Homework ________, I turned on the computer and tried to do some online shopping.
A. finishing B. finished C. to finish D. finishes
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Homework ________, I turned on the computer and tried to do some online shopping.
A. finishing B. finished C. to finish D. finishes
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On turning on the computer, ________.
A. Mum told me to have supper. B. a game appeared on the screen.
C. there was something wrong with the mouse D. I found a strange E-mail.
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Father ____ , I turned on the computer.
A. agreed B. agreeing C. agrees D. to agree
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She liked the novel so much that she ________ her homework and began to read it.
A.gave off | B.turned down | C.took over | D.set aside |
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I am trying to work out the problem and I would appreciate_____ if you could turn the music _______.
A.That; up B.this; around C.it; down D.you; back
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Many of us enjoy doing it: you turn on the camera on your mobile phone and hold it at a high angle, making your eyes look bigger and your cheekbones more defined. You turn to your best side and click. There it is — your selfie.
Over the past year, “selfie” has become a well-known term across the globe. This August the Oxford dictionary added the word to their online dictionary and defined it as: “A photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically with a smartphone or webcam and up-loaded to a social media website.”
Today it’s not difficult to find social networking pages full of photos people have taken of themselves and their friends. And selfie culture has become especially relevant for young people. As many as 91 percent of teenagers have posted photos of themselves online, according to a recent survey by the US Pew Research Center.
So what are the reasons for the rise of selfie culture?
“The cult (狂热) of the selfie celebrates regular people,” Pamela Rutledge, a professor at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology, told Vogue magazine. “There are many more photographs available now of real people than models.”
Posting selfies also allows you to control your image online. “I like having the power to choose how I look, even if I’m making a funny face,” Samantha Barks, 19, a high school student in the US, told Vogue.
In addition to self-expression and documentation, selfies “allow of a close friendship for long-distance friends, because you can see each other’s faces every day”, wrote Casey Miller at The Huffmgton Post.
But US psychologist Jill Weber is concerned that selfies might lead to social problems, “There’s a danger that your self-esteem may start to be tied to the comments and ‘likes’ you get when you post a selfie, and they aren’t based on who you are — they’re based on what you look like,” Weber told Vogue. “When you get nothing or a negative response, your confidence can plummet.”
1.With the first paragraph, the author intends to .
A. tell us the fun of taking a selfie
B. describe what a selfie is
C. introduce where the selfie came from
D. inform readers that the selfie is popular among teenagers
2.Why is selfie culture so popular according to the article?
a. It enables people to choose how they look.
b. It helps people improve their self-esteem.
c. It’s a chance for ordinary people to show off themselves.
d. It is believed to be a helpful way to develop a new friendship.
e. It is considered a good way to stay connected with friends that are far away.
A. a, c, e B. b, c, d C. a, b, c D. b, d, e
3.What is Jill Weber’s attitude toward selfies?
A. She thinks they are a good form of self-expression and documentation.
B. She believes the disadvantages of selfies outweigh the advantages.
C. She is worried that people’s self-esteem might be affected by how others react to their selfies.
D. She thinks that selfies can help people learn about their friends based on who they really are.
4.The underlined word “plummet” in the last paragraph probably means .
A. rapidly develop B. greatly exaggerate
C. become dangerous D. quickly fall
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Heads turned, tears dropped, and gossip-filled whispers went on and on from the hospital passages to the house windows. There was a problem: a daughter had been born. She wasn’t the first disappointment born to her family. Although my aunt didn’t care about giving birth to a girl, her mother-in-law constantly reminded her of the criticism she would have to face if she gave birth to a daughter. In India, most people held these views.
When I visited my relatives during the summer, one sentence managed to fill me with anger and start arguments with my so-called relatives. “You are a girl, stay within your limits.” They simply don’t know how different it is living in the US. Anyway, comparisons to my cousins led me to end the arguments for the moment and accept the way they lived their lives.
My words didn’t make sense to them so my mind was set on proving them wrong.
Although their words didn’t tear me apart, their actions managed to. The amount of sexism(性别歧视) in this culture, especially my hometown, made me feel bad. It was the 21st century, yet women had to eat after the men at family gatherings. They had to cook all the family meals and were asked to take jobs that required little skill or education. It was time to change these views.
As I was growing older, the same relatives repeatedly questioned me about my future: “What do you want to be?” And the answer was always the same:electrical engineer. I have a passion for electronics; as clichéd(陈词滥调的) as it sounds, I was born to do it. When I connect wires together to repair something, I can’t contain my excitement. But when I tried to explain this to my relatives, all of them, except for my parents and grandparents, would be shocked and laugh at me — laugh because they didn’t think I could live up to my goals, being a “girl and all”. It was time to change these views.
In my world, being a girl is not a problem. Rather, it is an opportunity to allow passion, not stereotypes(成见), to shape my future. I decided to channel my relatives’ views into positive energy. Rather than letting them bring me down, I let them be motivation to achieve my goal of becoming an engineer. I, a female, will become a successful engineer.
1.The first paragraph was mainly written to .
A. describe how bad the author’s aunt felt for having a baby girl
B. describe the pressure the author’s aunt had to face when she was going to have a baby
C. show that most Indian people are strongly prejudiced against women
D. show that the author’s aunt’s generation is fighting against prejudice against women
2.From the second and third paragraphs, it can be concluded that .
A. the author realized that just using words couldn’t change the relatives’ sexism
B. the author’s friends and relatives were jealous about her life in the US
C. the author got used to being reminded to stay within her limits after she was born
D. the author often argued with her relatives because she believed US lifestyles were right
3.According to the text, the author decided to change her relatives’ views by .
A. achieving her ambition of changing her hometown
B. using her relatives’ comments as motivation
C. letting stereotypes influence her future decisions
D. achieving her dream of becoming an engineer
4.In the article, in what way does the author show how serious the amount of sexism was in her hometown?
A. By describing feeling defeated after arguments.
B. By describing people’s words, behavior and common practices.
C. By stressing the conflicts she had with her relatives.
D. By giving examples of how her goals were laughed at repeatedly.
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What is the man trying to do?
A.Play chess with the woman.
B.Encourage the woman to hold on.
C.Find out the reason for the woman.
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When doing your history homework on the Civil War by typing in details to Google, a list of related books will ______ .
A.come on | B.come up | C.come down | D.come across |
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When doing your history homework on the Civil War by typing in details to Google, a list of related books will _____.
A.come on B.come up C.come down D.come across
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