We know lying is wrong, but everyone tells lies. Why? Maybe we comfort ourselves with the knowledge
One of the main reasons for telling a white lie is
Although we think that telling a white lie can be good for others, we shouldn’t hide the truth all the time.
2 . Yet although officers will not disappear, it’s hard to imagine that working life will return to before-COVID-19 (新冠肺炎) ways. For more than a century workers have pushed themselves on-to crowded trains and buses, or suffered traffic jams, to get into the office, and back, five days a week. However, for the past one year they have not had to commute (上下班往返), and may enjoy it for a long time.
Employers, for their part, have supported expensive offices in city centers because they need to gather workers in one place. The rent is only part of the cost; there are cleaning, lightning, printers, catering and security on top. Needless to say, in the homeworking era these costs are cut down.
Another part of the homeworking era may be the disappearance of the five-day working week. Even before the COVID-19 many workers became used to taking phone calls or answering emails at the weekend. In the homeworking era, the dividing line between home and working life, a useful way of relieving stress, will be even harder to keep. It may be lost altogether.
What’s more, without the Monday-to-Friday commute, the weekend seems more nebulous, for employees may walk and take breaks freely, with only the company video calls unchanged.
Looking further out, the homeworking era may bring other changes. Some may decide to live in small towns where housing costs are lower, since they have no need to commute. Men will have fewer excuses to skip cleaning or childcare if they are not disappearing to the office.
In a sense, this is a return to normal: until the 19th century most people worked at or close to their homes. But social historians may still regard 2020 as the start of a new age.
1. Which one is the change of the working life after the COVID-19?A.Living in big cities. | B.More traffic jams. |
C.Reduced working cost. | D.Less phone calls at the weekend. |
A.Important. | B.Unclear. | C.Fruitful. | D.Annoying. |
A.Doubtful. | B.Objective. | C.Supportive. | D.Negative. |
A.2020: the Start of a New Age? |
B.Working at Home: Are You Ready? |
C.Who is the Winner: Employer or Employee? |
D.Home and Working Life: How to Keep Balanced? |
The spreading COVID-19 has canceled several touring performances from top music artists. But recently, some of these musicians
Others have came up with
1. 可播放动画和声音;2. 传递速度快;3. 形式多样;4. 有利于环境保护。
注意:文章必须包括以上要点,可适当发挥,不要逐句翻译。
参考词汇:电子贺卡:electronic card 动画:animations
Nowadays, more and more Chinese are aware of food waste issues. Even young people tend to take home their leftovers when dining out, most of
Young people also gave their opinions on how
China started a movement against food waste in 2013 and
6 . What's black and white and read all over? Not newspapers, at least not anymore. In fact, if you're like most young people, you probably don't read the newspaper at all.
In one recent survey, just 19 percent of 18-to-34-year-olds said they read a newspaper every day, while 37 percent watch local TV news and 44 percent visit Internet news sites daily. As people turn more and more to new technologies, they turn the pages of newspapers less and less. "There's a revolution (革命) in the way young people get news." says media consultant Merrill Brown. Just a generation (一代人) or two ago,the newspaper was the main way that many people got their news. Now, nearly every home has at least one TV set. There's high-speed, wireless Internet both at home and in many public places.
You no longer have to wait for a bundle of newsprint to arrive on your doorstep every morning. Thanks to new technology, if you want to know what's going on in the world, you can get breaking news immediately in more ways than one. So newspapers face a very big challenge. Raised on MTV and video games, today's kids and young adults want flashy displays, special effects, quick information, and the chance to interact (互动) in real time, even when they're reading about serious problems.
If newspapers can't find creative ways to be more than just ink on paper, some experts suggest, they might disappear completely. Traditional newspaper articles are supposed to be read from beginning to end, lack of interaction. With Web pages, on the other hand, there's more freedom. You can look through the things you're interested in, then follow links to other sources. You can join discussion groups, read other peopled opinions on a topic, or start a blog to express your own views.
1. What is the passage mainly about?A.The new technologies. | B.Different news sources. |
C.The future of the Internet. | D.The disappearing newspaper. |
A.TV has become the major source of news. |
B.New technologies have replaced the traditional one. |
C.Newspapers are no longer the major source of news. |
D.More than half of the 18-to-34-year-olds visit news sites daily. |
A.Newspapers are full of changes. |
B.Newspapers provide interactions. |
C.New technologies attract all the people. |
D.Getting news from other ways is quicker. |
A.Uncertain. | B.Promising. | C.Bright. | D.Surprising. |
7 . For centuries, elephants have caught our admiration and imaginations, and it's easy to see why. The planet's largest land animals can stand up to 10 feet tall and weigh up to 13, 200 pounds. But they're not just about brawn.
With their complex brains, elephants are incredibly clever and sensitive: caring for their families and capable of remembering faraway places and old friends. Ln fact, when elephants spot friends, they often show love by wrapping their trunks together or resting them on each other's foreheads. Trunks come in handy for more than just greeting. For instance, elephant babies suck (吮吸)their trunks for comfort, just as human babies suck their thumbs. Trunks are also handy for reaching high hanging food.
Elephants have back teeth the size of small bricks and tusks (长牙).They use tusks to carry things, pull bark off trees, clear paths, dig for roots and water, fight enemies and impress other elephants. Unfortunately, it's those amazing tusks that put elephants5 lives at risk. The desire for tusk ivory is the reason why so many elephants have been killed.
From the days of ancient Egypt and Rome, elephant tusk ivory is valuable. Today, in many parts of the world ivory or “white gold" remains a symbol of wealth and status, especially in Asia. More recently, it's been used to make piano keys, and decorations. In order to get the ivory, elephants are killed. In 1979, there were an estimated 1.3 million elephants in Africa. By 2007 that number had dropped to between 472,000 and 690,000.
Did you know these surprising facts about ivory? Seven out of ten people in China don't know it comes from a dead elephant. With the spending power of a growing middle class in countries such as China, the demand for illegal ivory is increasing. Forty percent of people in the United Kingdom don't think elephants need to be harmed to take their tusks. And the United States is still the second largest market in the world for elephant ivory. If more people knew that every piece of ivory comes from a dead elephant, fewer people might want to buy ivory products. And less demand for ivory means more elephants will survive.
1. What does the underlined word "brawn" in the first paragraph mean?A.lovable character. | B.human imagination. |
C.brilliant mind. | D.physical strength. |
A.They have good memories. | B.Their trunks are used to fight enemies |
C.Their back teeth put their lives at risk | D.They touch their foreheads for comfort. |
A.Most people in China know tusks come from dead elephants. |
B.Most people in the UK think it's legal to get tusks. |
C.Most people in Asia think ivory represents wealth and status. |
D.Most people in the US today refuse to purchase ivory products. |
A.To explain the importance of the elephant. |
B.To call on people to protect the elephant. |
C.To show the living habits of the elephant. |
D.To persuade people to raise money for the elephant. |
8 . For several months, Cara has been working up the courage to ask her mother about what she saw on the Internet. Not long ago, the 11-year-old found out that her mother had been posting her photos in her blog, without her agreement, for much of her life. "There are pictures I don't like of myself. It would be an embarrassment(令人尴尬的事)if my friends see those photos online," she said. "Now I'm even worried anytime someone has a phone out around me. I'm afraid that my photos could be taken and posted somewhere."
Not all kids feel the same when finding out they've been living a life online. Some are happy. In the fourth grade, Nate searched his name and found that he was in a news report about his making a beautiful kite in his third-grade class. He was really happy with that and he decided to search online every few months, hoping to find other things about himself online.
"I was surprised, really surprised," he said. "It made me feel famous."
He even kept saying, "Oh, I'm in a news report online." Although his friends knew that, many of his friends refused to stay close to him.
Like most other kids, Cara and Nate grew up in a society rich with social media. While many kids may not yet have accounts(账户)themselves, their parents, schools, sports teams, and organizations have been building an online presence for them since their birth. According to a study from the Levin College of Law at the University of Florida, 92 percent of kids under the age of 2 already have their own life online.
"The blog posts are sure to follow the children into adulthood," says the study. "Therefore, we have to be careful about putting the children's personal information online."
1. Why does Cara want to stop her mother putting her pictures online?A.She is not a very pretty girl. | B.Her friends keep laughing at her. |
C.She does not like being photographed. | D.Some of the pictures are embarrassing. |
A.They felt really happy for him. | B.Many of them stayed away from him. |
C.Many of them did not believe him. | D.They also opened their own accounts. |
A.parents should keep their kids away from the Internet |
B.pictures should not be put online without kids' agreement |
C.kids should not tell their stories of success to their friends |
D.putting kids' information online might lead to some problems |
A.By giving examples. | B.By reasoning. |
C.By following time order. | D.By comparing. |
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删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
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2. 只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
It was 7:15 on a Monday morning in the January. I was walking along the Park Road where an old man came out of the park on the other side of the street. Then I see a small red car make a right turn into the Park Road. The next moment the cars just hit the old man. She fell with a cry. Instead stopping, the car just drove off. I noticed the driver were a young woman and remembered the plate number careful. A moment late, I stopped a passing car but took the old man to the nearest hospital.
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