Many people traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada last week for the 50th Consumer Electronics Show, or CES. The show is said to have the largest collection of new electronic devices in the world.
The show had many examples of “smart home” devices. “Smart home” technology is designed to make life easier for people by letting computers control many things inside our homes. One such device actually begins working outside the home, when someone arrives and rings the doorbell.
“When someone comes to your front door and rings the doorbell, the light can turn on immediately. I get a notification when I’m halfway around the world that someone came, and I can start talking to the person who’s at my front door, and I can say, ‘Oh, here let me let you in,’ I can unlock the door for them very easily.” Said Vivint, a smart home service provider.
One electronics maker launched a device that lets people see and interact with their animals when they are away. The device, from Petcube, lets you remotely watch and talk to your pet through a personal device, according to a company official. It can even give the pet a treat—if you approve and order it.
For heating or cooling, there is a smart thermostat. This device can also send you a message if a big storm causes leaks of flooding. “We’re trying to catch it with just a few drips before it becomes a real big problem,” said Mike Sale of iDevices.
A concern for many homeowners is the possibility that someone else might find a way to attack these smart home devices. An official from Vivint said his company is sure that only owners of the home can gain use of information on the devices. Warren Katz from iDevices said his company employs engineers from the defense industry to help prevent hacking.
1.What can be learned about the show?
A. It created much attraction to consumers.
B. It has been held in Las Vegas many times.
C. It only exhibited smart home devices.
D. It is the largest show ever held.
2.What’s the purpose of Paragraph 3?
A. To explain how to answer the door.
B. To illustrate a smart home device.
C. To tell a story about nice devices.
D. To introduce a home service provider.
3.What may happen in the future according to the given examples?
A. Computers may replace human workers one day.
B. A stranger can come into your house even if you’re out.
C. The house can repair for itself if a storm causes damage.
D. You can take good care of your animals while you’re away.
4.What can be inferred about the smart home device from the last paragraph?
A. Information on the devices is easy to get.
B. Many of the devices are not available now.
C. Homeowners are concerned about its operation.
D. Its safety can be guaranteed at present.
In 1869, the Smiley family purchased an area of land about 100 miles north of New York City. Over time, some of their property and much of the surrounding landscape became the Mohonk Preserve, which has since grown to 8,000 acres and attracts visitors and rock climbers.
But the Mohonk Preserve also has a long scientific legacy. In the 1930s, Dan Smiley, a descendent of the original owners, began keeping track of the plants and animals that lived in the area.
Megan Napoli is a research ecologist with the Mohonk Preserve in New York. She thinks Smiley’s efforts produced a rare long-term data set of observations, which is useful for studying the impacts of climate change. For instance, other research has shown that songbirds are migrating north earlier and earlier in the spring.
It's important for the birds to arrive at the proper time in the spring, because they need to time their arrival with the insect emergence. So they need to be here to establish their nesting sites, lay their eggs. Once the eggs hatch, they have their baby birds, so they need to time it when the insects are most abundant.
Napoli has begun analyzing about 76,000 observations of songbird migration dates collected by Smiley and his team to see if they, too, show that climate change has altered the timing of migrations. Her results suggest that they do.
Napoli found that short-distance migrants that spend their winters in the southern U. S. now arrive an average of eleven days earlier than they did in the 1930s. Long-distance migrants that overwinter in the tropics arrive roughly a week earlier. Napoli presented her results at a recent Ecological Society of America meeting in Portland, Oregon.
Meanwhile, who knows how many other long-term, personal data collections like Smiley’s are out there, waiting to be discovered and to help improve official attempts to track the planet’s changes.
1.What do we know about Dan Smiley?
A. He lived in New York City.
B. He was a scientific researcher.
C. He owned the Mohonk Preserve.
D. He kept a record of wildlife.
2.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The birds’ birth. B. The birds’ arrival.
C. The nest building. D. The insect appearance.
3.What does Megan Napoli think of Smiley’s long-term record?
A. It has affected the birds’ migration.
B. It challenges the previous research.
C. It has changed official attitudes.
D. It is of great value to her research.
4.What can we learn from Napoli’s research?
A. It is totally based on Smiley’s long-term notes.
B. Scientists have to rely on more personal data.
C. Climate change affects birds’ migration time.
D. It contributes greatly to other personal research.
Lions are the top tourist attraction to Kenya and also considered critically endangered. One of the main causes of their death is that people kill them in return for lions attacking their cows. “We put our cows in a small cow shelter at night,” locals said, “and that’s when the trouble would start. Lions would jump in the shelter and kill the cows”.
There have been a lot of efforts to try to protect the lions, but it’s a crisis and everyone is looking for a solution. One idea was land leases(租用), another was lion-proof fences. However, no one even knew that Richard Turere, a 13-year-old Maasai from Kenya, had already come up with something that worked.
One night Richard was walking around with a flashlight and discovered the lions were scared of a moving light. An idea was born. Three weeks and much repairing later, Richard invented a system of lights that flash around the cow shelter, mimicking a human walking around with a flashlight. His system is made from broken flashlight parts and an indicator box from a motorcycle. “The only thing I bought was a solar panel（电池板）, which charges a battery that supplies power to the lights at night.” Richard says. He calls the system Lion Lights.
His simple solution was so successful: his neighbors heard about it and wanted Lion Lights, too. He put in the lights for them. From there, the lights spread and are now being used all around Kenya. Someone in India is trying them out for tigers. In Zambia and Tanzania they’re being used as well.
1.Why do local people kill lions?
A. To attract tourists. B. To protect their cows.
C. To sell them for money. D. To scare away large animals.
2.What makes Richard’s idea successful?
A. That the lights will cost nothing.
B. That the system can protect lions.
C. That the lions are afraid of light.
D. That the cows are lawfully killed.
3.What may be the best title of the text?
A. Lion Lights B. Protecting Lions
C. Endangered Cows D. Lion-proof Fences
The Guggenheim Museum attempts to help educators connect students with art. It offers programs for educators, including free arts curricula, professional development courses and workshops, as well as professional meet and greets that pair artists with public school teachers throughout New York City.
● Visiting with your students
The museum offers a variety of ways for educators and their students to visit, from self-guided tours to a guided experience.
Guggenheim Museum Highlights | Perfect for first-time visitors, the Highlights Tour focuses on the museum’s innovative architecture, history, and permanent collection. |
Special Exhibition | This tour offers an opportunity to engage in a lively, in-depth exploration of one of our special exhibitions. Learn about the artistic processes and movements behind some of the most revolutionary artists of the modern and contemporary age. |
Custom Tour | Tour can be customized to accommodate a variety of interests, learning styles and subject matter. Our gallery educators can create a one-of-a-kind experience tailored to your group’s needs. |
Lecturer’s Badge | Conduct a group tour of up to 20 people. |
● Arts curriculum online
The Guggenheim produces free curriculum materials on exhibitions for educators to use both during school visits and in the classroom. While the material focuses on recent exhibitions, a comprehensive range of lessons cover many works and artists in the museum’s collection.
● Learning through Art
Learning Through Art sends experienced teaching artists into New York City public schools, where they work with classroom teachers to develop and facilitate art projects into the school curriculum.
● Education facilities
Housed in the Sackler Center for Arts Education, the Guggenheim’s education facilities include studio art and multimedia labs, a theater, an exhibition gallery, and a conference room.
1.Who are the museum’s programs intended for?
A. Students. B. Parents.
C. Educators. D. Artists.
2.Which tour can be designed based on your own interest?
A. Custom Tour.
B. Lecturer’s Badge.
C. Special Exhibition.
D. Guggenheim Museum Highlights.
3.How do teaching artists help to make art projects into the school curriculum?
A. By giving lessons online.
B. By working with teachers.
C. By providing free materials.
D. By designing projects alone.
4.What can we do in the Sackler Center?
A. Appreciate art works.
B. Dine with your friends.
C. Perform science experiments.
D. Collect your favorite exhibits.
（题文）假定你是南昌市外国语学校高三学生李华。你的美国朋友Jefferson在给你的邮件中提到他对中国新近出现的一种共享单车“mobike”很感兴趣，并请你做个简要介绍。请你给Jefferson回信，内容包括：
1. 这种单车的使用方法（如：APP查看车辆、扫码开锁等）；2. 这种单车的优势；3. 你对这种单车的看法。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
（提示词：智能手机 smartphone, 二维码 the QR code）
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When I look at this picture of myself. I realize of how fast time flies. I had grown not only physically.and also mentally in the past few years. About one month after this photo was took, I entered my second year of high school and become a new member of the school music club. Around me in picture are the things they were very important in my life at that time,car magazines and musical instruments.I enjoyed studying difference kings of cars and planes,playing pop music,and collecting the late music albums.This picture often brings back to me many happy memories of your high school days.
