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浙江省鄞州区2020年初中英语学业水平模拟考试试卷

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Dear Editor,

    I was shocked to read your article about the ski resort (滑雪胜地) in Bolivia, South America. Temperature have risen so much in the past 100 years that soon, there may be no snow left at this resort.

    In Ningbo, we may think that problems such as this have nothing to do with us. Or, perhaps, we are so busy working and enjoying ourselves that we do not have time to think about the world around us.

Yet the problem is real: the earth has warmed up by more than 0.5"C over the past few years. Sea levels have risen, and glaciers (冰川) have melted (融化). In the future, droughts (干旱) could cause hunger, and floods (洪水) could completely make low-lying countries disappear.

Scientists make sure that humans are responsible for much of the temperature rise. Too many cars give off bad air, people cut down and burn trees to turn forests into cities, and heavy industry burns coal for power. We have turned a blind eye for too long. We must act now.

    We should all ask ourselves, "What can we do to help protect the environment? What have we done to help? What can we start doing now?"

    Let's cut down the number of the things we buy. Let's recycle. Let's reuse the useful things before we throw them away. Let's take action now before it is too late.

Yours faithully,

Franky

(1)、The underlined word "this" in Paragraph 2 refers to ____________________.
A、an article about a ski resort in Bolivia B、snow melting at a ski resort in Bolivia C、falling temperature around the world D、an unhappy experience in South America
(2)、According to the letter, low-lying countries could ____________________ in the future.
A、be no longer there B、have melting glaciers C、suffer droughts and hunger D、warm up by less than 0.5℃
(3)、In Paragraph 4 why did the writer say they turned a blind eye?
A、Because they tried to solve a problem. B、Because they looked with only one eye. C、Because they pay little attention to the problem. D、Because they turned around so that they could not see something.
(4)、According to the letter, Franky believes that ____________________.
A、we must do something right now B、we should buy more green things C、it is already too late to save the planet D、we should recycle all the everyday things
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New App Helps People Remember Faces

    Large gatherings such as weddings and meetings can be socially Q flooded with people. Learning people's names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue, but experts suggest people should be careful while using it.

    The app, called SocialRecall, connects names with faces through smartphone cameras and facial recognition, avoiding the need for formal introductions. "It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meeting somebody, "says Barry Sandrew, who created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 1, 000 people.

    After receiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, the user is asked to take two selfies and sign in through social media. At the event, the app is active within a previously set geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendee's face, the app identifies the person, displays the person's name, and links to his or her social media information. To protect Privacy, it recognizes only those who have agreed to use. And the app's creators say it automatically removes users' data after an event.

    Ann Cavoukian, a expert who runs the Privacy by Design Center of Excellence praises the app's creators for these protective measures. She added, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that "there may be unexpected results down the road with that information being used in another situation that might come back to bite you."

    The start-up project has developed the app for people who suffer from prosopagnosia, or "face blindness, "a condition that prevents people from recognizing people they have met. To use this app, a person first receives an image of someone's face, from either the smartphone's camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots or recognizes that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a user's phone, according to the team behind the app.

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