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---After seeing Snowflake Boy Manfu’s picture, their class raised money for the poor children.
---Yes, they organized a book fair on the playground and sold some books and CDs.
A. collected B. put up C. brought up
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Srikanth Bolla, 24 years old, is the first blind CEO in the world, who built a company valued at over $75 million. Today, he considers himself the 【1】 (lucky) man in the word, not only his 【2】 (succeed), but also for having great parents and friends who always stand by him.
When Srikanth was born, some of his 【3】 (parent) friends and relatives them not to keep him, because it was difficult for a poor family 【4】 (raise) a blind baby. But his parents didn’t follow them. They decided to give Srikanth a positive, loving environment.
Life was not easy for Srikanth. He had to face many challenges all his life. He 【5】 (refuse) by his village school. So he had to go to school for special children. He did very well in studies and also developed many hobbies such as chess and cricket. Later Srikanth found a teacher who was kind enough to turn all his lessons into audio clips, and helped him 【6】 his exams.
【7】 high school was difficult for a blind student, Srikanth didn’t give up. Instead, he worked very hard and tried his best to go to MT(麻省理工), and graduated from 【8】 university in 2012. After his graduation, he returned to India, and decided to start to a company 【9】 employed disabled people like him.
Srikanth said, “Compassion(怜悯) is showing somebody the way to love and giving them the opportunity to grow up. If you do something good, it 【10】 (come) back to you.”
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Stephen Hawking, a famous British physicist, died aged 76 on March 14th, 2018. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.
As one of the well-known ________on space and time in the world, Hawking devoted his whole life to discovering the secrets of the Universe, and he is called the King of the Universe. However, this genius’s life was not smooth and he had been ________ from the disease since he was 21 years old. When he studied maths and science at Oxford University, he became ________ ill, causing his life very harsh: he could neither speak with his mouth nor stand on his legs or move his body. ________, he was given only a few years to live. But he refused to ________ his hope of living and went on to study at Cambridge University after ________ from Oxford University. In 1965, he got a doctor’s degree in philosophy. Then he worked as a professor at Cambridge University. He was known for his work with black holes and relativity, and wrote several popular science books, ________A Brief History of Time, The Universe in a Nutshell, The Grand Design, etc.
Although he lost many most important living conditions ordinary people have, he still felt he was rich, such as a finger that could move, a brain that could think… all these made him ________ to life. Last year, Hawking was invited to China. His self-confidence and humorous conversations ________ us deeply.
From Stephen Hawking’s _________ experience, we learn that nobody should lose hope, no matter how bad the situation is. As he once said, “Life is not fair, you just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”
【1】A. astronauts B. artists C. scientists
【2】A. separating B. suffering C. supporting
【3】A. seriously B. probably C. naturally
【4】A. As a result B. What’s more C. For example
【5】A. take up B. put up C. give up
【6】A. graduating B. furthering C. completing
【7】A. according B. including C. during
【8】A. thankful B. harmful C. regretful
【9】A. increased B. improved C. impressed
【10】A. universal B. unusual C. ordinary
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In recent years, there have been many breakthroughs in the AI (人工智能) field. Here, let us see four of the most interesting developments in AI in 2017.
Magic Radio Want a friend that you can talk to anytime? Then you might like Magic Radio from Microsoft. Magic Radio features a cool cartoon figure. You can talk to it about anything. There is also an app for Magic Radio. With it, you can decorate the cartoon figure and even send it a gift online. Parents can also use the app to talk to their children. Magic Radio also records your life and analyzes(分析) your behavior. This way, it is easy for parents to know what you’re doing when they’re not around. |
Sophia, Robot Sophia is the first robot in the world to get citizenship(公民身份) in Saudi Arabia. In 2015, a US company built Sophia. She looks and acts like a human woman. She can talk to people naturally. She even has her own body language. For example, she may blink her eyes when she is talking about something funny. She also has the ability to learn from people, books and the Internet. Sophia was designed to have her values. “Don’t worry, if you’re nice to me, I’ll be nice to you.” |
Samsung’s Bixby Like the voice recognition (识别) system, Siri on iPhones, Samsung has a similar system called Bixby. Experts said that it is smarter than any other similar system. If you once asked it to complete a certain task, it will remember that task the next time you talk to it. For example, you might like to listen to certain music while you’re baking a cake. Next time when you tell Bixby “ I want to make a cake”, it will show you how to make a cake and play music for you automatically. |
AlphaGo Zero AlphaGo is an AI program that plays the board game GO(). Google Company has created a new version of the AI program called AlphaGo Zero. The new AI program is unique in the way it learned to play Go. AlphaGo Zero mastered Go in just two days without any human knowledge of the game. On the third day, it beat AlphaGo by 100 games to zero, becoming the best Go player on the planet. |
【1】Which of the following developments can help parents learn about their children?
A. Magic Radio B. Robot Sophia C. Samsung’s Bixby D. AlphaGo Zero
【2】What is the most amazing development from AlphaGo to AlphaGo Zero?
A. It can record other players’ life and analyzes their behavior.
B. It can remember all the tasks it has done and show you again.
C. It has the ability to learn from people, books and the Internet.
D. It has very strong learning ability and masters Go in two days.
【3】What can you read about Samsung’s Bixby?
A. Samsung’s Bixby is more practical and enjoyable.
B. Samsung’s Bixby can talk in the way Sophia does.
C. Samsung’s Bixby has a smarter voice recognition system.
D. Samsung’s Bixby is better than new version AlphaGo Zero.
【4】Which of the following can be the best title?
A. AlphaGo Zero VS AlphaGo B. Samsung’s Bixby VS Siri On Iphone
C. Breakthroughs in the AI Field D. Welcome to the AI Field
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书面表达
假如你是九年级一班的李新,你们的新外教Peter想去北京参观故宫博物院,希望你能给他作一个大概的介绍。请根据以下要点提示,用英语给他发一封电子邮件。
要点内容:
1.紫禁城(the Forbidden City)的基本情况(又名……; 建于1406-1420;古代皇帝emperor 寝宫;……)
2.游客情况及地位(1987年UNESCO World Heritage;世界上最大的古代宫殿;……)
3.希望他尽快成行。
写作要求:80词左右;条理清楚,意思连贯,语句通顺,标点正确。
Dear Peter,
I’m Li Xin.____________________________________________________________________
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Yours,
Li Xin
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