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1、We use the iTunes Music Store to _______ the shows that we want to watch.
A.subscribe to B.submit to C.cater to D.correspond to
2、All parking signs have now been placed _________.
A. in practice B. in position
C. in danger D. in mind
3、_______is known to us all is that Johnson broke his promise ______ he would come to help me as soon as possible.
A．It; that
B．What; that
C．As; which
D．What; which
4、I had to ________ myself to being an architect to my parents’ will.
A．resign
B．withdraw
C．reject
D．evaluate
5、How many members have __________ registered in the club?
A. officially B. official
C. office D. officer
6、Jim is absent from the party. That is ________ he was badly injured in the football game.
A.because B.why C.how D.when
7、Local governments can foster this sustainable activity by giving_____ to responsible operators, and even high-paying consumers.
A.preference B.substitute C.alternative D.selection
8、It was ____ computer games that cost the boy a lot of time ____ he ought to have spent on his lessons.
A. played; that B. playing; when
C. to have played; which D. playing; /
9、_______ the secret of nature, the young scientist has little time for entertainment.
A. Devoted to bring out B. Devoted himself to bringing out
C. Devoted to bringing out D. Devoting to bring out
10、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
11、Environmentalists fear that this is a short-sighted ______ to the problem of global warming.
A. means B. approach
C. method D. way
12、Search engines search the Internet based on the key words you type in, and choose such web pages for you ________ contain the words you ask for.
A.where B.who C.which D.as
13、The accused man ___________ himself innocent.
A.conducted B.abolished C.resigned D.declared
14、One’s life has value_________ one brings value to the life of others.
A.so long as B.even though C.as if D.while
15、Over the past few years, Clinton has spoken often of her approach ____ foreign policy.
A. of B. for C. about D. to
16、If John goes to the concert, so _____ his wife.
A.does B.did C.would D.will
17、— How did ________ feel to run 3,000 meters at the sports meeting?
—Terrible! Especially when I saw I was left so far ________ by others.
A.that; alone B.it; alone C.that; behind D.it; behind
18、—How about your journey to Mount Emei?
—Everything was wonderful except that our car _________ twice on the way.
A．slowed down
B．broke down
C．got down
D．put down
19、Because the situation of that country________, all the foreigners are preparing to leave.
A.is getting worse B.got worse
C.was getting worse D.had got worse
20、Out _____, with a stick in his hand.
A.did he rush B.rushed he
C.he rushed D.he did rush
21、Don’t let failure _____ you, for you can never tell how close you may be to victory.
A. display B. dissolve
C. discount D. discourage
22、We ’d better discuss everything _____ before we work out the plan.
A. in delight B. in debt
C. in demand D. in detail
23、Jane is nice but she has a ______ to talk too much.
A.trend B.tendency C.tension D.threat
24、American Indians_______ about 5% of the US population.
A.keep off B.keep up C.make up for D.make up
25、A Chinese company has created a new facial recognition system that can identify people ______ they are wearing masks.
A.provided that B.in case C.as though D.even if
26、 When the novelist Luis Alberto Urrea was 14 or 15, he took a trip deep into Mexico. He was born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and a white American mother before moving just across the border and eventually into the San Diego suburbs. But his father thought he was becoming “too American,” and took him on a 27-hour journey to Mazatian. Along the way, his father gave him a paperback copy of The Godfather and told him it would change his life. “I don't think he was trying to make a case for us being criminals,” Urrea says, “but he really felt this incredible connection to the family and the traditions and the honor for the old country, as people were making their way in the U.S.”
In his new novel The House of Broken Angels, Urrea has written his own opinion on the Godfather story with a Mexican-American Don Corleone figure at its center. The story takes place over two days, as Big Angel de la Cruz buries his mother and celebrates his final birthday party on earth; he knows he's dying, and he's gathered his extended family around him for a noisy and lively goodbye.
The idea was inspired by the final birthday party of Urrea's elder brother three years ago. “Everybody was jammed in his backyard, and there was a DJ and people dancing and consuming a serious amount of American junk food-they didn't want Mexican food, they wanted KFC and pizza. I thought, where are the tacos (a kind of Mexican tood), guy? And my brother sat in his little chair in the middle of it. People were coming to him and kneeling, and they would thank him and kiss his hand or touch his head and tell him all the ways he had changed their lives.”
Urrea's brother died of cancer within two weeks at 74, and the heartbreaking event haunted the author. He considered writing a memoir(回忆录)about it-“I was thinking about Truman Capote, when he did those tiny books about Christmas and Thanksgiving.” But his wife encouraged him to aim bigger. When he found himself seated next to the writer Jim Harrison at a dinner event, he shared the story, and Harrison said, “Sometimes God hands you a novel. You have to write it.” Urrea thought to himself “Marching orders from Jim Harrison-this is good stuff. A kid from Tijuana doesn't get that very often.”
The House of Broken Angels is a celebration of the Mexican-American family, but it also includes moments of frustration with this country's treatment of the immigrant group. Before he got too sick to work, Big Angel worked in an office and drank coffee from a cup that read BOSS. “Yeah, the employees all got the message,” Urrea writes. “The Mexican-American was calling himself their boss.” In a grocery store, a woman screams at two of his family members that they'll be kicked out of the country soon. “I had to bite down on the bitterness of my rage(愤怒),man!” Urrea says. “I was having some pretty serious response to Donald Trump's confusing and empty talk. But you know, it may have shocked a lot of the United States to hear this kind of empty talk and this bald-faced racialism of politics all of a sudden, but to us, this stuff isn't a surprise?”
“I really wanted to write a tribute(致敬)to my brother, to my family and to us, but it's also a love song to the country,”Urrea says. “I think people have this weird, horrible view...that immigrants are evil snakes. People don't understand that immigration is truly a statement of love for this country, whatever the country represents. People want to be here and work.” And with persistence, they become the boss.
【1】Why did Urrea's father give him the book The Godfather?
A.He wanted Urrea to enjoy the 27-hour journey. B.He thought the book had changed his own life.
C.He tried to show Urrea a real case of criminals. D.He hoped Urrea would feel connected to Mexico.
【2】The question “where are the tacos, guy?” in Paragraph 3 probably suggests______.
A.Mexican traditions have been left behind B.the people like American junk food best
C.it is difficult to buy the Mexican food D.the tacos are popular with everyone there
【3】We can learn from Paragraph 5 that______.
A.Big Angel himself was the boss of his office B.Mexican immigrants were treated unfairly
C.Urrea's family were kicked out of the country D.Urrea heard Trump's talk ahead of time
【4】The House of Broken Angels mainly focuses on the novelist's______.
A.love for the Mexican-American family B.life in the Mexican-American family
C.mixed feelings towards American people D.mature reflection on Mexican traditions
27、 A couple were shocked after a thief who stole their wedding rings 15 years ago returned them, long with an apology litter. The four gold rings disappeared from the Riphagen family's home when their 16-year-old daughter, Margot, threw a house party in 1998. But they have now been reunited with the belongings after the kid stole them.
The mystery thief tracked down the couple through their daughter, who lives in Portland; Oregon, and posted the rings back with the touching letter. A hand-written note made its way to Mr and Mrs Riphagen. “I am writing you to apologize for being in possession of something I am sure you truly value and miss,” the person wrote before explaining that he or she took the rings from the family's home many years ago. “I recently found these rings while cleaning and I wanted to make sure to return then as Tm sure they were missed dearly,” the thief went on. “I hope you are the right Riphagen family.”
The rings that were stolen included the mother's wedding ting and a ring Mr. Ripbagen gave his wife when their first child was born. The thief also made off with one set of grandparents' wedding bands that had been intended for the children. The person went on the letter. “Again, I am truly sorry for any pain; heartache that my actions may have caused your family. I hope that you can find it in your hearts to forgive me.”
The family was thrilled to have the rings back, even after such a long time. They don't really care who sent it, certainly don't want to seek out who did it, and are just grateful to have these things back. Margot Riphagen told the Huf fington Post she was shocked when the treasured possessions turned up.
【1】How old was Margot when the things were returned?
A．15 years old.
B．16 years old.
C．31 years old.
D．36 years old.
【2】How did the thief know the couple's address?
A．By reading Riphagen's letter.
B．From Margot.
C．By visiting Oregon.
D．From the Huf fington Post.
【3】When the thief decided to post the rings, he ________.
A．felt very sorry for what he had done
B．doubted whether he would be punished
C．was painful because of his heartache
D．knew the couple's address for sure
【4】Why don't the family want to seek out who stole the rings?
A．They had already known the name of the thief.
B．They were satisfied with what the thief had done.
C．They never treasured the rings lost so long ago.
D．They had made enough money to buy the rings.
【5】How did the couple feel when they receive their lost rings?
A．Surprised.
B．Disappointed.
C．Embarrassed.
D．Confused.
28、 It’s common for parents to set limits for their kids’ online activity, such as limiting the amount of time they can spend online. 【1】. Their main complaint? That their parents share too many photos of them online.
In a 2016 study, it was found that parents in the US share an average of 116 photos of their kids after they are born. Most were taken before the child turned 8 years old. 【2】, like having food all over their faces.
Parents do like to share their child’s progress as he or she grows up. 【3】. In a survey of UK children between the ages of 12 and 16, 70 percent said they felt their parents didn’t respect their online privacy.
【4】. In one case, a girl was bullied (欺负) by boys at school after they found her mom’s blog, which had many family photos.
“Each time a photo or video is uploaded, it creates a digital footprint of a child.【5】,” a spokeswoman for a leading children’s charity in the UK said. “So it’s always important to ask children for their permission before posting photos or videos of them.”
A. But their kids don’t like it as much
B. It is a way for parents to show love for their children
C. Many of the photos showed kids in embarrassing situations
D. It can follow them into adult life
E. Many of them share almost every aspect of their lives in order to attract more fans
F. But some children are saying that they’d like to make rules for parents, too
G. In addition, many kids said that other students sometimes make fun of them after their parents post photos online
29、Convincing someone to change their mind is really the process of convincing them to change their tribe (部落). If they abandon their beliefs, they run the risk of losing social ties. You can’t expect someone to change their mind if you take away their community too.
The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to combine them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle. Now, they can change their beliefs without the risk of being abandoned socially.
The British philosopher Alain de Botton suggests that we simply share meals with those who disagree with us: “Sitting down at a table with a group of strangers has the incomparable and odd benefit of making it a little more difficult to hate them without punishment. Prejudice and conflict between groups of people from different nations or races feed off abstraction. However, during a meal, something about handing dishes around, unfolding napkins (餐巾纸) at the same moment, even asking a stranger to pass the salt makes us less likely to hold the belief that the outsiders who wear unusual clothes and speak in distinctive accents deserve to be sent home or attacked. For all the large-scale political solutions which have been proposed to ease racial or cultural conflict, there are few more effective ways to promote tolerance between suspicious neighbours than to force them to eat supper together.”
Perhaps it is not difference, but distance that produces tribalism and unfriendliness. As proximity increases, so does understanding. I am reminded of Abraham Lincoln’s quote, “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” Facts don’t change our minds. Friendship does.
The Japanese writer Haruki Murakami once wrote, “Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality of the person you are arguing against. It is painful to lose your reality, so be kind, even if you are right.”
When we are in the moment, we can easily forget that the goal is to connect with the other side, cooperate with them, befriend them, and integrate them into our tribe. We are so caught up in winning that we forget about connecting. It’s easy to spend your energy labeling people rather than working with them.
The word “kind (family and relatives)” originated from the word “kin (old fashion of family and relatives).” When you are kind to someone, it means you are treating them like family. This, I think, is a good method for actually changing someone’s mind. Develop a friendship. Share a meal. Gift a book. Be kind first, be right later.
【1】People are likely to change their mind when they _____.
A．change their beliefs
B．are made friends with
C．move to a new community
D．are given somewhere to go
【2】What does the underlined word “proximity” in paragraph 4 mean?
A．Nearness.
B．Action.
C．Communication.
D．Politeness.
【3】The author quotes from Haruki Murakami to imply that _____.
A．breaking down one’s reality is easy
B．kindness is more important than right
C．arguing and winning are not important
D．losing one’s identity is a painful process
【4】According to the passage, sharing meals is effective in building connections because it ____.
A．pleases people with different beliefs or accents
B．makes people focus on eating rather than conflicts
C．brings benefits to the people having dinner together
D．promotes understanding and tolerance among people
30、My son Leon’s passion for surfing began at the age of 13, and he would go out to surf each day. One afternoon, the lifeguard called and said Leon’s eye was badly _______ by his board.
He _______ 26 stitches (缝针) from the corner of his eye to the bridge of his nose. I _______, telling him how _______ I felt about not being there when he was hurt.
“It’s okay, Mom,” he _______ me. “ You don’t know how to surf anyway.”
“What?” I asked, _______ by his logic.
“I’ll be fine. The doctor says I can surf again in eight days.”
I wanted to tell him he wasn’t _______ to surf again until he was 20, but instead I bit my
_______ and hoped he would _______ about surfing.
However, for the next seven days he kept ________ me to let him surf again. One day after I had ________ “No” to him for the 100th time, he ________ me at my own game.
“Mom, you taught us never to ________ what we love.” I gave in.
Back then Leon was just a boy with a ________ for surfing. Now he’s a man ________ among the top 25 professional surfers in the world.
【1】
A．attracted
B．injured
C．accompanied
D．attacked
【2】
A．applied
B．added
C．received
D．made
【3】
A．cried
B．hesitated
C．complained
D．mentioned
【4】
A．excited
B．calm
C．angry
D．awful
【5】
A．opposed
B．challenged
C．comforted
D．laughed at
【6】
A．confused
B．inspired
C．frightened
D．persuaded
【7】
A．doubted
B．invited
C．limited
D．allowed
【8】
A．hand
B．tongue
C．finger
D．leg
【9】
A．argue
B．think
C．forget
D．worry
【10】
A．encouraging
B．thanking
C．blaming
D．pressing
【11】
A．lied
B．repeated
C．explained
D．spread
【12】
A．beat
B．moved
C．won
D．disappointed
【13】
A．make up
B．put up
C．gave up
D．set up
【14】
A．anxiety
B．proud
C．satisfaction
D．passion
【15】
A．ranking
B．competing
C．surviving
D．waiting
31、 I had business in Orlando, Florida, so of course the plane was full of kids.It was very ____, but one baby, in particular, wouldn’t stop crying: loud, non-stop, and sitting in my row. The young mother was trying _______ to comfort the baby and handle her three-year-old daughter at the same time. Passengers could be heard _______ every time the baby let out another cry.
Then a grandmotherly type _______ the woman and said: “You’ve got your hands full! Why don’t you play with your daughter for a bit and I’ll walk the baby up and down the _______? Maybe the movement will calm him enough to fall asleep. And don’t worry; I’ll be within
_____ the whole time.” The mother _______ unsure, but where could the woman go? They were in an airplane together. So she _______ the baby to the woman, who walked him and rocked him for only a few _______ until he fell asleep.
Why I didn’t think of that? I know why. I was thinking about two things: how annoying the _________ was and how grateful I was that he wasn’t mine.
This mini-drama _______ a few days ago. From it I saw how easy it could be to solve people’s problems or make their days a little better. It takes little _______ to smile at strangers passing by, or to hold the elevator for the next person, or to make a phone call or a visit, to give a compliment or say thank you. To _______ something: clothing, food, money, time. To say something nice. To listen. If we all do one random act of ________ daily, we just might set the world in the right ________.
【1】A.cold B.noisy C.scary D.quiet
【2】A.unsuccessfully B.unexpectedly C.bravely D.confidently
【3】A.knocking B.laughing C.complaining D.singing
【4】A.criticized B.reminded C.approached D.recognized
【5】A.stairs B.passage C.hall D.room
【6】A.reach B.space C.distance D.sight
【7】A.looked B.sounded C.remained D.felt
【8】A.patted B.threw C.passed D.sent
【9】A.seconds B.minutes C.hours D.days
【10】A.grandmother B.daughter C.mother D.baby
【11】A.burst B.struck C.occurred D.made
【12】A.money B.effort C.time D.strength
【13】A.donate B.buy C.throw D.exchange
【14】A.mercy B.courage C.bravery D.kindness
【15】A.range B.framework C.direction D.tone
32、 A woman who built a hit _________ with her video game skills has been recognized as the world’s oldest YouTube _________ - at the age of 90. Hamako Mori, _________ as “Gamer Grandma” to her 250,000 YouTube _________, started gaming 39 years ago. Her YouTube channel launched in 2015, and she _________ to four videos a month.
In her videos, she does everything from unboxing new equipment to _________ her gaming skills. And now Mori, who counts the “Grand Theft Auto” series among her favorites, is officially the world’s _________ gaming YouTuber, according to Guinness World Records.
“_________ living for this long, I feel more than ever that _________ for this long was the right choice. I am truly enjoying my life-it’s __________,” Mori said in a media release from Guinness World Records.
Mori maintains a sharp sense of __________ in her videos, who may share some funny things, __________ BBC reporters. They also offer a video on her life: In “90-year-old grandma plays Dauntless” - which has more than 3 million __________ - Mori __________ candles on her birthday cake before vlogging her take on the monster battling game.
“I’m going to play ‘Dauntless’ today,” she says. “After I started playing this, it was such fun, and I couldn’t __________. I can’t look at any other __________ - it’s all about this one ... sometimes I __________ playing until 2 a.m.”
Mori has also collected __________ game machines over the decades. The first one she owned was Cassette Vision, which was __________ in Japan on July 30, 1981. “It looked like so much fun, and I thought it’s not __________ if only children played it,” Mori said.
A．offline
B．overseas
C．abroad
D．online
A．looker
B．gamer
C．visitor
D．teacher
A．reported
B．interviewed
C．known
D．played
A．fans
B．students
C．friends
D．gamers
A．gives up
B．looks up
C．adds up
D．posts up
A．making
B．teaching
C．broadcasting
D．giving
A．oldest
B．youngest
C．funniest
D．cutest
A．Before
B．After
C．When
D．As
A．playing games
B．painting
C．fishing
D．living
A．terrible
B．boring
C．wonderful
D．plain
A．humor
B．achievement
C．satisfaction
D．delight
A．according to
B．as to
C．leading to
D．in order to
A．watches
B．views
C．talks
D．looks
A．turn over
B．turn up
C．blow up
D．blow out
A．continue
B．begin
C．stop
D．wait
A．games
B．magazines
C．books
D．videos
A．end with
B．start over
C．end in
D．end up
A．the number of
B．a number of
C．a kind of
D．an amount of
A．released
B．chosen
C．talked
D．showed
A．lucky
B．fair
C．avoidable
D．reasonable
33、 Eleven-year-old Angela was stricken with a disease involving her nervous system. She was unable to walk and her movement was _______ in other ways as well. The doctors did not _______ much hope of her ever recovering from this illness. They _______ she’d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They said that few, if any, were able to come back to _______ after getting this disease. The little girl was strong-minded. There, lying in her hospital bed, she would swear to anyone who’d _______ that she was definitely going to be walking again someday.
Later, she was moved to a specialized hospital in the San Francisco Bay area. Whatever therapies(治疗) that could be _______ to her case were used. The therapists were impressed by her undefeatable _______. They taught her about imaging — about seeing herself walking. If it would do nothing else, it would _______ give her hope and something _______ to do in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela would work as hard as possible in ________ therapy and in exercise sessions. Meanwhile, she worked just as hard ________ there faithfully doing her imaging, visualizing herself moving, moving, moving!
One day, as she was trying her best to ________ her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle happened: the ________ moved! It began to move around the room! She ________ out, “Look what I’m doing! Look! Look! I can do it! I moved, I moved!”
Of course, at this ________ moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming too and running for ________. People were screaming, equipment was falling and glass was breaking. You see, it was the recent San Francisco ________. But don’t tell that to Angela. She’s ________ that she did it. And now, only a few years later, she’s back in school. On her ________ legs. No wheelchair. You see, anyone who can ________ the earth can conquer a little disease, can’t they?
【1】A. recovered B. realized C. reformed D. restricted
【2】A. hold onto B. hold out C. hold back D. hold up
【3】A. predicted B. doubted C. opposed D. insisted
【4】A. life B. nature C. hospital D. normal
【5】A. listen B. laugh C. lie D. look
【6】A. attached B. referred C. applied D. meant
【7】A. spirit B. talent C. sickness D. symptom
【8】A. at first B. at last C. at most D. at least
【9】A. formal B. precious C. positive D. legal
【10】A. physical B. visual C. passive D. accurate
【11】A. wondering B. lying C. sitting D. living
【12】A. imagine B. consider C. practise D. resist
【13】A. leg B. body C. bed D. glass
【14】A. walked B. reached C. figured D. screamed
【15】A. first B. very C. extra D. last
【16】A. celebration B. access C. liberty D. shelter
【17】A. emergency B. adventure C. earthquake D. sandstorm
【18】A. determined B. convinced C. disappointed D. frightened
【19】A. broken B. last C. own D. proper
【20】A. rescue B. shake C. seize D. preserve
34、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.
F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.
Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.
It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.
35、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?
Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.
The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.
The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.
In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.
So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?
According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.
But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.
Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”
36、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.”
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Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?
Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.
This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.
So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?
With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.
Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.
38、假如你是李华，新华学校学生会主席，近日你校收到美国友好交流学校Roger Manverz School学生会主席John的邮件，希望你校捐赠一批传统文化书籍，供该校对此有兴趣的同学阅读，请你代表学校给John回复一封邮件，邮件中需要包含以下内容：
1.自我介绍；
2.捐赠图书的具体信息；
3.询问对方的收件地址和联系信息。
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear John,
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Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
39、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
40、阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
School uniforms are becoming more and more popular across the U.S.A. That’s no surprise, because they offer many benefits. They immediately end the powerful social sorting and labeling (标记) that come from clothing. If all students are dressed in the same way, they will not pay too much attention to their clothing, and some of them will not be laughed at for wearing the “wrong” clothes.
Some people are against the strict rule of school uniforms, but they do not realize that students already accept a kind of rule - wanting to look just like their friends. The difference is that the clothing students choose for themselves creates social barriers (障碍); school uniforms tear those barriers down.
As in other places, uniforms remind the wearers of their purposes and duties. For example, when a man or woman puts on a police uniform, he or she becomes, for a time, the symbol (象征) of law and order. The uniform means to the wearer his or her special duties and sends the same message to everyone the wearer meets. People with different jobs wear uniforms of one kind or another. For students, the school uniform reminds them that their task for the six or seven hours they are in school is to get an education.
Some parents are unhappy about uniforms, saying that school uniforms will affect their children’s “creativity”. Actually, as noted above, the clothes students choose to wear do not necessarily express their individuality. They just copy their classmates. Students have the rest of the day to be as creative as they like. While they’re in school, their job is to master reading, writing, and mathematics; this should take up all the creativity they have. Mastery of those skills will be good for the students to build up their creativity in every way.
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41、假如你是李华，你的留学生朋友Tony对戏剧很感兴趣，请你用电子邮件告知他本周末你们学校戏剧社将举办戏剧Pygmalion的排练活动并邀请他参加，内容包括：
1. 排练地点和时间；
2. 具体的活动内容。
注意：1. 词数100左右；开头已给出，不计入总数。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
可能用到的词汇：戏剧drama 排练rehearsal
Dear Tony,
How’s it going?
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Yours,
Lihua
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