Many years ago, I was working in an office in Halifax, Nova Scotia. We had large ________ that look out over a busy street. I was standing by one of those windows one day when a woman in a ________ car looked up and made eye contact. Naturally I _______. As she turned and tried to identify me, a quiet laugh_________my lips. My co-workers began taking an interest, and stood back watching the _________ I received, and laughing happily. Then the stress of work was _________ away.
Christmas approached, and job ________ were announced. Several of my co-workers were losing their jobs, and everyone was _________. While I was working a night shift, a red jacket , a box of foam packing and strips of tape in the corner caught my __________. They could be Santa’s jacket and beard! Then I folded a red file into a hat and tied the _________ to it. With the red jacket , a Santa’s Costume appeared.
The next day I walked _______down into the office in the costume. My co-workers ________around me and laughed for the first time in weeks. Suddenly, my boss came to me, _______, shook his head and then left. I feared________. Then the phone rang.
With a bead of sweat __________ my forehead, I entered the boss’ office . _________, he laughed: “Thanks, Mike! It’s been hard to enjoy the Christmas season. Thanks for the laugh. I _________it.”
That evening, I stood ______ by the window and waved at my fans, with my heart ________ with joy. For a few minutes of that day, we’d been able to forget our __________.
1.A. balcony B. windows C. roof D. curtain
2.A. working B. wandering C. passing D. following
3.A. waved B. welcomed C. shouted D. shook
4.A. obtained B. locked C. grasped D. escaped
5.A. concerns B. feelings C. responses D. actions
6.A. given B. turned C. washed D. put
7.A. loads B. time C. arrangement D. cuts
8.A. depressed B. excited C. confused D. awkward
9.A. notice B. attention C. appreciation D. consideration
10.A. jacket B. tie C. vest D. beard
11.A. sadly B. nervously C. embarrassedly D. bravely
12.A. got B. gathered C. turned D. presented
13.A. approached B. backed off C. stepped in D. paused
14.A. responsibility B. difficulty C. trouble D. mistake
15.A. pulling B. rolling down C. flowing D. moving on
16.A. lastly B. Thus C. Instead D. However
17.A. needed B. claimed C. declared D. shared
18.A. proudly B. carefully C. hopefully D. silently
19.A. filled B. covered C. equipped D. loaded
20.A. weakness B. faults C. losses D. changes
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Scientists around the world are striving for effective detection of cancer in the early stages,which is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body,and a Chinese scientist may have found a quick way of knowing whether malignant tumors（恶性肿瘤）exist in a patient's body,with just one drop of blood.
Malignant tumors in early phases can be cured.However,it's extremely difficult to be aware of cancer in its early stages,as patients don't show obvious symptoms and thus it can only be found in its later stages,which is already too late,so to detect cancer early remains a global challenge for scientists.
Back in 1989,scientists have found a kind of heat shock proteins (HSP),named Hsp90α,which existed in human bodies and can be used as a cancer biomarker detection kit.Scientists around the globe have been working on it since then,and more than 10,000 journals have been published on accredited magazines,yet no one has actually turned their research results into medical products.
However,Luo Yongzhang and his team in Tsinghua University's School of Life Sciences in Beijing seemed to have cracked the code,after working on the problem since 2009.The team has produced an artificial Hsp90α protein for clinical use that gains structural stability by regrouping proteins.The test kit can diagnose multiple kinds of cancer by analyzing a drop of human blood.This means they are able to "create" the protein,in any quantity,and at any time they wish to.
The kit has since been used in clinical trials involving 2,347 patients at eight hospitals in China.It was the first clinical trial in the world to test if the protein could be a useful tumor biomarker for lung cancer,and it succeeded. Now,the kit has been approved to enter the Chinese and European markets,24 years after Hsp90α was discovered.
1.Why is cancer hard to cure?
A. Malignant tumors are found too late.
B. Malignant tumors spread too quickly.
C. Its symptoms are shown in early stages.
D. No proper treatment can be applied to it.
2.What do we learn about Hsp90α from Paragraph 3?
A. It was created by scientists in 1989.
B. All magazines have covered the topic.
C. There has been a medical product about it.
D. It can serve as a cancer detection approach.
3.How does the Chinese kit diagnose cancer?
A. By regrouping proteins.
B. By cracking cancer’s code.
C. By breaking down one drop of blood.
D. By producing an artificial Hsp90α protein.
4.It can be inferred that a European with lung cancer in early phases .
A. can’t be cured in the end
B. can be diagnosed with it in time
C. has to be examined in China
D. expects the kit to come into the market
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To improve Chinese on our campus, several programs will be organized. Here is some information.
Language Partner Program
The aim of this program is to promote Chinese language study for American students, through this program, native speakers of Chinese can help our Chinese language students, who can help students or scholars from China with their English in exchange. If interested, please contact Yuan Lu, yuan-lu-2@uiowa.edu
The Chinese Corner
The Chinese Corner is a non-threatening, pleasant place for faculty and students who want to practice their oral Chinese. Learners of all levels are welcome to join, since we have topics suitable for each level. At the Chinese Corner, you can make friends with Chinese students and exchange opinions on cultural issues. You will surely learn something new every time you come! We welcome whoever wants to speak Chinese.
Contact person: Bo Sun, bo-sun@uiowa.edu
The Chinese Host Family Program
The purpose of this program is to help our American students to gain first-hand experience of Chinese culture, lifestyle, customs, and conventions through establishing friendship relations with Chinese families. Students who join this program will be invited by their Chinese host family to join their family activities on a regular basis. Please sign up for this program.
Cross-University Chinese Language Performance Competition
This competition gives students in and outside of Iowa a great opportunity to show their oral Chinese proficiency as well as their talent in performing. As many as four universities have participated in the competition, including The University of Iowa. Each university presents a set of programs, and then participants are awarded prizes at an awards ceremony.
Mid-Autumn Festival Celebration
The Chinese Program hosts an annual celebration for the Mid-Autumn Festival. We invite all students and faculty members to join our party. You will meet Chang’e, the goddess of the Moon, learn a beautiful Chinese legendary story and taste moon cakes as well as other Chinese food. If you know some Chinese characters, you may win a prize! Come and join us!
For more, please see the Flyer.
1.If you have difficulty with English, what will you probably do?
A. Attend the Mid-autumn Festival celebration.
B. Go to the Chinese Corner.
C. Participate in Language Partner Program.
D. Contact a Chinese host family.
2.If you would like to display your spoken Chinese, which will you sign up for?
A. Chinese Language Performance Competition. B. The Chinese Corner.
C. The Chinese Host Family Program. D. Language Partner Program.
3.The passage is intended for ________.
A. American senior high students B. American university students
C. Chinese senior high students D. Chinese university Students
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I drove a taxi for extra money east of Toronto thirty years ago. Each time a taxi drove up to the front of the Greenwood Racetrack, a group of local kids would run along the sidewalk angling for position by the passenger door. One lucky kid, or rather, the most aggressive one, would open the passenger door and say “Good luck, Mister!” The man getting out of the cab would vaguely say thanks and throw the kid a quarter. It was a routine everybody knew.
Throughout the summer, one kid caught my eye. He was bigger than most of all the other kids but pushed away by even the smallest. He never made it but never gave up. One day, his chance arrived. As I was pulling up to the sidewalk, all the kids were pushing for a cab just ahead of mine. The boy saw me and walked toward my taxi. As I positioned the passenger door right beside him, he never paused and opened the passenger door, warmly saying, “Good luck, Mister!”
But the man neither said thanks nor flipped him a quarter. He pushed him aside so hard that the boy fell on the sidewalk. I knew it hurt him badly. I got out in less than 10 seconds, but the man was gone in the crowd. So I looked for the kid. I decided to give him $20 for the effort. By the time I spotted him he was far up ahead, walking away in the opposite direction through the crowd and his head hanging down. When I got the cab turned around I lost sight of him. I never saw him again. I’d like to find him one day and tell him that if only he had stuck around a little longer I would have given him a whole $20.
I learned from this kid that when things seem so hopeless that you are ready to give up, it’s the time when things are most likely to turn around for you.
1.What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. The passenger was ready to give a tip to the kid.
B. The author was a professional taxi driver at that time.
C. The lucky child was the toughest among the local kids.
D. The driver would work with and benefit from those children.
2.Why did the kid never succeed in opening the passenger door?
A. He was modest. B. He was the shortest.
C. He made no effort. D. He pushed his way.
3.Why did the author get out of his taxi?
A. To catch up with the kid.
B. To encourage the disappointed kid.
C. To give the kid some money.
D. To intend to demand the tip for the kid.
4.According to the passage, which goes with the author’s intention?
A. Never give in to difficulties. B. Sunshine comes after a storm.
C. Face up to competitions. D. Each road leads to Rome.
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Procter & Gamble (P&G), one of the world’s biggest marketers, has announced a change in the way it buys advertising on Facebook. It has started cutting its spend on highly targeted ads and increasing its spend on ads that address much larger numbers of the potential audiences for its brands, which include Tide, Pampers and Gillette. Explaining this change of emphasis, P&G’s global brand building officer, Marc Pritchard, said, “We targeted too much, and went too narrow.”
Facebook’s astonishing income growth comes, in part, from its ability to deliver micro-targeted audiences（推送精准目标受众）to advertisers, and P&G in fact admits that it has wasted millions of dollars in the misguided pursuit of effectiveness.
Facebook used to be irresistible to advertisers. It presents advertisers this question: Instead of sending your message to millions in a television ad, why not use data to reach only those you need to reach? But as many people may have noticed, making perfectly targeted ads appears to be much harder than it sounds. Most digital ads are easily ignored. Information about consumers is not the same as insight into human beings.
The more fundamental problem with micro-targeting is that for big brands, advertising has never really been about messages—even brand owners have never quite realized it. It is about the creation of shared memories, triggered at the point of purchase. Think about some of the great brands: Nike, Apple, and yes, Pampers. If you buy them, it is because you know millions of others do, and because they seem to stand for something that, far from being unique to you, is common to all of us: achievement, creativity, and nurturing. The broader these brands go, the better they do.
When a consumer reaches for something on the shelf, they usually reach for the familiar. To achieve that status, a brand needs to have done something that lots of people regularly see, notice and enjoy. What seemed to be the wastefulness of TV was in fact its secret sauce. By reaching large numbers of people at the same time, TV ads had the power to turn brands into cultural icons, which took up consumers’ minds.
In its conversations with advertisers, Facebook now talks less about targeting, preferring to emphasize the large number of consumers that it can help brands to reach. It is investing in video functions and is encouraging its clients to make short films. After years of telling clients TV is wasteful, it is now doing a good job of imitating it.
1.Which of the following contributes to P&G’s strategy change?
A. The rise of digital media. B. The high cost of targeted ads.
C. The limitations of micro-targeting. D. The reduction of targeted advertising.
2.It can be learned that Facebook has already ________.
A. stopped delivering micro-targeted audience to advertisers
B. been faced with the challenge of slowing income growth
C. been blamed for its ineffective ads
D. lost its attraction towards P&G
3.According to Paragraph 4, micro-targeting is problematic with ________.
A. delivering messages B. building common values
C. creating unique experiences D. triggering the purchasing desire
4.What’s the author’s attitude towards Facebook’s opinion about TV ads?
A. Tolerance. B. Approval. C. Doubt. D. Hesitancy.
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One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, 1.(leave) a space between each name.Then she told them to think of the nicest thing2.they could say about each of their classmates and write it down.3.took the rest of the class some time to finish the work,and then each handed in the4.(sheet).
That Saturday,the teacher wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper,and listed what everyone else5.(say) about that person.6.Monday she gave each student his or her list.Before long,the entire class was smiling.“Really?” she heard their whisper.“I never7.(know) that I meant anything to anyone!” No one ever mentioned those papers in class again.She never knew8.they discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn’t matter.The exercise had achieved its purpose.
Several years9.(late),all her students started to gather around.One of them,Vicki,reached into her pocket,took out her wallet and showed her10.(wear) list to the group.“I carry this with me at all times.I think we all saved our lists.”That’s when the teacher finally sat down and cried.
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Where is the man from?
A. Mexico. B. Spain. C. Germany.
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How long is the library open on Saturday?
A. For three hours . B. For six hours. C. For nine hours.
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What does the woman think the man should do?
A. Get some rest. B. Pick up the kids. C. Go home by himself.
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What will the man probably use?
A. A paper fan. B. An electric fan. C. An air conditioner.
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What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
A. A professor. B. A plan. C. A report.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How many times has the man been to Morocco?
A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.
2.How will the man and his wife probably travel?
A. By plane. B. By ship. C. By coach.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.When will the man run the 400-metre race?
A. On the first day. B. On the second day. C. On the third day.
2.What is the man's hope for the future?
A. To increase the distance that he can run.
B. To see his name on the newspapers.
C. To be recognized in public.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What day is it today?
A. Friday. B. Wednesday. C. Monday.
2.How much will the man pay for the seats he chooses?
A. £60. B. £50. C. £40.
3.How will the man pay?
A. In cash. B. By check. C. By credit card.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.How is the woman helping the man?
A. By using a map. B. By showing him around. C. By asking another ibrarin for help.
2.Where is the Training Room?
A. Opposite the Quiet Room. B. Opposite the Service Desk. C. Next to the Help Desk.
3.What does the woman remind the man to do?
A. Turn off mobile phones in the QuietRoom.
B. Enter the library through the front door.
C. Avoid going into the Training Room.
4.What books does the man need?
A. History books. B. Biology books. C. Geography books.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.When is the talk probably given?
A. In late spring. B. In late summer. C. In early autumn.
2.What are people advised to do to keep their suitcases safe while travelling?
A. Take big suitcases. B. Use safety locks. C. Use plain suitcases.
3.What can people do for their children when travelling with them?
A. Buy a small bag for them.
B. Keep them away from sweets.
C. Let them pack a few toys themselves.
4.What does the speaker recommend sending to people at home?
A. Letters. B. Photographs. C. Postcards.
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Asking for a raise can be a discouraging prospect for any employee. 1. If you’re a female employee seeking a raise, it matters to approach that conversation strategically. Here are a few tips for pulling it off successfully.
Do your research.
2. So if you’re making a case for a pay increase, you’ll need to gather some data on what others in similar positions are earning. To that end, do some research on sites like Salary.com. 3. Remember to collect the average earnings for all workers in your position and make your case for why you deserve to be paid similarly.
Don’t get emotional.
Women are often accused of getting emotional on the job. In fact, it’s that so-called sensitive nature that causes some people to claim they’re uncomfortable working with and promoting female employees. That’s why it’s extremely important to keep you cool during a salary negotiation. Be specific and present hard evidence of your value to the company. Try to focus on your positive contributions, rather than the negative feelings. And although the discussion might get heated, be sure not to yell or, worse yet, cry while it’s going down. 4.
5.
Given many news stories about how men out-earn women, you may tend to draw on some of that data as a reason for getting a raise. But be very careful about using that argument, because unless you have definitive proof that your male colleagues - with the same exact titles, experience, and responsibilities — are making more money than you, you’re better off avoiding that angle.
A. Don’t accuse your employer.
B. Staying calm will only help your case.
C. Take advantage of how much men colleagues earn.
D. It’s never a good idea to go into a salary negotiation blindly.
E. You are often paid less salary than your workmates in similar positions.
F. But women face unique challenges when it comes to requesting more money.
G. They allow you to search for compensation info based on industry and geographic region.
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的 增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last Friday, I was standing near a subway exit, tried to call a taxi. But no luck. Then I thought of the taxi-booking app my friend had recommended and I booked a taxi through his cellphone. Soon it came, and I stepped in, feeling pretty proudly of my high-tech way and satisfied with the convenience brought by the app. So later, I was upset to find that the driver was busy looking his cellphone to get the next order. It was just then when I began to worry about my safety. What’s bad, the driver’s informations might be unreliable. How can we passengers’ legal rights be protecting if something bad happens? So be careful when you use the taxi-booking app the next time.
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假如你是李华，想邀请你的外教Andre一起参加学校教师节庆祝会。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：1.时间和地点；2.庆祝会内容。
注意：
1.词数 100 左右；
2.词汇：国际化 internationalization；
3.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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