An Oceans Vacuum
There’s a collection of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It’s bigger than Texas-and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets. That is both costly and slow. Instead, the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes 62-mile-long floating barriers that would use natural currents to trap trash. If next year’s trials succeed, a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the trash by 42% over 10 years.
Easy-On Shoes
In 2012, Mathew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent a note to Nike. “My dream is to go to college,” he wrote, “without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day.” Nike assigned a design team to the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the FlyEase. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand. A pair of Nike FlyEase shoes sells for $130.
An Airport for Drones(无人机)
As Amazon, Google, and others get ready for drone delivery service, there is one big question: what kinds of home bases will their drones have? Rwanda, in Africa, may have the answer. There, workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goal is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies, electronics, and other goods through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020.
1.What’s the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum?
A. It can be a money-saver.
B. It can grow year by year.
C. It can tear plastic into pieces.
D. It can be put into wide use soon.
2.What do we know about Nike?
A. It offers free shoes to the disabled.
B. It is designing new shoes frequently.
C. It provides customer-friendly services.
D. It responded to Matthew’s request passively.
3.Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports”?
A. Because road travel there is rough.
B. Because there are too many drones.
C. Because they’re easier to construct than roads.
D. Because they are receptive to new technology.
假如你是李华。你打算到China Daily参加记者面试。请根据以下要点，用英语写一封自荐信。
1.应聘原因：公司声望、个人梦想；
2.个人能力：懂英语，善编辑，对新闻有敏感在嗅觉，善沟通，团队意识强等；
3.决心与愿望。
注意：1.词数100左右。信的格式已给出，不计入总词数；
2.可适当发挥，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：
声望：reputation 资格 qualification
Dear Sir,
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Looking forward to your reply. Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua
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。错误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：在错的词下划一横线，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。
It was my 17th birthday and I was looking forward to see my friends. I arrived at my favorite restaurant, wailing for him. We would have the special birthday dinner. I looked for a familiar face but failed. Soon the restaurant was filled customers, none of which were my friends. An hour later, I went back home, lonely and disappointing. To my great surprise, I found the door was wide open while I arrived home. Nervously, I walk into the dark room. Suddenly, all the light went on and my friends were appeared shouting ‘‘surprise”. I had an unforgettable birthday.
Hongbao, a red envelope with small amounts of money in, is a gift that is guaranteed to be 1. (warm) received, not just because of the cash, but also because of its 2. (tradition) symbolism and best wishes for the future. This is true throughout China, especially in the south 3. people view receiving hongbao 4. an auspicious (吉祥的) beginning of the New Year.
Legend in the south goes that a devil (恶魔) used to appear lo harm children and the elderly 5. loud noise would frighten the devil away, as did 6. color red.
Fireworks took care of the noise and during the Spring Festival couplets (对联) also helped keep the devil away. But fireworks couldn’t go off all day so children and the elderly alsogot hongbao, red envelopes 7. (contain) money. The tradition 8. (survive) for thousands of years and giving hongbao to children and the elderly remains popular among Chinese people all over the world. It has also made its way into workplace where bosses often give 9. (employ) hongbao and most recently, companies have adopted online marketing strategies where haongbao are distributed, hoping 10. companies and staff members have a good start.
Giving hongbao at the beginning of the Lunar New Year indicates best wishes for the future.
“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,” said our science teacher, Mr. Baker. “You can work alone or with a partner.”
My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projets ______.
The ______ of the challenge was simple------to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when ______ the stadium wall.
I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie.______ the butter-cream gave me an idea.
“I have a brilliant design for our ______ container?” I said when Cassie arrived. “We can ______ the egg with some butter-cream.”
“Why not pit the egg in a basket with a parachute (降落伞)______?” Cassie rolled her eyes. “The parachute is better than that stupid idea.”
I couldn’t believe it. Of course we’d had our little ______ in the past, but she’d never called any of my ideas “______” before.
“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”
____ words had been out, our friendship was challenged.
When Friday finally arrived, I had to ______ Cassie’s Egg Force One looked pretty good.______, my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out; those whose eggs survived ______ three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.
After four rounds, only Cassie and I were ______. I let go of my box. I heard someone say “ew” after seconds. Had my egg broken? I raced down the ______. The side walk was dotted with egg shells (蛋壳) from those ______ drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.
“That looks like egg drop soup, Laura,” Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My ______ raced. Had she won? I looked at her basket.______.
“My egg bounced ______” she explained, pointing to a broken shell.
“A tie (平局),” Mr. Baker said.
Cassie looked at me, and her glare ______. I laughed. She smiled…
1.A. patiently B. silently C. together D. alone
2.A. function B. goal C. reason D. result
3.A. rolled down B. pushed against C. thrown at D. dropped over
4.A. Spreading B. Boiling C. Baking D. Holding
5.A. butter B. sandwich C. cream D. egg
6.A. protect B. replace C. carry D. mix
7.A. followed B. covered C. attached D. supported
8.A. ideas B. fights C. worries D. challenges
9.A. wrong B. stupid C. brilliant D. scientific
10.A. Since B. While C. But D. And
11.A. explain B. deny C. admit D. prove
12.A. Therefore B. Anyway C. Otherwise D. Besides
13.A. paced down B. turned around C. walked up D. went back
14.A. left B. wanted C. chosen D. discovered
15.A. steps B. way C. wall D. sidewalk
16.A. intended B. unexpected C. failed D. desired
17.A. eyes B. hands C. feet D. heart
18.A. Lost B. Dirty C. Broken D. Empty
19.A. around B. out C. in D. down
20.A. returned B. remained C. increased D. softened
Tests and exams assess not only your subject knowledge, but also your ability to use the appointed time wisely. 1.
Do...
2. Try to answer the questions that arc worth a lot of points before those only worth a few points. This will allow you to spend more time on the higher point questions than the lower ones, which can provide a big increase for your final grade.
Move on when you’ve used up the time for a question. Sometimes it is hard to do it, especially if you are a perfectionist (完美主义者) or someone that likes to provide as many details as possible in your test responses,3. Otherwise, you may find at the end that a large number of questions are still unanswered.
Don’t...
Don’t allow yourself to get stuck on a question. You come across a question that you have no idea how to answer. Instead of moving on, you decide to sit there for 20 or 30 minutes annoyed over it.4. However, setting a time limit for questions and sticking to that time limit can help you avoid this problem.
5. When you’re taking a test, focus on the big picture. Your main goal is to answer all of the questions in the best way. Don’t spend amounts of time proofreading (校对) your work. It is the task that is best completed at the end if you have lime left.
A. Focus on higher point questions.
B. Get answers to the questions you know.
C. However, you must force yourself to move on.
D. Don’t spend too much time on the little things.
E. The following can help you make the most of your time.
F. Many students feel stressed when taking an examination.
G. If you’ve done this before, you’ve actually made a mistake.
