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There are many famous festivals around the world like the Carnivals in Rio and Venice Munich's Oktoberfest.Here are some unusual and crazy festivals in the world. Mighty Mud Mania,USA Children's dreams really do come true in the City of Scottsdale.Children aged 1 to 13,get to participate in a mud race.During the running of the Mighty Mud Obstacle(障碍物)course,several mud holes in the ground are intentionally placed as kids compete for the fastest time in each race.There are also mud puddle pools for small kids,and a mini mud course for those six and younger. The New Straits Times Million Ringgit Charity Duck Race,Malaysia Thirteen years ago,Eric Schechter and his friends were brainstorming to find new ways raising money for local charities when they came up with the idea of rubber duck races.The event,crazy as it may sound,involves racing“cool”rubber ducks down a local waterway and having members of the community"adopt"the ducks for a chance to win valuable donated prizes,possibly even＄1 million bucks. Songkran Festival,Thailand What better way to celebrate the"start of the return of rains"than with a country—wide water fight?Thais celebrate their festival officially from April 13th until April 15th.These three days represent the last day of the old year,the day of transition,and the first day of the New Year.These are days of cleaning the houses and the body,days of merry making,and renewal.Nothing evil has to be taken into the New Year. Canberra Sled Dog Classic,Australia Dog sledding is one of the fastest growing sports on the east coast of Australia.As there's no snow(the trail is earth and sand and is smooth and wide with a few hills and turns),the sleds have wheels instead of runners,but the excitement is the same. 【1】What is special about Mighty Mud Mania? A.Water and mud games. B.Fastest growing sports. C.Snow and sand tracks. D.Longest local history. 【2】Why is The New Straits Times Million Ringgit Charity Duck Race held? A.To raise ducks. B.To collect money. C.To found charities. D.To make waterway. 【3】Which place will you go to if you want to experience a new year? A.USA. B.Malaysia. C.Thailand. D.Australia. |
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The little,black-haired boy was waiting for us on the other side of the world.Ever since our adoption agency had matched us,I'd been crazily completing all the necessary paperwork.We knew we faced months of waiting before we could hold our new son in our arms,and he'd waited long enough already. I made it a personal goal to never delay the process.If we had documents to get notarized(公证),we would do them on the very day we were told.On one late afternoon in June,I rushed from our Secretary of State's office toward the closest FedEx office.I had a document to send overnight. I thought I knew where the FedEx office was.I drove there,only to find that the office was no longer located where I remembered it.I became very disappointed.I didn't bring my smart phone in my pockets.I had no way of finding the correct location.I started driving toward home. Suddenly,at a stoplight,an oversized truck drove in front of my car.I became angry but my anger turned to shock when I saw the emblem(标记).It was a FedEx truck.I changed lanes quickly and followed closely behind the truck.What were the chances that the truck would lead me straight to the FedEx office I was seeking? It turned out that the chances were good.Less than five minutes later,I saw a FedEx sign,and the truck made a turn into the parking lot.Our documents went out that night.Three months later,we flew halfway around the world to meet our son for the first time.We have been with him every day since. Miracles are always around us if we are open to them.Sometimes,it's a smile at the right time or a kind word.And every now and then,it's even a big truck that cuts us off at the stoplight. 【1】What can we infer about the author from the first two paragraphs? A.She wanted to know more information about the boy. B.She was looking forward to meeting her new son. C.She spent a long time finishing the paperwork. D.She felt dissatisfied with the adoption process. 【2】Why did the author feel disappointed at first on that late afternoon? A.She was cut off by a truck. B.She couldn't contact her family. C.She didn't find the FedEx office. D.She failed to bring enough documents. 【3】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 mean? A.The truck parked at the parking lot. B.The author's documents were accepted. C.The truck led the author to the right place. D.The author managed to pick up her new son. 【4】What can be the best title for the text? A.A miracle at the stoplight. B.Be patient for the miracles. C.A stranger can change your life. D.Be kind to a new family member. |
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The life expectancy(预期寿命）gap between the richest and the poorest members of society in England widened to nearly 10 years,British researchers have found. The study analyzed a total of 7.65 million deaths in England between 2001 and 2016 based on data from the Office for National Statistics. Researchers at Imperial College London found that the life expectancy gap between the richest and the poorest sectors of society increased from 6.1 years in 2001 to 7.9 years in 2016 for women and from 9.0 years to 9.8 years for men. The life expectancy of women in poorest communities in 2016 was 78.8 years,compared to 86.7 years in the richest group.For men,life expectancy was 74.0 years among the poorest,compared to 83.8 years among the richest,according to the study published Thursday in the journal Lancet Public Health. The largest contributors to life expectancy inequalities were deaths in children younger than five years old,mostly the baby deaths,as well as respiratory disease,heart disease,lung and digestive cancers,and dementia among the elderly. Majid Ezzzti,senior author of the research,noted that“a perfect storm of factors”led to the earlier deaths of poor people,including dead working income,rising price of healthy food,funding squeeze for health and late diagnosis of diseases. “Greater investment in health and social care in the most deprived areas will help change the worrying trends seen in our work.We also need government and industry action to erase food insecurity and make healthy food choices more affordable,so that the quality of a family’s diet isn’t decided by their income,”he suggested. 【1】How did the scientists get the result? A.By doing the experiments. B.By analyzing the figures. C.By analyzing the forms. D.By studying the questionnaires. 【2】Who will live the longest time according to the research? A.Men in the richest community. B.Men in the poorest community C.Women in the richest community. D.Women in the poorest community. 【3】Which factor has the least connection with money among those causing the earlier death of the poor? A.Dead working income. B.Rising price of healthy food. C.Funding squeeze for health. D.Late diagnosis of disease. 【4】What may be the main reason causing the life expectancy gap? A.The poor families seldom go to see doctors. B.The poor families usually get cancer easily. C.The poor families often have unhealthy food. D.The government doesn’t care about the poor. |
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Professor Ashok Goel of Georgia Tech developed an artificially intelligent teaching assistant to help handle the enormous number of student questions in the online class,Knowledge Based Artificial Intelligence.This online course is a core requirement of Georgia Tech’s online Master of Science in Computer Science program.Professor Goel already had 8 teaching assistants,but that wasn’t enough to deal with the overwhelming number of questions from students. Many students drop out of online courses because of the lack of teaching support.When students feel isolated or confused and reach out with questions that go unanswered,their motivation to continue begins to fade.Professor Goel decided to do something to remedy this situation and his solution was to create a virtual assistant named Jill Watson,which is based on the IBM Watson platform. Goel and his team developed several versions of Jill Watson before releasing her to the online forums.At first,the virtual assistant wasn’t too great.But Goel and his team sourced the online discussion forum to find all 40,000 questions that had ever been asked since the class was launched.Then they began to feed Jill the questions and answers.After some adjustment and sufficient time,Jill was able to answer the students’questions correctly 97%of the time.The virtual assistant became so advanced and realistic that the students didn’t know she was a computer.The students,who were studying artificial intelligence,were interacting with artificial intelligence and couldn’t tell it apart from a real human being.Goel didn’t inform them about Jill’s true identity until April 26.The students were actually very positive about the experience. The goal of Professor Goel’s virtual assistant next year is to take over answering 40%of all questions asked by students on the online forum.The name,Jill Watson,will of course,change to something else next semester.Professor Goel has a much rosier outlook on the future of AI than say,Elon Musk,Stephen Hawking,Bill Gates or Steve Wozniak. 【1】What do we learn about Knowledge-Based Artificial Intelligence? A.It is a robot that can answer students’questions. B.It is a course designed for students to learn online. C.It is a high-tech device that revolutionizes teaching. D.It is a computer program that aids student learning. 【2】What problem did Professor Goel meet with? A.His students were unsatisfied with the assistants. B.His course was too difficult for the students. C.Students’questions were too many to handle. D.Too many students dropped out of his course. 【3】What do we learn about Jill Watson? A.She turned out to be a great success. B.She got along pretty well with students. C.She was unwelcome to students at first. D.She was released online as an experiment. 【4】What does Professor Goel plan to do next with Jill Watson? A.Launch different versions of her online. B.Feed her with new questions and answers. C.Assign her to answer more of students’questions. D.Encourage students to interact with her more freely. |
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How to Learn a Foreign Language with Songs Learning a new language can be really tough sometimes and not few people give up before they see any promising results.【1】.Follow these simple steps to get more fluent in no time! 【2】.When seeking materials,one tends to buy what is above one's personal language level.The sad truth is that this kind of material contains too many new words and grammar items,which will just lower your motivation.Therefore,it is very important to choose material that suits your level of knowledge and vocabulary. Know the meaning of each single word.【3】.If you know what all the words in a song are supposed to mean,you can easily understand how the language works.Make sure to review this step,as it is easy to forget the meaning of the most unusual words. Learn a song by heart.Have you ever had a school assignment to learn a poem by heart?Didn't you also get a deeper sense of understanding what the poet meant,after you learned it?【4】.Once you know a song by heart and have a rough understanding of its meaning,in theory,you just put 30 to 50 new words into your long-term memory. Sing the song often during your day.And enjoy learning it!Learning a song should be fun and give you insight into a different culture,explain to you what people of different countries care to sing about.If it is just simple,but not your type of music,then your progress will also slow down. But always remember:Songs won't teach you key phrases like"Hello"or"Goodbye".Make sure to learn them in advance when travelling to a foreign country.【5】 A.Know your level. B.Choose good materials. C.The same effect applies to music. D.They will probably make up 90 percent of your initial conversation! E.If you know the meaning of each word you can understand English fully. F.This is especially important and sets you apart from normal fans and listeners of that foreign music. G.Using songs to study is a great way to improve the vocabulary and the overall feeling for that language. |
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I was just starting my copywriting internship(实习) at Wunderman. I was filled with ______ about doing new things in my life and reaching new levels of personal growth. _______, it was then that I realized I wasn't good at making friends and that the ______ of making new friends could kill my creativity and humanity. I wanted to _______my communication skills, but I didn't know how. Then, I _______it would take only one simple "hello". A simple hello could lead to a million things, right? I believed that if I started this_______ process of making people my friends, I would never _______. On the same day, I decided that it was time for ______ . I decided that I would say hello to the first person that I would make eye contact with. So, while I was reading a book during my lunch break, I_______ a person in a cafe, and he was alone. At that time, I ______ this was the perfect moment to say hello. This was my time to ______ . This was my moment to prove myself wrong and defeat all my negative impressions of ______ and have the courage to grow as a(n) ______ . It wasn't _______at all. It took only one simple hello to create new chances for me. As a matter of fact, the person that I started ______ appeared to be an intern in the same company as me! How ______ is that! Basically, we started to talk about everything — our dreams, goals, values, our future, how we got into the ______ company, and so on — it was a never-ending journey of right ______ . It's almost been a month since we became friends. Deep inside I feel like the whole world is on my side. We are ______ each other in everything we do. You see, friendships can be complex but it's worth the ______ . Friendships require a combination of trust, respect, courage and support. 【1】A.pain B.doubt C.pride D.excitement 【2】A.So B.However C.Besides D.Instead 【3】A.fear B.joy C.hope D.waste 【4】A.give up B.work on C.show off D.put down 【5】A.realized B.agreed C.imagined D.promised 【6】A.creative B.old C.slow D.wonderful 【7】A.stay B.forget C.stop D.accept 【8】A.change B.practice C.preparation D.discussion 【9】A.kept B.saw C.left D.minded 【10】A.explained B.understood C.thought D.expected 【11】A.choose B.succeed C.go D.shine 【12】A.strangers B.relatives C.friends D.workmates 【13】A.artist B.person C.writer D.leader 【14】A.bad B.new C.funny D.secret 【15】A.worrying about B.caring for C.talking to D.depending on 【16】A.strange B.cool C.important D.different 【17】A.best B.largest C.same D.right 【18】A.conversations B.stories C.dreams D.introductions 【19】A.treating B.calling C.knowing D.supporting 【20】A.price B.risk C.try D.time |
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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。 At an office in San Francisco, if you drop a coffee cup in a robotic waste bin, the machine will automatically(自动地) sort the cup 【1】 recycling. The office is one of the first 【2】 (use) the technology, called the TrashBot, from a startup called CleanRobotics that is trying to solve a fundamental challenge in recycling: Even when someone is 【3】 (diligent) trying to reduce waste, there's 【4】 good chance they are recycling wrong. “The idea was really born out of 【5】 (frustrate),” says Charles Yhap, co-founder and CEO of CleanRobotics, which is a semi-finalist(半决赛选手) in the current IBM Waston AI XPRIZE. He thought that technology could help. “We 【6】 (start) looking at the lowering costs of sensors and robotic components and the increasing accessibility of algorithms(算法) and AI systems and we thought, maybe we can build something that does this 【7】 (good) than people,” he says. 【8】 helped that current bins are already expensive -- a single set of bins in an airport might cost $1200. “These are just shiny metal tubes 【9】 don’t do anything for you. So we thought we could build a robot that is price 【10】 (compete) and adds a ton more value.” |
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假定英语老师要求同桌之间互相修改作文，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：在错的词下面划一横线，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1词； 2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 The first time I heard the expression "Know yourself" by Socrates, I didn't realize its meaning until I go to university. I started my university life unwillingly, because I didn't want to leave my parents and university of engineering was not my dream school, too. However, I changed my mind complete after a semester. My schoolmates are from different place, some of which are really outstanding. This makes me realized there is always someone much more better capable. Since then, to know myself has become an importance part of my life. Only by knowing who I am or where I am can I really follow the right path. |
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假定你是李华。在即将到来的暑假里，你和几位好友计划到一贫困山村帮助那里的孩子学英语。请你发邮件询问你学校的外国交换生John是否愿意加入你们。内容包括： 1.时间、地点、目的； 2.工作内容； 3.需要做的准备。 注意：1.词数100左右，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 2.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。 Dear John, ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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