1. What encouraged Mr Roberston to go to the Antarctic?
A.A training course. | B.A program. | C.A report. |
A.Falling into ice holes. |
B.Losing touch with others. |
C.Living in extreme temperatures. |
A.The wind. | B.The plane. | C.The device. |
A.They could leave earlier. |
B.They got some fresh food. |
C.Someone lived near them. |
2 . What does the man mean?
A.He missed the TV program. |
B.He doesn’t like the program at all. |
C.He experiences a power failure every night. |
The audience and viewership for this year’s Spring Festival TV gala, which was aired on Feb 9, Lunar New Year’s Eve or Chinese Lunar New Year, both reached record
This year, the gala, in addition
Since its broadcast in 1983, the annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala
1. How do scientists at University College London measure memory loss?
A.By recording the time people spend on TV. |
B.By tracking people’s living habits. |
C.By using memory and fluency tests. |
A.Watching television for hours. |
B.Playing video games for hours. |
C.Surfing the Internet for hours. |
A.It can maintain their mental function. |
B.It can educate them on using the Internet. |
C.It can help them relax. |
A.Make more friends. |
B.Sleep eight to ten hours per night. |
C.Balance TV viewing with other activities. |
1. When and where does the reality show start?
A.At 7:00 on channel 2. | B.At 7:00 on channel 5. | C.At 9:00 on channel 2. |
A.He wants to go to bed. |
B.He hates fixing things. |
C.He watched it many times. |
A.A TV play. | B.A reality show. | C.A sports event. |
A.Husband and wife. | B.Father and daughter. | C.Brother and sister. |
1. Who is Dennis Parker?
A.A doctor. | B.A radio host. | C.A police officer. |
A.Build more teaching facilities. |
B.Hire extra doctors and nurses. |
C.Open a new unit. |
A.For 18 months. | B.For 12 months. | C.For 6 months. |
A.A building. | B.A festival. | C.A flood. |
7 . People have been predicting (预测) the death of cable TV (有线电视) for a long time, but this really might be it. Just a decade (十年) ago, nearly all Americans — more than 85 percent of U.S. households — paid for packages of TV channels from cable or satellite ( 卫 星) companies. That started to drop slowly at first and then far more quickly in the past few years. Now, the share of American homes that pay for traditional TV service is approaching 50 percent, according to expert Craig Moffett and S&P Global Market Intelligence’s Kagan research group.
For comparison, cellphones were around for decades before the percentage of Americans who didn’t have a landline ( 座 机) at home reached 50 percent, around 2017. Maybe it seems predictable that cable TV would go the way of the landline. I promise you that it was not necessarily obvious, even once Netflix started to take off. Old habits die hard. Old industries that make a lot of people rich die even harder. And don’t forget that some new technology habits catch on fast but don’t stick.
What may be a final drop in America’s cable TV industry is a big deal. It shows that technology can change deep-rooted ways of doing things slowly, and then suddenly.
Ian Olgeirson, a research director at Kagan who has been following America’s TV market for about 20 years, told me that he was surprised by how quickly the monthly cable bill went from being standard to outdated for many Americans. Olgeirson and other TV experts I’ve been speaking to didn’t single out a turning point in cable TV’s big drop. They said the downward trend ( 趋 势) was more like a series of progressive changes building up.
It’s clear that the cable TV system that for decades brought joy and headaches to tens of millions of Americans is wearing thin. The wild card is whether Americans keep turning away from cable and satellite TV relatively slowly, or whether it will fail suddenly.
I have always loved TV. I felt like a real grown-up when I first started to pay a huge bill for television, partly to watch my favorite football team. I had reduced my cable TV package, but then a few months ago I was told that my bill was going to increase by about $10 a month. That was it. I’m a no-cable household now, too.
1. What does paragraph 1 mainly tell us about cable TV?A.Its falling popularity. | B.Its increasing payments. |
C.Its various TV channels. | D.Its high service standard. |
A.To prove technology can change the world. | B.To show it is not easy for cable TV to go away. |
C.To illustrate there is no market left for cable TV. | D.To explain technology can bring fortune to people. |
A.America’s TV market was down suddenly. |
B.The death of cable TV will come in about 20 years. |
C.Americans turned away from cable TV so quickly. |
D.There are still many Americans showing interest in cable TV. |
A.Cable TV won’t be replaced by satellite TV | B.Cable TV brought joy to Americans |
C.Cable TV has existed for decades | D.Cable TV is the new landline |
8 . Consisting of 39 episodes, the drama Knockout (狂飙) was directed by Xu Jizhou in 2021. It stars actors Zhang Songwen and Zhang Yi, who respectively play a fishmonger-turned-gang boss and a devoted police officer, recounting how they turn from friends to enemies over a period of two decades. Not only does it become a hit in China,
Set against the background of two decades of major social development in China and progress in it law-enforcement methods and capabilities, the story earned 8.6 points out of 10 on Douban and has won the market largely,
The show’s popularity index has reached 11,800—normally, 8000 marks a hit—on iQiyi.
A.for it’s an in-depth examination of the complexity of humanity. |
B.it was released on Feb 1 and reported by some domestic media. |
C.it has also been streamed overseas and translated to more than eight subtitled languages. |
D.However, he is bullied by two villains (恶棍) frequently and can’t do anything about it. |
E.Many viewers spent their Spring Festival holiday following the Suspense-filled drama. |
F.He makes people believe that even the darkest corner can be brightened by a glimmer of light. |
G.The company believes the drama’s success can be attributed to creative writing and the multifaceted characters. |
1. What can we learn about the new public swimming pool?
A.There will be lifeguards to ensure safety. |
B.It will be built near the city park. |
C.The indoor and outdoor pools are separated. |
A.An official. | B.A hostess. | C.A reporter. |
A.In January. | B.In April. | C.In May. |
Up to now, the two episodes of Three Bodies released
A previous animation based on the “Three-Body” series also appeared as a hit when released in 2020. In the same year, the movie, The Wandering Earth, based on Liu’s short story of the same name,