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It was an old day when I set out for a run in Moab, Utah, with my dog, Taz. As an athlete I often went for a run by myself. While running along a canyon (峡谷) road, I hit a piece of ice. I slipped down the rock face and fell 60 feet into the canyon, landing on a ledge (岩脊). Taz found his way to me, so I knew there must be a way out of the canyon, but I couldn’t stand, as I had broken an important bone. I shouted for help but then decided to move to the bottom of the canyon first. The ledge was too dangerous to stay. It took me five hours to go a quarter of a mile. Eventually it got dark, and I decided to stay where I was for the night, next to a puddle of water. All I had on me was a water bottle and some chocolates. At night, I avoided sleeping for fear of dying of hypothermia (低体温症). Taz stayed with me, providing some warmth. The next morning, I couldn’t move at all. But I was sure somebody would hear me screaming for help. The second night in the canyon seemed even colder. My feet were frostbitten (冻伤). On the third day, I accepted the fact that I might die. I called Taz over and told him to go and get help. Taz returned, alone. Then I heard an engine in the distance. I started shouting for help, and then I saw a man walking towards me. It turned out that my neighbor noticed I hadn’t come home, and Taz had found the rescue team. I was airlifted to hospital, where doctors found I was seriously wounded, having lost half of my blood. Five years on, I still think about the experience. I couldn’t run like I used to due to the after-effects of the accident, and cold weather brings back bad memories, but I’m married with two kids, and Taz is still alive. Realizing you have a second chance to live puts things into perspective. 【1】Why did the author try to move to the bottom of the canyon? A.To reach a safe place. B.To climb back to the road. C.To come across some helper. D.To avoid being attacked by wild animals. 【2】What was the biggest challenge the author faced during the nights in the canyon? A.Lack of food. B.Physical pain. C.Fear of death. D.Low temperature. 【3】What can we infer from the rescue? A.Taz turned to the author’s neighbor for help. B.The author stayed in the canyon for 3 nights. C.The author didn’t hold out much hope of his dog. D.The rescue team was required by the author's neighbor. |
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A new research, presented on Monday, suggests that parents who go down slides with their kids are actually making slides even riskier for their little ones. Led by Dr. Charles Jennissen, a professor at the University of Iowa, the research found that placing children (especially infants and toddlers蹒跚学步的小孩) on adult laps increases the risk of injury to their lower legs, including broken bones. "I've seen a lot of these injuries all through my career, and I hadn't seen anybody talk about this problem," says Jennissen. So Jennissen and his colleagues found that about 350,000 children under the age of six were injured on slides in the U.S. from 2002 to 2015. Injuries were most common among kids from 12-23 months of age, and the most common injury was lower leg fractures (骨折). The researchers found that 94 percent of 600 cases include lower leg injuries. This is important, because that's not how a kid falling off a slide alone would usually get hurt. The fact that so many kids are getting lower leg injuries—and that those injuries seem to get less common as kids get older—suggests something else is at play. Jennissen thinks that when children are sliding alone, they aren’t going fast enough or carrying enough body weight to hurt themselves. When they’re sitting on an adult’s lap and their foot gets caught, they have the added momentum of an adult body. "We think a lot of these lower extremity injuries are because they're on the lap," says Jennissen. "We don't know that for sure, because no parents say that. But from my experience, and the data that suggests it, we think almost all of these are kids are on the lap." Jennissen isn’t arguing that you should never go down the slide with your kid—he agrees that it’s fun and that he’s done it with his own kids—but he thinks adults should realize the risks. 【1】What can we learn about the research from the passage? A.Many parents are hurt when going down slides with their kids. B.More and more adult laps are found hurt in the accidents. C.The research issue has not yet concerned many people. D.Many people have discussed the possible reasons for the injuries. 【2】The underlined phrase “at play” in Para.5 probably means _____. A.paying attention B.taking effect C.solving problems D.making efforts 【3】What is Jennissen’s attitude towards parents’ going down slides with kids? A.He supports it. B.He is against it. C.He doesn’t care about it. D.He is careful about it. |
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Walmart will soon use 360 robot cleaners across a few hundred of its stores. Using maps input by human employees, the AI-powered cleaners will travel in the store with no difficulty, sweeping the floor--just as human employees used to do. Perhaps the most striking thing about these robot workers is how not-striking they are. Sci-fi movies suggest a future full of human-like robots who appear with their horrible qualities. Now the future is coming into view, and it looks like a giant lie. It's easy to imagine walking past an Auto-C on a shopping trip without even noticing its presence. AI has already started to become a part of our everyday life. In New Jersey this week, dozens of workers were hospitalized after a robot at an Amazon fulfillment centre accidentally broke a can and enveloped workers in eye-and-lung-damaging gas. Days earlier in California, an auto-piloted Tesla drove a drunk, sleeping driver down a highway, which no doubt did some potential risk to the other drivers on the road. Highway patrol officers figured out on the spot how to stop the AI car. Of course, industrial accidents and drunk drivers existed well before AI. Tools with the power to release the burden of physical labor—horses, steam machines, self-driving cars—also come with the power to injure. And the presence of AI-powered machines just steps away from us is, for now, still a rare thing for most people. But the nature of robots’ coming into our daily life lives will make it harder to recognize—or object to—the bigger changes they bring later. Walmart insists that the robot cleaners give employees more time for customer service and other tasks. Critics point out that they could just as easily become an excuse to reduce staff and wages. 【1】What is the difference between sci-fi movies and the reality? A.Now the human-like robots is hard to recognize. B.Now people don’t go to see the sci-fi movies. C.Now the human-like robots can tell lies. D.Now it is easy to ignore the robots. 【2】Why were some workers in hospital in New Jersey? A.They damaged the robot first. B.The robot caused an accident on purpose. C.The robot made a mistake by chance. D.The robot driving them on the highway had an accident. 【3】What is the attitude of the author to AI? A.Supportive B.Objective C.Doubtful D.Indifferent 【4】What is the main idea of the passage? A.Artificial intelligence is bringing great effect to our daily life. B.Walmart will soon use 360 robot cleaners across its stores. C.We should say no to artificial intelligence. D.Artificial intelligence is dangerous to our life. |
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Sometimes it’s hard to find time to exercise. But in fact, whether you’re on the road, at work, or at home, you can always find a few more ways to work out. 【1】 Just train yourself to find ways to fit in a little fitness, and you’ll soon gain the rewards. 【2】 When you go to the store, park far away from the door so you can enjoy a nice walk on your way to the shop. While you’re shopping, look for ways to turn it into a quick workout. If you’re shopping on your own, avoid depending on your cart, and try to keep your pace up. Any time you find yourself with something heavy in your hands, lift it. This works with canned food, grocery bags, backpacks, and anything the least bit heavy. 【3】 If you prefer, raise your arm over your head and lower your hand behind your head repeatedly. Playing with kids and pets is also a great way to get a workout. The same goes for dancing, skating, and games like tennis, ping pong, basketball, and softball. 【4】 Join them! You’ll get a surprising workout and have a lot of fun at the same time. 【5】 You can do such moving across the room. If you’re near a wall, try a wall sit with your back pressed against the wall and your legs bent. Stay in that position as long as you can. Do this every day and you’ll develop real strength. A.When you’re seated during long journey, why not stand up? B.The biggest change you have to make is in your attitude． C.If your kids like to play games, don’t just sit and watch． D.When you have a spare moment, why not do leg lifts? E.As you go about your day, look for chances to walk. F.The main problem is that you have no free time． G.If it is easy, then do some more． |
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In 2009 a group of parents in an English town started sharing worries about their children’s money management skills. Shopping was done online; the children ____ saw their parents handling cash. They were______online, too. Money had become intangible(无形的). How, then, were children to learn its ______? The answer they _____ was GoHenry, an app now available in Britain. It is designed to help young people learn good ____ habits through real-world money management. Parents signed up with their own bank account(账户) and paid a monthly ______ of $2.99 for each child aged six or over. Adults and children ______ separate versions. At the end of last year, 379,000 children had active accounts. Parents can schedule pocket money and _____ tasks. When those tasks are marked as ____ , the child is paid some money back as a reward. Parents can see what child has ____ and where. And children choose ____ to use the card: in shops, online or at ATMs. Children get debit cards(借记卡) with their name. They can ____ their spending and set savings targets. They can decide to ____ for someone’s birthday or set a goal at 12 to ____ $2,000 to buy a car at age 18. The app tells them how much to save each week to meet their _____. Some GoHenry customers are rich parents who ____ that their children will grow up financially careless. Others regard the ____ as an investment in their child’s future. Some say that they have been ____ and want their children to avoid that mistake when they grow up; others say that the app is cost-effective because their children______to how to use money. Even though young people no longer touch and hold ____ , they can still be taught to handle it well. 【1】A.seldom B.regularly C.suddenly D.only 【2】A.playing B.writing C.spending D.talking 【3】A.books B.material C.history D.value 【4】A.stepped away from B.put up with C.came up with D.looked down on 【5】A.physical B.financial C.social D.cultural 【6】A.fee B.fine C.bonus D.salary 【7】A.overuse B.create C.download D.show 【8】A.use B.set C.enjoy D.change 【9】A.done B.lost C.gone D.used 【10】A.bought B.read C.eaten D.worn 【11】A.who B.where C.why D.whether 【12】A.use B.continue C.increase D.view 【13】A.complete B.return C.save D.wait 【14】A.donate B.have C.waste D.borrow 【15】A.money B.rule C.goal D.deadline 【16】A.worry B.prove C.accept D.delight 【17】A.car B.bank C.ATM D.app 【18】A.in service B.in debt C.in control D.in danger 【19】A.forget B.dream C.learn D.admit 【20】A.time B.money C.power D.knowledge |
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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。 How do you usually buy what you need, shopping on line or going out to shop in person? With the help of the Internet, shopping is 【1】(easy) than before. We can just click our mouse to choose the things we like, pay for them online, and the shopping 【2】(finish). It is easy and quick. It helps save money, too. We can save thousands a year if we compare the prices of similar items before deciding which【3】(buy). |
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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。 John Snow got interested in two theories 【1】 (explain) how cholera killed people. He believed in the second theory that suggested that people absorbed the disease with their meals. In 1854，【2】 another outbreak hit London，he was ready to test the two theories. 【3】 the help of the map he made，he got a valuable clue about the cause of the disease and was able to announce that the water was to blame. |
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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。 The World Read Aloud Day, 【1】 (start) by the LitWorld.org website in 2010, is celebrated each year on the first Wednesday of March and has now reached 65 countries. 【2】 (it) aim is to encourage people worldwide who cannot read to enjoy the 【3】 (benefit) of a book. The website asks everyone to celebrate the day by taking a book, finding 【4】 audience, and reading out aloud. It is about taking action to show the world that the right to read and write belongs to all people. |
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假定你是李华，你的美国朋友Mike来信告诉你，他即将来中国生活一年。请你写封回信给他，简要告知他在中国生活需要了解的一些事情，比如中国的美食、旅游、以及购物等。 注意：1. 词数80左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。 It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didn’t see some rain soon we would lose everything. It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of sharing and witnessed the best miracle I have ever seen in my life. I was in the kitchen making lunch for the family when I saw my six-year old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. I could only see his back. He wasn’t walking with his usual steps. He was obviously walking with great effort... trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house. I went back to make sandwiches, thinking that whatever he had been doing was completed. Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful long step toward the woods. This activity went on for over an hour: walking cautiously to the woods, then running back to the house. Finally, my curiosity got the best of me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey. He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked; being very careful not to spill(溅出) the water he held in them. I stepped close as he went into the woods. Branches and thorns slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. He might have a much greater purpose, I thought. As I came closer, I saw the most amazing sight. Several large deer stood in front of him. Billy walked right up to them, at the sight of which I almost screamed for him to get away. A huge buck (雄鹿) was dangerously close. But the buck neither threatened him nor even moved as Billy knelt down. And I saw a baby deer lying on the ground, obviously suffering from heavy loss of water and heat exhaustion, lifting its head with great effort to lap (舔) up the water cupped in my boy’s hands. 注意：1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右； 2.应使用5个以上短文中标有划线的关键词语； 3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好； 4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语； Paragraph 1: When the water was gone, Billy jumped up to run back to the house. I followed him _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paragraph 2: This time I joined him, with a small pot of water from the kitchen _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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