Websites
ESPN Sports Programming
ESPN takes its sports content and programming to the next level with its dynamic and eye-catching site filled with large, high-quality pictures and videos. The "featured sports" slider is thoroughly entrancing and does an excellent job of showcasing each of the sports alongside interesting statistics and informative details about available programs.
Revols
Revols takes a bold （突出的）approach on its website by enlarging its small, advanced headphones in photographs and videos. The photography and video make the site amazingly product-focused, so its users slowly become more and more absorbed in the experience these headphones can give you. The large font （字型）treatment on this site is also a nice touch and adds to the larger-than-life earbud photography.
Zillow
Finding the perfect home is all about being able to conveniently research exactly what you're looking for, save and store what you like, and make it easy to find it all later on. Zillow hits the nail on the head for all three of these points. The search area within the hero area makes it easy for new users to quickly select and search listings without having to look for some hidden search page.
Montage
Montage takes showing-off its product to the next level with this homepage that clearly outlines what its product is, how it looks, product quality, and testimonials. The site is an excellent example of one approach you can use to highlight your product and the most important points your users would be concerned with finding answers to.
1.Which website stresses the product by making it seem big?
A.ESPN Sports Programming, B.Revols.
C.Zillow. D.Montage.
2.What can users do on Zillow?
A.Order a product.
B.Buy a headphone.
C.Learn about sports.
D.Find a suitable house.
3.What do the four websites have in common?
A.They are well designed.
B.They make shopping easier.
C.They are intended for new users.
D.They help users learn new knowledge.
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An elephant, who accidentally fell into a dry, 25-foot deep well in Northeast India, lived to see another day thanks to the quick-thinking rescuers' scientific knowledge. The chain of events unfolded early in the morning on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, when citizens of Amliya toli village, in the state of Jharkhand, awoke to the cries of the trapped animal and called the forest department for help.
When the rescuers arrived, they instantly realized that pulling out the huge animal, which seemed to be about 30 years old, was not a practical idea. Fortunately , the forest department officials had been paying attention in their science class and were well aware of the Archimedes' principle. The physics law of buoyancy(浮力)，which explains how ships stay afloat, states that when a body is partially or fully immersed in a liquid, it experiences an apparent loss in weight that is equal to the weight of the liquid displaced by the part of the body in the liquid.
In this case, that meant filling the well with enough water to displace the elephant's weight. It took the three motorized pumps over three hours to add the hundreds of gallons needed to enable the heavy animal to float up to the surface. However, it was well worth the effort. A heart-warming video shows the villagers cheering as the animal, using the makeshift ramp (斜坡)dug by the rescue team, pulls itself out of the well and walks away to safety in the nearby forest.
1.Who first found the trapped elephant?
A.Some scientists. B.Forest rescuers.
C.Nearby villagers. D.The forest department officials.
2.How did the rescuers feel about pulling out the elephant?
A.Impossible. B.Challenging. C.Secure. D.Realistic.
3.What does the underlined word “immersed” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A.Broken. B.Covered. C.Stuck. D.Dampened.
4.What can be the best title for the text?
A.An Elephant Trapped in the Water
B.Villagers Used Water to Save Animals
C.Forest Rescuers Invented a New Technique
D.An Elephant Saved by the Archimedes' Principle
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While jewelry made from gold can be beautiful, most people admit that wearing the heavy metal over long periods of time can get a little annoying. Now, researchers from Swiss university ETH Zurich have created a new form of lightweight gold that weighs five to ten times less than traditional 18-carat gold—which typically consists of 75 percent gold and 25 percent copper—but has the same purity.
The researchers began by mixing gold with water, salt, protein fibers and other materials. They then replaced the water with alcohol and placed the mixture inside a high-pressure carbon dioxide (CO2) box. The reaction between the gas and alcohol transformed the golden plastic into a light material that can be heated to melt and made into whatever form was needed. "This gold has some characteristics of plastic,” says team leader Raffaele Mezzenga, professor of Food and Soft Materials at ETH Zurich.
In addition to being lighter, the "plastic” gold has other advantages over traditional forms. It can be melted into shape at about 105 degrees Celsius, much lower than the 1,064 degrees Celsius required to melt pure 24-carat gold. The metal's firmness can be easily adjusted by changing the components at the beginning of the process. It is also much easier to vary the color. "As a general rule, our approach lets us create almost any kind of gold we choose, in line with the desired properties, says Mezzenga.
The researchers, who published their study in the journal Advanced Functional Materials on January 10, 2020, believe the new lightweight gold will be able to replace the metallic version in most traditional applications, including jewelry and watches. However, given that most buyers associate high-quality gold with weight, that may take some time. But the material will undoubtedly be beneficial for use inside electronic devices, chemical catalysts (催化剂),and even radiation shielding.
1.Why do many people find the traditional gold annoying?
A.It costs too much。
B.Its purity is too low.
C.It feels too heavy to wear long.
D.Its beauty lasts a short time,
2.What is the second paragraph mainly about?
A.The functions of the "plastic" gold.
B.The components of the "plastic” gold.
C.The characteristics of the "plastic” gold.
D.The production process of the "plastic" gold.
3.Which is the "plastic" gold's advantage over the traditional gold?
A.It is easier to process.
B.It is more widely used.
C.It has a lower temperature.
D.It is more convenient to get.
4.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A diary. B.A guidebook.
C.A novel. D.A magazine.
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In 1926, US automaker Henry Ford shortened its employees' workweek from six eight-hour days to five, with no pay cuts. It's something workers and labor unions had been calling for. Ford wasn't responding to worker demands； he was being a businessman. He expected increased productivity and knew workers with more time and money would buy and use the products they were making. It was a way of encouraging consumerism and productivity to increase profits, and it succeeded.
Since standardization of the 40-hour workweek in the mid-20th century, everything has changed but the hours. If anything, many people are working even longer hours, especially in North America. This has a severe influence on human health and well-being, as well as the environment. Until the Second World War, it was common for one person in a family, usually the oldest male, to work full-time. Now, women make up 42 percent of the world's full-time workforce. Technology has made a lot of work unnecessary, with computers and robots doing many tasks previously performed by humans.
Well into the 21st century, we continue to work the same long hours as 20th century laborers, using up ever more of Earth's supply to produce more goods that we must keep working to buy, use and replace in a seemingly endless cycle of hard work and consumption. It's time to pause and consider better ways to live like shifting from fossil-fueled lifestyles with which our consumer-based workweeks are connected.
The UK think tank, New Economics （经济学）Foundation, argues that a standard 21-hour workweek would address a number of interconnected problems： "overwork, unemployment, over-consumption, high carbon emissions, low well-being, and the lack of time to live sustainably, to care for each other, and simply to enjoy life".
Economic systems that require constant growth on a finite （有限的）planet don't make sense. It's time for a change in our economic thinking.
1.Why did Ford decide to shorten the workweek?
A.To cut workers' pay.
B.To make more profits.
C.To respond to worker demands.
D.To meet labor unions, requirements.
2.What change in the workforce happened after World War Ⅱ ?
A.More women worked full-time.
B.The number of laborers decreased.
C.Technology enabled people to work shorter hours.
D.It was unnecessary for a family's oldest male to work.
3.What can we infer from the third paragraph?
A.Longer working hours means better consumption ability.
B.The 21st century sees the longest working hours in history.
C.The cycle of hard work and consumption should be changed.
D.Pausing our way of living can change the present workweek.
4.New Economics Foundation thinks a 21-hour workweek will _______.
A.increase unemployment
B.cause various problems
C.encourage people to enjoy life
D.challenge the economic growth
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You may have come across the picture that has a number drawn on the floor with two people standing on either side of the number. One person sees a 6, and the other sees a 9.1.
They could either stay there arguing and holding on to their ideas, or they could move around and see the difference in their thoughts. This is perspective （视角）.
2.The world would be a better place if people understood this. But before you start thinking of how you can start seeing things from the perspective of another person, you need to first know what a life perspective is.
Just like the example, life perspective is the way we see life, including the way we approach life and all that are in our personal experience. 3. What we usually have are two different perspectives on one thing. We have a person saying something is bad and should not be done, and then we have another person saying that “bad” is a strong word to use for the same thing.
4.And everyone sees things a lot differently compared to the next person. This makes life more complex because, instead of seeing the similarities we share, we often focus on what is different, which leads to disagreements and fights.5.It's likely that these problems no longer annoy you.
A.There are more than 7 billion people in the world.
B.In our life, few things are absolutely right or wrong.
C.It seems difficult to decide which perspective is wrong.
D.Simply make a switch and see from a different perspective.
E.A perspective on life can be shaped, changed, or explained.
F.They are both right, yet they are wrong in the eyes of the other person.
G.And they usually make us believe that we are the one who s holding the truth.
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Some years back my house had been broken into. I knew all my neighbors well and therefore was pretty _______ that it was Jared. The police said, "He's _______ got quite a record. If you _______ Jared, he will be _______ to juvenile detention （少管所）.”
Jared was 14 and well known as a local _______ boy but still a teenager who I wouldn’t like to see end up a prisoner. I asked the police to hold off until I could _________Jared.
When he saw me, _______ filled his eyes. I asked why he had broken into my home. "Stupid mistake," he said. "If I take you to _______, you'll go to the youth center," I told him. Jared showed a sense of regret and I _______ the moment. "Listen," I said. "I've ________ to the police to be your mentor （导师）for one school year. This __________you have to meet me for one hour every week, spending the time on homework and anything you like. "He took the __________
We had since had many conversations. ________ but surely he opened up and told me about his broken family and his ________ of meaningful connections with others. Week after week, we sat and chatted. He repaid the ________ money. When the 10 months ________, I told him, "you did two grown-up things during the past 10 months. You showed up and ________ for what you started. I'm proud of you. ”
Although Jared ________smiled and left, the experience had a ________ effect on both of us. We kept meeting for time to time. The neighborhood ________ from a more civil, responsible Jared.
1.A.regretful B.curious C.astonished D.sure
2.A.still B.never C.already D.seldom
3.A.punish B.charge C.frighten D.forgive
4.A.sentenced B.driven C.guided D.exposed
5.A.crazy B.greedy C.tough D.naughty
6.A.turn to B.deal with C.reply to D.argue with
7.A.delight B.warmth C.doubt D.fear
8.A.court B.school C.work D.prison
9.A.possessed B.remembered C.seized D.ignored
10.A.applied B.looked C.appealed D.signaled
11.A.admits B.proves C.means D.assumes
12.A.challenge B.responsibility C.lead D.offer
13.A.Luckily B.Slowly C.Freely D.Bravely
14.A.lack B.opinion C.beginning D.analysis
15.A.extra B.borrowed C.stolen D.private
16.A.ended B.progressed C.paused D.worsened
17.A.prepared B.compensated C.accounted D.waited
18.A.hardly B.directly C.possibly D.simply
19.A.strange B.potential C.lasting D.predictable
20.A.heard B.learned C.suffered D.benefited
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Du Fu was a Chinese poet and politician of the Tang Dynasty. Along with Li Bai, he is 1. （frequent） called the greatest of the Chinese poets. 2.（bear） into a scholarly family, Du Fu received a 3.（tradition） Confucian education but failed in the imperial examinations of 735. As a result, he 4.（spend） much of his youth traveling. During his travels he was recognized as a poet and met other poets of the period, 5. （include） the great Li Bai. He had a strong 6. （admire） for this older, freewheeling contemporary.
Du Fu's early poetry celebrated the beauty of the natural world and bemoaned （惋惜）the passage of time. He soon began to write about war—as in “Bingche xing”・ And with hidden satire （讽刺）9 he wrote “Liren xing", 7. speaks of the luxury （奢侈） of the court. As he matured, and especially during 8. chaotic period of 755 to 759, his poems began to sound a note of sympathy for humanity caught in the senseless war.
Du Fu's irreplaceable position in the history of Chinese literature 9. （rest） on his superb classicism。. He was an expert 10. all poetic styles current in his day, and his mastery was at its height in the lvshi, or "regulated verse”.
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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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
It’s been a long vacation. Last month, my aunt and uncle returned work, so they needed someone to look after their child. I offered to give them the hand. I had thought I was able to do that but things turned out so differently.
First, they fought from time to time but I couldn't stop from it. Then, the mess they made really annoys me. At lunchtime, I was busy preparing food while screaming to stop them beating each other. I wished I have not made that crazy offer. To her great relief, my grandma came that afternoon, which meant that finally I was able to go home—after cleaning up the garbage everywhere and collected the toys on the floor. How a busy day!
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假定你是学校英语社团负责人李华，计划组织英文视频配音比赛。请给你的外教 Mr. Albert写一封邮件,请他帮忙审定策划书，并就比赛的形式、内容等方面提供建议。
注意: 1. 词数100左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：配音dubbing
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