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广东省肇庆市鼎湖中学2017-2018学年高一上学期英语期中考试试卷(含听力音频)
It is important for everyone to learn how to apologize effectively. You might think a simple “I'm sorry.” will take care of everything. There are some situations in which you need to apologize properly.
Apologize truly.
Apologizing through a half-hearted “sorry” will get you nowhere.. If you are really want to apologize, you must do it truly. Accept the fact that you are wrong. Contrary to what you might think, apologizing over and over again isn't going to help, especially you are apologizing to someone who is your boss.
Don't wait too long to apologize.
One piece of advice on how to apologize effectively is to do it as soon as you realize your mistake. Some people put off giving an apology because they think it will save them from the offended(被冒犯的) person's anger. However, that's just not polite. If you can't approach the person personally at once, send him or her a message first.
Don't expect too much.
You can't expect that person to forgive you immediately. If you are going to apologize, you have to be prepared for the worst. The conversation isn't going to be the most comfortable one either.
Learning how to apologize effectively is very important. It shows people that you are a very kind person.
A.Don't apologize again and again.
B.However, that's not exactly true.
C.Pay a visit to others ahead of time.
D.You'd better prepare yourself for anything.
E.But make sure you make an apology in person as well.
F.In fact, it might get you into even bigger trouble than before.
G.A lot of people don't know how to make an apology to their boss.
Every time we get behind the wheel of a car, we put our lives and the lives of others at risk. Self-driving cars are designed to reduce those risks by letting technology control our vehicles.
Accident rates for self-driving cars have been much lower than the rate, for human-driven cars. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}
As humans, we can make moral choices in avoiding accidents. To avoid hitting a child, for example, human drivers might sharply turn a car away from the child even if others may be injured. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Researchers studied this issue. They have developed the Moral Machine website to help explore the choices self-driving cars should make.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} You are shown two possible traffic situations and you choose between them. An accident will take place. You choose how many living beings would be hurt or killed.
In one situation there may be a female doctor, a child, two dogs and a homeless person who would be killed. In the other situation, you might have two babies and a cat who would be killed. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}
The Moral Machine website has many situations and many possible outcomes. When you click on the situation of your choice, it will be highlighted. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} At the end of the situation, you are shown the results, based on the choices you made. The results show which character you were most likely to save and which character you were most likely to have die.
A. Who should those victims be? B. Then the next situation appears. C. You choose who lives and who dies. D. You can use the Moral Machine to be the judge. E. But what moral choices can self-driving cars make? F. The Moral Machine website lets you choose how you would react in a collision. G. Google's self-driving car has had only 13 collisions after traveling 1.8 million miles. |
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Why should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space instead of on conditions and people on Earth? These are questions that, understandably, are very often asked.
Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup as human beings. What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? With the wide spread of a species, human beings can get high chance of survival. Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency to expand wherever possible.
Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified and prepared for. Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger. With knowledge, we can lessen its effects.
Exploration also allows minerals and other potential resources to be found. Even if we have no need of them right now, they will perhaps be useful later. Resources may be more than physical possessions. Knowledge or techniques have been acquired through exploration. The techniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives. We have already benefited from other spinoffs including improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellites for weather forecasting and in communications systems. Even nonstick pans and mirrored sunglasses are byproducts of technological developments in the space.
While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us. While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers. The danger exists, but knowledge can help human beings to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist.
While Earth is the only planet known to support life, surely the adaptive ability of humans would allow us to live on other planets. It is true that the lifestyle would be different, but human life and cultures have adapted in the past and surely could in the future.
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Why should we explore space? Why should we invest so much with few visible benefits? Why should resources be spent on space {#blank#}2{#/blank#} than on conditions and people on earth? |
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It is human {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to explore new areas and environment. The{#blank#}4{#/blank#} the spread of a species, the higher its chance of survival. Human beings genetically tend to expand where possible. |
By exploring we can have the information and understanding that can help us identify and get{#blank#}5{#/blank#} for any danger in surrounding areas. |
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Human beings can have unexpected benefits by exploring space. We can find more minerals for future use even if we don't need them {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Besides physical possession, we can acquire knowledge or techniques through exploration, which results in{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the life span, improving quality of life, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} earthquakes and the weather and even developing non-stick pans. |
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Faced with danger, human beings' {#blank#}9{#/blank#}, bravery and intelligence will enable us to survive. |
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Space exploration may help us{#blank#}10{#/blank#} potential problems on Earth. |
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