Section A-|||-Directions:In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select one word for each-|||-blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully-|||-before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding-|||-letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.You may not use any of the-|||-words in the bank more than once.-|||-There`re three main types of financial stress people encounter. The first type is apparent in people-|||-being stressed about the 26 ups and downs of investment markets-actually not so much the ups,-|||-but 27 the downs. These people are usually unable or unprepared to endure the long haul.-|||-The next common type of financial stress is that caused by debt.In a 28 percentage of cases of-|||-debt-induced financial stress,credit cards and loans will be a central element.Often there`ll be a car loan-|||-and perhaps a mortgage, but credit cards often seem to be the gateway to debt-related financial difficulties-|||-for many.-|||-The third type of stress and 29 the least known is inherited financial stress,which is the most-|||-destructive.It is experienced by those who have grown up in households where their parents regularly-|||- 30 and fought about money.Money therefore becomes a stressful topic,and so the thought of-|||-sitting down and planning is an unattractive 31 .-|||-Those suffrering inherite financial anxiety 32 to follow one of two patterns.Either they put-|||-their head in the sand:they would 33 examining their financial statements, budgeting,and-|||-discussing finan aialters with those closest to them. Alternatively,they would go to the other-|||- 34 and micro-analyzeeverything, to the point of complete 35 They`re convinced that-|||-whatever decision they make will be the wrong one.-|||-A) appearance F) extreme K)proposition-|||-B) argued G)inaction L) rebelled-|||-C) avoid H)incredibly M)statement-|||-D)considerable I) normal N) tend-|||-E)definitely J) possibly O) traditional
I suppose the determining factor would be how your body responds to the ______ of sleep you get.1.His grandchildren, he says, are bright and handsome, but in school their eyes ______.2.They ______ sell their house in order to pay their debts.3.We need to work together to ______ what the data means.4.You’ll need to make a longer-term goal, such as a trip once you graduate, or a ______ on a car, or even something a little smaller.5. Her debts started to ______ because of her wild spending.6. My friend Pete has been out of work for six months and he’s really ______.自去年11月以来，中国的通货膨胀持续上扬。据NBS（国家数据局National Bureau of Statistics）表明，由于寒冬的影响，食品价格的上涨是推动一月份CPI上涨1.5%的主因。因为近年来人们的饮食和消费习惯发生了极大的改变，专家认为，为了更清晰实时地反映居民的生活总支出和经济压力的状况，CPI评估标准需要做出与实际情况相符的调整(modification) 。由于房屋支出占收入的比重越来越大，因此相应的调整似乎是有必要，同时，政策的制定者要正确解读CPI 及其他指标(metrics) 以判断经济运行的状况(economic performance) 。China’s inflation has continued to rise since November last year. Its CPI rose 1.5 percent in January, mainly boosted by food price increases due to the cold winter weather, according to the NBS (National Bureau of Statistics). Since people’s eating and consumption habits have changed greatly in recent years, experts held that the criteria for evaluating CPI needed modification in line with actual conditions to give a clearer and real-time picture of the general living costs and financial pressure of the citizens. Housing costs occupy an increasingly bigger share of incomes, so corresponding modifications seem to be necessary, as policy-makers will read CPI and other metrics for judging economic performance.
一道英语阅读题：The word “colossal” in Line 3 most likely means ______.Computers may one day turn night into day—with good old,natural sunlight.Colossal computer-controlled mirrors,thousands of feet across,may one day orbit the earth,reflecting sunlight onto a darkened United States.Some Scientists say that 16 of these mirrors,each about a half mile across,could aim their reflected light at one area on the earth that was about 200 miles by 300 miles.That much light would equal about 56 moons.The mirrors would be so high that they could catch the sun’s light as it was shining on the other side of the earth.The mirrors could orbit—thousands of miles high—at the same speed as the earth turns on its axis (轴).That way,themirrors would always be over the same spot.The aluminum-coated (涂铝的),plastic mirrors could be folded up and packed into a spaceship,according to the scientists.Once released a few hundred miles in space,the mirrors,powered by a solar-powered engine,could mark the rest of the trip into space on their own.The scientists say that the computer-controlled mirrors could also be made to tilt (倾斜) slowly,so the reflected sunlight would sweep slowly along the surface of the earth.For example,as night fell,the mirrors could be tilted to light up Boston.Later on,as darkness spread slowly westward.Chicago,for example,then San Francisco could be lit up.The reflected sunlight would allow these cities to save up electricity.And in emergencies,such as power-failures,the mirrors could light up the affected area.What no one knows yet is what effect this artificial daytime would have on plants,animals,and humans.Would it confuse some animals and harm plants that are used to regular day-night cycles?The scientists recommend that studies be done to find out what had effects there might be.The word “colossal” in Line 3 most likely means ______.A) nuclear-poweredB) orbitingC) giantD) spinning(D)为什么选D啊?
2. 填空题1. An ____ tea kettle (茶壶) runs on ____.(electricity)2. What do the qualifications for ____ in the contest ____?(include)3. Are our chemistry experiments the ____ of the report, or is it ____ on something else? (basic)4. I find it very ____ that the painter draws ____ for her work from her culture.(inspire)5. I do not have the ____ to carry this box by myself, because I am not ____ enough.(strengthen)6. Shelly's ____ enabled her to ____ and complete the marathon (马拉松) despite how tired she was.(perseverance)7. One does not need to live an exciting life to have a ____ life. Indeed, a quiet life can provide many people with a sense of ____.(fulfill)
Microsoft announced this week that its facial-recognition system is now more accurate in identifying people of color, touting (吹嘘）its progress at tackling one of the technology’s biggest biases (偏见). But critics, citing Microsoft’s work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, quickly seized on how that improved technology might be used. The agency contracts with Microsoft for cloud-computing tools that the tech giant says is largely limited to office work but can also include face recognition. Columbia University professor Alondra Nelson tweeted, “We must stop confusing ‘inclusion’ in more ‘diverse’ surveillance (监管）systems with justice and equality.” Facial-recognition systems more often misidentify people of color because of a long-running data problem： The massive sets of facial images they train on skew heavily toward white men. A Massachusetts Institute of Technology study this year of the face-recognition systems designed by Microsoft, IBM and the China-based Face++ found that facial-recognition systems consistently giving the wrong gender for famous women of color including Oprah Winfrey, Serena Williams, Michelle Obama and Shirley Chisholm, the first black female member of Congress. The companies have responded in recent months by pouring many more photos into the mix, hoping to train the systems to better tell the differences among more than just white faces. IBM said Wednesday it used 1 million facial images, taken from the photo-sharing site Flickr, to build the “world’s largest facial data-set” which it will release publicly for other companies to use. IBM and Microsoft say that allowed its systems to recognize gender and skin tone with much more precision. Microsoft said its improved system reduced the error rates for darker-skinned men and women by “up to 20 times,” and reduced error rates for all women by nine times. Those improvements were heralded（宣布）by some for taking aim at the prejudices in a rapidly spreading technology, including potentially reducing the kinds of false positives that could lead police officers misidentify a criminal suspect. But others suggested that the technology's increasing accuracy could also make it more marketable. The system should be accurate, “but that’s just the beginning, not the end, of their ethical obligation,” said David Robinson, managing director of the think tank Upturn. At the center of that debate is Microsoft, whose multimillion-dollar contracts with ICE came under fire amid the agency’s separation of migrant parents and children at the Mexican border. In an open letter to Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella urging the company to cancel that contract, Microsoft workers pointed to a company blog post in January that said Azure Government would help ICE “accelerate recognition and identification.” “We believe that Microsoft must take an ethical stand, and put children and families above profits,” the letter said. A Microsoft spokesman, pointing to a statement last week from Nadella, said the company’s “current cloud engagement” with ICE supports relatively anodyne（温和的）office work such as “mail, calendar, massaging and document management workloads.” The company said in a statement that its facial-recognition improvements are “part of our going work to address the industry-wide and societal issues on bias.” Criticism of face recognition will probably expand as the technology finds its way into more arenas, including airports, stores and schools. The Orlando police department said this week that it would not renew its use of Amazon. com’s Rekognition system. Companies ”have to acknowledge their moral involvement in the downstream use of their technology,” Robinson said. “The impulse is that they’re going to put a product out there and wash their hands of the consequences. That’s unacceptable.”【小题1】What is “one of the technology’s biggest biases” in Paragraph 1? A．Class bias. B．Regional difference. C．Professional prejudice. D．Racial discrimination. A．Justice and equality have been truly achieved. B．It is due to the expansion of the photo database. C．It has already solved all the social issues on biases. D．The separation of immigrant parents from their children can be avoided. A．Data problems. B．The market value. C．The application field. D．A moral issue A．Skeptical. B．Approval. C．Optimistic. D．Neutral. A．companies had better hide from responsibilities B．companies deny problems with its technical process C．companies should not launch new products on impulse D．companies should be responsible for the new product and the consequences A．The wide use of Microsoft system B．Fears of facial-recognition technology C．The improvement of Microsoft system D．Failure of recognizing black women 【小题2】What can we know about the improvement of facial-recognition technology? A．Justice and equality have been truly achieved. B．It is due to the expansion of the photo database. C．It has already solved all the social issues on biases. D．The separation of immigrant parents from their children can be avoided. 【小题3】What is the focus of the face-recognition debate? A．Data problems. B．The market value. C．The application field. D．A moral issue 【小题4】What is David Robinson's attitude towards facial-recognition technology? A．Skeptical. B．Approval. C．Optimistic. D．Neutral. 【小题5】We can infer from the last paragraph that Robinson thinks _____. A．companies had better hide from responsibilities B．companies deny problems with its technical process C．companies should not launch new products on impulse D．companies should be responsible for the new product and the consequences 【小题6】Which can be the suitable title for the passage? A．The wide use of Microsoft system B．Fears of facial-recognition technology C．The improvement of Microsoft system D．Failure of recognizing black women
Fill in the blanks with the words given below.Change the form where necessary.Each word can be used only pulsory；ambiguity；drawback；globalize；contemplate；offset；stubborn；groan；loosen；cluster（1）Thanks to its nine-year ____ education，China has one of the highest literacy rates in the world，which is a great achievement.（2）He has been ____ leaving the studio for some time and will be moving on to "new adventures".（3）Standards should be ____ to include more people in more types of jobs to increase diversity.（4）In the 1970s，the firm was restructured to ____ the business and pursue new areas of growth.（5）However，your current losses should soon be ____ by gains - the fund will produce a positive return of 11.6 percent over a nine-month period.（6）She pushed herself up into a sitting position to look around but immediately ____ in pain and fell back onto the blanket.（7）My mom was very ____ and unwilling to accept advice，but she became softer and nicer after reading this book.（8）On weekends，the school parking lot is almost empty except that a few cars ____ near the entrance.（9）In the photographer's finest pictures there is also a degree of ____ ，which allows them to be interpreted in a variety of ways.（10）The chief ____ to farming in these districts is the considerable proportion of stony ground.
Task 6 These sentences use the target words and phrases in new contexts . Complete the with the words and phrases in the box . include/ barely/ tough/ basic/ recall /accomplished/ share/ available /experiences /inspire 1 . Sofia___ everything she needed to today .2 . I could ___see anything in the dark room .3 . Our struggling baseball team needed a leader who could___ us .4 . My uncle's hobbies ___reading and painting .5 . I cannot ___the name of the store where I bought these shoes .6 . My trip to Beijing is one of the most memorable __of my life .7 . Yuri has only a ( n )___ knowledge of computers .8 . Are tickets for the concert still _ or have they sold out .9 . The questions on the exam were _ .10 . Amaya and Hana _ a bedroom.
Despite its ______, the new technology faced criticism from experts.A. deceptionB. practicalityC. practicalD. deceptive
听力测试导入单选题3A. Bad weather.B. Technical problems.C. Human factors.D. Integrative conditions.
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The Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling, is perhaps the most popular set of novels of the modern era. With seven books and many successful films to its name, the series has gathered about 15 billion dollars in sales. How did the series become so popular? The reason can be broken down into several areas.The first book in the series was rejected 12 times before it was picked up by Bloomsbury—a small publisher in England. So receiving this contract was Rowling's first step to success. However, getting a book contract does not ensure the success of a book. The story was soon loved by children and adults alike. In light of this, Bloomsbury Publishing published a second version of the books with “adult” (less colorful and more boring) book covers. This made it easier for a full range of ages to enjoy the series.Another factor that worked like a charm was that the publisher and Rowling herself, through the books, conducted midnight releases, promotions, and pre-ordering more readers. Customers who feared that their local bookstore would run out of copies responded by pre-ordering over 700,000 copies before the July 8, 2000 release.What does the underlined word “releases” (Para. 3) mean?A. The activity that frees or expresses energy or emotion.B. The announcement about the book’s publishing information.C. The sales of books that is available only at midnight.
Most children with healthy appetites are ready to eat almost anything that is offered them and a child rarely dislikes food (51) it is badly cooked. The way a meal is cooked and served is most important and an (52) served meal will often improve a child’s appetite. Never ask a child whether he likes or dislikes a food and never (53) likes and dislikes in front of him or allow anybody else to do so. If the father says he hates fat meat or the mother refuses vegetables in the child’s hearing he is (54) to copy this procedure. Take it (55) granted that he likes everything and he probably will. Nothing healthful should be omitted from the meal because of a (56) dislike. At meal times it is a good idea to give a child a small portion and let him (57) back for a second helping rather than give him as much as he is likely to eat all at once. Do not talk too much to the child (58) meal times, but let him get on with his food, and do not allow him to leave the table immediately after a meal or he will soon learn to swallow his food (59) he can hurry back to his toys. Under (60) circumstances must a child be coaxed or forced to eat.55（）。A. withB. asC. overD. for
Dreams can be a rich source of ___________ for an artist. (inspire)
26)Could she picture him ___ politics with her father in the drawing-room at her home ?A. discussingB. to discussC. as to discussD. that discusses
Never before in my career _ _ of an assignment A have l frightened B had I frightened C had I been frightened D have I been frightened
23．有一串钥匙在沙发上。Aset of keys _______on the sofa./ There is _________on the sofa.24．问李老师要你的书吧。________Ms. Li ________yourbook!25．请给老赵打电话。_________Old Zhao ______13096935553..26．这条蓝色的裤子是他的吗？Isthis pair of trousers _________?27．我的父母在第一张照片里。_______________are in the first photo.28．谢谢你帮助我。Thankyou for ________________./ Thank you for _____________.29．那个女孩姓王。Thegirl’s __________is Wang./ The girl’s ______________is Wang.30．那只小狗叫什么名字？What’s__________the dog? / What’s ____________name?31．今天玩得开心点！___________today! / Have a good time today!32．这有两张漂亮的她家的全家福。Here_______two nice photos of her family.
Whenever I have trouble ( ) many problems, I ask Jack for help.A. dealing withB. to deal withC. on dealing withD. deal with
6. The children will now play some pieces of music that they ______ themselves. A.were taught posed C.accomplished D.worked7. While she waited,she tried to ______ her mind with pleasant thoughts of the vacation. A.occupy pose C.think D.intensify8. In the film,the peaceful life of a monk ______ the violent life of a murderer. A.is compared with B.is compared to C.is contrasted to D.is contrasted with9. ______ to pay for an order is simplicity itself. A.Use plastic B.Using plastics C.Using plastic D.Used plastic10. Additional time is required for cooking or ______ homemade dishes. A.chill B.to chill C.chilled D.chilling
If you_________in a job for several years, you may be able to accumulate a lot of work experience and skills that would be beneficial to your future career development.A. have workedB. had workedC. have been workingD. had been working
We were always encouraged to focus on constructing the most out of the situation ______. A. at hand B. on hand C. in hand D. by hand
Fill in the blanks with the words given below.Change the form where necessary.Each word can be used only once. budget defy dilemma diverseloyalty manipulate objectivePerspective tackle urge （1）The ____ of the "upright"message is to ask people to save，while the "permissive"message asks people to spend.（2）If you find yourself in a（n） ____ about what is the right decision for your career，speak to a career counselor.（3）It is important for parents to listen to their children's opinion because they may have a very different ____ on the things they've seen.（4）To cater for the different tastes of athletes from all over the world，the organizers of the Beijing Winter Olympics prepared ____ dishes.（5）If you want to save money for a rainy day making a（n） ____ is the first step you may want to take because it gives you a clear plan.（6）The Chinese legend goes that Yue Fei's mother tattooed four Chinese characters on his back to remind him of the importance of ____ to the nation.（7）When children are addicted to online games，they would often ____ their parents and stay online for hours every day.（8）The report goes on to ____ the technicians to take a more active role in developing the standards of artificial intelligence.
In some families,new adults and kids seem to slip in effortlessly, ____ they have been there all along.A. whileB. thoughC. becauseD. as though
These drugs are available over-the-counter without a(n)__________. （）A. infectionB. dosageC. prescription
Elder and weaker Mr. Mag paid_visits to his old friends.A. scarceB. rare()C. insufficientD. inadequate
Responsibilities ______becoming a father.A. charge forB. go withC. save forD. go through
The increase in international business and in foreign investment has created a need for executives with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. Americans, however, have not been well trained in either area and, consequently, have not enjoyed the same level of success in negotiation in an international arena as have their foreign counterparts. Negotiating is the process of communicating back and forth for the purpose of reaching an agreement. It involves persuasion and compromise, but in order to participate in either one, the negotiators must understand the ways in which people are persuaded and how compromise is reached within the culture of the negotiation. In many international business negotiations abroad, Americans are perceived as wealthy and impersonal. It often appears to the foreign negotiator that the American represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation that can afford to pay the price without bargaining further. The American negotiator’s role becomes that of an impersonal supplier of information and cash. In studies of American negotiators abroad, several traits have been identified that may serve to confirm this stereotypical perception, while undermining the negotiator’s position. Two traits in particular that cause cross-cultural misunderstanding are directness and impatience on the part of the American negotiator. Furthermore, American negotiators often insist on realizing short-term goals. Foreign negotiators, on the other hand, may value the relationship established between negotiators and may be willing to invest time in it for long-term benefits. In order to solidify the relationship, they may opt for indirect interactions without regard for the time involved in getting to know the other negotiator. Clearly, perceptions and differences in values affect the outcomes of negotiations and the success of negotiators. For Americans to play a more effective role in international business negotiations, they must put forth more effort to improve cross-cultural understanding. [共5题](1)What kind of manager is needed in present international business and foreign investment? [本题2分]A. The man who represents a large multi-million-dollar corporation. B. The man with knowledge of foreign languages and skills in cross-cultural communication. C. The man who is wealthy and impersonal. D. The man who can negotiate with his foreign counterparts.
1.A:Here is my business card.-|||-B: __-|||-A.Yes,the heat is killing me. B.Wonderful.Is it between-|||-school teams?-|||-C.Thank you for the nice party D.Thanks.This is mine.-|||-2.Alice:Is there any typical Chinese festival you celebrate every year?-|||-Bob: __-|||-A.Yes,the heat is killing me. B. I bet it will.-|||-C.It`s so stuffy and no wind at all. D.Yes,there are many.The-|||-Dragon Boat Festival is one of them.
The coming of the railways in the 1830s ________ our society and economic life.A. transferredB. transformedC. transportedD. transmitted
Americans experience more food recalls (召回) today than they did five years ago, especially when it comes to meat and poultry (家禽). Meat and poultry recalls increased by two-thirds from 2013 to 2018, while food recalls overall went up 10%, according to the report recently published by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group.Meanwhile, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates (估计) 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized and 3,000 die from food-borne disease each year in the U.S. "We are looking for the farm-to-fork preventative solutions," said Adam Garber, the research group's consumer watchdog. "By doing that, we can protect people's health."Over the five-year period, poultry posted the most recalls (168), followed by beef (137) and pork (128). The report shows the most serious meat recalls are on the rise. Among meat and poultry, the number of Class I recalls has increased by 83%, nearly doubling. Class I, the most serious of the recalls, is issued when there is a reasonable probability that the food will cause health problems or death.53. When would Class I recalls be issued?A. When the food is likely to cause health problems or death.B. When there are too many complaints from customers.C. When the food problem lasts for five years.D. When the product quality is below standard.