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Dear Angela,

I¡¯m glad to hear the news you¡¯ll come to Hangzhou for a visit. You know, Hangzhou is a beautiful city on the east coast of China. It is said that Marco Polo, a well-known Italy traveler once visited Hangzhou, and was striking by its beautiful scenery. Hangzhou is one of the oldest cities for a long history. It was the capital of several dynasty. As the result, it has a lot of famous temples and old towers. The West Lake, with green hills on three sides or many beautiful parks around, attracts a large number of visitors at home and at abroad. I think you¡¯ll have a good time during our stay in Hangzhou. I¡¯m looking forward to see you here soon.

Yours,

Li Hua

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Picture the scene: You come home after work feeling too exhausted to cook ¨Conly to find a delicious meal worthy of a Michelin-starred restaurant waiting for you. It sounds like a fantasy, but it could be about to come true thanks to a robot chef developed by British scientists.

Those scientists have come up with a set of robotic arms so smart that they are capable of cooking meals all by themselves. The device will be sold from as early as 2017 as part of a purpose-built high-tech kitchen.

Scientists at Moley Robotics spent almost 18 years developing the hands. According to its creators, the arms can chop, stir, whisk and baste well enough to recreate almost anything you would care to eat, whether it is a simple home-cooked supper, or a complicated creation designed by a world-class chef. The hands move a little slowly, hovering strangely above the work surface whenever they are not busy, but they imitate human movements closely enough that they can do things such as wiping a spoon on the edge of a pan to prevent drips.

Mr Oleynik, who is leading the project, said, ¡°All the things which are possible with the hand are possible here. There is no limitation. A lot of people want to go to Michelin-starred restaurants, but they are quite expensive and may be quite far from the home. This is an opportunity for people to enjoy very good food, and for a reasonable price. ¡±

The only cuisine that is off the robot¡¯s menu at the moment is sushi, which requires extremely steady pressure and nimble£¨Ãô½ÝµÄ£»Ãô¸ÐµÄ£© fingers to make, but the team plan to conquer that as well by the time it goes on sale.

1.People go to Michelin-starred restaurants in order to_________.

A. appreciate car tires B. enjoy delicious meals

C. see the new robot chefs D. escape from work

2.What does the underlined word ¡°they¡± in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. British scientists B. The robot chef¡¯s arms

C. Cooks at restaurants D. Household wives

3.Which kind of food CAN¡¯T the robot chef cook at present?

A. Bread B. Beef C. Sushi D. Sandwich

4.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Hands of a robot chef can perform exactly like a cook.

B. Robot chefs are available at shopping malls.

C. Michelin-starred restaurants are suitable for many people.

D. It is uncertain when the robot can cook all kinds of food.

Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve's new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing.

Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, there's no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before I'm finished or fail to take your turn when I'm finished. That's what was happening with Betty and Sara.

It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel.

The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping (˼ά¶¨Ê½). And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in ¨C and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up.

That's why slight differences in conversational style ¨C tiny little things like microseconds of pause ¨C can have a great effect on one's life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems ¨C even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.

1.What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her?

A. Betty was talkative.

B. Betty was an interrupter.

C. Betty did not take her turn.

D. Betty paid no attention to Sara.

2.According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns?

A. Americans. B. Israelis.

C. The British. D. The Finns.

3.We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacing

B. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the US

C. one's inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimes

D. one should receive training to build up one's confidence

4.The underlined word "assertiveness" in the last paragraph probably means ________.

A. being willing to speak one's mind

B. being able to increase one's power

C. being ready to make one's own judgment

D. being quick to express one's ideas confidently

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Whenever Christmas is drawing near, an Iowa radio station has an annual tradition. Listeners send in ¡°wish letters¡±£¬ and the hosts select some to __________. They've been making Christmas dreams come true for more than 20 years, but they never _________ they would receive a letter from a person who was already dead.

Last week, the hosts of the station invited listener David Schmitz to their _______£¬ but the station didn't tell him who had sent in the _______ for his family. They read the letter to him on the _________£º¡°Hello, my name is Brenda Schmitz. When you receive this letter, I will have already _________ my battle to cancer.¡±

The big _________ made David's eyes swim in tears.

David heard three wishes from his ________ wife. The first was to his new partner.¡°Thank you, I love you whoever you are.¡± And the second: ¡°For my family, a wonderful________£¬ with many scenic spots where they all can enjoy their companionship as a new ________ and make memories that will be with them forever.¡± ________£¬ she wanted to give a night of food and fun to the hospital ________ that cared for her during her _________ days.

The letter was written by Brenda two months before __________. She prepared it and asked a friend to send it to the station once her husband fell in love _________.

¡°I began to know Jayne, my present wife, __________. On a cold afternoon, I took my little son, Marx, to the ________ where a group of seagulls were flying over his head. I didn't ________ it until Marx burst into tears, running to Jayne and asking her to be his ________£¬ who was playing there with her two children. Later, she became Marx's new mom and she ________ him as her own son. Brenda will live in our hearts forever.¡±

1.A.praise B£®send C£®discuss D£®broadcast

2.A.thought B£®found C£®remembered D£®assumed

3.A.office B£®hospital C£®show D£®home

4.A.expectation B£®thanks C£®wish D£®dream

5.A.scene B£®occasion C£®vacation D£®air

6.A.won B£®lost C£®accepted D£®refused

7.A.news B£®disaster C£®surprise D£®enjoyment

8.A.late B£®present C£®next D£®innocent

9.A.trip B£®holiday C£®concert D£®dinner

10.A.relative B£®Christmas C£®family D£®journey

11.A.Clearly B£®Lastly C£®Surely D£®Sincerely

12.A.staff B£®doctor C£®colleague D£®manager

13.A.special B£®final C£®tough D£®busy

14.A.going away B£®falling down C£®giving up D£®passing away

15.A.twice B£®again C£®ever D£®already

16.A.by chance B£®by mistake C£®by luck D£®by choice

17.A.forest B£®seaside C£®grassland D£®mountain

18.A.predict B£®imagine C£®insist D£®realize

19.A.friend B£®teacher C£®mother D£®playmate

20.A.treats B£®accepts C£®misses D£®controls

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To most people, noise pollution is a jet flying over their heads. For one Spanish woman, it is a neighbor playing the piano. The woman has taken her neighbor to court. Now she wants to send her neighbor to prison for over seven years on the charges of psychological damage and noise pollution.

In a country known for its noisiness, the case has raised eyebrows. Neighbors often complain about street noise in Spain, but people seeking prison time for someone practicing the piano is unheard of. At the trial, Sonia Bosom says she has been suffering noise pollution up to now due to the practice sessions of Laia Martin, who lives below her. Martin, 27, didn't admit that she played at home that often, saying she took regular classes in other towns and mostly practiced at home on the weekends.

On the first day of the trial, the newspaper reported that Bosom told the court she now hated pianos so much that she couldn't even stand seeing them in a film.

Bosom says years of hearing constant playing has caused her ¡°psychological injury¡±. Medical reports show she has suffered from a variety of problems, including insomnia (ʧÃß), anxiety, and panic attacks.

She says tests by local authorities have found that the sound levels made by the piano are up to 10 decibels (·Ö±´) higher than the limit. City authorities have asked the family several times to either stop the piano playing or soundproof (¸ôÒô) the room. The family told the court they carried out soundproofing work twice but the complaints continued.

The court hasn't made a final decision. A spokeswoman says the trial will end before May.

1.Bosom wants to send Martin to prison because ________.

A£®Martin's playing the piano damaged her health

B£®Bosom suffered from heart attack

C£®Martin refused to take regular classes in other towns

D£®Martin flew a jet over her head

2.How did Laia Martin respond to the complaints?

A£®She stopped playing the piano.

B£®She soundproofed the room.

C£®She didn't admit she played at home.

D£®She took her neighbor to court.

3.Which of the following may probably be the best title for the passage?

A£®A 7?year Sentence Caused by the Piano

B£®Pianist Charged with Noise Pollution

C£®Health Problems of a Spanish Woman

D£®Actions Against Noise by Local Authority

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