1. What was the woman doing when she saw the dolphins?
A.Swimming. | B.Diving. | C.Sailing. |
A.The weather was bad. | B.She felt quite tired. | C.She got frightened. |
A.Hiking in the rainforest. |
B.Exploring the old caves. |
C.Climbing the mountains. |
A.He ran into a bicycle. | B.He ran into a tree. | C.He drove too slowly. |
Language is the best approach to
The beauty of Chinese language lies in its form, structure and rhythm. Every sound, stroke, word and sentence have their own stories. In the process of learning Chinese,I hope you will learn to appreciate the Chinese language and its profound cultural heritage. Some foreign friends say that Chinese is difficult
Only after learning Chinese will you know the meaning
There are many
4 . Nikki Halkerston, 45, from Scotland, was looking for sea glass, pottery and shells on Broughty Ferry Beach on Thursday when she saw a small, one-inch porcelain (瓷) doll. “I was just looking for a certain type of shell when it
“There wasn’t a mark on it, it wasn’t even
According to SWNS, the doll is called a Frozen Charlotte, which is
Halkerston said that
“I got about 450 people saying ‘wow that’s probably the
SWNS reported that today, Frozen Charlotte dolls
A.repaired | B.hit | C.tracked | D.caught |
A.dirty | B.new | C.perfect | D.ugly |
A.museum | B.rock | C.ocean | D.soil |
A.added | B.complained | C.ordered | D.replied |
A.prepared for | B.buried in | C.exposed to | D.based on |
A.officially | B.strangely | C.attractively | D.warmly |
A.along | B.despite | C.within | D.except |
A.freezes | B.starves | C.worries | D.resists |
A.because | B.unless | C.though | D.before |
A.predicted | B.copied | C.posted | D.combined |
A.smallest | B.rarest | C.easiest | D.oldest |
A.exactly | B.certainly | C.seriously | D.usually |
A.pay | B.sell | C.make | D.desire |
A.higher | B.average | C.lower | D.equal |
A.value | B.display | C.environment | D.condition |
A.Instead | B.Otherwise | C.Besides | D.However |
A.paused | B.required | C.planned | D.refused |
A.unique | B.normal | C.famous | D.smooth |
A.convincing | B.disappointing | C.amazing | D.stressing |
A.fortune | B.time | C.practice | D.check |
5 . Who gets to decide what is content worth posting? Content worth engaging?
On social media, it’s an algorithm (算法) — a computer program that matches your particular likes and follows with others who have similar likes and follows. But even more than that, it’s based on how much content you create. If you don’t feed the social media monster on a regular basis, it refuses to expose what you post for others to see.
Thus, some bloggers share heavily filtered (过滤) photos of tourist attractions on the social media and lifestyle platform to get traffic. However, this practice sometimes disappoints other users of Instagram who go to those locations after seeing the pictures.
Since the bloggers don’t clearly state that their pictures are works of photography, they are considered as travel guides. After the viewers visit those places in person, they find a big gap between reality and what they have seen online, leaving them feeling frustrated.
Last week, one famous app issued a statement on its social media account, admitting that some users have “over-beautified” their online travel diaries.
The apology came after users complained on social media about their experience following travel guides on the app, only to find out on actual visits that the places are poles apart from the skilfully retouched images they saw. One of the most well-known cases involved the “pink beach” of Fuxian Lake in China’s southwestern Yunnan province, which often appears online in dreamy pink images, but in reality is more similar to the colour of red bricks.
“If it’s OK to photoshop promotion pictures for tourist sites like this, I can turn the bushes downstairs in my neighbourhood into a Norwegian forest in any minute,” one of the most upvoted (置顶) comments on the app said. Others argued that the problem lies with the bloggers rather than the platform.
1. Why do some bloggers post heavily filtered photos?A.To show their creativity. |
B.To get more online approval. |
C.To advertise tourist attractions. |
D.To promote the popularity of apps. |
A.Envious. | B.Critical. |
C.Supportive. | D.Frustrated. |
A.By shooting the forest on actual visits. |
B.By feeding the monster on social media. |
C.By finding a gap between reality and net. |
D.By skilfully beautifying the photo of bushes. |
A.App users who are easily cheated. |
B.Unreliable bloggers and travel guides. |
C.The social media and lifestyle platform. |
D.Different netizens have different views. |
6 . Did you know that creating a product that fails terribly could get you featured in a museum? Hundreds of failed products and inventions are getting attention and appreciation in the Museum of Failure in Hollywood.
It is the brainchild of Samuel West, a Swedish psychologist who created it to change the way people think about failure. “Failure is necessary for any kind of progress,” West said. It had a traveling exhibition in Shanghai in 2019 with over 100 “failed” products from big-name companies such as Nokia, Apple and Coca-Cola. “I really hope you see that these well-known brands that everybody respects screw up too,” West told the New York Times.
West's opinion isn't new. The famed physicist Albert Einstein once said, “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” This idea has even been embraced by big companies in Silicon Valley. A common slogan is “Fail fast, fail often.” “The best companies are those that encourage failure, embrace out-of-the-box thinking, and allow employees to make mistakes and see what happens,” wrote Simon Custo of Forbes.
But some people are skeptical of this so-called “culture of failure”. They are worried that if failure becomes “a badge (徽章) of honor”, it may even be seen as “uncool” when someone tries to reduce the risk of failure. This may lead to carelessness and lack of effort. “Sometimes people hide behind failure, when they could have prevented,” wrote Anna Issac of The Telegraph.
So it's important that people set apart the 2 kinds of failure: the kind that shows laziness or incompetence and the kind that takes you forward. The key is whether you've learned something from your mistakes.
1. Why did Samuel West found the Museum of Failure?A.To get himself famous all over the world. |
B.To practice Albert Einstein's view on mistakes. |
C.To draw people's attention to the value of failure. |
D.To exhibit the failed products from big companies. |
A.Make a mess. |
B.Bring much damage. |
C.Contribute little. |
D.Break the rules. |
A.Acknowledgement of failure is glorious. |
B.Carelessness and laziness lead to failure. |
C.Learning from mistakes is the key to progress. |
D.Risk of failure should be reduced with efforts. |
A.Failure is a badge of honor. |
B.Don't come home as a failure. |
C.Face failure and find the reasons. |
D.Better to fail early than to fail late. |
1. Why did Kara go to the Wild Elephant Valley?
A.To see wildlife. | B.To have an interview. | C.To go for training. |
A.Tropical rainforest. | B.Hot weather. | C.Poisonous insects. |
A.Set up tracks. | B.Remove roadblocks. | C.Observe wild elephants. |
A.Observers. | B.Guides. | C.Care givers. |
增加:在缺词处加-一个漏词符号( ˄),并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1.每处错误及其修改均限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Today I want to share my terrible trip with you. I visited the marine park with my friends yesterday. I am sorry to say that I was disappointed with the service provide by the staff. When I came up to one of the waitresses to ask the way, he was rather impatient, respond slowly and unwillingly. What's worse, the waitress even laughed me when I was about to leave. Besides, the steak 1 was ordered in the restaurant was so tough and salty which I could hardly enjoy it. Al that time, the service also makes other customers disappointed. I sincere hope that the person in charge will take measure to improve the service.
9 . Translation Contest of Poem about Shakespeare
To honor the memory of the English poet and playwright, the Shanghai Translators Association is holding a contest to see who can best capture a never-before-translated work about Shakespeare into Chinese. The contest is intended to fire interest in translating English poems into Chinese this summer.
Requirements
1. Participants must be under 45.
2. Participants should translate the original English poem into Chinese.
3. There are no style requirements for the Chinese translation, although translators should try to stay as close as possible to the original text.
4. All translations have to be original. Anyone found to have committed plagiarism (剽窃) will be disqualified.
5. Entries should be sent to shfyjxh@sta.org.cn in attachment. The email subject should be “Shakespeare Poem Translation Contest”. The translation should contain no information about the translator; otherwise the entry will be invalid. Contact details should show the translator’s name, gender, birth date, address (including post code), and mobile phone number. Call (021)6247-3142 for enquiry.
6. The deadline is July 31, based on the email sent time.
Awards
One first prize (3,000 yuan or gifts of equivalent value), two second prizes (1,000 yuan or gifts of equivalent value) and seven prizes of excellence (500 yuan or gifts of equivalent value) will be awarded to 10 finalists.
The organizing committee reserves the right of final explanation.
1. What might be a purpose of holding this contest?A.To find out the best professional translators. |
B.To generate enthusiasm for translation of poetry. |
C.To build up an awesome reputation of Shakespeare. |
D.To introduce a classic poem written by Shakespeare. |
A.Those who are on the posts or retired. |
B.Those whose translations are original. |
C.Those who have their names in verses. |
D.Those whose works are sent in August. |
A.1. | B.2. |
C.7. | D.10. |
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