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Long ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A little happy dog learned of this place and decided 1.(visit).
When he arrived, he ran happily up the stairs. He looked through the doorway 2. his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as he 3.. He found himself staring at 1000 other happy dogs with their 4.(tail) wagging just as fast as his. Then he smiled a great smile, and to his great 5.(surprised), was answered with 1000 great smiles. As he left the house, he thought to himself, “6. wonderful! I will come back and visit it often.”
In this same village, 7. little dog decided to visit the house, too. He climbed up the stairs 8.(slow) and hung his head low as he looked into the door.
When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him, he barked at them and was horrified to see 1000 dogs 9.(bark) back. As he left, he thought to himself, “That is an awful place, and I will 10. go back there again.”
All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?
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Trash classification has been a hot topic around China for the past few months, as it is greatly related with land-saving, environmental-protecting, and resource-reusing. This summer, residents in Ningbo are required to separate trash into four groups.
A. It refers to the waste that can be reused or be processed(加工) into raw materials, mainly including waste paper, plastics, metals, glass, textiles(织物) and so on. Some waste should be cleaned and packed neatly before being put into the bins.
B. Also known as wet garbage, it mainly refers to the organic household waste that comes from domestic and agricultural markets, including leftovers, fruit peels and shells, waste food seasonings, residues and defoliation(残渣落叶), etc.
C. Also known as dry garbage, mainly includes disposable paper cups, toilet paper, tissue paper, wet tissue paper, diapers, cigarette butts, cinder dust and other wastes which are difficult to recycle and have no recycling value at present.
D. Such waste refers to the substances that cause direct or potential(潜在的) harm to human health or natural environment. It mainly includes waste rechargeable batteries, waste fluorescent lamps, energy-saving lamps, expired drugs, waste pesticides and waste paint barrels.
1.
Recyclable waste ________
2.
Kitchen waste ________
3.
Harmful waste ________
4.
Other waste________
5.Which of the following is NOT the advantage of trash classification?
A.Improving the use of land.
B.Saving food for poor children.
C.Using the resources effectively.
D.Protecting the environment.
Disneyland has always been the dream vacation for kids throughout the world. However, Shanghai Disneyland has recently caught people’s attention through a lawsuit(官司).
The suit was brought by a college student Wang, who is from East China University of Political Science and Law. She refused after being told to either throw away the snacks she had brought in the backpack or eat them up. Wang argued with the park security and then made phone calls to the police and to official hot lines like 12345 and 12315, however, none worked. In order to get into the park, she gave up the snacks, which were worth 46.3 yuan.
Wang brought the case to the People’s Court Pudong New Area, where the theme park is located. The case was heard on April 23. Shanghai Disneyland replied in August with its “no outside food” policy and said that the rule is “consistent(一致) with many other theme parks across China” and “guests are welcome to enjoy their own food and drinks outside the park”.
This is not the first time that Disney has been accused. In June last year, a lawyer Jun accused Shanghai Disneyland of overpriced food in the park. The next month, Liu Demin, a father accused the park of charging his ten-year-old son a full fare ticket instead of half price.
Disney has owned 6 theme park resorts all over the world. Three parks in America and France do not have such rules as “no outside food” policy, while the three in China and Japan, as Asian countries, don’t allow tourists to take in outside food. In addition, customers are not informed about the rule when they book park tickets on the computer. No tips are listed on the official website of Disney. People can only get to know the certain rule at the end of the page when they buy tickets through smart phones.
1.In _________, customers can bring food and drinks into Disneyland.
A.Paris. B.Hong Kong. C.Shanghai. D.Tokyo.
2.What is the right order of the following activities?
① Wang gave up her snacks and got into the park.
② Shanghai Disney park replied with its “no outside food” policy.
③ Wang called the police and official hot lines.
④ Wang was refused to get into the park with snacks in her backpack.
⑤ Wang brought the case to the court.
A.②④③①⑤ B.④③①⑤② C.④①③⑤② D.①②④③⑤
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Wang’s case this year was the first time that Disney has been accused.
B.The college student Wang accused Shanghai Disneyland of its expensive food.
C.Guests are allowed to enjoy their own food and drinks outside Shanghai Disneyland.
D.Customers know about “no outside food” policy at the end of the computer page.
4.We can read this passage in the________ part of the newspaper.
A.health B.food C.travel D.fashion
Your Internet experience is ruined when the net speed is too slow — it takes so long to open a web page and the reality shows you’re watching stops every few minutes. That can be very annoying.
But it could be a thing of the past. On June 3, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that China’s major telecom carriers(电信公司) would start to provide 5G services.
1 What is 5G?
The “G” in “5G” refers to the generation of mobile network technologies. 1G let us talk to each other, 2G let us send messages, 3G gave us mobile data and the Internet, and 4G made all of these things faster.
Now 5G promises much faster data download and upload speeds, and more stable connections. This means that you will be able to download an entire HD movie in seconds and only experience a short delay(延迟) between sending and receiving data.
2 What changes will 5G bring us?
With a 5G network, the short delay in information exchange will allow driverless cars to run more safely. Meanwhile, 5G-enabled wearable devices(设备) will be of great use in hospitals. Besides, VR games will become more popular with 5G. The short delay of 5G will make the games feel even more real.
3What are the disadvantages of 5G?
According to the BBC, __________, it will not be perfect.
For one thing, 5G will not“travel” far. On 4G networks, you can be 10 kilometers away from the nearest transmission base and hardly lose signal(信号). But 5G will only cover about 300 meters. And in order to use 5G, we will have to buy new products especially designed for 5G that are expensive at present. All in all, there is still much to be done before 5G’s popularization.
1.“G” in “5G” refers to ___________.
A.the speed of the Internet B.the generation of the technology
C.the delay in information exchange D.the game on the smart phone
2.According to the passage, the best sentence for the blank is __________.
A.because it is quite expensive to get 5G products
B.5G has its own advantages and disadvantages
C.until hundreds of millions of Internet users use 5G
D.though 5G will make our lives more convenient
3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.2G let users send messages through phones. B.3G gave us mobile data and the Internet.
C.4G will make VR games more real and popular. D.5G will be used in the medical field.
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.An introduction of 5G. B.Changes 5G brings us.
C.The progress of technology. D.Disadvantages of 5G.
“Promise me I’ll die in my own bed and I won’t die alone.”
There it was. Almost three years ago Dad asked me to make those promises. I said yes. And yet, I broke both. I gazed at my two-year-old son. Today is his birthday.
“Promise me...” The voice came from the grave(坟墓). Or was it simply my own guilt(内疚) ridden imagination? Whichever, I wished it would leave me alone and let me enjoy my son’s birthday.
Over two years ago, I broke my first promise. But what else could I have done? The battle(战斗) against his cancer was lost. All that was left was to keep him comfortable and manage his pain. My sisters and I decided his remaining days would be in a hospital. Determined to keep the other promise, I made sure he was never alone. And then came that day.
It was early morning. I was alone with Dad, waiting for my sisters to come and spare me. I heard my dad’s breath, his only voice for over a week, when my phone rang. The baby was coming. A nurse directed me to see my wife, two floors up. Yes, everything was fine. “Shall I show you to the family waiting room?” I refused, thanking the nurse as I headed down the stairs. But too late. I broke my second promise. Dad had died alone. Joy, guilt. My son and my broken promise.
The voice came again. I cried, head buried in my hands. I felt two little but strong hands, pulling my own hands away from my face. “Grandpapa!” My son shouted while leading me into the living room and pointed to a drawer in the desk. I opened the drawer and took out the picture—my dad’s.
How had he known about that photo? How did he know it was his grandfather? I had never taken it out of the drawer since shortly after my dad’s death. A new life entering the world exactly the moment an old one leaves. Could these two lives have somehow passed each other, maybe even knew each other? Perhaps Dad didn’t die alone after all.
1.The underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to __________.
A.his father’s voice B.his guilt C.his father’s grave D.his promise
2.The writer made his father stay in hospital for his last days to __________.
A.let his father die alone B.wait for the grandson to come
C.keep him comfortable and manage his pain D.fight against his cancer in hospital
3.What caused the writer to break his second promise?
A.His sisters didn’t come to the hospital as they promised.
B.His father didn’t want to get any treatment about his cancer.
C.He could hear nothing but his father’s breath in the hospital.
D.His son was born almost the same time his father passed away.
4.How would the writer probably feel after that day?
A.Joyful. B.Relieved. C.Upset. D.Nervous.
One day the staff members of a zoo called a meeting to discuss the problem — how to deal with the kangaroos that jumped out of the cage. They came to the conclusion(结论) that the cage was placed too low and decided to raise it from one to two meters high. But the next day the kangaroos were still found outside and they again raised the cage to three meters.
Quite unexpectedly the next morning they saw the kangaroos still free to go around. They were alarmed and decided to go to all the length by raising the cage to the height of ten meters.
Later a giraffe, while chatting with some kangaroos, asked them, “Do you think they will go on raising your cage?”
“Hard to say,” said a kangaroo, “if they continue forgetting to lock the cage door.”
1.The staff members keep on raising the cage because_________.
A.kangaroos like to jump high B.they don’t want to lock the cage door
C.kangaroos grow taller and taller D.they find kangaroos outside the cage every morning
2.The underlined word “alarmed” in Paragraph 2 means _________ in Chinese.
A.放松的 B.警觉的 C.害怕的 D.镇定的
3.What do you think of the staff members of the zoo?
A.Careless. B.Hard-working. C.Foolish. D.Understanding.
