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Olympic host cities are generally considered to be equipped with advanced technology and expensive facilities. Now, people can just go there for a little Olympic-level entertainment. Athens, Greece (1896 and 2004) Home to the first modern Olympic games in 1896, Athens' history of the Olympic tradition dates back several thousand years. Every four years, the Olympic torch is lit at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens before beginning its long journey to the new host city. Visitors can walk through the Olympic Velodrome in the Olympic Sports Complex and step back in time at the 50,000-seat stadium. Barcelona, Spain(1992) These days Barcelona is among the world's most visitable cities even without Olympic fame, but that isn't always the case. The telecommunications tower built for the games by Spanish architect Calatrava is also an iconic(图像的） device of the city's skyline, and its Olympics stadium- Montjuic Stadium is regularly used to host A-list musical performances like The Rolling Stones, Madonna, and Beyonce. St Moritz, Switzerland(1924 and 1948) Appropriately, the town that invented Alpine tourism has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, and continues to make use of its many sports facilities-if you can afford to get there. Stay at the Kulm Hotel for the easiest access to the Kulm Country Club, where guests can skate on the same lake used by mid-century Olympians, or test your courage on the Olympia Bob Run, one of the few places where you can ride a full-speed Olympic bobsled(双人雪橇） on a run constructed entirely of ice. Sydney, Australia (2000) The turn-of-the-century Sydney Summer Olympics were named the "Green Games" by the International Olympic Committee (10C) and were designed to introduce a more environmentally conscious way of hosting the event. The structure that best shows Sydney's efforts to be an example of continuing Olympic development is the ANZ Stadium. 【1】Where does the host city get the Olympic torch lit? A.At the Panathenaic Stadium. B.At the Olympic Sports Complex. C.At the Montjuic Stadium. D.At the ANZ Stadium. 【2】Who will probably choose to visit St.Moritz? A.Those fond of ice-sports. B.Those fond of listening to opera. C.Those interested in popular music. D.Those interested in Olympic history. 【3】What's special about Sydney Olympic Games? A.Their designers are from Spain. B.They are thought poorly of by the IOC. C.They are hosted in an environmentally friendly way. D.Their design intention is proposed by Sydney authority. |
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Consider how difficult the idea of a patent was to a woman in the early 19th century. As daughters, their property belonged to their father; as wives, their property belonged to their husband. In a land where women could neither own goods nor enter into contracts with suppliers, it seemed impossible for women to apply for a patent. But a woman in Connecticut named Mary Dixon Kies had an idea worth patenting. It came to her during a time of fashion emergence in the United States. In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson decided to ban the import of British goods. In the end, the official freeze in trade proved to be a disaster, causing exports to drop sharply. Just 15 months of the ban forced the American fashion industry to turn inward. Now that New England couldn't ship goods, it had to make them instead. Kies wasn't the first woman to improve hat making at that time. A young girl named Besty Metcalf, who saw a straw hat in a store window that she couldn't afford, went home and came up with a different technique to make her own. I hat idea turned New England into a hotbed of straw hat making. Though Metcalt never patented her straw hat-making technique, when Kies came up with her idea she did. Her own method was to weave silk or thread into the straw, creating a pleasing appearance. One took advantage of a relatively new law, the 1790 Patent Act, which allowed all persons ask for protection of their original methods and designs, and got the first patent ever awarded to a woman on May 15, 1809. Kies’ method took off and fueled the growing straw hat industry. When Lames Madison President that year, he sighed Kies’ patent and First lady Dolley Madison apparently was so taken with Kies’ creation that she wrote to her and congratulated her on helping women in the industry. 【1】What is the first paragraph mainly about? A.Contract law. B.Patent application. C.Women's status in the early 19th century. D.Family conflicts in the early 19th century. 【2】What did American fashion industry have to do around 1808? A.Export raw materials. B.Find financial support. C.Improve its export trade. D.Produce its own clothing. 【3】What was the advantage of Kies hats over Metcalf’s? A.They were more beautiful. B.They were more eco-friendly. C.They were much lighter. D.They were much cheaper. 【4】What was First Lady Dolley Madison's attitude towards Kies' creation? A.Doubtful. B.Admiring. C.Disapproving. D.Uninterested. |
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Chinese high school students have the most positive attitude towards online learning compared with those in the United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), according to a report released by China Youth Daily. The study, conducted by researchers at China Youth and Children Research Center, including their counterparts in the other three countries, covered 3,903 Chinese high school students, 1,521 US high school students, 2,204 Japanese high school students and 1,618 high school students of the ROK. The report showed that most of the surveyed students in the four countries embrace online learning. Online learning is important" is perceived by 87.1 percent of Chinese students, and "on-learning is interesting" is supported by 91.2 percent of Chinese students, both a little higher than that in any of the other three countries. More than 94 percent of Chinese high school students believe that online learning can expend scope of knowledge, while 86.8 percent believe that they can learn from first-class teachers via the Internet, according to the report. Through online learning can push the boundaries of time and space, the report said the students were easily distracted, adding that students in the four countries expressed similar concern such as poor vision, reliance on the Internet and less effort in problem-solving on their own. 【1】What do most Chinese students think of online learning? A.It is of great importance. B.It is helpful but kind of boring. C.It helps them stay focused at home. D.It is less interesting than classroom learning. 【2】Which can best explain "embrace" underlined in paragraph 3? A.Schedule. B.Accept. C.Abandon. D.Update. 【3】Which of the following is one of the advantages of online learning? A.It makes students feel at school. B.Students can attend classes given by excellent teachers. C.Students will work harder when they are learning online. D.It enables students to know more about their classmates. 【4】What can we infer from the text? A.China Daily did the study. B.American students dislike online learning. C.Students in the world enjoy online learning. D.Online learning may lead to students' bad eyesight. |
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Robots are often cast in popular science fiction as the bad characters that take over the world and enslave mankind. But with the beginning of some serious diseases, robots are increasingly being employed as helpers, taking on often dull, difficult and dangerous tasks and thus reducing humans' exposure to some terrifying virus. In the United States, two of the main ways in which robotic technology is being used in the hospitals are to disinfect(消毒）hospital rooms and act as a telemedicine portal, allowing doctors and health care workers to communicate via video conference directly with patients without unnecessarily exposing themselves to those highly infectious virus. In Boston, doctors, researchers and robotics engineers have teamed up to bring a friendly, dog-like, four-legged robot named Spot into Brigham and Women' s Hospital, allowing doctors to communicate with patients via telemedicine. In March, at the start of the pandemic, a league from hospital, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Spot's manufacturer-Boston Dynamnics, began testing the robot's design to enable Spot to communicate with patients, thus reducing the exposure of frontline health care workers to the virus. In the place of a head, Spot has an iPad affixed to a stand, allowing doctors to conduct telemedicine services with their patients. “Most people actually really like it,” says Dr. Peter Chai, an emergency medicine physician who serves as the hospital's chief researcher on the robot project. Researchers are working to increase the robot's diagnostic abilities, enabling it to measure the patients temperature and his or her respiratory rate (呼吸率）. Chai predicts that hospitals will continue to find more ways to use robots, and tie wonders whether robots can deliver supplies to rooms or see patients with other infectious diseases 【1】What words can best describe the jobs robots are employed to do? A.Normal and easy. B.Exciting and dangerous. C.Dirty and complex. D.Frightening and difficult. 【2】Why are robots being used in American hospitals? A.To save money. B.To replace doctors. C.To protect doctors from infecting virus. D.To deliver supplies to patients and doctors. 【3】What do we know about Spot? A.It is a friendly dog. B.It can deliver supplies to hospital rooms. C.It can help adjust the patient's temperature. D.It allows doctors to conduct telemedicine services. 【4】What can be the best title for the text? A.Spot the Robot Dog B.Train Robot Doctors C.Robots Being Used in Hospital D.Robots in Popular Science Fiction |
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Where do hurricane names come from? Why do we give human names to violent, mindless masses of water and wind? And how do we all agree which name to use? Before the 1940s, only the worst storms were given names. 【1】There was the Sea Islands Hurricane of 1893, the Great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 and the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 to name a few. The practice of using more memorable names didn't begin until 1950. It was when Atlantic tropical hurricanes received official names, although they still weren't human ones. 【2】 So the 1950 season featured such strangely named storms as Hurricane Dog, Hurricane Easy and Hurricane Love. 【3】 The same list of names was recycled every year, so the 1950-1952 seasons each featured a Hurricane Able through at least Hurricane Fox. That became confusing, so in 1953 the U.S. National Hurricane Center began using female human names, which proved far more successful. Not only did it make storm identification easier, but it helped authorities and news outlets spread warnings. 【4】 The first hurricane names were often inspired by forecasters' wives, but in 1979 men's names were added to the mix The World Meteorological Organization now monitors the master list of names, which alternates between male and females six lists are rotated annually in the Atlantic.so the 2015 names will be used again in 2021. 【5】 Seventy-eight Atlantic hurricane names have been retired since 1954, including 29 since 2000. A.Besides, it helped the public pay attention to them. B.These names were chosen from some familiar words. C.This naming rule, however, had an obvious weakness. D.These names of retired hurricanes are silly or unreasonable. E.But when a hurricane is bad enough, its name can be retired. F.They were usually based on the place or time of year they made landfall. G.It is also easier to use names when we have more than one storm to track. |
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An English battleship was sailing at sea in the severe weather for several days. The visibility was poor_______ heavy fog, so the captain landed on the watchtower, _______ all the activities. Shortly, a lookout reported that a light ahead was _______.The captain asked, "Is it steady or_______ towards our ship?" The lookout replied, "The light was steady, but our _______ was going to be in _______ with that one." The captain ordered the lookout to send a signal to that ship and told them that the two sides would have the risk of crashing into each other if they didn't _______ course. Back came a signal, "It's _______for you to change course." Then the captain shouted angrily. "Send, I'm a battleship. You'll change course." "Captain, I've never seen you _______your top before." the lookout said and did. Back came another signal, "I'm a lighthouse!" The captain was ________ after knowing this, and they had to change their course ________. On our path in life, we sometimes have to change course: ________, we would run into the ________. Some people spend much time trying to change everything around them, not realizing they can________ it only by changing themselves. They're hitting their head on the barrier but expecting a good result. It's just as stupid as not changing their course when those are about to collide with a lighthouse. So when life puts an unmovable________ in front of you, stick to the secret: changing course and going on. 【1】A.in spite of B.in addition to C.on account of D.on top of 【2】A.keeping an eye on B.enquiring about C.engaging in D.turning a deaf ear to 【3】A.charging B.falling C.fading D.flashing 【4】A.shooting B.moving C.pointing D.looking 【5】A.instruction B.method C.ship D.captain 【6】A.trade B.peace C.collision D.comparison 【7】A.affect B.readjust C.admit D.uncover 【8】A.typical B.early C.challenging D.advisable 【9】A.blow B.reach C.stuff D.show 【10】A.heartbroken B.innocent C.relieved D.thunderstruck 【11】A.temporarily B.instantly C.slowly D.merrily 【12】A.otherwise B.however C.therefore D.anyway 【13】A.top secret B.safe path C.comfort zone D.brick wall 【14】A.learn B.make C.take D.see 【15】A.opportunity B.target C.object D.fantasy |
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Certainly, there are many nonverbal 【1】(clue) that have completely different meanings in different cultures. One of the most important means of nonverbal communication in any culture 【2】(be) eye contact. Eye contact, 【3】simply refers to one person looking another person in the eye, seems to have strong implications in almost every culture though these implications vary 【4】(wide) across the globe! What does eye contact mean in the United States? Here, if you have good eye contact with a person, it generally implies that you are 【5】(concern) with what that person is saying. If you look down or away from a person rather than meeting him or her, you are considered to be either unfocused 【6】uninterested in him or her. Also, if you refuse 【7】（meet) eye contact with a person, you may be considered to lack 【8】(confident). On the other hand, a person who makes eye contact with another person 【9】(think) to be confident and bold and courage is always considered a good quality! So, 【10】summary, making eye contact is generally considered a good thing in the United States. |
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假定你是李华，上周你校举办了中国古典音乐演奏会。请你为校英文报写一篇报道，内容包括： 1.时间和地点； 2.演奏内容； 3.音乐会反响。 注意： 1.写作词数应为80左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 A Chinese Classical Music Concert _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 The young mother stared down at her son who was seriously ill. Although her heart was filled with sadness, she also had a strong feeling of determination. Like any other parents, she wanted her son to grow up and fulfill all his dreams with ease though that might be impossible. But she still wanted her son's dreams to come true. She took her son's hand and asked, “Billy, have you ever thought about what you would be if you grew up? Have you ever wished what you would do with your life?"" Mommy, I always want to be a fireman when I grow up." The mother smiled back and said," Let's see if we can make your wish come true." Later that day, she went to her local fire department, where she met Fireman Bob, who had a heart as big as the sea. She explained her son's last wish and asked if it might be possible to give her six-year-old son a ride around the block on a fire engine. Fireman Bob said," Look, we can do better than that. If you'll have your son ready at seven o clock on Wednesday morning, we'll make him an honorary fireman for the whole day. He can come down to the fire station, eat with us, go out on all the fire calls! And if you'll give us his sizes, we'll get a real fire uniform for him, with a real fire hat." Three days later, Fireman Bob picked up Billy, dressed him in the fire uniform and took him from his hospital bed to the ladder truck. Billy got to sit on the back of the truck and help guide it back to the fire station. They finally reached the fire department. The firemen, with all the love and attention given to him, led Billy to be a good fireman all day. And finally the little boy got the hat with the symbol of the Fire Department on it. 注意： 1.续写词数应为150左右； 2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。 A miracle（奇迹）seemed to be happening. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The firefighters decided to hold a fire escape and rescue the boy from the window. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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