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A Are you looking for something to do? You might like to try one of these four experiences. Crocodile watching Do you fancy getting up close to some of the most terrifying animals on earth? Crocosaurus Cove, in Darwin (Australia) has the ＂Cage of Death＂. It’s an enclosure that’s lowered into a pool. This gives you a 360 degree view of a crocodile as it’s being fed. The cable broke once and the cage sank to the bottom, but they’ve fixed it since then. Edge walk How about walking along the edge of a building several hundred meters up in the air? If that sounds like fun, head off to the CN Tower in Toronto (Ontario, Canada). Built in 1976, the tower is 553.33 meters tall. The Edge walk consists of a 20-30 minute stroll along a 1.5 meter wide platform that runs around the tower’s restaurant roof. During the walk, you’re encouraged to lean forwards as you look over Toronto’s skyline (轮廓线). Plastic ball rolling Do you fancy rolling down a hill in a plastic ball? Plastic ball rolling is popular all over the world, but the place to give it a go is in Rotorua (New Zealand). Brother David and Andrew Akers came up with the idea in 1994. A typical orb (球) is about 3 meters in diameter, with an inner orb size of about 2 meters. There’s no brake or steering mechanism, but the inner layer of the plastic ball helps absorb the shock. Volcano bungee jumping If you’re looking for the adventure of a lifetime, how about going bungee jumping off a helicopter into the crater of a live volcano? As part of the jumping, a helicopter ride takes you to the Villarreal volcano, one of the most active in Chile. Once you’re at the drop zone, you leap off the helicopter and fall into the volcano. Finally, you enjoy the ride back to the airport flying at 130kph. Attracted by the above? If so, please contact us. Only half price from March 22 to April 25th For more information, please click here. 1.According to the passage, there was an accident once when people _______. A. jumped into the Villarreal volcano B. walked along the platform of the CN Tower C. rolled down a hill in a plastic ball in Rotorua D. watched crocodiles in the ＂Cage of Death＂ in Darwin 2.Which of the following was first invented in New Zealand? A. Edge walk. B. Crocodile watching. C. Plastic ball rolling. D. Volcano bungee jumping. 3. It can be inferred that all the four experiences are ________. A. interesting sports B. exciting and extreme C. held on high places D. fit for middle to old people
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B Linda Abraham, co-founder of Scores, a leading digital analytic company, established her organization on a simple premise(前提): hire people you respect, not necessary people you like. Since starting the business in 1999, she has intentionally brought in people she didn’t like but thought they would be good for the team. ＂They’re almost like allergy shots for your organization,＂ she says. A few years back, she hired Dan against the wishes of other people on her team. Even during the interview process, he rubbed people the wrong way. But Linda thought he had the right skills and experience. He came from a large tech company and tended to talk a lot about scale, which many people regarded as advocating bureaucracy(官僚主义) — a no-no (不可接受的事) in the start-up culture. For the first six months, he made regular observations about one of the company’s products and how it could work better. ＂When I really dug into what he was trying to say, I was impressed,＂ Linda says. While he wasn’t very experienced in his comments (he often described things as ＂dumb＂), he was insightful. ＂We ended up scrapping (废弃) the job we hired him for and had him take on the improvements he suggested,＂ she says. Even in the new role, he wasn’t likable. But Linda tried to focus on the content of what he was saying rather than the way he was saying it, and she coached others to do the same. She also invested time in helping Dan understand how he was coming across and what he could do to change his style. Eventually her attitude toward him changed. ＂I’ve come to like him quite a bit,＂ she says. ＂He’s ruffled more than a few feathers along the way, but he’s been promoted and has really crushed it.＂ 1. Linda probably hires people who . A. are very popular with others B. can benefit her company C. respect others very much D. have different personalities 2.The underlined sentence ＂he rubbed people the wrong way＂ means ＂ ＂. A. he misunderstood what people said B. he blamed others for their mistakes C. he got lost on the way to the interview D. he didn’t get on well with people present 3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that . A. Linda accepted Dan’s style B. Dan changed his style completely C. Linda fell in love with Dan deeply D. Dan had to practice speaking a lot 4.What would be the best title for the text? A. How to run a big company B. How to live with other people C. How to change a person quickly D. How to manage someone you don’t like
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C （2017届吉林市第一中学高三模考）You get on an almost-empty bus, but the next passenger decides to ignore all the empty seats to sit right next to you. While you are waiting in line at the supermarket, the next customer stands just behind you shouting into his phone. These are attacks of the personal space invaders(侵略者). Though preferences for personal space differ from culture to culture, we Britons do love our independence and personal space. As the British customs website Debrett has said, as a British person, somebody standing too close may make you ＂focus less on what somebody is saying than on how close they are to you＂. Simple acts like putting an arm around someone you don’t know that well may seem friendly in China, but they can make us very uncomfortable. The ediplomat.com website explains: ＂The British are not back slappers (拍打者) or touchers and generally do not show affection (喜欢) in public.＂ Being a British person around people from other countries can therefore be full of problems. People from many European countries such as France and Spain kiss each other on the cheek when they meet, yet to us this seems too friendly and ＂touchy-feely＂. Simple matters like how close others stand can be problems to Britons who want to keep their own personal space. Giving advice on how to behave around a British person, Debrett’s says that ＂if you can feel the warmth of their worried breath upon your face, then you’re standing too close＂. So, are British people unfriendly? No. The ediplomat.com website explains that we are not as ＂indifferent＂ as we may seem, but ＂very friendly and helpful to foreigners＂. However, we do have different ideas about our own space to many people from other countries. Just let us know if you’re going to come any closer than arm’s length, and you’ll be fine! 1.What is the article mainly about? A.How to make friends with British people. B.Some tips on British table manners. C.Ways in which British people show affection. D.British people’s preference for personal space. 2. If you were meeting a British person for the first time, it would be polite of you to ______, according to the article. A.kiss him/her on the cheek B.put an arm around him/her C.keep an arm’s length away from him/her D.slap his/her back or shake his/her hands 3.The underlined word ＂indifferent＂ in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ＂_________＂. A.cold B.modest C.gentlemanlike D.independent 4.What can we conclude from the article? A.British people like to sit next to others on empty buses. B.British people are helpful, although they may not appear to be. C.British people do not like staying with other Europeans. D.British people are happy to show affection in public.
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D The Internet is full of headlines that grab your attention with buzzwords (流行词). But often when we click through, we find the content hardly delivers and it wastes our time. We close the page, feeling we’ve been cheated. These types of headlines are called ＂click bait＂. A headline on Businesslnsider.com reads: ＂This phrase will make you seem more polite＂. First, when you click through, you find another headline: ＂Four words to seem more polite.＂ Then, on reading the article, you find it’s actually an essay about sympathy. And what are the four words? They’re ＂Wow, that sounds hard.＂ On some video websites, you might encounter headlines such as ＂Here’s what happens when six puppies visited a campus＂. Turns out it’s just some uninteresting dog footage (镜头). Nowadays, with the popularity of social media, many news outlets tweet (推送) click bait links to their stories. These tweets take advantage of the curiosity gap or attempt to draw the reader into a story using a question in the headline. These click bait headlines are so annoying that someone is attempting to save people time by exposing news outlet click bait through social media. The Twitter account @SavedYouAClick, run by Jake Beckman, is one such example. Beckman’s method is to grab tweets linking to a story and retweet them with a click-saving comment. For example, CNET tweeted ＂So iOS 8 appears to be jailbreakable but...＂, with a link to its coverage of Apple’s product announcements. Beckman retweeted it with this comment attached: ＂... it hasn’t been jailbroken yet.＂ Since founding the account, Beckman’s Twitter experiment has brought him more than 131,000 followers. Beckman said that @SavedYouAClick is…＂just my way of trying to help the Internet be less terrible.＂ Asked about his goal, he said, ＂I’d love to see publishers think about the experience of their readers first. I think there’s an enormous opportunity for publishers to provide readers with informative updates that include links so you can click through and read more. 1.The article on Businesslnsider.com turns out to be___________. A. useful suggestions on politeness B.an essay about another topic C.an article hard to understand D. a link to a video website 2.Why are readers often cheated by tricky headlines? A. Social media has become more popular. B. Readers have questions to be solved. C. Such headlines are fairly attractive. D. There’re always stories behind them. 3.Beckman attached his comment to CNET’s tweet to __________. A. criticize CNET B. save readers’ time C. advertise apple’s new product D. tell readers something about iOS 8 4.In the last paragraph, Beckman appeals that _________. A. publishers be more responsible for the link B. readers think about their needs before reading C. publishers provide more information for readers D. people work together to make the Internet less terrible
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根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 The need for love is deeply rooted in the human psyche(灵魂). 1 Separateness, according to psychologists, means to be cut off, helpless and alone in the world. It is the source of all anxiety. 1 It can be selfish and possessive, or unselfish and giving. Abraham Maslow distinguishes between two kinds of love: B-love or ＂being love＂ means love for another person; unselfish love not dependent upon your own needs. D-love or ＂deficiency-love＂ is a selfish possessive love which is based upon someone else’s ability to satisfy your needs. D-love is conditional. It depends upon whether personal needs continue to be met. But B-love is unconditional. 3 Furthermore, as it depends upon who you are, it is possible only when you allow yourself to be known to the other person. The psychologist Erich Fromm also distinguished between two types of love. 4 Symbiotic union is an immature love based upon the satisfaction of needs and is similar to Maslow’s concept of D-love. Mature love, on the other hand, is a relationship that allows individuals to retain (保持) their independence, their identity, and their integrity. In mature love people can overcome their sense of separateness yet continue to be themselves. The immature lover would say, ＂I love you because I need you,＂ but the mature one: ＂____5____＂ A. Every one of us needs love. B. There are two types of love. C. I need you because I love you. D. Love is a way of overcoming the feeling. E. It depends not upon what you do, but who you are. F. These two types are quite different from each other. G. They are immature love, called by him symbiotic union, and mature love.
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完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分) 阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Hundreds of people have formed impressions of you through that little device(装置) on your desk. And they’ve never actually 1 you. Everything they know about you 2 through this device, sometimes from hundreds of miles away. 3 they feel they can know you 4 from the sound of your voice. That’s how powerful the 5 is. Powerful, yes, but not always 6 . For years I dealt with my travel agent only by phone. Rani, my faceless agent whom I’d never met 7 , got me rock-bottom prices on airfares, cars, and hotels. But her cold voice really 8 me. I sometimes wished to 9 another agent. One morning, I had to 10 an immediate flight home for a family emergency. I ran into Rani’s office 11 . The woman sitting at the desk, 12 my madness sympathetically jumped up. She gave me a 13 smile, nodded while listening patiently, and then printed out the 14 immediately. “What a wonderful lady!” I thought. Rushing out 15 I called out over my shoulder, “By the way, what’s your name?” “I’m Rani,” she said. I turned around and saw a 16 woman with a big smile on her face waving to wish me a safe trip. I was 17 ! Why had I thought she was cold? Rani was, well, so 18 . Sitting back in the car on the way to the airport, I figured it all out. Rani’s 19 —her warm smile, her nods, her ‘I’m here for you’ 20 —were all silent signals that didn’t travel through wires. 1.A. accepted B. noticed C. heard D. met 2.A. came B. moved C. ran D. developed 3.A. Thus B. Yet C. Then D. Indeed 4.A. rather B. also C. just D. already 5.A. Telephone B. voice C. connection D. impression 6.A. direct B. useful C. easy D. accurate 7.A. in person B. by myself C. in public D. on purpose 8.A. annoyed B. interested C. discouraged D. confused 9.A. promote B. train C. find D. know 10.A. arrange B. postpone C. confirm D. book 11.A. for the first time B. at any time C. from time to time D. in good time 12.A. expecting B. seeing C. testing D. avoiding 13.A. shy B. comforting C. familiar D. forced 14.A. bill B. form C. ticket D. list 15.A. hopefully B. disappointedly C. gratefully D. regretfully 16.A. careful B. serious C. nervous D. pleasant 17.A. amused B. worried C. helpless D. speechless 18.A. calm B. nice C. proud D. clever 19.A. forgiveness B. eagerness C. friendliness D. skillfulness 20.A. explanation B. attitude C. concept D. behavior
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阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 （2017·新课标卷I）There has been a recent trend in the food service industry toward lower fat content and less salt. This trend, which was started by the medical community（医学界） 1 a method of fighting heart disease, has had some unintended side 2 (effect) such as overweight and heart disease — the very thing the medical community was trying to fight. Fat and salt are very important parts of a diet. They are required 3 (process) the food that we eat, to recover from injury and for several other bodily functions. When fat and salt 4 (remove) from food, the food tastes as if is missing something. As 5 result, people will eat more food to try to make up for that something missing. Even 6 (bad), the amount of fast food that people eat goes up. Fast food ___7___ (be) full of fat and salt; by 8 (eat) more fast food people will get more salt and fat than they need in their diet. Having enough fat and salt in your meals will reduce the urge to snack(吃点心) between meals and will improve the taste of your food. However, be 9 (care) not to go to extremes. Like anything, it is possible to have too much of both, 10 is not good for the health.
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短文改错(共10小题；每小题l分，满分10分) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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。 Early one morning in April, 2014, it was raining hardly.1 was seating in my classroom by myself. ＂We shall soon leave Beijing and return back to Sichuan. You’ll say goodbye to your new classmates.＂ That my father told me the other day sounded once again on my ears. Although I had studied at school for only two months, I real loved everything there. What’s more, the teaching conditions here are many better than those in Sichuan. As a child which was born in Sichuan, I knew almost nothing about the world outside. Therefore, after I came to Beijing, I saw so many things I had never seen.
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书面表达(满分25分) 假定你是李华，今年十月份即将去英国的布莱顿大学（Brighton University)留学。请给你在布莱顿的网友Tom写一封英文电子邮件，让他介绍一下布莱顿这座城市，告知他你的租房需求并请他帮忙租房子。 注意: 1.词数100左右； 2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Tom, ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Yours, Li Hua
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