It began with three friends searching for an easier way to share videos. One - Jawed Karim - uploaded the site&39;s first clip - a movie of himself dressed in an anorak at San Diego Zoo.
By the end of its first year YouTube was broadcasting 25 million videos a day and it was soon bought by the internet giant Google. In 2010 24 hours of video are now uploaded every minute.
The site&39;s also become an important political tool - almost a million people watched a wounded girl dying during protests in Iran in July 2009. President Barack Obama successfully used the site during his election campaign.
Thousands of teenagers around the world have also used the site to upload embarrassing videos of friends and its creators have been forced to deny claims that it&39;s encouraged bullying.
With online habits and fads constantly changing no one&39;s sure what the next five years hold for YouTube. Some believe it could end up as a TV channel beamed into our living rooms. Others predict it will be overtaken by new technology and dumped on the internet scrap heap.
26. What is this passage mainly about?___ ____
A. The birth of Google.
B. The origin of YouTube.
C. The origin of a TV channel.
D. The story of photograph sharing.
27. Which of the following is correct?__________
A. Google has devised a TV channel.
B. Google has devised YouTube.
C. YouTube was born quite unexpectedly.
D. YouTube was as old as Google.
28. Which of the following best describes the relationship between Google and YouTube?______
A. YouTube has been a product of Google.
B. YouTube was born independent of Google and later was bought by Google.
C. Google designed YouTube.
D. Google does not own YouTube.
29. Which of the following is correct about YouTube videos?________
A. A special team of three people makes programs to broadcast.
B. Google makes programs online.
C. YouTube buys videos to broadcast.
D. People broadcast their own recordings online via YouTube.
30. Which of the following best describes YouTube’s future?________
A. Uncertain.
B. Bright.
C. Full of hope.
D. Bad
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Hardly()home when it began to rain.
A . had I got
B . I had got
C . had Iarrived i
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4. What did the owner’s note in the questionnaire begin with?It began with the words “_________________”.
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British recorded history began with________.
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English literature began with the _______ settlement in England.
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It is generally believed that western literature began with ____ and the Bible.
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It’s one of the _______ things in the world to stay with friends.
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Last weekend, I visited an old friend with five children under the age of three. I found that changing diapers at their house is like working on a(n)_____ line.
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Which industry began with the 2nd generation computer?
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In England, the Protestant Reformation began with_____.
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In MLA style, if a work has more than three authors or editors, cite the name that appears first on the title page and follow it with the abbreviation et al. (and others).
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Delegates said it was better for children to grow up in families with more than one child, i.e. with two or three siblings.
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4. Hardly ____ when it began to rain.
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1.It is better to spend time with friends who are considerate, reliable, and supportive of your goals.
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How many ways can be used to signal the stressed syllables?There are three ways to signal the stressed syllables: lengthen it, say it louder with clear vowel and raise the pitch.
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It is generally believed that the teaching of English in China began with the establishment of Tong Wen Guan in Shanghai.()
此题为判断题(对,错)。
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European farm ministers have ended three weeks of negotiations with a deal which they claim represents genuine reform. of the common agricultural policy(CAP). Will it be enough to kickstart the Doha world trade negotiations?
On the face of it, the deal agreed in the early hours of Thursday June 26th looks promising. Most subsidies linked to specific farm products are, at last, to be broken—the idea is to replace these with a direct payment to farmers, unconnected to particular products. Support prices for several key products, including milk and butter, are to be cut—that should mean European prices eventually falling towards the world market level. Cutting the link between subsidy and production was the main objective of proposals put forward by Mr. Fischler, which had formed the starting point for the negotiations.
The CAP is hugely unpopular around the world. It subsidises European farmers to such an extent that they can undercut farmers from poor countries, who also face trade barriers that largely exclude them from the potentially lucrative European market. Farm trade is also a key feature of the Doha round of trade talks, launched under the auspices of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in November 2001. Developing countries have lined up alongside a number of industrial countries to demand an end to the massive subsidies Europe pays its farmers. Several Doha deadlines have already been missed because of the EU's intransigence, and the survival of the talks will be at risk if no progress is made by September, when the world's trade ministers meet in Cancun, Mexico.
But now even the French seem to have gone along with the deal hammered out in Luxembourg. Up to a point, anyway. The package of measures gives the green light for the most eager reformers to move fast to implement the changes within their own countries. But there is an escape clause of sorts for the French and other reform-averse nations. They can delay implementation for up to two years. There is also a suggestion that the reforms might not apply where there is a chance that they would lead to a reduction in land under cultivation.
These let-outs are potentially damaging for Europe's negotiators in the Doha round. They could significantly reduce the cost savings that the reforms might otherwise generate and, in turn, keep European expenditure on farm support unacceptably high by world standards. More generally, the escape clauses could undermine the reforms by encouraging the suspicion that the new package will not deliver the changes that its supporters claim. Close analysis of what is inevitably a very complicated package might confirm the sceptics' fears.
The deal agreed on Thursday looks promising in that ______.
A.European farm ministers finally reached a consensus
B.the link between farm products and subsidies is removed
C.farmers would definitely accept the direct payment to them
D.European farm products will reach a lower price level than the world
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You will find it hard to make friends with people___________
A. without pity
B. sad and lonely
C. emotionally healthy
D. without real love-for them
E. a sense of security
F. a lonely wolf
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In some cultures, when people invite friends for dinner, they usually express with verbal humility sucdh as "It’s not very tasty" and "It’s nothing special." The hostess who apologizes to her guests t
A.elaborate style
B.self-enhancement style
C.succinct style
D.self-effacement style
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Wayne Beno Wayne Beno was a true outdoorsman.Fishing,boating,hunting,walking through the woods with his three dogs,Wayne loved and did it all.Then life changed dramatically.Wayne was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease(帕金森氏病).
“For the next thirteen years I took 28 pills a day,had horrible side effects,and even with all those pills I still had lots of shaking and tremors(颤抖).I only went out during peak times,when I was looking and feeling my best.But that wasn’t often and I really couldn’t do much of anything.I felt like the life I loved was over,”said Wayne.
Then Wayne’s doctor in Green Bay suggested he consider a breakthrough surgical option being offered at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin called Deep Brain Stimulation(刺激)(DBS).DBS is a surgical option used to treat disabling movement disorders related to Parkinson’s disease,essential tremor and more.It is not a cure,but significant improvement is seen in most movement disorder cases,with relatively low risk to the patient.
In addition to his doctor’s recommendation,Wayne had a neighbor and fishing friend who had the DBS procedure at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin.His friend’s experience convinced Wayne that the 180-mile trip from his home in Crivitz,Wisconsin could be well worth the effort.
And was it ever.
“It was the best thing I ever did.I’m down to zero pills a day and I don’t shake at all,”reports Wayne.“Before the surgery,I felt bad every single day.Now I feel like my old self.I’m back to business as usual,which for me means fishing,fishing,and more fishing,every day of the year.Things just couldn’t be any better!”
第11题:Before getting Parkinson’s disease,Wayne loved
A.social activities.
B.outdoor activities.
C.productive activities.
D.quiet activities.
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There were three cars outside his friend's house at least.
A.Right.
B.Wrong.
C.Doesn't say.
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Three men traveling on a train began a conversation about the world’s greatest wonders.
“In my opinion,” the first man said, “the Egyptian pyramids(埃及金字塔)are the world’s greatest wonder. Although they were built thousands of years ago, they are still standing. And remember: the people who built them had only simple tools. They did not have the kind of machinery that builders and engineers have today.”
“I agree that the pyramids in Egypt are wonderful,” the second man said, “but I do not think they are the greatest wonder. I believe computers are more wonderful than the pyramids. They have taken people to the moon and brought them back safely. In seconds, they carry out mathematical calculations that would take a person a hundred years to do.”
He turned to the third man and asked, “What do you think is the greatest wonder in the world?”
The third man thought for a long time, and then he said, “Well, I agree that the pyramids are wonderful, and I agree that computers are wonderful, too. However, in my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is this thermos.”
And he took a thermos out of his bag and held it up.
The other two men were very surprised. “A thermos?” they exclaimed. “But that’s a simple thing.”
“Oh, no, it’s not,” the third man said. “In the winter you put in a hot drink and it stays hot. In the summer you put in a cold drink and it stays cold. How does the thermos know whether it’s winter or summer?”
1. The underlined word “thermos” in Chinese means “_______”.
A. 电冰箱
B. 洗衣机
C. 电风扇
D. 保温瓶
2. That the three men could not agree on what the world’s greatest wonder was because _______.
A. they could not think of anything very wonderful
B. they all had different ideas
C. they could not prove that their opinions were right
D. the journey ended too soon
3. The first man thought the pyramids were the most wonderful things in the world because ____.
A. they were very beautiful
B. they were Egyptian
C. they had been built with very simple tools
D. they could do mathematical calculations
4. The third man thought a thermos was the most wonderful thing in the world because _____.
A. it lasted longer than the pyramids
B. it cost less than a computer
C. he thought it knew whether it was winter or summer
D. the other two men were surprised when he told them about it
5. The third man was not very clever because ______.
A. he could not think of anything to say
B. he did not understand how a thermos works
C. he did not think the pyramids were wonderful
D. he did not know anything about computers
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Several years ago, Simon Ma, CFA, founded an investment club with three friends. The investment clubs account grew rapidly to a substantial size, but the club has not actively traded the account for a
A、Yes,with respect to fiduciary duty.
B、Yes,with respect to selective disclosure.
C、Yes,with respect to conflicts of interest.
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If you hve_______, you should_______ your friends.hppy something; shre it toB.something hppy;If you hve_______, you should_______ your friends.hppy something; shre it to B.something hppy; shre it to C.something hppy; shre it with D.hppy something; shre it with
A.happy something; share it to
B.something happy; share it to
C.something happy; share it with
D.happy something; share it with
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Exercising alone be very boring, but when it goes along with music and friends, you’ II find a lot of fun !
A.can
B.can’ t
C.shouldn’ t
D.mustn’ t