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1、If Lincoln had lived, it________ be that his postwar policies would have brought criticism upon him that would________ his reputation.
A.might as well … have tarnished B.might well … have tarnished
C.might as well … tarnish D.might well … tarnish
2、The economist argues that no society can surely be flourishing and happy, ________ of the members are poor and miserable.
A．of which the far greater part
B．of which far greater part
C．of whom the far greater part
D．of whom far greater part
3、I remember ___ for the job , but I forgot the exact amount .
A.to pay B.paying C.to have paid D.being paid
4、—How come the front wheel of the truck has been ________？
—The load was too heavy.
A．in shape
B．out of shape
C．in work
D．out of work
5、The Voice of China has set up a stage some people can achieve their dreams.
A. which B. where
C. that D. when
6、6.I don’t like the newspaper __________ people’s love of scandal(丑行）
A.catering to B.catered to C.fitting in D.fitted in
7、Michael had a serious fall in playing football and his under lip began to ______ up.
A. wind B. split
C. choke D. swell
8、You’d better make extra copies of this important file in case you need it for future _______.
A．preference
B．potential
C．reference
D．reservation
9、Mary was busy with her work， and it was only around four in the afternoon she could finally lie down to rest for a while．
A.when B.which C.that D.whether
10、Local governments can foster this sustainable activity by giving_____ to responsible operators, and even high-paying consumers.
A.preference B.substitute C.alternative D.selection
11、______Jixi today is more beautiful now. Mr. Jackson said he would visit it______third time.
A.The;/ B.The;the C./;a D.The;a
12、Scientists are hoping for a ____________ in the search for a cure for cancer.
A. reputation B. breakthrough
C. civilization D. sensation
13、____ more attention, the trees could have grown better.
A.Given B.To give
C.Giving D.Having given
14、E-commerce companies are helping small businesses in financial trouble obtain loans that they otherwise _______ to raise.
A．must struggle
B．can have struggled
C．could struggle
D．would have struggled
15、Last year the well-known actress did all ________ help the poor children in that mountain village.
A. she could do B. she could to
C. what she could to D. that she could
16、There is a/an _________ increase in the numbers of Internet users in recent years.
A.diverse B.ample C.casual D.sharp
17、Many experienced teachers believe that when knowledge is ____________, it can be most readily grasped by the learners.
A. constant B. credible
C. mild D. structured
18、—I got sick and tired of hotels and hotel food after the trip to Mexico.
—I can imagine. _________.
A.All’s well that ends well B.Every cloud has a silver lining
C.Honesty is the best policy D.East or west, home is the best
19、Rare________it is in men, there are cases of men developing breast cancer.
A.when B.since C.while D.as
20、Occasions are quite rare ____ I have the time to spend a day with my kids.
A. who B. which C. why D. when
21、Many nations have promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but are falling short of the ________ reduction of 25 to 40 percent of 1990 levels.
A.target B.option C.profit D.refund
22、The reason for________ he failed in the exam was that he was too careless.
A．which
B．why
C．that
D．it
23、_________ I understand what you say, I can’t agree with you.
A．What
B．While
C．How
D．Where
24、--- _______ made her struggle to become an artist so hard?
--- ______ she was a woman.
A. What; What B. That; That
C. What; That D. That; What
25、There was a round of applause as the horses ________ the last fence(障碍物).
A.jumped B.walked C.cleared D.surrounded
26、How might architecture aid in solving the housing crisis and help build a more sustainable future? In 2019, 3D printing company WASP and Mario Cucinella Architects (MCA) revealed their concept to design the first 3D printed house made entirely from clay. Today, the joint project, known as TECLA, is finally complete and on display near Bologna, Italy.
Over the past few years, a number of 3D printed homes and communities have been conceptualized. While previous structures were made from concrete or plastic, TECLA was built from soil found at the site mixed with water, fibers from rice husks (壳) and a binder (粘合剂), the last of which is less than 5% of the total volume. Printing with clay does have its weaknesses. It’s a much slower process than quick-drying concrete — the design can be printed in 200 hours but the clay mixture can take weeks to dry, depending on climate, and it also has height limitations.
Building homes from earth, Cucinella pointed out, is not new. “The challenge was really using an old material in the history of architecture with new technology to find a new shape of a house,” Cucinella said. To that end, the Crane WASP printers mixed water with the local earth, and then printed the 60-square-meter TECLA model layer by layer. The design features two circular spaces joined together with skylights, inviting full natural light inside. The residence includes a living area, a bedroom and bathroom. Its furniture, including tables and chairs, can also be printed using WASP’s machinery, while components like doors and windows were fixed post-printing.
The idea behind TECLA isn’t necessarily to copy the same home for any environment, but to adjust the design based on the location. “We are not producing one type of house that you can print and use everywhere, because it’s different if you design a house in the north of Italy, or in the middle of Africa,” Cucinella explained. “The house responds to different climates.” Additionally, the building process can be easily taught and widely used.
【1】What is the disadvantage of printing with clay?
A．3D printers are costly.
B．Clay is not strong enough.
C．It’s not easy to mix rice husks with clay.
D．It takes a long time to dry the mixture.
【2】Which of the following best describes TECLA?
A．It is air-conditioned.
B．It is the first 3D printed house.
C．It is fully equipped.
D．It adopts a solar heating system.
【3】What is the significance of TECLA?
A．It adapts to different climates.
B．It limits the height of buildings.
C．It uses few binders in printing.
D．It can be moved without effort.
【4】What is the best title for the text?
A．The challenges for 3D printing
B．Is this 3D printed home the future of housing?
C．The ways to renew 3D printing machinery
D．Can we simplify the instructions on 3D printing?
27、Blue light before bedtime can make it harder to sleep, and the screens on phones, computers, and televisions send out plenty of blue light. This is all true. But if you’re focused on blue light as a major problem affecting your sleep or your eye health, it’s time to look at it from another aspect.
As Philip Yuhas, a professor of vision, writes at The Conversation, blue light isn’t a uniquely technological evil. It’s part of sunlight, and your eyes are exposed to plenty of it all the time. You ‘ re fine. There are studies in mice that have found blue light can damage their eyes, but mice are nocturnal creatures (夜行动物) whose eyes are different from ours. The pigments (色素) and the lenses (晶状体) of our eyes actually block blue light fairly well-so in a sense, we already have built-in blue blocking protection
Adding more protection isn’t likely to help though. You can buy glasses and screen filters (滤光片) that block blue light, but Yuhas points out they are probably a waste of money: these products do not block out much blue light. The leading blue-blocking anti-reflective coating, for example, blocks only about 15% of the blue light that screens send out. You could get the same reduction just by holding your phone another inch from your face.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology doesn’t recommend blue-blocking products, either. Instead, if you’re concerned about your eye health or your ability to get to sleep on time, you already know what to do:
Put the screens away at bedtime. Read a book or find something else to do. While you’re using screens take a 20-second break every 20 minutes to look at something 20 feet away ( the “20-20-20 ” rule ). If you get dry eyes when you look at screens for a long time, use eyedrops labeled artificial tears.
【1】What do people think of blue light generally?
A．It is a necessary part of sunlight.
B．It is magical and rare.
C．It is the major factor affecting sleep.
D．All electronics send out blue light.
【2】What did the studies in mice find?
A．Mice can see clearly in the dark.
B．Our eyes actually block blue light well.
C．Eyes can be long exposed to blue light.
D．Blue light can damage mice’s eyesight.
【3】What can we know about blue-blocking products?
A．They block only 15% of the blue light.
B．Few have much effect on the blue light.
C．They can prevent much harmful lights.
D．They are thought highly of by experts.
【4】What could be the best title for the text?
A．How can Blue Light Be Prevented?
B．Why does Blue Light Make Sleeping Hard?
C．Are Blue-blocking Products Necessary?
D．What will Blue Light Affect Actually?
28、 A new study from MIT has found that piano lessons have a very specific effect on kindergartners’ ability to distinguish different pitches (音高), which translates into an improvement in distinguishing between spoken words. However, piano lessons did not appear to provide any benefit for overall intelligence, as measured by IQ, attention span (注意力集中时间), and working memory.
The 74 children participating in the study were divided into three groups: one that received 45-minute piano lessons three times a week; one that received extra reading instruction for the same period of time; and one that received neither of these. All children were 4 or 5 years old and spoke Mandarin as their native language.
After six months, the researchers tested the children on their ability to distinguish words based on differences in vowels (元音), consonants (辅音), or tone (音调). Better word distinguishing usually comes with better phonological awareness – the awareness of the sound structure of words, which is a key part of learning to read.
Children who had piano lessons showed a significant advantage over children in the extra reading group in distinguishing between words that differ by one consonant. Children in both the piano group and extra reading group performed better than the third group when it came to distinguishing words based on vowel differences.
The researchers also used electroencephalography to measure brain activity and found that children in the piano group had stronger responses than the other children when they listened to a series of tones of different pitch. This suggested that a greater sensitivity to pitch differences is what helped the children who took piano lessons to better distinguish different words, Desimone says.
“That’s a big thing for kids in learning language: being able to hear the differences between words,” he says. “They really did benefit from that.”
In tests of IQ, attention, and working memory, the researchers did not find any significant differences among the three groups of children.
Desimone says he hopes the findings will help to convince education officials who are considering abandoning music classes in schools not to do so.
【1】What do we know about the study?
A.The participants were divided into four groups.
B.All the participants spoke English as their native language.
C.The participants were tested after a period of six months.
D.The ages of the participants ranged from 4 to 15 years.
【2】What did the researchers find in their study?
A.Children in the piano group had better awareness of the differences among words.
B.Children in the piano group performed better in the IQ test.
C.Children in the extra reading group had better awareness of sounds.
D.Children in the extra reading group performed better in the IQ test.
【3】What does Desimone think is an important ability for kids learning a language?
A.The ability to imitate certain sounds.
B.The ability to tell the differences between sounds.
C.The ability to remember new sounds and words.
D.The ability to relate sounds to real objects.
【4】With the findings, what does Desimone want education officials to do?
A.To have more music classes in schools.
B.Not to end music classes in schools.
C.To provide more types of musical instruments to schools.
D.Not to force students to study music if they are unwilling to.
29、 Ageing and robots are more closely related than you might think. Young countries with many children have few robots. Ageing nations have lots. The countries with the largest number of robots per industrial worker include South Korea, Singapore, Germany and Japan. which have some of the oldest work forces in the world.
The connection does not merely reflect the fact that young countries tend to be poor and cannot afford fancy machines, which they do not need anyway. It holds good within rich countries, too. Those with relatively few robots compared with the size of their workforce include Britain and France, both of which (by rich-country standards )are ageing slowly.
Two recent studies quantify the connection. Daron Acemoglu of MIT and Pascual Restrepo of Boston University show that, between 1993 and 2014, the countries that invested the most in robotics were those that were ageing the fastest measured as a rise in the rate of people over 56 compared with those aged 26-55. The authors posit a rule of thumb a ten-point rise in their ageing rate is associated with 0.9 extra robots per thousand workers.
A study from Germany used different measures but reached the same conclusion. They found that the growth in the number of robots per thousand workers rises twice as fast as the fall in the growth rate of the population (e.g. if) population growth falls by 1%, the growth in robot density rises by 2%). Population growth is closely related to age structure.
These findings should not be surprising. Robots typically substitute for labour. That is why many people fear that they will destroy jobs. Countries with plenty of young workers do not need labour substitutes. Wages there also tend to be low making automation unprofitable. But ageing creates demand for automation in two ways. First, to prevent output falling as more people retire, machines are necessary to substitute for those who have left the workforce or to enable ageing workers to continue to do physical labour. Second, once people have retired they create markets for new kinds of automation, including robots that help with the medical and other requirements of caring for people who can no longer look after themselves
【1】What can we infer from the article?
A. Ageing is closely related to robots
B. Ageing countries have few robots.
C. Robots are needed in young countries.
D. Young and rich countries want more robots.
【2】Which of the following best explains" posit "underlined in Paragraph 3?
A. Want. B. Remove.
C. Assume. D. Obey.
【3】How much will the robot population grow if the human population growth decreases by 3%?
A. 1%. B. 2%.
C. 3%. D. 6%.
【4】Why does ageing create demand for robots?
A. Because retired people have lower wages.
B. Because robots are substitutes for retired worker.
C. Because robots are unprofitable in young countries.
D. Because the retired need the same robots they used before.
30、 “Nice to see you again!” “How are you doing today?” “Great to see you, have a nice day!”
I ______ my book and looked around in my seat, watching the driver ______ passengers. I’d never heard a more cheerful bus driver.
At each stop, the bus driver flashed a wide ______ , nodding his head at familiar faces and greeting people onto his lowly bus.
I was just watching the flow of the bus, and the bus driver’s air of pleasant calm, like nothing could go wrong. It ______ me a bit. Most bus drivers I’d met are not so cheery. They’re always swimming up against a long list of complaints, communicating with nameless busy riders, and constantly racing the clock so as not to run late though it’s never so easy to control. This bus driver completely ______ my sense of what it means to drive a bus. It almost brought me back to my pre-school days, when we’d sing, “The wheels on the bus go round and round,” to images of smiling bus drivers greeting their ______ and serving society with each shinning spin of their wheel or honk of their horn.
I completely put my books away, ______ there in awe. A thought ______ my head that I should tell the driver how much I appreciated seeing all the small, bold, courageous moments of his ______ I’d run into in this bus.
____ the bus approached my stop, I walked to the front of the bus.
“Thank you so much for your kindness to passengers. It’s really nice to see you,” I offered.
“Aw, that’s really glad to hear. Thank you so much! It’s nice to know that someone ______.” the bus driver said.
“Well, I really appreciate seeing it. It is ______ and makes my day,” I told him with a smile.
“Thank you!” he ______ with an ever-shining bright smile.
We talked a little more, and any wave of doubt completely ______.
Stepping ______ the bus a little lighter, I remembered a quote: “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.”
【1】A. put away B. put down C. put up D. put out
【2】A. assisting B. directing C. serving D. greeting
【3】A. smile B. look C. mouth D. face
【4】A. excited B. attracted C. confused D. cheered
【5】A. changed B. developed C. affected D. deepened
【6】A. conductors B. customers C. colleagues D. passengers
【7】A. running B. sitting C. standing D. waiting
【8】A. occurred B. came C. struck D. appeared
【9】A. kindness B. patience C. generosity D. encouragement
【10】A. Since B. As C. After D. Until
【11】A. noticed B. knew C. understood D. needed
【12】A. boring B. inspiring C. frustrating D. exciting
【13】A. replied B. said C. told D. shouted
【14】A. decreased B. formed C. arose D. faded
【15】A. on B. off C. out D. down
31、While Sam Bloom was on a vacation in Thailand, a balcony railing collapsed (倒塌), sending her falling 20 feet to the ground. The _________ left her with numerous injuries, including a broken spine. Her life was _________ changed.
In the many months that followed, she fell into a deep _________. Before her accident, she spent her time _______her family, surfing, exploring the outdoors, and traveling the world. Her _________ sense of self disappeared overnight—as she _________ it in her piece in a Time article, “I was no longer a(n)_________ woman, and I no longer _________ myself as a wife and mother.”
A few months after returning home, her son Noah _________ an injured baby magpie that had fallen from high in a tall pine tree. After no veterinarian (兽医) would rather __________ her in, the family decided to try and __________ her back to health themselves.
Due to its wobbly (摇晃的) walk and black and white __________, Bloom’s three boys decided to __________ the baby bird Penguin. And so, this __________ new creature became a member of the Bloom family. This new addition required constant __________, needing to be fed every two hours and kept warm constantly. This new __________ fell on Sam, and soon, Penguin became a form of __________ in soul to Sam.
“I didn’t feel as __________ anymore;my instincts as a nurse and mother came to life when I was __________ to this tiny, feathered soul. I didn’t __________ it at that time but, in a way, we were keeping each other alive.”
【1】
A．fall
B．travel
C．railing
D．country
【2】
A．gradually
B．recently
C．completely
D．hardly
【3】
A．sleep
B．depression
C．hole
D．passion
【4】
A．figuring out
B．talking about
C．calling at
D．caring for
【5】
A．former
B．strange
C．weak
D．false
【6】
A．made
B．had
C．got
D．put
【7】
A．beautiful
B．excellent
C．independent
D．professional
【8】
A．watched over
B．thought of
C．gave up
D．turned to
【9】
A．discovered
B．hunted
C．dropped
D．trapped
【10】
A．hand
B．trick
C．engage
D．take
【11】
A．hope
B．nurse
C．send
D．show
【12】
A．eyes
B．photos
C．feathers
D．dots
【13】
A．keep
B．consider
C．name
D．accept
【14】
A．greedy
B．needy
C．proud
D．energetic
【15】
A．change
B．motivation
C．practice
D．attention
【16】
A．responsibility
B．challenge
C．stress
D．chance
【17】
A．escape
B．treatment
C．exercise
D．excuse
【18】
A．useless
B．careless
C．quiet
D．lazy
【19】
A．objecting
B．adjusting
C．sticking
D．tending
【20】
A．answer
B．care
C．realize
D．believe
32、 Classical music deals with adult emotions and ideas.______, you can still love aspects of it as a kid. If you continue to be attracted to what you have heard, your understanding will only________ as the years pass by. You don’t need to be ________ trained, or incredibly smart, to “get it.”
As a boy growing up in New York City in the 1950s, I first heard the overture(序曲) to Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman as the ________ music for a science-fiction television show called Captain Video. It was absolutely exciting. When I first ____the opera many years later, that childhood memory of the music was still somewhere in the ________ reaches of my mind. Music can be written to bring a(n) ________ sound, mood or scene into mind, yet can be heard differently in different contexts. Wagner’s overture gets our attention with a heroic-sounding ________ from the horns and then a description of a stormy sea. As a kid, I ________ knew the hero was Captain Video. When I grew up, I came to understand that the very first notes were ________ to represent the scream of a ghost seeking redemption(救赎). The notes were the same, but I certainly was not, and yet there was ________ in revisiting something from my childhood with the _______ of an adult’s knowledge.
But does it still happen today? That question was ________ last summer when my two great nephews, ten-year-old twins, finished playing with Legos. One of them ________singing the Magic Flute from Mozart. The other joined in, singing in innocent ________ They kept going, but the words were_______ “What’s that?” I asked. The answer was about a famous cartoon: “Captain Underpants(内裤超人)!”
A time will come when they hear a performance of the Magic Flute and the weak memories of their youth will still be ________ to the classical music they heard from the cartoon, even though the original ________ of the music had nothing to do with it. Still, two boys born in 2010 ________ knew that a composition from Mozart was and ________ to be classical. No one is teaching them “how to love classical music.”
【1】A.Besides B.However C.Instead D.Therefore
【2】A.increase B.recover C.struggle D.fade
【3】A.gradually B.firmly C.originally D.classically
【4】A.theme B.rock C.festival D.folk
【5】A.ruined B.conducted C.balanced D.opened
【6】A.closest B.farthest C.highest D.lowest
【7】A.specific B.disgusting C.accurate D.romantic
【8】A.word B.figure C.voice D.melody
【9】A.hardly B.mostly C.only D.even
【10】A.said B.due C.advised D.meant
【11】A.loss B.evidence C.comfort D.strength
【12】A.example B.benefit C.need D.burden
【13】A.raised B.answered C.heard D.predicted
【14】A.imagined B.avoided C.began D.admitted
【15】A.fun B.sorrow C.anger D.regret
【16】A.gone B.long C.different D.similar
【17】A.used B.committed C.connected D.contrary
【18】A.version B.writer C.impression D.intention
【19】A.possibly B.certainly C.particularly D.formally
【20】A.continues B.tends C.occurs D.prefers
33、 Nowadays, more and more young people are becoming too_______and over-confident. They think they can do everything. So they simply _______their old parents, and believe that their parents’ _____ are out of date. Actually I used to be one of them, but after hearing a story told by my father, I changed my mind ____ . Now I would like to _____ it with you.
Once, there was a young man who ______ the old. He always thought that the old, including his father, were______ . One day, the father and the son went for a walk in the _____ . As they walked, a beautiful ______ came into their sight. The son _____ to one pretty flower and said, “We young people are like this fragrant (芳香的) flower, so healthy, vigorous, and full of spirit. What about you oldsters? Just like the _____ leaves from a dying tree.”
Hearing this, the father smiled but said _____ . They continued the walking in silence. When they passed a(n) ______, the father stopped and went in. He bought a walnut (核桃) and showed it to his son, and said, “We old are like this walnut.
We’ve _____ many hard events in life. So we built up such a ______ shell, and at the same time we built up a _____ inner world. Every fruit is so full-grown.”
“But every fruit was born by a ____ .” argued the son.
“Yes, but not every flower can bear fruit…”
From then on, I always keep this______ in mind. It has taught me a lot. We should try to be a flower that can bear fruit. we also have to know that our ____ aren’t falling leaves but experienced walnuts, masterpiece of _____. They are the ones we should appreciate forever.
【1】A. proud B. clever C. rude D. genuine
【2】A. blame B. respect C. ignore D. believe
【3】A. spirits B. thoughts C. methods D. strengths
【4】A. gradually B. suddenly C. slowly D. completely
【5】A. provide B. supply C. offer D. share
【6】A. look up to B. live up to C. look down on D. get down to
【7】A. careless B. useless C. fruitful D. successful
【8】A. bushes B. woods C. yard D. court
【9】A. garden B. mountain C. school D. factory
【10】A. pointed B. referred C. attended D. turned
【11】A. growing B. grown C. falling D. fallen
【12】A. something B. everything C. nothing D. anything
【13】A. grocery B. office C. street D. river
【14】A. protected B. experienced C. promoted D. contributed
【15】A. tender B. colorful C. big D. hard
【16】A. merciful B. mature C. simple D. complex
【17】A. branch B. plant C. leaf D. flower
【18】A. experience B. walnut C. fruit D. story
【19】A. parents B. teachers C. friends D. relatives
【20】A. spirit B. material C. nature D. society
34、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.
35、
Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?
Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.
This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.
So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?
With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.
Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.
36、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.
Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.
All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.
Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.
While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.
Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
37、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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
38、假定你是李华，上个星期你去一家动物园游玩，发现有些游客偷偷触摸大熊猫甚至有些游客给大熊猫投食。请你就此给该动物园的负责人Mr. Charles写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 自我介绍；
2. 反映情况；
3. 希望园方加强监管，阻制伤害动物的行为。
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：大熊猫giant pandas，细菌bacteria
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39、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。
About ten years ago, my wife and I took a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. I didn't like to carry all my keys in my pocket during a hike, so I took away the key to the car and left the rest in the car. When we came back, I put the key somewhere in the car without reattaching it to the key ring. Then we made a fire, cooked some food, and went to sleep in the back of the SUV.
The next morning, we were cleaning up our campsite when I saw a bird inside my car. I walked over, and it flew away. When we got in the car to go home, I couldn't find the key. We searched and searched even emptying out the car completely, but it was gone.
Then it hit me that the bird must have taken it. After all, those birds are known for stealing shiny things and decorating their nests with them. Keys are shiny. The bird was the thief! It made perfect sense to me. So I decided to find its nest.
But there is a problem: As everyone knows, the Grand Canyon is a little large in area, so I didn't like my chances of actually finding a certain nest belonging to a certain bird in a certain tree in all that space. But what other choice did I have?
My wife was not encouraging me. She said, “Are you crazy? You'll never find it! The Grand Canyon is the biggest hole on Earth!” I didn't answer and walked steadily forward until her laughter died away.
I struggled to keep hope as I searched dozens of trees and tracked every singing bird. It was like searching a needle in the sea. But, oh, how great my victory would be when I held the missing key from the bird's nest.
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。
Paragraph l:
After two hours of searching, I finally gave up and returned to the car.
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Paragraph2:
The next day, we stopped at a service centre for lunch.
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40、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Super Size Me
Fast food, otherwise known as junk food, is a huge passion for a large number of people across the Western world. But what would happen if you ate lots of junk food, every day? Would it seriously damage your health? These were the questions which led Morgan Spurlock, an independent film-maker, to do an experiment, which he made into a documentary film entitled Super Size Mc.
The main basis of his experiment was that Spurlock promised to cat three McDonald’s meals a day, every day, for a month. He could only eat food from McDonald’s and every time an employee asked if he would like to “super size” the meal, he had to agree. “Super sizing” refers in to fact that with this type of meal you get a considerable larger portion of everything.
Spurlock knew that by eating three McDonald’s meals a day, he would consume a lot of fat and great deal of salt and sugar in each meal - much more than he needed. Although Spurlock knew he would put on a bit of weight, and that this diet was unhealthy, he wasn’t quite prepared for just how unhealthy it turned out to be. The changes in this body were horrifying in the first week, he put on 4.5 kilos and by the end of the thirty days he had gained nearly 14 kilos, bringing his total weight to a massive 98kg.
Spurlock says “I’d love people to walk out of the movie and say, ‘Next time I’m not going to “super size”. Maybe I’m not going have any junk food at all. I’m going to sit down and eat dinner with my kids, with the TV off, so that we can eat healthy food, talk about what we’re eating and have a relationship with each other.” Food for though indeed.
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41、假设你是李华，你班同学打算本周日骑行去游览长城。请你写一封电子邮件邀请你们的外教布鲁斯(Bruce)一同前往。要点包括：
1. 出发时间及地点；
2. 出行方式及需要携带的物品；
3. 希望得到回复。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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