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When I was 17, I read a magazine article about a museum called the McNay, once the home of a watercolorist named Marian McNay. She had requested the community to tum it into a museum upon her death. On a sunny Saturday, Sally and I drove over to the museum. She asked, "Do you have the address? ""No, but I'll recognize it, there was a picture in the magazine. " "Oh, stop. There it is!" The museum was free. We entered, excited. A group of people sitting in the hall stopped talking and stared at us. "May I help you?" a man asked. "No," I said. "We're fine." Tour guides got on my nerves. What if they talked a long time about a painting you weren't that interested in? Sally had gone upstairs. The people in the hall seemed very nosy(爱窥探的), keeping their eyes on me with curiosity. What was their problem? I saw some nice sculptures in one room. Suddenly I sensed a man standing behind me. "Where do you think you are?" he asked. I turned sharply. "The McNay Art Museum!" He smiled, shaking his head. "Sorry, the McNay is on New Braunfels Street." "What's this place?" I asked, still confused. "Well, it's our home." My heart jolted(震颤). I raced to the staircase and called out, "Sally! Come down immediately! " "There's some really good stuff( 艺术作品）up there." She stepped down, looking confused. I pushed her toward the front door, waving at the family, saying, "Sorry, please forgive us, you have a really nice place." Outside, when I told Sally what happened, she covered her mouth, laughing. She couldn't believe how long they let us look around without saying anything. The real McNay was splendid, but we felt nervous the whole time we were there. Van Gogh, Picasso. This time, we stayed together, in case anything else unusual happened. Thirty years later, a woman approached me in a public place. "Excuse me, did you ever enter a residence, long ago, thinking it was the McNay Museum?" "Yes. But how do you know? We never told anyone. " "That was my home. I was a teenager sitting in the hall. Before you came over, I never realized what a beautiful place I lived in. I never felt lucky before. You thought it was a museum. My feelings about my home changed after that. I've always wanted to thank you." 【1】What do we know about Marian McNay? A.She was a journalist. B.She was a painter. C.She was a museum director. D.She was a community leader. 【2】Why did the author refuse the help from the man in the house? A.She disliked people who were nosy. B.She felt nervous when talking to strangers. C.She mistook him for a tour guide. D.She knew more about art than the man. 【3】How did the author feel about being stared at by the people in the hall? A.Puzzled. B.Concerned. C.Frightened. D.Delighted. 【4】What could we learn from the last paragraph? A.People should have good taste to enjoy life. B.People should spend more time with their family. C.People tend to be blind to the beauty around them. D.People tend to educate teenagers at a museum. |
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Several years ago, Waze Mobile co-founder Ehud Shabtai received a special gift from his girlfriend: a GPS device. The expensive gift was supposed to be helpful. But straight out of the box, it was already out of date. Shabtai, a coding enthusiast, had an immediate action to reinvent it. Shabtai’s idea is to build an app. With monthly 80 million active users globally and nearly 400,000 superusers who function much like Wikipedia volunteer editors (editing maps rather than words), Waze Mobile caught people’s eyes as a revolutionary approach to navigation (导航). Waze’s value mainly lies in its high rate of user involvement. Unlike traditional navigation apps that simply show directions, Waze asks its users to report accidents and other road conditions in real time, so other users can avoid the traffic by using another route. The goal behind Waze’s approach is a great one: not just avoid the traffic jam, but end it altogether. Waze is finding new ways to put its loyal and active user base to use to make that dream a reality, including a plan to make carpooling (拼车) cool. To be sure, traffic jams are troubling people all over the world. Waze has been quietly ahead of the game for some time. In 2013, when Waze was just a small digital-mapping business with limited resources, it had something other competitors didn’t: richer GPS guidance thanks to its stream of live traffic reports from users. These users were the basis of Shabtai’s plan to improve his GPS device constantly: the app could be perpetually updated by users, anywhere and anytime. Waze Carpool is going straight to the heart of traffic jams, trying to get more drivers off the road and into carpooling. The app has already connected tens of thousands of drivers willing to share information, and that trend could be the answer to a traffic-free future. 【1】What did Shabtai do when he found his girlfriend’s gift out of date? A.He improved it. B.He took it apart. C.He put it away. D.He used it away. 【2】What makes Waze Mobile different from traditional navigation apps? A.It has the most users. B.It can show directions. C.Most users help edit its words. D.It reports road conditions in real time. 【3】What does the underline word “perpetually” in Paragraph 4 probably mean? A.Slowly. B.Carefully. C.Greatly. D.Continually. 【4】What is mainly talked about in the text? A.The rise of Waze Carpool. B.An advanced navigation app. C.The development of GPS. D.The challenge Waze Mobile faces. |
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The idea of being able to walk on water has long interested humans greatly. Sadly, biological facts prevent us ever accomplishing such a thing without artificial aid---we simply weigh too much, and all our mass pushes down through our relatively small feet, resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink. However, several types of animals can walk on water. One of the most interesting is the common basilisk Basilicus basilicus, a lizard (蜥蜴)native to Central and South America. It can run across water for a distance of several meters, avoiding getting wet by rapidly hitting the water’s surface with its feet. The lizard will take as many as 20 steps per second to keep moving forward. For humans to do this, we，d need huge feet that we could bring up to our ears in order to create adequate w hitting. ’’ But fortunately there is an alternative : cornflour. By adding enough of this common thickening agent to water (and it does take a lot), you can create a “non-Newtonian” liquid that doesn’t behave like normal water. Now, if the surface of the water is hit hard enough, particles(粒子）in the water group together for a moment to make the surface hard. Move quickly enough and put enough force into each step, and you really can walk across the surface of an adequately thick Liquid of cornflour. Fun though all this may sound, it’s still rather messy and better read about in theory than carried out in practice. If you must do it, then keep the water wings handy in case you start to sink--and take a shower afterward! 【1】Walking on water hasn’t become a reality mainly because humans______. A. are not interested in it B. have biological limitations C. have not invented proper tools D. are afraid to make an attempt 【2】What do we know about Basilicus basilicus from the passage? A. It is light enough to walk on water. B. Its huge feet enable it to stay above water. C. It can run across water at a certain speed. D. Its unique skin keeps it from getting wet in water. 【3】What is the function of the cornflour according to the passage? A. To create a thick liquid. B. To turn the water into solid. C. To help the liquid behave normally. D. To enable the water to move rapidly. 【4】What is the author’s attitude toward the idea of humans’ walking on water? A. It is risky but beneficial. B. It is interesting and worth trying. C. It is crazy and cannot become a reality. D. It is impractical though theoretically possible. |
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“Hot potato” is a children’s game similar to musical chairs (抢座位游戏), in which participants sit in a circle and pass a potato or any other object to others around the circle as quickly as possible.【1】 This game is popular for entertaining large groups of kids at parties, school, or other events that include children. “Hot potato” was originally played. with a real potato.【2】 No single version is the right way to play. Changes can be made to suit nearly any theme and any situation. The game of “hot potato” is easy to play with large groups of kids outdoors. 【3】 It’s common for physical education teachers to play this game with smaller children, using a ball in order to help children improve their catching skills. 【4】 Variations, also called passing the potato or passing the pumpkin (南瓜), are great school party ideas. You can easily create a themed version of the game for Halloween. Have children sit in a circle indoors and hand one child a small pumpkin. The teacher can play Halloween music, but he or she should not look at the circle of kids. You can create similar versions for Christmas, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or a birthday party.【5】 It is highly suggested that all players receive a small prize for playing, such as a piece of candy, and the winner can be provided with a slightly larger prize. A. Above all, laughter is the goal. B. Players can even stand up if space permits. C. Hot potato isn’t limited to outdoors by any means. D. In fact, hot potato can be adapted to any children’s party. E. But today there are many other versions of hot potato. F. Of course, that person singing or calling should not watch the game. G. The aim of the game is not to be the one holding the potato when music stops. |
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When Angela Makey knew her autistic(患自闭症的) son wanted to open a comic shop, she laughed out loud. She knew he’d been _______ to comics since childhood. But how would he _______ customers and suppliers and all the other jobs that are necessary for _______ a business? At that time, Adam was looking for a job. He had a(n) _______ in philosophy and had learned to live independently, _______ there didn’t seem to be any suitable jobs for him. The family had hoped he and his younger brother Guy, also with autism, could find work that _______ their strengths: reliability, punctuality(守时) and attention to detail. But there were no _______ opportunities. So the “laughable” comic shop idea began to _______ Angela. _______ she used her savings to buy a shop in Cambridgeshire, and Niche Comics was born. Like many autistic people, Adam loves comics ________ their world of rich detail and visual expression. He ________ an interest in Marvel comic heroes on TV when he was seven years old. “They are a ________ that it’s OK not to be like everyone else,” Adam said. He’s now 30, and comics and their heroes are ________ part of his life. In the comic shop, the brothers share their encyclopaedia(百科全书般的) knowledge of comics with customers. The brothers act as ________ in this universe, introducing customers to new comics. The shop attracts many autistic customers. And being autistic themselves ________ to be a big help for the brothers to cope with customers. They are good at ________ the customers’ needs and feelings. “Maybe it’s the tone of the voice, the motion of a hand — small details that most people won’t pick up on — ________ we might have insight(洞悉) into.” Of course, the majority of customers who come to the shop are not autistic. Now the brothers get a steady ________ of customers who are, both male and female, from young children to retired people. ________ the shop had itself accepted, the brothers also began reaching out to people with autism ________ the shop. Seven years on, Angela is glad she took the risk of helping her sons create their dream shop. “This shop has a soul,” the mother says proudly. 【1】A.tied B.addicted C.linked D.sensitive 【2】A.deal with B.go with C.help with D.fight with 【3】A.holding B.catching C.running D.getting 【4】A.degree B.interest C.belief D.research 【5】A.but B.however C.also D.therefore 【6】A.gave B.established C.cultivated D.matched 【7】A.valuable B.possible C.capable D.available 【8】A.come on B.grow on C.hold on D.go on 【9】A.Firstly B.Gradually C.Eventually D.Naturally 【10】A.with B.for C.to D.in 【11】A.developed B.grew C.realized D.found 【12】A.program B.message C.reminder D.hero 【13】A.ever B.even C.still D.then 【14】A.consumers B.customers C.consultants D.guides 【15】A.turns out B.comes out C.tests out D.finds out 【16】A.spotting B.meeting C.satisfying D.giving 【17】A.when B.which C.where D.that 【18】A.line B.stream C.queue D.crowd 【19】A.Unless B.Before C.Once D.If 【20】A.beyond B.in C.from D.to |
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新概念英语原文填空（答案可能是一词或多词） When he had killed the guard, the prisoner of war quickly dragged him into the 【1】. Working 【2】 in the darkness, he soon changed into the dead man's clothes. Now, 【3】 in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched boldly up and down in front of the camp. He could hear shouting in the camp itself. Lights were blazing and men were running here and there: they had just discovered that a prisoner 【4】. At that moment, a large black car with four officers inside 【5】, stopped at the camp gates. The officers got out and the prisoner stood to attention and saluted 【6】 they passed. When they had gone, the driver of the car came 【7】 him. The man obviously wanted to talk. He was rather 【8】 with grey hair and clear blue eyes. The prisoner felt sorry for him, but there was nothing else he could do. As the man came near, the prisoner knocked him to the ground with 【9】 sharp blow. Then, 【10】 into the car, he drove off as quickly as he could. |
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请根据中文提示，用Book 6 Units 1-2 的单词或短语的正确形式填空，前7个是单词,后3个是短语。 【1】They say it is impossible to __________(预测) what will happen. 【2】All his ___________(尝试) to get through the driving test without being trained have failed. 【3】The government needs a more ___________(灵活的) approach to education. 【4】The money is intended to be used for __________(特定的) purposes. 【5】Twenty students want to attend the class that ________(瞄准) to teach how to read fast. 【6】The young couple had no children of their own and __________(收养) an orphan. 【7】With so many different forms of poetry to choose from, students may _________(最后) want to write poems of their own. 【8】He loves science fiction ________________(尤其). 【9】The exhibition will ____________(吸引) those who love impressionist paintings. 【10】__________________(许多) effort has been put into making the software reliable. |
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改句子，请你修改你同桌写的以下句子。每个句子都有一处错误，错误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(Λ)，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：每处错误及其修改均仅限一词 【1】His father is in the possession of this international company. 【2】Between two classes are an interval(间隔), when the students can have a short break. 【3】This was evident that ideas were changing in the 13th century. 【4】She would rather you come tomorrow than today. 【5】Frick had a preference to pre-twentieth century western paintings. 【6】With the boy led the way, we found the house easily. 【7】The basketball team is made of 12 members. 【8】One of the reasons that I want to go to a local school is to save money. 【9】If the rules of perspective have not been discovered, no one would have been able to paint such realistic pictures. 【10】Consequent, this text will describe only a few of the main styles. |
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假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Henry 打算寒假来南宁游玩，有两个公园可以选择：青秀山公园（Qingxiu Mountain Park）或五象湖公园（Wuxiang Lake Park）。他来信希望你推荐其中一个公园。请你回信，内容包括： 1. 你推荐的公园； 2. 你推荐的理由； 3. 你的祝愿。 注意：1. 词数100 左右； 2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 提示词：historical relics 历史遗迹; Wuxiang New District五象新区 Dear Henry, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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