Located in Los Angeles, University of Southern California is in the heart of a leading city. Although LA ranks highly in The Economist’s Safe Cities Index, navigating and city calls for certain safety precautions (预防措施) along with practicing common sense.
♦ Mobile Safety App Powered by LiveSafe
The Mobile Safety App powered by LiveSafe, manage by the USC Department of Public Safety and the USC Department of Emergency Planning, is a free downloadable app that mobile users can use to initiate contact with emergency responders around the campus. Features include: immediate “push button” calls to DPS, easy reporting for suspicious activity or crimes in progress, and location services to notify friends of your route through campus.
♦ Blue Light Phone Locations
The University Park has multiple blue light phones that are strategically placed throughout campus. Take note of where the closest ones are on your route. They come in handy in case you lose your phone or in an emergency. These phones are directly connected to USC’s Department of Public Safety’s 24-hour communications center. Besides emergency needs, it can also be used to report suspicious activity, request for an escort (护送) if you feel unsafe and to report a crime.
♦ Trojans Alert
Trojans Alert is an emergency notification system that allows university officials to contact you during an emergency by sending messages via text message or email. When an emergency occurs, authorized USC senders will instantly notify you with real-time updates, instructions on where to go, what to do (or what not to do), whom to contact and other important information. All members of the USC community, as well as parents and regular visitors to campus, are strongly encouraged to sign up for Trojans Alert.
1.What do blue light phones do for students?
A. Guide students through campus.
B. Alert students to crime activities.
C. Light up the way if students feel unsafe.
D. Connect them with the safety department.
2.How does USC send out instructions during an emergency?
A. With blue light phones.
B. Via text message or email.
C. Through mobile safe app.
D. By calling all USC members.
3.What is the purpose of the text?
A. To encourage students to fight crime.
B. To introduce USC’s safety department.
C. To provide safety services for USC students.
D. To inform parents of safety risks on campus.
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Every day when Glen Oliver orders his morning coffee at the drive-through window of a local cafe, he insists on paying for the order of the person behind him. He also asks the restaurant workers to tell the customer to have a great day, in case they’re not already having one.
Oliver has never made a big deal out of his own generous actions until a letter was published by a news website in November. He found out that he had not just bought someone his breakfast —he had saved a life.
According to the website, someone had written a letter stating that on July 18th, he was planning on committing suicide. The writer said that while he was at the drive-through window, he was planning on going home, writing a note and ending his life. When he went to pay for his coffee and muffin, however, the cashier told him that the man in the SUV in front of him had picked up the tab and told him to have a great day.
“I wondered why someone would buy coffee for a stranger for no reason,” said the writer. “Why me? Why today? If I were a religious man, I would take this as a sign. This random act of kindness was directed at me on this day for a purpose.”
When the writer arrived home, he couldn’t hold back his tears and started to think about the simple good deed that had affected him so deeply. “I decided at that moment to change my plans for the day and do something nice for someone. I ended up helping a neighbor take groceries out of her car and into the house.”
The writer says that in the months following that fateful event, he does at least one kind thing for others every day. “To the nice man in the SUV, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Please know your kind gesture has truly saved a life,” he said. “On July 18, 2017, I had the greatest day.”
1.What is Oliver’s act of kindness every day?
A. Buying others breakfast.
B. Greeting restaurant workers.
C. Publishing positive news.
D. Taking groceries for neighbors.
2.What is special about Oliver’s act of kindness on July 18, 2017?
A. It brought him thank-you letters.
B. It was reported on a news website.
C. It was the first time he’d paid for others.
D. It stopped someone from killing himself.
3.What does the underlined phrase “picked up the tab” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. Paid the bill. B. Parked the car.
C. Left a message. D. Ordered a drink.
4.How did the writer of the letter feel after the event?
A. He felt guilty. B. He felt grateful.
C. He felt confused. D. He felt saddened.
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Mirroring China’s Past: Emperors and Their Bronzes
Chinese bronzes (青铜) of the second and first millennia BC are some of the most distinctive achievements in the history of art. These vessels (容器) were made to carry sacrificial offerings, to use in burial or to honor noble families in public ceremonies. When they were found by emperors centuries later, these spiritually significant objects were seen as signs of heavenly messages about a ruler or a dynasty and became prized items in royal collections. This exhibition—the first to explore these ancient objects throughout Chinese history—presents a rare opportunity to experience a large number of these works together in the United States.
Unlike Greek and Roman bronze sculptures of human and animal forms, most objects from Bronze Age China (about 2000 - 221 BC) were vessels for ceremonial use. Beginning with the Song dynasty (960 - 1279), emperors unearthed these symbolic works and began collecting them, considering them to be evidence of their own authority as rulers. In addition to impressive collections, the royal fascination with bronzes led to the creation of numerous reproductions and the comprehensive cataloguing of palace holdings. These catalogues are works of art themselves, featuring beautiful drawings and detailed descriptions of each object.
From the 12th century onward, scholars and artists also engaged in collecting and understanding ancient bronzes. Unlike emperors, scholars regarded bronzes as material evidence of their efforts to recover and reconstruct the past, and they occasionally exchanged them as tokens (象征) of friendship. Today ancient bronzes still occupy a primary position in Chinese culture — as historical objects and as signifiers of an important cultural heritage that inspires new generations, as seen in the works of contemporary artists on view in this presentation.
Mirroring China’s Past brings together approximately 180 works from the An Institute of Chicago’s strong holdings and from the Palace Museum in Beijing, the Shanghai Museum, and important museums and private collections in the United States. By providing viewers with a new understanding of ancient bronzes and their significance through time, the exhibition demonstrates China’s fascinating history and its developing present.
1.In what way are Chinese bronzes different from Greek and Roman ones?
A. They fascinated the royal family.
B. They took animal or human forms.
C. They served ceremonial purposes.
D. They were important cultural heritage.
2.What does the author think of catalogues of bronzes?
A. Unreal. B. Creative.
C. Artistic. D. Necessary.
3.What can we infer about the exhibition according to the text?
A. It is held in China. B. It is arranged by time.
C. It is organized by scholars. D. It includes modern artworks.
4.What does the underlined word “holdings” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. Viewers. B. Collections.
C. Museums. D. Art dealers.
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I was in the middle of coding a web page when my wife emailed me these questions: Ever wonder what it would be like to have the face, the brains, the personality and the body? What it would be like to have everyone stop when you walk in a room? What it would be like to be able to get anything or anyone you want? I stopped for a moment and thought about it because my wife wouldn’t email me this unless something had driven her to do so. I emailed her back with what I thought was a pretty good answer. Here is what I wrote her back.
Yes, I had thought many times about what it would be like to be one of the beautiful people. To be able to take your breath away when I walked into a room, or to be the life of the party and have everyone fawning (奉承) over me as I wore only the finest clothes and sported the perfect body? But then I always came back to the realization that a lifestyle like that is so fragile. As you get older, your body changes; as you get older, the money changes. Your body never looks the same, the clothes become more and more expensive to maintain. And once you have crossed the line, suddenly you are out. The next fresh face comes in and you are quickly forgotten.
All through growing up I was never an attractive person. I was overweight and picked on. But that didn’t stop me from being a nice person — a good, clean, funny and helpful person. I was the person who you came to when you needed a friend after a breakup. I was the one you came to when you needed a joke to brighten up your day. And in the long run, I will be the one you remember, not the new face, or the fresh style.
In closing, I would like to say that we, as a people, have developed into looking (or things that are bigger and better instead of what will last.) I don’t know about you, but I will remember the friend who helped me when I was down, more than the hot girl I just saw walking down the street.
I wish I could teach the world some more jokes.
1.How did the author react to his wife’s questions?
A. He took them seriously. B. He went on coding the page.
C. He replied to them right away. D. He wondered why she had done so.
2.What can we learn about the author?
A. He cares much about appearance.
B. He has a clever and beautiful wife.
C. He is always ready to help others.
D. He doesn’t like beautiful women.
3.According to the text, the author would agree that one should ________.
A. try a new and fresh lifestyle
B. tell jokes to live a meaningful life
C. wear fancy clothes to attract people
D. be the person who brings joy to others
4.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
A. What Is Wisdom? B. What Will Last?
C. Three Questions D. Three Answers
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On July 24, 1916, a natural gas explosion trapped 32 men working in a tunnel 250 feet below Lake Erie. The first rescuers who entered the tunnel were _______ by gas, and for hours no one else dared to enter the suffocating (窒息的),_______ deathtrap.
Then, late that night, someone had an idea:_______ Garrett Morgan and his new invention. Garrett Morgan was a successful _______ owner in Cleveland. The son of freed slaves and the seventh of 11 children, mechanically minded Morgan had opened his own sewing machine shop, which he soon _______ to a tailoring factory with 32 employees.
In the early 1900s, factory buildings were crowded and untidy. They were often _______ of wood, with no fire escapes. Fire could cause serious _______. Concerned about his employees, Morgan _______ with a “safety hood” (头罩) that would allow the wearer to _______ despite a fire’s poisonous smoke.
Morgan knew smoke rises during a fire.________, he created a heat-resistant hood with a long tube reaching to the floor. Wearing Morgan’s hood, a firefighter could breathe the ________ air near the ________ Morgan lined the breathing tube with a sponge-like material that was wetted before use to ________ the air. A second tube was designed to ________ exhaled (呼出的) air.
Called to the scene on the night of the tunnel explosion, Garrett arrived with samples of his safety hood. Still in their nightwear, he and his brother Frank put on the hoods and ________ entered the tunnel. It was a dangerous ________ of the invention, but they saved two lives and ________ four bodies before officials closed the ________. Morgan knew that more lives might have been saved if he had been called sooner.
The daring ________ made Morgan famous and brought requests for safety hoods from fire departments around the country. But his greatest ________ was knowing that his invention would now save more people.
1.A. lit B. powered C. overcome D. overheated
2.A. changeable B. remarkable C. cautious D. poisonous
3.A. show off B. send for C. rule out D. take away
4.A. factory B. slave C. restaurant D. store
5.A. declined B. decided C. expanded D. exported
6.A. afraid B. true C. consisted D. made
7.A. business B. damage C. illness D. doubts
8.A. experimented B. associated C. equipped D. struggled
9.A. exist B. communicate C. breathe D. listen
10.A. Therefore B. However C. Anyway D. Besides
11.A. cleaner B. thicker C. colder D. warmer
12.A. ceiling B. ground C. roof D. window
13.A. feel B. trap C. cool D. heat
14.A. put on B. get off C. pollute D. release
15.A. unwillingly B. bravely C. gradually D. simply
16.A. task B. test C. game D. part
17.A. overlooked B. identified C. recovered D. buried
18.A. gap B. case C. deal D. site
19.A. rescue B. attempt C. reform D. escape
20.A. fortune B. comfort C. achievement D. reward
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In 1940, four teenage boys and their dog were walking through woodland close to Lascaux, when their dog suddenly disappeared. The boys searched all around. They came to a cave and looked into the cave 1. could see nothing.
A few days later, the boys returned to the cave. They could hardly believe 2. eyes. In the weak lamplight, the boys saw red horses and cows, and black bulls and deer charging across the walls of the cave, which looked so 3. (frighten) that the boys jumped back in fear. Little did the boys know that they had made one of the most important 4. (discover) of that century.
The Famous Lascaux Caves consist of a large hole and 5. series of connecting caves, with a natural water system. The paintings there were an especially important find because they are so numerous and so well preserved. After a few years, the caves were opened 6. a tourist attraction, and 1,200 people per day came to the site 7. (admire) the paintings.8. (fortunate), many visitors resulted in changes in the cave’s atmosphere, and green algae (水藻) began to grow around the walls. Since then, the caves 9. (close) to the public in an effort to conserve the fragile paintings in this precious underground site.
Today, the caves have computer-controlled air-conditioning and are inspected daily. Scientists hope that these precautions will prevent any 10. (far) damage to the paintings.
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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。错误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。
Do you believe love is the most important? In the early twenty century, homeless people were often brought up in orphanages, in that they received little love. At one time, Dr. Skeels took twelve children from art orphanage or had a young girl look them each day. He also studied another twelve children who are left in the orphanage all day long. He followed these children not until I hey grew up, and the results were shocked. The children staying all day in the orphanage were either dead or suffering from serious illnesses. However, the twelve children loved by the girl were all healthy and independently. The only difference between the life of these children -the love, made a great difference to us.
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（题文）假定你是李华,你的英国朋友Mark希望向你了解国画的有关知识,原定见面时间，因故需要推迟,请给Mark写一封邮件,说明情况。要点包括：
1.表示歉意并说明原因；
2. 重约见面讨论时间；
3. 推荐先参观国画展览。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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