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1、One hundred and fifteen Chinese companies hit the newly released Fortune 500 list for 2017, ______ an increase for the 14th straight year, domestic website fortunechina.com reported on Thursday.
A. to realize B. realized
C. realizing D. having realized
2、The detective, pretending to be reading a newspaper, ________ at the man seated next to a woman．
A．glanced B．glancing
C．to glance D．having glanced
3、He got into the old truck and off _______ to one of the far corners of the farm to fix the fences.
A. did they rush B. they did rush
C. they rushed D. rushed they
4、I wonder why you failed so many of the questions. Only the first question was difficult, but the rest, I thought, ______ very easy.
A.is B.are C.was D.were
5、Many companies don’t realize ____ important the customers are, which is why they lose their customers unconsciously.
A.what B.whether C.how D.which
6、He is thought ___foolishly .Now he has no one but himself to blame for losing the job.
A.to act B.to have acted C.acting D.having acted
7、--- How about putting some pictures into the report?
--- _____ A picture is worth a thousand words.
A．No way.
B．Why not?
C．That’s all right.
D．No matter.
8、—What was it that caused the party to be put off?
—________ the invitations.
A.Because Tom delayed sending
B.Tom delayed to send
C.That Tom delayed sending
D.Tom delayed sending
9、So far, during her time at the English Club, Lucy ___ to six parties and ten barbecues.
A. came B. comes C. has come D. has been coming
10、________preparations from now on, she would be able to finish the essay on Sunday.
A. Would she make B. If she make
C. Were she to make D. If she had made
11、_______ I could express my thanks to the traveler, he had already disappeared in the rain.
A. Before B. When C. Until D. While
12、—Do you think it ______ to argue with them?
—The question is not worthy ______.
A．worthwhile; discussing
B．worthwhile; to be discussed
C．worthy; to discuss
D．worth; to be discussed
13、On the graduation day, he received from his father a nice present ______ a note was attached, saying “I’m proud of you.”
A．on which
B．to which
C．with which
D．in which
14、The disease is a huge blow for the farmers. Hundreds of them ______ their animals, livelihood and hopes destroyed and many others fear they _____ the same fate.
A. have seen; will suffer B. saw; suffered
C. had seen; was to suffer D. see; suffer
15、Frank ________ stamps in his spare time. It’s his hobby.
A. is collecting B. collects
C. collected D. was collecting
16、—How beautiful the dress looks on you ! Don’t you want ,Madam?
—Well ,please show me .
A．one; other
B．it; other
C．it; another
D．one; the other
17、Many families want their children to attend university, but such an option is________ reach for the majority of the population, particularly those in rural areas.
A．within
B．in
C．beyond
D．over
18、I send you my revised catalogue and price list, ______ you may find something that suits you．
A．to hope B．hoping
C．hoped D．hope
19、— Alan seems a lot taller than when I last saw him.
— He ________. He’s grown a foot since you saw him in Shanghai.
A. is B. will be C. has been D. Was
20、The ancient Silk Road ________ China and Europe has become an ideal place for studying and traveling.
A. among B. along C. across D. between
21、 Artificial Intelligence (AI) advice is as influential as humans', but positive crowd views still overpower.
In a study, researchers found that machines that make recommendations-or AI experts-were as influential as human experts when the AI experts recommended which photo users should add to their online business profiles. However, both AI and human experts failed to budge them if their feedback was negative and went against popular views among other users, said S. Shyam Sundar, a professor of Media Effects.
Because people are increasingly using social media to look for feedback, studies suggest that expert opinions and the bandwagon effect (从众效应) may be important factors in influencing decisions. According to Jinping Wang, a doctoral candidate in mass communication and first author of the study. "Nowadays, we often turn to online platforms for opinions from other people-like our peers and experts-before making a decision," said Wang. AI experts are often less expensive than human experts and they can also work 24 hours a day, which, Wang suggests, might make them appealing to online businesses.
The researchers also found that the AI's group status (群体地位) -in this case, national origin was pointed out-did not seem to affect a person's acceptance of its recommendation. Among human experts, however, an expert from a similar national origin who offered a negative opinion of a photograph tended to be more influential than a human expert from an unknown country who offered a similar negative rating of a photograph.
While findings that suggest group status may not affect whether a person values the view of AI experts sound like good news, Sundar suggests that the same cultural biases (偏见) might still be at work in AI experts for they could be hidden in the programming and training data.
"It can be both good-and bad-because it all depends on what you feed AI, " said Sundar. "While it is good to believe in AI's ability to transcend (超越) cultural biases, we have to keep in mind that if you train the AI on pictures from one culture, they could give misleading recommendations on pictures meant for use in other cultural contexts."
【1】What do the underlined words "budge them" in paragraph 2 mean?
A.Raise their spirits. B.Satisfy their needs.
C.Change their ideas. D.Fire their imagination.
【2】Why do users often turn to AI experts?
A.AI experts are more knowledgeable.
B.AI experts are on hand and cost less.
C.AI experts are less influenced by feelings.
D.AI experts are so new as to be more attractive.
【3】Which expert's negative assessments is a person more likely to believe?
A.An expert who has great achievements in arts.
B.An expert with better personality and attitude.
C.A foreign expert who is very popular worldwide.
D.An expert from countries with similar cultures to his.
【4】What did Sundar mean by the last paragraph?
A.People should have a mind of their own.
B.People should be able to tell good from bad.
C.People should know AI's hidden cultural biases.
D.People should be trained how to use AI properly.
22、When it comes to studying, most of us bank on being able to focus on our subject like a shooter on his mission target. It is when we actually sit down to study that our minds begin to slip away. This is because focus is like a muscle. Unless you build it, you’ll be distracted by everything!【1】.
●Make a to-do list
Sometimes the simple act of writing down everything that’s on your plate makes it more manageable. You get it out of your working memory, so it’s no longer part of the free-floating anxiety cloud around you.【2】. Once it’s out of your head, it won’t distract you.
●Meditate (冥想)
【3】. Just breathe in, breathe out. Try this for five to fifteen minutes each day. As you get into this practice, most find their minds are in fact an incredibly noisy and distracting place. Loads of ideas are always popping up. This is normal, though. The real value is in noticing every time your mind wanders, you bring your attention back.
●Listen
Focused listening is a life skill, one that can be applied in many areas.【4】. When you do this, you’ll discover that deep listening is HARD WORK and requires brain power.
●Read difficult works
Read long-form pieces of work at a slow, deliberate pace. Reading difficult material successfully requires real concentration and determination, and your willpower will grow accordingly.
Focus is a skill you can nurture in yourself.【5】. The more you work on it, the more focused you will stay.
A．You can cross things out, one by one
B．Doing it isn’t supposed to be necessary
C．It takes effort, but the results are well worth it
D．One simple practice is to focus on your breathing
E．Let’s see what you can do to build your focus power
F．You’ll be physically strong if you can power up your focus
G．It’s important to do your listening actively and single-mindedly
23、Imagine you’re standing in line to buy an after-school snack at a store. You step up to the counter and the cashier scans your food. Next, you have to pay. But instead of scanning a QR code (二维码) with your smartphone, you just hold out your hand so the cashier can scan your fingerprint. Or, a camera scans your face, your eyes or even your ear.
Now, this type of technology might not be far away. As technology companies move away from the traditional password, biometric(生物识别的) security, which includes fingerprint, face and voice ID, is becoming increasingly popular.
In 2013, Apple introduced the iPhone 5s, one of the first smartphones with a fingerprint scanner. Since then, using one’s fingerprint to unlock a phone and make mobile payments has become commonplace, bringing convenience to our lives. And since last year, Samsung has featured eye-scanning technology in its top smartphones, while Apple’s new iPhone X can even scan a user’s face. But despite its popularity, experts warn that biometrics might not be as secure as we’d imagined. “Biometrics are ideally good, but in practice, not so much” said John Michener, a biometrics expert.
When introducing the new iPhone’s Face ID feature, Phil Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president, said, “The chance that a random person in the population could look at your iPhone X and unlock it with their face is about one in a million.” But it’s already been done. In a video posted on community website Reddi, two brothers showed how they were each able to unlock the same iPhone X using their own face. And they aren’t even twins.
“We may expect too much from biometrics,” Anil Jain, a computer science professor at Michigan State University, told CBS News. “No security systems are perfect.”
Earlier this year, Jain found a way to trick biometric security. Using a printed copy of a thumbprint, she was able to unlock a dead person’s smartphone for police, according to tech website Splinter. “It’s good to see biometrics being used more,” Jain told CBS News, “because it adds another factors for security. But using multiple security measures is the best defense.”
【1】What is the latest technology to unlock a smartphone according to the article?
A. QR code scanning. B. Face scanning. C. Fingerprint scanning. D. Eye scanning.
【2】What’s a major problem of the iPhone X’s Face ID system?
A. It takes too long to unlock the phone.
B. It often fails to recognize its owner’s face.
C. Face data could be used for other purposes.
D. Different faces could be used to unlock the same phone.
【3】What does Anil Jain think of biometric security?
A. It’s as secure as traditional measures.
B. It has caused much trouble for police.
C. It should be used with other security measures.
D. It is perfect without any room for improvement.
【4】The author wrote this article mainly to ______.
A. describe the popularity of biometrics
B. show how biometrics has changed our lives
C. point out various problems with biometrics
D. discuss the security problems of biometrics
24、Dear Guest,
Welcome to Pacific International Apartments. At present we are updating our information folders in the rooms so as to assist you during your stay. Please note the following:
Phone number
Reception Dial 7
Housekeeping Dial 4
Apartment-to Apartment: Dial the Apartment number(except 1stfloor Apartments: dial the Apartment number followed by the﹟key)
Outside line: Dial 0, wait for dial tone, and then the number required.
Please keep your key with you at all times. The main doors to the apartments are locked from 10:30pm— 07:00am, and you will need to swipe your key to gain access to the apartments.
Please see reception for any advice on tours and Sydney’s attractions, and please dial 7 if you require any further information.
We hope your stay with us is an enjoyable one.
Kind regards!
Paul Williams
Guest Services Manager
【1】How can you dial from your room in Pacific to Room 115 on the 1stfloor?
A. Just dial 115.
B. Dial 6, then 115.
C. Dial 115 and press the﹟key.
D. Press the﹟key, then dial 115.
【2】A guest who wants to go back to his room in Pacific at 11:45 pm can _____.
A. open the main door with his key
B. dial 0, and phone the reception
C. go to his room via the reception
D. use the lifts
【3】In case of fire in Pacific, guests should _____.
A. dial 7 and wait for the hotel security’s instructions
B. take their keys and leave Pacific by way of lifts
C. leave Pacific through the fire exits
D. be together with the Fire Brigade
【4】What does the underlines word “evacuation” mean in English?
A. concentrating in a place
B. withdrawing from a place
C. searching for a place
D. taking up a place
【5】This letter most probably appears in _____.
A. a guest’s room
B. the official guide
C. a staff member’s office
D. advertisements for hotel
25、Long, long ago, in a dense forest there were thousands of tall and beautiful trees. They were happy, but____ of themselves. Among them there also a(an) ____ tree whose branches were badly twisted. All the trees made ______ of that ugly tree.
“How are you, hunchback?” the other ____ always shouted and their laughter made the ugly tree ____. The ugly tree thought, “I wish I were as ____ as the other trees. Why did God do this to me? Neither can I provide shade to the travelers. Nor can the ____ make their nests on me. Nobody needs me.”
One day, a woodcutter came to the____. He took a look at the trees and said, “These trees are lovely. I must ____ them.” As soon as he picked up his axe, the trees became ____. “Chop, Chop, Chop” went the woodcutter’s axe and one by one the trees started to fall.
“None of us is going to ____,” screamed one of the beautiful trees.
But when the woodcutter came near to the ugly tree. He had just raised his axe when suddenly he noticed how ____ the ugly tree was. “Hmm! This crooked tree seems to no ____ to me.”, he thought. Then he moved towards another beautiful tree. The ugly tree breathed a huge sigh of ____. He realized that by making him ugly, God had actually given him a boon. From that day on, the ugly tree never ____. He was happy with his crooked branches. He never forgot how he had escaped from the woodcutter’s axe, only because he was crooked and ugly.
【1】A. proud B. short C. tired D. full
【2】A. strong B. ugly C. thin D. straight
【3】A. light B. fun C. sense D. use
【4】A. directions B. persons C. trees D. animals
【5】A. surprised B. angry C. sad D. moved
【6】A. short B. long C. hard D. beautiful
【7】A. fish B. pets C. hens D. birds
【8】A. forest B. shop C. office D. hospital
【9】A. cut B. put C. bring D. take
【10】A. puzzled B. frightened C. amused D. satisfied
【11】A. appear B. escape C. remove D. lie
【12】A. soft B. flexible C. bent D. tall
【13】A. doubt B. harm C. use D. way
【14】A. desperation B. anger C. sorrow D. relief
【15】A. complained B. grew C. spoke D. Waited
26、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
When starting my sixth-grade year, I was nervous about many things. But nothing compared to the problem that I got to the age where my voice started changing. At first, the voice getting deep excited me. But then I learned before getting deeper, it can crack (变嘶哑).
The first time it happened I was so embarrassed. Surprisingly, my friends didn’t make fun of me. In fact, they didn’t even mention it. But in my self-conscious sixth-grade mind I was certain they made fun of me behind my back. They weren’t having the same problem.
After my first voice crack experience, I was determined to make sure it wouldn’t happen again. At least not in public. So, except for strategic times I said, “cool” and “yeah”, I didn’t talk. My logic was, “If I don’t use my voice, it cannot crack.” However, I couldn’t go without talking forever. I needed a new solution.
I began clearing my throat before speaking, which actually seemed to help. Limiting how much I spoke and clearing my voice made me much less stressful. This was great but there was a larger problem. I was much more scared about having a voice crack during class. My class had many new kids I’d never spoken with. I didn’t want their first impressions of me to be based on a voice crack.
Unfortunately, one day my concern came true. It was about two months after the beginning of the term. On the day it happened everything was the same as always until I got into the classroom. I noticed that we had a substitute teacher (代课老师) and immediately started thinking about how he would take attendance. My permanent teacher never had to, since he already knew each student, I panicked. So many thoughts rushed through my mind that I couldn’t think straight. I calmed myself down by telling myself that I only had to say one word “Here”. “Easy enough, right?” I thought so until my name was called. I did my routine — cleared my throat, took a breath, and said, “Here.” The only problem was that while saying this, I had the worst voice crack in the history of voice cracks.
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The whole class turned to look at me.
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“You know, the voice problem you met in class is normal,” a classmate came to me and said.
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