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1、Loud music can do harm to our ears, so when listening to a player, you shouldn’t ____too high.
A. move it up B. turn it up C. put it up D. make it up
2、—Tom________Mary two years ago.
—You mean they have ________ for two years.
A.got married with；been married to B.got married to；been married
C.was married to；got married D.was married with；been married
3、Let's get through the work quickly._______seems to be little time left now.
A．It
B．There
C．That
D．Here
4、Some species of animals have died out because they could not _____ to a changing environment.
A．adopt
B．live
C．survive
D．adapt
5、Many things we benefit from now wouldn't be around _______ Albert Einstein.
A.aside from B.thanks to C.but for D.regardless of
6、After the accident, the police spent a week finding out the person who ________ it.
A．witnessed
B．stared at
C．proved
D．heard of
7、Is this university ______you visit last time?
A.that one B.which C.the one D.the one what
8、All parking signs have now been placed _________.
A. in practice B. in position
C. in danger D. in mind
9、Evidence has been found through years of study _______ children’s early sleeping problems are likely to continue when they grow up.
A. whether B. how
C. that D. why
10、___ regular exercise is very important, it’s never a good idea to exercise too close to bedtime.
A. It B. As C. Although D. Unless
11、He used to _____ up late, but now has got used to _____ early since he entered the high school.
A.get; get B.get; getting C.getting; get D.getting; getting
12、______ the late 18th century did the British explorer James Cook cross the Antarctica Circle, ______he never saw land.
A.Until, while B.Since, and C.Not until, but D.Although, yet
13、Millions of A$50 banknotes have an embarrassing spelling error that was overlooked by Australian central bank before they were printed and _________.
A.circulated B.distributed C.allocated D.extended
14、My way of thinking might be different from yours, but it’s equally ________.
A.eventual B.valid C.abundant D.digital
15、The heartbroken mother had no alternative but ____ her guilty son to the police.
A. report B. reporting C. reported D. to report
16、_____ we ever meet again I hope he remembers to thank me.
A. If and when B. When and where
C. If and what D. When and how
17、Difficulties and hardships have ____ the best character of the young geologist.
A. brought in B. brought out
C. brought up D. brought about
18、The park was ___ with lawns, trees, fountains and a big lake in the center.
A. laid off B. laid out
C. laid down D. laid aside
19、The experts believe that _____ quality sleep could be a protective measure against depression and a treatment for depression.
A.apparent B.adequate C.awkward D.arbitrary
20、The store______ I bought my textbooks is having a sale this week.
A．that
B．where
C．which
D．why
21、At the beginning, the experiment about vaccine turned out to be ________failure, but as we know, success often comes after ________failure.
A．不填; a
B．a; a
C．the; the
D．a; 不填
22、Yesterday, the storm delayed us. ________ the storm we would have been here in time.
A．If it were not for
B．But for
C．Unless
D．But that
23、-Professor Liu，have you ever been to London？
-Yes. I___________ there for four years.
A.have studied B.studied C.will study D.had studied
24、When________ why he was sent there, he said he was sent there ________ for a space flight.
A．asking, being trained
B．asked, to be trained
C．to ask, trained
D．asked, training
25、Festival celebrations provide a(n) ____ to celebrate together, sharing warmth and good times.
A.pipe B.patent C.avenue D.antique
26、 It’s school holiday time which means great movies on the big screen. Not sure which movie to see? Don’t be worried. Our guide will help you sort out the best films for your age group.
Abominable (88min)
When teenager (Yi) finds a Yeti (野人) on the roof of her building in Shanghai, she and her friends set off to reunite the Yeti with his family at the highest point on Earth. Preschoolers and primary schoolers will fall for the loveable lead character of the Yeti. The pictures are beautiful, and the film is unrushed.
Best suits: Kids aged up to 12.
Toy Story 4 (97min)
When a new toy called Porky joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends shows how big the world can be for a toy. The big screen is the right way to see it, and the storyline makes this film stand up to a second and third look. Another modern classic from Pixar Studios.
Best suits: All ages.
Ride Like a Girl (98min)
The true story of how Australian jockey Michelle Payne overcame injury and difficulty to become the first woman to become the winner of the Melbourne Cup. Younger people will enjoy the first half of the movie, which focuses on Michelle Payne’s early days growing up in racing-mad house with large family. However, the second half is just so-so. Still worth a look.
Best suits: Kids aged 9 through to teenage years.
Ugly Dolls (86min)
The film is about what it means to be different, try to be loved, and end up discovering who you truly are is what matters most. Disappointing film compared to some of the other great cartoon movies going around, but younger kids will still enjoy it.
Best suits: Children aged 8 and under.
【1】Whom does the film Abominable suit best?
A.A 4-year-old kid. B.A 10-year-old pupil.
C.A 14-year-old teenager. D.An 18-year-old adult.
【2】What does the author think of Toy Story 4?
A.It has nothing new. B.It aims at young kids.
C.It deserves seeing more than once. D.It is the best of its series.
【3】What is Ugly Dolls about?
A.How to love people. B.How to make friends.
C.How to become different. D.How to accept oneself.
27、 We tend to believe that older people are more positive and younger people are more sensitive to social cues（暗示）.
Recently scientists investigated this idea by testing 10,000 men and women. They wanted to see if age affected a person’s ability to identify subtle facial emotions, such as fear and anger.
The researchers used a Web-based platform to collect data. It showed the participants two headshots of random people. They were then asked to identify which subject was angrier, happier, or more fearful. The research found that younger people were able to better identify angry and fearful facial cues than older people.
“We know from studies that the everyday experiences of an adolescent are different from an older person, but we wanted to understand how these experiences might be linked with differences in basic emotion understanding,” wrote Laura Germine, the study’s senior author.
But what is it that makes young people more sensitive?
“This is the exact age when young people are most sensitive to forms of negative social cues, such as bullying（欺凌）,” Lauren Rutter, the study’s lead author, told Science Daily. “The normal development of anger sensitivity can contribute to some of the challenges that arise during this stage of development.”
On the contrary, across the whole 10,000-person survey, researchers found no decrease in the sense of happiness among older participants and these findings fit well with other researches, showing that older adults tend to have more positive emotions.
Now, the team is working toward a new study that examines how emotional sensitivity is related to different aspects of mental health, such as anxiety and depression.
【1】What can we know from the passage?
A.Older people are more allergic to social cues.
B.The researchers gained data from the Internet.
C.Older people are less likely to identify happiness in the research.
D.Adolescents’ sensitivity to negative social cues does harm to their development.
【2】How was the research carried out?
A.By assuming and analyzing.
B.By questioning and tracing.
C.By reasoning and concluding.
D.By surveying and collecting statistics.
【3】What section of a newspaper is the passage probably taken from?
A.Technology. B.Investigations.
C.Education. D.Lifestyle.
【4】What is the team planning to find out next?
A.The relationship between emotions and experiences.
B.The emotional differences between the young and the old.
C.The connection between sensitivity of emotions and mental health.
D.The different responses to social cues between the young and the old.
28、It was late one evening. I can’t remember what it was about, but my dad and I had a very big argument when my mom was away. We both said things we didn’t mean, and in the end I said, “I’m leaving.” And he said, “Good. The sooner, the better.”
I threw a few things in a suitcase and closed the door angrily behind me, not knowing where I was going. After walking aimlessly for about 20 minutes, I stopped at a local supermarket. Then my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She said, “Hey, Mary. Where are you？Dad is worried about you.”
“How can he worry about me？I’ve been away for nearly half an hour, but he didn’t call,” I said with annoyance(气恼). My anger returned and I remembered all the hateful things he’d shouted to me. “Listen, Mom. You can tell Dad that I’m fine. I’ll call you tomorrow,” I said and hung up.
I walked around the store, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my purchases, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I left the supermarket, a large piece of white paper was in front of me. On the piece of white paper were these words: “Please come home! I miss you and I’m worried about you！”
Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my dad. Beside him, smiling gently, sat my mom. And that’s when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I cried. Despite my best efforts to run away from home, my father finally managed to track me down. I couldn’t leave now, not with him sitting there with caring eyes.
【1】Hearing Mary decided to leave home, Mary’s father was very ________.
A．worried
B．nervous
C．angry
D．surprised
【2】After her mother called her, Mary ________.
A．became angrier than before
B．gave in to her father
C．cried and calmed down
D．agreed to go home
【3】What does the underlined word “purchases” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Actions Mary regretted.
B．Goods Mary bought.
C．Telephone calls Mary made.
D．Lessons Mary learned.
【4】What probably happened at the end of the story?
A．Mary’s mother hated her father.
B．Mary still refused to go home.
C．Mary’s father became angry again.
D．Mary returned home happily.
29、Windows are a key component in a building's design, but they are also the least energy- efficient part. According to a 2009 report by the United Nations, buildings account for 40 percent of global energy usage, and windows are responsible for half of that energy consumption. If conventional windows are used to better block sunlight passing into a building, they need expensive coatings. Even so, they can not adjust the indoor temperature effectively.
Scientists at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) have developed a smart liquid window panel that can help. By creating a mixture of micro-hydrogel (水凝胶), water, and a stabilizer, they found that it can effectively reduce energy consumption in a variety of climates. Thanks to the hydrogel, the mixture becomes hard-to-see- through when exposed to heat, thus blocking sunlight, and, when cool, it returns to its original clear state. The high heat capacity of water allows a large amount of heat energy to be stored instead of getting transferred through the glass and into the building during the hot daytime when office buildings mainly operate. The heat will then be gradually cooled and released at night when the staff are off duty.
As a proof of concept, the scientists conducted outdoor tests in hot (Singapore, Guangzhou) and cold (Beijing) environments. The Singapore test revealed that the smart liquid window had a lower temperature (50°C) during the hottest time of the day (noon) compared to a normal glass window (84°C), The Beijing tests showed that the room using the smart liquid window consumed 11 percent less energy to maintain the same temperature compared to the room with a normal glass window. They also measured when the highest value of stored heat energy of the day occurred. This "temperature peak" in the normal glass window was 2 pm, and in the smart liquid window was shifted to 3 pm. If this temperature peak shift leads to a shift in the time when a building needs to draw on electrical power to cool or warm the building, it should result in lower energy charges for users. The research team is seeking ways to cut down the cost of producing the smart window and so far, they have found several industry partners to commercialize it.
【1】What is the disadvantage of conventional windows?
A．They are expensive.
B．They are not heatproof.
C．They contribute less to energy saving.
D．They can't block light into the building.
【2】How does a smart liquid window panel work to cool buildings?
A．By taking in much of heat energy.
B．By returning to its original clear state.
C．By getting most of sunlight transferred.
D．By spreading sunlight in different directions.
【3】According to paragraph 3, what is the value of the temperature peak shift?
A．It will make the windows long-lasting.
B．It could help the building users reduce costs.
C．It makes the buildings rely on no electrical power.
D．It helps the windows maintain a constant temperature.
【4】What can we expect of the smart window in the future?
A．It will be unaffordable.
B．It needs to be further improved.
C．It will be widely used in the city.
D．It will come onto the market soon.
30、I was growing up in Minnesota, “Joe Versus the Volcano” was one of my favorite movies. I longed to be swept away to a tropical island. But as I _________ myself in La Palma reporting on the Cumbre Vieja (老昆布雷火山) eruption in the Spanish Canary Islands, I quickly realized that there’s nothing romantic about volcanoes — even on an island.
I had come prepared — an N95 mask, and a baseball cap my Spanish mother-in-law lent me. But nothing could _________me for the invasiveness (入侵) of the _________ ash. It fell from the sky like a rainstorm, lining streets, covering doorways, and filling the splits of my ears.
It wasn’t long before the airlines _________ all flights. When tourists began panic-buying all the boat tickets as I was _________ residents about their futures, I realized I had, indeed, missed the boat.
For two days, I wandered _________ streets awaiting the recovery of travel, carrying a backpack and feeling progressively stuck — and at times _________. And then I realized I was being given the chance for deeper _________. Here I was experiencing, although in much lesser _________ what the people were feeling:__________and frustration from living next to an erupting volcano with no end in __________
Like the people of La Palma, I __________ on others to get me through — from the English woman who gave me a bag of oranges from her garden to the minister of the church that let me use the bathroom after being __________ at the top of a mountain.
As I finally left — via boat — I realized how __________ I was to have experienced the humanity of the people in La Palma in the face of crisis. I know it’s what will pull them __________ it.
【1】
A．found
B．spotted
C．caught
D．discovered
【2】
A．protect
B．equip
C．hide
D．prepare
【3】
A．deadly
B．breathless
C．volcanic
D．potential
【4】
A．arranged
B．canceled
C．reserved
D．upgraded
【5】
A．informing
B．inquiring
C．consulting
D．interviewing
【6】
A．dusty
B．noisy
C．empty
D．clean
【7】
A．panicked
B．embarrassed
C．regretted
D．abandoned
【8】
A．anxiety
B．insight
C．sorrow
D．memory
【9】
A．space
B．time
C．effort
D．degree
【10】
A．exhaust
B．difficulty
C．uncertainty
D．inconvenience
【11】
A．sight
B．mind
C．action
D．state
【12】
A．fixed
B．decided
C．counted
D．agreed
【13】
A．spotted
B．rescued
C．treated
D．stuck
【14】
A．grateful
B．merciful
C．delightful
D．peaceful
【15】
A．over
B．through
C．under
D．from
31、I was born legally blind. Of all the stories of my early childhood，the one about a______is my mother's favorite.
I was only two when the______occurred. We had just arrived home from a trip. Mom lifted me out of the car and _____to speak to the driver. I took advantage of my brief______to dash across the lawn(草坪)-and hit a large maple tree！I was running so fast that I bounced off the trunk and______on my backside. Mom______me to start crying，but I just sat there for a minute. Then I______myself up and kept right on going. Mom always______here that，as many times as I______across the lawn after that，I never again______into that tree.
Mom loves to use this story as an______. It reminds her that children don't enter life______to take risks or unwilling to______again when they fall down. She never wanted me to lose that______as I grew older. When I______my major life decisions，I was still that little girl tearing full-speed across the lawn. I studied abroad and later moved away from my parents' home to look for a______, Through years of______, I have become a respected teacher in a school serving high-need students.
We are almost certain to get______at some point during the process of achieving our goal. When that happens，don't sit in the grass and______.Just get up and keep on going It will all be worth it______.
【1】
A．trip
B．race
C．tree
D．driver
【2】
A．incident
B．change
C．illness
D．problem
【3】
A．feared
B．refused
C．forgot
D．turned
【4】
A．delay
B．absence
C．freedom
D．rest
【5】
A．landed
B．slept
C．laughed
D．wept
【6】
A．promised
B．encouraged
C．allowed
D．expected
【7】
A．woke
B．picked
C．warmed
D．gave
【8】
A．adds
B．replies
C．admits
D．supposes
【9】
A．drove
B．lived
C．stood
D．zoomed
【10】
A．crashed
B．broke
C．climbed
D．looked
【11】
A．answer
B．example
C．excuse
D．order
【12】
A．able
B．ashamed
C．afraid
D．anxious
【13】
A．ask
B．share
C．learn
D．try
【14】
A．honesty
B．toughness
C．kindness
D．curiosity
【15】
A．regretted
B．reviewed
C．made
D．explained
【16】
A．job
B．friend
C．fortune
D．house
【17】
A．memories
B．efforts
C．research
D．experience
【18】
A．mixed up
B．fed up
C．knocked down
D．settled down
【19】
A．play
B．relax
C．dream
D．cry
【20】
A．all at once
B．in the end
C．in either case
D．as a result
32、 I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia. My father ______ me to her with these words：“I would like you to meet the fellow who is ______ for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no later than tomorrow morning.”
My stepmother walked over to me, ______ my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye. Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are wrong. This is not the worst boy at all, but the ______ one who hasn’t yet found an outlet for his enthusiasm.”
That statement began a friendship between us. No one had ever called me smart. My family and neighbors had built me up in my mind as a ______ boy. My stepmother changed all that.
She changed many things. She persuaded my father to go to a dental school, from which he ______ with great honors. She moved our family into the city, where my father’s career could be more suitable and my brothers and I could be better ______ at school.
When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand ______ and instucted me how to type in the flesh, telling me that she believed that I would become a ______. I knew her enthusiasm, I ______ it, and I saw how it had already improved our lives. I accepted her ______ and began to ______ for local newspapers. I was doing the same kind of writing that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later. I wasn’t the ______ beneficiary (受益人). My father became the wealthiest man in town. My brothers and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president.
What power ______ has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is constantly strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ______.
【1】A.sent B.introduced C.handed D.passed
【2】A.rewarded B.favored C.distinguished D.praised
【3】A.raised B.shook C.dragged D.bent
【4】A.stubbornest B.laziest C.proudest D.smartest
【5】A.clever B.bad C.stupid D.polite
【6】A.graduated B.quitted C.started D.escaped
【7】A.entertained B.controlled C.educated D.respected
【8】A.bicycle B.radio C.camera D.typewriter
【9】A.doctor B.writer C.typist D.teacher
【10】A.regarded B.suspected C.ignored D.appreciated
【11】A.order B.criticism C.belief D.description
【12】A.write B.read C.photograph D.edit
【13】A.next B.only C.same D.real
【14】A.enthusiasm B.sympathy C.fortune D.confidence
【15】A.win B.reach C.match D.doubt
33、 A couple days ago, my 9-year-old son and I were grocery shopping. At the check-out, a mother was trying to understand her bill. She didn't have enough ___ for her milk and cheese.
The grocery store manager ___the items from her cart and carried them away to the refrigerator section.
Although there have been ___I myself didn't have money to buy groceries my family needed,I ___whispered to my son and told him to run and get the manager back with the items. He was ___. He didn't understand me. I was trying to do an act of kindness , but it ___ .
The lady ___with her son and fewer groceries than she had planned. I told the checkout guy to ___ me for her milk and cheese and that we'd run to the parking lot and ___ her. He said"You do that? "and I said"Yes, I've been there before and want to____they have what they need. ”
He quickly called the manager back, ___up my items and hers, and my son and I ran to the ___. But the mom and her son ___. I have no idea where they went. They were gone in 60 seconds and with them went my____to gift these necessary items. We were too late. I felt ___ and terrible for not speaking up and telling her what I wanted to do for her, ____ I wouldn't miss the chance for ___. I kept thinking about my ___: because I didn't want to ___ her,didn't want to cause a fuss(忙乱)...
So I ask myself and you dear friends, if we allow our minds to ___our actions towards acting for love and kindness, is it still an act of kindness?
【1】A.space B.knowledge C.money D.time
【2】A.removed B.stopped C.found D.demanded
【3】A.arrangements B.possibilities C.chances D.times
【4】A.yet B.even C.again D.also
【5】A.excited B.confused C.regretful D.thoughtful
【6】A.moved on B.slowed down C.took place D.went wrong
【7】A.slipped B.left C.signaled D.returned
【8】A.charge B.promise C.forgive D.pay
【9】A.watch B.understand C.catch D.thank
【10】A.pay back B.go back C.pick up D.make sure
【11】A.rang B.picked C.raised D.brought
【12】A.car B.gate C.grocery D.parking lot
【13】A.separated B.disappeared C.mistook D.missed
【14】A.contribution B.thought C.opportunity D.mood
【15】A.ashamed B.lucky C.anxious D.hopeless
【16】A.but B.or C.though D.thus
【17】A.success B.celebration C.kindness D.expression
【18】A.fault B.hesitation C.difficulty D.expectation
【19】A.inform B.disturb C.embarrass D.shock
【20】A.fill B.quicken C.strengthen D.slow
34、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?
Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.
In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.
When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.
Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.
Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.
That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.
And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.
But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.
Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.
Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.
In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.
35、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.
Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.
All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.
Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.
While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.
Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
36、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.
Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.
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Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?
Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.
This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.
So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?
With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.
Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.
38、假如你是张文，你的美国笔友Jack—家人要来扬州度暑假，特别来信询问特色旅游的情况。请你给他回复一封电子邮件。内容包括：
1. 推荐地点；
2. 推荐理由。
注意：1.词数80左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
39、假定你是李华。现在美国新冠肺炎的疫情严重，你在美国的外教Chris 知道中国的疫情控制得很好，写信向你询问个人防护措施。请你给他写封回信，提供些建议，要点如下：
(1)少出门、少聚集；
(2)出门带口罩、保持距离；
(3)养成良好的个人卫生习惯。
注意:(1)词数100左右；
(2)可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇: covid—19新冠肺炎 precaution防护 sanitation卫生
Dear Chris,
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Yours,
Li Hua
40、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友Tom对中国传统文化有浓厚的兴趣。你校将举办一场介绍中国艺术的讲座，请写封邮件邀请他参加，内容包括:
1.时间和地点；
2.讲座内容（介绍中国画、剪纸和京剧）；
3.准备工作（简要了解一下相关知识）。
注意:
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Tom,
Here comes a piece of good news.
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If you have any questions,please don’t hesitate to contact me.Looking forward to seeing you!
Yours,
Li Hua
41、假定你是李华，是校学生会主席。因为新冠病毒（COVID-19）疫情，你校原计划的外国学生中文演讲比赛作了相应调整，改为在线上进行。请你代表学生会给有关同学写一封邮件，告知这一变动。内容包括：
1. 变动原因；
2. 比赛方式；
3. 美好祝愿。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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