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1、Henry hasn't missed a chance to _______ his muscles to others since being praised for his strong figure.
A.show off B.show up C.put off D.put up
2、But for the fact that he ______ the truth, he ______ for a week's imprisonment.
A.didn't know; would be punished B.hadn't known; might have punished
C.didn't know; would have been punished D.hadn't known; could be punished
3、They planned to hold a grand party to ________ their parents’ diamond wedding anniversary as a reward for bringing them up.
A.congratulate B.memorize C.observe D.guarantee
4、Only when the circuit breaker mechanism was triggered________what a negative impact the epidemic had made on the country’s economy.
A.had they realized B.they realized C.they realize D.did they realize
5、Solar power is power energy from the sun.
A.producing used B.produced using
C.produced used D.producing using
6、They all sat together at table, laughing and ______ stories after many years’ separation.
A.swapping B.circulating C.spreading D.plotting
7、I ______ a debt of gratitude to all my family.
A. devote B. contribute
C. owe D. attach
8、It is________to come into your leaders’ office without their permission.
A．a good manner
B．a bad manner
C．bad manners
D．good manners
9、There is a/an _________ increase in the numbers of Internet users in recent years.
A.diverse B.ample C.casual D.sharp
10、The teacher walked around, ________ the students' work.
A．respecting
B．suspecting
C．inspecting
D．prospecting
11、Synthetic biology, to design and construct new biological parts, devices and systems, is changing many aspects of our life.
A.intended B.intending C.to intend D.having intended
12、Jane is nice but she has a ______ to talk too much.
A.trend B.tendency C.tension D.threat
13、I can't bear ________, so I hope you can come on time.
A. to keep waiting B. to keep to wait
C. being kept waiting D. being kept to wait
14、He was a friendly and _____ man, who gave freely to the poor.
A.rigid B.generous C.shallow D.competent
15、To improve the quality of our products, we asked for suggestions ________ had used the products.
A.whatever B.whoever C.wherever D.whichever
16、Several swimmers have been drowned in the sea recently. So I don’t _______of your going swimming alone.
A.approve B.agree C.support D.admit
17、If you were to have a few minutes free, I______ the opportunity to ask you one more question.
A．would appreciate
B．would have appreciated
C．were to appreciate
D．had appreciated
18、It is obvious that regular exercise is a key _________ of a healthy life.
A.drawback B.circumstance C.statistics D.component
19、As we know, _______ of beauty change across time and cultural groups.
A.structures B.status C.statistics D.standards
20、What caused the accident and who was responsible for it________ a mystery to us.
A.remains B.remain C.is D.look like
21、When I opened the door, a parcel on the floor ____ my eye.
A. fixed B. caught C. focused D. appealed
22、It took us quite a long time to get here. It was ______journey.
A.three-hour B.a three hour C.a three-hour D.three hours
23、Miss Green often said “God helps those who help themselves”, intending to _______ on us the significance of being independent.
A.base B.impress
C.focus D.rely
24、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
25、Robert Redford, a famous actor and director, wanted to expose the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system that ordinary people might have no access to ________.
A. otherwise B. though C. thus D. therefore
26、Cheese and red wine are basic diets over the festive period, and if you love red wine and cheese, a new study will come as music to your ears. Researchers from low a State University have revealed that drinking red wine and eating cheese can help to reduce cognitive decline.
In the study, the researchers analyzed data from 1,787 adults aged 46 to 77, and asked them to complete questionnaires about their food and alcohol consumption. The results showed that cheese was the most protective food against age-related cognitive problems, even into late life. Daily consumption of red wine was also shown to improve cognitive function, while weekly consumption of lamb was shown to improve long-term cognitive skills. However, over-consumption of salt was found to increase the risk of cognitive decline.
Dr. Auriel Willette, who led the study, said: “I was pleasantly surprised that our results suggest that appropriately eating cheese and drinking red wine daily are not just good for helping us cope with our current COVID-19 pandemic, but perhaps also dealing with an increasingly complex world. Although we considered whether this was just due to what rich people eat and drink, clinical trials at random are needed to determine if making easy changes in our diet could help our brains in significant ways.”
While the reason for the link remains unclear, the researchers believe that cheese and red wine may protect some people from the effects of Alzheimer's.
Brandon Klinedinst, an author of the study, added: “Depending on the genetic factors you carry, some individuals seem to be more protected from the effects of Alzheimer's, while others seem to be at greater risk. Perhaps the silver bullet we're looking for is improving how we eat. Knowing what that involves contributes to a better understanding of Alzheimer's and putting this disease in an opposite path.”
【1】What is the study mainly about?
A．Basic diets over the festive period.
B．Possible reasons for cognitive decline.
C．Feelings of pleasant music to people's ears.
D．Effects of certain diets on cognitive decline.
【2】Which of the following increases the risk of cognitive problems?
A．Taking in too much salt.
B．Eating cheese properly.
C．Drinking red wine daily.
D．Consuming lamb weekly.
【3】What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?
A．Changes in our diet help our brains in significant ways.
B．The diets of wealthy people were not taken into account.
C．The study results need to be proved by more clinical trials.
D．COVID-19 pandemic makes our world increasingly complex.
【4】What does the underlined phrase “silver bullet" in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Genetic factor.
B．Easy solution.
C．Special metal.
D．Certain food.
27、 FORTY-EIGHT HOURS after the Brazilian government banned the burning of the Amazon rainforest, almost 4,000 new fires were spotted by the satellites of the National Space Research Institute. The burning of the Amazon seemed terrifying enough. It is even more painful to learn that most of these fires are deliberately set.
The situation in the Amazon has occasionally been brought up over the past few years as we have seen a gradual increase in forest fires worldwide. Recently, it has become a much more hotly contested topic as mainstream news outlets and social media users alike have begun taking up the cause. The phenomenon has even escalated (升级) to the point where certain social media users are posting questionable photos to draw attention. However, it does not change the fact that the crisis is very real and very serious.
Wildfires in regions with dry forests like California and Australia have increased due to climate change, which some world leaders still deny is a man-made problem. The fires in the Amazon rainforest, however, are undeniably caused by people. The rainforest is a wet place and does not catch fire easily, so natural forest fires are uncommon. This means that the 70,000 plus fires in the Amazon this year are mostly the result of human activity. They are started by farmers looking to expand farmland, or companies looking to develop natural resources from the forest. Why do they do this? Money.
Since the new Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, took office in January of this year, there has been an 84 percent increase in the number of fires in the Amazon, and the year is not even over yet. While the world was mourning (感到痛心), the president didn't take any immediate action to prevent the destruction from expanding. It was only weeks later, when public angry reaction forced him to act; that he finally sent in firefighters to try to put out the fires.
To quote Alanis Obomsawin, a firm environmentalist,“When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you cannot eat money.”
【1】What is happening to the Amazon rainforest?
A．It is being preserved by global media.
B．It is being damaged by human activity.
C．It is being explored for green purposes.
D．It is being threatened by climate change.
【2】What is the author's attitude to Jair Bolsonaro, the new president of Brazil?
A．Skeptical.
B．Reserved.
C．Critical.
D．Favorable.
【3】What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A．The author thinks it urgent to conserve the Amazon rainforest.
B．The burning of the rainforest has drawn the attention of experts.
C．It is never too late to take measures to protect natural forests.
D．Money in bank accounts is no guarantee of our fulfilling life.
28、 People generally see themselves through achievements. In doing that, they end up caring more about their image than the reality of who they actually are. Rather than their performance at work, they end up defining themselves by external markers that they hope will earn them respect.
The problem with this is that it encourages both themselves and other people to judge their worth based on some relatively unimportant measure. For example, one day, their educational diploma may overshadow what they actually learned. Therefore, a better way to know a person, I think, is to ask a different set of questions: What motivates them? What makes them ache? What do they long for?
It’s in this spirit that I want to publicly share my values. They are the compass(罗盘) that guides my life. The kindest and most sincere thing I can do is to see, recognize, and understand another person before I make judgments. From there, I can learn to treat others appropriately, depending on the context, learning from my mistakes with time and experience. It's just a reminder that life is hard for all of us, while at the same time accepting that it's important we are all also held accountable for our actions.
I have learned that we are all deeply self-interested. I hope to be self-aware enough to check out of the power and status games. That means I'm not competing with anyone for a shiny object; I'd rather compete with myself. It's about becoming so uniquely different that it would be an insult for me to measure myself against someone else. I believe if I do the work to be internally free from the pull of the power and status games, then I can add value to others based on my unique knowledge and experience.
If this resonates with(与……共鸣) you, I invite you to join me on this journey in understanding and relating to this complex world. It's a wonderful mystery, and I think together we can better define it—not just personally, but also collectively.
【1】According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
A.People generally judge others' worth by what they have achieved.
B.The external markers are better ways to know a person.
C.The author is someone who is keen on power games.
D.Learning from mistakes is the first step of treating others kindly.
【2】What does the underlined word “overshadow” probably mean?
A.be relatively similar to B.cause something to be stronger than
C.make something less important D.block off light from something
【3】Which of the following might the author agree with?
A.People should be self-aware enough and compete with themselves.
B.Life is hard, so we shouldn't criticize others when they are not responsible.
C.Everyone is unique, so showing off uniqueness is an insult to others.
D.One should see and understand another person using a real compass.
【4】What is the writer's purpose of writing the article?
A.To promote harmonious living.
B.To ask people not to judge others.
C.To call on readers to learn his values.
D.To share his values of understanding the world.
29、Have you ever been on social media and seen your favorite celebrity talking about a product? These promotions might not be totally random, and are actually seen as a vital part of the marketing process. The question is: How do social media influencers ‘influence’ what you buy?
Human desire for status and making friends, combined with our need to belong to a group, makes us receptive to being ‘socially influenced’. Companies often use that desire to have a similar lifestyle to a celebrity we admire to hawk or launch a product. So, what do these promotions actually do?
Firstly, they can be used to build brand awareness. A social media influencer should have a strong understanding of the platform they operate on, and therefore can create engaging content that not only sticks to the brand image, but sparks their followers’ interests in a product they might never have seen before.
Secondly, influencers can improve a company or product’s relationship with their customer base. According to InMoment’s 2018 US Retail CX Trends Report on customer loyalty, 77% of buyers have been brand loyal for more than ten years. This is also true of 60% of millennials. A popular celebrity can target key demographics and talk or blog about a product, which can create an instant and lasting bond with the consumer.
Lastly, influencers can improve customer buying habits with seemingly “unbiased opinions”. We are more likely to respond to ‘peer recommendation’ than traditional ads, meaning the fact we see an influencer as a ‘friend’ can make us less likely to be doubtful about what we are seeing.
So, the next time you see a celebrity talking about a product, you might want to consider that this could be a carefully crafted marketing strategy designed to target your core needs. If you find yourself examining a product you’ve seen on social media, you may well have been influenced.
【1】Why do companies invite celebrities to launch products?
A．Because celebrities can improve the companies' public images.
B．Because celebrities want to make more money.
C．Because consumers like to share similarity with celebrities.
D．Because consumers can make friends with celebrities.
【2】According to the passage, which strategy is often used by influencers?
A．Setting up operation platforms.
B．Sending gifts to customers.
C．Taking advantage of their popularity.
D．Recommending products to their friends.
【3】What does the underlined word unbiased probably mean in the passage?
A．aggressive
B．objective
C．subjective
D．supportive
【4】The passage is mainly about __________.
A．how social media make ads
B．how social media influence our lifestyle
C．how celebrities earn fame
D．how social influencers affect our buying
30、Preschool girl lifts old man’s spirits
When Tara Wood brought her daughter to a grocery store to buy the four-year-old some birthday cupcakes, she had no idea that would be a life-changing _______.
As Tara pushed her daughter Norah around the store last month, she _______ an old man who was by himself. The old man looked cold, until Norah shouted to him, “Hi! It’s my birthday today!” The man stopped and his demeanor (举止、态度) changed from distant and serious to warm and _______. “How old are you today?” the man asked. After some time talking together, Norah asked her mom to take a _______ of her with her new friend “Mr. Dan”, Dan Peterson, 82 and then went their separate ways. That could have been the _______ of the story. But it was actually the beginning of a(n) _______ relationship.
Tara _______ the picture of her daughter and Mr. Dan on Facebook. Someone who _______ him reached out to her with Mr. Dan’s contact information. It turned out that Mr. Dan’s wife died in March and he had been _______ from depression and anxiety ever since. The person on Facebook told Tara that it was the first time they had seen Mr. Dan ________ since the death of his wife. Knowing that, Tara contacted Mr. Dan, and ever since Norah and the 82-year-old have developed a ________ unlike any other. “She has shown me a depth of love, a depth that I didn’t know existed,” Mr. Dan told the reporter.
Mr. Dan told Tara that before meeting Norah, he hadn’t had one night of uninterrupted ________ Anxiety kept him up at all hours and ________ him restless. After meeting Norah, he said he now sleeps soundly. For Mr. Dan’s 82nd birthday on October 20, the mother and the daughter brought balloons and presents—and, of course, cupcakes. Mr. Dan will also spend a day around Thanksgiving with Norah and her family. “If you don’t take the time to ________ people, you will never know how you can ________ impact a life,” Tara Wood said.
【1】
A．question
B．idea
C．experience
D．promise
【2】
A．passed
B．stopped
C．welcomed
D．shocked
【3】
A．calm
B．unpleasant
C．rude
D．friendly
【4】
A．look
B．picture
C．seat
D．message
【5】
A．end
B．clue
C．scene
D．truth
【6】
A．poor
B．special
C．ordinary
D．strange
【7】
A．took
B．drew
C．sold
D．posted
【8】
A．followed
B．confused
C．recognized
D．cured
【9】
A．escaping
B．benefiting
C．suffering
D．learning
【10】
A．talk
B．smile
C．walk
D．eat
【11】
A．plan
B．skill
C．knowledge
D．friendship
【12】
A．sleep
B．chat
C．meal
D．view
【13】
A．found
B．made
C．watched
D．regarded
【14】
A．notice
B．award
C．rescue
D．attract
【15】
A．legally
B．suitably
C．responsibly
D．positively
31、 As a child I never worried about losing my hearing, even though many other members of my family had done so. It seemed that I was one of the ______ones. I had a lovely voice and felt______about my singing. At 13,I made my debut （初次登台）in a school performance of Carlo Menotti ’s opera and knew then that I _________on stage.
But then I noticed that______ I didn’t sit at the front in lectures, I would_______to hear. I went to the hospital to have a _____test. I felt desperate and my ambitions were _____by a diagnosis of incurable nerve deafness.
However, my bravery persuaded me to_______my plans and I went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music. I kept my______a closely guarded secret, convinced that admitting it would _____my career. I won roles on merit （凭成绩），but the added fear and anxiety at auditions（试听）______me.
At 28, I made my debut at New Sadler’s Wells Opera. But my hearing loss was ______, and I couldn’t hear myself sing well any more. I ’d get a feeling of terror and want to ______ before every performance. ______ a superb technician fitted a hearing aid in my ear, making me self-conscious and my confidence _____ . I was fast learning to_____, singing by wearing it. Recording music is now a joy and acoustic （原声的）sounds through the headphones help me ________.
____ in technology mean my latest hearing aids are wireless, and my______is at its peak. I continue to tour the world. This year, I decided it was time to be_________ , not ashamed, and went public as the only deaf mezzo-soprano in the world.
【1】A. clever B. lucky C. pitiful D. active
【2】A. curious B. anxious C. awkward D. confident
【3】A. belonged B. sacrificed C. survived D. trembled
【4】A. though B. since C. if D. after
【5】A. struggle B. hesitate C. pretend D. ease
【6】A. blood B. hearing C. sight D. memory
【7】A. achieved B. developed C. destroyed D. extended
【8】A. figure out B. stick to C. look forward D. give up
【9】A. background B. scores C. ambitions D. deafness
【10】A. start B. further C. change D. ruin
【11】A. puzzled B. consumed C. impressed D. inspired
【12】A. accelerating B. resisting C. recovering D. disappearing
【13】A. rest B. play C. drill D. flee
【14】A. Thankfully B. Clearly C. Actually D. Generally
【15】A. faded B. grew C. counted D. helped
【16】A. forget B. judge C. cooperate D. adapt
【17】A. laugh B. howl C. relax D. sleep
【18】A. Drawbacks B. Applications C. Improvements D. Regulations
【19】A. attention B. performance C. intelligence D. energy
【20】A. famous B. creative C. proud D. innocent
32、 Nowadays, more and more young people are becoming too_______and over-confident. They think they can do everything. So they simply _______their old parents, and believe that their parents’ _____ are out of date. Actually I used to be one of them, but after hearing a story told by my father, I changed my mind ____ . Now I would like to _____ it with you.
Once, there was a young man who ______ the old. He always thought that the old, including his father, were______ . One day, the father and the son went for a walk in the _____ . As they walked, a beautiful ______ came into their sight. The son _____ to one pretty flower and said, “We young people are like this fragrant (芳香的) flower, so healthy, vigorous, and full of spirit. What about you oldsters? Just like the _____ leaves from a dying tree.”
Hearing this, the father smiled but said _____ . They continued the walking in silence. When they passed a(n) ______, the father stopped and went in. He bought a walnut (核桃) and showed it to his son, and said, “We old are like this walnut.
We’ve _____ many hard events in life. So we built up such a ______ shell, and at the same time we built up a _____ inner world. Every fruit is so full-grown.”
“But every fruit was born by a ____ .” argued the son.
“Yes, but not every flower can bear fruit…”
From then on, I always keep this______ in mind. It has taught me a lot. We should try to be a flower that can bear fruit. we also have to know that our ____ aren’t falling leaves but experienced walnuts, masterpiece of _____. They are the ones we should appreciate forever.
【1】A. proud B. clever C. rude D. genuine
【2】A. blame B. respect C. ignore D. believe
【3】A. spirits B. thoughts C. methods D. strengths
【4】A. gradually B. suddenly C. slowly D. completely
【5】A. provide B. supply C. offer D. share
【6】A. look up to B. live up to C. look down on D. get down to
【7】A. careless B. useless C. fruitful D. successful
【8】A. bushes B. woods C. yard D. court
【9】A. garden B. mountain C. school D. factory
【10】A. pointed B. referred C. attended D. turned
【11】A. growing B. grown C. falling D. fallen
【12】A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
【13】A. grocery B. office C. street D. river
【14】A. protected B. experienced C. promoted D. contributed
【15】A. tender B. colorful C. big D. hard
【16】A. merciful B. mature C. simple D. complex
【17】A. branch B. plant C. leaf D. flower
【18】A. experience B. walnut C. fruit D. story
【19】A. parents B. teachers C. friends D. relatives
【20】A. spirit B. material C. nature D. society
33、 All my life, I have been overweight and never imagined I will start running. One night, surfing through Facebook, I _________ a picture of an old school friend. Obesity (肥胖) was no _________ to him back in the day. So imagine my _________ when I saw that he had shrunk to half the size I remembered.
I started my process of _________ myself the next day. I started _________ and began with walks, circling the shortest blocks I could find. In a while, my body burned and _________, and nothing excited me more than the thought of quitting. _________, I didn't give up and my walks expanded to several blocks’ worth.
On the fifth day, I thought I probably could run. I _________ “far” down the road, about a tenth of a mile in length. “Way too far to run, my aching body told me. _________, another voice spoke, “I can do this. ” My feet____________ without a second thought. Right away, familiar ____________ pulsed through them, all the way up my legs. Soon, I was breathless, and desperate for ____________ .I wanted to quit. "I can do this, the ____________ spoke again.
In the end, I came up a little short. Thirty feet or so ____________ me from my goal. But when I looked back, I couldn't believe my eyes. The ____________ seemed farther then, after almost crossing it all. ____________ the thirty feet, I had almost achieved my desire to be better in less than a ____________ .
The next morning, I was ready to take on the ____________ again. While I haven't completely ____________ thoughts of giving up, they're quieter now. Quieter than the voice that ____________ me forward —“I can do this.”
A．searched
B．found
C．figured
D．realized
A．stranger
B．wonder
C．need
D．good
A．sorrow
B．excitement
C．surprise
D．delight
A．believing
B．denying
C．comforting
D．bettering
A．slow
B．fast
C．right
D．normal
A．waked
B．moved
C．ached
D．trembled
A．Gradually
B．Immediately
C．Fortunately
D．Abruptly
A．measured
B．sensed
C．walked
D．stared
A．However
B．Therefore
C．Besides
D．Otherwise
A．came out
B．took off
C．paid off
D．fell out
A．burning
B．breaking
C．emotion
D．passion
A．help
B．water
C．food
D．air
A．coach
B．voice
C．mind
D．body
A．threw
B．interrupted
C．connected
D．kept
A．target
B．dream
C．distance
D．task
A．Ignoring
B．Considering
C．Achieving
D．Adding
A．month
B．day
C．week
D．second
A．game
B．challenge
C．adventure
D．duty
A．formed
B．escaped
C．accepted
D．trapped
A．informed
B．persuaded
C．forced
D．encouraged
34、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.
AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.
From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?
The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.
Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.
Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?
For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.
Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.
It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.
35、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.
Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems? Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.
When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.
While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.
“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”
But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.
Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.
Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.
It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.
“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.
36、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?
Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.
In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.
When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.
Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.
Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.
That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.
And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.
But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.
Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.
Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.
In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.
37、阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Smell the flowers before you go to sleep and you may just end up with rosy dreams. Have a whiff of rotten(腐烂的)eggs during the night and your dreams may be【1】(pleasant). So says researcher Dr. Boris Stuck, 【2】invited sleeping volunteers to a rose vs. rotten egg test in the University Hospital Mannheim in Germany. The subjects didn’t dream about roses【3】eggs, but rather he found that what they smelt affected the emotions of【4】(they) dreams.
And if you think【5】(smell) have a say in dreams, wait for what TV tells us. A UK study reveals that people exposed【6】black-and-white film and TV in their youth are to have monochromic(单色的)dreams throughout their life more【7】(probable). Eva Murzyn from the University of Dundee tested two age groups— one half 【8】(age) over 55 and【9】other half under 25.
The result? Under 5% of the dreams of the under-25s were in black and white. 【10】(watch)color TV in childhood seems to be the reason why.
38、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。 续写的词数应为150左右。
You never know the difference you might make if you take the time to encourage someone. I gave up the idea of being a writer the summer before I started college. I’d been writing since I was five years old. My little friends wanted toys at that time, but I just wanted paper. Childhood passed and a box of short stories gave way to my middle school days. I wrote for a magazine and by the time I was in my eighth grade, half of the annual publications were written by me. Sometimes I'd dream about being a novelist, writing books that everyone might read. My dad was always sure that it would happen. When he read my poems or stories, his eyes welled up. "That's beautiful, honey,” he always told me. "One day, the entire world will know what a gift you have.” Those words encouraged me through high school to keep believing that writing was my calling.
But somewhere along the months of my senior year, I became disappointed. The crazy injustice in this world — bad guys getting buck out on the street and doing harm again and again, changed my mind.”I m going to be a lawyer in the future,” I told my parents. My dad’s face fell, but he kept his smile. "Whatever you do, you'll be brialliant at it," he said to me.
One of my first classes at college was Journalism 100. One day, the professor, Bob Scheibel, assigned us a story about an apartment fire. He gave us the facts and we had a few days to write a news story.
I was sure that I had gotten the facts right when I wrote the story. I didn’t expect much feedback. But a few days later, Bob Scheibel asked me to talk to him after class. Questions raced through my mind. What had I done wrong? Had I gotten the facts mixed up? Did I miss anything critical in the details? Five minutes after the class, I found myself in front of the professor. His eyes met mine with great seriousness.
39、假定你是李华，你的新西兰朋友Terry没有进入学校唱歌比赛的决赛，感到非常伤心。请你给他写一封email，内容包括：
1．表示安慰；2．给予鼓励；3．提出希望。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Terry,
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Yours,
Li Hua
40、假定你是李华，2020年5月21日是第一个“世界茶日（International Tea Day）”。你的英国笔友Steve想了解一下茶在中国的情况。请你给他回封邮件，介绍一些常识。
内容包括：
1.简介中国人对茶的态度；
2.喝茶之于健康的作用；
3.邀请他来中国体验一下。
注意：
1.字数100词左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
41、假定你是学生会主席李华，你校要举办首届英语艺术节（English Art Festival），请你用英语给师生写一封信，刊登在校报英文版上。信的内容主要包括：
1．举办时间和地点；2．内容；3．举办英语节的意义。
注意：1. 词数 100 左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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