Peter Thiel,the billionaire co-founder of Pay...

Peter Thiel,the billionaire co-founder of PayPal,plans to live to be 120.Compared with some other tech billionaires,he doesn't seem particularly ambitious.Dmitry Itskov,the “godfather” of the Russian Internet,says his goal is to live to 10.000;and Sergey Brin,co-founder of Google,hopes to someday "cure death.

They aren't being ridiculous.Their search is based on real science that could fundamentally change what we know about life and about death.It’s hard to believe,though,since the human search for immortality is both ancient and filled with disastrous failures.Around 200 B.C.,the first emperor of China,Qin Shi Huang,accidentally killed himself trying to live forever;he poisoned himself by eating mercury（水银）pills.Centuries later, the search for eternal life wasn't much safer: In J492,Pope Innocent VIII died after blood transfusions from three healthy boys whose youth he believed he could absorb.

But historical examples haven't discouraged some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley.Thiel,for example,has given $3.5 million to the Methuselah Foundation.Aubrey de Grey,Methuselah's co-founder,says SENS,the nonprofit's main research is devoted to finding drugs that cure several types of age-related damage:"Loss of cells, excessive（过多的）cell division,inadequate cell death,garbage inside the cell,garbage outside the cell,...The idea is that the human body,being a machine,has a structure that determines all aspects of its function,so if we can restore that structure—at the molecular（分子的）and cellular（细胞的）level—then we will restore function too,so we will have comprehensively renewed the body."

But SENS,which has an annual operating budget of $5 million,is small,compared with the Brin-led Project Calico,Google's attempt to “cure death,”which is planning to pump billions into a partnership with medicine giant AbbVie.Google is secretive,but it's said to be building a drug to copy a gene associated with exceptional life span.

Then there's the Glenn Foundation for Medical Research,started by Paul F.Glenn in 1965.Since 2007,the foundation has distributed annual "Glenn Awards,"$60,000 to independent researchers doing promising work on aging.The Glenn Foundation also works closely with the Ellison Medical Foundation,a far younger institution (founded in 1997).Ellison's passion project gives out hundreds of thousands of dollars each year to scholars seeking research on aging.Their decision to fund independent research may be paying off.Research projects funded by Ellison and Glenn appear to be developing into a testable means to stave off old age—for lab mice.The question is: Can those lab results be repeated in humans?

1.Which of the following statements about those billionaires is true?

A. They are determined to dream big.

B. What they are doing is silly and unreasonable.

C. Their plan will end up in failure just like the Chinese emperor.

D. They feel let down by those examples that happened in the past.

2.Which of the following DOESN'T explain the theory behind the project of SENS?

A. Something wrong happens at the molecular and cellular level.

B. Repairing the damage is the key to bringing back the function.

C. Cell death should be prevented and then our body will function well.

D. Structure decides how our body works.

3.According to the context,the underlined word "immortality"is close in meaning to the following expressions (also underlined) except　　　　 .

A. eternal life　　 B. renewing the body

C. life span　　 D. staving off old age

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Probably the Glenn Foundation with the Ellison Medical Foundation will continue their efforts.

B. The Glenn Foundation with the Ellison Medical Foundation has supported people and projects devoted to the research of aging.

C. The Glenn Foundation with the Ellison Medical Foundation has proved the way of delaying aging in mice.

D. The Glenn Foundation with the Ellison Medical Foundation has wasted their time and money since it cannot be applied to human beings.

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During the conversation, Mr. Li ______ that he planned to open a company of his own.

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A billionaire has recently made one of the biggest charitable（慈善的）donations to a university in China’s history. Chen Tianqiao donated $115 million to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to help advanced brain research. The donation will be spent deepening the understanding of how the brain works. Chen has been interested to brain research, believing it can shape the industries such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality. However, this huge donation has caused heated discussing among Chinese scholars and internet users alike.

Many criticized him for choosing to give money to a foreign university rather than home institutes for brain research, which are developing fast and are on track to catch up with the US in just a few years. Rao Yi, a biologist at Peking University, even said the donation was a typical mistake.

Others, however, support his choice. They believe Caltech is a more reasonable choice compared to Chinese research institutions. Caltech has a long history and has taken a leading position in biology, and therefore it produces more efficient results. In addition, the results of the research benefit not only the American people, but also the rest of the world.

A similar controversial case started two years ago when Pan Shiyi, chairman of SOHO China, donated $15 million to Harvard University to help disadvantaged Chinese students.

Many believe that China is still behind in the management and use of donated money, and that as a result, Chinese charity donators are looking abroad. In comparison, Western countries like the US, which have a long history of donating money, have well-developed systems that use money efficiently. They can also provide full access for donors who want to track the use of the money. To get more donations, Chinese universities should be braver and more honest. They need self-reflection, rather than envy.

1.Why did Chen’s donation draw criticism?

A. It was not given to a Chinese university.

B. It was one of the largest to Caltech.

C. It was not used efficiently in the USA.

D. It was used in brain research.

2.What is the reason for some people in favor of Chen’s choice?

A. The Chinese are just too envious

B. The achievements will benefit the whole world

C. Caltech is a university with a longer history

D. The fund can help disadvantaged Chinese students

3.What is then author’s purpose to mention Pan Shiyi in the passage?

A. To suggest the enthusiasm of the billionaires

B. To show off generosity of the billionaires

C. To inform Chinese students are poor at academy

D. To stress the disagreement over donating abroad.

4.What does the author think of the Chinese universities should do to get more fund?

A. explore artificial intelligence　　 B. develop efficient systems

C. grow fast and catch up with the US　　 D. educate more honest graduates

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假如你是李华Li Hua，你的英国朋友Peter给你发来微信，想了解一下你的家乡自“十九大(the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China)”以来所发生的变化，请你用英文给他回复。

内容如下：1.精准扶贫(targeted poverty reduction)，效果良好；

2.环境保护得到了明显改善。

注意：1.词数100 左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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Premier Li Keqiang officially ______ the plan to develop the Bay Area in his government work report delivered at the start of the National People’s Congress session in March.

A. laid out　　 B. laid off

C. laid down　　 D. laid up

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248. --- How do you plan to spend this weekend?

--- I’d like to listen to the music _______ by Li Ming.

perform                 B. performing               C. performed             D. to perform

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Some of the most powerful companies in the world have co-founders. For example, Google(Sergey Brin and Larry Page),Apple(Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs),and Microsoft(Bill Gates and Paul Allen)and so on. Having partners can help to deal with the pressure and the failures that come with running a business. No matter how down on your luck you feel they may provide emotional support. They may have extra skills, and be on hand to help out with the day-to-day problems. And an alternate point of view may help to broaden your mind and aid the risk of mistakes being overlooked.

Everybody knows Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7.When the phone was launched in 2016,customers praised it for its storage, design and usability, and it may well have been a hit if it weren’t for the fact that it occasionally caught fire and exploded. It was soon banned immediately from flights, and Samsung had no choice but to recall the entire model. The shortcoming reportedly cost the company $1 billion, and a further $17 billion in lost sales. But remember, based on the lesson, the Galaxy Note 8 and the Galaxy Note 9 are well received in the world! Now we know that failing is part of business success.

One thing that all great companies have in common is that they have failed many times—and luckily, they bounced back. Take Sarah Blakely, founder of shapewear brand Spanx for example. She credits her business success specifically to her failures. “I’d get kicked out of buildings all day long, “she remembered. “People would tear up my business card in my face. But my friends and I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I learned that ‘no’ doesn’t always mean ‘no’ ,and that you may get 30 nos before you get the one yes. People told me no with Spanx for two years. “Spanx is worth just over $1 billion—it was a company that Blakely who took a degree in a law school started with just $5 000!

1.What can we learn from the examples in Paragraph 1?

A.Two heads are better than one.

B.Constant dropping wears the stone.

C.God helps those who help themselves.

D.All things are difficult before they are easy.

2.Why does the author mention Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7,8 and 9?

A.To suggest customers should follow the new trends.

B.To prove Samsung is responsible for customers.

C.To show Samsung paid for its product failure.

D.To explain that failures don’t spell the end.

3.What mainly contributed to Sarah Blakely’s success?

A.Her friends’help. B.Her will power.

C.Her good luck. D.Her education background.

4.How does the author develop the passage?

A.By making contrast. B.By making classification.

C.By giving examples. D.By giving numbers.

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Frank’s marriage to the billionaire’s daughter got him through his hardest time, ________years later he wondered what he could have done differently.

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The iPhone 4S is Apple's first major hardware on the market ______ the Oct．5 death of co-founder Steve Jobs．

A．for          B．to           C． from            D．since

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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。

On Oct. 16, 2018, one of the two co-founders of Microsoft, Paul G. Allen, 1. (die)at age 65 from cancer.

When 2. comes to Microsoft, the first person we think of was Bill Gates, the other co-founder of the firm. 3., Allen was just as important to the 4. (create)of the company. Allen was, many people say, a much quieter person. He was content with the science side of things, while Gates has the 5. (good)head for business.

When the pair started Microsoft in the mid-1970s, they focused on the microcomputer industry. Microcomputers were small computers 6. (design)to be used in the home. 7. they lacked, though, was an operating system, which is where Microsoft came in. The company’s big break came in 1980, 8. Microsoft created the MS-DOS operating system. Later came Windows.

After Allen passed away, Bill Gates made a statement 9. (praise)Allen, “Even in high school, before most people knew what a personal computer was, Paul predicted that chips would get super-powerful and would 10.(eventual)give rise to a whole new industry. ”

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