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1、_______ with the severe situation, the expert suggested the market referred to at once.
A.Facing; be shut down B.Faced; being shut down
C.To Face; being shut down D.Faced; be shut down
2、There were lots of places of interest _______ in our city.
A．needs repairing
B．needing repaired
C．needed repairing
D．needing to be repaired
3、Your parents seem very much opposed ________ abroad. What will you do about it?
A.your going B.you to go C.to your going D.your to go
4、Some false ads are taking the countryside women as their targets, because they are easy to ________.
A．take on
B．take in
C．take down
D．take over
5、Smiling doesn’t ________ mean you’re happy. Sometimes, it just means that you’re strong enough to face problems.
A.fortunately B.eventually C.deliberately D.necessarily
6、There is no greater love than________ who lays his life for his friends.
A.that of a man B.a man
C.that of a man’s D.a man’s
7、It was almost five years later _______ he brought back some happy memories.
A.since B.when C.that D.before
8、______ it is to have a cool drink after an ______ game.
A. How fun; exhausting B. What fun; exhausted
C. What fun; exhausting D. How fun; exhausted
9、The house rent is high. I’ve got about half the space I had at home and I’m paying_______ here.
A.as three times much B.as much three times
C.much as three times D.three times as much
10、We've got a couple of participants in the team. The problem is can complete this challenging task.
A．which
B．what
C．who
D．that
11、Successful people always make _____ preparations for any potential setbacks.
A. final B. urgent
C. abrupt D. adequate
12、The defense lawyer was questioning the old man who was one of the _______ of the murder committed last month.
A.witnesses B.audiences C.viewers D.observers
13、_______climber gets to the top first will get a ￥5,000 prize.
A.No matter when B.Whichever C.No matter which D.Whenever
14、The boy broke all the glasses on purpose; he certainly deserved________.
A. to punish B. being punished
C. to be punished D. punish
15、 I want to tell you is the deep love and respect I have for my parents.
A．That
B．Which
C．Whether
D．What
16、Reading aloud in the morning is _______ to learning a foreign language.
A.benefit B.used C.beneficial D.habit
17、_____got into the room_____ the telephone rang.
A. He hardly; then B. Hardly had he; when
C. He had not; than D. Not had he; when
18、The prize winner described to the class ________ he had managed to achieve excellence in his study.
A．what
B．how
C．which
D．whether
19、_____ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.
A. Which B. When C. What D. As
20、Researching findings show we spend about two hours dreaming every night, no matter what we ________ during the day.
A．would have done
B．should have done
C．may have done
D．must have done
21、If Helen says she will complete the job on time you can always ________ her to deliver the goods.
A.go on B.rely on C.look on D.put on
22、Honesty is the best policy. If your account doesn’t _________ what the security cameras recorded, you’ll get punished.
A.subscribe to B.attend to C.correspond to D.relate to
23、It is reported that many a new house ________ at present in the disaster area.
A．are being built
B．were being built
C．was being built
D．is being built
24、The hot, damp weather didn’t ________ him.
A. be suitable B. fit for
C. agree with D. fit in
25、The exhibition tells us _____we should do something to stop air pollution.
A．where
B．why
C．what
D．which
26、How to Active Brain Cells
Scientists used to think that your brain stopped growing new cells once you reached adulthood. Happily, current research shows that it isn’t true! As you get older, you can continue to grow new brain cells.
Get regular aerobic (有氧的) exercise.
Research shows that regular aerobic exercise over a long period of time can better stimulate brain cell growth than other forms of exercise. Add aerobic activities, such as swimming, power walking, or jogging, into your regular routine.【1】
Do stress-relieving activities.
Activities that reduce stress and give you a sense of wellbeing can encourage the growth of new brain cells.【2】 You can do some yoga, read your favorite book, or listen to relaxing music.
【3】
Antioxidant-rich foods can prevent damage to your current brain cells and promote the growth of new, healthy cells. Omega 3 fatty acids may also help improve your brain health. Add plenty of brain-boosting foods into your diet, such as vegetable oils, nuts, green tea, blueberries and fatty fish.
Maintain an active social life.
【4】 It’s also good for your brain. Socializing helps keep your brain cells active, preventing some of the loss of brain function. If you can’t socialize in person, reach out to your friends over the phone or on social media.
Get plenty of good-quality life.
If you’re an adult, try to get 7 – 9 hours of sleep each night. If you’re a teen, aim for 8 – 10.
Your brain heals itself from the day’s stresses while you sleep.【5】You can improve your sleep by going to bed and waking up at the same time every day.
A．Spending time with friends isn’t just enjoyable.
B．Eat foods rich in antioxidants and omega 3 fatty acids.
C．Any kind of head injury may put you at risk for brain damage.
D．Try to do things that bring you pleasure and help you relax every day.
E．For example, you might aim for 30 minutes of jogging a day, 5 days a week.
F．Fortunately, there are treatments that can help you restore your brain’s health.
G．It also processes information you picked up during the day, helping you to learn and preserve new memories.
27、 When a fire broke out at Notre Dame Cathedral (巴黎圣母院) in April 2019, people across the globe watched in despair as smoke rose from one of the world's most famous buildings. 【1】Several museums, palaces and other cathedrals have been damaged or destroyed by fire. Without proper protection measures, fires will continue to destroy them.【2】
Recognize the challenge of protecting cultural buildings.
Often built decades or centuries ago, many cultural buildings are constructed with flammable (易燃的) materials and the articles within them are also composed of such materials. 【3】 Thus many modern fire protection measures are viewed as damage. The absence of these measures planted seeds of ruin.
Find out proper protection methods.
These buildings and their contents are very sensitive to smoke, humidity and dust. They require specialized methods that could cause little damage. Meanwhile, some stone structures, which trap heat and smoke, make it difficult for firefighters to get to the source of the flame.【4】One of them is fire compartmentation (防火分区). It uses fire wall barriers to help limit the spread of fire, which will protect the buildings from burning without damaging them.
【5】
Some countries have installed fire protection equipment but can't take action soon enough. Given this, the Brazilian government completed a project to adopt advanced electrical waning system and to inform firefighters of fires in no time, which would urge them to take immediate action to stop the fire spreading.
A.Take action quickly.
B.Improve the protection equipment
C.Sadly, it was not a specific example through the years.
D.Fortunately, firefighters came just in time to put out the fire.
E.So here are some suggestions to help save them from burning.
F.Besides, many buildings are under repairs and need to keep their original features.
G.However, some traditional strategies of fire protection for such buildings are effective.
28、 What do the random,scribbled(潦草的)drawings crowding the margins(页边空白)of most high school students’papers mean?When a student is caught doodling(乱画)in class,he will probably be criticized for daydreaming.But doodling while listening can help with remembering details,rather than implying that the mind is wandering,according to a study published in the scientific journal Applied Cognitive Psychology.
In an experiment conducted by the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge,40 subjects were asked to listen to a two-minute tape giving several names of people and places.Half of the participants were asked to shade in shapes on a piece of paper at the same time,without paying attention to neatness,while the rest were given no such instructions.After the tape had finished,all participants in the study were asked to recall the names of people and places.The doodlers recalled on average 7.5 names of people and places,compared to only 5.8 by the non—doodlers.
“If someone is doing a boring task,like listening to a dull telephone conversation,they may start to daydream.”said study researcher,Professor Jackie Andrade,of the School of Psychology,University of Plymouth.“Daydreaming distracts them from the task,resulting in poorer performance.A simple task,like doodling,may be enough to stop daydreaming without affecting performance on the main task.”
“In psychology,tests of memory or attention will often use a second task to selectively block a particular mental process.If that process is important for the main task,then performance will be weakened.But my research suggests that in everyday life doodling may be something we do because it helps to keep us on track with a boring,task,rather than being an unnecessary distraction(分心)that we should try to resist doing.”said Andrade.
Dan Ware,a social study teacher,used to consider doodling a distraction from learning,but after teaching kids with all personality types he learned scribbling away during lectures helps certain students remember more information.“In my first few years of teaching,I thought,‘Well,this kid isn’t paying attention.He’s daydreaming.’But I had some really powerful experiences with students and came to understand in many cases that was their way of focusing,and those students were probably paying more attention than other students.”Ware said.
【1】What do we know about the participants involved in the experiment?
A.Some were asked to note down the information neatly.
B.Some were asked to memorize the names they would hear.
C.Some were instructed to listen to the tape with full attention.
D.Some were instructed to make random drawings on paper.
【2】Which of the following will both Jackie Andrade and Dan Ware agree with?
A.Doodling helps some people focus.
B.Doodling makes a dull task interesting.
C.Students who doodle perform poorly.
D.Students who doodle lack concentration.
【3】What is the best title of the text?
A.Daydreaming Can Sharpen Study Skills
B.Doodling Can Help Memory Recall
C.A Wandering Mind Improves Productivity
D.Distractions Harm Academic Performance
29、 When Central Bucks South became one of the first Philadelphia-area high schools to close due to fear of novel coronavirus exposure in early March, 16-year-old sophomore Andrew knew that things were not going to return to normal as quickly as some of his peers hoped. But still, he disliked the uncomfortable feeling from seeing his friends on the swim team during daily practices to learning alone at home. “I only have three years here at South, and it pains me to see one of them being wasted,” he said.
The coronavirus has affected everyone’s life, especially for students. Schools closed and graduation ceremonies were canceled. Summer plans, like camps and internships (实习)are up in the air. And for recent college graduates, entering the job market in a time of unprecedented (空前的) unemployment rates is no easy task.
Josh Harycki, 17, a senior student at the Shipley School in Philadelphia, who created a “social distancing pledge” for young people. “I saw a lot of younger generations not paying attention, he said. “They were still going out, hanging out with people. I thought that there had to be a way to reach younger people, who were probably not watching the news.”
Harycki launched a call to action on social media and then built a website with a map that tracked the locations of people who’d signed the pledge. The site also shares links to accurate sources of information like the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “ Going from being around with friends for eight hours a day at school to being isolated at home all day wasn’t easy, said Harycki.
We’ve definitely had times when we feel kind of bored at home,” he said. “We are very social beings and we are used to having that school experience. “
Harycki knows that his peers are worried they can’t connect with their friends in the same way, so he created the social distancing pledge to stress that while everyone might be physically distant they are still connected. “Part of what we are highlighting is that you might feel like you are the only one taking this seriously, but our map shows that you’re not alone,” he said.
【1】What does “the uncomfortable feeling” in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A.Andrew missed his friends on the swim team.
B.Andrew would rather go swimming than study at home.
C.Andrew hoped he could learn with his friends on the swim team every day.
D.Andrew felt lonely because of long-term learning at home due to COVID-19.
【2】What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “up in the air” in Paragraph 2?
A.Certain position is replaced. B.Projects cannot be continued.
C.Plans are developed smoothly. D.Schools are closed for the moment.
【3】Which of the following statements about “social distancing pledge” is TRUE?
A.It can help young people to get together to watch news.
B.It can offer a site to share young people’s school experiences.
C.It can help reduce young students’ feeling of loneliness with mapping locations.
D.It can give young people an accurate map when they are going to hang out with friends.
【4】What’s the best title for this text?
A.Social Distancing Pledge for Young Students B.Young People Fight Against COVID-19
C.A Magical Map for Young Students D.Don’t Be Afraid of Loneliness
30、Be a Traveler, not a Tourist
Last summer，I had just enough money saved to buy a golden ticket—— a 3-month train pass that would take me to the furthest reaches of Europe. Excited for my journey， I ____all the necessities — _____the guidebook.
While the ____of the Internet was definitely a contributing factor to my_____，this was not the only reason I decided to fly ____.
To be honest，I find the guidebook _____a journey—like a bossy aunt who is always telling you what to do，_____she doesn't always know what's best._____has taught me that there is a clear _____between a tourist and a traveler.
While waiting in a queue to see Michelangelo's Statue of David in Florence，I met a man who showed me his _____of "Top 20 Things to do in Italy" and told us_____that he'd "seen" everything Italy has to _____in just four days.
The problem I had with this man's way of ____was that he was too _____the information provided by his guidebook. He was _____in the so-called "must-sees" and blind to all that was happening somewhere else.
So，guidebook-less as we were，I traveled to Estonia.Arriving for no good reason，I had no option but to______some friendly faces for advice. I _____myself and asked them what was happening around town. When this resulted in an _____to a beautiful Estonian home by a river where I enjoyed a 110-degree wood-stove sauna(桑拿)，_____picked forest-mushrooms and the good _____of my five new-found Estonian friends， I was most glad I had left our bossy aunt at home.
【1】A. loaded B. collected C. packed D. selected
【2】A. except B. with C. including D. besides
【3】A. competence B. convenience C. instance D. performance
【4】A. goal B. decision C. excuse D. mistake
【5】A. around B. away C. abroad D. alone
【6】A. limits B. influences C. confuses D. encourages
【7】A. in case B. as though C. even though D. if only
【8】A. Regulation B. Communication C. Intelligence D. Experience
【9】A. relationship B. connection C. similarity D. difference
【10】A. list B. book C. file D. summary
【11】A. loudly B. positively C. proudly D. happily
【12】A. recommend B. offer C. discover D. order
【13】A. traveling B. planning C. preparing D. moving
【14】A. cautious about B. amused by C. surprised at D. focused on
【15】A. involved B. interested C. lost D. engaged
【16】A. approach B. beg C. spot D. seize
【17】A. presented B. helped C. introduced D. forced
【18】A. application B. immigration C. entrance D. invitation
【19】A. nervously B. rarely C. secretly D. locally
【20】A. quality B. company C. occupation D. advice
31、Since the first Women of the Future Awards in 2013, many young entrepreneurs (企业家), social change-makers and leaders _______ our judges. And they have gone on to achieve world-class success.
From shaking whole industries — _______ the male-dominated world of technology-to making real contribution in the day-to-day lives of _______ children, the Women of the Future alumni (校友) are a group of Australians that make us _______.
Annabelle Chauncy OAM, now 34, who _______ the People’s Choice Prize in 2014, has gone on to make real changes on a grand scale in Uganda with her _______ organization, School for Life. One of the first students to _______ it was a girl named Sissy.
“I remember having a(n) _______ with Sissy’s mum,” Annabelle says. “She said, ‘I just want her to have a primary school education and then I’m okay with her going off and getting _______ to a better man because she’ll have ________ literacy skills.’”
Now Sissy is doing her Year 9 in high school and is learning with ________.
“The change in the girl is ________, who started in primary school and was not able to look you in the eye because she was so ________ and afraid,” Annabelle says.
In its first year, School for Life had 80 students. It now educates 1,025 young people and provides other ________, such as vocational training and counselling services.
Reflecting on Annabelle’s work, it’s easy to fall under the ________ that everything she achieved was a fact accomplishment. But like so many of The Weekly’s Women of the Future alumni, Annabelle was ________ a young student fighting to be taken seriously and to prove that one person can ________.
“At the age of 21, knocking on doors and asking for people to ________ a school in Uganda, while I had half a law degree, was ________,” she says. “There were quite a lot of people who ________ whether we’d be able to pull something like this off.” Finally, our efforts paid off.
【1】
A．greeted
B．persuaded
C．moved
D．impressed
【2】
A．extremely
B．temporarily
C．particularly
D．randomly
【3】
A．poor
B．brave
C．smart
D．polite
【4】
A．calm
B．proud
C．confused
D．thrilled
【5】
A．organized
B．passed
C．won
D．offered
【6】
A．nonprofit
B．costly
C．meaningless
D．wealthy
【7】
A．put up with
B．sign up for
C．make use of
D．get hold of
【8】
A．argument
B．conversation
C．cooperation
D．understanding
【9】
A．lost
B．back
C．used
D．married
【10】
A．basic
B．abundant
C．different
D．excellent
【11】
A．depression
B．burden
C．doubt
D．confidence
【12】
A．painful
B．incredible
C．imaginable
D．original
【13】
A．shy
B．popular
C．sunny
D．stubborn
【14】
A．funds
B．cures
C．income
D．support
【15】
A．habit
B．message
C．feeling
D．advice
【16】
A．once
B．frequently
C．occasionally
D．constantly
【17】
A．give in
B．come into effect
C．make a difference
D．break down
【18】
A．disturb
B．invest
C．praise
D．inspire
【19】
A．vital
B．adventurous
C．necessary
D．tough
【20】
A．permitted
B．advocated
C．questioned
D．commented
32、My parents operated a small restaurant in Seattle. It was open twenty-four hours a day, six days a week. And my first real job, when I was six years old, was _________ the diners’ shoes. My father had done it when he was young, so he taught me _________ to do it efficiently (有效地), telling me to _________ to re-shine the shoes if the customer wasn’t _________.
Working in the restaurant was a cause of great _________ because I was also working for the good of the family. But my father _________ that I had to meet certain _________ to be part of the team. I had to be punctual (守时的), hard-working, and polite to the _________.
I was _________ paid for the work I did at the restaurant. One day I made the mistake of advising Dad that he __________ give me $10 a week. He said, “OK. How about you paying me for three meals a day you have here? And __________ the times you bring in your friends for free soft drinks?” He __________ I owed him about $40 a week.
I remember returning to Seattle after being __________ in the US Army for about two years. I had just been promoted (升迁) to Captain at that time. And full of pride, I walked into my parents’ restaurant, but the __________ thing Dad said was, “How about your __________ up tonight?” I couldn’t __________ my ears! I am an officer in the Army! But it didn’t __________ as far as Dad was concerned. I was just __________ member of the team. I reached for the mop (拖把). Working for Dad has taught me the devotion to a __________ is above all. It has nothing to do with __________ that team is involved in a family restaurant or the US Army.
【1】
A．cleaning
B．shining
C．removing
D．keeping
【2】
A．why
B．what
C．when
D．how
【3】
A．offer
B．refuse
C．love
D．learn
【4】
A．interested
B．annoyed
C．relaxed
D．satisfied
【5】
A．fun
B．pride
C．trouble
D．effort
【6】
A．got it right
B．kept it a rule
C．made it clear
D．took it for granted
【7】
A．standards
B．needs
C．challenges
D．situations
【8】
A．family
B．workers
C．customers
D．friends
【9】
A．never
B．always
C．seldom
D．ever
【10】
A．must
B．should
C．might
D．could
【11】
A．at
B．before
C．around
D．for
【12】
A．worked out
B．found out
C．put out
D．thought out
【13】
A．alone
B．away
C．outside
D．off
【14】
A．usual
B．last
C．next
D．first
【15】
A．washing
B．taking
C．cleaning
D．moving
【16】
A．ignore
B．follow
C．believe
D．understand
【17】
A．happen
B．care
C．go
D．matter
【18】
A．no
B．other
C．some
D．another
【19】
A．team
B．family
C．leader
D．restaurant
【20】
A．why
B．whether
C．when
D．how
33、 It is widely believed that inner beauty is the most impressive in the world.
On the outskirts of a town in England lies a nice cottage with a large garden where there lives an old man. The old man is _______ pruning (修剪), watering or fertilizing his flowers all the time. The garden _______ bees and butterflies dance and colorful flowers blossom all year around is so well-tended that every passer-by cannot but stop for a _______ with admiration.
One day a young _______ went by the old man’s garden. He stopped and gazed at the splendid garden and the special cottage, totally _______ the admiration at the beauty of these sceneries, _______ how happy he could be _______ he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, all of a sudden he found the old gardener was _______.
Greatly shocked, the young painter _______ that old man, asking “why are you busy ________ these flowers every day which you can’t see?” The blind gardener gave a wide smile, explaining “First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I ________ like this job. Second, while I can’t see these flowers I can ________ them. Third, I can smell the sweetness of them. And ________ the last one, that’s you.”
“Me? But you don’t know me.” responded the young painter.
“Yeah. But I know flowers are angels which everyone knows and would never ________. I know a great many people who show ________ for life would stop by and the beauty of my garden will get them into a good ________. In the meantime, it also gives a ________ to me to have a word with you here and to enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”
The old man can’t see the beauty that he’s created. ________, every flower has eyes ________ which they can see the beauty and kindness of the old man’s heart and the sweetness of his soul.
The blind man grows flowers in his heart. Failing the sight of the beauty of blossoming, he surely can ________ the voice of it, I suppose.
【1】A. left B. kept C. seen D. made
【2】A. where B. which C. that D. what
【3】A. chat B. return C. discussion D. glance
【4】A. painter B. neighbor C. photographer D. traveler
【5】A. faced with B. lost in C. devoted to D. moved by
【6】A. thinking B. asking C. picturing D. saying
【7】A. when B. if C. as D. since
【8】A. particular B. special C. blind D. energetic
【9】A. approached B. reached C. watched D. prevented
【10】A. planting B. watering C. fertilizing D. tending
【11】A. easily B. really C. accidentally D. eventually
【12】A. get rid of B. give a touch to C. come up with D. have fun with
【13】A. without B. of C. for D. in
【14】A. pick them up B. turn them down C. let them down D. give them up
【15】A. enthusiasm B. calmness C. kindness D. caution
【16】A. mood B. condition C. place D. life
【17】A. way B. day C. chance D. hand
【18】A. Therefore B. Anyway C. However D. Besides
【19】A. for B. in C. from D. with
【20】A. change B. hear C. remind D. accept
34、阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
I have the【1】(great)job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes using【2】(science)equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never【3】(bore).Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don’t mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people【4】 one of the most powerful forces on earth—the volcano.
B
Water is a precious resource. Every person needs it【5】 (survive),and we use it for cooking, drinking, growing our food and washing. However，it is scarce(缺乏的).Just 1% of water on Earth can【6】 (use)by humans. What’s more，treating water to make it clean and safe and pumping it to our homes uses up lots of energy. So, what can you do to help save water? One easy way is by【7】(turn)off the tap when you brush your teeth.
C
Robbie Phillips has become the first British person to complete one of the toughest challenges in rock climbing. 【8】(know)as the Alpine Trilogy(阿尔卑斯三部曲),the challenge consists of three climbs on mountains in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, 【9】Phillips completed in four years. Until now, only four other people【10】(conquer)all three of the extremely difficult climbs.
35、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.
AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.
From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?
The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.
Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.
Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?
For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.
Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.
It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.
36、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.
F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.
Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.
It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.
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、假定你是国际班的班长李华，你打算邀请外教Bruce到你们班做一个西方文化知识讲座。现请你给他写一封邀请信。内容包括：
1.同学们对他的课以及西方文化非常感兴趣；
2.大家特别希望了解节日文化；
3.讲座时间：下周三下午4：00到5：00。
注意：1.词数80左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Bruce,
I’m Li Hua, monitor of the International Class.
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Yours,
Li Hua
39、假设你是李华，学校邀请著名书法家沈鹏到校举行书法讲座。请你给外教David写封邮件邀请他参加。
内容要点：1.讲座时间：5月15日（星期日）上午8:00---11:00；
2.讲座地点：艺术楼演讲大厅；
3.活动安排：听讲座，讨论及提问题，观摩名家即兴创作等；
注意：1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.calligraphy 书法；improvise即兴表演
Dear David,
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Yours,
Li Hua
40、假定你是李华，你的美国朋友 Peter在中国留学。他给你发来邮件，说国庆期间准备参加中央电视台组织的建国70周年系列庆祝活动之一“外国人唱中文歌 （Foreigners Singing Chinese Songs）”的比赛，希望你给些参考意见。请你回复邮件，内容包括：
1.推荐你认为合适的歌曲；
2.就演唱成功的关键提两条看法。
注意：1.词数100左右；2.可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Yours
Li Hua
41、假定你是李华，2020年4月，你的好友Peter听说新冠疫情（COVID﹣19 epidemic）在中国已得到有效控制，请你谈谈你所在的城市，如何有序地投入复工复产。
1. 复工的意义和重要性；
2. 复工的举措：扫健康码（scan a health QR code）、保持社交距离、作好个人防护等。
注意：1. 词数80左右；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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