1、The music also expressed the rising ____ in the movie as the characters were preparing for battle.
A. setting B. export
C. tension D. staff
2、Running a marathon in Yancheng is a fantastic experience, _______ will be fresh in your memory for ever.
A．one
B．it
C．the one
D．one that
3、The UN is seeking a _________ solution rather than a military one.
A. natural B. patient
C. political D. opposite
4、Jim is absent from the party. That is ________ he was badly injured in the football game.
A.because B.why C.how D.when
5、I think it a great honor _____ to visit your country.
A. to invite B. inviting C. having invited D. to be invited
6、Thinking that you know ________ in fact you don't know is a serious mistake.
A.what B.that C.when D.however
7、Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from ________ effects the people are still suffering.
A．that
B．whose
C．those
D．what
8、_____got into the room_____ the telephone rang.
A. He hardly; then B. Hardly had he; when
C. He had not; than D. Not had he; when
9、Protective clothing must be worn when the machine is in _________.
A. order B. operation
C. line D. public
10、It is time that the government _____ measures to protect the valuable heritage.
A.takes B.to take C.take D.took
11、Nowadays, it’s common for a child to ________some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it.
A. bring up B. pick up
C. look up D. set up
12、___________to his dream，in my opinion，is the reason why he can succeed in the end.
A.Being committed B.Committed C.Committing D.To commit
13、 Music should be taught routinely in schools because of the benefits _____ can have on the development of the brains of young children.
A．which
B．that
C．one
D．it
14、No matter how busy he is, Tom makes ______a rule to see his parents every week.
A.this B.that C.it D.him
15、Life is like a long race _______ we compete with each other to go beyond ourselves.
A．where
B．which
C．that
D．what
16、Teens and younger children are reading a lot less for fun, according to a Common Sense Media report Monday.
A.being published B.to publish C.publishing D.published
17、“How could you treat me like that?” John asked his wife, eyeing her angrily from _______ the kitchen table.
A. at B. across C. through D. on
18、With your help, there is no doubt ______ our plan is meant for will work out successfully.
A．what that
B．whether that
C．that what
D．that whether
19、Starting in January 2019, taxpayers in China could receive tax reductions, after _______ personal information on a specially developed government app.
A．dropping off
B．bringing out
C．filling in
D．putting out
20、I have been convinced that the print media are usually more________ and more reliable than television.
A．accurate
B．ridiculous
C．urgent
D．flexible
21、Roger _______painting for a while, but soon lost interest.
A. took out B. took in
C. took up D. took off
22、What a stupid mistake! I ______ you to go over your paper carefully. Why wouldn't you listen to me?
A．was reminding
B．had reminded
C．reminded
D．would remind
23、—Will you join us in the discussion?
—Well, I won’t join you unless Wang Lin ________ too.
A. will be asked B. is asked
C. asked D. be asked
24、As the final examinations ______ students begin to busy themselves with reviewing.
A. draw in B. drop out
C. draw near D. drop in
25、_______ she had time to realize what was happening, she was hit on the head.
A.Since B.Before C.When D.Until
26、Games and Hobbies
There are websites for nearly every game and hobby out there.
TeenReads
Young book lovers will enjoy TeenReads. The website features reviews of new and popular books for teenagers, along with surveys, contests and places to discuss favorite books. Teens can also work their way through the “ultimate (最终的)” reading list on the site.
TeenNick
Fans of entertainment channel TeenNick will find information on the latest shows, as well as games, videos and quizzes. While the site offers updates (最新信息) on TeenNick shows, it also features stories just for teens, offering suggestions on how to survive high school or giving back to school ideas.
The InSite
The InSite is designed for teens who have an interest in improving the world. Teens can learn about social justice, how to build a positive self-image and how to help the planet. They can also submit artwork and writing or discuss how to make the world a better place.
ChallengeYou
ChallengeYou is a computer game design website. Teens can design games on the site or play games designed by other kids and teens. They can share their games with friends or take part in weekly game-building contests. There is also a chat room and a forum (论坛) where site users can discuss game building or arrange to play together.
【1】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A.The InSite helps to make a better you and a better world.
B.TeenNick is mainly a place to discuss school problems.
C.You can find information about games on all these websites.
D.You can publish your own writing on TeenReads.
【2】Where might you find information on the latest teenager books?
A.On TeenNick. B.On The InSite.
C.On ChallengeYou. D.On TeenReads.
【3】If you have designed a computer game and want to share it with your friends, you should go to ______.
A.TeenReads B.ChallengeYou
C.TeenNick D.The InSite
27、It was late one evening. I can’t remember what it was about, but my dad and I had a very big argument when my mom was away. We both said things we didn’t mean, and in the end I said, “I’m leaving.” And he said, “Good. The sooner, the better.”
I threw a few things in a suitcase and closed the door angrily behind me, not knowing where I was going. After walking aimlessly for about 20 minutes, I stopped at a local supermarket. Then my phone rang. It was my mom calling. She said, “Hey, Mary. Where are you？Dad is worried about you.”
“How can he worry about me？I’ve been away for nearly half an hour, but he didn’t call,” I said with annoyance(气恼). My anger returned and I remembered all the hateful things he’d shouted to me. “Listen, Mom. You can tell Dad that I’m fine. I’ll call you tomorrow,” I said and hung up.
I walked around the store, trying to get my thoughts together. By the time I paid for my purchases, it had been much later than I used to be out alone. When I left the supermarket, a large piece of white paper was in front of me. On the piece of white paper were these words: “Please come home! I miss you and I’m worried about you！”
Then a car pulled up beside me. Hanging out of the window was my dad. Beside him, smiling gently, sat my mom. And that’s when I started laughing. I laughed so hard that I cried. Despite my best efforts to run away from home, my father finally managed to track me down. I couldn’t leave now, not with him sitting there with caring eyes.
【1】Hearing Mary decided to leave home, Mary’s father was very ________.
A．worried
B．nervous
C．angry
D．surprised
【2】After her mother called her, Mary ________.
A．became angrier than before
B．gave in to her father
C．cried and calmed down
D．agreed to go home
【3】What does the underlined word “purchases” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A．Actions Mary regretted.
B．Goods Mary bought.
C．Telephone calls Mary made.
D．Lessons Mary learned.
【4】What probably happened at the end of the story?
A．Mary’s mother hated her father.
B．Mary still refused to go home.
C．Mary’s father became angry again.
D．Mary returned home happily.
28、Thomas Edison received a patent(专利) for his kinetoscope(电影放映机) on August31, 1887. It was a machine for viewing moving pictures. Edison had hoped to combine his no invention with the phonograph(留声机), which he had invented 10 years earlier. He thought that people would like to watch moving pictures that went along with the sound. He was not able to make them work together. The kinetoscope, however, was a popular attraction by itself. A person looked through small holes in a box-like machine and saw pictures in action. One of the first films made showed a man sneezing.
A problem with this invention was that only one person could view the moving pictures at a time. By 1891, Edison had invented a projector that showed the film on a screen. Many people could watch together.
In 1893, Edison built a motion-picture studio. He made over 300 silent films. Most of them were short. That was because the pictures flashed, or shook a lot. It was hard for people to watch more than 10 minutes at a time.
The first films were mostly of real events. They would show famous people walking somewhere, cars on a street, burning houses, and other news stories. Then comedies and short dramas were made.
Edison’s movie studio closed in 1918. By then other companies were also making films. Better cameras were made. Sound was added. Then color came along. Today, movies are among the most popular forms of entertainment.
【1】What do we know about the first kinetoscope?
A. It was a machine to play pictures with sound.
B. It was invented 10 years earlier than phonograph.
C. Many people were able to see films together with it.
D. Only one person could see moving pictures with it at a time.
【2】What does the underlined word “projector” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. A film player.
B. An electric lamp.
C. A programme.
D. A talking machine.
【3】Why were most of the films very short at first?
A. People didn't like long films.
B. The film stories were really short.
C. The film pictures were not very steady.
D. People could only watch a short time at a time.
【4】What does the text mainly tell us?
A. The trouble in making films.
B. The efforts of Edison in the development of films.
C. Why Edison invented the phonograph.
D. How Edison improved the kinetoscope.
29、The Advertising Department of The Bangkok Post is looking for highly motivated advertising sales executives （销售主管） to sell advertising to prime targets in its wide range of promotional publications （宣传性出版物）. As part of our sales team, your primary responsibility will be to meet established and agreed sales targets. You will also need to know how to find potential new customers. In addition, you will be required to follow up your sales by sending copy and artwork and getting customer approval.
Qualifications:
Male/Female, aged 23-35 yrs.
Bachelor's degree in any related fields
Experience of selling print and online advertising or similar fields is preferred
Proactive and good interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to work well under pressure
Good command of written and spoken English
Computer skills
If this sounds like a challenge you'd like to consider seriously, then send an application letter together with your resume, details of your expected salary, and a recent photograph to:
Advertising Department
Bangkok Post Public Company Limited
136 Bangkok Post Building, Sunthorn Kosa Road, Klong Toey, Bangkok 10110
Email: display@bangkokpost.co.th
【1】The work duty of an advertising sales executive does not involve _______ .
A．meeting sales targets
B．sending application letters
C．selling advertising
D．looking for new customers
【2】Who is the most suitable for the job?
A．A Chinese, 27, with a high school certificate.
B．An Indian, 38, with a good command of English.
C．A Japanese, 30, with rich experience of advertising.
D．A Thai, 23, a college student majoring in advertising.
【3】Where will you probably find this article?
A．In a travel brochure.
B．In an advertising textbook.
C．In a market report.
D．In a local newspaper.
30、 Inspiration can be a strange thing. You never know when it might hit. And sometimes, it can come from the most _______places.
I recently read about an author named Nnedi Okorafor. When she was in college, she had a serious spine disorder（脊椎病）. Okorafor was told that a simple operation could_________it. But when she woke up from her_________, she found that she couldn’t move her legs and was in great pain.
Okorafor got well later. But before she did, she saw strange things in her hospital room. She imagined her_________as a beast that hunted her from the shadows. But she also_________a woman-a woman who could fly. In fact, this _______woman inspired her and helped her forget her pain. “I felt myself become_________.” she wrote in her book Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected.
We never know where we might find the inspiration to create. As a_________, most of my inspiration comes from other people’s music. But I also find_________in other places. Books, movies and__________just moments in everyday life can lead to new creations.
__________, I recently rewatched the film Blade Runner. I’ve seen it plenty times before; it’s one of my favorite movies. But this time, for some reason, I saw it__________. I decided to make that could create the same feeling as the ________. It’s not done yet, but the music I’m working on now is heavily influenced by the movie’s setting and characters.
Anything can __________us. You just have to be__________to catch inspiration when it hits.
【1】A.interesting B.ordinary C.unexpected D.dangerous
【2】A.fix B.make C.remove D.control
【3】A.dream B.shock C.recovery D.operation
【4】A.curiosity B.pain C.anger D.fear
【5】A.asked B.met C.imagined D.visited
【6】A.confident B.smart C.honest D.magical
【7】A.richer B.greater C.busier D.quieter
【8】A.director B.dancer C.musician D.writer
【9】A.tips B.messages C.examples D.ideas
【10】A.even B.again C.not D.only
【11】A.In short B.In addition C.For example D.After all
【12】A.differently B.perfectly C.vividly D.smoothly
【13】A.story B.song C.play D.film
【14】A.impress B.inspire C.amuse D.challenge
【15】A.free B.thankful C.ready D.careful
31、Lost & Found
That night, when I arrived at the door of my building, I noticed a man walking behind me. I thought he was a neighbor I hadn’t met. I did a _______ neighborly thing and held the door for him. But when I turned, he took away everything I had and ran away. I was _______. From then on, I looked over my _______, never fully at ease. It cost me my sense of trust in my _______.
A year passed, I got home one night and found an envelope under my door. Inside was a _______ weather-beaten driver’s license. I could _______ make it out because the address was nearly worn away. But the face on that _______ was mine. And the note in it said; Sarah Sweeney, if you still live here, call us at this _______.
Feeling _______, I walked up and down in my living room trying to think of ________ someone would contact (联系) me like this. If there’s a Mugger Playbook (抢劫犯剧本) this was the final long game! Now he’s checking my ________ to get more money?
But I called the number.
Then a(n) ________ voice of a little girl got on, “Hello! Are you Sarah Sweeney? My sister and I found your purse in the woods!”
I could ________ she was jumping up and down as she spoke. She and her younger sister carefully ________ bits of paper, pieced together the clues to find me and ________ my wallet and everything inside. I was completely ________. They were giving me a sense of relief.
I asked her, “How can I ________ you?”
“Hang on!” She pulled the phone away and ________ with her sister; then I heard “ICE CREAM!"
Twenty minutes later, I was at their door. I ________ a box of ice cream. And these two little girls gave my wallet and a renewed sense of ________.
【1】A. meaningful B. smart C. polite D. necessary
【2】A. robbed B. cheated C. suspected D. caught
【3】A. head B. shoulder C. door D. neck
【4】A. colleagues B. friends C. neighbors D. family
【5】A. rotted B. new C. useful D. cheap
【6】A. easily B. merely C. probably D. hardly
【7】A. envelope B. license C. wallet D. note
【8】A. point B. time C. number D. place
【9】A. worried B. sad C. satisfied D. disappointed
【10】A. why B. whether C. how D. when
【11】A. room B. wallet C. address D. account
【12】A. angry B. sweet C. rough D. cold
【13】A. see B. notice C. understand D. tell
【14】A. replaced B. unfolded C. counted D. selected
【15】A. return B. check C. repair D. clean
【16】A. confused B. lost C. discouraged D. moved
【17】A. treat B. find C. reward D. inform
【18】A. discussed B. agreed C. argued D. competed
【19】A. contributed to B. handed over C. paid for D. packed up
【20】A. loss B. duty C. trust D. direction
32、Biking through my PhD
Overcoming my initial struggles in the Netherland to start my PhD has been like riding a bike.
I _____ in a hilly, seaside city in China without cycle paths, and biking was _____ for me. Now, my Dutch neighbour was telling me I had to _____.
It took me around a month to feel _____ cycling. After half a year, I was starting to enjoy it. For me a hopeful ______ for dealing with Dutch traffic was to make a lot of noise as I ______: loud laughs, “look out”, “watch it”, and so on. This ______ other cyclists into keeping away from me, and prevented the ______ that had seemed unavoidable when I started.
This pattern, of a time of struggle ______ by fun, was reported with other ______ of my life in Utrecht. There were more “bikes” that I ______ to learn how to ride. One of them was ______ management. In Utrecht, I don’t see people working ______ time. As for working at the weekend, ______ it. I initially assumed that nobody was working very hard, because of their shorter ______. But after a few months, I ______ that the other PhD students were all ______ focused on their work during that eight-hour working ______, whereas I was taking endless “breaks” when I could have been focusing on my studies.
Cycling has become a ______ of my growth, freedom and ______ adjustment to PhD life in the Netherlands. And I have formed a good habit of working while I work and playing while I play.
【1】A.went through B.worked out C.grew up D.got around
【2】A.necessary B.dangerous C.convenient D.normal
【3】A.travel B.decide C.learn D.advance
【4】A.nervous B.anxious C.sensitive D.comfortable
【5】A.trick B.plan C.tendency D.instruction
【6】A.shouted B.jogged C.rode D.explored
【7】A.cheated B.persuaded C.guided D.frightened
【8】A.races B.crashes C.ruins D.competitions
【9】A.accompanied B.presented C.motivated D.appreciated
【10】A.backgrounds B.occupations C.studies D.aspects
【11】A.hesitated B.failed C.remembered D.needed
【12】A.time B.finance C.business D.effect
【13】A.special B.regular C.extra D.valid
【14】A.cancel B.forget C.select D.promote
【15】A.hours B.vacations C.weekends D.distances
【16】A.regretted B.supposed C.argued D.recognized
【17】A.completely B.considerately C.hurriedly D.repeatedly
【18】A.practice B.section C.period D.evaluation
【19】A.inspiration B.symbol C.symptom D.remark
【20】A.successful B.ambitious C.objective D.adventurous
33、My son Leon’s passion for surfing began at the age of 13, and he would go out to surf each day. One afternoon, the lifeguard called and said Leon’s eye was badly _______ by his board.
He _______ 26 stitches (缝针) from the corner of his eye to the bridge of his nose. I _______, telling him how _______ I felt about not being there when he was hurt.
“It’s okay, Mom,” he _______ me. “ You don’t know how to surf anyway.”
“What?” I asked, _______ by his logic.
“I’ll be fine. The doctor says I can surf again in eight days.”
I wanted to tell him he wasn’t _______ to surf again until he was 20, but instead I bit my
_______ and hoped he would _______ about surfing.
However, for the next seven days he kept ________ me to let him surf again. One day after I had ________ “No” to him for the 100th time, he ________ me at my own game.
“Mom, you taught us never to ________ what we love.” I gave in.
Back then Leon was just a boy with a ________ for surfing. Now he’s a man ________ among the top 25 professional surfers in the world.
【1】
A．attracted
B．injured
C．accompanied
D．attacked
【2】
A．applied
B．added
C．received
D．made
【3】
A．cried
B．hesitated
C．complained
D．mentioned
【4】
A．excited
B．calm
C．angry
D．awful
【5】
A．opposed
B．challenged
C．comforted
D．laughed at
【6】
A．confused
B．inspired
C．frightened
D．persuaded
【7】
A．doubted
B．invited
C．limited
D．allowed
【8】
A．hand
B．tongue
C．finger
D．leg
【9】
A．argue
B．think
C．forget
D．worry
【10】
A．encouraging
B．thanking
C．blaming
D．pressing
【11】
A．lied
B．repeated
C．explained
D．spread
【12】
A．beat
B．moved
C．won
D．disappointed
【13】
A．make up
B．put up
C．gave up
D．set up
【14】
A．anxiety
B．proud
C．satisfaction
D．passion
【15】
A．ranking
B．competing
C．surviving
D．waiting
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.
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.
Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.
All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.
Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.
While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.
Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
35、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.
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.
AI artwork sells for $432,500 — nearly 45 times its high【1】 — as Christie’s becomes the first auction house to offer a work of art created by an algorithm. This portrait, however, is not the product of a human mind. It was created by an【2】 intelligence, an algorithm defined by that algebraic formula with its many parentheses. And when it went under the【3】 in the Prints & Multiples sale at Christie’s on 23-25 October, Portrait of Edmond Belamy sold for an【4】 $432,500, signaling the arrival of AI art on the world auction stage.
From a distance, Portrait of Edmond de Belamy looks almost plausible. Up close, however, the paintwork becomes a grid of mechanical-looking dots, the man’s face a golden blur with black holes for eyes. Look into those eyes. They show no sign of feeling or life. Did a computer make this?
The answer is yes. The first artwork【5】 by AI to be sold at Christie’s, its【6】 price would seem to suggest that in future we will get computers to make art for us. Robot van Gogh will harmlessly cut its ear off and robot Picasso will be a genius.
Is this the future AI art visionaries such as the French collective Obvious, which programmed this “painter” by getting it to compare its own work with 15,000 pre-20th century portraits, have in mind? Or are they just, God forbid, making a fast buck from deceivable art collectors? Because believing the algorithm that knocked this up to be in any meaningful way an “artist” is like thinking your voice-interaction programme is out to get you. Dream on. Computers would need to replicate human consciousness before they could replicate the funny thing humans do called “art”.
Art is a way in which human 【7】 expresses itself, and is equally true of the earliest cave art, Rembrandt’s portraits and Duchamp’s urinal. And that is what is missing from Portrait of Edmond Bellamy. Art is a way humans communicate ideas, perceptions and feelings to each other. It has no 【8】 outside the human passion to communicate. So in what meaningful sense can an AI replica of certain【9】 traits of old master paintings be called art?
For a robot to really make art, it would need an autonomous mind that was emotional as well as【10】. No AI developer has yet claimed to be anywhere near achieving that and if they ever do, their creation will probably have better things to do than paint portraits — like destroy humanity.
Maybe afterwards robots will invent their own kind of art, but it won’t be some poor pastiche of human genius.
It will be beyond anything we organics could imagine.
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，在伦敦一所学校交换学习。得知你所在学校将举办为期一周的中国文 化周活动，你给该活动负责人Chris写一封电子邮件询问有关事宜。内容包括：
1.活动时间；
2.活动内容；
3.表达参与意愿。
注意：1.词数100字左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Chris,
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
39、假定你是李华，你的英国笔友Martin写信给你想了解有关中国沙画的相关内容。请根据提示写一封回信，内容包括：
1. 用彩沙作画；
2. 历史悠久，广受欢迎；
3. 用于文化交流，给人视觉享受。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Martin,
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Yours,
Li Hua
40、书面表达（25分）
As more and more Chinese tourists travel abroad, some of their behavior is raising eyebrows.
According to the latest 2012 LivingSocial survey, Chinese tourists were recently ranked second behind US citizens in a global poll of the worst travelers.
Liu Deqian, researcher and deputy director of the Tourism Research Center at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said that Chinese visitors often lack an awareness of being polite or behaving appropriately. “On their first or second time abroad, Chinese visitors tend to forget that they are visiting other people’s homeland and overlook the manners of their hosts,” he said.
Zhang Guanren, 28, who helped organize package tours to Australia, observed that on international flights, the first passengers to stand up and reach for luggage while the plane is still landing are often Chinese. “Our compatriots (同胞) seem to lack patience, and they’re forever in a rush to do things and fear lagging behind others.”
Some disregard (漠视) rules in local wildlife parks: They disturb koalas in their natural habitats by touching them, even though the local guide has warned them against doing so. “This is far from being eco-friendly,” said Zhang.
1、以约30个词概括短文的内容要点。
2、然后以约120个词谈谈你对“文明旅游”的看法，内容包括：
（1）你在旅游时遇到过不文明的行为吗？请举例说明；
（2）请你谈谈“文明旅游”的重要性；
（3）呼吁大家积极践行“文明旅游”。
作文中可用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
41、假定你是李华，想邀请外教Henry一起参观人工智能展览。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：
1．展览时间、地点（四月1~7日，科技馆）；
2．展览内容（如智能家用机器人、无人驾驶、人脸识别技术等）。
注意：1．词数100左右；可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Henry,
How is everything going?
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Yours,
LiHua