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The Best and Worst Things to Buy in March Frozen food Grocery store ads aren't the only places to find deals on freezer-section treats. To take advantage of the deepest discounts, combine coupons (优惠券) from sponsoring brands, such as Dole, Green Giant and Tyson Foods, with grocery store sales. Plus, look for printable savings on Coupons. com and EasyHoreMeals.com. Brands participating in National Frozen Food Month will offer more than 180, 000 coupons that make frozen food among the best things to buy in March. Boxed chocolates If you desire to give a gift to a friend in March, consider chocolate. Two minor holidays in March provide the perfect excuse: National Chocolate Caramel Day on March 19 and National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day on March 24. You can discover chocolate deals online as well as in stores. Head to sites like RetailMeNot.com to find discount coupons for boxed chocolate savings of 10 percent or more. New cars With the latest car models filling dealers' lots, you'll have a hard time finding discounted models from the year before. Car dealerships are less motivated to offer steep discounts from March through May. Instead, plan to buy your car during the fall or winter. You should also research the auto you want at TrueCar before heading for the dealership. The site offers information on how much the previous buyers paid for the vehicles you want. Spring clothing When warm weather makes you want to head outdoors, resist the urge to do so wearing the latest fashions. You won't find March deals on swimsuits, Easter dresses or other spring items. To find discounts on clothes of this spring, hold off until Memorial Day weekend. You can also look for online and in-store savings at Amazon, Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue and other retailers. 【1】Which things offer discounts in March? A.Frozen food and new cars. B.Boxed chocolates and new cars. C.Frozen food and boxed chocolates. D.Boxed chocolates and spring clothing. 【2】What are the vehicle buyers advised to do? A.Register on a site in advance. B.Get discounts from car dealers. C.Consult some previous buyers:" D.Make purchases at the right time. 【3】Which of the flowing festivals is celebrated after March? A.Memorial Day. B.National Frozen Food Month. C.National Chocolate Caramel Day. D.National Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day. 【4】Where is the passage most likely from? A.A journal. B.A guidebook. C.A catalogue. D.An advertisement. |
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A few weeks ago, I called an Uber to take me to the Boston airport for a flight home for the holidays. As I slid into the back seat of the car, the warm intonations (语调) of the driver’s accent washed over me in a familiar way. I learned that he was a recent West African immigrant with a few young children, working hard to provide for his family. I could relate: I am the daughter of two Ethiopian immigrants who made their share of sacrifices to ensure my success. I told him I was on a college break and headed home to visit my parents. That’s how he found out I go to Harvard. An approving eye glinted at me in the rearview window, and quickly, we crossed the boundaries of rider and driver. I became his daughter, all grown up—the product of his sacrifice. And then came the fateful question: “What do you study?” I answered “history and literature” and the pride in his voice faded, as I knew it might. I didn’t even get to add “and African-American studies” before he cut in, his voice thick with disappointment, “All that work to get into Harvard, and you study history?” Here I was, his daughter, squandering the biggest opportunity of her life. He went on to deliver the age-old lecture that all immigrant kids know. We are to become doctors (or lawyers, if our parents are being generous) — to make money and send money back home. The unspoken demand, made across generations which my Uber driver laid out plainly, is simple: Fulfill your role in the narrative (故事)of upward mobility so your children can do the same. I used to feel anxious and backed into a corner by the questioning, but now as a junior in college, I’m grateful for their support more than anything. This holiday season, I’ve promised myself I won’t huff and get annoyed at their inquiries. I won’t defensively respond with “but I plan to go to law school” when I get unrequested advice. I’ll just smile and nod, and enjoy the warmth of the occasion. 【1】What disappointed the driver? A.The author’s attitude towards study. B.The sacrifice of the author’s parents. C.The author’s majors at college. D.The lack of African-American studies. 【2】Which word can replace the underlined word “squandering” in Paragraph 4? A.Wasting. B.Creating. C.Valuing. D.Expecting. 【3】Why are immigrant kids expected to be doctors or lawyers? A.Because these professions are considered highly profitable. B.Because their parents want them to move upward in society C.Because their parents are generous enough to afford the fees. D.Because they have more opportunities to benefit their children. 【4】How did the author react to the driver’s questioning? A.Getting embarrassed. B.Feeling quite content. C.Defending herself. D.Appreciating his concern. |
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Robots have certain advantages compared to humans: They are efficient, tireless, can be repaired when damaged and they never get sick. This last trait has made them the star during our fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. While hundreds of thousands of medical workers have fallen ill dealing with this highly infectious virus and a lot more are forced to stay at home for fear of getting the disease, this isn't a problem for robots. This is why the COVID-19 outbreak is seen as the "tipping point"—noted The Independent Science reporter Anthony Cuthbertson—for robots to start to replace humans in certain jobs. In areas like hospitals and healthcare facilities, robots are used to perform high-risk tasks. In China, for example, a hotel in Hangzhou employed a robot named "Little Peanut" to deliver food to people under quarantine. In Spain, robots are about to be used to test people for the coronavirus. "Hospitals around the world are waking up to autonomous disinfection," Per Juul Nielsen, CEO of Denmark's UVD Robots, a leading company manufacturing disinfection robot, told Forbes. "We can't build these robots fast enough." In non-medial companies, robots are also replacing human employees since they don't have the problem of social distancing and will never take sick leave. Walmart and Amazon, for example, where robots are already used in sorting, packing and shipping, are planning to increase the number of robots in their facilities. According to futurist Martin Ford, using more robots than human employees can prove to be rewarding for companies even when the pandemic is over. " People will prefer to go to a place that has fewer workers and more machines because they feel they can lower overall risk," Ford told the BBC. But this sudden surge in robot demand doesn't mean that they triumph over humans in every aspect. According to Bill Smart, a roboticist at Oregon State University, the human contact between doctors and patients is still important. Doctors comfort the patients and guide them through hard decisions while robots are only doing routine tasks, like cleaning and giving tests, just to free up doctors and nurses. It might be true that robots have certain advantages over humans, but they are still secondary to human interaction. 【1】What is the passage mainly about? A.The advantages of robots compared to humans. B.Why the COVID-19 outbreak has fueled robot demand. C.Why humans play a less important role in fighting the pandemic. D.Different views on applying robots to fight against COVID-19. 【2】What has made robots desirable during the pandemic? A.They can be repaired when damaged. B.They do not get infected with diseases. C.They test people for coronavirus more precisely. D.They are tireless and can replace medical staff. 【3】What can we infer from the last two paragraphs? A.Human interaction is essential in some areas. B.The demand for robots is too great to meet. C.Doctors can make more accurate judgments than robots. D.Robots need updating to improve contact with humans. 【4】Which word best describes the author's attitude to the application of robots? A.Skeptical. B.Conservative. C.Objective. D.Favorable. |
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Suppose you become a leader in an organization. You are likely to have volunteers to help with the organization’s activities. To do so, it should help to understand why people undertake volunteer work and what keeps their interest in the work. Let’s begin with why people volunteer Researchers have identified several factors that motivate people to get involved. For example, people volunteer to express personal values related to unselfishness, to expand their range of experiences, and to strengthen social relationships. If volunteer positions do not meet these needs, people may not wish to participate. People also volunteer because they are required to do so. To increase levels of community service, some schools have launched compulsory volunteer programs. Unfortunately, these programs can shift people’s wish of participation from an internal factor (e.g. “I volunteer because it’s important to me”) to an external factor (e.g. “I volunteer because I’m required to do so”). When that happens, people become less likely to volunteer in the future. People must be sensitive to this possibility when they make volunteer activities a must. Once people begin to volunteer, what leads them to remain in their positions over time? To answer this question, researchers have conducted follow-up studies where they track volunteers over time. For instance, one study followed 238 volunteers in Florida over a year. One of the most important factors that influenced their satisfaction as volunteers was the suffering they experienced in their volunteer positions. Although this result may not surprise you, it leads to important practical advice. The researchers note that attention should be given to “the training methods that would prepare volunteers for troublesome situations or provide them with strategies for coping with the problem they experience.” Another study of 302 volunteers at hospitals in Chicago focused on individual differences in the degree to which people view “volunteer” as an important social role. Those people for whom the role of volunteer was most part of their personal identity would also be most likely to continue volunteer work. Participants indicated the degree to which the social role mattered by responding to statements such as “Volunteering in Hospital is an important part of who I am.” Consistent with the researchers’ expectations, they found a positive correlation (正相关) between the strength of role identity and the length of time people continued to volunteer. These results lead to concrete advice: “Once an individual begins volunteering, continued efforts might focus on developing a volunteer role identity. Items like T-shirts that allow volunteers to be recognized publicly for their contributions can help strengthen role identity”. 【1】People tend to volunteer mainly because of_________. A.academic requirements B.spiritual rewards C.social expectations D.inner motivations 【2】What can we learn from the Florida study? A.Strategy training is a must in research. B.Volunteers should get mentally prepared. C.Follow-up studies should last for one year. D.Volunteers are provided with concrete advice. 【3】What is most likely to motivate volunteers to continue their work? A.Role identity as a volunteer. B.Individual differences in role identity. C.Practical suggestions from researchers. D.Publicly recognizable volunteer T-shirts. 【4】What is the best title of the passage? A.How to Get People to Volunteer B.How to Maintain Volunteers’ Interest C.How to Organize Volunteer Activities D.How to Conduct Volunteer Behaviors |
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Wildlife tracking is nothing new, but it's certainly not without limitations. When pursuing animals, particularly birds, in some places like rough mountains and vast oceans, the traditional method, VHF tracking which uses GPS tags (跟踪器), often ends up with the signal of animals lost. A newly developed set of UAVs (无人机) with radio tags aims to solve this problem. 'The swift parrot was the original inspiration for the development of the system. The swift parrots are migratory (季节迁徙的) birds. Before reaching their destination, they'll fly across vast areas of land. Besides, during their flying, they tend to choose a random place for temporary food and rest. And they use different areas as their destinations each year depending on where their food is available. So their destinations each year can also be random. The randomnness can make it hard for us to judge in advance where they'll exactly go and more difficult to track them,"explains Saunders. "So it's necessary to use tags to track them. But GPS tags are not congruent with swift parrots since these creatures are too small, which makes it hard to attach the large GPS tags to them. Besides, GPS signals can be poor in remote and rough areas. Therefore we had to find a new way to search large pieces of land more effectively. We had an idea to attach smaller radio tags to them and use particular UAVs to track those radio tags to study their movements." These UAVs only need to fly beside the parrots to track their whereabouts while other systems need to fly directly overhead for a visual sighting. Saunders says, "Our system listens for tag signals, and works most effectively at a distance so it can identify where the animals are and help us observe them without influencing their flying routes." As for the improvement of UAVs, now the scientists want to develop a version that has stronger lifting ability and flies farther without being charged in the midway. And then it can track animals in more remote and rough surroundings that were previously inaccessible, and shed light on species that have been unable to be tracked until now. 【1】What is the major problem of traditional wildlife tracking? A.Failing to reach rural areas. B.Failing to follow routine methods. C.Losing track of GPS tags sometimes. D.Losing track of the animals sometimes. 【2】What can be learned about swift parrots according to Paragraph 2? A.UAVs are modeled after their shape. B.UAVs can be attached to their bodies. C.Their migratory route can be hard to predict. D.Their flying can get interrupted by humans. 【3】What may be the strength of UAVs designed by the researchers? A.They can fly quite high in the sky. B.They help catch and attack their targets. C.They help track birds without disturbing them. D.They can record the sounds sent by various birds. 【4】How will the scientists probably improve their UAVs? A.By getting rid of radio tags. B.By reducing their production cost. C.By increasing their weight and size. D.By improving their energy storage and engines. |
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Do you like writing a few paragraphs every day about your experiences, hopes, memories or feelings? If you don’t, it’s time to make a change now. You will gradually become better at expressing yourself.【1】However, when you become lazy with words, you find it is more difficult to describe feelings, share experiences and make yourself understood. 【2】As you write about memories, it is like opening an old photo album. Your pen begins to explore feelings and details you have forgotten and dreams you have let behind. You suddenly remember people you would like to contact again. Writing is an activity that avoids distraction long enough for you to explore those wonderful moments of the past. Sometimes they are frightening.【3】 Writing about daily experiences and feelings provides a recorded history that will influence how you make future decisions.【4】 They learned from what had happened before. Your history is important. Don’t let it be forgotten. Writing reminds you of your dreams and keeps you moving toward them. It is a means of keeping track of your purpose and the goals that will lead you to achieve them.【5】.It shows when you have been distracted and may need to give all your attention again to your writing. A.You will remember things long forgotten. B.Writing keeps you energetic and full of imagination all the time. C.Sometimes they are wonderful and almost always they are helpful. D.Sooner or later, you are surely to become a great professional writer. E.Reviewing what you have written is a perfect way to see your progress. F.There’s a reason that the greatest leaders in history were students of history. G.When you write daily, you can be amazed at how quickly your writing skills improve. |
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I was getting ready to go to bed when the phone rang. This could not be_______. My mind raced through the list of family members who might need help, but the_______was hardly familiar. “Lindy, this is Lesley.” I didn’t know Lesley well. We did_______speak with each other, but to say we were friends was not_______. I asked what she needed. Perhaps something really awful caused her to_______someone she barely knew._______ she asked me, “Do you have room for a turkey? In your_______?” In fact, we had much room in our fridge. “Sure,” I responded, “Did your fridge_______?” “Not exactly,” Lesley replied, “but I will explain when I_______.” Minutes later came a huge freezer truck. Lesley stepped down and explained the lease (租约) of the grocery store her husband serviced had run out and that they had to________ all the freezers that very night. Thinking it was a________ to throw away all this good food, they decided to________ food to all the people she could think of. Our home was their________ stop so anything left would have to be put in our freezer.________our freezer was pretty empty, Lesley asked to fill it up. I asked her when they would come back for all this. Lesley________ “We don’t want it back. It is yours! Thanks for helping us out!” Then they waved goodbye and________away. “For helping them out?” We opened our freezer door. Inside were all the________foods we never bought but often longed to try. To make ends meet, we were________ to buy groceries, yet it was not something we shared with anyone. However, our__________were met in an unexpected way, by that________ “Do you have room for a turkey?”. 【1】A.unusual B.possible C.typical D.good 【2】A.voice B.image C.list D.case 【3】A.merely B.frequently C.occasionally D.accidentally 【4】A.proper B.wrong C.strange D.serious 【5】A.consult B.reach C.interrupt D.upset 【6】A.In addition B.Worse still C.Therefore D.Instead 【7】A.house B.truck C.fridge D.kitchen 【8】A.cool off B.break down C.turn over D.run out 【9】A.arrive B.return C.leave D.stop 【10】A.donate B.sell C.empty D.distribute 【11】A.pleasure B.must C.means D.shame 【12】A.drop off B.get back C.turn in D.hand over 【13】A.first B.last C.next D.only 【14】A.Claiming B.Recalling C.Noticing D.Expecting 【15】A.promised B.screamed C.sighed D.laughed 【16】A.walked B.drove C.slipped D.faded 【17】A.cold B.fresh C.expensive D.old 【18】A.dreaming B.hesitating C.planning D.struggling 【19】A.needs B.tastes C.orders D.ambitions 【20】A.reply B.call C.expression D.demand |
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阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 A 63-year -old Chinese grandpa’s traditional carpentry skills are delighting tens of millions of viewers online as he creates woodwork【1】glue,screws (螺丝钉) or nails. The Chinese master carpenter, Wang Dewen,【2】(know) as “Granda Amu” on YouTube, has been nicknamed the modern day Lu Ban,【3】distinguished Chinese structural engineer during the Zhou Dynasty, thanks to his vast carpentry knowledge. His most popular video, which shows him making a fantastic arch bridge,【4】(go) viral on the platform last month, gaining more than 42 million views. Grandpa Amu follows an ancient Chinese mortise and tenon (榫卯) technique, which means no glue or nails【5】(involve) in the entire process of building the arch bridge. Grandpa Amu has also made several【6】(wood) toys for his grandson using the same technique. Among all the items, a walking Peppa Pig and a bubble blowing toy are his grandson's 【7】(favorite). The master carpenter【8】(draw) over 1.18 million subscribers so far on YouTube. Grandpa Amu insists that he is not an internet celebrity【9】 just an ordinary farmer. Grandpa Amu's son and daughter-in-law now work full time on the videos,【10】 popularity will help local villagers better sell their farm produce. |
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假定你是李华，下个月你校将举办“中国文化艺术节”。你校英国友好学校将派代表参加，请你代表学生会发邮件告知英方团长Mr. Smith有关细节，内容包括： 1．自我介绍； 2．活动安排； 3．表达期待。 注意： 1.词数100字左右； 2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数； 3.参考词汇：代表团delegation Dear Mr. Smith, _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua |
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