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1、He wasn’t begging for a handout but surely appreciated the help in a situation.
A.deliberate B.desperate C.stable D.shallow
2、When I first met her, “I’m Lucy,” she said, _______ her hand.
A.held out B.held back C.holding out D.holding back
3、Although he is only a little boy, he knows world ______ well.
A.matters B.affairs C.things D.incidents
4、Rita loves her son so much that she ________ two hours every Sunday afternoon to spend with him.
A.set aside B.set back C.set out D.set off
5、____ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.
A．As
B．That
C．This
D．It
6、Every minute was made full use of ________ for the performance at CCTV Spring Festival.
A．preparing
B．being prepared
C．to prepare
D．prepared
7、Whenever or however you take notes, ________ that note-taking is a selective process.
A.keep in mind B.set one’s mind C.make up one’s mind D.come into mind
8、Taking a close look at their respective (各自的) historical contexts, purposesand principles, huge differences can be ______ between the Belt and Road Initiative (一带一路倡议) and the Marshall Plan (马歇尔计划).
A.condemned B.identified C.abused D.twisted
9、No child under 12 is allowed to go to the lake alone; any walk close to the lake ________by a parent.
A．must be accompanied
B．must accompany
C．can be accompanied
D．should accompany
10、________ and out of breath, we reached the top of the mountains and stopped ________ the beautiful scenery.
A．Tiring; to admire
B．Tiring; admiring
C．Tired; admiring
D．Tired;to admire
11、With mountains of work to do, we should make a list first and ____________ the urgent ones.
A. burst B. urge
C. prioritize D. defend
12、--- Are you finishing your task?
---________. We still need at least two days.
A．Far from it
B．Exactly
C．Not a little
D．No wonder
13、Only when he reached the tea-house ______it was the same place he’d been in last year.
A. he realized B. he did realize
C. realized he D. did he realize
14、_________, he knows a lot of Chinese characters.
A. Child as he is B. As a child he is
C. As he is a child D. A child as he is
15、John invited about 40 people to his wedding, most of _______are family members.
A.who B.which C.whom D.what
16、My money __________. I must go to the bank to draw some of my savings out before I’ve none in hand.
A.has run out B.has been run out C.is to be run out D.is running out
17、My uncle got wellprepared for the job interview.He couldn’t risk the good opportunity________．
A.to lose B.losing C.to be lost D.being lost
18、If Mike come this evening, I would ask him to help me deal with the problem.
A.should B.could C.would D.might
19、It is clear that in modern society high ______ and demands are placed on students.
A.motivations B.expectations C.standards D.opportunities
20、It is necessary that a child’s first eye exam _____ at the age of six months old.
A.was B.were C.be D.is
21、While ______ the National Congress of Communist Party, President Xi instructed the party never to forget ______ we started and then we can accomplish our mission (使命).
A.addressing；where B.sponsoring；when
C.delivering；when D.dismissing；where
22、Compared to English, Spanish is a _______ easy language to learn.
A.rapidly B.relatively C.regularly D.respectively
23、Chances created by the Belt and Road Initiative belong to the world, _______ a promising future shared by mankind.
A．ensured
B．ensuring
C．to ensure
D．having ensured
24、Snaking through the deserts, the Nile would flood almost _____ each year in June.
A.normally B.variably C.invariably D.increasingly
25、The book _____ this week.
A. comes up B. comes about
C. comes out D. comes across
26、 Edgar Degas, J. M. W. Turner and other painters captured centuries of atmospheric records as they decorated canvases with sunset scenes.
Greek Scientists worked with an artist to confirm that the ratio of red to green in sunset painting, both old and new, increased when particles filled the air, such as after major volcanic eruption（火山喷发）or dust storms. The atmosphere physicists also found a gradual shift in artistic sunset hues over centuries, possibly due to ever-increasing air pollution during the Industrial Revolution.
An earlier study, led by atmospheric physicist Christos Zerefos of the Academy of Athens in Greece, discovered that the amount of red relative to green in sunset descriptions increased after eruptions, including Tambora, Indonesia in 1815, Coseguina, Nicaragua in 1835 and Krakatau, Indonesia in 1883.
Zerefos’ team analyzed 554 paintings created between 1550 and 1990. For up to three years after eruptions, sunsets reddened as sunlight bounced off dust and gas from the volcanoes. The latest study, also by Zerefos, used improved scanning and analysis techniques to confirm the earlier results.
A modern painter, Panayiotis Tetsis, unknowingly repeated the artistic atmospheric observations of classical masters. In the artists’ description of sunsets light over the Greek island of Hydra, the color ratio shifted towards red in paintings done both before（June 19,2010）and after（June 20,2010）a dust cloud from Sahara Desert filtered the sunset’s light.
Zerefos’ team connected the timing of classical paintings’ red shift to other records of the atmosphere trapped in ice cores from Greenland, in the recent study published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. The ice cores recorded spikes（尖刺）in sulfur-containing chemicals likely from volcanoes. These spikes corresponded in time to artists’ increasingly dark red sunsets.
The comparison of ice and art also revealed a slow shift in the coloring of the sunset. As the factories of Europe roared into production in the 19th and early 20th century, painting described a steady increase in the red to green ratio. The ice cores recorded a steady rise in airborne particles from industrial pollution during the same time.
【1】The underlined word“hues”in the second paragraph probably means_____.
A.angles B.colors
C.locations D.times
【2】What do we know about Zerefos’ research from the passage?
A.Both modern and ancient artists describing sunset are involved in the research.
B.It confirmed an obvious increase in the ratio of green to red in sunset paintings.
C.The shift from green to red also existed in the records of ice cores trapped items.
D.The team used traditional techniques to confirm the earlier results of the research.
【3】How did Zerefos’ team confirm that atmospheric records kept by painters were reliable?
A.By analyzing classical paintings.
B.By connecting time to color.
C.By comparing art with ice.
D.By working with an artist.
【4】Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A.A modern research of ancient art and ice with pollution.
B.Art Masterpiece and pollutants trapped in ice cores.
C.An increase in the ratio of red to green in paintings.
D.Art Masterpiece Recorded Centuries of Pollution.
27、 How many things can you see in the night sky? A lot! On a clear night you might see the Moon, some planets, and thousands of sparkling stars.
You can see even more with a telescope. And with bigger and bigger telescopes you can see more and more objects in the sky. And you can see those objects in more and more detail.
But scientists believe there are some things in the sky that we will never see. We won't see them with the biggest telescope in the world, on the clearest night of the year.
That's because they're invisible. They're the mysterious dead stars called black holes.
You might find it hard to imagine that stars die. After all, our Sun is a star. Year after year we see it up in the sky, burning brightly, giving us heat and light. The Sun certainly doesn't seem to be getting old or weak. But stars do burn out and die after billions of years.
As a star's gases burn, they give off light and heat. But when the gas runs out, the star stops burning and begins to die.
As the star cools, the outer layers of the star pull in toward the center. The star squashes into a smaller and smaller ball. If the star was very small, the star ends up as a cold, dark ball called a black dwarf. If the star was very big, it keeps squashing inward until it's packed together tighter than anything in the universe.
Imagine if the Earth were crushed until it was the size of a tiny marble. That's how tightly this dead star, a black hole, is packed. What pulls the star in toward its center with such power? It's the same force that pulls you down when you jump—the force called gravity. A black hole is so tightly packed that its gravity sucks in everything—even light. The light from a black hole can never come back to your eyes. That's why you see nothing but blackness.
So next time you stare up at the night sky, remember: there's more in the Sky than we can see! Scattered in the silent darkness are black holes—the great mystery of space.
【1】According to the article, what causes a star to die?
A.As its gases run out, it cools down. B.It has a collision with other stars.
C.It can only live for about a million years. D.As it gets hotter and hotter, it explodes.
【2】Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A.Black holes are dead stars. B.Black holes have gravity.
C.Black holes are invisible. D.There is nothing as mysterious as a black hole.
【3】What happens AFTER a star dies?
A.It becomes invisible. B.It fails to Earth.
C.It burns up all of its gases. D.It becomes brighter and easier to see.
【4】Why can't you see light when you look at a black hole?
A.Because most black holes are so far away.
B.Because the gravity of a black hole is so strong that it sucks the light inward.
C.Because as the star's gases burn, it stops giving off heat and light.
D.Because as a star cools, its outer layers pull in toward its center.
28、 Scientists dug up human remains from the Stonehenge dating back to about 5,000 years ago. To our surprise, people journeyed far to get to the Wessex site. These men and women potentially played a huge role in the construction of Stonehenge.
The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, reveals that a number of people buried at the Wessex monument originated from West Wales, which is also the source of the bluestones used in Stonehenge’s early construction.
According to a report from the University College London, scientists from Oxford and Belgium came together to analyze 25 of the burials dug in 2008. Many of them were buried around 3,000 BC, which is around the time when the bluestones were put up to form the Aubrey holes around Stonehenge. The famous stones weren’t built until 500 years later. The team used chemical isotope (同位素) analysis and radiocarbon dating (放射性碳年代测定法) the study and found out that at least 10 of the 25 individuals analyzed didn’t live near the Stonehenge site but in western Britain. This region includes West Wales, where the bluestones were sourced. Furthermore, the wood that was used to burn the bodies was also found to have come from different trees. Some of the pieces of trees come from trees in dense woodland, many of which are found in West Wales. Some of the individuals may have been cremated elsewhere before being buried in Stonehenge.
The researchers suggest that these prehistoric people may have been part of the sacred site’s early construction crew. They may have been the ones to transport the bluestone materials from the Preseli Mountains in West Wales. The findings are an interesting revelation, particularly since it means that there were significant interregional connections that existed as far back as 5,000 years ago. Even back then, in the Neolithic Period (新石器时代), human civilization had wide contacts and exchanges.
【1】According to the text, some of the people buried at the Wessex monument came from .
A.the Wessex site B.West Wales
C.dense woodland D.the Stonehenge site
【2】What can we learn from the third paragraph?
A.The Aubrey holes formed before Stonehenge.
B.The bodies were buried about 3000 years ago.
C.The research objects mostly lived near the Stonehenge site.
D.Stonehenge appeared around the Aubrey holes around 3000 BC.
【3】What does the underlined word “cremated” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A.Hidden. B.Covered. C.Burned. D.Displayed.
【4】Why did the buried people most probably come to Wessex?
A.To recall their past days. B.To see the local king.
C.To build Stonehenge. D.To transport the bluestone materials.
【5】What does the study indicate?
A.Human contacts and exchanges began even a long time ago.
B.It is important to study the history of Stonehenge.
C.Wessex used to be a powerful country in Europe.
D.The early construction crew promoted interregional connections.
29、 The UK's music festivals are world famous but there are plenty more to celebrate in the country.
Burns Night, Scotland
On 25 January, Scots celebrate the life and works of Scotland's national poet Robert Burns by holding a special Burns Supper. This can be a chance for friends to get together with a huge formal dinner. Guests take it in turn to recite Burns' poems or sing one of his songs.
Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Wales
For 10 days each May, the small town of Hay on-Wye on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales is filled with writers, filmmakers, musicians, and people who come to hear them talk and exchange ideas. The festival celebrates great writing of all genres (体裁) and it all takes place in a village in the town.
Camp Festival, Dorset
As a branch of a festival held in Dorset, it's one of the best family festivals in the UK Held every year in the grounds of the historic Lulworth Castle in Dorset, the festival includes top live music acts, but as the organizer say, “kids are king” at Camp Festival, with a wide variety of entertainment, workshops and fun for kids. The 2020 Camp Festival takes place from 25 to 28 July.
Guy Fawkes Day or “Bonfire Night”
All over the UK on 5 November, the British light bonfires and set off fireworks in their back gardens or, more commonly these days, at organized events in public parks. They celebrate the Catholic Guy Fawkes' failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament (议会院) on 5 November, 1605.
【1】Which festivals are related to literature (文学)?
A.Hay Festival and Camp Festival. B.Bums Night and Hay Festival.
C.Burs Night and Guy Fawkes Day. D.Camp Festival and Guy Fawkes Day.
【2】When does the festival most attractive to children take place?
A.In July. B.In May. C.In January. D.In November.
【3】What does Guy Fawkes Day celebrate?
A.An impressive building. B.A successful adventure.
C.An organized game. D.A historical event.
30、 One night after dinner my dad told my brother and me that we needed to have a family talk. As I sat on the foot of my parents’ bed watching my mom _______to tell us what was going on, I heard the two words that would change my whole_______:multiple sclerosis (MS) (多发性硬化). I was only 14 then. _______all I could do was burst into tears.
The house was a mix of_______and quietness in the weeks that followed. I had never felt so alone and helpless. I was sure if I hadn’t gotten _______I would have gone crazy. After a few months I went to my first MS support group. I was excited to_______these meetings and ask the doctors there all the questions that the articles hadn’t_______.When the speaker named Rita that night stood and introduced herself, I was_______to hear she was a nurse who is _______for multiple sclerosis. I had__________heard of a nurse having such a specific field.
As she __________, I discovered how much Rita understood about how this disease was__________ my family. Over time I __________Rita’s job really mattered. That’s when I discovered I__________to be a nurse. The work my mom’s doctors and nurses have done with her has vastly __________her life. They teach her to be__________and supply her with many types of __________.
I think the best people to help others get through __________are those who have gone through them firsthand and I feel that my__________will help me become an __________nurse who can help other families get through hardships of having a loved one with an illness.
【1】A.decide B.expect C.refuse D.struggle
【2】A.world B.career C.plan D.body
【3】A.Gradually B.Naturally C.Luckily D.Finally
【4】A.anger B.guilt C.sadness D.regret
【5】A.money B.help C.news D.time
【6】A.host B.attend C.prepare D.continue
【7】A.answered B.criticized C.ignored D.checked
【8】A.relaxed B.puzzled C.surprised D.frightened
【9】A.blamed B.trained C.cured D.arranged
【10】A.often B.seldom C.ever D.never
【11】A.spoke B.left C.watched D.taught
【12】A.leading B.following C.affecting D.punishing
【13】A.proved B.predicted C.wished D.realized
【14】A.wanted B.agreed C.happened D.chose
【15】A.shaped B.controlled C.improved D.created
【16】A.selfless B.active C.sensitive D.optimistic
【17】A.praise B.awards C.support D.donations
【18】A.difficulties B.worries C.doubts D.failures
【19】A.dream B.experience C.ambition D.effort
【20】A.exciting B.outgoing C.interesting D.amazing
31、 My life five years ago is unrecognisable from the one I lead now.
In May 2014, I booked a trip to Sri Lanka for _________. The beaches, sunshine and friendly locals were delightful. However, the only _________ for me was the street dogs. Their soulful eyes _________ me as if asking for help. One dog, I called Tom, _________, appealed to me. He was _________. I asked several local vets (兽医), but despite me offering to _________, none would agree to treat a street dog, because they weren’t viewed as _________, which shocked me and I didn't know what to do.
Back home, I couldn't get poor Tom out of my _________. I was desperate to make a real _________. Why not go to Sri Lanka and start __________ these animals? I had some savings, I thought I could __________ for a year, help some dogs and come home. I sold my car and booked my __________ for October 2014.
Landing in Colombo, I __________ straight for Talalla, where I’d met Tom. My first __________ is Joy, who had been bitten by another dog. I __________ her up, and bandaged her. No one had ever seen a bandaged dog before! But I felt so happy to have __________ something when she went back onto the __________, now wagging her tail.
In the blink of an eye I’d been __________ in the country a year, then two—and now over five years have __________. Sri Lanka is my home. Up to now, I have helped around 12,000 street dogs. People have described me as __________, but I get as much back from these dogs as I give them, and I feel so lucky.
【1】A.information B.business C.details D.relaxation
【2】A.problem B.difficulty C.joy D.attraction
【3】A.held B.begged C.stopped D.followed
【4】A.eventually B.particularly C.constantly D.directly
【5】A.engaged B.abandoned C.injured D.rescued
【6】A.pay B.help C.apologize D.leave
【7】A.competitive B.worthy C.attractive D.equal
【8】A.house B.control C.mind D.sight
【9】A.devotion B.statement C.effort D.difference
【10】A.feeding B.training C.treating D.adopting
【11】A.survive B.donate C.raise D.earn
【12】A.room B.flight C.restaurant D.holiday
【13】A.walked B.ran C.rode D.headed
【14】A.friend B.patient C.customer D.companion
【15】A.lifted B.cheered C.cleaned D.hung
【16】A.achieved B.found C.learned D.missed
【17】A.street B.field C.beach D.floor
【18】A.serving B.touring C.staying D.surviving
【19】A.changed B.passed C.shown D.seen
【20】A.sensitive B.considerate C.mad D.selfless
32、 I made a promise to myself on the way to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a_____________husband and father._______loving. No ifs, ands or buts.
I______the idea as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was reading a passage about husbands being_______of their wives. Then he went on to say, "Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love." To myself; I had to admit that I had been a(n)_________husband .Well, for two weeks that would__________. And it did. Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, "That new yellow sweater looks great on you."
"Oh, Tom, you noticed," she said, surprised but________. Maybe a little confused
After the long_______, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach I started to______________, but then I thought, "Evelyn's been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to________________with me." We walked on the beach while the children ________their kites.
So it went. Two weeks of not ________the Wall Street firm where I am a manager; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that's how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to________love.
There was one thing that went wrong with my______, however. Evelyn and I still_______about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me sadly.
"What's the matter?" I asked her.
"Tom," she said in a voice filled with_______. "do you know something I don't?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well... that______I had several weeks ago... our doctor... did he tell you something about me? Tom, you've been so good to me... am dying?"
It took a moment for it all to_________. Then I laughed aloud.
"No, honey," I said,________her in my arms, "You're not dying; I'm just starting to_________."
【1】A.responsible B.caring C.generous D.loving
【2】A.Totally B.Even C.Still D.Somehow
【3】A.got along with B.made up with C.came up with D.fitted in with
【4】A.ashamed B.independent C.proud D.thoughtful
【5】A.selfish B.enthusiastic C.fortunate D.useless
【6】A.change B.last C.recover D.disappear
【7】A.embarrassed B.delighted C.scared D.curious
【8】A.walk B.flight C.reflection D.drive
【9】A.accept B.refuse C.suffer D.challenge
【10】A.read B.chat C.stay D.live
【11】A.adjusted B.desired C.flew D.dragged
【12】A.calling B.joining C.visiting D.leaving
【13】A.value B.save C.choose D.respect
【14】A.vacation B.life C.family D.experiment
【15】A.talk B.laugh C.think D.worry
【16】A.sadness B.hope C.pity D.confusion
【17】A.deal B.argument C.incident D.checkup
【18】A.get about B.get across C.get away D.get through
【19】A.pushing B.taking C.holding D.catching
【20】A.love B.die C.live D.understand
33、 Michael Evans was standing in line at the Treasurer's Office last August. _______, he heard a disturbing sound ahead of him.The elderly woman at the window was crying, and so was the cashier helping her.Then Evans _______ that the woman would lose her house because she could not _______the taxes.He was also _______ that the woman's daughter had recently_______.
Evans,a _______ who had just buried his father,couldn't _______ the idea of this woman losing her house right after losing her child. He _______ the window. “Sorry to interrupt,” he said to the cashier, “_______ if you can get her house back, I'll pay for her taxes.” The amount due: $5,000.
The two women were surprised. Their despair(绝望)turned to ________.The cashier left for a moment to ________ the amount and that it was ________ for Evans to pay it. Evans promised to go straight to the________to withdraw the money and come right back.And he did.
Why does Evans give so much to a ________?"Honestly,I don't like ________ money in the banks.Doing things with your money is better."________ paying the elderly woman's taxes,he says he did it"for no other reason but to ________ the lady was in her house.”
Michael Evans Sr.is nearing 60 and will________ soon. His son will carry on with his business. “I ________ my life after him,” Evans II says of his father. “When I have ________,I want them to look at me the way I look at my dad.”
【1】A.Fortunately B.Gradually C.Actually D.Suddenly
【2】A.hoped B.noticed C.learned D.remembered
【3】A.afford B.charge C.offer D.refuse
【4】A.worried B.shocked C.disappointed D.ashamed
【5】A.passed away B.hung around C.broken down D.set off
【6】A.businessman B.politician C.journalist D.detective
【7】A.receive B.bear C.share D.gain
【8】A.closed B.seized C.approached D.opened
【9】A.and B.so C.though D.but
【10】A.cheer B.satisfaction C.sorrow D.disbelief
【11】A.add B.confirm C.determine D.evaluate
【12】A.fair B.wise C.fine D.lucky
【13】A.bank B.home C.company D.office
【14】A.patient B.passer-by C.consumer D.stranger
【15】A.raising B.putting C.hiding D.wasting
【16】A.In spite of B.In terms of C.As for D.Apart from
【17】A.announce B.guarantee C.expect D.discover
【18】A.escape B.forget C.decline D.retire
【19】A.honor B.live C.model D.spend
【20】A.kids B.students C.employees D.companions
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The Sundance Film Festival 【1】 boycotts all Hollywood films, and we don’t foresee ever including them. The initial idea for our festival was 【2】 back in l978. when it was known as the Utah/US Film Festival. However, it was not well known until 1981. It was then that Robert Redford became its 【3】 and changed the focus to independent films, often made on very modest 【4】 It was given its new name-the Sundance Film Festival-in 1991. Redford has acted in and directed many big Hollywood films, but wanted to 【5】 the public to films made outside of the Hollywood system
35、
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.
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.
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.
Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.
All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.
Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.
While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.
Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
37、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.
I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.
For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.
At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.
The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”
38、 Roman was the school tough(厉害的) guy because his father was a tough guy. If anyone dared to disobey (不服从)him, they received a beating.
Until Victor arrived. No one would have said that Victor or his dad looked like tough guys : they were very thin and had no muscles . however, this was what Victor said to Ramon when Roman went up to him to make him afraid .
“Hey , new kid. You should know that I am the leader , and I am the toughest guy here.”
“You might be the leader but I am the toughest guy here.”
That was when Victor got his first beating .The second was the day Ramon tried to take a girl’s sandwich from her .
“This girl is a friend of mine and I am the toughest guy in school .So she will not give you her sandwich.” ---were Victor’s last words before the blows started raining down on him.
His third beating came when he did not want to hand over his own sandwich .
“Tough guys like my dad and me do not steal from others ,and you are supposed to be a tough guy too ?” he replied .
Victor got hit regularly ,but he never backed down（临阵退缩） . His bravery in protecting those weaker than him began to impress the rest of his classmates , and he soon gained admirers. Lots of other children began to play with him , so Ramon had even fewer chances to hit Vitor and his friends .
One day ,at the school door ,Ramon’s dad asked him who Victor was .
“That little boy is the tough boy who is the new boss of the playground ?” said Ramon’s father . “You are useless. I am going to hit you and show you what a tough guy really is .”
注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段 ，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragragh1:
That was not the first time that Ramon got hit by his dad ,but it was the first time that Victor’s dad was there to stop it happening again.
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Paragragh 2:
That was when Ramon’s dad understand why Victor said that his own father was a tough guy.
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39、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。
Finding Your Courage
Gold and brown leaves crunched（吱吱响）under Dora's boots as she made her way down the sidewalk. She could not wait to be home. The chill（寒冷）from the autumn winds was bad, but it was not nearly as hard to bear as the chill she felt in her heart.
She could not forget the way she had frozen in front of the class today. Mr. Roberts divided the class into groups to do presentations. Each person in the group would speak for five minutes in front of the class. Today was Dora's turn. Her legs trembled（颤抖）all the way to the front of the classroom. Her hands shook so badly that she could not read her notes. As Dora spoke, her voice became softer, almost to silence. Mr. Roberts kindly ended Dora's part of the presentation even though she had clearly not finished. He also asked Dora to stay after class for a moment.
“Dora, I know you're shy, but you worked hard on this project. I'd hate to see you give up on yourself. ” Mr. Roberts suggested, “If I give you another chance tomorrow, do you think you can find your courage?”
Dora nodded. She went as quickly as she could to her next class. She kept her head down and hoped the school day would end soon.
Arriving home, she found Mom baking in the kitchen. When Mom baked, Dora always watched and chatted with her. Mom always said it was Dora's company that made her baked goods taste so sweet.
Mom studied Dora's face as she came into the kitchen. “What's wrong, Dora?"
Tears shone in Dora's brown eyes. She told the whole story. Mom was silent for a moment, but her hands still busy with the cake.
“Why is it that you can talk to me about anything and everything, but you can't talk to your class?" Mom asked, sliding the round cake pans into the oven. She set the timer and then said, “Let me show you something. ”
Paragraph 1:
Dora followed Momma to her bedroom.
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Paragraph 2:
The next day Dora again walked to the front of the classroom to give her presentation.
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40、假定你是李华，你校为了推广中华经典文学，计划举办一场唐诗英语翻译大赛，请你写信邀请对中国唐诗有一定研究和兴趣的交换生Peter一同参加此次比赛。内容包括：
1. 比赛举办的目的；
2. 比赛的时间和规则；
3. 你邀请的理由。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Yours
LiHua
41、假定你是李华，作为交换生在澳大利亚一所学校交流学习。现在你即将回国，要作为学生代表在欢送会上发言，请按照下列要点写一篇发言稿：
1、表示感谢；
2、学习收获与感受；
3、表达祝愿。
注意：1、词数100次左右；
2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear teachers and friends,
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Yours truly,
Li Hua
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