1、As we all know,_______medical examination will help us find out health problems as early as possible.
A.normal B.general C.common D.regular
2、_____, we should reconsider the plan carefully. Which one is wrong?
A. In my view B. As far as I’m concerned
C. In my opinion D. As long as
3、Tom was told that it would be at least one week __________ he could recover and return to school.
A.when B.since C.before D.that
4、Adapted from Liu Cixin’s novel, the hit film The Wandering Earth reportedly had a budget of nearly $50 million, much of _______ spent on content and special effects.
A．which
B．them
C．it
D．what
5、I can _______ Diana's thoughts from the changes in her facial expressions.
A.notice B.scan C.read D.print
6、If John goes to the concert, so _____ his wife.
A.does B.did C.would D.will
7、Penicillin, _______ chemical in mould that was first discovered in 1928, wasn’t purified to be used as a medicine until _______World WarⅡ.
A. a; the B. /; /
C. the; the D. a; /
8、The urgent situation required that we ________ an immediate decision.
A.should make B.made C.have made D.had been made
9、That evening he ________what he had thought about the research.
A. set about ; letting down B. set about; to take hold of
C. set out ; making out D. set out; to set down
10、Only those people who use a kitchen frequently understand the best way to ______.
A. let it out B. pick it out
C. put it out D. lay it out
11、The manager is someone who is all the prejudices against women in the workplace and who creates his own values and purpose.
A.away from B.free from C.far from D.apart from
12、Experiments of this kind ___in both the U．S and Europe well before the Second World War．
A.had conducted B.have conducted
C.have been conducted D.had been conducted
13、Local governments can foster this sustainable activity by giving_____ to responsible operators, and even high-paying consumers.
A.preference B.substitute C.alternative D.selection
14、As there is less and less coal and oil, scientists are exploring new ways of making use of ______ energy, such as sunlight, wind and water for power and fuel.
A．primary
B．alternative
C．instant
D．unique
15、Talk to me about ________ is troubling you.
A.that B.whichever C.whatever D.which
16、I found it difficult to ___________ getting up so early before, but I did finally managed.
A. be tired of B. be convinced of
C. be accustomed to D. be obsessed with
17、The May Fourth Movement was launched in 1919 and its spirit ______ Chinese youth to make contributions to national rejuvenation ever since.
A. is motivating B. has been motivating
C. motivated D. was motivating
18、— what are you going to do with the flaw in the vase?
— I can either send a new one to you by express mail or ______ compensate you at a proper price.
A.artificially B.abundantly C.alternatively D.aggressively
19、The committee ______ of fifteen members.
A. consists B. is consisted
C. formed D. make up
20、The majority of people __________the view that students should develop in an all-round way.
A.subscribe to B.make out C.approve D.set aside
21、I’m not sure whether I’ll succeed in persuading her to join us. ______, I’ll try my best to make it.
A. In addition B. Anyhow
C. If so D. Therefore
22、A _______ attitude will never give you a positive life.
A.noisy B.normal C.negative D.native
23、The boy is _____ to win the match to be held next week.
A. possible B. likely
C. probable D. possibly
24、It was not how much we do but how much love we put into what we do _______benefits our work best.
A.who B.which C.that D.what
25、While books seem to be losing their popularity to some extent, good ones are still highly _______ today in that they give us answers to questions we haven’t had yet.
A．responsible
B．religious
C．representative
D．relevant
26、 I lay in the hospital bed with my sixyearold daughter, Elizabeth, holding her in my arms. “Mommy, will you stay with me the whole time?” she asked, looking up. “You know I can’t be in the operating room,” I said carefully, not wanting to frighten her. “But Daddy and I will be waiting right outside.” Elizabeth nodded, but her eyes looked troubled.
Elizabeth had broken her right leg in July. Seven months later, it still hadn’t healed (康复). In fact, it had gotten worse. She was here in the hospital for surgery (手术).
I wanted to tell her that everything would be okay and promise that this would be the last time she'd have to go through this. But what if something went wrong again? How could I comfort my daughter when I needed comfort myself?
There was a knock at the door. A nurse? I thought. Time to say goodbye already? But the woman who came in wasn't a nurse. “Hi,” the woman said. “I’m a volunteer here, and I’ve got something for Elizabeth.” She handed a brightblue box to my daughter.
Elizabeth sat up and took the box. She opened it and started pulling out goodies one by one — candies, stickers, a lovely toy in the shape of a star. She hugged the star, perking_up for the first time since she entered the hospital. “Thank you,” she said. “I love them.” There was a big smile on her face. It had been so long since I saw that big smile.
The gift was a great comfort not only to my daughter, but also to me.
【1】Why did the author’s daughter feel upset?
A.She would have surgery on her arm.
B.The author had no time to play with her.
C.She had to stay in the hospital for a long time.
D.The author couldn’t stay in the operating room.
【2】The author didn’t make any promise because ________.
A.there was no time for her to do so
B.she wasn’t sure of the result herself
C.she believed everything would be okay
D.she thought there was no need for her to do so
【3】The underlined part “perking up” means “________”.
A.having a rest B.thinking carefully
C.doing her best D.becoming cheerful
27、 When I received my admission decision for Middlebury, my mouth dropped open in genuine (真的) shock. 【1】 Feeling unprepared, I was considering taking a gap year.
However, in processing this, I could only think about the negative points of taking a break between high school and college. I would fall behind my peers. I would forget everything I learned in high school with seven months of no learning. 【2】
Upon arriving at Middlebury for the admitted student days, I was amazed at the beauty of the town and the campus. While speaking with Midd kids (as students are called), they all appeared happy and generally stress-free.
【3】 In August, a few Midd kids I had met and befriended during the admitted student days suggested going to Newburyport, MA for a week. For the first time, I went on a road trip with someone I had only known for a few months. Yet, this trip showed me the freedom of being an independent adult in a way I had not felt at home.
【4】 My gap semester was the best beginning to adulthood because it helped me become mature in an unexpected and enriching manner, 【5】
To students reflecting on a gap year, be brave and do things that are outside your comfort zone. Talk to people: the world has so much to teach.
A. I didn’t think I was a worthy enough candidate to get accepted.
B. It was my way of letting go and starting a new chapter of my life.
C. But eventually I decided to apply to Middlebury for a few reasons.
D. I also opened my mind to the benefits of talking some time off from my studies.
E. I felt like a gap year would narrow down what I wanted to study and do in my life.
F My trips provided me with a sense of freedom and independence I did not experience during my teens.
G. Once I restarted my academic studies, I would actually perform better than those who went straight from high school to college.
28、 Looking at his pile of unpaid bills always makes Giuseppe Del Giudice feel uneasy. Sometimes he incurs (招致) late fees, but in many ways the emotional toll (代价) is worse. “The longer the bills go unpaid,” says Del Giudice, 58, “the more my anxiety increases.”
At the end of the day or month, most people get their tasks done on time, but around 20 percent are chronic procrastinators (慢性拖延者) at home and at work. One big factor for them is fear of failure, of not living up to expectations. Kelli Saginak, a 57-year-old functional health coach from Wisconsin, procrastinated about looking for a new job for years. That inability to take action only confirmed her belief that she would never do any better. “If I don’t take the risk, decide, or commit, I don’t have to face the judgment,” says Saginak.
Some people accept procrastination, believing that they make progress under pressure. But researchers have disproved that view. “I did an experiment several years ago, putting procrastinators under restrictions of time,” says Joseph Ferrari, a psychology professor at DePaul University. “They did worse than nonprocrastinators, but they thought they did better. They made more errors. They took longer.”
Whatever the motivation, delaying a diet or exercise program may increase your risk of heart disease. Not having seen the doctor when your illness was easier to treat may shorten your life. Just thinking about what you haven’t done may cause discomfort. “Procrastinators experience higher levels of stress, both from leaving things to the last minute and from their own negative and self-critical feelings about their procrastination,” says Fuschia Sirois, a psychology lecturer at the University of Sheffield.
One of the most commonly procrastinated activities is going to bed. “You can put your lights on a timed dimmer switch to encourage a consistent bedtime,” said Joel Anderson, a philosophy researcher-lecturer at Utrecht University, who performed an experiment on this and found it worked on most of his subjects. “They formed an intention,” Anderson says. “One of them said, ‘When the lights start to dim, I’ll start going to bed.’ Then, reward yourself for each step you take toward your goal. But don’t try to convince yourself it will work the other way around! ”
【1】What prevented Kelli Saginak stepping into the job market again?
A.Her old age. B.Her lack of skills.
C.Her fear of judgment. D.Her past failure.
【2】What does the underlined part “that view” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A.Procrastinators tend to misjudge their abilities.
B.It’s hard for people to succeed under pressure.
C.Procrastination is part of the human condition.
D.Pressure usually leads to better performance.
【3】What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A.Different forms of procrastinating. B.Negative effects of procrastinating.
C.Common excuses for procrastinating. D.Specific suggestions for procrastinating.
【4】How should people stick to a fixed bedtime according to Joel Anderson?
A.They can use lighting as little as possible.
B.They can first ask themselves about their intentions.
C.They can read some boring research papers.
D.They can try sending themselves signals to inspire action.
29、 Extreme sports are any sport that involves great speed, height and danger. You need to be very fit to take part in these sports. It can be quite expensive because a lot of special equipment is needed. This type of sport is not usually a team sport like football or rugby. It is what is known as an individual sport because you are alone most of the time.
BASE JUMPING: This is the sport of using a parachute(降落伞) to jump from fixed objects like skyscrapers, high towers, bridges, domes, statues and steep, high mountains. Base jumping can be very dangerous as you compete to be the quickest to reach solid ground.
SKY DIVING: This sport also uses a parachute. Divers are taken up to a certain height in an aeroplane. They have parachutes strapped to their backs. They then jump out of the plane and freefall before opening their parachute at the correct moment. The parachute is to stop them from hitting the ground at a great speed, which would be very dangerous. The most important thing about this sport is knowing when exactly to open the parachute.
ROCK CLIMBING: This is the activity of climbing up and down very steep rock formations. This sport needs special equipment to keep the climbers safe. A climber has to have great strength of body and mind. It is better to climb in small groups, so that there is someone to help in the case of an emergency.
ICE CLIMBING: This is almost the same as rock climbing. The difference is that the climbers are climbing up and down steep walls of ice, such as frozen waterfalls. Special equipment is needed to keep climbers safe. Ice climbing is quite dangerous because ice changes as it melts or freezes. It is really difficult to know exactly how hard or how soft ice will be. Ice breaks easily so climbers need to concentrate very hard when they are climbing.
These are the sports on offer at Shanghai School of Extreme Sports. Now you have to decide which one you would like to do.
【1】The text is meant to______.
A.offer a job description B.introduce extreme sports
C.advertise a school D.compare extreme sports
【2】Extreme sports can cost a lot because______.
A.it is mostly individual sports
B.it needs a lot of special equipment
C.some of them can be very dangerous
D.they need lots of professional training
【3】Why is base jumping dangerous sometimes?
A.You may hit the ground head-first.
B.You have to jump from a high place.
C.You must bear the weight of a parachute
D.You may reach the ground at a great speed.
【4】In sky diving,the most important thing is to______.
A.open the parachute at the right time B.be brave enough to jump out
C.wear the parachute in the right way D.jump out at a certain height
【5】The difference between rock climbing and ice climbing is that______.
A.rock climbing needs special equipment
B.ice changes easily when temperature changes
C.rock climbing should be done in small groups
D.a rock climber has to have great strength of body and mind
30、 My friend, Audrey, was a wonderful talker. When another person told a story, she would take _______ of the first empty space by saying, “That_______ me of something that happened to me.” Then she would_______ to tell a longer, even more dramatic(戏剧性的) story about her experiences. She was always praised for her gift for _______, which made it hard for her to realize the gift of_______ could be even more important than the ability to speak skillfully.
She carried on with this_______, uncorrected, into adulthood. Then a turning point came during one of her dinner parties. A guest named Stanley was_______about his daughter’s disease._______ Stanley opened his mouth to answer, Audrey said, “I know exactly about it” and turned the_______ to her own experience with a similar health problem.
She had spoken for a minute or two when Stanley suddenly began__________. He offered a simple __________ to his hostess:“I’m sorry, Audrey. I didn’t mean to__________, but I just can’t listen now because I’m too__________ about my daughter.”
Of course, Stanley had no reason to apologize and Audrey __________ that. For the first time, she realized she was too insensitive. This__________ experience led her to do self﹣observation.
Audrey decided to__________ listening. When together with friends, she tried to only listen.When asked about herself, she answered__________, without detailed explanation. When speaking, she said with more__________. It just made her realize she was an ordinary person and that being ordinary was not a(n) __________ thing. It was just about being herself.
Perhaps our courage to__________ our ordinariness is one of the keys to happiness in our valued relationship.
【1】A.control B.notice C.account D.care
【2】A.warns B.convinces C.reminds D.rids
【3】A.pretend B.continue C.agree D.promise
【4】A.memory B.art C.words D.manners
【5】A.listening B.responding C.arguing D.understanding
【6】A.advantage B.behavior C.misunderstanding D.posture
【7】A.told B.interviewed C.consulted D.asked
【8】A.If B.Because C.Before D.Until
【9】A.story B.conversation C.fact D.statement
【10】A.speaking B.greeting C.laughing D.yawning
【11】A.comment B.summary C.introduction D.apology
【12】A.turn up B.move off C.cut in D.settle down
【13】A.crazy B.concerned C.curious D.happy
【14】A.avoided B.ignored C.forgave D.recognized
【15】A.unpleasant B.boring C.worrying D.frightening
【16】A.admit B.keep C.practice D.risk
【17】A.carefully B.simply C.clearly D.sincerely
【18】A.patience B.confidence C.association D.consideration
【19】A.easy B.unfair C.normal D.terrible
【20】A.accept B.employ C.defend D.overcome
31、 Eleven-year-old Angela suffered from a disease involving her nervous system. She was unable to _________ and her movement was restricted in other ways as well. The doctors did not hold out much _________ of her ever recovering from this illness. They _________ she’d spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair. They said that _________, if any, were able to come back to normal after catching this disease. But the little girl was brave and confident. There, lying in her hospital bed, she would _________ to anyone who’d listen that she was definitely going to be walking again someday.
She was then sent to a specialized rehabilitation hospital in the San Francisco Bay area. Whatever therapies (治疗方法) could be _________ to her case were used. Things didn’t work as the therapists expected. Still they were charmed by her _________ spirit. They taught her about _________—about seeing herself walking. If it would do nothing else, it would _________ give her hope and something __________ to do in the long waking hours in her bed. Angela would work as hard as possible in physical therapy, in whirlpools and in exercise sessions. And she worked just as hard lying there __________ doing her imaging, visualizing herself moving, moving, moving!
One day, as she was twisting with all her __________ to imagine her legs moving again, it seemed as though a __________ thing happened: The bed moved! It began to move around the room! She __________ out, “Look what I’m doing! Look! Look! I __________ it! I moved!”
Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming, too, and running for __________. People were screaming, equipment was __________ and glass was breaking. You see, it was the recent San Francisco earthquake. But don’t tell that to Angela. She’s __________ that she did it. And now only a few years later, she’s back in school.
________ her own two legs. No crutches (拐杖), no wheelchair. You see, anyone who can shake the earth between San Francisco and Oakland can conquer a little disease. You never know what’s around the corner until you take a __________ step.
【1】A. hear B. walk C. speak D. see
【2】A. pride B. regret C. hope D. pity
【3】A. recommended B. predicted C. denied D. promised
【4】A. some B. all C. many D. few
【5】A. swear B. appeal C. refer D. apologize
【6】A. appointed B. compared C. applied D. explained
【7】A. competitive B. independent C. sensitive D. undefeatable
【8】A. picturing B. summarizing C. debating D. questioning
【9】A. in advance B. for some reason C. on the contrary D. at least
【10】A. attractive B. positive C. familiar D. questioning
【11】A. gratefully B. hopeless C. faithfully D. boring
【12】A. strength B. interest C. fame D. royalty
【13】A. normal B. simple C. funny D. magical
【14】A. figured B. screamed C. sorted D. counted
【15】A. understood B. refused C. made D. decided
【16】A. cover B. comfort C. freedom D. office
【17】A. exploding B. falling C. spinning D. working
【18】A. inspired B. ashamed C. convinced D. worried
【19】A. On B. With C. By D. For
【20】A. cautious B. reasonable C. final D. further
32、 “You are being put thousands of dollars into debt to learn things you will never even use. Wasting 4 years of your life to be stuck at a paycheck that grows slower than the rate of inflation (通货膨胀). Paying $200 for a $6 textbook.” Wilson said in his social network.
His story has produced a ________ debate in the comments online. Other young adults are wondering if ________ higher education is worth the time and money.
Wilson, who was on an Architectural Engineering undergraduate course told BBC Trending that the “cost of inflation is relatively small compared to the cost of college over the last 30 or so years. I mean, it really is ridiculous how the cost of college has ________.”
He’s supported by data. According to the US Department of Education the average annual increase in college tuition in the United States, between 1980-2014, grew by nearly 260% compared to the nearly 120% ________ in all consumer items.
In 1980, the average cost of tuition, room and board, and fees for a four-year course was over $9,000. That cost now is more than $23,000 for state colleges. If you want to go ________ it’s more than $30,000.
A similar increase in tuition fees has also been seen in England. In 2012, the government supported initiatives from some universities to ________ more than the 9,000 tuition fee limit.
Wilson also regarded higher education ________ as a reason to leave university and enter the workplace. Students in the United States are estimated to be in around over $1.2 trillion of loan debt with 7 million borrowers.
Wilson says that when he first told his parents that he was leaving university, they were “very ________” but are now supportive of his decision. His parents finally came round to his decision to ________ his studies. Others, like Blair Brown, who agreed with Wilson also pointed out that some professions do require a university degree.
“Being an engineer, scientist, or computer technician could be learned rather quickly through apprenticeships, independent study, and hands-on experience. Human nature is to learn by doing, not ________ to do. As for more professional careers such as medical doctors and lawyers, university study is ________ necessary,” Brown commented.
Wilson, who told Trending that he is currently ________ for a trade show sales team and his employers did Google him and they saw the funny side. He adds that he hopes enough work experience will ________ him to be employed by an architectural engineering team in the future.
He doesn’t think university will play any ________ in that future. “They would have to make a ________ change to the system before I would consider that and I don’t think they’ll do that while I’m still young enough to want to go.”
【1】A.troublesome B.vigorous C.open D.reliable
【2】A.pursuing B.paying C.accepting D.refusing
【3】A.stayed up B.paid up C.gone up D.grown up
【4】A.decline B.improvement C.amount D.increase
【5】A.private B.abroad C.public D.ahead
【6】A.charge B.collect C.pay D.exchange
【7】A.quality B.consumption C.debt D.quantity
【8】A.happy B.upset C.relieved D.crazy
【9】A.follow B.continue C.select D.abandon
【10】A.consuming B.working C.learning D.experiencing
【11】A.knowingly B.admittedly C.mentally D.academically
【12】A.employed B.acknowledged C.confirmed D.approved
【13】A.promote B.revise C.motivate D.allow
【14】A.joke B.impact C.part D.effect
【15】A.moderate B.big C.slight D.reverse
33、When I was a boy I dreamed of my future. I was going to be a cowboy. Then I dreamed of being a fire fighter and _________ people from burning buildings. I just couldn’t _________ to grow up and be an adult. After I went to college and those dreams _________. I thought I would be a scientist, then I switched to being a teacher. When I _________ and had children, my dreams of the future changed again. Now it wasn’t so much a _________ career that I dreamed of but a time when I could be settled and _________ and my family and I would finally be problem free.
That dream, of course, didn’t _________. In fact, none of those dreams ever came to life. It took me many years as well to _________ that living in a dream future was living in a _________ and that each moment I spent there was taking a moment away from the __________ NOW. I saw that there could be no perfect, problem free future because problems are a part of __________.
It is only in the NOW that we can truly live. Our dreams for the future are just that: __________. Whether they come true or not isn’t as __________ as how we live each day here. A hug shared today can never be __________. An act of kindness not given now is lost forever. A moment of love missed can never be __________ again. Each second of the NOW is precious and priceless. Don’t waste a one of them.
【1】
A．liberating
B．carrying
C．rescuing
D．supporting
【2】
A．wait
B．stop
C．stay
D．rest
【3】
A．remained
B．matched
C．broke
D．changed
【4】
A．retired
B．married
C．succeeded
D．divorced
【5】
A．certain
B．firm
C．promising
D．professional
【6】
A．silent
B．gentle
C．secure
D．uncertain
【7】
A．lose
B．happen
C．produce
D．destroy
【8】
A．recognize
B．appreciate
C．conclude
D．realize
【9】
A．hope
B．fantasy
C．fable
D．vision
【10】
A．precious
B．favorite
C．common
D．popular
【11】
A．activity
B．movement
C．life
D．business
【12】
A．realities
B．dreams
C．purposes
D．treasures
【13】
A．famous
B．serious
C．impressive
D．important
【14】
A．replaced
B．followed
C．recovered
D．reviewed
【15】
A．picked up
B．broken up
C．made up
D．put up
34、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Why Cold weather Causes So many Flight Cancellation?
Each year, about 60,000 flights get canceled because of bad winter weather, which costs airlines and airports an estimated $3 billion. But it’s not the freezing cold temperatures that cause problems for planes. After all, 【1】 jets fly 10 kilometers up, where temperatures hover around -50 degrees Celsius.
In fact, planes 【2】 in cold weather, since cold air is denser and leads to better thrust. Clearly, the real problem isn’t what’s going on up there. It’s what’s happening on the ground.
When a 【3】 polar vortex (极地涡旋) struck the Midwestern US in January 2019, temperatures dropped to -40 degrees Celsius and airline canceled 3,000 flights nationwide. In these situations, when temperatures start 【4】, everything slows down. Cargo doors can freeze up, along with the nozzles that pump fuel into planes, which delays the 【5】 process.
Even the plane itself can freeze over. Just a quarter-inch - thick layer of ice on a plane can disrupt the way air flows over its wings.
Les Westbrooks: The number one reason, I would say, that the reason flights get delayed in cold weather is going to be because there’s some kind of frozen precipitation, from frost to snow to a sheet of ice, adhering to the aircraft, adhering to the wings of the aircraft 【6】.
That’s Les Westbrooks, a retired airline pilot and an associate professor of aeronautical science at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He says that 【7】, these planes are “de-iced” - but this also delays takeoff. The crew can spray the plane with a special hot water/ glycol mixture. It can take around 40 minutes to de-ice large passenger airplanes, so planes often have to wait “their turn” for the de-icing station, which, of course, can trigger more delays.
And ice on the runway, of course, creates another set of 【8】. In 2014, a plane at JFK skidded off an icy runway and into a mound of snow, leading to an hours-long shutdown at the airport. And even though crews can remove ice from the runway, scraping it off the pavement can lead to potholes (坑洞) and other 【9】, which makes takeoffs and landings more dangerous. And of course, snow and freezing rain on the ground can affect visibility to the point where officials have to decide it’s not safe to fly at all.
But if ice and snow aren’t the problem in these extremely cold temperatures, it’s usually another factor: people.
Les Westbrooks: The airplane flies at high altitudes, -60 degrees. It’s made to do that. Humans are not made to be outside in -60 degrees weather. And so the human factor becomes a big, big factor, when it becomes extremely cold.
Baggage handlers, aircraft fuelers, and mechanics all have to stay warm. Some airports, like O’Hare in Chicago, set up heated shelters for their employees. Of course, with everyone taking breaks to warm up, not as much gets done, which leads to even more delays and cancellations. Passengers start missing their 【10】 flights, and that, along with passengers who can’t make it to the airport due to bad road conditions, leads to half-empty planes.
In fact, many airlines might preemptively cancel flights before bad weather even hits. So, in the end, you can still blame cold weather for cancelling your flight.
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.
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: 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.
Knowledge is free on the Internet at a small but 【1】 number of colleges and universities. About 160 schools around the world now put free course materials on the web to the 【2】. Recent additions in the United States 【3】 projects at Yale, Johns Hopkins and the University of California, Berkeley.
Berkeley said it would offer videos of lectures on YouTube. Free videos from other schools are 【4】 at the Apple iTunes store.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) became an early 【5】 with its Open Course Ware project, first 【6】 in 2001. Free lecture notes, exams and other resources are published at ocw.mit.edu. Many exams even include the answers. Today, Open Course Ware offers materials from 1,800 undergraduate and graduate courses. These 【7】 from Physics to Political Science. Visitors can learn the same things as MIT students learn. But as the site points out, Open Course Ware is not an MIT education. Visitors receive no credit toward a degree. Some materials from a course may not be available, and the site does not provide 【8】 with teachers. Still, MIT says that the site has had forty million visits by thirty-one million visitors from almost every country. Sixty percent of the visitors are from outside the United States and Canada. Students and educators use the site, including students at MIT. But the largest number of visitors, about half, are self-learners.
Some professors have become well-known around the world as a result of 【9】 online. Walter Lewin, a physics professor at MIT, is 【10】 popular. Fans enjoy his entertaining lectures. MIT Open Course Ware now includes materials for high school. The aim is to improve education in Science, Technology, Math and Engineering.
38、假定你是李华，暑假将至，请你按照英语老师的要求，用英文写一份暑期计划。内容包括：
1. 完成暑期作业；
2. 读一本英文小说；
3. 学游泳。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My Summer Vacation Plan
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39、阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。
Finding Your Courage
Gold and brown leaves crunched（吱吱响）under Dora's boots as she made her way down the sidewalk. She could not wait to be home. The chill（寒冷）from the autumn winds was bad, but it was not nearly as hard to bear as the chill she felt in her heart.
She could not forget the way she had frozen in front of the class today. Mr. Roberts divided the class into groups to do presentations. Each person in the group would speak for five minutes in front of the class. Today was Dora's turn. Her legs trembled（颤抖）all the way to the front of the classroom. Her hands shook so badly that she could not read her notes. As Dora spoke, her voice became softer, almost to silence. Mr. Roberts kindly ended Dora's part of the presentation even though she had clearly not finished. He also asked Dora to stay after class for a moment.
“Dora, I know you're shy, but you worked hard on this project. I'd hate to see you give up on yourself. ” Mr. Roberts suggested, “If I give you another chance tomorrow, do you think you can find your courage?”
Dora nodded. She went as quickly as she could to her next class. She kept her head down and hoped the school day would end soon.
Arriving home, she found Mom baking in the kitchen. When Mom baked, Dora always watched and chatted with her. Mom always said it was Dora's company that made her baked goods taste so sweet.
Mom studied Dora's face as she came into the kitchen. “What's wrong, Dora?"
Tears shone in Dora's brown eyes. She told the whole story. Mom was silent for a moment, but her hands still busy with the cake.
“Why is it that you can talk to me about anything and everything, but you can't talk to your class?" Mom asked, sliding the round cake pans into the oven. She set the timer and then said, “Let me show you something. ”
Paragraph 1:
Dora followed Momma to her bedroom.
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Paragraph 2:
The next day Dora again walked to the front of the classroom to give her presentation.
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40、假如你是李华，美国一所学校将于今年暑假组织学生来你校访问。你作为一名志愿者，代表全家写信给你的朋友Linda ，欢迎她的到来，并邀请她住在你家，并告知有关事宜。信的要点如下：
1.上午：参加学校组织的活动：参观校园，观看毕业生典礼等。
2.下午：游览市区和名胜古迹。
3.晚上：看电视，玩游戏，聊天。
注意：1. 词数100左右。
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Linda, ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
41、假设你是李华，得知你的笔友Jack和他的好友Mike最近关系很紧张，他很沮丧，请你给Jack回封信，内容包括：1.表示安慰2. 建议朋友相处之道。
注意：1.词数80个左右；2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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