23. A. trick B. secret C. present D. reward 24. A. surprised B. impressed C. satisfied D. interested 三、阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。（本大题共13小题，每小题2分，共26分）阅读理解A London Bridge Michael Fiandaca ...
So the best stories are often the trickiest ones. The good and bad things about stories is that they are a kind of filter. They take a lot of information, and they leave some of it out, and they keep some of it in. But the thing about this filter is that it always leaves the s...
from this programme might do the trick. Dan: Shall we start with the first word? Do you ever go in for a bit of retail therapy, Neil? Neil: Actually I try to avoid it. Especially after reading this survey - I don't think the happiness you feel after buying something lasts very long...
One day a lazy sailor on his ship pretended to be ill. He lay on his bunk (铺) and groaned as if he were very sick. The captain came to see him and was very pleased to have a patient to look after. He told the man to rest for a few days and made the other sailors do his ...
Only a few times in her life had Miss Amelia invited anyone to eat with her, unless she were planning to trick them in some way, or make money out of them. So the men on the porch felt there was something wrong. Later, they said among themselves that she must have been drinking bac...
“He was a queer sort of a chap, and although some laughed at him and considered him anoddity, there was a good deal more that believed him to be a born genius.” Noun ▲ A rare, unusual, or intriguing object “Quite why the word remains something of anoddityin American English is ...
AI is sexy, AI is cool. AI is entrenching inequality, upending the job market, and wrecking education. AI is a theme park ride, AI is a magic trick. AI is our final invention, AI is a moral obligation. AI is the buzzword of the decade, AI is marketing jargon from 1955. AI is ...
The next morning, Raven atebreakfastand then left his home. "How will Igainlight from the president?" thought Raven. He needed to trick the presidentsomehow. Then, Raven had an idea. Raven could make his voice sound like anything!
A. trick 37. D. force 38. D. uncomfortable 39. A. understanding 40. C. memories 41. C. insisting 42. D. instructions 43. A. carry 44. D. virtue 45. D. child 46. A. carry 研究表明,人们在日常对话中使用“please”的频率远低于我们想象。研究发现,人们在提出请求时仅有不到7%的概率...
It then surprisingly turned out that you don’t even have to move much to improve cognition(认知); just standing will do the trick(获得成功). For example, two groups of subjects were asked to complete a test while either sitting or standing. Participants were asked to name the color, like...