Although the size of the overall new vehicle market is larger than it was a decade ago, the size of Canada's midsize car market has been fallen to half. With figures in October, 2019 from Global Automakers of Canada look at their current state.
Ford Fusion: 7 280 sales, up 16 percent
Fusion sales reduced 15 percent in 2015, 9 percent in 2016,33 percent in 2017 and 27 percent in 2018. As Ford clears out the departing Fusion in 2019, sales are rising. Between the Fusion's 20 145-unit peak in2013 and 2018, the former best-seller took a 65-percent dive.
Toyota Camry: 11 579 sales, up 4 percent
When the Camry took over from the Ford Fusion as Canada's top-selling midsize car in 2012, the Camry's market share was little more than half as strong as it is now. Yet while Toyota sold 18 203 Camrys that year (far from the 28 218 that were sold five years earlier). Toyota will find 15 000 buyers in 2019, with a little help from the daily rental market.
Honda Accord: 9 089 sales, down 13 percent
The Accord is, by modern standards, a popular midsize car. But this 10th-generation car is a far cry from the Accord that led the market with 25 814 sales in 2004. Honda is not likely to sell half so many Accords in Canada in 2019, although the car's market share has grown from the 13 percent it held in 2010
Chevrolet Malibu: 4 674 sales, down 14 percent
The Malibu had continuous improvements in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016. But after reporting 11 503 Malibu sales in 2016, GM Canada sold 29 per cent fewer in 2017 and then posted an 18-percent Malibu drop in 2018. Demand is weakening further in 2019.
1.Which car has the biggest rate of change in 2019?
A.Ford Fusion. B.Toyota Camry.
C.Honda Accord. D.Chevrolet Malibu.
2.What helps Toyota Camry sell the most cars?
A.Its strong structure. B.Its popular midsize.
C.The most market share. D.The flexible market policy.
3.What do the four cars have in common?
A.Sales are not optimistic in 2019. B.Sales trends are not what they used to be.
C.New generations will improve car sales. D.These data are from all over the world.
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Blue light before bedtime can make it harder to sleep, and the screens on phones, computers, and televisions send out plenty of blue light. This is all true. But if you're focused on blue light as a major problem affecting your sleep or your eye health, it's time to look at it from another aspect.
As Philip Yuhas, a professor of vision, writes at The Conversation, blue light isn’t a uniquely technological evil. It's part of sunlight, and your eyes are exposed to plenty of it all the time. You ' re fine. There are studies in mice that have found blue light can damage their eyes, but mice are nocturnal creatures (夜行动物) whose eyes are different from ours. The pigments (色素) and the lenses (晶状体) of our eyes actually block blue light fairly well--so in a sense, we already have built-in blue blocking protection
Adding more protection isn't likely to help though. You can buy glasses and screen filters (滤光片) that block blue light, but Yuhas points out they are probably a waste of money: these products do not block out much blue light. The leading blue-blocking anti-reflective coating, for example, blocks only about 15% of the blue light that screens send out. You could get the same reduction just by holding your phone another inch from your face.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology doesn't recommend blue-blocking products, either. Instead if you're concerned about your eye health or your ability to get to sleep on time, you already know what to do:
Put the screens away at bedtime. Read a book or find something else to do. While you're using screens take a 20-second break every 20 minutes to look at something 20 feet away ( the "20-20-20 " rule ). If you get dry eyes when you look at screens for a long time, use eyedrops labeled artificial tears.
1.What do people think of blue light generally?
A.It is a necessary part of sunlight. B.It is magical and rare.
C.It is the major factor affecting sleep. D.All electronics send out blue light.
2.What did the studies in mice find?
A.Mice can see clearly in the dark. B.Our eyes actually block blue light well.
C.Eyes can be long exposed to blue light. D.Blue light can damage mice's eyesight.
3.What can we know about blue-blocking products?
A.They block only 15% of the blue light. B.Few have much effect on the blue light.
C.They can prevent much harmful lights. D.They are thought highly of by experts.
4.What could be the best title for the text?
A.How can Blue Light Be Prevented? B.Why does Blue Light Make Sleeping Hard?
C.Are Blue-blocking Products Necessary? D.What will Blue Light Affect Actually?
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Pang Hui placed a few more pairs of chopsticks on the table for a family dinner, though she did not expect her big family of seven would use them as serving chopsticks.
Surprisingly, her 75-year-old father, who used to shrug off the idea of serving chopsticks, became a firm supporter this time, said Pang, 40, from Beihai, a coastal city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Chinese people often share dishes, and diners use their own chopsticks to serve themselves food from the shared dishes, a tradition now being challenged by the outbreak of COVID-19.
"We feel a sense of crisis as well as the urge to desert our old habits when we see reports of family infections, " Pang said, pointing to the reports of the virus spreading via droplets and close contact.
Local governments are helping to encourage a shift, too. On Feb. 13, 2020, local authorities of Beihai started a campaign promoting serving chopsticks and spoons, which will avoid cross infection caused by the use of personal chopsticks.
Similar measures were also adopted in other cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu Province even standardized the colours of serving chopsticks and spoons to help diners differentiate (区分) them from personal ones.
The practice of eating wild animals has been targeted by the government, which remains present in certain areas.
China stopped the illegal trading and transportation of wild animals shortly after the outbreak. The move became a permanent ban on Feb. 24, 2020, when the country made a decision on thoroughly prohibiting (禁止) the illegal trading of wildlife and the consumption of wild animals.
Li Bo, with the Hainan International Center for wildlife Protection, said wild animal consumption could lead to the faster extinction of particular species, damage the ecological balance and harm people's health.
" The epidemic(流行病) could become a turning point to eliminate the bad habit, " Li said.
1.What can we learn about Pang Hui's family from the text?
A.There are usually more than seven people dining together.
B.They have started to use serving chopsticks at table.
C.Pang Hui's father opposes using serving chopsticks.
D.They don't know how to avoid being infected by the virus.
2.According to the text, what has been done by the government?
A.Sharing dishes has been abandoned.
B.Cross-infection has been prevented.
C.Eating wild animals has been forbidden.
D.Standard personal chopsticks have been adopted.
3.What does the underlined word "eliminate" in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.Explain. B.Discover.
C.Form. D.Remove.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.Serving Chopsticks Promoted. B.Ways to Help People Stay Healthy.
C.The Outbreak of COVID-19 Leads to Change D.China Bans Trading of Wildlife
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My real love for poetry as an adult came when, as a participant in a writer's workshop, I heard a poet read her work aloud. I was there to study nonfiction, and every evening participants gathered to hear their peers and teachers read work from their selected genres. As I listened to Solmaz Sharif read her poem, I was overcome by it. It was just like a dance and I was invited to participate. I looked around the room to see if everyone else was as shocked as I was. I was in love and I think it was because she was in love.
After the writer's workshop, I began to try on different poets. I was desperate to find another connection to a poet like the one I had experienced with Sharif. I borrowed a collection of poems from our local library.
One afternoon as I sat on the couch browsing it, the feeling returned. As I reached the final line, my 8-year-old daughter walked into the room to see me spit joy and tears and grief all over the living room carpet.
“ What's the matter, Mom?” she asked.
"A poem, that's all," I said. She smiled, relieved nothing was wrong.“ Want to hear it?” I said.
We sat together, on the couch, and I read Kay Ryan aloud. When we were finished, my daughter ran up to her bedroom to grab a notebook so she could compose some of her own lines. She fell in love because I was in love. Those fifteen minutes spent on the couch together taught her more about poetry than any eight-week curriculum could have.
We didn't study poetry to tick the boxes of an imagined cultural syllabus. Rather, we leaned close to each other and fell in love with the words.
Part of teaching our children to love poetry is falling in love with poetry ourselves. Does that mean I don't worry about teaching them the different forms and skills? Certainly not. I mean, while it is true that great poems come as a result of a mastery of the craft, hard work, and patience, in the beginning I simply encourage my children to enjoy the words, and I cheer them on as they dare to write down their own lines.
1.What was the writer's purpose of attending a writer's workshop?
A.To make new friends. B.To learn nonfiction works.
C.To meet much-loved poets. D.To exchange reading notes.
2.Why does the writer describe the poem as a dance?
A.She loved dancing. B.She was too surprised.
C.She was touched by the reading. D.She never heard this poem before.
3.Why is the writer's daughter mentioned?
A.To tell she was easy to be moved. B.To prove her daughter also loved poems.
C.To show her daughter was talented. D.To support her own opinion.
4.How should parents encourage their children to love poetry at first?
A.Teach them writing skills. B.Ask them to write their own poems.
C.Act as role models for them. D.Buy them collections of poems.
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Good time management allows an individual to complete more in a shorter period of time, lowers the amount of stress, and leads to career success. The amount and quality of what you achieve are crucially dependent on how effectively you manage your time. 1. .
Make a plan
Sometimes it is difficult not to feel puzzled. 2.. This starts as a list of all the tasks that are either desirable or vital for accomplishing your goals. Write them down, don't just rely on your memory
Beware of distractions
Take a long, hard look at your relationship with e-mall and social media. Although they are vital to everyday communication, they can claim much more attention than they deserve. 3..
4..
Many business leaders put a lot of their success down to simply saying "no". That is, they prioritize their efforts in the few areas that really matter and have the courage to say no to everything else.
Give yourself a break
5.. Try to avoid looking at your work e-mails when you are not working. They do not need to be answered until the next working day. The world will not collapse if you delay opening some e-mails.
A.Try your best
B.Learn to say "no"
C.Taking breaks is good for your brain
D.Here is some advice on how to better manage your time
E.Try to distinguish between things that would be nice to have
F.The best way to achieve success and have a clear mind is to make a plan
G.Consider shutting them off completely as you work on a task that requires your full attention
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We all love our parents and turn to them when we’re in need, but would you like them to hear the _______ you have with your friends in the school playground or lunch queue? Social networking sites, such as micro-blog, blog and the Facebook, have actually become _______ of the school hallways(走廊), so would you add your parents as “friends” and allow them to _______ your online _______ and conversations with friends?
In the past the generation gap included a technology gap, where children were _______ with latest technology and parents were left behind, content to continue their day-to-day lives as they always had because they had no _______ to be good at new technology. _______, more and more parents are beginning to _______ just how important social networks are in their lives. This realization has given many parents the _______ to educate themselves about social networking sites.
These days many people are ________ to social networking sites because they can choose who they have around them; there’s also a certain amount of control over ________ that we don’t get in real life. Sometimes we feel that privacy is ________ when we must accept a “friend” request from a parent or family member.
It’s a difficult choice whether or not to allow a parent to become a part of our ________ lives. On the one hand we don’t want to “refuse” their request because that might hurt their feelings or make them feel you have something to ________. On the other hand if you do accept, then you could have a(n) ________ of being watched and no longer feel ________ to comment or communicate the way you did before.
A recent survey suggested that parents shouldn’t take it personally if their child ignores their request: “When a teen ignores a parent’s friend request, it doesn’t ________ mean that they are hiding something, but it could mean that this is one part of their life where they want to be truly ________.” Perhaps talking with parents and giving explanations would help soften the ________ if you do choose not to ________ them to your friends list.
1.A.quarrels B.conversations C.debates D.bargains
2.A.explosions B.focuses C.extensions D.definitions
3.A.spread B.decide C.repeat D.view
4.A.habits B.activities C.images D.shows
5.A.in association B.in conflict C.side by side D.up to date
6.A.need B.choice C.money D.time
7.A.However B.Indeed C.Thus D.Otherwise
8.A.advocate B.realize C.deny D.doubt
9.A.excuse B.ability C.motivation D.chance
10.A.exposed B.attracted C.adapted D.committed
11.A.privacy B.privilege C.personality D.process
12.A.interpreted B.interacted C.insulted D.invaded
13.A.school B.online C.family D.social
14.A.avoid B.dislike C.hide D.refuse
15.A.guilt B.memory C.sense D.obligation
16.A.worried B.satisfied C.real D.free
17.A.nevertheless B.necessarily C.possibly D.entirely
18.A.independent B.available C.popular D.responsible
19.A.voice B.hatred C.result D.blow
20.A.show B.apply C.add D.force
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Chinese President Xi Jinping issued a tough line on national sovereignty (主权) on Tuesday,1. (say) China will never permit the 2. (lose) of any piece of its land to outsiders. In a warning to its border nations, President Xi added 3. China would never swallow the bitter fruit of damage. The Presidents declaration 4. (come) during a nearly one-hour speech mailing the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Peopled Liberation Army.
“The Chinese people treasure peace and we 5. (absolute) do not engage in invasion and expansion.6., we have the confidence to conquer all forms of invasion t w Xi told government 7. (leader) and current and retired PLA members.
“We absolutely will not permit any person, any organization, any 8. ( politics) party at any time, in any form 9. (separate) any piece of Chinese territory from China,” Xi said to applause.
“No one should expect us to swallow the bitter fruit of damage to our sovereignty, security and development interests.”
Xi didn’t refer 10. any specific conflicts or disputes during his address.
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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：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧)并在其下面写出该加的词。
刪除：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。
Dear Ms Jenkins,
I'm Li Hua. I plan to take part-time job in a foreign company during the summer holiday. I had already filled in the application form and have my resume ready for it. But I am not sure about the words and format. However, I am writing to ask for your help and professional advices. Would you please spare some time to read through the materials attaching? Would you mind find out the mistakes in terms for words and format? Besides, I'd like you to correct the mistakes what are found in the materials and format.
I would appreciate it that if you could do me a favor. I am looking forward to you reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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你校将于4月26日“世界知识产权日”（The World Intellectual Property Day）举办一次以“科技让校园生活更美好”（Science Makes Life Better on Campus）为主题的创意作品展。假定你是李华，请你代表学校学生会写封邮件，邀请美国交换生Henry参与展评活动。
内容包括：
1. 目的：尊重知识、崇尚科学；
2. 展评时间，地点、内容；
3. 报名方式及截止日期。
注意：1. 词数100左右，内容包括主要要点；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Henry,
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Yours,
Li Hu
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