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新目标(Go for it)版2018-2019学年初中英语九年级全册Unit 14 I remember meeting all of you in grade 7. 单元练习

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    My 10-year-old Donna said,“Mom,I had a new friend at school today.Can she come over tomorrow?”Donna was a shy girl and I wanted her to make some friends to bring her out of her shell. 

    “Sure,honey,that sounds great,”I said,thinking back to my own best friend,Lillian.We lived across the street from each other in Washington Heights,New York.We met at the age of 10,too.Like my daughter,I was shy,but Lillian drew me out.She was one of the friendliest people in school,with shiny black hair and a mile-wide smile.

    In senior high school,Lillian went on a trip to Florida.This was the first time we had to be away from each other for a few days.“I'll be back soon,”she told me.But three days later,Lillian's sister told me that she had fallen into a river and hadn't come out any more.Soon,my family moved to New Jersey.Whenever I thought of her,tears came into my eyes.

    The next day Donna brought her new friend home.“Hi,Mrs.Loggia,”the little girl said.Her hair was so shiny and black and she shot me a big smile.“My name is Laura.”

    My daughter's new friend was so much like Lillian.I was still puzzled (迷惑) when Laura's mom came to pick her up later that afternoon.I opened the door to let her in.“Judy!” she cried.“It's me,Lillian's sister,from Washington Heights.”Yes,my daughter's friend looked familiar.She was Lillian's niece.

(1)、The underlined words in the first paragraph “to bring her out of her shell”mean      .
A、to help her become less shy B、to help her become smart C、to help her live happily D、to help her walk out of her house
(2)、Laura looked familiar to the writer because she     .
A、was Lillian's niece B、was as old as her daughter C、was from Washington Heights D、had shiny black hair and a big smile,too
(3)、Why did the writer lose her best friend?Because     .
A、she moved to New Jersey B、they were different from each other C、her best friend travelled to Florida D、her best friend lost her life on a trip
(4)、“I knew we would be best friends forever.”is a sentence from the passage and should be put at the end of     .
A、Paragraph 2 B、Paragraph 3 C、Paragraph 4 D、Paragraph 5
(5)、We can infer (推断) from the passage that       .
A、the writer is outgoing now B、Laura helps Donna a lot C、Laura and Donna are of the same age D、Judy moved to New Jersey because of Lillian's death
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It was reported in May 2024 that the China Wildlife Conservation Association(CWCA. 中国野生动物保护协 会 )will sound giant pandas Yun Chuan and Xin Bao to the San Diego Zoo in the United States. which is a symbol of a new 10-vear period of international conservation partnership. The CWCA has organized experienced caretakers and doctors to go with the pandas to the US. The zoo is getting ready to provide the pandas with a largerandunore comfortable living environment. It has also formed a team with special skills related with panda. Ming and scientific research

The cooperation(合作)between the CWCA and the San Diego Zoo dates back to 1996 when Bai Yun and Shi Shi became the first pair of pandas to live in the zoo. Giant pandas Hua Mei, born in 1999, and Mei Sheng,born in 2003,who used to live there,are the result of China-US giant panda research cooperation. Over the past twenty years the two sides have cooperated and solved many technical problems,including important discoveries in key areas like panda raising. 

Since the 1990s, China has cooperated on giant panda conservation with 20 countries. "International cooperation in fields such as disease prevention and control,treatment,and wild training and reintroduction to the wild,has achieved good results. Giant pandas will facilitate communication between peoples and let people around the world know China better,"said Li,the leader of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda

"Scientific and educational outreach(延伸服务)also serves as a key role in international giant panda exchanges,allowing more people to understand giant pandas,which provides very good support for our efforts in protecting wild giant pandas,"Li said.

 阅读下列短文,从下面每题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。

Asking ChatGPT 4, an AI chatbot, to write a 100-word email might take just a few seconds. But have you ever wondered about the environmental influence of this technology? The rapid growth of AI is raising concerns. Many people realize that the tool comes with hidden costs, especially the large amount of energy used by digital services.

One of the main problems is the"water footprint", the total water the AI chatbot uses in its lifetime.AI depends on data(数据) centers, which house servers that store and manage data. Once turned on, the servers produce heat. To cool them down, engineers use pipes to bring in cold water from cooling towers to take away the heat.

Data centers operate around the clock, making them very"thirsty". According to The Washington Post, ChatGPT 4 needs about 519 milliliters of water, or a little more than a bottle for every 100-word email. Each year in the US, ChatGPT 4 uses over 435 million liters of water just for emails - enough to support a regular US family for 1,050 years.

Meanwhile, data centers are"hungry" for electricity. Writing a 100-word email requires 0.14 kilowatt-hours of electricity, which can power 14 light bulbs for one hour. Yearly, ChatGPT 4 uses up over 120,000 megawatt-hours(兆瓦时) of power just to help write emails. This is enough to support all homes in Washington DC for 20 days.

Now, businesses are looking for different ways to make AI more environmentally friendly. Microsoft uses cold metal plates with cold water to cool machines. Clean energy is also helpful; for example, Tencent's data center is powered by solar energy. Another company, Google, uses developed cooling systems that rely on outside air to cut down cooling needs.

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