第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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Sunny days in Seattle are quite rare. I’d planned to spend my weekend in the sun, potting flowers outdoors. But that was before the pair of crows（乌鸦）放肆的意思 arrived. Out of nowhere, they had t up their ba camp in our backyard.
We first discovered our feathered enemies on Friday morning. It was early, and the sound the birds made traveled through our neighborhood. I figured they’d go away soon. But, no. They were getting louder and probably annoying my neighbors nearly as much as us with the noi. I admit I got a little desperate.
Then, on Sunday afternoon, I looked out of the kitchen window to e our dog Quatchi staring at something on the ground. I went to explore and found a small coal-black bird in the grass. Its eyes were milky, and it stayed perfectly still as my dog walked towards it. Only when Quatchi touched his no to its head did it walk away. I grabbed the dog and locked him inside and came back with my camera.
It never occurred to me that the young would be hanging out on the ground, growing and gaining strength as its parents guarded it from above. The cond I saw this little creature I forgave the crows.
To be honest, I’ve never been much of a bird person. I also have a healthy respect for birds and by healthy, I mean slightly fear-bad. They’re basically living dinosaurs.callone
I wish they’d chon another backyard. There are only so many sunny days in Seattle, and I still can’t do any gardening out there. But I’m also grateful that I got to e this little bit of nature unfold up clo. It’s pretty amazing.
The experience has also strengthened my desire to create a beautiful backyard garden that attracts lots of bees, butterflies, and yes, birds. They are welcome here.
1．The arrival of the two crows ______.
A．disturbed the author’s life B．frightened the author’s dog
C．angered the author's neighbors D．damaged the author's backyard
2．Why did the author lock her dog up?
A．She wanted to take some photos. B．The dog kept making loud nois.
C．She wanted to protect the little bird. D．The parent crows were to attack the dog.
3．After eing the little crow, the author ______.
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A．decided to help look after it B．planned to drive the crows away朋友的英文
C．fell in love with the pair of crows D．appreciated knowing its growing process
4．By saying “They’re basically living dinosaurs” in paragraph 5, the author means ______
A．birds are rare B．birds are very ugly
C．she is afraid of birds D．she is respectful to birds
cret的意思B
dernier Facebook has taken over a start-up named CTRL-Labs, which is developing devices that can pick up electrical signals from the brain and transmit them to a computer. CTRL-Labs has designed a wristband that can identify the signals the brain nds to the hand telling it to move, and decode (解 码)them. It could then transmit that command — for example, to press a button — to a computer or other devices.
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It also “captures (捕捉)your intention”，said Facebook VR president Andrew Bosworth. “So you can share a photo with a friend using an imperceptible (极细微的)movement or just by, well, intending to,” he said in a post on his personal Facebook page.
bereaveFacebook has not confirmed a report by CNBC which claimed that the deal was worth between $500m and $ l bn (£0.4bn and £0.8bn).) Mr Bosworth said he hoped the CTRL-Labs team would help Facebook to "build this kind of technology, at scale and get it into consumer products faster"
There was a mixed respon to the news.
“Facebook needd to leave us alone. Step away from our lives more.” tweeted tech commentator Azeem Azhar.
“I'm very curious to e what the respon is from regulators here," wrote an analyst Fatemeh Khatibloo.
Underneath Andrew Bosworth's Facebook post, Josh Chan, founder of an educational ap
p, said the news was exciting.
“As an educator, I'm imagining how this could transform how we all learn," he said.
Facebook implied it would be some time before the product came to market. "The CTRL-Labs technology is an innovative input that Facebook hopes will be ud to significantly improve the upcoming Facebook VR experiences a few years down the road to fundamentally improve the ur experience." it said.
Facebook may have more to say about the new acquisition on Wednesday at its annual VR headt event, which the firm purchad in 2014 for around $2bn.
5．涸辙之鲋的故事What does the underlined ntence imply?
A．Facebook should not affect people's lives any more.
B．Facebook should get less involved in people's lives.
C．Facebook should be less concerned about people's lives.
D．People's lives have been totally disturbed by Facebook.
6．What is the author's attitude towards CTRL-Labs?
