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The UK’S Best Theme Parks Drayton Manor Theme Park, Staffordshire The new Tamarin Trail takes adventurers through beautiful gardens, allowing kids and adults to come face-to-face with a troop of monkeys. The park is also home to Europe’s only Thomas Land, which last year underwent a £2. 5m expansion, including new rides. There are thrilling rides, including the stand-up roller coaster, Shockwave, and the 54-metre drop tower, Apocalypse. Adults from £15, children from £10（under -2s free） Thorpe Park, Surrey All aboard Derren Brown’s Ghost Train which opened in July 2016. This 10-15 minute train journey includes exciting live-action performances, 4D special effects and so on. Also new is “I’m a Celebrity. . Maze（迷宫）”, and there are some of the highest and fastest rides in Europe here too. Adults from £28, children from £24（under -3s free） Warwick Castle. Warwickshire Although not officially a theme park, this medieval castle offers history, magic, myth and adventure to suit all ages, and is now home to the UK’s first fully interactive and multi-sensory Horrible Histories Maze, giving visitors a fascinating experience of getting lost in time. From July, you can sleep over in the new riverside Middle Ages-themed woodland cottages of Knight’s Village. From £31（under-3s free） Chessington World of Adventures, Surrey Following the Pandamonium live show in 2016, last year saw The Gruffalo River Ride Adventure open at Chessington, which has over 40 rides and attractions. Rides include Dragon Falls, Safari Skyway, Toadies Crazy Cars and Runaway Train. From £29（under-3s free） 【1】Where are animal-loving children probably advised to go? A.Warwick Castle. B.Thorpe Park. C.Drayton Manor Theme Park. D.Chessington World of Adventures. 【2】How much should a couple with their two-year-old son pay at least in Thorpe Park? A.£56. B.£52. C.£40. D.£30 【3】What do the parks have in common? A.Children should be accompanied by adults. B.They have all been rebuilt before reopening. C.They all offer exciting rides in the parks. D.Certain kids have free entry to the parks. |
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“I believe in holding onto traditions because they helped our family flourish（兴旺）in a new country. But this concept is more concretely expressed this way: I believe in feeding monkeys on my birthday — something I’ve done without fail for 35 years. In the Burmese jungle, monkeys are as common as pigeons. But in America, feeding monkeys means violating the rules. As a kid, I thought that was cool. I learned English through watching bad television shows and expected that I was the chosen warrior（勇士）sent to defend my family. Dad and I would go to the zoo early in the morning, just the two of us. When the Coast was clear, I would throw my peanuts to the monkeys. I never had to explain myself until my 18th birthday. It was the first year I didn’t go with my father. I went with my friends and arrived 10 minutes after the zoo gates closed. “Please,” I begged the zookeeper, “I feed monkeys for my family, not for me. Can’t you make an exception?” “Go find a pet store,” she said. If only it were so easy. That time, I got lucky. I found out that a high school classmate trained the monkeys for the movie Out of Africa, so he allowed me to feed his monkeys. Once a man with a pet monkey suspected that my story was a ploy — that I was an animal rights activist out to liberate his monkey. Another time, a zoo told me that outsiders could not feed the monkeys without violating the zookeepers’ collective bargaining agreement. Once in a pet store, I managed to feed a marmoset（狨）being kept in a birdcage. Another time, I was asked to wear a special suit to feed a laboratory monkey. It’s rarely easy and, yet, somehow I’ve found a way to feed a monkey every year since I was born. 【1】Why has the author fed monkeys all these years? A.To please his father. B.To develop a new hobby. C.To celebrate his birthday. D.To keep up his family tradition. 【2】How did the author and his father feed the zoo monkeys? A.They did it in a secret way. B.They pretended to be warriors. C.They did it with the help of friends. D.They got the zookeeper’s permission. 【3】What does the underlined word “ploy” in Paragraph 5 mean? A.Joke. B.Trick. C.Excuse. D.Adventure. 【4】How is the fifth paragraph mainly developed? A.By providing examples. B.By giving explanations. C.By following time order. D.By making comparisons. |
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“While extroverts（性格外向者）often make great first impressions with their outgoing manner and lively personalities in interviews, their value and reputation at work diminish（缩减）over time,” says Corinne Bendersky, an associate professor of Management. “Extroverts disappoint us over time when they are part of a team,” Bendersky says. “On a team you’re expected to work hard and contribute a lot. But they are often poor listeners, and they don’t collaborate.” “On the other hand, introverts（性格内向者）work hard on a team because they care what others think of them. They don’t want to be seen as not pulling their weight or contributing 100%,” Bendersky says. So while companies may be attracted to hiring extroverts because they impress managers greatly in job interviews, bosses also may want to consider whether the extrovert they are considering will be a valuable team player, Bendersky says. Amy Jen Su and Muriel Maignan Wilkins, two writers agree and say managers should recognize the strengths of introverted employees, such as their ability to put themselves in someone else’s shoes. “These team members are often easy-going, which can make them exceptional mentors to more junior staff or particularly good sounding boards when you interact with them in one-on-one situations,” Su says. “Managers must try to help introverts find their voice,” Wilkins says. “Help them see that speaking up is not about self-promotion or being in conflict but rather about offering the team key insights, making better decisions or increasing the efficiency for all.” What about those extroverts who never seem to be at a loss for words? Should managers cut them off? Managers definitely should weigh in on how an extrovert is affecting others. Wilkins suggests saying something in private to make adjustments. 【1】What do we know about outgoing people according to Bendersky? A.They are good listeners. B.They are good at cooperating. C.They often make great contributions. D.They tend to perform well in interviews. 【2】Which can best replace the underlined part “pulling their weight” in Paragraph 3? A.Making the team lag. B.Making good choices. C.Doing their full share of work. D.Trying to share their thoughts. 【3】What is Su’s attitude towards Bendersky’s words? A.Critical. B.Tolerant. C.Doubtful. D.Approving. 【4】What does Wilkins advise managers to do? A.Promote more introverts. B.Learn to work more efficiently. C.Encourage introverts to speak up. D.Avoid conflict among employees. |
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Imagine you’re standing in line to buy an after-school snack at a store. You step up to the counter and the cashier scans your food. Next, you have to pay. But instead of scanning a QR code (二维码) with your smartphone, you just hold out your hand so the cashier can scan your fingerprint. Or, a camera scans your face, your eyes or even your ear. Now, this type of technology might not be far away. As technology companies move away from the traditional password, biometric(生物识别的) security, which includes fingerprint, face and voice ID, is becoming increasingly popular. In 2013, Apple introduced the iPhone 5s, one of the first smartphones with a fingerprint scanner. Since then, using one’s fingerprint to unlock a phone and make mobile payments has become commonplace, bringing convenience to our lives. And since last year, Samsung has featured eye-scanning technology in its top smartphones, while Apple’s new iPhone X can even scan a user’s face. But despite its popularity, experts warn that biometrics might not be as secure as we’d imagined. “Biometrics are ideally good, but in practice, not so much” said John Michener, a biometrics expert. When introducing the new iPhone’s Face ID feature, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president, said, “The chance that a random person in the population could look at your iPhone X and unlock it with their face is about one in a million.” But it’s already been done. In a video posted on community website Reddi, two brothers showed how they were each able to unlock the same iPhone X using their own face. And they aren’t even twins. “We may expect too much from biometrics,” Anil Jain, a computer science professor at Michigan State University, told CBS News. “No security systems are perfect.” Earlier this year, Jain found a way to trick biometric security. Using a printed copy of a thumbprint, she was able to unlock a dead person’s smartphone for police, according to tech website Splinter. “It’s good to see biometrics being used more,” Jain told CBS News, “because it adds another factors for security. But using multiple security measures is the best defense.” 【1】What is the latest technology to unlock a smartphone according to the article? A. QR code scanning. B. Face scanning. C. Fingerprint scanning. D. Eye scanning. 【2】What’s a major problem of the iPhone X’s Face ID system? A. It takes too long to unlock the phone. B. It often fails to recognize its owner’s face. C. Face data could be used for other purposes. D. Different faces could be used to unlock the same phone. 【3】What does Anil Jain think of biometric security? A. It’s as secure as traditional measures. B. It has caused much trouble for police. C. It should be used with other security measures. D. It is perfect without any room for improvement. 【4】The author wrote this article mainly to ______. A. describe the popularity of biometrics B. show how biometrics has changed our lives C. point out various problems with biometrics D. discuss the security problems of biometrics |
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How to protect your ears You and your friends are leaving a concert on a Friday night. When you get outside, your ears are ringing. You have to shout to be heard. 【1】 So no harm done…right? Not quite. Temporary buzzing may be easy to ignore, but repeated exposure to loud noise will eventually cause serious--- and irreversible(无法治愈的)--- hearing loss. A new study conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston shows that one in five people between the ages of 12 and 19 are experiencing slight hearing loss, and one in 20 have mild hearing loss. 【2】But the good news is that there plenty of ways you can protect your ears from further damage — and still listen to the music you love: Ask around. Put your earbuds in or your headphones on, and then ask a friend next to you whether or not he or she can hear what you’re listening to. 【3】Turn it down. Buy noise-canceling headphones. A pair of earbuds or headphones that fits comfortably will limit outside noise so that you can hear your music better at lower volumes. Take breaks. 【4】 So when listening to music, take your headphones off for 15 or 20 minutes and let your ears enjoy the quiet. 【5】You can buy a cheap pair at any drugstore as an easy way to lower volume at concerts — or while playing or practicing your own music — without changing the quality of the sound. A. Use earplugs. B. Keep the volume below 70 percent. C. If the answer is yes, your music is too loud. D. But by morning, your hearing is totally back to normal. E. Like every other part of your body, your ears need rest. F. Unfortunately, there’s no way to get back hearing you’ve already lost. G. The exposure to noise is louder and longer than in any previous generation. |
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In my 40s, as a new solo（独自的）traveller, I spent endless time looking around souvenir shops in tourist areas. It never ________ me that in shops where merchants weren’t ________ big rents, I could save more money. Besides. I didn’t give much ________ for the size of what I was buying, nor did I care that I would have to take the ________ to carry it around for the duration of my holidays. I learned and ________. But I also found that over time, the objects that were ________ to me changed too. As my tastes matured, my bags got ________, and so did the time I spent buying cheap goods. In my 50s I ________ boxes from around the world, not ordinary boxes but ones ________ made by artists. These were small so they ________ easily into every place of my backpack. The ________ was delightful — the silver from South Korea, the painted camel bone from Egypt and dozens more took up their ________ in my house. Then a ________ thing happened. My interest in the collection ________ while my grand children’s interest in it grew, so a wonderful and new ________ began. Each time a child came to visit, he or she was ________ to pick a box. My popularity ________ increased among the children, and pretty soon my collection had been ________ among the little people in family. Each gift was ________ by a mini travel story explaining where the ________ was found, who had made it and what that country was like. 【1】A.counted on B.dawned on C.called on D.concentrated on 【2】A.lending B.investing C.purchasing D.paying 【3】A.advice B.anxiety C.concern D.support 【4】A.trouble B.way C.chance D.lead 【5】A.applied B.adjusted C.judged D.checked 【6】A.accessible B.appealing C.shiny D.disappointing 【7】A.smaller B.bigger C.heavier D.smarter 【8】A.designed B.discovered C.collected D.received 【9】A.lovingly B.intentionally C.carelessly D.ambitiously 【10】A.cut B.got C.set D.fitted 【11】A.value B.pattern C.fashion D.variety 【12】A.role B.position C.duty D.time 【13】A.strange B.vital C.terrible D.funny 【14】A.grew B.changed C.faded D.rose 【15】A.routine B.hobby C.journey D.principle 【16】A.forbidden B.allowed C.advocated D.promoted 【17】A.normally B.casually C.fortunately D.delightfully 【18】A.exposed B.awarded C.divided D.exchanged 【19】A.accompanied B.clarified C.described D.confirmed 【20】A.collection B.story C.box D.backpack |
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。 A new social robot has been introduced to the public at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. The robot, called Nadine, was built by 【1】 research team at the University. Nadine has brown hair and human-like skin. She can talk and act like a human and she even has her own personality. The robot can show emotions, like anger and 【2】(sad)and change into different moods, 【3】 (depend)on the topics she is talking about. Nadine is the most advanced and human-like robot so far. She has built-in software that is similar to Apple’s Siri, which works on the iPhone. The new social robot has capabilities that have never been implemented in other robots so far. Nadine can not only remember people she 【4】(meet)before, but she can recall things that she said at 【5】(early)conversations as well. Up to now, robots 【6】(use)widely in the manufacturing industry. Meanwhile, we may also find more and more robots 【7】(equip)with social functions. This could be important with our population becoming older. Working robots could be the solution 【8】 a decreasing workforce. On the other hand, such social robots can care for children or older people. They can play and talk with them or keep them company. Currently, Nadine has a job as a 【9】(reception)at the university, 【10】 she answers questions asked by students and other visitors. |
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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。每次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(＼)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。 Dear Tom, How is it going these days? I keep wondering what you feel about your school life in Beijing. I hope you have got used to live in China. Let me tell you a piece of good news: I’m going to take active part in an English speech competition in the coming summer vacation. I’m busy with preparing for it. But now I have some difficulties in collecting useful information. And I can’t use proper English words to express my thoughts. However, I sincerely hope you can give me some practical advice. In addition, I would visit you after the competition. That is no doubt that we will have a wonderful time together! I can hard wait to see you. Looking forward to you early reply. Yours, Li Hua |
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假定你是李华，你们班下周日将去景德镇参观并感受陶瓷(ceramic)文化。你们的外教 John 对中国陶瓷很感兴趣，因此你想邀请他一同前往，请就此给他写一封信，要点如下： 1. 活动时间：下周日早上 8: 00 至下午 5: 00; 2 活动内容：观看陶艺大师制作陶瓷，体验制作陶瓷等。 注意：1. 词数 120 左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear John, _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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