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Our Annual Cultural Events A Night in Rio We are proud to bring the energy and enthusiasm of Brazilian Carnival to Charlotte with A Night in Rio! Get a taste of Carnival through dancing, live music, authentic food, drinks and marketplace. Put on your green and yellow, and join us for the unforgettable experience of Brazilian Carnival! Date: Saturday, February 24, 2018 TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE DOOR Location: Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte Time: 7 PM Ritmo & Sabor We are thrilled to bring the annual celebration Ritmo & Sabor Festival! Featuring dance performances and FREE dance lessons and delicious, authentic Latin cuisine, this festival will be a fantastic celebration for the entire family to enjoy! Food and beer will be available for purchase. Come out to enjoy a great summer evening of Ritmo & Sabor! Date: Saturday July 2, 2018 Location: International & Cultural Center, Charlotte Time: 5-11 PM FREE ADMISSION Las Américas Join us in the annual celebration LAS AMÉRICAS! We display our history and identity of Latin America through musical performances, story-telling and poetry. Enjoy yourself with local artists, shop your way through a market of arts and crafts and join in some of the finest Latin American cuisine. Date: August 18, 2018 Location: Midwood International & Culture Center, Charlotte Time: 2-7 PM Admission is FREE. Latin American Festival Festival Latinoamericano returns for its 28th year, with musical artists and dance performances, a diverse authentic selection of Latin American food, visual artists, and a street festival environment with activities for the whole family. Location: Symphony Park at South Park Mall, Charlotte Date: Saturday Sept. 29 (1-8pm) Admission: $10; Children aged 8 & under are free. 【1】What does Ritmo & Sabor mainly provide? A. Music and visual art. B. Food and beer. C. Dance and poetry. D. Dance and food. 【2】What can you do at Las Américas? A. Buy some local crafts as souvenirs. B. Enjoy typical Latin American beer. C. Dance in green and yellow clothes. D. Watch local dancers’ performances. 【3】Which event requires a ticket for a seven-year-old child? A. Las Américas. B. Ritmo & Sabor. C. A Night in Rio. D. Latin American Festival. |
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At the age of 14, James Harrison had a major chest operation and he required 13 units (3.4 gallons) of blood afterwards. The blood donations saved his life, and he decided that once he turned 18, he would begin donating blood as regularly as he could. More than 60 years and almost 1,200 donations later, Harrison, whose blood contains an antibody (抗体) that has saved the lives of 2.4 million babies from miscarriages (流产), retired as a blood donor on May 11. Harrison’s blood is valuable because he naturally produces Rh-negative blood, which contains Rh-positive antibodies. His blood has been used to create anti-D in Australia since 1967. “Every bottle of Anti-D ever made in Australia has James in it,” Robyn Barlow, the Rh program director told the Sydney Morning Herald. “It’s an amazing thing. He has saved millions of babies. I cry just thinking about it.” Since then, Harrison has donated between 500 and 800 milliliters of blood almost every week. He’s made 1,162 donations from his right arm and 10 from his left. “I’d keep going if they let me,” Harrison told the Herald. His doctors said it was time to stop the donations — and they certainly don’t take them lightly. They had already extended the age limit for blood donations for him, and they’re cutting him off now to protect his health. He made his final donation surrounded by some of the mothers and babies who his blood helped save. Harrison’s retirement is a blow to the Rh treatment program in Australia. Only 160 donors support the program, and finding new donors has proven to be difficult. But Harrison’s retirement from giving blood doesn’t mean he’s completely out of the game. Scientists are collecting and cataloging his DNA to create a library of antibodies and white blood cells that could be the future of the anti-D program in Australia. 【1】What do we know about James Harrison? A. He saved 2.4 million poor people. B. He is to retire as a blood donor. C. He is a very grateful blood donor. D. He donates blood nearly every day. 【2】What is the author’s purpose of writing Paragraph 4? A. To state Harrison’s decision to continue donating blood. B. To describe how Harrison’s donations come to an end. C. To introduce some babies saved by Harrison’s blood. D. To praise Harrison for his cooperation with the doctors. 【3】What can we infer from the passage about Harrison? A. After his retirement, the Rh program will fail. B. New donors are easy to find in a short time. C. He continues to contribute to the Rh program. D. His DNA is kept in a library for future study. 【4】Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. A Unique Man with a Rare Blood Type B. The Blood Saving Millions of Babies C. A Special Blood Type Donor to Retire D. The Man with the Golden Arm |
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It is becoming a growing trend that more and more consumers across the country are using cashless payment methods. The rapid development of third-party mobile payment tools is helping to boost cashless payments across the country, said Dong Ximiao, a researcher at the Renmin University of China. Transactions (交易) involving third-party mobile payments rose by 46.8 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the previous quarter to 18.8 trillion yuan, according to a report released in May. Although there were 3.4 billion third-party payment accounts in total in China in 2016, China is not the first country to seek a cashless society. Developed states like Sweden, Denmark and Singapore are also witnessing that increase. However, the rapid development of cashless payments does not mean there are no challenges and criticisms. Alibaba’s Hema store, where customers can shop, dine and order commodities for delivery from their mobile phones via Alipay, have come into the spotlight recently. Media reports said that consumers can’t purchase goods with cash there, which would be considered illegal. Alipay and WeChat Pay, the nation’s two major third-party mobile payment tools, also launched campaigns this month to encourage more merchants and customers to use cashless payment methods, which caused concerns over whether cash will soon disappear. “Some offline sellers refuse to accept cash, which impacts the natural circulation of yuan,” said Dong. He emphasized that a cashless society would not mean that cash would completely disappear. As the economy grows, the circulation of cash is still very huge, noted Dong. Also, it’s important to remember that nearly half of China’s population live in rural areas, especially in undeveloped western regions, unable to enjoy innovation (革新) brought by the Internet, Dong said. And when it comes to China’s senior citizens, most of them prefer to use cash in their daily lives, he added. “It’s ridiculous to question digital payment tools’ contribution toward financial development. In the long term, various payment methods will be used by consumers, and merchants should respect consumers’ payment habits,” Dong noted. 【1】What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 3 probably refer to? A. Economic activity. B. Cashless payment. C. Development of economy. D. Large amount of payment. 【2】Why has Alibaba’s Hema store become a focus? A. It fights against illegal activities. B. It provides comprehensive services. C. Customers are not permitted to use cash there. D. It starts campaigns to encourage mobile payment. 【3】Which of the following will Dong find reasonable? A. Various payment methods ought to be respected. B. People should be encouraged to use mobile payment. C. Most elderly people have no access to mobile payment. D. Mobile payment isn’t beneficial to a cost-effective society. 【4】What is the text mainly about? A. China’s cashless trend. B. The research on mobile payment. C. The reasons to use mobile payment. D. China’s cashless future. |
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Learning is so complex that there are many different psychological theories to explain how people learn. A psychologist named Albert Bandura suggested a social learning theory which shows that observation, imitation (模仿), and modeling play a primary role in this process. In Albert Bandura’s opinion, people can learn through observation. Observational learning doesn’t even necessarily require watching another person join in an activity. We can also learn by reading, hearing, or watching the actions of characters in books and films. However, just observing someone else’s actions isn’t always enough to lead to learning. Your own mental state also plays an important role in determining whether a behavior is learned or not. In addition, though in many cases, learning can be seen immediately when the new behavior is displayed, yet sometimes we can learn things even though that learning might not be immediately obvious, which means people can learn new information without showing new behaviors. Not all observed behaviors are effectively learned. Certain requirements need to be related to the observational learning process. For example, you need to be paying attention. Also your retention is an important part of observational learning as you need to pull up information later and act on it during the process. Once you’ve paid attention to the model and kept the information, it’s time to actually perform the behavior you observed. Further practice of the learned behavior leads to improvement. Finally, you have to be motivated to imitate the behavior that has been modeled. Social learning theory have many real-world applications. For example, researchers employ it to look into and understand ways that positive role models can be used to encourage desirable behaviors. Besides, it’s also applied in the field of education, and today, both teachers and parents recognize how important it is to model appropriate behaviors. 【1】What can we infer about observational learning from Paragraph 2? A. Its effects on a person tend to be very obvious. B. Its effectiveness is determined by the mental state. C. Its most useful means should be careful watching. D. It doesn’t necessarily lead to a change in behavior. 【2】What does the underlined word “retention” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean? A. Curiosity. B. Creativity. C. Memory. D. Imagination. 【3】What should you do to make observational learning successful? A. Learn to be judgmental. B. Look for a motivator. C. Try to be imaginative. D. Focus on the process. 【4】According to the text, the social learning theory ___________. A. was doubted at first B. remains to be tested C. is of practical use D. is based on experiments |
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If you’ve made a routine of a daily walk, congratulations! You’re getting many benefits of a walk. But there’s one simple mistake that could be putting your life at risk. Almost 129,000 pedestrians were injured, and 5,376 were killed in traffic crashes in the United States in 2015, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). 【1】. Luckily, there are some steps you can take to stay safe on foot. Sure, you drive on the right side of the road in the US, but that’s not where you should be as a pedestrian.【2】. Walking on a sidewalk can 100% guarantee your safety. But if you have to stay on the road, the CDC recommends walking toward traffic. Seems like it couldn’t make much difference. 【3】. Simply walking against traffic instead of with it cut the risk of getting hit by a car by an average of 77%, according to the findings. 【4】. Well, if you walk the same direction you’d drive, the cars closest to you are coming from behind. That means you’d need to rely on the driver to see you and react if it’s coming up too closely. If the person behind the wheel is not absorbed, you could end up injured—or worse. On the other hand, when you’re walking against traffic, you can see the cars heading toward you. Facing those vehicles lets you see danger coming and get out of the way if necessary, and you aren’t putting your life in the hands of every driver who passes.【5】. Or skip the busy streets entirely and learn to “mall walk” in the long corridors of shopping malls. A. If there’s a sidewalk available, you should always use it B. Where it is convenient and clear, make sure to take the route C. Next time you go for a walk or run, face the traffic and keep watchful D. You may be taken aback by such a big difference between the choices E. Look backwards and forwards all the time when you walk along the traffic F. This means one crash-related pedestrian death every 1.6 hours G. But a study of car accidents between 2006 and 2010 would argue otherwise |
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What do you do with an orchid (兰花) after its petals have fallen off? ______ you’re an expert on growing these plants, you may find that they never ______ for you again. Just like most things rare and beautiful, they don’t _______forever. They all have their own life cycle. And it’s always a little sad when the petals ______. I can’t ______ just throwing out orchids. I usually put the green leafed plants outside, and I’ve even tried putting them in the ground a couple of times, but in ______. After so much ______ and error, I was almost ______ that they would never rebloomed. This year,______, my lovely wife had other ideas. A few of the plants were moved to a table in the living room, and some others were ______ on the kitchen window. I happily gave up ______ what to do with my flowerless orchids, and let my wife take over trying to help them. At some points in life, even the most magnificent events come to a(n)______. Life and love are only the two most obvious. Actually,______ we ever create or get involved with has its own life ________. Sure, you can ______ hope. It was certainly easy to believe that those orchids would never flower again – that is, until my wife decided to come to their ______. My wife kept moving the plants around the house, looking for the right light. ______, the orchids stayed alive. Tiny new stems (茎) grew from the old ones a year later. And now, nearly all of them are flowering. Yes, you can ______everything you think is important – your beauty, your wealth, even your family – but as long as you are alive, you can find new life within something you thought was never going to bloom (开花) again. Never lose ______ on finding new life, even if the chance is ______. 【1】A. Because B. Although C. Unless D. If 【2】A. bloom B. struggle C. live D. care 【3】A. continue B. last C. manage D. go 【4】A. fall B. grow C. thrive D. disappear 【5】A. help B. stop C. keep D. stand 【6】A. ruins B. vain C. need D. trouble 【7】A. effort B. attempt C. research D. trial 【8】A. reminded B. informed C. convinced D. warned 【9】A. however B. therefore C. also D. otherwise 【10】A. removed B. ignored C. placed D. sold 【11】A. questioning B. wondering C. regretting D. doubting 【12】A. decision B. conclusion C. agreement D. end 【13】A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything 【14】A. style B. cycle C. pattern D. stories 【15】A. stick to B. believe in C. build up D. give up 【16】A. rescue B. mind C. notice D. way 【17】A. Generally B. Normally C. Surprisingly D. Sadly 【18】A. lose B. miss C. gain D. keep 【19】A. trust B. confidence C. hope D. dream 【20】A. great B. big C. hard D. slim |
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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。 A father, 【1】 son was 16 years old, was worried because his son had no courage at all. So the father made his 【2】 (determine) to call on a Buddhist monk (和尚) to train his boy. The Buddhist monk said to the boy’s father 【3】 (firm), “You should leave your son alone here. I’ll make him into a real man within three 【4】(month). However, you are not allowed 【5】 (come) to see him during this period.” The deadline was due and the boy’s father returned. The Buddhist monk arranged a boxing match between the boy and 【6】 experienced boxer. Each time the fighter struck the boy, he fell down, but at once the boy stood up. Several times later, the Buddhist monk asked, “What do you think of your child?” “What a shame!” the boy’s father said. “I never 【7】(think) in the past that he would be knocked down so easily. I won’t have him left here any 【8】(long).” “I’m sorry that that’s all you see. Didn’t you see that each time he 【9】(strike) down, he stood up again instead 【10】 crying on the floor? That’s the kind of courage a real man should have.” |
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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。 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。 Last Tuesday was a special day, the Earth Day. My classmates and I do a series of activities to arouse for the awareness of protecting our planet. We watched a movie, what made us realize that the earth is getting hotter but the ice at the North Pole is melting. Then we excited went to the park to plant trees. But digging holes for trees was such hard thing that we were all tired. In the afternoon, we collected cans, bottle and newspapers, and then took it to the recycling center. We donated the money we earned to a charity calling “We Are Together.” It was really a meaning day. |
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假定你是李华，你在网站上看到英国留学生 Terry 发帖，希望找人辅导他学汉语，并且愿意教英语作为回报。请你给他写封邮件，内容包括： （1）表示愿意帮助他学汉语； （2）说明你能胜任辅导的理由； （3）提出你学习英语的具体需求。 注意：1. 词数100 左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Terry, ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Li Hua |
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