Which of the following is a recommended strategy for taxi drivers to adapt to the era of autonomous vehicles?A. Convincing the government to set aside special routes for taxi drivers.B. Developing new skills to remain relevant in the evolving industry.C. Avoiding the taxi-driving profession at the earliest opportunity.D. Enhancing driver proficiency to deliver a superior ride experience.

--The service is very wonderful and the weather is quite fine. ---Yes， this holiday is so great， we have never had ______ before.A. the better oneB. a good oneC. a better oneD. the best one

The road now () two kilometers beyond the river.A. developsB. extendsC. expandsD. widens

For questions, choose your answers from the writers （A-E）. Some of the choices may be required more than once.Which writersays that he is not the kind of writer who wants a solitary existence? 1 avoids showing his work to anyone before it has been thoroughly revised? 2 thinks that some people may have the wrong impression of a writer's life? 3 no longer feels uneasy about the kind of life writing involves? 4 points out how much revision can be involved in writing a novel? 5 says that on some days he knows in advance that writing will be difficult? 6 says that he has a limited amount of inspiration? 7 says that it is essential, for a writer's sanity, to spend some time in the company of others? 8 admits that he does not actually work for the whole time he spends at his desk? 9 says that he finds it difficult to assess his own writing in a critical way? 10 A Writer's DayWe interviewed five contemporary mole novelists to find out how they approach their writing and how they typically spend their dayA I'm no good at mixed days-it's either work or play. If it's a work day, then I'll start with a huge mug of strong black coffee and then I'll go to my study at the top of the house. It's completely lined with books and has a 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the door. I've learned to start writing early and to have a scene hanging over from the day before, I'm obsessive about silence, I can't talk in the middle of work-if I talk, the morning is over. Momentum is important to my novels - if I'm too leisurely, I can feel the tension fading away. Dialogue is the best-blissfully easy, like hearing voices in your head and taking dictation. A few years ago, I was writing 5, 000 words a day-now, though, it's only half that. When I go out, I do all the things you're supposed to as a writer, like going out to London clubs. But when people see you at book launches they forget that being a writer is also about that little thing in between-sitting on your own all day. But you've got to have contact with the outside world and real people or you can go completely mad.B I'm completely envious of people who write in the mornings and do what they like in the afternoon, I work through the day and treat writing like an office job, If it's not going well, I keep pushing at it and get it sorted out, I don't get a lot of ideas, I tend to get Just one and then run with it, Towards the end of a book, when I think I've got to get an idea for the next one, I start to feel panicky, But something always comes along. My office is in a fiat about ten minutes from our house, It's good to have a geographical break between home and work, I arrive about 9 am, have a coffee and then I'll Just get on with it and work through until lunchtime, There's a definite post-lunch dip - that's when I have another coffee, But in the end, the only way I get concentration back is by pushing it.My wife picks me up about 6, 30 and we go home together, I've been doing this for ten years now, It's a routine that suits me and, to be honest. I'm always a little worried about breaking it.C My seven-month-old daughter, Matilda, gets me up around 6:30 and I'll play with her for a couple of hours, then go to my desk, I officially sit there for three hours, but I'll do an hour's work. Like a lot of writers, I tend to get a great sense of achievement very easily, One good sentence entitles me to half an hour off - two or three lines means I can watch daytime TV, My study is at one end of the fiat and my wife and daughter are at the other, In theory, no congress takes place until lunchtime, but actually we pop in and out all the time, I've never been one of those writers who likes being isolated - I want people around me all the time At the moment, I'm plotting my next novel and am in a dreamy state. It's hard to convince people that I'm actually working, but this is a crucial part of the process. A book takes me about three years in all, I always start out very slowly and then gather speed towards the end, I don't think this is a good way to write at all.D I have a really slow start to the day, I'll do anything to put off starting work, I have toast, read newspapers - I have to do the crossword every morning - and deal with my post, I write quite slowly and not in chronological order, I've structured the story before I start, so I can hop around, which I think keeps my writing fresh, Sometimes I wake up and just know it's not going to work - because I'm just not in the right mood - but I know that it's only temporary, Once you've got the first draft down, you know that It's going to be OK, It's awful having to relinquish it to my editor, but I'm curious to know what other people think, I find it impossible to be objective about my own words.When I started writing and Just stayed at home I felt incredibly guilty but now it feels normal Lots of my friends are creative and don't go to offices, which helps, When we go out we don't talk about work - we gossip about the people we know instead. But if I want to use anything my friends have told me, I always ask.E I start writing at about 10:30 am. I don't open any mail before that so I haven't got anything on my mind and the desk is clear. I write until 1:30 pm. Sometimes getting the words out is like pulling teeth - other days it all spills out freely. Someone once said that there was no such thing as writing, only re-writing. For my first book, I did no less than 12 drafts. With the first draft of a book, I just try to capture the energy and try to get something down which I can work with. I would die of embarrassment if anyone saw it.At lunchtime I like to get out of the fiat. It's odd going into the outside world - you feel as if you're in a light trance. But after a ten-minute walk in the drizzle I'm usually all right. I spend 90 per cent of my time on my own. My contact with the outside world generally happens in great bursts, when I go abroad to publicise my books. I've just finished my third novel and it's a nerve-racking time. I really dread being at the mercy of book reviewers. But when it comes down to it, I know what my book is like - I don't need to be told by other people.

9.The rapid development of communications technology is transforming the ________ in which people communicate across time and space.A. routeB. transmissionC. visionD. manner

In the 1940s, there were four networks in the United States. Because of the frequencies allotted to television, the signals could only be received in a "line of sight" from the transmitting antenna. People living in remote areas couldn’t see the programs that were already becoming an important part of U. S. culture. In 1948, people living in remote valleys in Pennsylvania solved their reception problems by putting antennas on hills and running cables to their houses. These days, the same technology once used by remote villages and select cities allows viewers all over the country to access a wide variety of programs and channels that meet their individual needs and desires. By the early 1990s, cable television had reached nearly half the homes in the United States. Today, U. S. cable systems deliver hundreds of channels to some 60 million homes, while also providing a growing number of people with high-speed Internet access. Some cable systems even let you make telephone calls and receive new programming technologies! The earliest cable systems were, in effect, strategically placed antennas with very long cables connecting them to subscribers’ television sets. Because the signal from the antenna became Weaker as it traveled through the length of cable, cable providers had to insert amplifiers at regular intervals to boost the strength of the signal and make it acceptable for viewing. "In a cable system, the signal might have gone through 30 or 40 amplifiers before reaching your house, one every 1,000 feet or so," Wall says, "With each amplifier, you would get noise and distortion. Plus, if one of the amplifiers failed, you lost the picture. Cable got a reputation for not having the best quality picture and for not being reliable." In the late 1970s, cable television would find a solution to the amplifier problem. By then, they had also developed technology that allowed them to add more programming to cable service. In the early 1950s, cable systems began experimenting with ways to use microwave transmitting and receiving towers to capture the signals from distant stations. In some cases, this made television available to people who lived outside the range of standard broadcasts. In other cases, especially in the northeastern United States, it meant that cable customers might have access to several broadcast stations of the same network. For the first time, cable was used to enrich television viewing, not just make ordinary viewing possible. The addition of community antenna television stations and the spread of cable systems ultimately led manufacturers to add a switch to most new television sets. People could set their televisions to tune to channels, or they could set them for the plan used by most cable systems. In both tuning systems, each television station was given a 6-megahertz (MHz) slice of the radio spectrum. The FCC (Federal Communications Commission) had originally devoted parts of the very high frequency (VHF) spectrum to 12 television channels. The channels weren’t put into a single block of frequencies, but were instead broken into two groups to avoid interfering with existing services. Later, when the growing popularity of television necessitated additional channels, the FCC allocated frequencies in the ultra-high frequency (UHF) portion of the spectrum. They established channels 14 to 69 using a block of frequencies between 470 MHz and 812 MHz. Because they used cable instead of antennas, cable television systems didn’t have to worry about existing services. Engineers could use the mid-band, those frequencies passed over by broadcast TV due to other signals, for channels 14-22. Channels 1 through 6 are at lower frequencies and the rest are higher. The "CATV Antenna" switch tells the television’s tuner whether to tune around the mid-band or to tune straight through it. While we’re on the subject of tuning, it’s worth considering why CATV systems don’t use the same frequencies for stations broadcasting on channels 1 to 6 that those stations use to broadcast over the airwaves. Cable equipment is designed to shield the signals carded on the cable from outside interference, and televisions are designed to accept signals only from the point of connection to the cable or antenna; but interference can still enter the system, especially at connectors. When the interference comes from the same channel that’s carded on the cable, there is a problem because of the difference in broadcast speed between the two signals. Radio signals travel through the air at a speed very close to the speed of light. In a coaxial (同轴的) cable that brings CATV signals to your house, radio signals travel at about two-thirds the speed of light. When the broadcast and cable signals get to the television tuner a fraction of a second apart, you see a double image called "ghosting". In 1972, a cable system in Wilkes-Barre, PA, began offering the first "pay-per-view" channel. The customers would pay to watch individual movies or sporting events. They called the new service Home Box Office, or HBO. It continued as a regional service until 1975, when HBO began transmitting a signal to a in geosynchronous (与地球的相对位置不变的) orbit and then down to cable systems. These early satellites could receive and retransmit up to 24 channels. The cable systems receiving the signals used dish antennas 10 meters in diameter, with a separate dish for each channel! As the number of program options grew, the bandwidth of cable systems also increased. Early systems operated at 200 MHz, allowing 33 channels. As technology progressed, the bandwidth increased to 300,400,500 and now 550 MHz, with the number of channels increasing to 91. Two additional advances in technology -- fiber optics and analog-to-digital conversion -- improved features and broadcast quality while continuing to increase the number of channels available. In 1976, a new sort of cable system debuted. This system used fiber-optic cable for the trunk cables that carry signals from the CATV head-end to neighborhoods. The head-end is where the cable system receives programming from various sources, assigns the programming to channels and retransmits it onto cables. By the late 1970s, fiber optics had progressed considerably and so were a cost. Effective means of carrying CATV signals over long distances. The great advantage of fiber-optic cable is that it doesn’t suffer the same signal losses as coaxial cable, which eliminated the need for so many amplifiers. Another benefit that came from the move to fiber-optic cable was greater customization. Since a single fiber-optic cable might serve 500 households, it became possible to target individual neighborhoods for messages and services. In 1989, General Instruments demonstrated that it was possible to convert an analog cable signal to digital and transmit it in a standard 6-MHz television channel. Using MPEG compression, CATV systems installed today can transmit up to 10 channels of video in the 6-MHz bandwidth of a single analog channel. When combined with a 550-MHz overall bandwidth, this allows the possibility of nearly 1,000 channels of video on a system. In addition, digital technology allows for error correction to ensure the quality of the received signal, also changed the quality of one of cable television’s most visible features: the scrambled channel. The first system to "scramble" a channel on a cable system was demonstrated in 1971. In the first scrambling system, one of the signals used to synchronize the television picture was removed when the signal was transmitted, then reinserted by a small device at the customer’s home. Later scrambling systems inserted a signal slightly offset from the channel’s frequency to interfere with the picture, then filtered the interfering signal out of the mix at the customer’s television. In both cases, the scrambled channel could generally be seen as a jagged, disarranged set of video images. In a digital system, the signal isn’t scrambled, but encrypted (加密的). The signal must be decoded with the proper key. Without the key, the digital-to-analog converter can’t turn the stream of bits into anything usable by the television’s tuner. When a "non-signal" is received, the cable system substitutes an advertisement or the familiar blue screen.In 1948, people living in remote areas could see TV programs by ______ in the United States. A．a "line of sight"B．transmitting antennaC．frequencies allotted to televisionD．putting antennas on hills and running cables to houses

People were snapping photos and sending texts；one woman was even making calls.We sniffed at the jibber-jabberers，walked down to the trailhead，and hitchhiked back into Yosemit，where our car was parked，feeling pretty smug.In this sentence，the tone is __.（　　）A. absurdB. angryC. proudD. encouraging

Which of cell types produce antibodies ? ()A. NeutrophilsB. Plasma cellsC. T cellsD. Macrophages

What's the best way to lose weight （重量）？You can make it fun by（31） ____ outdoor activities．You'll be amazed at the number of calories （卡路里） you'll （32） ____ in a short time．Here's some advice to help you to lose weight．Hike （徒步旅行） to Lose WeightHiking is an excellent（33） ____ of exercise for burning calories and increasing your heart system．What's more，if you hike on hills，it （34） ____ to build and strengthen （增强） leg muscles （肌肉）．Kayaking （划皮艇） to Lose WeightIf you love the （35） ____ ，then you may go kayaking!Generally，a woman can lose half a pound from an afternoon of whitewater kayaking．A man can lose even （36） ____ ，around 2，200 calories．This sport builds strength in your （37） ____ and upper body muscles．It's（38） ____ a great way to make you slimmer．Ski to Lose WeightSkiing is one great sport to lose weight because（39） ____ can use all of your major muscle groups-from your chest to shoulders．It can improve your balance by exercising your main muscles （40） ____ you can't fall down．So，it's no surprise that you can burn about 3，000 calories if you're a man and a little less for a woman，after 6 hours of skiing． 31．A．staying away from B．doing well in C．taking part in 32．A．waste B．store C．burn 33．A．way B．grade C．diet 34．A．decides B．helps C．plans 35．A．soil B．water C．sand 36．A．worse B．better C．more 37．A．arms B．legs C．heads 38．A．too B．never C．also 39．A．be B．you C．she 40．A．so that B．in order to C．so as to．

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