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1、_____ the delicious food here, why not enjoy yourself shopping for handsome jewelry?
A. Upwards of B. Apart from
C. Instead of D. Regardless of
2、Which of the following sentences is WRONG?
A.There was a time when I hated going to school.
B.It is the first time that the girl has seen such an animal.
C.It is high time that we took some measures to deal with it.
D.Every time when we stopped,everybody would stare at us.
3、A large quantity of water _________ polluted in the past twenty years across China.
A．is
B．are
C．has been
D．have been
4、Only when the circuit breaker mechanism was triggered________what a negative impact the epidemic had made on the country’s economy.
A.had they realized B.they realized C.they realize D.did they realize
5、It turned out that she won the first prize in the petition, which was beyond her .
A. expectations B. reputations
C. contributions D. celebrations
6、 ---Did you go to the fashion show last week？
---I_________，but I was fully occupied the whole week．
A. must go B. must have gone
C. would go D. would have gone
7、—Can you see the sign on the door?
—Yes, it ________ “No Entry”.
A. reads B. writes
C. speaks D. reports
8、If Mike come this evening, I would ask him to help me deal with the problem.
A.should B.could C.would D.might
9、在平面直角坐标系中，点
的坐标为
，点
在
轴上，直线
经过点，并与
轴交于点
，直线
与
相交于点
；
（1）求直线的解析式；
（2）点
是线段
上一点，过点作
交于点
，若四边形
为平行四边形，求点坐标.
10、_______the thick clouds, you would find the kite in the sky easily.
A. Had it not been for
B. If it were not
C. If it had not been for
D. Were it not for
11、The good thing about children is that they _______ very easily to new environments.
A.apply B.adopt C.attach D.adapt
12、Experts say it's an invaluable social practice results in big benefits.
A.who B.that C.what D.whether
13、The prison governor has refused to let him go, saying he must first be given from his own superiors.
A.accumulation B.affection C.authority D.accommodation
14、The old couple ________for more man 40 years and never once have they quarreled with each other.
A．married
B．have married
C．have got married
D．have been married
15、Synthetic biology, to design and construct new biological parts, devices and systems, is changing many aspects of our life.
A.intended B.intending C.to intend D.having intended
16、Researchers found that they could use microbial fingerprints to_____ the person who had used a computer keyboard even after the keyboard sat _____ for two weeks at room temperature.
A.identify, untouched B.recognize, touching
C.distinguish, untouched D.acknowledge, touching
17、Last week we had some great speeches. The headmaster together with some other teachers to attend it, too.
A. were invited B. has invited
C. was invited D. Invited
18、The book is a complete introduction ________ all the best Indian films.
A.in B.on C.to D.about
19、________ to sunlight for so much time will do harm to your skin.
A．Exposed
B．Being exposed
C．Having exposed
D．Because being exposed
20、Mum always ______ great ways to celebrate our birthday.
A. puts up with B. comes up with C. keeps up with D. catches up with
21、—Look! It’s snowing!
—Yeah, but I don't think the snow will ______.
A.flee B.inhabit C.settle D.fasten
22、----Are there any English story books for us students in the library?
----There’re only a few, .
A. if some B. if any
C. if many D. if ever
23、It doesn’t matter where the students associations get their money from ;what ____ is what they do with it .
A. Corners B. differs
C. directs D. counts
24、--- Excuse me, but I do need your advice on my project.
--- Sorry, I have only had time to ____ your report.
A. look around B. go through
C. get over D. dip into
25、The flood everything, the victims became homeless and could only live temporarily in shelters.
A.destroyed B.having destroyed C.destroying D.had destroyed
26、 I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a loud voice boom from across the aisle. “Mom, come here! There’s a lady here my size!”
The mother rushed to the boy she called Mickey; then she turned to me to apologize.
I smiled and told her, “It’ s okay.” Then I talked to the boy, “Hi, Mickey, I’m Darryl Kramer. How are you?” He studied me from head to toe, and asked, “Are you a little mommy?”
“Yes, I have a son,” I answered.
“Why are you so little?” he asked.
“It’s the way I was born,” I said. “Some people are little. Some are tall. I’m just not going to grow any bigger.” After about five more minutes of answering questions, I shook Mickey’s hand, and he returned to his mother.
My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents. It has taken many years to develop my confidence to be able to do that.
It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness. I stand three feet, nine inches tall. I was born an achondroplasia dwarf (患软骨发育不全症的侏儒). Despite this, my parents encouraged me to do all the things the kids around me did when I was growing up. When my neighbors got two-wheel bikes, I got a two-wheel bike. When they roller-skated, I roller-skated.
I didn’t realize how short I was until I started school. There, a few kids picked on me, calling me names. Then I knew. After that, I began to hate the first day of school each year.
As time went on, I just tried to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life. I was determined to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality.
I’m 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I’ve grown older. People look in disbelief when they see me get out of my car on the driver’s side. During those times, I try to keep a good attitude.
And it’s the children’s questions that make my life special. When I talk with children, they leave content that their questions have been answered. My hope is that in taking time with them, I will encourage them to accept their peers, whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect.
【1】The mother apologized to the author because she thought ______.
A.her son mistook the author for her
B.her son was too noisy in the supermarket
C.what her son said to the author was rude
D.her son might have frightened the author
【2】How did the author’s parents bring her up when she was growing up?
A.They taught her at home by themselves.
B.They inspired her to live as a normal kid.
C.They encouraged her to be the best bicyclist.
D.They often reminded her that she was different from other kids.
【3】The word “diminished” underlined in the second-to-last paragraph probably means ______.
A.decreased B.spread
C.occurred D.focused
【4】Why does the author enjoy talking to children?
A.She thinks they are lovely and full of curiosity.
B.She can get strength and encouragement from them.
C.She feels safe and confident to communicate with them.
D.She wants to teach them to accept people for who they are.
27、Hot Technology Products at CES 2020
The consumer electronics show, or CES, presents new technology developments annually. Here are some latest products launched at CES 2020.
The Sero TV
Samsung introduced a TV that can be used to watch video designed for a smartphone. The Sero TV does this by turning itself from the normal TV position to an upright position that looks like the shape of a phone. The V can connect to mobile devices to play video directly from the phone.
Smart waste can
A company called TOWNEW presented; waste can designed for the home that does a lot of the dirty work on its own. When the can is full, the user touches a button to activate the machine's smart abilities. The device then completely closes off the waste bag inside, puts a new one in place, all by itself, and raises its top so the user can pick up and throw away the bag.
Invisible car hood(引擎盖)
Automobile industry company Continental showed off a new technology that seems to make the front end of a vehicle disappear. The technology, called "Transparent Hood," aims to make driving safer and easier. Cameras provide video of the area underneath the vehicle, permitting the driver to see objects and road conditions that might present danger.
Wearable air purifier
A company called Aō Air introduced a wearable air purifier. Designed to be a high-tech face covering to block pollution, the device pulls air through a filtration(过滤)system and then uses fans to create a small area of clean air at its front, allowing the air to be purified-without the need for a solid container.
【1】Which company's product will appeal to video-loving mobile users?
A.Samsung. B.TOWNEW. C.Continental. D.Aō Air.
【2】What's the main advantage of Smart waste can?
A.It saves users the bother of packing waste. B.It allows users to sort rubbish easily.
C.It breaks down waste automatically. D.It contains numerous waste bags.
【3】What is special about the air purifier?
A.Complex. B.Costly. C.Waterproof. D.Convenient.
28、 Simpson is 53, “not sporty” and has suffered from asthma all her life. Two years ago her son Jay, now 10, took up BMX(自行车越野赛). “I enjoyed watching him and thought I’d like to try it,” Simpson recalls. “But I didn’t want to embarrass myself. I hadn’t ridden for over 40 years.”
Then she noticed a session for women and girls at Burgess Park BMX Track in Peckham, south-east London, where Jay trained. This season Simpson raced at the London BMX series and finished third in her category.
“It was the most worrying experience of my life. But it was also exhilarating,” she says cheerfully. “My son is proud of me. We now share a real love for the sport. It has brought us closer together.”
Since becoming part of the Olympic Games in 2008, the popularity of BMX has risen. A program introduced in London in 2011 by the sports development charity Access Sport has seen tracks built in several London regions, backed up with investment in coaching, and the program is being rolled out to Bristol.
Wright’s children Skye, 11 and Xander, 10 are sponsored riders who have represented Great Britain in every world championship since 2014. Wright says she was motivated to start BMX herself out of an interest aroused by watching so much of it. “It’s an eye-opener to share your children’s interests,” she explains. “You comprehend what they go through in a much more direct way. It adds another dimension to your relationship.”
It is also a high-impact sport and the risks are fairly obvious. “I totally get the fear,” says Emma, 51, a BMX exercise coach and cycling instructor. “It’s the fear of doing something new, of getting hurt. But I say ‘Come and give it a try.’ The chance of having an accident is slim, and you can spend time on the flat to improve your confidence.”
【1】What can we learn about Simpson from the first two paragraphs?
A. She tended to be inactive.
B. She performed poorly in the race.
C. She used to feel awkward in public.
D. She trained at Burgess Park BMX Track.
【2】What does the underlined word “exhilarating” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A. Annoying. B. Convincing.
C. Thrilling. D. Challenging.
【3】What benefit did Simpson and Wright get from BMX?
A. More life skills.
B. Stronger will.
C. More confidence in themselves.
D. Better parent-child relationship.
【4】What does Emma think of BMX?
A. Risky but actually secure. B. Demanding but open to all.
C. Competitive but instructive. D. Pleasant but time-consuming.
29、The USA's Best Drive-in Movie Theatres
Gather your friends, pile into the car, and enjoy an evening of America at these classic theatres.
Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop-Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop holds the title for the world's largest drive-in theatre. The drive-in theatre opened on 22 November 1963 with one screen. Now, the theatre has 13 new screens and nearly 12 million people visit it annually. The original screen is still up in running, although it's now called screen nine. Thanks to Florida's amazing weather, the theatre is open 365 days a year.
Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In-Gibson City, Illinois
Built in 1954, this two-screen drive-in is making a name for itself thanks to a decision to switch to wind power. The owners at Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In started using wind power as a way of keeping the costs of running the theatre down. By doing so, the drive-in is able to keep their prices consistent and if you want to catch a film at this green theatre, it's open from March until October.
Coyote Drive-In-Fort Worth, Texas
Opened in 2013, Coyote Drive-In was built with the goal of bringing back the drive-in magic to the community (社区）. One ticket will give you access to nightly double features-two movies back to back- available on four different screens. A unique feature of the theatre is that pets of all shapes and sizes are welcome, including horses.
Field of Dreams-Liberty Center, Ohio
Paying honour to the film Field of Dreams, Rod and Donna Saunders built the Field of Dreams drive-in theatre on their farmland in Liberty Center, Ohio in 1989. The Saunders' project provides cost-effective family entertainment for the locals of their countryside community.
【1】What is special about Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In?
A.It has the most screens. B.Its ticket price is steady.
C.It has a quiet environment. D.It has newly imported equipment.
【2】What inspired the Saunders to build the Field of Dreams?
A.A wonderful film of the same name. B.Their famous farmland in the countryside.
C.The locals'demands for entertainment. D.The cultural promotion of their community.
【3】Which drive-in theatre has the shortest history?
A.Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop. B.Harvest Moon Twin Drive-In.
C.Coyote Drive-In. D.Field of Dreams.
30、 Throughout my high school career I've made a point of doing what many people fail to do on a daily basis：reflect and assess my life and decisions. I'm a（n）_______ and I analyze and contemplate （沉思）,sometimes too much, but always with the intention of _______ something new about myself. You might be _______ to learn that I do my best thinking not in the classroom, not in the bedroom, but in the bathroom.
The bathroom has always been a place where I can sit in _______. The closest thing to a（n）_______ is a polite knock on the door, and quiet is _______ maintained. Bathrooms are always kept clean, and _______are provided for sufficient self-inspection. _______, the bathroom is the ideal place for reflection.
My bathroom, which is situated a brief _______ down the hall from my bedroom, is a wonderful place where I can take comfort. ________a long day of hard work, I ________for my bathroom to reflect on the past day and the days ahead. I think about my friends and family, and what they ________ to me. I even realize the numerous ________ that I have recently made, and ________ to put them right.
The thinking I do in the bathroom — whether it is a ________ about my future as a rock star, or the realization that my mother was in fact correct - is important to me. Taking the time to think and reflect has ________ me to make good decisions. And then I will ________ what is important to me. Instead of living my life ________ , I've made a choice to think deeply and keep things in perspective.
To me, the bathroom is not a place to________ the challenges of reality, but rather a place to________ those challenges through the power of human intelligence.
A．doctor
B．thinker
C．observer
D．reader
A．learning
B．recording
C．mentioning
D．abandoning
A．worried
B．surprised
C．excited
D．disappointed
A．regret
B．patience
C．pride
D．peace
A．celebration
B．invitation
C．description
D．interruption
A．poorly
B．quickly
C．continually
D．occasionally
A．mirrors
B．pictures
C．cameras
D．towels
A．At present
B．On average
C．At last
D．In short
A．ride
B．walk
C．jump
D．roll
A．After
B．Until
C．Before
D．As
A．wait
B．prepare
C．head
D．stand
A．introduce
B．refer
C．give
D．mean
A．mistakes
B．promises
C．goals
D．challenges
A．afford
B．forget
C．attempt
D．refuse
A．duty
B．rule
C．fantasy
D．project
A．begged
B．allowed
C．ordered
D．forced
A．call on
B．rely on
C．focus on
D．live on
A．blindly
B．slowly
C．unluckily
D．painfully
A．accept
B．remember
C．delay
D．escape
A．avoid
B．conquer
C．meet
D．create
31、 Mevan Babakar had a difficult start in life. She and her parents _______Iraq during the Gulf War in the 1990s. They travelled _______Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia and eventually to the Netherlands, where Babakar and her mother lived for a year in a refugee camp (难民营). Child as she was, she used to think it could be the end of the world every day. Life was _______and future to her, was a dream that would never come true.
However, she never forgot the refugee camp worker all those years ago. That day, watching other children playing and running on the ground in the camp, she, _______, stood there in the old coat and woolen cap, her face smudged with dirt. Their laughter and happiness made her find herself _______to go.
He came into _______, pushing a red, shiny bike on the dirt road. Out of _______, he came to her, saying, “It’s for you.” The five-year-old girl _______with joy. Hardly believing her ears, she giggled _______, covering her mouth with her dirty hands.
The ________gift made a lasting impact. “I remember feeling so special —I remember thinking that this is such a big thing to receive, am I even worthy of this big thing?” Babakar said. “This ________became the basis of my self-worth growing up.” From then on, she also believed that there would be hope; there would be chances, maybe very ________, but they would be there.
Mevan Babakar, today aged 29, decided to ________ down the man and posted a faded photo of the two of them in the ________on Twitter, which was among a handful of ________she had from that time. To her surprise, within 36 hours, Egbert, who ________for a nonprofit news site, was located in Germany. When the pair were reunited, they went through the old photos together and ________stories about the refugee camp.
Mevan posted ________photograph: “This is Egbert. He’s been helping refugees since the 90s. The bike was just a small gesture, ________it had brought me back into my life.” Egbert’s kindness continued to ________her. That was the magical thing about kindness: It didn’t cost anything but it changed the world of one person at a time.
【1】A.slid B.slipped C.fled D.moved
【2】A.across B.through C.among D.from
【3】A.complex B.simple C.bright D.tough
【4】A.excited B.annoyed C.alone D.interested
【5】A.nowhere B.anywhere C.everywhere D.somewhere
【6】A.view B.existence C.effect D.contact
【7】A.appreciation B.expectation C.curiosity D.kindness
【8】A.expanded B.explored C.exposed D.exploded
【9】A.clumsily B.shyly C.bitterly D.pitifully
【10】A.costly B.generous C.fragile D.worthless
【11】A.feeling B.impression C.emotion D.affection
【12】A.slim B.equal C.mild D.enormous
【13】A.turn B.set C.track D.calm
【14】A.village B.school C.field D.camp
【15】A.privileges B.belongings C.experiences D.resources
【16】A.desired B.arranged C.volunteered D.provided
【17】A.spread B.learned C.shared D.created
【18】A.other B.another C.others D.the other
【19】A.but B.however C.so D.and
【20】A.instruct B.reward C.judge D.shape
32、A Teen's Story of Courage
The government of India issued a lockdown in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The _________ was badly affected by the pandemic. _________, millions of people lost their jobs, including Mohan Paswan-the _________ of 15-year-old Jyoti Kumari. They had no money for _________ and for food, so the landlord threatened to kick them out and _________ their electricity. Kumari and her father's only _________ was to return to their home village in Bihar, which was more than 1,200 kilometers away.
_____ there were special _________ for migrants who wished to return home, Paswan was not able to walk to the railway station due to a(n) _________ from a traffic accident. Out of __________, Kumari used the 20 dollars they had left to buy a pink bike and __________ on May 8th for the village.
Kumari would __________ in the front, while her father would sit on the back seat with heavy luggage. They traveled more than 100 kilometers a day and only __________ at gas stations to sleep at night. Along the way, they __________ kind strangers who gave them food and encouragement ; one truck driver even __________ the father and the daughter a ride for 30 miles.
They __________ arrived at the village on May 15th and were reunited with their family. This story of a __________ girl has moved the hearts of many people including the __________ of the national team and a director. Kumari has been invited to join the Indian __________ team in the 2024 and 2028 Olympics and has also received an offer to __________ as herself in an upcoming movie.
【1】
A．population
B．ecology
C．election
D．employment
【2】
A．Therefore
B．However
C．Furthermore
D．Anyway
【3】
A．uncle
B．boss
C．teacher
D．father
【4】
A．clothes
B．rent
C．tuition
D．recreation
【5】
A．cut out
B．cut up
C．cut off
D．cut in
【6】
A．hope
B．aim
C．effort
D．plan
【7】
A．Even though
B．As though
C．Now that
D．In case
【8】
A．bikes
B．trains
C．flights
D．buses
【9】
A．loss
B．sickness
C．injury
D．hurt
【10】
A．control
B．trouble
C．desperation
D．patience
【11】
A．set about
B．set aside
C．set in
D．set off
【12】
A．drive
B．pedal
C．lead
D．run
【13】
A．rested
B．stopped
C．refueled
D．sat
【14】
A．confronted
B．contacted
C．found
D．encountered
【15】
A．made
B．picked
C．gave
D．provided
【16】
A．finally
B．quickly
C．immediately
D．properly
【17】
A．wise
B．kind
C．brave
D．honest
【18】
A．actor
B．coach
C．nurse
D．educator
【19】
A．cyclist
B．motorist
C．tourist
D．journalist
【20】
A．film
B．perform
C．show
D．star
33、 Tom was a middle-aged leather trader (皮货商) whose repeated _______ in career made him a depressed man, often complaining that he had been _______ by others. One day he told his wife he was so disappointed with the city that he had to _______.
So his family _______ another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Tom and his wife were busily tidying up their new home, the light suddenly went out. Tom was _______ to have forgotten to _______ candles and had to _______ helplessly in a low mood. Just then he _______ light, hesitant knocks on his door that were _______ audible (听到) in the quiet night.
"Who's it? " he ____________, since Tom was a ____________ to this city. And this was the moment he especially ____________ to be disturbed, so he went to the door and opened it violently. At the door was a little girl, ____________ asking, "Sir, do you have candles? I'm your ____________." "No," answered Tom in anger and shut the door ____________. "What a nuisance (麻烦事)!" He complained over it with his wife. "No sooner had we ____________ than the neighbor came to borrow things."
After a while, the door was ____________ again by someone. He found the same girl outside. But this time she was holding two candles, saying, "My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She sent me here to give you these." Tom was very ____________ by what he saw. At that moment he ____________ realized what caused his failure in life. It was his coldness with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been ____________ by his unsympathetic mind.
【1】A.failure B.success C.trouble D.difficulty
【2】A.annoyed B.cheated C.abandoned D.hurt
【3】A.quit B.stop C.leave D.resign
【4】A.paid a visit to B.moved to C.came across D.ran into
【5】A.careful B.satisfied C.regretful D.mad
【6】A.light up B.put out C.sold out D.bring along
【7】A.hope B.wait C.listen D.watch
【8】A.gathered B.recognized C.counted D.heard
【9】A.possibly B.noisily C.rarely D.clearly
【10】A.wished B.imagined C.wondered D.commented
【11】A.trader B.local C.newcomer D.passer-by
【12】A.fancied B.hated C.wanted D.started
【13】A.shyly B.proudly C.hopefully D.coldly
【14】A.friend B.housekeeper C.messenger D.neighbor
【15】A.gently B.kindly C.impatiently D.sadly
【16】A.turned up B.stayed up C.came around D.settled down
【17】A.opened B.shut C.knocked D.closed
【18】A.upset B.amused C.thrilled D.astonished
【19】A.suddenly B.gradually C.particularly D.normally
【20】A.widened B.removed C.clouded D.narrowed
34、课文填空
Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.
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.
On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.
I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.
For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.
At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.
The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”
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.
The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.
Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.
The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.
If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.
And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.
37、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.
Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems? Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.
When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.
While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.
“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”
But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.
Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.
Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.
It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.
“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.
38、假设你是李华，你的外国朋友Bill初到中国，他看到中国人聚会时常会喝酒，对中国酒文化很感兴趣，写信给你，希望你给他介绍一下。请给他写一封回信，内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 介绍中国的酒文化；
3. 你的建议：饮酒要适量。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Bill,
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Yours,
Li Hua
39、假定你是李华，你打算暑假期间找一份兼职工作，请给笔友Mike 写一封信，告诉他这一计划，并请他给出建议。
注意：
1．词数80左右；
2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
40、假设你是李华，美国网友Peter将到中国旅游，请你帮忙了解你市Camellia Hotel的情况。请根据以下要点给Peter写一封回信：
地理位置与周边环境；服务与设施；价格与付款方式；预定方式（电话8618998710001或网络）。
Dear Peter,
How great it is to hear that you will come to China! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
41、假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Peter发送邮件询问清明节相关信息。请你回复邮件，内容包括：清明节的习俗 (扫墓，祭祀, 春游……)。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．开头结尾已经给出，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：清明节Tomb-Sweeping Day 祭品 sacrifice
Dear Peter,
How is it going?
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Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua
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