1、________ is known to us, there is a close connection between smog and pollution.
A．It
B．Which
C．There
D．As
2、His only______was that we should keep it secret.
A.consequence B.occasion C.condition D.state
3、They urged the government stick to the planned procedure.
A.would B.should C.could D.might
4、________ are natural and in fact debate and discussion should be encouraged.
A. Discoveries B. Difficulties
C. Disappointments D. Disagreements
5、I walked up to the top of the hill with my feiend, we enjoyed a splendid view of the lake
A．which
B．where
C．who
D．that
6、Parents are under a(n) to educate their children.
A. responsibility B. duty
C. liability D. obligation
7、The theory, ____ my opinions are based, consists of three parts.
A.on which B.in which C.on that D.which
8、Cancer has become the top killer ________ I think threatens the health of millions of people.
A.that B.of which C.不填 D.Both A and C
9、When I opened the door, a parcel on the floor ____ my eye.
A. fixed B. caught C. focused D. appealed
10、________, the sky cleared up and we went to the beach.
A.Eventually B.Exactly C.Extremely D.Similarly
11、I’m sorry to say your performance didn’t get to the requirements, ________ you cannot be accepted by our company.
A．in a word
B．on the other hand
C．in general
D．in other words
12、It’s important for graduates to find a proper job, one in which they can bring their_______ into full play.
A.potential B.circumstance C.symptom D.insurance
13、I was so familiar with her that I recognized her voice _______ picking up the phone.
A.the moment B.on C.before D.though
14、The Voice of China has set up a stage some people can achieve their dreams.
A. which B. where
C. that D. when
15、In China, “mythical creatures” is used to describe troublesome schoolchildren ________ behaviors drive their parents crazy.
A．whose
B．when
C．who
D．of whom
16、I can't bear ________, so I hope you can come on time.
A. to keep waiting B. to keep to wait
C. being kept waiting D. being kept to wait
17、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
18、The twins named Tom and Jerry look so much alike that it is difficult to ________.
A．tell Tom and Jerry from
B．tell from Tom and Jerry
C．tell from Tom and Jerry apart
D．tell Tom from Jerry
19、By the time he gets to the airport, I think we ____ for London.
A. have left B. will leave
C. will have left D. had left
20、Friendship does not ________ involve a sharing of activities; it is a sharing of the self on a very persona level.
A.casually B.equally C.eventually D.merely
21、I hope my suggestions will ______ your approval.
A.come about B.break out C.take place D.meet with
22、As the news report _______ it, China’s effective measures had led to positive results in reducing the novel corona virus （新冠病毒）outbreak nationally.
A.put B.quit C.read D.shut
23、Only when the war was over ____ return to his hometowns.
A．have the soldiers
B．the soldiers
C．the soldiers did
D．did the soldiers
24、When the candidates came in, the interviewer made a ________ to them to take their seats at the desk. Which of the following is IMPROPER?
A.motion B.hint
C.sign D.signal
25、On a ________ morning the little girl was found ________ at the corner of the street.
A.freezing, freezing B.freezing, frozen C.frozen, frozen D.frozen, freezing
26、I have a friend who hates banks with a special passion. “A bank is just a store like a candy store or a grocery store,” he says. “The only difference is that a bank’s goods happen to be money, which is yours in the first place. If banks were required to sell wallets and money belts, they might act less like churches.”
I was thinking about my friend the other day when I walked into a small branch bank on the West Side. It was lunchtime and I came to open a checking account. The only officer on duty was a fortyish black man with short pressed air, a pencil mustache, and a neatly pressed brown suit. Everything about him suggested a carefully dressed authority. He was standing across a small counter from a young white boy who was wearing a V-necked sweater. I thought I was especially aware of the boy because he looked more like someone from a prep (预备) school than a customer in a West Side bank.
The boy continued to hold my attention because of what happened next. He was holding an open savings-account book and wearing an expression of disappointment. “But I don’t understand. I opened the account myself, so why can’t I withdraw any money?” the boy said, his voice breaking.
“I know it is, but those are the rules. I’ve already explained to you that a fourteen-year-old is not allowed to withdraw money without a letter from his parents,” the officer explained patiently.
Suddenly I noticed the savings book had a series of small deposits (存款) and withdrawals. Then I questioned the officer, “How do you explain that?” I zeroed in on the officer. “Why did you let him withdraw money before, but not now?” He looked annoyed. “Because the tellers were not aware of his age before and now they are. It’s really very simple.” I turned to the boy with a shrug. “You’re really getting cheated,” I said. “You ought to get your parents to come here and protest.” The boy looked destroyed. Silently, he put his savings book in a rear-pocket and walked out of the bank.
The officer turned to me. “You know,” he said, “you really shouldn’t have interfered.” I couldn’t believe what he was saying. “We were informed this morning that some neighborhood bully has been shaking down (敲诈) this boy for more than a month. The guy was forcing him to take money out every week and hand it over. The poor kid was apparently too scared to tell anyone. Anyway, the police are on the case and they’ll probably make an arrest today.”
“You mean there is no rule about being too young to withdraw money from a savings account?”
“Not that I ever heard of. Now, sir, what can we do for you?”
【1】The author’s friend hates banks very much because ________.
A．they are not like churches
B．they are just like candy stores or grocery stores
C．they act as if they owned all the money
D．they don’t sell wallets and money belts
【2】Why did the boy in the bank hold the author’s attention?
A．He didn’t look like a usual customer in a West Side bank.
B．He was too young to have a savings account.
C．He was wearing a new V-necked sweater.
D．He might need somebody’s help in withdrawing his money.
【3】What can we learn from the story?
A．The boy was not old enough to withdraw money.
B．The bank officer was trying to protect the boy’s interests.
C．The boy really did not have much money left in his account.
D．The bank officer didn’t want to be disturbed during his lunch hour.
【4】The author tried to help the boy because ________.
A．he really knew there were no such rules
B．he was eager to withdraw his money
C．he thought the boy was too young to understand the bank’s rules
D．he believed that the bank was being unfair to its customer
【5】What is the story mainly about?
A．Why the author finally decided not to open his account in that bank.
B．How the author successfully interfered to protect the boy’s interests.
C．How the author made a fool of himself for his unfavorable opinion of banks.
D．How the bank officer cleverly protected the customer’s interests.
【6】What’s the best title for the passage?
A．A Boy in Trouble
B．The Boy and the Bank Officer
C．Rules in the Bank
D．Savings-account Book Invalid
27、 Some losers become winners, while others stay as losers. When people fail, they don’t become losers instantly. They become losers as soon as they start to victimize themselves.【1】 For example, they often tell themselves and others things like “If I were young, I’d have got this”, or “If they’d given me more opportunities, things would have been different”. But if they’re honest, they’ll admit that these are the things they say to justify (证明……有理) their failures. Failure is failure. Actually, the reason why they failed was that they failed to use the failure as a way of learning and improving themselves.
It’s natural for you to think back to past failures and use them as evidence that you’ll never succeed. 【2】 Keep your dream alive and do all you can to get there. There will always be roadlocks, but the key is to overcome the problems. Don’t complain, and don’t buy into your limiting beliefs. 【3】 Namely, think of it as a chance life gives you to help you realize something.
【4】 For example, realize that each journey to success will always have its ups and downs. When the downs occur, step back and keep your eye on the bigger picture because those downs are usually followed by wonderful ups. 【5】 If you want to move on from your down times, don’t make giving up an option. No matter how much you feel you’re struggling, these are the moments that present the necessary learning curve(曲线) you need to achieve your dream.
A.Avoid drowning in the negativity that failure can bring.
B.They look for excuses for something negative in their abilities.
C.Also you must realize that no one really cares about your failures.
D.Instead, use each bump in the road as a chance to learn something.
E.However, this only reduces your chances of achieving your dreams.
F.Determination, learning and improving is the real recipe for success.
G.If you want to succeed after failures, start to think like a successful person.
28、Back in September, I took a small team from Motor Trend to see the Tesla Cybertruck. Tesla told us that we were the first outsiders, and the only newspaper to see the vehicle. So it’s fun for me to disclose how some of us reacted after seeing it for the first time.
Christian Seabaugh, Kim Reynolds, Mark Williams, Sean Holman, and I spent hours with the Tesla’s design team on a warm Friday afternoon, at Tesla’s design studio in Hawthorne, California.
When we left the studio and walked back to our car at the parking lot, everyone was quiet, lost in thought. We remained absolutely silent until we pulled out onto a busy street and saw regular cars and trucks, in traffic.
I was the first one to break the ice, “Can you imagine how crazy it will look when that truck is on the road, with regular cars?”
And with that, my colleagues unburdened themselves. Here are some choice thoughts.
“As a traditional truck person, I was dumbstruck when I walked in. What is that? Origami? A military vehicle or SUV? I wonder how will you see out of it? Wait, where’s the bed? I am still too surprised to think. I need a shower, a cigarette or a nap, in no particular order,” said Sean Holman.
“My first thought after entering the design studio was that the only thing missing in the space was anything remotely looking like what I would consider a Tesla truck. Nothing else but the military-styled video game concept in the center of the floor, “ said Mark Williams.
“I’m impressed by how far Tesla was willing to go away from their existing design language. It is a high-risk design. It will dominate the conversation when it appears, and get good presale orders, but I wonder for how long?” said Kim Reynolds.
”When I first looked at the Tesla truck, my first thought was that I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Are they images!? Wow, it’s really beautiful,“ said Christian Seabaugh.
What is your reaction to Tesla’s Cybertruck? Love it? Hate it? Will you buy it?
【1】Which of the following best explains ”dumbstruck" underlined in paragraph 6?
A．Shocked.
B．Scared.
C．Worried
D．Excited.
【2】What does the Tesla Cybertruck most probably look like?
A．An ugly toy.
B．A military car.
C．A traditional truck.
D．A foldable bed.
【3】What does Christian Seabaugh think of the truck?
A．Amazing.
B．Ugly.
C．Unpractical.
D．Powerful.
【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．The Investment Risks in Tesla
B．Our First Impressions of Cybertruck
C．My First Visit to Tesla’s Design Studio
D．The Design Problems With Cybertruck
29、 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.
30、 An Arkansas mom, Carrie Jerrigan, was shopping at a children's shoe store recently and ended up buying all the shoes in the store. The shopping wasn't for her __. It was "to help others __ .
Carrie Jerrigan said when she was looking around at shoes, her daughter __ "the avengers (复仇者)themed shoes". Her daughter has a kind heart. Her daughter didn't want them for herself, ____ her daughter wanted to buy them for someone who needed them more. "My daughter said there was a boy in her class that loved avengers and his shoes were so ____; she wanted to buy the shoes for him," Jerrigan said.
Her daughter's desire to help someone else __ Jerrigan. The store was closing so she asked how much it would __ to buy out the entire store. "The clerk looked at me, feeling ____, and said if she could have my ____?" Jerrigan remembered. Later that-day, she got a call from the store's district manager.
"You could buy all the shoes," the manager said. __ they just received a shipment of new shoes, so she would no longer be taking home hundreds, like she thought.
What Jerrigan thought was going to be 200 to 300 pairs. But it __ more than three times. "The __ thing you know, we are trying to __ how to get almost 1,500 pairs of shoes home with us that day," she said. Jerrigan plans to give all 1,500 kids in need. To do so, the family plans on holding a back- to-school _____, where they'll hand out pairs of shoes.
For now, Jerrigan's home is __ with shoe boxes. Jerrigan didn't __ how much all the shoes cost her but she's giving the students for free. Jerrick said "If you ask the children what they want to be when they grow up, they will say to be __ . I don't ____ what they do in life as long as they are kind and good people. If their ___ are in the right place, they can do __ things. "
【1】A.colleagues B.kids C.friends D.roommates
【2】A.in favor B.in order C.in need D.in place
【3】A.spotted B.realized C.got D.paid
【4】A.but B.so C.just D.then
【5】A.clean B.small C.fashionable D.good
【6】A.hurt B.occupied C.sympathized D.inspired
【7】A.earn B.rent C.cost D.have
【8】A.astonished B.annoyed C.miserable D.embarrassed
【9】A.address B.number C.email D.card
【10】A.Generally B.Regularly C.Fortunately D.Recently
【11】A.set down B.met with C.turned in D.ended up
【12】A.best B.ambitious C.next D.stressful
【13】A.leave out B.come out C.cut out D.figure out
【14】A.trip B.event C.game D.accident
【15】A.rewarded B.presented C.filled D.equipped
【16】A.discuss B.argue C.ask D.say
【17】A.great B.lucky C.kind D.rich
【18】A.care B.reject C.guarantee D.abandon
【19】A.grades B.ideas C.hearts D.shoes
【20】A.supporting B.amazing C.disappointing D.disgusting
31、My younger son, Kelly, started pre-school when he was four, _________ twice a week for two hours each time. I soon noticed he was always the _________ one to leave the classroom, so I asked the teacher if he was having problems. "No, no," she _________ me. "He is doing fine --- just _________ in a creative project."
Once I asked through the classroom door if he was _________ to leave. He yelled, "Don't come in! It's a surprise." So I waited _________ each day until he finally emerged, smiling and _________.
"What are you doing in there?" I asked.
"Making something," he said.
My _________ was getting the best of me. What held his _________ for such a long period of time? He liked __________ things by stacking alphabet blocks, then attaching Lincoln Logs until he made a structure big enough for parking his Hot Wheel cars.
__________ the day arrived when he led his class out the door carrying his __________, with both hands. His eyes __________ left the tissue-wrapped package as he carefully __________ to the car, instead of running as usual. He handed it to me. "Here, Mom, it's a surprise. I __________it just for you."
Carefully, I __________ the tissue off first one side and then the other. Inside nestled a string of necklace made of hand-colored macaroni pieces （通心粉片） --- red, yellow, green purple and every other __________ in his crayon box.
"It's beautiful," I said, holding it carefully and turning it this way and that so the sun __________ on it through the car window. "It looks like a __________ necklace ."
He leaned on my arm and __________ it with me. "I made it," he said confidently, "Merry Christmas, Mom."
【1】
A．presenting
B．attending
C．existing
D．conducting
【2】
A．eager
B．first
C．particular
D．last
【3】
A．assured
B．congratulated
C．accused
D．blamed
【4】
A．bathed
B．involved
C．trapped
D．drowned
【5】
A．delighted
B．ashamed
C．ready
D．unwilling
【6】
A．desperately
B．uncomfortably
C．patiently
D．anxiously
【7】
A．breathless
B．awkward
C．dreadful
D．mysterious
【8】
A．curiosity
B．guilt
C．dignity
D．panic
【9】
A．attention
B．consciousness
C．power
D．secret
【10】
A．applying
B．tightening
C．building
D．conveying
【11】
A．Accurately
B．Unexpectedly
C．Automatically
D．Eventually
【12】
A．figure
B．project
C．equipment
D．statue
【13】
A．temporarily
B．thoroughly
C．rarely
D．deliberately
【14】
A．walked
B．ran
C．waved
D．turned
【15】
A．acquired
B．polished
C．updated
D．made
【16】
A．put
B．lifted
C．dropped
D．tore
【17】
A．color
B．tissue
C．item
D．section
【18】
A．pressed
B．shone
C．burnt
D．landed
【19】
A．marble
B．diamond
C．pearl
D．rainbow
【20】
A．met with
B．put up with
C．stared at
D．glanced at
32、My Fellow Americans,
I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be suffering from Alzheimer's Disease(老年性痴呆).
Upon learning this news, Nancy and I had to decide whether as private citizens we would ________ this a private matter or we would make this news known in a ________ way.
In the past Nancy suffered from breast cancer ________ I had my cancer surgeries. We found through our open disclosures(透露的秘闻)we were able to ________ public awareness. We were happy that ________ many more people underwent testing. They were treated in early stages and able to ________ to normal, healthy lives.
So now, we feel it is ________ to share it with you. In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater ________ of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are ________ by it.
At the moment I feel just fine. I ________ to live the remainder of the years God gives me on this earth doing the things I have ________ done. I will continue to share ________ journey with my beloved Nancy and my family. I plan to enjoy the great outdoors and stay in touch ________ my friends and supporters.
Unfortunately, as Alzheimer's Disease ________ , the family often suffers a lot. I only wish there was some way I could spare Nancy from this ________ experience. When the time comes I am confident that with your help she will ________ it with faith and courage.
In closing let me thank you, the American people for giving me the great honor of ________ me to serve as your President. When the Lord calls me home, ________ that may be, I will leave with the greatest love for this country of ours and endless optimism for its future.
I now begin this ________ that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright ________ ahead.
Thank you my friends. May God always bless you.
Sincerely
Ronald Reagan
【1】
A．stay
B．hold
C．keep
D．pretend
【2】
A．proper
B．good
C．public
D．suitable
【3】
A．so
B．but
C．or
D．and
【4】
A．raise
B．make
C．take
D．turn
【5】
A．by the way
B．as a result
C．on condition that
D．as a whole
【6】
A．repeat
B．recover
C．return
D．replace
【7】
A．impossible
B．important
C．pitiful
D．obvious
【8】
A．awareness
B．encouragement
C．concern
D．decision
【9】
A．protected
B．affected
C．examined
D．controlled
【10】
A．continue
B．like
C．love
D．intend
【11】
A．finally
B．seldom
C．always
D．rarely
【12】
A．life's
B．one's
C．other's
D．today's
【13】
A．for
B．on
C．by
D．with
【14】
A．cures
B．progresses
C．removes
D．advances
【15】
A．meaningful
B．useful
C．careful
D．painful
【16】
A．treat
B．see
C．face
D．consider
【17】
A．having
B．allowing
C．Showing
D．declaring
【18】
A．whoever
B．wherever
C．Whenever
D．whatever
【19】
A．life
B．road
C．line
D．journey
【20】
A．dawn
B．day
C．night
D．evening
33、 A couple in ordinary clothes walked into the Harvard’s outer office. “We want to see the president(校长),” the man said softly. “He will be busy all day,” the secretary spoke_________, concluding that the couple had no _________ with Harvard from what they wore. “We’ll _________,” the lady replied.
Four hours, the secretary _________ them, hoping that the couple would finally become _________ and go away. They didn’t. And the secretary grew_________ and finally decided to disturb the president. Someone of his _________ obviously had no time to spend with nobodies, but he _________ people in such clothes filling in his outer office.
The president, frozen-faced, walked _________ toward the couple. The lady told him, “We had a son that __________ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard and was very happy here. But he was accidentally__________. And my husband and I would like to ________ a memorial(纪念物) to him somewhere on campus.” The president wasn’t __________; he was shocked, “Madam,” he said __________. “We can’t put up a statue(雕像) for every person who studied in Harvard and died.”
“Oh, no.” the lady__________ quickly, “In fact, we thought we would give a building to Harvard.” The president __________ at the couple and then shouted, “A building! Do you know how much a building costs? The cost of the Harvard’s buildings is over 7.5 million dollars.”
For a moment the lady was __________. The president was pleased. He could __________ them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. “Is that all it costs to __________ a university?” Her husband nodded. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California, where they established the university __________ after them—a memorial to a son.
【1】A.impatiently B.excitedly C.enthusiastically D.awkwardly
【2】A.concern B.problem C.interest D.business
【3】A.wait B.accuse C.explain D.oppose
【4】A.persuaded B.drove C.ignored D.served
【5】A.satisfied B.shameful C.nervous D.discouraged
【6】A.embarrassed B.grateful C.annoyed D.panic
【7】A.importance B.action C.character D.age
【8】A.invited B.observed C.thanked D.hated
【9】A.cheerfully B.hopefully C.proudly D.eagerly
【10】A.affected B.attended C.applied D.abandoned
【11】A.killed B.dismissed C.disabled D.forgotten
【12】A.keep B.buy C.build D.leave
【13】A.disappointed B.sensitive C.touched D.deserved
【14】A.curiously B.delightedly C.sadly D.coldly
【15】A.explained B.apologized C.changed D.argued
【16】A.smiled B.glanced C.pointed D.laughed
【17】A.desperate B.amazed C.ambitious D.silent
【18】A.help out B.attract to C.get rid of D.put up
【19】A.buy B.start C.access D.develop
【20】A.named B.looking C.followed D.taking
34、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”.
35、按照课文内容填空
At the time they were created, the Impressionist paintings were【1】, but today they are accepted as the beginning of【2】we call “modern art’. This is because the Impressionists 【3】artists to look at their environment in new ways. There are scores of modern art styles, but 【4】the Impressionists, many of these painting styles might not exist. On the one hand, some modern art is abstract; that is, the painter doesn’t 【5】to paint objects as we see them with our eyes, 【6】instead concentrates on certain qualities of the object, 【7】color, line and shape to represent them. On the【8】hand, some paintings of modern art are so 【9】 that they look photographs. These styles are so different. Who can【10】what painting styles there will be in the future?
36、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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.”
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.
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.
38、假定你是李华， 你的美国朋友Tom 想在他的学校以“Chinese poetry”为主题举办一系列活动，他写信向你求助，请给他回信，提供至少两条建议。
1. 你应该介绍中国诗的历史；
2. 你应分享诗的不同形式。
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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39、根据写作要求，短文内容，写出一篇连贯完整的短文。词数不少于60。
When the Bayside campus of Shekou International School (SIS) are still kept shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching activities at the school have been resumed(继续) online since Feb. 3rd, 2020.
The school is using popular apps and software for online learning. Video conferencing(视频会议) and office automation are used to help teachers keep track of students’ conditions and communicate with their workmates across the world. Teaching online also offers a new experience to the teachers to update their teaching methods and to step out of their comfort zones.
Staying in Phuket, Thailand, science teacher Riley Laird records videos on a 10-year-old green sea turtle named Marlin and the local turtle sanctuary(收容所) as part of the online classes on ecosystems for Grade 7 students. “I want to connect our learning with the reality. The sanctuary sends us updates on the turtles’ health and progress. They say that Marlin is likely to be released(放生) into the sea in mid-June,” says Laird.
Rebecca Wallace is a Grade 4 teacher at the school, staying in her mother’s home in New York. From 8 p.m. to midnight every day, she starts teaching mathematics and arts to her students living in different time zones. Though teaching nearly around the clock, Wallace says that she is getting to know the students better in terms of their homes, family and even pets.
Greg Smith, head of SIS, names the online teaching period a “new normal” at the school. “Students are now more skillful at using technology than before. They see that communication is the most powerful part of being an effective learner and can use the tools to shrink(缩短) distance and time. The “new normal” will offer more choices for connection to the world and more focus on creating real solutions,” he says.
According to the school, 68% of its students are staying in Shenzhen while 27% of them are staying abroad for the epidemic.
假如你是建华中学的李华，你的英国好友Jim发来邮件询问你疫情期间在家进行线上学习的情况。请你给他回复邮件，内容包括：1. 介绍线上学习的经历；2. 分享你对线上学习的看法并说明理由。
Dear Jim,
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Yours
Li Hua
40、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。
A brother and sister made their usual hurried pre-Christmas visit to the little farm, where lived their elderly parents with their small herd(群) of horses.
The young folks had fond memories of their childhood here. Everything was perfect except the aging old horse, ‘The Old One'.
Doubtfully, the young folks asked the old couple, “ Why do you not at least get rid of ‘The Old One’?”
The old man looked down at his worn boots, holes in the toes, and replied softly, “We keep her because of love. Nothing else, just love.”
Worried and confused, the young folks wished the old couple a Merry Christmas and headed back toward the city as darkness stole through the valley.
The old couple shook their heads in sorrow. A tear fell upon their cheeks. How was it that these young folks did not understand the peace of the love that filled their hearts?
Because of the unhappy leave-taking, no one noticed the first spark fall in the bam(马厩). None but the‘ The Old One'.
In a matter of minutes, the bam was full of hungry flames. With a cry of horror and despair, the old couple sank sobbing to the ground, helpless. The bam was in ruins.
The old man turned to his wife, forcing a smile, “We have lost much. Let us gather strength and climb the hill to the old pine where we have sought comfort in times of despair and pray for our beloved ‘The Old One'”.
The journey up the hill was hard for their old bodies in the steep snow. As they got to the peak of the hill, the old man gave a cry of wonder and incredible joy. Amazed and puzzled, he took his wife by the hand and pulled her forward. There, beneath the pine tree was their Christmas gift-The Old One’ lay close to the trunk of the tree, with the entire herd.
Paragraph 1:
As it turned out, the moment ‘The Old One' saw the smoke, she pushed the door and led the horses through it.
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Paragraph 2:
Spotting the old couple, ‘The Old One' seemed to be happy.
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41、假如你是李华，正在美国交流学习。你的美国老师Amy邀请你下周五下午3点到她的班里为美国小学生上一节课，介绍中国传统艺术——国画。请给她回复一封电子邮件，要点如下：
1. 接受邀请，表示感谢；
2. 国画简介（题材：山水、人物、花鸟；工具材料：毛笔、墨等等）；
3. 课前学生需做的准备。
参考词汇：国画： Chinese ink painting
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear Amy,
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Yours
Li Hua