每天试题更新列表 - 满分5

For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the _________ was very colourful.

A.view B.scene C.scenery D.sight

查看

_________ a ride it is!

A.How B.So C.Such D.What

查看

She explains English grammar _________ clearly that even I can understand it.

A.such B.what C.how D.so

查看

Are Senior High teachers similar _________ Junior High teachers?

A.with B.to C.towards D.from

查看

Ms Shen’s method of teaching is nothing like _________ of the teachers at my Junior High School.

A.what B.that C.one D.it

查看

The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman _________ Ms Shen.

A.named B.calling C.naming D.referred

查看

I live in Taiyuan, a city not far _________ Beijing.

A.from B./ C.to D.away

查看

I was surprised how a community lost so much and was still able to recover, and this left the deepest impression_________ me.

A.in B.on C.with D.up

查看

假设你是某中学的学生会主席，请按照校报英文版面要求，根据下列宣传图片用英文写一则通告，简单介绍应对新型冠状病毒感染的肺炎的防护措施及方法。

注意：

1、词数：100词左右；

2、开头及结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数；

3、可适当增加细节使语句连贯、通顺。

4、提示词汇:新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）；

口罩 face mask；通风 air。

NOTICE

Boys and girls,

Attention please! These days we Chinese have been experiencing the sufferings of a terrible disease—COVID-19.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Student Union

查看

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。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（ \ ）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。

It delighted me that my school will start a winter camp, which includes a variety of course, such as cooking, swimming, and giving first aid. To be honesty, I am interested in the course of giving first aid and I plan to sign up for it.

I choose to attend to the course due to the fact that first aid is greatly important to people. If a person gets injured but needs medical care before a doctor can found, every second counts in saving life, in that case the knowledge of first aid can help save lives. Beside, I plan to study medicine and devote my life to medical research. Hopeful, the course will help me to learn about what to deal with medical emergencies.

查看

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

There are three children in Bryant’s family. Kobe Bryant is the 1. (young) child and only son of Joe and Pam Bryant. His parents named him 2. a kind of steak: the famous beef of Kobe, Japan, which they saw on a restaurant menu. At 3. age of six, Kobe, his parents and two older sisters moved to Italy, 4. his father began playing professional basketball. He became accustomed to the lifestyle and became fluent in 5. (Italy). At an early age, he learned to play soccer and his favorite team was AC Milan. Bryant once said that if he 6.(stay)in Italy, he would have 7.(stick)with soccer and would have tried to become a professional soccer player. In 1991, the Bryants moved back to the United States. In the Philadelphia suburb of lower Merion high school, a spectacular high school career brought national 8.(recognize). Although his SAT score of 1080 guaranteed him various basketball scholarships from top universities, the 17-year-old made a controversial 9. (decide)to enter the NBA 10. (direct).

查看

When my husband died of cancer I became angry. And I felt a hard brick wall built around my angry heart.

One morning, driving down a busy road in my town, I____a carpenter was building a __around an old house I’d always admired. Each time I drove by, I ___the progress. I saw an aproned woman sweeping the yard, ___the flowers, cutting the grass, and even ___ the litter thrown from the cars passing by.

Eventually, one day, a ___fence stood there, ___greeting me! I ____the engine, waved the woman and said "I came to see your beautiful fence."She stopped her work and____her hands on her apron, smiling. Then the sun witnessed us drinking tea on the porch （门廊）with the white fence surrounding us.

The fence isn’t____ me. I live alone. But since so many people come by here, look at the fence and wave, I thought they’d ___seeing something pretty. A few, like you, even stop and sit here to talk. she ___

But if the road is widened there’ll be much __?

Change is part of life. When something bad happens, you have two __—to get bitter or better.

When I left, she __: ― Come back anytime. Leave the gate ____—It looks more friendly.

I carefully left the gate ajar(半开的) and ____, feeling something deep inside me. I could even picture the ___in my heart falling down, and being ____by this marvelous fence. I planned to ____my door open for whatever or whoever might come my way.

1.A.cared B.noticed C.insisted D.suggested

2.A.bridge B.town C.fence D.road

3.A.watched B.made C.stopped D.analyzed

4.A.picking B.planting C.pulling D.tending

5.A.picking up B.throwing away C.kicking off D.bringing back

6.A.blood-red B.pitch-dark C.sky-blue D.snow-white

7.A.as if B.though C.if D.even though

8.A.started B.turned off C.tore apart D.repaired

9.A.raised B.wiped C.shook D.clenched

10.A.on B.by C.for D.beside

11.A.avoid B.advise C.enjoy D.permit

12.A.argued B.refused C.repeated D.explained

13.A.challenge B.change C.development D.progress

14.A.choices B.aprons C.hearts D.hands

15.A.called for B.called on C.called up D.called out

16.A.closed B.special C.open D.clean

17.A.drove off B.drove back C.drove by D.drove over

18.A.flowers B.wall C.porch D.house

19.A.taken B.built C.bought D.replaced

20.A.destroy B.build C.leave D.burn

查看

Particulate Matter

There are things floating around in the air. Most of them, you can not even see. They are a kind of air pollution called particles or particulate matter. In fact, particulate matter may be the air pollutant that most commonly affects people’s health.

Have a Look.

Particles can come in almost any shape or size, and can be solid particles or liquid droplets.1. These two groups differ in many ways. One of the differences is size, we call the bigger particles PM 10 and we call the smaller particles PM 2.5.

BIG.

The big particles are between 2.5 and 10 micrometers (from about 25 to 100 times thinner than a human hair). These particles are called PM 10 (we say ―PM ten, which stands for Particulate Matter up to 10 micrometers in size).2.

SMALL.

The small particles are smaller than 2.5 micrometers (100 times thinner than a human hair).3.We say ―PM two point five, as in Particulate Matter up to 2.5 micrometers in size.The smaller particles are lighter and they stay in the air longer and travel farther. PM 10 particles can stay in the air for minutes or hours while PM 2.5 particles can stay in the air for days or weeks.And travel? 4. PM 2.5 particles go even farther; many hundreds of miles.

Particulate Matter and Your Health.

When you breathe, you take in the air along with any particles in the air, like heavy metal sand cancer causing organic compounds. Both PM 10 and PM 2.5 particles can cause health problems, specifically respiratory (呼吸的) health.5. Exposure to particulate matter leads to increased use of medication and more visits to the doctor or emergency room.

A.These particles are called PM 2.5.

B.We divide particles into two major groups.

C.These particles cause less severe health effects.

D.PM 10 particles can travel as much as 30 miles.

E.Air pollution is a growing problem in the whole world.

F.PM 2.5 can have worse health effects than the bigger PM 10.

G.Air pollutants have great effects on our environment and our health.

查看

The beginning of baseball in China traces back further than most would think, in 1863. From that time, Chinese universities soon began to stage baseball activities. The first game, as documents recorded, was held in Shanghai in 1905. National interest in this traditionally American sport picked up quickly, and in 1915, China placed second in the Greater Asia baseball tournament held in Shanghai. Several decades later, baseball was as popular as it would ever be. In 1959,teams from 30 regions came together in a national competition.

Founded in 2002, the China Baseball League (CBL) is China’s professional league for the sport, with seven teams around the country. The opportunity to capture a huge new market with China’s growing interest saw the US Major League Baseball (MLB) open its first China office in Beijing in 2007, which has since then developed the Chinese market and educated young athletes.An example is the youth baseball program Play Ball in major Chinese cities. In the same year, the CBL partnered with Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), agreeing to allow Japanese clubs to send coaches and players to China and Chinese players to train at Japanese facilities. This program helps Chinese schools integrate baseball into their physical education curriculum, build professional development centers. More and more Chinese youths are getting involved with the sport, taking baseball class on the weekends or after school. Many programs for children have been established and often hold classes at many baseball fields.

Through these different partnerships and co-operations, China has created opportunities for the citizens to experience another culture. China might just be the future of baseball. Through heavy investments since 2017, the CBL hopes to one day cultivate a Yao Ming of baseball, which would bring huge exposure to the sport.

1.What’s the main idea of paragraph 1?

A.The beginning of baseball in China.

B.The development of baseball in China.

C.The national competition of baseball in China.

D.The interest in this traditionally American sport.

2.How does the writer develop this text?

A.By the time order.

B.By the cities adding.

C.By China’s interest growing.

D.By partner countries increasing.

3.Which of the following can replace the underlined word "capture" in paragraph 2?

A.lose. B.found.

C.seize. D.control.

4.What can we predict from paragraph3?

A.Baseball remains a mystery to most of Chinese people.

B.The interest in developing baseball is limited in China.

C.Chinese schools will have baseball education curriculum.

D.More baseball talents and fans will spring up in China.

查看

Classified advertising is that advertising which is grouped in certain sections of the paper and is thus distinguished from display advertising. Such groupings as ―Help Wanted, RealEstate(不动产), Lost and Found are made, the rate charged being less than for display advertising. Classified advertisements are a convenience to the reader and a saving to the advertiser.

The reader who is interested in a particular kind of advertisement finds all advertisements of that type grouped for him. The advertisers may, therefore, use a very small advertisement if it was placed among larger advertisements in the paper. It is evident that the reader approaches the classified advertisement in a different frame of mind from that in which he approaches the other advertisements in the paper. He turns to a page of classified advertisements to search for the particular advertisement that will meet his needs.

As his attention is voluntary, the advertiser does not need to rely too much extent ondisplay type to get the reader’s attention. Formerly all classified advertisements were of the same size and did not have display type. With the increase in the number of such advertisements, however, each advertiser within a certain group is competing with others in the same group for the reader’s attention. In many cases, the result has been an increase in the size of the space used and the addition of headlines and pictures. In that way, the classified advertisement has in reality advertisement. This is particularly true of real estate advertising?

1.The following facts are advantages of classified advertising EXCEPT ____.

A.It helps to reduce the advertising cost.

B.It attracts the target readers’ attention easily.

C.It provides more information for the readers.

D.It doesn’t have to rely too much on display type.

2.Which is the example given of types of classified advertisement?

A.Houses for sale. B.People who are asking for help.

C.Job hunting. D.People who are lost.

3.What do readers usually do when they look through classified advertisements?

A.They are in a new frame of mind to buy anything.

B.They look for something they need.

C.They feel lost in so many classified advertisements.

D.They maintain the same emotions as reading display advertisements.

4.According to the text, in which way have the classified advertisements changed nowadays?

A.They are charged for no money.

B.They are divided into more groups.

C.They are less formal than ever.

D.They depend more on display type.

查看

I grew up in Hastings, a small coastal town in East Sussex, famous for 1066 years of history and seaside charm. I have a memory as a boy, saving my pocket money by placing it in a special drawer, the golden pound coins collecting into a neat pile. When I was 14 in 2007, I saved up money for a gap year, by working at a bingo hall, and I put the money into a savings account. I remember getting £70 ($91) interest rates one year, which made me feel very rich indeed.

Skip forward to 2018 and I was living and working in Beijing, China, as a journalist. All around me Beijing residents were paying for everything using just their smart phones. They would walk up to a counter of a restaurant, shop, or convenience store, and offer up a QR code(二维码)for the cashier to scan. Once scanned, the online system would immediately deduct(扣除) the exact amount owed from the payer’s e-wallet. No reaching for cash and waiting for change. The transaction would take seconds.

But I was a stubborn holdout. My friends, both Western and Chinese, would make fun of me for being so traditional – for sticking to ―dirty cash. But there were a couple of reasons why I kept using physical money and avoided getting into e-payments and e-wallets. Firstly, it felt safer. I wasn’t really aware of how electronic money would work on my smart phone and I feared it would somehow get easily taken away. Secondly, I feared that by moving to e-payments, I would end up spending more. I would lose all sense of how much, day by day, I would be spending.

Were these fears justified? As more and more people across the world escape cash, these are essential issues for me to consider.

1.Which of the following made the writer feel very rich?

A.Saving £70 ($91) by placing it in a special drawer.

B.Collecting £70 ($91) coins into a neat pile.

C.Putting £70 ($91) into a savings account in bank.

D.Getting £70 ($91) interest rates from a bank.

2.Which’s not the advantage of e-payments?

A.No reaching for cash. B.No waiting for change.

C.Taking only few seconds. D.Spending more money.

3.Why didn’t the writer like to accept the e- payments at first?

A.Because he was too traditional to save money.

B.Because he liked the sense of paying in cash.

C.Because he thought e-payments would deduct more.

D.Because he knew how e-payments work on smartphones.

4.What can we infer about the writer from the last paragraph？

A.He accepted the idea that money is abstract.

B.He eventually turned to using e-payments.

C.He thought the pain of e-payment is delayed.

D.He insisted that having physical cash is safer.

查看

European architecture in Tianjin is a window showing China’s historical changes. In a one-day tour, you can see some old western-style private residences, former Imperial Gardens and enjoy Tianjin snacks, like a time traveler.

The Garden of Jingyuan

The Garden of Jingyuan was constructed in 1921. It’s now an excellent example of an old private residence in Tianjin, which is now well-preserved. The last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Puyi, once lived here after his abdication(退位), from July 1929 to November 1931. He changed the name to Jingyuan, which references his desire to strengthen and ennoble his spirit by living in a peaceful environment.

Address: 70 Anshan Road, Heping District

Transport: Anshan Road (Subway Line 1)

Tickets & Opening Hours: Closed Monday; Tuesday to Sunday, 8:30-5:00p.m. RMB ¥20 per person

Zhangyuan Garden

This grand mansion was built in 1915 by Zhang Biao, a former high-ranking official in the Qing Court. In 1924, Dr. Sun Yat-sen and his wife Soong Ching Ling stayed in it for several months. In 1925, Puyi, the last emperor of China, had a brief stay here after his abdication from Beijing. It is certainly a strange coincidence that the founder of the Republic of China and the last emperor chose exactly the same place to live, though at different times.

The mansion is visible from the street, but the buildings and gardens are not open to the public at present.

Italianate Street

Nearly 200 European-style buildings have been conserved in the old Italian Concession(租借地)and form the modern --Italian-style Street on the north bank of the Haihe River. The street has been developed as a shopping center and entertainment district. A square named after Marco Polois surrounded by numerous Italianate large buildings. Pictures of their former residences will be a highlight of your photo albums.

Address: The Cross Between Shengli Road and Ziyou Road, Hebei District

Transport: Jianguo Road (Subway Line 2)

Tickets & Opening Hours: Access all day for nothing

If you want to feel old-people’s lives and taste snacks in Tianjin, you can tour to Confucian Temple near the Ancient Culture Street . Most snacks in Tianjin are made of flour. Some are deepfried or baked while some are made into sticky sweets. Goubuli steamed stuffed baozi, ear-hole fried cake and Guifaxiang fried dough twists are the top three local snacks.

1.What can we know from Puyi’s renaming the place to Jingyuan?

A.He wanted to feel old-people’s lives and taste snacks.

B.He desired to strengthen and ennoble his imperial palace.

C.He was determined to well preserve this Chinese-style residence.

D.He would like to lead a quiet and calm life after his abdication.

2.Which of the following tourist attractions is not open to the visitors?

A.The Garden of Jingyuan B.Italianate Street

C.Zhangyuan Garden D.Confucian Temple

3.What’s the best thing you can do in Italianate Street?

A.Buying Italian clothes for your family.

B.Taking pictures with Italian friends.

C.Enjoying European-style buildings.

D.Walking around the Marco Polo Square.

查看

假如你是高三学生李津，请你代表你的同学们，结合下面要点提供的信息给你们的外教 Mr. Black写一封电子邮件，向他提出一些建议。

要点：

（1）问候并说明大家都很喜欢上他的课；

（2）今天受同学的委托向老师提几点建议；

（3）想了解美国同龄人的学习和生活；

（4）想了解美国一些著名大学的信息。

注意：（1）词数不少于100；

（2）开头和结尾已经写出，不计人总词数；

（3）可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：同龄人peer

Dear Mr Black,

Your student,

Li Jin

查看

阅读表达

When I started my medical career, I worked 80 to 100 hours a week as a family doctor in a small town in Idaho. Sleep was an afterthought. It was the early 1990s and I bought a coffee machine, and served up 4 to 5 cups of coffee a day. I lived an extremely tiring life and pushed my way through on adrenalin (肾上腺素).

I learned how to keep myself awake despite my exhaustion. I didn’t have a stop button. I lived on adrenalin until my adrenalin ran out and I suddenly got very ill. Every system in my body broke down. I didn’t choose to change my life-my body chose for me. That is when I had to learn to rebuild my life and my energy and respect the way my body worked. I learned the hard lesson that my body was a biological organism that needed care. I realized that if I wanted to enjoy my life, I would have to learn the care and feeding instructions needed for being a healthy woman.

Unfortunately, many suffer the same fate I did. We have all been given a beautiful creation--- our physical body. But none of us were born with an operating manual or instruction book. How do we make it feel good, take care of it, make it run like it was designed--- balanced and in perfect rhythm? Most of us don’t learn how to manage our energy and bodies well. We use drugs, sugar, caffeine and alcohol to manage our energy and moods.

Now it’s time to make a change for the benefit of your health. If you don’t, your health will suffer. Don’t burn the candle on both ends. Without health, you can do nothing.

1.Why did the author use to drink 4 to 5 cups of coffee a day? (no more than 10 words)

2.What did the author learn from her sudden illness? (No more than 10 words)

3.How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2? (No more than 10 words)

4.How do many people manage their energy and moods? (No more than 10 words)

5.What lesson can you learn from the story? (No more than 20 words)

查看

One of the greatest sources of unhappiness，in my experience，is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are．

When we see something we don’t like，we wish it could be different．We cry out for something better．That may be human nature，or perhaps it’s something ingrained(根深蒂固的) in our culture．The root of the unhappiness isn’t necessarily that we want things to be different．However, it’s that we decided we didn’t like it in the first place．We’ve judged it as bad，rather than saying, “It's not bad or good，and it just is it．”

In one of my books，I said“You should expect people to mess up and expect things to go differently than you planned”．Some readers said it's too sorrowful to expect things to go wrong．However, it’s only negative if you see it as negative and judge it as bad．Instead，you could accept it as the way the world works and try to understand why that is．

This can be applied to whatever you do：how other people act at work，how politics works and how depressing the news media can be．Accept these things as they are，and try to understand why they’re that way．It will save you a lot of sadness，because you’ll no longer say,“Oh．I wish bad things didn’t happen!’’

Does it mean you can never change things? Not at a11．But change things not because you can’t accept things as they are，but because you enjoy the process of changing，learning and growing．

Can we make this world a better place? You can say that you’11 continue to try to do things to help others，to grow as a person，to make a difference in this world．That’s the correct path you choose to take，because you enjoy that path．Therefore，when you find yourself judging and wishing for difference，try a different approach：accept，and understand．It might lead to some interesting results．

1.The author believes that we feel unhappy maybe because ___________.

A.it is our natural emotion in the life

B.culture asks us to be different from others

C.everyone has their own opinions on things

D.we dislike something in the beginning

2.Some readers think the words in the author’s book is too ______________.

A.depressing B.frightening C.delighting D.idealistic

3.In Paragraph 4，the underlined word "it" refers to ____________．

A.acting well at work and in politics

B.feeling depressed for the news media

C.accepting and understanding what has happened

D.saying something negative when bad things come

4.In the last paragraph，you are advised _____________．

A.to help others and make a difference

B.to enjoy what you have to do in the work

C.to judge yourself and make a wish for you

D.to try a new way when making the world better

5.What is the main theme of the passage?

A.Expecting things to be different gives us hope．

B.Accepting can make our life happier and better．

C.Traditional culture becomes root of unhappiness．

D.Judging good or bad is important for our world．

查看

Now, perhaps, more than ever before, people are wondering what life is all about, and what it is for. Seeking material success is beginning to trouble large numbers of people around the world. They feel that the long-hour work culture to make more money to buy more things is eating up their lives, leaving them very little time or energy for family or hobbies. Many are turning to other ways of living and downshifting is one of them.

Six percent of the workers in Britain took the decision to downshift last year. One couple who downshifted are Daniel and Liz. They used to work in central London. He was a newspaper reporter and she worked for an international bank. They would go to work by train every day from their large house in the suburbs, leaving their two children with a nanny. Nearly twice a month Daniel had to fly to New York for meetings. They both earned a large amount of money but began to feel that life was passing them by.

Nowadays, they run a farm in the mountains of Wales. “I always wanted to have one here,” says Daniel, “and we took almost a year to make the decision to downshift. it's taken some time getting used to, but it's been worth it. We have to think twice now about spending money on car repairs and we no longer have any holidays. However, I think it's made us stronger as a family, and the children are a lot happier.”

Liz, however, is not quite sure. “I used to enjoy my job, even though it was hard work and long hours. I'm not really a country girl, but I suppose I'm gradually getting used to looking after the animals. One thing I do like, though, is being able to see more of my children. My advice for other people wanting to do the same is not to think about it too much or you might not do it at all.”

1.What do the first two paragraphs tell us?

A.People seldom work long hours to make money.

B.People hardly buy more things than necessary.

C.People are sure everything they own is in the right place.

D.People realized there is more to life than just making money.

2.When Daniel was a reporter he _____.

A.was well paid B.disliked his job C.missed his children D.lived in central London.

3.Daniel and Liz both agree that the move to the farm ______.

A.was easy to organize B.has improved family life

C.was extremely expensive D.has been a total success

4.What does the underlined "it" in the last paragraph refer to?

A.Child-caring B.Liz’s advice C.Downshifting D.Liz' job.

5.The underlined word "downshifting" in the second paragraph means ____.

A.repairing your car by yourself

B.spending money carefully

C.moving out to the countryside to live a simple and better life

D.living in a big house in the suburbs and dining out once a week

查看

Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he in computers, she in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.

Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Tennessee.“I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder."

Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.

The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.

Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since 2004, they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”

The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”

1.What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

A.His health problem. B.His love for teaching.

C.The influence of his wife. D.The news from the Web.

2.What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

A.Give out brochures. B.Do something similar.

C.Write books for children D.Retire from being a teacher.

3.According to the text, Dollly Parton is .

A.a well-known surgeon B.a mother of a four-year-old

C.a singer born in Tennessee D.a computer programmer

4.Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

A.To avoid signing up online.

B.To meet Dollywood board members.

C.To make sure the books were the newest.

D.To see if the books were of good quality.

5.What can we learn from Tim’s words in the last paragraph?

A.He needs more money to help the children.

B.He wonders why some people are so busy.

C.He tries to save those waiting to die.

D.He considers his efforts worthwhile.

查看

One of the newest “smart” devices is an old favorite, a camera. And smart cameras are getting smarter all the time. Some are now built with machine learning tools to help them think for themselves. Machine learning involves patting large amount of data into a computer for processing.

Google Clips

One of the latest to launch is Google Clips. It is the first camera developed by the web search giant that is not built into a phone.

The small and light device is designed to be put somewhere in a room to take pictures by itself. It can also be stuck to an object or a person’s clothing.

Google says machine learning helps the camera choose the best times and situations for taking pictures and video clips. It can also recognize the faces of people or pets chosen by the user and take pictures of them in a more natural way.

The device is not yet being sold, but interested buyers can join a waiting list to be informed when it is available.

GoPro Hero

GoPro is another company developing machine learning technology. GoPro also uses machine learning to power its QuikStories feature. This tool takes existing photos and videos and automatically creates a finished video piece, complete with music and effects.

Snap Spectacles

Messaging app Snapchat sells a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera that can record short video clips with the push of a button. Snap Inc. says the product, called Spectacles, is designed to “capture the moment, without taking you out of it.” Many smart phones already have facial recognition technology built into the devices.

Snap Inc. has started selling its Spectacles sunglasses online in the United States.

Apple iPhone X

Apple’s new iPhone X is being launched with its new Face ID system that it says will unlock the phone just by having the user look at it. This replaces the Touch ID on previous devices that used a fingerprint to unlock the phone.

Apple says the system works by projecting more than 30,000 dots on the face to create a kind of map. Apple claims its facial recognition is even secure enough to allow payments through its Apple Pay service.

1.What can machine learning tools help cameras do?

A.Get much smarter. B.Process more roughly.

C.Keep data for ever. D.Store more natural photos.

2.What can we know about Google Clips?

A.It can only be put in a room.

B.People can buy it online easily.

C.It can be built into a phone,

D.You can take photos automatically with it.

3.What is the special function of GoPro Hero?

A.It has to use power to work.

B.It can record videos vividly.

C.It provides music and effects for videos.

D.It uses technology of machine learning.

4.Which of the following can now be bought surely on the Internet?

A.Google Clips. B.GoPro Hero.

C.Spectacles sunglasses. D.Apple iPhone X.

5.How is Apple iPhone X unlocked?

A.By a fingerprint. B.By facial recognition.

C.By pushing a button. D.By making a map.

查看

A Race Against Death

It was a cold January in 1925 in Nome, Alaska. The town was cut off from the rest of the world due to heavy snow.

On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch _______a sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious(传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be _______if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick. _______, the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

How could the medicine get to Nome? The town’s _______was already full of ice, so it couldn’t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn’t travel on the _______roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn’t exist yet.

_______January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty more were _______. Nome’s town officials came up with a(n)_______. They would have the medicine sent by _______from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogsled(狗拉雪橇) drivers — known as ＂mushers＂ — would __________it to Nome in a relay(接力).

The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night. __________he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon’s face was black from the extreme cold.

On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to __________a frozen body of water called Norton Sound. It was the most __________part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice, which could sometimes break up without warning. If that happened, Seppala might fall into the icy water below. He would __________, and so would the sick children of Nome. But Seppala made it across.

A huge snowstorm hit on February 1. A musher named Kaasen had to brave this storm. At one point, huge piles of snow blocked his__________. He had to leave the trail(雪橇痕迹) to get around them. Conditions were so bad that it was impossible for him to __________the trail again. The only hope was Balto, Kaasen’s lead dog. Balto put his nose to the ground, __________to find the smell of other dogs that had traveled on the trail. If Balto failed, it would mean disaster for Nome. The minutes passed by. Suddenly, Balto began to __________. He had found the trail.

At 5:30 am on February 2, Kaasen and his dogs __________in Nome. Within minutes, Dr. Welch had the medicine. He quickly gave it to the sick children. All of them recovered.

Nome had been __________.

1.A.examined B.warned C.interviewed D.cured

2.A.harmless B.helpless C.fearless D.careless

3.A.Moreover B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.However

4.A.airport B.station C.harbor D.border

5.A.narrow B.snowy C.busy D.dirty

6.A.From B.On C.By D.After

7.A.tired B.upset C.pale D.sick

8.A.plan B.excuse C.message D.topic

9.A.air B.rail C.sea D.road

10.A.carry B.return C.mail D.give

11.A.Though B.Since C.When D.If