1 . Imagine your home on its messages today. Legos spread over the floor. Dirty socks are jammed between couch cushions. Receipts and pieces of mail litter on the table. Though many of us feel shame when your homes end up in this state, a messy house is not a moral failing. The only thing that actually matters is whether your house is functional and livable.
Collect trash. First get a trash bag or a trash can. Then move around the room, collecting the garbage. But don’t take out the trash yet.
Pile up dirty dishes.
Pick up clothing and laundry. Collect the laundry that’s lying around. You can use a laundry basket or a bag. Bring the laundry to the machine and start it, if you want.
Put back things that have a place. This one is pretty straightforward.
A.Gather things that don’t have a place |
B.You can put them in the sink if it’s nearby |
C.If that book belongs on the shelf, put it back |
D.Pick out your belongings and throw away those unwanted |
E.We can’t concentrate with too much trash all around the house |
F.The more you leave that room, the less likely you are concentrated |
G.This five-step method can quickly get a messy room back to functioning |
2 . It was a bright May afternoon. Jonathan Bauer, and his 13-year-old daughter, Ava, were driving home on a bridge, which crosses a deep river.
Not far away, a truck was sliding from one driveway to the other. Then, it
Situation quickly went from bad to
Ava Bauer was greatly
A.At last | B.As usual | C.At a time | D.All of a sudden |
A.got into | B.broke into | C.pulled into | D.crashed into |
A.fell | B.put | C.struggled | D.bent |
A.gratefully | B.joyfully | C.helplessly | D.angrily |
A.worse | B.false | C.better | D.tough |
A.took off | B.took up | C.took away | D.took on |
A.shallow | B.deep | C.running | D.clear |
A.jumped | B.turned | C.swam | D.attended |
A.into | B.away | C.below | D.on |
A.falling | B.streaming | C.marching | D.disappearing |
A.ears | B.eyes | C.arms | D.mouth |
A.closer | B.higher | C.wider | D.farther |
A.puzzle | B.sorrow | C.tension | D.relief |
A.scared | B.frightened | C.inspired | D.surprised |
A.unbelievable | B.unfortunate | C.unacceptable | D.unpleasant |
1.活动的目的和内容;2.活动的反响和意义。
注意:1.词数80左右
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯
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For thousands of years, the dragon
In each corner of the Forbidden City, lifelike dragons in
According to photographer Gu Caihua, those dragons sitting on the
5 . Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive (欺骗)? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included, he can give you a false picture. For example, some might say, “I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery. It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars!” This guy’s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought $200 worth of tickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser! He didn’t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth.
Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest. Some politicians often use this trick. Let’s say that during Governor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents says, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one million jobs!” That’s true. However, an honest statement would have been, “During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net gain of two million jobs.”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. It’s against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, “Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.” It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company. This kind of deception happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
1. How much did the lottery winner lose?A.One hundred dollars. | B.Two hundred dollars. | C.Three hundred dollars. | D.Four hundred dollars. |
A.Large share. | B.Final increase. | C.Big advantage. | D.Total saving. |
A.buy lottery tickets | B.make use of half-truths |
C.not trust the Yucky Company | D.don’t take anything at face value |
A.False statements are easy to see through. | B.Half-truths are often used to mislead people. |
C.Doctors like to act in advertisements. | D.Advertisements are based on facts. |
6 . The words “caring” and “empathetic” (共情的) aren’t ones normally associated with technology. Yearsley, an Australian enterpriser who is expert in artificial intelligence (AI), is trying to change that.
Yearsley is the founder of Akin, a robotics startup that currently uses a tablet-based system to help users manage the tasks related to home life, whether that’s planning meals or reminding you to pay your cell phone bill. Current home devices made by Google or Amazon or Apple use predictive AI to track patterns, strengthen behaviors and manipulate (操控) buying decisions, some of which, she assumes, are questionable or just unhealthy.
In contrast, the AI that she is developing will be designed to run the human home, encouraging healthful decisions such as taking a nightly walk, refilling the fridge and supporting social interactions like lunches or birthday celebrations with friends. “It’s the hardest AI I have ever built for it’s a complex system,” Yearsley says.
Yearsley began developing the Akin technology in 2017, when she realized the need to better manage the home is hugely ignored. Besides, she realized that women unequally bear the burden of household work. A United Nations’ report estimates that women do2.6 times the amount of unpaid care and domestic work that men do, or close to 30 hours per week in the U. S. alone.
While Yearsley pictures an army of robots someday helping with routine homemade tasks, the first display for Akin will take time and money. Akin has received some early seed money from a handful of investors, and was recently selected as a finalist for tech giant LG Nova’s Mission for the Future program, an annual challenge that seeks to identify businesses having potential to improve life and lead society into the future.
1. What might the Akin’s AI system suggest?A.Consuming more drinks to enjoy yourself. | B.Staying up late working to make more money. |
C.Spending more time staying with your family. | D.Purchasing products that may attract you. |
A.The high cost of current home devices. | B.Akin’s becoming a finalist for a program. |
C.Financial support from investors. | D.Heavy burden of housewives. |
A.Questionable and unhealthy. | B.Unstable and insecure. |
C.Thoughtful and innovative. | D.Mature and ideal. |
A.To introduce a futuristic AI system. | B.To compare two companies’ AI systems. |
C.To call on people to care about housewives. | D.To seek support for an AI expert. |
7 . A mom makes mini-me toys as unique as the children who embrace them.
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Then in 2020, a mom whose daughter lost a leg to amputation (截肢) asked Amy, who was
After Amy
Amy
For Keagan. 2, whose rare skin condition has
A.social | B.financial | C.cultural | D.sport |
A.educate | B.attend | C.protect | D.treat |
A.Before | B.After | C.Once | D.Until |
A.shifted | B.worked | C.stopped | D.stuck |
A.handy | B.satisfied | C.bored | D.careful |
A.took | B.posted | C.removed | D.downloaded |
A.complaints | B.remarks | C.orders | D.praises |
A.Failures | B.Changes | C.Similarities | D.Differences |
A.active | B.bold | C.beautiful | D.plain |
A.crafted | B.collected | C.purchased | D.received |
A.takes up | B.insists on | C.thinks about | D.lives on |
A.dressed | B.recognized | C.covered | D.buried |
A.spots | B.sizes | C.shapes | D.colors |
A.slept | B.wept | C.yawned | D.laughed |
A.potentials | B.personalities | C.limitations | D.requirements |
1. 活动目的;
2. 活动过程和感受。
注意:1. 写作同数应为80个左右。
2. 参考词汇:灭火器 fireextinguishers; 消防栓 fire hydrants
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9 . Your manager stops you and says she needs to have a word about your performance in the recent project. She begins by praising you for the good work you’ve done on the project, and you wonder if this is the praise that starts off the typical “feedback sandwich”.
However, when feedback becomes such a routine, employees can start to perceive positive feedback as simply a form of sugarcoating the negatives, thus decreasing its value. Instead, positive feedback should not simply be seen as something to cushion the negative.
Cultivate a “growth mindset”. Many of us tend to focus our praise on the end result and seeming inborn talents. For example,
Create a culture of offering positive feedback. Make giving positive feedback part of your team culture. Don’t just wait for special moments to give feedback. Offer informal positive feedback when making small talk.
A.you have a real talent for organizing events. |
B.You know how the feedback sandwich goes. |
C.Attempt to inject some positivity into negative feedback. |
D.you really put a lot of effort into making this event a success. |
E.Don’t always follow positive feedback with negative feedback. |
F.Feedback doesn’t have to only come from the higher ranks either. |
G.It should also be delivered so as to reinforce and encourage good performance. |
10 . Curiosity is the driving force behind our development and even our success. But it can also be dangerous, leading to setbacks or even downfalls, so why are humans so curious? Do scientists even have a definition for this inborn drive?
Actually, there isn’t one set in the stone. Psychologists agree curiosity isn’t about satisfying an immediate need, like hunger or thirst; rather, it’s intrinsically (内在地) motivated. Curiosity covers such large set of bebaviors that there probably isn’t any single “curiosity gene” that makes humans wonder about and explore their environment. Genes and the environment interact in many complex ways to shape individuals and guide their behavior, including their curiosity.
Regardless of their genetic makeup, infants have to learn an incredible amount of information in a short time, and curiosity is one of the tools humans have found to accomplish that huge task. In a classic study, a psychologist showed that infants between 2 months and 6 months old grew less and less interested in a complex visual pattern the more they looked at it. But curiosity often comes with a cost. In some situations, the risks are low and failure is a healthy part of growth. For instance, many babies are perfectly proficient crawlers, but they decide to try walking because there’s more to see and do when they stand upright. But this milestone comes at a small cost. A study of 12- to 19-month-olds learning how to walk documented that these children fell down a lot. Seventeen times per hour, to be exact. But walking is faster than crawling, so this motivates expert crawlers to transition to walking.
Sometimes, however, testing out a new idea can lead to disaster. For instance, the Inuit people of the Arctic regions have created incredible modes to deal with the challenges of living in northern r climates, but what we forget about are the tens of thousands of people that tried and failed to make it in those challenging landscapes.
1. What does the underlined sentence mean in paragraph 2?A.Curiosity is hard to define. | B.Humans are not afraid of setbacks. |
C.Scientists are not curious about the stone. | D.Curiosity isn’t the driving force behind growth. |
A.Sets of behaviors guide curiosity. | B.Immediate needs drive curiosity. |
C.External factors determine curiosity. | D.Genes and environment work together on curiosity. |
A.They prefer novelty. | B.They fear failures. |
C.They desire to achieve tasks. | D.They make their own decisions. |
A.To prove how curiosity helped them survive. | B.To show curiosity may come with a high price. |
C.To describe why Inuit people needed curiosity. | D.To show how Inuit people overcame the challenges. |