You can’t imagine what great trouble we have ________________ the problem ___________.
A. to solve; being talked about B. solving; talking about
C. to solve; to talk about D. solving; being talked about
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The crowd cheered wildly at the sight of the athlete, who was reported ____________ the world record in the 110-meter hurdle race.
A. breaking B. having broken C. to have broken D. to break
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Mary hoped that her father would be as easy___________ as her mother, who always liked perfume.
A. pleasant B. pleased C. to please D. to be pleased
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When the policeman came, I pretended _________________for the material so that he couldn’t notice me.
A. to look B. to be looking C. to have looked D. to have been looking
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From the _________ look of Tom’s mother, we knew that she was quite __________what he had done.
A. annoying; annoyed with B. annoying; annoyed at
C. annoyed; annoyed at; D. annoyed; annoyed with
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It is you, rather than he, that __________ for the accident.
A. is to blame B. are to blame C. is blamed D. are blamed
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This novel _____________ radio _______ the Russian original recently.
A. is adapted to ; from B. has been adapted to; for
C. is adapted for; from D. has been adapted for; from
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She doesn’t like Miss Janie, so she always avoids __________ with her.
A. to be left alone B. being left behind C. being leaving behind D. being left alone
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Just in front of our house____with a history of l,000 years.
A. does a tall tree stand B. stands a tall tree
C. a tall tree is standing D. atall tree stands
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Children under 14 have no ____________ the building unless __________ by an adult.
A. access for; accompanied B. access to; having accompanied
C. access to; accompanied D. access for; having been accompanied
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I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the _______ we discuss in our classes is the _______ of quality employees.
“What has caused you to stay _______ enough to become a manager?" I asked. After a while a new manager took the _______ and said slowly, "it was a baseball glove.”
Cynthia said she used to _______ a Circle K clerk job as an interim (临时的) one while she looked for something _______. On her second day behind the counter, she received a (an) _______ from her nine-year-old son, Jessie. He _______ a baseball glove for the little League. She _______ that as a single mother, money was __________, and her first check would have to go for paying __________.
When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning, Partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “I overheard you __________ to your son yesterday,” she said, “and I know that it is __________ to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie. I know you have to pay bills __________ you can buy gloves. You know we can’t __________ good people like you as __________ as we would like to; but we do __________ and I want you to know how __________ you are to us.”
The thoughtfulness, empathy and love of the store manager show vividly that people __________ more how much a(n) ____________ cares than how much he pays.
1.A. topics B. problems C. difficulties D. lessons
2.A. employing B. praising C. keeping D. improving
3.A. soon B. long C. strong D. calm
4.A. position B. decision C. question D. advice
5.A. take B. change C. lose D. consider
6.A. lighter B. easier C. better D. higher
7.A. letter B. call C. answer D. email
8.A. bought B. kept C. needed D. offered
9.A. complained B. explained C. understood D. admitted
10.A. short B. enough C. spare D. tight
11.A. food B. education C. clothes D. bills
12.A. talking B. crying C. arguing D. scolding
13.A. easy B. hard C. simple D. nice
14.A. after B. until C. when D. before
15.A. value B. remain C. pay D. fire
16.A. much B. many C. pleasant D. possible
17.A. regret B. agree C. worry D. care
18.A. excellent B. important C. thankful D. thoughtful
19.A. remember B. refuse C. thank D. realize
20.A. mother B. clerk C. official D. manager
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Do You Want To Change the Future of Education?
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Around the world from coast to coast, in over 192 countries, people are making the decision to take one or several of our courses. As we continue to grow our operations, we are looking for talented passionate people with great ideas to join the EDX team. We aim to create an environment that is supportive, diverse, and as fun as our brand. If you’re hardworking and ready to contribute to an unparalleled member experience for our community, we really want you to apply.
As part of the EDX team, you’ll receive:
•Competitive compensation
•Generous benefits package
•Free lunch every day
•A great workplace where everyone cares and wants to change the world
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All positions are located in our Cambridge offices.
1.What’s the aim of the text?
A. To give an introduction to EDX. B. To encourage people to join EDX.
C. To predict the future of education. D. To advise us to choose quality education.
2.What does EDX mainly do?
A. Providing free courses. B. Studying people’s learning habits.
C. Discovering people’s new passion. D. Researching the trend of education.
3.According to the text, EDX ________.
A. aims to change the world B. tries to build more schools
C. has schools in nearly 200 countries D. teaches people how to choose their courses
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Nicolai Calabria has already become one of the best 106-pound wrestlers. He has successfully climbed to the top of the highest mountain in Africa, and most importantly, he's changed the attitude of any normal person who watches him compete.
The 17-year-old teenager has one leg. He was born that way, but his goal is to show it's not the one thing that defines him. He would also be the first one to tell you that he just wants to prove to others and himself that he's just like other normal ones.
When Calabria was young, his parents tried different prostheses(假肢)to find out which was most comfortable for their son as he tried to keep up with a family, who has a preference for sports.
At first, the Calabrias had their middle child in a prosthesis that looked and functioned like a “real” leg, but soon they decided to choose a different path when they found it wasn't beneficial to his movement. Then the family moved him to arm crutches(手杖) and from there a new burst of energy was found.
Getting others to believe that he could take off on the soccer field took a little bit longer. When the Calabrias moved to Concord, they had a hard time convincing the town soccer program to allow a child like him to compete with able-bodied kids. After months and months of debates and meetings, the family received the answer they were looking for. Since then, witnessing a young man on crutches who competes against those with two legs has become a fixed event in the Concord community.
“At that time I had nothing but discouragement working with the soccer community, however, now I have nothing but admiration for the fact that he's been allowed to play, and people see that he adds value to game，” his father said, “I just think it's a great result.”
1.This passage shows us a boy with one leg ________.
A. can do what a normal teenager can
B. is realizing as many dreams as he can
C. can make a sport event more valuable
D. can add value to society
2.We can learn from Paragraph 5 that ________.
A. Calabria proved to be the most excellent player of the team
B. it was not easy for Calabria to be accepted to the town's soccer team
C. Calabria's parents didn't allow him to play soccer at first
D. there are some other disabled children in the soccer team
3.In Paragraph 5, the underlined part “a fixed event” probably means “________”.
A. a must-see
B. a planned program
C. an extra game
D. a special occasion
4.It is implied in the last paragraph that Nicolai's father ________.
A. has been discouraged since Nicolai played soccer
B. thinks that Nicolai is playing a key role in the team
C. is very delighted that Nicolai can play soccer in the team
D. hasn't expected that Nicolai can be allowed to play soccer
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PITTSBURGH — For most people, snakes seem unpleasant or even threatening. But Howie Choset sees in their delicate movements a way to save lives.
The 37-year-old Carnegie Mellon University professor has spent years developing snake-like robots he hopes will eventually slide through fallen buildings in search of victims trapped after natural disasters or other emergencies.
Dan Kara is president of Robotics Trends, a Northboro, mass-based company that publishes an online industry magazine and runs robotics trade shows. He said there are other snake-like robots being developed, mainly at universities, but didn't know of one that could climb pipes.
The Carnegie Mellon machines are designed to carry cameras and electronic sensors and can be controlled with a joystick (操纵杆). They move smoothly with the help of small electric motors, or servos, commonly used by hobbyists in model airplanes.
Built from lightweight materials, the robots are about the size of a human arm or smaller. They can sense which way is up, but are only as good as their human operators, Choset added.
Sam Stover, a search term manager with the Federal Emergency Management Agency based in Indiana, said snake-type robots would offer greater mobility than equipment currently available, such as cameras attached to extendable roles.
"It just allows us to do something we've not been able to do before," Stover said, "We needed them yesterday."
He said sniffer dogs are still the best search tool for rescue workers, but that they can only be used effectively when workers have access to damaged building.
Stover, among the rescue workers who handled the aftermath (后果) of Hurricane Katrina, said snake robots would have helped rescuers search flooded houses in that disaster.
Choset said the robots may not be ready for use for another five to ten years, depending on funding.
1.Which institution is responsible for the development of Choset's robots?
A. Robotics Trends. B. Pittsburgh City Council.
C. Carnegie Mellon University. D. Federal Emergency Management Agency.
2.Choset believes that his invention _________.
A. can be attached to an electronic arm
B. can be used by hobbyists in model airplanes
C. can find victims more quickly than a sniffer dog
D. can sense its way as well as its operators
3.By saying "We needed them yesterday" (paragraph 7), Stover means that snake-like robots ________.
A. could help handle the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
B. should have been put to use in past rescue work
C. helped rescuers search flooded houses yesterday
D. were in greater need yesterday than today
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. Snake-like robots used in industries.
B. Snake-like robots made to aid in rescues.
C. The development of snake-like robots.
D. The working principles of snake-like robots.
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Architects have long had the feeling that the places we live in can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors, But now scientists are giving this feelings an empirical(经验的，实证的) basis. They are discovering how to design spaces that promote creativity, keep people focused, and lead to relaxation.
Researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity. In 2007, Joan Meyers-Levy at the University of Minnesota, reported that the height of a room’s ceiling affects how people to think. Her research indicates that the higher ceilings encourage people to think more freely, which may lead them to make more abstract connections. Low ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire a more detailed outlook.
In addition to ceiling height, the view afforded by a building may influence an occupant’s ability to concentrate. Nancy Wells and her colleagues at Cornell University found in their study that kids who experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains on a standard test of attention.
Using nature to improve focus of attention ought to pay off academically, and it seems to, according to a study led by C. Kenneth Tanner, head of the School Design ＆Planning Laboratory at University of Georgia. Tanner and his team found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50 feet outside the window had higher scores on tests of vocabulary, language arts and maths than did students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots.
Recent study on room lighting design suggests that dim(暗淡的) light helps people to loosen up. If that is true generally, keeping the light low during dinner or at parties could increase relaxation. Researchers of Harvard Medical School also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax.
So far scientists have focused mainly on public buildings. “We have a very limited number of studies, so we’re almost looking at the problem through a straw（吸管）, ” architect David Allison says. “How do you take answers to very specific questions and make broad, generalized use of them? That’s what we’re all struggling with.”
1.What does Joan Meyers-Levy focus on in her research?
A. Light. B. Ceilings. C. Windows. D. Furniture.
2.From the passage we know that ________.
A. the shape of furniture may affect people’s feelings
B. lower ceilings may help improve students’ creativity
C. children in a dim classroom may improve their grades
D. Students in rooms with unblocked views may feel relaxed
3.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that ________.
A. the problem is not approached step by step
B. the researches so far have faults in themselves
C. the problem is too difficult for researchers to detect
D. research in this area is not enough to make generalized patterns
4.What does this passage mainly talks about?
A. The shape of public building affects our thoughts.
B. How room design affects our work and feeling.
C. Physical environment can influence our creativity.
D. Physical environment is of great importance to our focus of attention.
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Understanding Disabilities
There are around 650 million people in the world that have disabilities，yet most people are still quite ignorant about it.
（1）What do you think of when you see the word, ‘disability’？
Wheelchairs? White sticks? The Paralympics? 1. The legal definition of disability is that someone has a physical or mental impairment that has a great and longterm bad effect on his or her ability to carry out normal daytoday activities.
This affects about 650 million of us, worldwide. 2. Most become disabled during the course of their life. So maybe the term TAB (Temporarily AbleBodied) is better for people who are not disabled，because we may not stay that way forever.
（2）3.
Imagine not being able to see，or not being able to walk. Think of all the things that would be different. How can I get my education? What about my future? Would my friends still want to hang out with me? Will strangers laugh at me in the street? Can I get my own place? What job can I do?
Clearly，having a disability can affect many things in a person's life.
（3）Disability and the law
4. It is illegal and extremely unpleasant to discriminate (歧视) against someone who is differently abled. The label ‘disabled’ is not always helpful. Even if someone meets the legal definition，they may not see themselves that way. Instead of thinking about what is wrong with those people，or noticing what they can't do，we should look at how we like to live，and try to make it possible for everyone to join in.
After all—what is normal？5. But better understanding would be a start.
A． How can the disabled find better jobs?
B． How does disability affect people?
C． People with disabilities don't need pity.
D． Most of us have never really thought about it.
E． We should consider more for people with disabilities.
F． Only 17% of people with a disability are born with it.
G．There are laws to prevent people with disabilities being treated unfairly.
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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（不多于3个词），并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置上。
When Joe was about to start school, all signs pointed to success. Yet things turned out 1.(be) quite disappointing. The fourth grade even found him at the bottom of the class. Joe struggled day and night, but 2. made him upset was that it did not work—until one stormy afternoon.
On that afternoon, as the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts, dark clouds covered the sky, and the storm set in. 3. she tried to make the kids concentrate, the thunder won the battle for their attention. No one grasped the concepts. Except for Joe. He understood them and answered all the questions correctly. The teacher patted him on the back and told him to go around to the others and explain how he 4.(manage) it. 5. (encourage) by his newfound success, Joe moved quickly throughout the room. Soon math time 6. (follow) by the time for art. All children 7. (natural) drew dark pictures on such a day. Except for Joe.
Since then, Joe started improving. Though he never made 8. to the top, his math teacher was always curious about the 9. (amaze) change: Why had that stormy day changed Joe?
On the day Joe graduated, he presented the teacher with his most familiar 10.(possess)— the picture of bright yellow sun. On the picture Joe had written: This is the day I woke up to my brightness.
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1.To our s__________, great changes have taken place in Shantou after the campaign of building a civilized city.
2.Tony gave Claire e___________ to help her overcome a sense of failure.
3.One of his a_________ is to become a pilot.
4.Early to bed and early to rise is b_________ to our health.
5.Isaac Asimov showed his t_________ for science fiction writing at an early age.
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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：把缺词处加个漏字符号（∧），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。
Baymax(大白) is a health care robot in film Big Hero 6. He becomes popular with people around the world when the film was first shown. He is high intelligent, but he never harms human beings. He is devoted, sweet but extremely considerate towards all patient.
Baymax is created by Hiro. Baymax is an inflatable white robot, who can detect vital statistics about a person’s health. He is such fat that he looks very cute. His structure is like the appearance of a big marshmallow(棉花糖). Baymax is famous for its warm hug. Equipping with a heating system, his body warms anyone which lies on him. When his battery is dying, he is like a drunken man, which makes the audience to laugh.
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假定你是李华，是校学生会主席，你校学生会将为来访的美国朋友举办一个晚会，请你用英语写一篇广播通知。内容要点如下：
1.日期及时间：8月15日晚7:30-8:30；
2.地点：教学楼203室；
3.活动内容：唱歌、跳舞、游戏及礼物交换；
4.要求：带礼物并对礼物进行包装，写上姓名及祝福语；
5.欢迎大家参加
注意：1.开头已为你写好；2. 词数120
左右；3.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
May I have your attention, please?
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