Many earthquakes happen every year. Some of these earthquakes are very strong.
Many people will be hurt or die in the earthquakes. Knowing some ways to protect yourself will help to keep you safe in the earthquake.
If you are indoors when the earthquake happens, the safest place, is under a strong table or desk.
If you are out of doors, move to clear areas.
The danger is not over when the strong shaking stops.
When it is safe for you to move around, check the people near you. Some may need help.
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| A．Stand in the middle of room. |
| B．Take a lift to go downstairs. |
| C．There will be some shocks after most earthquakes. |
| D．Sitting on the floor in a doorway or close to a wall is safer than standing in the middle of a room. |
| E．You may feel afraid |
| F．Get away from buildings and trees |
| G．When they happen in cities, they can be very serious |
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【推荐1】①While history has shown that the economic development is sometimes achieved at the cost of environmental damage, Shenzhen is trying to tell a different story.
②Shenzhen has been developing quickly in recent years. At the same time, the city’s air quality has kept improving. In 2019, the average concentration (浓度) of PM2.5 was 24 μg/m3, the lowest level since the monitoring system started in 2006. The city has set a goal to lower the index to less than 20 μg/m3 by 2025 and reach a world-leading level by 2035.
③One of the most effective ways to curb air pollution is to encourage the use of electric vehicles, especially in public transport, across the city. At the end of 2017, Shenzhen became the world’s first city to make all its public buses, about 16,400 of them, run on electricity. A year later, more than 21,000 taxis in the city were almost all replaced by electric cars.
④When the sky becomes clearer, the city has also made great progress in solving its water pollution. All 159 black and smelly water bodies and 1,467 small ones have been fully recovered. Five major rivers that run through the city have met national water standards (标准).
⑤Maozhou River, one of the most heavily polluted rivers in Shenzhen, started to meet the lowest national standard for qualified(合格的) surface water in November 2019. The standard is that the water can be used for agriculture or sightseeing. This was the best level the river had achieved since 1992.
⑥As a result, Chinese white dolphins and jellyfish have been seen to return to the Shenzhen Bay. And the number of many animals in and along the river has increased year by year.
1. What does the underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 3 mean?| A．Produce. | B．Control. | C．Protect. | D．Cause. |
| A．When will personal cars be replaced by electric ones? |
| B．What is Shenzhen’s goal of dealing with air pollution? |
| C．How many kinds of animals are there in Maozhou River? |
| D．What are the five major rivers that run through Shenzhen? |
| A．Shenzhen’s secrets of fast development. |
| B．Shenzhen’s plans to clear the sky and rivers. |
| C．Shenzhen’s ways of developing the economy. |
| D．Shenzhen’s achievements in the environment. |
| A．Shenzhen’s economic development is achieved at the cost of environmental damage. |
| B．Shenzhen has set a goal to lower the average concentration of PM2.5 to 20μg/m3 in 15 years. |
| C．The water of Maozhou River can be used for agriculture or sightseeing in 2020. |
| D．Shenzhen became the world’s first city to make all taxis run on electricity. |
| A．①/②③/④⑤⑥ | B．①②/③/④⑤⑥ |
| C．①②/③④/⑤⑥ | D．①/②③④⑤/⑥ |
Improving your memory doesn’t have to be a difficult process. It is about learning how brain works best and using this knowledge to your strong points.
Pay attention to what you want to remember. The most important reason why people cannot remember other people’s names is that they don’t pay enough attention to the name.
Avoid multitasking (多任务) whenever possible. Multitasking may be typical of modern times. Studies. however, have shown that 98%of the people cannot multitask. They can really only pay attention to one activity at a time. By multitasking, you are always changing your attention and are sure to lose some information.
Get your blood flowing and get O2 to your brain. Your brain needs good blood flow and O₂to work well.
| A．Practice memory by self-testing. |
| B．Picture what you want to remember. |
| C．And the best way to get this is by moving. |
| D．The more times you change, the more you’ll miss. |
| E．Get started with some powerful memory improvement ideas. |
| F．And their brain is filled with some other thoughts during an introduction. |
【推荐3】Assertiveness is the ability to confidently express your opinions, feelings, attitudes, and rights, in a way that doesn't infringe（侵犯）the rights of others.
Many of us are taught that it is not nice to consider our own needs above those of others. If someone says or does something that we don't like, we should just be quiet and try to stay away from that person in the future.
Why is Assertiveness important?
If you don't know how to be assertive, you might experience:
Depression—Anger, a sense of being helpless, hopeless, or of having no control over your life.
Resentment—Anger at others for taking advantage of you.
Frustration —Why did I allow that to happen?
Most people find it easier to be assertive in some situations than in others. This makes perfect sense. It's a lot easier to hold your ground with a stranger than with someone you love. But the more important the relationship is to you, the more important it is to be assertive. Assertive behavior leads to increased respect from others！
But before you decide to act assertively, you have to decide if you can live with the results. Although assertive behavior usually will result in a positive response (积极的回应)，some people might react differently.
How to be effectively（有效地） assertive:
Use "I" statements. Keep the focus on the problem you're having. "I'd like to be able to tell my stories without interruption." instead of "You're always interrupting my stories!”
Use facts, not opinions. "Did you know that shirt has a hole?" instead of "You're not going out looking like THAT, are you?"
Express ownership of your thoughts, feelings, and opinions. "I get angry when he breaks his promises. "instead of "He makes me angry. "
Make clear and direct requirements. Don't invite the person to say no. "Will you please?" instead of "Would you mind…?" or "Why don't you…?"
Keep repeating your point. Use a low level and pleasant voice. Don't try to explain yourself.
1. The writer probably agrees that— .| A．assertive behavior will bring you bad feelings |
| B．you should be assertive if you want to get good marks |
| C．assertiveness is the ability to infringe others' rights |
| D．you should consider others' response before you act assertively |
| A．insist on your point | B．keep your word |
| C．reach an agreement | D．keep on fighting |
| A．Explaining yourself in a soft and sweet voice. |
| B．Making requirements directly and clearly. |
| C．Using your opinions instead of facts. |
| D．Expressing ownership of others' thoughts. |
【推荐1】We each have a memory (记忆力). That's why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things in a short time, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Many of the great men of the world have surprising memories.
A good memory is a great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He learns the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. Some children are living with their parents in foreign countries. They can learn two languages easily because they hear, remember and speak two languages every day. In school it is not so learn a foreign language because the students have so little time for it, and they are busy with other subjects, too.
But your memory will become better and better then you do more and more exercises.
1. Why can some people easily learn many things in a short time?| A．They have very good memories. | B．They always sleep very well. | C．They have a lot of books. |
| A．At the age of 18. | B．When he is a small child. | C．After he goes to school. |
| A．He must read and write. |
| B．He must talk with others. |
| C．He must learn the sounds, remembers them. |
| A．You must eat a lot of fish. | B．You must keep practicing it. | C．You must have a lot of sleep. |
| A．Because he must speak English every day. |
| B．Because he will have a good memory in England, not in China. |
| C．Because his father is an Englishman. |
【推荐2】
Have you ever shouted at your computer because it wasn’t working? Of course, your computer can’t “shout” back. But AI researchers have been working on computers that can argue and perhaps even win debates (辩论) with humans.
IBM scientists recently published a paper in Nature about their new AI system—Project Debater. It can debate with people in front of a live audience. After listening to arguments from its opponent (对手), the system can search around 400 million online articles in less than five minutes. And then it looks for ideas that can support its own argument.
Testing on the system began in 2019. When it debated with Harish Natarajan, a professional debater who holds the world record for the most debate competition victories. The topic was about subsidizing preschool (资助幼儿园)—and Project Debater argued to support this idea. Although Project Debater lost the debate in the end, the audience said it performed very well. Interestingly, 58 percent of the audience said that Project Debater increased their knowledge about the topic—only 20 percent said the same about Natarajan.
According to Scientific American, results show that the system is able to form logical statements (有逻辑的陈述). However, ★ . Their goal is to help humans make better decisions, according to Ranit Aharanoy, manager of the Project Debater team. “It can debate both sides, so it can very quickly help you understand both sides of the problem, so you can have a wider view of the problem and make a more thoughtful decision.” Aharanoy said.
Let’s wait and see how the Project Debater will develop in the near future.
1. According to paragraph 2, which one below is not the way of Project Debater working?| A．It writes ideas that can support its own argument. |
| B．It listens to its opponent’s arguments. |
| C．It searches online articles. |
| D．It debates with its opponent. |
| A．argued to support subsidizing preschool | B．won the debate in the end |
| C．set a world debating record | D．often argued against itself |
| A．forming logical statements is not easy |
| B．some people didn’t believe Project Debater |
| C．they can develop better system |
| D．winning a debate is never the researchers’ goal |
| A．Project Debater team | B．the logical statement |
| C．the new AI system | D．the wider view |
| A．Doubtful | B．Positive | C．We don’t know | D．Disappointed |
Some farmers grow blueberries in big fields. After the blueberries are ripe, people put them into boxes and bring them to stores and supermarkets. People buy the blueberries and take them home to eat. After they wash the blueberries, they eat them one by one. Many people like to cook with blueberries. Some like to make blueberry muffins(松饼). Some like to make blueberry juice. Others like to make blueberry ice cream. It is very cool!
1. What does a blueberry look like?
| A．It is like a bush. | B．It is big and long. |
| C．It is small and round. | D．It is like a red strawberry. |
| A．ice cream | B．muffins | C．juice | D．noodles |
a. Farmers grow blueberries.
b. People buy blueberries.
c. People wash blueberries.
d. Blueberries become blue.
e. People eat blueberries one by one.
| A．a-b-c-d-a | B．c-d-a-e-b | C．a-d-b-c-e | D．e-b-c-d-a |
