1、—Why do the researchers sometimes have to climb so high?
—As far as I know, _____________on the top of the mountain is a certain wild plant said to have some medical value.
A.grown B.growing C.being grown D.having grown
2、In contrast to Barbie’s fantasy figure and fashionable high heels, these dolls are ________ on girls from historical eras and come with storybooks about themselves.
A．modeled
B．synthesized
C．popularized
D．imposed
3、John as well as the other children who ______ no parents ______ good care of in the centre at present.
A.has; is taken B.have; are taken C.have; is taken D.has; are taken
4、― Mr. Johnson, I’m really sorry _____ you waiting for a long time.
— I know you are very busy at the moment.
A.to have kept B.to be keeping C.to keep D.to have been kept
5、China has got a good_________ for fighting against Covid-19 with its careful and smooth organizaton.
A.reputation B.influence C.impression D.knowledge
6、The government_________ air quality in urban areas from levels one to five: excellent, fairly good, slightly polluted, poor and dangerous.
A.classifies B.arranges C.correspond D.divides
7、While we may not be born with a natural talent, we can ______ for it with hard work.
A.break up B.take up C.bring up D.make up
8、--- Are you satisfied with the result?
--- Not at all. It couldn’t be _____.
A. any worse B. any better
C. good D. bad
9、________about their table manners, the guests decided to do everything that president did.
A．Worried
B．Worrying
C．Be worried
D．To worry
10、The thief_____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.
A．abandoned
B．disappeared
C．scattered
D．deserted
11、As he was not allowed to her to the shops, he wrote out a list of items for her.
A. appointment B. ambulance C. accompany D. adjustment
12、In modern times, people have to learn to ________ all kinds of pressure although they are leading a comfortable life.
A.take notice of B.live with C.lock up D.live up to
13、_____ you may meet, you should face the challenge bravely.
A.However a serious problem B.What a serious problem
C.However serious a problem D.What serious a problem
14、A student is said to have got a suspension from school for cheating in the exam. __________honesty is concerned, no compromise is acceptable.
A.When B.Where C.What D.Once
15、___ the old man's sons wanted to know was ___ the gold had been hidden .
A.That ; what B.What ; where C.What ; that D.Whether ; if
16、A few years ago, it was an endangered species, but now the population is_________.
A.on the increase B.on the decline C.not in the least D.less and less
17、Many nations have promised to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but are falling short of the ________ reduction of 25 to 40 percent of 1990 levels.
A.target B.option C.profit D.refund
18、 ______ the heart attack, Monica brought her doctor a bunch of flowers to express her thanks.
A．Surviving
B．To survive
C．Survived
D．Having survived
19、His eyes locked with mine,and I guess he the decision right then whether or not to simply tell me the truth.
A.was making B.would make C.made D.had made
20、His mother did _______ she could ______ the boy.
A.what help B.that help C.what to help D.that to help
21、In only 10 years, our province has been _________ into an advanced industrial province.
A.transformed B.entered C.regarded D.issued
22、Can it have been on the playground ________ you lost your watch?
A.that B.on which C.where D.in that
23、The train for Beijing_________ at seven o’clock in the evening. We still have some time.
A.leaves B.has left C.left D.would leave
24、If people don’t learn from this, his suffering and death were________.
A.in comfort B.in vain C.in despair D.in hope
25、I have been convinced that the print media are usually more________ and more reliable than television.
A．accurate
B．ridiculous
C．urgent
D．flexible
26、The over 48,000 orange trees in Seville, Spain, not only fill the city’s air with the pleasant smell of orange blossoms in spring, but they also produce over 16,500 tons of fruit every winter. Though that makes the capital of southern Spain’s Andalusia region Europe’s top orange-producing city, the fruit is too sour to be consumed fresh. While some of the produce is used to make orange jam and an alcoholic drink, most of it ends up in Seville’s landfills (填埋场). However, that may change soon thanks to a clever idea to use the oranges to produce clean energy.
The trial program is being launched by the city’s council and park department in cooperation with Emasesa, Seville’s water supply and sanitation (卫生) division. Juice from 38. 6 tons of oranges will be left to ferment (发酵) in a specialized facility. The methane (甲烷) released from the fermented liquid will be captured and used to drive a generator to produce clean power. The officials estimate the test run will produce about 1,500 kWh of energy—enough to run one of Emasesa’s water purification plants. To ensure there is no waste, the orange skins, peels, and flesh will be used as fertilizer.
“It’s not just about saving money. The oranges are a problem for the city, and we’re producing added value from waste,” said Benigno Lopez, head of Emasesa’s environmental department.
If successful, by 2023, the city hopes to recycle all the oranges and add the electricity produced back into its power transmission network. In trial runs, one ton of oranges produced 50 kWh of clean energy—enough to cover the daily electricity needs of five homes. The project team estimates that if all the fruit is recycled, it will produce enough energy to power as many as 73,000 residences.
“This project will help us to reach our targets for reducing emissions, energy self-sufficiency, and the circular economy,” Juan Espadas Cejas, mayor of Seville, said in the press conference announcing the trial scheme.
【1】What do we know about oranges in Seville from the first paragraph？
A．They are usually picked in spring.
B．They are mostly used to make jams and juice.
C．They are not recommended to be eaten fresh.
D．They make Seville the world’s top orange-producing city.
【2】What is the second paragraph mainly about？
A．Different uses of oranges.
B．How to produce power from juice.
C．An introduction to the trial program.
D．Why the trial program was put forward.
【3】What can we infer from the passage？
A．Seville hasn’t carried out the trial program yet.
B．The electricity produced will be used to purify water.
C．The electricity produced will go to Seville’s power plants.
D．Seville may need to recycle 14,600 tons of oranges to power 73,000 homes.
【4】What is the best title for the text？
A．Seville Is Turning Waste into Wealth
B．Seville Is Seeking Market for Oranges
C．Seville Is Contributing to Global Warming
D．Seville Is Dealing with the Electricity Shortage
27、 You probably know who Marie Curie was, but you may not have heard of Rachel Carson. Of the outstanding ladies listed below, who do you think was the most important woman of the past 100 years?
Jane Addams(1860-1935)
Anyone who has ever been helped by a social worker has Jane Addams to thank. Addans helped the poor and worked for peace. She encouraged a sense of community(社区)by creating shelters and promoting education and services for people in need . In 1931, Addams became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Rachel Carson(1907-1964)
If it weren’t for Rachel Carson, the environmental movement might not exist today. Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world’s lakes and oceans.
Sandra Day O’Connor(1930-present)
When Sandra Day O’Connor finished third in her class at Stanford Law School, in 1952, she could not find work at a law firm because she was a woman. She became an Arizona state senator(参议员) and ,in 1981, the first woman to join the U.S. Supreme Court. O’Connor gave the deciding vote in many important cases during her 24 years on the top court.
Rosa Parks(1913-2005)
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, Rasa Parks would not give up her seat on a bus to a passenger. Her simple act landed Parks in prison. But it also set off the Montgomery bus boycott. It lasted for more than a year, and kicked off the civil-rights movement. “The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,” said Parks.
【1】What is Jane Addams noted for in history?
A. Her efforts to win a prize.
B. Her lack of proper training in law.
C. Her social work.
D. Her community background.
【2】What is the reason for O’Connor’s being rejected by the law firm?
A. The discrimination against women.
B. Her little work experience in court.
C. Her lack of proper training in law.
D. The poor financial conditions.
【3】Who made a great contribution to the civil-rights movement in the US?
A. Jane Addams. B. Rosa Parks.
C. Sandra Day O’Connor. D. Rachel Carson.
【4】What can we infer about the women mentioned in the text?
A. They are highly educated. B. They are truly creative.
C. They are peace-lovers. D. They are pioneers.
28、Female Scientists Who Have Changed the World
There are still hundreds of relatively-unknown women who have changed the world with their research throughout history
Tiera Guinn
This 21 -year-old scientist hasn't yet graduated from college, but Tiers Guinn's already doing rocket science. The MIT（麻省理工学院）senior is helping build a rocket for the United States that could be one of the biggest and most powerful ever made. She's an aerospace major with high credit points who also works as a Rocket Structural Design and Analysis Engineer for the Space Launch System that aerospace company Boeing is building for the US.
Elizabeth Blackwell
Elizabeth Blackwell,who was born in Bristol, England in 1821,was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States, became an activist for poor American women's health, and went on to found a medical school for women in England.
Jane Goodall
The most famous primate (灵长目）scientist in history, Jane Goodall was known for her work with chimps and as a champion of animal rights. And Goodall wasn't just working in a lab; she climbed trees and imitated the behavior of chimps in Tanzania to gain their trust and study them in their natural habitat.
Rachel Carson
In the 1960s, one environmental scientist's voice rose above the rest to become central to American politics, culture, and foreign policy: Rachel Carson's. Her article, "Silent Spring," warned of the dangers of pesticides（农药）and chemicals to humans, plants, and animals, and was a landmark in the nation's environmental history .
【1】What is Tiera Guinn's greatest achievement?
A．She entered the best university of the world.
B．She has been learning the newest rocket science.
C．She has helped build a big and powerful rocket.
D．She is a top student employed by a famous company.
【2】What is Elizabeth Blackwell famous for in history?
A．She was the first woman with the advanced education.
B．She was a pioneer of the women's health in the US and the UK.
C．She founded the first women's school in the United Kingdom.
D．She was the first woman to be accepted as an American citizen.
【3】Who made a great contribution to the animal-protection movement?
A．Tiera Guinn,
B．Jane Goodall.
C．Rachel Carson.
D．Elizabeth Blackwell.
29、Russ Fee was asleep inside his tent last summer in Canada's Banff National Park when a series of screams shocked him awake. Throwing on his shoes and grabbing a lantern his wife had handed him, he ran out to investigate. Despite the darkness, he could make out a neighboring tent. Backing out was a wolf, dragging something in his teeth—a man.
Moments earlier, Elisa and Matt, were asleep with their two young children when the wolf tore into their tent. "It was like something out of a horror movie," Elisa recalled. For three minutes, Matt threw his body in front of Elisa and the boys and fought against the wolf. At one point, Matt got the upper hand, but the wolf turned the tables and dragged Matt outside while Elisa was pulling on his legs trying to get him back.
It was then that Russ Fee entered the picture. He ran at the beast, kicking it in the hip. The wolf dropped Matt and emerged from the tent. Fee felt like he had hit someone that was way out of his weight class.
Before the wolf could turn its anger on Fee, Matt, his arms bloodied, restarted the battle. The men threw at the wolf with rocks, forcing it back. Then the families fled to the shelter of the Fees, minivan and called an ambulance.
"Attacks are so rare that a person here has a greater chance of being killed by a dog, lightning, a bee sting, or a car collision with a deer than being injured by a wolf" said Matt.
Fee did think about drawing back, if less heroic, during the heat of battle. The moment the wolf locked eyes with him, Fee said, "I immediately regretted kicking it."
【1】What were the two families doing in the park?
A．They were making a horror movie.
B．They were camping in the wild.
C．They were studying wolves.
D．They were investigating the park.
【2】How did Matt escape from the wolf?
A．By Fee's kicking the wolf from behind.
B．By turning the table on the wolf.
C．By placing his hand tightly on the wolf.
D．By his wife's pulling his legs.
【3】What can be inferred from Paragraph 5?
A．Many deer are killed by vehicles.
B．Dogs are people's friends in need.
C．Wolves seldom attack people there.
D．People are often attacked by wolves.
【4】Which word can best describe Fee in the story?
A．Brave.
B．Responsible.
C．Indifferent.
D．Clever.
30、 Being brave enough, girls are free to explore in their learning and life. That exploration leads to the ___________of their talents, passions and drawbacks. On Saturday night we saw one of our students act so bravely that it took my ________ away.
One of the lead characters of our show, Blue Stockings, was played by a science teacher, Ben Walker._________ , Ben broke his nose very badly playing football on Saturday and consequently couldn’t ________. Ella Jones, a Year I student and part of the cast, who ________ to rest on Saturday, was ________ to play Ben’s role.
Think about this. She had three hours’ ________, playing a role of a man she had never played before, in front of a/an ________ audience, and if she couldn’t ________, she would reduce the impact of the whole play. Not the end of the world, but it would be disappointing for all _________
Ella could have run, but she ________ to the challenge. She said, “I was astonished; However, I ________ the show must go on and I wanted to ________. I wasn’t scared ________ I arrived at the theatre and realized how much there was to ________. It wasn’t just about lines, but it was the stagecraft(舞台表演技巧). I was ________ about the other actors because I know how ________ it is to perform a role with someone who isn’t as invested, especially if it is an emotional scene.”
Asked how the show ________, Ella said, “It was amazing, and the audience seemed to love the male character I played for the first time.” She added, “Being scared doesn’t mean you can’t be ________. Anyway, I ________.”
【1】A.growth B.change C.discovery D.control
【2】A.pain B.faith C.breath D.feel
【3】A.Secretly B.Hopefully C.Unsurprisingly D.Unfortunately
【4】A.coach B.perform C.survive D.retire
【5】A.refused. B.decided C.happened D.promised
【6】A.asked B.forced C.trained D.reminded
【7】A.wait B.presentation C.training D.judgment
【8】A.cheering B.paying C.standing D.astonishing
【9】A.take it away B.look it up C.make it out D.carry it off
【10】A.watching B.regarding C.concerned D.referred
【11】A.faced B.met C.arose D.rose
【12】A.suspected B.questioned C.figured D.proposed
【13】A.win B.help C.desire D.quit
【14】A.until B.unless C.so that D.the moment
【15】A.put away B.hand in C.work out D.take over
【16】A.doubtful B.confident C.curious D.worried
【17】A.easy B.tough C.embarrassing D.interesting
【18】A.sounded B.improved C.started D.went
【19】A.brave B.proud C.calm D.shy
【20】A.got it B.saw it C.made it D.did it
31、Jack McCrossan and his three friends moved to the English city of Bristol. There, they were upset to discover that their landlord (房东） wouldn't _______them to get a dog. The guys had all grown up with dogs and missed the_________of a four-legged friend. So when they_______a dog looking at them from their neighbor's window one evening, they had a(n)_______: write to their neighbor and offer their _______as doggy caretakers.
“If you ever need someone to walk him/her, we'll gladly do so, "they wrote." If you ever get _______(we know you never will, but we can dream) we're more than happy to_________ him/her. If you want to come over and bring him/her to _______ our day, you're more than welcome. If you_________to walk past our balcony windows so we can see him/her, please do. "
They__________the letter might come across as a bit strong, so they________explained that they missed having a dog around. "The adult life is a________ without one,” they wrote, signing off as "the boys from number 23”。
They soon received a letter back stamped with a paw (爪子） on the back. "What a ________it was to receive your letter, "began the note written________ the dog, Stevie Ticks, by her owner, Sarah Tolman." I____________meeting new people and it'd be great if we can be friends. I must warn you that the price of my__________is giving ball throws whenever I ________ them. "
The letter continued, "We understand how ________ it is to find pet-friendly rentals (出租房）－and life just isn't ________without a dog in it. We'd love to hang whenever you fancy. ”
McCrossan posted the whole________ online and it soon blew up.
【1】
A．force
B．order
C．allow
D．forbid
【2】
A．sacrifice
B．communication
C．performance
D．company
【3】
A．spotted
B．sensed
C．kept
D．imagined
【4】
A．belief
B．idea
C．goal
D．attitude
【5】
A．services
B．donations
C．recipes
D．lessons
【6】
A．frightened
B．embarrassed
C．disappointed
D．bored
【7】
A．live on
B．fight against
C．look after
D．seek for
【8】
A．cost
B．brighten
C．replace
D．occupy
【9】
A．happen
B．decline
C．pretend
D．desire
【10】
A．wished
B．feared
C．guaranteed
D．concluded
【11】
A．rarely
B．curiously
C．gradually
D．simply
【12】
A．struggle
B．dream
C．journey
D．destination
【13】
A．truth
B．joke
C．treat
D．choice
【14】
A．on behalf of
B．in celebration of
C．in search of
D．on account of
【15】
A．risk
B．admit
C．love
D．stand
【16】
A．invitation
B．friendship
C．assistance
D．contribution
【17】
A．discover
B．describe
C．remember
D．demand
【18】
A．hard
B．terrifying
C．secret
D．normal
【19】
A．formal
B．full
C．changeable
D．random
【20】
A．application
B．conflict
C．exchange
D．debate
32、 As a young man growing up in New York City, Allan Maman was always thinking and trying. When fidget spinners (指尖陀螺) first came out, he was extremely _____. As a young man with a disease called ADHD, the constant _____ of the spinner looked very interesting to him. He _____ some spinners online, and he found the products to be of poor _____ and overpriced.
Instead of waiting for someone else to _____ it, Allan decided to make one. He found a blueprint online and used his high school’s 3D printer to _____ with. Then Allan asked his science teacher to help him learn how to use the _____. He created his first fidget spinner and _____ it with his classmates, who soon became so crazy about it. Everyone became _____ to possess one. So, Allan started to make more fidget spinners.
With the orders rising, he purchased his own 3D printer to meet the ______. He had to work long hours to ______ all of the orders. Then he and his friend, Cooper Weiss, ______ to open an Instagram account, Fidget 360, to attract more customers and ______ it took off.
They ordered more 3D printers and ______ shop in their basement. Allan and Cooper paid their school classmates to help assemble(安装) and _____ the orders. Soon, they needed even more help! ______, they found a company in Brooklyn to make the ______ for them. All in all, they sold over $350,000 worth of fidget spinners! Their ______ was presented in many national magazines and TV shows. Allan is now moving on to other ______. His long-term goal is to create more great businesses and then give his profits back to ______ causes.
【1】A.angry B.mad C.curious D.sensitive
【2】A.movement B.excitement C.speed D.beauty
【3】A.designed B.ordered C.described D.exchanged
【4】A.color B.taste C.material D.quality
【5】A.explain B.improve C.abandon D.enjoy
【6】A.experiment B.continue C.communicate D.compete
【7】A.knowledge B.network C.printer D.science
【8】A.bought B.provided C.compared D.shared
【9】A.upset B.surprised C.eager D.happy
【10】A.requirement B.demand C.standard D.deadline
【11】A.get away with B.look up to C.put up with D.keep up with
【12】A.decided B.preferred C.chose D.expected
【13】A.finally B.quickly C.clearly D.gradually
【14】A.took up B.gave up C.set up D.got up
【15】A.turn B.tie C.fold D.ship
【16】A.Instead B.Therefore C.However D.Otherwise
【17】A.products B.models C.styles D.systems
【18】A.success B.incident C.experience D.identity
【19】A.hobbies B.professions C.creations D.technologies
【20】A.important B.possible C.hopeful D.worthy
33、Ten years ago, I set out to examine luck. I wanted to know why some people are _________ in the right place at the right time, while others consistently experienced ill fortune. I _________ notices in national newspapers asking for people who felt consistently lucky or unlucky to contact me.
Hundreds of extraordinary men and women volunteered for my _________ . Over the years I interviewed them, watched their lives and had them _________ various experiments.
I carried out a simple _________ to discover whether their differences in luck was due to differences in their ability to _________ opportunities. I gave both lucky and unlucky people a newspaper and asked them to look through it and tell me how many photographs were inside. I had _________ placed a large message halfway through the newspaper saying “Tell the experimenter you have seen this and win $ 50.”
This _________ took up half of the page and was written in type that was more than two inches high. It was staring everyone straight in the face, but the unlucky people tended to _________ it and the lucky people tended to spot it.
Unlucky people are generally more __________ than lucky people, and this anxiety affects their ability to notice the__________. As a result, they miss opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. They go to gatherings focused on finding their perfect partner and miss opportunities to make good friends. They look through newspapers __________to find certain types of job advertisements and miss other types of jobs.
Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there__________ just what they are looking for. My research eventually showed that lucky people create good fortune via four __________ . They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition(直觉), create self-fulfilling prophesies(预言) via positive expectations, and adopt a “never say die” attitude that __________ bad luck into good.
【1】
A．never
B．always
C．sometimes
D．seldom
【2】
A．placed
B．edited
C．created
D．read
【3】
A．game
B．adventure
C．research
D．contest
【4】
A．participate in
B．call off
C．look into
D．carry out
【5】
A．observation
B．experiment
C．competition
D．discussion
【6】
A．share
B．predict
C．decline
D．identify
【7】
A．hesitantly
B．carelessly
C．secretly
D．excitedly
【8】
A．copy
B．message
C．diagram
D．introduction
【9】
A．miss
B．pass
C．revise
D．misunderstand
【10】
A．nervous
B．careless
C．awkward
D．pitiful
【11】
A．unaffected
B．unexplained
C．unchanged
D．unexpected
【12】
A．confident
B．disappointed
C．determined
D．surprised
【13】
A．apart from
B．but for
C．regardless of
D．rather than
【14】
A．goals
B．preferences
C．principles
D．steps
【15】
A．throws
B．transforms
C．takes
D．forces
34、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.
35、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.”
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Yet, some people are【1】 They claim that surfing the Internet is a waste of time. They make the 【2】 that children spend too much time chatting and playing games instead of 【3】 on their school work. However, a recent survey conducted in the USA shows that 80 per cent of Internet users 【4】 it mostly to search for answers to questions. The second most common use of the Internet, for 79 per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies. These statistics prove that gathering information is the 【5】 use for the Internet.
37、阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
Wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic p【1】 the spread of the deadly virus. But it is also i【2】. For one, we can no longer unlock our phones using facial recognition since a good part of our face is c【3】.
F【4】, tech companies are working to solve the problem. Apple, for example, offered a new way to unlock your iPhone and iPad with its l【5】 software update, iOS13.5, w【6】 was released on May 20.
Even though the update still won’t recognize your masked face, it makes the whole process f【7】. While the old system wouldn’t allow access t【8】 the passcode screen before three failed face scan attempts, iOS13.5 will send you straight to the passcode screen when you swipe up.
It might only s【9】 you a few seconds, but those few seconds “benefit public health by eliminating the temptation for people to r【10】 their masks in order to unlock their device”.
38、你校正在组织英语作文比赛。请以身边值得尊敬和爱戴的人为题，写一篇短文参赛，内容包括:
1.人物简介；2.尊敬和爱戴的原因。
注意:词数100左右；
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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。
Miss Baugh taught seventh-grade social studies. She was the kind of teacher that just about everyone has had at least once: Scary. Her reputation was not unlike that of Dracula. Miss Baugh allowed no nonsense (胡言乱语). She drilled us and taught us to take school seriously. She also introduced to us the concept of “extra credit” for a correct response to a random question — and a frown for an incorrect one. Miss Baugh had been teaching for a long time and knew how to frighten even the naughty boys in the back row, including me. She managed to scare us all.
But I also had a life outside of school and had just discovered cheap prank (恶作剧) pieces — an ink bottle painted to look as though it had overturned, and a piece of shiny black metal shaped like a puddle of ink.
Of all the people I could have pranked, I chose Miss Baugh somehow. At the beginning of the class, before she’d returned to her classroom, I dared to approach her desk. I opened her grade book and placed the bottle and the black metal on one of the pages, proudly noting that it truly did look like spilled ink! Then I went to my desk and waited for the fun.
I wasn’t disappointed. When Miss Baugh saw the items, she let out a little cry and looked for something to wipe up the ink with. The prank had succeeded the way beyond my expectations. But immediately she discovered that it was just a piece of black metal. She picked up the “puddle”, then the bottle, and examined them. She looked up with eyes sweeping the classroom with a deadly stare. Some of my classmates who had seen me set up the fake spill carefully avoided looking at me, so as not to give me away. Then came the unavoidable question: “Who did this?”
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
After a few violent beats in my heart, I slowly raised my hand.
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Miss Baugh was as strict as before, but something changed in me.
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40、最近，有关食品安全报道屡见报端。请你以“Food Safety”为题目，结合生活实际写一篇英语短文，简单发表自己的观点和看法。
注意：1．词数不少于110；
2．用词准确，条理清晰；
3．相关词汇：不合格poor-qualified food；不合法的illegal；摊位stands；吃零食nibbling between meals.
41、阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。
When we are in the face of hardships, different attitudes toward life lead to different lives.
Austin lost his arms in an accident that claimed the life of his father — who was the main source of support for the family. Since then, he has had to depend on the arms of his younger brother. For the sake of taking care of him, his younger brother became his shadow, never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do anything in his life.
One late night, he suffered from diarrhea (腹泻)and had to wake up his younger brother. His younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and then went back to the dorm to wait. But being so tired, his younger brother fell asleep, leaving him in the toilet for two hours till the teacher on duty discovered him. Although the two brothers grew up together, they had their own share of problems, which made them often quarrel with each other. Then one day, his younger brother became so angry that he wanted to separate from Austin, living his own life, as many normal people did. So Austin was heartbroken, and he was at a loss what to do in the future of his life.
It was really a coincidence that a similar misfortune befell a girl, Ella, too. One night her mother, who suffered from chronic mental illness, left home. So her father went out to look for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare meals for her parents, accidentally starting a fire in the kitchen, which took her arms away.
Though her elder sister, who was studying in another city, showed her strong willingness to take care of her, she was determined to be completely self-reliant. At school, she always studied hard. Most important of all, she learned to be independent. Once she wrote the following in her composition: "I am lucky. Though I lost my arms, I still have legs. I am lucky. Though my wings are broken, my heart can still fly."
注意:
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右;
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语;
3.续写部分分为两段,每段的开头语已为你写好;
4.续写完成后,请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:
One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program.
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Paragraph 2:
They had both been through the same painful experience, but their different attitudes determined the nature of their lives.
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