Large gatherings such as weddings and meetings can be socially flooded with people. Learning people's names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue, but experts suggest people should be careful while using it.

The app, called SocialRecall, connects names with faces through smartphone cameras and facial recognition (识别), avoiding the need for formal introductions. "It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meeting somebody," says Barry Sandrew, who created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1,000 people.

After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, the user is asked to take two selfies and sign in through social media. At the event, the app is active within a previously set geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee's face, the app identifies (识别) the person, displays the person's name, and links to his or her social media information. To protect Privacy (隐私), it recognizes only those who have agreed to use. And the app's creators say it automatically removes users' data after an event.

Ann Cavoukian, an expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence praises the app's creators for these protective measures. She added, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that "there may be unexpected results down the road with that information being used in another situation that might come back to bite you."

The start-up project has developed the app for people who suffer from prosopagnosia, or "face blindness," a condition that prevents people from recognizing people they have met. To use this app, a person first receives an image of someone's face, from either the smartphone's camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots or recognizes that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user's phone, according to the team behind the app.

1.Social Recall is used to .

A.take photos B.identify people

C.organize events D.make friends

2.Paragraph 3 is mainly about .

A.how the app works

B.how the app was created

C.what makes the app popular

D.what people can do with the app

3.SocialRecall helps people with prosopagnosia by .

A.giving names to the photos kept in their smartphones

B.collecting information previously entered in the phone

C.providing the information of a person when they first meet

D.showing the person's information when it spots a stored face

4.What can we learn about SocialRecall from the passage?

A.It may put people's personal information at risk.

B.It has caused many unexpected results.

C.It can stop people recognizing people they have met.

D.It is praised by users for its protective measures.

Every day, Joan gets up early at six. Then she washes her face and brushes her teeth. After doing morning exercises, she reads English for 30 minutes and then has breakfast. She usually has some bread , an egg and a glass of milk.

At seven o’clock, Joan takes her schoolbag and goes to school. Her school is far away from her home. She has to transfer (换乘）two buses to the school, and on her way, she likes listening to songs.

After Joan gets to school, she gets ready for classes. The first class begins at eight. She has five classes in the morning and three in the afternoon. She has lunch at school. English is her favourite subject. School ends at five o’clock, and then she goes back home.

Joan sometimes helps her mother cook supper and sometimes watches TV in the evening. After supper she does her homework. She always ends it by nine and then takes a bath. She goes to bed at ten.

That’s the everyday life of Joan.

1.How long does Joan read English every morning ?

A.For twenty minutes. B.For half an hour. C.For forty minutes. D.For an hour.

2.Joan’s favourite subject is .

A.Chinese B.maths C.English D.music

3.What can we know about Joan ?

A.She gets up at seven every day. B.Her home is near her school.

C.She listens to songs on the way to school. D.She seldom watches TV in the evening.

4.In what order (顺序）does Joan do the following every day ?

a . She has breakfast；b . She takes a bath；c . She does her homework；d . She reads English；e . She goes to school

A.a-d-e-b-c B.a-d-e-c-b C.d-a-e-c-b D.d-e-a-b-c

Comfort Zone is a state(状态）of mind where there is the least stress. However, stepping into the learning zone can help to bring out the best in us. Here are the reasons.

Challenging yourself can help you do at your best.

Stepping outside one's comfort zone is important to personal development. How can we expect to make ourselves better if we only stick to habit and routine(日常）? We should try something we might not succeed at.

Taking risks is what helps us grow.

As children, we're natural risk-takers. But as we get older and learn to fear failure(失败）, we start trying fewer new things. We pay a heavy price for our fear of failure. There is no learning without some difficulty.

Facing new challenges can help us age better.

Our comfort zones seem to become smaller as we get older-but if we can keep expanding them, we'll open ourselves up to a greater world as we age. As we step into the learning zone, we will get more comfortable with the skills gradually and we'll start to move into the comfort zone. A study found that learning new life skills can help our brain stay sharp(敏锐的）as we get older.

However, don't push yourself too far. Have you heard of "Yerkes-Dodson Law”？ It means performance increases as stress grows, but only up to a point. If the level of stress becomes too high, performance will go down. When stress becomes too great for us to deal with, we enter the danger zone.

1.Compared with the comfort zone, people in the learning zone may .

A.feel less stress B.face more challenges

C.make fewer efforts D.refuse more changes

2.From paragraph 3, we will learn more if we .

A.spend money B.fear failure C.take risks D.feel natural

3.The best title of the passage might be .

A.Comfort Zone Makes Us Safe

B.What Is Comfort Zone

C.Step Outside Comfort Zone

D.Never Fear Comfort Zone

4.“Yerkes-Dodson Law” can be described by Graph .

A. B.

C. D.

根据对话内容, 从方框内的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

A: Nice to meet you! I’m Dave from America.

B: Nice to meet you, too! I’m He Wei, an exchange student from China.

A: China? It’s a great country. 1..

B: Really? Well, next year, you can come to my house for the New Year.

A: OK. 2..

B: Of course not. On the New Year’s Eve, we always make dumplings with family and some coins are put in the dumplings. 3..

A: That’s cool .Anything else?

B: On the New Year’s Day, we Chinese always visit relatives and give gifts to each other.

A: Oh, I like gifts. 4..

B: In China, you shouldn’t open the gift at once. You should wait and open it later.

A: Really? It’s interesting. 5..

B: You’re welcome.

A.Thank you for telling me so much.

B.Do you often get a lot of gifts?

C.The person with coins is lucky.

D.I’m interested in Chinese festivals, especially the Chinese New Year.

E.When I get a gift, could I open it at once?

F.Do you like coins?

G.Would you mind telling me some customs about the festival?

Mr. Wang retires(退休) this year. He buys a house near the sea because it is quiet and beautiful.

The house has five rooms. One is a living room. There is a sofa on the right. There is a big table opposite(在……对面) the sofa. There are some chairs beside the table. There is a bookcase（书柜） next to the sofa. Mr. and Mrs. Wang can watch TV and read books in the room. The second room is a kitchen. There is a cupboard(碗柜) in the kitchen. A table is near the window. There is a light over the table. They can do some cooking. And the dining room is next to the kitchen. It is not big but very tidy. The bedroom is next to the bathroom. In the bedroom, the wardrobe(衣柜) is on the right. There is a bed near the wardrobe. The bed is big and comfortable. There is a bedside table(床头柜) next to the bed. You can also find two armchairs on the balcony. There is a small garden in front of his house. Mr. Wang plants many flowers and trees in it for fun.

1.Where is Mr. Wang’s house?

2.What’s next to the bed?

3.How is the dining room?

4.What do you think of Mr. Wang's home?

The children have already finished cleaning the windows.（改为否定句）

The children _____________ finished cleaning the windows ______________.

Yesterday was June 1, 2020. （对划线部分提问）

___________ ____________ the date yesterday?

her mother has been a party member for there agos.（改为同义句）

Her mother ____________ the party three years _____________ .

我们是一所专为5-12岁儿童开设的国际学校。（完成译句）

We are an international school _____________ children _____________ age 5-12.

第二天他们到了一个小山村。（完成译句）

They arrived ___________ a little mountain village _____________ next day.