Superman，the first American superhero，appeared in 1938 with his cape (斗篷) and an “S” on his chest. Shortly after his appearance in comics, moviemakers began trying to bring superheroes to the big screen. In the early 1940s, they made their first attempts to bring comic books to life.
This pattern changed in 1978 when Richard Donner made his first Superman film. First of all, it was aimed at an adult audience.
Yet another revolution in superhero movies came in the 1990’s and 2000’s, when Computer-Generated Image technology made it possible to recreate even more fantastic landscapes and more monstrous（可怕的）creatures.
| A．Richard Donner was born on April 24, 1930 in New York City. |
| B．Most of these early superhero films were not full-length movies. |
| C．The film had a complex plot, dealing with themes like love and politics. |
| D．As superhero movies are popular every year, it is clear this trend is far from over. |
| E．Many films used such technology to make their characters seem terrifyingly real. |
| F．Some of those stars were Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, and Gene Hackman. |
| G．The character of Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. |
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【推荐1】Binge-watching is when a person watches more than one episode of a show in quick succession(一连串，连续）". With developments in the speed and connectivity of the internet, increases in technology and the rise of on-demand entertainment companies, people can now have their favorite shows streamed directly to their television at their convenience.
This behavior is nothing new. In fact, " binge-watching" has been officially listed in dictionaries since 2015. The entertainment companies recognize this behavior and many take steps to encourage it. Often, instead of releasing each episode on a week-by-week basis, an entire series will become available concurrently. Once the episode finishes many platforms will display pop-ups with “you might like suggestions, or will automatically play the next episode”.
However, recent research suggests that out of the more than half of British adults who watch more than one episode of a show back-to-back, almost a third have admitted missing sleep or becoming tired as a result; and one quarter have neglected their household chores. Next we’ll be missing work!
Bingeing has other connections-binge eating, binge drinking and binge smoking. All of them are often associated with a lack of control and a possible route to addiction. Lindsey Fussell, consumer group director, said: “The days of waiting a week for the next episode are largely gone, with people finding it hard to resist watching multiple episodes around the house or on the move.” If people find binge-watching hard to resist, coupled with the fact that it has shown to lead to negligence in many, are we witnessing the birth of a new type of addiction?
The countless of information and entertainment that television and online media can bring us is, many would say, a good thing. However, when the activity begins to bleed into other areas, causing us to stop functioning then it becomes a problem. So, what's the answer? Moderation! Neither a tiny amount, nor too much. After all, as the old proverb says, “A little of what you fancy does you good.”
1. How did the writer develop the first paragraph?| A．Listing some examples. |
| B．Telling a story. |
| C．Giving a definition. |
| D．Analyzing the cause and effect. |
| A．similarly. | B．gradually. |
| C．naturally. | D．necessarily. |
| A．people have no patience to do work. |
| B．people can’t control their movements. |
| C．people are addicted to watching television. |
| D．people can’t resist the temptation. |
| A．To watch episodes in a moderate way. |
| B．To draw life lessons from the episodes. |
| C．To enjoy entertainment as much as possible. |
| D．To keep online media from stopping functioning. |
【推荐2】Post-00s is a documentary about growing up. It covers almost every aspect of millennials’ experiences on their path toward adolescence ---their struggles with schoolwork, their relationship with peers, their confusion if a younger brother or sister is born into the family, and their growing desire to keep a distance from their parents. But this five-episode series was different from any other TV program with a similar theme.
Post-00s was filmed over a period of 10 years, during which the show’s makers followed a group of kids from when they were infants through to when they became teenagers. In other words, the show’s“characters”grow older for real, and their stories are all real.
“Coming-of-age”stories, as they’re known, have a special appeal. They satisfy our curiosity of looking at someone else’s life, and we become more and more attached to the characters as if we truly know them. And while we enjoy the truthfulness of the stories because nothing is set in advance, we also can’t help but feel the cruelty of reality. After all, there’s no re-writing of the script and there’s no turning back--- this is real life.
This realness can also be seen in Boyhood, a 2014 film that won the Silver Bear award for best director at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. During a period of 12 years, the film follows the life of Mason Jr. --- played by US actor Ellar Coltrane --- from when he was 6 to when he finished high school.
One of Boyhood’s appeals comes from its “ordinariness”. Mason Jr isn’t some child genius... He is a quietly spoken, fairly typical American boy, growing up in the Texas suburbs. He likes riding his bike and playing video games.
While coming-of-age stories may look ordinary on the outside, they often allow us to look underneath the surface and see something extraordinary – the power of life itself.
1. In the documentary, we see post-00’s growing experience EXCEPT __________.| A．how they escape from their studies |
| B．how they get along with people of their age |
| C．how they help feel about their younger brothers or sisters |
| D．how much they long to be independent of their parents |
| A．it focuses on millennials’ life experience on their path towards adolescence |
| B．the stories of its main characters are real |
| C．It was filmed over a period of 10 years |
| D．It has five episodes |
| A．Life is one big story | B．Actors are ordinary characters |
| C．Documentary is real life | D．Post-00s are coming! |
【推荐3】The movie Kites, which was released in May in more than 30 countries, is a love story of an Indian and a Mexican immigrant in the United States. Set in Las Vegas, it stars a popular Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan and Mexican actress Barbara Mori. Its producer, Rakesh Roshan, called it “a truly Indian global film”. Kites is the first effort by the Hindi film industry to make a movie which would interest audiences in India and in Western countries. However, the film failed to impress people on either side. Indians said they could not understand it well with the mix of Hindi, English and Spanish dialogues.
Bollywood_has_a_huge_fan_following,_not_only_in_India,_but_in_many_Asian_countries_such_as_Indonesia,_Sri_Lanka,_Pakistan_and_Afghanistan. It is also a huge hit with Indians in Western countries. About seven percent of the income of the $ 2 billion industry comes from overseas markets. The desire to attract Western audiences increased after the huge success of the Oscarwinning film Slumdog Millionaire.
Of course, a typical Hindi movie is very different to Slumdog Millionaire. It is usually a story of boymeetsgirl and the overcoming of all difficulties to be together. These films are filled with glitzy(浮华的) songanddance numbers.
Many people are optimistic that Bollywood movies can make their presence felt outside the traditional markets in India and Asia. Among them is Mumbaibased film critic Taran Adarsh.
“That is what has attracted a lot of people from the Western world... our colors, our songs, our dances, the Bollywood type，” Adarsh says. “I have had a lot of people coming up to me and telling me that they love Bollywood films. They don't understand the language, but there is something about Bollywood films. They find it very interesting.”
In order to win international audiences, Indian film producers are trying to explore more themes.
1. The Hindi film industry hoped Kites would ________.| A．mainly attract Asian people's attention |
| B．become as successful as Slumdog Millionaire |
| C．change people's attitudes towards Indian films |
| D．attract audiences in both India and Western countries |
| A．Bollywood movies have their special themes. |
| B．Bollywood movies are popular in many countries. |
| C．Bollywood movies are more popular outside India. |
| D．Asian people try to know India mainly through its films. |
| A．It is an Oscarwinning film. |
| B．It is mainly a boymeetsgirl movie. |
| C．It is very popular with Western audiences. |
| D．It is different from traditional Hindi movies. |
| A．don't have anything special |
| B．have too many glitzy songs and dances |
| C．are not good enough to attract people outside India |
| D．will successfully attract Western audiences one day |
【推荐1】All animals—from humans to birds，worms and crocodiles—sleep，however，not all species sleep alike. Scientists have long puzzled over which aspects are truly fundamental. Now a new study on lizards(蜥蜴)suggests that sleep states once thought to occur only in mammals and birds have much older evolutionary origins.
Scientists had long doubted that birds and mammals are the only vertebrates(脊椎动物)to experience rapid eye movement(REM)，a sleep state in which the body is mostly immobile but the brain is overworking. During REM sleep，the brain produces high-frequency waves of electrical activity and the eyes turn suddenly from time to time. In humans，REM is closely linked to dreaming. REM is a pattern of slow-wave sleep，a state in which brain activity weakens and the waves become more consistent. This slower state is widely thought to be important to memory formation and storage.
“But scientists who looked for signs of REM and slow-wave sleep in reptiles(爬行动物) have had‘confusing’results，”says Gilles Laurent，a neuroscientist at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt，Germany. So he and his colleagues had planned to examine how the lizards—a common pet in Germany use visual information to chase treats. Using camera，the team found that the sleeping lizards’eyes twitched during the REM-like stage，just like other animals. They also found a very familiar pattern within the slower phase of the lizards’brain waves. Some scientists believe these waves help transform new information into memories by replaying past events quickly.
Although more studies are still needed to determine whether the function of these brain wave patterns is the same across species，the results suggest that these REM and slow-wave sleep patterns could date all the way back to the common ancestor of reptiles，birds，and mammals.
1. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?| A．The origin of human dream. |
| B．The definition and effect of REM. |
| C．The features and course of memory. |
| D．The advantages and disadvantages of REM. |
| A．opened wide | B．moved quickly |
| C．stayed closed | D．kept still |
| A．By increasing their frequency slowly. |
| B．By changing their pattern occasionally. |
| C．By playing back the past events quickly. |
| D．By connecting visual information effectively. |
| A．The function of the brain wave is the same. |
| B．All the animals have the common ancestor. |
| C．The sleep pattern of all the animals is the same. |
| D．The study about sleep pattern has a long way to go. |
【推荐2】While Huawei’s official website does not call Mate 60 Pro a 5G smartphone, the phone’s wideband capabilities are on par with other 5G smartphones, raising a related question: As a leader in 5G technology, has Huawei managed to develop a 5G smartphone on its own?
The answer is not simple. Huawei, as a pioneer in global 5G communication equipment, has played a leading role in the commercialization of 5G technology, with its strong system design and fields such as baseband chips (基带芯片), baseband processors and 5G modems.
However, basebands and modems are not the only aspects that define 5G wireless communication. The stability and high-quality signals of a 5G smartphone also depend on other critical components such as RF transceivers (射频收发器) and RF front ends and antennas (天线) . These components are largely dominated by four US high-tech giants—Qualcomm, Avago Technologies, Ansem and Qorvo—which account for a surprising global market share.
Huawei has faced significant challenges in getting critical components because of the sanctions imposed by the United States which are primarily responsible for the inability of the Chinese company to launch 5G smartphones in the past three years. However, Mate 60 Pro, despite not being labeled a 5G device, exhibits mobile network speeds comparable to Apple’s latest 5G-enabled devices, offering a stable communication experience. This suggests Huawei has, over the past three years, overcome the 5G development and production limits due to the US sanctions by cooperating with domestic partners, and establishing an independent and controllable stable supply chain.
Considering that Huawei has not explicitly marketed this device as a 5G smartphone, it is possible that it is yet to fully overcome some key core technological and componential shortcomings. For the time being, we can consider Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro as 4.99G. But when combined with the satellite communication capabilities of Mate 60 Pro, it is clear Huawei has been trying to find more advanced wireless communication solutions for smartphones and making significant progress in this attempt. This should be recognized as a remarkable endeavor, even a breakthrough.
1. What do the underlined words “on par with” mean in Paragraph 1?| A．as poor as. | B．as good as. | C．worse than. | D．better than. |
| A．Its system design and fields needed to be updated. |
| B．It only focused on the commercialization of 5G technology. |
| C．It was unwilling to cooperate with high-tech giants in America. |
| D．It lacked critical components mainly controlled by US high-tech giants. |
| A．The US sanctions. | B．Critical components. |
| C．Apple’s latest 5G-enabled devices. | D．Progress in Mate 60 Pro. |
| A．Huawei faced with significant challenges |
| B．Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro—a 5G smartphone |
| C．Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro—a remarkable breakthrough |
| D．Huawei leading in global 5G communication equipment |
【推荐3】Pretending sickness may get harder. Slipping a day off work by nervously coughing down the phone to your boss might not work. Very soon your company might be able to tell whether your symptoms are real, just from your voice.
An Indian research team tried to tell a “cold voice” from a healthy voice. Their research makes use of the fact that human speech, like any musical instrument, does not produce single frequencies of sounds. Even the best trained singers cannot hit pure notes like those from tuning forks. The dominant notes in the human voice are instead accompanied by a series of higher pitch (音高) tones.
Together these sets of notes fit into mathematical patterns called harmonics (和声), with tones having frequencies that are multiples of the original note. For example, the pitch of the second harmonic note is twice the frequency of the main note and so on. The loudness of these harmonics in speech tends to fade as they proceed up the frequency scale. The team reasoned that infection with a cold might change how this decline happened.
To find out, the scientists made use of an unusual resource: recordings of the voices of 630 people in Germany, 111 of whom were suffering from a cold. Each was asked to count from one to 40 and describe what they did at the weekend. They also read aloud a fable The North Wind and the Sun, which has been a popular text for speech research since 1949. By breaking down each person’s speech into its spectrum (声谱) of component wavelengths, the researchers could identify the dominant frequency and the harmonics in each case. They then used machine-learning to analyse the relationships between the loudness of these harmonics and found patterns that could distinguish the cold voices from the healthy voices.
The team’s diagnosis of cold voice shows a 70% accuracy. Faced with another dull Monday at the office, would you take the risk?
1. On what basis is the research performed?| A．Human speeches vary in frequencies. |
| B．Training has no effect on human notes. |
| C．Humans speak like musical instruments. |
| D．Higher pitch notes dominate human voices. |
| A．The pitch of harmonics. | B．A pretended cold voice. |
| C．The sets of human notes. | D．Higher sound frequencies. |
| A．It is easy to understand. | B．It is valuable in literature. |
| C．It is popular with speakers. | D．It is suitable for the research. |
| A．Human speech reflects health | B．Pretending sickness is a trend. |
| C．Voice changes with conditions. | D．Changing voice is of great risk. |
