1、It’s important for the figures regularly.
A．to be updated
B．to have been updated
C．to update
D．to have updated
2、_____ the delicious food here, why not enjoy yourself shopping for handsome jewelry?
A. Upwards of B. Apart from
C. Instead of D. Regardless of
3、In our discussion of instincts, we saw that there was reason to believe ________ we inherit must be of some very simple sort rather than any complicated or very definite kind of behavior.
A．how
B．when
C．whatever
D．since
4、The incident ____ a wave of fear and anger across the country.
A. set out B. set off C. left out D. came off
5、May 12th,2008______a heavy earthquake,which caused a large number of deaths.
A.noticed B.watched C.saw D.suffered
6、Which of the following sentences is WRONG?
A.It was sunny,and I suggested going to the beach.
B.Her expression suggested that she know the news.
C.All the evidence suggests that he stole the money.
D.She suggested that he book the tickets in advance.
7、_________ we don’t lose heart, we will find a way out.
A.As much as B.As well as C.So long as D.As far as
8、As you worked late last night, you __________ have come this morning.
A.may not B.can’t C.mustn’t D.needn’t
9、He refused to acknowledge ________ in the match, but in vain.
A. to defeat B. to be defeated
C. defeating D. being defeated
10、_______ the rising costs of many products, fares in this city __________ unchanged.
A.Though; remained B.Despite; remained
C.Despite; was left D.Though; was remained
11、At the beginning, the experiment about vaccine turned out to be ________failure, but as we know, success often comes after ________failure.
A．不填; a
B．a; a
C．the; the
D．a; 不填
12、The experts believe that _____ quality sleep could be a protective measure against depression and a treatment for depression.
A.apparent B.adequate C.awkward D.arbitrary
13、After the accident, the police spent a week finding out the person who ________ it.
A．witnessed
B．stared at
C．proved
D．heard of
14、It is exactly ______ we behave ______has changed the world.
A.which; that B.how; that C.how; what D.what; that
15、The theory he sticks to _______ to be of no use in his new work ______ he finds it hard to fit in.
A．is proved; where
B．proves; with which
C．proving; to which
D．prove; how
16、Life is like a long race _______ we compete with each other to go beyond ourselves.
A．where
B．which
C．that
D．what
17、“We trust that today’s talks will help create _________ on the Belt and Road Initiative as part of the efforts to build a global community of a shared future,” said Zhou Shuchun.
A.consensus B.consequence C.compromise D.competence
18、Drivers should be careful near schools in particular, ________ there are likely to be many children.
A.though B.but C.so D.because
19、The police were on the ________ within a few minutes.
A.place B.position C.spot D.location
20、Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of ______.
A. pain B. shock
C. sorrow D. relief
21、—How I wish I __________ fly to the moon!
—Really? That would be great.
A.can B.may C.should D.could
22、Teaching is not just a simple piece of work: it’s an art_________ a science.
A.based against B.based on C.based with D.depended for
23、The pilot, as well as all the passengers, ________ lucky to survive the air crash due to his extraordinary skills.
A．is
B．are
C．was
D．were
24、The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what was actually said. There are a lot of mistakes.
A.correspond with B.relate to C.look into D.compare with
25、I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to ______ should have the honour of receiving me as a guest in their house.
A.whom B.who C.what D.which
26、 We were silently waiting on the platform in the late afternoon. There he was, my 80-year-old grandfather with his silvery hair. And there I was, a teenage girl in my jeans and T-shirt. His aged but still clear blue eyes were taking in the scene as I wondered how I was going to get through the next two days. Why did I ever agree to accompany my cranky grandpa on a train ride from New York to Georgia?
No one else wanted to be the fellow traveler since my grandfather refused to fly. In contrast, I loved to fly since I wanted to get to the destination as quickly as possible. No matter what anyone told my grandfather about the comfort and safety of flying, he refused to book a flight, saying, “It’s not just the trip: it’s the adventure of getting there.”
With my first step onto the train, the journey was already different from what I expected. The train was modern and filled with friendly travelers. We settled into the club car, where we could enjoy food and drinks while watching the scenery pass. Instead of listening to my music, I became a willing audience and learned family history that I had never had the time or patience to learn. With teary eyes, he told me that going to family events was hard for him since my grandmother died. It always made him think about those who were no longer with us. For the first time I felt I understood him. I gained a new appreciation for our time together.
In this fast-paced world, we often miss important moments. There is great significance in listening to elders who offer a piece of their history and experience. I may be more open to opportunities to stay with my grandpa. Life isn’t just about the destination: it’s about the journey.
【1】What does the underlined word “cranky” in paragraph 1 mean?
A. Healthy. B. Selfless.
C. Strange. D. Outgoing.
【2】What made the author change her attitude towards staying with her grandpa?
A. Her grandpa s appreciation of her.
B. The new understanding of her grandpa.
C. The sad stories of her grandmother.
D. Her grandpa’s missing her relatives.
【3】What can we learn from the text?
A. Travelling by train is more comfortable than by plane.
B. Caring for elders needs a lot of creativity.
C. There always is beautiful scenery along the journey.
D. Listening to elders will help us learn a lot.
27、The Inuit (因纽特人) live in the far north of Alaska. It is a cold and snowy place. Yet people have survived there for thousands of years. The Inuit have many ancient cultural traditions. However, their way of life has changed. For example, people now have video games and televisions. Young people prefer these to their cultural traditions. Now, the customs and traditions of the Inuit are disappearing. But people are trying to find ways to continue indigenous (土著的) traditions in Alaska. One of these groups is the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.
The Cook Inlet Tribal Council wanted to teach young Inuit people about their traditional stories and cultural history. So they decided to make an educational video game. They began working with Sean Vesce of K-Line Media. He had created many successful video games. Vesce and the Cook Inlet Tribal Council created the world’s first indigenous video game. They called this game Never Alone. Vesce describes the game to the news organization NPR：
“The main story is based on a traditional story called Kunuuksaayuka. It is the story of a snow-storm that never ends. This blizzard is causing a family some problems. In the traditional tale, the son wants to find what is causing this unusual weather. The story goes that this boy goes out. After some time, he finds the cause of the blizzard. He finds a way to stop the blizzard by using his intelligence.”
Soon after the game came on the market, people could play Never Alone. It won many awards. And many gamers gave Never Alone good comments. They said it beautifully designed and interesting play. But the game is also reaching its goal of connecting people to traditional culture.
【1】Never Alone was created to________.
A．please young Inuit people
B．retell a traditional Inuit story
C．keep indigenous tradition alive
D．show the changes of Inuit people
【2】Why was Sean Vesce chosen to create Never Alone?
A．He was familiar with indigenous traditions.
B．He is experienced in creating games.
C．He was very good at playing video games.
D．He had created indigenous video games before.
【3】The underlined word “blizzard” in Paragraph 3 means “________”.
A．rain
B．wind
C．snowstorm
D．story
【4】The purpose of the last paragraph is to tell us________.
A．Never Alone is on the market
B．Never Alone is quite successful
C．more comments are needled on Never Alone
D．people have just started to play Never Alone
28、Working robots are typically big, simple and strong. They are large pre-programmed units working in dangerous and dull jobs. But the growing trend towards cooperative robots , or cobots ,which work in harmony with humans is changing robotic use worldwide.
The fact is that most industrial robots were not designed to do with unpredictable human environments.By cutting robots down to the desktop size and embedding（嵌入） them with sensors and AI , the next generation of cobots will feel our presence , learn from us and combine with us better. Lightweight and portable cobots can work in less space and share it with people rather than being caged off. Decreasing costs for robotic systems make them more affordable to small businesses , and their ease of setting up and programmability makes them simple to develop.
Although the cooperative robot is relatively novel , the initial concept was invented in 1996.Acobot patent was filed in 1997 , which detailed "an instrument and method for direct physical interaction between a person and a general-purpose operator controlled by a computer".The idea of robotic feedback（反馈） was also built-in so that cobots would redirect or control motions that originate with the operator through physical guidance.
The future of cobot working is likely to change as newer interfaces and ways of interacting are developed.Voice commands are bound to be a feature as natural language processing systems become more widespread.Robotic movements and interactions will be controlled using non-invasive brain control interfaces.Unplanned changes to production and safer interaction with humans will then require a step-change in robot learning.
Cobots will learn directly from human interaction or even from virtual simulations（模拟） that will help them adapt to real-world situations.Open robotics platforms , such as Carnegie Mellon University's LoCoBot or Elephant Robotics' Catbot , mean that programmers can share the skills they have developed via the cloud.Cobot carers , such as ElliQ , the companion robot , ceiling-mounted rail robots , or even IKEA' s robotic furniture , promise a nice future of cooperation.
【1】What makes cobots more suitable to small firms?
A．The desktop size.
B．Sensors and AI.
C．Cheap robotic systems.
D．Their ease of programmability.
【2】What does the underlined word "interaction" in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．Change.
B．Competition.
C．Difference.
D．Communication.
【3】Which of the following is a characteristic of the future cobots?
A．Voice control.
B．Unplanned production changes.
C．Working in dangerous environments.
D．Direct physical interaction with humans.
【4】What does the author suggest doing about cobots?
A．Learning from humans.
B．Combining with humans.
C．Opening robotics platforms.
D．Sharing programming skills.
29、 I had an experience some years ago, which taught me something about the ways in which people make a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I had to hold two funerals for two elderly women in my community. Both had died “full of years”, as the Bible would say. Their homes happened to be near each other, so I paid condolence(吊唁) calls on the two families on the same afternoon.
At the first home, the son of the deceased(过世的)woman said to me, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. It’s my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son of the other deceased woman said, “If only I hadn’t insisted on my mother’s going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride, the sudden change of climate, was more than she could take. It’s my fault that she’s dead.”
You see that any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of action they took turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course—keeping Mother at home, putting off the operation—would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse?
There seem to be two elements involved in our willingness to feel guilty. The first is our need to believe that the world makes sense, that there is a cause for every effect and a reason for everything that happens. That leads us to find patterns and connections both where they really exist and where they exist only in our minds.
The second element is the view that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. It seems to be a short step from believing that every event has a cause to believing that every disaster is our fault. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood.
A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and summons the rest of the world to his tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely outgrow that childish view that our wishes cause things to happen.
【1】What is said about the two deceased elderly women?
A.They lived out a natural life.
B.They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride.
C.They weren’t used to the change in weather.
D.They died due to lack of care by family members.
【2】The author had to conduct the two women’s funerals probably because .
A.he wanted to comfort the two families B.he was an official from the community
C.he had great pity for the deceased D.he was minister of the local church
【3】People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because .
A.they found the funerals unsatisfactory
B.they believed that they were responsible
C.they had ignored the natural course of events
D.they didn’t know things often turn in the opposite direction
【4】People have been made to believe since babyhood that .
A.everybody should try to meet others’ needs
B.life and death is an unsolved mystery
C.every story should have a happy ending
D.their wishes are the cause of everything that happens
30、Failing in something isn’t a really nice feeling. But Scotland’s Fettes College in Edinburgh wants to show its students that ________ is not something to fear and is actually something to ________ !
From this year on, the boarding school has been ________ the “Failure Week” to celebrate taking risks and learning from failure. Whether it is in sports or at school, children often face a lot of ________ to succeed and do well, and the school is becoming ________ about them.
“Young people from all walks of life live in a high-pressure environment where they are ________ efforts to achieve a level of being ________ ,” said Sue Bruce, head of personal and social education at the school. “This week at Fettes we have been focusing on one of the most misunderstood ingredients of ________----failure. While we are often ________of failure, it is important to learn that it is only ________failing, often many times, that we learn how to succeed. Through the week, we have looked at the ________of some of the most successful inventors and artists, who failed hundreds, if not thousands, of times in their ________ to success.”
To ________failure, students were encouraged to try something they had been ________ to do before, like playing an instrument or juggling in front of an audience. A number of students ________ and tried things that they finally failed in, but they had fun and ________ the experience.
Students also ________ about famous people like J. K. Rowling and Richard Branson who failed many times ________ they achieved what they had set out to do. “Don’t let failure stop you. Thomas Edison had failed many times before taking his inventions to the ________ , which people were eager to buy. If you let the fear of failure stop you from doing something, you are ________ stopping yourselves from learning, developing, and potentially succeeding,” said Bruce.
【1】
A．life
B．study
C．failure
D．challenge
【2】
A．welcome
B．observe
C．admit
D．protect
【3】
A．continuing
B．holding
C．keeping
D．founding
【4】
A．trouble
B．exercise
C．freedom
D．pressure
【5】
A．confused
B．concerned
C．curious
D．unsatisfied
【6】
A．collecting
B．offering
C．making
D．requiring
【7】
A．perfect
B．proud
C．correct
D．satisfied
【8】
A．sorrow
B．fame
C．success
D．achievement
【9】
A．sure
B．afraid
C．careful
D．aware
【10】
A．with
B．upon
C．over
D．through
【11】
A．works
B．contributions
C．influences
D．experiences
【12】
A．tendency
B．journey
C．access
D．desire
【13】
A．remember
B．stress
C．celebrate
D．avoid
【14】
A．unfit
B．unable
C．unbearable
D．unclear
【15】
A．stepped up
B．lit up
C．put up
D．cheered up
【16】
A．repeated
B．guaranteed
C．explored
D．enjoyed
【17】
A．taught
B．learned
C．instructed
D．explained
【18】
A．before
B．when
C．until
D．unless
【19】
A．popularity
B．lab
C．reality
D．market
【20】
A．hopefully
B．naturally
C．actually
D．obviously
31、 I was 11 years old standing outside in just my ______while I watched the house that I grew up in rapidly burn to the ground.
A few minutes ______ I had been in bed when a scream woke me up. My grandma’s bedroom was just next to mine and my brother’s. A fire had ______ there and awakened her. Hearing her, my older brother had jumped into ______, running from room to room ______ waking everyone in the house. The house, ______, was over 50 years old and made of wood. ______ we could do anything the fire consumed it. We all ______ made it outside before the flames had taken ______of every room.
I stood there shivering (发抖) while the fire ______ my books, clothes, and toys. I watched ______ while my mom cried and my dad sighed (叹气). I wondered what was going to happen to us now that we had lost all of our things.
As I looked around, though, I ______something for the first time： The things that matter aren’t things. I saw my older brother running ______ the swinging bridge by our house to get help. I saw my oldest brother who was on crutches (拐杖) from an earlier accident standing unsteadily on one leg. I saw my grandma and dad ______ in each other’s arms and my mom holding our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all alive. Everything that was essential had ______ the fire. Our lives would continue. We would survive without the “stuff” that was burning. We would all be around to love each other for many years to come. And that was all that ______.
I ______ think of that fire in the night. It helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly essential in this life. It helped me to learn that the love we ______ is far more important than the things we ______.
Live your life then for the things that matter, not for the things you own. Love others. Let the fire inside of you make this world a warmer place. Let your soul ______ bright.
【1】A.uniform B.hat C.underwear D.overcoat
【2】A.earlier B.later C.sooner D.longer
【3】A.broken up B.broken out C.made up D.given out
【4】A.action B.step C.reality D.trouble
【5】A.slowly B.quickly C.regularly D.angrily
【6】A.otherwise B.therefore C.instead D.however
【7】A.Before B.After C.When D.Since
【8】A.hardly B.truly C.barely D.rarely
【9】A.hold B.advantage C.place D.notice
【10】A.damaged B.injured C.destroyed D.hurt
【11】A.mindlessly B.helplessly C.carelessly D.aimlessly
【12】A.remembered B.reminded C.realized D.recognized
【13】A.across B.through C.on D.over
【14】A.buried B.wrapped C.held D.hidden
【15】A.avoided B.defeated C.survived D.overcame
【16】A.mattered B.left C.affected D.occurred
【17】A.even B.already C.ever D.still
【18】A.raise B.share C.keep D.ignore
【19】A.possess B.receive C.believe D.doubt
【20】A.reflect B.appear C.shine D.light
32、 My grandparents lived in a town in Michigan. Every summer I stayed with them as a young child. I came from the ________ but loved the small place where they lived. People there knew everyone else, their kids, their pets and their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow ________ I grew older.
My grandma was ________ at making something exciting by hand. She would make little sandwiches and we'd have tea parties. She'd plant flowers and carefully ________ them. She'd ________ sweaters for her grandchildren as well as making beautiful ________ for each one. I remember the small thimble(顶针) she would use while doing her needlework. ________ her thimble on her finger, she'd remark, "I wouldn't want to sew without one."
A few years ago my grandma ________ at the age of 91. After attending her funeral, I realized how ________ our lives had changed. I missed her very much. When my birthday came, I was feeling ________ because there was no card from my grandma. But what happened later made me feel that she was ________ that special day with me. While I was arranging some ________ pillows that my grandma had made, I ________ felt something inside one pillow. It was small and ________ I moved the object to a seam (接缝)and I carefully opened it. To my delight, out ________ a tiny silver thimble!
How ________ it was to find something that had been a part of her. Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, my grandma ________ it in that little pillow for me. I carefully laid the thimble along with the other things I had ________ over the years, which reminded me of the pleasant ________ of her.
I heated the tea kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as my grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and my grandma's ________. What a wonderful birthday that was!
【1】A.building B.cottage C.city D.town
【2】A.as B.though C.that D.if
【3】A.mad B.angry C.good D.poor
【4】A.watch B.tend C.pick D.cut
【5】A.mend B.buy C.wash D.make
【6】A.books B.houses C.bikes D.quilts
【7】A.Buying B.Collecting C.Placing D.Removing
【8】A.called on B.passed away C.dropped in D.fell ill
【9】A.quickly B.shamefully C.slightly D.slowly
【10】A.upset B.worried C.thrilled D.surprised
【11】A.sharing B.thinking C.planning D.wasting
【12】A.tiresome B.colorful C.ugly D.broken
【13】A.eagerly B.carelessly C.gladly D.suddenly
【14】A.neat B.hard C.difficult D.soft
【15】A.went B.took C.came D.made
【16】A.ashamed B.exciting C.wise D.proud
【17】A.mixed B.stored C.hid D.sewed
【18】A.learned B.designed C.collected D.saved
【19】A.memory B.book C.letter D.clothes
【20】A.kettle B.tea C.thimble D.coffee
33、 It was March 15, 2012. My two brothers were out in the driveway shooting around when they suddenly screamed,“ The sky! The sky! It's green!” My dad _______ turned on the TV news. There was a tornado heading towards Dexter. I quickly ran up the stairs and seized my most _______ items that I felt I needed. My mom was piling clothing up in the basement to make a fort(堡垒) to _______ us. My dad was still upstairs watching the news. He usually never comes down when there’s a bad _______. As my ears heard a loud “pop”, I looked up to see my dad _______ full speed down into the basement swiftly _______ the door behind him to join us.
I for a brief moment thought that I was going to _______. When the tornado was going by it sounded like a heavy train was tearing through our _______.
Everything started to settle. My dad made his way back up the stairs to see what the damage was. The ceiling(天花板) had fallen down. Everywhere I _______all I could see was pure destruction. In that moment I felt __________, I had no idea what to do, and I didn’ t know what was happening or what the situation was. All I could think about was that my home was __________ going to be the same again.
This was the event that caused my family to have a(n) __________ on how lucky we were to be alive and together. Although the tornado wasn’t one that was that deadly we felt extremely __________ to be alive. This moment was a scary and life-changing situation, something that I never thought I would have to experience. It just made me think how I should be __________ for everything that I am able to have because you never know what __________ can throw at you, especially when you least expect it.
【1】A. immediately B. secretly C. recently D. strangely
【2】A. harmless B. attractive C. precious D. familiar
【3】A. persuade B. protect C. please D. prevent
【4】A. fire B. earthquake C. storm D. drought
【5】A. coming B. driving C. falling D. flying
【6】A. hitting B. closing C. painting D. touching
【7】A. begin B. return C. escape D. die
【8】A. office B. house C. hospital D. library
【9】A. traveled B. remembered C. looked D. hated
【10】A. awkward B. defeated C. interested D. amazed
【11】A. never B. ever C. still D. just
【12】A. realization B. conclusion C. imagination D. suggestion
【13】A. lonely B. calm C. brave D. lucky
【14】A. grateful B. regretful C. curious D. generous
【15】A. dream B. passion C. work D. life
34、根据句意填空
In the USA, the Amish-a Christian group-are famous because they drive 【1】 instead of cars, do not use TVs or refrigerators, and do not have personal telephones. Many people assume the Amish must have 【2】 reasons for their many rules, but this is not true. In truth, whenever a new technology is introduced, the Amish meet and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. They then vote on whether they will accept it. The Amish 【3】 cars because they like having 【4】 communities where everyone lives close together. They have no TVs or refrigerators because their homes do not have electricity-they do not think it is necessary and 【5】 dealing with strangers, such as the people who work at the electric company.
35、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.
36、Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
My daughter
(A story told by a father, a famous actor)
My wife and I only had the one child. We had Amy.
I see her as my best friend. I think she’d always come to me first if she had a problem. We have the same sense of humor, and share interests. 【1】 I don’t mind animals, she’s completely fascinated with them, and she has always had dogs, cats, horses, and goldfish in her life.
We were 【2】 (close) when she was about four, which I think is a lovely age for a child. They know the parents best, and don’t have outside contacts. She must have grown up suddenly when she went to school, because I remember her growing away from her family slightly. Any father who has a teenager daughter comes across an extraordinary collection of people, and there seemed to be an endless stream of strange young men 【3】 (come) through our house. By the time I learned their names they 【4】 (go) away and I had to start learning a new lot.
I wanted more than anything else for her to be happy in 【5】 she was doing, and I was prepared to pull strings to help her on her way. When she left a good school she decided she wanted to become an actress so I got her into drama school. It wasn’t to her liking so she joined a theatre group and began doing bits and pieces in films. She was doing well, but then gave it up. She probably found it boring. Then she took up social work, and finally went to work 【6】a designer and he became her husband. And that’s really the story of her life. She must be happy with him—they’re always together.
We have such similar tastes in books and music 【7】 I used to take her to see an opera, which is my big passion. However, I don’t think she likes it very much. She doesn’t come with me anymore.
I don’t think she’s a big television watcher. She knows when I’m on the television, and she 【8】 watch, but I don’t know. It’s not the kind of thing she tells me.
We’re very grateful for Amy. She’s a good daughter as daughters go. We’re looking forward to being grandparents.
37、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Everyone has their own unique fingerprint; 【1】 makes fingerprints an ideal way to unlock smartphones. However, this may be 【2】 (safe) than we think.
Scientists at New York University and Michigan State University in the US have developed a set of fake fingerprints. They say that the prints 【3】 unlock any fingerprint-enabled smartphone up to 65 percent of the time.
The artificial fingerprints 【4】 (create) by using many common features found in human prints. They work 【5】 taking advantage of the way smartphone scanners check a fingerprint.
The fingerprint scanners 【6】 (use) in smartphones are so small that they only read parts of fingerprints. So they have to take many scans of your finger or thumb (拇指) 【7】 they work properly. Smartphones also let users save several finger and thumbprints. Since a print only has to match one of the saved images 【8】 (unlock) the phone, the scanner is more likely to make mistakes.
Although the scientists have only tested their findings in computer simulations (模拟), 【9】 (worry) about the safety of using fingerprints are reasonable .They warn that the technology used to create artificial fingerprints is improving 【10】 (extreme) fast.
38、假定你是李华。近一个世纪以来，中国故宫在今年元宵节首次在夜间对公众开放，六千张免费门票在网上几分钟内抢购一空。你的外国朋友Jessica很好奇，来信想了解相关情况。请给他回信主要介绍以下内容。
(1)故宫是中国著名的景点之一，中国古代皇帝居住在这里长达五个世纪。
(2)对公众的开放时间通常是上午9:00-下午5:00。按传统，在晚间谢绝任何人入内。
(3)为了庆祝元宵节，宫墙上挂满红色的灯笼，还有京剧表演，灯光秀等。
注意事项:
(1) 字数100字左右 (2) 适当增加情节，使行文流畅
(3) 生词:故宫 The Forbidden City 元宵节 The Spring Lantern Festival 抢购 snap up
Dear Jessica,
I am more than thrilled to receiver your letter,
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I am looking forward to your visit.
Yours faithfully,
Li Hua
39、假设你是营养专家，请你根据下面的内容写一篇题目为 “Top Meal of the Day”的文章登在营养杂志上。
现状:许多高中学生不吃早餐（skip breakfast），其结果不仅影响白天的学习，而且导致身体变差。
原因:1.认为早餐不重要，可有可无；
2.早晨时间匆忙，为了节省时间不吃早晨；
3.女孩为了减肥而不吃早晨。
建议:每位学生都应该每天吃早餐。原因……（自定，至少两个）。
要求：1. 请按照要求使文章内容充实，上下文连贯通顺；
2. 词数：100左右。
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40、假定你叫李华。你校正开展“魅力校园”(Beautiful Campus)活动，你的美国朋友Marv对此很感兴趣，来信询问该活动开展情况。请你给他写封邮件，介绍该活动。内容包括:
1. 该活动开始的时间和持续的时间；
2. 你校具体开展的活动；
3. 该活动产生的效果。
注意:
1. 词数100左右:
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Marv,
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Yours,
Li Hua
41、假定你是李华，下周你校将举办英语演讲比赛。请你围绕 “taking responsibility” 写一篇演讲稿参赛，内容包括：
1. 承担责任的重要性；
2. 应如何承担责任；
3. 你的呼吁。
注意：1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear classmates,
I’m Li Hua.
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