Hanami, which means “flower viewing” in Japanese, is
The history of Hanami dates back to around AD 710. Back then, it was plum blossom that people admired rather than cherry blossom. Emperor Saga, who
Today, Hanami involves
1)你要代言的英雄;
2)简述英雄事迹;
3)你的感想。
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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注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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4 . A Japanese start-up called Ashirase is stepping into the global market with a new navigation (导航) assistance product intended to help people with low vision.
Its new product will feature flexible vibrating (震动) bases around each foot and are put into each shoe, and a small pack that can be removed for charging (充电). Once fitted, the vibrating parts are set along the sensitive nerves on the foot and can send coded walking instructions to the user.
Its present form navigates a route that comes from a smartphone app. It can help clear up distractions by freeing up the attention that is normally needed to either listen to voice directions or check the phone. Visual-damaged users can use their hearing to listen to traffic sounds and signals, like warning beeps at crossings or sidewalks, and use their hands to carry walking sticks or other belongings.
The device is paired with an app through a Bluetooth connection. The app uses information from Google Maps or similar vendors to draw up a walking route to the destination. Based on the destination and how the user is walking, it will send signals to the device that will cause a vibration on the foot.
The device will vibrate at a regular frequency at the front of the foot to let the users know they’re on the right track and should keep going straight. It will speed up the vibrations once the user is approaching a turn and needs to stop, and it will vibrate in either the left or right shoe to signal the direction the user needs to turn.
Ashirase’s new tech is waterproof and washable. It can be charged at the end of the week to power through seven days of walking, accounting for three active hours each day. And it can be fitted in two types of shoes: sneakers and leather lace-up shoes.
1. Who can benefit most from this device?A.Deaf people. | B.Blind people. | C.Normal people. | D.Poor people. |
A.A computer. | B.Nothing else. | C.A mobile phone. | D.Both A and C. |
A.By how often the device vibrates. | B.By the sound sent by the device. |
C.By the signals from their mobile phones. | D.By how long the device vibrates. |
A.The device can be used for 21 hours a week. |
B.The device can’t be washed or charged. |
C.The device can only be fitted into sneakers. |
D.People wearing the device can’t hear traffic warnings. |
5 . In times of stress, particularly when the water gets too warm, the coral(珊瑚)erupts the algae(海藻), and the coral turns white, causing a state called coral bleaching(漂白). Just a few degrees of heat can lead to coral bleaching, putting the coral on a path to starvation and death.
Driven by climate change, marine heat waves are becoming one of the greatest threats to the existence of coral, which is important to the ocean ecology. But in some rare good news researchers have discovered coral can recover from bleaching even before a heat wave ends, suggesting it has the potential to survive long heat waves. Coral was thought to survive only if a heat wave lasted just a few weeks.
But no one had studied this process during a longer heat wave. Then in 2015, Julia Baum, a marine ecologist at the University of Victoria, began a survey of two common species: brain and star coral around Kiritimati in the central Pacific Ocean. They checked the condition of the coral as the heat wave struck and disappeared.
Starting in May 2015, the temperature rose about 1 ℃ within 2 months. As expected, coral that housed heat-sensitive algae bleached sooner than those housing the heat-tolerant kind of algae. As the water continued to warm, even heat-tolerant algae erupted.
Many brain and star coral on Kiritimati recovered from bleaching while the water was still unusually warm. Baum said, "The unexpected recovery provides new hope, because it means that even under lasting heat waves, there's a path forward for some of them."
An unusual feature of the recovery is that brain coral that started out with heat-sensitive algae had a higher survival rate(82%)than coral that began with heat-tolerant algae(25%). "That finding is surprising," said Baum, expecting that heat-tolerant algae would be better suited for helping coral survive a heat wave. But during a longer heat wave, it might be more advantageous to start with a heat-sensitive algae.
1. What results in coral bleaching?A.The white algae. | B.The coral's death. |
C.An attack of waves. | D.A rise in ocean temperature. |
A.To prove that coral can stop climate change. |
B.To study how coral bleaching comes about. |
C.To figure out whether coral survives long heat waves |
D.To explain why coral bleaching is a big threat to coral |
A.Ashamed. | B.Confused |
C.Worried. | D.Astonished. |
A.Protect the ocean environment. | B.Reduce coral bleaching. |
C.Grow more different algae. | D.Regulate the heat wave. |
6 . I spent time with some elders during my grandmother's five-year stay in the nursing home. I knew what it was like for them without any
One day, I saw a man
I asked if they would like me to push Jean. Jean said with
Now, this same man was on his own and as I got
We didn't
A.doctors | B.teachers | C.strangers | D.visitors |
A.asleep | B.alone | C.awake | D.alive |
A.smile | B.move | C.talk | D.feel |
A.struggle | B.surprise | C.reward | D.puzzle |
A.disappointment | B.curiosity | C.delight | D.embarrassment |
A.advice | B.help | C.plan | D.idea |
A.higher | B.faster | C.better | D.closer |
A.leg | B.ear | C.hand | D.eye |
A.absorbing | B.burning | C.painting | D.putting |
A.painful | B.disgusting | C.natural | D.controversial |
A.wiped | B.caught | C.stored | D.covered |
A.amuse | B.comfort | C.change | D.ignore |
A.admire | B.know | C.hate | D.judge |
A.hobby | B.language | C.connection | D.lifestyle |
A.shrinking | B.suffering | C.fading | D.expanding |
7 . I walked around to the side of a puddle along the path covered by water and mud. I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did
I took a step forward, and my attacker rushed me again. He pushed and
Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the love and courage of that butterfly in his
Since then, I’ve always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly
A.nothing | B.something | C.everything | D.anything |
A.missed | B.forgot | C.stopped | D.avoided |
A.funny | B.surprising | C.shocking | D.exciting |
A.grasped | B.hit | C.took | D.seized |
A.admired | B.alarmed | C.attracted | D.attacked |
A.reason | B.purpose | C.origin | D.direction |
A.run | B.lie | C.stand | D.land |
A.guiding | B.charging | C.biting | D.puzzling |
A.curiosity | B.anxiety | C.concern | D.return |
A.doubtfully | B.clearly | C.eventually | D.suddenly |
A.previous | B.precise | C.precious | D.preferable |
A.fighting for | B.looking for | C.longing for | D.providing for |
A.goal | B.way | C.opinion | D.attitude |
A.enjoyed | B.left | C.earned | D.remembered |
A.whatever | B.however | C.whichever | D.whenever |
8 . Why don’t we have eyes in the back of our heads? There are at least two reasons. Eyes are biologically expensive things to make and rear view (后视) eyes don't fit well into the human evolution (进化).
Even animals, such as rabbits, whose main survival advantage is rear vision, have only the side eyes. Rear vision is not so important. There are other species that have evolved this ability by moving the position of their eyes relative to the rest of their head. Many birds have their eyes positioned towards the side of their head, allowing them a very wide angle of vision and, in the case of some birds such as the woodcock, they are positioned so they can actually achieve 360- degree vision. It is also obvious that spiders, which tend to have many eyes, only have them facing forwards.
Humans, and probably some other animals, do have another adapted sense to make it up. Many experiments showed that sounds behind the head were noticed by a listener more than sounds to the front, especially if a listener was in a dark room. So, our ears can make up for the lack of rear-facing vision. You can look at it another way. Rear vision is useful only if the potential threat is visible. During human evolution, that was most often not the case.
Finally, there is often more than one potential “solution” to a given problem. In many species, the answer to maintaining 360 degree awareness of surrounding danger is to rely on many eyes. Social behavior is common in the animal kingdom and one reason for this is that there is safety in numbers. You might be looking the wrong way when a tiger approaches, but if your teammates raise the alarm this is as effective as having eyes in the back of your head.
1. Why do humans have no rear view eyes?A.They are bad for human survival. |
B.They are replaced by other organs. |
C.They are less likely to spot the danger. |
D.They are abandoned by natural selection. |
A.To explain why animals have other functions. |
B.To state rear-view eyes aren’t a must for survival. |
C.To prove rabbits, birds and spiders are very special. |
D.To show rear view eyes are against the natural selection. |
A.The visible threat behind the head. | B.Sensitive hearing. |
C.The sounds behind the head. | D.Rear vision. |
A.A travel brochure. | B.A fiction. |
C.A science magazine. | D.A book review. |
9 . Does solving a math problem give you a headache?Do you feel nervous in a math exam? For most students, math can be tough but scientists have proved that math problems can actually cause physical pain.
Scientists came to this conclusion with an in-depth experiment, which was published in the Public Library of Science One journal. They began by finding out how much participants fear math. Those involved were asked a series of questions such as how they feel when they receive a math textbook or when they walk into a math lesson.
Based on their answers, participants were divided into groups. One group was made up of people who were particularly afraid of math and participants in the other group were more comfortable with the subject. Both groups were then given either math tasks or word tasks. When a math task was going to come next, a yellow circle would appear but when a word task was soon to come, a blue square would be shown.
Using a brain-scan machine, scientists noticed that whenever people from Group One saw a yellow circle, their brain would respond in a way similar to when their body is feeling pain. It was like the pain they would feel, for example, if they burnt their hand on a hot stove. But they reacted less strongly when they knew that they would be faced with a word task. However, scientists saw no strong brain response from people in the second group.
Math can be difficult, and for those with high levels of mathematics-anxiety (HMA), math is associated with tension, and fear. “The higher a person’s anxiety of a math task, the more he activated brain regions associated with threat detection, and the experience of pain.” said Lyons, leader of the study.
More interestingly, the brain activity disappeared when participants actually started dealing with the math tasks. “This means that it’s not that math itself hurts; rather, the anticipation of math is painful,” Lyons said.
Based on the study, scientists suggested that things could be done to help students move past their fear of math, which might mean they perform better in tests.
1. In the first stage, scientists ask participants some questions to________ .A.see whether math hurts |
B.find out how much they fear math |
C.observe how their brain response |
D.test if they are good at math |
A.Group One reacted more strongly when they saw a blue square. |
B.Group Two showed no brain response during the whole experiment. |
C.Effective solutions have been worked out to lower students’ anxiety of math. |
D.Physical pain caused by HMA disappears in the process of doing math problem. |
A.the attempt of learning math |
B.the motivation to work out a math problem |
C.the effort to understand math |
D.the act of thinking about math |
A.How to overcome math fear. |
B.Physical pain affects math performance. |
C.Math pain in your brain. |
D.Unknown truth about pain. |
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2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Some international students visited our school in last week. To help them better understand our tea-drinking culture, I take them to the tea room in our school but introduced the history of tea-making and tea culture to them. All the international students was quite interested in my introduction. Then I showed them what to make tea. I sat at a table, slowly explain every step of the process while making tea. All of them were so amazing that they couldn’t wait have a try themselves. Soon the atmosphere in the tea room became lively and we had a lot of funs practising making tea. In the end, we took a group photo to memorize this forgettable moment.