Welcome to Amazon. Here are some top films to recommend this week.
Magellan
Scores 5.5
101 min 2017
When NASA picks up three outer space signals coming from within our own solar system, the space agency speeds a mission to investigate the sources. As Earth’s lone messenger, they send Commander Roger Nelson, the test pilot for an experimental spacecraft called the Magellan, assisted by an on board A. I. named Ferdinand.
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The Lost City of Z
Scores 6.6
141 min 2016
The Lost City of Z tells the unbelievable true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the beginning of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a formerly unkown and advanced civilization that may have once ruled the region.
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The Post
Scores 7.2
115 min 2017
Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep team for the first time in this exciting true story about how the Washington Post uncovered a huge cover-up of government secrets that lasted three decades. It made Richard Milhous Nixon, the president of the United States of the time, lose his power in the end.
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Room
Scores 8.2
117 min 2015
Both highly suspenseful and deeply emotional, Room is a unique and unexpectedly gentle exploration of the endless love between a mother and her child. After 5-year-old Jack and his Ma escape from the closed surroundings that Jack has known in his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world.
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1.Which film lasts the shortest time?
A. Magellan. B. The Lost City of Z.
C. The Post. D. Room.
2.Which films are based on true stories?
A. Magellan and The Post. B. The Post and The Lost City of Z.
C. The Lost City of Z and Room. D. Room and Magellan.
3.The Post would probably attract audiences who love ________.
A. adventuring outdoors B. exploring outer space
C. discussing politics D. studying human nature
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What a lesson for me! It was August and it was hot. I had to wear a tie to do a survey door by door in this neighbourhood, but I was always refused. I finally caught on and began with “Before you close the door, I am not selling anything and I just need to ask a few questions about yourself and the community”.
The young woman inside the doorway stopped for a moment, confused by my rude introduction and finally said, “Sure. Come on in. Don’t mind the mess. It’s hard to keep up with my kids.”
“I just need to ask a few questions about yourself and your family. Although this may sound personal, I won’t need to use your names. This information will be used.” She interrupted me. “Would you like a glass of cold water? You look like you’ve had a rough day.” “Why yes!” I said gratefully. Just as she returned with the water, a man came walking in the front door. It was her husband. “Joe, this man is here to do a survey.” I stood and politely introduced myself.
“Joe works for the town,” she said. “What do you do?” I asked. She jumped right in not letting him answer. “Joe collects garbage. You know I’m so proud of him.”
There was a silence. I didn’t know what to say. I shook my head searching for the right words. “That’s unbelievable! Most people would not be satisfied with a job like that. It certainly is a difficult one. But your attitude about it is amazing.” I said.
She walked over to the shelf. As she returned she held a small framed（装裱）paper, walking toward Joe. “I have always been proud of him and always will be. You see I don’t think the job makes the man, but the man makes the job!” she said as she handed me the paper.
It said: If a man is called to be a cleaner, he should clean streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, “Here lived a great cleaner who did his job well.”
1.Why did the author change his introduction?
A. To relieve his stress.
B. To look for some water.
C. To do his survey smoothly.
D. To know about the bad situation.
2.What can we learn about the young woman?
A. She finds a good job in the city.
B. She has a great talent for argument.
C. She doesn’t live a life as she dreams.
D. She has a positive attitude towards Joe’s job.
3.What can we infer from Paragraph 6?
A. The Young woman will be with Joe forever.
B. The Young woman is proud of her job.
C. Any job can be done better by heart.
D. Any job can change a person.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. A Beneficial Experience of Survey
B. The Pleasure from Jobs
C. AA Great Street Cleaner
D. The Power of Labor
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Science is always advancing over time. A self-driving car from the Google may be coming to a street near you. However, you won’t be able to buy it now. “We’re working to build the world’s most experienced driver,” Kraft, director of the project, said. “Everything that we learn in one of our cars gets passed to all of our cars. But you may need to get over the idea of traditional car ownership along the way.”
Google’s software has already driven 5 million miles in U.S. cities, including an “early rider” test in Phoenix last April. Since then Google has grown confident enough to remove the “auxiliary wheel”: a human “safety driver”. Powering the vehicle’s self-driving functions is a series of cameras, radars and sensors on the car’s roof, which detect everything nearby from other vehicles and passers-by to cyclists.
Kraft stressed that Google’s cars aren’t connected—they don’t need a 5G wireless link to go anywhere. “The car has everything it needs to drive on the car itself.” He said, “There are no signals coming from outer space or something telling it to turn right.” The resulting ride may not be too exciting but safe. Kraft added. “We can see three football fields down the road, we would come to a stop before we ran into these crowds.”
Google’s system has a major advantage over the semi-autonomous（半自主的）systems of Tesla and Cadillac, both of which need continued human attention. Kraft said Google plans to have service in every major city by 2028 with thousands of cars driving themselves.
1.What does the underlined words “auxiliary wheels” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A car that is very old.
B. A driver who has been trained well.
C. A part of a car used to sound the alarm.
D. A condition where a driver doesn’t know his role.
2.Why is Google’s car thought to be safe in the text?
A. Because it can get away from danger easily.
B. Because it is equipped with 5G wireless link.
C. Because it can stop before the crowds occasionally.
D. Because it can keep a safe distance from everything nearby.
3.What can we learn from the text?
A. Google’s software has not been tested.
B. Google’s cars have not been put into the market.
C. Driving the Google’s car may not be too exciting.
D. Google’s cars still need driver’s attention all the way.
4.What does the author think of the Google’s car?
A. It’s affordable.
B. It’s still a theory.
C. It has a bright future.
D. It’s the most advanced by now.
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Are you using a dating App to make friends? How do you know that Ben from London is really 25-year-old? Is his photo taken recently? Is his name even Ben? Dating apps can be tricky to operate, particularly when you’re trying to know whether someone is trustworthy, but one thing you can’t cheat is your gene, which is why a new dating app is using DNA as a basis for its match.
A dating app named Pheramor requires all users to hand in a cheek sample, from which a team of in-house scientists using a specially-created tool can queue the specific genes connected with attraction and then identify which users might be suitable. The process works by separating the 11 genes that link to our pheromones（信息素）, the chemical signals that are believed to control; one’s attraction. Combining this data with the personal information allows the app to make very specific matches.
“Pheramor uses both your biology and your social technology: we collect your genetic data through a cheek sample and collect your like, dislikes, and interest from your social media introductions like Facebook, Twitter, etc,” the app’s website explains. “All of them will be used in our specific software, which is designed to learn what you prefer.”
The co-founder Brittany Barreto, who has a PHD in genetics added that Pheramor’s technology digs deeper than traditional dating apps, making it almost impossible for people to cheat their way to a date.
The Houston-based app is already up and running but hopes to be officially put into market in February with 3,000 members.
1.What do we know about the new dating app according to Paragraph 1?
A. It can be operated easily by users.
B. It can know others’ trustworthiness.
C. It can select information on the website.
D. It can use DNA to make matches for users.
2.What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. What Pheramor is.
B. How Pheramor works.
C. How scientists deal with the data.
D. How the genes are connected with attraction.
3.What will be used in Pheramor to learn the users’ preference?
A. Attraction and pheromones.
B. Pheromones and genetic data.
C. Social technology and attraction.
D. Genetic data and social media introductions.
4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To introduce a safe dating app.
B. To explore the future of the app.
C. To avoid unreasonable requirements.
D. To teach people how to design apps.
难度: 中等查看答案及解析
Effective Time Management Tips from Students
College years are something that many people remember mostly, like parties, meeting life-long friends and romantic adventures. Between those fun things, students have to find time for their actual studying. Many of them do it so skillfully that their professors wouldn’t even guess that they partied all night. 1. Here are some effective time management tips that can be used outside of college.
Use technologies
Many modern students can support the fact that technologies make studying easier and faster 2. You can save time on solving different problems as there are now many apps for that. Using technologies for work is also a must if you want to improve your productivity.
3.
As you know, students have a strict class schedule. It helps them organize their days and be ready for each class. Having a schedule for work and life is also a good thing. If your day is planned by hours, it is easier to get every task done fast and effectively.
Learn something new all the time
4. They know that the more knowledge they possess, the easier it can be for them to get out of different situations. You need to be hungry for knowledge. Many people who graduate from college think that they’ve learned all the secrets of the universe and have nothing more to study. However, you still need to give some work to your brain. 5.
A. Have a schedule
B. Learn a lot of things
C. Smart students complete their tasks faster.
D. Thus, you will do your work slower and waste a lot of time.
E. Read books and learn new skills, which will make you smarter and more productive.
F. You needn’t always waste time to go to a library when you can find everything online.
G. How do they manage to complete plenty of homework and still find the time to have fun?
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When I heard the news, tears ran down my face. Some years ago on a hot summer day, a little boy decided to go for a ________ in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the ________ water, he ran out of the back door. He flew into the water, not ________ that an alligator（鳄鱼）was swimming toward the ________. His mother in the house was ________ of the window and saw the alligator ________ it got closer and closer. In fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her sin as ________ as she could.
Hearing her voice, the little boy became ________ and made a return to swim to his mother. It was to _______. Just as he reached her, the alligator ________ him. From the shore, the mother grasped her little boy by the arms just as the alligator grasped his legs. The alligator was much ________ than the mother, but the mother was much too struggling to let the boy go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her ________, raced from his truck, took aim and ________ the alligator.
_____, after weeks in the hospital, the little boy ________. His legs were scarred by the animal and, on his arms, were ________ scratches where his mother’s fingernails scratched. A newspaper reporter, who ________ the boy, asked if he would show him his ________. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious ________, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn’t let me go. They are my mother’s ________ for me.”
1.A. skate B. swim C. surprise D. show
2.A. hot B. polluted C. cool D. boiled
3.A. forgetting B. remembering C. realizing D. ignoring
4.A. roadside B. entrance C. exit D. shore
5.A. looking out B. giving out C. picking out D. getting out
6.A. if B. as C. but D. so
7.A. politely B. angrily C. loudly D. gently
8.A. alarmed B. tired C. moved D. interested
9.A. nice B. funny C. kind D. late
10.A. reached B. saved C. helped D. loosed
11.A. younger B. heavier C. stronger D. cleverer
12.A. smile B. reading C. cheers D. screams
13.A. raised B. shot C. missed D. visited
14.A. Luckily B. Generally C. Honestly D. Actually
15.A. died B. survived C. appeared D. disappeared
16.A. nice B. tall C. expensive D. deep
17.A. told B. doubted C. interviewed D. warned
18.A. power B. scars C. ability D. spots
19.A. progress B. failure C. success D. pride
20.A. love B. story C. wish D. experience
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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。
It was my first day in Hangzhou, the Chinese city famous for its 1. (nature) beauty and history and I didn’t have much time to spare. I wanted to see 2. much of the city as possible in the two days before I was to return to Guangzhou.
My first task was to decide where to go and how to get there. I took out my guide book 3. there was a lot of information about the city’s well-known tourist 4. (attraction) and started to read. At that moment, an attractive young lady who noticed my book came up 5. me and introduced herself. She said her name was Bai Li and 6. (kind) offered to show me around the city. I was delighted and was about to accept her suggestion when she 7. (suggest) we first go to the West Lake and walk along the Broken Bridge.
I liked the idea of visiting the West Lake, but wasn’t so sure about crossing the Broken Bridge. If it was broken, did she expect me 8. (jump) across? And I couldn’t swim, so if I fell in then I 9. (die). That was definitely not an attractive idea, so I politely declined her 10. (invite), closed my book and walked away.
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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、删除和修改。
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. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
A perform in our city made people think more about an overuse of plastic bags. It called on people use more cloth bags instead of plastic one. In front of a largely supermarket, five volunteers wear white plastic bags and walked through the crowd. Some of the plastic bags worn by the volunteers was collected from customers in two food markets, and all the others were collected by 700 students from a secondary school. On that day, upon leaving the food markets, customers were asking to hand in the plastic shopping bags that they didn’t need of. Several hundreds plastic bags were collected within just two hours.
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假定你是李华，你被学校选为代表，将在送别美国交流生的欢送会上进行发言。请根据以下提示写一篇英文发言稿。
1. 回忆你们共同的经历；
2. 谈谈收获；
3. 表达祝愿。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear friends,
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Thank you for listening.
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