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Chinese tech companies caught the spotlight at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, as they presented 5G phones and creative solutions, 1. (hope) to bring Chinese innovations to the world stage.

It 2. (estimate) that more than 2,400 companies from over 200 countries and regions participated at the event, more than 360 of 3. came from china.

Huawei Technologies Co. 4. (launch) its first  5G foldable smartphone  ahead  of  the  congress, the world’s 5. (large) telecom industry gathering. The phone is seen as dealing a major blow to its rivals, Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics Co. It took more than three years for the company to perfect the folding phone’s hinge (合叶), the most 6. (challenge) technical component.

Combining 5G, the foldable screen, artificial intelligence and a brand-new interface, the company hopes that Mate X will be the first key for consumers 7. (open) the door to 5G smart living. Mate X is quite impressive, 8. a  sound  design  showcasing  Huawei’s  technological  breakthroughs  against  its 9. (compete).

It will, 10., take some time for most consumers to get their hands on such foldable screens.

    Before I turned 10, I lost my parents. My siblings (兄弟姐妹) left Hyderabad after my relatives _________ them, but I insisted on slaying back to continue my _________. And I began to deliver newspaper to _________ myself. I would be up every morning by 5 a. m. and _________ five kilometers to the newspaper office. By 6 a. m., I would be _________ my copies of the Urdu Daily. The area I was _________ for spanned 3 kilometers. After distributing the _________. I would rush home, quickly eat and be off to high school.

One wintry morning in 1945. I got home after my _________ to find a boy of my age at my doorstep. He _________ himself as Afzal and said his father wanted to see me.

I was greeted at the door by Afzal’s mother, Nazeem. Afzal’s father, Mr. Kader, ____________ us as Nazeem served me tea and snacks. Nazeem gently asked me about my daily ____________ . I told her about my morning job and school. They were ____________ that I had to walk so much in one day. Later, as I was about to leave, Mr. Kader ____________into another room, and when he reappeared, he was ____________ a new bicycle. “This is for you!” he said.

It took a few seconds for this act of kindness to ____________. I didn’t realize that ____________ were rolling down my face. Mr. Kader said, “Your newspaper editor is a friend of mine. He gave me your ____________, so I knew you lived close by. Then Afzal told us more about you.”

I bowed, ____________ shook hands with them and left. The ____________ brought convenience to my life and taught me a life-long lesson: Help should always be need-based. Never try to ____________ a person who is dying of thirst.

1.A.abandoned B.comforted C.betrayed D.adopted

2.A.training B.career C.education D.relationship

3.A.occupy B.support C.improve D.please

4.A.cycle B.walk C.drive D.wander

5.A.collecting B.publishing C.selling D.buying

6.A.famous B.helpful C.responsible D.suitable

7.A.copies B.files C.brochures D.books

8.A.studies B.deliveries C.efforts D.tasks

9.A.regarded B.behaved C.considered D.introduced

10.A.wanted B.invited C.joined D.left

11.A.work B.routine C.deals D.burdens

12.A.shocked B.confused C.embarrassed D.disappointed

13.A.spun B.broke C.disappeared D.escaped

14.A.mending B.sending C.designing D.wheeling

15.A.sink in B.get in C.set up D.take up

16.A.thanks B.smiles C.apologies D.tears

17.A.name B.identity C.secret D.address

18.A.gently B.gratefully C.kindly D.firmly

19.A.newspaper B.conversation C.bicycle D.job

20.A.feed B.help C.treat D.choose

    The ability to think creatively is not a gift everyone possesses naturally, so it must be developed as a skill. Here are some tips to help you develop creative and critical thinking abilities.

Step outside your comfort zone

Stepping outside of your comfort zone is an easy way to expand your creative and critical thinking skills. This can mean reading a book or an article that is completely unrelated to any previous studies, or even having a difficult conversation with someone you're close to. 1.. We all grow from discomfort.

Stay healthy

Your mind is in the best shape when your body is. Coupling exercise with a healthy diet can clear the mind and allow for creativity. 2.. Some people are easily distracted by a messy office or a dark room. Most people are the most awake when they are in clean, healthy, and organized environments.

3..

This is a common technique used by journalists and writers suffering from writer's block. It's an easy tool to get the creative juices flowing. Open up a laptop, or grab a notebook and pen, and just start writing. Just let your mind take you wherever it wants to go. 4..

Take a breather

Everyone may reach points where they get stuck on an idea and can't get past it. Don't let this discourage you, and don't blame yourself. That sort of thinking will make you disheartened and distracted, which will only make you even more frustrated. 5.. Co outside for some fresh air, take a walk, eat a meal, or call a friend. Distraction, in moderation, can be very rewarding.

A.Write freely

B.Keep an open mind

C.Instead, take a short break

D.Keep your spirits high at work and even during the holidays

E.This is a great way to explore your thoughts and expand your creativity

F.Your work environment can also greatly affect the way the brain functions

G.Anything making you a bit uncomfortable probably benefits you more than it harms you

    One of a doctors’ most valuable tools is his nose. Since ancient times, medics have relied on their sense of smell to help them work out what is wrong with their patients. Fruity odors (气味) on the breath, for example, let them monitor the condition of diabetics (糖尿病病人).

But doctors can, as it were, smell only what they can smell—and many compounds characteristic of disease are odorless. To deal with this limitation, Hossam Haick, a chemical engineer at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, has developed a device which, he claims, can do work that the human nose cannot.

The idea behind Dr. Haick’s invention is not new. Many diagnostic “breathalysers” already exist, and sniffer dogs, too, can be trained to detect illnesses such as cancer. Most of these approaches, though, are disease-specific. Dr. Haick wanted to generalize the process.

As he describes in ACS Nano, he and his  colleagues created a series of electrodes made  of carbon nanotubes (纳米碳管). Each of these had one of 20 organic films laid over it. Each film was sensitive to one of a score of compounds known to be found on the breath of patients suffering from a range of 17 illnesses, including Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, and bladder cancer. When a film reacted, its electrical resistance changed in a predictable manner. The combined changes produced an electrical fingerprint that would be diagnostic of the disease a patient was suffering from.

To test their invention, Dr. Haick and his colleagues collected 2,808 breath samples from 1,404 patients who were suffering from at least one of the diseases. Its success varied. It could distinguish between samples from patients suffering from gastric cancer and bladder cancer only 64% of the time. At distinguishing lung cancer from head and neck cancer it was, though, 100% successful. Overall, it got things right 86% of the time. Not perfect, but a useful aid to a doctor planning to conduct further investigations. And this is only the first model. Slightly adjusted, its success rate would be expected to improve.

1.How useful is nose to doctors?

A.They can smell what other people can’t.

B.They could tell which diseases are odorless.

C.They diagnose illness through their sense of smell.

D.They will apply new device to helping with diagnosing illness.

2.What is the most special aspect of the new invention?

A.It can help detect more than one disease.

B.It is made of a series of electrodes.

C.It works through analyzing patients’ electrical fingerprints.

D.It can be used to help diagnose cancers.

3.What can we infer about the device?

A.It’s the first invention by using principle of sense of smell.

B.It will be a useful tool in diagnosing lung cancer.

C.Its success rate differs from patient to patient.

D.It can successfully tell Bladder cancer from other cancers.

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.High Tech in diagnosing illness B.A new way in diagnosing illness

C.Diagnosing illness  can be easy D.Diagnosing illness by smell

    Dolphins are universally regarded as some of the cleverest creatures in the world. In captivity ( 圈养), they can be trained to complete complex tasks such as jumping through hoops and somersaulting through the air.

But their intelligence doesn’t stop there. In a recent study of cetaceans (鲸目动物)--a group of animals that includes dolphins and whales--researchers created a list of intelligent behaviors observed in 90 different cetacean species, reported the Guardian. For example, the smartest cetaceans hunt in groups, share knowledge through mimicry (模仿) and even care for each other's children. Some even consider their behavior to be human-like.

“There is the saying that ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ seems to be true for both whales and humans,”

Michael Muthukrishna of the London School of Economics, co-author of the study, told the Guardian.

However, cetaceans don’t just use their brain power for survival. The study suggests that dolphins might even gossip. That's because some species greet each other with specific whistles, just as humans greet each other by name, the Guardian reported. Sometimes, a group of dolphins whistles the “name” of a dolphin that isn't there. Could they be speaking about their “friend” behind its back?

For the researchers, dolphin small talk is a big deal. As they found that the most social cetaceans also have the largest brains, they argue that cetacean intelligence developed to meet the demands of complex social groups.

Known as the “cultural brain hypothesis (假设),” it had only been used to explain the intelligence of humans and other primates (灵长目动物). The new study aimed to find a common pathway for the evolution of intelligence among biologically different species.

“It is interesting to think that whale and human brains are different in their structure but have brought us to the same patterns in behavior, ” Luke Rendell, a biologist at the University of St Andrews, told the Guardian.

Indeed, we still have a lot to learn about our intelligent ocean-dwelling neighbors. “We don’ t have to look at other planets to look for aliens,” Muthukrishna told the Guardian, “because we know that underwater there are these amazing species with so many parallels to us in their complex behaviors.”

1.The recent study was intended to ______.

A.learn more about intelligent creatures of the sea

B.explain the intelligence of humans and cetaceans

C.create a list of intelligent behaviors of different cetacean species

D.see whether the intelligence of different species evolved in the same way

2.The implied  meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 3 is that ______.

A.villagers have the responsibility  to raise any child in the village

B.like human beings, whales even help raise each other’s babies

C.cetaceans have social behaviors very similar to human beings

D.it is not easy for one villager to take care of his or her own child

3.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A.it is unnecessary to look for aliens and do research into them

B.some cetaceans have the same intelligence as human beings

C.both dolphins and whales greet each other with specific whistles

D.both dolphins and whales have a lot in common with humans in behaviors

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Aliens living underwater B.A study of intelligent dolphins

C.Intelligent creatures of the sea D.Reasons for the intelligence of sea creatures

    I became a magician by accident. When I was nine years old, I learned how to make a coin disappear. I’d read The Lord of the Rings and ventured into the adult section of the library to search for a book of spells—nine being that curious age at which you’re old enough to work through more than 1,200 pages of fantasy literature but young enough to still hold out hope that you might find a book of real, actual magic in the library. The book I found instead taught basic sleight-of-hand technique, and I dedicated the next months to practice.

At first the magic wasn’t any good. At first it wasn’t even magic; it was just a trick—a bad trick. I spent hours each day in the bathroom running through the secret moves in front of the mirror. I dropped the coin over and over, a thousand times in a day, and after two weeks of this my mom got a carpet from the hardware store and placed it under the mirror to muffle the sound of the coin falling again and again.

I had heard my dad work through passages of new music on the piano, so I knew how to practice—slowly, deliberately, going for precision rather than speed. One day I tried the illusion in the mirror and the coin vanished. It did not look like a magic trick. It looked like a miracle.

One of the lessons you learn very early on as a magician is that the most amazing part of a trick has nothing to do with the secret. The secret is simple and often dull: a hidden piece of tape, a small mirror, a duplicate playing card, diversion of the audience’s attention. In this case, the secret was a series of covert ( 暗 中 的 ) technique to hide the coin behind my hand in the act of opening it, a dance of the fingers that I learned so completely I didn’t even have to think. I would close my hand, then open it, and the coin would vanish not by skill but by real magic.

1.What book did the author intend to find in the library when he was nine years old?

A.A book teaching people how to make a coin disappear.

B.The second book of The Lord of the Rings.

C.A book on how to become a magician.

D.A book of real magic.

2.The underlined word “muffle” probably means ______.

A.clean B.punish

C.lower D.kill

3.What did the author learn from his dad playing the piano?

A.Without music, life  is of no value. B.Practice makes perfect.

C.Great liars are also great magicians. D.No pains, no gains.

4.Which of the following is not mentioned as a magician trick?

A.Carrying out skillful hand moves.

B.Using real magic to create miracles.

C.Hiding some stage tools inside the coat.

D.Guiding the audience to focus on something unimportant.

Maps Special Edition, £25

This book was already popular in our children’s department and has been made even better with this special edition, which includes 16 new maps. The collection of 68 maps takes you through 58 countries and six continents. It is packed with illustrated information, which includes famous historical figures, local dishes, festivals, wild animals and landmarks. Each page is a work of art to revisit, because each time you look you will notice something new.

Doodle World Map Pillowcase, £14.99

This 100% cotton, machine-washable world map pillowcase features lots of wonderful illustrations, including animals, the seven wonders of the modern world and interesting facts, such as the first solo round the world hot air balloon, the route of the Trans-Siberian Railway and the world record migration of the humpback whale. It comes with wash-out pens so you can wash off the old design and colour it in all over again, and again. Perfect for sleepovers.

Atlas of Dinosaur Adventures: Step Into a Prehistoric World, £20

Palaeontology meets cartography in this atlas (地图册) that is perfect for any dinosaur-obsessed child. It is by the award-winning team behind Atlas of Animal Adventures and Lucy Leather land’s inky illustrations, which makes the book a joy to look at. It covers the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and includes maps on the shifting continents and fossil finds. On every page you meet a different creature and discover its behaviours, hunting techniques, defence tactics and migration patterns.

Usborne Atlas and Jigsaw Europe, £9.99

You get two gifts in one here. This 300-piece jigsaw of Europe comes with a 32-page picture atlas, so you can see and discover the continent in more detail with the maps and learn more about the countries as you are building the puzzle. Beautiful illustrations of animals, landmarks and attractions cover every centimetre of the jigsaw, making it challenging (but not too hard) to put together for children age 5+.

1.All the four superbly illustrated atlases are perfect presents for ______ .

A.geologists B.children

C.adults D.parents

2.If a kid is obsessed by the remote past, what may he be interested in?

A.Maps Special Edition B.Doodle World Map Pillowcase

C.Atlas of Dinosaur Adventures D.Usborne Atlas and Jigsaw Europe

3.Which of the following is TRUE about these atlases?

A.All of them serve to explore the world.

B.All of them contain widely acknowledged landmarks.

C.They all have multiple purposes.

D.They are all made of unique materials.

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At Dana’s yard sale, Tim chose a baseball from the toys spread on the card table and asked about the price. Dana told him everything was a quarter except Nezumi, a cotton toy rat. It was grey with some cotton sticking out from the hole where an ear had been torn off.

“Nezumi is extra special, so he is ten dollars. He needs a safe new home.” Dana sighed. Tim laughed saying he didn’t have ten dollars. Dana laughed too and gave Nezumi to Tim as a free gift because he was her friend. When Tim whispered it was sort of old, Dana said old toys were the best. She then invited Tim to her birthday party the next evening, adding that her parents were giving her a real rat for her birthday. Tim was amazed and asked if it was a live rat.

“Of course.” Dana said.

At home, Tim’s mother showed him the gift she had bought for Dana. It was a knitting spool(针织线轴) shaped like a mushroom. Mom said Dana could knit a scarf for her doll. Tim sighed that Dana wasn’t a knitting kind of person but a rat kind of person. Mom laughed after knowing what had happened. Together they drove to the pet store, where Tim searched and searched and selected a clear plastic ball, one in which the rat could run around on the floor safe from cats and dogs. Tim thought of Nezumi’s ear and decided Dana’s new rat would need this ball.

The next day, Dana brought cupcakes to class. When she handed a cupcake to Tim, she asked if Tim brought Nezumi to school as Nezumi liked to ride in backpacks. Tim was at a loss because Nezumi was at home on his bed. Then Dana asked what gift he was giving her. Tim replied it was a surprise. In silence they sat for a while before he heard Dana say her parents were giving her a new bike for her birthday instead of a live rat because they thought rats would bite things.

注意:1. 所续写的短文词数应为 150 左右;

2. 续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;

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At home that afternoon, Tim stared at the plastic rat ball.

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All of a sudden, he had an idea.

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假定你是李华，下个月要参加某外国语大学入学英语面试，发邮件向你校外教Chris请教，内容包括：

1. 口语表达；

2. 面试技巧；

3. 注意事项。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题纸相应位置上。

Increasing pork production and supply will be the top priority for agricultural authorities in the following year 1. (ensure) pork production can rebound close to the level before outbreaks of African swine fever occurred, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said. Statistics from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs show the national pork price slumped by 23 percent in November 2. (compare) to the peak level in late October. In many areas in North China, prices dropped by about 30 percent 3. below 30 yuan ($4.26) per kilogram.

Domestic pork production 4. (hit) seriously by the outbreaks of African swine fever since August last year. Total production in the first three quarters was about 32 million metric tons, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. 5. (short) in supply have resulted in rising pork prices since the beginning of the year, 6. prices have started to decline recently due to increased production. Pork is the most 7. (common) consumed meat in China, and the supply of it 8. (matter) to the nation’s food security. So, on Monday, the ministry announced it has started 9. three-month special campaign aimed at fighting legal violations 10. (involve) the buying, selling and slaughtering to ensure quality and safety of the meat and its products in the market.

    There are times when we feel as if our bad circumstances will never change. When we meet troubles or problems in our lives,we are _______ for a sign that tells us everything will be _______ and get better.

When in this mindset (心态), I think back to a _______ I once heard about a family having dinner at a Chinese restaurant. At the end of the meal, everyone _______ their fortune cookie and read their messages out loud. _______ , the youngest child did not, she went to get another fortune cookie. This _______ several times before the mom stopped her and asked, “What are you doing?” The little child responded, “I am looking for a cookie with the _______ fortune for me.” The mom said, “There is only one thing you need to _______ and it’s not in a fortune cookie. That is where there is a will there’s a way.”

When _______ are not going our way,we may ________ the right fortune. We seek the hope for our ________ so that it will be better than the present. Once the Israelis were expelled (驱逐) in a foreign country against their will. At that time, everything was ________ for them, but they didn’t lose hope; instead, they________to their new environment positively. Years later they returned to their homeland as they had________.

In life we need to take action and hope and believe that nothing is impossible to a willing mind. It does ________ that good things do come out of bad and difficult situations.

1.A.ready B.grateful C.Responsible D.desperate

2.A.settled B.hidden C.defeated D.gone

3.A.message B.story C.problem D.case

4.A.ate B.tasted C.touched D.opened

5.A.Anyhow B.However C.Otherwise D.Therefore

6.A.changed B.ran C.happened D.showed

7.A.good B.bad C.wrong D.right

8.A.doubt B.guess C.know D.hope

9.A.memories B.things C.questions D.chances

10.A.search for B.make up C.take out D.wrestle with

11.A.family B.work C.business D.future

12.A.easy B.difficult C.common D.special

13.A.adjusted B.turned C.stuck D.agreed

14.A.left B.expected C.talked D.remembered

15.A.prove B.tell C.consider D.understand

    Hotels in Shanghai are requested to stop offering disposable toiletries(一次性洗漱用品) unless customers ask, in order to make efforts to reduce waste and pursue(追求) green development. 1.. The move is stated in a set of regulations on garbage sorting and recycling that went into effect in Shanghai.

Under the new regulations, most household plastic wastes should be sorted and recycled. The city also encourages individuals and companies to reduce their use of disposable plastic products. Kunlun Jing An hotel is one of those that answered the government call that “not offering disposable toiletries unless asked”. 2.“Shanghai is taking a lead in the country to fight against plastic waste,’’ said Gerd Knaust, general manager of Kunlun Jing An hotel. “Hotels should make contributions to sorting and recycling garbage.3.’’

4.  “It is a good thing to reduce waste in daily life,” said Zhang Wei, 40, from east China’ s Shandong Province who checked in the hotel for a business trip. He brought a reusable toothbrush after being informed by the hotel in advance.

At least 6.5 million sets of disposable toiletries are said to be used every day if the occupancy rate(入住率)is 50 percent for the 13 to 15 million hotel rooms across China, said Du Liangliang of the Hotel Business Unit of Ctrip, China’s leading online travel agency. “ 5.,” Du said.

A.The hotel said the new measure will help reduce plastic waste

B.Guests are encouraged to use recyclable toiletries during their stay

C.If hotels stop offering disposable toiletries, it will be great progress

D.It is one of the steps that the government takes to protect our environment

E.Also, we should encourage customers worldwide to lead an eco-friendly life

F.The hotel has informed people of the change through online and offline means

G.Plastic products harm our environment so greatly that we shall reduce their use

    If you’ve spent any amount of time boating, fishing, or bird-watching at lakes and rivers, you have most likely seen fishes jumping out of the water. I have seen it many times. Certainly, fishes will exit water in desperate attempts to escape enemies. Dolphins take advantage of the behavior, forming a circle and catching the frightened fishes in midair. But just as we may run fast from fun or from fear, different emotions might motivate fishes to jump.

Mobula rays（蝸鲼）aren’t motivated by fear when they throw their impressive bodies—up to a seventeen-foot wingspan (the distance from the end of one wing to the end of the other) and a ton in weight—skyward in leap（跳跃）of up to ten feet. They do it in schools（鱼群）of hundreds. They usually land on their bellies, but sometimes they land on their backs. Some scientists think it might be a way of removing parasites（寄生虫）. But I think that the rays are enjoying themselves.

In the clear waters of Florida’s Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, I watched several schools of fifty or more mullets（鲻鱼）moving in beautiful formation. Their well-built bodies were most evident when they leaped from the water. Most of the time I saw one or two leaps by a fish, but one made a series of seven. They usually land on their sides. Each jump was about a foot clear of the water and two to three feet in length.

Nobody knows for sure why the fish leaps. One idea is that they do it to take in oxygen. The idea is supported by the fact that mullets leap more when the water is lower in oxygen, but is challenged by the likelihood that jumping costs more energy than is gained by breathing air. It is hard to imagine they will feel any fresher when back in water.

Might these fishes also be leaping for fun? There is some new evidence. Gordon M. Burghardt recently published accounts of a dozen types of fishes leaping repeatedly, sometimes over floating objects—sticks, plants, sunning turtle—for no clear reason other than entertainment.

1.What can we say about the dolphins in Paragraph 1?

A.They have great escaping skills. B.They are easily frightened.

C.They are very clever. D.They love jumping.

2.What do the ray and the mullet have in common when jumping?

A.Both do it in groups. B.Both land on their bellies.

C.Both jump many feet out of water. D.Both make leaps one after the other.

3.How does the author feel about the idea mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A.It is valuable. B.It is interesting.

C.It is imaginative. D.It is questionable.

4.Which may be the reason for fish leaps according to the author?

A.To remove parasites. B.To amuse themselves.

C.To take in more oxygen. D.To express positive emotions.

    Before the end of the year, employees at Ubiquitous Energy, a company in Redwood City, Calif, will gather in a window-lined conference room to stare toward the future. That’s because their new glass windows will offer more than an amazing view of the North California landscape. They will also be able to power the company’s lights, computers and air conditioners.

Several years in the making, Ubiquitous’ energy-producing glass is a remarkable technological achievement. Its power lies in the layers of organic polymers (聚合物) between sheets of glass. As light enters the window,the flow of electrons between the polymer layers creates an electric current, which is then collected by tiny wires in the glass.

“It’s sort of like a transparent computer display run in reverse (反过来),” says Veeral Hardev, director of business development at Ubiquitous Energy. “Instead of electricity being shuttled to different points in a display to light them up, light is producing electricity to be shuttled out of different points in the window.”

Right now the windows produce about a third as much electricity from a given amount of sunlight as the typical solar cells used in roof panels (板).These windows, about half as transparent as ordinary glass, don’t work as well as transparent ones. Hardev says the company is likely to improve the transparency significantly. As for the lower output of electricity, he notes that windows can cover a much greater surface area than a roof, so numerous windows will produce a surprisingly larger amount of electricity than the production from a rooftop full of higher-efficiency solar panels. “You could do both.” says Hardev. “But you’ll get more from the windows. The biggest challenge, he adds, is increasing the windows from less than two square feet currently to about 50 square feet.”

1.What makes the new glass windows special?

A.They can offer an amazing view.

B.They are controlled by computers.

C.They can power the conference room.

D.They can help stare toward the future.

2.What is Hardev trying to explain in Paragraph 3?

A.The source of light.

B.The significance of different points.

C.The similarity of computer and glass.

D.The working principle of energy-producing glass.

3.What can affect power production according to the passage?

A.The transparency of the glass.

B.The quality of the rooftop.

C.The height of the solar panels.

D.The thickness of the glass.

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A.Windows: A New Challenge of Technology

B.Windows: No Longer Just for Letting in the Light

C.Power: A Pressing Problem in the Near Future

D.Power: Not Enough from Rooftop Solar Panels

    Connie Monroe clicks a button, flicks her wrist and watches as her neighborhood floods. The shorelines are first to go. Then, the baseball fields at Fleming Park. By the time seawater reaches the senior center, it has flooded streets and over a dozen brick homes. Monroe moves her head up and down, side to side, taking in the simulated (仿真的) view. This is what could happen to Turner Station, a historic African American community southeast of Baltimore, as sea levels rise.

Climate change presents many challenges to coastal communities and to those trying to prepare for its impacts, but one of the most basic is also one of the most vexing: How do you show people and convince them of a possible future?

Communicating the realness and immediacy of the climate threat is hugely important to climate researchers and those aiming to lessen its causes. But it's also the most important to communities faced with coming changes that are already unavoidable. These projects need public support and input. That's why Monroe and other residents (居民) are being directed to sit in metal chairs, put on virtual reality headsets and watch their homes flood.

Turner Station, a community which gets flooded easily, is trying to prepare. It has partnered with the Port of Baltimore, a few nonprofits and a local landscape architecture firm to adopt a range of tools and ways to communicate climate change to the public, because every person is different and every place is different.

The virtual reality program is only the most recent, and perhaps the most effective step. Virtual reality is an immersive experience that can trick the human brain into thinking it's real. But tricking people is not the goal of the sea level rise simulation being used at Turner Station, says Juiano Calil, one of the program's developers. ''The goal, '' he says, ''is to start a conversation and help folks visualize the impacts of climate change and the solutions, and also discuss the trade-offs between them. ''

1.Who is Monroe?

A.A coastal community citizen. B.A climate researcher.

C.An architect. D.AVR program developer.

2.What does the underlined word ''vexing'' mean in paragraph 2?

A.Bothersome. B.Dramatic.

C.Original. D.Convincing.

3.Why is VR technology employed here?

A.It can cut down the risks of climate change.

B.It can show severe results of climate change.

C.It can introduce technology to the residents.

D.It can predict the climate change accurately.

4.What is the purpose of the program?

A.To trick more people to believe.

B.To win the residents’cooperation.

C.To advocate the application of VR.

D.To inform the residents of the solutions.

    Many college students want to look for seasonal, short-term or part-time jobs to get extra cash, to stay busy or to get working experience.

Lifeguard

The job is a great opportunity to build your fitness, keep people safe and be outdoors to enjoy some fun on the beach in the sun. The average hourly wage for lifeguards is $ 9.31, but those with certifications or previous experience may be able to earn a bit more.

Nanny (保姆)

Students can find plenty of positions as parents scramble (争抢) to arrange activities and find care for their children. Students who enjoy spending time with kids, staying active and being outdoors can spend their leisure time making money without even feeling like they’re working. Nannies make $ 14.56 per hour.

Camp Consultant

Students who enjoy spending their time with children, being a leader and monitoring fun outdoor activities are perfect for camp consultant positions. The average hourly wage for camp consultants is $9.28, but those with many years’ experience or specific academic backgrounds may be able to earn more.

Food Server

Although it may not seem like the most attractive way to spend a weekend, working as wait staff allows students to build up their social skills, stay active, enjoy free meals at work and posily educate themselves about different cuisines. However, food servers need to be on their feet for hours at a time and must be able to multi-task like professionals, so take this into account before submitting an application. The average salary is $ 9.00 hourly, but trips can raise that number.

1.Who are the two jobs nanny and camp consultant most fit for?

A.Students who want to develop their social skills.

B.Students who love staying with children.

C.Students who love traveling.

D.Students who love camping.

2.What should you take into consideration before applying to be a food server?

A.The way of cooking.

B.The food you can enjoy.

C.Long standing time at work.

D.Skill in getting tips from customers.

3.What job can you do if you’re good at swimming?

A.A lifeguard. B.A nanny.

C.A camp consultant. D.A food server.

假定你是李华，你校组建了游泳俱乐部。请给你的留学生朋友peter写信，邀请他加入。内容包括：

1.组建俱乐部的目的；

2.俱乐部的主要活动；

3.报名的时间和地点；

注意：1.词数100 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

开头语和结束语己为你写好，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

How is everything going?

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

假定英语课上老师要求同桌间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有5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（八），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5处，多者（从第6处起）不计分。

The custom of clapping have early beginnings. In classical Athens, applause meant judgement and taking part in. Plays were often in competition with each other, and prolonging clapping helped play to win. The theatre was large—it could hold 14,000 people, half the adult male population of the city, that meant that the audience could make a lot of noise.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

In Europe, most capital cities 1.（plan)and built before cars,and city centre traffic jams 2.（be)part of daily life for a long time.The situation in central London, 3.drivers spent fifty percent of their time in queues,became so bad 4. the local government decided to do something about it.In February 2003 the mayor of London introduced a"congestion charge"-a tax for cars 5.（enter)the centre of the city.

    When I entered the 9th grade,I fell in love with college,wanting to pursue art for the rest of my life.To me,__ means a chance to further my education and my abilities in art.I want to __ in Game Art and Animation to develop characters and their stories that I do now through drawing,hoping to be recognized in the game industry like

Rill Gates known in the computer world.I long for a kind of busy lifestyle __ new things.so Game Art will not be the___ thing that I will be known for.I plan to make a career out of every talent I have,developing each talent to the fullest.

I think as I get older my curiosity will___ to the height I have never thought possible.I remember when in the 3rd grade my teacher Mrs Green said something to us in Spanish.I never understood ___she did that,but now I realize she wanted to expand our little brains,showing us that there was __ our neighbourhood in the world.I ___her greatly for that. Back then I didn't really care for anybody else' s __,but now l' m teaching myself Japanese and Spanish.Culture is a very important part of life and college will help me __ different cultures.

College is also an opportunity to meet new people.Looking forward to attending college outside my__,1 believe being in a different environment will __ me to learn and create.I will feel __,surrounded by people with dreams and even more individuals willing to help others __ their dreams.

I wish to inspire future generations just like Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.did!College will take much time and __,but I am ready to consider it as both a challenge and a fun experience.

1.A.art B.college C.games D.life

2.A.major B.study C.play D.learn

3.A.filled in B.rely on C.full of D.instead of

4.A.one B.very C.same D.only

5.A.narrow B.expand C.raise D.strengthen

6.A.when B.why C.how D.where

7.A.less than B.rather than C.better than D.more than

8.A.suspect B.regret C.respect D.expect

9.A.opinion B.country C.language D.culture

10.A.remember B.explore C.forget D.like

11.A.talent B.house C.neighbourhood D.college. .

12.A.make B.cause. C.force D.inspire

13.A.comfortable B.connected C.upset D.unlucky

14.A.come true B.set C.find D.achieve

15.A.money B.devotion C.progress D.knowledge

    It’s often said that your parents’ job is to make sure that one day you no longer need them. And that’s certainly the case by the time you have kids of your own. However, this is precisely the time when your parents start to need you. How do you talk to your aging parents about their health? 1., but these tips make it easier.

Before a conversation, you had better establish yourself as a friend, not an enemy. Always start with an “I” statement, not a “you should” statement. 2..

Scientists recommend beginning a conversation about something you’re doing—taking up yoga to stay slim, for instance. 3.. And you can even have her commit to doing it with you. When you’re a friend day-to-day, your parents will trust you and be able to depend on you during a health crisis.

4.. Start by equipping them with a smartphone that’s designed for seniors. Staying in close phone contact will keep you informed of any arising health issues. It will help you pick up on faults in their memory, too.

Your parents are your parents until they’re gone. Do not treat them like children. Even if you find that there’s an emergency going on, you can make suggestions, but they have the right to make decisions, especially if there’s no cognitive (认知的) disorder. 5., helping your parents in their later years is the least you can do. With the proper measures and technology, it can get easier and feel even more rewarding.

A.Just as they have been there for you

B.It may not be a simple conversation to have

C.It can mean changes in your parents’ schedule

D.Scientists also suggests phoning your parents regularly

E.That can lead to asking your mom what she’s doing to keep fit

F.Talk about affairs about yourself first, then extend them to your parents

G.Scientists recommend opening the door to dialogue instead of calling them

    Educators today are more and more often heard to say that computer literacy is absolutely necessary for college students. Many even argue that each incoming freshman should have his or her own microcomputer. What advantages do computers offer the college students?

Any student who has used a word processor will know one compelling reason to use a computer: to write papers. Although not all students feel comfortable composing on a word processor, most find revising and editing much easier on it. One can alter, insert, or delete just by pressing a few keys, thus ridding students of the need to rewrite or retype. Furthermore, since the revision process is less difficult, students are more likely to revise as often as is necessary to end up with the best paper possible. For these reasons, many freshman English courses require the use of a word processor.

Computers are also useful in the context of language courses, where they are used to drill students in basic skills. Software programs strengthen ESL (English as a Second Language) instruction, as well as instruction in French, German, Spanish, and other languages. By using these programs on a regular basis, students can improve their skills in a language while proceeding at their own pace.

Similarly, business and accounting students find that computer spreadsheet (电子表格) programs are all but important to many aspects of their work, while students pursuing careers in graphic arts, marketing, and public relations find that knowledge of computer graphic (绘图) is important. Education majors learn to develop grading systems using computers, while social science students use computers for analyzing and graphically displacing their research results.

It is no wonder then, that educators support the purchase and use of microcomputers by students. A useful tool, the computer can help students learn. And that is, after all, the reason for going to college.

1.What does the underlined phrase “computer literacy” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A.The purchase of computers. B.The ability to use computers well.

C.The computer hardware and software. D.The computer science and technology.

2.According to the author, a word processor can be used to___________.

A.revise and edit papers B.rewrite or retype papers

C.complete a freshman’ course D.improve students’ writing skills

3.According to the author, the reason for students to go to college is__________.

A.to learn something B.to perfect themselves

C.to improve computer skills D.to find one's passions

4.What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A.Educational experts have developed grading systems.

B.The computer has fund its way into social science.

C.Rarely do accounting students use computers.

D.Computers benefit various majors in college.

5.Which of the Allowing is TRUE according to the passage?

A.More college students should major in computer science.

B.Machine learning and big data is the future of computer application.

C.Some computer progams can be employed to aid language learning.

D.Educators are reluctant to increase computer use in their own classroom.

    LIANG TAO.sold 80 pink Givenchy bags in 12 minutes.Becky Fang sold 100 Mini Cooper cars in just five.Both are wanghong,literally"red-hot on the web".Every day millions of Chinese search social media for wanghong posts or tune in to live-streams for wanghong's opinions on everything.The fans are helping this new Chinese Internet star to make money out of their popularity and to shake up the country's e-commerce industry in the process.

A few of wanghong have been hired by luxury brands.Jaeger-LeCoultre, a Swiss watchmaker,hired Papi Jiang for a video ad targeting young urbanites(都市人），including her 27m fans on Sina Weibo,a Twitter-like microblog. Zhang Yi of iiMedia Research,a consulting firm,estimates that up to 15%of sales on shopping sites like Taobao or social-media apps such as WeChat are influenced by wanghong's public support.The length of a dress might be decided by a survey of a wanghong's fans;its launch date might be based on the number of hits,shares or comments it collects,some of which can cause last-minute design changes.

This poses a new challenge for retailers(零售商），whose supply chains must respond even more quickly to wanghong's opinions.Whereas previously a company would look for a celebrity to match its image,wanghong and their admirers are shaping goods.

Another challenge comes directly from wanghong themselves.They increasingly make money not merely from online support or advice but by launching their own e-commerce stores.Sales of goods accounted for just under half of wanghong earnings of 53bn yuan($8bn)in 2016,estimates Analysis,a Chinese market-research firm(the rest came mostly from live-show tips and adverts).

Some wanghong are going a step further.In November Becky Fang launched her own clothing line.Part of her motivation,she says,was that the brands she supported did not always match the trends she was sharing with her followers.By creating her own brand,Becky's Fantasy,she has full control of the quality.She also gains a new income. For the time being only 3-5%of wanghong follow Becky Fang's example,iiMedia Research estimates.But it expects the model to become an industry in its own right, including entertainment and e-commerce,and driven by online data..

1.Why can wanghong use their popularity to make money?

A.Because they are Internet stars.

B.Because they use social media.

C.Because their opinions influence fans..

D.Because they can shake the e-commerce industry.

2.What is the characteristic of the products supported by wanghong?

A.They are fans-based.

B.They are social-media-based.

C. They are design-shared.

D. They are youth-targeted.

3.What are the challenges for retailers?

A.Online support and advice.

B.Increasing sales of goods online.

C.Quick responses to the.market changes.

D.Wanghong's opinions and e-commerce stores.

4.Why do some wanghong create their own brands?

A.Because they want.to attract more fans.

B.Because they want to share with their followers.

C.Because they want to set up a new industry model.

D.Because the brands they speak for can't satisfy their fans.

5.What's the writer's attitude to wanghong?

A.supportive B.objective

C.indifferent D.worried

    Every man dreams of having a good car.With luxury cars,like Bentley, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce,going into the world of SUVs, if you have deep pockets, you will be spoilt for choice.

？Lamborghini Aventador SVJ

Using a new aerodynamic system allows it to set a car lap record of 6:44 97 at Nurburgring,one of the longest and most challenging circuits in the world.Plus,carbon fiber can be seen everywhere,which makes the car strong and lightweight.There 're only 900 being built and you' ll need to cough up $517,770 to buy one.

？Aston Martin DBX

The DBX is Aston Martin's maiden SUV product.It features a choice of two gas engines-a 4.0-liter V8 from Mercedes and a 5.2-liter V12 from its own.The price is predicted to be around S250,000.

？Audi E-tron

Being an eco-friendly motoring.it is an all-electric SUV that makes up for its rather ordinary appearance with design,luxury and technology.At the front and back are electric motors which insure progress is rapid.In addition to plenty of storage space,the Audi E-tron provides side cameras instead of side mirrors and air suspension that adapts to the terrain(地形）。Hand over$74,800 and it's yours.

？Tesla Roadster

Tesla Roadster will turn most heads,Zero to 60 in 1.9 seconds means it will leave most cars for dust.The top speed is 250 mph,which is also unheard of for most cars-let alone an all-electric one.Having advanced autonomous driving systems and a huge touchscreen for surfing the Internet,it won't make you regret for paying$200,000.

1.What's the meaning of the underlined sentence in the first paragraph?

A.If your pockets are deep,you will have many choices.

B.If you have enough money,it will be difficult for you to make a decision.

C.If you have much money,you will be spoiled.

D.If you have little money,you will have many choices.

2.What's special about Lamborghini Aventador SVJ?

A.It offers two gas engines.

B.It is an all-electric SUV.

C.It uses lightweight materials.

D.It has the most challenging circuit.

3.Which car is suitable if you want one with adaptable air suspension?

A.Lamborghini Aventador SVJ. B.Aston Martin DBX.

C.Audi E-tron. D.Tesla Roadster

4.Which of the following does Tesla Roadster provide?

A.Self-driving systems. B.A gas-saving engine.

C.Side cameras. D.Much storage space.

5.In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?

A.entertainment B.sports

C.science D.advertisement

假定你是李华，你校即将举办"我和我的祖国"英语演讲比赛。请给你校外籍教师James 写一封电子邮件，告知他演讲比赛的有关内容，并邀请他当评委。要点包括：

1.比赛的时间和地点；

2.举办此活动的目的和意义；

3.诚挚邀请他担任评委。

注意： 1.词数 100 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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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—词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Four months ago I was walking on the campus while I heard two students saying that Mrs.Wu, our English teacher, would retire next month.

I returned to the classroom and shared the news for my classmates. To express our thanks to Mrs.Wu for her patient teaching, we agreed on a celebration after a heating discussion.

After school we began to make fully preparations. I went to a flower shop, where I bought a bunch of flowers, represents our love and respect for our dear teacher. One of my classmate had some PowerPiont slides made, which included many photos recording the touching moments we spent them together.

When she came into the classroom on Wednesday morning, all of us stand up. I presented the flowers to him. With tears in her eyes，Mrs. Wu was greatly moved by what we did! She said her feelings were beyond words.

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。

“Du Fu: China’s Greatest Poet," a 58-minute documentary released recently on BBC introduces Du Fu to the Western world for the first time 1.the form of documentary. In the film, Michael Wood, one of BBC’s most popular hosts, visited a number of Chinese2. (city) to retrace Du’s steps. The documentary invited well-known British actor IanMcKellen, 3. played Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings movies, 4.(read)15 of Du’s poems that have been translated into English.

Born in 712, Du Fu lived through the violent fall of China’s brilliant Tang Dynasty. He had the desire to serve his country, but his life 5. (destroy) by the An Lushan Rebellion of 755. Of _ 6.  numerous poems he wrote, 500 have been preserved over the ages. For generations he7.(be) the guardian of the moral conscience ( 良知) of the nation.

The documentary compared Du to Shakespeare to help audiences8. (well) understand the poet’s great achievements in literature. It also highlighted Chinese poetry, noting that its 3000-year-old history makes 9. the oldest living tradition of poetry in the world.

During an interview, the director even quoted a line from Du to encourage the people 10.(suffer)under COVID-19 .

    I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard the young voice. “Mom, come here! There’s this lady here, my_______!”

The mother rushed to her son; then she turned to me to_______.

I smiled and told her: “It’s okay.” Then I talked to the boy, “Hi, I’m Darry Kramer. How are you?” He_______ me from head to toe, and asked: “Are you a little_______?”

“Yes, I have a son,” I answered. “Why are you so little?” he asked.

“It’s the way I was_______,”I said. “Some people are little. Some are tall. I’m just not going to grow any bigger.” After I answered his other questions, I shook the boy’s hand, and left.

My life as a little person is filled with_______like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents.

It takes only one glance to see my_______. I stand 114 cm tall. I was born a dwarf (侏儒)._______ so, I did all the things other kids did when I was growing up.

I didn’t_________ how short I was until I started school. Some kids picked on me, calling me names. Then I knew. I began to____________ the first day of school each year. New students would always stare at me as I ______________ to climb the school bus stairs.

But I learned to smile and____________the fact that I was going to be____________my whole life. I decided to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I____________ in personality.

I’m 47 now, and the stares have not______________as I’ve grown older. People are____________when they see me driving. I try to keep a good attitude. When people are rude, I____________myself: “Look what else I have — a great family, nice friends.”

It’s the children’s questions that make my life____________. I enjoy answering their questions. My______________is that people will accept their peers (同龄人), no matter what size and shape they come in, and treat them with____________

1.A.weight B.size C.shape D.personality

2.A.scold B.explain C.apologize D.reply

3.A.studied B.identified C.inspected D.checked

4.A.lady B.mummy C.person D.girl

5.A.raised B.viewed C.treated D.born

6.A.excuses B.pains C.stares D.stories

7.A.shortcoming B.difference C.ugliness D.shyness

8.A.Just B.Even C.If D.Or

9.A.admit B.care C.fear D.realize

10.A.hate B.tolerate C.forget D.ignore

11.A.determined B.struggled C.managed D.learned

12.A.refuse B.enjoy C.consider D.accept

13.A.exposed B.pitied C.noticed D.avoided

14.A.made up for B.ended up with C.kept track of D.made use of

15.A.increased B.decreased C.improved D.changed

16.A.scared B.satisfied C.amazed D.puzzled

17.A.remind B.inform C.warn D.praise

18.A.fantastic B.meaningless C.embarrassing D.special

19.A.promise B.intention C.hope D.advantage

20.A.respect B.frankness C.sympathy D.emotion

    It's not always easy to run an energy efficient house. But there are some simple things anyone can do.

Go LED with your lighting.

There are sevenal benefis to switching to energy efficient light bulbs. One of them is saving money- though the LED bulbs might cost more than traditional bulbs, the average saving on LED bulbs is $ 75a year._ 1.LED bulbs can last years or even decades.

Don't run your air conditioner constantly

As the weather starts to warm, you might be thinking about the right time to turrn on your air conditioner. _ 2.Air conditioner units are among the most energy-consuming appliances in your home. Using electrical fans instead of your air conditioner is much more efficient and it's a big money saver, too.

3.

On those days when you treat a large crowd and are low on time，don't beat yourself up if you have to use disposable(一次性的) dishware. This method reduces your water usage and saves energy. And as a bonus, if your city offers roadside recycling, your paper plates may qualify.

Update your insulation(隔热)

All that work you're doing to save energy in your home could go to waste if it's not properly insulated. If you can't insulate the whole house, pay special attention to the roof: it reduces air flow from outide. By updating your insulation,you're saving money.4.

Take showers instead of baths

A full bathtub requires about 70 gallons of waler.5.Showers are quite dfferent---taking a five-minute shower uses only 10 to 25 gallons!

A.But do you really have to?

B.You should use your air conditioner smartly.

C.Tum off water when not using it.

D.Plus, you needn't change them frequenly.

E.Don't feel guilty about using paper plates.

F.And it's also easier to control your home temperature.

G.Even if you don't fill it to the top, it still uses much more water.

    In the United States，the baby boomer generation(婴儿潮一代) include those who were born in the time after World War II. Those babies have retired or are now reaching the retirement age. As these adults age, many of their adult children worry about how to take care of their aging parents. In the United States it is not common for several generations to live under one roof. Once children grow up and get married, they move out, leaving their aging parents to care for themselves. When these aging parents can no longer take care of themselves because of age or illness, it is not uncommon for adult children in the US to place their elderly parents in a nursing home.

A nursing home is a place that offers care for the elderly and ill. As the name suggests，nursing homes have professionals including nurses, doctors and social workers to help aging adults deal with the challenges of daily life. And their mental health could be guaranteed for elderly people to get relaxed, accompanied by those of the same age. Most nursing homes also have social activities for the elderly to participate in and keep active. These activities range from games to dance classes, and movie nights. Nursing homes are supposed to provide three nutritious meals for their residents.

Nursing homes are controversial, however. There have been cases across the country of staff in nursing homes treating the elderly residents badly and even robbing them. There are different states and federal agencies that are supposed to oversee(监管) nursing homes. Some people feel that it should be the responsibility of family members, especially adult children, to care for their aging or sick parents. However, many adult children have their own children and families to take care of, and do not have the means to care for their elderly parents; others worry about medical skills needed if their elderly parents are seriously ill. And these problems of caring for parents are bothering more and more adults in the US at present.

1.The first paragraph mainly about___________.

A.when the baby boomer generation in the US were born

B.whether the elderly and their children should live together

C.why Americans put their elderly parents in nursing homes

D.how Americans look after their aging parents differently

2.How many advantages of nursing homes are mentioned?

A.Three. B.Four.

C.Five. D.Six.

3.What’s the writer’s attitude toward sending parents to nursing homes?

A.Indifferent. B.Understandable.

C.Favorable. D.Disapproving.

4.What’s the purpose of the text?

A.To discuss how to care for aging parents.

B.To ask the government to oversee nursing homes.

C.To prove nursing homes do more harm than good.

D.To show problems faced by American adult children.