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The Ig Nobel Prizes praise research that makes you laugh and then think. The winners are allowed to make a one-minute speech with time kept by an eight-year-old! Every year, in Harvard' s Sanders Theatre, people watch the winners step forward to accept their prizes. These are physically handed out by real Nobel laureates （获得者）.Let' s have a look at some of them. The Empty Bladder （膀胱）Experiment Four researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology found that animals above 3 kg empty their bladders in about 21 seconds. What is the purpose of this study? The researchers hope this will help solve urinary （泌尿的）problems in animals. The Science of Eggs A team of Australian scientists managed to get hard-boiled egg whites to become raw again. While it sounds silly, this research could have a serious influence on cancer （癌症） research. The Fascination with Animals Charles Foster and Thomas Thwaites from the UK shared the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize in Biology. Thomas chose to live like a goat and wrote about his experience in "GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human". Charles, on the other hand, spent some time in the wild, trying out the lives of many animals. He felt it gave him a chance to explore the world around us with more of our senses. Colors & Horseflies A team from Hungary, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland won the 2016 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics. They studied why horseflies have less interest in white-haired horses. The team used handmade horses covered in glue. They found that dark colors attracted more flies because of how sunlight reflected （反射）off them. To the food searchers, it was a sign of food. This finding could explain the white coats of zebras too. 【1】Who give the Ig Nobel winners their prizes? A. Eight-year-olds. B. Harvard professors. C. Nobel Prize winners. D. Nobel Prize organizers. 【2】What did Charles Foster and Thomas Tliwaites have in common? A. They shared the Ig Nobel Prize in Physics. B. Both their experiments centered on animals. C. They did their research in the same place. D. Both their experiments explored human senses. 【3】What does the underlined part "food searchers" refer to? A. Zebras B. Horseflies C. Handmade horses D. White-haired horses |
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HANGZHOU-Chinese internet giant Alibaba on Tuesday opened a hotel loaded with artificial intelligence (Al) and robots, automating a series of procedures like check-in, lights control and room service. FlyZoo Hotel, opened in Hangzhou, capital of East China's Zhejiang province, where Alibaba is headquartered, is known as the company's first "future hotel”. Customers can check into the hotel by simply scanning their faces. The facial recognition system installed in the hotel also enables customers to use their faces as key cards to open doors and access another hotel service. Users can also control the lights, televisions and curtains in the room via Alibaba's voice-activated digital assistant, while robots are deployed to serve dishes, cocktails and cofiee. Hotel bookings and check-out can also be done with a few clicks on mobile through an app. nThe Al-based solution can help customers save time and relieve hotel employees from repetitive work，" said Wang Qun, CEO of FlyZoo Hotel. The hotel is the latest example of Chinese tech companies1 attempt into traditional industries such as the hotel industry. E-commerce giant JD. com announced in October its strategy to put smart home and electronic devices sold on its platform into hotels, in an effort to improve online sales. In July, Baidu teamed up with Intercontinental Hotels Group in Beijing to allow guests to use its voice-controlled assistant to adjust room temperature and order room service at ease. Before that, social media giant Tencent introduced QQfamily, a similar tech solution for hotel operators, in the southern city of Zhuhai last year. "We want to install a 'smart brain' for hotels, " said Wang, "In the future, we will continue to make hotels smarter and more automated, as well as create more personalized experiences for consumers." 【1】How can customers check into FlyZoo Hotel? A. By scanning their faces. B. By clicking their mobile phones. C. By showing hotel staff their ID cards. D. By using voice-activated digital assistant. 【2】Which of the following hasn't been realized? A. All hotel service is provided by robots. B. Room service can be controlled by artificial intelligence. C. Room temperature can be adjusted by artificial intelligence. D. Televisions can be turned off by voice-activated digital assistant. 【3】What does the passage mainly talk about? A. Internet giants open Al in future hotel". B. Artificial intelligence is used in hotels. C. Internet giants switch to hotel industry. D. Traditional hotels will disappear soon. |
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Dr Dian Fossey, one of the world’s leading women scientists, had a remarkable career. The work she devoted her life to protecting and studying the mountain gorillas (大猩猩) of Africa—has proved highly effective and has resulted in the steady (平稳的) increase of this most endangered great apes. Fossey made her first trip to Africa in 1963. Three years later, she returned to Africa to begin a long term study of the mountain gorillas. She set up camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo but moved to Rwanda because of political reasons in 1967. She established her “Karisoke” Research Centre camp on September 24,1967. Fossey’s aims were to study gorilla ecology(生态学) and social organization. She found that in order to achieve this, she needed to recognize individual gorillas, which required that the gorillas get used to her presence(出现). By copying gorillas’ behaviour and sounds, Fossey began to gain their trust, and in 1970 an adult male gorilla she had named “Peanuts” reached out to touch her hand. Close observations over thousands of hours enabled Fossey to gain the gorillas’ trust and bring forth new knowledge about their behaviour. Stories and photographs of her work were published in National Geographic Magazine and elsewhere. In 1977, one of Fossey’s favorite gorillas, Digit, was killed by poachers and she established the Digit Fund to help raise money for gorilla protection efforts in the same year. On December 26, 1985, Fossey was murdered while going back to her house in Karisoke. Her body was discovered near the research centre. Most probably? Dian Fossey had been killed by the poachers she’d fought against. On her tombstone (墓碑): “No one loved gorillas more...” In 1988, the life and the work of Fossey were made into a movie based on her book. 【1】Why does the author say Dr Dian Fossey “had a remarkable career”？ A. Because she travelled all over the world. B. Because she liked to play with gorillas. C. Because she studied gorilla ecology. D. Because she made great apes increase steadily. 【2】The underlined word “poachers” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to people who . A. sell drugs against the law B. hunt animals against the law C. hate successful people D. like to do harm to people 【3】From the words on Fosseys tombstone, we can infer that ________. A. Fossey was the person who loved gorillas most B. after Fossey died, no one loved gorillas C. Fossey was the first one to study gorillas D. everybody loved gorillas as Fossey did 【4】According to the passage, Fossey’s life can be described as ________. A. sad and unlucky B. lonely and boring C. simple and happy D. challenging and successful |
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It is not as simple as opening the door and hitting the track in winter. There are a few things you can do to ensure you are getting the most out of your run, and, importantly, not doing more harm than good. Warm up, cool down 【1】Your muscles need some time to warm up when it’s cold, so take it easy when you set off and do a few stretches (伸展) once you're finished. Drink water You might not feel hot, but that's because sweat evaporates (蒸发) more quickly into the chilly, dry air. So be sure to drink water before, during and after cold-weather workouts.【2】A belt bottle conveniently attaches to your waist so you don't have to carry it and can have a drink whenever you feel like it. 【3】 Running in cotton is a bad idea. Wear thin, breathable layers of synthetic ( 合成的)clothing that help protect you from the wind and snow, but still let out heat and moisture (水分) .Thirty percent of your body heat escapes through your hands and forty percent through your head. Wear a hat, or beanie (无边小便帽) ,and gloves so your circulatory system can distribute warm blood to the rest of your body.【4】 Run into the wind 【5】Obviously, it will be an easier passage home with some extra help from Mother Nature. But, more importantly, you won't have the wind in your face for the second half of your run, when you are more likely to be sweating and catch a chill. A. Dress right. B. Keep warm. C. Don't go too fast, too soon. D. Start and finish in the same way. E. Don't wait to drink water until you feel thirsty. F. Head out into the wind and come home with it at your back. G. On really cold days, wear a mask or scarf over your mouth to protect your face. |
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By the end of last year, my husband and I had settled in a house with an ocean view in New Zealand. We love it here and feel like we have ________our life goals-well, one of them. The ocher goal is to _______ what wc have now. Life isn't always like this・ I _______ when I was growing up I always felt as though I was going through life for the only purpose of __ my parents・ The only ________ with this was that I was the only person who knew about that ____________ . Things didift really __________ when I went to boarding school. I was ________ sorry I would let my parents down. I was 12 years old then and _________80 kg — not good for a 12-year-old girl. I hated myself. I did not _________ sports activities because I didn't know what to do. My self-esteem （自尊）was below the horizon and I felt a total __ , as if I was not good enough for __________ ・ In my second year I thought I had turned things __ when I came top of the class. It was only later that I learned __ is not about people-pleasing and seeking ___from others is not the way to long-term happiness — this is something that needs to come from within, from feeling complete, feeling _________, loved, successful and worthy. This is how I am today. I had been a victim （(受害者）in life, feeling like everyone was_________ me, like I was never going to be _________ enough and so on. Then one day I discovered life coaching. Coaching was the life blood of my very being. I discovered I had a ________in life. I will always have a choice, _______ that every decision I make is my decision・How powerful it is! 【1】A. reached B. formed C. set D. received 【2】A. keep B. guard C. enjoy D. share 【3】A. believe B. Remember C. discuss D. admit 【4】A. Encouraging B. Comforting C. pleasing D. mentioning 【5】A. subject B. Experience C. problem D. event 【6】A. opinion B. goal C. truth D. belief 【7】A. appear B. change C. last D. work 【8】A. frequently B. rarely C. absolutely D. narrowly 【9】A. measured B. seemed C. limited D. weighed 【10】A. take in B. succeed in C. bring in D. participate in 【11】A. stranger B. winner C. success D. failure 【12】A. something B. Everything C. anything D. nothing 【13】A. out B. down C. over D. around 【14】A. life B. Excitement C. growth D. relationship 【15】A. approval B. Application C. hope D. support 【16】A. relaxed B. difficult C. confident D. different 【17】A. for B. like C. against D. towards 【18】A. good B. healthy C. normal D. outstanding 【19】A. choice B. way C. guide D. dream 【20】A. refusing B. wishing C. knowing D. Depending |
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语法填空 Yuan Longping was born in 1930 and graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953，【1】 hunger was a big problem for many people in the countryside.Since then, finding ways to grow more rice 【2】(be)his life goal.And he searched for a way 【3】(increase) rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields.Now, he 【4】(consider) as a great man who devotes his life to 【5】(find) a way to increase the rice output. As one of the most famous scientists, he grows what is called super hybrid rice which has 【6】 high output.Using his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before.【7】， he doesn't care about being famous.He feels it gives him 【8】(little) freedom to do his research.He would rather keep time for his 【9】(hobby)．He enjoys listening to violin music, swimming and reading.Money means very little to him.Indeed, he believes that a person 【10】 too much money has more rather than fewer troubles. |
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单词拼写 【1】All the students felt encouraged by the_____（inspire） speech given by Jane Goodall. 【2】Mr. Wang is one of the regular_____（顾客）. 【3】It’s r _____ not to say “Thank you" when you are given something. 【4】They were selling everything at a d_____. 【5】The man_____（发表）a lecture on the stage is Dr. Smith, a professor famous for his aging study of animal. 【6】The unemployment_____（比率）in this district has fallen from 6% to 5% in the past two years. 【7】She was ashamed of her children' s bad_____（举止）. 【8】As an_____ (杰出的）director, he has left a few good films for us to remember. 【9】The heat brings about a _____（化学的）reaction, and oxygen is produced. 【10】What did you say to the teacher in_____（解释）of why you were absent from class on Monday morning? |
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某英文报纸《伟人介绍》栏目向你约稿。假如你崇拜的人是马云，请根据下表提示写一篇 英语短文，简要介绍这个人物。
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