Alexis Vaughan, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad's car. She stared out the window at the Preston, Idaho, cornfields.
Alexis, a high school student, let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Still, she was terrified when a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them, just a few feet off the road. "Dad, there's a deer, there!" Alexis said, rolling down the window for a better look. It was a three-point buck (雄鹿) — a male deer with sharp, three-pronged antlers (角) on each side of its head.
As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the buck's head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream. A few seconds later, she saw an arm fly up near the buck's head. Alexis realized the buck was attacking a woman. Sue Panter, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The buck had come out from the tall corn and began following her. Having lived in rural Idaho for years, Sue knew that most bucks got frightened by humans. But this buck edged closer, even when she threw at it with a handful of gravels (石子).
Sue went to pick up a log to use for self-defense, and the buck attacked her. It lifted her with its antlers (角) and threw her into the air. Sue could feel the horns punctured (刺穿) her leg and blood flowed down her leg. Within seconds, the buck had pushed her off the road and into the cornfield.
When Alexis and her father pulled up, the buck was rolling Sue like a rag doll. Alexis looked into the woman's terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the 104 pound teenager jumped quickly out of the car and down the slope toward the buck. She was kicking and hitting it to get its attention. Then Michael, her father, who had followed his daughter, wrestled the buck away from the women by holding the antlers.
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Alexis helped Sue up the slope.
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2 . The Notre Dame (巴黎圣母院) fire has been put out, but its spire (尖顶) and a large portion of its wooden roof have been damaged. The terrible destruction causes a sudden sharp pain to people around the world. “What a pity that we cannot see the damaged parts of the wonder anymore.”
But the good news is that there is at least one way of seeing them, namely through a video game called Assassin’s Creed: Unity. In this game, the player can travel to one city after another and enter the buildings exactly like what they are in reality, and see Notre Dame as it was before the fire. Further, with virtual reality technology, which is already quite mature, one can even look around the undamaged Notre Dame as if it is still there. Maybe digital technology could help to better protect architectural cultural heritage.
The idea of making digital models of ancient buildings to save their data dates back to the 1990s and the necessary technology has continued to advance since then. By scanning the ancient buildings with lasers, building 3D models with multiple images, as well as measuring everything precisely, engineers can make a copy as accurate as the real one.
As computers and smartphones are hugely popular, the digital model has great useful value. First, it allows tourists to feel the cultural relics without touching them. The virtual tour of Dunhuang Grottoes in Gansu Province is a good example of this as tourists can view the paintings without standing near them. Furthermore, it can make the digitized cultural relics more famous by spreading awareness about them via the Internet. In 2000, a virtual tour of the Great Wall became very popular at the Hannover World Expo, which increased the number of foreign tourists visiting the site in the following years. Above all, it preserves all the information of the cultural relics.
Of course, however precise a model is, it is not the original. Maybe we will have better technologies in the future, but the digital technology offers a practical way to preserve architectural cultural heritage at the moment.
1. What can we see about Notre Dame in the game?A.The damaged Notre Dame. | B.Its wooden shape. |
C.The big fire. | D.Its original look. |
A.Build 3D models of full size. | B.Scan the photos of the buildings |
C.Measure all the parts exactly. | D.Improve the technology needed. |
A.By giving examples. | B.By classification. |
C.By comparison. | D.By listing data. |
A.Delighted | B.Supportive |
C.Doubtful | D.Conservative |
1. 告知自己的旅游详细计划(时间、地点、方式、住宿等);2. 邀请Sarah一起旅行。
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Dear Sarah,
I am writing to tell you my detailed traveling plan this summer.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
4 . You cannot judge a book by looking at its cover! That's what a group of parents and students in Hangzhou has found out this term.
When they came to school in September, the students were shocked to learn that their class teacher was to be a P.E. teacher. How could someone who teaches table tennis and basketball know anything about academics? Their parents were equally worried and pressured the school to replace ''Miss Muscle'' with a ''Miss Brain. '' However, the principal(校长) did not give in to the pressure and now the parents and students are happy that the school firmly insisted.
After three months, the P.E. teacher, whose name is actually Miss Su, has turned out to be a wonderful class teacher. She is intelligent, kind and helpful. She is a good leader who keeps her students active in their studies and participate in school activities. And she has won the parents over with her real caring for their children. In other words, Miss Su, the P. E. teacher, is ''pretty extraordinary. ''
The early negative reaction against Miss Su is an example of bias(偏见). A ''bias'' is wrong in thinking that has an influence on a person's opinions and decisions. For example, in business, tall men are more likely to be bosses. In the United States, anyone who is above 190 centimeters tall can expect to have a higher salary and to get more promotions than his shorter co-workers. Similarly, women have a difficult time climbing the career ladder because their bosses(mostly men!) think that women lack leadership skills and the necessary toughness to make difficult decisions. Neither of these opinions is based on facts or the talents of the individual. They're just bias.
1. What seemed to be the parents' early reaction to Miss Su?A.They were excited. | B.They were amazed. |
C.They were worried. | D.They were interested. |
A.She is an excellent P. E. teacher. |
B.She was finally removed. |
C.She really cared about her students. |
D.The headmaster was proved to be wrong. |
A.tall men are usually excellent | B.people are often judged with bias |
C.opinions should be based on facts | D.women lack leadership skills |
A.Disagreeable. | B.Acceptable. |
C.Careless. | D.Curious. |
5 . Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some kind, football, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering.
Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks on high mountains? This astonishment is caused probably by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure.
Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of a different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods.
If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a "team game". We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no "matches" between teams of climbers, but when climbers are on a rockface linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously team work. The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature, his sport requires high mental and physical qualities.
A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty, and most international tennis champions are in their early twenties. But it is not unusual for a man of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they probably climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.
1. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A.Differences between Golf and Mountaineering. | B.Sports and Games. |
C.Mountaineering. | D.Why are so many people crazy about mountaineering? |
A.mountain climbers usually compete in groups |
B.mountaineers depend on each other while climbing |
C.mountaineering climbers are free to use their own rules to climb |
D.mountaineering is a sport not a game |
A.team game | B.enjoyment |
C.age | D.rules |
A.there are no man-made rules for mountaineers |
B.mountaineering is a sport and not a game |
C.it is one of the most dangerous sports |
D.mountaineering bring us more enjoyment than other sports |
6 . You may have heard of the word “pub” . It is short for public house. There are around 60,000 pubs in the U.K. One of the oldest pubs,Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans,Hertfordshire,is located in a building that dates back to the eleventh century.
Groups of friends normally buy “rounds” of drinks.
Most pubs offer a complete range of beers,local and imported,with German,Belgian and French beers being in demand.
The legal age to purchase alcohol is 18 in the UK. People aged 16 and 17,with the license's permission,may have only one glass of wine during a meal.
A.British people like drinking beers in pubs. |
B.Pubs are an important part of British life. |
C.But they must be with an adult and the adult orders it. |
D.In the salon bar the atmosphere is quieter and there are fewer people. |
E.And it also allows pubs to play their traditional roles as community centers. |
F.The person whose turn it is will buy drinks for all the members of the group. |
G.Most people might think pubs are places where people simply drink alcohol. |
7 . Some high school students think it useless to receive higher education.
While limited within the walls of the educational places, we openly explore other cultures of the world!
When there’s a recession (衰退) in the economy, those who attended college will be more likely to find a new job than those who only finished high school and have a limited skill set. The more education you have, the more chances you will get to improve the quality of your life as you have a better job and earn a higher salary.
When you’re skillful and knowledgeable, you gain access to people of similar backgrounds and tastes.
A.Therefore, they choose not to go to college. |
B.We come to know that ours is not the only culture. |
C.There is a negative side to earning a good education too. |
D.A good education makes you a more interesting person. |
E.It means a good education leads to excellent networking. |
F.Schools and universities are the first places to get knowledge. |
G.It has long been understood that an education can lead to long-term financial success. |
8 . Online courses have become popular in many countries. There are different kinds of online courses, but most show a video of a teacher and students in a classroom. Students watch the video online and take part in online activities. Some courses are free and open to anyone.
In South Korea, some students have been taught English by teachers in the Philippines and other countries since 2011. The teachers are in their home countries and are connected to the Korean classrooms via the Internet. Instead of looking at a screen, the students interact with a robot in the classroom. The robot is controlled by the teacher.
Thanks to technology, more and more ways of teaching and learning are being developed.
A.E-learning can be successful. |
B.There are also social media platforms(平台). |
C.Other kinds of e-learning are being tested around the world. |
D.They give students anywhere the chance to study at any time. |
E.Nobody knows what the classroom of the future will look like. |
F.And it can move around the classroom and talk with the students. |
G.The courses that are taught via the Internet are called online courses. |
9 . Finding a suitable name for a baby is a big deal in China.When picking out a Chinese name,parents usually select two or three characters that have a carefully thought out meaning, but when deciding on an English name, many of them struggle.That's where Jessup and her company, Special Name,come in. In the last few years, Jessup has helped name 677,900 Chinese babies, and earned over $400,000 in the process, more than enough to pay her college fees.
Jessup came up with the idea for Special Name in 2015,after accompanying her father on a business trip to China.One of her dad's business partners,a Mrs.Wang, asked her to help choose an English name for her daughter.Jessup felt honored and quickly realized the importance of choosing a proper name in Chinese culture.The woman wanted people to be surprised by the things her daughter could achieve,so Jessup suggested the name"Eliza"after the character Eliza Doolittle from the play Pygmalion.Mrs.Wang seemed delighted with Jessup's choice."If Mrs.Wang needed this service,maybe other parents would as well,"Jessup thought.
After returning to UK,Jessup borrowed £1,500 from her parents and paid a web designer to build a website,She then spent her free time filling up a database(数据库)with around 4,000 English names,associating them with five major personality characteristics,like honesty and optimism.
In the beginning, Jessup offered the service for free to promote the website,but later,she started charging fees.The business is almost completely self-sufficient,requiring only a small team in China that manages technical operations.She updates the database each month,allowing her to focus full-time on studies.
1. What's the purpose of Special Name?A.To help Chinese teens go abroad. |
B.To strengthen children's personalities. |
C.To pick an English name for a Chinese baby. |
D.To make a deal with Chinese parents. |
A.A suggestion from a business partner. | B.Her interest in Chinese culture. |
C.A Chinese mother's request. | D.A character from a play. |
A.A woman with achievements. | B.A famous actress. |
C.A successful businesswoman. | D.A western culture expert. |
A.It offers free service. | B.It's updated every day. |
C.It's operated completely by itself. | D.It is easy to manage. |
10 . High school was a hard time for Me in the beginning because I had just moved to a small town and knew basically no one. I loved to play basketball but was afraid to go to tryout (选拔)for the school's team because I didn't know anyone. One day all that changed when I missed the bus home and decided to shoot baskets on the school playground to kill time. The coach Mr Colbath had been watching me make various baskets and was pretty impressed with my moves.
He came up to me and asked me who had taught me to play like that. I told him that my dad had taught me how to play basketball. He asked me if he would see me at the tryout on Friday. but I said no and told him why. He told me to have a try because I played very well and would maybe make some friends on the court. After thinking for a few minutes. I finally decided to have a try.
On the day of the tryout, the coach came, found me and helped me practice before the tryout. He helped me a lot and I did very well at the tryout and many members of the team were quite impressed. I did make the team and over the next few years the coach helped me both on and off the court. He helped me do my math which I had such a difficult time with and he even taught me how to live independently.
I will never forget Mr Colbath. He really inspired me and changed my life. I would not be the person that I am today if he had not taken such an interest in me when I was in high school.
1. Why did the writer shoot baskets on the school playground?A.Because he was preparing for the tryout for the school's team. |
B.Because he wanted to show off his moves to the coach. |
C.Because he missed the bus and had nothing to do. |
D.Because he wanted to make new friends while playing. |
A.He should study very hard. | B.He didn’t think he played well. |
C.He knew no one in the school. | D.His class teacher told him not to. |
A.Join the team. | B.Leave the team. |
C.Organize the team | D.Lead the team |
A.His tryout at school. | B.His present life. |
C.His basketball coach. | D.His high school life. |