Weeks ago, I was traveling by train. After several stations, the delivery man from the cafeteria came along to1 the pre-booked hot meals and drinks. Just behind him rushed in a 9-year-old girl, who put out her hand, 2some food. The food supplier was3and pushed her out of the coach (旅客车厢). Something in me made me4. I stepped outside and saw the child still standing there and crying. I asked her if she was hungry and she5. So I grabbed her hand and said I'd buy her food.
When I took her to the coach with the cafeteria, the people standing there had a (an)6expression on their face, seeing the little girl with me. 7their reaction, I asked her to8whatever she wanted. As I pointed to each item, she9nodding.
10, we collected so much food. When I turned to the cashier to pay the bill, the little girl11hurrying down the train. The cashier shook his head in disbelief and said the girl must be laughing for having fooled me into12her unhappiness.
As I returned to my coach, the cashier's13made me doubt whether she'd really fooled me. So I14and went down the train, following the 15the little girl had taken. After several coaches, I walked to a relatively-deserted coach. Here I saw a16which left me surprised. This little girl was sitting in a 17with two other miserable-looking young boys. She had put all the food in the center and was18 putting food into the hand of a young blind boy. Seeing all this, I couldn't help19. The little girl taught us that one can be20even when poor.
I have a younger brother is working abroad now. I love him very much. However, when I was a kid, I tried everything to get rid of him. I tried to sell him to the neighbours. I tried to leave him with another family at the supermarket. I even placed him in a box and (mail) him to Alaska! He was so noisy that he was heard by others that they sent him back.
As time went by, I appreciated that I had a younger brother. I missed him when he was at college. I missed him even more when he got a job away from home. Now I can only wish he would mail (he) to Beijing so we could hang out.
Self-driving cars are just around the corner. Such vehicles will make getting from one place to another safer and less stressful. They also could cut down on traffic, reduce pollution and limit accidents. But how should driverless cars handle emergencies? People disagree on the answer.
To understand the challenge, imagine a car suddenly meets some pedestrians in the road. It's too late to avoid a crash. So the car's artificial intelligence must decide whether to swerve(急转弯), To save the pedestrians, should the car swerve off the road or swerve into oncoming traffic:? What if such options :would likely kill the car's driver?
Researchers used online survey to study people's attitudes about such situations with driverless cars. Survey participants mostly agreed automated cars should be designed to protect the most people. That included swerving into walls to save a larger number of pedestrians. However, those same surveyed want to ride in cars that protect passengers at all costs-even if the pedestrians would now end up dying. Jean-Francois Bonnefon, a psychologist at the Toulouse School of Economics, and his colleagues reported their findings in Science.
“Automated cars can revolutionize transportation, says study coauthor Iyad Rahwan. But he adds, this new technology creates a moral (道德的) dilemma that could slow its acceptance.
Makers of computerized cars are at a loss for what to do next. Most buyers would want their cars to be programmed to protect them in preference to other people. However, regulations might one day instruct that cars must act for the greater good. But the scientists think rules like this could drive away buyers. If so, all the potential benefits of driverless cars would be lost.
Compromises(妥协) might be possible, another psychologist, Kurt Gray says. He thinks if all driverless cars are programmed to protect their passengers in emergencies, traffic accidents will drop. Those vehicles might be dangerous to pedestrians on rare occasions. But they “won't speed, won't drive drunk and won't text while driving, which would be a win for society. "
When Bruce was young, he was always energetic. But at age 30, he 1himself to taking drugs. Within months, he was reduced to sleeping under a bridge, which happened to be on the 2of the Boston Marathon. He would watch the runners speed past, longing to take part and pull his life together.
After a lot of therapy(治疗）and love, the 54-year-old man has so far3the marathon finish line 32 times. Without doubt, his most recent race was the most4. Early one morning, Bruce5 the subway bound for the Chicago Marathon. Before long, he noticed a man who seemed to be 6moving from passenger to passenger, asking for spare change. His behavior 7 Bruce as" really absurd"，especially the way he glared at anyone who he felt hadn't given him8.
Then at the Cumberland station, several stops before the one for the marathon, most of the passengers suddenly9the train, shouting that the man asking for money was, in fact, 10 and robbing people.
11he might throw himself in danger, worried that man would hurt innocent people, Bruce rushed to the man and fought for the gun12, he pinned him against the door and grabbed the gun. Then the police crowded into the train and Bruce let them 13
"I just happen to be at the right place at the right moment, "he says. "I've lived a hard life, but I believe change starts 14yourself. It's a great experience for an imperfect man to find the 15 way to give back."
As is known to all, many things can be measured in terms of data. Sometimes data can indeed tell the truth. With the help of data we can easily know the price of a can of Coke in the supermarket or the result of a football match or the temperature of a certain day. Obviously, data can make our life easier and more comfortable. What is more important, data seem to be fairer than words or statements. If the data are true, we don't have to worry about being cheated. Nowadays, as lies exist in the world, data are expected to tell the truth. Therefore, many of us would rather believe data.
On the other hand, if we judge things only by data from the so-called specific research, aren't we a little too narrow-minded? Many people often treat the so-called specific data unwisely just to make sure that they are making the right decisions. But sometimes we may find that data aren't everything. For example, how can you tell that somebody isn't a good student just because he or she doesn't get high marks in the final examination?
There are many things in our life which cannot be measured by data. For example, the degree of your feeling happy in your life, the depth of love between you and your friends, and the faith you have in your country. We can only feel them in our hearts but can never express them in data.
There is no doubt that analyzing the exact data is important to assessment of an actual event. But data should be dealt with wisely. We often get wrong data which mislead us. We should try our best to be wise thinkers. Remember, data have no feeling but we humans have. Data do not mean much to people if we do not have the abilities to analyze the data with the knowledge and confidence to judge whether they are true or false.
Data are data after all. Life is much more colorful than the pale data. So give the cold data a warm heart and we'll find that the world is far more wonderful than the pale data can describe.
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Social change is more likely to occur in societies where there is a mixture of different kinds of people than in societies where people are similar in many ways.The simple reason for this is that there are more different ways of looking at things present in the first kind of society.There are more ideas,more disagreements in interest,and more groups and organizations with different beliefs.In addition,there is usually a greater worldly interest and greater tolerance in mixed societies.All these factors tend to promote social change by opening more areas of life to decision.In a society where people are quite similar in many ways,there are fewer occasions for people to see the need or the opportunity for change because everything seems to be the same.And although conditions may not be satisfactory,they are at least conventional and generally agreed.
Within a society,social change is also likely to occur more frequently and more readily in the material aspects of the culture than in the non-material,for example,in technology rather than in values;in what has been learned later in life rather than what was lea:med early;in the less basic and less emotional aspects of society-than in their opposites; in the simple elements rather than in the complex ones;in form rather than in substance;and in elements that are acceptable to the culture rather than in strange elements.
Furthermore,social change is easier if it is gradual.This is one reason why change has not come more quickly to Black Americans as compared to other American minorities,because of the sharp difference in appearance between them and white people.
25.Which of the following factors tends to promote social change?
A.Different points of view. B.Traditional values. C.Advanced technology. D.Similar needs.
26.According to the passage,which of the following is NOT true?
A.Social change tends to meet with more difficulty in basic and emotional aspects of society.
B.Disagreement with and argument about conditions tend to slow down social change.
C.Social change is more likely to occur in the material aspect of society.
D.Social change is less likely to occur in what people learned when they were young.
27.What is this passage mainly discussing?
A.Two different kinds of society. B.Certain factors affecting social change.
C.The importance of social change. D.Consequences of social change
John is ill and I want to know who is going to replace him.（句型转换）
→John is ill and I want to know who is going to _______________.
—I hear Peter and Linda were parted from each other last month．
—Nothing astonishing．Faults are thick ______ love is thin．
A．where B．which C．who's D．what
The women carrying babies, get on the bus first, _______?
A．will you B．will they C．don’t you D．don’t they
81.Paul ____ ____ (把手伸进）his pocket to get his phone.
82.He finished the work on his own ____ ____ (因为）nobody helped him.
83. ____ ____ ____ (不是每一种）of bird can fly.
84.The Saxons's victory about 600 years earlier ____ _____ old English _______ Celtic( 导致古英语取代了凯尔特语 ).
85.You are ______ ______ ______ ______ (…的可能性大30倍)to be hit by lightning than be attacked by a shark.
86.________ ______ _____ many people might assume( 和很多人想法相反的是 ),evidence shows that sharks seldom attack humans.
87.The tall man was nowhere _______ ________ _________(无处可见 ).
What do they really mean?
Food manufacturers and retailers are letting shoppers down. This is the view of the CWS, which has just brought out a new report.
According to the report, shoppers believe food labels(标签) because they think there are strict regulations in place. 36 So the food industry can get away with all sorts of tricky strategies to make products look bigger and sound better than they are.
The report has identified the different ways in which shoppers are misled. 37____ Descriptions on packaging are sometimes inaccurate in an attempt to oversell the product. One example given in the report is the phrase "haddock fillets", used for a product that is in fact cut from big blocks of fish rather than individual slices.
38 These include "traditional", "wholesome", or "premium". The claim that a brand is "90% fat-free" hides the fact that it contains 10% fat, which above recommended levels. Phrases such as "free from preservatives" make a virtue out of a normal attribute of food.
Labels have a wide variety of text sizes on them. You sometimes need a magnifying glass to read the small print. 39
Another deliberate type of misinformation lies in the image. Many pictures on packets use small plates to make the product look bigger. 40
However, misleading messages on packaging could soon be a thing of the past. The CWS recently produced a code which, if used, would end the current inaccuracies and half-truths. It has called on the government to support it as a way of improving food standards.
A. Meaningless adjectives are often used to give a positive message.
B. An officer says the labels will receive very serious consideration.
C. Photographs are sometimes retouched(修饰) to achieve the same effect.
D. By contrast, the hard sell (强行推销) information is given emphasis.
E. The rules are, in reality, very weak at present.
F. This result has not pleased the food industry.
G. The most common of these is poor labeling.
