1 . Accents are an important part of our identity. An accent gives clues about who we are, and the community we belong to or wish to belong to.
What is the difference between accents and pronunciation?
Accents are about localized ways of speaking a language. A French person may speak English flawlessly (完美无瑕地), just with a French accent.
If you think back historically people were much more localized with generation after generation of families living in the same small villages and few people traveled out of that area during their lifetimes. So over many generations differences in accent emerged and became very distinct to particular areas. Mountainous villages that are not easily accessible often develop very strong and distinctive accents.
How important is it to get an accent right?
If you’re moving to a certain part of a country, you might want to integrate better with your new community.
How to improve your accent?
| A．Where do accents and pronunciation emerge? |
| B．They’re also important for those learning a new language. |
| C．Try to adapt your speech to sound more like the locals’ speech. |
| D．The best way is to learn the specific accent of that region. |
| E．Where do different types of accents come from? |
| F．That’s fine because there is no wrong or right with an accent. |
| G．Learners should first think about which sounds don’t exist in your native language. |
2 . Facial recognition software has found an unlikely new application: scanning the faces of thousands of British children in school canteens.
Nine schools in North Ayrshire will today start taking lunch payments by scanning the faces of pupils, claiming that the new system speeds up queues and is more secure than the card payments and fingerprint scanners they used previously. “It’s the fastest way of recognising someone at the till,” said David Swanston, the managing director of CRB Cunninghams, the company that installed the systems. “In a secondary school you have around a 25-minute period to serve potentially 1,000 pupils. So we need fast productivity at the point of sale.” He said the average transaction time was cut to five seconds per pupil.
However, privacy campaigners say there is little need to spread out facial recognition technology, which has been criticized for often operating without gaining approvals from the owners. Swanston argued that CRB Cunningham’s system, which uses cameras to check against coded face-print modes stored on servers at the schools, was different from live facial recognition systems that scan through crowds to identify faces. Live facial recognition has previously caused debate after being used by schools for security or to monitor attendance.
North Ayrshire committee said that 97 percent of children or their parents had given agreement for the new system. “Pupils often forget their PINs and unfortunately some have also been the victim of PIN cheating, so they are supportive of the planned developments and appreciate the benefits to them,” the council said.
But some parents said they were unsure whether their children had been given enough information to make their decision, and suggested that peer pressure had also played a role.
1. What can we infer from Swanston’s word?| A．He speaks highly of the system. |
| B．The software is intended to promote the sales. |
| C．The technology has previously caused debate. |
| D．The system will be helpful when the students forget their PINs. |
| A．It speeds up the queues. |
| B．It is safer than the previous payments. |
| C．It operates without being approved of. |
| D．It benefits the pupils who often forget their PINs. |
| A．Supportive | B．Disapproved |
| C．Objective | D．Critical |
| A．Facial recognition has been the best way adopted so far. |
| B．Parents disagree with the application of facial recognition system. |
| C．The facial recognition system can benefit the pupils who are forgetful. |
| D．Schools speed up canteen queues with facial recognition technology. |
内容包括：
1.艺术节活动时间；
2.艺术节活动内容；
3.你参加的一项活动。
注意：1.词数：100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
参考词汇：Campus Arts Festival校园艺术节
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4 . “Katy, please come to the front desk. You have a
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“You called me?” I said, somewhat
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“What is it?” Sabrina asked.
Once glance inside, my doubt was confirmed.
“Someone has tagged me.” I
I had to
As I sat eating this amazingly delicious food, a
| A．call | B．visitor | C．bill | D．package |
| A．telephoned | B．approached | C．left | D．checked |
| A．important | B．ordinary | C．unusual | D．impossible |
| A．focused on | B．tired of | C．satisfied with | D．used to |
| A．excitedly | B．curiously | C．hurriedly | D．doubtfully |
| A．stressed | B．addicted | C．confused | D．thrilled |
| A．emptied | B．filled | C．pushed | D．pulled |
| A．opening | B．passing | C．throwing | D．dropping |
| A．Lying | B．Laying | C．Hiding | D．Loading |
| A．styles | B．shapes | C．contents | D．patterns |
| A．replied | B．requested | C．sighed | D．shouted |
| A．reached | B．put | C．took | D．got |
| A．photo | B．envelope | C．card | D．drawing |
| A．big | B．flat | C．wide | D．round |
| A．swallow | B．count | C．try | D．pray |
| A．hurting | B．beating | C．moving | D．breaking |
| A．sweat | B．rain | C．warmth | D．pain |
| A．strange | B．painful | C．strong | D．different |
| A．confusion | B．peace | C．magic | D．gratitude |
| A．went through | B．looked through | C．lived with | D．dealt with |
A New Addition to the Family
For the initial ten years of his life, Victor was the prince of the household. As he was an only child, his parents petted him and showered all their love and attention on him. Whatever toys his parents bought, they were always meant for him. Whatever food was in the refrigerator, there was no one to compete with him to polish it off first. Victor could leave his toys or books around the house with complete ease of mind, knowing that there was no one who would get their hands on his belongings and cause any damage.
However, all that was to change overnight when Victor’s parents brought back his new baby sister, Lina, from the hospital. With her rosy cheeks, wide open eyes and angelic smile, Lina caught the hearts of her parents, grandparents and relatives. Everyone focused their attention on the cute bunch of joy. Whenever she cried, her mother or father would rush to her bed. She simply cried because she wanted to be carried. There was little time left for Victor.
Now that Victor’s mother had his baby sister to take care of, she expected Victor himself to do most of the chores he can do. Victor was asked to clean his own room, iron his own school uniform and clean his own shoes. Before Lina’s arrival, he had never lifted a finger to help out with these tasks. The whole family also went out less because it was unhealthy to expose Lina to the bacteria(细菌) being in the outside world too often.
Victor felt neglected by his parents. He felt that they loved Lina more than him. As a result, he tried to attract his parents’ attention by becoming resistant. One evening, Victor’s parents were called up by his teacher because Victor had got into a fight at school. His teacher had noticed Victor’s behaviour and work attitude changing downwards in the past two months. Before that, he had been a model student.
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Upon hearing the teacher’s feedback, Victor’s parents got lost in thought.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Victor realized that his parents still cared for him.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________6 . Hundreds of friends on Facebook can’t replace a handful of close friends in real life, a study has found. In a recent study, researchers discovered that people with only a few friends were at least as happy as those with far more if many of theirs were online.
Social media, the researchers said, has encouraged younger people to have larger but more impersonal networks of “friends”. But instead of trying to amass friends, they added, a better cure for loneliness might be spending time with those you’re closest to.
Scientists from the University of Leeds did their study using data from two online surveys on 1,496 people by a non-profit research organization. People taking part in the study showed their ages, the make-up of their social networks, how often they had different types of social interactions, and their own feelings of well-being. They included details of how often and how they interacted (交流) with families or neighbors, and whether they included people who provided services to them in their networks.
The number of close friends someone had appeared to be the only thing which influenced how satisfied they were with their social life.
“Loneliness has less to do with the number of friends you have, and more to do with how you feel about your friends,” said Dr Wändi Bruine de Bruin. Actually, it's often the younger adults who admit to having a bad opinion of their friends.
If you feel lonely, it may be more helpful to make a positive connection with a friend than to try and seek out new people to meet.
1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “amass” in Paragraph 2?| A．Play the role of. | B．Think highly of. |
| C．Take advantage of. | D．Increase the number of. |
| A．Scientists did one online survey on 1,496 people. |
| B．People surveyed mentioned new forms of social networks. |
| C．People surveyed showed their ways to interact with families. |
| D．The number of friends was the only cause of people’s happiness. |
| A．Living alone. |
| B．Having close friends. |
| C．Having good appearance. |
| D．Making as many friends as possible. |
| A．To advise us to make friends online. |
| B．To show us the importance of friends. |
| C．To present us with the findings of a study. |
| D．To tell us the problems causes by loneliness. |
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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仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不记分。
One Saturday afternoon, Li Hua and Wang Ping were having an environmental protection activity in the woods while they caught sight of a bird on the ground. They picked it up and found it wounding. Thinking it might dies without timely help, they took it home. They made a nest for it and feed it with rice and water. It was with their treatment that the lucky bird gradual got recovered. When time came for it to fly the bird back to the woods, they felt a little pitiful but very delighted. In my opinions, their good deeds deserve more praise. Here I call on public to show respect for nature. Only in changing the way we treat the environment can we get along well with it.
8 . Microplastics are tiny bits or threads of plastic, often too small to be seen. In recent years, microplastics have been found almost everywhere, from the North pole to Antarctica, from the top of Mount Qomolangma to the deepest point in the sea.
In a recent study led by a group called Ocean Wise, researchers made four trips across the Arctic Ocean. They took 71 samples from between 10 and 26 feet below the ocean’s surface, and 26 more samples from more than 0.6 miles below. They found microplastics in all but one, with an average of about 40 microplastic particles in every cubic meter. To identify the particles they found, the scientists used a tool based on infrared (红外的) light. Over 92% of the microplastics found were small threads, called microfibers. About 73% of these fibers were made of a plastic known as polyester(聚酯), which exactly matched polyester used in clothing.
The study also found far more microfibers near the Atlantic side of the Arctic Ocean than near the Pacific side. The fibers on the Atlantic side were also newer. The team believes this suggests that the fibers come from Europe and North America. Peter Ross, who led the research, said, “With these polyester fibers, we’ve created a cloud throughout the world’s oceans.”
Most samples were taken from an ocean layer where lots of sea life finds food. The scientists believe this means that many kinds of sea life, from the smallest to the largest, are likely to be affected by the pollution.
So how do these microfibers get into the sea? They break off when clothes are washed and emptied by washing machines into underground pipes. One recent study suggested that laundry from the US and Canada carries around 7,716,000 pounds of plastic microfibers into the sea every year.
1. Which is true about the study according to paragraph 2?| A．All the samples taken contained microplastics. |
| B．Polyester accounted for most of the microfibers. |
| C．The head of the research group is called Ocean Wise. |
| D．Most samples were collected from over 0.6 miles below. |
| A．These polyester fibers look like clouds. |
| B．The world’s oceans are linked together. |
| C．The pollution has reached a serious level. |
| D．The food chain of the sea has been damaged. |
| A．Plastics. | B．Ocean layers. |
| C．Washing machines. | D．Laundry. |
| A．Efforts Made to Protect the Arctic Ocean |
| B．Reduction in the Consumption of Plastic Products |
| C．Microplastics Found All Through the Arctic Ocean |
| D．Reasons Behind the Pollution of the Arctic Ocean |
A few months ago, I left my hometown for Canada to study. I felt nervous because I was going to
10 . Even though it was only October, my students were already talking about Christmas plans. With each passing day, everyone became more
David was a small boy in ragged (破烂的) clothes. I had often
Weeks passed and the
“I have something for you,” he said and
“Oh no it isn’t, ”said David. “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love is something that you couldn’t see or touch unless you know it’s there.”
Tears filled my eyes
| A．excited | B．courageous | C．serious | D．careful |
| A．shouted | B．rang | C．called | D．yelled |
| A．thought | B．wanted to know | C．realized | D．learned |
| A．modestly (谦虚地) | B．unnaturally | C．uncomfortably | D．improperly (不恰当的) |
| A．popular | B．upset | C．special | D．funny |
| A．expressing | B．delivering (运送) | C．wearing (面带) | D．sharing |
| A．practiced | B．wandered | C．studied | D．stayed |
| A．would | B．should | C．might | D．could |
| A．stare at (凝视) | B．turn to | C．put off | D．head for (前往) |
| A．pavement | B．excitement | C．movement | D．judgment |
| A．school | B．year | C．education | D．program |
| A．relief (欣慰) | B．return | C．reality(现实) | D．control |
| A．weakly | B．sadly | C．quietly | D．helplessly |
| A．searched | B．found | C．spotted | D．pulled |
| A．held | B．handed | C．sent | D．left |
| A．joy | B．expectation | C．appreciation | D．surprise |
| A．cheap | B．empty | C．useless | D．improper |
| A．as | B．until | C．because | D．though |
| A．advice | B．support | C．attention | D．command |
| A．under | B．behind | C．over | D．towards |
