At 23, I was fresh out of graduate school and working in a nursing home, trying to decide my next path in life. My job involved wheeling residents (居民) to the community hall for activities. Elizabeth would wave from her darkened room but refuse to join the gatherings. Nearly blind, and requiring oxygen, she never left her bedside. I soon learned, though, that she loved books, and every day after work I would read to her.
In dim (微暗的) light we made our way through "King Lear," "Henry IV, .... Jane Eyre," the poems of Rupert Brooke.
Two golden hours might pass before I’ d pack up to return to my apartment. Before I could leave she’ d press my hand, saying, "Child -- my literary child. You bring me such joy." Elizabeth’ s husband had died a decade earlier, and their only child, a daughter, was estranged (疏远的) for what heartbreaking reason I never knew.
One day an old friend of hers visited and brought her some soup. Smiling broadly, Elizabeth squeezed my arm. "Tomorrow, child，we shall feast."
The next evening I found Elizabeth’ s bed empty. "I’ m sorry," the nurse whispered. She handed me a box and nodded. "She left everything to you." At home I unpacked it, finding two white sweaters, the dozen leather-bound books and, at the bottom, the can of soup.
That summer I decided my path. I returned to school to study literature.
And for 26 years the soup has stayed in my kitchen. It’s remained unopened and now is rusted (生锈的). But the memories are preserved.
1.Why did Elizabeth refuse to join the gatherings? -
A. She had many books to read.
B. She was not a very social person.
C. She was restricted in her movements.
D. She had no interest in those activities.
2.What do we know about Elizabeth?
A. She loved writing poems.
B. She often visited her friends.
C. She got divorced ten years ago.
D. She had little contact with her daughter.
3.What can we know about the author?
A. She used to be a doctor.
B. She was inspired by Elizabeth.
C. She taught literature for 26 years.
D. She didn’t like the taste of the soup.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A. A book-loving friend
B. An unforgettable literary journey
C. An interesting nursing experience
D. A short-term job and its lifelong impact
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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：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：每句只有一处错误多改不计分。
1.That students need is teachers’ encouragement rather than criticism.
2.As is known to all, reading books have many advantages.
3.Please contact me if you have any difficulty find the watch.
4.Because we hadn’t had ice cream for a long time, we got very exciting.
5.Our class is made up 50 students.
6.On the way I met my neighbor, Miss Zhang, that was walking her dog.
7.Could you give me some informations on Mike?
8.To begin with, I’d like to know when the entrance exam will take place but which subjects will be tested.
9.What a fun it is to explore a new place!
10.Last term, I met a painful failure, but it helped us find a new self.
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______to the Internet ,as many adolescents do ,will to some extent have a negative effect on their mental and physical health .
A. Having been addicted B. Being addicted
C. Addicted D. To be addicted
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Companion(同伴)robots are playing an ever-increasing role in helping busy people look after the elderly and children. With an aging population and an increasing labor shortage, the demand for companion robots for elder care and children’s companions is on the rise.
Xiaoyuzaijia is an intelligent companion robot produced by Zaijia.com, a Beijing-based startup engaged in internet hardware and intelligent home appliances businesses.
If the elderly people are ill at home, the robot can bring medicine and water. The robot will open the door when the guest comes. It can even tell a story, sing a song and play chess.
The number of elderly people aged 60 and above reached more than 222 million in 2015, accounting for 16.2 percent of the total population, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. It is estimated that the number will reach 243 million in 2020.
Song Chenfeng, founder and CEO of Zaijia, said: "The robot is equipped with a monitoring camera and other hardware for facial and voice recognition.” Family members could also connect their smart phones with the robot. “When the elderly fall or the children cry at home, the robot will send messages to inform other family members," he said. “The companion robot should be an important 'blue sea' in the intelligent household robot market. Xiaoyuzaijia aims at white-collar people who are busy with their work and spend less time accompanying their family members. It builds a bridge among family members and satisfies the emotional communications needs of modern people,” said Song.
Yuan Wenhui, chairman of Zaijia, said the company will offer personalized service in the family healthcare and children's education sectors, based on big data algorithms, aiming to be an indispensable intelligent family housekeeper in the future.
Statistics from the International Federation of Robotics show that the market demand for service robots will boom in the next three years, with the market scale reaching $46 billion.
1.Why will the companion robots be warmly welcomed?
A. They are equipped with a camera and other hardware
B. They are helpful in the care of the elder and children
C. They can be connect with their family members
D. They can bring medicine and even tell stories
2.Which can replace the underlined phrase “accounting for” in Paragraph 4?
A. taking on B. taking off
C. making out D. making up
3.Who is the companion robot of Zaijia mainly designed for?
A. The doctors B. The injured
C. The white-collar D. The students
4.Which could be the best title for the text?
A. Companion robots will be our best friends
B. Companion robots will be our family pets
C. Companion robots will help you do anything
D. Companion robots will replace housekeepers
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1.He was ____________（授予）the first prize in the competition
2.The shop tries its best to meet the needs of its ____________（顾客）.
3.My husband loves ____________（冒险的）life while I enjoy a more peaceful life.
4.Some believe in the ____________（存在）of life on Mars, while others consider it as a myth.
5.Special ____________（措施）are being taken to protect the local water supplies
6.Much to my surprise, he____________（举止）as if nothing had happened.
7.The method of ____________（减少）the teaching cost has been discussed at the meeting.
8.Such ____________（评论）seem to suggest it had a big influence on the art world.
9.He succeed in ____________（克服）many difficulties in learning English.
10.____________（扩展）your knowledge by reading more books is a wise choice.
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Some years ago,writing in my diary used to be1.usual activity. I would return from school and spend half an hour 2.(record)the day’s events, feelings, and 3.(impress)in my little blue diary. I did not really need 4.(express) my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from 5.(see) my experiences forever recorded on paper, After all, isn’t accumulating(积累）memories a way of preserving the past?
6. I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey7. foot in a great valley,8.(equip) with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt 9.(pride) to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I 10.(walk)out of my tent, diary in hand.
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假定你是李华。本周日下午在市工人体育馆有一场音乐会，你想邀请外教Jack一同前往。请用英语给他写一封电子邮件。内容包括：
1. 音乐会相关信息；
2. 发出邀请；
3. 集合时间、地点等。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jack,
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Please let me know your decision before this Saturday!
Yours,
Li Hua
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每句中只有一处错误，每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：在错的词下画一横线，并在改词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词； 2. 每句只允许修改1处，多者不计分。
1.He told me that how important it was to learn English.
2.Now people get a lot of informations from TV.
3.If it won’t rain, we will go to visit the zoo.
4.The computer is an useful machine.
5.They only have a little room to live.
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任务型阅读,请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
注意：每空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。
Everybody loves self-improvement. That’s why we’re such enthusiastic consumers of “top 10” lists of things to do to be a more productive, promotable, mindful— you name it—leader. But these lists seldom work. What if we didn’t think of self-improvement as work? What if we thought of it as play—specifically, as playing with our sense of self?
Traditionally, people work on themselves, committed to doing everything in their power to change their leadership style. You set your goals and objectives, you are mindful of your time, and seek efficient solutions. You’re not going to deviate(偏离) from the straight and narrow. You focus on what you should do, especially as others see it, as opposed to what you want to do. It’s all very serious and not whole of fun. There is one right answer. Success or failure is the outcome. We judge ourselves.
In contrast, no matter what you’re up to, when you’re in “play” mode, your primary drivers are enjoyment and discovery instead of goals and objectives. You’re curious. You lose track of time. Like in all forms if play, the journey becomes more important than a pre-set destination.
Much research shows how play develops creativity and innovation. Play with your own idea of yourself is similar to playing with future possibilities. So, we stop evaluating today’s self against unachievable ideal of leadership that doesn’t really exist. We also stop trying to will ourselves to “commit” to becoming something we are not even sure we want to be—what we call the “feared self”, which is composed of images negative role models. And, we shift direction from submitting to what other people want us to be to becoming more self-authoring. As a result, when you play, you’re more creative and more open to what you might learn about yourself.
Unfortunately, we don’t often get —or give ourselves—permission to play with our sense of self. In life, we equate playfulness with the person who dips into a great variety of possibilities, never committing to any. We find inconsistency distasteful, so we exclude options that seem too far off from today’s “authentic self”, without ever giving them a try. This kills the discontinuous growth that only comes when we surprise ourselves.
Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips once said, “people tend to play only with serious things—madness, disaster, other people.” Playing with your self is a serious effort because who we might become is not knowable or predictable at the start. That’s why it’s as dangerous as it is necessary for growth.
Lead-in |
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2.between the two mode | In work mode |
In play method | |
The8.with application of play mode | We usually regard playfulness as equal to non-professional. |
9. | 10.danger, playfulness is a must for our self-growth. |
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