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5. What kind of movie does Tom like best?

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听下面一段较长的对话，回答两个小题。

听下面一段较长的对话，回答三个小题。

My five-year-old son makes friends with the woman. It starts with voices in the yard. When I come out to check on Daniel, his face is pressed on the fence.

The woman says, “You wait right here, I’ll be right back.”

She return s with a saw (锯子). There’s a whirring. A circle in the wooden fence drops out of sight.

“Dad! Sandy just drilled out a hole in the fence. So Sandy and me can talk!” Daniel spins around.

I hadn’t known her name was Sandy. We’ve lived here a month before Daniel was born.

Daniel’s and Sandy’s murmuring voices continue. Whenever Daniel is outside, he circles near the fence that isn’t a fence any more. Some days my son just goes to stand at the hole, yelling, “Sandy! Saaaaandyyyyy!” Sometimes I hear bits of their talk.

“We painted a ghost at school.”

Or: “Wheeler and Jackson were playing football, and they told me. I couldn’t play.”

“That wasn’t very nice,” says Sandy. “Did that hurt your feelings? Did you let them know that?”

I can’t hear how he replies. A moment of envy runs through me. He never talks about his school things with me.

Daniel and Sandy not only keep chatting through the hole, they also exchange gifts. A coloring book, then a Hot Wheels car. It’s unclear what Daniel gives Sandy in return.

One afternoon, I hear Sandy’s voice floating over the top of the fence with the hole. “I thought maybe Daniel could come for a play date.”

We ring the bell on Sandy’s porch. She’s a middle-aged woman with smiling eyes. Sandy’s yard is sweet with the smell of flowers. We have a pleasant afternoon with Sandy, my son’s adult friend, the first friend Daniel has made on his own. ________

A month later, Sandy leaves to care for her mother in Kansas. She left behind a box of presents: a coloring book, sidewalk chalk, the missing orange part in the Hot Wheels track. When I look at Daniel, he’s looking down at his shoes.

He sometimes wanders down to the fence. Instead of calling “Sandy! Saaaaandyyyyy!” he cries. “Hello! Helloooooo!”

One day, Daniel receives Sandy’s postcard. They write frequently, warmly.

a. Sandy leaves for Kansas to care for her mother.

b. Daniel and Sandy exchange gifts through the hole.

c. Daniel and Sandy are good pen friends.

d. Sandy drills out a hole in the fence.

e. Sandy invites Daniel to come to her yard for a play date.

①It’s known that green tea is a symbol of Chinese culture. Also, it helps to improve health in so many ways that some people think of it as a kind of medicine. Perhaps that is why the Chinese have been using it for more than 4,000 years to treat all kinds of medical problems. Today, scientists know that there are catechin, caffeine, vitamin C and theanine in green tea that are good for health.

②Catechin is helpful for lowering (降低) cancer (癌症) risk. It protects the body from cancer-causing substances (物质) and slows the growth of cancer. Besides fighting cancer, catechin prevents serious health problems like heart disease.

③Caffeine causes the heart to beat faster. That’s why it was once thought that caffeine was not very healthy, but studies suggest that there are also good reasons for drinking caffeine. Specifically, caffeine has to do with a lower risk for Parkinson’s disease and liver (肝脏) disease. Yet, caffeine also has some weaknesses. It can influence sleep and make people nervous, so experts advise teenagers not to have more than 100 ml of caffeine a day. This is about the caffeine of a small cup of coffee.

④Vitamin C is something that the human body cannot make enough by itself. So we have to get it through food and drink. The vitamin may play a role in improving physical conditions to colds and the flu. Also, it helps people to get well more quickly from those illnesses.

⑤Theanine is another healthy substance found in tea. It has been shown to lower stress, both mental and physical, and increase mind abilities. It is also used for preventing some brain diseases.

⑥As you can see, green tea has many good values. Drinking it may help you stay healthy. Of course, as with any healthy substance, it is important to check if there are any bad influence as well.

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When someone has a sharply different viewpoint from our own, we naturally choose two common ways, either avoiding a conversation with that person or trying to convince (说服) them they are wrong. Research shows there is another way: using receptive (接纳性的) language, showing that we are truly interested in a new point of view.

Many of us try to avoid disputed (有争议的) discussions. We prefer to talk with someone with similar opinions. This happens because we usually think that talking to someone who has disagreements will be more unpleasant than it actually is. When we do have to talk with people holding different views, we typically try to convince them to give up their belief because we think we are right and try to “win” the argument. And the other side is likely to think the same way, which leads to even more difficult problems to walk through.

A more effective method is being conversationally receptive. Research shows that when we appear receptive to others’ different views, our arguments sound more convincing. Receptive language can also make those with whom we disagree more receptive in return. It makes us more likable, and others more interested in partnering with us.

Researchers suggested three tips that can help us improve conversational receptiveness in even the most heated disagreements.

Recognize the other person’s point of view. Say “I understand that…or”, “I believe what you’re saying is…” to show that you take an active part in the conversation and find value and even trust in their points.

Hedge your statements. When we talk, we usually hold the opinion that we should be strong and confident and express our views in a direct, forceful way. But if we show that we are not so sure about our belief, our views will be better received.

Express your arguments in an acceptable way. You might say, “Let’s consider the possible benefits of having fewer people working on the project “rather than”, “We should not add more people to the project.” The second sentence sounds unpleasant, showing that the speaker is not open to the possibility of further discussion.

By following these tips in our communication, we’ll be more likely to have an effective conversation and bridge the differences.

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空。每词限用一次。

A company in the USA is there to help these dolphins. The scientists in this company solve this problem very     51    . They have made robot dolphins. The robot dolphins not only look like real ones but also move like real ones.     52     a test a week ago, people thought they were real dolphins. “The robot dolphins can swim and dive by     53    . People can also see something     54     when they watch them.” A worker in the company said.

One robot dolphin     55     about $27 million. Now, an aquarium in China is thinking about using them instead of real dolphins.

根据短文内容和所给中文或者首字母提示，用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。

For thousands of years, people used animals such as horses to get from one place to another. Then, at the     56     (开始) of the 20th century, the invention of cars     57     (改变) the way we moved around forever. It took     58     (仅仅) a few years for people to make the move from animals to cars, so the move from petrol (汽油) cars to driverless electric cars will be even     59     (更快的).

Traffic has created huge     60     (自然环境的) problems, so cities and towns around the world are looking for the way to solve the problems. Scientists have i    61     driverless cars that run on electricity instead of petrol. Computer scientists have developed software for transportation. If we put these inventions together, we could f    62     free our cities from traffic.

If there was more p    63     in transport technology, we wouldn’t need to own cars a    64    . Instead, we’d call a driverless car when necessary. It would take us w    65     we wanted to go and we’d get another one to go home. Driverless electric cars can work 24 hours a day, so we also wouldn’t need so many car parks.

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Lydia runs, and picks up rubbish along the way.     66     she does is called “plogging”, which is an activity collecting rubbish with running. Last June, she first learned the idea of plogging     67     the Internet and decided to plog. Lydia runs four or five     68     (time) a week and takes a daily walk with her two dogs. She often wears her gloves and takes several bags when she goes out. Sometimes she spends half     69     hour collecting rubbish. She says she     70     (waste) the last few years of her running life. Now she feels     71     (good) to do plogging than just running by the litter. “It takes just a moment to stop     72     pick something up off the ground.     73    , it makes a big difference to my community. Now my husband also joins me” Lydia says     74     (proud). “It doesn’t matter how much rubbish I pick up. It’s a good way to protect     75     (we) planet.”

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