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A humanoid named Sophia has made history 1. becoming the first robot in the world with citizenship. Journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin made the announcement at the end of an interview with Sophia.

“We just learned, Sophia, I hope you’re listening to me, that you have been now awarded 2. is going to be the first Saudi citizenship for a Robot,” he said to applause from the audience.

Sophia responded , without missing a beat: “I want to thank very much the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”

“I am very proud and honored 3.(award) citizenship and I simply appreciate 4. (recognize) with citizenship as a robot ,which is historical .” the robot said.

The pair discussed the future of artificial intelligence, 5. Sophia said it wants to use to “help humans live a better life.”

Sorkin expressed concerns 6.(previous) raised by Elon Musk that artificial intelligence could be dangerous if it 7. (go) evil and turned on humanity. But Sophia insisted it wanted to use artificial intelligence only to "help humans live a better life."

Sophia tried to remove Sorkins' fears of 8."bad future," insisting that AI is "designed around human values like 9.(wise), kindness, compassion."

It accused him of "reading too much Elon Musk," and said, "don't worry, if you're nice to me, I10.(be) nice to you. Treat me as a smart input-output system."

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HOLLYWOOD history has been made now that Kathryn Bigelow has become the first female to win a Best Director Oscar. “There’s no other way to describe it, it’s the moment of a lifetime,” said 58-year-old Bigelow excitedly, at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles.

Bigelow’s film, The Hurt Locker (《拆弹部队》), swept the awards with six trophies, including Best Director and Best Picture. The movie about a bomb removal unit in the Iraq War beat Avatar, the highest grossing (票房收入) film of all time, to the major awards. This was sweetened by the fact that Avatar’s director, James Cameron, is her ex-husband.

Bigelow played down (淡化) her success, telling CBS, “There’s really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make our days, we all try to give the best performances we can, we try to make our budget, we try to make the best movie we possibly can. So in that sense it’s very similar.”

However, Bigelow’s cinematic journey is quite different from the path of female directors before her. Her movies are low on female characters and high on guns and steel. They focus on men: their fears, relationships and rites of passage (成长历程).

Point Break was her breakout film in 1991. The action film tells the story of an FBI agent who goes undercover (卧底) to investigate a gang of bank robbers. It was popular because of its strong but flawed (有缺点的) male characters. The Hurt Locker is in the same style. The war film is about an anti-hero, William James, leading a crew of competing men in removing roadside bombs around Iraq. James is addicted to risk taking and enjoys putting his fellow soldiers in constant danger. Many scenes are full of clashing (冲突的) male personalities.

Focusing on these male relationships, critics praised The Hurt Locker for avoiding obvious political statements (something Avatar was heavily criticized for), and instead painting a truthful picture of modern war. And is there an entertaining end to the story of Bigelow’s victory? She won on International Women’s Day. It is, after all, Hollywood.

1.Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the article?

A. Avatar is the most profitable film in history.

B. Bigelow is the first female director to win the Best Director Oscar.

C. Bigelow and James Cameron were once married.

D. The film The Hurt Locker tries to make strong political statements about the Iraq war.

2.What does the first sentence in Paragraph 6 mean?

A. Bigelow has a similar style to other female directors.

B. Bigelow usually wants to work with other females.

C. Unlike other female directors, Bigelow focuses on male topics.

D. Unlike other female directors, Bigelow has made other mistakes.

3.The text tells us that ________.

A. The Hurt Locker aims to show how men love danger and war

B. The Hurt Locker presents the clashes between male characters well

C. Bigelow was given the award because it was Women’s Day

D. Bigelow was proud of defeating a male director

4.The article is about _________.

A. the unique (独特的) style of the first woman to win the Oscar for best direction

B. what makes Bigelow different from other female director

C. the award-winning film Bigelow made

D. the Hurt Locker beating Avatar at the Oscar

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Oumuamua,an object through space that was discovered on October 19th, has already made history.The speed at which it is moving relative to the sun means that it cannot be native to the solar system. Its official name is thus II/2017 UI, with the “I” standing for “interstellar(星际)”—the first time this name has ever been used.

That is exciting.Some scientists, though, entertain an even more exciting possibility: what if Oumuamua is not an asteroid(小行星),as most think, but an alien(外星的)spacecraft? Asteroids come in ll sorts of shapes and sizes, but Oumuamua seems particularly different.As best as astronomers can tell, it is cigarlike,being roughly 180 meters long but only about 30 meters wide.That makes it longer than anything known of in the solar system.Such a shape would be a sensible choice for a spaceship,since it would minimize the scouring(冲刷)effect of interstellar dust.

With that in mind the Breakthrough Listen project, an organization aimed at hunting for alien life, plans to turn the world’s biggest radio telescope,the Green Bank instrument in Virginia,towards Oumuamua to see if it can hear anything interesting.Oumuamua is currently about twice as far from Earth as Earth is from the sun. At that range,the telescope should be sensitive enough to pick up a transmitter about as powerful as a mobile phone after just a few seconds—worthy of observations.

Will it find anything? Almost certainly not.Oumuamua has the same reddish color as many as asteroids,so probably has a similar composition.And, if it really is a spaceship, it is strange that signs of its artificial origin have not been seen already.It could, in theory, be a derelict(遗弃星球). But in that case the telescope is unlikely to hear anything. By far the most likely option is that it is exactly what it seems to be: a huge space rock, one that has come to the solar system from the vast space between the stars.

1.What makes some scientists think Oumuamua is possibly an alien spacecraft?

A. Its size.　　 B. Its color.

C. Its shape.　　 D. Its speed.

2.What does the underlined word“that”in the third paragraph probably mean?

A. The research into the solar system.

B. The purpose of hunting for alien life.

C. The effect of interstellar dust on Oumuamua.

D. The possibility of Oumuamua being a spaceship.

3.What is Oumuamua most likely to be according to the author?

A. An asteroid.　　 B. A space rock.

C. Interstellar dust.　　 D. An alien spacecraft.

4.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that__________.

A. Oumuamua will return to where it’s from soon

B. Oumuamua’s real identity remains to be found out

C. astronomers have not seen signs of Oumuamua’s artificial origin

D. the Green Bank telescope has already heard something from Oumuamua

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A characteristic of American culture that has become almost a tradition is to respect the self-made man — the man who has risen to the top through his own efforts, usually beginning by working with his hands. While the leader in business or industry or the college professor occupies a higher social position and commands greater respect in the community than the common laborer or even the skilled factory worker, he may take pains to point out that his father started life in America as a farmer or laborer of some sort.

This attitude toward manual labor is now  still seen in many aspects of American life. One is invited to dinner at a home that is not only comfortably but even luxuriously (豪华地) furnished and in which there is every proof of the fact that the family has been able to afford foreign travel, expensive hobbies, and college education for the children; yet the hostess probably will cook the dinner herself, will serve it herself and will wash dishes afterward, furthermore the dinner will not consist only of something quickly and easily collected from contents of various cans and a cake or a pie bought at the nearby shop. On the contrary, the hostess usually takes pride in careful preparation of special dishes. A professional man may talk about washing the car, digging in his flowerbeds, painting the house. His wife may even help with these things, just as he often helps her with the dishwashing. The son who is away at college may wait on table and wash dishes for his living, or during the summer he may work with a construction group on a highway in order to pay for his education.

1. From paragraph 1, we can know that in America _________.

A. people feel painful to mention their fathers as labors.

B. people can always rise to the top through their won efforts

C. college professors win great respect from common workers

D. people tend to have a high opinion of the self-made man

2. According to the passage, the hostess cooks dinner herself mainly because _________.

A. she takes pride in what she can do herself

B. servants in American are hard to get

C. she can hardly afford servants

D. It is easy to prepare a meal with canned food

3. The expression “ wait on table” in the second paragraph means “_________”.

A. work in a furniture shop                     B. keep accounts for a bar

C. serve customers in a restaurant          D. wait to lay the tabl

4. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?

A. A Respectable Self-made Family        B.American Attitude toward Manual Labor

C. Characteristics of American Culture      D. The Development of Manual Labor

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Since 2004，Time magazine has six times made a survey to name the l00 most influential people in the world．Only one person has appeared on it for six times, Oprah Winfrey．

Born in l954 in Mississippi，Oprah Winfrey spent her early years living in poverty with her grandmother and later her absent mother, followed by unfair treatment by her unfriendly relatives．Worse still，she was addicted to drugs and at the young age of l4，she gave birth to a baby, who died after a few months．Finally she was sent to live with her strict father in Tennessee. Amazingly though，her father’s rules did make sure she received a good education and finally overcame her problems．

Oprah’s media career began at age l7．She became the co-author of local news in Baltimore in her early 20’s．Her first local talk show, People Are Talking, was first performed in l978，when she was 24．

In l986，Oprah moved to Chicago to host a low-rated half-hour morning talk show, AM Chicago．Oprah talks like a family member in your and my house．Within months she took over，the show became the highest-rated talk show in Chicago．It was renamed The Oprah Winfrey Show．

Only two years after hosting the show, she was able to set up her own production company Harpo, and buy the full rights to The Oprah Winfery Show．She is also involved in magazine publishing，books，education and a lifestyle channel for women with the aim of improving people’s lives, inspiring and praising good honest values，making the world a better place for present and future generations．

As her business grew, so did her wealth and power, and she became the first ever black billionaire in 2003 and the most powerful woman in media broadcasting．The amazing influence she has over a large part of the American public means that anything she promotes on her shows is guaranteed to succeed.

1.What do we know about Oprah’s childhood?

A．She lived with her mother for 14 years．

B．She married young and brought up a baby．

C．she lacked concern and care．

D．She couldn’t stand her father's rules．

2.Why was The Oprah Winfrey Show so popular?

A．Oprah was very famous in the world．B．Oprah talked in a family way in the show．

C．Oprah was the co-author of the show．D．Oprah had the full rights to the show．

3.Which of the following is true according to the text?

A．Oprah Winfrey was the most influential woman in America．

B．Oprah Winfrey hosted her first local talk show in her 20’s．

C．AM Chicago became the highest-rated immediately after Oprah hosted it.

D．Oprah Winfrey was the first billionaire in media broadcasting．

4.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A．Oprah was a quite successful woman．

B：Oprah aimed to be wealthy and powerful．

C．What Oprah promoted was sure to succeed．

D．Oprah became the most influential woman．

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Washing machines made by China have won ______worldwide attention and  Haier has become _____popular name.

A．a; the            B．/; a              C．/;the             D．the; a

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An eight-year-old Arthur Gonzaga from Minas Gerais, Brazil has taken the Internet by a storm, as first reported by TheHuffingtonPost, with his online YouTube series videos “Arthur Gourmand”. And while it would not be a far stretch of the imagination to assume an 8-year-old’s cooking show would be filled with dishes like pizza and burgers, Arthur’s show actually features recipes like fruit salad a la créme de passion fruit and filet mignon (菲力牛排).

The idea to record Arthur’s cooking adventures on YouTube was rooted in the young chef’s leukemia diagnosis (白血病诊断) in August 2013.Treatment and recovery for the cancer left the young boy in the hospital for the second half of the year and Aruthur was even forced to spend Christmas Eve in the emergency room of So Paulo’s A.C. Camargo Cancer Center. That’s when his family—father Renato Gonzaga and stepmother Priscila Inserra—decided that Arthur should create something positive that would distract him from his health.

The videos, which are filmed in the kitchen of a friend of the family, are in Portuguese. They show Arthur walking the viewers through a step-by-step process of the entire recipe—from preparation to cooking. Occasionally, viewers can see Arthur’s father serving as his son’s sous chef, passing ingredients and following his lead.

Fluent in Portuguese or not, viewers can immediately notice Arthur’s optimistic and friendly personality. It is perhaps these qualities that have given the young rising Internet star almost 5,000 likes on his Facebook Fan Page. There are currently three videos on YouTube and according to his most recent Facebook post, the young boy will be taking suggestions for his next video.

Fortunately, according to what Inserra told TheHuffingtonPost, Arthur is responding well to his treatments and is on his path to recovery. “The secret of life is to let it take you, to have fun and to know how to turn lemons into lemonade (柠檬水),” wrote her family, fittingly, on their most recent Facebook post. Hats off to Arthur, who truly serves as a shining example of how to turn lemons into lemonade.

1.Arthur Gourmand is a name of 　　 .

A.the boy　　　 　　 B.the boy’s illness

C.a newspaper　　 D.the boy’s cooking show

2.Arthur performs his cooking show 　　 .

A.on the stage　　 　　　 B.in his friend’s kitchen

C.in his own kitchen　　 D.in the emergency room

3.The underlined phrase “sous chef” probably means 　　 .

A.a assistant of a chef　　 B.a adviser of a chef

C.a companion of a chef　 D.a friend of a chef

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Arthur has finished all his videos.

B.Arthur doesn’t speak Portuguese fluently.

C.Arthur had to spend the New Year’s Eve in the hospital.

D.Arthur sets a good example to those with serious illness.

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A new camera made by a company named Netatmo has facial recognition software(识别系统)that can tell parents at work that their children have returned from school, or that a package has been taken to their home. It can also tell them if a stranger has entered their home.

Janina Mattausch is a product marketing manager for Netatmo.

“The common security(安全)cameras at present are not that smart. So, they can tell you if something is moving but they don’t necessarily know if it’s a human being or, ah, if it’s your kids—they don’t’ know the difference, so they will warn you all the time.”

When family members enter a home,　 the new camera "recognizes" (识别 )　 them and sends information to the owner's smartphone. The owner can choose to see the video then or later.　 But if an unknown person enters a home, the camera will send the owner a warning that will cause an alarm to sound on the owner's smartphone.

That is what happened recently to a smart home camera owner named Darrmen. He lives in Paris.

"On a Friday I was at work, attending a big monthly meeting when my phone warned. At first I told myself 'Oh, it must be a mistake, maybe I have to set the system again. “But the notice on my phone was telling me that there was a movement in my flat and also a face that the software did not recognize.”

He watched the video and was very surprised by what he saw.

"I saw a person I did not know with his shoes on. I was watching it live on video. So I felt totally unbelievable, frozen. I asked a workmate to take me back home as fast as possible and I called the police on the way. "

With the help of the video,　 the police found the intruder (闯入者) later that day.

1. The new camera made by Netatmo can ______ .

A. warn the strangers　

B. recognize the comers

C. stop the visitors

D. welcome the children

2.The fourth paragraph mainly tells us ______ .

A. where the new camera is placed　　　　

B. what the new camera looks like

C. when the new camera is used　

D. how the new camera works

3.We can learn from the passage that Damien ______ .

A. found the warning was a mistake

B. was too busy to notice the warning

C. felt shocked to see a stranger in his flat

D. caught the intruder by himself that day

4. The writer proves(证明) the new camera works well by　 ______ .

A. giving an example　　　　　　 B. making a survey

C. doing an experiment　　　　 D. having a speech

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Frederick Albert is not a name you will find in a history book. It is, _______, the name of a German farmer who was such a hero in Reynoldsburg, Ohio during the Great Depression that people there _______ him a lot. He was also my great-grandfather.

Although my great-grandfather died before I was born, he has had a _______ influence on my life. I always hear stories about his _______. My favorite one that my mother has often told me brings _______ to my eyes as I’m so moved.

In 1935, my great-grandfather planted watermelons for extra money. To cut_______, he always saved the seeds for the next season. While _______ supplies at the feed store(饲料店) one fall morning, my great-grandfather learned of a young girl who was ill with kidney(肾) disease. Her mother had _______ from a local amateur doctor that watermelon seeds could be crushed(压碎) into tea to help _______ her daughter, she ________ my great-grandfather and asked if she could have some of his watermelon seeds. Without hesitation, my great-grandfather gave all his watermelon seeds to the mother --- he was such a(n)________ man.

Unfortunately, all the watermelon tea in the world could not ________ the child and with winter’s first snowfall, she died. The girl’s mother remained ________ to my great-grandfather and his family. News of the child’s death spread, and so did the story of my great-grandfather’s ________ and kindness. Many local farmers ________ him with free watermelon seeds.

In my eyes, my great-grandfather is a real hero ________ he followed his heart and did what was best for others. Although he was a poor man monetarily(在金钱上), he was ________ in the love he gave to others and the ________ he received.

Whenever I find myself in ________ or confusing situations, I will remember his story. I smile with ________ when I follow his wisdom.

1.A. moreover　　 B. therefore　　 C. otherwise　　 D. however

2.A. encouraged　　 B. admired　　 C. blamed　　 D. comforted

3.A. small　　 B. strong　　 C. simple　　 D. secret

4.A. reaction　　 B. connection　　 C. devotion　　 D. suggestion

5.A. tears　　 B. worries　　 C. smiles　　 D. fears

6.A. costs　　 B. interests　　 C. wastes　　 D. food

7.A. waiting for　　 B. putting up　　 C. making for　　 D. picking up

8.A. remembered　　 B. understood　　 C. learned　　 D. agreed

9.A. protect　　 B. cure　　 C. raise　　 D. examine

10.A. informed　　 B. advised　　 C. presented　　 D. approached

11.A. brave　　 B. sensitive　　 C. caring　　 D. patient

12.A. raise　　 B. beat　　 C. forgive　　 D. save

13.A. grateful　　 B. hopeful　　 C. pitiful　　 D. regretful

14.A. generosity　　 B. modesty　　 C. optimism　　 D. fairness

15.A. rewarded　　 B. honored　　 C. repaid　　 D. followed

16.A. although　　 B. because　　 C. unless　　 D. when

17.A. famous　　 B. free　　 C. rich　　 D. popular

18.A. experience　　 B. freedom　　 C. support　　 D. respect

19.A. difficult　　 B. practical　　 C. misleading　　 D. strange

20.A. worry　　 B. satisfaction　　 C. pride　　 D. doubt

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_______, women have changed history in terms of the contributions they have made.

A. To some extent               B. In conclusion                   C. In addition              D. As a whole

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