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“Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” An old tale tells seemingly unbelievable story of a magic mirror, but now the magic is no longer unachievable.

In August 2018, news went viral (广为传播的) that the police had caught criminal suspects who attended Chinese singer Jacky Cheung’s concerts. How did the police pick out the suspects among thousands of screaming fans? The helping hand is Al facial recognition technology. The low-key yet powerful tool is no longer far-fetched, but entering the world of China’s top investors and companies.

Facial recognition is a technology able to identify a person from digital image or a frame from a video source. Tang Wenbin, CTO of Face++, an Al computer vision technology company in China, vividly explained the workflow. According to him, facial recognition is the identification of our appearance, including knowing the sex, age and identity of a person. You may think it is like a brain or a neural network. You use data to train it, and then, it learns the pattern.

Facial recognition technology has been traditionally allied with the security work but today there is active expansion into other industries including mobile phones, marketing and finance.

Chinese start-ups have seen the potential of AI facial recognition for simplifying and speeding up tasks in multiple industries. And the market is now crowded and competitive.

China is starting the Al revolution and has made breakthroughs in facial recognition. “If applying AI to different industries is a marathon, the companies there probably have just got off the blocks.” said Tian Feng, director of Alibaba Cloud Research Center. He also thinks that in the future, everybody will be able to use AI as it will soon become a basic tool for work and life.

1.Why does the author mention mirrors in Paragraph 1?

A.To imply that such magical mirror is achievable.

B.To lead to the topic that such magic has become reality.

C.To prove that old tales are based on true stories.

D.To describe the background of facial recognition.

2.Which of the following best explains“allied with”underlined in Paragraph 4?

A.Content with. B.Compared with. C.Burdened with. D.Associated with.

3.What is Tian Feng’s attitude towards the future of AI?

A.Favorable. B.Pessimistic. C.Indifferent. D.Objective.

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

A.Breakthroughs of Chinese Technology B.Effects of AI Technology

C.The Eye of AI in China D.Facial Recognition in Security

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Marielle Bacason was 22 when she experienced the storm that would change her life. On November 8, 2013, she held onto whatever she could as the wind of up to 315 kilometers per hour destroyed everything in its path. When the wind finally died down and the storm became less violent, this is what she saw:

“You could not distinguish the roads and dead bodies of people and animals everywhere. We feared for our safety every day, especially during the night. We just wanted to leave Tacloban... I was traumatised,” she says.

In her hometown of Tacloban, in the Eastern Visayas region of the Philippines, southeast from the capital of Manila, her home and everything she owned was damaged Super Typhoon Haiyan was the strongest storm to hit the country reportedly killing over 6,300 people, though the locals said the toll (伤亡人数) was much higher.

Recovering from an event like this is no easy task. Marielle and others asked: Why me? Why did this happen? Who is responsible? For the past five years, Marielle has been trying to find the answers. That’s why she along with other amazing women, are taking on some of the world’s largest coal, oil and gas companies, including ExxonMobil, bp, Chevron and Shell, for contributing to the human harm resulting from the impacts of climate change.

Caused by a petition (请愿书) filed in 2015 by representatives of communities and organizations across the Philippines, this investigation (调查) by the Commission on Human Rights (人权委员会) of the Philippines is the first of its kind to be launched by an independent constitutional office. The result, which won’t be known until early 2019, could be game changer for the fossil fuel industry.

Marielle, who is now working as research nurse in London, puts it simply:

“All I ask of these big companies is to allow our children, grandchildren, and the future generations to be able to enjoy an undamaged planet I just ask that they consider the long-term effects of their actions.”

1.How did Marielle feel after the storm?

A.Puzzled. B.Shocked. C.Embarrassed. D.Disappointed.

2.What’s Marielle’s’purpose of fighting against those companies?

A.To push them to help her hometown recover.

B.To completely drive them out of her country.

C.To get back all her possessions lost in the storm.

D.To ask them to be environmentally responsible.

3.What do we know about the investigation mentioned in Paragraph 5?

A.It might greatly influence the fossil fuel industry.

B.It’s being carried out by Marielle and her colleagues.

C.It’ll have long-term-effect on Tacloban’s economy.

D.It’ll measure the damage caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan.

4.Which of the following best describes Marielle?

A.She’s an easy-going woman. B.She cares little about climate change.

C.She holds strong social responsibility. D.She used to be a research nurse in London.

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The USA Gap Year Fairs lists broad range of Gap Year programs.

The High Mountain Institute Gap

The High Mountain Institute Gap unites outdoor advantage and conservation to cultivate (培养) the next generation of civically-minded leaders. With programs traveling through Patagonia and the American West, students discover more about the world and themselves, become independent in their outdoor skills, develop intellectual maturity and effective leadership, and are more prepared to succeed in college and beyond.

Program location(s): USA, Argentina

Phone: 719-486-8200

National Outdoor Leadership School

For nearly 50 years, National Outdoor Leadership School has been the leader in wilderness education. More than 221, 000 students have learned in the world’s most spectacular and wild classrooms.

Program location(s): Alaska, Amazon Australia, East Africa, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Argentina

Phone: 800-710-6657

The International School or Earth Studies

It’s private, interdisciplinary (跨学科的) institution specializing in earth-based studies. The programs encourage students to explore the seeds of greatness, with a view to developing tomorrow’s environmentally sensitive spokespersons and leaders. The principle goal is to help students develop responsibility inspired through appreciation and love for natural places and the environment.

Program location(s): Newfoundland, Canada

Phone: 819-647-3226

The Experiment in International Living

It provides summer abroad programs for high school students who want to connect deeply and engage meaningfully with the richness and complexities of another country. Programs are designed to equip participants not only with essential cultural skills and, in many cases language skills, but also with a deeper awareness of and sensitivity to critical global issues shaping the diverse communities and regions we visit.

Program location(s): Europe, the Americas, Africa, south of the Sahara

Phone: 800-345-2929

1.What do the first two programs help participants do?

A.Learn diverse cultures. B.Find ways to protect the environment.

C.Develop outdoor skills and leadership. D.omplete wilderness education in college.

2.If you want to learn about program focusing on the environment,you can dial________.

A.819-647-3226 B.800-710-6657

C.800-345-2929 D.719-486-8200

3.Which of the following is ideal for participants who are interested in culture and language?

A.The High Mountain Institute Gap. B.National Outdoor Leadership School.

C.The Experiment in International Living. D.The International School for Earth Studies.

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假定你是李华，计划在下个月与父母一起到伦敦旅游。请给你的英国笔友Martha写封邮件，内容包括：1. 旅游目的（体验不同文化，提高英语水平）；2. 请她介绍景点和风俗习惯等。

注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Martha,

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

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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。

We have a small piece of land to grow vegetables, that are growing better than ever. Today, my mother picked a lot of vegetables and asked me to send any to one of her colleagues, whom I call Auntie. She was very happily. She liked the fresh vegetables very much and said thank to me. She also sent his regards to my mother.

After supper, I was about to doing my homework when I heard a knock at the door. When I open the door, I saw Auntie standing outside with many gifts are in her hands. I knew immediately that she came thank us for the vegetables. What a thoughtful or kind woman!

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There’s nothing like a heartwarming rescue (营救) story, especially when it involves two animals. Africa is known for its many kinds of wild animals, so spotting a wild animal isn’t________.

A farmer is used to spotting large creatures. One day, he saw something usual. Upon a closer look, it became ________to the farmer that this was a baby giraffe. Not only was the little baby all on its own, but it also________to be no more than a few days old. It seemed that it needed some________.Since the newborn was obviously without its________,the farmer knew he had to find a safe place for the baby. The closest one was a rhino (犀牛) health recovery center.________It wasn’t their specialty (专业), the center________to take care of the baby giraffe. The caretakers couldn’t turn down a(n)________ creature There, they________ the baby giraffe jazz.

Apart from the workers, there was one animal who________to leave Jazz’s side, and that was a dog, Hunter. He seemed to want nothing more than to________friendship to any suffering animals. He ________ watched over Jazz from the moment the baby was________Hunter appeared hopeful although Jazz’s ________was not good. The dog slowly________the sleeping giraffe, doing all he could t________the poor creature without hurting the young animal. Several days later, Jazz clearly appreciated Hunter’s________, because before long he was beginning to get closer to the dog.

The dog selflessly gave his friendship. The animals were________species, but they________ to become friends.

Before long, Jazz was looking like any________baby giraffe. He was sitting tall at his best friend’s side. Meanwhile, Hunter looked happier than ever.

1.A.enjoyable B.fortunate C.uncommon D.awful

2.A.clear B.aggressive C.unfair D.informal

3.A.proved B.appeared C.attempted D.meant

4.A.comment B.motivation C.balance D.help

5.A.family B.freedom C.courtyard D.respect

6.A.Because B.Though C.Unless D.If

7.A.disliked B.forgot C.agreed D.demanded

8.A.helpless B.cautious C.outgoing D.friendly

9.A.created B.directed C.called D.handed

10.A.pretended B.failed C.determined D.refused

11.A.explain B.award C.offer D.apply

12.A.gently B.fluently C.eventually D.practically

13.A.given away B.take in C.picked up D.put off

14.A.condition B.incident C.birthplace D.injury

15.A.requested B.hired C.followed D.approached

16.A.defeat B.control C.care for D.rely on

17.A.honest B.patience C.belief D.evidence

18.A.dangerous B.different C.familiar D.huge

19.A.struggled B.aimed C.decided D.managed

20.A.weak B.modest C.healthy D.funny

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Things You Shouldn’t Do While Shopping

● Leave your kids alone.

If you plan to bring your children with you to do holiday shopping, make sure that they are well-rested and fed. 1. It’s also not the staffs responsibility to watch over your children since they have to attend to other customers. If you do have to take your kids with you, use this as an opportunity to teach them the manners every parent should teach their children.

● Park like you own the place.

The only thing worse than shopping in stores during the holidays is parking at the store. Be patient in the parking lot and avoid unnecessary honking (鸣笛). It is also suggested that you leave your car at home and take a cab, Lyft, or Uber instead. 2.

● Keep the shopping cart (购物车) in the middle of the passageway.

Keep in mind that the flow of traffic in the passageways is the same as on the road—stick to the right and let people pass on the left. 3. You shouldn’t park your shopping cart in the middle of the passageway, because that could make it difficult for other shoppers to get by.

● 4.

For the clothes that don’t fit after the try-on, fold or hang them and return them to a staff member on your way out. This will make the shopping experience more pleasant for both the shoppers and the staff since the changing rooms won’t be filled with unwanted and messy clothes. 5. By keeping your changing room clean, you’re showing respect for your fellow shoppers and the staff who work there.

A.Otherwise,the staff have to organize them.

B.Leave unwanted clothes in the dressing room.

C.Especially rude driving habits could be dangerous,too.

D.The extra cost could be worth the lack of parking stress.

E.If it is possible to shop without a cart,you could save some money.

F.If you’re looking at something,park your cart to the right side of the passageway.

G.You should never leave your kids unattended because they may injure themselves.

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A new coffee culture is forming in and around San Francisco, California. A growing number of coffeehouses there are barring paper cups. Instead, they are using glass containers or creating “bring your own cup” policies. The movement started among neighborhood cafes in an effort to reduce waste. Now it is gaining support from large businesses in the city—and around the country.

Famous cook Dominique Crenn is opening a cafe in San Francisco next year that will not use to-gabags, throw-away coffee cups or any plastic. Diners who plan to buy a to-go drink from boutique Crenn will be asked to bring their own coffee cups, a spokeswoman said.

The Blue Bottle coffeehouse company uses about 15,000 to-go cups each month at its 70 shops across the U.S. The company recently said it wants to “show our guests and the world that we can get rid of disposable (一次性的) cups”.

Blue Bottle plans to stop using paper cups at two of its stores next year. The move is part of a promise to produce “zero waste” by the end of next year.

Larger coffee and fast-food businesses around the U. S. are feeling a sense of urgency (紧急) to be more environmentally friendly, said Bridget Croke. She is with the New York-based investment company Closed Loop Partners. It is working with Starbucks and McDonald’s to develop a substitute (替代品) for the disposable coffee cup.

Today’s to-go cups for hot drinks are not only made from paper, they also have plastic to prevent leaking. This makes them hard to recycle, Croke said. She admitted that it is not likely that large national food and drink companies will stop using disposable cups totally or ask all customers to bring their own.

So, her company is looking for other solutions. In partnership with Closed Loop, Starbucks and McDonald’s paid $10 million to develop the “single-use cup of the future”. The result is expected to be recyclable and to break down naturally.

1.What does the underlined word“barring”in the first paragraph mean?

A.Using. B.Inventing. C.Improving. D.Banning.

2.What do boutique Crenn and Blue Bottle have in common?

A.They will desert throw-away cups.

B.They’ve decided to improve service.

C.They want to attract more customers.

D.They will open some new coffee shops.

3.Why are traditional to-go cups bad for the environment?

A.They are made from wood.

B.They are needed in great quantity.

C.The hard to recycle.

D.They encourage people to drink more coffee.

4.What do Starbucks and McDonald’s aim to do in the future?

A.Refuse to offer cups to consumers.

B.Invent environmentally friendly cups.

C.Run together with another company.

D.Spend a lot on the development of new coffee.

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The popularity of Chinese-owned video-sharing service TikTok (抖音) continues to grow among young people in the United States. In 2019, experts say the service more than doubled its American user base to 37 million. TikTok is especially popular with teens and young adults.

The service lets users create and share their short videos that they think interesting and useful, and many of them are under 15 seconds. The TikTok app offers a wide choice of sounds, brief parts of songs and special effects tools to help create a video. Some TikTok-based memes are very popular. Videos often include popular songs from well-known artists and TikTok has even helped launch the careers of new music stars.

TikTok is considered a competitor to the video-sharing app Snapchat, as well as Facebook’s Instagram service. Snapchat and Instagram also mainly interest young users with a wide mix of photos and videos centered largely on fashion, pop culture and humor.

Last year, TikTok was the second-most downloaded app from Apple and Google stores. Only WhatsApp was downloaded more. Research company Sensor Tower guesses people have downloaded the TikTok app 1.65 billion times.

TikTok has been used by many major companies to reach young people who use little or no traditional media. One of those companies is American-based e. l. f. Cosmetics. The makeup company’s chief marketer, Kory Marchisotto, said that TikTok is “where the Gen Z party is”. Gen Z is a name used to call the generation born between the late 1990s and the early 2000s. “That’s where they’re all hanging out,” Marchisotto said.

Companies appearing on TikTok can make money through advertising. Often, the companies create user “challenges” as part of their ad campaigns. In challenges, users are invited to publish their own videos in which they perform similar dance moves. One campaign by e. l. f. Cosmetics, for example, asked people to wink and move their lips while following a song. TikTok users created 3 million videos that received more than 4 billion view.

1.Which word can best describe the videos created on TikTok

A.Traditional. B.Formal. C.Various. D.serious.

2.Which was downloaded most from Apple and Google stores last year?

A.TikTok. B.Snapchat. C.Instagram. D.WhatsApp.

3.What can companies do on TikTok?

A.Challenge their competitors. B.Make advertisements.

C.Hold music concerts. D.Promote users’abilities to make videos.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.China’s TikTok Keeps Growing Among US Youth

B.TikTok Helps Users Create and Share Short Videos

C.China-based TikTok achieves great Success

D.Companies Benefit Much from TikTok

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I was dropping my mom and sister off at the train station after their holiday visit. On the way I saw a man in a wheelchair in an empty car park. It looked like he wasn’t wearing shoes.

After dropping off my family, I went back to the park and he was still there. His chair was on the incline (斜坡) that led to the street and it looked like he was struggling with his bare (赤裸的) feet to keep the wheelchair from sliding (滑) away into the street. I asked if he wanted me to pull him back up. He nodded. I asked him to pick up his feet and pulled him back up into the park. He didn’t react when I asked if this was far enough. Then, I opened the box I had brought with me. It was a shoe box with an old pair of shoes that I had kept in my car in case I found someone in need.

You could imagine the look on his face. First it was shock, then it was pure delight. When he spoke, I couldn’t understand what he said, but I knew he was thanking me.

On the way back to my car, I saw a couple who were in need and gave them a couple of my bags for the homeless. As I drove past the first man, I saw he had already put on one shoe and was working on the second.

Keeping old pairs of shoes in my car for situations like this is so much more important than throwing them out or selling them at a yard sale.

1.What caught the author’s attention while driving?

A.An empty park. B.A holiday visit experience.

C.A train station. D.A man with bare feet.

2.What was the disabled man doing when the author saw him for the second time?

A.He was putting on a shoe. B.He was asking passers-by for help.

C.He was preventing his chair going down. D.He was pulling himself into the street.

3.What made the man feel shocked?

A.The author’s beautiful car. B.The old shoes offered to him.

C.The questions asked by the author. D.The author’s effort to pull him back.

4.What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A.The author is always ready to help others. B.A homeless couple asked the author for help.

C.The author was praised for his kindness. D.The disabled man had difficulty putting on shoes.

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Four Healthy Experience Gifts Wellness Fans Will Love

Healthy classes

Deciding to eat healthier is usually a top New Year’s resolution for most people. You can help a loved one by treating them to a healthy cooking class to learn new tips and tricks that make cooking a healthier, more enjoyable experience. When people sign up for a cooking class, they are going to have a better mental attitude and mood. Sur La Table offers gift certificates (证书) to a variety of cooking classes nationwide that will appeal to just about any taste.

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Salt cave spa day

Sure, you could gift someone a day at any spa and they’ll enjoy it. The goal is to breathe in the refined (提炼的) air, which may help improve breathing system problems, from asthma, colds, to allergies, according to the Salt Therapy Association (which also has a list of locations nationwide). While the science on salt caves is limited, consider it another way to reduce stress and find more balance.

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Year-long pass to parks

Research has shown that spending time outside can help improve your memory, and lessen feelings of sadness. And research on people without sadness has shown similarly promising results of nature’s effect on one’s mood. For those who love a good nature walk or hike, consider gifting a year-long pass to parks. This experience gift gives them admission (进入许可) to more than 2,000 sites.

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A night in

Sometimes all we need is permission to do nothing, even if that’s just at home. The Lather Wellness Retreat offers the chance to relax without having to go anywhere. When we give ourselves permission and the gift of wonderful activities that will help us to reduce our stress, we sleep better and our immune systems (免疫系统) are more balanced.

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1.What can we do with the gift “Healthy” classes”?

A.Relax our body by cooking. B.Learn to prepare better meals.

C.visit different cooking schools for free. D.Make New Year’s resolutions for others.

2.Who might prefer the gift of a year-long pass to parks?

A.Those who want to go fishing. B.Those who want to have a cave spa.

C.Those who want to sleep better. D.Those who want to enjoy outdoor activities.

3.Which of the following can let you feel relaxed at home?

A.A night in. B.Healthy classes.

C.Salt cave spa day. D.Year-long pass to parks.

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假定你是李华。你校将于下周六举行“我的拿手菜（My Special Recipe）”大赛，并举办健康饮食讲座。你的留学生朋友Jackson对中国饮食很感兴趣，请你用英语写一封email邀请他参加此次活动。内容包括以下要

点：

1.活动时间和地点；

2.活动的内容和意义。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Jackson,

I’m looking forward to your coming.

Your sincerely

Li Hua

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根据下列各句句意及所给的单词的首字母或汉字提示，用单词的恰当形式填空。

1.The two brothers are like each other in appearance, but d_________ widely in their tastes.

2.Surely, an i________ person like you can deal with any difficult situation.

3.He felt d_______ when he was told that he had failed in the exam.

4.I couldn’t sleep because the bed was so u________.

5.It is unfair for them if I r_______ silence on such an important matter.

6.The _______(设备)for the extreme sports, like bungee jumping, is very expensive.

7.His _______(祖先)came to America from Ireland.

8.Against all odds the child_______(幸存) in the world.

9.________(与...相比)with most of the women at the time, she was lucky.

10.We offer a course that________(与...相联系) English Literature to other sudjects.

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Zhong Congrong, a successful businessman from Chongqing, China, has become known as the "the millionaire rubbish collector" for his longtime habit of picking up any garbage he finds in the streets of his city.

Zhong began____ the streets of Chongqing three years ago, ____ a family trip to southern China's Hai nan province. There, he_____ a retired (退休的) university professor who had reportedly been picking up rubbish from one of the local beaches every day, for the last four years. He was so______with the woman's dedication (奉献) to rubbish-collecting. Zhong _______ to copy her daily habit in his home city_____ he got back home from his vacation.

Interestingly, in the beginning, Zhong's rubbish- collecting habit received a lot of___ comments both from locals and the media. People just couldn't__ why a millionaire would do this. They thought it was nothing more than a stunt (噱头) to attract_____ , but Zhong didn't let this_____ him.

Even his family was confused by Zhong's____ at first. His wife and children were_____ by the media reports of his strange habit. And they even_____ to be seen with him in public._____, as time went by, people's _____ changed. They noticed that their neighborhood became_____ thanks to Zhong's efforts.

____ , they started to praise and. ____ him. His wife is now an anti-littering activist herself, and ____ anyone throwing rubbish on the street,

The millionaire rubbish collector has been doing his best to. ___ others as well. He wears an orange T-shirt with " anti-littering" words whenever he does his job" on the street." Whether we throw away or pick up rubbish has nothing to do with our academic degree, cultural background, age, or social status," Zhong said.

1.A.cleaning up B.worrying about C.looking for D.getting through

2.A.for B.after C.without D.before

3.A.recognized B.met C.interviewed D.greeted

4.A.impressed B.satisfied C.familiar D.bored

5.A.pretended B.agreed C.remembered D.determined

6.A.in case B.as long as C.as soon as D.even though

7.A.negative B.unusual C.unfair D.reasonable

8.A.explain B.understand C.admit D.prove

9.A.tourists B.cooperators C.attention D.business

10.A.ruin B.harm C.stop D.frighten

11.A.reflection B.questions C.words D.behavior

12.A.annoyed B.embarrassed C.moved D.shocked

13.A.failed B.managed C.expected D.refused

14.A.However B.Therefore C.Besides D.Instead

15.A.attitude B.life C.hope D.condition

16.A.larger B.quieter C.brighter D.tidier

17.A.Strangely B.Unluckily C.Gradually D.Immediately

18.A.bother B.support C.miss D.hate

19.A.cheats B.criticizes C.invites D.chooses

20.A.force B.amuse C.honor D.encourage

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How to Pass an Important Test

Whether it’s a first grade science test or college entrance exam, all tests have one thing in common: you have to pass.1.Stuck in a situation where you don’t know how to? This article can help.

Tips

★1. Once you get the study guide, make plans right away to study as soon as possible. No excuses! Killing time with friends isn’t worth it，since you can always hang out with them any other day.

★2. Get plenty of rest.2.If you walk into the classroom sleepily, you’ll most likely not finish the test because of how tired you are.

★3. Eat a good meal for breakfast.3.A few healthy good breakfast suggestions are oatmeal (燕麦片) , whole grain and high fiber food, grapefruit with fresh fruit salad.

★4. Bring all necessary materials.4.Bring pencils, pens, pencil sharpeners. snacks (if allowed) ，erasers, calculator (if allowed) and anything else you’ll need for the test.

★5.5.Showing up late cuts back the time you’ll have to take the test if it’s already testing hours. You’ll probably miss any important information needed in completing the test. In some tests，late comers are not allowed to take thetest，and get a instead of a satisfactory score.

A.The exam tests vocabulary, reading and math skills.

B.That one piece of cheese probably won’t last until test time.

C.Don’t forget to set your alarm clock and show up on test day on time.

D.Studies show that if you get enough sleep, your brain will be much more efficient.

E.Showing up without something as simple as a pencil can make a big effect on your test.

F.Failing the test won’t help you in the long run, so it’s important to know how to prepare to pass that big test.

G.This test is a challenging one and every year many students are unable to qualify it just because of lack of guidance.

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English is the most widely used language in the history of our planet. One in every seven human beings can speak it. More than half of the world's books and three quarters of international mail are in English.Of all languages，English has the largest vocabulary-perhaps as many as two million words.

However，let's face it:English is a crazy language.There is no egg in an eggplant，neither pine nor apple in a pineapple and no ham in a hamburger.Sweet-meats are candy，while sweetbreads，which aren't sweet，are meat.

We take English for granted.But when we.explore its paradoxes（探讨它的矛盾），we find that quicksand can work slowly，boxing rings are square，public bathrooms have no baths in them.And why is it that a writer writes，but fingers don't finger，grocers don't grocers，and hammers don't ham？If the plural of tooth is teeth，shouldn't the plural of.booth be teeth？One goose，two geese-so one moose，two meese？

How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same，while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites？How can overlook and oversee be opposites，while quite a lot and quite a few are alike？

How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell the next？

English was invented by people，not computers，and it reflects（反映）the creativity of hu-

man beings.That's why，when stars are out，they are visible（能看见的）；but when the lights are out，they are invisible.And why，when I wind up my watch，I start it；but when I wind up this essay，I end it.

1.According to the passage____.

A.sweet-meats and sweetbreads are different things

B.there should be egg in an eggplant

C.pineapples are the apples on the pine tree

D.boxing rings should be round.

2.Which of the following is the correct plural?

A.Teeth. B.Geese.

C.Meese. D.Tooth.

3.Which of the following includes two items which have the similar meaning?

A.A wise man and a wise guy. B.Overlook and oversee.

C.Quite a lot and quite a few. D.Hot as hell and cold as hell.

4.The underlined words"wind up"in the last paragraph probably mean"_______".

A.blow B.roll up

C.get hurt D.finish

5.Through the many paradoxes in the English language, the writer wants to show that human beings are______.

A.clever B.crazy

C.lazy D.dull

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The easy way out isn’t always easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I glanced through my cookbook and chose a menu which included homemade bread. Knowing the bread would take time, I started on it as soon as Doug left for work. As I was not experienced in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I doubled everything. As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and poured it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough (面团) covered with ugly yellowish marks. Realizing I had been defeated, I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldn't have to face Doug laughing at my work, I went on preparing the rest of the meal, and, when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice. He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed disturbed. Twice he got up and went outside, saying he thought he heard a noise. The third time he left, I went to the windows to see what he was doing. Looking out, I saw Doug standing about three feet from the rubbish bin, holding the lid up with a stick and looking into the container. When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something alive in our rubbish bin. Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up enough for me to see. I felt cold. But I stepped closer and looked harder. Without doubt it was my work. The hot sun had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast (酵母) made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing. I had to admit what the ‘living thing’ was and why it was there. I don’t know who was more embarrassed by the whole thing, Doug or me.

1.The writer’s purpose in writing this story is ________.

A.to tell an interesting experience

B.to show the easiest way out of a difficulty

C.to describe the trouble facing a newly married woman

D.to explain the difficulty of learning to cook from books

2.Why did the woman’s attempt at making the bread turn out to be unsuccessful?

A.The canned orange had gone bad.

B.She didn’t use the right kind of flour.

C.The cookbook was hard to understand.

D.She did not follow the directions closely.

3.Why did the woman put the dough in the rubbish bin?

A.She didn’t see the use of keeping it

B.She meant to joke with her husband.

C.She didn’t want her husband to see it.

D.She hoped it would soon dry in the sun.

4.What made the dough in the rubbish bin look frightening?

A.The rising and falling movement.

B.The strange-looking marks.

C.Its shape.

D.Its size.

5.When Doug went out the third time, the woman looked out of the window because she was ________.

A.surprised at his being interested in the bin

B.afraid that he would discover her secret

C.unhappy that he didn't enjoy the meal

D.curious to know what disturbed him

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To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasing voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class: he stands the whole time he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about.

The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn’t mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. The actor has to speak words which he has learnt by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand. What he has to do is to make all these carefully learnt words and actions seem natural on the stage.

A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand something, they say so. The teacher therefore has to meet the needs of his audience, which is his class. He cannot learn his part by heart, but must invent it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage-play because they could not keep strictly to what another had written.

1.What is the text about ?

A.How to become a good teacher.

B.What a good teacher should do outside the classroom.

C.What teachers and actors could learn from each other.

D.The similarities and differences between a teacher’s work and an actor’s.

2.A good teacher ____ .

A.knows how to hold the interest of his students B.must have a good voice

C.knows how to act on the stage D.stands or sits still while teaching

3.In what way is a teacher’s work different from an actor’s ?

A.The teacher must learn everything by heart .

B.He knows how to control his voice better than an actor .

C.He has to deal with unexpected situations .

D.He has to use more facial expressions .

4.The main difference between students in class and a theatre audience is that ____.

A.students can move around in the classroom

B.students must keep silent while theatre audience needn’t

C.no memory work is needed for the students

D.the students must take part in their teachers’ plays

5.Which of the following is true?

A.Teachers have to learn by heart what they are going to stay in class.

B.A teacher cannot decide beforehand what exactly he is going to stay in class.

C.A teacher must speak louder than an actor.

D.A teacher must have a better memory than an actor.

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A funny thing happened about a month ago when I opened the double doors of a small storage area in the back of my house where I kept my garden supplies during the long winter.

There, on top of a tower of dirt-filled pots, was a flash of green, topped with two of the most unlikely pink flowers you’ve ever seen. A quick examination showed that, in fact, this was a living, growing plant.

How was this possible? I was lost in thought. I couldn’t figure out how the plant survived under such environment. The unheated space had been sealed up (被密封) by us all winter, except for the times when we opened the doors to take the tools. It was still cold outside. Could this be one of those garden miracles I’d read about?

I wondered what helped the plant exist. I looked around and discovered something approaching an explanation. There are small glasses along the top of the double doors. And it’s possible that a ray of sun beams (照射) directly on that pot, giving it just enough light and warmth to let it to live in its own personal greenhouse.

I learned some lessons from this wonderful plant.

For one thing, I am moved by the accident of the whole thing. Had I started to put my pot six inches to the left or right of that spot, the plant might not have derived a little warmth from the sunshine. Had I pulled out the roots of the plant instead of cutting back the greenery in late fall, there would have been nothing but dirt in that pot.

But there’s something else that inspires me about this. Just how little light and warmth it took for this plant to move forward, grow and flower. It is wonderful to consider that just a drop of sunshine can awaken a day, a place and a life. When it comes to positivity, a little goes a long way.

1.How did the plant look like?(no more than 10 words)

________________________________________________________________________________________

2.In what environment did the plant grow?(no more than 10 words)

________________________________________________________________________________________

3.What helped the plant exist?(no more than 10 words)

________________________________________________________________________________________

4.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 6 mean?(1 word)

________________________________________________________________________________________

5.What do you learn from the story? Please explain in your own words.(no more than 20 words)

________________________________________________________________________________________

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根据所给的首字母和中文写出所缺单词的正确形式

1.He trekked across some of the most i__________(荒凉的、不宜居的)terrain in the world.

2.You can use the hut as a base for the e_______(探索)into the mountains around.

3.Education should be a universal right not a p_______(特权).

4.There is a f______(基本的、根本的)difference between the two points of view.

5.The plan is designed to m______(鼓舞)employees to work more efficiently.

6.We can’t help s______(怀疑)the real purpose of suspending the scheduled passenger operations of all Chinese carriers to and from the USA.

7.He paused, a______(显然)lost in thought

8.The hotel is not responsible for any loss or damage to guests’ personal p______(财产).

9.Taking regular exercise is the most efficient way to build up and m______(保持)a reasonable level of physical fitness.

10.I’d like to p______(提议)a toast to the bride and groom.

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One of the most popular comments I have heard about time is that we need to balance our time in order to live a more balanced life. We often feel that if we are focused and devoted, happy and positive, loving and generous, healthy and energetic, then we will be balanced people. And if the pie chart of our daily life has just the right ratios(比率) of work, life, family, health, and service, then our time will be balanced.

The problem with trying hard for balance is that most people’s understanding of this state is so different from what balance actually is! Balance is not about walking around with a bunch of positive qualities; it’s about walking on the tight rope between the poles within us and the circumstances outside of us. Strictly speaking, in order to achieve true balance, we should accept we may have some shortcomings. We should accept and love the most challenging parts of life because they offer gifts for full, real living.

Even though we measure time in a linear(线状的) way, time is and will always be asymmetrical(不均匀的). One moment is not like another, just like each day is different and each tide that rolls in is different from the previous one. This is why it is impossible to balance our time through a pie chart in a time management book. Exploring asymmetrical time allows us to move in line with an unbalanced time and thus regain our relative balance. If we stop measuring ourselves against the standards of linear time, we can accept ourselves more fully. New possibilities arise as we accept the uncertainty.

1.Why does the author think it’s difficult to achieve balance in life?

A.People don’t know the true meaning of balance.

B.People may not have enough good qualities.

C.People cannot create their pie charts of daily life.

D.People fail to realize the qualities they really need.

2.In the author’s opinion, what does a balanced life mean?

A.We should arrange our time wisely.

B.We should try to believe ourselves.

C.We should learn to improve ourselves and our lives.

D.We should accept the bad aspects of ourselves and life.

3.What does the last paragraph mainly want to tell us?

A.Uncertainty can help build up confidence.

B.It is difficult for us to accept ourselves fully.

C.There are always uncertain things occurring in life.

D.New possibilities can help us achieve balance in life.

4.What may be the best title for the text?

A.The true meaning of time

B.Seeking relative balance

C.Struggle for a balanced life

D.Popular comments about time

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In a recent series of experiments at the University of California, researchers studied toddlers’ thinking about winners and losers, bullies (欺凌) and victims.

In the first experiment, toddlers (学步儿童) watched a scene in which two puppets (木偶) had conflicting goals: One was crossing a stage from right to left, and the other from left to right. The puppets met in the middle and stopped. Eventually one puppet bowed down and moved aside, letting the other one pass by. Then researchers asked the toddlers which puppet they liked. The result: 20 out of 23 toddlers picked the higher-status puppet — the one that did not bow or move aside. It seems that individuals can gain status for being dominant (占优势的) and toddlers like winners better than losers.

But then researchers had another question: Do toddlers like winners no matter how they win? So, researchers did another experiment very similar to the one described above. But this time, the conflict ended because one puppet knocked the other down and out of the way. Now when the toddlers were asked who they liked, the results were different: Only 4 out of 23 children liked the winner.

These data suggest that children already love a winner by the age of 21-31 months. This does not necessarily mean that the preference is inborn: 21 months is enough time to learn a lot of things. But if a preference for winners is something we learn, we appear to learn it quite early.

Even more interesting, the preference for winners is not absolute. Children in our study did not like a winner who knocked a competitor down. This suggests that already by the age of 21-31 months, children’s liking for winners is balanced with other social concerns, including perhaps a general preference for nice or helpful people over aggressive ones.

In a time when the news is full of stories of public figures who celebrate winning at all costs, these results give us much confidence. Humans understand dominance, but we also expect strong individuals to guide, protect and help others. This feels like good news.

1.One of the purposes of the experiments is to ________.

A.teach toddlers how to gain higher status

B.offer toddlers a chance to watch a scene

C.observe the process of toddlers’ solving a conflict

D.find out toddlers’ attitude toward winners and losers

2.The toddlers regarded bowing and moving aside as a sign of ________.

A.obeying rules

B.gaining status

C.giving in to the other

D.showing good manners

3.What does the second experiment tell us about toddlers?

A.They are excellent learners.

B.They are always changeable.

C.They show mercy to the loser.

D.They value kindness over winning.

4.What does the author think of the results of the series of experiments?

A.Disappointing. B.Encouraging.

C.Unexpected. D.Controversial.

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Nasr Majid started hunting this fall at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (保护区) on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in USA. He’s one of the relatively few new hunters who officials hope will help stop a nearly four-decade decline nationally in what has become a hobby for fewer than 5 percent of Americans.

Natural resources and wildlife officials in Maryland are encouraging hunting of deer, turkeys and some other wild animals, which is believed to be good for the environment. Without hunting, they say, sika deer will overpopulate the wildlife refuge and they’ll overeat the bushes and other plants that provide important habitat for birds. On the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, hunting is also important to prevent the spread of diseases such as Lyme.

In many families, the hunting tradition has been handed down for generations. But as longtime sportsmen age and children lose interest, the number of hunters in the United States fell by 2 million, from 2011 to 2018, to about 11 million.

“Everything is changing. Kids are growing up in front of video games and computers instead of going hunting.” said Chris Markin, a hunting specialist for the state natural resources department. “Adults usually focus on working and providing for their families. Those pressures are preventing many other potential hunters from going out, and from raising the next generation of hunters.”

To avoid such a decline, a new approach is needed. Government agencies and nonprofit groups are now launching mentoring (指导) programs to train more hunters, which not only helps preserve an industry and a culture but also means more protection for wildlife and their habitats through deer population control and investment.

Luckily, there are those still eager to learn, like Majid. He was just looking for an outdoor hobby he could share with his children when he came across the mentorship program. Now, he feels capable of hunting on his own, but also has someone he can text with questions that pop up. His new pastime has already paid off for him—on his second hunt with his mentor, in the last minutes of daylight, he bagged his first deer.

1.In this passage,Nasr Majid is considered as a symbol of________.

A.devotion B.bravery C.enthusiasm D.hope

2.What can be inferred from Chris Markin’s words?

A.No one is interested in hunting any more.

B.The hunting tradition is facing challenges.

C.Parents fail to spend enough time with kids.

D.Hunting adds to many adults life pressures.

3.What does the underlined words“new pastime”refer to?

A.Raising questions. B.Looking for hunters.

C.Learning to hunt. D.Sharing a new hobby.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Teach hunters new skills B.Make Hunting More Popular

C.Reduce the pressure of life D.Train more skilled hunters

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One of the important subjects in contemporary poetry is identity — with an open-ended explanation of that word Poets, young and old are exploring what identity is, using their own lives as the background.

British poet Phoebe Power, in her first collection of poems, Shrines of Upper Austria, explores a different aspect of identity: a personal understanding of national identity the collection received the forward prize for Best First Collection and was on the final list for the t.s. Eliot Prize.

Power was born in Newcastle-on-Tyne and raised in Cumbria. She has taken part in a number of performance art and video art projects. She received a Northern Writers’ Award in 2014 and an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors in 2012. Now she lives in York in northern England.

Power’s starting point is her grandmother. She came to England from Austria as a new bride (新娘) married to a British soldier in 1946, the first year after the end of World War Ⅱ. Imagine the reactions of her British neighbors, and her new British family. Imagine what she had left behind. The grandmother’s experiences influenced Power greatly.

In Shrines of Upper Austria, we walk with the poet to see her grandmother’s life before Britain. We can learn about the small town where she lived and where “many of the shopkeepers were Jews”, the bodies of water, and buildings that existed when her grandmother lived there power also added some prose (散文) to the book, which tells us some stories of her grandmother’s early life. For example, it tells the stories about how her grandmother was found as a baby and given to a farmer when she was two.

The poems in the collection are pieces of a life. We can no more walk in our grandparents’ shoes than they can walk in ours. However, we can study old family photographs. We can see pieces of their lives — where they lived perhaps; where they played as children; what lakes or rivers they swam in. Like Power, we are left with pieces. These pieces don’t all make sense, but collectively they show a life.

1.Why could Power’s book of poems win influential prizes?

A.It was a collective work of the Society of Authors.

B.It specially focused on national identity.

C.It clearly explained the meaning of identity.

D.It was about powers’real life.

2.What can we find in Shrines of Upper Austria?

A.The poems by power’s grandmother.

B.The life and culture in Austria.

C.The stories of Power’s early life.

D.The bodies of water in York.

3.What does the author think of the pieces of our grandparents’ life?

A.Meaningful. B.Shocking. C.Heartbreaking. D.Outdated.

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Standing nervously behind the red curtain, I glanced out across the stage. A girl about my age sat at a piano; I could see her fingertips moving over the black and white keys in front of her. The beautiful melody (旋律) was so relaxing, ________ my body tensed with anxiety.

My body ________ when the girl stood up from the bench. It was finally my turn. A part of me wanted to run home and ________ under my bed, but I knew I had chosen to ________. When the girl onstage walked toward me, I could hear my heart beating ________. The girl had a proud smile on her face and when she passed me, I heard her say “Good________”!

“Well, here goes nothing.” I said to myself.

I stepped onto the ________ and walked slowly toward the piano. The bright lights nearly ________ me, making it difficult to see the audience. When I reached the ________, I automatically slid onto the bench into position. The sounds of whispering and people walking around gave way to complete silence. I stared at my ________ fingers and for a moment my mind went ________. Closing my eyes, I imagined the music sitting in front of me and tried to recall every tiny detail.

Finally, I took a deep breath and began to play Beethoven’s moonlight sonata (协奏曲). The rich tones of the piano rang out. One by one, each muscle in my body loosened and relaxed I sat on the bench and my ________ danced over the row of black and white keys as if they had a mind of their own.

All the practice and ________ I put in for six months showed this was what my teacher was pushing for. I tried to ________ all the things she reminded me to do. “Keep your wrists up, relax your arms, don’t raise your shoulders…” I remembered feeling slightly annoyed hearing these things continuously but I never realized until now how it really ________.

When I reached the end of the piece the audience started ________. I rose from the bench and gave a deep bow. A proud smile ________ up my face. Inside I felt ________ that it was over and that I had done so well. As the applause died down, I turned and walked to the other side of the stage. I saw a young boy standing nervously behind the red curtains staring ________ out at the stage. When I walked by, I passed to him the two words that were given to me for ________: Good luck!

1.A.and B.but C.for D.so

2.A.ached B.bent C.moved D.froze

3.A.hide B.sleep C.play D.drink

4.A.run B.escape C.stand D.perform

5.A.happily B.lightly C.hardly D.violently

6.A.guy B.luck C.music D.performance

7.A.stage B.bridge C.path D.chair

8.A.hurt B.killed C.blinded D.frightened

9.A.piano B.curtain C.light D.entrance

10.A.waving B.shaking C.unfolding D.crossing

11.A.wild B.awake C.blank D.wrong

12.A.fingers B.feet C.arms D.legs