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Video games have been a popular pastime since the 1980s, and with an ever-expanding variety of genres (种类), artistic styles and storylines, it is no surprise that many still enjoy them. Here are a few popular picks for you to try this summer. Take a look! The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Developed by Japanese video game company Nintendo, this action-adventure video game was released in 2017 with the launch of the Nintendo Switch, Nintendo’s newest video game console (电子游戏机). Breath of the Wild is different from other games in the series because it is a sandbox game that rewards experimentation. It has won many awards, including Game of the Year at the 2018 Game Developers Choice Awards, and has sold over 19 million copies. It was listed as the best video game of the decade on the review website Metacritic. The Outer Worlds The Outer Worlds is a sci-fi role-playing game that was released in October last year. The game is set in a future world where mega-corporations (大型企业) control everything — even outer space. The Outer Worlds is unique because the choices you make in the game change how the story will end. “From a story standpoint, every time we do a game, we’re just trying to get better,” Leonard Boyarsky, one of the game’s directors, said in an interview with PC Gamer. “You learn way more from failure than you do from success and we’ve had a lot of, uh, learning experiences.” The Outer Worlds has sold over two million copies and has won several awards for its memorable writing, humor, visual design and voice acting. Minecraft Even though Mojang Studios released it in 2011, Minecraft has maintained its position as the most well-liked video game. In fact, according to Mojang Studios, Minecraft had 126 million monthly users by May this year. “I had no idea it would get this popular,” Minecraft creator Markus Notch Persson admitted in an interview with London-based media company Den of Geek. Minecraft is a sandbox video game, which means it is an open world with endless possibilities. It can be played on multiple platforms, and it even has its very own LEGO set. The world of Minecraft is made up of 3D blocks, a design that US entertainment website IGN described as “instantly memorable”. 【1】Which one is the most popular video game according to the article? A.Breath Of The Wild B.The Outer Worlds C.Minecraft D.Metacritic 【2】Why is The Outer Worlds special? A.It is the players who decide the end of the story. B.The Outer Worlds is a sci-fi role-playing game. C.The Outer Worlds has already won several awards. D.The players can learn more from their failures. 【3】What can we know about the video games mentioned above? A.Minecraft was first launched by a London-based media company. B.Breath of the Wild is created by Japanese video game company Nintendo. C.The Outer Worlds is set in a future world where the players control everything. D.All the three games are extremely popular sandbox video games. |
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Known as “China’s most popular love comedy”, Romance of the Western Chamber is regarded as one of the best works of its time. The play was written over 700 years ago by Yuan Dynasty dramatist Wang Shifu (1260-1336). Set in the Tang Dynasty, the play tells the secret love story between a young scholar Zhang Sheng, who is on his way to take the highest imperial exam in the capital city, and Cui Yingying, daughter of a chief minister of the Tang court. After bandits(土匪) surround Cui at a temple, her mother promises her daughter’s hand in marriage to whoever can defeat them. Zhang manages to drive the bandits away, but Cui’s mother takes back her word because Zhang is poor. However, Zhang and Cui have already fallen in love. With the help of Cui’s maid Hong Niang, the two continue their romance and break many barriers. The play incorporates much of the beauty of the poetry from the Tang and Song eras in Chinese history. Part of its appeal to readers is found in the style, grace and flow of the language. In fact, the play represents a high mark of achievement in romantic Chinese literature, and is quite popular. It has given rise to many sequels and rewritings, and also influenced countless plays, short stories and novels. The Peony Pavilion and Dream of the Red Chamber probably wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for Wang’s classic play. The play also inspired generations of artists across various mediums such as woodblock prints, paintings and porcelain. This fine art is still on display at places such as Freer Gallery of Art in the US and Kwun Tong’s Sun Museum in Hong Kong. The ancient porcelain pieces depicting iconic scenes from the tale are indeed impressive. The characters are like “the superheroes from another time”, Rachel Leung, associate curator(副馆长) of Sun Museum told China Daily. “It’s exactly like the Marvel franchise.” “This story is basically about trying to break the societal strictures. It’s about courage and perseverance to pursue true love,” Leung said. “It’s surprising to know that centuries ago our ancestors imagined a story like that. They proved that they were not rigid or passive and they could be creative enough to make things for themselves.” Indeed, Romance of the Western Chamber is known for opposing traditional norms associated with marriage and love during a more orthodox era. It has a positive take on marriage, emphasizing that true love should prevail(占上风). 【1】What can we know about Romance of the Western Chamber? A.It was composed earlier than The Peony Pavilion. B.The characters in the story have supernatural powers. C.It represents the highest achievement in Chinese literature. D.The appeal of the play is mainly found in its complex plot. 【2】What can we infer from Rachel Leung’s statements? A.Courage and perseverance are of vital importance to social connections. B.It was believed that our ancestors were conservative and lacked creativity. C.Romance of the Western Chamber enjoys popularity among the Marvel fans. D.Everyone should take a positive and unconventional attitude toward marriage. 【3】What does the underlined word “orthodox” in the last paragraph mean? A.Open-minded. B.Dynamic. C.Ambiguous. D.Conventional. 【4】What is the best title of the passage? A.The Rise of China’s Love Comedies B.Wang Shifu and His Most Popular Works C.Marriage and Traditional Norms D.Love Comes First |
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In June 2014, Huffington Post and Mail Online reported that three-year-old Victoria Wilcher, who had suffered facial scarring, had been kicked out of a KFC because she was frightening customers. Later, KFC announced that no evidence had been found to support the story. This phenomenon is largely a product of the increasing pressure in newsrooms that care more about traffic figures. Brooke Binkowski, an editor, says that, during her career, she has seen a shift towards less editorial oversight in newsrooms. “Clickbait is king, so newsrooms will uncritically print something unreal. Not all newsrooms are like this, but a lot of them are.” Asked what the driving factor was, a journalist said, “You’ve an editor breathing down your neck and you have to meet your targets. And there are some young journalists on the market who are inexperienced and who will not do those checks. So much news that is reported online happens online. There is no need to get out and knock on someone’s door. You just sit at your desk and do it.” Another journalist says, “There is undoubtedly pressure to churn out(粗制滥造) stories in order to get clicks, because they equal money. At my former employer in particular, the pressure was on due to the limited resources. That made the environment quite horrible to work in.” In a February 2015 report for Digital Journalism, Craig Silverman wrote, “Today the bar for what is worth giving attention to seems to be much lower. Within minutes or hours, a badly sourced report can be changed into a story that is repeated by dozens of news websites, resulting in tens of thousands of shares. Once a certain critical mass is reached, repetition has a powerful effect on belief. Thus, the rumor simply becomes true for readers.” And, in spite of the direction that some newsrooms seem to be heading in, a critical eye is becoming more, not less important, according to the New York Times’ public editor, Margaret Sullivan. “Reporters and editors have to be more careful than ever before. It’s extremely important to question and to use every verification(验证) method available before publication.” Yet those working in newsrooms talk of doubtful stories being tolerated because, in the words of some senior editors, “a click is a click, regardless of the advantage of a story”. And, “if the story does turn out to be false, it’s simply a chance for another bite at the cherry.” Verification and fact-checking are regularly falling victim to the pressure to bring in the numbers, and if the only result of being caught out is another chance to bring in the clicks, that looks unlikely to change. 【1】According to Brooke Binkowski, newsrooms produce false news because ______. A.clicks matter a lot B.resources are limited C.money is needed for news D.journalists lack experience 【2】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 probably mean? A.Lies can’t sell without an atom of truth. B.Rumors are like a flame blown by the wind. C.You can hear rumors, but you can’t know them. D.A lie, repeated frequently enough, will end up as truth. 【3】What’s Margaret Sullivan’s attitude towards false news online? A.Negative. B.Supportive. C.Skeptical. D.Neutral. 【4】What is the passage mainly about? A.Consequences of false stories. B.Causes of online false news. C.Inability of journalists. D.A craze to get clicks. |
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Who cares if people think wrongly that the Internet has had more important influences than the washing machine? Why does it matter that people are more impressed by the most recent changes? It would not matter if these misjudgments were just a matter of people's opinions. However, they have real impacts, as they result in misguided use of scarce resources. The fascination with the ICT(Information and Communication Technology) revolution, represented by the Internet, has made some rich countries wrongly conclude that making things is so "yesterday" that they should try to live on ideas. This belief in "post-industrial society" has led those countries to neglect their manufacturing sector(制造业) with negative consequences for their economies. Even more worryingly, the fascination with the Internet by people in rich countries has moved the international community to worry about the "digital divide" between the rich countries and the poor countries. This has led companies and individuals to donate money to developing countries to buy computer equipment and Internet facilities. The question, however, is whether this is what the developing countries need the most. Perhaps giving money for those less fashionable things such as digging wells, extending electricity networks and making more affordable washing machines would have improved people's lives more than giving every child a laptop computer or setting up Internet centres in rural villages, I am not saying that those things are necessarily more important, but many donators have rushed into fancy programmes without carefully assessing the relative long-term costs and benefits of alternative uses of their money. In yet another example, a fascination with the new has led people to believe that the recent changes in the technologies of communications and transportation are so revolutionary that now we live in a "borderless world". As a result, in the last twenty years or so, many people have come to believe that whatever change is happening today is the result of great technological progress, going against which will be like trying to turn the clock back. Believing in such a world, many governments have put an end to some of the very necessary regulations on cross-border flows of capital, labour and goods, with poor results. Understanding technological trends is very important for correctly designing economic policies, both at the national and the international levels, and for making the right career choices at the individual level. However, our fascination with the latest, and our under valuation of what has already become common, can, and has, led us in all sorts of wrong directions. 【1】Misjudgments on the influences of new technology can lead to __________. A. a lack of confidence in technology B. a slow progress in technology C. a conflict of public opinions D. a waste of limited resources 【2】The example in Paragraph 4 suggests that donators should __________. A. take people's essential needs into account B. make their programmes attractive to people C. ensure that each child gets financial support D. provide more affordable internet facilities 【3】What has led many governments to remove necessary regulations? A. Neglecting the impacts of technological advances. B. Believing that the world has become borderless. C. Ignoring the power of economic development. D. Over-emphasizing the role of international communication. 【4】What can we learn from the passage? A. People should be encouraged to make more donations. B. Traditional technology still has a place nowadays. C. Making right career choices is crucial to personal success. D. Economic policies should follow technological trends. |
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An impulse purchase, also called an impulse, is an act of buying an item without considering its real need. The purchase can be as small as a candy bar or as large as an automobile. 【1】. The following are the cases where the impulse purchases occur. 【2】. Retailers（零售商） normally stock these passageways with small, inexpensive items that shoppers tend to add to their chosen purchases while they are waiting in line. This arrangement is based on the assumed needs of the general shopper and low cost. Another popular situation that often leads an impulse buy is a sale table or shelf. 【3】. In this case, they have a tendency to start loading their shopping carts with the bargains. They normally give no careful thought to the actual need for the products. Actually, the decision is generally based on the cost savings involved. There is an impulse buy that often occurs in an automobile dealership showroom. A potential car buyer comes to the showroom and begins to look through the showroom offerings. He or she actually just wants to gather some information on cars. 【4】. The buyer frequently doubts the quick decision in a short period of time. There are various reasons for an impulse buy. 【5】. Others tend to believe the act is based on internal fears of running out of goods such as food or drinks. Another theory suggests shoppers need to make a purchase of an item not on their list to exercise their right naturally. A.Service attitude influences consumers’ purchasing behavior. B.An impulse buy may happen only occasionally or be a habitual practice. C.Shoppers frequently find a sign that advertises hugely discounted items. D.Impulse buying interrupts the normal decision-making models in consumers’ brains. E.Some experts think the human need for instant satisfaction is the cause for the behavior. F.The most common type of impulse purchase is usually a small one made at checkout stands. G.However, a persuasive salesperson can persuade the potential buyer to make a purchase on the spot soon. |
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In life, we will succeed and fail often for reasons that are entirely out of our _______. We can work harder than anyone else in the office and still not be _______. We can be incredibly nice and love someone deeply, and they may not love us _______. The bottom line is that life is not _______. That is a bitter _______ to swallow for many of us. As a result, some people _______ after being hit by even one unfair blow from life. But if we let life’s unfairness _______ us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings that life has _______ for us. My first _______ marriage felt very unfair to me. No matter how hard I had tried to be a good wife, I could not make the relationship ________. I could have been ________ by that experience. But I believed that I could be ________ married one day ________ I always wanted to experience traditional family life. And then, I met this kind, thoughtful, generous man. What I’ve learned over the years is that we can do all the things that ________ a good outcome, but get ________ things in return instead. When we are faced with life’s seeming unfairness, our ________ needs to jump in. When life doesn’t go ________ plan, we have to let go of the outcome that we have been ________ and keep trying, and doing the right thing. ________ that life is neither fair nor straightforward. And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our ________. 【1】A.reach B.control C.date D.order 【2】A.promoted B.paid C.pleased D.proved 【3】A.more B.back C.enough D.unconditionally 【4】A.easy B.smooth C.fair D.ideal 【5】A.feeling B.word C.fact D.pill 【6】A.died down B.looked down C.shut down D.settled down 【7】A.confuse B.manage C.betray D.defeat 【8】A.in charge B.in return C.in place D.in store 【9】A.arranged B.failed C.happy D.trial 【10】A.work B.start C.end D.worsen 【11】A.teased B.discouraged C.hurt D.shocked 【12】A.proudly B.casually C.happily D.shortly 【13】A.unless B.while C.because D.though 【14】A.bring B.require C.serve D.deserve 【15】A.bad B.inferior C.silly D.cheap 【16】A.faith B.courage C.judgement D.effort 【17】A.ahead of B.according to C.regardless of D.related to 【18】A.achieving B.affecting C.expecting D.declining 【19】A.Accept B.Assume C.Fancy D.Consider 【20】A.career B.marriage C.fate D.benefit |
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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。 A painting with a 【1】(long) of 1014. 37 meters has received a Guinness World Record title for the longest drawing by an individual artist. The record was announced at the Simatai Great Wall on Saturday, 【2】 is surrounded by the verdant (草木苍翠的) mountains of an early autumn, and the painter folded the painting with great care 【3】 the presence of many viewers. 【4】 took artist Guo Feng two months to complete the black-and-white painting named Yongsheng in Chinese, meaning living forever. Clearly 【5】 (inspire) by the view of the Great Wall from the sky, he wanted to call for peace and harmony in the world. In fact, Guo Feng is 【6】 (familiar) to the public as a music producer than as a painter. And one of his songs, Let the World Be Filled with Love, has enjoyed great popularity all over the country for 【7】(decade). The painting is made up of 10 sub-themes, and was created 【8】(large) using marker pens. "I 【9】（draw） for more than 10 hours a day over the past months and sometimes I began working at 4 am,” said Guo. "Creating the work on the Great Wall was an unprecedented (空前的) lonely and quiet time for me 【10】 (look) into my past, today and the future,” he added. |
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文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧）,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：在错的词下画一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意： 1.每处错误及修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 Fires swept across the Amazon this month have been grabbing global headlines. Scientists and environmentally groups are worried about that they will result in climate change and threaten biodiversity. As a largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon is often called “the lung of the world”. It is also home 3 million species of plants and animals and million of local people. Quantities of rainforests play an important role in the world’s ecosystem because it absorb heat what will be reflected back into the atmosphere. They also store carbon dioxide and producing oxygen, insuring that fewer carbon is released, reducing the effects of climate change. |
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假定你是李华，你校将举办音乐节。请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友Allen参加，内容包括: 1.时间； 2.活动安排； 3.欢迎他表演节目。 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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