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As the Camp Fire continued, killing at least 85 people and displacing thousands more in Northern California, Madison waited there. Gaylord, the Anatolian shepherd mix’s owner, was not able to get to her home in Paradise, when the fire began to spread, meaning Madison was left behind. For weeks, all Gaylord could do was pray for Madison’s safety, according to California-based animal rescue organization Paw Print Rescue. Sullivan, a volunteer with the organization, had already helped locate Madison’s brother Miguel in a different city. But Madison was even more difficult to find. Sullivan spotted Madison a few times in a canyon (峡谷), apparently guarding his land, and put out fresh food and water regularly in hopes that the dog would turn up, according to a Facebook post by Sullivan. She even placed an article of clothing that smelled like Gaylord near the home “to keep Madison’s hope alive until his people could return,” Sullivan wrote. When the evacuation (疏散) order was lifted last week and Gaylord went back to her home—which had been ruined by the fire—her prayers were answered: Madison was there, seemingly protecting what little remained of his family’s home. “Well, I’m so happy to report that Gaylord was allowed to return to her home today and THERE MADISON WAS!!!! He had stayed to protect what was left of his home, and never gave up on his people!” Sullivan wrote in the comment on her Facebook post. “I’m so happy I’m crying as I write this! He didn’t give up through the storms or the fire!” she added. Soon afterward, Madison was reunited with Miguel for the first time since the fire broke out. An emotional Gaylord said in an interview with the network that she was overcome with joy to see Madison waiting for her. She also expressed how grateful she was to Sullivan. Gaylord said fighting through tears, “You could never ask for better animals. He is the best dog.” 【1】What did Madison do during the Camp Fire? A.He rescued Sullivan. B.He waited for Gaylord. C.He stayed with Miguel. D.He ran away from Paradise. 【2】Why did Sullivan place an article of clothing smelling like Gaylord near the home? A.To keep Madison warm. B.To get Madison to turn up. C.To help Madison remember his owner. D.To encourage Madison not to give up. 【3】Where was Madison finally found? A.In a different city. B.In a canyon. C.At a camp. D.At his home. 【4】What quality is emphasized in this story? A.Patience. B.Unity. C.Devotion. D.Wisdom. |
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Over Half of Young Chinese Block Parents on WeChat Moments We all know the feeling—you want to check what someone you care about has been up to on social media, and suddenly you find you are denied access to their feeds. It’s an instant start of mixed emotions and speculations—when did this happen? Did I do anything wrong? What are they attempting to hide from me? And that’s what half of Chinese parents have to deal with when they try to browse their children’s WeChat Moments, also known as “Friends’ Circle”, as suggested by a recent survey released by Tencent, the Chinese Internet giant. According to the report, entitled Annual White Paper on Family Affection on WeChat Moments, about 52 percent of WeChat users aged 18 to 29 block their parents on Moments, a major feature on the platform that allows users to share everything they like with their WeChat contacts. About 62 percent of the young interviewees said that parents “are neurotic about everything,” along with reasons such as fear of parents’ disapproval, rejection to parents’ nagging(唠叨), and seeking privacy. “My parents don’t know Moments very well, so I just told them I don’t use it anymore,” said Qin Jianping, a 28-year-old. He added that his parents had been leaving comments requesting updates on his dating status on every post he made on Moments since he broke up with his girlfriend two years ago. Xie Yun, a 26-year-old, said that while she didn’t block her parents entirely, they were in a specific group to which she only shares positive posts. “I don’t want my parents to see minor setbacks in my life,” she said, adding that once her parents saw a Moments picture of her hand getting slightly burned while cooking, and they traveled all the way to her city to make sure she was all right. The report also found that more than 49 percent of Chinese parents use WeChat as a main channel to communicate with their children. Roughly 36 percent of the parents who took the survey said they checked every post made by their children. When asked how they would react to being blocked, some parents said they would initiate a conversation with their children to find out the reason, while others said they wouldn’t care. And some parents just outsmart their kids in this hide-and-seek game online. “I didn’t realize I was blocked until I compared what I could see on my phone to what my son’s aunt could see,” said Chen, a mother of a 27-year-old son. “I chose to remain silent on this and now I’m following my son’s posts through his aunt.” 【1】Parents would like to read their children's WeChat Moments because they ________. A.are too emotional and speculative B.want to keep up with the trend of time C.leave a lot of comments on their feeds D.are concerned about their children’s lives 【2】The children block their parents to ________. A.protect their privacy B.learn from parents’ nagging C.challenge parental authority D.maintain a positive state 【3】What does the underlined sentence mean? A.Parents exchange ideas with their kids on the hide-and-seek game. B.Parents are clever enough to win the “hide-and-seek game”. C.Parents learn more knowledge from their kids in the hide-and-seek game. D.Parents have a better understanding of their children. 【4】The author looks into parents' being blocked is to ________. A.criticize parents B.support students C.analyse a phenomenon D.demand readers |
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On September 10, 2018, Jack Ma, founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, announced his successor (继任者) at the company he founded 19 years ago. Surprisingly, in a country where 70 to 80 percent of private companies are still family run, Mr. Ma did not name a family member. Rather, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies will be led by Daniel Zhang, an 11-year Alibaba old hand chosen only for his “professional talent”. The history of many countries can be marked by a trend away from dependence on family succession in business, or the belief that qualities of leadership flow through bloodlines. Ma is a true innovator (创新者) in many ways, most famously for building an innovative online shopping market worth more than the economies of most countries. But his legacy (遗产) may lie in showing how China as well as much of Asia can produce founders of successful organizations unwilling to pass the torch to relatives. “Alibaba was never about Jack Ma,” he stated in announcing his succession plan. Instead, the former schoolteacher who came from lowly origins is stepping back from day-to-day operations because he has built a system that takes root in a company culture based on innovation, transparency, and responsibility. “For the last 10 years, we kept working on these ingredients,” he stated. The company’s future will depend on developing a wealth of talent that drives innovation, he said. And in a society with a long tradition of cautious distrust toward those outside the family circle, Ma has built an “architecture of trust” with customers, who number over half a billion. Chinese now readily rely on Alibaba’s online payment system, its ratings of products and services, and other trust-building systems or methods pioneered by the company. China’s rapid growth now produces a new billionaire almost every day. Many of them, like Ma, have favored systems of management based on talent and honesty. As many countries have discovered as they progress, it is better to swim in a talent pool, not a gene (基因) pool. 【1】What do we know about Daniel Zhang from the passage? A.He’s a talented professor. B.He’s an experienced manager. C.He’s a successful founder. D.He’s Chairman of Alibaba. 【2】Where does Ma’s legacy lie in? A.Becoming a successful innovative founder. B.Casting doubt on traditional succession plan. C.Providing creative answers to succession problems. D.Representing trends towards non-family-run companies. 【3】What seems to be the recipe for the company’s future success? A.Trust-building methods. B.The “architecture of trust”. C.A culture of talent development. D.The latest successful innovations. |
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Since English biologist Charles Darwin (1809 –1882) published On the Origin of Species in 1859, scientists have vastly improved their knowledge of natural history. However, a lot of information is still the subject of speculation, and scientists can still only make educated guesses at certain things. One subject that they guess about is why some 400 million years ago, animals in the sea developed limbs (肢) that allowed them to move onto and live on land. Recently, an idea that occurred to the US paleontologist (古生物学家) Alfred Romer a century ago became a hot topic once again. Romer thought that tidal (潮汐的) pools might have led to fish gaining limbs. Sea animals would have been forced into these pools by strong tides. Then, they would have been made either to adapt to their new environment close to land or die. The fittest among them grew to accomplish the transition (过渡) from sea to land. Romer thought that tidal pools might have led to fish gaining limbs. Romer called these earliest four-footed animals “tetrapods” (四足动物). Science has always thought that this was a credible theory, but only recently has there been strong enough evidence to support it. Hannah Byrne is an oceanographer (海洋学家) at Uppsala University in Sweden. She announced at the 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Oregon, US, on Feb 15 that by using computer software, her team had managed to link Romer’s theory to places where fossil deposits (化石沉积) of the earliest tetrapods were found. According to the magazine Science, in 2014, Steven Balbus, a scientist at the University of Oxford in the UK, calculated that 400 million years ago, when the move from land to sea was achieved, tides were stronger than they are today. This is because the planet was 10 percent closer to the moon than it is now. The creatures stranded in the pools would have been under the pressure of “survival of the fittest”, explained the UK’s University of Bangor ocean scientist Mattias Green. As he told Science: “After a few days in these pools, you become food or you run out of food … the fish that had large limbs had an advantage because they could flip (空翻) themselves back in the water”. As is often the case, however, there are others who find the theory less convincing. Cambridge University paleontologist Jennifer Clark, speaking to Nature magazine, seemed unconvinced. “It’s only one of many ideas for the origin of land-dwelling (陆地栖息的) tetrapods, any or all of which may have been a part of the answer,” she said. 【1】Who first proposed the theory that fish might have gained limbs because of tidal pools? A.Charles Darwin. B.Alfred Romer. C.Hannah Byrne. D.Steven Balbus. 【2】Why were tides stronger 400 million years ago than they are today according to Steven Balbus? A.There were larger oceans. B.Earth was under greater pressure. C.The moon gave off more energy. D.Earth was closer to the moon. 【3】What does the underlined word “stranded” in Paragraph 8 mean? A.Trapped. B.Settled. C.Survived. D.Adapted. 【4】What is the focus of the article? A.The proposal of a new scientific theory. B.The arguments over a scientific theory. C.Some new evidence to support a previous theory. D.A new discovery that questions a previous theory. |
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Healthy See, Healthy Do Visit the grocery store on an empty stomach, and you will probably come home with a few things you did not plan to buy. But hunger is not the only cause of additional purchases. The location of store displays (摆放) also influences our shopping choices.【1】 The checkout area is a particular hotspot for junk food. Studies have found that the products most commonly found there are sugary and salty snacks.【2】 A 2012 study in the Netherlands found that hospital workers were more likely to give up junk food for healthy snacks when the latter were more readily available on canteen shelves, for example. In 2014 Norwegian and Icelandic researchers also found that replacing unhealthy foods with healthy ones in the checkout area significantly increased last-minute sales of healthier foods. 【3】 It has been working with more than 1,000 store owners to encourage them to order and promote nutritious foods. “We know that the stores are full of cues (暗示) meant to encourage consumption,” says Tamar Adjoian, a research scientist at the department, “Making healthy foods more convenient or appealing can lead to increased sales of those products.” Adjoian and her colleagues wondered if such findings would apply to their city’s crowded urban checkout areas, so they selected three Bronx supermarkets for their own study. 【4】 Then they recorded purchases over six three-hour periods in each store for two weeks. Of the more than 2,100 shoppers they observed, just 4 percent bought anything from the checkout area. Among those who did, however, customers in the healthy lines purchased nutritious foods more than twice as often as those in the standard lines.【5】 The findings were reported in September in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. The potential influence may seem small, but Adjoian believes that changing more checkout lines would open customers’ eyes to nutritious, lower-calorie foods. Health department officials are now exploring ways to expand healthy options at checkout counters throughout New York City. A. These foods give people more energy. B. They bought unhealthy foods 40 percent less often. C. And it may make or break some healthy eating habits. D. The supermarkets began to offer nutritious, lower-calorie foods. E. These findings caught the attention of New York City Department of Health. F. They replaced candies and cookies with fruits and nuts near the checkout counter. G. And a few studies have suggested that simply swapping in healthier options can change customer behavior. |
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School was over and I felt quite tired. I sat at the very_________of the crowded bus because of my anxiety to get home. Sitting there makes me_________out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies. Janie, the_________,tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of_________.I tried to mind my manners and_________listen, but usually I am too busy thinking about my day. On this day,_________,her conversation was worth listening to. “My father’s sick,” she said to no one in particular (专门), I could see the_________and fear in her eyes. “What’s wrong with him?” I asked. With her eyes wet and her voice tight from_________the tears, she answered, “Heart trouble.” Her eyes_________as she continued. “I have already lost my mum, so I don’t think I can stand losing him.” I was__________.My heart ached for her. And this reminded me of the great__________that my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and__________is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to__________that. Suddenly I realized Janie wasn’t only a bus driver. That was__________her job. She had a whole world of__________and concerns, too. I suddenly felt very__________.I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Janie__________she was a bus driver. I had__________her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant. For all I know, I’m just another person in__________else’s world, and may not be__________.I should not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, people to see and appointment to keep. Understanding people is an art. 【1】A.front B.end C.side D.middle 【2】A.find B.take C.think D.stand 【3】A.doctor B.driver C.teacher D.assistant 【4】A.fire B.topic C.conversation D.discussion 【5】A.politely B.slightly C.carelessly D.partly 【6】A.however B.therefore C.instead D.otherwise 【7】A.surprise B.worry C.curiosity D.anger 【8】A.fighting B.turning C.clearing D.protecting 【9】A.opened B.shone C.closed D.lowered 【10】A.recognized B.worried C.shocked D.excited 【11】A.victory B.pain C.respect D.disappointment 【12】A.away B.seldom C.still D.never 【13】A.pick up B.work out C.go through D.get down 【14】A.almost B.nearly C.ever D.just 【15】A.family B.bus C.school D.friend 【16】A.selfish B.desperate C.pessimistic D.ridiculous 【17】A.while B.because C.though D.until 【18】A.blamed B.received C.considered D.judged 【19】A.everyone B.anyone C.someone D.nobody 【20】A.happy B.wise C.useful D.important |
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| Bananas are the world’s most popular fruit. In Western countries, they could account_________3% of a grocer’s 2 sales.(用适当的单词填空) | |
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| Wuhan and Nanjing, which were popularly considered the hottest areas in China, were absent_________the top four spots in the ranking this summer. (用适当的单词填空) | |
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| If you are a high school student in Henan province, it’s 31 times harder to be admitted_________Peking University than it is for students in Beijing. (用适当的单词填空) | |
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| LG is looking for training interns to take charge of the training for corporate functions. Jobs include_________(assist) to establish the training system and arranging training programs.(所给词的适当形式填空) | |
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| To be sure, computers have been proving their dominance over humans in one-on-one turn-based games such as chess ever since IBM’s Deep Blue_________(beat)Russian chess master Garry Kasparov in 1997. (所给词的适当形式填空) | |
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| Being_________(consider) of others is a very important virtue, no matter who we are. (所给词的适当形式填空) | |
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| The Korea Times hosted the fourth International English Contest across South Korea recently. More than 2,000 students participated in the contest, which_________(consist)of a speaking and listening test and essay writing. (所给词的适当形式填空) | |
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| In this year’s India’s Elephant Festival, the cheering sound filled the air as row upon row of elephants moved gracefully before a_________(delight) audience. (所给词的适当形式填空) | |
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| Studying Chinese painting provided lively material to help me understand better what I had learned from history textbooks. For example, the scenes in Along the River During the Qingming Festival inspired me to go back to books_________(dig) more about the history of that time. (所给词的适当形式填空) | |
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| Chinese_________(educate) Cai Yuanpei was known for his critical evaluation of the Chinese culture that led to the great May Fourth Movement. (所给词的适当形式填空) | |
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| In Peking Opera_________(face) paintings, different colors and patterns are for different roles. For example, a red face is for brave people; black is for fair people. (所给词的适当形式填空) | |
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| The Old Man and the Sea is a great book that tells a simple story about an old fisherman, Santiago, who loves, respects and also_________(fear) nature. (所给词的适当形式填空) | |
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| Sweden’s society may be moving toward a cashless economy, an economy_________all payments are done electronically or via credit card. (用适当的单词填空) | |
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| When we go shopping online, we normally check several photos_________we decide to buy a product. (用适当的单词填空) | |
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| If you concentrate on_________you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. (用适当的单词填空) | |
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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。文中共有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。 Last month, my good friend Mark got an expensive watch as his birthday present. He showed to everyone in my class proud. I really envied him and every day I ask my mum to buy me an expensive present. However, to my disappointment, I only got a second-hand bike at that special day. So one day while I was riding my “dear” bike back home from school, I passed the shop that my mum worked. I saw a familiar figure kneeling down in the front of it, cleaned the outside steps of the shop. It was my mum! She worked so harder to raise me! Tear in my eyes, I got off the bike and worked together with her. |
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假定你是李华，你的英国好友Chris打算来中国学汉语，但无法决定到北京还是广州学习，因此发邮件来征求你的意见。请你回复邮件，欢迎Chris来中国学习，并就“在哪个城市学习”提出你的建议及理由。 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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