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Since you can't get to theaters, museums, galleries, music venues or opera houses during these difficult days due to coronavirus, instead they'll come to you. Here's a list of some of Europe's best-known museums. Louvre Museum in Paris As the most visited museum in the world, it offers virtual tours online. It also has a number of "Visitors Trails" in different themes, designed to give an overview of the scope and wealth of the museum's collections. Each trail is based on a selection of works that characterize a period, an artistic movement or a theme, including the artworks from JAY-Z and Beyoncé's music video. Schirn Museum in Frankfurt It has digitally opened its current exhibition, now closed due to the virus, called "Fantastic Women" (scheduled from February 13 to May 24), highlighting the works of 34 women artists and their contributions to Surrealism (超现实主义), including Frida Kahlo, Leonora Carrington, Leonor Fini, Dorothea Tanning and Dora Maar. Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam Are you looking for ways to entertain your children with an educational twist? Then the Van Gogh will bring the great artist to you and also invite you to a virtual visit inside the Museum. The museum explores the painter's life, his relationship with his brother Théo, his passion for Japan and also his mental illness. Everything is in high definition. Of course, a range of recent opera and ballet productions are also available, with the hope to give pleasure to as many people as possible. Please get more information at www. forbes. com. 【1】The works in "Visitors Trails" are chosen according to ________. A.Periods B.Collections C.Sites D.Artists 【2】Whose works are included in "Fantastic Women"? A.JAY-Z's. B.Leonardo Da Vinci's. C.Van Gogh's. D.Leonora Carrington's. 【3】Where is the passage most likely to be taken from? A.A report. B.A website. C.A magazine. D.A textbook |
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I always wanted to have extraordinarily good command of something. I wanted to remain the best in class, awe-inspiring and tip-top; a world-famous genius, like Michael Phelps, or Mark Zuckerberg. Unfortunately, my version of reality did not quite line up with this delusional vision. I was a good swimmer, but I peaked at the collegiate State Championship level. My academic record was pretty solid, but I never would have made it into one of those exceptional Ivy League Schools. Though I rose to above-average status in a couple of areas, the disappointing truth was that I would never amount to anything more than a mid-sized fish in a small pond. The destiny apparently had drawn up other plans. What drove me crazy, though, was the superstar talent thrown in my face at every turn. Some folks just seemed to get an unfair share of it.Why couldn't I be like Bernie Williams, the famed New York Yankees player who also happened to be a world-class jazz guitar virtuoso (艺术大师)? Some say greatness is simply a function of putting in the practice time. It is around ten thousand hours, to be precise, according to author Malcolm Gladwell. I don't question the theory of devoting considerable efforts to developing one's professional knowledge, but it seems that talent carries much weight alike. I've heard that as people approach middle age, their life satisfaction increases because they begin to accept the gap between the expectations for themselves and the reality. After a few decades of frustration without the desired results, we eventually come to terms with how our lives turned out, even if it falls far short of our idealized youthful expectations. Hope bends, it seems. 【1】What does the underlined word "delusional" in paragraph 2 most probably mean? A.Realistic. B.Imaginary. C.Disappointing. D.Material. 【2】In the passage, the writer thinks of himself as ________. A.a world-famous genius B.a world-class virtuoso C.a mid-sized fish in a small pond D.a student in an Ivy-League school 【3】According to the writer, what makes "greatness"? A.Talent and practice. B.Ten thousand hours of practice. C.Talent and professional knowledge. D.Extraordinary efforts. 【4】Which of the following might be the best title? A.Youthful Expectations. B.Frustrating Decades. C.Practice Counts. D.Hope Bends. |
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While we may think it feels good to complain, complaining has some bad effects associated with it. Why isn't complaining beneficial? Research shows that it connects our brain with negativity. The brain is designed to work efficiently. This means that when we repeat a thought, negative or positive, the nerve cells form a bridge between each other to pass information in a higher speed. Therefore, the next time we have a similar type of thought, it is more easily passed. This explains why certain thought patterns become habits. Yet the harmful effects don't stop there. A study shows that complaining causes the hippocampus (海马区), which plays a vital role in problem-solving, to become smaller. In addition to causing brain damage, complaining also releases a stress hormone: cortisol, a kind of chemical the body produces when we meet with some danger. Constantly having a high level of cortisol results in high blood pressure, high blood sugar, and lower immunity. The ill effects of our complaining aren't just limited to ourselves: they also involve those around us. We tend to mirror the moods of our friends. For this reason, we should be cautious about having stubborn complainers in our circle of acquaintances and companions. The best way to deal with constant negativity is to develop a sense of gratitude. Just like complaining acts as a poison, gratitude acts as a medicine. Research shows it lowers cortisol levels by 23 percent, as well as reduces blood pressure and blood sugar. It also decreases tiredness and depression. Gratitude is the perfect cure for complaining, a behavior that steals our brain power, happiness and physical well-being. What have you observed about the effects of complaining in your own life or in the lives of others? Have you noticed that when you are grateful, you feel better all over? Please share your thoughts in the comments section below. 【1】What do paragraphs 2-3 mainly talk about? A.The bad effects of complaining on brain power. B.The decrease of a vital part of our brain. C.The diseases caused by complaining. D.The reason why certain thought patterns become habits. 【2】What can we know about cortisol from the passage? A.Gratitude functions as an effective cure for cortisol. B.Having a high level of cortisol can lead to many health problems. C.Our body produces cortisol when we feel excited. D.Cortisol is a chemical that can cause brain damage. 【3】What attitude does the writer take to stubborn complainers? A.Indifferent. B.Neutral. C.Skeptical. D.Disapproving. 【4】What is the purpose of the writer? A.To encourage readers to share ideas. B.To introduce different emotions. C.To analyze the reasons for complaining. D.To inform readers the effects of complaining. |
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We are fortunate to live in a city that encourages bicycling as a means of transportation.Our local government has promoted bicycling by improving bike lanes and increasing the number of them. The growing number of cyclists, however, brings this question to mind: should bicyclists be required to share the responsibilities of the road? Automobile drivers have to take competency tests, follow established regulations, and accept punishment for breaking rules. The city requests drivers to register and license their vehicles to ensure accountability (责任）. Bicyclists who use public roadways should be held accountable, too. Let's look at what sharing the road means. For one thing, it should involve cost sharing.Auto registration and license fees are used, in part, for building and maintaining roadways. It seems only reasonable to ask bicyclists to contribute to transportation funding as well. More importantly,sharing the road includes accountability. When drivers ignore the rules of the road, the police and other motorists have the opportunity to identify them by their license plate number and report their offenses (违法行为）。 This isn't true for bicyclists. I've seen bicyclists moving quickly between lanes.Because they show no identification, they feel protected by anonymity(匿名）。What good would it do to report to the police “I saw a guy on a red bike blow through the stoplight"? The simple act of making bicyclists identifiable would encourage safer, more responsible riding. Of course,I've heard arguments against asking cyclists to register and license their bikes. Some people might say, “Little kids ride bikes. Would you require a six-year-old rider to take a test and pay a fee?" Obviously, the city could determine an age when cycling would be considered a "means of transportation on public roads." Other people argue that bicycle fees are unfair because bikes don't damage the roadways as cars do. Bicycle registration fees could be comparatively modest, and the method for displaying a license number could be simple. Many U.S. cities and towns now implement bike registration and licensing. A statute(法规）from one. California town states that the laws regulating bicycles have a dual purpose, antitheft and safety. I'm eager to see more bicyclists on the road, and I'm hoping for riders who take their responsibilities seriously. 【1】To advocate responsible cycling, the author suggests A.increasing the number of bike lanes B.giving competency tests to all cyclists C.identifying cyclists through registration D.reporting cycling offenses more frequently 【2】What is the author's purpose in writing Paragraph 4? A.To explain how bicycle registration and licensing work. B.To provide solutions to reduce irresponsible cycling of kids. C.To respond to people's doubts about holding cyclists accountable. D.To argue against requiring cyclists to register and license their bicycles. 【3】What argumentative methods are used in this article? ① Using examples ② Quoting professionals ③ Comparing and contrasting ④ Appealing to readers' emotions A.①② B.②④ C.③④ D.①③ 【4】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A.Should we encourage more cycling in the city? B.Should cyclists register and license their bikes? C.What does "sharing the road" mean to cyclists? D.How can road safety be guaranteed for cyclists? |
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The Psychology of Spending Have you ever stayed up “chopping your hands” during the Double Eleventh Shopping Festival? Does possessing the latest iPhone 12, designer purse or limited sneakers really brighten your day? 【1】 Dr. Thomas Gilovich, psychology professor at Cornell University, has studied the topic for over 20 years. According to Dr. Gilovich, “We buy things to make us happy, and we succeed, but only for a while. New things are exciting to us initially, but then we adapt to them.” 【2】 Dr. Gilovich has found that our satisfaction with possessions fades over time. Yet our happiness over things we’ve experienced increases. Why experiences are the better investment? 1. 【3】 A trip, an adventure or a hobby etc. tend to bring the participants together and unite them over a shared interest. According to Gilovich, “We consume experiences directly with other people.” As a result, these experiences typically create a positive link and good feelings toward the other person or people. 2. Your experiences become a part of your identity. You might be someone who loves taking cooking classes. 【4】 They won’t know you as someone who owns the latest kitchen equipment. 3. Experiences provide lasting memories. Planned experiences are frequently something we expect. Then when the moment arrives, if we enjoy the time involved in the activity, we’re left with fond memories. These memories will often last a lifetime. Even our worst trips, on many occasions, are later committed to memory with laughter. Materialism VS Meaningful Experiences 【5】 Why not spend them on things that will make the greatest difference to our lives — meaningful experiences? A.More than likely, you’ll strike your friends and family as a great cook. B.Most of us possess limited resources. C.The research showed that people who spent money on experiences instead of possessions were happier. D.Activities can bond individuals. E.He has concluded that we are spending our money on the wrong things. F.Old questions as they seem, one psychologist thinks that he might have the answer. G.In other words, once the novelty (新鲜感) of our newest purchase wears off, we begin looking for something else to buy to make us happy. |
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One of the easiest things in the world is to become a fault-finder. However, life can be _____ when you are not busy finding fault with it. Several years ago I ___ a letter from seventeen-year-old Kerry, who described herself as a world-class fault-finder, almost always ___ by things. People were always doing things that annoyed her, and ___ was ever good enough. She was highly self-critical and also found fault with her friends. She became a really ___ person. Unfortunately, it took a horrible accident to change her ___. Her best friend was seriously hurt in a car crash. What made it almost ___ to deal with was that the day before the ___, Kerry had visited her friend and had spent the whole time criticizing her ___ of boyfriends, the way she was living, the way she related to her mother, and various other things she felt she needed to ____. It wasn’t until her friend was badly hurt that Kerry became ____ her habit of finding fault. Very quickly, she learned to appreciate life rather than to ____ everything so harshly(刻薄). She was able to transfer her new wisdom to other parts of her ____ as well. Perhaps most of us aren’t as extreme at fault-finding, ____ when we’re honest, we can be sharply ____ of the world. I’m not suggesting you ____ problems, or that you pretend things are ____ than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are — ____ most of the time, and especially when it’s not a really big ____. Train yourself to ＂bite your tongue＂, and with a little ____, you’ll get really good at letting things go. And when you do, you’ll get back your enthusiasm and love for life. 【1】A. lonely B. great C. quiet D. uneasy 【2】A. received B. answered C. expected D. rejected 【3】A. threatened B. interrupted C. bothered D. spoiled 【4】A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing 【5】A. caring B. boring C. interesting D. surprising 【6】A. attitude B. plan C. measure D. explanation 【7】A. urgent B. unnecessary C. certain D. impossible 【8】A. occasion B. event C. accident D. adventure 【9】A. memory B. notice C. evidence D. choice 【10】A. hear B. contribute C. express D. admit 【11】A. aware of B. afraid of C. curious about D. confused about 【12】A. discuss B. realize C. judge D. settle 【13】A. family B. life C. career D. education 【14】A. so B. or C. but D. for 【15】A. proud B. sure C. hopeful D. critical 【16】A. face B. create C. solve D. ignore 【17】A. rarer B. better C. stranger D. worse 【18】A. at least B. at last C. by far D. so far 【19】A. task B. deal C. result D. duty 【20】A. practice B. speech C. rest D. pity |
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阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡相应位置上。 There are no precise 【1】 (criterion) that can be used to judge what is beautiful. As the anthropologist (人类学家) Margaret Mead once put 【2】, standards and ideas of beauty change across time. Nowadays, some costumes and actions once 【3】 (regard) as beauty in the 19th century are not considered healthy or attractive, while something 【4】 (fashion) now had different functions in the past. There is no consistent view on beauty, as beauty is influenced by culture and it is even 【5】 (whole) different in the eyes of beholders. In some countries, young women follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos 【6】 preparation for their wedding day. In other cultures, looking thin for a husband-to-be is not 【7】 a woman desires at all. 【8】 different, one thing is certain-it is inner beauty that requires us to truly see. Beauty, that is to say, 【9】 (accompany) by an attraction to something deeper within a person, 【10】 can be found in a wide range of personal qualities. |
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。 修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意:1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改 10 处，多者 (从第 11 处起) 不计分。 Joy, a friend of me, was fed up with his increasing weight. All the times he kept thinking of ways to reduce his weight. One day, he went to the shopkeeper and said, "I've come to find a book that tells how reduce weight. Please give me a copy of that book." The shopkeeper said, “Sir, the last copy of that book got been sold just a few minutes ago. So I have other good book that tells how to gain weight.” Joy said, “You’re kidding! I want to reduce weight, not increasing it.” The shopkeeper replied, “It’s so easily to solve the problem! Just don’t do that is written in the book.” |
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今年暑假，你参加了一个为期一周的志愿者活动。现在请你根据下列提示，写一篇短文介绍这次难忘的经历。 1.介绍参加人员； 2.活动内容； 3.自己的收获。 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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