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1、He is said to ________ to his country because a new president comes into power.
A. be allowed to return B. allow to return
C. allow returning D. be allowed returning
2、As you worked late last night, you __________ have come this morning.
A.may not B.can’t C.mustn’t D.needn’t
3、There is now an overwhelming scientific ____ that global warming is indeed happening and that humans are contributing to it.
A. fiction B. purpose
C. consensus D. schedule
4、When you go to a foreign country, you must try to the customs there in order to recover from the culture shock quickly.
A. deal with B. adapt to
C. focus on D. take over
5、A great variety of guidance for _____ visitors — ideas for what to do in off-peak season, for example, or outside of the city center — can have the effect of diverting them from already saturated landmarks, or discouraging short break away in the first place.
A.positive B.influential C.prospective D.visiting
6、Gradually, it faded away, ________ it was once such a great city.
A．even though
B．even
C．as if
D．as
7、I’m sorry, but I can’t go with you to the cinema because I have to ______ my sick brother.
A.refer to B.attend to C.lead to D.stick to
8、There are three girls in the room， ________ is Tom’s sister.
A.the tallest of which B.the tallest of whom
C.tallest of that D.tallest of which
9、______ surprised me most was ______ such a little boy of seven could play the violin so well.
A．That...what
B．What...that
C．That...which
D．What...which
10、When the news came ___ the war broke out , he decided to serve in the army.
A.since B.which C.that D.because
11、It was President Xi Jinping ______ visited the navy troops on April 19 and advocated that naval force ______.
A. who; be strengthened B. that; would be strengthened
C. who; to be strengthened D. that; must be strengthened
12、What a stupid mistake! I ______ you to go over your paper carefully. Why wouldn't you listen to me?
A．was reminding
B．had reminded
C．reminded
D．would remind
13、I've got lo make _______he told a lie.
A.that clear B.it clear that C.quite clear D.this clear that
14、They both look as if they ______ ten years younger after a heart-to-heart talk.
A.are B.were C.have been D.had been
15、It is not how much you read but ________ you read ________ really counts
A.that… what B.what… that
C.that… that D.what… what
16、Friendship is like money, easier made than ______.
A. being kept B. to be kept
C. keeping D. kept
17、Jack is late again. It is ______ of him to keep others waiting.
A.normal B.ordinary C.typical D.common
18、The story ________ in New York on a cold night was written by O.Henry， a world-famous American writer．
A.setting B.to set C.set D.was set
19、His election campaigns were infamous for their cruelty — he often made sure that those who did not vote for him would never vote again — but the ________ of his involvement has never been clear.
A．vision
B．vulnerability
C．depth
D．misconception
20、Hardly _________ the knock when I opened the door.
A.have I heard B.had I heard C.did I hear D.do I hear
21、Our air-conditioners sell well, but decades of years ago no one could have imagined such a big share in the market that they ________ .
A. were to have B. were having
C. have had D. had had
22、______ it is to have a cool drink after an ______ game.
A. How fun; exhausting B. What fun; exhausted
C. What fun; exhausting D. How fun; exhausted
23、He gained ______ to this university
A.permission B.accommodation C.scholarship D.admission
24、The forest fire __________on March 30 in Muli County in Sichuan claimed the lives of 27 Chinese firefighters and four volunteers.
A.was broken B.that was broken out C.broke out D.that broke out
25、In G7 Summit held in Canada, divisions between USA and other countries, in some critics’ opinion, were just papered over but by no means ________ .
A. they were fully solved B. they had been fully solved
C. were they fully solved D. had they been fully solved
26、 It is important to protect yourself from harmful rays. But if you think a high-factor sunscreen keeps you safe from harmful rays, you may be wrong. Research in this week’s Nature shows that while factor 50 reduces the number of melanomas(黑素瘤)and delays their occurrence, it can’t prevent them. Melanomas are the most aggressive skin cancers. You have a higher risk if you have red or blond hair, fair skin, blue or green eyes, or sunburn easily, or if a close relative has had one. Melanomas are more common if you have periodic intense exposure to the sun. Other skin cancers are increasingly likely with long-term exposure.
There is continuing debate as to how effective sunscreen is in reducing melanomas—the evidence is weaker than it is for preventing other types of skin cancer. A 2011 Australian study of 1,621 people found that people randomly selected to apply sunscreen daily had half the rate of melanomas of people who used cream as needed. A second study, comparing 1,167 people with melanomas to 1,101 who didn’t have the cancer, found that using sunscreen routinely, alongside other protection such as hats, long sleeves or staying in the shade, did give some protection. This study said other forms of sun protection—no sunscreen—seemed most beneficial. The study relied on people remembering what they had done over each decade of their lives, so it’s not entirely reliable. But it seems reasonable to think sunscreen gives people a false sense of security in the sun.
Many people also don’t use sunscreen properly applying insufficient amounts, failing to reapply after a couple of hours and staying in the sun too long. It is sunburn that is most worrying—recent research shows five episodes of sunburn in the teenage years increase the risk of all skin cancers.
The good news is that a combination of sunscreen and covering up can reduce melanoma rates, as shown by Australian figures from their slip-slop-slap campaign. So if there is a heat wave this summer, it would be best for us, too, to slip on a shirt, use sunscreen and slap on a hat.
【1】What’s people’s common expectation of high-factor sunscreen?
A.It will protect them from sunburn.
B.It will keep their skin smooth and fair.
C.It will work for people of any skin color.
D.It will delay the occurrence of skin cancer.
【2】What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
A.Sunscreen can prevent all kinds of skin cancers.
B.The studies are based on direct observation of the subjects.
C.The studies may help people select the most effective sunscreen.
D.Daily application of sunscreen helps reduce the incidence of melanomas.
【3】What does the author suggest in order to reduce melanoma rates?
A.Staying in the shade whenever possible.
B.Using covering up instead of sunscreen.
C.Using both covering up and sunscreen.
D.Applying the right amount of sunscreen.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A.No Way to Stop Harmful Rays!
B.Does Sunscreen Prevent Skin Cancer?
C.Did You Use Sunscreen in the Right Way?
D.Skin Cancer—The Biggest Threat to Human Beings!
27、As an adult, I realized that I had no skills. I wanted to develop one, so I went to trade school. I entered a cabinetmaking（家具制造）program. I didn’t think I would be good at building furniture. I’m not handy. Nobody in my family is.
I had great teachers, but making furniture is hard. There are so many steps and something can go wrong at each one. I couldn’t even get organized. My toolbox always looked like a hurricane had gone through it.
I didn’t fully know what I was devoting myself to at the beginning, but I kept going to class. I tried to wrap my brain around the math. The projects forced me to solve new kinds of problems. My brain started to build new connections. Working in this new physical manner and giving it 100 percent of my effort had huge benefits for my mental health. I get over my fear of embarrassment and asked for help at every opportunity.
I spent that year truly learning. True learning is a humbling（令人谦卑的）experience, especially for those of us who are learning a new set of skills. I could understand exactly what was wrong with the furniture I made, but I couldn’t fix my mistakes. And yet, I kept trying. And failing again. Until I learned to fail better.
You’re going to be bad at anything when you start out, but I was pretty bad right to the end. Even so, I finished the program—with honors, no less! My grades were helped by my good written work. Having to constantly push beyond my comfort zone has made me a more well-rounded person. Maybe most importantly, trade school gave me a more realistic idea of my strengths and limitations. I’m stronger than I thought!
【1】Which words can best describe the author during the one-year learning?
A．Hard-working and determined.
B．Intelligent and creative.
C．Single-minded and confident.
D．Modest and flexible.
【2】What can we know about the author?
A．The author once got tired of difficult lessons.
B．The author feared to socialize with strangers.
C．The author was skilled in solving math problems.
D．The author got a poor grade on hand work.
【3】What does the author want to convey?
A．Practice makes perfect.
B．Failure teaches success
C．Learning is more than a skill.
D．Skills will never be a burden.
28、Time to load up some popular games: new research indicates pigs possess the mental capability to play video games. The study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, tested the ability of four pigs (Hamlet, Omelette, Ebony and Ivory) to play a simple joystick (操纵杆) game with their noses, moving a cursor (光标) to four targets on the screen. Although the animals didn’t demonstrate the skills to win a round any time, they did show an understanding of some elementary games. Performing well not by chance, the pigs appeared to recognize the movement of the cursor was controlled by the joystick. The fact that they did so well despite a lack of flexible fingers is “extraordinary”, according to the researchers.
“It is no small achievement for an animal to grasp the concept that the behaviour they are performing is having an effect elsewhere. That pigs can do this to any degree should give us pause as to what else they are capable of learning and how such learning may impact them, “said Purdue University’s Dr Candace Croney, the study’s lead author.
Researchers also noted that while the pigs could be taught to play the game using food as positive motivation, they also responded well to social interaction. In fact, when the game was made more challenging and the pigs became unwilling to participate in it, “only oral encouragement by the experimenter” would see training continue.
These findings are the latest to highlight the intelligence of pigs. Not only have they been shown to use mirrors to find hidden food, but studies have also demonstrated how pigs can be taught to “come” and “sit” after oral commands.
As with any sentient (有感觉力的) beings, how we interact with pigs and what we do to them impacts and matters to them. We therefore have a moral duty to understand how pigs acquire information, and what they are capable of learning and remembering, because it ultimately offers the potential for how they understand their interactions with us and their environments.
【1】What can be learned from Paragraph 1?
A．The pigs sometimes won the video games.
B．The pigs operated joysticks with their noses.
C．The pigs competed with each other in the games.
D．The pigs sometimes performed well accidentally.
【2】What does the underlined phrase “give us pause” refer to?
A．Stop us from advancing.
B．Affect us in learning.
C．Make us think seriously.
D．Force us to train pigs better.
【3】What made researchers believe pigs socially interacted well?
A．Their being inspired by human words.
B．Their being driven by food.
C．Their being willing to keep trying.
D．Their being motivated by challenges.
【4】Which of the following could be the best title?
A．Smart Pigs: Best Animal Players
B．Flexible Noses: Fun Games
C．Oral Commands: Pig Learners
D．Pig Players: Learning Potential
29、 When there’s a heat wave, ocean temperatures rise. That heat causes coral reefs (珊瑚礁) to lose their color, which shows the corals are dying. Fish then leave, and without the fish activity, reefs fall silent. A new study finds playing the sounds of a healthy reef can attract fish back to dead or dying areas. Indeed, those sounds could help bring a reef back to life.
Tim Gordon, a biologist at the University of Exeter in England, studies the effect of sound on sea animals. He and his research group “felt surprised at so many different sounds you can hear on a healthy reef”. They were shocked by how quiet the reefs became as they died. That got them wondering: Could sound help renew dying reefs by attracting fish?
So Gordon used pieces of dead coral to create small patches (小块) of reefs along the Great Barrier Reef. He placed them at least 25 meters from each other and from other reefs. Gordon left eleven patches alone. These served as his controls. He set up a loudspeaker around another eleven patches. The speakers played healthy reef sounds. The last eleven patches served as a different type of control. They got a set-up that looked like the loudspeaker but played no sound.
Fish arrived at all three types of patches. But they showed up more quickly at the ones that had sound. Besides, those small reefs ended up with twice as many fish by the end of the experiment. Reefs with sound also had more species overall. Gordon found no difference between the two types of controls. It was sound, not the speaker set-up , that had attracted the extra fish. Playing healthy reef sounds adds another powerful tool to restore our reefs, Gordon says.
【1】What has led to the death of coral reefs?
A.Too many fish. B.Noise pollution.
C.Loss of their color. D.High ocean temperatures.
【2】What is the purpose of the second paragraph?
A.To introduce sounds of a healthy reef. B.To raise doubts about dying coral reefs.
C.To explain the reason for the new study. D.To show the positive effect of fish on corals.
【3】What did Gordon and his team do in their study?
A.They played healthy reef sounds for two groups of patches.
B.They created 33 patches with the collected pieces of dead coral.
C.They set up a loudspeaker around all the patches of dead coral.
D.They played sounds to attract fish to approach all the patches.
【4】What is the main idea of the text?
A.Healthy coral reef sounds attract fish back to dead reefs.
B.Dead coral reefs are especially dependent on healthy sounds.
C.The speaker set-ups of coral reefs are attractive to most fish.
D.Underwater speakers may remind coral reefs of possible threats.
30、 That day, I followed my Beijing daily routine of coming home from Tsinghua University. I was______enough to experience a friendly casual meeting. When entering the______I heard “Wait! Wait!". As I held the lift doors open, a woman______rushed in and thanked me. When I _____in Chinese, she was surprised. After chatting, she______to help me with my Chinese, and then we______names and numbers.
As 1 told my flatmates about the experience, they didn't hesitate to express their_____. From the western point of view, experiences like these are dangerous.______，to be “more Chinese”, I stayed in touch with my lift friend.
The following week she______me to go for milk tea with her and her______. I thought that the girl would________the opportunity to practice English. However, most of our _____was in Chinese! They even went to great length to help me practice______my Chinese is only middle level. Our next_______was when we gathered together to make dumplings. They made me______completely at ease in their home.
After these______meet-ups I have spent lots of time with the family, and I feel that they have become my own______abroad. Fortunately, I didn't let our western point of view act as a______. This experience has made my stay in China______. I feel like this simple difference in______is something we in the west can learn from Chinese culture.
【1】A.satisfied B.lucky C.brave D.eager
【2】A.lift B.dormitory C.apartment D.office
【3】A.madly B.swiftly C.blindly D.elegantly
【4】A.apologized B.clarified C.opposed D.replied
【5】A.compromised B.offered C.struggled D.refused
【6】A.gave B.mentioned C.remembered D.exchanged
【7】A.admiration B.desire C.concern D.interest
【8】A.Therefore B.Yet C.Also D.Thus
【9】A.forced B.invited C.allowed D.expected
【10】A.daughter B.colleague C.relative D.flatmate
【11】A.abandon B.seize C.get D.own
【12】A.description B.conversation C.speech D.argument
【13】A.as B.so C.if D.unless
【14】A.performance B.vacation C.trip D.meeting
【15】A.behave B.pretend C.look D.feel
【16】A.initial B.recent C.difficult D.familiar
【17】A.parent B.community C.family D.group
【18】A.challenge B.barrier C.signal D.message
【19】A.unforgettable B.embarrassing C.changeable D.disturbing
【20】A.privilege B.restriction C.competence D.attitude
31、 That was a happy evening for the little Down syndrome (唐氏症）girl —a teenager the size of a ten-year-old. She and her family were _______ themselves at McDonald's. She made her way to the restroom. Her younger, but _______, brother sat quietly. He noticed something, which_______, she had not noticed.
Four teenagers had taken an interest in the little girl the moment they_______her. They were openly laughing and pointing,
The brother _______ for his sister. He walked to the guys. They paled slightly and looked alarmed as this total stranger — a year or two their _______ --- placed his hands _______ on their table. They studied each other while he was clearly in their _______, and while they were most definitely out of their comfort zones, The brother_______ with one hand for one of them to move over. He __________to sit right down next to them. Somewhat in__________, and thrown completely off-guard, they made space for him. "I was watching you making fun of my sister, he quietly__________ them. All four stumbled （磕磕绊绊）over their words in their rush. "Who? That was your sister? We weren't making fun of her! We__________ we would never __________ anyone. We just felt sorry for her.", But he told them again, "I watched you." They __________, knowing they had been caught red-handed and maybe even realizing their __________ and cruelness. Maybe they even sense the love this guardian had for his sister. The brother turned to his__________and then he said __________"I feel sorry for people like YOU! ”
Then he walked away. When the sister went back to her seat, the four looked __________, making sure they looked absolutely anywhere __________that little girl.
【1】A.caring B.cooking C.enjoying D.helping
【2】A.elder B.braver C.bigger D.smaller
【3】A.thankfully B.mercifully C.considerately D.unexpectedly
【4】A.robbed B.spotted C.blocked D.caught
【5】A.made up B.put up C.took up D.stood up
【6】A.colleague B.class C.group D.junior
【7】A.cautiously B.casually C.gently D.boldly
【8】A.range B.possession C.space D.shelter
【9】A.remarked B.signed C.drew D.fought
【10】A.intended B.prayed C.compromised D.saluted
【11】A.joy B.surprise C.peace D.prejudice
【12】A.informed B.commanded C.inquired D.contradicted
【13】A.resist B.complain C.swear D.insist
【14】A.look at B.look up at C.look down at D.look down on
【15】A.wound him up B.gave in C.joined up D.called on him
【16】A.curiosity B.violence C.carelessness D.rudeness
【17】A.friends B.relations C.acquaintances D.partners
【18】A.pitifully B.strongly C.calmly D.honestly
【19】A.away B.out C.inside D.beyond
【20】A.other than B.better than C.more than D.less than
32、 Lana sat next to Grandma. She enjoyed looking at the old photo album. "Who is this?" she asked, ______ at a picture. It was of a small girl with a wild ____. She had a big gap (豁口) between her front teeth.
"That is your mother when she was about your _____. We thought her front teeth would never come," said Grandma.
Lana laughed. "She ____ funny with those teeth _____."
"Yes, she did," smiled Grandma.
"Did the tooth fairy take her teeth too?" asked Lana.
"We liked to pretend she did," said Grandma. "She put the _____ under her pillow and went to sleep. The next morning there would be a coin in that place."
"What really ____to the teeth?" asked Lana.
"Well," said Grandma. "Maybe I shouldn't tell you this, but I kept _______."
"You did?" asked Lana. "Why?"
"They helped remind ______of your mother and her sisters____they were growing up," said Grandma.
"Do you_____ have them?" asked Lana.
"I have not _____ of them for a long time," said Grandma. "I would have to _________."
Lana jumped _____from her chair. "Can we look now?"
Grandma _____ and led her to the kitchen. She ____one of the upper cabinets and began to ________. She pulled out a box of bandages and many bottles of medicine. There was even a jar of seeds.
"I do not think they are here," she began to say. "No, wait. Here they are!" Grandma ___________the bottle in the air and the teeth clinked inside.
They ________ at the kitchen table. Grandma poured out the _______onto a plate.
【1】A.pointing B.throwing C.laughing D.moving
【2】A.sadness B.smile C.cry D.shout
【3】A.weight B.age C.height D.size
【4】A.touches B.feels C.finds D.looks
【5】A.leaving B.losing C.missing D.going
【6】A.hands B.teeth C.hair D.dream
【7】A.wanted B.came C.went D.happened
【8】A.them B.it C.one D.any
【9】A.one B.us C.me D.it
【10】A.as B.so C.however D.for
【11】A.yet B.already C.still D.so
【12】A.seen B.thought C.heard D.spoken
【13】A.listen B.touch C.look D.smell
【14】A.in B.on C.out D.up
【15】A.nodded B.refused C.promised D.shouted
【16】A.broke B.closed C.searched D.opened
【17】A.look B.watch C.search D.observe
【18】A.waved B.moved C.caught D.held
【19】A.stood B.sat C.lay D.ran
【20】A.medicine B.coins C.teeth D.candy
33、 Draper, the owner of a secondhand bookstore, was sorting through a pile of old books when an envelope fell from one. Inside was an undated_________and a faded photo of a woman holding a little girl on her lap. The letter said if Bethany was_________it, it meant the author had died.
Tears were welling up in Draper's eyes. These were a_________woman’s last words to her child. He had to_________Bethany. "Whoever it is will_________this," he thought. "You wouldn't _________a letter like that."
He supposed if the_________ended up in his shop then Bethany was likely from around Bishop Auckland. And he thought he_______recognized the little girl’s face. Even if she'd since left the area, there might be someone in the town who would recognize the_________.
He started with the local newspaper. The Northern Echo ran the story of the__________letter.
__________, Bethany Gash, now 21 and a (n)__________herself, was on Facebook about 10 miles away when a close friend messaged her to check out the__________. As she read her mother's__________, which she thought had been lost forever, she said she thought she must be__________.
Bethany was only 4 when her mother__________. Five years later, her family moved to a new home and the letter, put away in the pages of a book for safe keeping, was unintentionally__________.
She remembers unpacking and looking for the letter, and then__________searching through everything in the hope that it was there. "That’s when I realized it was__________gone and I’d never see it again," she said.
Draper__________the letter in person. He also brought her a children’s book for her son. Bethany was greatly moved to have the letter back, and also touched by the stranger's kindness.
【1】A.message B.email C.postcard D.letter
【2】A.reading B.destroying C.forgetting D.copying
【3】A.determined B.kind C.selfish D.dying
【4】A.find B.introduce C.phone D.comfort
【5】A.enjoy B.avoid C.want D.like
【6】A.tear up B.throw away C.cut up D.pull out
【7】A.book B.girl C.reporter D.news
【8】A.hardly B.accidentally C.unfortunately D.actually
【9】A.author B.picture C.teacher D.stranger
【10】A.wet B.valuable C.lost D.broken
【11】A.However B.Therefore C.Meanwhile D.Eventually
【12】A.mother B.editor C.daughter D.assistant
【13】A.ticket B.magazine C.homework D.article
【14】A.vocabularies B.terms C.words D.languages
【15】A.writing B.dreaming C.joking D.playing
【16】A.came back B.died out C.passed away D.calmed down
【17】A.burned B.donated C.dirtied D.robbed
【18】A.madly B.suddenly C.secretly D.regularly
【19】A.almost B.long C.still D.never
【20】A.kept B.composed C.delivered D.published
34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.
B
Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.
C
Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.
35、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.
Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.
The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.
The fingerprint scanners 【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.
Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving 【10】 (extreme) fast.
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.
Expressions about water are almost as common as water itself. But many of the expressions using water have unpleasant meanings.
The expression “to be in hot water” is one of them. It is a very old expression, which can be 【1】 back to 500 years ago. The expression is used to mean being in trouble. One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing extremely hot water down on enemies attacking a castle.
Being in “deep water” is almost the same as being in “hot water”. When you are in deep water, you are in a difficult 【2】. Imagine a person who cannot swim being thrown in water over his head. You are in deep water when you are facing a problem that you do not have the ability to solve. The problem is too deep. You can be in deep water, for example, if you invest in stocks in complete 【3】 of the stock market.
"Water over the dam" is another expression about a past event. It is something that cannot be 【4】. The expression comes from the idea that water that has 【5】 a dam cannot be brought back again. When a friend is 【6】 by a mistake she has made, you might tell her to forget about it. You say it is water over the dam.
Another common expression, "to hold water," is about the strength or weakness of an idea or opinion that you may be arguing about. It probably comes from the way of testing the 【7】 of a container. If it can hold water, it is strong and has no holes in it. If your 【8】 can hold water, it is strong and does not have any holes. If it does not hold water, then it is weak and can not be 【9】.
"Throwing cold water" also is an expression that deals with an idea or 【10】. For example, you want to buy a new car because the old one has some problems. But you wife "throws cold water" on the idea, because she says a new car costs too much
37、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.
38、假定你是李华,收到英国朋友Alice的邮件,以下是邮件内容:
Dear Li Hua,
How are you doing these days? I’m having some problems and would like to get your advice.
My parents want me to spend my summer with them this year but I would prefer to go somewhere with my friends. I love my parents but sometimes they are overprotective. I feel that I am old enough and responsible enough to go away without their supervision(监护).
Any suggestions you could give me about this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Yours,
Alice
Dear Li Hua,
How are you doing these days? I’m having some problems and would like to get your advice.
My parents want me to spend my summer with them this year but I would prefer to go somewhere with my friends. I love my parents but sometimes they are overprotective. I feel that I am old enough and responsible enough to go away without their supervision(监护).
Any suggestions you could give me about this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Yours,
Alice
请给Alice回一封邮件,内容包括:
1.感谢她的信任；
2.回应她的请求；
3.说明你的理由。
注意1.词数100左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Alice,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
39、假设你是李华，你的外国朋友 David准备来中国度假，他发邮件向你询问有关中国“红色文化”旅游的情况。请你回复邮件，内容包括:
1.推荐地点:江西北部的南昌市;
2.推荐理由:风景秀丽、红色文化资源丰富;
3.体验内容:参观八一起义纪念馆，了解革命历史等
八一起义纪念馆 Bayi Memorial 革命：revolution
40、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
I could smell the turkey cooking, even in the attic where I was hiding out. I heard a laugh, too, and a bang from something being dropped. Our house was noisier since my new stepsister and step-mother moved in — Jen and Mom.
I called her Mom, but the word felt uncomfortable, like a pair of shoes that pinched (夹脚). I didn’t remember my own mother; she had died in an accident when I was a baby. It had always been just Dad and me. We were a team. Now, so much had changed, and sometimes I wished I had the magic to change it back.
I heard Dad’s footsteps upstairs. “Do you want to take Jen skating?” he asked.
“I guess.” I sighed, thinking about how Dad and I usually spent Thanksgiving Day building a big snowman. But this year, Dad was too busy helping Mom cook the turkey.
“Thanks,” Dad said and put his arm around my shoulders. “We’ll make that snowman later,” he promised.
“Yeah,” I agreed, not too sure we’d have time.
Mom handed us some homemade cookies with smiling faces as we grabbed our skates. I had to admit, Mom came up with good ideas sometimes. Even though I liked that, I still couldn’t help but feel as if she were changing everything.
“No, thanks. I’m not hungry,” I said, although I was, a little.
“Ready?” I asked Jen. She nodded, and we headed out the front door.
The snow crunched under our boots as we walked down the street. The silence was awkward. “Did you go skating a lot last year?” I asked, blurting out the first thing that came to my mind.
Jen shook her head and looked at me. Finally she said, “On Thanksgiving, Mom and I always went to visit some friends on a farm. I especially loved seeing their big turkeys.”
Until then, I’d never even thought about how Jen must be feeling. She not only had a new stepfather and stepbrother; she had a new town and home, too. Jen and her mom used to live near a lake, and she’d had to move up north with us. She’d had more changes than me.
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。
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Suddenly, I didn’t feel quite so sorry for myself.
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We were so busy making it that we didn’t hear our parents come outside.
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41、假定你是李华，你作为交换生在英国 Cambridge学习，在图书馆意外丢失书包，写一份寻物启事，以找回自己的书包。要点如下：
1. 丢失地点与时间；
2. 书包颜色与装的东西。
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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