The first Black Woman in the Congress
Being the first black woman
If I said that being black is a
Prejudice against blacks was invisible to most white Americans for many years. When blacks finally started to "mention" it, with sit-ins and freedom rides, Americans could hardly believe it."Who, us?" they asked
How much harder will it be to eliminate the prejudice against women? I am sure it will be a longer struggle. Part of the problem is
2 . What exactly is a lie? Is it anything we say which we know is untrue? Or is it something more than that? For example, suppose a firiend wants to borrow some money from you. You say “I wish I could help you but I'm short of money myself.” In fact, you are not short of money but your friend is in the habit of not paying his debts and you don't want to hurt his feelings by reminding him of this. Is this really a lie?
Professor Jerald Jellison of the University of Southern Califormia has made a scientific study of lying. According to him, women are better liars than men. particular when telling a “white lie”, such as when a woman at a party tells another woman that she likes her dress when she really thinks it looks awful. However, this is only one side of the story. Other researchers say that men are more likely to tell more serious lies, such as making a promise which they no intention of fulfilling. This is the kind of lie politicians and businessmen are supposed to be particularly skilled at: the lie from which the liar hopes to profit or gain in some way.
Research has also been done into the way people's behavior changes in a number of small apparently unimportant ways when they lie. It has been found that if they are sitting down at the time, they tend to move about in their chairs more than usual. To the trained observer they are saying “I wish I were somewhere else now.” They also tend to touch certain parts of the face more often, in particular the nose. One explanation of this may be that lying causes a slight increase in blood pressure. The up of the nose is very sensitive to such changes and the increased pressure make sit itch.
Another gesture which give liars away is that the writer Desmond Morris in his book Man-watching calls “the mouth cover” He says there are several typical forms of this, such as covering part of the mouth with the fingers, touching the upper-lip or putting a finger of the hand at one side of the mouth. Such as gesture can be understood as an unconscious attempt on the part of the lair to stop himself or herself from lying.
Of course, such gestures as rubbing the nose or covering the mouth, or moving about in a chair cannot be taken as proof that the speaker is lying. They simply tend to occur more frequently n this situation. It is not one gesture alone that gives the lair away but whole number of things and in particular the context in which the lie is told.
1. According to the passage, a “white lie” seems to be a lie ________.| A．that other people believe |
| B．that other people don't believe |
| C．told in order to avoid offending someone |
| D．told in order to take advantage of someone |
| A．generally lie far more than men do |
| B．are better at telling less serious lies than men are |
| C．lie at parties more often than men do |
| D．often make promise they don't intend to keep |
| A．he looks very serious |
| B．his blood pressure increase considerably |
| C．he uses his unconscious mind |
| D．there tends to be some small changes in his behavior |
| A．The touching of the tip of one's nose | B．The changes of one's behavior. |
| C．The circumstances where the lie is told | D．“The mouth cover” gesture. |
Probably the most exciting tech development of recent times, virtual reality (VR) has arrived, with sufficient options available to the consumer who’s searching for an extra amount of high-tech fun. The cheapest way to get a high-end VR experience comes courtesy of Sony. Its PlayStation VR doesn’t require a tricked-out PC or expensive phone – it works with the Playstation 4 control board and comes with a few great games in its library. There is some equipment you can purchase to enhance the experience, but if you’ve already got a PS4 you can enter the world of VR for just $400. Other high-end offerings like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, as well as mobile options like Samsung’s Gear VR, will get your head in the game.
Wireless headphones
Combining ease of use with the ability to move wild around your home, gym or workplace, wireless headphones just make sense. And there are plenty of practical options to suit any budget. The Bose QuietComfort 35 wireless headphones are definitely worth a test drive, though. The full-size, around-ear Bluetooth headphones highlight active noise cancellation and double as a headset for making phone calls. They’ve even earned the Editor’s Choice award at Cnet.com and can be purchased for less than $400 online.
Digital cameras
While your phone is a worthy assistant, there’s no substitute for a real camera when it comes to taking the perfect picture. And these days you can get quality specifications in a package that’s almost as small as your smartphone. The shiny design of the Fujifilm X70, $699, makes it the perfect companion, or you could go retro with the Olympus PEN-F ($1,200) that offers old school looks alongside cutting edge technology. Domestically, it’s worth checking out Xiaomi’s mirrorless Yi M1 for a more affordable option. With a high-end 20-megapixel (兆像素) sensor and the ability to host multiple lenses, it’s available from just 2,199 yuan.
1. Sony can provide high-tech fun at the lowest cost because________.| A．players can play free games online | B．PS4 owners don’t need any other device |
| C．it gives players adequate experience | D．players have purchased expensive PCs |
| A．They have various types to meet users’ needs. |
| B．Users can reduce noise manually. |
| C．They work better in the wild. |
| D．Users can make phone calls with the headphones. |
| A．A smart phone. | B．Fujifilm X70. |
| C．Olympus PEN-F. | D．Yi M1. |
| A．The woman enjoyed the movie very much. |
| B．The woman didn’t sleep well because of the movie. |
| C．The man asked the woman to be careful at night. |
| D．The man invited the woman to go to the theatre together. |
| A．By bus. | B．By underground. | C．By taxi. | D．By car. |
| A．In an English class. | B．In a swimming pool. |
| C．On a bus. | D．In a sporting goods store. |
7 . Canals have to be built on a level, otherwise the water drains out of them and the canal becomes useless. This was the great problem facing the early canal builders, and they overcame it in different ways. The early engineers like James Brindley simply followed the outlines of the countryside and kept their canals level though it often meant choosing very roundabout routes.
Later engineers, such as Thomas Telford, developed a new technique known as “cut and fill”in which they fixed a level through very accurate surveying. This allowed them to fill in the hollows on a route with the exact amount of soil they took from the higher ground. By this method, very direct routes could be taken, which cut down the time of a journey very considerably. A good example of this type of canal is Telford's Liverpool and Birmingham Junction Canal, which he began in 1826 to provide a direct route from the Midlands to the River Mersey.
It was seldom possible to build a completely level canal, of course, whichever method was used, and most canals were provided with locks in which barges were raised or lowered to new levels. If you look at the diagram on the right, you can see a barge being raised in a lock by means of water which was allowed into the lock basin, or pound, from the upper level of the canal. When a barge had to be lowered, water was allowed out of the pound into the lower level of the canal.
1. Brindley's canals were less efficient, most likely because ________.| A．he was not a good canal engineer |
| B．the techniques and skills available at the time were useless |
| C．his canals were built to keep the water drains out |
| D．they had too many roundabout routes |
| A．The outlines of the land could not be followed directly. |
| B．It could make travelling distances shorter and save journey time. |
| C．New surveying techniques had been invented successfully. |
| D．The distance between the Midlands and River Mersey is great. |
| A．help boats to travel in both directions |
| B．keep water levels changing all the time |
| C．allow large ships to travel in canals |
| D．transfer boats across differing water levels |
