A. Although all of these information sources remain popular, there’s a new kind of media and it’s online video.
B. With online technology advancing, websites and blogs are becoming powerful sources of informatfun that allow everyone to stay updated on any subject imaginable.
C. On top of those, sites like YouTube, Vimeo, and Ustream allow users to quickly upload their videos and share them with friends, family, and the general public if they wish.
D. Advanoing digital technology has helped as well, as it has made sharing videos easier and more convenient than ever. High-powered smartphones and more affordable videocameras allow anyone to easily record an event or give a few comments about a hot topic that is on their mind.
E. There are many reasons why it’s increased suddenly in recent years. The first is its increasing data speeds. Once faster Internet speeds are provided, people quickly fall in love with online videos. The second is its convenience. Watching online videos requires less effort and energy than reading through paragraphs of texts after a day’s hard work.
A. In his twenties, he had been very famous for his skills on the piano, but then he began to lose his hearing.
B. Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer. He is regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music.
C. He proceeded with the composition until his death in 1827, writing more than 130 musical works, including his Symphony No.9 in D minor.
D. Beethoven thought about giving up, but in the end he continued to write music.
E. Inspired by his struggles with deafness, the composer produced some amazing pieces, including nine symphonies, five piano pieces, and an opera!
A.variety /ˈveəraɪti/ | B.escape /eˈskɪp/ |
C.privacy /ˈprarɪvəsi/ | D.figure /ˈfaɪgə(r)/ |
A.daring /ˈdaːrɪŋ/ | B.appreciate /əpriːˈʃieɪt/ |
C.passion /ˈpeɪʃn/ | D.identity /aɪ’dentəti/ |
A.throughout /θruːˈaʊt/ | B.disease /diːˈsiːs/ |
C.within /ˈwɪθɪn/ | D.moment /ˈmɒmənt/ |
A.update /,ʌpˈdaɪt/ | B.shift /ʃɪft/ |
C.injury /ɪnˈdʒɜːri/ | D.emotion /eˈməʊʃn/ |
A.depression /dɪˈpreʃn/ | B.breathe /breθ/ |
C.concentrate /kɒnsnˈtreɪt/ | D.software /ˈsuːftweə/ |
1. /ˈhæpi/
2. /tʃeɪndʒ/
3. /ˈmetl/
4. /ˈsʌmə(r)/
5. /ˈdʒenərəs/
The Starry Night was painted in June 1889 when Vincent van Gogh was staying at a home for the mentally ill. Van Gogh painted the night sky with clouds, stars and a moon. However, he didn’t just paint the clouds. He also painted the massive circles of white and yellow racing across the sky. The stars and the moon hang bright in the night sky. Beneath this amazing sky, we see a sleeping village and a dark, lonely tree.
1. He also painted the massive circles of white and yellow racing across the sky.2. Beneath this amazing sky, we see a sleeping village and a dark, lonely tree.
A. He was thrown off his horse and broke his neck.
B. He became an advocate for people with back injuries.
C. He undertook an intense exercise programme to rebuild muscle.
D. His wife, family and friends helped him find the will to live again.
E. He wished that he was dead and even thought of ending his own life.
F. His injuries were so severe that he had no movement or feeling in his body.
The boat was on the inside of the huge whirlpool and we were going round in circles at great speed. I saw clearly that there were other objects in the whirlpool — trees and barrels. After a while, I became curious about the whirlpool itself. I then made three important observations. The first, the larger the bodies were, the more rapidly they fell; the second, between two objects of equal extent, spheres — round objects — fell down less rapidly; and the third, between two objects of the same size, cylinders — objects shaped like a tube-fell down more slowly. Although I didn’t know why it was so, I tied myself to a barrel to help me float. I tried to make my brother understand, but he was too frightened and stayed in the heavy boat. Without waiting, I jumped into the sea to try and escape.
Since my escape, I have had several conversations with an old physics teacher; and it was from him that I learned the use of the words “cylinder” and “sphere”. He explained to me the reasons for what I observed, although I have forgotten the explanation. He even showed me how it happened that a cylinder, swimming in a vortex (漩涡), was drawn in with greater difficulty than an equally big body, of any form whatever.
1. Why has the storyteller forgotten the teacher’s explanation?A.He was too afraid to listen carefully. |
B.He didn’t know much about physics. |
C.The teacher didn’t explain the ideas clearly. |
D.The teacher didn’t understand his observations. |
A.He kept calm. | B.He observed carefully. |
C.He jumped into the sea. | D.He tied himself to a barrel. |
A. assumed B. upset C. performed D. significant E. announced F. function G. conquered |
2. The government has officially told people about a plan to build a new school to improve the local education.
3. The decision is likely to make a lot of people unhappy.
4. Despite the power cuts, the hospital continued to work in the correct way normally.
5. The Normans took control of England in 1066.
6. This operation has never been carried out in this country.
7. It is widely believed that stress is caused by too much work.
A.主+谓 B.主+系+表 C.主+谓+宾 D.主+谓+宾+宾补 E.主+谓+双宾语 |
2. According to a recent study led by Daniel Arely, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, Braden has ADHD, a type of attention disorder, which, she says, makes her “likely to put things in certain places and not remember where I put them.”
3. For Professor Li, the book is not only a record of the natural landscape over 1, 000 years ago, but also a detailed description of humanity and culture and a treasure for today’s reference.
4. Its crystal-clear night skies and high altitude make it a natural, educational and astronomical heritage site in the southern half of the earth.
5. In 2017, the Ramon Crater, located in the Negev Desert in Israel, became the first designated dark sky park in the Middle East.
6. The sun was shining in Utrecht, the Netherlands, when my friend Rini and I set off for England by car.
7. In 1916, two girls of we alt by families best friends from Au bum, N.Y. —Dorothy Woodruff and Rosamond Underwood—traveled to a settlement in the Rocky Mountains to tea china one-room schoolhouse.
8. After we went into a different organization, which had been introduced by our teacher, an OIC representative gave us some details, which somewhat interested me.
9. The moment we felt ready to die, the man, Clifford Harker, coming with his dog, told us he owned the farm we had passed and he would leave the way to his farmhouse.
10. In general, Broaders advise parents and other adults to try to be aware of their hands when questioning a child about an event.
A. We have always looked to “experts” to remember things for us. And even in more informal ways, long-term couples also learn to rely on each other for remembering Information.
B. According to research, the rise of Baidu and other search engines has changed the way our brain store and recall Information.
C. Interestingly, the brain is a malleable (可塑的) organ which changes according to our circumstances, so it is not just Baidu that can really change the way we remember things.
D. We no longer need to store so much Information in our heads. With the touch of a button or the click of a mouse, we will find enough information from the largest libraries and museums in the world at our command.
E. We are more likely to remember something we might not be able to find on the internet, forgetting information we believe we can find online. We are not better at remembering where we can get the information than remembering the information itself.