— I am just wondering which team, Chicago Bulls or Washington Wizards, won the game last night?
— ________ I don’t really like either team.
A. Don’t mention it. B. No problem.
C. Who cares? D. Why bother?
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The police recognized the criminal from his typical facial ________.
— a scar on the forehead.
A. expression B. feature
C. outline D. gesture
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I had hardly rung the bell ________ the door was opened suddenly, and my son rushed out to greet me.
A. before B. until
C. as D. since
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（题文）The differences the children’s achievements can not be completely explained ________ their social backgrounds.
A. in front of B. in case of
C. in need of D. in charge of
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________ was most important to her, she told me, was to keep healthy.
A. It B. This
C. What D. As
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The church which is easily ________ from my home is being rebuilt.
A. accessible B. available
C. acceptable D. responsible
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Although passing the driving test ________ be difficult now, it’s worth the efforts.
A. need B. shall
C. can D. should
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Several of us were asked to attend the meeting, as ________ below.
A. listed B. listing
C. to be listed D. having listed
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We are to hold the sports meeting next weekend, ________ the air quality becomes better.
A. which B. when
C. where D. while
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I could not ________my tears when I saw the picture of my father working at the quake zone.
A. bring In B. turn up
C. take off D. hold back
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Various efforts ________ in the past decades to protect the environment.
A. had made B. have made
C. were made D. have been made
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—I will fix your printer right now.
— Oh, ________. I’m in no hurry.
A. take your time B. that’s a great idea
C. you are welcome D. I’d like to
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— ________ your purchases in time, make sure the express company knows your address exactly.
A. To receive B. Received
C. Receiving D. Having received
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— Hello, I ________ to ask if I can book a flight ticket to Hainan tomorrow?
— Sorry, we’ve already sold out.
A. phone B. will phone
C. am phoning D. have phoned
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Without your help, I ________ the first prize in the English Speaking Contest.
A. won’t get B. didn’t get
C. wouldn’t get D. wouldn’t have got
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I was called into the principal’s office but I had no idea what I had done wrong. When I arrived, my brother Brian was there. He had been ____. Brian grasped my hand and said , “Amanda has been in a car accident.”
Every inch of my body went ____ as I realized what he had said. My sister was injured. One question sounded over and over in my head--how ____ this have happened? ____ she was only 17, Amanda was one of the safest drivers I knew. I felt shocked and terrified.
My brother and I ____ immediately for the hospital my sister was in. When we arrived, my sister’s face was ____ from the eyebrows up and you could see blood everywhere. She was ____ to several machines. My mom and dad stood at her side crying.
My sister looked up at me with blood-filled eyes, where I expected to see fear, I saw ____ She said to me, “I love you, Rence.” I suddenly realized how ____ I tell my sister I love her. I tried to ____ her, but she wasn’t listening any more, because some doctors were taking her away to the x-ray room.
As they ____ my sister I wanted to scream out, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t move, speak or even cry until she was around the corner. Then the ____ came.
Though everyone kept telling me she would be ____, something made me worried. Every moment that passed allowed the doubt in my mind to grow ____. Finally, the doctor walked down the hall and stood quietly in front of us. It was then ____ the long-awaited words came. Amanda was going to be okay.
My heart leaped as I realized I ____ had a sister. She would need a lot of plastic surgery (整容手术), but she was ___ _.
A year later, even though my sister and I quarrel sometimes, every time I see her face and ____ the large scar that stretches across it, I remember to tell her that I ____ her. I remember when I almost didn’t have the ____ to tell her again how much I love her.
1.A. whispering B. shouting C. crying D. sighing
2.A. frozen B. excited C. confused D. relaxed
3.A. need B. might C. must D. could
4.A. Only if B. Even though C. In case D. Now that
5.A. cared B. witched C. kicked D. left
6.A. covered B. painted C. operated D. repaired
7.A. applied B. attached C. related D. adjusted
8.A. belief B. trouble C. strength D. shyness
9.A. frequently B. much C. soon D. rarely
10.A. answer B. refuse C. persuade D. hug
11.A. gave up B. wheeled away C. tamed to D. picked up
12.A. confidence B. sweats C. sympathy D. tears
13.A. angry B. disappointed C. fine D. dissatisfied
14.A. thinner B. bigger C. weaker D. higher
15.A. that B. what C. when D. which
16.A. still B. ever C. even D. never
17.A. ill B. afraid C. alone D. alive
18.A. feel B. make C. touch D. spot
19.A. cheat B. move C. love D. help
20.A. mood B. chance C. time D. courage
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One of the newest “smart” devices is an old favorite, a camera. And smart cameras are getting smarter all the time. Some are now built with machine learning tools to help them think for themselves. Machine learning involves patting large amount of data into a computer for processing.
Google Clips
One of the latest to launch is Google Clips. It is the first camera developed by the web search giant that is not built into a phone.
The small and light device is designed to be put somewhere in a room to take pictures by itself. It can also be stuck to an object or a person’s clothing.
Google says machine learning helps the camera choose the best times and situations for taking pictures and video clips. It can also recognize the faces of people or pets chosen by the user and take pictures of them in a more natural way.
The device is not yet being sold, but interested buyers can join a waiting list to be informed when it is available.
GoPro Hero
GoPro is another company developing machine learning technology. GoPro also uses machine learning to power its QuikStories feature. This tool takes existing photos and videos and automatically creates a finished video piece, complete with music and effects.
Snap Spectacles
Messaging app Snapchat sells a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera that can record short video clips with the push of a button. Snap Inc. says the product, called Spectacles, is designed to “capture the moment, without taking you out of it.” Many smart phones already have facial recognition technology built into the devices.
Snap Inc. has started selling its Spectacles sunglasses online in the United States.
Apple iPhone X
Apple’s new iPhone X is being launched with its new Face ID system that it says will unlock the phone just by having the user look at it. This replaces the Touch ID on previous devices that used a fingerprint to unlock the phone.
Apple says the system works by projecting more than 30,000 dots on the face to create a kind of map. Apple claims its facial recognition is even secure enough to allow payments through its Apple Pay service.
1.What can machine learning tools help cameras do?
A. Get much smarter. B. Process more roughly.
C. Keep data for ever. D. Store more natural photos.
2.What can we know about Google Clips?
A. It can only be put in a room.
B. People can buy it online easily.
C. It can be built into a phone,
D. You can take photos automatically with it.
3.What is the special function of GoPro Hero?
A. It has to use power to work.
B. It can record videos vividly.
C. It provides music and effects for videos.
D. It uses technology of machine learning.
4.Which of the following can now be bought surely on the Internet?
A. Google Clips. B. GoPro Hero.
C. Spectacles sunglasses. D. Apple iPhone X.
5.How is Apple iPhone X unlocked?
A. By a fingerprint. B. By facial recognition.
C. By pushing a button. D. By making a map.
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Bullying (欺凌) among schoolchildren is nothing new. Calling someone names, stealing their possessions, threatening and even beating them up are all well-established bullying techniques. Yet for young people today there is a relatively new form of bullying which can occur even when the bullies are nowhere near their victims— and it can have equal, if not more damaging effects.
Online-bullying is one of the downsides of new technology and involves using devices like mobile phones and computers. Online-bullies can strike at any time, no matter where they, or their victims are. About 22 percent of young people in the UK claim to have suffered from online-bullying.
Not only are online-bullies harder to avoid, they are also harder to catch. It is all too easy to send an anonymous (匿名的) threat by text on a pay-as-you-go phone with an unknown number. It takes no time at all to set up a false Facebook, Twitter, blog or social network account and to post an insulting message. And, if you know how to hide your IP address, you can upload an offensive video to a website like You Tube and your victim wouldn’t know who to blame.
One of the most upsetting things about online-bullying is that it can involve more people than traditional forms of bullying. A bully can insult you or tell lies about you and share that information with the entire school at the touch of a button-and for some teenagers that is all too hard to bear. The UK Charity Beatbullying suggests that up to 44% of suicides among ten-to-fourteen-year-olds may be bullying-related.
The good news is that the world is starting to wise up to online-bullying. Schools and websites like http://www.chlidnet-int.org/ offer lots of advice and victim support and social network sites now advise users to think carefully about their privacy settings so that personal information is only shared with friends.
1.Which of the following is NOT the way of bullying according to Paragraph 1?
A. Shouting abuse at somebody. B. Stealing somebody’s things.
C. Frightening somebody. D. Making a call to somebody.
2.The underlined word “downsides” in Paragraph 2 probably means ________.
A. Benefits B. effects
C. disadvantages D. points
3.According to the writer, it is difficult to ________.
A. download a false video B. post a unfriendly message
C. know who sends online-bullies D. set up a true Facebook account
4.Why do online-bullying involve more people than traditional forms of bullying?
A. More people like to tell lies.
B. Online-bullying is easy to spread.
C. More people want to become famous.
D. More people like to make fun of others.
5.What could be the best title of the passage?
A. Bullying is harmful.
B. Bullying goes high-tech.
C. Online-bullying is hard to catch.
D. People can get rid of online-bullying.
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Do you listen to the songs that your parents like? Chance are that you don’t. You probably think the music that they like is old and dull and that the Songs on your playlist are much cooler.
But here is what scientists found recently: people’s music tastes change as they age, according to a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. So it’s likely that your own musical preference will follow a similar path to your parents’ whether you like it or not.
We used to think that culture and personality arc the only factors that affect one’s music choice. But researchers at the University of Cambridge, UK, gathered data from more than 250,000 people over the past 10 years. They noticed that as people age, their social circumstances change, and so does their music taste.
There are three musical periods that people pass through as they mature-intense”, “contemporary” and “sophisticated”.
The first period comes in the teenagers years, during which time people like intense music such as punk and rock because teenagers tend to be aggressive and want to establish their identity as independent individuals.
But as people move into early adulthood, their lifestyle changes—they socialize more and want to build close relationships with others. As a result, they become more fond of contemporary music, such as pop and R&B, which is usually uplifting and danceable and played at parties where people hang out together and chat.
When middle age comes, things have settled down for most people. This period will be dominated (支配) by more “sophisticated” music, such as jazz and classical, as well as more catchy music like country, folk, and blues.
“For many, this life stage is frequently exhausted by work and family, and there is a requirement for relaxing, emotive (动情的) music,” Jason Rentfrow, a researcher member, told The telegraph.
But you must be thinking: “Aren’t there old people who are still into rock music?” Of course there are. But Rentfrow explained that their reasons for listening to rock music may have changed. “We use music for different reasons,” he said, and thus at that age people may listen to remind themselves of their youths.
1.Why do children usually like different songs from their parents according to the passage?
A. Children prefer cool music.
B. Music taste changes with age.
C. parents’ songs are always dull.
D. Parents have better social circumstances.
2.The underlined word “catchy” in Paragraph 7 probably means ________.
A. touching and easily remembered B. awkward and easily captured
C. elegant but difficult to understand D. flexible and difficult to catch
3.Middle age is a period when people ________.
A. have an aggressive goal B. like Pop and R&B
C. desire close connections with others D. lead a stressful life
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A. Old people don’t like rock music. B. Music can serve as a reminder.
C. Rock music makes old people younger. D. Listening to rock music needs reasons.
5.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Why do people like music?
B. How can you improve your music talent?
C. What influences peopled music taste?
D. Why do different people like different music?
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Playing a musical instrument throughout: your life protects your hearing in old age, a Canadian study suggests. The study, published in Psychology and Aging, carried out hearing tests on 74 adult musicians and 89 non-musicians. It found a 70-year-old musician’s hearing was as good as that of a 50-year-old who did not play.
Hearing normally declines as people age. By 60, 10-30% of people have moderate hearing loss. By 80, that goes up to as many as 60%. Problems are particularly seen in the central auditory (听觉的) processing system, which is associated with understanding speech, especially when there is background noise.
Previous studies have shown musicians have better hearing than non-players. But this research, by a team at the Rotman Research Institute in Toronto, looked at adults of all ages - from 18 to 91 - to see how people were affected as they aged. They carried out hearing tests on 74 amateur and professional musicians (who had played since the age of 16, were still practising and had been given formal music lessons) and 89 non-musicians (who had never played an instrument). Musicians were significantly better at picking out speech against noise.
The researchers suggest that lifelong musicianship reduces age-related changes in the brain, probably due to musicians using their auditory systems at a high level on a regular basis.
The head of biomedical research at Action on Hearing Loss, Dr Ralph Holme, said: “While this study suggests that musicians might be more able to cope with the consequences of hearing loss, it is far better to reduce damage in the first place by using appropriate ear protection. We have always campaingned for everyone who plays a musical instrument or listens to loud music to wear hearing protection, like earplugs, which reduce the risk of damaging your hearing permanently.”
1.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A. A person aged 80 will lose 30% hearing.
B. A person aged above 60 must have bad hearing.
C. People have fewer problems with background noise.
D. People’s hearing usually becomes worse when they get older.
2.What can we get from the Canadian study?
A. It tested the hearing of 162 people.
B. The finding of the study wasn’t published publicly.
C. Playing a musical instrument may do good to hearing.
D. Musicians were as good at picking out speech against noise as non-musicians.
3.Why don’t musicians change much in their brain as they age?
A. They like to take more exercise.
B. They use their hearing more and regularly.
C. They don’t expose themselves to background noise.
D. They pay more attention to protecting their hearing.
4.How can we deal with hearing loss according to Dr Ralph Holme?
A. Get help from musicians.
B. Listen to loud music less.
C. Protect hearing properly.
D. Play a musical instrument more.
5.The author wrote the passage to ________.
A. entertain the readers
B. advertise a musical instrument
C. complain about people’s hearing loss
D. inform readers of a research on hearing
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US student Vanessa Tahay stands out from the other teenagers in her school. Her skin is dark, her accent is thick, and you ask her, she will tell you these are the things she is proudest of.
Tahay is a poet, and at 18 she’s considered among the best in Los Angele. When she’s onstage, audience often go silent. They also laugh, shout, and cry. But that doesn’t come easily for someone who comes from a village that sits at the base of a huge mountain range in Central America.
When she first appeared at school, she was teased by others for being short and for being different. She never spoke, so they called her “mouse”. “How do I defend myself?” Tahay thought. “I don’t know how.” “Keep going,” her mother would tell her. “At some point, you’ll learn.”
She spent hours after school and on weekends watching the same DVDS: English without barriers. Tahay’s older brother, Elmer, persuaded her to go to the after-school poetry club.
The first time Tahay read the poems in the club, she was astonished. “I wish I could write like that,” she thought “I wanna say something.”
She wrote her first poem about her first year in America. She called it Invisible. The day her turn came to recite in front of the team, she broke down crying. She cried for 15 minutes. “I had so much hdd in,” Tahay said. “I couldn’t even finish it.”
But she kept at it despite her less-than-perfect grammar, spelling and pronunciation. Still, she wouldn’t tell her friends about her poetry because she worried they’d make fun of her.
But with time, her poems changed her. “They gave me pride,” Tahay said. “They told me I’m worth something.”
“She had this innocence,” her English teacher Kurnick said, “This willingness to be genuine and to show you things you don’t ever see.”
1.What does Tahay take pride in most? (No more than 6 words)
2.What did Tahay’s mother do when Tahay was in trouble? (No more than 10 words)
3.What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 6 probably mean? (No more than 10 words)
4.What’s Tahay’s poem Invisible mainly about? (No more than 5 words)
5.How does Tahay’s story inspire you? Put it in your own words. (No more than 20 words)
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假定你是晨光中学的学生会主席李津，美国友好学校学生来你校参加为期一周的艺术交流活动，你负责接待并致辞。发言内容包括：
1. 表示欢迎；
2. 简要介绍学校的两个艺术社团的情况，例如：戏剧社，舞蹈队，书画社(Calligraphy and painting club)，剪纸社（Paper-cutting club)，唐诗社……；
3. 表示美好的祝愿。
注意：1. 词数不少于100；
2. 可以适当加入细节，以使内容充实、行文连贯：
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总数。
Dear friends,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Jin
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