1、Gradually, it faded away, ________ it was once such a great city.
A．even though
B．even
C．as if
D．as
2、The young teacher has ________ ambitious.
A. been proved to be B. proved to be
C. been proved D. proved being
3、Architects preferred _______ buildings with more light, which_______ with the heaviness of the Gothic cathedrals of the Middle ages.
A.to design, contrasts B.designing, contrasting
C.to design, to contrast D.designing, contrasted
4、People with simple names enjoy quicker career advancement because names which are hard to pronounce inspire negative ________ from superiors.
A． considerations B． consequences
C． expectations D． reactions
5、— I’m still working on my project.
— Oh, you’ll miss the deadline. Time is _______.
A. running out B. coming out
C. using out D. going out
6、The weather turned out to be fine yesterday. I ______ the trouble to carry my umbrella with me.
A. shouldn’t have taken B. couldn’t have taken
C. mustn’t have taken D. needn’t have taken
7、Netflix acquired the rights to the masterpiece “One Hundred Years of Solitude”, which marks the first time that writer’s family _______ the piece to be adapted for the screen.
A．has allowed
B．will have allowed
C．had allowed
D．allowed
8、You can take anything from the shelf and read, but please______ the books when you’ve finished with them.
A.put on B.put down
C.put back D.put off
9、The restaurant ____ us 1000 yuan for the wine which is worth one tenth in a grocery store.
A. accused B. paid C. charged D. asked
10、Most people said that pay was their main ______________ for working.
A. movement B. mention
C. method D. motivation
11、_________ students develop these social skills, schools in America offer a large number of after-school activities.
A．Helping
B．Help
C．Helped
D．To help
12、My mom’s ________ determined me to go on with my study.
A.encourages B.encouraged C.encouragement D.encourage
13、 the morning train, he would not have been late for the meeting.
A. Did he catch B. Should he catch
C. Has he caught D. Had he caught
14、The collectors dreamed of ________ a place to show off the collection in Latin America as a way to spark dialogue among artists across the diverse regions.
A．there to be
B．there being
C．there having
D．there would be
15、Only when the war, with all its unexpected consequences, is over ________.
A．that any political impacts will begin
B．will any political impacts begin
C．and any political impacts will begin
D．any political impacts will begin
16、I don’t want _______as this.
A.as an expensive car B.as a car expensive
C.as expensive a car D.how expensive a car
17、________ by the beauty of the piano music, the audience almost forgot to applaud when the pianist finally finished it.
A．Attract
B．To attract
C．Attracting
D．Attracted
18、If possible, _______ with the police office upon your arrival at the town so that it's possible to find you in case of emergency.
A.register B.negotiate C.propose D.schedule
19、We choose this hotel because the price for a night here is down to $20, half of _______ it used to charge.
A．that
B．which
C．what
D．how
20、Travelling on the bad mountain roads is a(an)________ experience and I will never risk my life like that.
A. terrifying B. terrified
C. astonishing D. astonished
21、If ________ in danger, please calm down and shout for help immediately.
A．trapped
B．trapping
C．having trapped
D．to be trapped
22、_________is Virginia Woolf’s most autobiographical novel, which develops a series of thoughts rather than a plot, centering on themes like women’s role in society, death and change.
A.The Garden Party B.The Green Room C.To the Lighthouse D.Daisy Miller
23、She looked in the direction of the window, but there was nothing in front _______ the deep darkness.
A.other than B.rather than C.or rather D.or else
24、My camera can be________to take pictures in cloudy and sunny conditions.
A.adapted B.adjusted C.adopted D.admitted
25、The new teacher was so well-organized that she began ________ we stopped yesterday so that no point was left out.
A．when
B．in which
C．how
D．where
26、When Emanuel received an email from Professor Richard English at Queen’s University, who encouraged him to apply for a PhD in Politics in Belfast, it was a pinch-me moment Emanuel never thought would be possible. After all, just a few short years ago, he was living on the streets, couch-surfing at friends’ houses and weeding gardens to make ends meet. Now, one of the world’s leading political academics was preparing to welcome him to Queen’s University over 4,000 miles away.
Emanuel never knew who his father was and his mom was mentally ill when she gave birth to him, so the hospital took him off her and he was unofficially adopted for the first few years of his life. What followed was a childhood with uncertainty as Emanuel was passed between the adoption system and family members.
Through his high school and community college years, he moved from house to house, living with friends at times and living on the streets at others.
Determined to change all that despite his rocky start in life, Emanuel involved himself in school — doing everything he could to earn extra tuition (学费) money in his spare time. But getting accepted into university was scarcely possible because a person like him couldn’t get a regular student loan.
Fortunately, the government backed him, having created a policy allowing disadvantaged persons to access funding for higher education. He graduated from the University of the West Indies with a 1st Class Honors degree and went on to do his Masters.
Emanuel knows that his story could have been very different.
“I discovered Professor Richard English online and sent him an email honestly, not thinking he would reply and to my surprise, he did. I applied for the highly competitive Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme in order to fund my research at Queen’s. When I was told I was successful, my whole world changed.”
【1】What does the underlined word “pinch-me” in Paragraph I probably mean?
A．Imaginary.
B．Anticipated.
C．Unbelievable.
D．Embarrassing.
【2】What happened to Emanuel in his childhood?
A．His father passed away early.
B．He received great parental care.
C．He was once adopted by his relatives.
D．He lived with his friends now and then.
【3】Which of the following can best describe Emanuel?
A．Tough and strong-willed.
B．Determined and talented.
C．Enthusiastic and generous.
D．Hardworking and attractive.
【4】What is the main idea the author wants to convey to us?
A．Well begun is half done.
B．Never judge by appearances.
C．Many hands make light work.
D．You are the architect of your own life.
27、A glimpse at Spring Festival Chinese film releases
The clock is ticking down to 2021! We’ve handpicked some films to help you get in the spirit of the season.
Hi, Mom
The film is widely regarded as the top dark horse thanks to its tear-jerking narration of mother-daughter affection, which is directed by Jia Ling.
Time： Feb. 12—14 9：30 a. m.〜11 ：30 a.m.
Place： Room 1
Treats： Popcorn, Ice cream
Price： ¥80
Detective Chinatown 3
Directed by Chen Sicheng, this movie topped the list of the most-anticipated holiday films sent by movie ticketing platform Maoyan.
Time： Feb. 14-16 1：00p. m.〜3：00P.m.
Place ： Room 2
Treats： Popcorn, Ice cream （for free）
Price： ¥75
A Writer/ Odyssey
Director Lu Yang showed a boldly imaginative visualization of a horrible fantasy world, taking the third seat with 410 million yuan.
Time： Feb. 13—17 9 ：30 a. m. 11 ：30 a. m.
Place： Room 3
Price： ¥65
Endgame
The film illustrates a comical up and down fate between an unsuccessful theater actor and a famous professional assassin（刺客）who loses his memory accidentally.
Time： Feb. 15 — 18 3：30 p. m.〜5：30 p. m.
Place： Room 4
Price： ¥60
Welcome to book through the WeChat account!
【1】Which room will show a film about family love?
A．Room 1.
B．Room 2.
C．Room 3.
D．Room 4.
【2】What time can you get free treats?
A．Feb. 16 3：00 a. m.
B．Feb. 15 2：00 p. m.
C．Feb. 18 2：00 p. m.
D．Feb. 14 11 ：00 a. m.
【3】Where is the text probably from?
A．A report.
B．A poster.
C．A journal.
D．A guidebook.
28、 From the most talked about politicians to the most popular TV shows, the social media platform—Twitter has unveiled what its users have been most fixated (最关注的) with over the past year.
Most tweeted-about TV shows 2019
HBO’s “Game of Thrones” claimed the title of the most tweeted-about TV show of the year, despite many criticizing the series for an anti-climatic finale.
It was followed by streaming giant Netflix‟s “Stranger Things” and long-standing animated sitcom
“The Simpsons”.
Most tweeted-about films 2019
2019 American superhero film “Avengers: Endgame” became the highest-grossing film of all time when it was released earlier this year, grossing nearly $2.8 billion worldwide and its success was reflected on Twitter, making it the platform‟s most-talked about movie of the year. It was followed by “Toy Story 4” and American psychological thriller “Joker”.
Most tweeted-about hashtags 2019
The top news-related hashtags worldwide included NotreDame after France‟s landmark cathedral caught fire, causing irreversible damage to the building which dates back to 856 and is considered to be one of the finest examples of French Gothic architecture.
Other popular news hashtags included Brexit, Christ Church and Climate Strike, in line with the biggest stories that have been dominating the global news agenda.
Most tweeted-about politicians 2019
US politicians topped the list for the most tweeted-about politicians worldwide, with President Donald Trump weighing in first. Former US President Obama was next on the list, followed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Also in the top 10 is US Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, popularly known as AOC, who made waves on the US political stage this year and is a strong supporter of the Green New Deal. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and French President Emmanuel Macron were also in the top 10.
Most tweeted-about emoji 2019
The social media platform kept track emoji usage as well, finding that the laughing face with tears of joy was the most used, followed by the crying face and heart eyes emoji.
【1】Which of the following can be WRONG from Most tweeted-about TV shows 2019 and Most tweeted-about films 2019?
A.No film has earned more money than “Avengers: Endgame” so far.
B.When you see “Joker”, there is possibility that you will feel thrilled.
C.“Toy Story 4” is second only to “Avengers: Endgame” in popularity.
D.“Game of Thrones” enjoys a great success without any criticism.
【2】It can be inferred that “hashtags” mainly refers to .
A.topics that people show little interest in
B.particular subjects that arouse people‟s attention worldwide
C.events that have controversial endings
D.subjects that are prohibited from being talked about
【3】According to Twitter, we can know that from the last two parts.
A.there is no Asian politician on the list of Most tweeted-about politicians 2019
B.crying face is used more frequently than the laughing face with tears
C.US politicians are relatively more influential than politicians from other countries in 2019
D.US Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is strongly against the Green New Deal
29、 Humanity has begun wrestling with the dangers of global threats such as climate change.But few authorities are planning for catastrophic solar storms -huge eruptions of mass and energy from the sun that destroy Earth’s magnetic field. In a recent paper,two Harvard University scientists estimate the potential economic damage from such an event will increase in the future and could equal the current U.S.GDP-about＄20 trillion-150years from now.
This kind of storm has happened before.The so-called Carrington Event in 1859,the most intense magnetic storm ever recorded on Earth,caused auroras(极光）in the atmosphere and even delivered electric shocks to telegraph operators.But a Carrington-scale storm today would cause far more harm because society now depends so heavily on electrical power grids,communications satellites and GPS.
In an effort to quantify that threat,astrophysicists Abraham Loeb and Manasvi Lingam of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics developed a mathematical model that assumes society's vulnerability(脆弱性）to solar storms will grow with technological advances.Under this model,during the next 50 years the potential for economic damage will depend primarily on the rising odds of a strong solar storm over time.Beyond 50 years our vulnerability will increase dramatically with technological progress until the latter levels off.
Some scientists question the model’s predictions. “Estimating the economic impact is challenging now, let alone in over a century,” says Edward Oughton, a research associate at the University of Cambridge's Center for Risk Studies.Yet he warns that uncertainty should not stop us from practical preparations, such as making power grids stronger and improving early-warning systems.
Loeb and Lingam think up a much wider strategy:$100-billion magnetic deflector shield(导流板）, positioned between Earth and the sun. This idea seems “pretty preposterous, ”however, given that solar particles arrive at Earth from all directions,says Daniel Baker,director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.
A better understanding of"space weather"-the changing condition in Earth's outer space environment, including solar radiation and particles-could help find the best strategies for confronting a dangerous solar storm,says Stacey Worman,a senior analyst at consulting firm Abt Associates."This is a challenging but important question,"Worman says,"that we need more eyes on."
【1】According to Edward Oughton,which of the following about solar storms is right?
A.They will become much stronger in 150 years.
B.Technology makes their potential damage grow.
C.Space weather forecast can effectively help deal with them.
D.It's difficult to predict their possible economic damage.
【2】The underlined word “preposterous” in Paragraph 5 means
A.innovative B.practical
C.unreasonable D.inflexible
【3】The author writes the passage mainly to_
A.remind people to guard against solar storms
B.report the damage of solar storms
C.introduce the characteristics of solar storms
D.analyze the possible cause of solar storms
30、Sitting in my school cafeteria, I looked around, slowly taking in everything. Student after student passed my _________ carrying that day’s lunch, but if you looked deeper, there was more to _________. There was more than just the uniform they were wearing, or the way they had styled their hair. There was a lot more hidden under the _________.
Catching the eye of a girl in my grade sitting at a nearby table, I waved _________. She smiled weakly and then continued to pick at the spaghetti in front of her. If I hadn’t _________ recently that her mother was dying of leukemia, I would have never _________ anything was wrong and I may not have been as _________ and sympathetic, either. It suddenly _________ me that we judge others too quickly without knowing the whole story.
I have an incurable lung disease. No one at our school knows—I don’t show any noticeable _________ except for a few coughs. I go about my day like any other kid, __________ with the realization that I have a __________ and terrifying future.
Before that day when I decided to __________ the world with a new perspective, I __________ myself almost every day. I thought only about myself and my heavy __________. But I’ve now realized no one is __________—we just need to accept the way we are.
【1】
A．order
B．room
C．table
D．cafeteria
【2】
A．imagine
B．compare
C．observe
D．exchange
【3】
A．uniform
B．rules
C．circumstances
D．surface
【4】
A．politely
B．wildly
C．coldly
D．impatiently
【5】
A．found
B．noticed
C．heard
D．decided
【6】
A．remembered
B．suspected
C．predicted
D．regretted
【7】
A．willing
B．outstanding
C．understanding
D．demanding
【8】
A．escaped
B．satisfied
C．hit
D．attracted
【9】
A．diseases
B．symptoms
C．complaints
D．weaknesses
【10】
A．but
B．and
C．or
D．so
【11】
A．bright
B．real
C．serious
D．dark
【12】
A．tolerate
B．create
C．change
D．view
【13】
A．forgave
B．pitied
C．challenged
D．encouraged
【14】
A．debt
B．reward
C．burden
D．schedule
【15】
A．changeable
B．perfect
C．unique
D．different
31、From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital _____I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I _____ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, muttering(嘀咕) _________about build self-confidence and working toward a ________.
So it was with really great______that I stood in church one recent Sunday, video camera in hand, and ______my 68-year-old father sweating in his shirt ______rising to play the piano in his very first recital.
My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t _________lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, _______too many of us do. But though he was rooted in his past, he wasn’t ________there. When he retired three years ago, he _____ his church music director to take him as a student.
For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he ______stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the ______? I worried, remembering those split seconds______ago when my mind would go blank and my fingers would _______. But then came the beautiful melody(旋律)，from the _____fingers that once baited(装饵于) my fishing lines. And I______he had been doing what music teachers always stress:___ _____the music and pretend the others aren’t there.
“I’m ________of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.
“Yeah, and doing it so______,” Jeff added.
With his first recital, my father taught me more about courage and determination than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.
【1】
A．reflected
B．explained
C．meant
D．proved
【2】
A．would
B．could
C．might
D．should
【3】
A．nothing
B．everything
C．anything
D．something
【4】
A．goal
B．stage
C．journey
D．chance
【5】
A．trouble
B．satisfaction
C．strength
D．disappointment
【6】
A．kept
B．sent
C．watched
D．felt
【7】
A．through
B．from
C．against
D．before
【8】
A．miss
B．afford
C．select
D．understand
【9】
A．as
B．once
C．if
D．while
【10】
A．educated
B．protected
C．stuck
D．spoilt
【11】
A．allowed
B．invited
C．inspired
D．persuaded
【12】
A．roughly
B．simply
C．merrily
D．curiously
【13】
A．words
B．videos
C．notes
D．lessons
【14】
A．decades
B．weeks
C．hours
D．moments
【15】
A．play
B．freeze
C．click
D．adjust
【16】
A．same
B．warm
C．different
D．dirty
【17】
A．predicted
B．realized
C．imagined
D．insisted
【18】
A．pass over
B．turn up
C．bring in
D．concentrate on
【19】
A．ashamed
B．aware
C．tired
D．proud
【20】
A．casually
B．anxiously
C．nicely
D．frequently
32、Kimberly and I had planned a trip to Europe for a long time, but we encountered some curveballs. Getting the departure time wrong, we had to _______ from the original train trip to a ship one.
Boarding the ship, we _______ it was not like a spacious hotel. The room were incredibly tight. The _______ in the small bathroom was a spout (喷头) connected to the sink. You turned it on and sprayed yourself, _______ the rest of the room.
The week-long ship travel was full of _______ . There were people from diverse backgrounds speaking different languages. We had stopovers on _______ of all sizes, where we cycled 30-40 kilometers. Then there were whole gales (狂风)—so fierce that even the buses couldn’t pass for safety _______. So finally we _______ back home.
We still appreciated the experience. Our real passion was about the _______ rather than the destination-the missed rides, the ________ ship, the mixture of cultures, and all the ________.
Sometimes people are so ________ to their comfortable life that it scares them to be off the beaten track. Yet, Once out of their comfort zone, the different experiences are what actually ________. Mixing things up, trying new things, seeing something ________ to adventure—this is how you through another person’s eyes, being create ________.
【1】
A．shift
B．range
C．break
D．deliver
【2】
A．admitted
B．regretted
C．fancied
D．realized
【3】
A．towel
B．shower
C．drier
D．wardrobe
【4】
A．rather than
B．let alone
C．along with
D．in particular
【5】
A．risks
B．barriers
C．conflicts
D．adventures
【6】
A．islands
B．harbors
C．malls
D．decks
【7】
A．measures
B．consequences
C．concerns
D．expectations
【8】
A．emerged
B．jogged
C．returned
D．headed
【9】
A．journey
B．emotion
C．scenery
D．culture
【10】
A．vacant
B．luxurious
C．overcrowded
D．expensive
【11】
A．listed
B．recommended
C．canceled
D．unsettled
【12】
A．close
B．accustomed
C．opposed
D．accessible
【13】
A．fall over
B．stand out
C．set off
D．go by
【14】
A．open
B．alert
C．blind
D．limited
【15】
A．hope
B．opportunities
C．passion
D．changes
33、Shamarr Allen was sleepy at home one evening last July when he was shocked awake by a TV news item. There had been a _____ among a group of children in the slum of New Orleans.
_____ from the city's slum, Allen is one of the most celebrated jazz trumpeters in the city. After seeing the________ news that morning, it didn't take long for Allen to_________ a possible approach. He had a few spare _________lying around Maybe he could offer them to kids in exchange for their guns.
Allen named the____My Trumpet Is My Weapon—after all, it was something of a _____ to release personal emotions, that _____me and redirected my path was a trumpet and the music.' Allen says He met with the New Orleans mayor to figure out how to make children feel _____ handing over their guns to the police.
Allen has collected seven guns so far, a small but symbolically important _____. But he doesn't stop with the____of gun tor instrument. After the exchanges, Allen connects the children with local ______who give them tree virtual trumpet lessons.
More importantly, he has brought hope for his city and young people ____ a better life. "I just say, 'Look. I come from where you come from, and I can show you the ____ that got me out,' says Allen. "And ______ may not be the way for you, but it will at least open your mind to see what's out there.”
【1】
A．cheering
B．gathering
C．shooting
D．hunting
【2】
A．Surprisingly
B．Originally
C．Accidentally
D．Unfortunately
【3】
A．humorous
B．imaginary
C．comic
D．sad
【4】
A．hit on
B．insist on
C．count on
D．focus on
【5】
A．coins
B．carpets
C．toys
D．trumpets
【6】
A．experience
B．program
C．news
D．gun
【7】
A．dream
B．stage
C．channel
D．framework
【8】
A．shamed
B．praised
C．saved
D．ruined
【9】
A．safe
B．excited
C．awkward
D．depressed
【10】
A．start
B．conclusion
C．ceremony
D．memorial
【11】
A．sales
B．repairs
C．destructions
D．exchanges
【12】
A．composers
B．musicians
C．officials
D．instructors
【13】
A．scared of
B．confused about
C．looking for
D．bringing out
【14】
A．way
B．advice
C．warning
D．commitment
【15】
A．knowledge
B．music
C．wisdom
D．hope
34、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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.”
35、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.
36、Directions: Complete the following sentences by using the proper form of the words or expressions given in the frame. Each one can only be used once.
Why your Password May Not Be As Safe As It Seems? Does “qaz2ws” strike you as a nice safe password? What about “adgjmptw”? An analysis has found them to be among the passwords that are most 【1】 used, which of course means they are not secure at all.
When ten million passwords were leaked on to the internet，they appeared to 【2】that attempts by internet security experts to make us improve our password strength had been successful, even if, in the specific case of the leaked passwords, they are also completely pointless.
While many of the passwords were still single words, such as “password”，there was also a clear attempt by many to make them harder to【3】. The problem was that people seemed to do so in the same way.
“Users are becoming slightly more 【4】what makes a password strong,” explained WP Engine, an internet company that performed the analysis. “For instance, adding a number or two at the end of a text phrase. That makes it better, right?”
But 【5】no. They found that almost half a million passwords did this and in 20 percent of those all people did was put the number “1” at the end.
Perhaps this is why some companies are now trying to move gradually beyond passwords. Yahoo! is giving users the option to 【6】 their mobile phone with an account, having a single use passwords texted to it each time they want to log on.
Although the serviced is voluntary, Dylan Casey an executive at Yahoo!，said that it was “the first step to【7】passwords”. He said it was a(n)【8】that it was increasingly hard for people to remember all the passwords they had. “I don’t think we, as an industry, have done a good enough job of putting ourselves in the shoes of the people using our products,” he said.
It would certainly be a more sensible strategy than same people’s improving upon “password” by using “password” or，“tran5p053d numb3r5 f0r 133tr3r5”.
“We are, for the most part，predictably【9】when it comes to choosing passwords, despite a decade of warnings from password strength checkers during sign-ups” said WP Engine. “We love taking a(n) 【10】, and so do password crackers.
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.
The Internet E-commerce and globalization are making a new economic age possible. In the future, capitalist markets will largely be replaced by a new kind of economic system based on 【1】 relationships, contractual arrangements and access rights.
Has the quality of our lives at work, at home and in our communities increased in direct proportion to all the new Internet and business-to-business Internet services being introduced into our lives? I have asked this question of hundreds of CEOs and corporate executives in Europe and the United States. Surprisingly, virtually everyone has said, “No, quiet 【2】.” They say they are working longer hours, feel more stressed, are more impatient, and are even less civil in their dealings with colleagues and friends-not to mention strangers. And what’s more revealing, they place much of the blame on the very same technologies they are so 【3】 supporting.
The technological leader promised us that access would make life more convenient. Instead, the very technological wonders that were supposed to 【4】 us have begun to enslave us in a web of connections from which there seems to be no easy 【5】.
If an earlier generation was preoccupied with the quest to enclose a vast 【6】 land, the .com generation, it seems, is more caught up in the colonization of time. Every spare moment of our time is being filled with some form of commercial connection, making time itself the 【7】 of all resources.
And while we have created every kind of labor-and time-saving device to service our needs, we are beginning to feel like we have less time available to us than any other humans in history. Maybe we need to ask what kinds of connections really 【8】 in the e-economy age. If this new technology 【9】 is only about super efficiency, then we risk losing something even precious than time-our sense of what it means to be a(n) 【10】 human being.
38、假定你是李华，为了帮助参加“一带一路”交流项目的来华留学生更好的了解中国的传统文化,你所在的学校决定周末组织留学生参观附近一处瓷器小镇。请给你的朋友Paul写一封邮件邀请他参加，内容包括：
1.写信目的；
2.体验项目；
3相关事宜。
注意：1.词数：100词左右.2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：一带一路One Belt One Road 瓷器：china
Dear Paul.
How is everything going here in China?
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39、来自英国的Tom，上周参加了当地某旅行社组织的旅游服务，他很不满意。所以，他想就此事给该旅行社写一封投诉信。内容包括：
1.写信目的； 2. 不满之处 3. 表达期望。
注意: 1. 词数不少于80；
2. 开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear sir,
My name is Tom, who is a customer of your travel agency.
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Yours,
Tom
40、假定你是李华，你所在班级将于本周六下午到四川宋瓷博物馆参观。请你给你的外教John写封邮件邀请他一同前往。内容包括:
1. 参观时间和地点；
2. 活动安排:参观宋瓷博物馆；听专家讲座；亲手制作瓷器；
3. 参观之前准备:简要了解宋朝的历史。
注意:1. 字数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
Dear John,
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Yours sincerely
Li Hua
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。
I could smell the turkey cooking, even in the attic where I was hiding out. I heard a laugh, too, and a bang from something being dropped. Our house was noisier since my new stepsister and step-mother moved in — Jen and Mom.
I called her Mom, but the word felt uncomfortable, like a pair of shoes that pinched (夹脚). I didn’t remember my own mother; she had died in an accident when I was a baby. It had always been just Dad and me. We were a team. Now, so much had changed, and sometimes I wished I had the magic to change it back.
I heard Dad’s footsteps upstairs. “Do you want to take Jen skating?” he asked.
“I guess.” I sighed, thinking about how Dad and I usually spent Thanksgiving Day building a big snowman. But this year, Dad was too busy helping Mom cook the turkey.
“Thanks,” Dad said and put his arm around my shoulders. “We’ll make that snowman later,” he promised.
“Yeah,” I agreed, not too sure we’d have time.
Mom handed us some homemade cookies with smiling faces as we grabbed our skates. I had to admit, Mom came up with good ideas sometimes. Even though I liked that, I still couldn’t help but feel as if she were changing everything.
“No, thanks. I’m not hungry,” I said, although I was, a little.
“Ready?” I asked Jen. She nodded, and we headed out the front door.
The snow crunched under our boots as we walked down the street. The silence was awkward. “Did you go skating a lot last year?” I asked, blurting out the first thing that came to my mind.
Jen shook her head and looked at me. Finally she said, “On Thanksgiving, Mom and I always went to visit some friends on a farm. I especially loved seeing their big turkeys.”
Until then, I’d never even thought about how Jen must be feeling. She not only had a new stepfather and stepbrother; she had a new town and home, too. Jen and her mom used to live near a lake, and she’d had to move up north with us. She’d had more changes than me.
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:
Suddenly, I didn’t feel quite so sorry for myself.
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Paragraph 2:
We were so busy making it that we didn’t hear our parents come outside.
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