A smiling face with tears, or “Tears of joy”, was chosen as the most popular emoji globally in 2016, according to a report1.(publish)by Chinese tech startup Kika.
In 2015,emoji was the country’s fastest-growing language in the UK and “Tears of joy”also became the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year, 2.(make)it popular on social media worldwide.
As a language expert pointed out, the reasons3.this are as follows. For one thing, with the development of the Internet, especially the 4.(popular)of smartphones, English alone is proving not enough to meet the needs of 21st-century digital communication. For5., emojis can offer greater freedom than verbal language. Meanwhile, compared with text messages, they are often more intuitive(直觀的)and 6.(simple),which is also the reason why more and more People choose7.(express)their emotions and ideas by using emojis.
Even if you don’t send emojis yourself, you will8.(probable)receive them.
However, nobody can definitely-tell 9.emojis will finally come to look something more like traditional language that we understand and use daily some day or they are just in fashion for10.while like many things. “After all, it’s an addition to language rather than a language itself,”Dr Drummond says.
科目:高中英語 來源:四川省2016-2017學(xué)年高一5月月考英語試卷 題型:完形填空
The Johnson family from England believe they are lucky to be alive after surviving an incredible incident off the coast of Australia. The Johnsons had been _______ that they might see some whales when they were_______ a yacht — a large expensive boat for a 10-day sailing _______ around the Whitsunday Islands. _______, they had no idea just how _______ their viewing would be. Two hours into their journey a nine-meter-long humpback whale_______ out of the ocean and crashed into their boat before returning to the water.
Mark Johnson, the eldest son, was sailing the yacht when he heard a loud noise. He_______ thought the yacht had hit a rock. However, when he looked up, he saw the whale _______ down the deck of the boat. He told the reporters, “ We were staring into its right eye. It was a very _______ moment. The eye was about the _______ of a dinner plate. It was huge.”
_______ for the Johnson family, no one was hurt, but the yacht suffered _____damage. The whale had ruined the pole and ropes which hold the _______and so the family was left _______ at sea, 10 miles from the shore. The_______ equipment was also damaged, but fortunately they had a cell phone and were able to call for help.
Why the whale jumped onto the yacht is a _______ ,but the family thinks that maybe the boat had not _______ sailed between the whale and its baby calf. Perhaps the whale was trying to_______ its calf when it jumped, hit the yacht by chance.
Whatever the reason, people are completely _______ that this incident happened. There is over 135 million square miles of ocean, so what are the _______ of a whale jumping onto a 30-foot-long yacht? The chance of something like this happening is small, but it just shows that life is full of surprises.
1.A. explained B. learned C. told D. taught
2.A. hiring B. running C. taking D. driving
3.A. competition B. game C. trail D. trip
4.A. Moreover B. Nevertheless C. Worthwhile D. However
5.A. wide B. close C. vivid D. tense
6.A. swam B. leapt C. slipped D. stretched
7.A. suddenly B. occasionally C. immediately D. accidentally
8.A. shooting B. jumping C. falling D. sliding
9.A. exciting B. surprising C. frightening D. astonishing
10.A. size B. sample C. range D. scale
11.A. Certainly B. Luckily C. Definitely D. Possibly
12.A. severe B. extreme C. actual D. special
13.A. boat B. beach C. sail D. journey
14.A. by all means B. in no time C. from then on D. with no way
15.A. radio B. craft C. edition D. compass
16.A. problem B. mystery C. suspect D. question
17.A. carefully B. surely C. deliberately D. simply
18.A. see B. touch C. tend D. reach
19.A. amazed B. worried C. interested D. touched
20.A. marvels B. chances C. predictions D. results
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科目:高中英語 來源:重慶一中2016-2017學(xué)年高二下學(xué)期期中考試試卷 英語 Word版含答案 題型:閱讀理解
You open your eyes and mouth wide if you see a live rat in your bedroom but you wrinkle your nose and narrow your eyes if you see a dead one in the road. Why is that? Facial expressions are usually thought of as simple tools of communication. But in his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, Charles Darwin proposed that they may prepare us to react to different situations when he noticed that some expressions seemed to be used across cultures and even species. Now Joshua Susskind and his colleagues at the University of Toronto, Canada, have put that idea to the test.
Susskind’s team wondered whether the expressions of fear might improve how sensory (感官的) information is acquired and so sharpen senses. Conversely disgust (厭惡) might weaken the senses, sheltering us from unpleasant sights and smells.
The researchers asked volunteers to complete various tests while holding a fearful, disgusted or neutral expression. In one test, they had to identify when a spot entered their sight. In another they were required to shift their focus as quickly as possible between two targets on a computer screen. It was also measured how much air the volunteers breathed in while expressing fear and disgust.
In each case the wide-eyed faces let significantly more of the world in. Volunteers with wide-open eyes detected surrounding objects more quickly and performed side-to-side eye movements faster. They also took in more air with each breath without any extra effort. An MRI (核磁共振) scan showed the nasal cavity (鼻腔) was enlarged while volunteers held this expression, which could be linked with a greater ability to absorb smells.
“These changes confer the idea that fear, for example, is a posture towards sensory sharpening while disgust a posture towards sensory rejection,” says Susskind. His team is already at work on experiments to explore to what extent the brain can use this extra information to enhance performance.
1.Charles Darwin’s book proposed that facial expressions might _____.
A. act as a simple tool of communication
B. get people ready to the changes of circumstances
C. be difficult to understand in different cultures
D. equip people with the knowledge of other species
2.In Joshua Susskind’s research, the researchers _____.
A. wondered whether there existed other expressions of fear
B. wanted subjects to use facial expressions to complete tests
C. wanted to test how much air subjects breathed in normally
D. wondered whether expressions of disgust weakened our senses
3.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 means that _____.
A. wide-eyed expressions would help you understand the world better
B. facial expressions might result in faster eye movements
C. wide-eyed expressions would help people breathe in more air
D. facial expressions might help people notice more things around
4.In the last paragraph, what might be the new thinking of facial expressions?
A. They might tell the brain how to make use of the facial information.
B. They might explain why people consider fear as a posture towards sharper senses.
C. They might provide extra information to brains thus enhancing performance.
D. They might clarify the relationship between brain and environments.
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科目:高中英語 來源:寧夏2014-2015學(xué)年高一下學(xué)期第三次月考英語試卷 題型:完形填空
My husband Val and I had not been getting along well lately. We didn’t argue, but we hardly_______. I knew that one________ was that I often scold him. Unluckily, I looked only at his fault (缺點)and forgot to notice how_______ he had done in everything.
I really didn’t want to be ______ talking too much, but it seemed as if I couldn’t_______. However , I made up my mind to________. Could I ?
I decided to try. Each day I would find one thing I liked in_______ and mentioned it to him.
The first day, again, appeared the greatest problem. I noticed_______ things I didn’t like about Val. Why did he leave his books everywhere in his study instead of putting them______?
How could he wear that________shirt again? And I had a difficult time ______with anything good I could mention.
I thought and thought._______ he was good sometimes. When something needed repair around the house, Val_______until he discovered what was wrong.______ , I told Val I was glad he was patient _____my fault and said something about the way I often scold him. He smiled a small, weak smile ______ made me angry, “Maybe this isn’t going to work.” I said to myself. But as three weeks continued, finding something good about my husband came_______ . He deals honestly with everyone; he treats our children with________ . Why had I seen so many unpleasant things?
By the end of the 21 days, I couldn’t believe how easy_______ had become to praise Val. And Val did seem________. In fact, he mentioned that I seemed to have changed a lot.
1.A. exchanged B. spoke C. touched D. communicated
2.A. result B. problem C. idea D. method
3.A. well B. badly C. angrily D. really
4.A. a girl B. a lady C. a student D. a wife
5.A. improve him B. scold him C. help myself D. believe myself
6.A. have a rest B. have a change C. take my place D. have a chance
7.A. my husband B. myself C. our children D. himself
8.A. large amount of B. few[ C. a small number of D. quite a few
9.A. in ways B. in order C. on the way[ D. out of order[
10.A. clean B. dirty C. smart D. tidy
11.A. making up B. putting up C. turning up D. coming up
12.A. After all B. In all C. At all D. All above
13.A. paid attention B. took care C. worked hard D. was tired
14.A. Next day B. Someday C. The next day D. After a day
15.A. with B. to C. for D. in
16.A. that B. what C. who D. whose
17.A. more difficult B. more easily C. more directly D. ore surprisingly
18.A. kindness B. pride C. rudeness D. fear
19.A. this B. that C. it D. I
20.A. the same B. different C. bad D. active
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科目:高中英語 來源:甘肅省天水市2017屆高三第六次診斷考試(最后一考)英語試卷 題型:短文改錯
假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文,請你修改你同桌寫的以下短文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。
增加:在缺詞處加一個漏詞符號(∧),并在其下面寫出該加的詞。
刪除:把多余的詞用斜線(\)劃掉。
修改:在錯的詞下畫一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。
注意:1. 每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞;
2. 只允許修改10處,多者(從第11處起)不計分。
Challenges of life are of great importance in our grow. It reminds me my days when I joined in the military training after I entered senior high school. It was the first time I have lived away from my home, so I found it difficultly to fit in. And the training officer was strict with myself. I once thought I couldn’t be stick to the end. But anyway, I made it. The trials made it easy for me to adapt to my future life, but the difficulties I came across have now become the precious memory in my life.
In short, learning to regard the challenges of life as a stepping stone to future success and make the best of them.
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科目:高中英語 來源:內(nèi)蒙古鄂爾多斯市2017屆高三模擬考試英語試卷(有答案) 題型:閱讀理解
Sonya and her family have been homeless since she was 3 years old. Over the years, they have moved more than 15times to different shelters around New York City. Moving around was hard on Sonya。At school, Sonya hid her homeless from teachers and other students. She didn’t want to be treated differently from other kids.
In sixth grade, Sonya discovered a way to deal with some of her stress. She began studying dance at her middle school. “IT was a way for me to express myself, instead of just holding everything in,”she explains. Soon, Sonya auditioned(試演)for a summer dance camp run by Alvin Alley, a famous dance company. She was accepted. “I was excited,”says Sonya.
Dancing became an even more important part of Sonya’s life in high school. But things were not going well for Sonya at school. Each time her family moved to a new shelter, Sonya often took care of her younger sisters and brothers. She helped them get ready in the morning and took them to school. They would be on time, but Sonya would be late.
Worrying about her family kept Sonya from thinking about her own future. That changed the summer after 11th grade. Sonya learned she would have to go to summer school to graduate. She became determined to succeed, no matter what. “It was a wake-up call,”she says.“I had to focus on school and on myself.”
Sonya made up the work that she had missed, and finally graduated from high school. No one in her family had gone to college before. But in September 2015, Sonya enrolled in the State University of New York at Potsdam. She plans to become a doctor for kids and to teach dance to children who have disabilities.
1.According to the text, Sonya_____________.
A. learned to dance at the age of 3
B. kept moving to a better school
C. hid to secrets from her teachers
D. became homeless at an early age
2.From Sonya’s experience, we can infer__________.
A. she could express herself by dancing
B. teachers and other students laughed at her
C. Sonya determined to be a doctor for people with disabilities
D. her sisters and brothers stopped her from thinking about her future
3.By saying“IT was a wake-up call,” Sonya means that__________.
A. she needed to teach herself
B. she must support her family
C. she should focus on dancing
D. she had to finish high school
4.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. A girl finds hope through dance.
B. Dancing makes people confident.
C. Sonya dreams of becoming a dance star.
D. More and more kids stay at shelters in New York.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2017年全國普通高等學(xué)校招生統(tǒng)一考試英語(浙江卷正式版) 題型:閱讀理解
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Getting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kids. According to a new survey(調(diào)查) by the National Sleep Foundation, 51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights, even though they have to get up early. Last year the Foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7- to 12-year-olds said that they felt tired during the day, and 15% said they had fallen asleep at school.
How much sleep you need depends a lot on your age. Babies need a lot of rest: most of them sleep about 18 hours a day! Adults need about eight hours. For most school-age children, ten hours is ideal(理想的). But the new National Sleep Foundation survey found that 35% of 10- to 12-year-olds get only seven or eight hours. And guess what almost half of the surveyed kids said they do before bedtime? Watch TV.
“More children are going to bed with TVs on, and there are more opportunities(機會) to stay awake, with more homework, the Internet and the phone,” says Dr. Mary Carskadon, a sleep researcher at Brown University Medical School. She says these activities at bedtime can get kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleep. Other experts say part of the problem is chemical. Changing levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers’ bodies develop adult characteristics, but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pm.
Because sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers, some manfen5 school districts have decided to start high school classes later than they used to. Three years ago, schools in Edina, Minnesota, changed the start time from 7:25 am to 8:30 am. Students, parents and teachers are pleased with the results.
1.What is the new National Sleep Foundation survey on?
A. American kids’ sleeping habits. B. Teenagers’ sleep-related diseases.
C. Activities to prevent sleeplessness. D. Learning problems and lack of sleep.
2. How many hours of sleep do 11-year-olds need every day?
A. 7 hours. B. 8 hours. C. 10 hours. D. 18 hours.
3.Why do teenagers go to sleep late according to Carskadon?
A. They are affected by certain body chemicals.
B. They tend to do things that excite them.
C. They follow their parents’ examples.
D. They don’t need to go to school early.
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科目:高中英語 來源:甘肅省天水市2016-2017學(xué)年高二下學(xué)期第二學(xué)段考試英語試卷 Word版含答案 題型:閱讀理解
The idea of being able to walk on water has long interested humans greatly. Sadly, biological facts prevent us ever accomplishing such a thing without artificial aid—we simply weigh too much,and all our mass pushes down through our relatively small feet, resulting in a lot of pressure that makes us sink.
However, several types of animals can walk on water. One of the most interesting is the common basilisk Basilicusbasilicus, a lizard (蜥蜴) native to Central and South America. It can run across water for a distance of several metres, avoiding getting wet by rapidly hitting the water's surface with its feet. The lizard will take as many as 20 steps per second to keep moving forward. For humans to do this, we'd need huge feet that we could bring up to our ears in order to create adequate “hitting”.
But fortunately there is an alternative: corn flour. By adding enough of this common thickening agent to water (and it does take a lot), you can create a “nonNewtonian” liquid that doesn't behave like normal water. Now, if the surface of the water is hit hard enough, particles(粒子) in the water group together for a moment to make the surface hard. Move quickly enough and put enough force into each step, and you really can walk across the surface of an adequately thick liquid of corn flour.
Fun though all this may sound, it's still rather messy and better read about in theory than carried out in practice. If you must do it, then keep the water wings handy in case you start to sink—and take a shower afterwards!
1.What do we know about Basilicusbasilicus from the passage?
A. It is light enough to walk on water.
B. Its huge feet enable it to stay above water.
C. It can run across water at a certain speed.
D. Its unique skin keeps it from getting wet in water.
2.What is the function of the corn flour according to the passage?
A. To create a thick liquid.
B. To turn the water into solid.
C. To help the liquid behave normally.
D. To enable the water to move rapidly.
3.What is the author's attitude towards the idea of humans' walking on water?
A. It is risky but beneficial.
B. It is interesting and worth trying.
C. It is crazy and cannot become a reality.
D. It is impractical though theoretically possible.
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科目:高中英語 來源:2017年全國普通高等學(xué)校招生統(tǒng)一考試英語(江蘇卷正式版) 題型:完形填空
For a long time Gabriel didn’t want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, across the campus with their heavy instrument cases. at school for practice hours anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to music, as he hated getting to school extra early.
_____, one day, in the music class that was ____of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly (隨意地)on the piano and found it _______to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually ____doing it. He tried to hide his ____pleasure from the music teacher, who had ____over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, ____the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good ____ and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there __48__ him. There he decided to give the cello(大提琴)a ____. When he began practicing, he took it very ___. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was ____to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.
This ____, of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, ____ his heavy instrument case across the campus to the ____ looks of the non-musicians he had left ____.
1.A. travelling B. marching C. pacing D. struggling
2. A. rising up B. coming up C. driving up D. turning up
3. A. before B. after C. until D. since
4. A. betray B. accept C. avoid D. appreciate
5. A. Therefore B. However C. Thus D. Moreover
6. A. part B. nature C. basis D. spirit
7. A. complicated B. safe C. confusing D. easy
8. A. missed B. disliked C. enjoyed D. denied
9. A. transparent B. obvious C. false D. similar
10. A. run B. jogged C. jumped D. wandered
11. A. because B. but C. though D. so
12.A. ear B. taste C. heart D. voice
13. A. occurred to B. took to C. appealed to D. held to
14.A. change B. chance C. mission D. function
15. A. seriously B. proudly C. casually D. naturally
16. A. committed B. used C. limited D. admitted
17. A. proved B. showed C. stressed D. meant
18.A. pushing B. dragging C. lifting D. rushing
19.A. admiring B. pitying C. annoying D. teasing
20. A. over B. aside C. behind D. out
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