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There’re plenty of things going on in Amsterdam, the Netherlands for both the visitors and the residents. Check out our guide to Amsterdam museum exhibitions below. ◆Hermitage Amsterdam Exhibition 1917--From Romanov to Revolution was opened 11 Feb. and runs until 17 Sept. 2017. The outsider Art Museum (in the Hermitage Amsterdam) includes world-class art works by Dutch and international outsider artists such as Shinichi Sawada. ◆Stedelijk Jean Tinguely--Machine Spectacle, overview of work from the Swiss artist known for his kinetic art(动态艺术). Runs 1 Oct. 2016 to 5 Mar. 2017. Jordan Wolfson--Truth/Love, presentation of work from the American artist who explores the increasing digitalisation of society. Runs 4 Mar. to 7 May 2017. Ed van der Elsken--Camera in Love, large public exhibition of the work of the most important Dutch photographer of the 20th century. Scheduled for 4 Feb. to 28 May 2017. ◆National Holocaust Museum The newly opened museum presents Tangible Memories from the Jewish monument, exhibition of objects, photos and documents of people affected by the Holocaust(大屠杀). Opened 2 Sept. 2016, ongoing until the end of 2019. ◆Dutch Resistance Museum Between 1940 and 1945 the Netherlands was occupied by Nazi Germany. Five Dutch chefs have taken on the challenge of creating dishes using only ingredients that were available during the occupation. Food in Wartime offers a particular insight into daily life during this time. Learn more and have a look at the modern chefs’ creations at the Dutch Resistance Museum from 15 October 2016 until May 2017. 【1】Whose works are about digital technology? A. Shinichi Sawada B. Jean Tinguely C. Jordan Wolfson D. Ed van der Elsken 【2】Which exhibition lasts the longest? A. Exhibition 1917 B. Camera in Love C. Tangible Memories D. Food in Wartime 【3】Where can you see modern chefs’ creation? A. Hermitage Amsterdam B. Stedelijk C. National Holocaust Museum D. Dutch Resistance Museum |
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Born in Shanghai in 1981, Yang Ji studied accounting in college before becoming a civil servant in 2005, fulfilling his parents’ wishes of him securing a stable job. But he only lasted a year in that role. “I’ve loved animals since I was a child. I raised many animals, such as goldfish, turtles and pigeons during my school years,” he says. “Raising animals was my hobby and my dream.” Yang made a career switch in 2006, and started working at a chicken farm to learn about breeding (培育) birds. “The first five years were very difficult for me. I made many mistakes along the way, but I also learned a lot,” he says. “For example, there are huge differences between raising a chicken and a swan.” He shared that the first swans he bought eventually became crippled (瘸的), and some even died, even though he went to great lengths to feed them good food and ensure that their pens were warm. But after consulting with experienced experts, he learned that the animals just needed to eat grass. In addition, the swans should not have been cooped up in their pens but let out to exercise in the cold water. He then went to learn more about the trade with experienced bird keepers and experts from zoos, working alongside them for days and observing how they raised the animals. In 2011, Yang bought a small, deserted zoo and renovated (改造) it for his rare-bird breeding center. In 2014, he received his license to breed first-tier protected animals from the National Forestry and Grassland Administration. He has since introduced several endangered birds to his center. “They’re all native species in China and I’ve succeeded in breeding and raising their babies,” he says. His breeding center, which supplies birds to zoos around China, isn’t all about profit. Yang says that he is planning to release some endangered birds to help grow the population in the wild. “I am passionate with my work and never feel exhausted,” he says. “Living with the birds and seeing them every day makes me a happy man.” 【1】Yang Ji started working at a chicken farm because ___________. A.he loved raising chickens B.he wanted to learn bird raising C.chickens were much easier to raise D.he had a preference for small animals 【2】What mistake did Yang Ji make when he first started breeding swans? A.He fed wrong food to the swans. B.He didn’t keep the swans warm. C.He bought some crippled swans. D.He let the swans swim in cold water. 【3】What do we know about Yang Ji’s breeding center? A.It was rebuilt on an open grassland. B.It has kept all kinds of endangered animals since 2014. C.It intends to increase the number of some endangered birds by setting them free. D.It aims at making money out of supplying endangered birds to zoos all over China. 【4】Which of the following can be the best title of this passage? A.Yang Ji and His Birds B.From Chickens to Swans C.A Successful Career Switch D.Flying High with His Dreams |
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Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men, in which he looked millions of years ahead. He told of different men and of strange civilizations, broken up by long “dark ages” in between. In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men. In 2,000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last Men. However, most of our ideas about the future are really very short-sighted. Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years. But the next hundred? The next thousand? The next million? That’s much more difficult. When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? Yet to men of 50,000 years from now, we may seem as primitive in our ideas as the Stone-Age hunters do to us. Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels, or struggling with their ballalators through the cribe. These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply can’t think of. So why bother even to try imaging life far in the future? Here are two reasons. First, unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history, we are likely to think our own interests are much more important than they really are. If we make the earth a poor place to live because we are careless or greedy or quarrelsome, our grandchildren will not bother to think of excuses for us. Second, by trying to escape from present interests and imagine life far in the future, we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves. For example, if we imagine that in the future men may give up farming, we can think of trying it now. So set you imagination free when you think about the future. 【1】A particular mention made of Stapledon’s book in the opening paragraph . A. serves as a description of human history B. serves an introduction to the discussion C. shows a disagreement of views D. shows a popularity of the book 【2】The text discusses men and women 50,000 years ago and 50,000 years from now in order to show that . A. human history is extremely long B. life has changed a great deal C. it is useless to plan for the next 50 years D. it is difficult to tell what will happen in the future 【3】Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refer to . A. tools used in farming B. ideas about modern life C. unknown things in the future D. hunting skills in the Stone Age 【4】According to the writer of the text, imagining the future will . A. serve the interests of the present and future generations B. enable us to better understand human history C. help us to improve farming D. make life worth living |
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Elon Musk has expressed his company – Neuralink is close to announcing the first brain-machine interface (接口) to connect humans and computers. Musk told followers in Twitter the technology would be “coming soon” – though he failed to provide details. Neuralink was set up in 2016 with the ambitious goal of developing hardware to strengthen the human brain. However, little about how this will work has been made public. Neuralink describes the interface as an extremely high-speed connection between the human brain and computers. Musk has frequently claimed the rapid rise of artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to humanity. Such an interface, he says, is essential if humans are to compete with such technology in the future. At a technology conference in 2016, Mr Musk said humans risked being treated like house pets by AI machines if a brain-computer interface was not built. Last year on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, Musk said Neuralink’s technology would allow humans to “effectively combine with AI”. A paper published in Nature Nanotechnology in 2015 described a concept for this connection, explaining how a flexible circuit (回路) could be injected into a living brain. “We’re trying to lessen the distinction between electronic circuits and neural circuits,” said Harvard researcher Charles Lieber, who co-authored the study. Despite the technology’s potential to increase the human brain, experts have warned that brain-computer interfaces risk being controlled by vicious (恶意的) artificial intelligence. Such an action could lead to AI controlling the thoughts, decisions and emotions of a person using a brain-computer link. “Technological developments mean that we are on a path to a world in which it will be possible to discover people’s mental processes and directly operate the brain mechanisms underlying their intentions, emotions and decision,” stated a Nature comment piece written by 27 scientists and machine intelligence engineers. “The possible medical and social benefits in it are vast. But we must guide their development in a way that respects, protects and enables what is best in humanity.” 【1】What message did Musk convey about his Neuralink? A.It sells brain-machine interfaces. B.It offers rich data about interfaces. C.It has followers to connect humans and computers. D.Its new technology will be accessible to the public soon . 【2】What can we know from Paragraph Two? A.Neuralink aims to know the human brain better. B.How the hardware functions is already known. C.The brain-machine interface was invented in 2016. D.The interface is expected to link the human brain and computers rapidly. 【3】According to Musk, why are brain-machine interfaces important? A.Because they may treat human like house pets. B.Because they may make AI serve human better. C.Because they build neural circuits in human brains. D.Because they rapidly develop artificial intelligence. 【4】What is the attitude of Nature to brain-machine interfaces? A.Objective B.Favorable C.Opposed D.Indifferent |
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Over the last few years, there’s been a trend to focus on gratitude. We can buy different kinds of gratitude journals, or download apps that remind us to write down our blessings.【1】“But it's also important to remember that gratitude is free.”says Laurie Santos, who teaches a course on the science of well-being and happiness at Yale University. Noting down gratitude seems to pay off. Studies have found that giving thanks can help people sleep better, lower stress and improve interpersonal relationships. Keeping a gratitude journal can decrease materialism and enhance generosity among adolescents.【2】“It’s one practices that really wins out from the field of positive psychology.” she says. Her students, in addition to keeping gratitude journals, are asked to write a thank-you letter and then read it out loud to the recipient (收信人). “They show measurable improvements in well-being even a month after they’ve done this.”she says. 【3】One study found that counting blessings once a week boosted happiness, but doing so three times a week didn't. There’s also a lack of research on bow gratitude exercises help people with clinical depression or anxiety. Indeed, for all the research on the broad benefits of expressing gratitude, it isn't for everyone.【4】 It can't make injustice, loss or pain disappear. During really tough times, like when she suffers from poor health, Santos feels like she is reaching for reasons to be grateful. But she still tries to find some. “I’m grateful for the sun that’s shining or being able to wake up,” she says.【5】 A.And it isn’t a cure-all. B.So it doesn’t feel pleasant. C.Those products remind us to take time to be grateful. D.What works for some people may not work for others. E.Gratitude allows her to remember what is going well. F.Practicing too much gratitude may have undesired effects. G.That's why gratitude features heavily in Santos' happiness class. |
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My father always told me: "All work is noble." He wasn't ________ , but he earned a reasonable living. Thanks to his ________ , I was able to go to Art College. I, however, wanted to do something ________ , something more interesting-I was special！ After graduation, I moved to New York in search of a graphic designer job. It was winter and, ever the optimist, I'd only brought enough money to ________ myself for about a month. I wasn't ________ -I was sure I'd find a fantastic job immediately. Within a few weeks, though, I found myself wandering around the streets having been ________ by every design office in town. My hostel ________ was almost gone and I hadn't eaten in days. “How had I reached this point？""I wondered as I ________ in my thin jacket. I was just about to ________ when my dad called. He suggested that I get a job in a ________ until something else came along. At first, pride made me _________. But I was cold, hungry, and unwilling to go home feeling ________ and defeated. I entered an expensive-looking cafe near one of the design offices that had turned me away and asked the manager if they were ________. She said they were ________, and offered me a job right away. ________ , I found that I really enjoyed serving people. I started making big ________ right away. Later, the manager learned that I had a design ________ and asked me to design the cafe menus. That led to a part-time job at an advertising company. Previously, I'd have never considered being a _________, but there I was. I ________ got my dream design job, but that winter I learned not to make ________ about work. 【1】A. concerned B. wealthy C. generous D. caring 【2】A. education B. time C. power D. effort 【3】A. different B. simple C. strange D. safe 【4】A. entertain B. protect C. support D. identify 【5】A. disappointed B. worried C. helpless D. alone 【6】A. rejected B. annoyed C. restricted D. invited 【7】A. host B. room C. contract D. rent 【8】A. waited B. trembled C. regretted D. sweated 【9】A. show off B. settle down C. give up D. set out 【10】A. library B. gallery C. factory D. restaurant 【11】A. hesitate B. agree C. continue D. reply 【12】A. relieved B. ashamed C. secure D. lonely 【13】A. hiring B. working C. serving D. checking 【14】A. reasonable B. popular C. overstaffed D. shorthanded 【15】A. Hopefully B. Undoubtedly C. Surprisingly D. Obviously 【16】A. designs B. contacts C. meals D. tips 【17】A. hobby B. company C. background D. task 【18】A. waiter B. designer C. director D. manager 【19】A. simply B. nearly C. eventually D. temporarily 【20】A. preparations B. assumptions C. changes D. suggestions |
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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。 At my workplace there aren’t enough 【1】(opportunity) to be different. We give care to others but sometimes we forget to care for 【2】(we) and each other. So, I print 【3】(inspire) messages, happy pictures, etc, and post them on a blank space 【4】 I’ve found in one of our rooms. I believe they add to our “emotional education”． One person asked me, “Why do you try to help these people? They are not very nice？” My answer 【5】(be), “If it affects one person then it’s a good thing.” It doesn’t matter whether it has an impact 【6】 anyone else. What matters is that I’m the 【7】(good) person I can be. I know those 【8】(print) stories and articles are read because they keep getting moved about. So, 【9】(eventual), like sandpaper against a rough surface, 【10】 surface will become smooth and the messages will get through. How long it takes really doesn’t matter. |
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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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 Today is Sunday. I've been in Canada for two months. This is first time that I have been away from my family for such a long time. With the help of Katia a roommate of me, I've soon got used to live without my parents around. Katia, like many other Russian girls, are nice and lively. We became friends shortly after we meet each other. Although her English is a little hardly to understand, we enjoy chat and we usually talk a lot about our own families. We're both surprised that Chinese culture or Russian culture are so different. Now, we're planning a small party for the next Sunday. There, Katia will introduce me to some of her friends, one of them has been to China several times. I just can't wait. |
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假如你是李华，你的英国网友Peter上周在邮件中提到想阅读中国著名的小说，就此请你用英语给他写一封回信。内容包括： 1. 推荐一本小说 2. 此书的内容介绍 3. 给出阅读建议 注意：小说名称可以用拼音代替。词数100字左右。 |
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