Facebook has recently _____ a string of Faceb...

Facebook has recently _____ a string of Facebook groups committed to illegally　 sharing copyrighted music.

A. cracked down on　　 B. fallen back on

C. kept up with　　 D. got away with

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Facebook has recently _______ a string of Facebook groups committed to illegally sharing copyrighted music.

A. cracked down on B. fallen back on

C. kept up with D. got away with

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One of those big social networking sites, Facebook, has attracted over 58 million members. Commentator Melody Cramer is no longer one of them. Here is what she shares with us about her story.

I deleted all 1,281 of my co­workers, second­grade classmates and people who I don’t know at all. I shut down my account, completely. I’m 30, and I’ve been on Facebook since March of 2004, which makes me one of the website’s earliest users.

At first, I used it obsessively. If I had a free moment, I’d log on to see whether my friends had updated their profiles. I’d sit alone scrolling through these updates and then run into someone at a coffee shop and have nothing to say because I already knew everything about them, and they knew everything about me.

In November, I went to my ten­year high school reunion and was not pleasantly surprised. Lauren became a model, Josh went to law school, Dina was a teacher. I hadn’t talked to any of them since graduation, but I knew exactly what they were doing, both now and last week. But lately, I’m overwhelmed(应接不暇). Facebook opened up to everyone, not just college students, and my co­workers started to join, which meant they now knew what I was doing when I wasn’t at work.

And as a rule: you can NOT make friends with your coworkers because then they’ll ask you the next day. But I thought we were friends. And you are friends but not the kind of friends who tell each other what they do outside of work. So now the people you work with can see what you did last night, and you’re constantly worrying what people might say about what you did last night instead of actually doing anything tonight.So Iquit. I became a 30­year­old Luddite, a person who is strongly against technology development. I’ve retuned to how the world worked when I was 20, before I knew when my friends and co­workers were counting down the seconds to vacation or entering a complicated relationship. I’m hoping life will be a lot simpler now. Peoplewill be more mysterious now that I actually have to talk to them to find out their favorite books or hobbies orneurosis(神经症). I don’t know when my college roommate goes to the supermarket, and I think I’m a better person for not knowing. In fact, you could say getting off a social network was the best thing I’ve done thisweek.

1.Melody Cramer decided to quit Facebook mainly because ______.

A. she thought it wasted too much time

B. she was afraid of the strangers on her account

C. she was tired of exposing her life to co­workers

D. she thought it made real­world life less interesting

2.We can learn from the passage that Melody Cramer ______.

A. had a 10­year membership of Facebook

B. used to be very objected to Facebook

C. was unpleasant to attend high school reunion

D. was one of the co-founders of Facebook

3.Which of the following about Melody Cramer is TRUE?

A. She owes her communication skills to Facebook.

B. She wishes she could be several years younger.

C. She prefers to face her friends and co-worders in reality.

D. She is no longer curious about anything around her.

4.The best title for this passage can be _____.

A. Addiction to Facebook

B. Farewell to Facebook

C. Friends Online

D. A Simpler Life

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I recently posted a picture on Facebook from the movie Mad Max, a film where two groups race through the desert in steam punk vehicles, and wrote, “Actual picture of my way to work today.” It was meant to be a joke because of the sandstorms in Beijing, but one of my friends from back home thought it was real.

I couldn’t imagine how they could think that is actually what China is like. China has so many more conveniences and advantages than the West, and many of my friends agree. “I don’t know how I will be able to deal when I go back home,” said a friend who is about to end her gap year in Beijing. “I’ve become so spoiled in China.”

China seems to be leading the way in innovation and convenience for daily life. Back home I could never shop, pull out my phone and scan a QR code to pay.

There have been rumors of starting bike sharing in my hometown for years with little success while bike sharing suddenly appeared in Beijing overnight. I just step outside and scan a code, and I am on my way.

Going out to eat with a group of friends back home was troublesome for both the group and the servers. Splitting checks and swiping(刷) 10 different cards or making change for each person in the group can be a pain. But with China’s WeChat, you can quickly send your friends your part of the bill.

The list goes on…

When I first arrived in Beijing, I was dead set on leaving in a month. That month has come and gone. Now, when someone asks me when I’m coming back, I think to myself, “Who knows?”

While my friends think I’m riding through the desert on a motorbike, I am actually taking a “Didi” for what is the equivalent of $5 in the US.

With all the conveniences and technology here, I may never want to go back.

1.What’s the function of Paragraph 1?

A. To introduce a movie.　　 B. To tell an interesting story.

C. To introduce the topic.　　 D. To show the weather in Beijing.

2.How did the author feel when he first came to Beijing?

A. He couldn’t stand the weather.　　 B. He didn’t want to stay long.

C. He never wanted to go back home.　　 D. He was amazed at the bike sharing.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. China is the first country to start bike sharing.

B. The author has become used to mobile payment in China.

C. People always use WeChat to pay when eating out in the US.

D. The author’s friends all know the convenience of living in China.

4.What does the text intend to tell us?

A. Bike sharing has spread all over China.

B. Foreigners have misunderstandings of China.

C. Technology has brought much convenience in China.

D. Life in foreign countries is not as easy as we thought.

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I recently posted a picture on Facebook from the movie Mad Max, a film where two groups race through the desert in steampunk vehicles, and wrote, “Actual picture of my way to work today.” It was meant to be a joke because of the sandstorms in Beijing, but one of my friends from back home thought it was real.

I couldn’t imagine how they could think that is actually what China is like. China has so many more conveniences and advantages than the West, and many of my friends agree. “I don’t know how I will be able to deal when I go back home,” said a friend who is about to end her gap year in Beijing. “I’ve become so spoiled in China.”

China seems to be leading the way in innovation(创新) and convenience for daily life. Back home I could never shop, pull out my phone and scan a QR code to pay.

There have been rumors of starting bike sharing in my hometown for years with little success while bike sharing suddenly appeared in Beijing overnight. I just step outside and scan a code, and I am on my way.

Going out to eat with a group of friends back home was troublesome for both the group and the servers. Splitting bills and swiping(刷) 10 different cards or making change for each person in the group can be a pain. But with China’s WeChat, you can quickly send your friends your part of the bill.

The list goes on…

When I first arrived in Beijing, I was dead set on leaving in a month. That month has come and gone. Now, when someone asks me when I’m coming back, I think to myself, “Who knows?”

While my friends think I am riding through the desert on a motorbike, I am actually taking a Didi for what is the equivalent of $5 in the US.

With all the conveniences and technology here, I may never want to go back.

1.What’s the function of Paragraph 1?

A. To introduce a movie.　　 B. To introduce the topic.

C. To tell an interesting story.　　 D. To show the weather in Beijing.

2.How did the author feel when he first came to Beijing?

A. He didn’t want to stay long.　　 B. He couldn’t stand the weather.

C. He never wanted to go back home.　　 D. He was amazed at the bike sharing.

3.What can we infer from the text?

A. China is the first country to start bike sharing.

B. The author has become used to mobile payment in China.

C. People always use WeChat to pay when eating out in the US.

D. The author’s friends all know the convenience of living in China.

4.What does the text intend to tell us?

A. Bike sharing has spread all over China.

B. Foreigners have misunderstandings of China.

C. Life in foreign countries is not as easy as we thought.

D. Technology has brought much convenience in China.

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Kazuo Ishiguro, who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, has a number of strings to his bow, or rather his guitar. The 64-year-old is world-famous as a writer of fiction, but his early dream was to be a great singer and songwriter, like 2016’s winner, Bob Dylan.

As his name indicates, Ishiguro comes from a Japanese background, although he came to Britain from Japan at the age of 5 and is a British citizen who writes in English. He was educated at the University of East Anglia, a school that has become known for training writers.

Ishiguro’s writing is highly self-contained. This certainly gives his writing a quality in common with that of Jane Austen, an author to whom he is often compared. The best example of this is his novel The Remains of the Day, which later became a successful film.

The central character of the book is a butler (男管家) called Stevens. He is a loyal servant to an English lord, and a character who some people might call repressed. He misses out on affection and love because he will not admit his feelings to anyone. We have to read between the lines to uncover the “real” story, which isn’t quite the one the butler is telling. Stevens finds it a challenge to communicate, and communication is often a theme in Ishiguro’s novels.

In this author’s works, there is a gap between our feelings and our ability to communicate them. The Nobel Committee stressed it when talking about Ishiguro’s works: The writer has uncovered the abyss (深渊) beneath our unreal sense of connection with the world.

1.What did Ishiguro want to be in the beginning?

A. A famous writer.　　 B. A guitar player.

C. A second Bob Dylan.　　 D. A singer and songwriter.

2.Why is the story not quite the one Stevens tells in The Remains of the Day?

A. Because he is not allowed to tell the truth.

B. Because he misses out on what he desires.

C. Because he doesn’t express himself truly.

D. Because he has low social status as a servant.

3.What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A. The author’s sense of the world.

B. The theme of Ishiguro’s works.

C. The reason for choosing the winner.

D. Our ability to communicate feelings.

4.What is the best title for the passage?

A. The Remains of the Day

B. Quiet writing style of a great author

C. Kazuo Ishiguro, winner of Nobel Prize in Literature

D. How Kazuo Ishiguro’s writing made him the Nobel Prize winner

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To________the global financial crisis，our country has worked out a string of forceful measures over the past months.

A．deal with　    B．agree with

C．turn out　    D．put out

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To deal with the global financial crisis, China has _______ a string of forceful measures over the past months.

A. worked out 　　　　 B. found out

C. turned out　　　　　 D. made out

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What's driving the rise of obesity in the United States? A group of economists argued in a recent study that big-box grocers, warehouse clubs and fast-food restaurants are key contributors to the county's obesity epidemic(流行病).

General economic factors, ranging from unemployment to income, as well as the financial

or time costs of eating and physical activity account for 43 percent of the rise in obesity, according to a recent study published by the US National Bureau of Economic Research, as the adult obesity rate in the United States has surged from 13 percent in 1960 to 35 percent in 2012.

"Supercenter/warehouse club expansion and increasing numbers of restaurants are the leading drivers of the results," the study concluded. "We show that supercenter/warehouse club density increases the probability of weight loss attempts, raising the possibility that cheap food from these retailers triggers self- control problems."

The study suggests that the rise of supercenters and warehouse clubs, like Walmart and Costco, may impact Americans' eating habits as they make calorie-rich food cheaper and more accessible, and save customers a lot of time.

"Food's gotten cheaper and more readily available, so we eat more of it. It's really simple," said Charles Courtemanche, co- author of the study and a health economist at Georgia State University, in an interview with National Public Radio (NPR). "At least a sizable portion of the rise in obesity can be characterized as response to economic incentives."

Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, leads to adverse health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressures and stroke.

Obesity has become a major public health concern in the United States as the nation has one of the highest obesity rates in the world, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

1.What does the underlined word “trigger”mean?

A. Cause.　 　　 　 B. Raise.

C. Solve. 　　　　 D. Explain.

2.From the passage we can infer _____.

A. the writer are opposed to fast-food restaurants .

B. 43 percent of the Americans are overweight.

C. America people begin to be concerned about obesity problem.

D. calorie-rich food are becoming much more expensive.

3.As reasons for obesity , which of the following hasn’t been mentioned in the passage?

A. Unemployment.　 B. Physical activity.

C. Eating time.　 D. Genes.

4.What is the writer’s purpose to write this passage?

A. To do research into people’s eating habit.

B. To analyze the reasons for people’s becoming fat.

C. To tell people calorie-rich food is bad for health.

D. To introduce the boom of big-box grocers.

5.In which column of a newspaper can you find this passage?

A. Anecdote.　　 　　 B. Life.

C. Business.　 　　 D. Science.

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Recently, a coalition of business and advocacy groups from around Washington gathered to kick off a campaign to enact a carbon pricing program in the capital. Known as the Climate and Community Reinvestment Act of D.C., the plan would place a new tax on all fossil fuels bought or sold, with the hope of ultimately discouraging the use of these polluting energy sources.

The big-picture goal of this campaign is admirable: to address the ever-deepening crisis of humanity-driven climate chaos by dissuading the continued use of coal, oil and gas, the filthy substances rapidly warming our planet. But unfortunately, the approach — one based in a world of financial markets, trading schemes and enticing new public revenue streams — is deeply and inherently flawed. Simply put, carbon pricing is a false solution to climate change and a distraction from real, effective climate solutions we must urgently pursue.

To date, there is scant(不足的) evidence to indicate that carbon taxes lower greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, the opposite is true. Recently Food & Water Watch reviewed the British Columbia carbon tax program, often cited by advocates as an example of success. From 2009 (the first full year of the tax) to 2014, emissions from taxed sources grew by 4.3 percent. And in the seven years after the carbon tax took effect, total gasoline sales increased by 7.37 percent.

Supporters of such plans like to focus on a deceivingly simple notion that increasing the price of a consumer good will automatically reduce its use. But this just isn’t the case when it comes to the purchase of necessities. People must heat their homes in winter, and they must commute to work, regardless of the cost.

Those backing the D.C. carbon pricing plan like to note that revenue from the new tax would go toward investment in clean energy sources. But only 20 percent of the generated funds would be allocated in this manner. The rest would be divvied(分摊) up in tax breaks for businesses and rebates(回扣) for consumers, another factor undercutting the notion that increased costs up front would change consumer behavior in the long run.

Meanwhile, fossil fuel giants such as ExxonMobil are increasingly coming out in support of carbon pricing. This should be cause for alarm for anyone concerned with stamping out the use of the dirty energy sources these corporations profit from. Exxon knows that carbon taxes will do little to change the business-as-usual dependence on oil and gas that it relies on to continue operating and enriching shareholders. Furthermore, corporations such as Exxon rightly view carbon pricing schemes as a means of diverting energy and interest from tougher regulations that might actually encroach on(侵犯) their business plans and bottom lines.

Despite what many well-intentioned activists and community leaders want to believe, there is no convenient, market-friendly solution to our dire climate condition. There is only the hard truth that we must tackle the problem at its source: We must stop using fossil fuels, and soon. The latest science indicates that in order to avoid the worst effects of deepening climate chaos, society must transition completely to clean, renewable energy by 2035.

1.Food &Water Watch found that _______ .

A.carbon taxes could limit greenhouse gas emissions

B.taxing carbon emissions did not reduce pollution

C.carbon emissions grew at a lower rate than gasoline sales

D.British Columbia carbon tax program achieved lasting effect

2.Which of the following is true, according to Paragraphs 4 and 5?

A.Consumers will use less of a good when its price increases.

B.Carbon taxes will benefit the development of clean energy.

C.Increased cost will do little to change the use of necessities.

D.The dependence on fossil fuels will decrease automatically.

3.Fossil fuel giants _________.

A.are expressing dissatisfaction with carbon pricing schemes

B.are reducing their dependence on dirty energy sources

C.view clean renewable energy as their future source of profits

D.see carbon pricing as distraction from tough rules against them

4.The most suitable title for this text would be __________.

A.The Carbon Tax Fallacy(谬论) B.The Climate Change Myth

C.The Call for Clean Energy D.The Causes of Climate Chaos

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