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As the leaves start to change color and the autumn air turns fresh, sometimes nothing is more appealing than the attractions of a good book. Here are four top picks for the best books. The Most Fun We Ever Had By Claire Lombardo Doubleday David and Marilyn have been married forever. Four kids and decades later, they are still as in love as the day they met. Lombardo Paints an extraordinary picture of a family in what could well be one of the best novels published this year. The Shadow King By Maaza Mengiste W.W .Norton & Company A historical novel that takes place in the 1930s Ethiopia, the Shadow king focuses on the female soldiers who take up arms in World War II . In beautiful prose(叙述)， Mengiste shines a light on those whose lives are not often noticed. Someone We Know By Shari Lapena Pamela Dorman Books A quiet suburban town is shaken by a series of break-ins and a body that turns up in the trunk of a car in this latest psychological thriller by the author of The Couple Next Door. Here are the crimes related ? And what does the invader know? The Only Plane in the Sky By Garrett M. Graff Avid Reader Press Journalist Graff put together an oral history of 9/11 from the perspective of nearly everyone involved. Every single line is breathtaking and heartbreaking, weaving together the history of previously- unimaginable and tragic events that changed history. 【1】Which of the following published the book about family life? A.Doubleday B.W.W .Norton & Company C.Pamela Dorman Books D.Avid Reader Press 【2】Who is the author of Thriller? A.Claire Lombardo B.Maaza Mengiste C.Shari Lapena D.Garrett M. Graff 【3】What is the book The Only Plane in the Sky about? A.An imaginary tragic Story. B.A historical novel about soldiers. C.A journalist involved in 9/11 event. D.A collection of true stories in 9/11. |
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Airports will soon add a new layer to their security procedures. Several airports in Europe will start giving lie detector tests to passengers. Special lie detector machines will use artificial intelligence to test travellers. The lie detector machines are backed by a European Union project called iBorderCtrl. The first machines will be at border checkpoints in Hungary, Greece and Latvia. Airports in these countries will carry out tests on the lie detector machines this month. Travelers from outside the EU countries will have to take the test. They will look into a webcam and answer questions from a computer-animated immigration official. The computer- produced animation will change to match the race and language of the traveler. A European Union spokesperson said the virtual border guard will scan passengers' faces and analyze their micro expressions. They will use these expressions to find out if the passenger might be lying. A human security guard will take over if the lie-detecting software detects a security risk. The procedure will firstly divide passengers into two types. Low-risk travelers will be asked basic information in the lie-detection process while high-risk passengers will get more detailed questions. A psychology expert doubted if the system would work. He said, “If you ask people to lie, they will do it differently and show very different behavioral cues than if they truly lie...This is a known problem in psychology.” 【1】Where will you see this special lie detector machine? A.At a border checkpoint in Italy B.At Greece airports C.In iBorderCtrl offices. D.In Hungary security department 【2】What does the underlined word “backed” mean in Paragraph 2. A.supported B.produced C.Tested D.sold 【3】How does the lie detector machine work? A.By scanning passengers’ brain. B.By looking into a webcam C.By analyzing facial expressions. D.By distinguishing abnormal mood. 【4】Which word below can best describe the psychology expert’s attitude towards the lie detecting? A.indifferent B.supportive C.opposed D.skeptical |
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There is a lot of losing in sports. Only one team can win at a time, and only one champion escapes the season without tears. But that doesn’t stop Americans from spending nearly $56 billion a year on sporting events. Is fandom(运动迷) worth it? At first glance, the evidence isn’t encouraging. Following a loss, fans are more likely than usual to eat unhealthy food, be unproductive at work, and –in the case of the Super Bowl-die from heart disease. What about fans of the winning team? Well, they are more likely than other fans to suffer a postgame traffic fatality(死亡) if the score is close. Rival(竞争的) fans’treatment of one another is hardly more encouraging. A recent study found that fans experienced greater pleasure when watching a rival team fail. Fans in another study reported schadenfreude, a feeling of satisfaction, when reading about the injury of a rival team’s player, and gluckschmerz or unhappiness when later reading about the player’s unexpectedly speedy recovery. Yet a great deal of research shows that being a fan can also have positive effects. It can prevent depression and build a sense of belonging and self-worth---in case that the object of one’s devotion is a local team. Much of this is due to social bonds among fans, but not all--- sports worship also provides fans with a number of skills at dealing with life’s emotional challenges. A landmark 1976 study found that after a win,fans were more likely than usual to wear clothes connected with the winning teams, and to claim credit for the team’s success by describing the team as “we” instead of “they” in conversation. Along with schadenfreude and gluckschmerz, being a fan seems more than anything else to be a matter of managing responses to things that cannot control. Sports fans tend to respond to reminders of death with optimism, and to remember victories much more clearly than defeats. 【1】Which of the following statement is especially true as for the winning side’s fans? A.They might die from heart disease. B.They tend to live an unhealthy life. C.They can have good work efficiency. D.They might have a traffic accident. 【2】What does the underlined sentence mean in paragraph 3? A.Rival fans usually hold bad or even extreme attitude to each other. B.Rival fans often fight with each other. C.Fans can face their rival team bravely. D.Fans never lose heart when facing their rival team. 【3】What did the 1976 study show? A.Being a fan could show great devotion to study. B.Being a fan could create a sense of belonging. C.Being a fan could develop a spirit of optimism. D.Being a fan could test social bonds. 【4】What is the best title for the text? A.How to be a fan B.What it’s like to be fan C.Being a fan can be good for you D.A fan’s emotional challenges |
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Half decade ago, at the end of my first semester teaching at Wharton, my student Kevin stopped by for office hours. He sat down and burst into tears. My mind started cycling through a list of events that could make a college junior cry: His girlfriend had broken up with him; he had been accused of cheating in exams; he forgot to turn in papers before the deadline. “I just got my first A-minus(减),” he said with his voice shaking. Year after year, I watch in depression as students are crazy about getting straight A's. Some sacrifice their health; a few have even tried to charge their school after falling short(倒挂). All hold the belief that top marks are a ticket to best graduate schools and rewarding job offers. I was one of them. I started college with the goal of graduating with a 4.0. It would be a reflection of my brainpower and willpower, showing that I had the right stuff to succeed. But I was wrong. The evidence is clear: Academic excellence is not a strong predictor of career excellence. Across industries, research shows that the connection between grades and job performance is modest in the first year after college and unimportant within a handful of years. Take Microsoft for example, once employees are two or three years out of college, their grades have no bearing on their performance. (Of course, it must be said that if you got D's, you probably didn't end up at Microsoft.) Academic grades rarely assess qualities like creativity, leadership and teamwork skills, or social, emotional and political intelligence. Yes, straight A students master large amounts of information and reproduce it in exams. But career success is rarely about finding the right solution to a problem—it’s more about finding the right problem to solve. This might explain why Steve Jobs finished high school with a 2.65GPA, and Martin Luther King Jr. got only one A in his four years at Morehouse. 【1】Why did the student Kevin feel sad? A.He was caught cheating in exams. B.His girlfriend abandoned him. C.He didn’t hand in his papers before headline. D.He failed to get straight A's. 【2】What did the author once believe? A.Marks didn’t reflect willpower and brainpower. B.Top marks meant well-paid job offers. C.It was wrong to care too much about marks. D.Straight A's don't bring creative performances. 【3】Why are the employees at Microsoft mentioned? A.To stress the company values employees with top marks. B.To indicate academic performance is important. C.To show academic excellence isn’t a strong predictor of career performance. D.To introduce successful example in the technology industry. 【4】What should people focus more on to succeed according to the passage? A.How to be a creative leader. B.What to do with detailed information. C.How to solve a problem. D.What problems to be solved. |
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If you live in a city where everyone rushes, you should realize that you don’t have to be like everyone else.【1】Here are some tips to consider and perhaps to adopt, if they work for your life. Do less Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality. Pick 2 or 3 important things — or even just one important thing — and work on those first.【2】 【3】 If you’re constantly rushing to appointments or other places you have to be, it’s because you don’t allot (分配) enough time in your schedule for preparing and for traveling. Arrange your schedule to allow time for this stuff. If you think it only takes you 10 minutes to get ready for work or a date, perhaps give yourself 30 to 45 minutes so you don’t have to shave in a rush or put on makeup in the car. Realize that if it doesn’t get done, that’s Ok. 【4】 I know that’s a frustrating attitude for some of you who don’t like laziness or living without firm deadlines, but it's also reality．The world likely won’t end if you don’t get that task done today. Your boss might get mad, but the company won’t collapse and the life will go on. Practice mindfulness (正念减压法) Simply learn to live in the present, rather than thinking so much about the future or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food．【5】 When you’re walking, appreciate your surroundings, no matter where you are. A.Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day． B.Walk instead of driving in rush hour traffic. C.Give yourself time to get ready and get there. D.You can be different. E.Practice being comfortable with sitting, doing nothing. F.There is always tomorrow. G.When you’re with someone, be with them fully. |
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One Sunday, Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. In the early afternoon,when he was planning to go home, a______snowstorm swept into the area. Unable to see far, he ______turned off the path.______he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! He didn’t have food, water, a phone, or other______. He was getting colder by the minute. Nicholas had no idea where he was. He tried not to ______ . He thought about all the______shows he had watched on TV. It was time to put the______he had learned to use. He decided to stop______. There was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed where he was. The first thing he did was to find______from the freezing wind and snow. If he didn’t, his body temperature would get very low, which could quickly kill him. Using his skis, Nicholas built a snow______. He______a huge mass of snow and dug out a hole in the middle. Then he piled branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as warm as he could. By that evening, Nicholas was really______. He ate snow and drank water from a nearby stream so that his body wouldn’t lose too much______. Not knowing how much longer he could______, Nicholas did the only thing he could--- he huddled in his cave and slept. The next day, Nicholas went out to look for help, but he couldn’t find anyone. He______his tracks and returned to the snow cave, because______shelter, he could die that night. On Tuesday, Nicholas went out to find help. He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. After two days_____ in the snow, Nicholas was saved. Nicholas might not have survived this snowstorm______TV. He had often watched Grylls’ survival show Man Vs. Wild. That’s______he learned the tips that saved his life. In each episode of Man Vs. Wild, Grylls is abandoned in a wild area and has to find his way out. When Grylls heard about Nicholas’ amazing deeds, he was super______that Nicholas had made it since he knew better than anyone how hard Nicholas had to work to stay alive. 【1】A.vivid B.soft C.fierce D.rude 【2】A.accidentally B.seriously C.casually D.luckily 【3】A.Because B.Before C.Since D.Although 【4】A.packages B.goods C.functions D.supplies 【5】A.panic B.leave C.calm D.reject 【6】A.performance B.survival C.skiing D.talk 【7】A.lips B.experiences C.subjects D.tips 【8】A.crying B.running C.thinking D.skiing 【9】A.food B.shelter C.hotel D.way 【10】A.nest B.cave C.shelf D.board 【11】A.built B.made C.gathered D.picked 【12】A.annoyed B.angry C.sad D.hungry 【13】A.water B.food C.courage D.fat 【14】A.insist B.last C.pass D.take 【15】A.followed B.went C.walked D.brought 【16】A.with B.beyond C.without D.out 【17】A.struck B.hidden C.stuck D.buried 【18】A.anything but B.but for C.except for D.all but 【19】A.which B.what C.where D.how 【20】A.impressed B.admired C.frustrated D.embarrassed |
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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。 Duilian is traditional Chinese couplets(对联), also known as yinglian or duizi. According to the usage,it can be【1】(general) classified into Spring Festival couplets, wedding couplets, trade couplets, social couplets and entertaining or【2】(humor) couplets. The traditional couplets vary greatly in 【3】(long). The shortest one contains one or two characters, and the longest one contains several hundred characters, usually【4】(find) on ancient Chinese buildings. A couple must have the following features: 【5】number of characters of one line is equal to that of the other line and both lines have the same sense groups. A couplet writer may show his feelings【6】means of describing the scenery or express his wishes in his works. 【7】he wants to convey, the writer is expected to be good at Chinese and summarization【8】(produce) a couplet with a few characters that is excellent in both content and language. With the cultural exchange among different countries all over the world, Chinese couplets 【9】(begin) to spread to Vietnam, Japan, and Singapore in the 20th century. As a result, the custom of putting up Spring Festival couplets【10】(observe) in these countries at present as well. |
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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处错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，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。 Nowadays online voting is very popular in China and it has bad effects for people. Some people feel annoyed when ask to do what they don’t like it. In general, online voting don’t rely on the competitors’ strengths. Instead, it usually lies in how much social networking resources we have, so it is unfair. Worse still, it might be commercial trick played by the organizer. Therefore, it was very necessary that regulation should be worked out and strictly observed. |
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不久前，你所在的学校举办了校庆活动，请你给学校广播站写一篇英文广播稿，报道此次活动的情况，主要内容包括： 1. 活动时间和参加人物； 2. 活动内容； 3. 个人感受。 注意：1 词数 100-120； 2 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 |
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