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The Official Residences of the British Royal Family Buckingham Palace We’ll start at Buckingham Palace, the Queen's London home. Situated by St.James's Park， Buckingham Palace has been the monarch's(君主的) official London residence since 1837. It has 775 rooms, including 52 bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, and 78 bathrooms. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh live here, along with the Duke of York, and the Earl and Countess of Wessex. Highlights at Buckingham Palace include the Changing of the Guard ceremony, which takes place most Days at11:00a.m., and the State Rooms that are open to the public every summer. Windsor Castle Windsor Castle, situated just outside London, is the Queen's weekend retreat. It's the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world, built by William the Conqueror in the 11th century. Over 39 monarchs have used Windsor Castle as their residence. St George's Chapel is part of the castle and is the venue(会场) for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2018. The castle is open all year round―it has a world-famous Royal dollhouse!―and there are also talks, performances, and activities for kids. In 1992, a fire at the castle caused over $50,000,000 in damage. Sandringham House Sandringham House in Norfolk is one of the Queen's private residences. It was brought into the family in 1862 by the future Edward VII, although a fire in 1891 destroyed much of the original building. It's been passed down through the family into the Queen's ownership. The house itself stands within nearly 20,000 acres, with 60 acres of gardens. The rest is a park and uncultivated(未开垦的) land, which is freely open to the public every day of the year. The British royal family spends Christmas at Sandringham, traditionally walking to church on Christmas morning and meeting the local people. Anmer Hall, a private residence of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, is also part of the Sandringham estate. 【1】What do we know about Buckingham Palace? A.It is the oldest castle. B.It is located in Norfolk. C.It is abundant in rooms. D.It is home to Edward VII. 【2】Which residence will you go to if your children want to see a performance? A.Buckingham Palace. B.Windsor Castle. C.Sandringham House. D.Anmer Hall. 【3】What can we do in Sandringham House? A.Watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony. B.Appreciate the wedding of Prince Harry. C.Visit the uncultivated land freely. D.Spend Christmas with the royal family. |
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My family and I belonged to a country club located across the street from the Long Island Sound. Each summer, the big attraction for us was the pool. I learned how to swim and joined the swimming team but was never really a good swimmer. However, swimming in my younger days was a way to keep cool, and swimming on a team gave me identity and a sense of belonging (归属感). It also became invaluable many years later. Fast-forward (快进) to 1973 – I was married, pregnant and had a home. What made our little home even more wonderful was when I discovered that four blocks away was Rath Park Pool! For the next 30 years, most of our summer days were spent around that pool. Each of my five kids took swimming lessons and learned all the different swimming strokes (姿势). They later joined the swimming team and competed in meets. My daughter even became a lifeguard at the town pool. I sat back and happily took it all in! As much as I would have liked to have life stand still, it doesn’t. My children outgrew their pool days and moved on. But the pool was still four blocks from my home, so I began to take up swimming again. And it was far better than I ever could have imagined. I got so much out of it that I joined the local pool so I could swim year-round. Whenever I swam, I would always come out feeling physically and mentally refreshed. I often felt that if I looked hard enough, I would be able to see all of the worries and problems I’ve had in life, sitting at the bottom of the pool! What has swimming taught me? I’ve learned that balance is the key to being a good swimmer. If you are balanced in the water, you have no resistance. Working on staying balanced made me realize the similarities between life in and out of the swim lane (泳道). If you work on keeping yourself balanced, you will be able to swim right through the stress and problems life throws at you. 【1】What can we learn about the author from paragraph 1? A.Her family taught her how to swim. B.She swam with friends more often in summer. C.She was elected to be the swim team captain. D.Swimming brought her lifelong benefits. 【2】What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 4 imply? A.Swimming was losing its appeal to the author. B.The author loved the pool days with her kids. C.She was proud of her kids for winning competitions. D.The author preferred to have a peaceful life. 【3】What did the author find after she took up swimming again? A.It enabled her to see how to handle problems in life. B.She mastered more swimming skills than expected. C.Sports can give you the courage to face difficulties. D.Swimming made her remember her younger days. 【4】What is the main idea of the article? A.The author’s wonderful pool days with her family. B.The influence of swimming on the author’s life. C.The physical and mental benefits of swimming. D.The similarities between swimming and life. |
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Louise Gluck has been no stranger to awards over her long and storied career, since her first publication in 1968. In 1993, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her collection of poems, The Wild Iris (《野鸢尾》). And on Oct 8 she became the 16th woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature with the Nobel prizes first awarded in 1901. Gluck was honored “for her unmistakable poetic voice that, with austere (朴素的) beauty, makes individual existence universal”. Often said to be an autobiographical (自传体的) poet, drawing from the inner parts of her life, “she is not to be regarded as a confessional poet (告白派诗人). Gluck seeks the universal,” Nobel Committee Chair Anders Olsson said in a statement. Gluck, 77, the author of 12 poetry collections, has been able to turn her life experiences into universal themes covering life, loss, and isolation. Because of this, readers have often found her poetry to be “dark”. However, there is much more than darkness in her voice, as noted by Olsson. “It is straightforward and ... also a voice full of humor and biting wit,” he said. For example, in her poem Snowdrops, she uses the coming of spring after winter to show rebirth of life after death. She leads readers down a depressing path only to reconnect with the light at the near end. At the conclusion of the poem, readers are left to feel the “raw wind of the new world” as they watch a new spring. This is often the case in Gluck’s poetry, being able to feel joy even after not having done so for a long time. When her work Faithful Virtuous Night (《忠诚与善良之夜》) received a National Book Award for Poetry in 2014, a judge for the award went on to say, the collection comes from “a world where darkness blurs (使模糊) ordinarily sharp edges (边界) around the oppositions of our lives – loss and renewal, male and female, the living and the dead”. Although she’s already a well-known writer, experienced in exploring trauma (痛苦经历) and healing, Gluck did feel honored to be given the prestigious Nobel award. However, when asked what the prize means to her, the lyric poet responded by saying, “It’s too new … I don’t know really what it means.” Her only hope is that she can preserve her daily life. 【1】What can we know about Louise Gluck? A.Her first book was published in 1993. B.The Wild Iris won her the Nobel Prize in literature. C.She draws from her life experiences in her writing. D.She is seen as a successful confessional poet. 【2】What does Olsson think of Gluck’s poems? A.They are all about human psychology. B.They are too dark for readers. C.They ignore individual existence. D.They are frank and humorous in style. 【3】Why does the author mention Snowdrops in paragraph 4? A.To introduce the main plots of this poem. B.To describe Gluck’s creativity in choosing themes. C.To show the features of Gluck’s poetry. D.To explain Gluck’s purpose in writing Snowdrops. 【4】How does Gluck feel about winning the Nobel Prize in literature? A.She is not qualified for the prize. B.It may change her daily life. C.It is not meaningful for her. D.The history of this award is not long enough. |
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We know that artificial intelligence (AI) is smart enough to do a few things our minds cannot, and with incredible accuracy. And now, it seems it also has the capacity to detect loneliness in humans, which is an otherwise challenging task. A new study, led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, US, has shown how AI tools can predict levels of loneliness from a person’s speech with an accuracy rate of 94 percent. The study focused on 80 participants aged 66 to 94, a population particularly vulnerable to loneliness. The subjects were asked 20 questions from the UCLA Loneliness Scale, which uses a four-point rating scale (量表) for questions such as “How often do you feel left out?” and “How often do you feel part of a group of friends?” They were also interviewed in private conversations, which were recorded and transcribed (转录) by researchers. The transcripts (文字记录) were then examined using natural language processing (处理) tools, including IBM Watson Natural Language Understanding (WNLU) software, to quantify (量化) expressed emotions. The interesting thing about this system is that it not only uses dictionary-based methods, such as searching for specific words that express fear, but also presents corresponding patterns by testing the words used in the response. Varsha Badal, the first author of the study, noted that the WNLU software system uses deep learning to extract (提取) data from keywords, categories, emotions and grammar. “Natural language processing and machine learning can systematically examine long interviews from multiple individuals and explore how subtle (微妙的) speech features such as emotions may indicate loneliness,” Badal said. “Similar emotion analyses by humans would be open to bias (偏见), lack consistency, and require extensive (大量的) training to standardize.” The more lonely a person felt, the longer their responses to direct questions regarding loneliness. The system was capable of not just detecting the degree of loneliness in each subject, but also showing differences between the way men and women spoke about loneliness. The men were found to use more fearful and joyful words in their responses, while the women tended to acknowledge feeling lonely during interviews. Co-author Dilip Jeste said that the IBM-UC San Diego Center is now exploring natural language patterns of loneliness and wisdom, which are inversely (成反比地) linked in older adults. “Speech data can be combined with our other assessments (评估) of cognition (认知), mobility (运动), sleep, physical activity and mental health to improve understanding of aging and to help contribute to successful aging,” he said. 【1】What can we know about the study? A.It involved 80 middle-aged participants. B.It could reach as high as 90 percent in accuracy. C.It relied on AI tools from the beginning. D.Its original data was partly from private interviews. 【2】How did the WNLU software system contribute to the loneliness study? A.By detecting speech patterns that show emotion. B.By removing bias from the transcribing process. C.By locating specific words in long conversations. D.By standardizing the training of emotion analyses. 【3】Which of the following is among the findings? A.The lonelier the person is, the quicker they respond. B.The way we talk about loneliness varies with age. C.Lonelier people had longer responses about loneliness. D.Women tend to be more optimistic about loneliness. 【4】What does Dilip Jeste imply in the last paragraph? A.The study is helpful for studying aging. B.AI tools can be applied to studying the secret of aging. C.Speech data is important for assessing cognition. D.The system’s accuracy needs to be improved. |
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Cold Weather Helps Your Body We think of winter as cold and flu season, but the chilly temperatures have powerful biological upsides too. Boosts your brain 【1】Studies have found that people perform some cognitive(认知的) tasks(such as making decisions) better when the temperature is cooler. Research has also shown that people less tend to tackle complex tasks in the summer than in the winter. The brain requires glucose(葡萄糖) to function, but the body uses more of it in warmer temperatures to keep the body cool. That leaves less available fuel for reasoning and remembering tasks. Burns calories When its cold, your body works harder to keep your core temperature, which is typically about 98.6 degrees.【2】So tie up your boot: A recent study of 53 people showed that participants burned 34 percent more calories when they hiked in 14- to 23 -degree temperatures than they did hiking on 50-degree days. Encourages better sleep Your body's core temperature drops when you're trying to sleep.This process can take up to two hours in the summer, but it's much faster in winter.【3】 Fights infections Yes, you might get more colds during the winter. However, studies have shown that the immune(免疫的)system can be activated by colder temperatures, which improves our ability to fight infections. That said, the flu virus becomes stronger in cold, dry air, and time spent indoors increases your chance of infection.【4】 Strengthens your heart In cold weather, the heart works harder to pump blood and keep the body's core temperature. That's a good thing .【5】Once you warm up, you may be able to go farther than when it's hot outside. But if you are at risk for heart disease, be careful when exercising outdoors in the cold; the extra stress can cause problems. A.Any activity can leave your heart driving. B.Plus, with darker mornings, you naturally sleep later. C.Colder temperatures can help you think more clearly. D.Exercising in the winter makes heart muscles stronger. E.Storing up too much ordinary fat can endanger our health. F.Our bodies use a large amount of energy to keep us warm. G.To reduce risk, get your annual flu shot, wash your hands frequently. |
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Being good at something and having a passion for it are not enough. Success _______ fundamentally on our view of ourselves and of the _________ in our lives. When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in 1931, he had no _______ of knowing that his life was to change _________. The class experiment that day was to _________ how heating a container of water would bring air bubbling (冒泡) to the surface. _________, the container the teacher gave Wilson to heat _________ held something more volatile (易挥发的) than water. When Wilson heated it, the container _______, leaving Wilson blinded in both eyes. When Wilson returned home from hospital two months later, his parents _________ to find a way to deal with the catastrophe that had ____________ their lives. But Wilson did not regard the accident as ____________. He learned braille (盲文) quickly and continued his education at Worcester College for the Blind. There, he not only did well as a student but also became a(n)____________ public speaker. Later, he worked in Africa, where many people suffered from ____________ for lack of proper treatment. For him, it was one thing to __________ his own fate of being blind and quite another to allow something to continue __________ it could be fixed so easily. This moved him to action. And tens of millions in Africa and Asia can see because of the ____________ Wilson made to preventing the ____________. Wilson received several international ____________ for his great contributions. He lost his sight but found a __________. He proved that it’s not what happens to us that ____________ our lives-it’s what we make of what happens. 【1】A.depends B.holds C.keeps D.reflects 【2】A.dilemmas B.accidents C.events D.steps 【3】A.way B.hope C.plan D.measure 【4】A.continually B.gradually C.gracefully D.completely 【5】A.direct B.show C.advocate D.declare 【6】A.Anyway B.Moreover C.Somehow D.Thus 【7】A.mistakenly B.casually C.amazingly D.clumsily 【8】A.erupted B.exploded C.emptied D.exposed 【9】A.deserved B.attempted C.cared D.agreed 【10】A.submitted to B.catered for C.impressed on D.happened to 【11】A.fantastic B.extraordinary C.impressive D.catastrophic 【12】A.accomplished B.crucial C.specific D.innocent 【13】A.deafness B.depression C.blindness D.speechlessness 【14】A.decide B.abandon C.control D.accept 【15】A.until B.when C.unless D.before 【16】A.opposition B.adjustments C.commitment D.limitations 【17】A.preventable B.potential C.spreadable D.influential 【18】A.scholarships B.rewards C.awards D.bonuses 【19】A.fortune B.recipe C.dream D.vision 【20】A.distinguishes B.determines C.claims D.limits |
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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。 In your daily life, there are many examples where your parents control hundreds of【1】 (thing) for you when you are a kid, such as the clothes you wear, the food you eat, where you go and how you get there. It is a good thing. Kids need this kind of protection and help because they are not old enough to take care of 【2】（they）and make decisions 【3】 (correct). But with kids 【4】(grow) older, the part of being a teen is developing your own identity—one 【5】 is separated from your parents'. 【6】(difference) attitudes towards events like parties may lead to arguments, because your parents will always want to protect you and keep you safe, no matter how old you are. As 【7】 result, your parents feel it hard 【8】 (get) used to the new situation with increasing anxiety. What kids should keep 【9】 mind is that in most cases, your parents can relate to what you're going through because they 【10】 (be) teens once. |
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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，并在改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，多着（从第11处起）不计分。 With the development of technology, more and more students prefer to using the electronic dictionary to replace the paper dictionary. Some students is in favor of the idea of using the electronic dictionary. They find it more convenient to look up for the words in the electronic dictionary than in the paper dictionary. Thus, it can save many time for them. Meanwhile, they think the electronic dictionary had many other functions. However, the English teachers hold total different views. They consider the electronic dictionary provides limiting explanations when the paper dictionary gives the students detailed examples. Every coin has two side. We should use their advantages. When we learn English, we should use the paper dictionary. For travelling, we maybe take electronic dictionary. |
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假如你是你校学生会主席李华， 上周你校组织一个文化交流团到英国某高中进行文化交流，现已回国。请你代表你校交流团给英国负责人David写一封信， 内容包括： 1. 感谢对方的招待； 2. 此行的体验和收获； 3. 邀请对方暑假来中国体验中国文化。 注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear David , ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours , Li Hua |
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