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There is nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspectives and exposing yourself to other cultures. Here is a list of books that transport readers to another time and place. ITALY: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter This book is written by the popular author Jess Walter. It is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in the early 60s and eventually appears on the screen in Hollywood. As the settings shift from Italy to Edinburgh to Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. SEATTLE: Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Maria Semple’s first novel is not exactly a love story to Seattle, but if you read it, you just might want to come here to see if people are really as self-involved as the characters in her book. What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laugh. ENGLAND: Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel You can’t travel to Thomas Cromwell’s England without a time machine, but reading Mantel’s prize-winning novel is the next best thing. It will make you long to see the ancient buildings and green grass of the English countryside, much of which is still there. NANTUCKER: Here’s to Us Elin Hildebrand Elin Hilderbrand has built a writing career about her hometown island of Nantucker. Her latest is Here’s to Us, which, perhaps not surprisingly, is a great beach read that will spice up your vacation. You won’t be able to put the page down and desire to get there. 【1】Which book has been adapted for a film？ A.Here’s to Us. B.Wolf Hall. C.Beautiful Ruins. D.Where’d You Go, Bernadette. 【2】What is the special feature of the Where’d You Go, Bernadette? A.Its low price. B.Its interesting characters. C.Its content about love. D.Its way of telling stories. 【3】What can we infer about the books mentioned in the text? A.They inspire you to travel. B.They are all about love stories. C.They show the joy and sadness D.They help you to be self-involved. |
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One of the greatest contributors to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations(引文) showing how it was used. This was a huge task, so Murray had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American surgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as “Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,” 50 miles from Oxford. Minor joined the army of volunteers sending words and quotations to Murray. Over the next 17 years, he became one of the staff’s most valued contributors. But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline to visit Oxford. So in 1897, Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum(精神病院) for the Criminally Insane. Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds. In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend. Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed. The 12 volunteers defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient. 【1】According to the text, the first Oxford English Dictionary ____. A.came out before Minor died B.was edited by an American volunteer C.included the English words invented by Murray D.was intended to be the most ambitious English dictionary 【2】How did Dr. Minor contribute to the dictionary? A.He helped Murray to find hundreds of volunteers. B.He sent newspapers, magazines and books to Murray. C.He provided a great number of words and quotations. D.He went to England to work with Murray. 【3】Which of the following best describes Dr. Minor? A.Brave and determined. B.Cautious and friendly. C.Considerate and optimistic. D.Unusual and scholarly. 【4】What does the text mainly talk about? A.The history of the English language. B.The friendship between Murray and Minor. C.Minor and the first Oxford English Dictionary. D.Broadmoor Asylum and its patients. |
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It's a pity that deaf people, or those who have hearing problems can't enjoy music. But now a vibrating（振动的） suit brings them hope — it can allow them to feel music through their skin, rather than hear it. Designed by the US technology company, Not Impossible Labs, the suit consists of a body harness（全身式安全带） and wrist straps（腕带）. Music is sent to the suit wirelessly. Then the suit is able to translate it into a range of vibrating pulses, which can be felt at a total of 24 contact points all over the body. The users can adjust the intensity of the vibrations. Chase Burton, 33, a deaf filmmaker from Texas, US, has been testing out the suit for four years. He understands that a deaf person's experience with music is very different. "When I was a kid, I'd lie on the floor above our garage so I could feel the vibrations from my brother's band rocking out below my body," Burton told CNN. Now when he wears the vibrating suit, he says the sound hits different parts of his body. “Maybe it will strike me down in my ankles first. And then I will start to feel the vibrations in my back and then I will feel some pulsations in my wrist,” Burton said. The designers have been working on extending the tactile(触觉的) musical experience to a large deaf community. In 2016, a dozen prototype(样品) suits were tested at a Lady Gaga concert in the US. The suit was also tested at a different concert in Las Vegas in 2018. It was given to 150 audience members at the concert where half the audience members were deaf and a half could hear. At the same time, the company has been improving the technology, saying it’s ready to go to market soon. The suit may be used in live sports broadcasts video games or theme parks. The ultimate goal is to make the technology available to all. “We truly think that anything that has no audio element can also have a vibrational experience associated with it as well,” the company’s talent and business development director, Jordan Richardson, told CNN. 【1】How does the vibrating suit help people with hearing problems? A.It sends sounds to their ears through a wire. B.It improves their contact points all over the body. C.It turns music into vibrating pulses that can be felt. D.It changes the intensity of sounds based on the users. 【2】Why is Burton’s experience mentioned? A.To show how difficult it is for a deaf person to enjoy music. B.To tell readers different ways that people enjoy music. C.To express regret for not having a technology earlier. D.To ask designers to make user-friendly products for deaf people. 【3】What do we know about the suit? A.It is widely used at concerts. B.It is well received by the market. C.It is being improved to further its use. D.It works better with people who can hear. 【4】What does Richardson think of the technology? A.It has a bright future. B.It costs too much. C.It is the most advanced. D.It is of little practical use. |
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The tons of plastic we’re dumping in the oceans is finding a new home—the stomachs of our beautiful marine animals. Yet another reminder of this fact washed ashore in Eastern Indonesia this week. A large amount of waste, including drinking cups and flip-flops, was found in the stomach of a whale that died off the coast near Kapota Island. The 9.5-metre sperm whale (抹香鲸) was found by rescuers from the Wakatobi National Park. The whale had swallowed 5.9 kilograms of plastic waste containing 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, and more than 1,000 other kinds of pieces of plastic, park chief Heri Santoso told the reporter. “Although we have not been able to deduce the cause of death, the facts that we see are truly awful,” said Dwi Suprapti, a marine species conservation co-ordinator at WWF Indonesia. She said it was not possible to determine if the plastic had caused the whale’s death because of the animal’s advanced state of decay (腐烂). But this is only the latest. Four Asian nations—Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand—account for 50% of the plastic waste in the oceans, according to a report by environmental campaigner Ocean Conservancy and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment. The Philippines is second to Indonesia when it comes to putting away plastic waste in the oceans, according to a study published in the journal Science in January. Of the 3.2 million mismanaged waste it produces every year, 1.29 million ends up in the ocean. A report released earlier this year stated that the amount of plastic in the ocean is likely to increase. 【1】What can we know about the sperm whale? A. Its stomach is the home of plastic waste. B. It died of swallowing lots of plastic waste. C. It was the first whale to eat plastic waste. D. It had eaten much plastic waste before its death. 【2】Which can best replace the underlined word “deduce” in paragraph 3? A. confirm B. cause C. approve D. contain 【3】Which country dumps the most plastic waste into the oceans? A. Thailand B. Indonesia C. Vietnam D. Philippines 【4】What’s the main idea of the passage? A. Philippines puts away 1.29 million tons of plastic. B. A sperm whale was found dead near Kapota Island. C. Much dumped plastic waste was found in a dead whale. D. We should take measures to reduce the waste in whales. |
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How long does a year last?【1】Your parents might say that a whole year can pass―in the blink of an eye. Why does time seem to pass faster as we get older? 【2】 This physical change causes the rate at which we take in and process new information to decline. Babies, for example, move their eyes much more often than adults because they're processing images at a faster rate. They take in a lot of information and do many things in a single day.【3】However, as people's brains degrade over time, fewer images are processed in the same amount of time. Therefore, older people receive less information during a day than younger people. This causes things to seem as though they're happening more quickly. 【4】People may measure time by the number of memorable events that can be recalled within a certain period. Have you ever noticed that when you recall your firsts, they seem to be in slow motion? That's because when something is a first, there are many exciting things to remember. Recalling these memories makes you feel like they took forever. For many adults, life is routine. When they look back, they might feel like there are not many novel things to remember.【5】 A.Children might say that a year lasts forever. B.Different people have different feelings toward time. C.Therefore, time seems to be moving faster to them. D.As we grow older, we become less interested in new things. E.This makes them feel like a single day lasts for a long time. F.According to scientists, our brains degrade and change over time. G.In addition, people may also feel time differently due to psychological reasons. |
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Madagascar was not the paradise I expected. A reporter and I were ______ there to find out who was helping with drought relief and the prevention of famine(饥荒). After a three-hour ride in a van, we ______ in the small town of Ambovombe.Peter immediately headed over to the hospital to speak with a local ______ on our topics of interest. Since I didn't need to photograph the background ______ with the doctor, I wandered out to the road. I raised my ______ to get some images before the sun went down. I've ______ been to Madagascar before, and until you've actually photographed in a place, you don't know how people will ______ to the camera. I ______ a handsome man who was leaning against a wall in the golden light of dusk. No reaction. I took a breath. After a while, everyone within a 20-yard radius had ______ me. Some called out to each other, playfully teasing those I'd ______ . Soon after, a mother encouraged me to photograph her young children.I ______ a moment. They were dressed in ______ clothes. One of them may not have even had any pants on---not because her parents were neglectful, but because they couldn't ________ them. Their mother really ______ me to photograph them. This happens everywhere I go. Parents, ______ of their children, ask me to take a photo. I'd taken this photo of cute smiling children over and over. I don't usually save ________ ，but I saved this one. Why? The children's _________ .It's something so powerful yet so ______ that we sometimes miss it. This mom, despite all the ________ obvious to an outsider's eyes, found in her children something she wanted a photograph to remember. That's because she saw a(n) ______ picture: She saw them with a mother's heart. As should we all. 【1】A.expected B.assigned C.allowed D.persuaded 【2】A.arrived B.explored C.searched D.camped 【3】A.reporter B.nurse C.doctor D.patient 【4】A.discussion B.interview C.program D.practice 【5】A.paper B.hand C.head D.camera 【6】A.just B.seldom C.never D.already 【7】A.respond B.adapt C.return D.contribute 【8】A.discovered B.greeted C.asked D.photographed 【9】A.caught B.noticed C.found D.suspected 【10】A.helped with B.stared at C.referred to D.focused on 【11】A.watched B.regretted C.hesitated D.choked 【12】A.beautiful B.funny C.dirty D.colorful 【13】A.serve B.afford C.choose D.bring 【14】A.wanted B.informed C.reminded D.paid 【15】A.afraid B.sure C.aware D.proud 【16】A.images B.cards C.gifts D.words 【17】A.clothes B.kindness C.mother D.expectation 【18】A.emotional B.changeable C.sensitive D.common 【19】A.adventures B.disadvantages C.curiosity D.support 【20】A.different B.natural C.broad D.interesting |
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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。 No one is sure how many Americans belong to reading groups called books clubs. Yet 【1】 (publish) and bookstores report that more and more people throughout the United States are joining 【2】 (they). Most of the clubs work the same way. Members read the same book at the same time. Then they meet to talk about the book. Members may be friends or people 【3】 live near each other. Some Americans belong to reading groups on 【4】 Internet. These groups include people around the world who communicate about books they read. They send electronic mails instead of gathering 【5】 (discuss) books. Most reading groups study books by 【6】 (variety) writers. However, some groups read the work of a single writer, 【7】 (usual) one that has been famous for a while. Other groups may 【8】 (name) for an important person in the work of the writer, 【9】 a Sherlock Holmes Club. Members of these book clubs often are experts about their 【10】 (choose) reading materials. One member of a Holmes reading group, for example, can identify almost every person in every Sherlock Holmes story. |
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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：在错的词下画划一横线， 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l0处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。 I had been longing for my dream house. It will be an one-story wooden house with a huge courtyard, where I can grow whatever I like. It will be a living room, a dining room and three bedrooms. I will decorate my house a green way because it can make me to feel relaxed. With science and technology developing fast, many change will take place and the house will be smarter or smarter. For example, I will control a TV and a light just by talking to all of them. All of the housework will be done by robots, leave me more time to have fun and do something more meaningfully. |
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假如你是李华，学校英语教研室就你所喜爱的英语选修课（英语电影欣赏）向同学们征集意见。请你根据以下内容用英文给英语教研室写一封信，内容主要包括： 1. 说明你对这门英语选修课的喜爱； 2. 赞赏该课的优点； 3. 对该课的内容或方式提出两点速议。 注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头己给出不计入总词数。 Dear Sir or Madam, I’m Li Hua, one of the students who attended the course English Film Appreciation last term. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Sincerely yours, Li Hua |
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