1、Do you think climbing is _____ to our health?
A.beneficial B.invaluable C.advisable D.worthy
2、The guide told them not to eat the mushroom, ______ that there was a risk of food poisoning.
A. explained B. explaining C. to explain D. having explained
3、Due to the super typhoon Haiyan, all the flights were delayed or cancelled, so the conference had to be ________.
A. put up B. put through C. put off D. put down
4、More than one person________ involved (参与) in the case.
A.is B.are C.has D.have
5、The newly-elected president officially a plan to break through the trade barrier.
A.laid off B.laid down C.laid out D.laid aside
6、-With American tech companies cutting ties with China's Huaiwei, US___________ the global economic recovery now.
-I can’t agree more. I believe more damage is on the way.
A.is damaging B.has damaged C.damaged D.had damaged
7、After a long discussion, we finally ______ a plan that sounded practical.
A. came across B. came about
C. put up with D. came up with
8、China has got a good_________ for fighting against Covid-19 with its careful and smooth organizaton.
A.reputation B.influence C.impression D.knowledge
9、There was a round of applause as the horses ________ the last fence(障碍物).
A.jumped B.walked C.cleared D.surrounded
10、--Mary failed the driving test again.
-- Really? Can you_______ for that this time.
A.explain
B.account
C.describe
D.introduce
11、—You ___________ that.
— I’m sorry, but I simply _________ what I was told to.
A. needn’t have done, ought to do B. needn’t have done, had to do
C. shouldn’t do, ought to do D. shouldn’t have done, ought to do
12、He has decided to settle ____in France because he is fond of the romantic country.
A. temporary B. temporarily
C. permanent D. permanently
13、The usual response to the annual flu is not enough to fight against the risks we currently face, _____ prepare us for an even deadlier widespread flu that most expert agree will come in the future.
A.let alone B.let go C.leave alone D.take leave
14、The book is ________ help the English beginners.
A.impressed with B.intended to C.indicated to D.involved in
15、They didn't discover until they happened to enter the back room _________ someone had stolen the priceless painting.
A.that
B.what
C.which
D.when
16、Where is my pen?I ____it.
A.might lose B.would have lost
C.should have lost D.must have lost
17、We can't imagine what they're ________ under such horrible conditions.
A.going out
B.going down
C.going through
D.going up
18、Warmblooded animals have the ability to ________ body heat exactly to maintain their ideal temperature despite changing weather.
A.respond B.attach C.adjust D.expose
19、Experts say it's an invaluable social practice results in big benefits.
A.who B.that C.what D.whether
20、在平面直角坐标系中,点的坐标为
,点
在
轴上,直线
经过点
,并与
轴交于点
,直线
与
相交于点
;
(1)求直线的解析式;
(2)点是线段
上一点,过点
作
交
于点
,若四边形
为平行四边形,求
点坐标.
21、The hot, damp weather didn’t ________ him.
A. be suitable B. fit for
C. agree with D. fit in
22、_______ is known to us all that the old scientist, for _______ life was hard in the past, still works hard in his eighties.
A. As; whose B. It; who C. As; whom D. It; whom
23、—Do you know where Tony is?
—He _________ in the living room. I saw him there just now.
A.shall be
B.should have been
C.might have been
D.must be
24、Last Friday, I helped my father ____ chemicals on apple trees to kill insects.
A. attach B. apply
C. spray D. spread
25、During the Torch Festival, it is difficult to find a(n) __________ room in the hotels here.
A.empty B.vacant C.free D.deserted
26、 The freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florid, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets (at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best part—particularly to my taste, dulled by months or cold-weather root vegetables—was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.
The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7:00 am to l p.m, rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.
Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal—and at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.
Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where—luckily for me—I was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.
【1】What did the author think of her winter life in New York?
A.Exciting. B.Boring.
C.Relaxing. D.Annoying.
【2】What made the author’s getting up early worthwhile?
A.Having a swim. B.Breathing in fresh sir.
C.Walking in the morning sun. D.Visiting a local farmer’s market.
【3】What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?
A.They are soft. B.They look nice.
C.They taste great. D.They are juicy.
27、A school has punished more than 20 pupils after it considered their shiny black leather Kickers against its uniform regulation.
Within minutes of arriving at Outwood Academy in Acklam, Middlesbrough, on Friday, several pupils had been sent back home for wearing “incorrect" footwear(鞋子). The secondary school, which has 860 pupils, states that only plain black shoes are allowed and trainers, boots, pumps or canvas shoes are banned.
It decided to revise its policy as part of a drive to improve standards at the previously failing school and a letter was sent out reminding parents what it considered to be “correct” footwear last week. But parents have criticized the school, saying their children's shoes were plain black and from the store selling for school wear.
The letter, issued on Wednesday, read, “Students should be wearing black shoes that can be polished. Any other colors of shoes, trainers or boots of any description are not permitted.”
Maddie Hayes, 14, was among a number of students excluded on Friday, despite having worn the same brand of plain black shoe for the last three years. Her mother, Jackie Hayes a travel agent from Coulby Newham, said her daughter was one of more than 20 pupils either sent home or put in isolation (隔离) for wearing the wrong school uniform. “Attendance at the school is already a major issue yet they are sending kids home. Fair enough if the shoes were brightly colored or had high heels, but Maddie's are plain, basic, black shoes.”
But executive principal, Rob Tarn, said some of the shoes were boots, which is against the school's rules. He said. “We have always been clearly regarding our requirements with uniform and our school has high expectations of student behavior. Students whose footwear does not meet the requirements are asked if they wish to borrow a pair of shoes bought by the school until they can purchase a more appropriate pair for themselves, a request which we think to be reasonable.”
【1】Why were these students punished?
A.Their shoes were not from the store selling school wear.
B.They didn't wear plain black shoes.
C.They were wearing the “incorrect" uniform to school.
D.They were late for school that day.
【2】What was the purpose of the school by changing its regulations about uniform?
A.The school wanted to tell parents about the correct footwear.
B.The school intends to attract more students to attend the classes.
C.The school attempts to make more parents be satisfied with their work.
D.The school decided to improve the standards of the students.
【3】What does the underlined word exclude most probably mean in Paragraph 5?
A.Keep out.
B.Get out.
C.Put out.
D.Cut out.
【4】What can we infer from the passage?
A.Jackie Hayes worried about her daughter's attending her class.
B.Jackie Hayes felt happy that her daughter was wearing the right shoes.
C.Jackie Hayes thought it unfair to send her daughter home.
D.Jackie Hayes felt sorry for the punishment of the students.
【5】What should a student do if his shoes don't meet the school's requirements?
A.He should buy a more suitable pair for himself immediately.
B.He will be either put in isolation or sent home for breaking the rule.
C.He can wear a pair of shoes provided by the school for that day.
D.His parents will be reminded to buy a more appropriate pair for him.
28、The Human Library has been working to encourage a sense of shared humanity for almost two decades. It is quite different from traditional libraries. 【1】 You can review your perspective with the help of borrowed human books.
The Human Library is an association which attempts to create respect and understanding for the diversity in society through efforts. 【2】 In this place, people who otherwise would never meet nor talk can find room for conversation.
As its website details, the library hosts weekly events in local communities. The volunteer “human books” welcome members of the public to come and talk to them. 【3】
Ronni Abergel is the founder of the library. 【4】 As his idea has spread like a bestseller, the library has hosted events in more than 80 countries, in libraries, museums, festivals and schools. It has more than 1,000 human books in circulation in more than 50 languages, with an especially strong presence in American cities such as Chicago and San Francisco.
【5】 They have served as a timely way to reach out to scores of people stuck indoors at home, and fearful of being too close to strangers, restoring their sense of connection and community. Being a book in the library is more than you expect and something you will never forget. It is also an opportunity to meet a lot of people that are different from you and yet you will find you share a lot in common.
A.It creates a safe space for dialogue.
B.His ambition is to build a hi-tech library.
C.COVID-19 has led to many virtual events as well.
D.This library allows people to start an online conversation.
E.He just wants to get the whole world listening and talking.
F.Here, various questions are expected, appreciated and answered.
G.At this library, you can “borrow” people for a conversation instead of books.
29、 I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival. She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her, not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will. However, I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.
So I boarded the plane in mid-August, and hated the long flight. I arrived, tired and hungry. I left my husband two years ago, alone, in our old New Orleans house.
I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago. The hurricane was predicted to hit our city, and many people had already evacuated, but my husband chose to stay behind. He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world, but he could call his cousin in Chicago. He gave his cousin a message for me, that he would be just fine, and not to worry.
As the days went on, I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans, and I realized. thanks to CNN that New Orleans was under water.
I performed, hoping that my husband would survive. And I performed perfectly. The audience stood and applauded. I left the stage and went straight to the TV. I saw the street sign near my home, on Humanity Street, but nothing below it, except water.
In the days that followed, I found out that my house, my car, my clothes, my furniture, everything that I’d left behind was gone. but not my husband. He survived by riding on the rear bumper (后保险杠) of a VW bus,, holding on to the overhead luggage rack, in the pouring rain, down the highway from New Orleans, halfway to Baton Rouge. The rest of the journey was a long walk, but he survived.
By the first week of September, I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport, and hugged my husband. Since then, our relationship has grown deeper; we have completely rebuilt our house, bought a new car, bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational, spirit-filled community.
【1】Why did the author leave home?
A. To look after her sister. B. To attend a music festival.
C. To watch a performance. D. To visit her husband’s cousin.
【2】How did the author feel when she left home?
A. Tired. B. Worried. C. Unwilling. D. Disappointed.
【3】What does the underlined word “evacuated” mean?
A. Hid B. Struggled C. Gathered D. Escaped
【4】What might be the title for the passage?
A. Caught in the hurricane B. Once Gone Never Returned
C. Lost it All. Gained Even More D. Trapped in a Dilemma
30、The family had had a cat for years. Then, one day, the children finally ______ to persuade their parents to get them a dog as well. So a little Labrador(拉布拉多犬)________ .
The dog was so ________ that everyone wanted to hold him and he charmed everyone by just loving them. The cat made it very clear she did not welcome another ________ in the house, but the dog just _______ the cat anyway. The little dog ________ her anywhere, and tried to make friends with the angry cat. No amount of ________ behavior from the cat could persuade the dog not to love the cat.
The family thought the cat would ________ like the dog.
Then one day the family heard horrible ________ from their back yard. They ran to the _________ to see what was happening. They lived in the suburbs and so they saw a real lynx(猞猁)was just planning on ________ their cat for lunch. The poor cat had nowhere to run or hide. It would only be a matter of seconds and their cat would be _________.
And then suddenly a black lightning ran to the rescue. The little dog ________ the big lynx with all its strength. It did not ________ or stop to think. It saw its ________ in trouble and did what had to be done. The family opened the window and started yelling and the father ran to the yard. The lynx soon disappeared into the ________.
And ever since that day the cat’s behavior toward the dog ________ totally. Now it was the cat that followed the hero dog everywhere. They ________ in the same basket. The cat even let the dog eat from her bowl.
So if ever anyone is ________ towards you, don’t turn your back on them. They may not rescue your ________ ---but their kindness can certainly rescue your day!
【1】
A.tried
B.managed
C.failed
D.refused
【2】
A.agreed
B.visited
C.survived
D.arrived
【3】
A.brave
B.shy
C.cute
D.proud
【4】
A.pet
B.visitor
C.baby
D.relative
【5】
A.chased
B.amused
C.loved
D.respected
【6】
A.watched
B.followed
C.bit
D.searched
【7】
A.strange
B.violent
C.foolish
D.bad
【8】
A.never
B.still
C.really
D.always
【9】
A.quarrelling
B.fighting
C.laughing
D.screaming
【10】
A.yard
B.road
C.window
D.door
【11】
A.catching
B.inviting
C.attracting
D.pulling
【12】
A.painful
B.dead
C.injured
D.frightened
【13】
A.pushed
B.shook
C.attacked
D.knocked
【14】
A.win
B.hide
C.argue
D.hesitate
【15】
A.owner
B.friend
C.brother
D.competitor
【16】
A.woods
B.houses
C.crowds
D.shops
【17】
A.worsened
B.changed
C.stopped
D.remained
【18】
A.slept
B.ate
C.played
D.washed
【19】
A.polite
B.equal
C.kind
D.grateful
【20】
A.health
B.family
C.career
D.life
31、 I had business in Orlando, Florida, so of course the plane was full of kids.It was very ____, but one baby, in particular, wouldn’t stop crying: loud, non-stop, and sitting in my row. The young mother was trying _______ to comfort the baby and handle her three-year-old daughter at the same time. Passengers could be heard _______ every time the baby let out another cry.
Then a grandmotherly type _______ the woman and said: “You’ve got your hands full! Why don’t you play with your daughter for a bit and I’ll walk the baby up and down the _______? Maybe the movement will calm him enough to fall asleep. And don’t worry; I’ll be within
_____ the whole time.” The mother _______ unsure, but where could the woman go? They were in an airplane together. So she _______ the baby to the woman, who walked him and rocked him for only a few _______ until he fell asleep.
Why I didn’t think of that? I know why. I was thinking about two things: how annoying the _________ was and how grateful I was that he wasn’t mine.
This mini-drama _______ a few days ago. From it I saw how easy it could be to solve people’s problems or make their days a little better. It takes little _______ to smile at strangers passing by, or to hold the elevator for the next person, or to make a phone call or a visit, to give a compliment or say thank you. To _______ something: clothing, food, money, time. To say something nice. To listen. If we all do one random act of ________ daily, we just might set the world in the right ________.
【1】A.cold B.noisy C.scary D.quiet
【2】A.unsuccessfully B.unexpectedly C.bravely D.confidently
【3】A.knocking B.laughing C.complaining D.singing
【4】A.criticized B.reminded C.approached D.recognized
【5】A.stairs B.passage C.hall D.room
【6】A.reach B.space C.distance D.sight
【7】A.looked B.sounded C.remained D.felt
【8】A.patted B.threw C.passed D.sent
【9】A.seconds B.minutes C.hours D.days
【10】A.grandmother B.daughter C.mother D.baby
【11】A.burst B.struck C.occurred D.made
【12】A.money B.effort C.time D.strength
【13】A.donate B.buy C.throw D.exchange
【14】A.mercy B.courage C.bravery D.kindness
【15】A.range B.framework C.direction D.tone
32、 When I first met my new parrot, Chico, his wings had been cut short and he was stuck on the earth just like us humans. When the weather turned nice, I would take Chico outside. I _______ him on a branch of a tree, hoping to make him happier. At first he seemed confused. He walked back and forth on the branch looking _______. He didn't even flap his wings in a(n) _______ to fly. Somehow he knew he was incapable.
One day Chico got especially excited. He paced back and forth and made a(n) _______ amount of noise. Then all of a sudden he stopped and let out an even louder scream. He started _______ flapping his wings for the first time ever — then he lifted off the _______ like a space shuttle! I was amazed and _______. Little did I know his feathers had been growing back, and Chico had been waiting until the moment was ripe for _______!
Two days later Chico returned. First I tried to _______ him back with food, but he would not come near me. Then I took his cage and __________ it away — still he would not come. Finally, I made him a firm promise that I would let him out every day if the weather was nice as long as he did come back. __________, he flew onto my shoulder.
From that day on, whenever the weather was good I would let him __________ early and he would fly around and be back before dark. The routine lasted for two months __________ suddenly Chico became __________. The __________ said that he had been infected with a disease from the pigeons in the neighborhood. Within a few days he died.
I was very sad. The __________ crossed my mind that if I had not set him free to fly, he would be still alive. But what __________ is there in being a bird if you can't fly?
Chico made his first __________ for freedom on a late Monday afternoon in April. When will you make yours? You too can take a __________ when the conditions are right, knowing you too, in your own way, were built to fly. If you don't set yourself free, what will be the __________ of your life.
【1】A.brought B.seated C.caught D.chased
【2】A.comfortable B.painful C.patient D.anxious
【3】A.attempt B.stage C.journey D.path
【4】A.serious B.first C.incredible D.accessible
【5】A.slowly B.gently C.madly D.gracefully
【6】A.ground B.branch C.window D.house
【7】A.moved B.shocked C.delighted D.excited
【8】A.patience B.exchange C.rescue D.escape
【9】A.trick B.fasten C.seize D.expect
【10】A.threw B.drove C.gave D.sent
【11】A.At last B.As usual C.Once in a while D.In the meantime
【12】A.out B.off C.away D.alone
【13】A.until B.while C.since D.although
【14】A.active B.weak C.annoying D.miserable
【15】A.teacher B.community C.passer-by D.vet
【16】A.fact B.thought C.concern D.detail
【17】A.problem B.meaning C.interest D.mistake
【18】A.relief B.willingness C.communication D.breakthrough
【19】A.breath B.look C.holiday D.chance
【20】A.success B.purpose C.contribution D.importance
33、 When Stephen Morris found that he had forgotten his 310-year-old violin on a train, he feared that he would never see the _______ instrument again。
After a day of _______ at Abbey Road Studios, making a copy of music, Morris exited from London by railway. He was so _______ that he did not even _______ that he had left his violin on the train until the following morning. Morris was extremely _______ and shocked. The violin is one of the few instruments that _______ in the world.
In a desperate _______ to find his instrument, Morris contacted the British Transport Police to see if it had been returned. Unfortunately, police officers _______ the CCTV footage(闭路电视录像)and saw that the violin had been picked up by another _______ . Several days later, Morris’ ________ of his experience was posted on a social networking website ________ by the CCTV footage. It ________ the attention of social media users, and the video ________ fast as many people shared it with their friends.
A few days later, Morris received a phone call from someone who recognized the ________ on the train. Morris was then put in ________ with the man who took the violin, and he had________ been very eager to return the instrument. It ________ that the man searched for the owner ________ and was ready to turn it over to the police.
The two agreed to meet in a grocery store parking lot. Seeing the man turn up ________ his lost instrument, Morris was moved. There are always people out there going to a lot of ________ to lend a hand to people in need.
【1】A.fashionable B.antique C.popular D.famous
【2】A.experiment B.photographing C.interview D.recording
【3】A.surprised B.satisfied C.tired D.touched
【4】A.realize B.remember C.announce D.predict
【5】A.ashamed B.disappointed C.upset D.puzzled
【6】A.appear B.sell C.survive D.perform
【7】A.effort B.plan C.situation D.adventure
【8】A.cleaned B.covered C.counted D.checked
【9】A.customer B.waiter C.passenger D.stranger
【10】A.attitude B.account C.assumption D.summary
【11】A.updated B.simplified C.clarified D.accompanied
【12】A.sought B.gained C.wanted D.turned
【13】A.spread B.handed C.expanded D.sent
【14】A.problem B.signal C.figure D.image
【15】A.conflict B.contact C.comparison D.combination
【16】A.apparently B.eventually C.gradually D.surprisingly
【17】A.came out B.gave out C.worked out D.turned out
【18】A.on purpose B.in advance C.in turn D.in vain
【19】A.bearing B.collecting C.playing D.recovering
【20】A.pleasure B.trouble C.debt D.sorrow
34、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.
35、课文填空
Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.
36、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.
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.
On a broiling afternoon when the men were away at work and all the women napped, I moved through majestic depths of silences, silences so immense I could hear the corn 【1】. Under these silences there was a / an orchestra of natural music playing notes no city child would ever hear. A certain cackle from the henhouse meant we had gained an egg. The creak of a porch swing told of a momentary breeze blowing across my grandmother’s yard. As I 【2】 along a mossy bank to surprise a frog, a 【3】splash told me the quarry had spotted me and slipped into the stream. Wandering among the sleeping houses, I learned that tin roofs crackle under the power of the sun, and when I tired and came back to my grandmother’s house, I padded into her dark cool living room, lay 【4】 on the floor, and listened to the hypnotic beat of her pendulum clock on the wall ticking the meaningless hours away.
I was enjoying the luxuries of a rustic nineteenth-century boyhood, but for the women Morrisonville life had few 【5】. Their lives were hard, endless, dirty labor.
For baths, laundry, and dishwashing, they hauled buckets of water from a spring at the foot of a hill. To heat it, they chopped kindling to fire their wood stoves. They boiled laundry in tubs, scrubbed it on washboards until knuckles were 【6】, and wrung it out by hand. Ironing was a business of lifting heavy metal weights heated on the stove top.
They scrubbed floors on hands and knees, thrashed rugs with carpet beaters, killed and plucked their own chickens, baked bread and parties, grew and conned their won vegetables, patched the family’s clothing on treadle-operated sewing machines, 【7】before the men to start the stove for breakfast and pack lunch pails, polished the chimneys of kerosene lamps, and even found time to tend the flowers that grew around every house. By the end of a summer day a Morrisonville woman had toiled like a serf.
At sundown the men drifted back from the fields exhausted and 【8】. They scrubbed themselves in enamel basins and, when supper was eaten, climbed up onto the porch to watch the night arrive. Presently the women 【9】 them, and the twilight music of Morrisonville began.
The swing creaking , rocking chairs 【10】 on the porch planks, voices murmuring approval of the sagacity of Uncle Irvey as he quietly observed for probably the ten-thousandth time in his life, “A man works from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done.”
38、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.
The Possible Health Dangers of Air-conditioners
Although many of us may feel air-conditioners bring relief from hot, humid or polluted outside air, they pose many potential health hazards. Much research has looked at how the movement of air inside a closed environment—such as an office building—can spread disease or expose people in the building to harmful chemicals.
One of the more widely publicized dangers is that of Legionnaire’s disease, which was first recognized in the 1970s. This was found to have affected people in buildings with air-conditioning systems in which warm air pumped out of the system’ cooling towers was somehow sucked back into the air intake, in most cases due to poor design. The warm air, filled with bacteria, was combined with cooled, conditioned air and was then circulated around various parts of the building. Studies showed that even people outside such buildings were at risk if they walked past air exhaust pipes.
Large air-conditioning systems add water to the air they circulate by means of humidifiers. In older systems, the water used for this process is kept in special reservoirs, the bottoms of which provide breeding grounds for bacteria which can find their way into the ventilation system. The risk to human health from this situation has been highlighted by the fact that the immune systems of approximately half of workers in air-conditioned office buildings have developed the ability to fight off the organisms found at the bottom of system reservoirs. But chemicals called “biocides” are added to reservoirs to make them germ-free, and they are dangerous in their own right in sufficient quantities, as they often contain compounds strongly linked to cancers.
Finally, it should be pointed out that the artificial climatic environment created by air-conditioners can also affect us. In a natural environment, whether indoor or outdoor, there are small variations in temperature and humidity. Indeed, the human body has long been accustomed to these normal changes. In an air-conditioned living or working environment, however, body temperatures remain well under 37℃, our normal temperature. This leads to a weakened immune system and thus greater exposure to diseases such as colds and flu.
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39、地震是一种难以预测的自然灾难,懂得必要的避震措施,可以最大程度减少地震对我们的危害。学校正门公告栏正在征集宣传文章,请根据以下提示写出一篇文章:
1.沉着冷静,遇事不惊
2.室内要找到遮蔽物,如:桌子下面
3.室外应远离建筑物,去到开阔的地方
注意:1.词数100左右; 2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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40、假如你是李华。你在某英语杂志”SHARING”栏目上看到了一位叫Linlin的读者的来信,请根据下面信件的内容和写作要点给她回信。
Dear Friends,
I am Linlin, a girl of 15. I have been interested in English for years and I love practicing English. But I am in a poor mountainous area and have little access to English.
I would be grateful if you could help me learn English. I am eager for your ideas and help. I am looking forward to your reply.
Yours Sincerely
Linlin
写作要点:1.简单介绍你自己, 希望你们可以成为朋友;2.提出你帮助她的具体措施或者建议(如分享英语杂志和小说;用英语写信;收听英语广播、看英文节目等)。
注意:1.词数100左右; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Linlin,
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Yours,
Li Hua
41、阅读下面短文,根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
Artificial intelligence(AI)teachers can provide customized teaching for students to meet their unique requirements through analyzing data and deep learning.In the future, they may replace human teachers for basic teaching tasks.Since some students may find it and put new power into traditional teaching patterns.An educational system providing customized teaching centered on students represents the future trend of AI education.
China's AI education has developed rapidly in recent years with the rise of several thousand relevant companies.Currently,AI teachers are able to help students leamn pronunciation,analyze their condition,guide them to learn independently,and even grade writing assignments. Some foreign AI educational systems have been introduced into several domestic schools and have worked well on trial.
However,the promotion of AI education is still facing several difficulties in practice such as low technological levels,inadequacy of data and lack of funds.AI education still depends largely on human teachers' work.Most importantly,it conflicts with current educational patterns because the courses developed by foreign countries are not suitable for Chinese exam-oriented education.Teachers may also find it hard to change their original roles in classrooms since easing control on classes may make them seem irresponsible.These problems need to be handled before the mass promotion of Al education.
With AI teachers,the original teacher-centered classes will be transformed into student-centered ones where teachers only organize the class and provide guidance.Since teachers are supposed to not only equip students with knowledge but also shape their values and help them develop creative abilities,AI teachers will not replace human teachers but will only pose higher requirements of teaching.A combination of AI teachers and human ones can create the best future for Al education.
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