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...
Although many people are taught to avoid adverbs altogether in their writing, adverbs are an essential part of the language; the trick is to know when to use them and then to use them well. Superfluous adverbs When your verb or adjective doesn’t seem powerful or precise enough without appen...
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!
"It was a fatalday when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stoneand can be made as offensive as a brickbat." --The Soul of Manunder Socialism 当人们发现钢笔比铺路砖还强力,并且能发出碎砖一样的无礼攻击,那就是致命的一天。
The most important trick to being happy is to realize happiness is a skill you develop and a choice you make. You choose to be happy, and then you work at it. It’s just like building muscles. It’s just like losing weight. It’s just like succeeding at your job. It’s just like...