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1、I worked on the program, and surprisingly found they had ________ the most challenging part, which became less of a burden.
A. set out B. laid out
C. put out D. cut out
2、My parents will not__________ my birthday party if I don’t do well in my next test.
A.agree with B.allow for C.approve of D.object to
3、— Would you like to give me some advice on what I talked about just now?
— Sorry. I _____ of something else.
A.am thinking B.has thought C.was thinking D.had thought
4、The Louvre Pyramid in Paris is___________ a Chinese-American architect considered as the greatest challenge and greatest accomplishment”.
A.which B.whether C.that D.what
5、Everyone faces challenges in life. It’s a matter of __________ you learn to overcome them and use them to your advantage.
A.that B.what C.which D.how
6、 I want to tell you is the deep love and respect I have for my parents.
A．That
B．Which
C．Whether
D．What
7、The man could not go to work with his car _____.
A.to steal B.stolen C.stealing D.stole
8、Out _____, with a stick in his hand.
A.did he rush B.rushed he
C.he rushed D.he did rush
9、 It has been revealed that some government leaders ________ their authority and position to get illegal profits for themselves.
A．employ
B．take
C．abuse
D．Overlook
10、A woman had a ________ escape yesterday when her car left the road.
A. necessary B. narrow
C. nervous D. neat
11、The success of a government should be ________ in terms of the health and happiness of the people as well as the development of economy.
A.observed B.established C.benefited D.measured
12、Compared with those brought up in harmonious families, children repeatedly exposed to violence are more likely to be ________ when they grow up.
A. available B. aggressive C. admirable D. attractive
13、_______is known to us all is that Johnson broke his promise ______ he would come to help me as soon as possible.
A．It; that
B．What; that
C．As; which
D．What; which
14、After the crisis, the President said it would be essential to ____ the financial system.
A. reform B. inform
C. perform D. conform
15、The people trapped in the ruins ____________ that rescue teams ____________ here without delay.
A.desire; are sent B.desiring; were sent
C.desire; be sent D.desiring; be sent
16、The Amish, who live a simple farming life, ________ cars because they like having tight communities where everyone lives close together.
A.construct B.convey C.reserve D.reject
17、To tell the truth, I would rather I _____ the pain instead of you. You don’t know how worried I was.
A．took
B．had taken
C．take
D．should have taken
18、—Do you agree to my plan of climbing a mountain this weekend?
—______! It’s one of my favourite sports.
A．Crazy idea
B．Absolutely
C．Goodness
D．No way
19、_____ the yard, I found it _____ with lots of _____ leaves.
A. Entering; covering; fallen
B. Having entered; covered; falling
C. Entering; covering; falling
D. Entering; covered; fallen
20、This hill is ________ that small one.
A．four times high than
B．four time the height of
C．four times higher than
D．four times as higher as
21、“What do you think of the book?” “Oh, excellent, it’s worth ______ a second time.”
A．to read
B．to be read
C．being read
D．reading
22、Some people are skeptical about the internet, ________ that surfing the Internet is a waste of time.
A.claimed B.claiming C.to claim D.having claimed
23、—Do you think attending training courses is a great help when you look for a new job?
—Well, it all depends. Besides, it gives me ________ a chance to try.
A. more than B. more of
C. less than D. more or less
24、Many scientists believe that there are other universes ___________ our own, but the ordinary people are not aware of it.
A.in parallel with B.in agreement with C.in harmony with D.in contradiction with
25、____________ China has made advances in 5G technology, there is still a long way to go for its popularity.
A．If
B．Because
C．Since
D．While
26、Reasons you should make time for the sunset
Here's why you should consider making time to watch the sunset.
1. It can slow down time.
Seriously. By witnessing the beauty of the sunset, you can slow down your perception (感知)of time. 【1】 Amazingly, by taking the time to look at the vast sky, we're actually empowering ourselves to regain control of the clock.
2. It can provide energy for you.
Even if you have to go back to the office after you watch that last sliver disappear below the skyline, taking a few minutes out of your day to experience some of the golden hour will be worth it. 【2】Often when we feel exhausted we reach for a cup of coffee, but research suggests a better way to get energized (给予能量)is to connect with nature.
3. It will force you to put your phone down.
When we regard the experience of sunsets as special occasions, we feel the urge to document and save them——as if keeping photos of their beauty will help us remember that wonder ful feeling. 【3】.
4. It will inspire you.
There's a reason sunsets are a timeless and constant inspiration to poets, writers and romantics.
5. 【4】.
All of us are drawn to sunsets, but people in a few special places really regard the sunset as a daily opportunity to give thanks；【5】, Crowds gather to cheer and applaud it, reinforcing (加强)the idea that we should celebrate and be thankful for each day.
A. Nature is fuel for the soul.
B. It will help you appreciate life's gifts.
C. Do you draw inspiration from the sunset?
D. It will allow you to exercise in a healthy way.
E. Do you feel like there aren't enough hours in the day?
F. But if you experience the sunset more regularly, you'll no longer see it through a screen.
G. In places like Santorini, Greece, and Maui, Hawaii, the sunset is regarded as a nightly celebration.
27、 With the explosion of consumer choices in recent history,the latest must-haves would surely need to be upgraded more often than every 10 years.In 2002 a computer and basic mobile phone would have been enough for most people,but now?The public need a trendy notebook computer and a smart phone with WiFi connection to feel they are up-to-date.So when will we have enough things?When will we finally be happy?Well,it looks like the things we buy today will barely keep us satisfied for a few months.
In the eyes of some psychologists,far from making us happy,greater consumer choice creates many serious psychological problems.A fundamental principle of the society is that more freedom is better and more choice in the marketplace means more freedom.Therefore more choice leads to more happiness.This is not the case,however.
Imagine you go to a cafe offering chocolate and vanilla ice cream.You choose the chocolate and eat it happily.But what if the cafe serves 50 kinds of ice cream?You choose chocolate and then start to worry,"maybe blueberry would have been better,and perhaps the half-fat ice cream would have been healthier.Stupid me,all these choices and I didn't make the best one!"
In China's major cities we have now passed the point where more consumer choice is making us happier.We are annoyed by all the options we have,disappointed because our expectations are so high and angered at ourselves when we don't make a perfect choice every time.
A newspaper reporter tells a story about traveling on a plane with high-speed Internet access.He thought this was amazing--the newest piece of technology he had heard of.Then the service went down.The man next to him was angry and swore.The reporter thought,"How quickly the world owes him something he knew existed only 10 seconds ago!"
【1】What may some psychologists think of the consumer demand in the cafe?
A.Variety leads to unhappiness. B.More choice means more freedom.
C.The consumer has mental problems. D.The shop provides too many choices.
【2】Why was the man next to the reporter quite annoyed?
A.Someone owed him money. B.The net connection was interrupted.
C.The air hostess offered poor service. D.The pleasure lasted only 10seconds.
【3】What does the underlined word"swore"in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.Fell asleep. B.Made promises.
C.Said rude words. D.Became amazed.
【4】What is the text mainly talking about?
A.Hi-tech and consumer needs.
B.Computers and smart phones.
C.Wireless products and WiFi connection.
D.Diverse choices and consumer satisfaction.
28、In colleges around the country, most students are also workers.
The reality of college can be pretty different from the images presented in movies and television. Instead of the students who wake up late, party all the time, and study only before exams, many colleges are full of students with pressing schedules of not just classes and activities, but real jobs, too.
This isn't a temporary phenomenon. The share of working students has been on the rise since the 1970s, and one-fifth of students work year round. About one-quarter of those who work while attending school have both a full-course load and a full-time job. The arrangement can help pay for tuition （学费） and living costs, obviously. And there's value in it beyond the direct cause: such jobs can also be vital for developing important professional and social skills that make it easier to land a job after graduation. With many employers looking for students with already-developed skill sets, on-the-job training while in college can be the best way to ensure a job later on.
But it's not all upside. Even full-time work may not completely cover the cost of tuition and living expenses. The study notes that if a student worked a full-time job at the minimum wage, they would earn just over $15,000 each year, certainly not enough to pay for tuition, room, and meals at many colleges without some serious financial aid. That means that though they're sacrificing （牺牲） time away from the classroom, many working students will still graduate with at least some debt. And working full time can reduce the chance that students will graduate at all, by cutting into the time available for studying and attending classes.
There is little reward for attending but not finishing college. Students who end up leaving school because of difficulty in managing work and class are likely to find themselves stuck in some of the same jobs they might have gotten if they hadn't gone to college at all. The difficulty of working too much while in school can create a cycle that pushes students further into debt without receiving any of the financial or career benefits.
【1】It can be learned from the passage that today's college students actually _______.
A．attend a number of parties
B．work while attending school
C．stay up late all the time
D．care little about exams
【2】Which of the following factors indirectly causes more students to work?
A．The chance of finding a job after graduation.
B．The shortage of holiday jobs for college students.
C．The need of improving social skills.
D．The high tuition and living expenses.
【3】According to the passage, we know that _______.
A．working students are more likely to graduate from college
B．the pay from working can cover students' college costs
C．working too much while in college may not benefit a student's career
D．students can receive a reward for managing work and class well
【4】What is the best title for the passage?
A．An Introduction of Working College Students
B．The Advantages of Working While Studying
C．The Struggle to Balance Work and School
D．The Difficulties of Landing a Job
29、We can achieve knowledge either actively or passively（被动地）. We achieve it actively by direct experience, by testing and proving an idea, or by reasoning．
We achieve knowledge passively by being told by someone else．Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive. Conditioned as we are to passive learning, it’s not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication with friends and co-workers．
Unfortunately, passive learning has a serious problem．It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay and rumor（谣言）．
Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesn’t show it to anyone．Then the person whispers it, word for word, to another person．That person, in turn, whispers it to still another, and so on, through all the people playing the game．The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it．Then the two written statements are compared．Typically, the original message has changed．
That’s what happens in daily life．The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story．Then, too, most people listen imperfectly．And many enjoy adding their own creative touch to a story, trying to improve on it, stamping（打上标记）it with their own personal style．Yet those who hear it think they know．
This process is also found among scholars and authors: A statement of opinion by one writer may be restated as a fact by another, who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue, unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original writer based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts．
【1】According to the passage, passive learning may occur in _______．
A．doing a medical experiment
B．solving a math problem
C．visiting an exhibition
D．doing scientific reasoning
【2】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to _____．
A．active learning
B．knowledge
C．communication
D．passive learning
【3】The author mentions the game Rumor to show that _____．
A．a message may be changed when being passed on
B．a message should be delivered in different ways
C．people may have problems with their sense of hearing
D．people tend not to believe in what they know as rumor
【4】What can we infer from the passage?
A．Active learning is less important．
B．Passive learning may not be reliable．
C．Active learning occurs more frequently．
D．Passive learning is not found among scholars．
30、 Surrell was the last person who should have run into a burning building — he has lung disease. But that didn’t _______him.
At first, Michael Surrell didn’t see the black smoke _______from the windows of his neighbors’ home. He was parking the car when his daughter in his car shouted, “The house next to our home is on fire!” He _______and saw some thick smoke above them. He went to find out. That’s when he saw two _______crying on their porch (走廊).
“The _______is in there!” one of the women cried. Entering the _______house, he found thick smoke made it impossible to _______. The conditions would have been _______for anyone, but for Surrell with disease, they were life-threatening.
After a few minutes in the smoke-filled house, he _______outside to catch his breath. “Where is Tiara?” he asked ________. “The second floor,” her aunt shouted back.
Surrell ________he couldn’t hold his breath for long. So he took a ________breath, and went in a second time.
Finally, he ________something, a shoe, then a(n) ________and part of her body above the waist. He ________Tiara toward him. However, she wasn’t breathing. He ________the little girl and fought through the smoke and ran to the ________. At the front door, Surrell put Tiara down and then started CPR (心肺复苏术). Soon a cough came from Tiara’s ________. Surrell gave five more breaths. She opened her ________and took a breath on her own. Their eyes met. Surrell hugged her ________and said, “Uncle’s got you.” Soon after, his throat closed off.
【1】A.hit B.stop C.kill D.leave
【2】A.shooting B.gathering C.disappearing D.decorating
【3】A.looked down B.looked back C.looked around D.looked up
【4】A.children B.cooks C.women D.passengers
【5】A.pet B.parent C.girl D.money
【6】A.burning B.expensive C.comfortable D.safe
【7】A.sleep B.breathe C.study D.work
【8】A.normal B.calm C.lucky D.dangerous
【9】A.looked B.returned C.relaxed D.wandered
【10】A.coldly B.gratefully C.embarrassedly D.anxiously
【11】A.explained B.proved C.knew D.heard
【12】A.deep B.constant C.shallow D.painful
【13】A.bought B.touched C.borrowed D.missed
【14】A.arm B.ear C.ankle D.mouth
【15】A.pulled B.drove C.waved D.pushed
【16】A.caught up with B.picked up C.left behind D.made way for
【17】A.bathroom B.bedroom C.door D.kitchen
【18】A.neighbor B.classmate C.friend D.throat
【19】A.eyes B.heart C.fingers D.window
【20】A.nervously B.tightly C.curiously D.thankfully
31、 The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn’t mind if you call her a girl. That’s because Markita Andrews has ______ more than $80,000 by selling cookies since she was seven years old. Going door to door after school, the painfully shy Markita___ herself into a cookie-selling expert.
It___ with desire. Burning, white-hot desire.
Markita and her widowed mother___ a dream of traveling the globe. Once, Markita read a magazine article, saying that the child who sold the most cookies would win an all-expenses-paid trip for two around the world. She decided to have a ______ at it.
To realize her dream, Markita went door to door every day after school, and repeated, “Hi, I have a dream. I’m ________ a trip around the world for my mom and me by selling cookies.” Then she asked, “Would you like to___ in my dream by buying some cookies?” Whether they bought or not, she always___ a smile.
Her hard work finally_________. She sold 42,000 boxes of cookies that year and she won her trip around the world.
Markita is not __________ than thousands of other people. The key to her _______ is that she has found the secret of selling: Ask, Ask, Ask! Many people fail _______ they even begin because of their fear of____.
It takes courage to ask for what you want. Courage is not the ________ of fear. It’s doing what it takes despite one’s fear. And, as Markita has discovered, the more you ask, the _____ it gets.
【1】A.spent B.generated C.withdrew D.received
【2】A.threw B.brought C.transformed D.persuaded
【3】A.starts B.mixes C.corresponds D.deals
【4】A.created B.realized C.remembered D.shared
【5】A.push B.go C.look D.blow
【6】A.enjoying B.organizing C.booking D.earning
【7】A.drop B.cut C.invest D.live
【8】A.forced B.wore C.pretended D.produced
【9】A.paid back B.turned up C.paid off D.turned around
【10】A.smarter B.richer C.higher D.prettier
【11】A.success B.discovery C.delivery D.progress
【12】A.after B.until C.once D.before
【13】A.interaction B.rejection C.competition D.discrimination
【14】A.cause B.experience C.presence D.absence
【15】A.easier B.more C.faster D.harder
32、Simon Wheatcroft is about to run from Boston to New York. He intends to ________ a distance of about 240 miles in nine days and once he gets to New York he’s going to run a marathon. ________ other runners, Wheatcroft is blind. He suffers from retinitis pigmentosa (色素性视网膜炎), a genetic condition which made him lose ________ gradually.
In spite of his ________ , he decided to take up running to get into shape. At first, Wheatcroft ________ around a local football field, but quite quickly he grew ________ of it. He decided to take his running out on to the paths and after a few months he mastered a ________ . With the help of the ________ prompts (提示) on his phone’s Runkeeper app, he could ________ where there was a turn.
After just six months of running he had a greater ________— а 100-mile marathon. “Why not ________ yourself to do something you can achieve? So I thought I would push it,” he said.
The first ________ was absolutely brutal (残忍的). He’d only been training for six months, during which period he was doing most of his training at a ________ airport. But this race was in the rough Cotswolds (科茨沃尔德丘陵). “The race was 100 miles long and to be honest, I ________ it. The hill made it very difficult. I ended up ________ at 83 miles,” he added.
But this time with better preparations, he feels more ________ . In fact, Wheatcroft is more interested in the ________ aspect of the event than the final result. Time doesn’t ________ to me. You always have more ________ at the back where people are talking and you can stop and get sweets from people and things! I want to be able to talk to people and enjoy it.
Wheatcroft hopes that other blind people will be ________ to take up running as a result of his adventures.
【1】
A．measure
B．cover
C．fly
D．sail
【2】
A．Beyond
B．Besides
C．Despite
D．Unlike
【3】
A．color
B．sight
C．patience
D．heart
【4】
A．condition
B．ability
C．performance
D．effort
【5】
A．skated
B．walked
C．jogged
D．shouted
【6】
A．scared
B．bored
C．confused
D．excited
【7】
A．skill
B．language
C．game
D．route
【8】
A．voice
B．sign
C．symbol
D．picture
【9】
A．carry out
B．figure out
C．rule out
D．give out
【10】
A．job
B．mind
C．chance
D．idea
【11】
A．reward
B．challenge
C．allow
D．force
【12】
A．race
B．trip
C．flight
D．lesson
【13】
A．busy
B．quiet
C．noisy
D．flat
【14】
A．ignored
B．undervalued
C．conquered
D．missed
【15】
A．working out
B．going out
C．dropping out
D．checking out
【16】
A．confident
B．enjoyable
C．outgoing
D．comfortable
【17】
A．natural
B．artistic
C．social
D．physical
【18】
A．work
B．count
C．stop
D．function
【19】
A．advice
B．time
C．information
D．fun
【20】
A．touched
B．annoyed
C．inspired
D．interested
33、 My mom and dad have been married for 50 years. They have managed their marriage quite_________. Yet when I chose to get _________, I didn’t ask them for any tips or _________ on what to expect about married life. This is due to my strong-willed nature and, I was _________ that I had picked a great guy. What could go_________?
Well, something did go wrong. The two of us, my husband and I, got a _________. I thought any advice my father would have to offer me about my future relationships would be _______, until he texted me one day to ask how I was doing. I was feeling _______ that particular day. It’s hard as a headstrong, outgoing, and loud woman to find a man that can _______ my intelligence, strength, humor, and noisiness, obviously. My ex-husband ________ my writing and didn’t like my sense of humor, which was hard to ________ considering I am a writer. He didn’t like that I was __________ in public sometimes, either, even when I didn’t mean to be.
“Dad,” I texted. “I’m feeling down. I just wonder if I will ever meet someone who will ________ me as I am. Maybe there is no one. All men seem to want nice little ________ women.”
“No one is ________. Everyone comes with problems. Marriage is about accepting someone despite the person’s __________ and loving them just as he or she comes.” he responded.
Toward the end of our marriage, I was ________ in “negative thought”. I had always been thinking ________ of him. Maybe, so it was with my ex-husband. I realized what was wrong with our ________ and what I should do in my future ________. A few words from my father changed my life.
【1】A.poorly B.naturally C.wisely D.badly
【2】A.married B.separated C.deserted D.settled
【3】A.questions B.help C.promises D.advice
【4】A.hopeful B.confident C.disappointed D.confused
【5】A.wrong B.wild C.deep D.easy
【6】A.chance B.decision C.reward D.divorce
【7】A.useful B.practical C.useless D.helpful
【8】A.proud B.sad C.afraid D.nervous
【9】A.appreciate B.challenge C.follow D.test
【10】A.praised B.understood C.hated D.influenced
【11】A.refuse B.use C.speak D.swallow
【12】A.drunk B.loud C.friendly D.fashionable
【13】A.accept B.forgive C.hire D.remember
【14】A.young B.rich C.quiet D.pretty
【15】A.responsible B.available C.sure D.perfect
【16】A.efforts B.shortcomings C.differences D.changes
【17】A.stuck B.lacking C.creative D.educated
【18】A.highly B.seriously C.badly D.carefully
【19】A.friendship B.marriage C.cooperation D.career
【20】A.career B.projects C.business D.relationships
34、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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
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: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
My daughter
(A story told by a father, a famous actor)
My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.
I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.
We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.
I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.
We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.
I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.
We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.
37、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”.
38、随着人们环保意识的提高，越来越多的人选择低碳生活（low-carbon lifestyle）。假设你是校英语协会主席李华，请写一篇英语倡议书，从出行、购物、用水、用电四个方面倡议同学们选择低碳生活。
注意：
1．词数；l20左右；
2．开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数：
3．参考词汇：排放emission
Dear fellow students,
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Dear fellow students, let's take action right now!
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150左右。
Desiree, a 4-year-old girl, was sobbing quietly over her father, Ken, who had died nine months earlier. She was hugging a photograph of her father with her fingers running around his face. “Daddy”, she said softly, “Why won't you come back?”
Instead of gradually adjusting to her father's death, Desiree refused to accept it “Daddy will be home soon,” she'd tell her mother. “He's at work.” When she played with her toy telephone, she pretended she was chatting with her father “I miss you, Daddy,” she'd say. “When will you come back?” Desiree's situation made her mother worried.
Days later, it was Ken's birthday. “How will I send him a card?” Desiree asked her mother “How about if we tie a litter to a balloon.” her mother said, “and send it up to heaven?” Desiree's eyes immediately lit up.
Her mother took her to a store and Desiree picked out a balloon with HAPPY BIRTHDAY above a drawing of The Little Mermaid (美人鱼). Desire and her father had often watched it.
The child's eyes shone as they were on the way to Ken's grave. Then Desiree dictated (口述) a letter to her Dad. “Daddy, Happy birthday, I love you and miss you,” she rattled off (快速说). “I hope you get this and can write to me on my birthday in January.”
Her mother wrote the message and their address on a small piece of paper, which was then wrapped in plastic and tied to the end of the string on the balloon. Finally, Desiree let fly the balloon. For almost an hour, they watched the shining spot of silver grow smaller and smaller till disappear. “Now Dad's going to write back to me,” Desiree said confidently.
Every day since they'd flew the balloon, Desiree had asked her mother, “Do you think Daddy has my balloon yet?” Several weeks passed, and she stopped asking.
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One day, 3,000 miles away, Wade was on a duck hunt when suddenly something in the bush caught his eyes. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Desire's fifth birthday came and later on the afternoon, a package arrived.
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40、假如你是李华，你的朋友 Linda刚通过了英语风采大赛（talent show）的初赛，即将参加决赛。她来信请你提供建议，请你写一封回信，内容如下：
1. 表示祝贺
2. 提供建议（至少两条）
3. 鼓励
注意：1. 大约100个单词
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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41、假设你是李华，是我校一名高二学生。 最近你收到来自友好学校的Tom的邀请，请你下周去他们学校参加文化交流活动并介绍中国的传统绘画。但是你和其他高二学生一样在忙于准备期末考试，不得不谢绝他的邀请。请根据下面的要点给Tom写一封回信。要点：
1.谢绝Tom的邀请；
2.说明你的理由；
3.推荐你的朋友Mary参加，并说明原因。
注意：
1.词数为100左右；
2.适当增加细节使行文连贯；
3.信的开头和结尾已为你写好（不计入总词数）
Dear Tom,
Thank you very much for your invitation.
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Yours sicerely,
LiHua
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