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最近,你班同学就“太空探索是否值得”这一话题展开了一场讨论。请你根据下表提供的信息,用英语写一篇短文介绍讨论的情况。

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1. 词数:120左右;

2. 参考词汇:短缺 shortage (n.); 太空探索space exploration

3. 文章开头和结尾已给出

Dear David,

I’m glad to receive your letter asking me about our discussion on whether space is worth exploring. Now I’m writing to tell you our opinions.

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On Mike Dunn’s farm, school children are laughing and playing. They come to have a hands-on experience of what it’s like to be on a farm. In a corn field maze, the corn is cut into tricky passageways that make it hard to find a way out. Their teacher says they come around once a year.

When Mike Dunn opened the family farm to agri-touists, he had only a corn maze, a pumpkin field and hay wagon rides. The number of visitors to his farm doubles every year and there are 250 people at weekends on average. He says so many people visited that he soon increased the number of activities in which people can take part. The agri-tourism earnings might be 30 percent of the entire farm income. He hopes he will make a larger profit form visitors than from farming someday.

In Loudoun County, Virginia, there are farms where grapes are grown for use in making wine. Many of the farms let people visit and drink the wine that is make there . Malcolm Baldwin owns a vineyard in Loudoun County. Last year, he began letting people get married on his farm. The wedding business attracts an increasing number of people. It’s the best choice for the young couple to spend the big day. They can also stay overnight. Mr Baldwin says the money he makes from these activities lets him keep his small farm operating.

1.What can we learn about the agri-tourism activity in America?

A. It is available throughout the year.

B. It is for Americans to help farmers grow crops.

C. It brings a lot of trouble to the local environment.

D. It has a good effect on the development of rural areas.

2.Why did Mike Dunn add more activities for agri-tourism?

A. because he earned little money from farming.

B. Because people were losing interest in previous activities.

C. Because more and more tourists visited his farm.

D. Because agri-tourism was the only source of his income.

3.What’s the most attractive activity in Mr. Baldwin’s vineyard?

A. Making wine. B. Tasting wine.

C. Sleeping for the night. D. Holding wedding ceremonies.

4.What’s the best title for the text?

A. The new way for Americans to travel

B. How to make money from agri-tourism

C. Agri-tourism is popular with Americans.

D. Go to the family farms to enjoy yourself.

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The app measures blood flow in the face to assess whether or not you are telling the truth. Its developers say that it could be used for daters wanting to see if somebody really is interested in them. Parents could use it on their children to see if they are lying and teachers could work out which of their pupils are honest.

The app is being developed by Toronto startup NuraLogix and the software is called Transdermal Optical Imaging. The idea is that different human emotions create different facial blood flow patterns that we have no control over. These patterns change if we are telling the truth or telling a lie.

Using the footage(拍摄的片段) from the smartphone camera, the software will see the changes in skin colors and compare them to standardized results. A study found last year found that anger was associated with more blood flow and redness while sadness was associated with less of both.

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1.How does the app work to identify whether the person is lying or not?

A. By controlling the blood flow patterns in our face when people are speaking

B. By measuring blood flow patterns and comparing changes in skin colors

C. By taking footage to replace lie detectors used in a court of law

D. By creating different facial blood flow patterns people needed

2.Why Transdermal Optical Imaging cannot be applied in courts at present?

A. It is too complicated to standardize results in courts

B. It hasn’t reached the required accuracy yet

C. Genetic tests are enough for situations like this

D. Its use is forbidden by law

3.What can be inferred from Kang Lee’s remarks in the last paragraph?

A. Students with math anxiety rarely ashamed of themselves

B. Lie detectors and Transdermal Optical Imaging are of the same function

C. The result of genetic tests is far more accurate than that of Transdermal Optical Imaging

D. Consumers will be able to download the app in the near future

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