The legal age for smoking in Japan is 20 and as the country' s 570,000 tobacco vending machines ( 自动售货机) prepare for a July regulation requiring them to ensure buyers are not minors, a company has developed a ______ to identify age by studying facial features.
By having the customer look into a digital camera ______ to the machine, Fujitaka Co's system will ______ facial characteristics, such as wrinkles surrounding the eyes, bone structure and skin sags (松弛), to the facial data of over 100,000 people, Hajime Yamamoto, a company spokesman said.
"With face ______ , so long as you've got some change and you are an adult, you can buy cigarettes like before. The problem of ______ borrowing (identification) cards to purchase cigarettes could be ______ as well," Yamamoto said.
But due to concerns about its accuracy, the facial identification method has yet to be ______ .
Yamamoto said the system could ______ identify about 90 percent of the ______ , with the remaining 10 percent sent to a "grey zone" for minors that look ______ , and baby-faced adults, where they would be asked to insert their driving license.
1.A. system B. machine C. program D. monitor
2.A. added B. attached C. covered D. devoted
3.A. prefer B. adjust C. lead D. compare
4.A. features B. structure C. recognition D. expression
5.A. students B. youths C. adults D. minors
6.A. avoided B. clarified C. raised D. improved
7.A. corrected B. approved C. updated D. spread
8.A. completely B. correctly C. specifically D. partly
9.A. smokers B. sellers C. lookers-on D. users
10.A. older B. younger C. wiser D. nicer
假如你是李华，你的美国朋友Tom今年暑假想来山东旅游。请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件描述山东的三大名胜(孔子故里、泰山、趵突泉)并发出邀请。
注意：词数100个左右。
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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、删改或修改。
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 Monday morning, and the writing class had just begin. Everyone was silent, wait to see who would be called upon to read his and her paragraph aloud. Some of us were confident and eager take part in the class activity, others were nervous and anxious. I had done myself homework but I was shy. I was afraid that to speak in front of a larger group of people. At that moment, I remembered that my father once said, "The classroom is a place for learning and that include learning from textbooks, and mistake as well." Immediate, I raised my hand.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
A young man and an old man 1.(wait) for a bus.They sat next to each other.“What's that in your bag？” asked the young man, pointing to a big bag beside the old man.
“Gold.There was nothing but gold，” answered the old man.The young man could not believe his own ears and was 2. great surprise.Then he began to think about 3. to get the gold.The old man was very tired and it seemed that he could hardly keep his eyes open.After a while the old man 4.(lie) down on the chair and fell asleep.
The young man took 5. big bag gently and quietly.But when he was just about to run away, he found a corner of his fur coat was under the old man's body.Several times he tried to pull it out, but in vain.At last he took off his coat, 6.(think) that the gold in the bag must be worth far more than his fur coat.
Worried but 7.(delight), the young man ran out of the station as quickly as his legs could carry him, until he reached a place 8. he thought the old man couldn't find him.He stopped and 9.(quick) opened the bag but he just found a great many of small stones in it.Then he ran back to the station hurriedly only 10.(find) that the old man was gone with his coat.
When I was in sixth grade, it was clear there were only two options.I could ______ be cool, or invisible.And I was doing pretty well at option two.Until one day, when a teacher had us ______ a questionnaire with “get to know you” questions.
I ______ that she would be reading them privately, so I felt safe to share my thoughts.The teacher ______ the sheets, mixed them, and redistributed them to the class.We ______ one by one.We'd ______ the student's name and then our two favorite answers.My sheet ______ in the hands of a kid who was one of the meanest.
The first question was “What's your favorite movie？” He read my answer, Beauty and the Beast.A laugh erupted, and my cheeks______.
The next question he read was “Where would you like to ______？” The others had said “Australia，” “Japan.” I ______， “Wherever a book takes me.”
The ______ this time had an explosive equality to it.The kids were high－fiving.I ______ about an inch tall.
But then, something ______ happened.A voice from the back of the room said, “Guys, ______ it out.” And the room went ______. The voice belonged to Michelle Siever, and she was popular and cool.Michelle Siever had great ______.The room was quiet.
I don't remember the teacher or the kids' names, but I remember Michelle Siever's name.I remember how it felt when she ______ for me because she showed me that day that we ______ have three options.
You can be ______， and you might be remembered for a little while.You can be invisible, and you won't be remembered at all.______， if you stand up for somebody when they need you most, then you will be remembered as their hero.
1.A. sometime B. somewhat C. somewhere D. somehow
2.A. share B. prepare C. design D. complete
3.A. associated B. assumed C. condemned D. cast
4.A. handed out B. collected C. put away D. kept
5.A. asked B. went C. tried D. made
6.A. read B. write C. check D. choose
7.A. took off B. gave up C. broke down D. ended up
8.A. hurt B. burned C. faded D. dropped
9.A. meet B. pass C. travel D. work
10.A. imagined B. repeated C. wrote D. remembered
11.A. laughter B. comment C. complaint D. surprise
12.A. stood B. thought C. felt D. grew
13.A. disturbing B. amusing C. annoying D. amazing
14.A. run B. cut C. send D. leave
15.A. dark B. silent C. empty D. noisy
16.A. patience B. judgment C. confidence D. influence
17.A. took over B. turned up C. spoke up D. showed off
18.A. hardly B. actually C. never D. just
19.A. kind B. creative C. brave D. cool
20.A. As usual B. Nevertheless C. After all D. Besides
How to Keep a Relationship Healthy and Strong
Are you new to experiencing relationships? Well, let me give you advice on having a healthy and possibly long－term relationship.
1. Don't hide things from them; don't lie.Getting them to trust you is the most important element in any relationship.So please be honest and they'll learn to open up to you.
Make sure you give them respect. Now respect isn't just simply treating her or him nicely.There's a lot more to it.You have to learn to adjust to their liking.2. Don't just think about yourself; think about what your partner needs out of it as well.
3. Always be willing to help them and give them honesty and positiveness at the same time.Make them feel you are someone they can really count on and build a future with.This is an important step in a relationship.Your partner has to be able to count on you when needed.
Make sure you have a good sense of humor with them. Laughter is the key to happiness.Laugh a lot with them, joke with them.Laughter may seem silly, but it's the secret to a lot in life.It will keep the sparks alive.4.
Make sure the communication is good. This goes along with trust, but always communicate how you feel, even if it's something that upsets you.Instead of screaming, talk to them.5. It's important to communicate this to them, not keep it bottled up.
A．Show them your personality.
B．Be an honest person with them.
C．Make sure you are encouraging to your partners.
D．Laughter keeps the relationship strong and lasting.
E．Don't start to neglect them and make them feel unwanted.
F．Basically, learn to study your partners' moods, wants and needs.
G．If they did something that made you unhappy, tell them about it in a respectful manner.
