The legal age for smoking in Japan is 20 and as the country' s 570,000 tobacco vending machines ( 自动售货机) prepare for a July regulation requiring them to ensure buyers are not minors, a company has developed a ______ to identify age by studying facial features.
By having the customer look into a digital camera ______ to the machine, Fujitaka Co's system will ______ facial characteristics, such as wrinkles surrounding the eyes, bone structure and skin sags (松弛), to the facial data of over 100,000 people, Hajime Yamamoto, a company spokesman said.
"With face ______ , so long as you've got some change and you are an adult, you can buy cigarettes like before. The problem of ______ borrowing (identification) cards to purchase cigarettes could be ______ as well," Yamamoto said.
But due to concerns about its accuracy, the facial identification method has yet to be ______ .
Yamamoto said the system could ______ identify about 90 percent of the ______ , with the remaining 10 percent sent to a "grey zone" for minors that look ______ , and baby-faced adults, where they would be asked to insert their driving license.
1.A. system B. machine C. program D. monitor
2.A. added B. attached C. covered D. devoted
3.A. prefer B. adjust C. lead D. compare
4.A. features B. structure C. recognition D. expression
5.A. students B. youths C. adults D. minors
6.A. avoided B. clarified C. raised D. improved
7.A. corrected B. approved C. updated D. spread
8.A. completely B. correctly C. specifically D. partly
9.A. smokers B. sellers C. lookers-on D. users
10.A. older B. younger C. wiser D. nicer
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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，并将答案填写在相应位置上。
For many times in the past years I went to the hospital for some minor 1. (treat) during my travel in other cities. It was the 2. (sad) moment of my life, I think, because nobody would come to the hospital to visit me. 3. patients had family or friends to visit them during the visiting hours I felt really alone. 4. is it possible that out of a whole world full of people, 5. would come to visit me for just an hour? The answer in my case was simple. With a bit of medication (药物治疗), I was back in the stream of life again. But I 6. (leave) with a deep thought for all the people and the elderly. 7. knows how many others that lie in the hospital with nobody 8. (visit) them or give a kind word of comfort? I had this wonderful idea of forming 9. organization in cities around the world, getting to hospitals to visit the patients who never get a visit and someone local could drop 10. with a smile and a kind word. Wouldn't it be nice and relatively easy to do?
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Healthy relationships are fun and make you feel good about yourself. The relationships that you make in your teenage years will be a special pan of your life. They will teach you some of the most important lessons about who you are. This may help you understand different kinds of relationships, what makes each relationship special, and how to communicate in a positive way.
What makes a relationship healthy?
Communication and Sharing: The most important part of any healthy relationship between two people is being able to talk and listen to each other. You and the other person can find out what your common interests are. You can share your feelings with the other person and trust that he or she will be there to listen to you and support you. In healthy relationships, people don't lie. Communication is based on honesty and trust. By listening carefully and sharing your thoughts and feelings with other people, you show them that they play an important part in your life.
Respect and Trust: In healthy relationships, you learn to respect and trust important people in your life. Disagreements may still happen, but you learn to stay calm and talk about how you feel. Talking calmly helps you to understand the real reason for not getting along. It makes it much easier to figure out how to fix it. In healthy relationships, working through disagreements often makes the relationship stronger. In healthy relationships, people respect each other for who they are. This includes respecting and listening to yourself and your feelings so you can set boundaries and feel comfortable. You will fred that you learn to understand experiences and feelings of others as well as having them understand your experiences and feelings.
How do I know that I have a healthy relationship with someone？
You know that you are in a healthy relationship with someone because you feel good about yourself when you are around that person. Unhealthy relationships can make you feel sad, angry, scared, or worried.
Healthy peer relationships involve an equal amount of giving and taking in the relationship. In unhealthy relationships, there is an unfair balance. You may often feel that you are giving the other person more attention than that he or she gives to you.
You should feel safe around the other person and feel that you can trust him or her with your secrets. In a healthy relationship, you like to spend time with the other person, instead of feeling that you have to spend time with him or her.
1.The lessons you learn about the relationships in your teenage years may help you understand the following EXCEPT _________.
A. different kinds of relationships
B. different kinds of people and occasions
C. how to communicate in a positive way
D. what makes each relationship special
2.To have a healthy relationship, you shouldn't _________.
A. talk and listen to each other
B. have common interests
C. disagree and quarrel with each other
D. take as much as you give
3.When disagreements happen, you learn to stay calm because __________.
A. talking calmly helps you to understand the real reason for not getting along
B. talking calmly makes it much easier to figure out how to fix them
C. working through disagreements often makes the relationship stronger
D. all of the above
4.Which of the following relationships is healthy?
A. You feel upset when you are around someone.
B. You like to talk to someone and listen to him or her.
C. Giving without taking.
D. You feel that you have to spend time with him or her.
5.The passage implies that __________.
A. it's easy to establish a good relationship with someone
B. you don't need to give anything to make relationships healthy
C. healthy relationships need money, time, energy and care
D. mutual respect and trust lead to strong relationships
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阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Hi, I am Jane. I like the book named The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, which is the most influential book in my life. It is filled with courage, struggle and faith throughout. Helen Keller was once in deep despair in her childhood, but finally she decided to overcome her physical defects and live happily. Furthermore, she showed great patience in her long and hard learning period. I have learned, above all, three lessons from her story. First, she taught me that often the road to success is to face hardships bravely. Maybe you are born under a star yet you can stand a better chance than others. It is therefore important that you screw up your courage when courage is needed. Second, the destruction of part of her senses did not prevent her from learning: on the contrary, she had made continual efforts to go deeper into the realm of knowledge, and her perseverance had thus helped her overcome many handicaps. Third, she advised that we should make the most of our sense-organs as if we would lose them soon because in this way we would observe the world more carefully than ever before.
The book is inspiring in that it is one brimming over with the unbending will of a gallant woman set with seemingly insurmountable (adj.不可克服的) difficulties. I hope I can be as courageous as she.
[写作内容]
你的英语老师在上英语口语课时，要求同学们每人就“影响我一生的一本书”的话题进行讨论，你参加讨论。听完Jane的发言之后，请你以“The Most Influential Book in My Life”为题，准备一份发言稿。内容包括以下内容：
1．以约30个词概括Jane的发言要点；
2．然后以约120个词谈谈影响你的一生的某一本书，内容包括：
1)这本书令你印象最深的是什么? 2)这本书如何影响你的人生? 3)你的感想。
[写作要求]
1．作文中可使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；标题自定。
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
[写作辅导]
1．写作有可能用到的主要短语和单词：印象impression，影响affect／have influence on sth．／have an effect on sth．
2．本文的概要必须包含以下要点：I like the book named The Story of My Life by Helen Keller,
which is the most influential book in my life./The book is inspiring.../It is filled with courage, struggle and faith throughout./I hope I can be as courageous as she.
3．本文要注意，概要一定要根据文段的时态来写。同时，绝对不能抄袭原文的句子。文章是谈谈影响你的一生的某一本书，属于评论性文字和结论性的观点，故用一般现在时或一般将来时态较为合理。
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