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I was delighted to receive a copy of Marie Curie and her Daughters by Shelley Emling through my letter-box a few weeks ago. Actually science has never really been my “thing”. At school I really struggled with physics and chemistry and was much happier in English Language or History classes. My mind is not structured enough to understand how science works, I’m a bit of a daydreamer and prefer using my imagination rather than learning facts, figures and formulae(公式). Of course I knew who Marie Curie was, her great achievements, her contribution to science, to medical advances and influence on the world, but other than that, I really had very little idea about her life. Shelley Emling has based this book on Marie Curie’s relationship with her two daughters, Irene and Eve. The book begins after the early death of Pierre Curie, when Marie is left to carry on the work that they started as a couple and to bring up her two small daughters alone. Emling has concentrated her book on the communication between Marie and her daughters. She was not an overly-protective mother, nor did she hesitate to spend time away from her daughters, yet this did not weaken their relationship. Marie was a caring and loving mother, who encouraged her daughters to become individuals, to achieve what they wanted to. Marie Curie and her husband made the decision not to profit from their discoveries. It was because of this that Marie had to depend on donations to carry out her work, and that she had to carry out tours of the States. I was very impressed by Emling’s writing style ? she has told the story of three extraordinary women who were way ahead of their time in an interesting and very readable manner. 【小题1】What is the writer good at? A. Physics and chemistry. B. Facts, figures and formulae. C. English and History. D. Daydreaming. 【小题2】What is Marie Curie like in the eyes of Irene and Eve? A. She makes a pet of them like babies. B. She avoids staying away from them. C. She encourages them to build their own characters. D. She wants to be involved in every area of their life. 【小题3】Why did Marie Curie tour the States? A. Because she meant to make herself a famous person. B. Because she wished to introduce the medical advances to people in the U. S. A. C. Because she needed money to bring up her two small daughters by herself. D. Because she decided to continue her work without money made from discoveries. 【小题4】The book written by Shelley Emling focuses on ________. A. the connection between Marie Curie and her daughters B. the contributions Marie Curie made to the world C. the research work of Marie Curie and her husband D. the decision made by Marie Curie and her husband |
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Over the past century, an alarming number of animals have become endangered or even extinct. Below are some animals whose numbers have been rapidly dropping in recent years. Panda Bear One of the biggest reasons contributing to the decline in the panda species is the destruction of its natural habitat. Farmers in China have gradually been claiming more and more of the land. As a result, pandas are forced to move away to places where it is hard to find bamboo for food. Green Turtle The green sea turtle species has survived for several millions of years, so you might wonder why it’s only becoming endangered now. A major cause is the change in climate and temperature, which both affect the hatching rates of turtle eggs. Climate changes also cause violent weather and rising water levels to flood areas where turtles usually go to lay their eggs. Apart from this, oil spills and other poisonous pollution, as well as increased fishing activities can cause sickness, or even death to the green turtles. Cheetah Cheetahs are famous for being the fastest animal on land but even they can’t run from some of the larger threats that have harmed them. Like the panda bears, cheetahs have gradually been losing their natural homes due to humans claiming land and developing in those areas. To make matters even worse, smaller animals move away when these areas are occupied, which means that the cheetah has less food! Don’t forget that other large animals, such as lions, are also fighting for any food that they can find, so occasionally young cheetahs end up as prey too. Indian Elephant Elephants are extremely intelligent animals and also the largest mammals that live on land. Sadly, in Asia many elephants were killed so that people could remove their tusks to use as decorative objects. While this practice has been banned now, some people still illegally continue. Forests in India have also been steadily destroyed and elephants are sometimes killed when they end up on human territory. 【小题1】Humans’ increasing demand for land doesn’t affect the number of ________. A. Indian elephants B. cheetahs C. panda bears D. green turtles 【小题2】We can save the largest mammals living on land by ________. A. planting more bamboos B. helping them find mates C. stopping hunting them D. preventing poisonous pollution 【小题3】The living conditions of the fastest animal on land become worse because ________. A. forests have been destroyed B. they are threatened by humans and larger animals C. people are fond of hunting wild animals D. no law bans people from removing their tusks |
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I was in a taxi in Singapore last week and I couldn’t help but notice the sticker attached to the back of the driver’s seat. In English and Chinese it read, “We accept Alipay.” It was a reminder that e-commerce in China is no longer just about how great brands break into the Chinese market. It’s also about an important slice of China’s economy coming to you. If you are a brand manager or a salesman, you’re increasingly likely to find yourself fighting with the push of Chinese e-commerce companies in your home market. That’s for two reasons: China’s leadership in electronic payments and the continued rise in Chinese tourism. The result of this is that Chinese consumers are an increasingly important factor in markets around the world. On the electronic payment front, there are some strong reasons to introduce the electronic payment systems Chinese consumers are already using. In China, the traditional wallet has been replaced by an electronic wallet on a smartphone. It’s common to make all of your payments for daily needs through that smartphone, using one of the two main electronic payment providers: WeChat Pay or Alipay. It’s not just easy to use. These two tech companies have the reach and customer base to push their payment systems beyond their original e-commerce mission. Noodle shops will take electronic payments, and even street musicians have QR for donations. Whether you are paying your electricity bill or seeing a doctor, your mobile phone can handle the payment. As a result, China is today the most cash-free of any of the world’s major economies ? and that trend will continue. Already, the numbers are staggering. According to a survey by Ipsos and Tencent, 14% of Chinese people do not carry any cash, while 26% hold less than RMB100 (less than $16) in their wallets, day to day. According to consulting firm iResearch, in 2016 China’s mobile payments hit $5.5 trillion, almost 50 times America’s $112 billion. 【小题1】The writer tells his experience in a taxi in Singapore to ________. A. introduce the topic of the text B. examine a problem in detail C. offer some solutions to an issue D. inform the finding of a new study 【小题2】The fact that Alipay is accepted overseas indicates that ________. A. mobile payment in china is becoming more and more popular B. Chinese economy is taking up a bigger share internationally C. great brands find it harder to enter the Chinese market D. the world market is determined by Chinese tourists 【小题3】The aim of paragraphs 3-4 is to ________. A. warn the cost and safety of cash-free payment B. explain the reasons for the popularity of electronic payment C. prove the common usage of mobile payment with numbers D. introduce the two main digital payment providers 【小题4】Which can best replace the underlined word “staggering” in the last paragraph? A. Worrying. B. Important. C. Ridiculous. D. Impressive. |
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I started my journey at the Cadillac House, drove out of the city and got on the 1-95 toward Washington, D.C.. It’s about a four-hour drive. As soon as I jumped on the highway, I sped up to about 70 miles per hour and entered standard cruise control. A small indicator on the instrument panel(仪表盘) showed the car was ready to engage self-driving mode. I pushed a button on the steering wheel to begin, initiating Super Cruise mode. A green light bar at the top of my steering wheel showed that Super Cruise was on. There were no shake, no sudden speed changes or anything like that. The car remained perfectly steady. It uses a combination of cameras, radar sensors, and GPS to find the center of the lane. The car found it like a train on a track. I had to admit that I was little worried about letting the car take over at first. I kept my hands near the wheel and my eyes locked on the road. After about ten minutes, I finally started to trust the car’s judgment. It soon became clear that it could easily drive itself in light traffic, braking when necessary and keeping a steady speed. Then we hit a bottleneck. There was a standstill traffic outside of Baltimore, and things could have easily gone wrong, but this is where Super Cruise really shined. The vehicle came to a complete stop to avoid crashing into traffic, then sped up when cars started moving again. It was impressive as well, and something that sets the 2018 Cadillac CT6 apart from all competitors. I eventually turned off the highway and headed into Washington D.C.. To turn Super Cruise of, I simply hit the button on the steering wheel again. The green light at the top of the wheel turned off, and I took control of the car. The CT6 had no problem bringing me from New York to Washington, D.C, in Super Cruise mode practically all by itself. It makes me hopeful for a future where I’ll never need to touch a steering wheel again. 【小题1】【小题1】What is the text mainly about? A. A report comparing different cars’ performance. B. A description of an adventurous journey. C. An advertisement of a new type of car. D. An account of a self-driving experience. 【小题2】【小题2】The underlined word “initiating” in paragraph 2 can be replaced by ________. A. taking in B. turning on C. making out D. coming off 【小题3】【小题3】What did the writer think of the self-driving mode at the beginning of the journey? A. Doubtful. B. Exciting. C. Boring. D. Reliable. 【小题4】【小题4】What is the competitive advantage of the writer’s car compared to similar ones? A. There is no need to touch the steering wheel all the way. B. The built-in facilities help the car remain steady. C. The car can adjust its speed according to traffic conditions. D. The operation of the Super Cruise mode is quite simple. |
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Camping on Erupting Volcano Santiaguito in Guatemala Guatemala’s active volcano Santiaguito erupts with an explosion of hot ash and rocks every few hours. However, as an adventure-lover, I decided to go camping on it. 【小题1】 We were about to climb 8 hours and set up camp on an inactive volcanic vent, right next to the active one. This was not a normal activity. Most visitors to the area just hike up neighboring Santa Maria and gaze down from a safe distance at Santiaguito exploding from over a mile away. Only crazy people would attempt to camp on the erupting volcano itself. But I managed to round up 6 more crazy people to join me. Not a walk in the park. 【小题2】 All this has to be done with full packs loaded with 6 liters of water each, and everything else we'd need for 2 days on a barren volcano. 【小题3】 It feels as though we’ve left planet earth, and are now hiking on the lunar surface. Everything is covered in a thick layer of ash, making the whole landscape colorless. Steam is rising up through vents in the ground. Clouds and fog are moving in all around us, sometimes making it impossible to see more than 10 feet ahead. 【小题4】 Over the past 8 hours our group of total strangers has turned into a remarkable team ? everyone looking up at each other’s back. Was it worth the trip? Well, after the mentally and physically exhausting day of difficult and technical climbing, we were treated to an incredible view: Everything under our feet was taken in a glance. 【小题5】 A. Prepare for the worst. B. Yes, it was worth it. C. Welcome to the moon. D. Crazy people wanted. E. Now it’s time to slide down the steep slopes of the volcano. F. But with handy equipment and strong communication, all of us safely make it to the top. G. To achieve our mission, we’d have to hike and climb with difficulty for the majority of the trip. |
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Years ago, I was working in a French cosmetics（化妆品）company. One day, we had a discussion about the package of the newly-designed product. One of my colleagues ________ the picture of his design. The director asked us to ________ on it. I found the pattern well-designed but didn’t match the French style. ________ it has no feature to reflect the French fashion. ________,I stood up and expressed my opinion, “The package is beautiful and the colors are harmonious. But as the Chinese marketing manager, I know ________ what concerns the customers. They’d like to see some traces of French ________ from the design. Since this product mainly ________ the Chinese market, I suggest we add something familiar to our ________.For example, we can attach our company logo to the picture; ________,it can’t highlight our company image.” But some of my workmates ________ with me. They believed the design was good enough and ________ the manager of our department was on their side. The argument was so ________ that eventually I said in a trembling voice, “I insist on some changes in the design, because I can't bear to see you ________ the reputation of our company.” The meting ended with the problem ________. However, the next day the director of the company came to my office and told me, “I thought twice about the new _______ last night and I had o admit that your plan was more practical. So we’ll adopt your plan and thanks for your ________ to persuade others. Without you advice, our company might ________ great losses.” I was very happy that I had stuck to my opinion ________ following others. Sometimes, people lack the ________ to insist on the right choices. But a small step further can make a big ________. 【小题1】A. presented B. removed C. measured D. discovered 【小题2】A. act B. experiment C. comment D. put 【小题3】A. In turn B. In public C. In common D. In particular 【小题4】A. Therefore B. Besides C. However D. Instead 【小题5】A. frequently B. exactly C. rarely D. correctly 【小题6】A. campaign B. painting C. civilization D. style 【小题7】A. aims at B. imports from C. holds back D. consists of 【小题8】A. companies B. customers C. colleagues D. managers 【小题9】A. hopefully B. afterwards C. consequently D. otherwise 【小题10】A. disagreed B. stuck C. traded D. mixed 【小题11】A. only B. even C. again D. hardly 【小题12】A. amazing B. fierce C. official D. successful 【小题13】A. promote B. maintain C. risk D. defend 【小题14】A. overcome B. observed C. covered D. unsettled 【小题15】A. theory B. advertisement C. design D. goal 【小题16】A. group B. promise C. warning D. effort 【小题17】A. avoid B. announce C. predict D. suffer 【小题18】A. but for B. next to C. instead of D. due to 【小题19】A. ambition B. courage C. motivation D. strength 【小题20】A. difference B. sound C. fortune D. mistake |
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| When Sandra was a child, her family was very poor, but she wanted 【小题1】(bad) to believe that her poverty was just a temporary situation, so she looked toward stories 【小题2】(escape). Her favorite book 【小题3】(check) out of the library over and over again was called The little house. Throughout Sandra’s life, she had to move between cities, never 【小题4】(allow) her much time to get settled in one place. Her 【小题5】(separate) from family drove her to burying herself in books. Though reading a lot, according to Sandra, she didn’t really start writing 【小题6】 she attended her first creative writing class in college. She then realized that she needed to write what she knew, and 【小题7】 purpose she adopted a writing style opposite to that of her classmates. Admission to Loyola University 【小题8】 she earned a BA in English was a turning point for her. Sandra’s writing 【小题9】(shape) by her experiences since then. She doesn’t just make up 【小题10】(character), but writes about real people that she has encountered. | |
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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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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。 Yesterday, Tom and I were walking down the street when we saw the old man fall off his bike. I suggested we carried the old man to hospital, and Tom did not agree. He had learnt first aid so I said that the old man mustn’t be moving. We should leave him what he was and check him first. Seeing that the old man wasn’t breathing, Tom asks me to call the First-Aid Center and he used the mouth-to-mouth way make the old man breathe. Soon the old man began to move on a little and the doctors also arrived. They said what we had done were right. |
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假设你是红星中学高三学生李华．你得知故宫正在招聘暑期义务英文讲解员，请你给相关部门负责人写一封申请信，内容包括： 1．介绍你的基本信息； 2．说明你的优势（例如：相关能力，性格特点等）； 3．表示你希望被录用。 注意：1．词数不少于50； 2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。 Dear Sir or Madam, ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Sincerely， Li Hua． |
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