Some people think that as more and more people have televisions in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper when the TV news can bring you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read the life story of a famous man when a short television program can tell you all that you want to know?

Television has not killed reading, however. Today, newspapers sell in very large numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Books are still a cheap way to get information and enjoyment. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, many books are printed today as paperbacks (平裝本), which are quite cheap. A paperback collection of short stories, for example, is always cheaper than an evening at the cinema or the theater, and you can keep a book for ever and read it many times.

Books are a wonderful provider of knowledge and pleasure and some types of books should be in every home. Every home should have a good dictionary. A good encyclopedia (百科全書), though expensive, is useful, too, because you can find information on any subject. Besides, you can have such books as history books, science textbooks, cookbooks, and collections of stories and poems. Then from time to time you can take a book of poems off your shelves and read the thoughts and feelings of your favorite poets.

1.It can be inferred from the passage that ______.

A. TV programs are a chief provider of knowledge

B. cinemas are the best choice in getting information

C. reading is a cheap way of learning and having fun

D. newspapers are an expensive way to enjoy oneself

2.What does the underlined sentence in the second paragraph “Television has not killed reading, however.” suggest?

A. People only need reading, though.

B. Reading is more fun than television.

C. Reading is still necessary today.

D. Watching television doesn’t help reading.

3.Where can you probably see this passage?

A. In a travel booklet.

B. In a science report.

C. In a fashion show magazine.

D. In an education book review.

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Australia has one of the highest per-person greenhouse emissions rates in the world because of its reliance on coal for electricity.

Some scientists warn that the vast, dry Australian continent, which has been suffering a series of droughts in recent years, could be one of the region’s hardest hit by global warming.

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A. Environmentalists.B. The government.

C. Business leaders.D. Scientists.

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A. Penny Wong.B. Peter Anderson.

C. Kevin Rudd.D. Ray Nias.

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B. they believe the program will cause the global warming

C. they don’t want to pay extra money for carbon emissions

D. they don’t think carbon emission will surely cause the global warming

4.The underlined sentence means ________.

A. The Australian government will be blamed for the low target

B. Australia will suffer a lot from climate change caused by carbon emissions

C. The Australian government will have to spend lots of money on carbon emissions

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The man said, “I have never that before in public. I think I’m at playing the piano.”

But the customer . He told the waiter, “I’m listening to the piano day after day. I want to hear something new and I want that guy to sing.”

The waiter across the room, “Hey, buddy! If you want to get , sing a song. The patrons are asking you to sing!”

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假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。錯(cuò)誤涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

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刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

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Teenagers around the world can be glad with the news that their brain deserves the blame when parents’ orders go ignored while they tap on their smartphones.

A new scientific study from the University College London has found that humans may suffer temporarily deaf when they’re simultaneously focusing on something visual. Research found that the 13 volunteers experienced inattentional deafness to the normal-volume sounds playing in the background as their visual tasks became increasingly difficult. ‘We found that when volunteers were performing the demanding visual task, they were unable to hear sounds that they would normally hear,’ study co-author Maria Chait said in a statement. ‘The brain scans showed that people were not only ignoring or filtering out the sounds, they were not actually hearing them in the first place.’

The findings, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, suggest that the visual and auditory processing centers that make sense of the sights and sounds that surround us share limited resources.

Inattentional deafness is a common everyday experience and the study explains why, according to UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Professor Nilli Lavie, a co-author of the study. ‘This could also explain why you might not hear your bus or train stop being announced if you’re concentrating on your phone, book, or newspaper. ’‘If you try to talk to someone focusing on a book, game, or television program and don’t receive a response, they are not necessarily ignoring you, they simply might not hear you! ’ she said.

Loud sounds—like ambulance sirens—will still be able to break through, but some situations could become potentially dangerous when the quieter ones go unheard, according to Medical Daily. ‘This has more serious implications in situations such as the operating theater, when a surgeon concentrating on their work might not hear the equipment beeping,’ Lavie said. ‘It also applies to drivers concentrating on complex directions as well as cyclists and motorists who are focusing intently on something such as an advertisement or even simply an interesting-looking passerby.

1.The 13 volunteers studied in the study______

A. experienced deafness due to their inattention

B. were deaf to the normal sounds intentionally

C. can hear the normal-volume sounds when performing the demanding visual task

D. didn’t choose to ignore the normal sounds on purpose

2. If a person concentrates on a book______

A. you cannot expect him to respond to you

B. he doesn’t want to give you a reply

C. he wants you to be away from him

D. he may get angry because of your disturbance

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A. It may lead to people losing friends.

B. It may cause danger in some fields.

C. It may make something more complex.

D. It may increase one’s attraction.

4.What does the passage mainly want to tell us?

A. The benefit of the inattentional deafness

B. The expectation from young teenagers.

C. Concentrating on something visual can cause short deaf ears

D. Inattentional deafness is not a good thing

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“Selfless Blessings, a small shop in Missouri offers everything from food to clothing. But it _____ from other shops because everything in the store is free.

“Selfless Blessings is like a thrift store(舊貨商店) but we are a free store for families who are in ______ ,” said the store’s ____ , Andrea Berdine. “People come in and ____ . We have a donation box. If they can ____ , they do so. If they can’t, then they leave with a hug.”

Berdine ___ the project in 2012 after witnessing something that brought her to tears. She was shopping at a store when she saw a man was turned away __ he asked for a coat.

He was put down and made fun of. He was wanting a coat,” she recalled. “It was ____that he was homeless. That day it was raining heavily. That man was trembling with ____ and wet. However, nobody ____ give him a coat.” Berdine was ____. She got in her car and drove around until she found the man. She then picked up her husband’s ___ from the back seat.

That act of giving ____ Berdine to create a Facebook page where the community could connect and ____ each other. Some people posted items that they could donate. Others spoke of what they needed. The idea, which people in need all welcomed, ___ grew into a free shop in Hollister, Missouri.

“Thank God. There is a place you can go to without feeling ____ or embarrassed,” said Dennie Alman, who is now ____.

The store’s offerings can mean the difference between life and ____ for some poor people. “When it’s freezing cold outside and you don’t have anything to keep____, then the blankets you are given can keep you from dying,” said Larry Fraser, who is ____.

1.A. comes B. suffers C. differs D. hears

2.A. need B. hospital C. space D. danger

3.A. customer B. guard C. cleaner D. owner

4.A. shop B. study C. play D. work

5.A. understand B. stand C. donate D. remain

6.A. supported B. attended C. started D. improved

7.A. because B. since C. though D. unless

8.A. difficult B. obvious C. necessary D. important

9.A. anger B. fear C. excitement D. cold

10.A. would B. might C. could D. should

11.A. delighted B. puzzled C. moved D. shocked[

12.A. watch B. jacket C. book D. card

13.A. persuaded B. allowed C. told D. inspired

14.A. contribute to B. appealed to C. add to D. lead to

15.A. suddenly B. luckily C. finally D. hardly

16.A. proud B. tired C. ashamed D. anxious

17.A. out of work B. out of sight C. out of control D. out of trouble

18.A. sickness B. friendship C. happiness D. death

19.A. quiet B. warm C. silent D. cool

20.A. wealthy B. homeless C. popular D. old

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Most airlines go all out to ensure their passengers have the best possible flight experience. Now, Europe’s low-budget airline, easyJet, wants to extend the positive experience beyond the plane ride with “Sneakairs”—smart shoes that allow visitors to explore new cities and towns without ever looking at a map.

To transform Sneakairs from an ordinary shoe to a tour guide, all the wearer has to do is enter his or her desired destination into the easyJet smartphone app. A built-in GPS will determine the wearer’s starting location while the Google Maps navigation(導(dǎo)航) tool will help chart the best route. Whenever a change of direction is necessary, the app will communicate with the appropriate shoe via the Bluetooth and cause it to vibrate(振動(dòng)). For example, if the wearer needs to turn right, he/she will feel the sensation in the right shoe. Should the user miss the turn, the smart shoes will both vibrate at the same time, reminding him/her to change course.

Visitors that wander off the suggested path or decide to take a break for a cup of coffee or a meal have nothing to worry about. The smart app will automatically determine the new location and chart out a new route, once the desired destination is reached. Sneakairs will vibrate three times to inform the user of the arrival and then go back to being ordinary shoes—until their navigation services are needed again!

Sneakairs is certainly not the first navigation shoe in the market. However, easyJet is the first airline to offer them to passengers just as they are about to land in an unknown city. However, before Sneakairs can go mainstream, the easyJet team still needs to make some adjustments. Among the challenges that need to be addressed is the smart shoe’s three-hour battery life, which is hardly enough for a tourist to catch all the delights a new or town has to offer!

1.The airline easyJet designed Sneakairs in order to ________.

A. help people exercise with better shoes

B. attract more people to choose easyJet

C. make sure their passengers have the best possible flight experience

D. provide passengers with further pleasant experience beside their flight

2.What does the author mainly talk about in Paragraph 2?

A. How Sneakairs works.

B. How visitors choose routes.

C. How users avoid getting lost.

D. What users should pay attention to.

3.What might easyJet do to improve its smart shoes?

A. Bring down their cost.

B. Add more functions.

C. Develop more types.

D. Make the battery last longer.

4.Where does this text probably come from?

A. A commercial ad.B. A science report.

C. A tourist map.D. An airline guide.

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