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1、The teacher stressed again that the students should not ________ any key words while reading the passage.
A．bring out
B．leave out
C．let out
D．make out
2、---Some people showed little interest in the meeting and were absent from it.
---_________.
A. So it was with my friend B. So did my friend
C. So my friend did D. Nor it was with my friend
3、—So you didn’t say hello to him last night?
—Well, I stopped and smiled when I saw him, but he ________ me and walked on with his head very high.
A.ignored B.refused C.recognized D.missed
4、Mother was always scolding him for leaving things _____ , but to her satisfaction, he _____them ______today.
A. in order；put；in order B. on order； place； in order
C. out of order；put；in order D. by order；place；in order
5、Climate change is projected to have far-reaching____ — including sea level rise flooding cities and shifting weather patterns causing long-term declines in agricultural production.
A.contributions B.confusions C.consequences D.feedbacks
6、What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has been _____？
A．given out
B．put out
C．held up
D．used up
7、The next morning she found the man ___________ in bed, dead.
A.lying B.lie C.lay D.laying
8、Festival celebrations provide a(n) ____ to celebrate together, sharing warmth and good times.
A.pipe B.patent C.avenue D.antique
9、To join the club, you have to ________ buy a minimum of six books a year.
A.undertake B.vote C.postpone D.evolve
10、“How could you treat me like that?” John asked his wife, eyeing her angrily from _______ the kitchen table.
A. at B. across C. through D. on
11、He has lived longer than the doctor expected. They didn’t think he would ________ to November.
A．make for
B．make it
C．make out
D．make up
12、— We ＿＿ that you would fix the TV set this week.
— I’m sorry. I ＿＿ to, but I’ve been too busy.
A. had expected； had intended B. are expecting； had intended
C. expect； intend D. expected； intend
13、I was _______ with my son about his carelessness, which _______ the main cause of his failure in math.
A.annoyed; were B.amazed; was C.amazing; were D.annoyed; was
14、There were no tickets________for Friday's performance.
A．preferable
B．considerable
C．possible
D．available
15、It’s the test system，________ the teachers，that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students.
A．other than B．or rather
C．rather than D．more than
16、Hardly _________ the knock when I opened the door.
A.have I heard B.had I heard C.did I hear D.do I hear
17、A Chinese spokesman said on Wednesday that the support for Taiwan-funded companies to develop on the mainland remains consistent and___________.
A.explicit B.specific C.reserved D.contradictory
18、In our discussion of instincts, we saw that there was reason to believe ________ we inherit must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior.
A．how
B．when
C．whatever
D．since
19、He________ the wall and just looked at everybody in the room.
A.loaded with B.lined up C.held back D.leaned against
20、More and more people go jogging in the morning, _______ benefits for health arise from the air rich in oxygen.
A.which B.that C.whose D.who
21、At one point I made up my mind to talk to Uncle Sam. Then I changed my mind, ______ that he could do nothing to help.
A.to realize B.realized C.realizing D.being realized
22、Don’t look at your smart phone when crossing this busy street. If you do so, you may _____ run over by a car.
A.become B.get C.turn D.remain
23、They were lost at sea at the ___________ of wind and weather.
A. mess B. mercy
C. moment D. mixture
24、It is always better to__________ your worries and troubles with your trusted friends or relatives.This helps lighten your burden.
A.tell B.deal C.divide D.share
25、While we may not be born with a natural talent, we can ______ for it with hard work.
A.break up B.take up C.bring up D.make up
26、When you sleep, do you ever realize that you are dreaming? If yes, then you have had a lucid dream (清醒梦). 【1】 Only some people are able to have them. Now, scientists have found ways to help more people to have lucid dreams, Live Science reported.
Denholm Aspy from the University of Adelaide in Australia found that certain skills are key to helping people have lucid dreams.
First, people can train themselves to figure out whether they are dreaming or not. For example, someone may look at a clock, look away, and then look back. 【2】 Then, they might dream about this trick while sleeping. But in their dreams, the time on the clock may change very quickly. So people know they are dreaming.
Another trick is to wake up after five hours of sleep. 【3】 During this time, repeat the words, “The next time I’m dreaming, I’ll remember that I’m dreaming.” Then, go to bed again to enter rapid eye movement (REM，快速眼球运动) sleep. In REM sleep, people are more likely to be aware of their dreams.
Scientists found that those who used these tricks had a 17 percent success rate at having lucid dreams. 【4】
In a lucid dream, people might study a hobby and then become better at it in real life, according to Aspy. For example, you might learn to play the piano in a lucid dream. 【5】
A．Then, stay awake for a while.
B．The time should stay the same.
C．This was far higher than if they did nothing.
D．People learn new skills faster in a lucid dream.
E．It is hard for most people to have a lucid dream.
F．Then, your real-life piano skills might improve.
G．Some people will need more time to fall asleep and have a dream.
27、 Would you eat a six-month-old yogurt? This is a question you may have asked if you read the recent story about a US grocer and his year-long experiment eating expired food.
It started in October 2016, when Scott Nash, founder of the Mom's Organic Market chain of grocery stores, wanted to make a smoothie (果昔). He likes his smoothie with yogurt. As he was at his holiday cabin in Virginia, though, the only pot he had to hand was one he had left behind on his last trip there by accident, six months earlier. He opened it. No bad smell. He decided to take the risk and dumped the yogurt in the smoothie. 'I drank and waited, ' he wrote on his blog. And nothing happened.
The first thing to point out is that Nash is based in the US, where regulations on food dating differ significantly from those in the UK. While British foods carry just one date-either 'use by' or 'best before'– Nash was faced with 'quality guarantee period, use by, best by, sell by, best if used by …' He sells food for a living, and even he doesn't understand the system.
Clearly, this lack of clarity has influence on both the health of the environment and the health of the nation. What you don't eat, you'll end up throwing it away, even if you could have safely eaten it; and what you don't know not to eat could make you sick. A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council and Harvard Law School in 2013 said that 40% of American food goes uneaten each year, and the confusing effect of the US date labeling system is in large part to blame.
【1】The underlined phrase 'expired food' probably means the food ______.
A.which is fresh
B.which is sour
C.which is not within the quality guarantee period
D.which is not cooked
【2】What can we learn from para.2?
A.Nash hadn't eaten expired food before October 2016.
B.Nash left the yogurt in the cabin for his experiment.
C.Nash was sure the yogurt would do no harm to him.
D.Nash liked drinking six-month-old yogurt.
【3】What does Nash think of the US's date labels on food?
A.They are clearer than the UK's.
B.They are more advanced than the UK's.
C.They are confusing to people.
D.They are concrete and helpful to the Americans.
【4】What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A.The date labeled on the bag of food plays an important role in people's health.
B.The food you throw away can do harm to your health if eaten.
C.People often get sick for eating the expired food.
D.The lack of clarity of date labeling system leads to a large amount of waste of food.
28、 During the outbreak of novel coronavirus, cities are locked down and borders are closed. Science, on the contrary, is becoming more open. And this “open science” is already making a difference.
Soon after the epidemic started in China, a research team from Fudan University in Shanghai successfully sequenced (测定序列)the DNA of the virus. But they didn’t keep the information to themselves. Instead, they placed the sequences on GenBank, an open-access data platform, so researchers around the world could download them for free and start studying the virus.
Due to this openness, pharmaceutical (制药的) companies across the globe are now able to work simultaneously (同时地)to develop a vaccine. “There may be room for multiple different vaccines for different purposes and different age groups,” Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Health Security in the US, told Al Jazeera. “The bigger menu we have of vaccines, the more resilient (有适应力的) we’ll be against coronavirus outbreaks in the future.”
Major drug companies around the world are also sharing their study results. Remdesivir, a drug originally developed by US company Gilead Sciences to treat Ebola, is found to be promising in fighting against the novel coronavirus. Currently, two trials of the drug are already underway in China, and the results might be available as soon as April, according to The Verge.
This openness in science is going to be even more critical in the future. “With climate change, increasing globalization, and population shifts, epidemics will not go away, and might even become more frequent,” Dan Barouch, a Harvard Medical School professor, told Harvard Magazine.
He said, “No one group can do everything. It has to be a coordinated (合作的) approach. But I do think that the world has a greater sense of readiness this time to develop knowledge, drugs, and therapeutics (疗法) very rapidly.”
Every epidemic is indeed a crisis, but it can also be a learning opportunity. One redeeming (补偿的) factor of the COVID-19 outbreak is that it is helping science adapt for the better.
【1】What does the article mainly talk about?
A.Coordinated efforts to fight the epidemic.
B.Something positive we’ve learned from the epidemic.
C.The significance of openness and sharing of scientific knowledge.
D.What needs to be done to prevent future epidemics.
【2】What is the positive effect of the research team from Fudan University placing the genetic sequence of the virus onto GenBank?
A.They alerted the world to the danger of the virus.
B.They helped remove people’s fear of the virus.
C.They showed the world how to produce a vaccine.
D.They invited collective efforts worldwide to develop a vaccine.
【3】What is the author’s purpose of mentioning remdesivir in the text?
A.To introduce a possible cure for the epidemic.
B.To compare the treatment of Ebola and the novel coronavirus.
C.To prove that many drug companies readily share their discoveries.
D.To show that the novel coronavirus will soon be contained.
【4】What does the underlined word “critical” in paragraph 5 probably mean?
A.expressing disapproval.
B.extremely important.
C.serious, uncertain and possibly dangerous.
D.making fair, careful judgments.
【5】Which of the following would Dan Barouch probably disagree with?
A.Epidemics will be less frequent thanks to scientific development.
B.The world is becoming better prepared to deal with epidemics.
C.No single group can fight against the epidemics independently.
D.The increase in globalization may worsen future epidemics.
29、 You know you have to read “between the lines” to get the most out of anything. I want to persuade you to do something equally important in the course of your reading. I want to persuade you to “write between the lines”. Unless you do, you are not likely to do the most efficient kind of reading.
I insist, quite bluntly, that marking up a book is not an act of damage but of love. There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the property right you establish by paying for it, just as you pay for clothes and furniture. But this act of buying is only the first step to possession. Full ownership comes only when you have made it a part of yourself, and the best way to make yourself a part of it is by writing in it. A comparison may make the point clear. You buy a piece of beef and transfer it from the butcher's icebox to your own. But you do not own the beef in the most important sense until you eat it and get it into your blood. I am arguing that books, too, must be absorbed in your blood to do you any good.
There are three kinds of book owners. The first has all the standard sets and bestsellers — unread, untouched. The second has a great many books — a few of them read through, most of them dipped into, but all of them as clean and shiny as the day they were bought. The third has a few books or many — every one of them worn, shaken and loosened by continual use, marked and scribbled (涂写) in from front to back.
Why is marking up a book necessary to reading it? First, it keeps you awake.(And I don’t mean only conscious; I mean wide awake. ) In the second place, reading, if it is active, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itself in words, spoken or written. The marked book is usually the thoughtthrough book. Finally, writing helps you remember the thoughts you had, or the thoughts the author expressed.
【1】The third kind of owners of books must be ______.
A.experienced readers B.untidy readers
C.active readers D.careless readers
【2】Marking up a book means ______.
A.writing down difficult sentences
B.finding the extra meanings of unknown words
C.writing in the space the ideas you get through careful reading
D.making notes to show you understand what you have read
【3】What does the author persuade you to mark?
A.Whatever you have given deep thought to while reading.
B.Words and sentences that bring up rich ideas.
C.Primary questions that challenge you.
D.Whatever disagreements you may have with the book
【4】A great advantage of marking up a book is ______.
A.to absorb all the brilliant ideas it contains
B.to make yourself a part of it
C.to make yourself conscious that you are reading actively
D.to enable yourself to pick up the book for continual reading
30、Have you seen people who take pictures of food for more than 10 minutes before eating? How about those who beautify their selfie (自拍) so much that they can't be_______? There must be one or more who_______ in your social media. No matter_______they choose to share, they share the best but the most unreal.
Take my friend Chen. Every time we went to a restaurant, she would not take a_______ until all the dishes we _______were on the table.Then, she would spend five minutes on_______the dishes in a seemingly random but in fact _______order.Then the most important part: taking pictures.After that, she would choose one of the_______and click in the filter(滤镜) app.The food eventually looked 10 times more delicious than it really was,but we had no _______to really enjoy it— it all went cold.Actually Chen's real life is much less elegant. For example, she hates to wash the dishes,so she leaves them in the sink for________.
Many people care too much about others' opinions and try too hard to ________ others. They find it hard to be ________ and to accept themselves, and thus they are afraid to show their ________ life on social media.What they are trying to prove is________what they lack in reality.But this will not bring any________ to reality,as they still________ the same old pattern of life.
If they really want an elegant life,they should put more________ into achieving it________fabricating(伪造) it. Being more confident,________themselves and trying their best to be better is much more meaningful than________ their life on social media.
【1】
A．envied
B．admired
C．recognized
D．defeated
【2】
A．exist
B．survive
C．flood
D．spot
【3】
A．how
B．what
C．where
D．whom
【4】
A．bow
B．break
C．breath
D．bite
【5】
A．ordered
B．served
C．offered
D．prepared
【6】
A．cooking
B．washing
C．setting
D．collecting
【7】
A．messy
B．arranged
C．casual
D．correct
【8】
A．dishes
B．restaurants
C．pictures
D．tables
【9】
A．chance
B．choice
C．excuse
D．reason
【10】
A．months
B．years
C．hours
D．days
【11】
A．comfort
B．please
C．inspire
D．discourage
【12】
A．independent
B．generous
C．responsible
D．confident
【13】
A．secret
B．real
C．peaceful
D．healthy
【14】
A．rarely
B．hardly
C．exactly
D．nearly
【15】
A．difficulty
B．change
C．guidance
D．harm
【16】
A．question
B．dislike
C．doubt
D．follow
【17】
A．effort
B．ambitions
C．feelings
D．money
【18】
A．other than
B．more than
C．rather than
D．less than
【19】
A．identifying
B．accepting
C．persuading
D．amusing
【20】
A．simplifying
B．ruining
C．beautifying
D．worsening
31、阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中， 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was , everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them . John was very satisfied with his performances and was very that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone . He picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important now. Please give me the book with the red on that desk.” John looked around and found 3 books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him . Holding the book, the manager the phone and said, “Sorry, we cannot give the job to you.” John was and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three . First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn’t ask me which one I needed and you took one randomly（随机地）. Third, I was answering the call. You should to the desk to save time. These showed you are not a careful person.” , John didn’t get the job.
We can learn a(n) from John’s experience. Some people don’t the details in our life. But it is the details that . Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the of quantity and quality. We should keep it in mind that comes first, without which quantity is of no significance.
【1】 A. apply B. vote C. prepare D. wait
【2】A. contacted B. interviewed C. asked D. questioned
【3】A. immediately B. slowly C. generally D. fluently
【4】A. grateful B. excited C. confident D. lucky
【5】A. lost B. called C. rang D. answered
【6】A. arrangement B. response C. information D. result
【7】 A. cover B. picture C. character D. mark
【8】A. eagerly B. politely C. purposely D. quickly
【9】A. searched for B. picked up C. held on D. hung up
【10】A. surprised B. helpless C. disappointed D. worried
【11】A. methods B. results C. collections D. reasons
【12】 A. wander B. run C. walk D. move
【13】 A. parts B. facts C. details D. stories
【14】 A. Eventually B. Seemingly C. Similarly D. Regularly
【15】A. subject B. idea C. skill D. lesson
【16】A. mind B. mention C. ignore D. provide
【17】 A. trouble B. count C. interest D. impress
【18】A. describe B. replace C. value D. determine
【19】A. selection B. importance C. balance D. competition
【20】A. quality B. quantity C. safety D. promise
32、 One day, Taylor received a random Facebook message: “I’m Willie from Liberia. I need some ________ assistance.” Taylor didn’t ________ it and thought it was some Internet scam（诈骗）. But he wanted to see what the ________ were. So he replied with a small ________, saying that he owned a photography business and could use some ________. Soon came Willie’s shots of people in shabby neighborhoods. For Taylor, the images were ________. He’d never seen such poverty. He thought “Oh, no, now I have to find a ________ to reward him for his work. ________, I would be the scammer.”
Taylor ________ a crowd-funding site, where he tried ________ copies of Willi’s photos. Surprisingly, sales ________. In no time he raised $1,000. He sent Willie the money but asked him to ________ half of it. It was a test. In Liberia $500 is a big fortune, so Taylor didn’t ________ much. But pictures arrived showing joyful ________ with new book bags and notebooks—Willie had bought out a market and blessed five schools with ________.
“He came through.” Taylor eventually set aside his ________ and traveled 6,500 miles to meet Willie. “I’ve changed. I set out to ________ a man, but ended up helping him. Sometimes people ________ you when you give them a chance.”
Willie has changed, too. “I used to ________. Now I’m the one who’s giving. When you ________ that, you come from nobody to somebody. I’ve come from zero to hero.”
【1】A.technical B.financial C.medical D.legal
【2】A.buy B.grasp C.resist D.read
【3】A.rules B.comments C.messages D.tricks
【4】A.gin B.mistake C.lie D.parcel
【5】A.books B.tips C.cameras D.pictures
【6】A.heartbreaking B.painstaking C.well-developed D.old-fashioned
【7】A.person B.reason C.school D.way
【8】A.However B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.Instead
【9】A.broke into B.turned to C.put down D.longed for
【10】A.selling B.showing C.editing D.reviewing
【11】A.dived B.exploded C.slowed D.changed
【12】A.raise B.return C.donate D.earn
【13】A.think B.spend C.ask D.expect
【14】A.beggars B.photographers C.students D.neighbors
【15】A.abundance B.intelligence C.experience D.patience
【16】A.faith B.doubt C.wisdom D.loss
【17】A.confuse B.entertain C.assist D.embarrass
【18】A.disappoint B.respect C.surprise D.bother
【19】A.receive B.save C.cheat D.suspect
【20】A.say B.do C.imagine D.consider
33、The day before my daughter Norah's fourth birthday, something she said predicted an amazing event that happened later.
I had just ________ my little girl from preschool when she reminded me to ________ the elderly person walking across the parking lot at a snail's pace. She went on to explain: “I like old people the best because they walk ________ like I do and they have soft skin like I have soft skin. But they may die soon, so I will love them all before they die.” I was ________ by her thoughtfulness and sympathy, but I had ________ how much my little girl really ________ it.
The following day-her birthday-again on the way home from school, she asked if we could ________ at the supermarket to buy some ________ for her and her six brothers and sisters to enjoy after dinner. Then we headed forward. While I was picking up the cupcakes, Norah was ________ waving and saying loudly: “Hi, old person! It's my birthday today!”
The man was elderly. stone-faced and furrow-browed. ________, before I could quiet her for calling him an old person, he stopped and turned to her. His facial expression ________ as he replied, “Hello, little lady! How old are you today?”
After ________ for a few minutes, the man wished her a happy birthday. Then, Norah asked: “Can I take a ________ with you?” Hearing this, he took a step back, and placed his free hand on his chest, “A photo? With me?” he asked in a surprised but ________ tone. “Yes, for my birthday!” Norah begged. And so he did. They ________ together. Norah placed her soft hand on top of his soft hand. The man wordlessly ________ at her with twinkling eyes as she kept his hand in hers and studied his skinny veins curiously. She kissed the top of his hand and then placed it on her cheek. He smiled sweetly.
There was ________ happening in the supermarket that day, and we could all feel it. After a few minutes, I ________ Mr. Dan for spending a bit of his day with us. With tears welling up, he said, “No, thank you. This has been the best day I've had in a long time.” He ________ my daughter. “You've made me so _______, Miss Norah.”
【1】
A．looked after
B．dropped off
C．brought up
D．picked up
【2】
A．mind
B．stop
C．admire
D．support
【3】
A．quickly
B．frequently
C．slowly
D．calmly
【4】
A．puzzled
B．struck
C．attracted
D．bothered
【5】
A．doubt
B．sense
C．idea
D．control
【6】
A．caught
B．made
C．knew
D．meant
【7】
A．stop
B．arrive
C．look
D．meet
【8】
A．candles
B．cookies
C．candies
D．cakes
【9】
A．shyly
B．excitedly
C．unwillingly
D．coldly
【10】
A．Besides
B．Therefore
C．Instead
D．However
【11】
A．softened
B．deepened
C．disappeared
D．remained
【12】
A．standing
B．playing
C．chatting
D．laughing
【13】
A．picture
B．walk
C．seat
D．break
【14】
A．relaxed
B．satisfied
C．worried
D．delighted
【15】
A．danced
B．posed
C．jumped
D．cried
【16】
A．aimed
B．stared
C．pointed
D．waved
【17】
A．magic
B．progress
C．change
D．recovery
【18】
A．patted
B．thanked
C．admired
D．kissed
【19】
A．came across
B．turned to
C．cared about
D．looked for
【20】
A．happy
B．proud
C．mad
D．sad
34、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.
35、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.
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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.
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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.
38、假如你是李华，你们学校的外教Mrs. Smith想找一个人教她9岁的女儿中文。请你写信推荐你的朋友王林，内容包括:1.写信目的； 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。
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39、假定你是李华，是兰州一中学生会主席。得知目前在美国新冠肺炎(Corona Virus Disease 2019，COVID-19) 疫情比较严重。请你给我校在美国的友好学校校长Donald Obama写封信，内容包括：
1.提出防疫建议；2.介绍我校复学情况；3.咨询美国学生在线学习情况。
注意：1.字数100字左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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40、假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。你的英国笔友Jim发邮件询问你这学期居家学习的状况。请给Jim回一封邮件，内容包括：1.你居家期间的主要学习活动；2.你对居家学习的感受。
注意：1.词数不少于50；2.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。提示词：居家期间the quarantine period
Dear Jim,
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Yours,
Li Hua
41、《英语周报》针对一些学生在学习英语中存在的困难举行征文比赛。请根据所给提示写一篇短文，与大家分享一下你学习英语的方法。可适当发挥，不少于100个字数。
写作提示：
①众所周知，兴趣是最好的老师。因此，培养对英语的兴趣非常重要。
②记住尽可能多的单词和短语也是非常重要的。
③必须养成经常使用英语的好习惯。
④如果可能的话，与讲英语的当地人进行交流是非常好的。
⑤只有坚持以上几种方法，我们才能学习好英语。
My Ways of Learning English
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