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1、This is one of the best novels that____appeared this year.
A.have been B.has C.had been D.have
2、Yesterday, the storm delayed us. ________ the storm we would have been here in time.
A．If it were not for
B．But for
C．Unless
D．But that
3、A ________ discussion about whether men are brave than women is settled in a ________rude way.
A.warm… / B.lively… very
C.hot… rather D.spirited… fairly
4、—In the last few months, Kenny _____ more than 1,000 dollars for breaking traffic rules.
—No surprise. He is always being careless.
A. would be fined B. had been fined C. has been fined D. will be fined
5、That they were wrong in these matters _____ now clear to us all.
A.is B.was C.are D.were
6、By the time he gets to the airport, I think we ____ for London.
A. have left B. will leave
C. will have left D. had left
7、A _______ attitude will never give you a positive life.
A.noisy B.normal C.negative D.native
8、Sandra Oh, actress of “Killing Eve”, has the _______ of being the first Asian woman to pocket a Golden Globe Award.
A．distinction
B．discrimination
C．description
D．determination
9、--David didn’t invite us to his wedding party.
-- _________? I don’t care. After all, we don’t get along quite well with him.
A．How come
B．So what
C．What for
D．What if
10、The number of teenagers who commit crimes _________ 20% over the past years.
A．have been reduced by
B．has been reduced by
C．have been reduced to
D．has been reduced to
11、The next morning she found the man ___________ in bed, dead.
A.lying B.lie C.lay D.laying
12、In order to increase their vote, they _________ another candidate a traitor to the country.
A.announced B.declared C.thought D.conquered
13、He added that state and local governments might have to ____ spending as a result of declining tax revenue.
A. cut back B. cut off
C. cut out D. cut in
14、The thief broke in, trying to open the safe, but _____.
A. in no way B. in vain
C. without effect D. at a loss
15、He has decided to settle ____in France because he is fond of the romantic country.
A. temporary B. temporarily
C. permanent D. permanently
16、They were lost at sea at the ___________ of wind and weather.
A. mess B. mercy
C. moment D. mixture
17、--- _______ made her struggle to become an artist so hard?
--- ______ she was a woman.
A. What; What B. That; That
C. What; That D. That; What
18、________ any land, the man struggling in the sea was desperate completely.
A. Not seeing B. Not seen
C. Not to see D. Having not seen
19、—Who is it up to _____ when the ceremony will be started?
—The headmaster, of course.
A. decide on B. deciding on C. to decide on D. to deciding on
20、—Where is my dictionary?I remember I put it here yesterday.
—You___it in the wrong place.
A．must put
B．should have put
C．might put
D．might have put
21、In the developing world, one out of 300 women die __________ breast cancer every year.
A.as usual as B.as a consequence of
C.as for D.as to
22、Loud music can do harm to our ears, so when listening to a player, you shouldn’t ____too high.
A. move it up B. turn it up C. put it up D. make it up
23、—How come the front wheel of the truck has been ________？
—The load was too heavy.
A．in shape
B．out of shape
C．in work
D．out of work
24、He played the computer games till late last night,____ early this morning.
A.more than B.other than C.rather than D.or rather
25、There is a new problem____the popularity of private cars that road conditions need ____.
A.involve at; to be improve B.involved in; to be improved
C.involving in; improving D.involving at; improving
26、An Asda driver has been hailed after he saved an elderly couple from a gas leak and walked nine miles in the snow to complete his deliveries.
Ron Teskowski, from Leeds, was meant to be on a day off when he discovered the gas leak. When he visited the elderly couple, he could smell gas and noticed they were at a loss of what to do, so he began to check the home, finding that an unlit hob (炉盘) had been left turned on for hours. He raised the alarm and was thanked for his potentially life-saving act at the time. Later he was recognized in the Extra Mile category at the Microlise Driver of the Year Awards.
Ron had been forced to abandon his car due to the conditions following a heavy snowfall in the region, but he was determined to reach his customers. He walked nine miles to work before taking out a full delivery.
His round that day took four hours longer than usual, but he saw how desperate some customers were and how appreciative they were when he arrived. He took out an extra delivery, arriving back to his base in Leeds after midnight.
Simon Gregg, Asda’s vice president of online grocery, said. “We’re really proud of Ron for winning this award for going the extra mile. Ron demonstrates the Asda values every day of going above and beyond to ensure our customers get their orders. He also identified a life-threatening issue with an elderly couple when out driving and got help and support. We’re really proud of him.”
Transport manager Charlotte Naylor said, “We’re massively appreciative of Ron, and get flooded with positive customer feedback about him on a regular basis.”
【1】How did Ron notice there was a gas leak?
A．By checking the home.
B．By asking the old couple.
C．By his sense of smell.
D．By raising the alarm.
【2】Why did Ron spend much longer time taking a full delivery that day?
A．His car broke down in the heavy snow.
B．He helped people repair the gas.
C．He visited old friends on the way.
D．He walked to reach his customers.
【3】What can we infer from what Charlotte Naylor said?
A．Asda is grateful for the work of its employees.
B．Asda’s value is to provide people with the best service.
C．Many customers send letters to praise Ron for his work.
D．Asda has been well supported by their customers.
【4】What can be the best title of the passage?
A．Asda driver won an award for going the extra mile.
B．Asda driver saved an elderly couple from a gas explosion.
C．Customers were left desperate in bad weather.
D．Customers felt grateful for Asda’s effort.
27、 By now, we are all aware that social media has had a tremendous influence on our culture, in business, on the world-at-large. Social media websites revolutionized the way people communicate and socialize on the Web. However, aside from seeing your friends’ new baby on Facebook, or reading about Justin Bieber’s latest conflict with the law on Twitter, what are some of the real influences?
Social networks offer the opportunity for people to re-connect with their old friends and acquaintances, make new friends, share ideas and pictures, and many other activities. Users can keep pace with the latest global and local developments, and participate in campaigns and activities of their choice. Professionals use social media sites like LinkedIn to enhance their career and business development. Students can work together with their peers to improve their academic and communication skills.
Unfortunately, there are a few downsides too to social networking. If you are not careful, immoral people can target you for cyber bullying and disturbance on social sites. School children, young girls, and women can fall victim to online attacks which can create tension and suffering. If you are a victim of cyber bullying, do not take it lying down, but try to take appropriate legal action against the attacker.
Many companies have blocked social networks as addicted employees can distract themselves on such sites, instead of focusing on work. In fact, studies show that British companies have lost billions of dollars per year in productivity because of social media addiction among employees.
Also, what you carelessly post on the Net can come back to trouble you. Revealing(泄露) personal information on social sites can make users vulnerable(易受伤害的)to crimes like identity theft, stalking, etc. Many companies perform a background check on the Web before hiring an employee. If a potential employee has posted something embarrassing on social media, it can greatly affect their chances of getting the job. The same holds true for our relationships too, as our loved ones and friends may get to know if we post something undesirable on social networks.
Social media has its advantages and drawbacks as each coin has two sides. It is up to each user to use social sites wisely to enhance their professional and social life, and exercise caution to ensure they do not fall victim to online dangers.
【1】Paragraph 2 mainly shows that social networks _________.
A.help students finish their homework
B.offer professionals good chances
C.benefit users in various ways
D.guide users to make right choices users to make right choices
【2】Faced with problems caused by social media, some companies ________.
A.forbid the use of social networks during work time
B.avoid posting embarrassing information
C.refuse to hire potential addicted employees
D.take legal action against the attackers
【3】The main purpose of this passage is to _________.
A.share experiences in using social media
B.remind people to wisely use social media
C.provide some advice on social problems
D.raise public awareness of social problems
【4】Which of the following shows the development of ideas in this passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
28、St David’s Hall
St David’s Hall is the award winning National Concert Hall of Wales standing at the very heart of Cardiff’s entertainment centre. With an impressive 2,000—seat concert hall, S David’s Hall is home to the annual Welsh Proms Cardiff. It presents live entertainment, including pop, rock, folk, jazz, musicals, dance, world music, films and classical music.
www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
The Glee Club
Every weekend this is “Wales” premier comedy club where having a great time is the order for both audiences and comedy stars alike. It is hard to name a comedy star who hasn’t been on the stage here. If you are looking for the best comedies on tour and brilliant live music, you should start here.
www.glee.co.uk/cardiff
Sherman Cymru
Sherman Cymru’s theatre in the Cathays area of Cardiff reopened in February 2012. This special building is a place in which theatre is made and where children, artists, writers and anyone else have the opportunity to do creative things. Sherman Cymru is excited to present a packed programme of the very best theatre, dance, family shows and music from Wales and the rest of the world.
www.shermancymru.co.uk
New Theatre
The New Theatre has been the home of quality drama, musicals, dance and children’s shows for more than 100 years. Presenting the best of the West End along with the pick of the UK’s touring shows, the New Theatre is Cardiff’s oldest surviving traditional theatre. Be sure to pay a visit as part of your stay in the city.
www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
【1】Where is the Welsh Proms Cardiff hosted?
A．At St David’s Hall.
B．At the Glee Club.
C．At Sherman Cymru.
D．At the New Theatre.
【2】What can people do at the Glee Club?
A．Watch musicals.
B．Do creative things.
C．See family shows.
D．Enjoy comedies.
【3】Which website can you visit to learn about Cardiff’s oldest surviving theatre?
A．www.glee.co.uk/cardiff
B．www.shermancymru.co.uk
C．www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk
D．www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
29、 It's hard to say which was in worse shape：the run-down, century-old gallery or the cancer-ridden（患有癌症的）56-year-old man sitting on its old steps. For years, Greg Thomas would sit on those very steps and think of the times when he walked his dogs along the country roads in rural Minnesota. But in May 2009, he learned that the severe headaches, earaches, and jaw aches that he had suffered from for the past year were due to inoperable head and neck cancer. Doctors told Greg's family to be prepared to plan his funeral.
"I was sitting at the gallery and thinking one evening, "Greg said." I kept looking at the building and the shape it was in. I said, 'Before I leave this earth, I'd like to do something for you.”
Greg decided to fix the peeling paint and the leaking（渗漏的）roof, and the damaged steps and so on. He approached the gallery's association with a deal ： He would completely repair the building on one condition："I get a key to the front door so I can go in anytime I want to appreciate the paintings."
The more he worked on the gallery, the better he felt. As Greg continued fixing the gallery, medical scans told him some startling news：His tumors were reducing. Four years and 23 days after Greg's diagnosis, his doctors were able to remove his feeding tube. Today Greg's tumors are gone. He is considered officially recovered and no longer needs follow-up tests.
After five years of Greg's labor and love, the gallery has been restored（恢复）to its former glory. Greg finished his main project last summer, but he will probably always be involved in recovering its beauty (he still wants to replace some windows, for example). Greg held his third annual open house there near Christmas, inviting the entire community. "While I was restoring the gallery, " Greg says, "something was restoring me."
【1】What was Greg's plan that evening?
A.To rent the building.
B.To repair the gallery.
C.To hold an exhibition.
D.To study the paintings.
【2】When Greg was doing his work, he _______
A.stopped his medical treatment
B.received a large donation
C.got his health improved
D.prepared his funeral
【3】What does the underlined word "startling"in the fourth paragraph mean?
A.Misleading.
B.Disappointing.
C.Confusing.
D.Surprising.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A.Work and love pay.
B.Seniors need more attention.
C.Cancer research progresses quickly.
D.Cultural relics lack proper protection.
30、When Leah was 10, she saw a need for change in the world. “People are supposed to show________and sympathy,” she says. “But that wasn't happening.”
Leah decided to________her hand-made bracelets at a local event and asked each person who got one to do a kind deed for someone else. A note________to each bracelet said, “Let's just show other people they are ________.”
As Leah gave out bracelets,________spread. She began to receive bracelet requests worldwide, and to hear from people who'd delivered kind deeds. One person________a tired store clerk with sandwiches. Another paid for a stranger's coffee. “A story that________touched my heart was that someone established a homeless camp!” she says.
When Leah couldn't________requests for the bracelets, she began selling wristbands with "Kindness Travels" on the outside and "kind" on the inside in________languages.
So far, she has sent out 10,000 wristbands. She has________a party for kids at a homeless shelter, paid rent for hurricane________and more, using the money from wristbands________and donations.
Leah hopes to________other kids who want to help others. “Just come up with ideas! Never be________,” she says. “Age is just a________. You always have the power to do something.”
【1】
A．pleasure
B．patience
C．love
D．curiosity
【2】
A．pick up
B．put away
C．show off
D．hand out
【3】
A．compared
B．attached
C．opened
D．connected
【4】
A．ignored
B．infected
C．valued
D．engaged
【5】
A．word
B．passion
C．anxiety
D．happiness
【6】
A．bothered
B．surprised
C．upset
D．embarrassed
【7】
A．genuinely
B．hardly
C．slightly
D．relatively
【8】
A．deny
B．advance
C．meet
D．delay
【9】
A．native
B．complex
C．natural
D．different
【10】
A．attended
B．organized
C．canceled
D．postponed
【11】
A．victims
B．researchers
C．reporters
D．observers
【12】
A．sales
B．funds
C．designs
D．advertisements
【13】
A．respect
B．contact
C．recommend
D．encourage
【14】
A．mean
B．scared
C．content
D．proud
【15】
A．gap
B．problem
C．number
D．barrier
31、Why Thoughtful Gifts Are the Worst Gifts?
During all kinds of holidays, millions of people will buy gifts for loved ones, which is great--- _______ that tons of those people make the same mistakes, and buy the _______ gifts.
Roughly 10 percent of gifts are _______ each year---and the percentage of unwanted gifts is surely higher given that nice people may not want to return presents.
What's going on?
Gift buying _______ a deceiving selfish pursuit. We don't actually look for things people want to receive. _______, and to many of our gifts' detriments, we _______ look for things that we want to give. It’s an important problem.
The research says _______ .
“Gift givers want to prove how well they know a person by choosing a thoughtful gift,” said Mary Steffel, an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati _______ research has focused on gift-giving. “But people aren't very good at guessing what others want.”
Research has shown that givers value the gifts they buy more than recipients (接受者).The result seems to come from a simple wrong belief _______ thoughtful presents are the best presents. They are not. In fact, they ________ just be the worst presents. The more thought you put into a present, the more likely you are to stray from buying what the person you're buying the present for actually wants.
“Gift givers focus on what people are like instead of what people actually would like,” said Steffel. “And it's most pronounced when they're shopping for people they are close to.”
In other words, people let their gift-giving egos (自我)get ________ the way of great presents. Especially when the recipient is someone they want to show they know really well.
Fortunately, the answer to our ________ on guessing what people want is simple: stop it.
“People want ________ it is they happen to want in the moment, which can be very specific,” Steffel said. “You are much better off ________ people what they want.”
There is another helpful ________ of thumb. Buy gifts that can be used more broadly. People prefer gift cards to actual gifts, and cash to ________. Here is an example. ________ you have a friend, and your friend really likes margarita (玛格丽特鸡尾酒).You might think of buying that friend a margarita-maker.
But a margarita-maker, ________ it speaks to a specific quality in that friend, is actually a pretty ________ present. Better yet? Give the friend enough cash to buy the device, ________ it, and then accept the reality that they are probably going to buy something else they want much more.
【1】A.given B.except C.since D.besides
【2】A.wrong B.precious C.valuable D.right
【3】A.accepted B.received C.welcomed D.returned
【4】A.has become B.had become C.will become D.becomes
【5】A.Therefore B.Instead C.However D.Yet
【6】A.have to B.lead to C.tend to D.happen to
【7】A.so B.it C.such D.this
【8】A.where B.whose C.who D.which
【9】A.which B.that C.as D.whose
【10】A.might B.must C.have to D.should
【11】A.on B.by C.in D.with
【12】A.difference B.dependence C.insistence D.existence
【13】A.whatever B.wherever C.whichever D.whenever
【14】A.asking B.asked C.to ask D.ask
【15】A.law B.rule C.restriction D.regulation
【16】A.none B.all C.both D.neither
【17】A.Saying B.Said C.To say D.Say
【18】A.even if B.as if C.even now D.if only
【19】A.terrible B.nice C.comfortable D.enjoyable
【20】A.avoid B.desert C.command D.suggest
32、Gracie Hamlin is the type of woman who doesn’t just hope for a better world — she makes it happen. She always has a(an) _________for the underdog, hence, the name of her Atlanta nonprofit, W-Underdogs, which_________to keep kids off the street by having them work with_________and neglected animals.
Gracie moved to Atlanta from California with six dogs she’d_________after they’d been abandoned in the desert, and had a hard time_________housing where she’d be allowed to keep them all. She ended up in a poverty-stricken neighborhood. She was shocked by the prevalence (盛行) of young kids with no direction and the_________of stray (流浪的) dogs. So she_________an organization to help_________. W-Underdogs empowers at-risk kids by_________them in the rescue and care of stray dogs and cats. “I want kids to be heroes,” Gracie says.
The idea__________one day when Gracie was working in her garden and a group of young boys, six to eight years old, walked by,__________. They told her they had been attacked in the park. Their parents weren’t around, and she was__________about them.
She was also concerned about the__________of animal neglect and__________in the neighborhood. “I saw this as an opportunity to help the dogs and the kids. " She knocked on doors and asked parents if their kids could__________with her dogs. “I told them the dogs would keep the kids__________” said Gracie.
Every morning Gracie and the kids__________and take care of the animals they've rescued. Gracie teaches the kids how to train the dogs and__________them humanely. Not only do the animals become healthy,__________pets, but the kids also acquire life sills. They lean to be__________and empathetic all while boosting their self-esteem.
【1】
A．hand
B．heart
C．idea
D．gift
【2】
A．turns
B．goes
C．helps
D．comes
【3】
A．hopeful
B．useless
C．helpful
D．homeless
【4】
A．bred
B．raised
C．kept
D．rescued
【5】
A．moving into
B．setting up
C．living in
D．looking for
【6】
A．amount
B．count
C．number
D．figure
【7】
A．joined
B．founded
C．studied
D．planned
【8】
A．both
B．either
C．neither
D．each
【9】
A．absorbing
B．involving
C．including
D．forcing
【10】
A．took off
B．took up
C．took hold
D．took over
【11】
A．laughing
B．joking
C．whistling
D．crying
【12】
A．worried
B．crazy
C．curious
D．particular
【13】
A．problem
B．question
C．situation
D．condition
【14】
A．absence
B．abuse
C．bully
D．attack
【15】
A．live
B．study
C．work
D．sleep
【16】
A．free
B．untidy
C．safe
D．unsure
【17】
A．save
B．play
C．greet
D．feed
【18】
A．trick
B．treat
C．trade
D．trap
【19】
A．adoptable
B．adorable
C．adaptable
D．acceptable
【20】
A．responsible
B．respectful
C．relevant
D．reasonable
33、 A month ago, I broke a nail（指甲）. My other nails looked amazing, but now one was a mess. Clearly, there was no point in keeping the others, so I______ to cut them all off.
―What are you doing, Mom?‖ my daughter______, ―Your nails look great! Don’t cut them!‖
―But they’re ______ ,‖I said, waving the broken one in her face.
―They’re not,‖ she said. ―You ______ have nine nails left!‖
I ______. My nails certainly weren’t perfect anymore, and the ______ of ―perfect‖ is ―disaster‖, right? I mean, this is how I think about most things: it’s all or nothing. I seem to go from ―good‖ to ―complete disaster‖ in a matter of moments. I’ve been ______ why I act this way, but I don’t know what causes this ______. My brain only ______ ―perfect‖ or ―disaster‖.
However, we humans are never just good or bad---we are far more ______. We have wins and we have losses and, occasionally, they are hard to ______. Some people understand this by nature，while others don't. For most of us, learning not to do the thing we’re used to ______ effort and might cause discomfort. However, we should ______ ourselves that we sometimes make mistakes, and that this doesn’t mean we are______. We need to accept that things will sometimes go______.
Somehow, failure is part of life. We all fall______, and we normally get straight back up. And so, with my daughter’s words ______ in my ears, I decided to keep my nine nice nails. I feel ______ every time I look at my hands, but I’m determined to ______ my choice. It’s a perfect exercise in ______.
【1】A. expected B. rejected C. decided D. managed
【2】A. complained B. criticized C. commented D. cried
【3】A. ruined B. broken C. disturbed D. weakened
【4】A. even B. still C. just D. ever
【5】A. agreed B. admitted C. refused D. hesitated
【6】A. opposite B. concept C. misunderstanding D. comparison
【7】A. talking about B. worrying about C. thinking about D. setting about
【8】A. mistake B. behavior C. condition D. character
【9】A. rejects B. abandons C. compares D. sees
【10】A. complex B. elegant C. cautious D. aggressive
【11】A. possess B. avoid C. distinguish D. accomplish
【12】A. motivates B. requires C. acknowledges D. recommends
【13】A. remind B. teach C. promise D. inform
【14】A. victims B. failures C. winners D. explorers
【15】A. bad B. wild C. crazy D. wrong
【16】A. helplessly B. casually C. occasionally D. merely
【17】A. sticking B. ringing C. whispering D. beating
【18】A. vacant B. shallow C. upset D. skeptical
【19】A. live on B. live up to C. live through D. live with
【20】A. imperfection B. principle C. assumption D. category
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.
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.”
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.
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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.
37、按照课文内容填空
At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?
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、假如你是李华。最近你刚结束在英国为期一个月的交换学习。学习期间，你和房东Mr. Wilson结下了深厚的友谊。请根据下面的写作提纲，给Mr. Wilson发一封电子邮件。
内容包括：1. 表示感谢 2. 回顾他对你的照顾和帮助 3. 邀请他来中国游览
注意：1.词数100左右；可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr. Wilson，
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Yours
Li hua
40、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。
Henry once worked in a middle school in a remote area. He loved to teach the teenagers. He worked to understand what his students were thinking and feeling in order to meet their needs. When a student was struggling, he would work harder to show the child that he or she was capable and cared for. He would try everything in order to help every student achieve success in and out of the classroom. But he would never discover that the impact his small act of kindness had on one student after he left the profession to join the navy,
Henry was teaching science then, there was one girl who sat at the front of the class and was filled with typical middle school pain and anxiety. Her name was Mary. She was a newcomer then. She wasn't accepted by the classmates that soon. She was quiet and kept to herself and always writing a journal during lessons. Henry was looking for a chance to give her a hand but had realized this task was tough.
That class Henry decided to look over her shoulder and see what she was writing. On a small piece of paper he saw the painful words “I am not good enough. I'm ugly. I’m stupid. No one likes me. I hate myself.” The girl was absorbed in her loneliness and sadness and didn't realize she was overseers.
This task was more challenging because he had never seen a young girl was so disappointed and sad. Great teachers knew that putting extra effort, a kind heart and soul into caring for his students made all the difference. Without thinking, Henry snatched (一把抓起) the notebook from her and started writing in it “You're great, you're beautiful, you're intelligent, you're loved”. The opposite of everything she wrote, then handed it back. He smiled at her with encouragement saying nothing.
Mary was surprised at her teacher's behavior. But when she read the words he wrote, tears welled down her face.
注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右。
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Several weeks later, Henry had to left the school to join the navy.
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Several years later, when Henry was walking, a woman asked him whether he remembered her.
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41、假定你是李华, 正在伦敦读书。请你给你们学校的校长史密斯先生写一封信, 建议学校开设天文学兴趣小组 (an astronomy interest group)。内容包括：
1、写信目的；
2、分析原因；
3、表达期待。
注意:1、词数80左右；
2、书信格式已给出（不计入总词数）；
3、可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Mr Smith,
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Yours,
Li Hua
邮箱： 