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Welcome to the 2017 UK Festival Awards

The UK Festival Awards & Conference is an opportunity to recognize the hard work, vision and creativity of the nation’s beloved festival industry.

Throughout the day of the event, the Conference invites numerous industry insiders(行家) to discuss the issues most relative to the sector, reviewing its immediate past and portending to the future. The evening’s Awards present a wide range of honors across categories that are decided via a combination of public voting and professional judgments. Since launching in 2004 it has evolved into a major event at The Roundhouse in London, giving the industry a chance to collectively celebrate and fondly reflect upon the achievements of the past year.

With a gourmet dinner, gala awards ceremony and after-show party, it attracts over 1,000 of the most influential people in the business.

Along with its sister events, the UK Festival Conference and the European Festival Awards, The UK Festival Awards & Conference is owned and produced by Festival Awards Ltd, an independent company founded in the UK.

Awards include Best Major, Medium-Sized and Small Festival, Best Family Festival, Best Overseas Festival, Best Use of New Technology, and of course – Best Toilets.

As the festival season is approaching, we thought it’d be a good time to release our free UK Festival Market Report for 2015 / 2016. We gathered the data in our annual census(人口普查) undertaken in the preparation stage for last year’s UK Festival Awards. The latest UK Festival Market Report can be downloaded below.

Included in the Report is a bunch of related information about festivalgoers: where they’re from, how they like to purchase music, what they eat, their attitudes towards ticket prices, how receptive they are to different forms of advertising, why they go to festivals in the first place, where they sleep, and much more.

We hope you find the information useful.

1.Which phrase is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “portending” in paragraph 2?

A. getting down B. adding up

C. giving way D. looking forward

2.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. An annual census is conducted and released in the Festival

B. The Festival Awards Ltd, is responsible for not less than three events.

C. The gala awards ceremony attracts only 1.000 influential businessmen.

D. Public voting plays a leading role in deciding a variety of festival honors.

3.Where most probably will you see this passage?

A. In a magazine. B. In a newspaper.

C. On a website. D. In a TV program.

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As soon as a person dies, decomposition(分解) begins. And the first visitors arrive. “Within 5 to 15 minutes of death, flies or other insects begin to colonize the body.” says Rabi Musah, an organic chemist at the University at Albany.

She says different species turn up at different stages of decomposition. “So because of that, depending upon what entomological(昆虫学的) evidence you find, you can learn something about when the person died in terms of the timing of the death.”

Flies don't tend to stick around when disturbed by detectives. But they do leave behind eggs. The eggs are hard to tell apart by appearance alone, so specialists raise them until they hatch, a few weeks later—and they get a species ID and, with a little guesswork, a person's time of death. But Musah has come up with a more time-saving approach: chemical analysis of the eggs. She and her team investigated that method by first harvesting flies with pig-liver traps hidden throughout New York City. They collected the trapped flies and then chemically analyzed their eggs. And it turns out each species of fly egg has a unique chemical fingerprint—enough to tell the eggs apart without raising the eggs to maturity. The study is in the journal Analytical Chemistry.

Musah and her colleague Jennifer Rosati are now testing the method on a real case. “And once we do that we will be publishing some case studies to illustrate(阐明) that this is a method that can be used, and hopefully eventually it's something that will stand up in court, and something that could speed up detective work—or help deal with a cold case.”

1.Which of the following can best replace the underlined word “colonize” in paragraph 1?

A. look for B. fight over

C. carry away D. gather on

2.How can a specialist know a person’s time of death?

A. By researching the habitual nature of flies.

B. By relying on the entomological evidence.

C. By distinguishing the appearance of flies.

D. By discovering a new detective method.

3.What can we infer about Musah’s approach from the last paragraph?

A. Scientists have published studies about it.

B. It is bound to make every cold case solved.

C. It may help accelerate the detection of cases.

D. It will be published in Analytical Chemistry.

4.Where most probably can you see this article?

A. In a science fiction. B. In a newspaper.

C. In a medical paper. D. In a novel.

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Years ago, we celebrated our oldest son’s first birthday by holding a super party. I spent months ______, cutting out handmade banners（横幅）and making all kinds of decorations. I kept

____ my husband’s work as he built a cardboard city background. And I would lose ______ of my emotions when it didn’t progress exactly as I _____.

I didn’t know exactly why I stuck to ______ a party like that, but I felt this unspoken ______. It was a feeling that my ______ as a mom and my love for my son were tied to how ______ this party was. Actually my son was turning one year old, and he had no idea what was going on. ______, this clearly meant nothing to him.

I tried to ______ other people and maybe even prove something to myself, only to find it made me ______. On his birthday, I put on a ton of makeup（化妆品） to _____ my stress and smiled to our ______ even though I nearly broke down. It was the ______ party because of the memories attached to it! I ruined a ______ memory for me as a mother and decided to make a ____.

Last weekend, we celebrated my other son Hudson’s sixth birthday. He asked a Ninjago theme, so a week before the party, I searched Amazon (a shopping website) and ______ a banner and some basic party materials as he ______. On that day, we ordered a big meal and used disposable（一次性的）plates to avoid hours of cleaning up. The party was ______ but perfect. As Hudson went to bed that night, he told me it was his best birthday ever.

Parents’______ for kids does not lie in the complexity of celebrating kids’ birthday.

1.A. researching B. preparing C. thinking D. studying

2.A. ignoring B. doubting C. finding D. checking

3.A. control B. count C. sight D. track

4.A. learned B. explained C. expected D. promised

5.A. damaging B. arranging C. attending D. leaving

6.A. fears B. concern C. questions D. pressure

7.A. dream B. job C. identity D. post

8.A. personal B. difficult C. familiar D. brilliant

9.A. However B. Therefore C. Anyhow D. Besides

10.A. persuade B. remind C. inspire D. impress

11.A. delighted B. annoyed C. tired D. astonished

12.A. create B. cover C. express D. experience

13.A. neighbors B. relatives C. colleagues D. guests

14.A. worst B. newest C. best D. biggest

15.A. clear B. bitter C. precious D. accurate

16.A. mess B. deal C. joke D. change

17.A. designed B. purchased C. made D. wanted

18.A. taught B. did C. demanded D. commanded

19.A. splendid B. complicated C. plain D. boring

20.A. affection B. praise C. sympathy D. advice

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在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Beijing was once a city of bikes, the capital of a country 1. (know) as the Bicycle Kingdom, where cars were reserved for official and political business. 2. , decades of remarkable economic growth led to a huge flowing of cars in the city. Owning one became not just a marker of reaching the middle class but also a 3. (require) for marriage. As the economy boomed, autos pushed bikes off the roads, 4. (create) heavy pollution and miserable traffic.

Fortunately, now Beijing may be returning to its roots with a modem twist. Thanks to about 20 technology companies, brightly coloured shared bikes5. (flood) Beijing since last year. Many local residents welcome the shared bikes6. the flexibility and freedom they offer. They pick up the bikes and then ride and drop7. off anywhere they like, locking the back wheel, with no need to find a fixed place.

Analysis in China say there are three factors8. contribute to the sudden increase of bikes: a lot of cash looking for a home, a good idea and government support. “As the city’s population grew, traffic jams got9. (bad).” Cai, the Ofo spokeswoman, said, “Shared bikes could solve the ‘last mile’ problem in10. environmentally friendly way.”

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假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，给校刊“英语园地”写一篇短文，介绍上周你与外国朋友Tom在颐和园的经历。

注意：词数不少于60。

提示词：毛笔writing brush

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假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，你得知故宫正在招聘暑期义务英文讲解员，请你给相关部门负责人写一封申请信，内容包括：

1. 介绍你的基本信息；

2. 说明你的优势；

3. 表示你希望被录用。

注意：

1. 词数不少于50；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Sir or Madam，

Sincerely，

Li Hua

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Chuck was in my high-school English class.1.So, when he told me he had been accepted into the journalism program at the University of Missouri, I wasn’t surprised.

During the first year at college, Chuck stopped by school a few times. We talked about our work together several years before. We had raised money together for twenty-three sick and abandoned babies.2.. It was an activity that in some ways changed our formal relationship into a friendship.

In his second year in college, it was discovered that Chuck had lung cancer and had only a short while to live. So he left school and came home to be near to his loved ones.

About six weeks later, Chuck died.3.The youngest of nine children, Chuck was talented and full of promise. More importantly, he was a good person, a just man.

When I went to his funeral, his father asked to speak with me. He told me that before Chuck’s death, he chose six items to bury with him.4.He told me that Chuck had always kept the piece because he liked the message I had written to him at the bottom of the last page. In that little note, I affirmed his talent as a writer and I encouraged him to be responsible for the gift.

5.His taking my note with him forever offered me a great opportunity for influencing students’ lives. I felt inspired with a sense of purpose that was greater than ever: teachers have the power to affect hearts and minds for a long time.

A. It was a great loss for everyone, especially for his family.

B. Chuck helped to raise several thousand dollars.

C. Whenever I forget my purpose, I think of Chuck.

D. He was a writer of great promise.

E. My spirits were lifted up as Chuck was filled with the joy of life.

F. One of them was an essay he had written in my class some years before.

G. I was touched and grateful to Chuck who gave me a special gift that would change my life.

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Inside a secured room in a beautiful castle near Paris, a small metal cylinder (圆柱体) rests on a shelf beneath a double set of bell jars. It has lain there for more than a century, its rest only occasionally disturbed when the room’s three key holders perform a coordinated opening ceremony to let technicians enter and clean this precious piece of metal.

First, the cylinder is rubbed with a piece of soft, alcohol-soaked cloth. Then it is steamed with pure water. Finally, the 1kg cylinder is returned, carefully, to its resting place.

Such attention to a lump of metal is unusual, but has a purpose. The castle houses the International Bureau of Weights and Measures and that piece of shining, circular metal is its holiest relic. It is the defining mass (质量)against which all other kilograms are measured. This is the international prototype, or standard, of the kilogram. The IPK, in short.

Dozens of carefully weighted copies of the original have been made. They are stored around the world and used to standardise individual nations’ weights and measures systems.

But the days of the IPK, in its current form, are numbered. The International Bureau of Weights and Measures has decided to replace this single physical specimen with a more fundamental measurement – based on electric current – in order to define the mass of an object. The king of kilograms is about to be dethroned.

“One key reason for doing this work is to provide international security,” says Bureau spokesman Paul Robinson. “If the castle burned down tomorrow and the kilogram was destroyed, we would have no reference left for the world’s metric weights system. There would be chaos. The current definition of the kilogram is the weight of that cylinder in Paris, after all.”

Another major motivation for the replacement of the IPK is the growing need to be able to carry out more and more precise measurements. “Drug companies will soon be wanting to use ingredients that will have to be measured in terms of a few millionths or even billionths of a gram,” says Robinson. “We need to be prepared to weigh substances with that kind of accuracy.”

1.What do we know about the IPK from the first two paragraphs?

A. It’s cared for with great devotion.

B. It’s used in religious ceremonies.

C. It’s beautifully designed and decorated.

D. It’s the most valuable metal in the world.

2.Which of the following best explains “dethroned” underlined in paragraph 5?

A. rebuilt B. removed

C. destroyed D. upgraded

3.What is a reason for replacing the current IPK?

A. To protect the metal cylinder from damage.

B. To make taking measurements more economical.

C. To provide all countries with the same standard.

D. To satisfy the increasing demand for exactness.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. No more kilos

B. A heavy technology

C. The future of the kilo

D. The history of measures

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“Anything you want, anytime you need it.”

The message appeared on computer screens across the country at the same time, on the same day: December 12th, at 12 p.m.. Simultaneously, important looking envelopes containing cards with the same message were hand-delivered to the offices of all the major news companies.

One found its way to the desk of Chris Lin, a business reporter at The Post. The card was beautifully designed – a black background with the words printed out in crisp white letters. There was no explanation on the back, just a website address.Chris went to the website. Its style was identical to the card’s and said: “Anytime: Starting Tomorrow.”

The next day websites and blogs were filled with articles theorising about Anytime. Was it a shopping website like Tao Bao or Amazon? A joke? Something illegal? Anytime’s marketing had worked – it was a household name before it’d even made a single sale.

When the opening came, that day at noon, the Anytime website suddenly had a single field that read, “What do you want?” All you had to do was type the words into that box, and then specify how quickly you wanted your item delivered: within one, ten, or twenty-four hours.

Bloggers were the first to test the service. And their reviews were glowing. Within weeks, Anytime had become a part of daily life. Nobody used other delivery sites or the post anymore as Anytime was much cheaper and faster.

Chris still wondered what exactly Anytime was. He tried to find out who owned the company, but it was registered in a small country that did not require such information to be made public. He did find some interesting facts, though. Anyone who challenged the company, it seemed, met with serious trouble. A government official critical of Anytime for avoiding tax was forced to leave his position after news stories suddenly appeared claiming he was dishonest. The head of another company taking Anytime to court died in a car accident just days before the case was to begin.

Chris began making a list of all the people who had something terrible happen to them after opposing or criticising Anytime. By lunch, he had more than one hundred examples. Something was definitely wrong. Chris worked on his list the rest of the day, emailing people who could provide more information and looking through newspaper records. After working through the night, an exhausted Chris finally fell asleep at his desk at 4 a.m..

When he woke a few hours later, there was a message flashing on his computer screen: “Stop making trouble.” Chris smiled. He had no intention of stopping now that he knew he was on the right track.

1.What was on the front of the card sent to Chris Lin?

A. An invitation to a company opening.

B. The website address of a new company.

C. The words “Anytime: Starting tomorrow”.

D. The words “Anything you want, anytime you need it”.

2.Why did the company choose to send the cards to many news reporters?

A. Because it didn’t have enough money for traditional advertising.

B. Because it wanted to attract the reporters as customers.

C. So the reporters would write stories about the new company.

D. So people would find the new company interesting.

3.What did Chris’ s research suggest about Anytime?

A. Itmay be very dangerous.

B. Its popularity would soon decrease.

C. It was doing business all over the world.

D. It was being widely criticised by journalists.

4.How did Chris feel at the end of the story?

A. Scared that he would get into trouble.

B. Confident that he would find the truth.

C. Nervous about what the company would do.

D. Satisfied that he had discovered the company’s secret.

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The world’s richest man might seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The self-made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.

Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online forum Reddit(红迪网), the Microsoft founder said that he wished he spoke French, Arabic or Chinese.

He said: “I took Latin and Greek in high school and got A’s and I guess it helps my vocabulary. I keep hoping to get time to study one of these—probably French because it is the easiest. I did Duolingo for a while but didn’t keep it up.”

Gates, who is worth $79.3 billion, praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for surprising an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Chinese. “Mark Zuckerberg amazingly learned Chinese and did a Q&A with Chinese students—unbelievable, isn’t it?” he said

This isn’t the first time for Gates to admit his regret over language. He also showed his habits at home and personal insights.

Last February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himself—to his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife, Melinda, would likely want Samuel L. Jackson to play her husband in a biopic(传记片).

He also admitted that he would pick up a $100 bill if he found it on the street.

As he took the top spot on Forbes(福布斯)28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time, he said he is pretty basic when it comes to spending on clothes and food, but that he enjoys investing in shoes andracquets(球拍)when he plays tennis.

When asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way, the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break. “Don’t stay up too late even if the book is really exciting. You will regret it in the morning. Pam still working on this problem.” he said.

1.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. An Interview with Bill Gates B. How Bill Gates Succeeded

C. Bill Gates’ Regret D. The Richest Billionaire

2.The underlined part in Paragraph 8 may actually mean that_____.

A. it is important to lay a good foundation of life

B. food and clothing are basic needs for people’s life

C. he doesn’t spend much money on food and clothes

D. he never cares about buying food and clothing

3.What advice did Bill Gates give?

A. Avoid staying up too late.

B. Be a good language learner.

C. Do the dishes yourself at home.

D. Pick up the $100 bills in the streets.

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. Bill Gates is also the founder of Facebook.

B. Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times.

C. Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high schoo1.

D. Bill Gates’ wife wants Samuel to play a game with Gates.

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Welcome to AMDA

Your future in the performing arts doesn’t have to be a dream. For over 50 years, AMDA has launched some of the most successful careers in theatre, film and television. AMDA creates industry professionals who don’t just wait for life to happen—they stage their own career path. Now it’s your turn.

Program description

At AMDA, we believe a performer must perform. From the first day, you’ll find many performance opportunities in the three core areas of acting, musical theatre and dance, both in and out of the classroom, plus individual voice lessons. Over the course of your four semesters (学期), you’ll also improve your performance technique through an intensive curriculum that focuses on both foundational and advanced concepts in acting, musical theatre and dance. Finally, through courses in career preparation, you’ll learn how to apply all of this training to a successful career on stage and screen.

Philosophy and mission

AMDA is committed to providing a splendid performing arts education to a diverse community of creative artists. AMDA serves as both school and stage, where students are given the support and opportunity to identify their own personal objectives and to develop and improve their own distinctive artistic voices. AMDA tries to create an environment for students to develop the skills, confidence, imagination, and power to contribute to their community as artists, businesspeople, lifelong learners, and hard-working citizens of the world Above all, AMDA wants to teach students that commitment and passion are the marks of a successful and joyous career.

Registration

6305 Yucca Street Los Angeles

800-367-7908

https: //www.amda.edu

1.What is the curriculum of AMDA about?

A. Drawing.

B. Philosophy.

C. Performing

D. Photography.

2.How long does the course last?

A. One semester.

B. Two years.

C. Three semesters.

D. Four years.

3.What can students learn in AMDA?

A. How to sing beautifully.

B. How to train a performer.

C. The way to build a stage.

D. The way to be a director.

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The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.--Thomas Macaulay。

Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O’Neillgave an arithmetic___to our class. When the papers were___,she discovered that twelve boys had made the __ mistakes throughout the test.

There is really nothing new about__in the exams. Perhaps that was __ Mrs. O’Neill didn’t evensay a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to__after class. I was one of the twelve.Mrs. O’Neill asked no questions, and she didn’t__us either.She wrote on the blackboard the__words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to__these words into our exercisebooksone hundred times.

I don’t__about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most importantsingle__of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they__seem to methe best yardstick(准绳), because they give me a__to measure myself rather than others. ___of usare asked to make great decisions about__ going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us arecalled upon daily to make a great many ___ decisions. Should the wallet, found in the street, be putinto a pocket or turned over to the ____? Should the__change received at the store be forgottenor___? Nobody will know except___. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better tolive with someone you respect.

1.A. test B. paper C. lesson D. problem

2.A. examined B. finished C. marked D. answered

3.A. same B. usual C. silly D. serious

4.A. lying B. talking C. guessing D. cheating

5.A. how B. why C. what D. when

6.A. come B. leave C. remain D. apologize

7.A. excuse B. reject C. spare D. scold

8.A. above B. common C. special D. following

9.A. get B. put C. copy D. repeat

10.A. worry B. hear C. talk D. know

11.A. chance B. lesson C. incident D. memory

12.A. even B. still C. always D. almost

13.A. way B. choice C. reason D. sentence

14.A. All B. Few C. Some D. None

15.A. nations B. families C. individuals D. organizations

16.A. final B. temporary C. important D. personal

17.A. finder B. stranger C. passer-by D. policeman

18.A. some B. extra C. small D. necessary

19.A. paid B. shared C. returned D. remembered

20.A. me B. us C. you D. them

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Smokejumpers are a special type of firefighter. They jump from planes into areas that are difficult to reach by car or on foot. When they arrive there, they first examine the land and decide 1. to fight the fire. Their main goal is to stop a fire from 2. (spread). They will use basic equipment to clear land of plants and other dry materials. The work is dangerous, 3. they love being able to jump out of planes, fight fires, and live in the forest. As 38-year-old Alexi Tishin, who 4. (work) as a smokejumper for 15 years, says, “This is the best job for tough guys.”

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Last year the empty land across from my bus stop was a sad, empty, ugly space, with dead bushes and one short tree. Then some1. (gardener) changed that. They were tired of looking at the sad space while they were waiting2.the bus, so they made it into a beautiful garden. Now you can see colorful vegetable plants and sweet-smelling flowers. Yellow butterflies fly from plant to plant3. (happy), and tiny birds sing in the green trees. I love taking the bus now.

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One of my favourite1. (hobby) is hiking. When I go hiking, I wil1 wear proper clothing and hiking shoes for the current weather conditions. And I will let my family and friends know where I will go and when I will return. Also, I will carry a compass and GPS unit,2.can guide me and locate my position. What's more, I will take enough food and water3. (keep) me energetic, and emergency supplies to survive dangerous situations.

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假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，以“A visit to the Museum of the Anti-Japanese War”为题，给校刊“英语角”写一篇英文稿件，介绍你们班同学参观抗日战争纪念馆的过程。

注意：词数不少于60。

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假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Jonah得知你即将去美国旅游。他写邮件询问你是否方便帮他买一些中国特产，请你根据以下要点给他回复：

1. 表示愿意；

2. 介绍特产；

3. 询问要求（种类、数量、预算等）。

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：特产 local special products

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How You Open Your Car Door Matters to Cyclists

The“Dutch reach”isn’t a new dance move or a random YouTube challenge. It’s a simple move that can help prevent harm to cyclists. And you might keep your car door safe in the process, too. 1.

Typically, a person sitting in the driver’s seat of a car opens the door with the hand closest to it. It makes sense since doors are designed to be opened that way. 2. But if you happen to do that at the wrong time, you may unknowingly create an obstacle for a passing cyclist. The cyclist might be knocked down off the bike. The car door is likely to be damaged by the fast-moving bicycle.

3. However, the car door design and long-time habits have made the process automatically. Luckily，there’s a simple way to solve the problem. Open your car door with your other hand，using the Dutch reach. So instead of using your left hand, reach for the door handle with your right. 4. At the very least, you’11 look into your side view mirror to check for any traffic.

The Dutch are used to opening their car doors this way. All Dutch are taught it. It’s part of regular driver education. The technique dates back about 50 or 60 years in the Netherlands. In 2016 an American named Michael Charney started the Dutch Reach Project. He wanted to popularize the practice in the United States. Charney’s efforts may be paying off. 5.

A. Pull the handle and the door is open.

B. This will force you to turn your body.

C. It is easy to do once you are used to it.

D. People are trying to change the way to open the car.

E. All you have to do is change how you open your door.

F. Several states now include the Dutch reach in their drivers’handbooks.

G. Clearly, the solution is for the person exiting the vehicle to check for traffic.

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According to new research from the University of Cambridge in England, sheep are able to recognize human faces from photographs.

The farm animals, who are social and have large brains, were previously known to be able to recognize one another, as well as familiar humans. However, their ability to recognize human faces from photos alone is novel.

The recent study, the results of which were published in the journal Royal Society; Open Science, show the woolly creatures could be trained to recognize still images of human faces, including those of former President Barack Obama and actress Emma Watson.

Initially, the sheep were trained to approach certain images by being given food rewards. Later, they were able to recognize the images for which they had been rewarded. The sheep could even recognize images of faces shown at an angle, though their ability to do so declined by about 15 percent—the same rate at which a human’s ability to perform the same task declines,

“Anyone who has spent time working with sheep will know that they are intelligent and individual animals who are able to recognize their handlers.” said Professor Jenny Morton, who led the Cambridge study. “We’ve shown with our study that sheep have advanced face-recognition abilities, close to those of humans and monkeys.”

Recognizing faces is one of his most important social skills for human beings, and some disorders of the brain, including Huntington’s disease, affect this ability.

“Sheep are long-lived and have brains that are similar in size and complexity to those of some monkeys. That means they can be useful models to help us understand disorders of the brain, such as Huntington’s disease that develop over a long time and affect cognitive (认识的) abilities. Our study gives us another way to monitor how these abilities change.” Morton said.

1.According to the new research, what’s unusual about sheep?

A. They have large brains.

B. They can recognize their owners.

C. They can tell animals from humans.

D. They can recognize human faces from photographs.

2.How did the researchers train the sheep?

A. By giving food rewards.

B. By showing photos of famous people.

C. By guiding them to follow their handlers.

D. By showing photos of humans and monkeys by turns.

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Sheep have a higher face-recognition ability than monkeys.

B. The new discovery is of great benefit to the study of cognitive ability changes.

C. The sheep’s face-recognition ability may prevent some disorders of the brain.

D. The sheep’s face-recognition ability stays the same when shown photos at any angle.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. A Wonderful Scientist

B. The Life of Sheep

C. A New Discovery about Sheep

D. How Sheep Recognize Each Other

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Chinese audiences seemed not to have been satisfied with the third season of the highly anticipated food documentary A Bite of China.

Even though the series has maintained high viewership ratings since its comeback last week, much higher than other programs aired at the same time, the ranking on Douban, a social networking website featuring films, literature and events, slipped to 4.2 out of 10, as of Tuesday, compared with 9.3 and 8.4, respectively, for the first two seasons.

Picky viewers complain that some of the narration is not accurate, while others pinpoint misleading content. At the same time, food blogger @barbara questioned whether it is appropriate to give a close-up shot of the poisonous plant Nandina（南天竺）in a food program.

A Bite of China, which debuted in 2012, became hugely popular nationwide for its quality introduction of some rarely-known and mouth-watering domestic cuisine. In the new show, however, watchers are not satisfied with “irrelevant” food references, such as lipsticks made of Chinese traditional medicine and martial arts master.

The first episode introduced a hand-made iron frying pan from east China’s Shandong province, which prompted thousands of Chinese Internet users to buy one from China’s leading e-commerce website Tmall in the next few days. Sales of the pan at “Zhensanhuan” surged 6,000 times compared with a year ago, according to Beijing Youth Daily.

In response to overwhelming criticism and questions, A Bite of China production crew responded on Weibo that they seek innovation despite the risks following the first two phenomenal seasons.

“It is unavoidable to make comparisons with the first two, and some audiences may not accept the changes,” the crew said. “We explore the culture and civilization behind food, and give food a historic touch. That’s why we feature culinary（烹饪的）tools, feast and rituals, as well as a healthy diet to show Chinese wisdom and philosophy, which has not been shown in any food programs before.”

1.Why does the passage mention Nandina?

A. Because some of the narration is not accurate.

B. Because it may be improper to give a close-up shot of a poisonous plant.

C. Because it is misleading content.

D. Because it is not attractive at all to most picky viewers.

2.Which of the following elements leads to viewers’ dissatisfaction with the new show?

A. some mouth-watering domestic cuisines

B. food-unrelated items

C. some rarely-known cuisines

D. the increasing sales of the pan at “Zhensanhuan”

3.According to its production crew, what is unique to ‘A Bite of China III’?

A. It makes comparisons with the first two episodes.

B. It tells the story of some martial arts related to food.

C. It receives overwhelming criticism and questions from audience.

D. It focuses on cooking tools, rituals and healthy eating.

4.What is the best the title for the passage?

A. 'A Bite of China III' Draws Criticism from Audiences

B. 'A Bite of China III' Maintains High Viewership Ratings

C. 'A Bite of China III' Changes for the Worse

D. 'A Bite of China III' Explains its Purposes

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International Airport Sheremetyevo Moscow

If You've Lost Personal Belongings

On Board --Contact the airline’s representatives

At the Airport --Contact:

-- Sheremetyevo Police Department

……………………………………+7(495)578-22-55

--Unclaimed luggage storage room in Terminal C

……………………………………+7(495)578-23-26

--Umclaimed luggage storage room in Terminal D

……………………………………+7(499)500-65-52

(domestic flights)

+7(495)753-86-41

(international flights)

When collecting Lost and Found items, you shall have an identification document, a boarding pass or a ticket,and also to indicate a place where the items were lost and prove they are yours.

If Your Luggage Is Lost or Damaged

Before leaving the arrival area, please turn to the Lost and Found counter to file a report. The written claim shall be submitted to the airline company not later than seven days from the time when the luggage was to be collected.

If your luggage is not found withintwenty-one days of the time when the claim was filed, you have the right to claim damages in the amount of not more than 600 rublesper kilogram. Amount refunded(退款) for a hand luggage lost through the fault of an airline is not more than 11,000 rubles regardless of its weight. Amount refunded for damaged luggage is calculated based on the same tariffs(关税).

Keep your flight documents (a ticket, boarding pass, luggage tag, anddelayed luggage report filed at the airport) untilthe end of the procedure for searching for your luggage.

Current information on luggage-tracing results

……………………………………+7(495)578-76-65

Lost and Found service of Aeroflot Airlines

……………………………………+7(495)544-33-25

(from9:00to20:00)

+7(495)753-86-41

(24 hours)

For further information please contact the airline.

1.What should you do if you find your personal possessions lost on board an airplane?

A. Submit a claim to the company. B. Go to the Lost and Found counter.

C. Contact the airline’s representatives. D. Contact the unclaimed luggage storage room.

2.How much money can you claim if your 20-kilogram hand luggage is lost?

A. 600 rubles. B. 11,000rubles at most.

C. 12,000 rubles at least. D. 12,000 rubles at most.

3.Which number will you probably dial to see whether your lost luggage has been found?

A. 7(495)578-76-65 B. 7(495)544-33-25

C. 7(499)500-65-52 D. 7(495)753-86-41

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“My wallet! Where is it? ” were my first words when I found out my wallet was lost. I searched my memory for a few good seconds, and then________that I had left my precious wallet in the library. To be________, it was in the public toilet of the library!

_____the library was then closed, I had to wait until the next morning to begin my________. When I got there early the next day, all I found was a______bathroom.

At that time, all I could________was that the person who cleaned the restroom had________my wallet. So I________approached an old lady at the front desk. “Excuse me, is there a wallet found in the restroom yesterday? ” She walked through a door and________for a moment. Then she came back to the desk. “No, ” she said. I quickly thanked her and walked off,________.

Finally, I painfully________the fact that my wallet had gone.

A week later, I received a mysterious________in the mail. Sure enough, it was my________! And most surprisingly,________in it was missing! And there was a little yellow piece of paper folded up inside. I slowly unfolded it and a little medal of Christ fell off. The paper________like this:

Always________this medal with you, whatever your religion is, so the angel that was watching over you last________will always be close.

This person didn’t even leave a return________, so I couldn’t thank whoever it was.

From that day on, I promised myself to follow this example when I was in a________situation. I will make others as________as I was when I opened that package!

1.A. predicted B. realized C. explained D. imagined

2.A. obvious B. honest C. exact D. clear

3.A. Because B. Although C. Unless D. Even

4.A. work B. reading C. research D. search

5.A. crowded B. noisy C. clean D. deserted

6.A. run after B. hope for C. remember D. declare

7.A. hidden B. picked C. ignored D. found

8.A. secretly B. aimlessly C. politely D. angrily

9.A. disappeared B. hesitated C. rested D. escaped

10.A. surprised B. disappointed C. satisfied D. ashamed

11.A. accepted B. considered C. changed D. covered

12.A. present B. invitation C. notice D. package

13.A. wallet B. book C. reward D. treasure

14.A. something B. nothing C. everything D. anything

15.A. exposed B. described C. read D. announced

16.A. keep B. equip C. compare D. connect

17.A. month B. fortnight C. week D. year

18.A. reminder B. date C. message D. address

19.A. disappointing B. similar C. different D. difficult

20.A. annoyed B. puzzled C. crazy D. happy

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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。

The giant panda 1. (love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists 2. (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very 3.(care) mother. For 25days, she never left her baby, not even to find something 4. (eat)! She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural 5.(enemy) that would try to eat the little comforting pats. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a human does. 6. it cried, she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats. The mother continued to care for the young panda 7. more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed 8.(it) mother for food. However, it stayed with her and leaned about the ways of the forest. Then, after two and a half years, the mother 9. (drive) the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, 10. it was also time for the young panda to be independent.

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假定你是李华，为帮助我市外国朋友了解中国文化，你所在的英语沙龙将举办元宵晚会。请发一封电子邮件给你的好友Jim，简要介绍相关情况并邀请他参加，内容包括：

1. 时间：下周二晚6点到8点；

2. 地点：俱乐部101室；

3. 内容：唱中国歌、比赛用筷子、包元宵等。

注意：1．词数100 左右，信的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：筷子(chopsticks); 元宵(sweet dumplings)

Dear Jim,

How are you? _____________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

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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。

Five years ago, my father, who was in his forty, lost his job. At first, he was in low spirits and often gets drunk. One day, he read a story about Ren Zhengfei and it was greatly inspired him. He turned to a friend, with which help he set up a factory. In his factory waste materials were made full use to produce environmentally-friendly packing bags. With these bags well receiving, his factory went smooth. Now, he has extra money but he often helps those in need. So far, he has donated as many as $10,000. How a great father I have!

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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。

Longjing tea, which has topped the list of the most ten famous teas in China, 1. (name) after its production region-Longjing Village of West Lake. The good environment and water resources have contributed much to the 2. (grow) of the tea, confirming the saying that “Longjing tea is the 3. (good) among all the teas in the world”.

Thanks 4. Emperor Qianlong, the tea has earned a high reputation. The story went that Emperor Qianlong once travelled in Hangzhou and he saw some ladies picking the tea at 5. foot of the mountain. He was so interested in their movements 6. he decided to have a go himself.

While 7. (pick) the tea, he received the news of his mother’s illness, so he carelessly put the leaves in his sleeves and 8. (leave) Hangzhou for Beijing. He visited his mother 9. (immediate) upon his arrival in Beijing, and his mother smelt the fragrance of the tea leaves from his sleeves and wanted to have a taste. After drinking a cup of tea, she found 10. (she) completely refreshed, and she even praised it as a cure for her illness. Since then, it was listed as the tribute tea.

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The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.--Thomas Macaulay。

1.A. test B. paper C. lesson D. problem

2.A. examined B. finished C. marked D. answered

3.A. same B. usual C. silly D. serious

4.A. lying B. talking C. guessing D. cheating

5.A. how B. why C. what D. when

6.A. come B. leave C. remain D. apologize

7.A. excuse B. reject C. spare D. scold

8.A. above B. common C. special D. following

9.A. get B. put C. copy D. repeat

10.A. worry B. hear C. talk D. know

11.A. chance B. lesson C. incident D. memory

12.A. even B. still C. always D. almost

13.A. way B. choice C. reason D. sentence

14.A. All B. Few C. Some D. None

15.A. nations B. families C. individuals D. organizations

16.A. final B. temporary C. important D. personal

17.A. finder B. stranger C. passer-by D. policeman

18.A. some B. extra C. small D. necessary

19.A. paid B. shared C. returned D. remembered

20.A. me B. us C. you D. them

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How You Open Your Car Door Matters to Cyclists

The“Dutch reach”isn’t a new dance move or a random YouTube challenge. It’s a simple move that can help prevent harm to cyclists. And you might keep your car door safe in the process, too. 1.

A. Pull the handle and the door is open.

B. This will force you to turn your body.

C. It is easy to do once you are used to it.

D. People are trying to change the way to open the car.

E. All you have to do is change how you open your door.

F. Several states now include the Dutch reach in their drivers’handbooks.

G. Clearly, the solution is for the person exiting the vehicle to check for traffic.

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A new study has shown how computers and robots powered by artificial intelligence can read human eye movements to “read” human personalities.

The eyes, they say, are the windows to the soul. And if that is true, computers and robots powered by complex artificial intelligence algorithms(算法) may soon have the ability to peer into your soul. That is the result of a new study on the connection between eye movements and personality, conducted by neuroscience researchers based at the University of South Australia and Published in the scientific Journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.

“Eye movements during an everyday task predict aspects of our personality,” wrote the researchers, led by University of South Australia neuroscientist Tobias Loetscher, whose team follows 42 study subjects around the university campus recording their eye movements, then determines their personality traits(特点) with “well-established questionnaires” for determining personality type, according to a summary of the study published by the site Science Daily.

The researchers fed the data into their Al algorithms and found that computers running the algorithms were able to record human eye movements and immediately determine a person's major personality traits, such as “neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, as well as perceptual(感知的) curiosity”, the scientists wrote.

“The new findings could improve the way human beings interact with their computers and other high-tech devices, even robots, allowing for more natural and realistic social interactions with machines,” Loetscher said.

“People are always looking for improved, personalized services. Today’s robots and computers are not socially aware so they cannot adapt to non-verbal information,” Loetscher said in a statement quoted by Indian Express. This research provides opportunities to develop robots and computers so that they can become more natural, and better at interpreting human social signals.”

The study revealed previously undiscovered relations between specific personality characteristics and specific eye movement tendencies, according to a summary in Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper.

1.What do the underlined words “peer into” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. Stare at. B. Understand.

C. Search for. D. Concern about.

2.How did the researchers conduct the research?

A. It was carried out in a lab.

B. 42 subjects’ eye movements were recorded.

C. The students’ daily movements were tracked.

D. Its subjects’ personalities were determined by computer.

3.What can we know according to Tobias Loetscher?

A. Robots and computers are socially conscious.

B. People care less about improved, personalized services.

C. Today’s robots and computers can accustom to non-verbal information.

D. The discovery will improve the interaction between human beings and machines.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Human Personality Traits

B. What Human Eye Movements Are

C. Tell Personalities by Eye Movements.

D. How Humans and Machines Can Interact

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When was the last time you used plastic plates? Next time, why not try some edible ones? You’ll help the environment and your guests won’t go hungry.

“I used to work in school catering and saw a lot of money being thrown away. I thought that was criminal, so I decided to do something about it,” said Italian school chef Tiziano Vicentini.

Now, Vicentini has an amazing range of edible plates for schools. The plates are made out of bread dough, so you can eat them afterwards. “These dishes cost a few pennies each and are either eaten by the kids, or go into recycling bins for animal food,” explained Vicentini, 50, of Milan.

But now other companies are developing edible plates, too. The Edible Plate Company offers edible plates, bowls, trays and cups. Their products are environmentally-friendly, 100% biodegradable and can be used for all types of catering and home use. And they’re made from a natural plant. After use, they can be fed to animals or left to degrade naturally. They also have a range of cutlery (餐具）made from corn and potato starch (淀粉).

These plates will also help reduce the amount of plastic we create. Waste from plastic causes damage to the environment, costing governments millions in waste management. Plastic bags often end up in landfill sites. And the burning of plastic waste causes toxic gases that pollute the air.

In response to this, governments around the world are introducing tough recycling regulations. And many shops are offering biodegradable plastic bags and eco-safe packaging on their products. To help matters, the International Organization for Standardization (the ISO) has also developed a system to evaluate the biodegradability of products, with a certification and logo scheme. Meanwhile, how about a nice plate for lunch?

1.Which of the following is not the advantage of edible plates?

A. They are expensive. B. They can degrade naturally.

C. They are environmentally-friendly. D. They are made from natural plant.

2.Which of the following statements is true?

A. Tiziano is from Germany.

B. Edible plates are only used for school catering,

C. Corn and potato starch can be used to make cutlery.

D. The Edible Plate Company doesn’t produce edible bowls.

3.What does the underlined word “this” refer to?

A. The air pollution.

B. The edible cutlery.

C. The toxic gases caused by the burning of plastic.

D. The damage to the environment caused by plastic waste.

4.What is the main idea of this passage?

A. The measures to stop the pollution.

B. The ways to reduce the plastic waste.

C. How to make edible plates from natural plants.

D. The plate solution to eating and environmental problem.

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