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Large gatherings such as weddings and meetings can be socially flooded with people. Learning people's names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue, but experts suggest people should be careful while using it.

The app, called SocialRecall, connects names with faces through smartphone cameras and facial recognition (识别), avoiding the need for formal introductions. "It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meeting somebody," says Barry Sandrew, who created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1,000 people.

After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, the user is asked to take two selfies and sign in through social media. At the event, the app is active within a previously set geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee's face, the app identifies (识别) the person, displays the person's name, and links to his or her social media information. To protect Privacy (隐私), it recognizes only those who have agreed to use. And the app's creators say it automatically removes users' data after an event.

Ann Cavoukian, an expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence praises the app's creators for these protective measures. She added, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that "there may be unexpected results down the road with that information being used in another situation that might come back to bite you."

The start-up project has developed the app for people who suffer from prosopagnosia, or "face blindness," a condition that prevents people from recognizing people they have met. To use this app, a person first receives an image of someone's face, from either the smartphone's camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots or recognizes that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user's phone, according to the team behind the app.

1.Social Recall is used to 　　　　　　　　　　 .

A.take photos B.identify people

C.organize events D.make friends

2.Paragraph 3 is mainly about 　　　　　　　　 .

A.how the app works

B.how the app was created

C.what makes the app popular

D.what people can do with the app

3.SocialRecall helps people with prosopagnosia by 　　　　　　　 .

A.giving names to the photos kept in their smartphones

B.collecting information previously entered in the phone

C.providing the information of a person when they first meet

D.showing the person's information when it spots a stored face

4.What can we learn about SocialRecall from the passage?

A.It may put people's personal information at risk.

B.It has caused many unexpected results.

C.It can stop people recognizing people they have met.

D.It is praised by users for its protective measures.

九年级英语阅读单选中等难度题查看答案及解析

My aunt Cindy has her own cake shop. She can make nice cakes for special occasions, such as weddings. I spent a week last summer helping her in the shop. Making a nice cake is harder than I thought it would be.

I practised for hours in Aunt Cindy’s shop. I made little coloured dots (圆点) on a piece of wax paper (蜡纸). Unluckily, I could not get the dots to be the same shape or size.

I decided to take a break from making the dots, so I helped move cakes. However, that was not easy for me, either. I dropped a cake when trying to take it out of the freezer (冷冻箱) by myself. Luckily one of Aunt Cindy’s assistants (店员) was there. He saved the cake from hitting the floor.

It takes a whole team to make a huge cake. That’s one of the most important things I learned. Each person on the team has to be great at his or her job. Aunt Cindy designs the cakes on paper, Larry does the mixing and baking, and assistants carve and put frosting on the cakes. Aunt Cindy and Larry do most of the decorating while the assistants help make small parts like flowers and figures. Building a big cake is like playing a team sport. If one person doesn’t do his or her job well, the whole team pays for that.

Even though I was not much help to my aunt, I’m glad I spent the week in Aunt Cindy’s shop. Designing cakes takes more than just baking skills. It takes art and painting skills too. Now when I see a really nice cake, I don’t think of eating it first. Instead, I look at it and wonder how many hours it took to make.

1.What does the underlined word “occasions” mean in this passage?

A. events　　 B. needs

C. places　　 D. ideas

2.Why did the writer take a break from putting coloured dots on wax paper?

A. Because she practised for hours and became bored.

B. Because she could not make the dots good enough for a cake.

C. Because Aunt Cindy did not want her to make any more dots.

D. Because Aunt Cindy wanted her to help somewhere else.

3.Who designs the cakes on paper?

A. Aunt Cindy.　　 B. Larry.

C. Assistants.　　 D. The writer.

4.What was the main reason the writer was glad to have spent a week in her aunt’s shop?

A. She got to practise making coloured dots.

B. She learned the importance of teamwork.

C. She got to take a cake out of the freezer.

D. She learned art and painting skills.

5.What is this passage mainly about?

A. Helping an aunt design cakes.

B. Spending a week in a cake shop.

C. Working as the assistant to a cake decorator.

D. Discovering that making a nice cake is difficult.

九年级英语阅读单选困难题查看答案及解析

Many things can be shared these days, such as bikes, cars and chargers(充电宝). A “sharing bookstore” also came out last year.

Sanxiaokou Xinhua Bookstore, the world’s first sharing bookstore, opened on July 16 in Hefei, Anhui province, according to China News. It sells books as normal bookstores. But at the same time, it allows readers to take books home for free to read after paying a 99 yuan deposit(押金). They can borrow two books in 10 days by scanning a QR code(扫描二维码) on the book.

The bookstore is quite popular among the cily’s readers. By Aug 26, more than 100,000 books had been borrowed. The number of visitors to the bookstores has also grown by 50 percent. The bookstore is going to open nine more stores in other places of the city.

But some people question that these sharing bookstores are just like a library.

“Although the two both rent books, sharing bookstores have more kinds of books," Xu Xinwei, the store’s deputy manager(副店长)，told China News. “We also renew(更新) our book selection more often than libraries.”

1.When did the world’s first sharing bookstore open?

_____________________________________________________________________（不超过10个词）

2.What can you do after paying a 99 yuan deposit in Sanxiaokou Xinhua Bookstore?

_____________________________________________________________________（不超过10个词）

3.Compared with libraries, what are the advantages of sharing bookstores?

_____________________________________________________________________（不超过20个词）

九年级英语回答问题中等难度题查看答案及解析

People give gifts on many occasions. At weddings（婚礼），people give gifts such as tea sets and tableware (餐具). When someone has a baby, people express their wishes by giving gifts of baby clothes and food.

In western countries, food and drinks are the most traditional gifts for friends. For example, a bottle of champagne is perfect for Christmas. In some Asian countries like China and Japan, tea and wine are common gifts. Greeting cards are excellent gifts for friends and family around the world.

Here are some popular gifts for Christmas and New Year. Let’s have a look.

A message in a bottle—If you want to send a birthday message or a thank- you note, why not write on a piece of paper and put it inside a glass bottle? The person who receives this special gift will remember the words forever.

A Christmas stocking—People will look forward to seeing it each Christmas. It is a very traditional and useful Christmas gift. Many people hang the stocking up in their rooms as a decoration.

A necklace (项链) with a name—This is a special and popular gift among mothers and young people. For example, a mother can put her child’s name on the necklace. It seems that the necklace can bring her child close to her heart.

1.If your friend Lisa has a new baby, you may sent____.

A. school things

B. tea sets and table ware

C. baby clothes and food

D. birthday cards

2.From the passage we learn champagne is a kind of____.

A. drink　　 B. food

C. card　 　 D. furniture

3.____are common gifts in some Asian countries.

A. Excellent books　　 B. Tea and wine

C. Greeting cards　　 D. Thank-you notes

4.Mrs. Green likes the necklace with her child’s name because____.

A. it can bring good luck to her

B. it is a traditional and useful gift

C. it is a fashionable gift for parents

D. it may make her child close to her heart

5.Please choose the best title for this passage____.

A. Choose a perfect present

B. How to celebrate New Year

C. How to celebrate Christmas

D. The festivals in China

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

People give gifts on many occasions. At weddings(婚礼)，people give gifts such as tea sets and tableware (餐具). When someone has a baby， people express their wishes by giving gifts of baby clothes and food.

In western countries， food and drinks are the most traditional gifts for friends. For example， a bottle of champagne is perfect for Christmas. In some Asian countries like China and Japan， tea and wine are common gifts. Greeting cards are excellent gifts for friends and family around the world.

Here are some popular gifts for Christmas and New Year. Let’s have a look.

A message in a bottle—If you want to send a birthday message or a thank- you note， why not write on a piece of paper and put it inside a glass bottle? The person who receives this special gift will remember the words forever.

A Christmas stocking—People will look forward to seeing it each Christmas. It is a very traditional and useful Christmas gift. Many people hang the stocking up in their rooms as a decoration.

A necklace (项链) with a name—This is a special and popular gift among mothers and young people. For example， a mother can put her child’s name on the necklace. It seems that the necklace can bring her child close to her heart.

1.If your friend Lisa has a new baby， you may sent____.

A．school things

B．tea sets and table ware

C．baby clothes and food

D．birthday cards

2.From the passage we learn champagne is a kind of____.

A．drink B．food

C．card D．furniture

3.____are common gifts in some Asian countries.

A．Excellent books B．Tea and wine

C．Greeting cards D．Thank-you notes

4.Mrs. Green likes the necklace with her child’s name because____.

A．it can bring good luck to her

B．it is a traditional and useful gift

C．it is a fashionable gift for parents

D．it may make her child close to her heart

5.Please choose the best title for this passage____.

A．Choose a perfect present

B．How to celebrate New Year

C．How to celebrate Christmas

D．The festivals in China

九年级英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

The box is used to collect waste which can be __, such as plastic bottles and paper.

A. reported　　 B. repaired　　 C. recycled　　 D. Reviewed

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

The box is used to collect waste which can be ________，such as plastic bottles and paper.

A. reported　　 B. repaired　　 C. recycled　　 D. reviewed

九年级英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析

The box is used to collect waste which can be ________，such as plastic bottles and paper.

A. reported　　 B. repaired　　 C. recycled

九年级英语单选题简单题查看答案及解析

Extreme sports such as rock climbing can be very dangerous, so we________ be too careful.

A.can’t B.mustn’t C.shouldn’t D.needn’t

九年级英语单选题中等难度题查看答案及解析

As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, ____they can be small. You may just want to become one of the top ten students in your class.

Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? _____ you ever try to make your dream come true?

Follow Your Heart, _____ Australian writer Andrew Matthews, tells us that _____ our dreams come true is life’s biggest challenge.

You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you _____ a writer. These kinds of thoughts prevent you from reaching your dream, the book says.

In fact, everyone can make_____ dream come true. _____ first thing you must do is to remember the dream in your mind.

Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep ______ yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true _____ because a big dream is made up of many small ______.

There ______ difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest one ______ from yourself. You need to decide ______ the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead ______ better exam results. As you get closer to your dream, it may change ______. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.

1.A. as.　　 B. but　　 C. for　　 D. or

2.A. Did　　 B. Do　　 C. Have　　 D. Had

3.A. on　　 B. about　　 C. by　　 D. with

4.A. make　　 B. makes　　 C. to make　　 D. making

5.A. becomes　　 B. to become　　 C. becoming　　 D. become

6.A. his　　 B. its　　 C. their　　 D. our

7.A. Some　　 B. A　　 C. The　　 D. /

8.A. to tell　　 B. tells　　 C. telling　　 D. told

9.A. fast　　 B. faster　　 C. fastest　　 D. the fastest

10.A. one　　 B. ones　　 C. the one　　 D. the ones

11.A. will be　　 B. will have　　 C. have　　 D. has

12.A. come　　 B. has come　　 C. came　　 D. comes

13.A. which is　　 B. which are　　 C. is which　　 D. are which

14.A. by　　 B. to　　 C. in　　 D. with

15.A. little　　 B. little　　 C. a few　　 D. few

九年级英语完形填空困难题查看答案及解析