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1、False advertisements play tricks on consumers, thus ______ damage to their legal rights and interests.
A．to cause
B．causing
C．having caused
D．caused
2、While we may not be born with a natural talent, we can ______ for it with hard work.
A.break up B.take up C.bring up D.make up
3、The cloth that she bought looks ______, feels ______ and sells _______.
A.beautiful; soft; well B.beauty; softly; well
C.beautifully; softly; good D.beautiful; soft; good
4、Because of the pandemic（传染病）, days are gone _____ people go wherever they want.
A.if B.when C.which D.since
5、—Remember the first time we met?
—Always in my mind! You ________ ‘A Red, Red Rose’ by Robert Burns.
A. recited B. had recited C. are reciting D. were reciting
6、I hurried to the meeting hall, only______ that the meeting had been put off.
A.to tell B.to be told C.telling D.told
7、My idea is ______ although physical beauty may impress others, ______ really matters is inner beauty.
A.what; which B.that; which C.that; what D.what; it
8、I think it would be ________ each committee member to have a copy of the report.
A．beneficial from
B．beneficial to
C．beneficial for
D．benefit to
9、_______ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.
A．Anything
B．Nothing
C．Everything
D．Something
10、We have entered an age _________ dreams have the best chance of coming true.
A.which B.that C.when D.how
11、I am interested in_________ you have improved your spoken English in such a short time.
A.how B.which C.when D.if
12、______ the heart attack, Monica brought her doctor a bunch of flowers to express her thanks.
A. Surviving B. To survive
C. Survived D. Having survived
13、He___________ to have witnessed aliens taking away Justin，but obviously he was lying.
A.assumed B.claimed C.declared D.confirmed
14、He doesn't adapt ________ the teaching work, because he is slow to adapt ________ the unusual rules of the school
A．for, for
B．to, to
C．for, to
D．to, for
15、Only those people who use a kitchen frequently understand the best way to ______.
A. let it out B. pick it out
C. put it out D. lay it out
16、Roses are quite _____ flowers in English gardens.
A．ordinary
B．common
C．usual
D．general
17、Snaking through the deserts, the Nile would flood almost _____ each year in June.
A.normally B.variably C.invariably D.increasingly
18、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
19、This book gives a brief _______ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.
A.outline B.output C.operation D.organ
20、I have had my bike ________, and I’m going to get somebody ________ my radio tomorrow.
A．repair; to repair
B．repairing; to be repaired
C．repaired; to repair
D．to repair; repairing
21、-I wonder ___________that bus service is provided in the Mount Qomolangma National Nature Reserve.
-To better balance tourism development and environment protection.
A.why is it B.why it is C.how is it D.how it is
22、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
23、The man could not go to work with his car _____.
A.to steal B.stolen C.stealing D.stole
24、Jenny said she was _____ by the programme in the TV, so she turned it off.
A.disgusted B.attracted C.disgusting D.attracting
25、I have a(n) ________to make to you——I opened your letter by mistake.
A．apology
B．disadvantage
C．fault
D．shortcoming
26、 Rumors (谣言): we've all heard some and we've all spread some. In more traditional times they shook entire families. Today, they travel differently because the way we share information has also changed.
The fact is that rumors have great potential to upset things, whether socially or personally. We don't enjoy being on the receiving end of one, since they usually don't have good intentions. They are somewhat veiled (掩饰的) messages.
Normally rumors are oral messages: word of mouth. The paradox (自相矛盾) is that there is no evidence to support rumors, but the more people share it, the more they see it as true. To finish explaining rumors, we think that they follow certain very clear laws. Secrecy: The source is unknown. There is also a proven phenomenon that human beings usually forget the source of a message before they forget its content. Certainty: We hardly question rumors simply because of the mental effort involved. On the other hand, no one likes to doubt a person who convinces us that the information they spread is true. Change: It acts like a tree. New rumors branch out to fill in the gaps left by the first rumor.
Another property (属性) of rumors is that they tend to become viral. Each receiver is at the same time a potential transmitter (传输者) of the information. The receiver often adds their own opinion. Their manner and tone of transmitting it also changes it.
How can we end rumors? The answer is as simple as it is impossible: preventing people from communicating. A more realistic response is equally difficult, although less than the first one. It is that we should be critical of the information we receive. We should ask ourselves if the source is reliable. Ask (if possible) the person you heard it from whether they also trust the information. We should also think about if the rumor benefits someone, and if that someone started the rumor.
One rumor to be especially cautious of is a rumor about groups relatively unable to defend themselves. That's why we say, "History is always told by the winners." The first payment the defeated must make is to accept the victor's version of the story.
【1】What can we learn about rumors?
A.We have all heard some and believed them.
B.We're happy to be the receiving end of them.
C.They may have negative influence on society.
D.They often hide good intentions in the messages.
【2】How are rumours like a tree?
A.Rumours keep changing, just as trees change their colour.
B.Rumours are deeply rooted in reality, like tree roots in the earth.
C.New rumours have gaps, like the space between tree branches.
D.New rumours grow out of the original, like branches out of a trunk.
【3】What does the underlined word ‘viral’ in Para 4 probably mean?
A.Something easily spread.
B.Something acceptable.
C.Something easily defended.
D.Something beneficial.
【4】Which of the following may the author agree with?
A.It is easy to prevent people from spreading rumors.
B.People are often active in judging the rumors critically.
C.We should think about the hidden message of the rumors.
D.Stories told by the victors are usually better worth trusting.
27、 “Data is the new oil.” Like the sticky black thing, all those Is and 0s are of little use until they are processed into something more valuable. That something is you.
Five of the world’s ten most valuable companies are built on a foundation of tying data to human beings. Google and Facebook want to find out as much as possible about their users’ interests, activities, friends and family. Amazon has a detailed history of consumer behavior. Tencent and Alibaba are the digital wallets for hundreds of millions of Chinese; both know enough about consumers to provide widely used credit scores. Those with a good Zhima credit score, provided by Alibaba, enjoy discounts. Those without receive few offers. In other words, data are used to decide what sort of access people have to services.
That data are valuable is increasingly well-understood by individuals, too, especially because personal information is so often leaked（泄露）or stolen. The list of companies that have suffered some sort of data leak in 2018 alone reads like a roll call of household names: Facebook, Google, British Airways and so on. Such events have caused a switch in the public understanding of data collection. People have started to take notice of all the data they are giving away.
Yet few people have changed their online behavior or exercised what few digital rights they possess. Partly this is because managing your own data is time-consuming and complex. But it is more because of a misunderstanding of what is at risk. “Data” is an abstract concept. Far more solid is the idea of identity. It is only when “data” is understood to mean “people” that individuals will demand responsibility from those who seek to know them.
The fossils of past actions fuel future economic and social outcomes. Privacy rules and data-protection regulations are extremely important in protecting the rights of individuals. But the first step towards ensuring the fairness of the new information age is to understand that it is not data that are valuable. It is you.
【1】The example of Zhima credit scores is mentioned to show __________.
A.data help companies target their services
B.credit scores change people’s way of life
C.Alibaba gains popularity among customers
D.people prefer to be offered discounts
【2】What has caused a change in the public understanding of data collection?
A.The development of companies. B.The history of consumption.
C.Cases of data leak and theft. D.Lists of household names.
【3】People don’t protect their data well mainly because __________.
A.they find it time-consuming and complex
B.they are not fully aware of its importance
C.they have no access to their personal data
D.they are afraid of taking responsibility
【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A.To defend companies’ use of data.
B.To show the economic value of data.
C.To call for more regulations to protect data.
D.To advocate a new way of thinking about data.
28、Urban planners may soon have a new way to measure traffic jams. By putting in the different routes by which vehicles can travel between locations, researchers have developed a new computer algorithm (运算法则) that helps quantify regions of jams in urban areas and suggests ways around them.
The study, published in the Journal of Physics: Complexity, used traffic speeds from taxis in New York City to demonstrate how road infrastructure (基础设施) and driver behavior can create complex road networks that differ among cities.
The team approached the issue by designing a computer algorithm to capture the topology-or relationship between the different routes between locations-of road networks. “We found that the most significant traffic bottlenecks in Manhattan seem to arise as a result of the city’s structural layout,” said study co-author Daniel Carmody. “For example, the fact that a bridge enters Manhattan at a range where traffic is already limited due to Central Park slows traffic in the area considerably.”
The researchers performed a comparative analysis using traffic patterns in Chengdu, China, to test if the algorithm works equally well in areas with different layouts. Manhattan has a long and thin structure, while Chengdu is round. There are significant differences in the way traffic moves between these two different setups, the researchers said.
“The bottlenecks in Chengdu seem to arise due to the function of the buildings in a particular area,” Carmody said. “For example, it is hard to travel in and out of the central business district in Chengdu because of the large amount of traffic alone. Beltways, or faster streets around busy areas, have emerged in circles around this area, which is not surprising because this feature was intentionally built into the city.”
In Manhattan, the bridges and underpasses that form the entry and exit points cause traffic slowdowns. However, in lower Manhattan, where drivers seem to obey the lower posted speed limits, traffic moves more smoothly, forming a new traffic beltway with the southern end of Central Park acting as a block between lower and central Manhattan.
“It surprised us that there is an emergent beltway in such a busy area of Manhattan,” Carmody said. “This indicates that, unlike in Chengdu, beltways seem to arise from driver behavior even when they aren’t part of the structural plan of a traffic network.”
“The researchers have imagined that this technology could give urban planners a means to quantify traffic patterns, leading to better traffic,” Carmody said. “As methods of transportation develop, new problems will emerge, and we hope that our tools will give planners new ways to measure what is going on with city traffic.”
【1】According to the new study, what contributes to traffic jams in Manhattan?
A．The number of bottlenecks and beltways.
B．The location of bridges and underpasses.
C．Road facilities and driver behavior.
D．Road signs and urban population.
【2】Researchers also studied Chengdu in order to .
A．compare the layouts of the two cities
B．find better infrastructure for one city
C．design traffic patterns with the algorithm
D．assess the effectiveness of the algorithm
【3】Why do vehicles move faster in lower Manhattan?
A．Because of lower posted speed limits.
B．Because drivers follow the traffic rules.
C．Because it is planned in the traffic network.
D．Because a beltway has emerged around the area.
【4】Who is the target of this new computer algorithm?
A．City planners.
B．Slower drivers.
C．Infrastructure developers.
D．Road sign designers.
29、 Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the best-selling novel of the 19th century, and the second best-selling book of that century, following the Bible. It is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. In the first year after it was published, 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the United States alone.
The strength of Uncle Tom’s Cabin is its ability to show slavery’s effect on families. Stowe’s characters freely debated the causes of slavery, the Fugitive Slave Law(逃亡奴隶法), the future of freed people, what an individual could do, and racism. In the 1950s, poet Langston Hughes called the book a “moral battle cry for freedom.”
It is said that Abraham Lincoln greeted Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862 by saying, “So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.” Whether the story is true or not, there is some connection between Uncle Tom’s Cabin and the Civil War. The Civil War rose from a mixture of causes including regional conflicts between North and South, economic forces, and concerns for the welfare of slaves. The four-year war almost destroyed the United States. Uncle Tom’s Cabin contributed to the outbreak of the war by personalizing the political and economic arguments about slavery. Uncle Tom’s Cabin helped many 19th-century Americans determine what kind of country they wanted.
Immediately after its publication, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was both praised as an achievement and attacked as inaccurate. Liberal abolitionists(废奴主义者) felt the book was not strong enough in its call to immediately end slavery, disliked Stowe’s tacit(暗含的) support of the colonization movement, and suggested that Stowe’s main character Tom was not forceful enough. More moderate anti-slavery advocates and reformers praised the book for putting a human face on those held in slavery, emphasizing the impact slavery had on families, and helping the public understand and empathize with the plight of enslaved mothers. Pro-slavery forces claimed that slavery was approved in the Bible, the Tom was too noble, and accused Stowe of fabricating(捏造) unrealistic, one-sided images of Southern slavery.
Stowe responded to her readers by writing The Key to Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Her second anti-slavery novel, Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp (1856), was much more forceful and called for an immediate end to slavery. During the Civil War, Stowe criticized British businesses that continued to trade with Southern cotton suppliers, and was impatient with President Lincoln’s willingness to put off freeing people held in slavery.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin made Stowe an international celebrity. When she traveled to Britain in 1853 to secure copyright protection for her novel Dred, she was rushed excitedly by crowds on the streets and invited by nobility to their estates. She was presented with a 26 volume leather bound petition signed by British women living all over the world, including the Duchess of Sutherland, the Countess of Shaftsbury, and bakers’ wives, begging their American sisters to immediately abolish slavery.
Stowe was invited to anti-slavery rallies(集会), where she hid behind Victorian propriety and had her husband or her brother present comments on her behalf. Queen Victoria was eager to meet the famous author, but was urged by advisors not to receive such a controversial figure. Instead, as Stowe’s sister Mary related in a letter, the Queen arranged to pass Stowe’s carriage on the road, so the two women could silently nod to each other.
Stowe’s three European tours brought her similar acclaim. She was welcomed by ex-patriot American writers in Italy with whom she established long-term friendships. The power of her celebrity and influence made other social reform groups appeal for her support.
【1】All of the following are correct according to the passage EXCEPT________.
A. Next to the Bible, Uncle Tom’s Cabin was the best-selling book of the 19th century
B. The success of Uncle Tom’s Cabin lay in the great effect slavery had on families.
C. The author Stowe at one time gained some celebrities’ credit for Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
D. The outbreak of the Civil War was mainly caused by the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
【2】Paragraph 4 is mainly developed by________.
A. offering quotations
B. making classifications
C. analyzing causes and effects
D. following the order of importance
【3】We can infer from the passage that________.
A. Uncle Tom’s Cabin was both praised and attacked
B. Uncle Tom’s Cabin really relates to the Civil War
C. Queen Victoria somewhat admired Stowe
D. Stowe was impatient with Lincoln’s abolishing slavery
【4】Which of the following are the correct orders of the events below?
a. The Civil War broke out.
b. The book Uncle Tom’s Cabin was published.
c. Stowe criticized British businesses for continuing to trade with Southern cotton suppliers.
d. Stowe put out her second anti-slavery book.
A. a-d-b-c B. b-a-c-d
C. b-d-a-c D. a-b-c-d
【5】The last three paragraphs are mainly about________.
A. Americans’ increased awareness of the need to abolish slavery
B. an introduction to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s second novel Dred
C. the legend of Harriet Beecher Stowe’s special meeting with Queen Victoria
D. the influence and popularity of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin
30、Since the first day of preschool, I was always the type to invest more time in my physical war than social activities, the type that _________ the girls who could get up in front of the class and _________ give a presentation. Anything in the area of being vocally confident was never my _________. But now I’m different. Such a change _________ my summer job.
My entire existence has been defined by the summers I’ve spent in Avalon, New Jersey. Then, in my 14th summer, I got a job, which made a _________ to me.
At first it frightened me:The idea of having to _________ my freedom. Not only was the loss of freedom saddening me, but the _________ in me came out to play when I realized that I was going to launch myself into a completely _________ environment.
The place was Brian’s Waffle House. At the beginning I was very nervous, _________ I gradually pushed myself much more and boosted my confidence. I’ve made so many great friends that I’ll __________ contact with even when the Waffle House is long gone. The time in the Brian’s Waffle House is not dull. And every customer is a valuable part of the __________.
My summer job has helped guide me in my own personal growth. Now I __________ to sing in front of a large group of people. And I never miss a __________ to allow my fashionable style to shine. If I hadn’t walked into the shop, I wouldn’t have __________ the social skills I have now. I will be __________ for the lessons and values I have learned forever.
【1】
A．ignored
B．convinced
C．envied
D．consulted
【2】
A．confidently
B．definitely
C．fortunately
D．secretly
【3】
A．expectation
B．strength
C．excuse
D．ambition
【4】
A．emerged from
B．departed from
C．suffered from
D．recovered from
【5】
A．introduction
B．contribution
C．discovery
D．difference
【6】
A．excite
B．possess
C．abandon
D．threaten
【7】
A．shyness
B．delight
C．curiosity
D．pressure
【8】
A．secure
B．strange
C．formal
D．natural
【9】
A．as
B．or
C．but
D．so
【10】
A．restore
B．lose
C．establish
D．maintain
【11】
A．memory
B．experience
C．incident
D．journey
【12】
A．dare
B．fail
C．promise
D．demand
【13】
A．goal
B．plan
C．choice
D．chance
【14】
A．assessed
B．acquired
C．exercised
D．applied
【15】
A．ready
B．eager
C．grateful
D．suitable
31、 We are often warned by our teacher not to waste precious time, because time _______ will never return. I think it quite _______. What does time look like? Nobody knows for we can’t see it or _______ it and no amount of money can ________it. Time is abstract, so we have to _______ about it.
Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don’t have _______ time to review all their lessons. It is because they don’t know how to make _______ of their time. They waste it in going to theatres, cinemas and parks, and doing _______ things. Why do we study every day? Why do we________? Why do most people would rather ________ buses instead of walking? The ________ is very simple. We wish to save time because time is ________.
Today we are living in the 21st century. We look upon time as ________. When a person dies, his life ________. Since life is short, we must ________ our time and energy to our study so that we may be able to ________ the people well in the future. Laziness is the ________ of time, for it does not only bring us failure but also ________ us other harm. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, let us do it today and not ________ it until tomorrow.
Remember that time is much more ________ than money.
【1】A. lost B. found C. expected D. made
【2】A. false B. true C. abstract D. valuable
【3】A. get B. have C. see D. touch
【4】A. find B. buy C. sense D. realize
【5】A. worry B. discuss C. advise D. think
【6】A. enough B. little C. valuable D. useful
【7】A. up B. light C. use D. fun
【8】A. other B. another C. some D. any
【9】A. drink B. eat C. think D. work
【10】A. borrow B. get C. make D. take
【11】A. question B. answer C. problem D. method
【12】A. valueless B. precious C. endless D. fast
【13】A. money B. life C. gold D. water
【14】A. comes to B. begins C. ends D. lives
【15】A. waste B. devote C. put D. value
【16】A. ask B. remember C. save D. serve
【17】A. friend B. maker C. mother D. thief
【18】A. brings B. does C. takes D. sends
【19】A. leave B. forget C. remain D. stay
【20】A. useful B. cheap C. heavy D. valuable
32、A heavy snow hit my neighborhood the other day. I had recently agreed to be the house’s groundskeeper, which meant I was_______ with shoveling(铲)the inches of snow that covered the driveway.
I had to stay in the house during the _______,so I was actually pretty happy to head_______After shoveling for about an hour, muscles in my arms and legs which I _______ used due to my busy schedules started to burn. By the time I finished shoveling, I realized that I gained nearly the same amount of _______ that I can get from biking. Shoveling turned out to be pretty good exercise, so I actually felt _______ to finish shoveling.
A few days later, a few friends and I got into a casual _______ about how hard it is to spare time to exercise_______.There are lots of people who dislike gyms. Going to gyms _______ them a lot. Less than 5%of adults are physically ________for half an hour a day, which is quite a big problem. Not exercising enough can ________diseases like heart disease, bone disease, and depression.
And yet, compared with going to gyms, shoveling snow was quite ________.Besides, it didn’t take too much willpower(意志力)and I just needed to ________ the driveway at my own pace. I can just do some daily tasks like shoveling for exercise in the neighborhood in my spare time ________ driving to a gym.
People pay much money for gym memberships and classes to ________ extra energy . So why not ________paying the fitness industry to exercise and ________ physical fitness with such kind of daily chores? Surely, they’re better off ________ that money and putting the energy to practical use.
A neighborhood can have a Facebook group where people in need of help can ________ things on it. Then, people who want to exercise can help them out. It’s a win-win situation. In addition to helping people, this can also be shaped as a new________ to keep fit.
【1】
A．bothered
B．impressed
C．tasked
D．crowded
【2】
A．incident
B．disorder
C．rush
D．storm
【3】
A．outside
B．inside
C．forward
D．backward
【4】
A．loosely
B．rarely
C．mainly
D．frequently
【5】
A．feelings
B．workout
C．threat
D．power
【6】
A．pleased
B．eager
C．willing
D．sorry
【7】
A．interview
B．appointment
C．discussion
D．argument
【8】
A．accidentally
B．properly
C．safely
D．regularly
【9】
A．troubles
B．shames
C．comforts
D．delights
【10】
A．strong
B．healthy
C．good
D．active
【11】
A．lead to
B．suffer from
C．bring back
D．wipe out
【12】
A．difficult
B．easy
C．valuable
D．perfect
【13】
A．clear
B．prepare
C．build
D．design
【14】
A．because of
B．instead of
C．in spite of
D．as a result of
【15】
A．put up
B．set up
C．use up
D．build up
【16】
A．continue
B．begin
C．stop
D．consider
【17】
A．compare
B．combine
C．exchange
D．match
【18】
A．saving
B．gathering
C．wasting
D．spending
【19】
A．imagine
B．write
C．post
D．correct
【20】
A．experiment
B．skill
C．standard
D．style
33、When I was a kid，my parents sent me to a summer camp in New Hampshire. At the _______we did tons of great things like swimming, sports and archery, but for me，the most memorable experience was an overnight trip of mountain climbing. If you’ ve ever_______a mountain, you know it's a _______challenge, especially when you’re carrying your food and shelter on your back. When campers got tired, they _______started complaining.
“ How much farther is it?”
“I can't go any further.”
“My _______is too heavy. Can you carry it for me?”
The reply of the _______ was,“ Suck it up(忍耐一下)！”. The _______ is that the complaining campers were nowhere near the point of _______. If they had been, the teachers would have noticed the signs and given them_______. The kids simply weren't used to the physical challenge. Once they realized they weren’t getting any sympathy, they ________the discomfort, and in most cases ________ having a great time. In my camp days, I don't ________a single camper complaining at the top of the ________.
There are two ways to deal with an ________ situation. You can complain, or you can make the best of it. If you complain, you might feel like you're getting that ________energy out, but you’re probably not going to cause a positive change. It’s much more likely that your complaining will cause the ________ of those around you. No one likes a complainer. They're ________ and they hurt the group. Complaining makes life________for everyone. Instead, if you determine to master your own ________, to move past it and focus on a ________, it’s my experience that you’ll realize it wasn't bad in the first place.
【1】
A．experience
B．camp
C．occasion
D．situation
【2】
A．climbed
B．described
C．seen
D．reached
【3】
A．ashamed
B．tired
C．puzzled
D．physical
【4】
A．especially
B．normally
C．certainly
D．obviously
【5】
A．backpack
B．food
C．shelter
D．water
【6】
A．parents
B．guides
C．teachers
D．partners
【7】
A．story
B．truth
C．joke
D．thing
【8】
A．camp
B．exhaustion
C．mountain
D．destination
【9】
A．sign
B．activities
C．gesture
D．care
【10】
A．believed
B．trusted
C．wondered
D．overcame
【11】
A．ended up
B．couldn’t help
C．insisted on
D．gave up
【12】
A．disturb
B．forget
C．recall
D．forgive
【13】
A．mountain
B．base
C．building
D．camp
【14】
A．unbelievable
B．unexpected
C．unusual
D．unpleasant
【15】
A．great
B．negative
C．spare
D．potential
【16】
A．respect
B．dislike
C．sympathy
D．enthusiasm
【17】
A．annoying
B．amazing
C．shocking
D．worrying
【18】
A．harder
B．easier
C．better
D．poorer
【19】
A．life
B．suffering
C．mind
D．mistake
【20】
A．discovery
B．problem
C．solution
D．hope
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.
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.
35、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
My daughter
(A story told by a father, a famous actor)
My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.
I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.
We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.
I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.
We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.
I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.
We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.
36、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.
I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.
For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.
At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.
The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”
37、根据句意填空
In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.
38、假定你是李华，你的英国朋友 Chris目前在中国学习汉语。下周五下午他所在的班级将举行一个班会，分享学习汉语的经验。他想邀请你参加并做一个有关汉语学习的报告。由于一些原因，你不能前往。请写一封电子邮件向他说明此事。内容包括：
1. 对他的邀请表示感谢；
2. 不能前往的原因（至少两条）；
3. 希望经常交流学习外语的经验。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Chris,
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Best regards to you.
Yours,
Li Hua
39、假定你是李华，你市图书馆将举办中国茶文化展览。你校外教Smith先生对此很感兴趣，请用英语给他写一封邮件，邀请他参加该活动。内容包括：
1. 展览时间及地点；
2. 展览内容：中国茶的历史、文化；茶叶、茶具等；
3. 观看茶艺表演、品茶。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：茶具tea set；茶艺the art of tea-making
Dear Mr. Smith,
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
40、假设你是李华，母亲节即将到来，你校学生会将举办摄影作品展（photography show）。请给你的英国朋友James写封信，请他提供作品参赛。信的内容包括：
1. 作品主题：《牵妈妈的手的》(Hold Mom’s Hand)；
2. 活动目的；
3. 投稿截止时间及作品展览时间和地点；
4. 投稿的邮箱：lovemother@smschool.com
注意：
1.词数100词左右
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear James,
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
41、假定你是李华，你校将举办"诵经典；学汉语"(Read Classics and Learn Chinese)活动,你的英国朋友John对此很感兴趣，发邮件向你询问有关情况，请 根据以下要点用英语给他回复。
1 .活动时间及地点；2 .诵读内容及形式；3 .邀请他参加。
注意:
1词数100左右；2 .可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Hi John,
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
邮箱： 