1 . You want to become a farmer, but you’ve never grown a crop before? Don't worry. This article will set you on the path to realizing your dream of being a farmer.
Decide why you're interested in farming.
Visit with some experienced farmers. It is highly recommended that you find those who are farming in a similar manner to what you intend to do.
Offer your services as a farm worker. This is the most important step on your way to becoming a farmer.
A.Have a good sense of humor. |
B.Besides, don't be afraid to learn new things. |
C.Any kind of farming requires a lot of hard work. |
D.Know when you are ready to begin your own farm. |
E.You can ask them to give you a tour of their work. |
F.It is because you are working and gaining direct experience. |
G.There you can ask questions and learn about their farming experience. |
内容要点如下:
1. 你心中的年度人物评选标准是什么?
2. 你心目中的2021年度人物是谁?
3. 你选择他或她的原因是什么?
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:新冠疫情 COVID-2019;造福民生bring benefits to the people;推广promote;
市井温暖the warmth of the town/city/community
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China has the history of more than 5,000 years and we are so proud
When young people
The lack of significance of traditional festivals has
4 . Over three years ago, my wife, my baby son and I lived at the end of a long winding mountain road. One day, I had got a last-minute
My car was coming around the
That day, I drove on a little more slowly but
A.application | B.call | C.certificate | D.permission |
A.center | B.hall | C.garage | D.school |
A.in relief | B.in a hurry | C.on purpose | D.on the contrary |
A.apartment | B.agency | C.bend | D.beach |
A.spotted | B.seized | C.drove | D.hit |
A.frightened | B.ashamed | C.embarrassed | D.shocked |
A.active | B.nervous | C.awkward | D.sensitive |
A.sights | B.signs | C.kill | D.treasure |
A.inched | B.sped | C.fell | D.burst |
A.middle | B.side | C.base | D.surface |
A.arm | B.hand | C.leg | D.foot |
A.Hesitantly | B.Suddenly | C.Deliberately | D.Secretly |
A.admitted | B.managed | C.knew | D.left |
A.knocked | B.served | C.pushed | D.missed |
A.come up | B.slow down | C.fall off | D.carry on |
A.crashed | B.broken | C.fixed | D.turned |
A.sorry | B.honest | C.grateful | D.guilty |
A.warning | B.complaining | C.reminding | D.saying |
A.scarcely | B.regrettably | C.still | D.always |
A.rewarded | B.prepared | C.compared | D.dealt |
5 . You Need to Start Strength Training Today
The aging process affects the human body in many ways. One thing that happens to all of us as we age is muscle loss.
Experts show that we do know this: Being inactive can speed up the process. Now, the good news! Lost muscle is not gone forever. It is never too late to start strength training. But what exactly is strength training?
Here are a few things to note about this kind of training.
No equipment strength training. You do not have to use special exercise equipment or go to a gym to do strength training.
Food.
A.Warm-up. |
B.A muscle check. |
C.You can just use your own body weight to do it. |
D.Some experts say muscle loss begins around age 50. |
E.Do not forget that proper diets help you build muscle. |
F.Let us talk about the health benefits of strength training. |
G.Simply put, it is any activity that makes one’s muscle stronger. |
6 . Algorithms (计算程序) are able to do a huge number of tasks, and the number of tasks that they are able to do is expanding practically every day. According to a new study, despite increasing concern over the effect of algorithms in daily life, more and more people nowadays are willing to trust a computer program, especially if a task becomes too challenging. From choosing the next song on your playlist to choosing the right size of pants, people are relying more on the advice of algorithms to help make everyday decisions.
During the study, researchers asked volunteers to count the number of people of a crowd in a photograph and supplied suggestions that were offered by a group of other people and suggestions offered by an algorithm. As the number of people in the photograph expanded, counting became more difficult and people were more likely to follow the suggestions offered by an algorithm rather than count themselves or follow the “wisdom of the crowd”.
One of the common problems with AI is when it is used for awarding credit. While that is a subjective decision, there are lots of numbers there, like income and credit scores. Therefore, people feel like this is a good job for an algorithm. But we know that dependence leads to unfair and incomplete practices in many cases because of social factors that aren’t considered.
Facial recognition and hiring algorithms have come under inspection in recent years because their use has shown cultural prejudice in the way they were built, which can cause inaccuracies when matching faces to identities or screening for qualified job candidates. The prejudice may not be present in a simple task like counting, but their presence in other trusted algorithms is a reason why it is important to understand how people rely on algorithms when making decisions.
“The eventual goal is to look at groups of humans and computers making decisions and find how we can get them to trust each other and how that changes their behaviors,” one of the researchers said. “Because there is very little research in that setting, we’re starting with the fundamentals.”
1. What can we learn about the present people from paragraph 1?A.They become more dependent on algorithms. |
B.They show little concern about algorithms in life. |
C.They are addicted to numbers of challenging tasks online. |
D.They never rely on computers to make everyday decisions. |
A.They cannot be used to award credit. |
B.They can lead to one-sided decisions. |
C.They can give away candidates’ identities. |
D.They cannot be applied to difficult calculations. |
A.It leads to cultural differences. |
B.It may produce some false results. |
C.It takes lots of money and manpower. |
D.It rules out most qualified job candidates. |
A.It is really necessary to stay away from AI. |
B.It is very easy to make choices with the help of AI. |
C.People need to adapt to the development of computers. |
D.People tend to trust computer programs more than themselves. |
7 . Kellie Gillespie is in her early 40s. She lives in London. And until a few years ago, she was basically an ordinary person. That was before she took a psychology class with Scott Pious of Wesleyan University. “My life changed after taking Professor Plous’s course,” Kellie says. "And now I’m studying to be a psychologist and counselor.”
Plous’s course was offered online, hosted by the educational platform Coursera. Kellie learned several psychological concepts in the class. One is the rule of mutual benefit: If you’re nice to some people, or you open up to them, they will be likely to do the same with you. She also learned about the power of empathy: When you put yourself in someone else’s shoes, it profoundly changes the relationship you have with him or her.
Now, lots of people learn about ideas in psychology, but Kellie did something unusual. She took in what she had learned in the class, and applied it in her own life.
Kellie was spending a lot of time at the British Library, and she often noticed the same young man on the street nearby. She could tell he was homeless, but he was always smiling and always so pleasant. It started simply, with Kellie giving the man whatever spare change she had. But after several months, she wanted to do more. She learned his name was Simon, and invited him for a cup of coffee. To make him feel comfortable, she told him a bit about her life, and slowly, he opened up about his. He kept mentioning how much he missed his mum. This struck a chord for Kellie—her own mother had passed away a decade before. Kellie helped Simon get in touch with his mother, and finally, put him on a bus heading home.
“Taking the course most definitely opened my eyes to the reasons why people don’t do something to help,” Kellie says. “It’s easy to say ‘I can’t make a difference,’ but everyone can make a difference.”
1. What made Kellie’s life change?A.Becoming a psychologist. |
B.Learning psychology online. |
C.Gaining admission to university. |
D.Cooperating with Professor Pious. |
A.The benefit from others. |
B.The motivation to go ahead. |
C.The platform for helping people in need. |
D.The ability to understand others’feelings. |
A.How Kellie helped Simon. |
B.How much Kellie missed her mum. |
C.Why Kellie gave spare change to Simon. |
D.Why Kellie invited the homeless for coffee. |
A.Every penny counts. |
B.Strike while the iron is hot. |
C.A little bit of kindness goes a long way. |
D.Healthy mind is the source of happiness. |
8 . Over the last few weeks, I have been back and forth to the hospital and working with my doctors and medical technicians. I feel very
With everything I
Some inventions were accidental
A.regretful | B.grateful | C.severe | D.pure |
A.ignoring | B.concerning | C.curing | D.swapping |
A.painfully | B.specially | C.frequently | D.particularly |
A.devices | B.antiques | C.curtains | D.manuals |
A.gathered | B.threatened | C.relieved | D.detected |
A.suffered from | B.set down | C.packed up | D.went through |
A.inventions | B.shadows | C.editions | D.proofs |
A.pure | B.complex | C.adorable | D.contradictory |
A.wheel | B.train | C.airplane | D.car |
A.structures | B.labels | C.vehicles | D.assumptions |
A.Drafting | B.Reviewing | C.Adapting | D.Seizing |
A.switched | B.pirated | C.leaked | D.found |
A.hard | B.steady | C.funny | D.safe |
A.mean | B.expand | C.include | D.indicate |
A.discoveries | B.statistics | C.patents | D.observations |
A.principles | B.policies | C.minds | D.effects |
A.distinct | B.strange | C.legal | D.common |
A.current | B.product | C.powder | D.criterion |
A.challenges | B.directions | C.privacies | D.conclusions |
A.puzzle | B.frighten | C.annoy | D.surprise |
9 . Winter can usually kill most wildfires. But in the far North,some forest fires just don’t die. They are thought of as “zombie (僵尸) fires”.
“Zombie fires” usually sleep underground in winter. Covered by snow, they smoke through the cold. Fueled by carbon-rich peat (泥炭) and soil in the North, most of these hidden fires spread slowly for less than 500 meters during the winter. When spring comes, the flames (火焰) of the fires appear near sites that they burned in winter, and they turn to burning fresh fuels around. This may happen well before the traditional fire season in the far North.
“Zombie fires” had been known mostly from firefighters’ stories. Few scientists studied them until details in some satellite images attracted one research team. Rebecca Scholten, a member of the team, studies earth systems at Vrije University Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Her team noticed an unusual thing. “New fires have been starting very close to the former years’ fires in recent years,and we wonder how often the fires might survive the winter,” Scholten explains.
These “zombie fires” are rarely seen before, according to a new study from Nature. But in recent years, they are becoming more common, the study warns. It is believed that the “zombie fires” are even on the road of being a threat. Forests in the far North are warming faster than the globe’s average (平均数). Scholten says, “We’re seeing more hot summers and more large fires and strong burning. That could set the stage for the fires to become a bigger problem,” she worries. And the region’s soils hold a lot of carbon—maybe twice as much as earth’s atmosphere. More fires here could give off huge amounts of greenhouse gases. That would drive a cycle of more warming and even higher risk of fires.
1. What do we know about the “zombies fires” in the far North?A.They will completely die out in winter. |
B.Carbon-rich peat helps them burn slowly in winter. |
C.They often happen after the traditional fire season. |
D.Their flames can only appear in spring. |
A.“Zombie fires” appear earlier than the years before. |
B.“Zombie fires” happen far from former years’ fires. |
C.“Zombie fires” happen more frequently than before. |
D.“Zombie fires” appear in different shapes every year. |
A.The global warming is slowing down. |
B.The hot summers are less and less seen. |
C.The area’s soils are short of carbon. |
D.More greenhouse gases are given off. |
A.Where Are “Zombie Fires” From? |
B.Are “Zombie Fires” Frightening? |
C.Pay Attention To “Zombie Fires”! |
D.“Zombie Fires” Are Caused By Humans! |
10 . Life Outside London: Five Reasons to Visit the North of England!
Most people when visiting England will go to London. In fact most people don't even know much about England outside of London. It makes sense. It's the capital. There are lots to se there. However, as a northern girl, from a place just between Manchester and Liverpool, and a university student in Sheffield. I'd say the north is well worth a visit, and definitely as good if not better than London! Here are five reasons:
Friendliness
Northerners will chat to you on the bus, say hello in the streets and won't think you're crazy if you smile at them when you walk past. Friendly northerners might also call you "duck" or "love" don't worry, they call everyone that.
Gravy
Now although Southerners have gravy (a delicious meaty sauce that goes well with everything), they don't do it properly. You haven't lived until you've tried chip-shop chips swimming in gravy.
Beautiful Countryside
We have the Peak District, and the Lake District. They're both absolutely beautiful and definitely worth a visit. We also have some pretty amazing beaches too.
Excellent Party Cities
We have Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield You can't go wrong if you want to go on a night out here.
Low Cost
The same night won't cost you anywhere near as much up north! In London you can pay over for a pint, which is outrageous! For some reason, everything up North is cheaper, from food to drink to getting around, you can't go wrong when you're spending less money.
There are lots of lovely things to see in the North, so if you can brave the weather being a bit colder and wetter, it's definitely worth a trip.
1. Who might call you "duck" when you are visiting the north of England?A.A warm passer-by. | B.A rude salesman. |
C.A friendly southerner. | D.A cold teenager. |
A.Get free beer. | B.Enjoy an all-night party. |
C.Try chips in gravy. | D.Enjoy warm and dry weather. |
A.In a recipe book. | B.In a science fiction. |
C.In a business report. | D.In a travel magazine. |