阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Jeremy Locke, who owns a roofing and construction company, had always been wanting to 1 the roof of Jeanette MacDonald's home. Whenever he drove past the woman's home, he 2 that another group of repairmen had taken on the job. But as weeks wore on, the roof continued to worsen without any 3 of repair.

"I had it in my mind that if no one steps up to help this lady in our community, I'd love to," said Locke to his wife.

When Locke finally 4 MacDonald about fixing her roof for free, however, she politely turned him down because she did not like to accept 5 . She told Locke, "I applied for a government grant (补助金) to fix the roof and I'll be more than happy to 6 you once the grant application was approved".

7 , the approval never came. 

So Locke changed tactics (策略). The sympathetic construction worker played a/an 8  trick to make her accept his help. He invited MacDonald to enter a raffle (抽奖) that his business was holding for a free roof. After MacDonald got one of the raffle tickets, Locke told her that she was the 9 . Not until the new roof was finished did MacDonald know that she was the only one who had entered the raffle. 

MacDonald said that she didn't know how to express her 10 to Locke, saying that he was her "guardian angel".

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In 2013, a lot of people were shocked by a news photo of a dead polar bear that (find) on Norway's Arctic island of Svalbard, far from its habitat. All that remained of the poor bear were "skin and bones". Experts claimed that low sea ice levels (cause) by climate change meant the bear could not hunt seals as before, so it had to travel greater distances in order to find food. This (alarm) case showed how the increase in temperature had an impact on Earth's ecology.

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Dean Schneider leaves his life in Switzerland behind and goes to Africa (pursue) his passion and make the world a better place. He was always fascinated by the animal world since he was a child. That is he decided to form a club to help lions born in captivity (圈养). The name of the club is "Hakuna Mipaka"—a Swahili expression meaning "no limits". It develops from five core values that Dean tries hard to follow: (free), loyalty, appreciation, brotherhood, and boldness.

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Construction of the Tower of Pisa began in 1173  Pisa was a center of power and wealth. But work was stopped several times because of wars. The eight-story tower was not completed until the late 1200s. The tower itself is made of marble (大理石) and  (weigh) 16,000 tons. However, the leaning of the tower was not for its weights  for the soil underneath. The ground is  (soft) on one side than on the other. The south side has sunk 6. 1 feet below ground level in the past centuries. The north side has sunk 12. 3 feet!

在美国最受欢迎的中国菜是"左宗棠鸡"，它在油炸的鸡肉上淋上甜酱，再佐以煽炒过的红辣椒制成。 (consist of)

America's most popular Chinese dish is General Tao's chicken, fried chicken covered in a sweet sauce, flavoured with hot red peppers.

 警察问登山者为什么在遇到危险时他们延迟发出求救信息。 (delay, send)

The policeman asked the climbers  SOS messages when in danger. 

 这些图片是水墨动画电影的代表。你看过这些电影吗? (representative)

These pictures  ink wash animation films. Have you seen any of them before?

 防止网络游戏控制青少年的生活至关重要。 (prevent)

It is essential from dominating a teenager's life.

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Have you ever fantasized about how easy life would be with a personal assistant taking care of all the "little details"? Nowadays, you can get lots of the advantages of an AI assistant right on your phone or computer. Using any of these apps will help you improve your efficiency and productivity with a single click—whether you are at work or at college, or anything else in between. So go forth and download the best AI assistants:

                                 

◇ Utter. AI If you've been looking for a better companion to help you with taking notes during meetings or lectures, Utter. AI is the right one. Utter. AI is an intelligent- dictation app which not only takes notes and records the audio but also transcribes the text and has a highlight summary. The app offers up to 600 minutes for free and has an Utter Pro subscription for $8. 33/month. ◇ Nound Nound is the perfect voice assistant researching tool you need. It doesn't just allow you to search for the nearest subway, or what the weather will be like, with a further question or two you can get more in-depth results. Some reviews claim it's the fastest and most intelligent app of its kind. Nound is a free app, but for $ 6. 99 you can eliminate (清除) in-app ads and use some extra features. ◇ StayFocusd StayFocusd is a free browser extension that improves your productivity by blocking those distracting websites that stop you from working or studying. It gives you total control with the ability to block websites either by time and date, or by time limit. StayFocusd is a free Chrome extension.  ◇ EasilyDo EasilyDo offers personal assistant services focused on communications. With just a few clicks you can customize your email notifications, back up important messages, organize your contacts, have junk and expired emails automatically deleted, and collect attachments and receipts into one, fast-access location.  ◇ Time. AI Before you can improve your productivity habits, you need to know where you're spending your time. Time. AI does exactly that. It records how much time you're spending on the different apps and websites. Once it has a full report it will show you your statistics and tell you when you've been productive and when you haven't. With the report, you can set daily "Focus Work" goals and it will keep track of it to make sure you're doing the work you want to do. Time. AI gives you a 30-day free trial and will give you a special price depending on your unique needs.

1. （1） Which of the following can offer help to locate an ideal hotel?

   A . Utter. AI.      B . Nound. C . StayFocusd. D . EasilyDo.
3. （2） "Time. AI" is to help you ____.

   A . take notes B . understand your needs C . keep focused D . detail your daily routine
5. （3） The passage is written to ____. 

   A . emphasize the importance of AI assistants B . recommend some AI-powered apps C . offer advice to personal assistants D . explain the way apps work

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In the middle of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, Amanda Barrows carefully placed a wooden nightstand(床头柜) on the ground. She attached a sign reading, "Take a poem, leave a poem. "

"It's completely unexpected," said Barrows, a park ranger (管理员) by day and a poet by night. "I'm really taken aback by the outpouring of support. "

Barrows has always considered herself a writer, so she enrolled in a class called Poetry for the People. The final project of the class is to find a way to "bring poetry into the community".

At first, Barrows struggled to land on an idea. Eventually, she realized that she could fuse her love for parks and her love for poetry. A coworker gave Barrows a weathered nightstand. She thought it would be the perfect tool for her project. 

She filled the drawer at the top with fresh paper and pens and added a box at the bottom for poems. To get the ball rolling, she asked her close friends to add their favorite poems to the drawer for people to take away. 

The poetry nightstand reminded her of Little Free Libraries. That project features bookstands stationed across the city. People can leave and take books from little libraries. She only had a single nightstand to work with, so Barrows decided that she would leave it in a park for four days before moving it to a new location. San Francisco's Recreation and Park Department manages about 220 parks, and Barrow's goal is to bring the poetry nightstand to all of them.

Since the project started, people have added a wide range of writing. Barrows shares most of the submissions on social media. Some are clearly composed by kids, while others are more refined. People have also written poems in various languages. "I love to see different people's handwriting and share their personal words," Barrows said.

The instructors of Poetry for the People said the nightstand fulfilled the main purpose of the project. Other students in the class wrote poetry on sidewalks with chalk. Another gave out poems disguised as parking tickets. Tanea Lunsford Lynx, a guest instructor for the class, says the project is "an invitation to slow down". She believes that the old-fashioned nightstand stands out in a city that is filled with new technology.

Barrows says she intends to "keep this going indefinitely," and she hopes others will build off the project and contribute their own creativity. "It really is a community project," Barrows said. "It belongs to all of us. "

1. （1） Why did Barrows put the nightstand in the park?

   A . To share poetry submissions. B . To follow Little Free Libraries. C . To advertise a poetry class. D . To complete a required task.
3. （2） What does the underlined word "fuse" in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

   A . Combine. B . Reveal. C . Strengthen. D . Clarify.
5. （3） What do we know about Barrow's project?

   A . It has involved 220 parks. B . It is popular on social media. C . It improves people's handwriting. D . It makes poetry reach more people.