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How far would you go for your kids education? That 's a question many parents are asking in the wake of the college cheating scandal(丑闻)involving 38 wealthy parents around the country， including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman. Here’ s how far I went. In the fall of 2017 my husband and I lost our jobs. We had to tell our daughter, Casey, that we couldn’t afford to send her back to school for her junior year at Fordham University. We decided the best choice for our family would be for Casey to sit out a year. We promised that we would get her back the following year. Casey decided to spend the year volunteering in South Africa On Sept 30, 2017, we put our oldest child on a plane halfway around the world. Casey worked as a tutor teaching kids math, English and music in Johannesburg. We did get Casey back in school in time. When she returned to the campus, she studied harder. She isn't what she used to be. Each day is marked by gratitude because she knows what it is like not to be able to get an education. I wonder why the college cheating scandal happened and I think it boils down to this: Parents want to create a comfort zone for their kids. Of course, we want the best for our kids but sometimes we forget that real growth doesn't happen in times of comfort; those valuable lessons come when we are forced to think in ways we otherwise wouldn’t have While I did less for my child than these wealthy parents did in terms of means, in other ways I did more. I taught her that disappointment is a part of life and we should face it bravely rather than avoid it. My husband and I showed Casey that her strength is in her struggle. That's how far I went for my kid s education. And I dare say she is wiser and better off for it. 1.What do the parents involved in the college cheating scandal have in common? A. They are well –known B. They are aggressive C. They are very rich D. They are conservative. 2.The writer made the decision to pull Casey out of school__________ A. for lack of money B. because of her illness C. as a result of cheatings D. due to her bad behaviour 3.What does the writer think of her daughter’s volunteering in South Africa for a year? A. It’ s meaningless. B. It is well worth it. C. It is a waste of time D. It is a wrong decision. 4.The writer advises parents to____. A. create a comfort zone for their kids B. do whatever they can for their kids C. help their kids have a better education D. let their kids experience disappointment
News anchors(主播) must have been reluctant to read out the following news: Xin Xiaomeng began working as the world’s first female artificial(人工的) intelligence news anchor at Xinhua News Agency on Sunday, three months after a male robot joined the profession. Unlike previous news robots though, Xin does not read news like a cold machine; she reads it almost like a human being. The muscles on her face stretch and relax-and her reactions change-as she continues reading. That’s why many news anchors were worried: Will AI replace us in the near future? To find the answer, we have to analyse the technologies that support Xin at her job. Three key technologies are used to support Xin. First, samples of human voices are collected and synthesized (合成). This is followed by the collection and synthesis of human muscle movement samples. And third the voices and movements are married in a way that when the Al news anchor reads, the micro -electric motors behind her face move to make her expressions seem more human. Yet we need a thorough knowledge of deep leaning technology to make a robot imitate a person’s voice. The developer needs to collect tens of thousands of pieces of pronunciations, input them Into the machine and match them with the text or the Al to lean and read. The process for imitating facial movements is similar. The developer has to analyse the movements of the 53 muscles in the human face, make a model set from the collected data for the AI news anchor to lean, and imitate the movements of facial muscles via programs Both the technologies used to make Xin’s performance impressive are mature. The real difficulty lies in the third -the technology to match the pronunciations with facial movements so that Xin expressions vary according to the content of the news report. In fact, Xins expressions don' t always change according to the content. As a result, her expressions look anything but human. Actually. AI is still no match for human qualities. 1.What does the underlined word "reluctant "in the first paragraph mean? A. Delighted. B. Unwilling. C. Confused. D. Optimistic. 2.What can we infer about previous news robots? A. They read news without expressions. B. They looked like a human being C. They could interview sports stars D. They could interact with audience. 3.What do we know about the third technology? A. This technology is very perfect so far B. This technology is quite popular now C. This technology remains at the theoretical stage D. This technology is far from mature. 4.From the last paragraph, we can draw a conclusion that____. A. human news anchors should learn from AT anchors to save their jobs B. Al anchors perform much better than human news anchors at present C. Al news anchors won 't replace human news anchors in the near future D. Xin Xiaomeng s expressions vary so naturally that they are true to life
In early February 2019, 51-year-old Rainer Schimpf and his team set out to film South Africa’s Sardine Run off the coast of Point Elizabeth Sardine Run, the annual migration(迁徙)of billions of sardines (a small sea fish), is a big draw for large predators, especially the dolphin and whale. Predators are animals that kill and eat other animals. In an attempt to obtain the best images of the incredible natural phenomenon, Rainer dived into the middle of a spinning ball of fish. Suddenly the sea moved around violently, and the experienced diver and his photographer Heinz Toperczer, who was filming from the boat, instantly realized something strange was going on Suddenly dolphins shot out of the water, a white spray came out and then a whale appeared and grasped Rainer While Toperczer was filming the terrifying turn of events with his video camera, Rainer, who was trapped had first and engulfed(吞噬)in darkness inside the whales mouth, was trying to survive. Nothing can actually prepare you for the event when you end up inside the pure instinct(本能), "the diver told Barcroft TV. “Knowing in the whale’s mouth, I tried to control my fear. But I was convinced that it was going to dive down and release me much deeper in the ocean.” The whale quickly realized he was no sardine! As the whale turned sideways, he opened his mouth slightly to release me, and I was washed out, together with what felt like tons of water, of his mouth, " recalled Rainer. Though the entire incident lasted just 1. 8 seconds, it felt like a year to Rainer. Still holding his underwater camera in his hand. the diver swam to his boat, where he was quickly rescued by the members of the team. The terrible adventure did not disturb Rainer for too long. After checking to ensure he had no injuries, the diver returned to the water to seek out more 1.Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. A Diver's Narrow Escape From A Whales Mouth B. The Annual Migration Of Billions Of Sea sardines C. A Frightening And Fantastic Experience Under Sea D. An Adventurous Trip Off Coast Of Point Elizabeth 2.What animals does Sardine Run appeal to most? A. seagull B. Seals C. Dolphins D. tortoises. 3.What did Rainer probably do first once in the whales mouth? A. He dived aimlessly B. He cried desperately. C. He panicked immediately. D. He struggled violently. 4.According to the passage, we can say that Rainer was very_______. A. intelligent B. generous C. flexible D. fortunate
Tourist Guide To The National Gallery
Opening hours: Daily 10am -6pm Friday 10amn-9pm Closed.24-26 December Reasons to visit With over 2, 300 paintings in the collection, there are hundreds of reasons to visit the Gallery Here are some to get you started.…… ★Get into great art. From Leonardo da Vinci to Vincent van Gogh. See priceless works of art for free…… ★Get creative, Brush up your skills, and create your own great works of art…… ★Lean about art. Discover more about paintings, ★Be inspired. Life, death, passion, beauty,,, Every painting tells a story. ★Relax. Escape from the noisy city into a painting Regulations ★Talk in a low voice when you use your cellphone in the gallery. ★ Not touching the paintings or other exhibits. Not taking pets in or crossing the barriers. ★ Consuming food and drink in designated areas only, i. e. not in rooms that contain paintings ★Following our ‘no-smoking’ policy in any part of the building. ★Following our ‘no –photography’ policy in exhibitions where a sign is displayed Access: The National Gallery aims to make access to the paintings enjoyable and welcoming to the widest possible public. There are a range of facilities to help you see the collection, visit exhibitions and come to events The Gallery offers British Sign Language -interpreted As on paintings for visitors who are deaf, and special art sessions(展期)for visitors who can’t see. Address: The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N SDN Getting here: ★By tube The nearest stations are Charing Cross( National Rail, Northern, and Bakerloo lines )and Leicester Square( Northern and Piccadilly lines) ★By bus Routes 3, 6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 23, 24, 87, 91, 139, and 176 stop at Trafalgar Square. ★By bike The nearest bike stands are on Orange Street, St Martin 's Street, St Martins Place, and Duncannon Street Click here to find more information. 1.When is the National Gallery closed? A. On thanks-giving B. At Christmas C. On New Year s Day D. At Easter 2.What are visitors allowed to do in the National Gallery? A. Make a call, B. Take a dog in C. Smoke a cigarette. D. Touch the painting 3.Who are special art sessions intended for? A. Young visitors. B. Foreign visitors. C. Disabled visitors. D. Female visitors
听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 1.What do the young people in Western society think highly of? A. Earning much money B. Enriching their experiences C. Going to famous universities 2.When are students taking a gap year? A. Before they go to university B. When they are 16 years old. C. Before they enter high school. 3.What can students benefit from a gap year after school? A. Build good relationships with others B. Develop their characters better C. Help decide future careers. 4.Where do many gap year volunteers teach English? A. In Africa B. In China C. In Thailand
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What kind of shoes does the woman want? A. Shoes for serious runners. B. Running-shoe-style shoes C. Heavy and cool sports shoes. 2.What does the woman want the shoes for? A. Skiing. B. Hiking. C. Running 3.What does the woman care least while buying shoes? A. The brand B. The design. C. The cost 4.How much will the woman pay for the shoes? A. $170. B. $130 C. $120.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.What does the man bring with him? A. Two Large bags B. A Large bag and a small bag C. One large and two small bags 2.What kind of seat will the man take? A. One in the middle B. One in the left row C. One next to a window. 3.When will the plane take off? A. At10:00 B. At 10: 15 C. At10:50.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Why does the woman recommend the Holiday Inn? A. Her brother is a staff member there B. The party rooms are great there C. She has made a reservation there 2.What did the woman like about her school reunion? A. Having small talks. B. Meeting old friends. C. Playing fun games.
听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 1.Where does the conversation probably take place? A. On a plane B. In a supermarket C. In a park 2.What did the speaker: forget to bring? A. The frying pan B. The plastic boxes C. The cups
Why didn't the man apply for the job? A. He can't start the job on time. B. He is occupied in May C. He does not like it
What does the man advise the woman to do? A. Go to Tibet with a professor. B. Consult a local travel agent. C. Make the arrangements herself.
What does the woman mean? A. Mason looked nice with a beard B. Mason couldn’t recognize himself C. Mason changed a lot
What does the woman probably do next? A. Buy an umbrella B. Cancel the picnic. C. Write a weather report
What will the speakers probably eat for lunch? A. Noodles B. Sandwiches. C. Pizzas
每年4月23日是世界读书日。假定你是李华，你的英国朋友 David来信询问你校读书日的相关活动，请给他写一封回信。内容包括： 1. 本次读书日的主题：诵读经典名著，传承中华文化； 2. 简要介绍你校读书日的活动安排； 3. 本次活动的意义。 注意：1. 词数100左右 2. 可适增加细节，以使行文连贯 参考词汇：经典名著 classics ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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。 Dear Sir/Madam, I’m Li Ming, the middle school student from China. I read the announcement of the summer camp that you have posted it on the Internet and I am interested in it I know that you welcome student from different countries but I’d like to lake part in it. I’ve been studied English for 10 years, and I speak fluently English. What’s more, I’ll be able to tell students from another countries about China and learning about their countries as well. I hope I will accepted as a member of your summer camp. I’ll appreciate it that you can take my application into consideration. Yours, Li Mi
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。 If you are interested in both China’s ancient finance and architecture, Pingyao is a place you can’t miss. Pingyao Ancient City, 1. (locate) in the central Shanxi Province. China, is a well-preserved example of a traditional Han Chinese city. When it was founded in the 1.4th century, its walls are ten metres high, 6, 163 metres around, and three to five meters wide at the top. The western and eastern sides of walls have two gates 2. the southern and northern walls each have one gate only. From the 19th century to the early 20th century, Pingyao, 3. (control) almost half of the economy of the country at its booming period, was a financial center for the whole of China. There 4. (be) once over twenty draft bank’s head offices, 5. branches were distributed 6. (wide) around the whole country, even in some western and southeastern countries. Today when other Chinese 7. (city) have been more than happy to bury their history under skyscrapers, this 8. (origin) Chinese Wall Street chooses not to Ordinary people still live 9. the city’s hundreds of Ming and Qing Dynasty courtyards as they did in the past. This city is helping Chinese rediscover the value of preserving what little 10. (leave) of the country’s ancient buildings.
I had no idea she would be there. My apologies for her ______ had been prepared. When my teacher announced we would be having a(n) ______ mother-daughter tea, I felt ______ I would not be serving my mother at this special event. So I will never forget ______ the beautifully decorated gym-and there she was, sitting calmly, and ______! As I looked at her, I imagined all the arrangements this ______ woman must have had to make to be able to be with me for that one hour. Who was ______ Granny? She was ill in bed, and Mom had to do everything for her. How did she get here? We didn’t own a car, and she couldn’t ______ a taxi. It was a long walk to get the bus, plus at least five more blocks to the ______. And the pretty dress she was ______, red with tiny white flowers, was just right for the tea. There was no money for extra clothes, and I knew she had gone into ______ again to have it. I was so proud! I served her tea with a ______, thankful heart, and introduced her to the group when our ______ came. I sat with my mother that day, just like the rest of the ______, and that was very ______ to me. The look of love in her eyes told me she ______. I have never forgotten. One of the ______ I made to myself and to my children was that I would always be there for them. That promise is ______ to keep in today’s busy world But I have a(n) ______ before me that puts any ______ excuses to rest. I just recall again when mother came to tea. 1.A. absence B. error C. lateness D. rudeness 2.A. urgent B. formal C. private D. frequent 3.A. proud B. angry C. certain D. embarrassed 4.A. staying at B. returning to C. walking into D. dropping into 5.A. sobbing B. smiling C. singing D. suffering 6.A. educated B. lonely C. strange D. great 7.A. attending on B. laughing at C. cheering for D. chatting with 8.A. advance B. afford C. admit D. arrange 9.A. home B. station C. school D. market 10.A. wearing B. making C. designing D. holding 11.A. detail B. business C. action D. debt 12.A. strong B. brave C. happy D. broken 13.A. turn B. chance C. message D. decision 14.A. team B. company C. family D. class 15.A. annoying B. important C. interesting D. surprising 16.A. understood B. accepted C. agreed D. remembered 17.A. choices B. mistakes C. efforts D. promise 18.A. unfair B. difficult C. false D. wise 19.A. role B. rule C. lesson D. example 20.A. awkward B. polite C. poor D. meaningful
New Lives for Old Phones When a new mobile phone starts to be sold in stores, many people rush out to buy one. We all want the newest, latest thing. 1.. Mike Townsend works at Total Recall, a mobile phone recycling company. “Don’t throw your old phone away. 2. if you throw it away, it goes with other rubbish to become landfill. In other words, it is put in a big hole in the ground and it becomes a big problem,” he says. Mobile phones contain some poisonous materials. If your phone goes to a landfill, these poisonous materials can get out and get into the water under the ground. That’s the water we need to drink or water goes into rivers or the ocean. 3. That’s a lot of landfill and a lot of poisonous materials. “At Total Recall, we separate the old phones into pieces. Most of the materials in the mobile phones can be recycled and used again. 4. For example, phone batteries contain nickel and cadmium. The nickel is used to make steel and the cadmium can be used to make new batteries.” explains Mike. “5. You can usually just take it into a mobile phone shop and they wilt send it to us,” says Mike. So before you throw that old mobile phone away, use it the last time: search for a recycler near you and give them a call. A. Recycling your old phone is easy. B. Send it to us and we’ll recycle it. C. How much is your old mobile phone worth? D. But what should we do with our old mobile phones? E. Millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year. F Recycling materials helps keep the environment greener and cleaner. G. We take apart the old phones and they are used to make new products.
Endless queues and long waits at the ticket inspection desks at China’s major train stations were signature of the Spring Festival travel rush before this year. Every year, as the country’s biggest national holiday unfolded a huge flow of travelers would leave staff at the check-in desks facing a dilemma. But with the installment (安装) of artificial intelligence (AI) in dozens of train stations this year, including a facial recognition system which is able to process passenger identification within five seconds and therefore speed up the waiting process, busy scenes started to become something of the past. When a passenger approaches the camera inside the facial recognition system at the station, it scans his face and then quickly compares it with the photograph shown on his identification card in real time. If the information matches, the barrier gates will open and allow the passenger to go through. Such use of facial recognition technology is in line with discussions heard at the recent two sessions meeting, a key annual political event, which focused on the widespread application of a security network named Tianwang (“Sky Net” in English) currently being used by China’s public security department. The network, according to reports by the People Daily, has the potential to recognize the facial features of anyone in the world and match them on the spot with photographs on a database of criminal suspects. In fact, it can analyze photographic identity so quickly that it can scan every single Chinese face on the planet in just one second, and it would only take two seconds to scan every face in the world, with an accuracy rate of up to 99.8 percent. Those are just two examples that highlight the development of Chinese visual AI technology, which industry insiders predict could contribute to powerful growth in the global technology sector this year. 1.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the first paragraph? A. To introduce the following topic of the passage. B. To describe the Spring Festival. C. To inform readers of the development of China. D. To explain the dilemma of the staff. 2.What’s the solution to the Spring Festival travel rush? A. Using artificial intelligence. B. Opening more barrier gates. C. Limiting the number of passengers. D. Increasing more staff at the check-in desks. 3.What can we know about facial recognition technology? A. Its application leads to a heated discussion. B. Its application is useless to policemen. C. Its operating speed is not yet high enough. D. Its accuracy rate is very high. 4.What’s the author’s attitude towards Chinese visual AI technology? A. Depressed. B. Positive. C. Doubtful. D. Indifferent.
Both honeybees and ants are social insects that live in groups called colonies. They survive by means of their collective intelligence. Their decision-making power is distributed throughout the group; that is, no one ant or bee makes decisions for the group. Instead, they work together. As Deborah M. Gordon, a biologist of Stanford University, says, “Ants aren’t smart. Ant colonies are.” The same is true for bee colonies. Although bees and ants are quite different physically, they have a lot in common in terms of their behavior. Specifically, honeybees and ants have similar roles within the colony, both have communication systems, and both have the capacity of learning. Ants communicate by using chemicals called pheromones, which can alert others to danger or to a food source. For example, when worker ants find a promising source, they let the rest of colony know how to find it by leaving a trail of pheromones on the way back to the colony. The other ants pick up the message using their sense of smell. Bees, on the other hand, use movement to communicate with each other. Worker bees send message to each other by means of a “dance”. Different speeds and movements send different messages. For example, when worker bees called scouts go out to find a new hoe for the colony, they return and do a dance for the other worker bees that indicates the location of the new home and how suitable it is. The faster the scouts dance the better the new location is. Honeybees and ants are both capable of learning. One Chinese study found that bees can be trained to learn and remember a route to a food source. The researchers also found that bees can be taught to recognize hidden objects and use the concepts of “sameness” and “difference” to accomplish certain tasks. Ants take this one step further. Recent America research has shown that ants not only have the ability to learn, but also can teach their foraging skills to other younger ants. They observed that older ants accompany young ants in search of food and teach them the route and how to avoid obstacles. As we can see, the social behavior of honeybees and ants is quite similar. Both coordinate complex actions and accomplish crucial survival tasks by cooperating in groups consisting of many individuals. Unintelligent as they may be as individuals, as groups they often show amazing brilliance as they go about their everyday activities. 1.What do ants and bees have in common? A. They make use of collective intelligence. B. They live in similar-sized colonies. C. They have small leadership groups that make all decisions. D. They use the same method to communicate with each other. 2.What docs the speed of a bee’s dance indicate? A. The distance to a neighboring colony. B. The quality of a new colony location. C. The discovery of a new food source. D. The direction to a potential food source. 3.In paragraph 3, how docs the author demonstrate the idea that Honeybees and ants are both capable of learning? A. By using statistics. B. By explaining reason. C. By presenting study findings. D. By stating opinions. 4.What does the underlined part “foraging skills” refer to in the third Paragraph? A. The skills of communicating. B. The skills of sacking food. C. The skills of leaning. D. The skills of finding a new home.
This story happened when I was in Saint Lucia with my family. My sister, Diane, who also happens to be my best friend and one of the funniest and kindest people I know, went blind in one eye about 9 years ago. Diana sometimes feels concerned about the way her eve look now. The pupil (瞳孔) is no longer black; it’s sort of “glows” in photos. Diana recently purchased a special contact lens (隐形镜片) that makes her eye look like it did before it changed color, but she doesn’t wear this lens often because it becomes quite painful after about an hour. One night during our holiday, a hotel photographer was taking pictures of the guests as they entered the area set up for dinner. Diana casually said if she had known there was going to be pictures taken to capture this special memory, she would have worn her contact lens so her eye wouldn’t be so shiny in the picture. The next day, I was sitting with Diana and her husband Ted. While we were talking, the photographer who had been at the dinner the night before, handed her a photo, leaned in and quietly said, “I matched the color of your eyes in the picture.” As he walked away, my sister happily said to me and Ted, “Look! He fixed my eye!” The photographer stopped. He turned around and walked back to our table. He put his hand on Diana’s shoulder, leaned in again and gently said, “Just to be clear: I didn’t fix your eye. There isn’t anything wrong with your eye. I simply matched the color.” Her eyes filled up with tears. It was very healing for: her heart to hear these beautiful words. It didn’t take much time but made so much difference. It helped her change the way she feels about herself. I have always loved the quote: “The world is full of good people. If you can’1 find one, be one!” Your acts of kindness can impact the world in pro found ways! 1.My sister bought a contact lens in order to ________. A. keep the pupil comfortable B. show off the beautiful color of her pupil C. protect her eye from the strong sunlight D. avoid the pupil being too bright and shiny 2.Diana felt ________ when she knew there was a photo taken for the dinner. A. excited B. proud C. regretful D. shocked 3.Tears welled up in Diana s eyes because A. she was touched by the photographer B. she felt her eyes were so painful C. she was hurt by the gesture of the photographer D. she felt so sad that she didn’t wear her lens 4.What’s the best title of the passage? A. A Shiny Pupil B. A Considerate Photographer C. The Act of Kindness Counts D. The Contact Lens Makes a Difference
Adult education courses
1.Which courses arc suitable for beginners? A. Web Design and Art. B. Computer Studies and woodwork. C. Woodwork and Web Design. D. Computer Studies and Art. 2.Which course awards students an official certificate? A. Art. B. Woodwork. C. web Design. D. Computer Studies. 3.How much will a student who attends only half of all the woodwork lessons pay in total? A. ￥30. B. ￥360. C. ￥250. D. ￥180.
假定你是李华,收到英国朋友Alice的邮件,以下是邮件内容:
Dear Li Hua, How are you doing these days? I’m having some problems and would like to get your advice. My parents want me to spend my summer with them this year but I would prefer to go somewhere with my friends. I love my parents but sometimes they are overprotective. I feel that I am old enough and responsible enough to go away without their supervision(监护). Any suggestions you could give me about this issue would be greatly appreciated. Yours, Alice Dear Li Hua, How are you doing these days? I’m having some problems and would like to get your advice. My parents want me to spend my summer with them this year but I would prefer to go somewhere with my friends. I love my parents but sometimes they are overprotective. I feel that I am old enough and responsible enough to go away without their supervision(监护). Any suggestions you could give me about this issue would be greatly appreciated. Yours, Alice 请给Alice回一封邮件,内容包括: 1.感谢她的信任； 2.回应她的请求； 3.说明你的理由。 注意1.词数100左右 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Alice, ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 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（ 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。 The summer job is a tradition among American university students. Long after the end of the school year, students start their summer vacation job search. They send letters to businesses, going to job interviews, and ask our friends and relatives for help. By June the students usually have been found their jobs and then they begin preparing to enter the world of works. Reasons for wanting a summer job differs from student to student. Some work help pay their school expenses, others work to gain experience in their chosen professions and still others work just for the funny of it. Salesmen or waiters are two of the more common jobs that students try to find during the summer months.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 In his book, Intentional Living, author John Maxwell shares that back in 1976, he received a gift from one of his1.(assist).As he unwrapped the gift, he saw that it was a book2.(name) The Greatest Story Ever Told. He couldn’t wait3.(read) it. But when he opened the book, he was4.astonish) to see that the pages were blank. Inside the book was5.note that said, “John, your life is before you. Fill these pages with kind acts and good thoughts of your heart. Write a great story about your life.”The intention of writing the story of his life6.(excite) him. Then, he began to write his book. Every day we live out our story through our words, actions and decisions. But we must remember to live with intention to focus7.what matters most in life and to regain that focus when we get changed. Without intention, we can become unfocused in things8.needn’t add to a life of significance and difference in our world. Life isn’t perfect and it’s always hard, 9.we need reminders in our life from a friend, author, blogger, pastor or our inner spirit to re-focus us on the things that matter and make us live10.(positive).
All of us in Monte Vista Christian School know we’ll one day have graduation photos for the yearbook taken. As the time ________, the girls start to have a ________ about what they’ll wear and where to take the photos, while the boys ________ hardly talk about it. As for me, I ________ for my photos to be taken by the sea. When I arrived there, I met my photographer, Annie. She asked me to make some poses and I ________ her advice. After that, I asked if she could make me look ________ by taking photos in a different way, ________ I’m less than 1.6 meters tall. To my ________ she responded, “I will make no ________ to make you look like someone you’re not. You look good in your own way.” She ________ that she wouldn’t try to edit the photos either. I was shocked by what she said. Girls always ________ to look perfect by using different visual angles. When you go to a photo studio, photographers always try to hide your ________ by telling you to stand in a certain way. And picture editors can easily ________ your look by making you appear any you want to. ________, that’s not the case here. Seeing I was ________, Annie explained: “Everyone has his uniqueness. You need to ________ your own beauty. You cannot live in a world of ________ photos.” It was the first time that I had met a photographer who doesn’t ________ photos at all. After the shoot, I saw the photos — they are ________ special and natural. But what’s even more special are Annie’s ________, which will always stay in my heart. 1.A. flows B. ends C. approaches D. develops 2.A. request B. discussion C. reason D. complaint 3.A. by comparison B. in addition C. by accident D. in advance 4.A. accounted B. arranged C. searched D. applied 5.A. considered B. declined C. consulted D. followed 6.A. prettier B. taller C. thinner D. stronger 7.A. unless B. though C. while D. since 8.A. astonishment B. delight C. relief D. satisfaction 9.A. promise B. choice C. attempt D. decision 10.A. admitted B. swore C. explained D. added 11.A. desire B. manage C. pretend D. pay 12.A. preferences B. imperfections C. personalities D. advantages 13.A. change B. recover C. expose D. recognize 14.A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. However D. Anyway 15.A. annoyed B. embarrassed C. discouraged D. confused 16.A. share B. describe C. admire D. advocate 17.A. artificial B. colorful C. vivid D. popular 18.A. exhibit B. organize C. cut D. polish 19.A. causally B. truly C. partially D. roughly 20.A. attitudes B. actions C. words D. skills
Imagine that you are in a remote village somewhere with no medical clinic.1.Once the doctors get to you, they examine you and take blood samples, but they won’t be able to help you until they take the samples back to the hospital to find out what is wrong.2.Thanks to engineer Andy Ozcan, many people may never be in this situation. He has invented an app that turns your mobile phone into a diagnostic (诊断的) tool. Ozcan’s invention is important because it is very accurate and easy to use. In many remote places, even if doctors have microscopes and other instruments to help them make diagnoses, there may still be other problems. Many doctors, for example, don’t have enough training to correctly interpret what they see.3.With Ozcan’s mobile phone app, health workers can take a special photo of a blood sample and send it to a central computer at a hospital. The computer will then automatically interpret the photo and send a diagnosis back in a few minutes. 4.His technology only requires a mobile phone and an Internet connection. As more than four billion people already have cell phones, the cost of establishing the diagnostic system is fairly low. By inventing a medical tool that uses existing technology---mobile phones---Ozcan has developed a medical tool that is both practical and economical. Therefore, it can be effectively almost anywhere.5. A. As a result, they may diagnose illnesses incorrectly. B. People are trying to reduce the cost of this new medical tool. C. This tool has become much more popular all around the world. D. Another reason that Ozcan’s invention is important is that it is inexpensive. E. You become very sick and must wait days until a mobile medical unit arrives to help. F. Ozcan’s simple, cost-effective tool might just save millions of lives around the world. G. Even though you may only have a simple infection, you might die because of the delay.
The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism (相对主义), are simply reflections of local and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries. History has witnessed the endless production of Shakespearean plays in every major language of the world. It is never rare to find that Mozart packs Japanese concert hall, as Japanese painter Hiroshige does Paris galleries. Unique works of this kind are different from today’s popular art, even if they began as works of popular art. They have set themselves apart in their timeless appeal and will probably be enjoyed for centuries into the future. In a 1757 essay, the philosopher David Hume argued that because “the general principles of tastes are uniform (不变的) in human nature,” the value of some works of art might be essentially permanent. He observed that Homer was still admired after 2000 years. Works of this type, he believed, spoke to deep and unvarying features of human nature and could continue to exist over centuries. Now researchers are applying scientific methods to the study of the universality of art. For example, evolutionary psychology is being used by literary scholars to explain the long-lasting themes and plot devices in fiction. The structures of musical pieces are now open to experimental analysis as never before. Research findings seem to indicate that the creation by a great artist is as permanent an achievement as the discovery by a great scientist. 1.According to the passage, what do we know about cultural relativism? A. It introduces different cultural values. B. It relates artistic values to local conditions. C. It explains the history of artistic works in detail. D. It excites the human mind throughout the world. 2.In Paragraph 2, the artists are mentioned to show that __________. A. the charm of great arts is universal and lasting B. popular arts are hardly different from great arts C. great artists are skilled at combing various cultures D. great arts are works of popular arts in the beginning 3.According to Hume, some works of art can exist for centuries because __________. A. they are results of scientific study B. they establish general principles of art C. they are created by the world’s greatest artists D. they appeal to unchanging features of human nature 4.Which of the following serve as the title of the passage? A. Are Popular Arts Universal? B. Is Human Nature Uniform? C. Are Great Arts Permanent? D. Is Cultural Relativism Scientific?
The belief that new technologies are causing the death of work is the idea that never goes away. Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences for work than ever before. But this is nothing new. People have always viewed the technological changes that take place during their lives as the most dramatic and dangerous that ever happened in history. In the 1930s, the British economist(经济学家) John Maynard Keynes predicted the widespread use of electricity would produce a world where people spend most of their time doing nothing. In the United States during the 1960s, the government repeatedly investigates fears that automatic machines would permanently reduce the amount of work available. In 1988, one Australian historian claimed that at least a quarter of the workforce would be without jobs within 10 years because of computers. Of course, none of these disasters came to pass in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, or anywhere else. Yet today, we are seeing the return of these predictions, with some experts claiming the world of work is once more undergoing radical（激进的）and unprecedented（前所未有的） change. They argue that robots and other workplace technologies are causing a reduction in the total amount of work available, or are bringing a more rapid pace of substitution of machines for humans than has been seen previously. But there is a little evidence to support such beliefs. Statistics show that the percentage of people in work, the number of hours they work, and how frequently they change jobs have remained remarkably constant over the past 20 years. This stability should not come as a surprise. There are good reasons why we should not expect new technologies to cause the death of work. New technologies always cause job losses, but that is only part of the story. What also needs to be understood is how they increase the amount of work available. One way this happens is through the increases in incomes that accompany the use of new technologies. With the introduction of these technologies, goods and services can be produced faster, which results in higher real incomes for workers. Higher incomes then increase demand for other products and consequently more workers are needed to make them. Additionally, while new technologies are likely to substitute for some types of workers, they will also increase demand for other types of workers, especially those with higher level skills and expertise. So, the end of work is no closer today than at any time in the past. But there is still a need to keep disproving the prediction, to reduce people’s fears. 1.What is the function of the second paragraph? A. To explain the importance of developing new technology. B. To show how technology affected employment in the past. C. To argue that technological dangers are becoming more serious. D. To give historical examples of unnecessary fear about new technology. 2.How can employment statistics over the past 20 years best be described? A. Confusing B. Steady C. Reliable D. Variable 3.According to paragraph 7, why does demand for products often increase after new technology is introduced? A. There are more goods for people to choose from. B. There is more demand for new skills in the economy. C. Productivity improvements help raise workers’ salaries. D. Higher quality goods at lower prices encourage consumption. 4.What is the author’s opinion about the introduction of new technology? A. It does not have an effect on most people’s jobs. B. Its benefits are usually not worth the introduction. C. It usually leads to a significant increase in employment. D. Its danger to people’s employment possibilities is overstated.
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