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1、I think it a great honor _____ to visit your country.
A. to invite B. inviting C. having invited D. to be invited
2、It is generally believed that teaching is _______ it is a science.
A. an art much as B. much an art as
C. as an art much as D. as much an art as
3、 Luckily, I ________ before the deal turned bad, which saved me much money.
A．dropped out B．turned out
C．gave out D．got out
4、It is well-known that crack cocaine is a powerfully _____ drug and the users become ____ to it much more easily if they smoke it.
A.addicted; addict B.addictive; addict C.addicted; addictive D.addictive; addicted
5、The film brought the hours back to me _____ I was taken good care of in that far-away village.
A.when B.which C.that D.what
6、What a woman! I just wonder how she manages to keep smiling after all that she has ______.
A. figured out B. made up
C. taken away D. gone through
7、Only if you ________into ordinary people’s life, ________ find out why they are dissatisfied and understand the revolution threatening the country.
A.have gone … you will B.will go … may you
C.go … you may D.do go … you will
8、To be honest, she had a great ______ for the small town where she grew up.
A. effect B. effort
C. affection D. patience
9、They demanded that the right to vote ___________ to every adult.
A.was given B.was giving C.be giving D.be given
10、Had the governments and scientists not worked together , AIDS-related deaths _______ since their highest in 2005.
A. had not fallen B. would not fall
C. would not have fallen D. did not fall
11、His idea of having weekly family meals together，which seemed difficult at first，has ______ many good changes in their lives.
A．got through
B．resulted from
C．turned into
D．brought about
12、Many experts stick to the view ______ teacher development is the key to the education quality.
A.which B.what C.that D.where
13、—Has ISIS, the most shameful terrorist group, already been wiped off the earth?
—I guess not, but I think it ought to ______ .
A.be done B.have been C./ D.have
14、_____ on the subject for half an hour, Liu Ying suddenly realized she had done the wrong subject.
A.To be working B.Work C.Having been working D.Have worked
15、Mother was always scolding him for leaving things _____ , but to her satisfaction, he _____them ______today.
A. in order；put；in order B. on order； place； in order
C. out of order；put；in order D. by order；place；in order
16、The government has not yet ________ the seriousness of the crisis.
A.mastered B.seized C.grasped D.acquired
17、We can't imagine what great trouble the medical care personnel had _______ with the COVID-19.
A.fought B.for fighting C.to fight D.fighting
18、______in her most beautiful skirt, the girl tried to make herself ______ at the party.
A.Dressed; noticed B.Dressing; noticed
C.Dressed; noticing D.Dressing; being noticing
19、As he works in a remote (遥远的) area, he visits his mother only ________.
A．anxiously
B．urgently
C．likely
D．occasionally
20、 the occasional visit, what else does Alan do for his kids?
A．Except B．In spite of
C．Apart from D．Beside
21、We could see nothing in the thick fog at a _____ of two meters, so we got lost.
A. distance B. length C. way D. space
22、In the past, a needle like a small sword could be used for letting liquid out of body parts which had______.
A.swollen up B.linked up C.dropped out D.worn out
23、He was ____ to know that all his personal information had been exposed to the public.
A.astonishing B.to astonished C.astonish D.astonished
24、There is a general consensus among teachers _____ children should have a broad understanding of the world.
A.where B.whether C.that D.how
25、The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I ______ the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.
A. shouldn’t have taken B. couldn’t have taken
C. mustn’t have taken D. needn’t have taken
26、 It is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter.
Road politeness is not only good manners ,but good sense. It takes the most cool－headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting. A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and becomes so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.
However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may not be able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to. An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings.
Unfortunately, modern drivers can't even learn to drive, let alone master the road man ship. Years ago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.
【1】The passage mainly talks about .
A.Road politeness B.Traffic jams C.Good manners D.Modern drivers
【2】Troubles on the road are often caused by .
A.great speed B.traffic jams C.terrible road conditions D.the behavior of the drivers
【3】According to the writer, a good driver should .
A.beat back when forced to face rude driving
B.be able to recognize politeness when he sees it
C.join in traffic stream quickly however other people feel
D.encourage old ladies to cross the roads whenever they want to
【4】It is not always right for drivers to .
A.master roadman ship
B.create atmosphere of good will
C.encourage old ladies to cross the road
D.give a friendly nod to show politeness
27、Pang Hui placed a few more pairs of chopsticks on the table for a family dinner, though she did not expect her big family of seven would use them as serving chopsticks.
Surprisingly, her 75-year-old father, who used to shrug off the idea of serving chopsticks, became a firm supporter this time, said Pang, 40, from Beihai, a coastal city of South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Chinese people often share dishes, and diners use their own chopsticks to serve themselves food from the shared dishes, a tradition now being challenged by the outbreak of COVID-19.
"We feel a sense of crisis as well as the urge to desert our old habits when we see reports of family infections, " Pang said, pointing to the reports of the virus spreading via droplets and close contact.
Local governments are helping to encourage a shift, too. On Feb. 13, 2020, local authorities of Beihai started a campaign promoting serving chopsticks and spoons, which will avoid cross infection caused by the use of personal chopsticks.
Similar measures were also adopted in other cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou. Taizhou city in East China's Jiangsu Province even standardized the colours of serving chopsticks and spoons to help diners differentiate (区分) them from personal ones.
The practice of eating wild animals has been targeted by the government, which remains present in certain areas.
China stopped the illegal trading and transportation of wild animals shortly after the outbreak. The move became a permanent ban on Feb. 24, 2020, when the country made a decision on thoroughly prohibiting (禁止) the illegal trading of wildlife and the consumption of wild animals.
Li Bo, with the Hainan International Center for wildlife Protection, said wild animal consumption could lead to the faster extinction of particular species, damage the ecological balance and harm people's health.
" The epidemic(流行病) could become a turning point to eliminate the bad habit, " Li said.
【1】What can we learn about Pang Hui's family from the text?
A．There are usually more than seven people dining together.
B．They have started to use serving chopsticks at table.
C．Pang Hui's father opposes using serving chopsticks.
D．They don't know how to avoid being infected by the virus.
【2】According to the text, what has been done by the government?
A．Sharing dishes has been abandoned.
B．Cross-infection has been prevented.
C．Eating wild animals has been forbidden.
D．Standard personal chopsticks have been adopted.
【3】What does the underlined word "eliminate" in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Explain.
B．Discover.
C．Form.
D．Remove.
【4】What can be the best title for the text?
A．Serving Chopsticks Promoted.
B．Ways to Help People Stay Healthy.
C．The Outbreak of COVID-19 Leads to Change
D．China Bans Trading of Wildlife
28、 Many businesses offer membership cards to clients(客户), promising that they will enjoy discounts, and the more they use the cards, the bigger the discounts will be. This is a common practice to attract and keep regular customers. By providing quality products or services at reasonable prices, businesses can indeed achieve this goal.
However, in recent years, consumers trying to book flights or hotels on certain websites have discovered that prices were actually higher for frequent users than for newcomers. They found that they could pay less by opening up a new account rather than using an old one. Unfortunately, these businesses are using information gathered through big data on clients' preferences and purchasing habits to take advantage of them, which amounts to targeted price discrimination(歧视).
There have been numerous cases of overcharging based on big data on various shopping platforms in recent years. However, since it's difficult to collect sufficient evidence to accuse these businesses, only a small number of consumers have chosen to take them on. Thus, big data, which is supposed to benefit the public, is helping some businesses cheat consumers. Big data itself is not a bad thing, since it is playing an increasingly important role in social life and economic growth. It can serve as a basic resource and tool. But since it is being used to overcharge frequent clients, the public has expressed anger. It's a short-sighted behavior that will eventually drive away customers. Instead, big data should be used to improve businesses' services and products by strengthening supervision （监督）and punishment so that this new technology can play its due role in Internet commerce.
It's urgent to stop the misuse of big data by stepping up supervision. Market and network supervisory authorities need to join hands in this effort. The illegal use of big data should be severely punished. Advanced technology should be more widely used to supervise big data use.
It's all right for businesses to employ certain methods to make big money, but to charge regular clients more than newcomers by taking advantage of information collected through big data analysis is violating regular clients' rights as well as their trust in these businesses. The Law on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests clearly states that consumers have the right to know the truth about the commodities and services they buy. Thus, to overcharge regular clients is not only betraying the principle of fairness and sincerity, but also relevant laws. In the long run, it's the businesses that will suffer most.
【1】What do businesses promise by offering membership cards?
A.To provide quality products. B.to collect information.
C.To overcharge clients D.To appeal to regular customers.
【2】What’s the due role of big data in Internet commerce?
A.Benefiting the public. B.Improving businesses' services.
C.Cheating customers. D.Violating regular clients' rights.
【3】Who will suffer most from the misuse of big data according to the text?
A.network supervisory authorities. B.Internet commerce.
C.regular clients. D.Businesses involved.
29、 Father was diagnosed with brain cancer during the second half of my senior year. It is a time when all the big events in a girl’s life are happening. However, though in poor condition, father managed to be present at every occasion. His doctor said that by focusing on all my future events, it helped my dad live longer. I guess so because nine days after my high school graduation, my father died.
For the next week after his funeral, I didn’t leave my room or even to shower. Finally, my mom stormed in and said, “Megan, get up. I have something for you to read.” My father’s doctor had sent my mother a letter. It contained the typical “I am sorry for your loss” sentences. But this letter was far from typical. I could physically see the pain this loss had caused him. In his letter, he wrote about how my father inspired him to change his life and the way he worked. He expressed his desire to become a person like my father, who cared more for the people around him and put everyone else first.
After I finished reading it, I decided to live my life. I went outside and got a job as a summer camp advisor. I worked from dawn to dark every day that summer. I gave everything I had to the kids and slowly they helped to heal(治愈) me without even realizing what they were doing.
My summer mirrored parts of the life my father led in his last few days. I had spent the summer months giving myself to children. It was not the senior summer I had always imagined. It wasn’t all about me. I had learned the final lesson my father was teaching me, that in order to lead a rich and happy life, you must learn how to give yourself to others. By helping them you really are helping yourself.
【1】The doctor sent the author’s mother a letter mainly to ________.
A.encourage the author’s mother to live a happy life
B.appreciate the author’s father’s influence on him
C.mourn the author’s father’s death
D.show typical concern for the family
【2】What do we know about the author’s senior summer?
A.She got a job as her father had expected.
B.She gained quite a lot while helping the kids.
C.She worked hard every day to forget her father.
D.She spent it the way she had always wanted.
【3】Which word can best describe the author’s father?
A.Fearless. B.Generous C.Cautious. D.Selfless.
【4】Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
A.Dad's Final Lesson B.My Senior Summer
C.My Father's Death D.An Important Letter
30、 Mama was calling me.I awoke,realizing it must be nearly midnight.Her expression was ___”Mary,”she said,”where’s your homework?”Then I remembered I had not finished my assignment.”Well,your studies come ___!You’d better finish your work,” she said.I____myself out of bed.As I did so,I could not help feeling __.Why me? Those feelings were nothing new,but I did not give ___to them.I didn’t argue with Mama.I just obeyed.
One day my older sister Ann and I walked barefoot(赤脚地)to school because our shoes had been worn out and Mama couldn’t afford to buy us shoes.The headmaster asked us to go home,for he couldn’t have students attending school barefoot.I suggested to Ann that we spend the day in a nearby cornfield___.Just about the time school was over we went home.There was Mama,waiting for us.I ___a story rather than upset her.Then she started crying.It was clear that she knew everything.She told us never to be __ of being poor.”It’s not what you wear but ___you are,”she said,”that matters.”
Mama’s toughness with me.always left me feeling as if I pleased her___ than her other children.However,the ___that I acquired have guided me for many years.I have come to ___the value of Mama’s demands.Still,one question continued to __ me for more than 30 years.Then one day I asked:”Mama,how come you were always so much __ on me than others?”She looked me straight in the eye and said:”I had to be harder on you because you had more gifts.”“I___,Mama.”At last I did.
【1】A.severe B.strange C.polite D.rich
【2】A.early B.last C.again D.first
【3】A.pushed B.pulled C.dragged D.slipped
【4】A.cautious B.embarrassed C.annoyed D.stupid
【5】A.punishment B.feeling C.work D.voice
【6】A.though B.instead C.still D.regardless
【7】A.talked about B.heard of C.set down D.made up
【8】A.proud B.aware C.ashamed D.fond
【9】A.who B.why C.how D.where
【10】A.rather B.less C.more D.other
【11】A.strengths B.skills C.results D.rights
【12】A.add B.judge C.respect D.appreciate
【13】A.advise B.corner C.bother D.settle
【14】A.tougher B.gentler C.easier D.heavier
【15】A.quit B.understand C.promise D.remember
31、Time is very important in our lives. It ______ our everyday moments. However, time never had any ______ in my life until I received a watch from my father that organized my life and made me more ______.
It’s round in the center with two silver hands that go around my wrist. And all of it is made of silver. This ______ tells me the importance of time in my life.
I received this ______ on a gray-sky day. I had to go to the airport at 9:00 AM to ______ up my Uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. ______, I was late because I was ______ out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 AM, I ______ my uncle, but I was very ______ for him. He had ______ the airport and taken a taxi to my father’s house.
I got to my father’s house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father’s face. I felt ______ of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my ______ father and tired uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch as a gift from him. Then he said, “Essa, did you have ______ with your friends today?” I answered, “Yes father, and I’m sorry about not picking up my Uncle Ali.” He said, “What you ______ was not very nice and you should be sorry for your ______” I was ashamed and said, “Father, I’ll never do it again. I promise.” He said, “I hope today you learned something important, and this watch will be a ______ for you.” He told me to take this watch and use it as an organizer of my ______.
I learned a very important lesson from my father: to ______ time and never be late to get someone. This watch is ______ to me, not because of its price, but because of the lesson that I learned from it.
【1】
A．appreciates
B．organizes
C．orders
D．explains
【2】
A．importance
B．similarity
C．necessity
D．interest
【3】
A．confident
B．independent
C．efficient
D．responsible
【4】
A．object
B．belonging
C．matter
D．stranger
【5】
A．card
B．letter
C．gift
D．thing
【6】
A．call
B．pick
C．put
D．bring
【7】
A．Otherwise
B．Fortunately
C．However
D．Hopefully
【8】
A．going
B．hanging
C．standing
D．leaving
【9】
A．forgot
B．remembered
C．saw
D．visited
【10】
A．anxious
B．nervous
C．early
D．late
【11】
A．reached
B．recognized
C．left
D．found
【12】
A．ashamed
B．frightened
C．disappointed
D．shy
【13】
A．kind
B．happy
C．angry
D．doubtful
【14】
A．pleasure
B．fun
C．appointment
D．quarrels
【15】
A．said
B．did
C．thought
D．forgot
【16】
A．ideas
B．words
C．actions
D．promises
【17】
A．wonder
B．hope
C．requirement
D．reminder
【18】
A．life
B．day
C．way
D．thought
【19】
A．waste
B．respect
C．neglect
D．enjoy
【20】
A．useful
B．necessary
C．different
D．important
32、A year after Benjamin Canlas died at 17，his love of helping others lives on. Through a foundation _________ by his parents，this kind young man is _________ making the world a better place ——one bike at a time.
In the Philippines，many jobs have been lost _________ the coronavirus crisis. Thousands of people have to travel to take_________ jobs to survive. But public transportation has been _________limited. Benjamin’s parents had the idea to _________ bikes to deserving individuals.
At first，their _________ was to donate seven bicycles. But then they received more than fifty _______. And then 27 people were awarded’ bicycles. These bicycles are _________ to help make their lives a little easier.
Among the __________ is Ronaldo Rosario. He sold rice cakes in the morning and smoked fish in the afternoon. ________ many kilometers each day，which caused the borrowed bike to break often. So，he often lost __________ time and some of his earning on repairs.
There are people still in need and much more __________ needs to be offered. The foundation is working on launching more sustainable __________. The goal is that these programs will help more people while also ________ others to be kind and help those in need.
【1】
A．given up
B．set up
C．held up
D．brought up
【2】
A．still
B．already
C．ever
D．yet
【3】
A．at the cost of
B．in spite of
C．as a result of
D．in case of
【4】
A．extra
B．temporary
C．dangerous
D．suitable
【5】
A．completely
B．regularly
C．aimlessly
D．severely
【6】
A．sell
B．rent
C．give away
D．pay for
【7】
A．plan
B．dream
C．program
D．duty
【8】
A．models
B．designs
C．girls
D．applications
【9】
A．invented
B．intended
C．required
D．arranged
【10】
A．assistants
B．travelers
C．visitors
D．winners
【11】
A．challenging
B．measuring
C．covering
D．finishing
【12】
A．valuable
B．convenient
C．enjoyable
D．spare
【13】
A．money
B．joy
C．help
D．freedom
【14】
A．projects
B．actions
C．jobs
D．courses
【15】
A．ordering
B．persuading
C．forcing
D．urging
33、 Hunter Shamatt lost his wallet while he was on a flight from Omaha to attend his sister's wedding in Las Vegas earlier this month. Upon realizing that his wallet was ___, he contacted the airline to see if anyone had turned it in ——but ___ . Since the wallet contained his ID, a signed paycheck, $ 60 in cash, etc, he___ the worst.
Two days after the flight, however, Hunter was ___to receive a package in the mail from an anonymous (匿名的) __. Inside was his wallet — along with a(n) ___$ 40 in cash. And there was a letter inside saying “I added your cash up to an even $ 100 so you could ___the return of your wallet"..
Hunter's mother, Jeannie, posted a photo of the___ to social media in hopes that they would be able to __ the sender signed “T. E". The sender was later ___as Todd Brown, a father — of — five who was___ at the chance to "have a little fun" with helping out a hard-working stranger.
“I saw he was just a kid, 20 years old. He had a paycheck in there, so I ____ , "Well, he's doing his best to make ends meet. ' But I was 20 once, and that's a lot of money for a(n) __，” Brown told Yahoo Lifestyle. “Hunter was very __. He told me he must repay student loans within two days so the __ was right," Brown added, “They____it was gone forever. So when Hunter opened it, he just started ____，“No way! No way!?
Brown says that he often tries to do good things without any ___ ； that's why he didn't sign his full name on the letter, but Jeannie later insisted on ___him on social media. Jeannie wrote on Facebook, “This story is more about rebuilding __ in people than anything."
【1】A.stolen B.lost C.exchanged D.hidden
【2】A.effectively B.desperately C.fruitlessly D.aimlessly
【3】A.predicted B.imagined C.doubted D.feared
【4】A.anxious B.amused C.shocked D.frightened
【5】A.sender B.friend C.author D.reader
【6】A.additional B.missing C.remaining D.accurate
【7】A.complain B.undertake C.celebrate D.doubt
【8】A.book B.package C.wallet D.letter
【9】A.take up B.track down C.recognize D.remember
【10】A.known B.considered C.identified D.introduced
【11】A.reluctant B.delighted C.determined D.curious
【12】A.noticed B.replied C.doubted D.figured
【13】A.adult B.parent C.kid D.student
【14】A.stressful B.thankful C.thoughtful D.regretful
【15】A.behavior B.number C.timing D.paycheck
【16】A.remembered B.assumed C.admitted D.imagined
【17】A.whispering B.laughing C.saying D.screaming
【18】A.recognition B.awareness C.consideration D.reward
【19】A.praising B.questioning C.disturbing D.surprising
【20】A.ambition B.faith C.appreciation D.strength
34、课文填空
Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.
35、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.
Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.
The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.
It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.
Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often 【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.
Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.
36、Directions: Fill in each blank to make the passage make sense and well connected in writing style. The initial letter of each word has been given. (please write each answer in a COMPLETE word on the answer card.
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
In Congress, July 4, 1776
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s god entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should d【1】 the causes which impel them to the separation.
We h【2】 these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created e【3】, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable R【4】, that among these are life, L【5】, and the pursuit of Happiness.
That to secure these rights, g 【6】 are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the P 【7】 to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, l【8】 its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such f【9】, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience has shown, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariable the same Object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their d 【10】, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
37、Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.
Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.
The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.
If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.
And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.
38、假如你是李华，正在美国交流学习。你的美国老师Amy邀请你下周五下午3点到她的班里为美国小学生上一节课，介绍中国传统艺术——国画。请给她回复一封电子邮件，要点如下：
1. 接受邀请，表示感谢；
2. 国画简介（题材：山水、人物、花鸟；工具材料：毛笔、墨等等）；
3. 课前学生需做的准备。
参考词汇：国画： Chinese ink painting
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Amy,
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Yours
Li Hua
39、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为80左右。
A little boy selling magazines for school walked up to a house that people hardly visited. The house was very old and the owner hardly ever came out. When he did come out he would not say hello to neighbors or passers by but simply just glare(瞪眼看)at them.
The boy knocked on the door and waited, sweating from fear of the old man. The boy's parents told him to stay away from the house. A lot of the other neighborhood children were told the same from their parents.
As he was ready to walk away, the door slowly opened. " What do you want?" the old man said. The little boy was very afraid but he had a quota(份额) to meet for school with selling the magazines.
"Uh, sir, I uh am selling these magazines and uh I was wondering if you would like to buy one." The old man just stared at the boy. The boy could see inside the old man's house and saw that he had dog figurines(小狗雕像) on the wall. "Do you collect dogs?" the little boy asked. "Yes, I have many collections in my house. They are my family here. They are all I have." The boy then felt sorry for the man, as it seemed that he was a very lonely soul. "Well, I do have a magazine here for collectors. It is perfect for you. I also have one about dogs since you like dogs so much." The old man was ready to close the door on the boy and said, "No boy, I don't need any magazines of any kind, now goodbye."
The little boy was sad that he was not going to make his quota with the sale. He was also sad for the old man being so alone in the big house that he owned. The boy went home and then had an idea. He had a little dog figurine that he got some years ago from an aunt. The figurine did not mean nearly as much to him since he had a real live dog and a large family.
Paragraph 1: The boy headed back down to the old man's house with the figurine.
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Paragraph 2: From that day on something changed inside the old man.
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40、假定你是李华，你校将举办一年一度的中国传统文化节。请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友John参加，内容包括:
1.时间，地点；
2.活动安排；
3.欢迎他参与。
注意:
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头，结束语已为你写好。
Dear John,
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Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
41、“High-speed railway, mobile payment, bicycle-sharing, online shopping”被认为是中国的“新四大发明”，它们给人们的生活带来了很大的变化。假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。请你向学校《英语报》投稿，选择其中一项“发明”，内容包括:
Which one you choose to talk about;
What influences it has on your life;
What you think of it.
注意: 1. 自拟标题；
2.词数不少于50。
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