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1、_______ is known to us all that the old scientist, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his eighties.
A. As; whose B. It; who C. As; whom D. It; whom
2、The size of the generation gap seems to be spreading with ________ rapid changes in technology, in education in transportation and in communication that are taking place all over ________ globe.
A．the; the
B．the; /
C．/; /
D．/; the
3、The problem with him was that he was willing to_________ principles too easily. for economic advantage.
A.delay B.reject C.sacrifice D.skip
4、If parents don’t teach their child how to ________himself，he will do anything at will.
A.behave B.believe C.help D.enjoy
5、________is often the case, people stare at their phones while sitting on the bus.
A．That
B．It
C．That
D．As
6、His story of what happened that night didn’t ________ the witness’s version.
A.try out B.put off C.speed up D.correspond with
7、I was scared ___ when I saw the tiger jumped out of the cage and ran to the little child.
A．to the death
B．of death
C．into the death
D．to death
8、—Is there a holiday recently?
—There_____ be. It has been informed that we will continue to study for another three weeks.
A.won’t B.mustn’t C.may not D.can’t
9、—— How soon will the candidates get their university admissions?
—— It may take three weeks for all the applications to be ________.
A. withdrawn B. processed C. corresponded D. violated
10、Before China's Youth Day, Xi,______ secretary general of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made a statement to the young, _____________they find reasonable.
A.the; that B./; in which C.the; which D./; which
11、Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according to a Common Sense Media report Monday.
A.being published B.to publish C.publishing D.published
12、We _____ the disabled students so we will do all that we can to help them.
A.feel much sympathy for B.are out of sympathy with
C.win sympathy of D.expressing sympathy for
13、Many Chinese brands, ______ their reputations over centuries, are _______ new challenges from the modern market.
A. having developed, facing B. being developed, faced
C. developed, faced D. developing, facing
14、________ that the small village ________ him. He knows almost everything about it.
A．There is no doubt; is familiar with
B．There is no doubt; is familiar to
C．It is no doubt; is familiar with
D．It is no doubt; is familiar to
15、When I opened the door, a parcel on the floor ____ my eye.
A. fixed B. caught C. focused D. appealed
16、His plan was ____, and the _____won him many _______glances.
A.approved,approve,approving
B.approving,approver, approved
C.approved,approval, approving
D.approving,approve,approved
17、If you____here half an hour ago, you would have known what we were talking about.
A．arrived
B．had arrived
C．should arrive
D．would arrive
18、— Have you watched Gravity, _______ the best film in 2013?
—Yes. It is a survival story _________ in space.
A. considered; setting B. considered; set
C. considering; set D. considering; setting
19、It is _____ he often breaks the schools rules _____ makes his teacher unsatisfied with him.
A. what; that B. that; what
C. that; that D. which; that
20、It’s high time that we against spreading false information on the Internet.
A.will fight B.fought C.would fight D.fight
21、I am interested in_________ you have improved your spoken English in such a short time.
A.how B.which C.when D.if
22、In only 10 years, our province has been _________ into an advanced industrial province.
A.transformed B.entered C.regarded D.issued
23、________ in Beijing University or Tsinghua University is what most students wish for.
A．To educate
B．Educated
C．Being educated
D．educating
24、By 16:30, ______ was almost closing time, nearly all the paintings had been sold.
A.which B.when C.what D.that
25、The hot, damp weather didn’t ________ him.
A. be suitable B. fit for
C. agree with D. fit in
26、 Do you know what a castle is? A castle is a building special to Europe. Castles were built in the Middle Ages by king and other powerful people who live in. Castles were used by people to protect themselves from their enemies. They are big buildings made form stone and wood.
Today there are still castles all over Europe. Some are in ruins. But some built later are still in good repair and used even today. One example is Windsor Castle, which is a home to the British queen. It is in the country or Berkshire, not far from London.
Castles have walls around them. In the old days, soldiers would stand on the walls to guard the people in the castle. If enemies came they would shoot arrows and throw stones at them. Castles also had moats. A moat is a river around the wall that makes it difficult for enemies to get in. It could be either dry or filled with water.
Other people from younger countries love European castles. In the US there are rich people who have brought broken parts of castles to their country and rebuilt them. And some people build “replica” castles — modern copies of Castle.
You probably know the Disneyland Castle in California, US. But did you know it is based on a famous castle in Germany built by King Ludwig Ⅱof Bavaria?
【1】Which of the following is TRUE about the castle?
A.It is a special American building.
B.It is made from stone and paper.
C.Only king used to live in it.
D.People used it to protect themselves.
【2】We can tell from the story that a moat is _______.
A.a wall B.a soldier
C.a river D.a stone
【3】According to the passage we can know that_______.
A.there are castles only in some European countries now
B.in the US, there used to be castles in the Middle Ages
C.in the US, the people rebuilt the old castles or build the modern ones
D.the Disneyland castle is built in Germany
【4】What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.The history of Windsor castles. B.Facts about castles.
C.The king and the castles. D.How to build castles.
27、 Taking a step requires just one second for a normal person. But not for Gao Ziren, whose paralyzed left 1eg requires him to first move a crutch (拐杖) forward before his leg, and then balance himself. For 42 years, Gao, a teacher at Lixin village primary school in a mountainous area of East China’s Jiangxi province, has walked this way between his home, the school and his students’ homes. Over the course of his career, he has worn out more than 60 crutches.
Gao, 60, was born in a mountainous area of Meiling Township. Wanli District of Nanchang. After coming down with polio (脊髓灰质炎) at the age of 1, his left leg suffered muscular atrophy, leaving him unable to walk normally. He did not give up，relying instead on his mental strength to finish his studies from primary school through high school.
He started his career in 1977 when a village official visited him about being a teacher in the village, as one of the two teachers there had left. Gao agreed to take the position, for he knew the importance of a teacher to students, especially those like him. The roads were sandy and muddy in the past, “One year, it was snowing, and I walked more than one hour to the school. My colleague helped me half of the way-otherwise, I might have fallen into the gully,” he said.
Gao Yangyao, who worked with Gao Ziren for many years, said that “he has difficulty walking, but he is usually the first to come to school.” Gao Ziren said that because he walked slowly, it was too late for him to visit students’ homes after school, and therefore, he visited them on the weekends.
Now, many children follow their parents to live and study in cities, while some become left-behind children who live in rural areas and lack family care. Gao said it was important to be patient with left-behind children and pay more attention to their mental health. “When rural children lack family education, schools and teachers need to do more in psychological education,” said Li Wu, a principal of Meiling Central School. He said rural areas need more teachers like Gao Ziren.
【1】What made it hard for Gao Ziren to walk around?
A.His weak strength. B.The mountainous roads.
C.The bad crutch. D.His paralyzed left leg.
【2】What mainly made Gao Ziren agree to be a teacher?
A.His desire to make a living.
B.The village official’s order.
C.The encouragement of his colleagues.
D.His awareness of the importance of education.
【3】What can we know from the last paragraph?
A.Rural areas are in demand of teachers like Gao Ziren.
B.Many parents care about their children’s mental health.
C.Rural children need to study and live in big cities.
D.Left-behind children can’t get family care at all.
【4】Which of the following words can best describe Gao Ziren?
A.Strong-willed and devoted. B.Confident and wise.
C.Polite and energetic. D.Selfless and humorous.
28、They say procrastination (拖延) is the thief of time — actually deadlines are. New research has found that if you want someone to help you out with something, it is best not to set a deadline at all. But if you do set a deadline, make it short.
Professor Stephen Knowles tested the effect of deadline length on task completion for their research. Participants were invited to complete an online survey concerning a charity donation. They were given either one week, one month, or no deadline to respond. Professor Knowles says although the topic of the survey was about charity, the results are true of any situation where someone asks another person for help.
The study found responses to the survey were lowest for the one-month deadline and highest when no deadline was specified (明确规定). No deadline and the one-week deadline led to many early responses, while a long deadline appeared to give people permission to procrastinate, and then forget. Professor Knowles wasn’t surprised to find that specifying a shorter deadline increased the chances of receiving a response compared to a longer deadline. However, he did find it interesting that they received the most responses when no deadline was specified.
“We interpret this as evidence that specifying a longer deadline, as opposed to a short deadline or no deadline at all, removes the urgency to act,” he says. “People therefore put off undertaking the task, and since they are inattentive or forget, postponing it results in lower response rates.”
He says of the research that it is possible that not specifying a deadline might still have led participants to assume that there is an unspoken deadline. Professor Knowles hopes his research can help reduce the amount of procrastinating people do. “Many people procrastinate. They have the best intentions of helping someone out, but just do not get around to doing it.”
【1】Why did Professor Knowles do the research?
A．To study the role a deadline plays in procrastination.
B．To find out whether people are interested in charity.
C．To attract public attention to the effects of procrastination.
D．To test the effect of procrastination on task completion.
【2】What most likely leads to procrastination?
A．No deadlines.
B．Short deadlines.
C．Specific deadlines.
D．Long deadlines.
【3】Why do people procrastinate when given a long deadline?
A．They oppose the deadline.
B．They are unwilling to act.
C．They lack a sense of urgency.
D．They are too busy to remember.
【4】Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A．Procrastination — the Thief of Time
B．Procrastination — an Urgent Problem to Solve
C．Deadline — a Result of Procrastination
D．Deadline — the Key to Reducing Procrastination
29、PAPERBACKS
Lady in Waiting by Anne Glenconner (Hodder, £8.99).
A former lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret and maid of honour at the Queens coronation, Glenconner takes us behind the royal scenes in his irresistible, sometimes jaw- dropping memoir.
The Second-Worst Restaurant in France by Alexander McCall Smith (Polygon, £8.99).
In his second novel featuring the Scottish cookery writer Paul Stewart, McCall Smith is as witty and shrewd as ever.
Brothers in Arms by Geraint Jones (Pan, £8.99).
Vivid and candid stories of the war in Afghanistan from a British ex-soldier.
A Forget-Me-Not Summer by Sophie Clare (Hodder, £8.99).
Charming slice of escapist romance, set in Provence ----although this year the book may be more of a substitute for a summer holiday than an accompaniment to one.
The Golden Fleece by Esther Rutter (Granta, £9.99).
Thoroughly well-informed ---- to the point of slightly obsessive ---- account of history and present state of knitting in Britain.
【1】Which books are published in the same company?
A.Lady in Waiting and The Second-Worst Restaurant in France
B.Brothers in Arms and The Golden Fleece
C.A Forget-Me-Not Summer and Lady in Waiting
D.The Golden Fleece and Brothers in Arms
【2】What do you learn about the book by Alexander McCall Smith?
A.It’s about a restaurant in France which is the second worst.
B.It tells us some jaw-dropping facts behind the royal scenes.
C.McCall Smith allows his characters to advance the story with wit.
D.It’s the second novel of the writer on cookery.
【3】Which of the following is WRONG according to the books listed above?
A.You cannot download the ebooks onto your phone.
B.Geraint Jones was once a British soldier in Afghanistan.
C.The Golden Fleece is a book on the knitting history of British.
D.A Forget-Me-Not Summer is only an accompaniment to one.
30、I will never forget the year when I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be_______Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d_______?" Just when I started to_______that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women_______at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of_______that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn’t_______. Somebody had thought _______ of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my_______Christmas there special and memorable, I_______remembered the women’s visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of__________for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I__________a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans(孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, __________with a child’s name. We wanted all of them to know they were__________. Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I__________them that they couldn’t open their presents__________every child had come forward. Finally the__________they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles__________up the room. The__________in the room was obvious, and__________wasn’t just about toys. It was a feeling—the feeling I knew__________that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn’t forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
【1】
A．sending
B．receiving
C．making
D．exchanging
【2】
A．found
B．prepared
C．got
D．expected
【3】
A．doubt
B．hope
C．suggest
D．accept
【4】
A．broke in
B．settled down
C．turned up
D．showed off
【5】
A．relief
B．loss
C．achievement
D．justice
【6】
A．blamed
B．loved
C．forgotten
D．affected
【7】
A．highly
B．little
C．poorly
D．enough
【8】
A．present
B．first
C．recent
D．previous
【9】
A．hardly
B．immediately
C．regularly
D．occasionally
【10】
A．strength
B．independence
C．importance
D．safety
【11】
A．kept up with
B．caught up with
C．came up with
D．put up with
【12】
A．none
B．few
C．some
D．each
【13】
A．fine
B．special
C．helpful
D．normal
【14】
A．reminded
B．guaranteed
C．predicted
D．promised
【15】
A．after
B．until
C．when
D．since
【16】
A．chance
B．gift
C．moment
D．reward
【17】
A．lit
B．took
C．burned
D．cheered
【18】
A．atmosphere
B．sympathy
C．calmness
D．joy
【19】
A．it
B．such
C．something
D．everybody
【20】
A．by
B．till
C．for
D．from
31、Growing roots
When I was growing up. I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d _________ known. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t _________ lives, he was planting trees.
The good doctor had some _________ theories on planting trees. He believed in “No pains, no gains”. He never _________ his new trees, which was _________ many people. He thought that watering plants spoiled (宠坏) them, and that if you want strong trees, you have to make things _________ for them. He, talked about how watering trees _________ shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in _________ of water. I came to understand that he meant deep roots were to be _________. The lack of water seemed to __________ the trees in ways comfort and ease never could.
I used to __________ for my sons that their lives will be easy. But __________ I’ve been thinking that it’s time to__________ my prayer. I know my children are going to meet__________and I’m praying they will be strong. The prayer for comfort is seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the winds blow, they won’t be __________ away.
【1】
A．even
B．ever
C．never
D．hardly
【2】
A．valuing
B．making
C．enjoying
D．saving
【3】
A．exciting
B．dull
C．interesting
D．terrible
【4】
A．watered
B．raised
C．loved
D．sheltered
【5】
A．against
B．beyond
C．within
D．from
【6】
A．harmful
B．favorable
C．tough
D．wonderful
【7】
A．made for
B．head for
C．allow for
D．care for
【8】
A．charge
B．favor
C．honor
D．search
【9】
A．treasured
B．challenged
C．respected
D．liked
【10】
A．harm
B．raise
C．benefit
D．hurt
【11】
A．pray
B．apply
C．stand
D．call
【12】
A．perfectly
B．formally
C．obviously
D．lately
【13】
A．attend
B．say
C．change
D．keep
【14】
A．hardships
B．worries
C．bosses
D．jobs
【15】
A．given
B．sent
C．broken
D．swept
32、I’ll always remember the first time I tried ballet (芭蕾). My mother was a _________ and I wanted nothing more than to be like her, but after making many mistakes during my first class, I felt like I wanted to _________ right away. As it was only my first day, _________, I told my mom I couldn’t wait to dance again.
Weeks passed and my dancing didn’t _________ any better. So when my dance teacher announced that we were to perform in a show, I feared _________ on my face in front of hundreds of people and _________ my mom.
Even though I practiced for the show as much as I could, I _________ quite got the hang of it. Finally, feeling nervous and _________, I went to my mom to tell her how I felt. As I cried, I told her how _________ dancing was for me. My mother simply laughed and told me that from that day, she would __________ me all she knew about ballet. She wiped the __________ from my face, and I smiled.
My mom quickly discovered how bad at ballet I was, but she still taught me with the greatest __________, love and understanding. When I leapt and fell, she was there to __________ me. When I lost my __________, she help me up. By the time the __________ arrived, I was as prepared as I could be.
The music began and my heart started to race. Breathing steadily, I began moving to the music without __________ a step. When the music stopped, I ran off the stage and laughed in __________ she was__________. I looked my mom in the eye and told her that there was no way this could have happened __________ her. Through this all, I realized one important __________. My mom will always be there to catch me if I fall.
【1】
A．teacher
B．director
C．dancer
D．musician
【2】
A．give up
B．make up
C．keep up
D．pick up
【3】
A．besides
B．however
C．therefore
D．otherwise
【4】
A．improve
B．come
C．develop
D．get
【5】
A．standing
B．falling
C．putting
D．dancing
【6】
A．disappointing
B．satisfying
C．moving
D．confusing
【7】
A．still
B．just
C．once
D．never
【8】
A．hungry
B．understanding
C．hopeless
D．amazed
【9】
A．important
B．interesting
C．impossible
D．unnecessary
【10】
A．teach
B．remind
C．practice
D．support
【11】
A．sweat
B．tears
C．fear
D．surprise
【12】
A．courage
B．bravery
C．imagination
D．patience
【13】
A．believe
B．see
C．catch
D．push
【14】
A．balance
B．interest
C．confidence
D．protection
【15】
A．music
B．show
C．audience
D．meeting
【16】
A．missing
B．taking
C．counting
D．watching
【17】
A．turn
B．power
C．peace
D．excitement
【18】
A．thankful
B．nervous
C．proud
D．lucky
【19】
A．beyond
B．without
C．for
D．to
【20】
A．fact
B．skill
C．problem
D．wonder
33、 Several nights ago, I was lying in bed experiencing a dream that I chose to keep close to my heart forever.
An elderly stranger approached me with an inviting ______. His deep comforting voice made me ________ his every word. His laugh made him seem full of ______ and somewhat grandfather-like. I instantly sensed a feeling of ______ between me and this wise old man.
As he spoke, I listened. He told me of his ______ of unpleasant rap music while I attempted to convince him that modern art can be beautiful, too. He ______ me of "the good old days" which I told him that I missed, too.
Suddenly, I detected tears fall down his rough unshaven cheeks・ I grew _____ and asked him why he was crying. He assured me not to _____ because he was crying with joy. I asked what was making him so _______ He told me that I reminded him of his _______ when he too was once full of an eagerness to learn.
My friend then whispered a（n）_______ that touched me deeply. He said, "A moment will disappear soon unless you make it ______. "He taught me to live in the moment which is far too ______ to throw away.
This old man ______to tell me that the world is full of new wonders to explore. He taught me to be _________, however stupid they may sound. He advised me to read any and all books, because you never know when the ______ may help you later in life. Most important- ly, he told me never to stop ______.
Unlike my _______ companion, my future still awaits me. I will soon be filled with______ thoughts and emotions. There is no doubt in my mind that I will try to discover and never ______ for I am aware that my ambition will carry me to the top.
【1】A. view B. smile C. letter D. picture
【2】A. comment B. repeat C. judge D. trust
【3】A. wisdom B. wonder C. imagination D. complaint
【4】A. shame B. meaning C. balance D. relationship
【5】A. hope B. disapproval C. pleasure D. development
【6】A. cheated B. informed C. reminded D. warned
【7】A. interested B. relieved C. concerned D. disappointed
【8】A. believe B. leave C. wait D. worry
【9】A. delighted B. awkward C. upset D. desperate
【10】A. decision B. future C. youth D. service
【11】A. effect B. advantage C. promise D. statement
【12】A. complex B. original C. unforgettable D. understandable
【13】A. normal B. unexpected C. precious D. universal
【14】A. chose B. continued C. desired D. happened
【15】A. curious B. efficient C. patient D. successful
【16】A. dialogue B. travel C. experience D. knowledge
【17】A. traveling B. dreaming C. developing D. combining
【18】A. aged B. common C. helpful D. devoted
【19】A. sincere B. new C. reliable D. unbelievable
【20】A. give up B. put off C. turn around D. get back
34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.
B
Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.
C
Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.
35、Directions：Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A huge milestone has just been reached in the field of artificial intelligence: AlphaGo, a program developed by Google’s DeepMind unit, has defeated legendary Go player Lee Se-dol in the first of five historic matches being held in Seoul, South Korea. Lee 【1】 after about three and a half hours, with 28 minutes and 28 seconds remaining on his clock. The series is the first time a professional 9-dan Go player has taken on a computer, and Lee is 【2】 for a $1 million prize.
“I was very surprised,”said Lee after the match.“I didn’t expect to lose. But I didn’t think AlphaGo would play the game in such a perfect manner.”DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis expressed“huge 【3】 for Lee Se-dol and his amazing skills.”calling the game“hugely exciting”and“very tense.”Team lead David Silver said it was an“amazing game of Go that really pushed AlphaGo to its 【4】.”
Go is an ancient Chinese board game that has long been considered one of the great 【5】faced by AI. While computer programs ow best the world’s leading human players of games like checkers and chess, the high level of intuition and 【6】required by Go has made it tough for computers to crack. DeepMind’s AlphaGo program is the most 【7】effort yet, using a complex system of deep neural networks and machine learning; it beat European champion Fan Hui last year, but Lee Se-dol is another 【8】 rival entirely.
“I don’t regret accepting this challenge,”said Lee.“I am in shock, I admit that, but what’s done is done. I enjoyed this game and look forward to the next. I think I failed on the opening layout so if I do a better job on the opening aspect I think I will be able to increase my 【9】 of winning.”Lee was surprised both by how strong AlphaGo’s opening was, and by some 【10】moves.
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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.
37、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.”
38、假定你是李华，九月末将去伦敦交流学习，得知当地博物馆要举办中国传统服装展，正在招募志愿者。请写一封申请信，要点如下：
1. 写作目的；
2. 个人优势；
3. 你的承诺。
注意：1.词数 100 左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Sir/Madam,
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Yours,
Li Hua
39、假定你是某高中学生李华，你在一次夏令营结识的德国朋友Andrew 今年2月初了解到中国爆发的新冠肺炎疫情，组织了中学合唱团倾情演唱中文歌曲《让世界充满爱》，为中国加油。你看了这个小视频非常感动，请给他写一封英文感谢信。要点如下：
1. 表达感动和感谢。
2. 告诉他你的现状: 学校延迟开学，居家上网课，不外出；有时间培养自己的兴趣爱好等。
3. 表达信心和愿望。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：中学合唱团 school chorus
疫情 epidemic situation
新型冠状病毒novel corona virus
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40、假定你是李华。在即将到来的暑假里，你和几位好友计划到一贫困山村帮助那里的孩子学英语。请你发邮件询问你学校的外国交换生John是否愿意加入你们。内容包括：
1.时间、地点、目的；
2.工作内容；
3.需要做的准备。
注意：1.词数100左右，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2.开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear John,
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Yours,
Li Hua
41、假如你是李华，你想申请成为2020年中国国际进口博览会（the 2020 China International Import Expo）的一名英语志愿者，请给外教James写一封邮件求助，请他帮你写推荐信。邮件内容包括：
1. 写信目的；
2. 推荐信的内容、截止时间接收邮箱地址（infò@sinoexpo. cc）；
3. 表达感谢。
注意：
1. 词数不少于80；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
邮箱： 