Which route does the woman suggest?
A. The northern one. B. The southern one. C. The western one.
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What does the man want to do?
A. Play golf next Tuesday. B. Take a day off. C. Visit his parents.
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How did the woman find the film?
A. Touching. B. Exciting. C. Frightening.
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What does the woman have to do now?
A. See more patients. B. Cancel her conference.
C. Share her office with the man.
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Where are the speakers probably?
A. At an Internet café. B. At a computer store. C. At a computer lab.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What will the woman do?
A. Take an exam. B. Review her lessons. C. Have a class.
2.What is the man’s purpose of jumping rope?
A. To get stronger. B. To strengthen his lungs. C. To improve his balance.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.Why does the man come to the woman?
A. To ask for a pay raise. B. To report a job description. C. To confirm his duties.
2.What does the woman promise to do next week?
A. Help with the extra work. B. Give the man a reply. C. Write down the work details.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What are the speakers talking about in general?
A. A housemate. B. A colleague. C. A babysitter.
2.What is David like?
A. He’s sociable. B. He’s clean. C. He’s mature.
3.Which is one of the reasons the woman dislikes David?
A. He enjoys smoking.
B. He is always cruel to animals.
C. He sometimes eats her food without permission.
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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1.What is out of work?
A. The lock. B. The elevator. C. The alarm.
2.How does the woman react to the emergency?
A. She complains. B. She cries out loud. C. She keeps making telephones.
3.Why is the man so calm?
A. He thinks it useless to worry.
B. He knows how to solve the problem.
C. He has been in the same situation before.
4.What does the man ask the woman to do?
A. Cancel her appointment. B. Listen to some music. C. Introduce herself.
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听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1.How does the speaker usually prepare for the exam?
A. By studying with her classmates. B. By sticking to a timetable. C. By making a plan.
2.Why was the speaker once late for the exam?
A. She overslept at home. B. She missed her bus stop. C. She took the wrong bus.
3.What does the speaker usually do during the exam?
A. She finishes the test quickly.
B. She arranges time reasonably.
C. She works out the first question slowly.
4.What does the speaker really dislike after the exam?
A. Discussing the answers.
B. Talking about the scores.
C. Dealing with the stress from her parents.
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Estival Wire The cure-all for hot August days is the 10th annual Austin Ice Cream Festival, taking place on Saturday, August 13 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Fiesta Gardens. Enjoy local favoritesAmy’s Ice Cream, dairy-free NadaMoo and more, plus live entertainment, games and contests. Tickets are $15 and include three ice cream tasting/activity tickets. Children aged 8 and under are free.
North Austin Rock Rose All Access event is happening on Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.. The $5 all-access pass gets you bites from wonderful restaurants and bars like ThaiKun, General Tso’s Boy, and more. The pass also includes a free morning yoga class from Corepower Yoga. To top it off, those who attend the event will be entered for a chance to win a prize package. Get your allaccess ticket online.
East Cesar ChavezKerlin BBQ is celebrating its 3rd anniversary on Sunday, August 14, beginning at 11 a.m.. Visit the barbecue truck, and enjoy smoked meats as well as beer and live music. No admission fee is charged.
San Antonio Barbecue WireFormer La Barbecue master Esaul Ramos is hosting a barbecue on August 13, Saturday on White Road from 11 a.m. until sold out. Ramos is opening up his own smoked meat shop, 2M Smokehouse, which he and his brother Joe have been raising funds to help build. Get a taste of what’s to come with barbecue and desserts. Plan ahead and come free.
Contigo Beer CarnivalOn Sunday, Contigo is hosting a fivecourse Indian beer pairing dinner at 6:30 p.m.. Enjoy special IPAs from Austin Beerworks and Jester King Brewery. Tickets are $60 per person for common seating and $75 per person for a private table.
1.What can a visitor do with an allaccess pass at North Austin?
A. Eat in many famous restaurants and bars.
B. Enter a competition for a prize package.
C. Eat smoked meats from a barbecue truck.
D. Attend a yoga course from General Tso’ Boy.
2.When will Esaul Ramos host his barbecue?
A. From 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on August 13. B. Since 11 a.m. on August 13.
C. From noon to 5 p.m. on August 14. D. At 11 a.m. on August 14.
3.What makes Contigo Beer Carnival different from the other events?
A. It’s held on Sunday so that all can take part.
B. It starts at a time when the others are closing.
C. It has frozen snacks, barbecue and desserts.
D. It charges the most among the five ads.
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Over three million people will do their Christmas shopping entirely online this year without once visiting an actual shop, a survey has found. Overcrowding and long queues in shops are forcing people away from the high street as the disturbance of Christmas shopping becomes too much.
The number of people turning their backs on the high street is almost one million higher than it was last year, according to the survey by YouGov. Last Christmas 2.4 million shoppers did not do any of their shopping in actual shops. The figure this year is predicted to be around 3.4 million, equal to around 7 percent of the adult population.
Over a third of people said that the main turn-off about shopping on the high street is overcrowding. Meanwhile almost a quarter said that long queues at the checkout are the worst thing about it.
Of the 2,065 people surveyed, even those who are still taking to the shops plan to spend less time in them this Christmas. Around 31 percent of shoppers who plan to spend at least some time on the high street will spend less than half of their shopping time in actual shops, using the rest of the time to shop remotely via the Internet. This compares to 28 percent of people last year. Meanwhile, the proportion of people spending over half of their shopping time in high-street shops will drop from 41 percent last year to 39 percent this year. Just 2 percent of people said that they are looking forward to dealing with store staff this festival season.
Guy Boxall, senior product marketing manager at Casio Business Solutions Division, which commissioned the research from YouGov, said that despite the fall in people visiting the high street, humans are “social creatures” who actually like spending time together.
“Although the high street is facing a big challenge at Christmas, retailers should see this research as a challenge to improve the in-store shopping experience, rather than the nail in the coffin. We are social creatures, and the desire to spend time with each other, particularly at Christmas, is never going to go away,” said Mr. Boxall.
1.Based on the survey, in this year’s Christmas__________.
A. around 7% of the population will do both online and actual shopping
B. around 31% of shoppers will do half of their shopping in actual shops
C. 39% of shoppers will do more than half of their shopping in actual shops
D. over three million shoppers will abandon shopping just as a result of long queues
2.The underlined part in Para.3 can be replaced by___________.
A. Something that makes people lose heart
B. Something that makes people lose interest
C. Something that makes people lose aspiration
D. Something that makes people lose courage
3.From Mr. Boxall’s remarks, we can infer__________.
A. retailers should center on the advantage of in-store shopping
B. retailers should reduce their in-store goods
C. retailers will be pessimistic about the result of this research
D. retailers will make more profits this Christmas than last one
4.What’s Mr. Boxall’s attitude towards Christmas online shopping?
A. Indifferent. B. Skeptical. C. Appreciating. D. Objective.
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Two thirds of cancers are unavoidable even if you live a healthy life, a study has shown.
Scientists in the US found cancers are caused by random mistakes in the genetic code that occur when cells divide. The findings challenge the widespread view that cancer mutations are generally inherited or caused by environmental factors.
Lead scientist Dr. Cristian Tomasetti, from Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in the US, said, “It is well-known that we must avoid environmental factors such as smoking to decrease our risk of getting cancer. But it is not as well-known that each time a normal cell divides and copies its DNA to produce two new cells, it makes various mistakes.”
The research, published in the journal Science, indicates that almost two-thirds of cancer-causing mutations are due to DNA copying errors. Overall, 66% of cancer mutations resulted from copying errors, 29% from lifestyle or environmental factors, and just 5% from inherited faulty genes. The discovery helps explains why cancer often strikes people who follow all the rules of healthy living and have no family history of the disease. Cancers caused by copying errors could occur no matter how perfect the environment is.
Professor Mel Greaves, director of the Centre for Evolution and Cancer at the Institute of Cancer Research in London, said, “Even if, as this study suggests, most individual cancer mutations are due to random chance, the researchers admit that the cancers they cause may still be preventable.”
“We have good evidence to show that cancer is caused by a complex mix of environmental exposures, inherited risk, and random chance. And while the genes we inherit from our parents are unchanged and many chance events are unavoidable, fortunately for us, exposures are major contributors to our risk of cancer and offer a route to risk reduction or prevention.”
1.What mainly causes cancers in the original belief?
A. Cancers are caused by random mistakes in the genetic code.
B. Cancers are usually caused by inheritance or environmental factors.
C. Cancers are usually caused by poisonous food.
D. It is undiscovered how cancers occur.
2.Which of the following is consistent with the passage?
A. Most people know that when a normal cell divides, it makes many errors.
B. As long as the environment is beneficial, people needn’t be concerned about cancers.
C. People with a healthy lifestyle won’t get cancers.
D. DNA copying errors are chiefly to blame for cancer mutations.
3.From Greaves’s words, which of the following is acceptable?
A. The cancers caused by copying errors may be avoidable.
B. We need change the genes that we inherit form our parents.
C. Cancers are caused by some single factor.
D. We have to accept the fact that cancers will be incurable.
4.Which section may the text belong to in a newspaper?
A. Environment. B. Humanities. C. Discovery D. Technology.
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The health-care economy is filled with unusual and even unique economic relationships. One of the least understood involves the peculiar roles of producer or “provider” and purchaser or “consumer” in the typical doctor-patient relationship. In most parts of the economy, it is the seller who attempts to attract a potential buyer with various appealing factors of price, quality, and use, and it is the buyer who makes the decision. Such condition, however, is not common in most of the health-care industry.
In the health-care industry, the doctor-patient relationship is the mirror image of the ordinary relationship between producer and consumer. Once an individual has chosen to see a doctorand even then there may be no real choiceit is the doctor who usually makes all significant purchasing decisions: whether the patient should return “next Wednesday”, whether X-rays are needed, whether drugs should be prescribed, etc. It is rare that a patient will challenge such professional decisions or raise in advance questions about price, especially when the disease is regarded as serious.
This is particularly significant in relation to hospital care. The doctor must claim the need for hospitalization, determine what procedures will be performed, and announce when the patient may be discharged. The patient may be consulted about some of the decisions, but in general it is the doctor’s judgments that are final. Little wonder then that in the eye of the hospital it is the doctor who is the real “consumer”. As a consequence, the medical staff represents the “power center” in hospital policy and decision-making, not the administration.
Although usually there are in this situation four related participantsthe doctor, the hospital, the patient and the payer (generally an insurance carrier or government)the physician makes the essential decisions for all of them. The hospital becomes an extension of the doctor; the payer generally meets most of the bills generated by the doctor /hospital, and for the most part of the patient plays a passive role. We estimate that about 7580 percent of healthcare choices are determined by doctors, not patients. For this reason, the economy aimed at patients or the general is relatively ineffective.
1.The author’s primary purpose in writing this passage is to_______.
A. urge hospitals to take back their decisionmaking authority
B. analyze some important economic factors in healthcare
C. inform potential patients of their healthcare rights
D. criticize doctors for placing too much control over patients
2.The followings are not the reasons why doctors can determine hospital policies except________.
A. most of a patient’s bills are paid by his health insurance carrier
B. some patients might reject taking their doctors’ advice
C. it is doctors who generate income for the hospital
D. a doctor undertakes eventually for a patient’s health
3.According to the author, what do doctors imply by telling a patient to “return next Wednesday”?
A. To instruct the patient to buy more medical services
B. To advise the patient to seek a second opinion.
C. To warn the patient that a hospital stay might be necessary.
D. To admit that the first visit is ineffective.
4.If the issue in the passage were solved, which of the following would take place?
A. The medical costs for patients would go down.
B. Some new medical treatments would be provided.
C. The economy in the US would be booming.
D. Quantities of US doctors would be laid off.
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At times when you are feeling low or you are let down, you seem to need some kinds of emotional or mental support. You usually speak to your closest friends or dearest family members during times of hardship to ease the burden.1.You are supposed to listen to it. Here are some tips to improve your inner voice.
2.Many people have trouble letting go of negative thoughts that they have about themselves. These negative thoughts often come from outside people whose opinion we value and from whom we seek love and being accepted.
If you find yourself feeling negatively about yourself and you are less perfect, take three simple steps. Stop your current line of thinking, and then pay attention to the effort that will be required to work towards a goal, then steadily apply the required effort.3.It can help you appreciate your own good work.
Saying “I am such a failure” after getting fired from a job is inaccurate and unfair to you. Instead, make the useful comment, “I lost my job, but I can use this experience to find and keep a new job.”4.You can think like this, “I don’t know how to do this basic home repair. Perhaps I could take a class and learn to do this in the future.”
Do not believe the worst can happen. It can be easy to feel that the most unpleasant result will take place with every situation.5.
A. You should overcome negative beliefs about yourself.
B. Focusing only on the negatives in your life is a bad habit.
C. During these times, your inner voice automatically gives its decision.
D. If you feel absurd, it’s more likely that you lack knowledge about something.
E. You had better change your focus from a final product to the struggle behind a task.
F. Your inner voice is always right most of the times because it knows better than others.
G. However, changing your inner thoughts to be realistic or truthful can help you avoid it.
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Mary Regan was a French teacher at the new school I attended in the seventh grade. She wasn’t my _______ teacher; she was the consultant to the animal-shelter association on which I _______. I fancied being around her and enjoyed her sense of humor and kind _______. She was also a good listener.
At the end of the year, she _______ that she was moving to California, and I was cast down with the announcement. We exchanged addresses and became pen pals. I could tell her anything _______, and she treated me with respect _______ I was a teenager.
In California, Mrs. Regan became a house agent, but she managed to find time to write letters, often _______ “sitting on” a model home awaiting customers. She wrote fascinating stories and always took my concerns _______.
She had given me a(n)_______ invitation to visit, and I missed her so much. When I wrote to take her up on the _______, she replied, “Get your shoes on and your bags packed! You are welcome _______!”
I spent three weeks with her in San Diego,_______ to do anything from washing dishes to _______ houses with her. Her fancy of literature, music, and innovative writing inspired me to pursue these efforts. One day while hanging sheets on the clothesline, she _______ and said, “You know, the sky is fuel for the soul.” I have never looked at the clouds since _______ hearing those words.
Five years later she astonished me by attending my _______ school graduation. Later that year, my family decided to spend Christmas in California and I couldn’t wait to visit my friend again. As I reached her house I had expected to talk to her about university, but she was _______ in a hospital bed in the guest room. She had cancer of the lung, and family members were caring for her. I was in _______.
Two months after we returned home, we received a call that Mrs. Regan had _______. To this day, more than 55 years later, I still see her smile and think about suggestions she gave me._______ I reread her letters, and I remember the essence of her smile and her companionship.
1.A. qualified B. normal C. actual D. identical
2.A. stood B. joined C. supported D. served
3.A. identity B. dignity C. personality D. nationality
4.A. voiced B. noted C. thought D. attained
5.A. with ease B. at will C. on purpose D. in secret
6.A. now that B. even though C. as though D. as for
7.A. whereas B. since C. as D. while
8.A. seriously B. kindly C. casually D. initially
9.A. effective B. secret C. open D. abrupt
10.A. help B. offer C. advice D. regulation
11.A. anytime B. at one time C. this time D. at times
12.A. exhausted B. disappointed C. scared D. thrilled
13.A. making B. rebuilding C. decorating D. touring
14.A. blew out B. looked up C. turned to D. concentrated on
15.A. without B. beyond C. through D. except
16.A. primary B. junior C. high D. particular
17.A. instead B. ever C. even D. still
18.A. relief B. discomfort C. shock D. skeptical
19.A. passed off B. passed over C. passed by D. passed away
20.A. Eventually B. Occasionally C. Autonomously D. Currently
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California is the third 1.(large) state and the most multicultural state in the US. This is not 2.(amaze) when you know the history of California, 3.has attracted people from nearly every country in the world. No one really 4.(know) when the first settlers arrived in5. we now call as California. Historians believe that Native Americans reached California 6.means of a land bridge. In the 18th century, California was ruled by Spain. Of the first Spanish to go to California, the majority were religious men. In 1848, due to the 7.(discover) of gold in California, the dream of becoming rich quickly attracted people from all over the world. In fact, few achieved their dream of becoming rich, but most remained in California to make 8.life for themselves. In more recent decades, California 9.(become) home to more people from Asia. 10. is believed that before long the integration of nationalities will be so great that there will be no distinct major racial or cultural groups.
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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。
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Our office was at NO.66 Friendship Street. It is not very difficult to find your way here. You can take a NO.22 bus, the stop of whose is on the left of your university, get off at the second crossing. There is a cinema across the street. Turned right at the corner, and you will find Friendship Street. Our office building is 500 meters down the street on the right. I am sure you will have no trouble finding your office building.
For further informations, please contact Mr.Zhang.
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假如你是李星，你的加拿大朋友Martin想来中国上大学，他想向你了解一些关于中国发展和机遇的信息。请你结合以下要点并结合自己的观点，给他回一封信。
1.中国发展非常好……；
2.举例说明，例如一带一路倡议和中国梦提出；中欧班列开行及其优势……
3.邀请他来中国深造。
注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总数；
2.可适当增加情节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：中欧班列：China-EU line trains; 一带一路倡议：One Belt One Road Initiative
Dear Martin,
Glad to hear from you.
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Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Xing
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