增加：在缺词处加一个漏符号（∧），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：在错的词下画一横线，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）不计分。
In my last piano class, each student was required play two tunes on the piano, according to that the teacher, a pretty lady, was going to give us marks. Soon it was my turn. In spite of all the prepare I had done, I was still very nervous. I say at the beginning, “Although as a new learner I don’t play well, but I want to express my love to my parents through the two tunes.” Lucky, everything went all right. But a teacher commented, “Actually, Julie, you did great! Therefore, I will just give you 9.5, hopes that you will always remember to believe in yourself.” His words are still reminding me to be self-confident.
2 . To move visual technology into the future, sometimes it helps to make a little noise. Researchers have used sound waves to produce floating 3-D images, create a sense of touch and even supply a soundtrack.
Since the 1940s, scientists have toyed with the concept of acoustic levitation(声悬浮), the use of soundwave vibrations(震动) to trap tiny things in midair. The technology has gained greater capabilities in the past decade. Some researchers believe this improvement could lead to applications such as contributing to novel 3-D printing methods, or creating displays that would be visible from any angle without requiring a screen.
Other researchers have also worked on visual displays that use acoustic levitation. In addition to visuals, the system can also produce audible noise to give the display a soundtrack. And the ultrasound speakers can also concentrate vibrations in one spot so that a finger might feel a sense pushing back—a little like the object shown by the floating image is really there. Soundwaves create a 3-D display!
Display without a screen is remarkably useful. It means that everybody in the room can see the image—any angle, location—and that’s extremely helpful. As a communications system, such a display might one day allow users to chat with a 3-D projection(投影) of a person who can turn his or her head to follow as they move around a room.
The display will require a lot more work before you can install it in your living room, however. So far, this has been done in the research laboratory. We need to push it a little bit harder. We need to do more analysis to see if it would make sense to create a real display that people would have at home. The current system can only show simple graphics, such as a smiley face or figure eight, in real time.
Still, we are optimistic about the potential for this type of technology. If the system had only one speaker-covered surface instead of two, it could generate images that are bigger than the device itself. We can’t make a TV image that’s bigger than the TV—even a projector has to have a projection screen that’s bigger than the image itself. But with a volumetric(容积的) display, a small, portable device might produce a much larger picture. We can imagine, in the future, having volumetric displays in watches, for example, that create large images that just project out of your watch.
1. From the first two paragraphs soundwave vibrations can be used to _________.| A．catch very small objects in midair |
| B．develop 3-D printer’s capabilities |
| C．replace a creative display screen |
| D．compose soundtracks by making no noise |
| A．Different. | B．New. | C．Storied. | D．Formal. |
| A．Room for the technical improvement. |
| B．Situations of the modern technology. |
| C．Praise for the cutting-edge technology. |
| D．Outlooks for the new technology. |
| A．Hearing is Seeing—Sound Waves Create a 3-D Display. |
| B．Seeing is Believing—3-D Printing Methods Arrive. |
| C．Advancing Sense of Touch—3-D Images Float in the Air. |
| D．Promoting TV Technology—Chat with 3-D Projections. |
3 . People walk almost an extra mile each day if they have an activity tracker on their smartphone or watch, a study has found.
Researchers analyzed dozens of studies comparing people's exercise activity with and without a tracking app, and found that being able to keep tabs on progress boosted how far people walked or ran. The studies involved a total of 7,454 people.
Overall, people walked an average of 1,850 more steps if they had an app -- a significant increase in daily workouts. Most people take somewhere around 2,000 steps to walk a mile.
Authors of the study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, said doctors might consider prescribing(开处方) such apps and trackers for patients looking to get fitter.
Just 4,400 steps a day tied to women living longer, study says.
"Interventions(介入) using smartphone apps or activity trackers seem promising from a clinical and public health perspective," the authors wrote.
"Given the wide and increasing reach of smartphones, even modest improvements in physical activity can produce large effects at the population level."
The study looked at research conducted mainly in the United States, and less than a third of the subjects involved were women, so it's unclear how widespread the findings would be.
The average number of steps taken by American adults is between 4,000 and 5,000 per day, previous research has shown.
1. What does the study find about the walking tracker?| A．It speeds up walking. | B．It follows your position. |
| C．It assists the research. | D．It benefits the walkers. |
| A．To replace medicine. | B．To help keep healthy. |
| C．To communicate with them. | D．To record their health condition. |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Ambiguous. | C．Optimistic. | D．Skeptical. |
| A．It involved mainly men. | B．It involved a total of 4,400 people. |
| C．It was applied widely around the world. | D．It was published in an American magazine. |
4 . Scott, 72, an elderly woman lives in Massachusetts whose home was in badly need of repairs. "There were
After
So the electrician decided to
“The
“She's been here by herself for over 10 years, so I'm
The electrician said he
| A．holes | B．roofs | C．nests | D．windows |
| A．hesitated | B．sobbed | C．remembered | D．understood |
| A．cheap | B．broken | C．plastic | D．different |
| A．forgetting | B．refusing | C．slowing | D．completing |
| A．like | B．allow | C．afford | D．require |
| A．make a deal | B．set a goal | C．take notes | D．take measures |
| A．stop | B．check | C．regret | D．wait |
| A．find | B．create | C．mend | D．tell |
| A．materials | B．water | C．help | D．volunteers |
| A．meetings | B．discussions | C．repairs | D．wishes |
| A．raised | B．spent | C．wasted | D．lent |
| A．ambition | B．official | C．project | D．mood |
| A．money | B．clothes | C．power | D．meals |
| A．advanced | B．new | C．expensive | D．stainless |
| A．planted | B．cut | C．bought | D．painted |
| A．worried | B．sure | C．excited | D．embarrassed |
| A．happy | B．upset | C．sick | D．confused |
| A．story | B．test | C．play | D．wonder |
| A．hardly | B．even | C．always | D．fortunately |
| A．website | B．nation | C．community | D．house |
5 . The Summer Food Service Program(SFSP)provides children in low-income areas with healthy meals and snacks for free.By this means children can get the nutrition necessary for learning, playing, and growing when they are out of school for summer vacation.
Sponsors
SFSP is run by local approved sponsors such as school districts, local government agencies, camps, or private non-profit organizations.These sponsors receive payments from the United States Department of Agriculture(USDA)through local agencies for the meals they serve and their documented operating costs.
Feeding locations
There are three kinds of feeding locations in New Jersey-open sites, enrolled sites, and camps.Open sites operate in low-income areas where at least 50% of the children come from families with incomes equal or less than 185% of the federal poverty level, which means they are qualified for free and reduced price meals.Meals are served free to any child at the open sites.
At most sites, children get either one or two reimbursable(可补偿的)meals per day.For locations primarily aiming to serve migrant children, they may be permitted to serve as many as three meals a day to each child.
Eligibility(资格)
Children aged 18 and under can receive free meals and snacks through SFSP.For those over 18, they are also eligible if they are disabled and participate in special school programs for people with mental or physical disabilities.
Enrolled sites provide meals to children participating in an activity program at the sites where at least half of them qualify for free and reduced price meals.Camps are also welcomed to join SFSP.They receive payments only for the meals served to children who are eligible for free and reduced price meals.
1. Which of the following will pay for the free meals?| A．SFSP | B．USDA. |
| C．Local government agencies. | D．Private non-profit organizations. |
| A．Only those who are aged 18 and under have across to the free meals. |
| B．No more than two meals a day are served to each child at all the sites. |
| C．SFSP offers children in low-income areas free food only on summer vacation. |
| D．Children with family incomes above the federal poverty level are unqualified. |
| A．To persuade children to get help. |
| B．To introduce a charity campaign. |
| C．To appeal to the public for donation. |
| D．To publicize the government's achievements. |
This little South American Magellanic penguin swims 5,000 miles, to a beach in Brazil, every year in order to be reunited with the man who saved its life. It sounds like something out of a fairy tale, but it’s true!
71-year-old retired brick worker Joao, who lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the small Magellanic penguin lying on rocks at his local beach in 2011. The penguin was covered in oil and running out of time fast. Joao rescued the penguin, naming it Din, cleaned the oil off its feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish to rebuild its strength. After a week of recovery, Joao attempted to release the penguin back into the wild. However, Din had already formed a family bond with his rescuer and wouldn’t leave.
“He stayed with me for 11 months and then, just after he changed his coat with new feathers, he disappeared,” Joao recalls. “I love the penguin like it’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me,” Joao told Globo TV. “No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks (啄) them if they do. He lies on my lap, lets me give him showers, and allows me to feed him.”
Professor Krajewski, a biologist who interviewed the fisherman for Globo TV, told The Independent: “I have never seen anything like this before. I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his family and probably a penguin as well.”
However, environmentalists warn that, while hundreds of the Magellanic species are known to naturally migrate (迁徙) thousands of miles north in search of food, there has been a worrying rise in the phenomenon of oceanic creatures washing up on Brazil’s beaches. Professor David Zee from Rio de Janeiro’s State University, said the increase is due in part to global climatic changes. Professor Zee added that sea animals face increased danger from leaked tanker oil.
Luckily the ending for Joao and Din has been a happy one, even though it is illegal in Brazil to keep wild animals as pets.
Professor Krajewski said: “Professionals who work with animals try to avoid relationships like this occurring so they are able to reintroduce the animal into the wild. But in this single case the authorities allowed Din to stay with Joao because of his kindness.”
1. What is the purpose of Din swimming a long distance to the beach in Brazil every year?| A．To avoid being killed. | B．To meet his rescuer. |
| C．To escape from ocean currents. | D．To find much more fish. |
| A．He was going to die. | B．He was running on the beach. |
| C．He was resting on a rock | D．He was cleaning oil off his feathers. |
| A．He is not allowed to keep the penguin as a pet by the authorities. |
| B．He overprotects the penguin by keeping him away from others. |
| C．His contact with the penguin is encouraged by professionals. |
| D．His kindness wins the complete trust from the penguin. |
| A．The environmental impact on wildlife. |
| B．The love between humans and wildlife. |
| C．The tendency of wildlife to bond with humans. |
| D．The protection of threatened wildlife by mankind. |
7 . Most polar bears could disappear by the end of the century, scientists say. Global warming is to blame. According to a study published this month in Nature Climate Change, most polar bear populations will be in serious decline by 2080. The cause is melting sea ice.
Polar bears hunt seals on the ice. Without ice, the bears must wander on the shore, where they are spending more and more time away from their main food source. That means the animals could starve.
“There’s not enough food on land to sustain a polar bear population,” Péter K. Molnár told the New York Times. He is the study’s lead author.
Lack of food leads to another problem: Mother bears may not be fat enough to produce milk for their cubs. Some bear populations could stop having babies, leading to a rapid decline in numbers.
Arctic sea ice usually melts in the spring and summer, then grows in the winter. But now, the ice is taking longer to grow back. Weather statistics say the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. Ice in the region has declined 13% every 10 years since the 1970s.
The Arctic is home to roughly 25,000 polar bears. Scientists have long known that the animals are in danger. This study, which looked at 13 of the world’s 19 polar bear populations, is the first to identify when they could disappear.
But the study also notes that it is still possible to slow Arctic melting. The world can reduce the burning of fossil fuels and lower the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. It would have to be a drastic reduction. Bringing emissions to only a moderate level will still mean the loss of some polar bears.
Saving the bears is up to us, Holland says. “I believe that there is hope,” she says. “But humans need to act quickly to turn that hope into a reality.”
1. Why are polar bears in danger of disappearing?| A．Lack of seals. | B．Global warming. |
| C．Less milk for cubs. | D．The loss of home. |
| A．Reduce. | B．Suffer. | C．Support. | D．Increase. |
| A．Doubtful. | B．Neutral. | C．Negative. | D．Positive. |
8 . Dolly Alderton， a journalist and co-host of The High Low podcast chooses her five favourite books. Her memoir(回忆录), Everything I Know About Love, was a Sunday Times bestseller.
Postcards from the Edge by Carrie Fisher, 1987 (Simon &Schuster £8.99)
Fisher’s first writing was this novel about an actress with a drug addiction who is trying to start again. Most of it is from rehab(戒毒所) —— a mixture of self-aware soul-searching and funny accounts of the characters she meets in crisis. It’s warm but pessimistic, and funny as well as sad.
The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy, 2017 (Fleet £8.79)
This is one of the most extraordinary memoirs I’ve read, written by one of my favourite journalists. It is a raw account of ambition, sorrow, heartbreak and what it means to accept that you don’t always get everything you want.
On Beauty by Zadie Smith, 2005 (Penguin £8.89)
This novel is a moving exploration of the end of a marriage. I’m always interested in the love stories that pick up after happily ever after. This one is gentle and tragic, packed with deep observations on how love waxes and wanes(兴衰）through various ages and phases of life.
The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank, 1999 (Penguin £8.69)
A hugely hopeful, wise and funny book about a woman’s search for love.The Interconnecting
stories all show recognisable mistakes made and lessons learnt. It had a huge effect on me and, although it’s fiction, was the major influence on my memoir Everything I Know About Love.
Money by Martin Amis,1984 (Vintage £8.99)
Based on Amis’s own experiences as a script（剧本) writer on a Hollywood feature film, Money is a appealing, cinematic novel that takes a searing look at greed. It’s dark and funny, frightening and deep.
1. Which book will you choose if you want to learn something about drug addiction?| A．Money. | B．On Beauty. |
| C．Postcards from the Edge. | D．The Rules Do Not Apply. |
| A．On Beauty. | B．Postcards from the Edge. |
| C．The Rules Do Not Apply. | D．The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing. |
| A．To introduce some favourite books of Alderton. |
| B．To present some Sunday Times bestsellers. |
| C．To sell some books at a reasonable price. |
| D．To call on readers to read more books. |
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2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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10 . Although Grace, a little girl, felt happy and loved, there was something disappointing her. Everyone seemed to know exactly what they
One evening Grace seemed
Then Grace’s mother
That Summer Grace celebrated her birthday with all her friends. When it was time to
From then on. Grace was so
| A．wanted | B．promised | C．pretended | D．agreed |
| A．tasks | B．duties | C．careers | D．comments |
| A．uncomfortable | B．unfocused | C．uneasy | D．unhappy |
| A．freedom | B．future | C．doubt | D．behavior |
| A．designer | B．cook | C．employer | D．firefighter |
| A．caught | B．hugged | C．left | D．treated |
| A．rolling down | B．washing away | C．sticking on | D．settling on |
| A．returning | B．presenting | C．accepting | D．awarding |
| A．aircraft | B．motor | C．truck | D．bus |
| A．rewarding | B．holding | C．phoning | D．interviewing |
| A．contacted | B．praised | C．directed | D．informed |
| A．answering | B．preparing | C．hoping | D．hunting |
| A．minutes | B．days | C．weeks | D．months |
| A．instruction | B．power | C．strength | D．inspiration |
| A．apply for | B．bring out | C．lay down | D．turn in |
| A．Gradually | B．Suddenly | C．Obviously | D．Fortunately |
| A．skirt | B．dress | C．uniform | D．suit |
| A．exposed | B．doubted | C．confused | D．crowded |
| A．pictures | B．exercise | C．risks | D．action |
| A．aware | B．fond | C．proud | D．considerate |
