1、 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
2、If William had listened to what his teacher said in class, he how to solve the problem now.
A.has known B.would know C.would have known D.knows
3、With everyone ________ him, he decided to make great contributions to the country.
A．respecting
B．to respect
C．respected
D．to be respected
4、There is no greater love than________ who lays his life for his friends.
A.that of a man B.a man
C.that of a man’s D.a man’s
5、The local government provided ________ for the homeless soon after the flood.
A.possessions B.accommodations C.souvenirs D.groceries
6、Can’t you see the old-fashioned gas lamp ______ from the ceiling?
A. hung B. hangs C. hanging D. hanged
7、No matter how busy he is, Tom makes ______ a rule to see his grandparents every weekend.
A．this
B．that
C．it
D．him
8、One reason for her preference for city life is that she can have___________ to places like shops and restaurants.
A.method B.access C.way D.means
9、— What do you think of my composition?
— It_____well______ a few spelling mistakes.
A.reads; except for B.read; besides C.is read; except for D.is read; besides
10、The panels also capture heat from the sun and ________it into energy that powers the building.
A．pose
B．repay
C．polish
D．convert
11、The engine just won’t start. Something seems ______ wrong with it.
A.to go B.to have gone
C.going D.having gone
12、In the dark forests __________, some large enough to hold several English towns.
A.are standing many lakes B.lie many lakes
C.many lakes lie D.many lakes stand
13、― 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
14、I had to ________ myself to being an architect to my parents’ will.
A．resign
B．withdraw
C．reject
D．evaluate
15、The sun began to rise in the sky, ________ the mountain in golden light.
A.bathed B.bathing
C.to have bathed D.have bathed
16、The medical staff of Leishenshan hospital in Wuhan at the hospital square on April 4, 2020.
A.majored B.mentioned C.motivated D.mourned
17、The young couple wrote to Mr Grand to________his warm reception during their visit to his farm.
A.acknowledge B.update C.consult D.acquire
18、I don't think he is the suitable person，for he____experience，____is essential for the job.
A.lacks；which B.lacking；as C.lacks of；which D.lacked；that
19、He bought a CD card _______ a flower in the super market.
A.but B.except C.except for D.as well as
20、We can’t make out his ______ of the article because there are too many technical terms in it.
A. fiction B. abstract
C. claim D. principle
21、__________ ，I went out for a walk.
A.There was nothing to do B.There being nothing to do
C.There had nothing to do D.There were nothing to do
22、American Indians_______ about 5% of the US population.
A.keep off B.keep up C.make up for D.make up
23、Where is the window ____ glass is broken ?
A.which B.that C.whose D.its
24、It depends on ___ we have enough time .
A.if B.which C.if or not D.whether
25、--Mary failed the driving test again.
-- Really? Can you_______ for that this time.
A．explain
B．account
C．describe
D．introduce
26、Radar（雷达） is an electronic device that detects planes, ships, coastlines, landmarks, and even storm clouds. The name radar comes from the first letters of the words radio direction and ranging. As the human eye uses light waves to see, radar “sees” with radio waves. Without radar, planes could not land safely in bad weather and ships could not move safely in thick fog.【1】
In the 1800s it was discovered that radio waves could be reflected from objects. But scientists did not make great advances in radar research until the 1930s, when the world was threatened by war.【2】 It has been used widely in almost every conflict since then.
Echoes make it possible for radar to work. When a beam of radio waves is sent out, it strikes on an object and returns an echo. This echo is picked up by radar and recorded on a screen similar to television screen. On the screen an observer sees a flash, or a blip, that shows the direction and distance of the object.【3】
Airport control towers use radar to guide planes in for safe landings. Almost all large ships depend on radar to prevent collisions with icebergs or other ships. 【4】Weather forecasters “see” the size, direction, and speed of storms on radar screens. Astronomers can even use radar to measure accurately the distance to the moon. Thus, the device has generated major advancements.
【5】 Huge radar antennas have been installed all over the United States. They guard us against possible enemy attacks. We have ballistic—missiles (战略导弹)warning systems that can alert us to attacks when missiles are more than 1,000 miles away. Other radar systems warn us against enemy aircraft and even spying space satellites.
A．Police track speeders in radar-equipped cars.
B．These measurements are now highly accurate.
C．The device can be used in a wide range of fields.
D．During World War II many countries used radar effectively.
E．It is therefore especially valuable to shippers and travelers.
F．Today radar is used by commercial airliners and weather forecasters.
G．Strengthening national defense is one of radar’s most important functions.
27、Still seeking a destination for your weekend break? There are some places which are probably a mere wall away from your college.
King’s Art Centre
A day at the Centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. This weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.
You could attend a class teaching you how to learn from the masters or get more creative with paint – free of charge.
The Centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.
The Botanic Garden
The Garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for Cambridge University.
The multi-branched Torch Aloe here is impressive. The African plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss.
Get to the display house to see Dionaea muscipula, a plant more commonly known as the Venus Flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.
The Garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. Look for grass snakes in the lake. A snake called Hissing Sid is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.
Byron’s Pool
Many stories surround Lord Byron’s time as a student of Cambridge University. Arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”. However, it seems as though Byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. I’m not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms. He spent a great deal of time walking in the village.
It is also said that on occasion Byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is now known as Byron’s Pool. A couple of miles past Grantchester in the south Cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by the fields. The cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. If you don’t trust me, then perhaps you’ll take it from Virginia Woolf ,a famous writer,—over a century after Byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.
【1】The passage is mainly about__________.
A．interesting stories of Lord Byron
B．an approach to becoming creative in art
C．the colorful life in the countryside
D．some places for weekend break
【2】If you are a wildlife enthusiast, you’d better go to__________.
A．Byron’s Pool
B．the Botanic Garden
C．King’s Art Centre
D．Cambridgeshire
【3】The author’s purpose in mentioning Virginia Woolf is to show__________.
A．she was a famous writer
B．she was keen on swimming
C．she was Byron’s admirer
D．Byron’s Pool is a pleasant place
28、 When Rudyard Kipling created the character of Mowgli, an orphaned boy who was adopted and raised by wolves in the forests of India, he would have never guessed that one day there would be a child that would actually live a similar life.
Born in Windhoek, Namibia in 1990, to Sylvie Robert and Alain Degre, both wildlife photographers, Tippi was exposed to the wild residents of the African jungles since the day she was born. Her parents traveled a lot through the country in search of exotic (异国的) animals and the three often ended up sleeping in a tent in the middle of the jungles.
However, unlike Mowgli, Tippi’s parents were always around to protect her and the only wild animals that she interacted with were the orphaned wildlife that had been raised by humans in national parks. Having said that, these animals were still wild and little Tippi did have a few close encounters like when an ape tried to steal her milk bottle or when a Meerakat thought her nose looked good enough to eat and took a couple of nips (捏; 掐). The most serious one that her mom can recall is when Cindy, a baboon, became a little jealous of Tippi’s thick hair and decided to pull out a handful. But overall, the young girl, who many locals believed had a special connection with animals, led a rather magical life.
While her magical life ended when she turned ten and her parents decided to move back to Paris, her memories were shown in a book called Tippi, My Book of Africa, which not surprisingly has become a huge hit among animal fans. We wonder if the now 23-year-old girl who is studying cinema in Paris, will some day decide to follow her parents’ example and take her kids back to experience what she did.
【1】What do the characters Mowgli and Tippi have in common?
A.They were both orphaned kids. B.They both grew up in the wild.
C.They were both very aggressive D.They were both adopted by wolves
【2】Sylvie Robert and Alain Degre often traveled in the wild in Africa because _______.
A.they enjoyed living with wild animals B.they wanted to help out endangered animals
C.they were taking photographs of exotic animals D.they were looking for animals for national parks
【3】We know that after Tippi went to live in Paris, she _______.
A.didn’t want others to know about her past
B.often had nightmares because of her experience
C.never wanted to go back to live in the wild again
D.wrote a book based on her experience in the wild
【4】What would be the best title for the passage?
A.Tippi, My Book of Africa. B.Meet Tippi – the real life of Mowgli.
C.Mowgli – a boy who was raised by wolves. D.The new life of Tippi who grew up with animals
29、Learning a second language is tricky at any age and it only gets tougher the longer you wait to open that dusty French book. Now, in a new study, scientists have pinpointed the exact age at which your chances of reaching fluency in a second language seem to plummet: 10.
The study, published in the journal Cognition, found that it’s “nearly impossible” for language learners to reach native-level fluency if they start learning a second tongue after 10. But that doesn’t seem to be because language skills go downhill. “It turns out you’re still learning fast. It’s just that you run out of time, because your ability to learn starts dropping at around 17 or 18 years old,” says study co-author Joshua Hartshorne, an assistant professor of psychology at Boston College.
Kids may be better than adults at learning new languages for many reasons. Children’s brains are more plastic than those of adults, meaning they’re better able to adapt and respond to new information. “All learning involves the brain changing,” Hartshorne says, “and children’s brains seem to be a lot more skilled at changing.”
Kids may also be more willing to try new things (and to potentially look foolish in the process) than adults are. Their comparatively new grasp on their native tongue may also be advantageous. Unlike adults, who tend to default (默认) to the rules and patterns of their first language, kids may be able to approach a new one with a blank slate (石板).
These findings may seem discouraging, but it was heartening for scientists to learn that the critical period for fluent language acquisition might be longer than they previously thought. Some scientists believed that the brief window closes shortly after birth, while others stretched it only to early adolescence. Compared to those estimates, 17 or 18 — when language learning ability starts to drop off — seems relatively old.
“People fared better when they learned by immersion (沉浸), rather than simply in a classroom. And moving to a place where your desired language is spoken is the best way to learn as an adult. If that’s not an option, you can mimic an immersive environment by finding ways to have conversations with native speakers in their own communities,” Hartshorne says. By doing so, it’s possible to become conversationally proficient — even without the advantage of a child’s brain.
【1】The underlined word “plummet” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to “__________”.
A．decrease
B．rise
C．end
D．vary
【2】What can be inferred from Joshua Hartshorne’s words?
A．Children are too young to grasp a second language.
B．Age 10-18 is the best time to learn a second language.
C．Adults go beyond the critical period for learning a second language.
D．Communicating with native speakers enables you to master all the language skills.
【3】Why adults can’t reach native-level fluency in a second language?
A．Adults are less influenced by their mother tongues.
B．Adults spend more time responding to new information.
C．Adults are only too willing to experience something awkward in the process.
D．Adults prefer an immersive environment to a classroom in learning a second language.
【4】The passage is mainly about __________.
A．the best age to learn a second language
B．the approaches to learning a second language
C．why kids learn a second language more easily than adults
D．whether adults can learn a second language like their younger selves
30、 It was New Year’s Night. An _________ man was standing at a window. He raised his _________ eyes towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were_________ like water lilies on the surface of a clear calm lake. Then he _________ them on the earth, where a few more_________ people than himself now moved towards their certain goal—the _________. He had already passed sixty of the stages leading to it, and he had brought from his journey _________ but errors and regrets. Now his health was poor, his mind vacant and his heart _________.
The days of his _________ appeared like dreams before him, and he recalled the serious moment when his father placed him at the ____________ of the two roads—one leading to a peaceful, sunny place, the other leading to a deep, ____________ cave. He looked towards the sky and cried ____________, “Oh youth, return! Oh, my father, place me once more at the entrance to life, and I will choose the ____________ way!” But both his father and the days of his youth had ____________.
The clock in the church tower ____________ and the sound made him remember his parents’ early ____________ for him. They had taught him and prayed to God for his ____________. But he chose the ____________ way. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and with a despairing ____________, he burst out a cry, “Come back ,my early days!”
And his youth did ____________, for all this was only a dream which he had on New Year’s Night.
【1】A.admirable B.honest C.aged D.inspiring
【2】A.sharp B.shining C.charming D.mournful
【3】A.swimming B.sleeping C.floating D.lying
【4】A.cast B.threw C.put D.caught
【5】A.jobless B.hopeless C.homeless D.fearless
【6】A.office B.company C.lounge D.tomb
【7】A.everything B.anything C.nothing D.something
【8】A.sorrowful B.thoughtful C.joyful D.thankful
【9】A.death B.youth C.growth D.birth
【10】A.middle B.entrance C.end D.exit
【11】A.big B.bright C.open D.dark
【12】A.manly B.sympathetically C.painfully D.peacefully
【13】A.shorter B.better C.worse D.harder
【14】A.passed down B.passed by C.passed away D.passed out
【15】A.knocked B.rang C.beat D.struck
【16】A.love B.guidance C.instruction D.support
【17】A.guilt B.health C.wealth D.good
【18】A.right B.wrong C.easy D.difficult
【19】A.effect B.effort C.force D.power
【20】A.return B.leave C.disappear D.fade
31、 I like food, especially if someone else cooks it. That is what my husband is ______ as I write this. The man loves to cook. He recently started a ______ that he has been thinking about for years, ______ family recipes — his own, his mom’s, his sister’s, even mine — plus a few______from his grandmothers’ generation.
More than just ______, he collects photos and stories, the kinds of anecdotes and ____ that add meaning and flavor to any family meal.
I, for instance, can provide a recipe for kids’ ______ vote for “Mom’s home cooking”: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese (卡夫奶酪通心饼).
Over time, I’ve ______ my recipe file, something for which my husband is grateful. Reading all those recipes ______ my husband to think he might be able to cook them too. For dinner tonight, he ______ that he would make lemon Coriander Chicken (柠檬香菜鸡) according to my recipe. After lunch, he started talking about the steps it involved and the ingredients ______.
“Do we have black mustard seeds?” he asked ______.
“Um, we might have pepper,” I said.
Minutes later, he ______ with a list and was gone for two hours.
He came home with five bags of groceries and a shiny new blender（搅拌机） he needed to make the sauce.
The recipe is ______. What it means to me is not. I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve made the ______ for family and friends, all the stories behind it, all the memories it brings back and how______ it makes me to take it out of the oven and watch people ______ it.
Food can fill the mouth and ______. But family food — good, bad or even out of a box, seasoned with ______, fragrant with memories is the product of the labor of love to ______ the most homesick of hearts.
【1】A.reading B.doing C.cooking D.talking
【2】A.event B.paper C.project D.game
【3】A.finding B.raising C.building D.collecting
【4】A.handed down B.breaking away C.waking up D.getting up
【5】A.food B.recipes C.meals D.fruit
【6】A.letters B.memories C.books D.speeches
【7】A.top B.low C.key D.close
【8】A.arranged B.exposed C.narrowed D.expanded
【9】A.forbade B.advised C.forced D.encouraged
【10】A.denied B.suggested C.announced D.admitted
【11】A.required B.mixed C.provided D.added
【12】A.secretly B.sadly C.excitedly D.calmly
【13】A.began B.fled C.left D.returned
【14】A.hard B.simple C.complex D.practical
【15】A.dish B.recipe C.decision D.preparation
【16】A.upset B.happy C.romantic D.deliberate
【17】A.escape B.watch C.survive D.enjoy
【18】A.nose B.ear C.stomach D.eye
【19】A.stories B.introductions C.recommendations D.beliefs
【20】A.set B.purify C.empty D.warm
32、Gone are the days when big businesses were looked upon by environmentalists as enemies in the fight against global warming.
Just two weeks after U. S. President Donald Trump pulled his country out of the Paris Climate Agreement, more than 900 American firms put their _______to a “We Are Still In” open letter to the United Nations. Together, they promise to help reduce America’s carbon emissions by 26 percent by 2025, _______the Paris Climate Agreement.
_______, big businesses have been taking climate change seriously for years now. Alongside energy-efficiency measures, the strongest evidence of their _______has been the number of new wind and solar projects that they have been helping to build around the world. IT firms such as Amazon and Google have been using clean energy to power their servers (服务器). Some environmentalists now believe that big businesses could become strong _______behind the worldwide spread of renewable energy. “There used to be little action,” says Marty Spitzer of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), “Now, I see fundamental _______being made.”
More recently, this enthusiasm for environmental protection has _______from corporate headquarters to branches and suppliers, and from developed countries to emerging markets. Take Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, for example. In March 2016, it said that it would require its own operations and those along its _______chain to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions by one billion tons by 2030. This is _______to taking 211 million passenger cars off America’s roads for a year. The announcement was ________by the WWF and other conservation organizations, which are helping Walmart’s suppliers work towards this goal. Apple, maker of the iPhone, has said that seven of its biggest global manufacturers have promised to power their Apple-related ________with renewable energy by the end of this year.
According to the WWF, in the United States alone, nearly two dozen of the biggest firms have committed themselves to becoming 100 percent renewable in the near future. Hervé Touati of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a clean-energy research firm, explains the ________behind this trend. Going green improves the companies’ public image and helps attract customers, staff and investors.
Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s biggest brewer (啤酒公司), has lots of young people among its many ________. Many of them take environmental issues seriously. Electricity, used ________in the brewing process, amounts to a tenth of its total costs. Last year, the company set out to increase the role of renewables in generating ________to 100 percent by 2025. “My generation often takes energy and clean air for granted,” said Tony Milikin, the firm’s chief sustainability officer. “The generation coming up now looks at it totally differently.”
【1】
A．posters
B．innovations
C．names
D．donations
【2】
A．for fear of
B．by means of
C．in line with
D．on account of
【3】
A．In fact
B．On average
C．By contrast
D．In addition
【4】
A．assessment
B．commitment
C．argument
D．attachment
【5】
A．predictors
B．features
C．cases
D．forces
【6】
A．changes
B．profits
C．mistakes
D．differences
【7】
A．transferred
B．ranged
C．processed
D．extended
【8】
A．food
B．store
C．supply
D．data
【9】
A．opposite
B．equivalent
C．accustomed
D．second
【10】
A．criticized
B．issued
C．welcomed
D．underlined
【11】
A．content
B．accounts
C．activities
D．production
【12】
A．inspirations
B．motivations
C．destinations
D．functions
【13】
A．manufacturers
B．investors
C．customers
D．administrators
【14】
A．considerably
B．skillfully
C．economically
D．occasionally
【15】
A．heat
B．wind
C．water
D．power
33、The secret to a successful sequel(续集)—a secret
Keeping the entire cast and crew of a film a secret is hard. But when it’s a massive movie like Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, with some 700 people and 1,000 costumes—including 400 coats alone—it’s next to _________. All precautions are taken: characters are given code names, the smallest details are protected by nondisclosure agreements, and digital scripts are encoded and _________ after a certain amount of time in case of being copied and spread. It’s not quite magic, but it’s close.
The pressure to not reveal anything—even _________—is enough to give Eddie Redmayne a difficult time. “I’ve been sent this funny document which is _________ with double-caps, triple-underlined notes saying, YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT THIS,” says the Oscar winner, who returns as wizard Newt Scamander in the sequel, which continues the story of the earlier _________. Does he ever tell anyone? He leans in and admits, a little _________, that he does: his wife, Hannah Bagshawe.
How have they successfully kept it a secret? It certainly helps that J. K. Rowling, the writer of the work, is the _________ of keeping secrets. She famously claims to have known crucial plot points from her best-selling book series’ endgame years in advance. Also, Johnny Depp’s _________ appearance in the movie—the actor has been accused of domestic violence by his ex-wife Amber Heard—as the dark wizard Grindelwald was kept under _________ until just two weeks before the first film came out in 2016.
Bearing this commitment to secrecy in mind, it’s no surprise that Rowling has ____________ the details to few people about how the ____________ three movies in the proposed five-part series will playout. Even producer Tim Lewis, who has worked on eight Harry Potter installments, is ____________. “We haven’t seen scripts for the next one,” he says. “I am assuming Rowling knows the whole plan, but I couldn’t say.”
The earnings are high enough: the first Fantastic Beasts movie reached $814 million. That’s a number most studios would ____________, but when it comes to Harry Potter, expectations start sky-high. In a world filled with universes based on existing intellectual property—Star Wars, Marvel—appreciation fatigue is always possible. But for now, the extreme enthusiasm shows no sign of____________: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, a play based on an idea by Rowling, is a critical and commercial____________. For the Beasts sequel, analysts are already predicting an opening weekend of $65 million to $75 million.
【1】A.useless B.impossible C.successful D.critical
【2】A.recovered B.released C.deleted D.split
【3】A.in control B.by accident C.for reference D.in case
【4】A.covered B.compared C.armed D.furnished
【5】A.commercial B.adaptation C.imagination D.reputation
【6】A.sadly B.proudly C.angrily D.shyly
【7】A.suspect B.counsellor C.master D.pioneer
【8】A.awful B.debatable C.welcomed D.excellent
【9】A.protection B.wraps C.investigation D.discussion
【10】A.advertised B.justified C.highlighted D.revealed
【11】A.remaining B.enduring C.revealing D.threatening
【12】A.in the dark B.in the clear C.on the air D.on the scene
【13】A.suffer from B.watch for C.dream about D.look into
【14】A.speeding up B.giving off C.turning around D.dying down
【15】A.innovation B.smash C.promotion D.chance
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.
Driving an electric car 【1】 to the protection of environment, or so the marketing departments of their makers would have you believe. Yet a report which analyzes car emissions presents a rather different picture. A battery-powered car recharged with 【2】 generated by coal-fired power stations, it found, is likely to be more harmful. It could cause more than three times as many deaths from pollution as a 【3】 petrol-driven vehicle.
The study was carried out by the University of Minnesota. The researchers estimated how levels of fine particulate matter (细颗粒物) and ground-level ozone — two important 【4】 of air pollution — would change when a car is powered by different ways.
It was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were recharged with power from wind, solar or hydro-electric sources came out to be virtually free from harmful 【5】. They were estimated to cause 231 deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars. Electric cars recharged with power from natural gas-fired stations were also a lot less harmful than petrol-driven ones, with 439 deaths. But if those same electric cars were recharged 【6】 by coal, they would be responsible for over 3,000 deaths.
Biofuels also caused more health problems than petrol. But diesel, which often 【7】 concern about pollution, is slightly cleaner than petrol. This is because the study assumes for all cars that emission-control technologies will be more widely used, especially particulate filters which have a remarkable effect on cleaning diesel 【8】. Diesel cars are also more 【9】 of fuel than petrol-driven ones.
Overall, the study shows that electric cars are cleaner than those traditional vehicles only if the power used to charge then is also clean. That is hardly a surprise, but the 【10】 of the difference is. How green electric cars really are, then, will depend mainly on where they are driven. In France, which obtains more than half of its power from nuclear station, electric cars look like a good bet. In China and some other developing countries, where a large amount of electricity is produced from coal, they may not be so environment- friendly as they are marketed.
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.
Tablets are really useful devices, but their big screens always make them a burden to carry around without a bag. Wouldn’t it be great if there were a phone with the powers of a tablet that could be folded up and fit 【1】 into the hand?
Now something like a tablet-shaped but fold-able phone is about to become 【2】. In February, South Korean electronics company Samsung and China’s Huawei both unveiled fold-able phones Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X 【3】. Mobile phone use has entered the “fold-able future”, The Verge noted.
The technology could change our lives in significant ways. These devices, due to their 【4】 screens, give us the larger screens we want. Meanwhile, they still fit easily into the pocket. As USA Today noted, they’re “the 【5】 of a small tablets and smart-phone, all in a single device”.
The technology could 【6】 other devices too. For example, we could make TVs that stick to walls like posters, or fold up easily to hide away in drawers. In crowded modem cities, they will help us to 【7】 available space.
In a keynote address, Samsung’s senior vice president of mobile product marketing, Justin Denison, called the fold-able screen “the 【8】 for the smart-phone of tomorrow.” “It’s a balank canvas for us to do something beautiful together,” he said.
So is there nothing to stand in the way of the fold-able future?
According to tech news website Android authority, the necessary displays were difficult to produce. In 2012, nine out of every to OLED screens produced were 【9】. Today, that 10 percent rate has been improved to between 50 and 90 percent. However, at present these fold-able devices are expensive. For example, the price of Huawei Mate X is 17,500 RMB. That’s a price that may 【10】 the majority of people.
But if the fold-able device isn’t going to change the world overnight, there is no doubt that it is coming.
Patrick Moor-head, an industry analyst told The Verge, “Few are debating if fold-able or roll-able mobile displays are the future of smart-phones; the only question is when and by whom.”
36、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A tiger at the Bronx Zoo in New York City has tested positive for the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus, becoming the first known case of human-animal 【1】, the zoo's chief veterinarian said on Sunday.
Nadia, the 4-year-old Malayan tiger that tested positive, was 【2】 for the COVID-19 disease after 【3】 a dry cough along with three other tigers and three lions, the Wildlife Conservation Society, which manages the zoo, said in a statement.
All of the cats are expected to recover, it said. But officials believe this is a unique case because Nadia became sick after 【4】 to an asymptomatic zoo employee, Paul Calle, chief veterinarian at the Bronx Zoo, told Reuters.
Calle said they did not know which employee infected the tiger. "This is the first time that we have discovered that a person infects the animal and the animal gets sick," Calle said, adding that they planned to share the findings with other zoos and institutions. " I guess 【5】 we will all have a better understanding as a result.
While the other tigers and lions were also 【6】 symptoms, the zoo decided to test only Nadia because she was the sickest and had started to lose her appetite already, and they did not want to 【7】 all the cats to anesthesia(麻醉), Calle said.
Nadia 【8】 X-rays, an ultrasound(超声波) and blood tests to try to figure out what was making her sick . They decided to test for COVID-19 【9】 the surge in cases in New York City, the epicenter of the outbreak in the United States.The first tiger at the zoo, which has been shut since mid-March, began showing 【10】 of illness on March 27, according to the US Department of Agriculture National Veterinary Services Laboratories.
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Rapidly advancing technology and its impact on education has been a subject of debate. How can schools equip students with the skills they need to succeed in a challenging job market?
Since technology is driving these changes, there is a theory that governments should keep focusing on STEM subjects. These are often referred to as “hard skills,” which are 【1】 in primary school and right through to university level. In the meantime, ‘soft skills’ are being 【2】.
This is a mistake. Much evidence suggests that soft skills are far more 【3】 to graduates in the long term. Research from Harvard University on the global job market has shown that STEM- related careers grew strongly between 1989 and 2000 but have slowed down since. In contrast, jobs in the creative industries----the sector probably most 【4】 with the need for soft skills---are growing rapidly. Soft skills are, in fact, increasingly in demand in the workplace: Google cites creativity, leadership 【5】 and communication skills as top requirements for both potential and current employees.
So why are soft skills so highly 【6】 for?
With the rapid evolution of technology, a focus on hard skills leaves students 【7】 to change, as these often have a short shelf life. According to research by World Economic Forum, more than one in four adults reports a mismatch between their skills and those needed for their job role. If soft skills are taught well, these skills should enable students to adapt to change more easily and progress further in their 【8】 career.
Of course, technical skills are important. But without the curriculum placing equal--- if not greater --- 【9】 on soft skills, our education systems are missing a huge trick. Hard skills may help a student get a job in a particular industry, but soft skills will help them disrupt it, achieving a wider 【10】 in their chosen field.
38、假定你是李华，曾经在你校做交换生的新西兰高中生Peter想了解你们学校近年来的变化，请给他写信。要点如下：
1.校内外环境；
2.教学设施；
3.学习生活。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter
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Yours,
Li Hua
39、假设你是李华，你班同学打算本周日骑行去游览长城。请你写一封电子邮件邀请你们的外教布鲁斯(Bruce)一同前往。要点包括：
1. 出发时间及地点；
2. 出行方式及需要携带的物品；
3. 希望得到回复。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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40、假定你是李华，你校将于下周六晚上举办校园艺术节（Campus Art Festival）演出活动，请你代表学校学生会给外籍教师John写封电子邮件，邀请他担任评委。邮件要点如下：
1、举办艺术节的目的；
2、演出的时间和地点；
3、演出的主要内容；
4、期待回复。
注意：1. 词数100左右，文章开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear John,
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Yours,
Li Hua
41、假定你是李华，你校将举办一年一度的中国传统文化节。请写封邮件邀请你的英国朋友John参加，内容包括:
1.时间，地点；
2.活动安排；
3.欢迎他参与。
注意:
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头，结束语已为你写好。
Dear John,
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Looking forward to your early reply.
Yours,
Li Hua