear of death. D.Low temperature. 3.What can we infer from the rescue? A.Taz turned to the author’s neighbor for help. B.The author stayed in the canyon for 3 nights. C.The author didn’t hold out much hope of his dog. D.The rescue team was required by the author's neighbor.
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.What kind of professional photography is Karen working on? A.Weddings. B.Advertising. C.Sports. 2.What does Karen spend most time doings? A.Taking pictures. B.Using her computer. C.Organizing the business. 3.What does Karen enjoy most? A.Pleasing her customers. B.Travelling to new places. C.Working for the magazine. 4.What does Karen think photographers' websites should do? A.Provide detailed information. B.Have a simple design. C.Show the latest photos.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Which flat does the man probably prefer? A.A two-bedroom flat. B.A three-bedroom flat. C.A four-bedroom flat. 2.Where would Phil rather live? A.In the city centre. B.In the west suburb. C.In the east of the city. 3.What do we know about the first flat? A.It’s a good size. B.It is well equipped. C.It is far from the station. 4.What is a disadvantage of the second flat? A.It's too expensive. B.It lacks a shower. C.It's going to be noisy.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What will Tom do on Saturday? A.Go camping. B.Throw a party. C.Attend a wedding. 2.When will Nick watch a basketball match? A.On Sunday morning. B.On Saturday evening. C.On Saturday afternoon. 3.Who will be free on Saturday? A.Greg. B.Sam. C.Alan.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What does the woman ask the man to do? A.Order some equipment. B.Find a new supplier. C.Contact a job candidate. 2.What problems do the speakers have? A.The model has been discontinued. B.The designer has left the company. C.The supplier has increased the prices.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What happened to Molly? A.She hurt her finger. B.She broke her arm. C.She fell off her bike. 2.What does the woman complain about? A.The tennis player. B.The big bandage. C.The insect bites.
Where are the speakers probably? A.In the classroom. B.In the library. C.In the cinema.
How much is the man's ticket? A.£16.50. B.£14.50. C.£12.50.
What will the woman’s family probably do this year? A.Cycling. B.Windsurfing. C.Walking.
What are the speakers mainly talking about? A.A photo. B.A friend. C.A party.
What does the woman suggest the man do? A.Check his room. B.Write his report. C.Call his dad.
假如你叫李华，进入高三的学习，压力很大，想和父母说说心里话，请你用英文在你的博客上用书信形式表达出来。主要内容如下：
注意：(1)短文必须包括所有内容要点，可适当发挥。 (2)词数：100左右(开头与结尾已给出，不计入词数)。 Dear Mom and Dad, With the College Entrance Examination approaching, I really hope to have a heart-to-heart talk with you! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Mom and Dad, I am quite confident about my future. Wish you good health and a happy life. Yours sincerely, Li Hua
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